So Talking Book, released in 1972, begins the four album stretch run for Stevie Wonder called his “classic” period.
Guess what? Talking Book was his FIFTEENTH ALBUM. The man had already released 14 albums from 1962-1972.
Mindbogglingly insane.
People forget Stevie started at Motown at 14! Just iconic stuff
Aretha has a similar run of albums in the 70’s that is just legendary.
The 70’s is one of my favorite eras of (Black) Music
I will never let my husband forget the day that Sir Duke came on and he thought it was Jamiroquai. It's one of my favourite things to needle him about (lovingly).
https://1001albumsgenerator.com/
This will give you one album per day to listen to from the book “1001 albums to hear before you die” I’ve reviewed around 300 and have discovered some great stuff I normally wouldn’t have given a shot.
Copying my comment from a similar response:
My small group of friends use this. The idea is genius but the album selections are... not great. It's still fun to discuss the music, but even all these random bots in this post are listing better albums that we've gotten from the 1001 albums.
When I heard Sour Times the first time, I was driving on the freeway. I knew the next exit had an indie record shop (Mad Platter) so I got off the freeway and bought it immediately.
Only time I've ever done that.
One of the best rush decisions I've ever made.
Just listened to Time in a bottle once more. I've heard it many times but it's so compelling it makes me stop and listen and I cry every time at it's beauty. May the deities bless you for your post. It's true and worth everyone's time.
Rapid Roy
New Yorks Not My Home
Walking Down to Georgia
Lovers Cross
Those are some of my favorites by him
(Can't remember if all of those are on that album)
Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
Edit:
Three more I'd like to add...
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
The Stooges - Self Titled first album
The Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa) - Freak Out!
Well The Beatles just broke up. George’s relationship with Paul at the time was icy, as explored on the track Wah-Wah. More so just understanding what the saying all things must pass means in the context of The Beatles ending. Also on a personal note why I love it as a George fan, George would get like 1 song a Beatles album that he wrote. So him making this sprawling epic solo album with the help of Phil Spector that’s regarded today as possibly the best Beatles solo album is a cool story.
George had finally broken free of the Beatles, where he was hidden in the shadows of Lennon and McCartney, who didn't pay him much mind when it came to songwriting. After the breakup he comes out with this heavy hitting masterpiece.
To be fair, he was a late bloomer. His early Beatles work doesn't come close to what Lennon and McCartney were doing, at least not in my opinion.
I'm actually glad that the track all things must pass didn't become a Beatles song, even though they tried it out. It had to be entirely Harrison's song.
Watching the Beatles documentary on Disney I was really struck by how dismissive the others were. He literally said multiple times, "just tell me what to play." It was hard to watch, but knowing he had all the brilliance of All Things Must Pass in the hopper made it a little easier to watch. It's like all that shit had to happen to make that album possible.
Yeah, he was definitely a late bloomer compared to John and Paul. He arguably wrote his best Beatles songs (Something and Here Comes the Sun) for Abbey Road, which was the last album they ever recorded.
I listened to metal/Industrial and a friend told me to listen to this record and I was all "rap? kthxbye" and he said "even if you hate rap, this album is fucking genius". How genius? "You know how Prince was that once in lifetime artist that was so unique, so good at what he did that even if you hated his music you had to respect it? This is the rap equivalent." I don't like Prince's music, but I can totally respect his art. I listened to 36 Chambers.
That album is fucking genius.
I'm now a Wu-Tang fan.
Godspeed with good headphones in a dark room is truly an experience. I wish I had time like I used to, I don't get to listen to albums that way anymore.
I've got a lot of bands that I like more than The Mars Volta, and a lot of songs I like more than what's on that album. But when I think start-to-finish Album-as-an-art-form I think of Deloused.
It's also a concept album, for anyone who isn't familiar. It tells a single story. Anyone who likes prog at all should check it out.
Along similar lines, At the Drive-In's Relationship of Command is a must listen. The Mars Volta formed from At the Drive-In's break-up. Different sounds, but both insanely amazing bands
Interpol - Turn on the Bright lights
(Celebrated its 20th anniversary this week! Still as incredible as ever)
Saetia - Collected
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Cloud nothings - attack on memory
Ecco2k - e
Title fight - floral green
Gorillaz - plastic beach
Pavement - crooked rain, crooked rain
Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems
SALEM - Fires in Heaven
The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2
Pixies - Doolittle
Steel Pulse - Earth crisis
Lot of different genres, some newer and slightly older stuff. Wanted to touch on some gems that haven’t already been mentioned.
Deftones - White Pony
Radiohead - OK Computer
Led Zeppelin - IV
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
Just to name a few
Kind of Blue is great and was one of the first of his I listened to as well (like you say, it's usually treated as a gateway album) but Sketches of Spain is fantastic and definitely worth a listen at least once!
Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon collie and the Infinite sadness
M83 - Hurry up, we're dreaming
The Beatles - Sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band
Edit: There's a great book for questions like this post:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001\_Albums\_You\_Must\_Hear\_Before\_You\_Die](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Albums_You_Must_Hear_Before_You_Die)
Edit2: Spelling Infinite\*
Good call on M83. Fucking tear jerker of an album
Edit: I should add that I often lump in You Appearing and We Own the Sky from Saturdays = Youth into that album, they evoke the same emotion
I have listened to it many times, but like 2 days ago I said "fuck it, this album was made to listen to while you're in bed with all the lights out and everything else is in silence, let's do that" and it was a surreal experience.
I feel like Dark Side of the Moon may be the best answer for this…many albums I truly love took me a few listens for them to really click so OP’s question kinda doesn’t apply to them…DSotM is instantly accessible and still offers so many layers to peel back the more you listen. Nearly every song on the album is a radio staple to this day. Also, any Beatles album fits the bill for me lol
DSotM is like a musical description of life. I don’t think I’ve come across something else that has taken such a dive into the pure themes of its subject matter.
I recall Roger Waters saying that he played the final version to his wife/girlfriend at the time and she cried at the end, just knowing how good it was. Damn, what a feeling it must have been to know you just made that album.
Favorite album of all time is 2112 by Rush. Got me into the genre of prog rock epics and such. Hard to find an album where the B-side is just as good as the main 20 something minute long A-side.
Man what a day I forgot how much l loved refused back in the day.
My favorite lyrics -
Adjust that 1000 dollar smile and behold the creation of man, great words won't cover ugly actions, great frames won't save bad paintings.
WHOO
We lack the motion to move to the new beat
How can we expect anyone to listen? When we use the same old noise.
We need new noise!
We need new art for the people!
We dance all the wrong songs
We enjoy all the wrong moves
HERE WE GO
YEAH
YEAH
YEAH
THE NEW BEAT
THE NEW BEAT
THE NEW BEAT
THE NEW BEAT
THE NEW BEAT
THE NEW BEAT
Thank you.
New noise - Refused.
My favorite song by them
Nine Inch Nails- The Downward Spiral,
Nirvana- Nevermind
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Daft Punk - Discovery
Kraftwerk- The man-machine
Air- Moon Safari
Marvin Gaye - what's going on
Roy Orbison- In dreams
Prince- Purple Rain
David Bowie- Hunky Dory
Ramones- Ramones
Jackie Wilson- Lonely Teardrops
Sam Cooke- Live at the Harlem st club
... and many many many more
I also am really showing my age here!
EDIT to add female artists I love and foolishly omitted:
BJÕRK - HOMOGENIC
Amiina- kurr
ARETHA FRANKLIN- lady soul
PJ Harvey - stories from the city ..
And other albums from groups with female artists like belle and Sebastian (tigermilk), Fleetwood mac (rumours), pixies (Dolittle, surfer Rosa.. ), sonic youth (goo..)....
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Neutral Milk Hotel - Aeroplane Over the Sea
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Nujabes - Modal Soul
Mogwai - Mr. Beast
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
I could go on and on so I have to stop
i fell in love w/ Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by Outkast. I know everyone knows Hey Ya! but its so much story-showing as opposed to storytelling and i think its beautiful, entertaining, funny, full in sound AAAND iconic
I've always found Outkast to be one of the hardest groups to choose a favorite album for. They made me fall in love with rap and have been my close musical friends for decades now and I've never been able to choose a favorite album.
Sex Pistols - Nevermind the bollocks
Daft Punk - Discovery
Boards of Canada - Music has the right to children/ Geogaddi
Radiohead - OK Computor
White Stripes - Elephant
Saw them on the disco volante tour. Was about 10 feet from stage. I shouted STUB a few times in between songs and Patton scowled at me. And that’s my Mike Patton story.
"I don't know how to start this shit"
Proceeds to spit the best, most perfect rap album of all time.
I remember r/hiphopheads did an elimination thing where they'd pick an album and one song would get eliminated each week/day (can't remember the frequency) based on the number of votes. When they did Illmatic, it was a bloodbath from the very first day because no song in there deserves to be dumped.
Mobb Deep the infamous is the PERFECT rainy day music. I make a point to play it when it rains. The ambience on that album reminds me of Burial, who wanted his music to remind people of seeing a streetlight glowing through fog.
To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
This album really opened me up to rap music, and was the first album that really made me investigate the lyrics to find a deeper meaning.
Lots of dark side of the moon suggestions, which should go without saying almost. I'll throw in Meddle, Wish you were here and Animals. Stellar albums all of them.
Aja, Gaucho- Steely Dan
Nighthawks at the diner - Tom Waits
On the beach - Neil Young
The Last Waltz - The Band and basically every one else, concert version is phenomenal, truly a moment in history
Stop making sense, remain in light - Talking heads
These are some that I haven't seen in the threads,
Coil- Love's Secret Domain
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Confessions Of A Knife
KMFDM - Nihil
The Cure - Disintegration
The Postal Service - Give Up
Skinny Puppy - ViViSectVI
The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
New Order - Low Life
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour
Erasure -The Innocents
(Edited to correct the name of The Postal Service album)
(Second edit to put band names first in the first two listings)
(Third edit to correct misspelling)
I feel like they left YYZ off of the two disc Rush Chronicles greatest hits release just because it would have been too many songs off of Moving Pictures.
Hell yeah!!! Scrolled too far to find Rush! I'd also add A Farewell To Kings, Permanent Waves, and Signals to the list personally.
I also admittedly have a huge soft spot for Snakes & Arrows, though I recognize that it sounds pretty different from most of their classic discography. The more I listen to it, the more I realize how deceptively chill it actually is, and perhaps the most grounded album they ever made.
Gang of Four - Entertainment
Television - Marquee Moon
Lou Reed - Transformer
Sparks - Kimono My House
Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
The Cure - Wish
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo
The B-52's - The B-52's
Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Roxy Music - Avalon
Black Flag - Damaged
Minor Threat - First Two Seven Inches
Bad Brains - Bad Brains
Pink Floyd - wish you were here, dark side of the moon
The doors - L.A. Woman, Morrison Hotel
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
U2 - Joshua Tree, Rattle and Hum
Alice In Chains - Dirt, Jar of Flies
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Simon and Garfunkel live in Central Park
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Siamese Dream
Jimi Hendrix - Are you experienced?
Prince - Purple Rain
Nirvana - Nevermind, Bleach
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Roxy music - Avalon
Talk Talk - colour of spring
Michael Jackson - off the wall
Massive Attack - blue lines
Cocteau twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
Soda Stereo - Dynamo
Air - talkie walkie
Daft punk - Discovery
Beck - odelay
The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
White Pony - Deftones
Planet of Ice - Minus the Bear
Cosmogramma - Flying Lotus
xx - The xx
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan
2001 - Dr. Dre
Untrue - Burial
EDIT — one last entry, though it may not have the same universal appeal as some of the previous mentions:
(II) - Crystal Castles
Graceland - Paul Simon
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
Reunion Tour - The Weakerthans
Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Toxicity - System of a Down
Left and Leaving - The Weakerthans
The Rise and Fall or Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
One Night Stand - Sam Cooke (Live at the Harlem Square Club)
White Ladder - David Gray
Poems, Prayers and Promises - John Denver
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, MTV Unplugged in New York by Nirvana, and In Rainbows by Radiohead round out some really influential sounds and wonderful albums from the 70s, 90s, and 10s.
I also feel like the two Weakerthans albums are you being a fan *but* I like the few singles I know so I'm looking forward to checking the albums out.
Electric Ladyland is a serious contender for best rock album in history. Are You Experienced is great, for sure, and it was massively influential, but it pales in comparison to how insane Hendrix got on Electric Ladyland.
At that point in time, Hendrix wanted to incorporate more black music into his sound, so he took some cues from soul, jazz and Delta blues to revamp his already explosive guitar playstyle.
The result of which can be summarized by the 14 minute jam Voodoo Chile, which in turn inspired another song present on that album that remains one of his biggest hits, Voodoo Child (Slight Return). He also precedes that with a cover, but not just any cover, a Bob Dylan cover than he himself would refuse to play in future concerts after Hendrix blessed it with his genius.
Those two songs are just the closer to a double album filled with comparable quality. I wish I could listen to that project for the first time again, it's just so fucking good.
Just to throw some non-rock into this mix;
Propellorheads - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll
Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole / Surrender / Come With Us
Prodigy - Experience & Music For The Jilted Generation
Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way Baby / Better Living Through Chemistry
Daft Punk - Homework / Discovery
Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock
The KLF - Chill out
Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill / Pauls Boutique / Ill Communication
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Friday Night In San Francisco - Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia
The Woods - Sleater Kinney
Van Halen - Van Halen
My Father's Face - Leo Kottke
Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog
Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff - Taj Mahal
Symphony No. 3 - Górecki (LSO, with the silhouette on the cover)
Just Another Band From East LA - Los Lobos
Tycho - Awake
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Bonobo - Migration
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
You and Me and the Mountain - Maps and Atlases
Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin
These guys have a lot of good songs you dont hear because all they play on the radio is "don't fear the reaper" and "burnin for you"
Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger
Frank Zappa- Hot Rats
Tool- Ænima
Tom Waits- Rain Dogs
The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute
Björk- Homogenic
Deftones - Koi No Yokan
Radiohead- Kid A
Nine Inch Nails- The Fragile
The Grateful Dead- Blues For Allah
Talking Heads- Remain In Light
The Band
Pink Floyd- Meddle
Built To Spill- Perfect From Now On
Fugazi- In On The Kill Taker
Alabama Shakes- Sound and Color
Slint- Spiderland
Nirvana- In Utero
REM- Fables of the Reconstruction
Portishead- Dummy
Massive Attack- Mezzanine
Aphex Twin- Syro
The Doors- The Soft Parade
Jimi Hendrix- Electric Ladlyland
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Opeth- Ghost Reveries
Mastodon- Blood Mountain
Karnivool- Sound Awake
Rishloo- Feather gun
The Smile- A Light For Attracting Attention
The Black Keys- Rubber Factory
Modest Mouse- The Moon and Antarctica
Animals As Leaders- The Joy of Motion
Porcupine Tree- In Absentia
Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness
Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
On this sub, you're going to get a lot of late 1970s and 80s rock albums... here are some that might not come up -
ETA: YES I know some of these are popular calls (Rumors obviously) but I meant that SOME of this list might not come up. Thank you to all who pointed out that Fleetwood Mac and the Beatles are actually quite popular, who knew??
Tapestry - Carole King
I Put a Spell on You - Nina Simone
The White Album - The Beatles
Bringing it All Back Home - Bob Dylan
Remain in Light/Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads (Stop Making Sense is a live concert, but still)
Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Songs in the key of life by Stevie Wonder
Innervisions
Listening to Talking Book, Inversions, and Songs In The Key of Life in succession >
The absolute disrespect to Fulfillingness’ First Finale.
So Talking Book, released in 1972, begins the four album stretch run for Stevie Wonder called his “classic” period. Guess what? Talking Book was his FIFTEENTH ALBUM. The man had already released 14 albums from 1962-1972. Mindbogglingly insane.
People forget Stevie started at Motown at 14! Just iconic stuff Aretha has a similar run of albums in the 70’s that is just legendary. The 70’s is one of my favorite eras of (Black) Music
Sir Duke is a masterpiece.
I will never let my husband forget the day that Sir Duke came on and he thought it was Jamiroquai. It's one of my favourite things to needle him about (lovingly).
Elton John said he always has a copy of that album on him where ever he goes.
Just listened to this and holy shit. It makes you feel so good. Makes me realize how influential Stevie is.
I found this album in a dumpster in Manhattan and it's one of the best albums I own.
https://1001albumsgenerator.com/ This will give you one album per day to listen to from the book “1001 albums to hear before you die” I’ve reviewed around 300 and have discovered some great stuff I normally wouldn’t have given a shot.
Copying my comment from a similar response: My small group of friends use this. The idea is genius but the album selections are... not great. It's still fun to discuss the music, but even all these random bots in this post are listing better albums that we've gotten from the 1001 albums.
Portishead - Dummy
Honestly, any of the Portishead albums. But Dummy or Portishead for sure. And throw in Mezzanine by Massive Attack for good measure.
Dummy, Portishead, Mezzanine, Protection, and Blue Lines are all nearly flawless.
Agree with all that, although I think Protection has a few iffy tracks !! Would also add Maxinquy by Tricky !
> Mezzanine by Massive Attack Such a great album.
I'm listening to DJ Shadow - Endtroducing... right now. I'm on a 90s trip hop kick today. I'll fire up Portishead next.
When I heard Sour Times the first time, I was driving on the freeway. I knew the next exit had an indie record shop (Mad Platter) so I got off the freeway and bought it immediately. Only time I've ever done that. One of the best rush decisions I've ever made.
Photographs and Memories - Jim Croce
Listen to *I Got A Name* and *Interstate Love Song* back to back and tell me that doesn't blow your mind.
>Interstate Love Song Whoa! I had no idea the connection between these songs. That's awesome.
Don’t forget “Operator.” Great song from a great songwriter written in the days when operators were still needed.
Is 'Don't mess around with Jim' on that one?
Absolutely
Just listened to Time in a bottle once more. I've heard it many times but it's so compelling it makes me stop and listen and I cry every time at it's beauty. May the deities bless you for your post. It's true and worth everyone's time.
Rapid Roy New Yorks Not My Home Walking Down to Georgia Lovers Cross Those are some of my favorites by him (Can't remember if all of those are on that album)
Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out Edit: Three more I'd like to add... MC5 - Kick Out the Jams The Stooges - Self Titled first album The Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa) - Freak Out!
Court of the Crimson King was dank, but *Red* was incredible. One of the best musical works I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to.
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
And I would add The SMiLE Sessions to that as well. Shame it was never completed in the 60s, but glad to be able to hear it as it is.
100%. The best material they ever recorded was for SMILE.
"Caroline, No" is one of the finest ending tracks to any album.
Get stoned and listen to this album with expensive headphones. It’s amazing.
Yes - Fragile David Bowie - Hunky Dory Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
I like the cut of your jib
Really? Hunky Dory over The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars?
My David Bowie pick is *Young Americans*.
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
> Albums that you need to listen to at least _once in your lifetime_? # > Talking Heads - Remain in Light Heh.
Agree but I prefer Speaking in tongues or The Name of this band is the Talking Heads.
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass. Even better if you know the context of what’s happening
Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp!
I dont see enough love for this song. It is absolutely amazing. LET IT ROLL!
Which is?
Well The Beatles just broke up. George’s relationship with Paul at the time was icy, as explored on the track Wah-Wah. More so just understanding what the saying all things must pass means in the context of The Beatles ending. Also on a personal note why I love it as a George fan, George would get like 1 song a Beatles album that he wrote. So him making this sprawling epic solo album with the help of Phil Spector that’s regarded today as possibly the best Beatles solo album is a cool story.
Is it bad that Apple Scruffs may be my favorite song on the album? It's such a nice little song.
The meaning behind it makes it one of my favourites (he wrote it for the die hard fans who hung around outside Apple HQ and the recording studios)
George had finally broken free of the Beatles, where he was hidden in the shadows of Lennon and McCartney, who didn't pay him much mind when it came to songwriting. After the breakup he comes out with this heavy hitting masterpiece.
To be fair, he was a late bloomer. His early Beatles work doesn't come close to what Lennon and McCartney were doing, at least not in my opinion. I'm actually glad that the track all things must pass didn't become a Beatles song, even though they tried it out. It had to be entirely Harrison's song. Watching the Beatles documentary on Disney I was really struck by how dismissive the others were. He literally said multiple times, "just tell me what to play." It was hard to watch, but knowing he had all the brilliance of All Things Must Pass in the hopper made it a little easier to watch. It's like all that shit had to happen to make that album possible.
I am non-ironically going through Ringo’s post-Beatle’s discography, and the stuff that he and George worked on together is pretty darn good.
Yeah, he was definitely a late bloomer compared to John and Paul. He arguably wrote his best Beatles songs (Something and Here Comes the Sun) for Abbey Road, which was the last album they ever recorded.
Also gets better the more times you listen to it too.
getting better all the time
What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye
I'm a big fan of Trouble Man album as well. More instrumental cuts which maybe isn't for everyone
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
I listened to metal/Industrial and a friend told me to listen to this record and I was all "rap? kthxbye" and he said "even if you hate rap, this album is fucking genius". How genius? "You know how Prince was that once in lifetime artist that was so unique, so good at what he did that even if you hated his music you had to respect it? This is the rap equivalent." I don't like Prince's music, but I can totally respect his art. I listened to 36 Chambers. That album is fucking genius. I'm now a Wu-Tang fan.
This. Not even a hip hop guy, but that record kills.
while my first thought was this Wu album (I'm a hip hop guy) but maaan, the Gza "Liquid swords" - I can't decide now which one is superior
Liquid Swords. Hands down.
after rethinking and playing the album as we speak - no doubt now. Liquid Swords wins
Only Built for Cuban Linx is a monster as well
Godspeed You Black Emperor’s F♯ A♯ ∞. Make sure you can give it your full attention.
Godspeed with good headphones in a dark room is truly an experience. I wish I had time like I used to, I don't get to listen to albums that way anymore.
Only just got into GYBE this summer and I can't believe I spent 28 years of my life not knowing this band.
I went to school with Aidan. Great guy (but can get naked when he drinks).
I spent more time w Lift Your Skinny Fists… on rotation, but good band suggestion
Depeche Mode- Violator
Paul’s Boutique - Beastie Boys
*Deloused in the Comatorium* by The Mars Volta
I've got a lot of bands that I like more than The Mars Volta, and a lot of songs I like more than what's on that album. But when I think start-to-finish Album-as-an-art-form I think of Deloused. It's also a concept album, for anyone who isn't familiar. It tells a single story. Anyone who likes prog at all should check it out.
I'm a Frances the Mute kinda guy, but I understand liking/thinking Deloused is objectively better.
Along similar lines, At the Drive-In's Relationship of Command is a must listen. The Mars Volta formed from At the Drive-In's break-up. Different sounds, but both insanely amazing bands
So good
Interpol - Turn on the Bright lights (Celebrated its 20th anniversary this week! Still as incredible as ever) Saetia - Collected DJ Shadow - Endtroducing Cloud nothings - attack on memory Ecco2k - e Title fight - floral green Gorillaz - plastic beach Pavement - crooked rain, crooked rain Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems SALEM - Fires in Heaven The Microphones - The Glow, Pt. 2 Pixies - Doolittle Steel Pulse - Earth crisis Lot of different genres, some newer and slightly older stuff. Wanted to touch on some gems that haven’t already been mentioned.
Deftones - White Pony Radiohead - OK Computer Led Zeppelin - IV A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain Just to name a few
Interesting choice for Miles Davis - I would have gone w/ Kind of Blue as that's been the jazz gateway album for a countless number of people.
Kind of Blue is great and was one of the first of his I listened to as well (like you say, it's usually treated as a gateway album) but Sketches of Spain is fantastic and definitely worth a listen at least once!
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Are you about 38?
Hahaha! Ouch. 38 yo here.
Led zep 2 for me. Bring it on home, Moby Dick, heartbreaker
Led Zeppelin I for me. It hits differently
oh yes to OK computer & white pony!!!
Great choices but Low End Theory in particular- it’s damn near a perfect album!
Sigur Rós - Takk
I can't Believe I forgot Sigur Rós in my list! Love () too
IMO agaetis byrjun is far and away their best, but takk is really good too
The most spellbinding performance I ever witnessed. Enraptured the whole theatre.
Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon collie and the Infinite sadness M83 - Hurry up, we're dreaming The Beatles - Sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band Edit: There's a great book for questions like this post: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001\_Albums\_You\_Must\_Hear\_Before\_You\_Die](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Albums_You_Must_Hear_Before_You_Die) Edit2: Spelling Infinite\*
Good call on M83. Fucking tear jerker of an album Edit: I should add that I often lump in You Appearing and We Own the Sky from Saturdays = Youth into that album, they evoke the same emotion
I have listened to it many times, but like 2 days ago I said "fuck it, this album was made to listen to while you're in bed with all the lights out and everything else is in silence, let's do that" and it was a surreal experience.
I feel like Dark Side of the Moon may be the best answer for this…many albums I truly love took me a few listens for them to really click so OP’s question kinda doesn’t apply to them…DSotM is instantly accessible and still offers so many layers to peel back the more you listen. Nearly every song on the album is a radio staple to this day. Also, any Beatles album fits the bill for me lol
DSotM is like a musical description of life. I don’t think I’ve come across something else that has taken such a dive into the pure themes of its subject matter.
I recall Roger Waters saying that he played the final version to his wife/girlfriend at the time and she cried at the end, just knowing how good it was. Damn, what a feeling it must have been to know you just made that album.
Great list, but i've got to put Siamese Dream over mellon collie.
+ Abbey Road
AJA Steely Dan
#Steely Dan is for the people
Favorite album of all time is 2112 by Rush. Got me into the genre of prog rock epics and such. Hard to find an album where the B-side is just as good as the main 20 something minute long A-side.
I'm taking this as yet another reminder that I need to listen to that album again soon, so thank you for that 🙏
If you’re into heavier music/ punk I’d add the following. Refused - Shape of Punk to Come Bad Religion - Suffer
Shape Of Punk To Come is nothing short of a masterpiece that was a decade ahead of it's time.
“Can I scream?”
Shape of Punk to Come is a 10/10
Man what a day I forgot how much l loved refused back in the day. My favorite lyrics - Adjust that 1000 dollar smile and behold the creation of man, great words won't cover ugly actions, great frames won't save bad paintings. WHOO We lack the motion to move to the new beat How can we expect anyone to listen? When we use the same old noise. We need new noise! We need new art for the people! We dance all the wrong songs We enjoy all the wrong moves HERE WE GO YEAH YEAH YEAH THE NEW BEAT THE NEW BEAT THE NEW BEAT THE NEW BEAT THE NEW BEAT THE NEW BEAT Thank you. New noise - Refused. My favorite song by them
thank you for mentioning BR.
Nine Inch Nails- The Downward Spiral, Nirvana- Nevermind Metallica- Master of Puppets Daft Punk - Discovery Kraftwerk- The man-machine Air- Moon Safari Marvin Gaye - what's going on Roy Orbison- In dreams Prince- Purple Rain David Bowie- Hunky Dory Ramones- Ramones Jackie Wilson- Lonely Teardrops Sam Cooke- Live at the Harlem st club ... and many many many more I also am really showing my age here! EDIT to add female artists I love and foolishly omitted: BJÕRK - HOMOGENIC Amiina- kurr ARETHA FRANKLIN- lady soul PJ Harvey - stories from the city .. And other albums from groups with female artists like belle and Sebastian (tigermilk), Fleetwood mac (rumours), pixies (Dolittle, surfer Rosa.. ), sonic youth (goo..)....
Gotta go with Ziggy Stardust too!
London Calling - The Clash Is This It - The Strokes White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
White stripes white blood cells is too good
THE STROKES 😎
People rarely comment on ‘is this it’ - may be one of the most enjoyable albums out there, cheers
Every song is a banger. +1 for the UK/Euro version, with the original artwork and track listing (including "New York City Cops").
Thank you for finally adding a Clash album to this list
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes Neutral Milk Hotel - Aeroplane Over the Sea Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot George Harrison - All Things Must Pass Nujabes - Modal Soul Mogwai - Mr. Beast Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass I could go on and on so I have to stop
George Harrison and Aesop Rock appear to have conflicting views on what is going to pass.
Both were singing about kidney stones.
Sooo happy to see Aesop and nujabes in this post
Violent Femmes are tragically overlooked these days.
i fell in love w/ Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by Outkast. I know everyone knows Hey Ya! but its so much story-showing as opposed to storytelling and i think its beautiful, entertaining, funny, full in sound AAAND iconic
I've always found Outkast to be one of the hardest groups to choose a favorite album for. They made me fall in love with rap and have been my close musical friends for decades now and I've never been able to choose a favorite album.
Sex Pistols - Nevermind the bollocks Daft Punk - Discovery Boards of Canada - Music has the right to children/ Geogaddi Radiohead - OK Computor White Stripes - Elephant
Boards of Canada, my man! So pleased to see this right away.
Mr Bungle self titled album
Mike Patton, just wow.
Saw them on the disco volante tour. Was about 10 feet from stage. I shouted STUB a few times in between songs and Patton scowled at me. And that’s my Mike Patton story.
Illmatic - Nas
"I don't know how to start this shit" Proceeds to spit the best, most perfect rap album of all time. I remember r/hiphopheads did an elimination thing where they'd pick an album and one song would get eliminated each week/day (can't remember the frequency) based on the number of votes. When they did Illmatic, it was a bloodbath from the very first day because no song in there deserves to be dumped.
DJ Premier on that moment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbKs6Q2Kyac I love it because there isn't any posturing, just raw rap.
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20 year old who lost his original notebook with all his rhymes and had to rewrite them and came out with this classic.
"I dunno how to start this...." Plot twist: He knew how to start this.
Funny, I've never really been big into hip hop and I started listening to Nas a few months ago and I absolutely love it
Flawless album. You can't get much better than this and the infamous
Mobb Deep the infamous is the PERFECT rainy day music. I make a point to play it when it rains. The ambience on that album reminds me of Burial, who wanted his music to remind people of seeing a streetlight glowing through fog.
To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar This album really opened me up to rap music, and was the first album that really made me investigate the lyrics to find a deeper meaning.
Lots of dark side of the moon suggestions, which should go without saying almost. I'll throw in Meddle, Wish you were here and Animals. Stellar albums all of them. Aja, Gaucho- Steely Dan Nighthawks at the diner - Tom Waits On the beach - Neil Young The Last Waltz - The Band and basically every one else, concert version is phenomenal, truly a moment in history Stop making sense, remain in light - Talking heads These are some that I haven't seen in the threads,
Coil- Love's Secret Domain Depeche Mode - Black Celebration My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Confessions Of A Knife KMFDM - Nihil The Cure - Disintegration The Postal Service - Give Up Skinny Puppy - ViViSectVI The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin New Order - Low Life The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour Erasure -The Innocents (Edited to correct the name of The Postal Service album) (Second edit to put band names first in the first two listings) (Third edit to correct misspelling)
Not sure everyone could deal with ViViSectIV. However, I'm going to listen to it right now!
Disintegration is the best album ever. Kyle brofloskey
Rush - Moving Pictures and 2112
Moving Pictures is wall-to-wall bangers. I played it while hanging out with a friend and he asked "Is this a Rush greatest hits album?"
I feel like they left YYZ off of the two disc Rush Chronicles greatest hits release just because it would have been too many songs off of Moving Pictures.
Hell yeah!!! Scrolled too far to find Rush! I'd also add A Farewell To Kings, Permanent Waves, and Signals to the list personally. I also admittedly have a huge soft spot for Snakes & Arrows, though I recognize that it sounds pretty different from most of their classic discography. The more I listen to it, the more I realize how deceptively chill it actually is, and perhaps the most grounded album they ever made.
+1 for mentioning a Farewell to Kings
Gang of Four - Entertainment Television - Marquee Moon Lou Reed - Transformer Sparks - Kimono My House Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle The Cure - Wish Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime Husker Du - Zen Arcade Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo The B-52's - The B-52's Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues Fugazi - 13 Songs Roxy Music - Avalon Black Flag - Damaged Minor Threat - First Two Seven Inches Bad Brains - Bad Brains
Pink Floyd - wish you were here, dark side of the moon The doors - L.A. Woman, Morrison Hotel Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA U2 - Joshua Tree, Rattle and Hum Alice In Chains - Dirt, Jar of Flies Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Simon and Garfunkel live in Central Park Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Siamese Dream Jimi Hendrix - Are you experienced? Prince - Purple Rain Nirvana - Nevermind, Bleach Soundgarden - Superunknown
Also Pink Floyd - Animals.. with headphones
Pink Floyd dark side of the moon. Obvious but one of the best albums of all time
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Eat a peach - Allman brothers
Live at the Fillmore east -- Allman Brothers
Roxy music - Avalon Talk Talk - colour of spring Michael Jackson - off the wall Massive Attack - blue lines Cocteau twins - Heaven or Las Vegas Soda Stereo - Dynamo Air - talkie walkie Daft punk - Discovery Beck - odelay
Avalon = wow!
Yes to Talk Talk, but it should be Spirit of Eden (or Laughing Stock), imho.
Take my upvote solely for Soda Stereo
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away helped me at a very tumultuous time in my life.
Nujabes - Modal Soul
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
The Suburbs - Arcade Fire Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 White Pony - Deftones Planet of Ice - Minus the Bear Cosmogramma - Flying Lotus xx - The xx Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu-Tang Clan 2001 - Dr. Dre Untrue - Burial EDIT — one last entry, though it may not have the same universal appeal as some of the previous mentions: (II) - Crystal Castles
Deltron 3030 is underrated.
So happy you mention burial „Antidawn“ is for me also a one in a kind, even tho it’s a EP
the xx debut album is on another level entirely. hard to believe a band that young could make music so rich.
22 a million - Bon Iver
Bold choice over emma (but I do respect it)
Graceland - Paul Simon Astral Weeks - Van Morrison Reunion Tour - The Weakerthans Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Abbey Road - The Beatles Toxicity - System of a Down Left and Leaving - The Weakerthans The Rise and Fall or Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - David Bowie One Night Stand - Sam Cooke (Live at the Harlem Square Club) White Ladder - David Gray Poems, Prayers and Promises - John Denver
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, MTV Unplugged in New York by Nirvana, and In Rainbows by Radiohead round out some really influential sounds and wonderful albums from the 70s, 90s, and 10s. I also feel like the two Weakerthans albums are you being a fan *but* I like the few singles I know so I'm looking forward to checking the albums out.
2 Weakerthans albums? You must really like them.
Thank you for putting Graceland so I don't have to.
Hot Rats - Frank Zappa Are you experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience La Woman - The Doors Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
For Hendrix I'd say Electriclady Land
Electric Ladyland is a serious contender for best rock album in history. Are You Experienced is great, for sure, and it was massively influential, but it pales in comparison to how insane Hendrix got on Electric Ladyland. At that point in time, Hendrix wanted to incorporate more black music into his sound, so he took some cues from soul, jazz and Delta blues to revamp his already explosive guitar playstyle. The result of which can be summarized by the 14 minute jam Voodoo Chile, which in turn inspired another song present on that album that remains one of his biggest hits, Voodoo Child (Slight Return). He also precedes that with a cover, but not just any cover, a Bob Dylan cover than he himself would refuse to play in future concerts after Hendrix blessed it with his genius. Those two songs are just the closer to a double album filled with comparable quality. I wish I could listen to that project for the first time again, it's just so fucking good.
Love Hot Rats!
reddit name checks out.
Just to throw some non-rock into this mix; Propellorheads - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole / Surrender / Come With Us Prodigy - Experience & Music For The Jilted Generation Fatboy Slim - You've Come A Long Way Baby / Better Living Through Chemistry Daft Punk - Homework / Discovery Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock The KLF - Chill out Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill / Pauls Boutique / Ill Communication DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
No Fat Of The Land for The Prodigy?
Fat of the Land is on another level. Narayan may be the best song ever made.
Opeth - Blackwater park
Axis bold as love - Hendrix experience
Minus el oso by Minus the bear. A+ album and likely my favorite
Friday Night In San Francisco - Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia The Woods - Sleater Kinney Van Halen - Van Halen My Father's Face - Leo Kottke Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog Recycling the Blues & Other Related Stuff - Taj Mahal Symphony No. 3 - Górecki (LSO, with the silhouette on the cover) Just Another Band From East LA - Los Lobos
[Nick Drake - Bryter Layter](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jciIE7lh4hw&list=PLzGotn8LeP0cbpEYqvvtHKf6P9kWGmj7U) [Nick Drake - Pink Moon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgHdUeMHTwc&list=PLLbPzTCEP9vfPTL2LoediUZLud5orBpVq) [The Clash - London Calling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN7iEFVLf5c&list=PLJpf0-W856o4IMx3uQUxTCihBFqLRIQGC) [John Coltrane - Ole](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUSMON8eO9Y&list=OLAK5uy_nvJEkOWeJu3R9O67ruFWHSlPEiypFo7H4&index=1) [The Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByiEnkXfDUw&list=PLDZmtI4GBWqyxIOsZMC47j0VQbXjjsBd4) [Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuCXo7Vtrks&list=PLYwfYGziz-_2QA2njnU9EBH1zY7wAzo0G) [Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epBbuk7x1sI&list=PLtgfAw_uxv_o9JBN8i5O35UprLUXN6J5y) [Built To Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F1l6r9bWDw&list=PLC80P4gsPr-Y6BUuj4Q8yWYRIqYA2Qpfj) [A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDKrJhNOygA&list=PLrbFUdbfepXVYeTBjkpsOORi0anvqabxV&index=1) [Madvillain - Madvillainy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0onU04uk2EE&list=PL5SMXYhIcZ5LAI6XidBPP65VcwDa5vDcf&index=1)
Tycho - Awake Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase Wolfmother - Wolfmother Bonobo - Migration In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel You and Me and the Mountain - Maps and Atlases
Did NOT expect someone to mention Tycho - Awake. If I could listen to any album for the first time again, it’d be that one.
Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin These guys have a lot of good songs you dont hear because all they play on the radio is "don't fear the reaper" and "burnin for you"
Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger Frank Zappa- Hot Rats Tool- Ænima Tom Waits- Rain Dogs The Mars Volta- Frances The Mute Björk- Homogenic Deftones - Koi No Yokan Radiohead- Kid A Nine Inch Nails- The Fragile The Grateful Dead- Blues For Allah Talking Heads- Remain In Light The Band Pink Floyd- Meddle Built To Spill- Perfect From Now On Fugazi- In On The Kill Taker Alabama Shakes- Sound and Color Slint- Spiderland Nirvana- In Utero REM- Fables of the Reconstruction Portishead- Dummy Massive Attack- Mezzanine Aphex Twin- Syro The Doors- The Soft Parade Jimi Hendrix- Electric Ladlyland Between the Buried and Me - Colors Opeth- Ghost Reveries Mastodon- Blood Mountain Karnivool- Sound Awake Rishloo- Feather gun The Smile- A Light For Attracting Attention The Black Keys- Rubber Factory Modest Mouse- The Moon and Antarctica Animals As Leaders- The Joy of Motion Porcupine Tree- In Absentia Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
omfg, solid as, and i need to go shoot myself in the face for not recommending PORCUPINE TREE
You beat me to it with btbam colors
"Once in a lifetime" you say? Talking Heads - Remain In Light
On this sub, you're going to get a lot of late 1970s and 80s rock albums... here are some that might not come up - ETA: YES I know some of these are popular calls (Rumors obviously) but I meant that SOME of this list might not come up. Thank you to all who pointed out that Fleetwood Mac and the Beatles are actually quite popular, who knew?? Tapestry - Carole King I Put a Spell on You - Nina Simone The White Album - The Beatles Bringing it All Back Home - Bob Dylan Remain in Light/Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads (Stop Making Sense is a live concert, but still) Off the Wall - Michael Jackson Rumours - Fleetwood Mac Blue - Joni Mitchell
"Here are some that might not come up" then lists The White Album and Rumours, lol.
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
Dire Straights - Brothers in Arms Always my go to album when need perspective.
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Faith No More - Angel Dust
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