Must-have albums

[Bad^Hat]

So, inspired by a music video special on the music channel just now, and my wanting to expand my music collection, here comes another much-needed variation on the old favourite songs/albums post! ^_^

Uhh yeah, basically just post one album from your collection that you'd consider a "must-have", a classic (doesn't mean it has to be old) that you'd recommend to just about anyone. I'll get the ball rolling...

The Beatles - Abbey Road

First album I came across in my playlist that screamed out classic

 

[Cube]

Queen - Greatest Hits.

Even I have it, and I'm not even fond of Queen.

 

[Zephos]

Nevermind - Nirvana

Duh.

 

[knut]

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command

Not my favourite At the Drive-In album, but one that anyone with some sort of liking for post-hardcore or the like should have. Probably the easiest At the Drive-In album to get into aswell, so yeah.

If I do add more albums, they will be albums I myself think are classic, and that won't be stuff like Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath and any other bands that all the magazines consider 'the best albumz evvaaarr' because of what they have done for music. Dull music = NO.

 

[evil^milk]

Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die

The Strokes - Is This It

 

[WeeViL]

The Verve, Urban Hymns
I have Queen's greatest hits too

 

[Evo]

Metallica - 'Black Album'
Guns n Roses - Apettite for Destruction
RHCP - Californiacation

 

[Cormeh]

The Verve, Urban Hymns

If I could only settle with one album for the rest of my life, it would be Urban Hymns.

To be honest, The White Album by The Beatles is a certainty. Almost every genre of music in one album.

 

[Remus]

Well I would recommend:

Pink Floyd - The Wall & Dark side of the Moon
Metallica - The Black Album
Iron Maiden - Fear of the dark
Black Sabbath - Born Again

 

[stemot]

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Oasis - Definately Maybe
Oasis - Don`t Believe The Truth
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^ These are the ones I believe to be classics that I recommend

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The Kooks - Inside In Inside Out
Milburn - Well Well Well
The Rifles - No Love Lost
Kasabian - Empire
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
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These ones I think are the best of the recent releases.

 

[ComradeBadger]

Classics:

The Libertines - Up The Bracket
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman
White Stripes - De Stijl

Recent goodies:
The Kooks - Inside In, Inside Out
The Rifles - No Love Lost
Milburn - Well Well Well
The Rakes - Capture/Release
Hot Chip - The Warning
Muse - Black Holes & Revalations

 

[gick]

All time Favourites:

Slayer - Reign in Blood
Fugazi - 13 Songs
The Clash - London Calling
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables


Modern Classics:

Leftover Crack - F*ck World Trade
A Wilhelm Scream - Ruiner
Thursday - Full Collapse
Strike Anywhere - Change is a Sound

 

[DeusExMachina]

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West/The Moon and Antarctica
Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs/Hunky Dory
Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/If You're Feeling Sinister
The Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot/Summerteeth
Cat Power - You Are Free
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde/Highway 61 Revisted

 

[Slacker]

Air- Moon Safari
Air- Talkie Walkie
Tool- AEnima
The Velvet Underground- Velvet Underground/Nico
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
The Pixies- Trompe Le Monde
Opeth- Still Life
Smashing Pumpkins- Adore
TV on the Radio- Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
Radiohead- The Bends
Porcupine Tree- Lightbulb Sun
Dream Theater- Scenes From a Memory
Alice in Chains- Alice in Chains
Arcade Fire- Neighborhood

 

[gick]

Oops, I forgot:

Bad Religion - No Control
and
Bad Religion - Against the Grain

 

[swiss]

Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon
The jam - Snap!
The Kinks - Greatest Hits

 

[knut]

All time Favourites:

Slayer - Reign in Blood
Fugazi - 13 Songs
The Clash - London Calling
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Good call, except for Slayer. Fugazi > me.

 

[Crushenator 500]

Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath...Dull music = NO.

Dude... you just called sabbath and zeppelin dull... :|

The Kinks - Greatest Hits

Omg I love you, that's an AWESOME album!!!

same to all of you who said VU+nico, i love that album

pet sounds (beach boys), sgt peppers (beatles), are you experienced? (hendrix) probably deserve mentions here

 

[Geogaddi]

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase

I'll update in a little while

 

[Zeus]

nine inch nails - the downward spiral
fear factory - demanufacture

 

[Bad^Hat]

LOL, you guys think I'm made of money and/or bandwidth?

Like I expected the one-per-post rule to last though, know you guys better than that

Oh well, few more then -

Soundgarden - Superunknown
Perhaps not their best, I never got into their older stuff so I wouldn't know. Good, hard rockin' throughout though.

Placebo - Sleeping With Ghosts
I love this album in a purely heterosexual way.

Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
It's better than bad, it's good. Check out their older stuff if you approve.

Rush - Moving Pictures
If you can get past Geddy's voice, that is.

 

[Geogaddi]

LOL, you guys think I'm made of bandwidth?

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D:

 

[CrazyHarij]

venetian snares - cavalcade of glee and dadaist happy hardcore pompoms

 

[evil^milk]

The Pixies - Surfer Rosa

FTW n_n

 

[Raxxman]

Stuff that no-one so far has mentioned

Pearl Jam, Ten
Pearl Jam, Vs

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blood Sugar Sex Magic

Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine

Radiohead, the Bends

to name a few modern classics.

Smiths, well everything

the Who, Who's Next

Many more Classics

 

[knut]

Dude... you just called sabbath and zeppelin dull... :|

Yep, it appears so. Not a fan of boring music to be honest.

Good call for whoever said RATM's s/t. I never know what I prefer out of that or The Battle for L.A., though.

Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese is probably the ultimate bass guitarists album, aswell as being straight-up, kick ass original fun.

 

[Crushenator 500]

Yep, it appears so. Not a fan of boring music to be honest.

:x :x

Tell me... are you saying that to be ''cool'' with the emos, or have you actually listened to any of their stuff, enough to pass judgement, and decided that it's not for you.

sabbath and zeppelin are @#'!ing GODS of the music world, calling them boring is, to me anyway, insane D:

 

[knut]

I wasn't aware it was 'cool' to dislike dull bands, it's moreso my own opinion, y'know? Yes, I have listened to both bands, having also seen Sabbath aswell, who were cringeworthy aswell as boring. I've been subjected to the mediocrocity (sp?) of Led Zeppelins albums a number of times as my mate is a big fan. It just doesn't do anything for me. Rock and the like in general doesn't. If anything, the early doom/stoner-esqe Sabbath was okay, but I'll stick with better bands like Cathedral and Kyuss for that, thanks.

They may have influenced bands now, and done wonders for the industry, but thats no reason for me to like them. Kudos to 'em an all, but other than that, I find it dull stuff. You'll probably think bands I like are dull and boring. Welcome to opinions.

 

[StardogChampion]

Alice in Chains - Dirt
Alice in Chains - Facelift

 

[Crushenator 500]

the mediocrocity of Led Zeppelin

I think a part of me just died D: ;(

 

[Zephos]

Air- Moon Safari
Air- Talkie Walkie
Tool- AEnima
The Velvet Underground- Velvet Underground/Nico
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
The Pixies- Trompe Le Monde
Opeth- Still Life
Smashing Pumpkins- Adore
TV on the Radio- Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
Radiohead- The Bends
Porcupine Tree- Lightbulb Sun
Dream Theater- Scenes From a Memory
Alice in Chains- Alice in Chains
Arcade Fire- Neighborhood

I like your taste But I prefer Siamese Dream over Adore when it comes to the Pumpkins.

Soundgarden - Superunknown
Perhaps not their best, I never got into their older stuff so I wouldn't know. Good, hard rockin' throughout though.

Black Hooole Sun, won't you come...

Yeah, good album that.

 

[Raxxman]

screw that, Spoonman is where it's at

 

[Zephos]

screw that, Spoonman is where it's at

Yeah but BHS is so much more memorable, especially it's video (those people give me the creeps).

 

[brink's]

Daydream nation-The Sonic Youth
Loveless-My Bloody Valentine
The velvet Underground and nico-The velvet Underground and nico
Ok Computer-Radiohead
DSOTM-Pink Floyd

 

[DeusExMachina]

:x :x

Tell me... are you saying that to be ''cool'' with the emos, or have you actually listened to any of their stuff, enough to pass judgement, and decided that it's not for you.

sabbath and zeppelin are @#'!ing GODS of the music world, calling them boring is, to me anyway, insane D:

If anything, the "emos" like Sabbath and Zeppelin. I see kids all the time with Sabbath and Zeppelin t-shirts and the only songs they know Iron Man and Stairway to Heaven.

 

[DeusExMachina]

That's incredibly true. Ironically enough, I'm wearing a Pink Floyd shirt .

But I got Great Piper at the Gates of Dawn and Animals, so...suck it.

 

[Septih]

Pink Floyd - The Wall (the film too)
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Radiohead - OK Computer
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
REM - Automatic for the People

 

[knut]

If anything, the "emos" like Sabbath and Zeppelin. I see kids all the time with Sabbath and Zeppelin t-shirts and the only songs they know Iron Man and Stairway to Heaven.

It's because they have started selling shirts by them and others like AC/DC, Stones and Motorhead in all those girly fashion stores now. It's quite disapointing that it has become a fashion to have a Motorhead shirt because it's ''in'' now.

My town is full of nobhead posers. And unfortunatly, I'm going into town later, and I always feel really embarrased walking past these mass of clone-kids as any common person looking would think I'd be associating with them. (it's the long hair around here that immeidietly puts you into a damn category/label)

 

[pomegranate]

Blondie - Parallel Lines
The Clash - Combat Rock (better than London Calling IMO)
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Jeffrey Lewis - City and Eastern Songs
Kings Of Convenience - Quiet Is The New Loud
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
Weezer's eponymous debut album
Richard X - Presents His X-Factor
Lou Reed - Transformer

 

[Bad^Hat]

Stuff that no-one so far has mentioned

Pearl Jam, Ten
Pearl Jam, Vs

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blood Sugar Sex Magic

Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine

Radiohead, the Bends

to name a few modern classics.

Smiths, well everything

the Who, Who's Next

Many more Classics

I was considering mentioning pretty much every single one of those

Also, Primus - Frizzle Fry. Someone mentioned Seas of Cheese, and reminded me I really have to check out more of their back catalog. Freakin <3 Frizzle Fry though.

It's pudding taaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime!