04-22-2003, 02:33 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Albums that changed your life
Every once in a while, I'll hear an album that totally catches me off guard and influences my musical taste for years after.
Here are some of mine and why, what are yours? Led Zeppelin - I Somebody gave me a dubbed tape of this album in Jr. High. It was my introduction to classic rock/blues. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures High School, bought it on a whim after reading some of their lyrics. I was hooked right away, shaped my tastes for a long time. Dr. Dre - The Chronic Another dub tape somebody gave me. My introduction to rap music...opened my mind and sent me on a long love affair with urban radio. Pavement - Watery, Domestic I bought this EP from a small hipster store in college because it was cheap and I liked the cover. My first indie album, and one of my faves to this day. Cool World - The Soundtrack My introduction to techno. Yeah, it sounds really dated now, but once upon a time it was exciting and new...still a "guilty pleasure" album Honorable mentions: Portishead - Dummy, DJ Cam - Mad Blunted Jazz, Mr. Bungle - s/t, Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat, Negativland - Helter Stupid
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04-22-2003, 03:19 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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Layla- Derek & the Dominoes; what rock SHOULD have been in the early '70's
Blood on the tracks- Bob Dylan; Commercial Dylan? A Night at the Opera- Queen; brilliant, just brilliant
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04-22-2003, 03:57 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Led Zeppelin II - My first infusion of Classic Bluesrock. Later came the rest of the albums, but that's another story.
Jeff Buckley - Grace - The most beautiful album of all time Oasis - What's The Story Morning Glory - It was the first album I ever bought. Rarely listens to it and don't really like it anymore, but it was my first... Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland - What can I say? God playing on an electric guitar. Wow. My biggest inspiration to pick up the guitar myself. Tool - Lateralus - When I boght this album it was the first newly released album I had bought in 2 years. Now don't get me wrong I have a LOT of music, but in those years 1998-2000 everything that came up sounded like shit to me, so I only bought music that was pre-1975. Tool opened the whole metal scene to me. Plus it's a kickass album. |
04-22-2003, 07:45 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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Location: CT
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Queen-A Night at the Opera: First album I ever got
KoRn-Follow the Leader: One of my first two metal albums Rob Zombie-Hellbilly Deluxe: The other of my first two metal albums Nine Inch Nails-Pretty Hate Machine: Introduced me to Industrial music Mystic Circle-Drachenblut: First Death Metal I listened to In Flames-Clayman: First Black Metal band I listened to Eminem-Thw Lim Shady LP: The first rap music I listened to because I actually liked it, not because it was "cool" to do it (Thankfully, I grew out of the fitting in phase fairly quickly) |
04-22-2003, 08:59 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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Location: Enfield MA
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An album that literally changed my life: I bought the Replacements' first album, Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash, when I was fifteen or so. (This was in 1987 or '88.) It was my first exposure to punk, which led me to a lot more punk, the politics of which led to an interest in politics in general; plus punk opened me up to a lot of other independent / underground / avant-garde music, not to mention literature and movies, etc. Best six bucks I ever spent. (P.S. If you've never heard the Replacements, check them out, especially their first six albums.)
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04-23-2003, 12:00 AM | #7 (permalink) |
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"Pinkerton" by Weezer was the first CD I listened to that I still listen to today.
The first Ramones cd was my first "punk" cd. Public Enemy's "Fear of a Black Planet" was the first rap CD.
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04-23-2003, 06:01 AM | #11 (permalink) |
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Location: Lowerainland BC
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Led Zep - I - II - III
Doors - LA Woman Floyd - Dark side of the moon - The wall Elton John - Honky Chateau Stones - Beggars Banquet Queen - A night at the opera and A day at the races Most of these albums were relesed years before I listened to them, but they were the one's that "awoke" my interest in music. Like flyman says, there are too many to mention, these are the ones that first entered my head.
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04-23-2003, 01:50 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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Location: North Carolina
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Green Day...first album i ever bought and it was the first step i took away from my parents and toward being an individual
That's probably why i love the band I went and seen them last year....sucky seats but the concert was still great
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04-23-2003, 08:18 PM | #13 (permalink) |
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Location: Texas
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huh, this is tough, cuz there is so much that just made me STOP.
REM - Murmur Replacements - Pleased to meet me The Doors - best of (cuz i ain't THAT old, sorry it's a greatest hits) jimi hendrix - are you experienced wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot fucked up list, eh? that's just the drunk beginning |
04-23-2003, 08:35 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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In no particular order:
Emerson Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery The Doors - L.A. Woman Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn Iron Butterfly - Metamorphosis Husker Du - Zen Arcade Led Zeppelin - II Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger Nine Inch Nails - And all that could've been live Rush - Exit...Stage Left
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04-24-2003, 01:23 AM | #17 (permalink) |
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Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon changes my life every time I listen to it. I didn't like The Wall so much though, except Comfortably Numb...
Coldplay's Parachutes came to me in the mail from my girlfriend at a time when we weren't getting along so well... in a small way, it helped me fall in love with her again. And that sounded sappy as hell. Ah well, it's the truth. |
04-24-2003, 01:41 PM | #18 (permalink) |
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In no particular order:
Signals- Rush Don't Tell a Soul- Replacements Low End Theory- Tribe Called Quest Big as Life- Hamell on Trial Life's Rich Pagent- REM Poses- Rufus Wainright
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04-24-2003, 03:00 PM | #19 (permalink) | |
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I also really love Tony Rice's Manzanita. Perhaps the greatest display of bluegrass talent ever.
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04-26-2003, 04:03 AM | #25 (permalink) | |
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04-26-2003, 08:39 AM | #26 (permalink) |
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Location: Ireland
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Albums that changed my life...lets see.
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar. Introduced me to metal and industrial music.(Admittedly this album is not strictly either of those). It opened up the world of darker music for me. It also showed me that appearances can be deceptive: They may dress up like a bunch of idiots, but DAMN if they don't make good music. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile. Wow! An absolutely awe-inspiring double cd album. To me, this was the album that brought nine inch nails to a whole new level of artistic achievement, stretching the industrial genre to whole new heights. Many people dislike nine inch nails, judging them purely on the harsh tones of "the downward spiral". They should give this album a listen, and see if they form a different opinion of Trent Reznor. Chemical Brothers - Surrender. My first electronica album. Proved to me that all electronic music is not the "Ummph..Ummph...Ummph...Ummph" of dance music. A brilliant album, that introduced me to electronica and "IDM". Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do. Aphex Twin is now one of my favourite modern musicians. This album is amazing, especially Icct Hedral, almost unbearably tense, wonderful stuff. Oh and it contains "that" track: Ventolin. Beautiful in its own special way Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports. This is an absolutely amazing album. It introduced me to ambient music, and the idea that music can be listened to on an unconscious level. Played in the background, gently colouring the atmosphere. It also introduced me to the idea of "systems music". The idea that music doesn't have to be meticulously "composed", yet can be created by systems of "rules", which led to the idea of "generative music"
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04-26-2003, 01:13 PM | #28 (permalink) |
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Location: N'York
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Frank Zappa ...The Grand Wazoo and Waka/Jawaka
Slayer...Seasons in the Abyss I've listened to these albums literally hundreds of times, Zappa for the technicality and originality, and Slayer for its sheer brutality.
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04-26-2003, 01:43 PM | #29 (permalink) | |
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04-27-2003, 05:35 AM | #31 (permalink) | |
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04-27-2003, 07:20 AM | #32 (permalink) |
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Location: Lake Forest, CA aka Middle of God Damn Nowhere
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Great subject!
Green Day - 1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours The Smiths - The Queen is Dead James - James Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle The Beautiful South - Welcome to the Beautiful South Spiritualized - Pure Phase R.E.M. - Automatic for the People A.F.I. - Sing the Sorrow Please don't crucify me for leaving out all the obvious choices. I'm post-modernist for crying out loud! SNARF \m/
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04-27-2003, 04:51 PM | #33 (permalink) | |
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loganmule, I'm there for you! In (my) chronological order: Meet The Beatles Sgt Pepper's... Woodstock (The Real One!!) Led Zeppelin I Low Spark... Runt/Ballad Boy/War/Joshua Tree Thanks for jogging the "old guy" memories, WZ.
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04-27-2003, 08:28 PM | #34 (permalink) |
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Location: Portland, OR
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At the Drive-In - Relationship of command
In my opinion the greatest album ever recorded. It totally changed the way I look at music and broadened the range of music I listen to. These guys would have changed music had they not prematurely broken up.
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04-28-2003, 09:40 AM | #35 (permalink) |
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Location: Detroit
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jeezus... where does a list like this stop?
well, back in my formative years: Bad Brains - Bad Brains Negativeland - Helter Stupid (and U2) The Smiths - The Queen is Dead Ice-T - Power NWA - NWA and the Posse Crass - The Feeding of the 5000 Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park Joy Division - Closer The Pixies - Surfer Rosa The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin More recently... Patty Griffin - Living with Ghosts Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
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05-02-2003, 09:06 PM | #40 (permalink) |
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Lostprophets - Thefakesoundofprogress.... became one of my favorite albums, still is, upon 2 seconds (literally) of listening.
The Apex Theory - Topsy-Turvy.... just the most inventive, amazing thing that I had EVER heard to that date... probably still is. Glassjaw - Worship and Tribute... I just LOVED the songs on this CD, and I actually spent a day interpreting the meanings of the songs.... yes, this is true. Glassjaw - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence.... This CD is just SO powerful... the messages are really blunt, and kind of frightening when you think of it. Townes Van Zandt - The Late, Great Townes Van Zandt.... This man is the greatest songwriter who ever lived.... just listen to him. Best of Broadside Box Set - Various Artists.... in a word... INCREDIBLE. You have to hear some of this stuff to believe it... greatest social commentary there is Metallica - Master of Puppets.... I haven't heard a better metal album... ever. Bob Marley - Legend.... This is the most widely accepted CD ever. The songs from it can be played on ANY music radio station and be accepted... think about it, it's true. And lastly... Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables... first CD I ever owned, still one of my favorites. Got me into music BIG... and think of how different my musical taste would be if I bought the OTHER CD I wanted that day... sadly, because I hadn't made my mind up about what I really liked yet, it would have been The Village People - Ready for the 80's. EEK.
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