The One Rock Album You Think Everyone Should Own That They Won't Already Own

[Mark]

Mark's taste is exquisite, as usual! But I love We Want Moore best!

Thank you, sir.

Did you ever own other Moore classics like 'Wild Frontier' or 'Corridors Of Power'?

[Shrunk]

Actually, I could have picked any of Eno's first four albums ("Here Come the Warm Jets", "Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)", "Another Green World", "Before and After Science") but if forced to choose just one, I'd probably go with this one.  Really, though, you should get them all.

I'm surprised and intrigued by the amount of metal turning up here.

Oh, I'm breaking the rules here, but I'm willing to bet there'll be no hip hop appearing in this thread, so I feel compelled to draw your attention to this mind-blowing classic:

[Bogey]

Not the greatest rock album of all time, but YOUR favorite Rock album, preferably off the beaten path, a CD that most people are unlikely to have

Using the above criteria, here is one.  If you do not particularly care for Hendrix, you may still enjoy this album. 



Band of Gypsys

Hendrix dissolved his Experience in 1969 in search of a more terra-firma-grounded, blues-oriented persona. On New Year's Eve, Hendrix, his old Army buddy bassist Billy Cox, and ex-Electric Flag drummer Buddy Miles performed a loose, jam-filled set at New York's Fillmore East (completists will want the panoramic though uneven Live at the Fillmore East). Released a few months after his New Year's Eve 1970 concert, Band of Gypsys underscored Hendrix's desired return to basics--even if his basic was at a level most guitarists could never attain in a lifetime of playing. --Billy Altman

Samples here:

http://www.amazon.com/Band-Gypsys-Jimi-Hendrix/dp/B000002UVX/ref=sr_1_6/102-7134284-2880939?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1179706733&sr=1-6

PS: Dave, based on some of you non-classical posts, I believe you might enjoy this one....considerably.

[George]

Yes, Bill, that's a keeper. 

[George]

Live: The Distance to Here

This one has some of the greatest, most upifting positive lyrics I have ever heard. It's spiritual, but it still rocks!

[dtwilbanks]

PS: Dave, based on some of you non-classical posts, I believe you might enjoy this one....considerably.

Me? I own the puppy. 

[Bogey]

Me? I own the puppy. 

Should have known....................but I still believe you will enjoy it!

[dtwilbanks]

Should have known....................but I still believe you will enjoy it!

You...are correct, sir.

[Earthlight]

Tin Huey: Contents Dislodged During Shipment

[cx]

Live: The Distance to Here

This one has some of the greatest, most upifting positive lyrics I have ever heard. It's spiritual, but it still rocks!

I preferred their first three albums...

Dark Side of the Moon is a great pick, though I like Meddle for "Echoes" and would recommend that as well (I think I like Floyd's earlier stuff better than their later stuff). But this is great too:



or this



...or this



...just to keep things diverse.

[Daverz]

There isn't a CD that someone somewhere won't hate, but among those I wouldn't want to be without is The Village Green Preservation Society.



The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society

Here are all the other essential Kinks records:

[The Mad Hatter]

It doesn't really qualify as rock, but I think everyone who doubts the range or seriousness of popular music should own Kid A.



If rock it must be, or for something a little less obscure:

[Shrunk]

What is it they say about imitation and flattery?



(BTW, this is another disc everyone should have, along with the rest of the Sleater-Kinney catalogue.)

[Haffner]

Thank you, sir.

Did you ever own other Moore classics like 'Wild Frontier' or 'Corridors Of Power'?

Oh Mark, you know I'm "just Andy" !


I had Corridors... and Victims at 17 years old, and loved them ever since. But for spontaneous, red hot guitar playing, We Want Moore is one of the greatest in its genre, in my humble opinion. You should see my dvd collection of clasic '80's Gary!

[Haffner]

Oh, I'm breaking the rules here, but I'm willing to bet there'll be no hip hop appearing in this thread, so I feel compelled to draw your attention to this mind-blowing classic:

That's a good one! My favorite is "Fear of a Black Planet", and that's the last rap record I ever bought ("hiphop" only interested me for a couple of months).

[Haffner]

Using the above criteria, here is one.  If you do not particularly care for Hendrix, you may still enjoy this album. 



Band of Gypsys

Hendrix dissolved his Experience in 1969 in search of a more terra-firma-grounded, blues-oriented persona. On New Year's Eve, Hendrix, his old Army buddy bassist Billy Cox, and ex-Electric Flag drummer Buddy Miles performed a loose, jam-filled set at New York's Fillmore East (completists will want the panoramic though uneven Live at the Fillmore East). Released a few months after his New Year's Eve 1970 concert, Band of Gypsys underscored Hendrix's desired return to basics--even if his basic was at a level most guitarists could never attain in a lifetime of playing. --Billy Altman

Samples here:

http://www.amazon.com/Band-Gypsys-Jimi-Hendrix/dp/B000002UVX/ref=sr_1_6/102-7134284-2880939?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1179706733&sr=1-6

PS: Dave, based on some of you non-classical posts, I believe you might enjoy this one....considerably.

Even though I have always considered Hendrix to be maniacally overrated (I personally thought Jeff Beck was the guitar god of the '60's, and players like Ritchie Blackmore were already smoking Hendrix before his death), "Machine Gun" is undeniably an outstanding piece.

[The new erato]

There are (was) undeniably superior players technically, also fra Hendrix' own time. But his sheer originality, as well as his mastery of the whole medium of the electric guitar, where the guitar is only a part - always made him number one for me.

Machine Gun is perhaps the only guitar solo to still give me goose bumps after having heard it a hundred times.

[Haffner]

There are (was) undeniably superior players technically, also fra Hendrix' own time. But his sheer originality, as well as his mastery of the whole medium of the electric guitar, where the guitar is only a part - always made him number one for me.

Machine Gun is perhaps the only guitar solo to still give me goose bumps after having heard it a hundred times.

I agree with both points. Hendrix did add so much to the electric guitar "sound". He took what Beck had experimented with in the mid-60's and pushed it way out.


However, I've had so many of Hendrix's studio and live albums (been trying to see the hype since 1976), and I never heard anything lead-guitar wise which impressed me very much.  I'll get flak for this, but Mr. Johnny Winter was most often a much more exciting guitar player (with a similar style to Hendrix) during Hendrix's later years in particular.

[The new erato]

I,ve been hyped since 67 (for 40 yrs in fact).

[Haffner]

I,ve been hyped since 67 (for 40 yrs in fact).

That's good news isn't it, erato  ?