Albums (of any genre) that you thought were worth the money, providing many hours of enjoyment, and many pleasant spins.
i may as well go first.
Chelsea Girl by Nico
This album is just full of good songs, including Nico's rendition of the song that Bob Dylan wrote for her, "I'll Keep It With Mine".
Wow, Nico, Queen of Cheer. That's quite a start!
I'll chime in with "New York Tendaberry" by Laura Nyro. There is no other album like it. Poetic lyrics, unusual melodies, young Laura's passionate singing, and she accompanies herself on piano.
Stealth
Dollar for dollar, track for track, I doubt I've ever got more money out of a CD then AC/DC's Back in Black, and, oh maybe about five dozen more.
Quote from: Stealthgrrl on September 27, 2008, 04:27:26 PM
Wow, Nico, Queen of Cheer. That's quite a start!
Stealth
*chuckle* i hadn't quite thought of it that way. i mostly think of it as unique.
Neil Young,
Hawks and Doves. i have loved this album for the longest time, and still enjoy it.
Sarah McLachlan's Surfacing, of course that's just me. Although speaking of a great album that was worth the money and Neil Young. Harvest. It's what 30 years old and I still love it.
Nichole
Terrorizer "World Downfall"
"Throwing Copper" and "V" (both by Live) were two of the greatest cd's ever released, IMO.
I also like Bullet for my Vallentine's "Scream, Aim, Fire" cd if you are into punk metal
Quote from: Nichole on September 27, 2008, 10:24:53 PM
Sarah McLachlan's Surfacing, of course that's just me. Although speaking of a great album that was worth the money and Neil Young. Harvest. It's what 30 years old and I still love it.
Nichole
Yes, "Surfacing" is great. I used to listen again and again to that song about "if I feel a tear I won't cage it...I won't fear love." And of course the one about "your love is better than ice cream." :)
I always really liked "The Needle And The Damage Done" from Harvest.
I've still got about 30 of my old vinyl albums. Sandy Denny "The Northstar Grassman & The Ravens", The Bee Gees "Odessa", with the fuzzy red cover, Rita Coolidge's first solo album, and a little gem by Sarah Kernochan called "House of Pain." The title song contains the marvelous lyric:
just cos you're a genius
is no excuse for being rude to usAmen to that.
Stealth
Posted on: September 28, 2008, 08:46:37 AM
PS--did I mention I used to get teased for listening to chick music? LOL. *scratches head* I wonder if there was a reason for that! 8)
Evanescence - 'Fallen'
One of only four physical albums I own. I think I've just about wore it out listening to it. :)
Hüsker Dü, Flip Your Wig.
some Hüsker Dü fans think the band's earlier albums, such as Zen Arcade, were better, but i spent much time spinning their later records, especially this one.
Steeltown by Big Country
A Love Supreme, by John Coltrane
Direct by Vangelis
Unusual Weather by Michael Manring
Aerial Boundaries by Michael Hedges
Typhoid and Swans by the Sleepy People is for the money the best album I ever got, cost me a pound and I love it. Their first album Blunt Nails in a Sharp Wall is also very good, but cost me two pounds.
Quote from: Leiandra on September 28, 2008, 07:54:33 AM
Evanescence - 'Fallen'
One of only four physical albums I own. I think I've just about wore it out listening to it. :)
I second that! :D
Leiandra, that you even mentioned this album makes you that much cooler ;)
Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
Pod, by the Breeders
some of the songs on this cd are so slow that i can't listen to them, as it feels to me that my heart rate will go dangerously slow, then stop. but aside from one or two songs, the entire cd is just terrific.
Running the table:
Groups that put out more than one good record, and did a great job on them. All of which are worth the money.
Rolling Stones
Exile On Main St.- 1972
Sticky Fingers - 1971
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! - 1970
Let It Bleed - 1969
Beggars Banquet - 1968
Their Satanic Majesties Request - 1967
Perhaps the greatest feat in Rock and Roll were these six records, back to back to back.
Honorable mention to:
Led Zep - I, II, III, Zoso.
OMG, Ladies!?! Guy's!?!? ???
Pink Floyd: "Dark Side Of The Moon"
The Beatles: "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band"
and...
Black Sabbath- all of them >:-)
Slayer: "Rein In Blood" >:-)
Posted on: September 29, 2008, 02:36:23 PM
Quote from: tekla on September 28, 2008, 07:17:22 PM
Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
Love this album :-*
Reign in Blood was the strongest stuff that Slayer ever did for live performance for sure.
I'd also want to vote for
Augustus Pablo's King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown and the perhaps even better, Rockers Meets King Tubby in a Firehouse. Never put either of those records on that it was not near perfect.
i don't think that Sgt Pepper's is your full moneys worth, its an album of experiment and ideas, more an impact when it came out and a rallying point for a certain aesthetic, but not a wonderful album.
Caverna Magica by Andreas Vollenweider.
I can't think of any others from my collection where every last track was inexplicably incredible. But since we're moving now, things are turning up that I'd forgotten I owned. So, I might be adding others. We'll see...
Traffic, John Barleycorn Must Die
bought it used, can't tell you how many times i played it.
Down by law with John Barleycorn. Awesome.
I love so many different types of music so much that it's really difficult to pick even just 10 essential albums... I'll try though.
In no particular order:
The Beatles box set, 1963-1970
All-American Rejects- Move Along
Counting Crows- August and Everything After
Cake- Fashion Nugget
Flobots- Fight With Tools
Ratatat- Classics
Angels and Airwaves- We Don't Need to Whisper
Brian Setzer Orchestra- The Dirty Boogie
Collective Soul- Dosage
Everclear- So Much for the Afterglow
ICP- The Great Milenko
The Killers- Hot Fuss
Kottonmouth Kings- Hidden Stash
Nine Inch Nails- Pretty Hate Machine
Serj Tankian- Elect the Dead
She Wants Revenge (self-titled)
Simple Plan- No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls
Best of Van Halen
Yeah, that's a list. And I'm sure I missed a lot. However, I still maintain that the best put-together album I've ever heard, the one with the best flow and overall best consistent musical quality is Pretty Hate Machine.
SD
Napalm Death "From Enslavement To Obliteration"
- Queen Greatest Hits 3 CD.
- My Chemical Romance The Black Parade.
- Usher Here I stand
B. Dylan "John Wesley Harding"
Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde and Blood on the Tracks.
bob dylan
Highway 61 revisited
and
Bringing it all back home
The Kingston Trio--The Kingston Trio/From the Hungry i
You can get both albums on one CD. I can think of no better introduction to the greatest American folk group ever (well, in my humble opinion). One studio, one live.
Led Zeppelin--Physical Graffiti
One of the classics. Nuff said.
The Police--Synchronicity
Okay, this album has the extremely overplayed and misunderstood "Every Breath You Take," but have you really listened to that song? It's scary as all heck. And a lot of the other songs on this album make you think, if you bother to listen to the lyrics.
The Doors--The Doors
Despite the commercial appeal of "Light My Fire," still a great debut album. Some might say that "The End" is a bit self-indulgent, but those folks probably feel the same way about Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony (the Pateticheskaya). Screw 'em, I say.
The Talking Heads--More Songs about Buildings and Food, Remain in Light, Speaking in Tongues
Keepers, all of them.
Gary Numan--Replicas
Are "friends" electric? I've always wondered.
The Residents--Meet the Residents
Their debut album is alternately jarring and hilarious. "Boots," that perennial Nancy Sinatra favorite, is given the bizarro treatment here. And who can resist the sweet strains of "Rest Aria," the deeply moving "Spotted Pinto Bean," and "N-Er-Gee (Crisis Blues)," as relevant now as it was in 1973?
Sparks--Whomp That Sucker
"Too commercial!" this album's detractors cry. Maybe so, but it's all so much fun for anyone with a goofy sense of humor. "Take a foreign girl upstairs and learn a lot of foreign words." ;)
These are just off the top of my head. No doubt I could do better with more time.
Quote from: Pica Pica on September 29, 2008, 02:54:06 PM
i don't think that Sgt Pepper's is your full moneys worth, its an album of experiment and ideas, more an impact when it came out and a rallying point for a certain aesthetic, but not a wonderful album.
DARN IT PICA QUIT BEING SO DAMN BRITISH :-* ;)
'KISS' : KISS, Hotter than Hell, Dressed To Kill, Alive 1 >:-)
I agree with Pica here.
Revolver and Rubber Soul are much better records.
Quote from: tekla on October 01, 2008, 05:39:59 PM
I agree with Pica here.
Revolver and Rubber Soul are much better records.
I totally understand, but everything the Beatles ever did is just gold to me; especially, Sgt. Peppers because it was given to me at a very weird and depressing time when I was very young. Parents divorcing, my GID issues, vicious bullying @ school. It was the epitome of "escapism" for me.
But I'm not sure that the Beatles at their best were about escapism, they were real, which is why they sold what they did. Then and now. Which is why Rubber Soul and Revolver are such awesome records. Its the reality, not the surreality in them that makes them great. Not that Sgt. Peppers is some sort of drek, it's not, and its hard to imagine rock post Sgt. Peppers without it.
Quote from: tekla on October 01, 2008, 05:49:39 PM
But I'm not sure that the Beatles at their best were about escapism, they were real, which is why they sold what they did. Then and now. Which is why Rubber Soul and Revolver are such awesome records. Its the reality, not the surreality in them that makes them great. Not that Sgt. Peppers is some sort of drek, it's not, and its hard to imagine rock post Sgt. Peppers without it.
I agree. It was just a time in my life that i felt that album in particular gave me that "escape" from all the reality going on around me.
No problem there. I think if you look at it in context SP is THE rock record of all time. When it came out the local (Chicago) AM top-40 station played it from start to finish, no commercials, it was that important in its day.
Famous Blue Raincoat, Jinnifer Warnes and Leonard Cohen
Cohen is really a poet playing a musician and Warnes brings her pop sensibility to the project. I'm on copy number 2, which is MP3 this time.
Rubber Soul, The Beatles
Let It Bleed ties Beggars Banquet and Sticky Fingers, Rolling Stones
The Doors, title and group
The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Court and Spark, Joni Mitchell
Hissing and all that comes after YES! Court and Spark and all that folk junk, boo! Boring. Dull. But stuff like Dog Eat Dog, Wild Things Run Fast. Mingus, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter and Hejira - sign me up!
KING CRIMSON- "In The Court Of The Crimson King".
Down with Court of the Crimson King, but even more with Three of a Perfect Pair, and Starless and Bible Black.
John Mayall
Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
Quote from: tekla on October 01, 2008, 06:32:47 PM
Hissing and all that comes after YES! Court and Spark and all that folk junk, boo! Boring. Dull. But stuff like Dog Eat Dog, Wild Things Run Fast. Mingus, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter and Hejira - sign me up!
So you're the one that owns the other copy of Dog Eat Dog! Don't like folk, huh? I guess I won't be seing you at Strictly, Mostly, Blugrass this weekend?
So you're the one that owns the other copy of Dog Eat Dog!
Its rumored that her mom has the legendary third copy of Dog Eat Dog. LOL.
And I didn't say 'all folk' just her folk stuff I don't like, but no, I rarely, (once every two to three years) go to a show I'm not working.
Quote from: tekla on October 01, 2008, 06:51:36 PM
Down with Court of the Crimson King, but even more with Three of a Perfect Pair, and Starless and Bible Black.
Three of a Perfect Pair is probably my favorite King Crimson album.
U2- Joshua Tree
Talking Heads- Stop Making Sense
Tracy Chapman- Tracy Chapman
Nirvana- Nevermind
Supertramp- Breakfast in America
Nine inch Nails- Pretty Hate Machine
Yesmy music taste are all over the place!
myles
The Animals Greatest hits
Nirvana - Unplugged
Fleetwood Mac- Rumors
Stevie Nickes- Edge of seventeen/anything
How could I forget?
Lola (the album) - The Kinks, 1970
Nice video at youtube.com/watch?v=IMsnqQHOwFg&feature=related
After I posted mine I realized that some of my choices may be linked to the events they remind me of. At this point its hard to seperate the music from that time of my life, strange.
I am a huge music fan have a lot of cd's mp3's
myles
'Miles Davis'- "Sketches Of Spain"
The Doors.
L.A. Woman
'Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass' : "Whipped Cream" :P
Steely Dan, Can't Buy a Thrill
Nice to see Michael Hedges on the list, he was amazing. I also agree that 3 of a Perfect Pair was the best King Crimson album. Other great albums for me were various by Dylan, Beatles from Rubber Soul and Revolver on, Simon and Garfunkel, John Fahey's Blind Joe Death, anything by John Renbourn and also Pentangle, Leo Kottke's 6 & 12 String Guitar album w the armadillo on the cover, anything by Joni Mitchell, Patti Smith's Horses, Janis Joplin, Pierre Bensusan, Blind Willie Johnson, early Ry Cooder, Robert Johnson, Rev Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt, Mississippi Fred McDowell, early Bonnie Raitt, Miles Davis Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain, everything by Thelonius Monk.... I must stop, but I know as soon as I hit post, I'll think of 20 more must list albums ;D
Z
Quote from: Rebis on October 03, 2008, 12:02:59 PM
The Doors.
L.A. Woman
Great album, although you can clearly hear the strain in Jim Morrison's voice.
Quote from: funnygrl on October 04, 2008, 12:28:34 AM
'Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass' : "Whipped Cream" :P
I used to listen to this when I was a kid; it brings back fond memories of life before adolescence, when I really started to have a lot of emotional problems. I always found the cover photo intriguing, too. ;D
I think I left out one of my fave Talking Heads albums a little while back--
Fear of Music. "Memories" and "Heaven" are particular favorites, but "Animals" never fails to make me smile, and I listen to every song on the album, time and time again.
How about movie scores? I'm awfully fond of the music for
Raiders of the Lost Ark, although (uncharacteristically) I wish I had the older, less complete album. In the original release, "Desert Chase" (my favorite segment) has been edited so that it maintains its power and force. In the rerelease, the piece loses its hard-driving momentum and gets bogged down in the middle.
Sometimes less really is more.
Albums I thought were worth the money and provided many hours of pleasurable listening.
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Eagles - Hotel California
Who - Tommy
Moody Blues - Days of Future Past
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat (I wore out two of this one)
Beverly
Quote from: BeverlyAnn on October 04, 2008, 11:22:26 PM
Albums I thought were worth the money and provided many hours of pleasurable listening.
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Eagles - Hotel California
Who - Tommy
Moody Blues - Days of Future Past
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat (I wore out two of this one)
Beverly
i know the Eagles get dogged alot nowadays, but
Hotel California was a really fun tape to have in the car, with a girlfirend. : )
i generally hate chick flicks and schmaltsy love songs. but i loved
Tapestry, and played it to death.
Quote from: ell on October 04, 2008, 01:54:21 PM
Steely Dan, Can't Buy a Thrill
Oh yeah! Though my favorite album of their's has to be Aja.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocfR3CIPFJo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocfR3CIPFJo)
A few other albums-
Eric Johnson, Venus Isle
Led Zeppelin, In Through the Out Door and Physical Graffiti (Technically all of their albums should be on the list but those 2 are my favs)
U2, War
Charlie Byrd, Brazilian Byrd
Loreena McKennitt, The Book of Secrets
Magnetic Fields
- 69 love songs, at least 30 atr wonderful, only about 4 are rubbish, good hit rate.
Quote from: Arch on October 04, 2008, 10:40:10 PM
How about movie scores?
I love the scores from Koyanisqaatsi, Paris TX, and of course, Fantasia.
Z
Leo Kottke's 6 & 12 String Guitar
Always fresh, bright and alive. On of the best guitar records anytime, anyplace. "The Driving of the Year Nail" and "Vaseline Machine Gun" are most perfect.
Quote from: tekla on October 02, 2008, 05:26:51 AM
So you're the one that owns the other copy of Dog Eat Dog!
Its rumored that her mom has the legendary third copy of Dog Eat Dog. LOL.
And I didn't say 'all folk' just her folk stuff I don't like, but no, I rarely, (once every two to three years) go to a show I'm not working.
Every few years I need to be reminded why I don't go to free, outdoor festival style seating events. I went to see Elvis Costello and I did hear him but never saw him. :(
On a brighter note, Tom Stoppard's play, Rock and Roll, is playing at ACT (Geary St. Theater). It's set between 1968 and 1990 with the story split between Prague after the Soviet crackdown and Cambridge, UK. It reminded me of the days when the music mattered. Syd Barrett haunts the stage. :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap: :eusa_clap:
Stabbing Westward- Wither, Blister, Burn and Peel
Awesome album full of angst before it was lame.
Quote from: Zythyra on October 04, 2008, 05:26:37 PM
Nice to see Michael Hedges on the list, he was amazing. I also agree that 3 of a Perfect Pair was the best King Crimson album. Other great albums for me were various by Dylan, Beatles from Rubber Soul and Revolver on, Simon and Garfunkel, John Fahey's Blind Joe Death, anything by John Renbourn and also Pentangle, Leo Kottke's 6 & 12 String Guitar album w the armadillo on the cover, anything by Joni Mitchell, Patti Smith's Horses, Janis Joplin, Pierre Bensusan, Blind Willie Johnson, early Ry Cooder, Robert Johnson, Rev Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt, Mississippi Fred McDowell, early Bonnie Raitt, Miles Davis Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain, everything by Thelonius Monk.... I must stop, but I know as soon as I hit post, I'll think of 20 more must list albums ;D
Z
Can't Believe I forgot "Thelonius Monk", so true
Z!!!
I can think of at least fifty, but I'm trying to limit myself to the ones that I've played over and over again for decades and decades. There is a lot of good stuff that has a high burn out level, but some other things, well they just stick with you, they follow you in and out the years. They always have something to say to you. It's always OK to put them on.
I feel that way about AC/DC, and the Beach Boys too. Its never a bad time to roll down the windows, drive down the coast highway and listen to the Beach Boys or Dick Dale. It just always fits. Its always OK to crank AC/DC or Zep.
I agree with Sketches of Spain, it is a masterpiece.
Also on my list - in a bit of an odder vein, is Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis which I've been listening to without it ever getting old since it came out in 1970 or so. Every song on it is as good as the hit 'Son of a Preacherman' - sort of sank when it came out, but its survived well.
Also, I'd love to toss in another, perhaps the only record I owned in high school that I still listen to at least once a month, other than Led Zep and Pink Floyd, the first Tower of Power disc, East Bay Grease. Its a funk as funk was being born, and it sure was a pretty baby.
Ir's hard for me to pick really my favorites...let's see..These are probably some of my all-time favorite albums (as of right now)
Rammstein - Herzeleid
Rammstein - Sehnsucht
Rammstein - Mutter
Rammstein - Reise, Reise
Rammstein - Rosenrot (yes that is all of their cds, but I'm not lying when I say they're all great)
Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation
Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth
Loreena McKennitt - The Book of Secrets
Enya - Shepherd Moons
The Chieftains - Water from the Well
Shpongle - Nothing lasts...But Nothing is Lost
Rise Against - Siren Song of the Counter Culture
Disturbed - Believe
ELO- "Time". :)
John Fahey, well almost anything, he hears music in a unique manner, but his re-interpretation of the classic X-mass songs is masterful.
It's a hard decission for my favorite album ever but it would be between theese two.
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
This was the first Iron Maiden studio album I got and has remained my favourite album by my all time favorite band. From The brilliant opening track Aces High right through to the epic 13 and a half minute closer Rime Of The Ancient Mariner.This album is very much worth it and has given me many many hours of enjoyment. Every track's a guddun.
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
If any album, in my oppinion, could rival Powerslave to be the best album ever it's this one. When I first listened to this album I just thought WOW! how is it possible to make music this good? And I still think the same now after every listen. Very much worth every penny and a whole lot more. This album includes Megadeth classics such as Holy Wars... The Punishment Due and Hangar 18 and my personal favorite Megadeth song Tornado Of Souls.
Quote from: Tamara on October 19, 2008, 07:56:26 AM
It's a hard decission for my favorite album ever but it would be between theese two.
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
This was the first Iron Maiden studio album I got and has remained my favourite album by my all time favorite band. From The brilliant opening track Aces High right through to the epic 13 and a half minute closer Rime Of The Ancient Mariner.This album is very much worth it and has given me many many hours of enjoyment. Every track's a guddun.
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
If any album, in my oppinion, could rival Powerslave to be the best album ever it's this one. When I first listened to this album I just thought WOW! how is it possible to make music this good? And I still think the same now after every listen. Very much worth every penny and a whole lot more. This album includes Megadeth classics such as Holy Wars... The Punishment Due and Hangar 18 and my personal favorite Megadeth song Tornado Of Souls.
DITTO TAMARA :)
Kate Bush's The Sensual World
i got this cd used a few years ago, and it sat around for about a year without being listened to.
then i started playing it over and over, and it has become one of my favorites. it has a couple of stupid phrases, but most of it is so terrif.
-ellie