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
Ok, you can post more than one, but lets limit it to one per day, OK?
Here's my first Pick:
Front:
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Back:
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Okay, so I'm boring and obvious:
You are both incorrect. It would be REVOLVER by The Beatles.
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 20, 2007, 08:50:07 AM
You are both incorrect. It would be REVOLVER by The Beatles.
Damn my blindness!
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 20, 2007, 08:50:07 AM
You are both incorrect. It would be REVOLVER by The Beatles.
George: Dave thinks that he knows what we think.
George: That guy's crackers. ::)
Quote from: George on May 20, 2007, 08:51:23 AM
George: Dave thinks that he knows what we think.
George: That guy's crackers. ::)
Dave: They're calling us "crackers" don't you know.
Dave: Damn them.
Dave: But we'll always have each other.
Dave: Hold me.
no, its
(http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~asanche1/Dark%20Side%20of%20the%20Moon.jpg)
Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
Just to be clear, this thread is about the one that YOU think everyone should own, not "The greatest Rock album."
That difference is highlighted by picking CD's that perhaps everyone doesn't already own.
I hope to hear of some great albums that I haven't heard of before. :)
Quote from: George on May 20, 2007, 08:57:50 AM
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I hope to hear of some great albums that I haven't heard of before. :)
Hmmm....
Quote from: George on May 20, 2007, 09:01:05 AM
That certainly qualifies. :)
Classic proto-metal, but with all kinds of agreeable Queen, Black Sabbath, Zeppelin, and Deep Purple influences.
This is so incredibly difficult that I need two in reserve:
1. Ramones "Ramones" (The group that is NYC to me, maybe together with Velvet Underground)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YEP06VPHL._AA240_.jpg)
2. Metallica "Master of Puppets" (when they really were fantastic)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/418MR1SQNKL._AA240_.jpg)
3. Pixies "Surfer Rosa"
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/41079B240YL._AA240_.jpg)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q4NH3Z65L._AA240_.jpg)
(http://p200server.us.es/mikeoldfield/repositorio/Image/document_images/grandes-albumes/Deep_Purple_-_Made_In_japan-front.jpg)
Quote from: Drasko on May 20, 2007, 09:08:36 AM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Q4NH3Z65L._AA240_.jpg)
Title, band?
Quote from: rubio on May 20, 2007, 09:05:31 AM
2. Metallica "Master of Puppets" (when they really were fantastic)
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Good one! But,
Ride the Lightning was always my favorite from them.
Quote from: George on May 20, 2007, 08:57:50 AM
Just to be clear, this thread is about the one that YOU think everyone should own, not "The greatest Rock album."
That difference is highlighted by picking CD's that perhaps everyone doesn't already own.
I hope to hear of some great albums that I haven't heard of before. :)
Oops. Okay how about this?
Quote from: Scriptavolant on May 20, 2007, 09:08:47 AM
(http://p200server.us.es/mikeoldfield/repositorio/Image/document_images/grandes-albumes/Deep_Purple_-_Made_In_japan-front.jpg)
You have impeccable taste. But what about:
Quote from: George on May 20, 2007, 09:09:18 AM
Title, band?
http://www.amazon.com/Against-Grain-Bad-Religion/dp/B0001JXPFM (http://www.amazon.com/Against-Grain-Bad-Religion/dp/B0001JXPFM)
Quote from: Haffner on May 20, 2007, 09:10:47 AM
You have impeccable taste. But what about (IN rock)
THat's right in the second place, I listening to "Bloodsucker" and "Into the fire" at least once a day (have them in my ipod).
Quote from: Scriptavolant on May 20, 2007, 09:13:10 AM
THat's right in the second place, I listening to "Bloodsucker" and "Into the fire" at least once a day (have them in my ipod).
You really
do have impeccable taste! "Hard Lovin' Man" is my lesser-known favorite from
In Rock (Jon Lord said that the organ solos and general songwriting on that album were heavily influenced by Mahler!).
Quote from: Haffner on May 20, 2007, 09:09:35 AM
Good one! But, Ride the Lightning was always my favorite from them.
"Ride the Lightning" is for me almost as good as "Master of Puppets", but I have special associations with this album. I had a radio program back then, and in 1986 we went to a concert in Oslo with Metallica (Master of Puppets-tour). We interviewed James Hetfield hours before the concert, and he also made a radio jingle/advertisment for us. Everyone from the band were interviewed by different radio staions except from Cliff Burton who had a cold. The concert afterwards was a magic moment (because we were 16 and such big fans). But two days after Cliff Burton was killed in a bus accident in Sweden. That was very sad, and he was a fantastic bass player. I guess he should have met up for the interview...
Quote from: rubio on May 20, 2007, 09:20:14 AM
"Ride the Lightning" is for me almost as good as "Master of Puppets", but I have special associations with this album. I had a radio program back then, and in 1986 we went to a concert in Oslo with Metallica (Maste rof Puppets-tour). We interviewed James Hetfield hours before the concert, and he also made a radio jingle/advertisment for us. Everyone from the band were interviewed except from Cliff Burton who had a cold. The concert afterwards was a magic moment (because we were 16 and such big fans). But two days after Cliff Burton was killed in a bus accident in Sweden. That was very sad, and he was a fantastic bass player. I guess he should have met up for the interview...
What a great (yet ultimately tragic) story! After Burton died, I was mostly bored with Metallica.
I could also have mentioned this short masterpiece:
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MVMJRQJEL._AA240_.jpg)
Quote from: rubio on May 20, 2007, 09:26:16 AM
I could also have mentioned this short masterpiece:
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MVMJRQJEL._AA240_.jpg)
You might not like me for this, but
Live Undead is my all time by them. A shred metal classic!
To give
George a break from the extreme Metal, I have to reccomend this little known, incredible Classic by the former guitar player of UFO.
Love-Forever Changes
Quote from: Haffner on May 20, 2007, 09:21:36 AM
What a great (yet ultimately tragic) story! After Burton died, I was mostly bored with Metallica.
The day after the Metallica concert we interviewed the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem (the band that started the Norwegian black metal adventure). Some years later guitarist Euronymous from this band got killed, so we stopped doing interviews...
I agree with you that Metallica nevenr became the same after Cliff Burton, even if I must admit that I like the Black Album.
Quote from: rubio on May 20, 2007, 09:31:52 AM
The day after the Metallica concert we interviewed the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem (the band that started the Norwegian black metal adventure). Some years later guitarist Euronymous from this band got killed, so we stopped doing interviews...
I agree with you that Metallica nevenr became the same after Cliff Burton, even if I must admit that I like the Black Album.
Whoa, those tragedies are a little
too coincidental, huh?
The Black Album had a couple of interesting moments. But there was just too much MTV on that and the rest after Cliff's death.
Quote from: rockerreds on May 20, 2007, 09:30:19 AM
Love-Forever Changes
Yes, this is one that I have wanted to check out. Thanks! :)
Quote from: George on May 20, 2007, 09:51:08 AM
Yes, this is one that I have wanted to check out. Thanks! :)
Forever Changes is the only Love album that I still have. Their, best, and really great.
Quote from: Haffner on May 20, 2007, 09:09:35 AM
Good one! But, Ride the Lightning was always my favorite from them.
Ride the Lightning was one of the first metal album I purchased; I remember I got shocked ( 8) ) by "Fight fire with fire", for at that time it was the pinnacle of hardness and brutality for me. Later I knew the real extreme metal through "Scream Bloody Gore" by Death.
Now I prefer, amongst other Metallica album, "Kill 'em all", since it's much more fresh and punky someway.
Another fave of mine is "Killers" by Iron Maiden, absolutely fantastic in my opinion. I like Paul Di'Anno dry and aggressive style much more than Bruce Dickinson epic singing.
This is great, and fits George's brief by being a bit off the beaten track: Gary Moore: Victims Of The Future (http://www.answers.com/topic/victims-of-the-future).
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AW5783KDL._SS500_.jpg)
http://www.amazon.com/Pawn-Hearts-Van-Graaf-Generator/dp/B0009F9O6W/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-2349541-1282414?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1179688118&sr=8-1 (http://www.amazon.com/Pawn-Hearts-Van-Graaf-Generator/dp/B0009F9O6W/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-2349541-1282414?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1179688118&sr=8-1)
Quote from: rubio on May 20, 2007, 09:31:52 AM
The day after the Metallica concert we interviewed the Norwegian black metal band Mayhem (the band that started the Norwegian black metal adventure). Some years later guitarist Euronymous from this band got killed, so we stopped doing interviews...
Guess we're glad you never interviewed Beethoven.
this one, duh
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/95/7b/6369b340dca01e307cf96010._AA240_.L.jpg)
To keep it to literal rock (and an album almost nobody will have even if they like the genre):
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000024J5H.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
Manic Street Preachers - Holy Bible
If it can slip into metal:
(http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/d/dc/Megadeth-RustInPeace.jpg)
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Ween - CHOCOLATE AND CHEESE
You know you want it.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/54/5c/73b8a2c008a0d08056489010.L.jpg)
Quote from: rubio on May 20, 2007, 09:26:16 AM
I could also have mentioned this short masterpiece:
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MVMJRQJEL._AA240_.jpg)
The only metal album I kept after all these years :) It really is something special. From what I know, they had no idea the album was going to be that short (read:fast) going into the studio.
Since the question actually asks for the rock album I listen to the most, then it is this one:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51K4GW16QFL._AA240_.jpg)
Quote from: Mark on May 20, 2007, 10:50:52 AM
This is great, and fits George's brief by being a bit off the beaten track: Gary Moore: Victims Of The Future (http://www.answers.com/topic/victims-of-the-future).
Mark's taste is exquisite, as usual! But I love
We Want Moore best!
Quote from: Haffner on May 20, 2007, 02:18:41 PM
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'?
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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:
(http://z.about.com/d/rap/1/0/L/-/-/-/P.E-ItTakesANation...jpg)
Quote from: George on May 20, 2007, 08:45:51 AM
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.
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/4140MJMVRWL._AA240_.jpg)
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.
Yes, Bill, that's a keeper. :)
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/27/2a/11e5225b9da07eacd87f1110.L.jpg)
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!
Quote from: Bogey on May 20, 2007, 04:26:00 PM
PS: Dave, based on some of you non-classical posts, I believe you might enjoy this one....considerably.
Me? I own the puppy. 8)
Quote from: dtwilbanks on May 20, 2007, 07:03:20 PM
Me? I own the puppy. 8)
Should have known....................but I still believe you will enjoy it! ;D
Quote from: Bogey on May 20, 2007, 07:20:19 PM
Should have known....................but I still believe you will enjoy it! ;D
You...are correct, sir.
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Tin Huey: Contents Dislodged During Shipment
Quote from: George on May 20, 2007, 05:41:47 PM
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:
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51N4NVR9APL._AA240_.jpg)
or this
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/45/cc/b31eb220dca0026044a56010._AA180_.L.jpg)
...or this
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YYS6QGT7L._AA240_.jpg)
...just to keep things diverse.
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.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/417V937SG5L._AA240_.jpg)
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (http://www.amazon.com/Kinks-Village-Green-Preservation-Society/dp/B00078JZ92/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/102-0400383-7620159?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1179723575&sr=1-3)
Here are all the other essential Kinks records:
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(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41V4FMK6AAL._AA240_.jpg)(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/413KMAC33XL._AA240_.jpg)(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/612KT7EMCZL._AA240_.jpg)
It doesn't really qualify as rock, but I think everyone who doubts the range or seriousness of popular music should own Kid A.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FVQKXZM3L._AA240_.jpg)
If rock it must be, or for something a little less obscure:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/416K7TPN7EL._AA240_.jpg)
Quote from: Daverz on May 20, 2007, 09:04:01 PM
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/41T7GER5SJL._AA240_.jpg)
What is it they say about imitation and flattery?
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VZX3D11AL._AA240_.jpg)
(BTW, this is another disc everyone should have, along with the rest of the Sleater-Kinney catalogue.)
Quote from: Mark on May 20, 2007, 02:21:39 PM
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" :D!
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!
Quote from: Shrunk on May 20, 2007, 03:19:49 PM
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:
(http://z.about.com/d/rap/1/0/L/-/-/-/P.E-ItTakesANation...jpg)
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).
Quote from: Bogey on May 20, 2007, 04:26:00 PM
Using the above criteria, here is one. If you do not particularly care for Hendrix, you may still enjoy this album.
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/4140MJMVRWL._AA240_.jpg)
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.
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.
Quote from: erato on May 21, 2007, 05:51:32 AM
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.
I,ve been hyped since 67 (for 40 yrs in fact).
Quote from: erato on May 21, 2007, 05:59:28 AM
I,ve been hyped since 67 (for 40 yrs in fact).
:)
That's
good news isn't it,
erato ;)?
The Creatures: Boomerang (1989). Siouxsie Sioux and husband Budgie performing as this duo (rather than with the Banshees) with a lean, stripped down sound. Budgie's throbbing percussion makes an excellent backdrop for Siouxsie's wailing voice.
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SCVZJPZ2L._AA240_.jpg)
--Bruce
Thanks, Bruce!
That one looks very, um, uncool! ;D
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GZ4D4DNNL._AA240_.jpg)
Another one of those 'perfect' albums with all songs being almost equally great
Ah...
The Beatles – ALL UK studio albums plus 2 singles collections = 14 albums (CDs)
The Monkees – s/t
The Monkees – More of the Monkees
The Kinks – Something Else
Love – Forever Changes
The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle
Paul McCartney and Wings – Band on the Run
ELO – Out of the Blue
The Cars – s/t
Elvis Costello – My Aim is True
Elvis Costello – This Year's Model
Elvis Costello – Get Happy!!!
Elvis Costello – Imperial Bedroom
Graham Parker – Squeezing Out Sparks
The Pretenders – s/t
The Police – Outlandos D'Amour
The Police – Regatta De Blanc
The Police – Zenyatta Mondatta
Squeeze – Cool for Cats
Squeeze – Argybargy
Squeeze – East Side Story
Blondie – Parallel Lines
Blondie – Eat to the Beat
Joe Jackson – Look Sharp!
Joe Jackson – I'm the Man
REM – Murmur
The Suburbs – Credit in Heaven
Prince – Purple Rain
The Stranglers – Aural Sculpture
XTC – Skylarking
The Stone Roses – s/t
Blur – Parklife
Inspiral Carpets – Revenge of the Goldfish
Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix
Ween – Chocolate and Cheese
Primitive Radio Gods – White Hot Peach
The Shins – Oh, Inverted World
...Choo!
Quote from: orbital on May 21, 2007, 07:58:14 AM
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GZ4D4DNNL._AA240_.jpg)
Another one of those 'perfect' albums with all songs being almost equally great
I would go with
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Instead
Quote from: bwv 1080 on May 21, 2007, 08:05:08 AM
I would go with
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Instead
I as well.
Like I said, I'm a sucker for live music:
(http://web.mit.edu/jasonm/www/cdpics/stopm_b.jpg)
Love this take:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzEadbTCKDA
And this is just a classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUgKb-5u6v4&mode=related&search=
Bands of my California childhood:
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000078DOH.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
(http://spdb.up.seesaa.net/image/SUBLIME.JPG)
With some 70's NYC punk:
(http://www.punk77.co.uk/graphics/heartbreakers/lamf2.jpg)
Here's another one of my absolute faves that not everyone may respond to:
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/517VEYXSTML._AA240_.jpg)
Frank Zappa's Leather and Guitar belong in everyone's music library. The former brings together tracks that were initially released in separate albums, but which together show Zappa's full range as composer, songwriter and performer, including "Re-gyptian Strut," "The Illinois Enema bandit," and "RDNZL," for which I would trade everything Simon and Garfunkel ever did.
Guitar is completely instrumental and contains more than two hours of great, hair-raising, toe-curling music.
(http://jacket.subtonic.jp/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/b0000009tt01_aa240_sclzzzzzzz_.jpg)
(http://www.dragonjazz.com/progrock7/covers7/zappa_guitar.jpg)
Talking Heads: Talking Heads '77
(http://www.talking-heads.net/graphics/77.jpg)
--Bruce
Quote from: CS on May 20, 2007, 08:25:12 PM
...or this
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YYS6QGT7L._AA240_.jpg)
This is the one
Brian Eno and David Byrne: My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
(http://img.101cd.com/muzeimguk/1001297.jpg)
--Bruce
Quote from: Joe Barron on May 23, 2007, 12:34:39 PM
Frank Zappa's Leather and Guitar belong in everyone's music library. The former brings together tracks that were initially released in separate albums, but which together show Zappa's full range as composer, songwriter and performer, including "Re-gyptian Strut," "The Illinois Enema bandit," and "RDNZL," for which I would trade everything Simon and Garfunkel ever did.
Guitar is completely instrumental and contains more than two hours some great, hair-raising, toe-curling music.
(http://jacket.subtonic.jp/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/b0000009tt01_aa240_sclzzzzzzz_.jpg)
(http://www.dragonjazz.com/progrock7/covers7/zappa_guitar.jpg)
Joe
That top Zappa cover looks like its taken from a piece of an old classic Floyd album....
Little Feat : Sailing Shoes
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51QK0SYSYAL._AA240_.jpg)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians: Queen Elvis
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/96/d2/f8f94310fca0eb4c40064010._AA240_.L.jpg)
--Bruce
This one for me is an absolute gem :
(http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KRT8MVD7L._AA240_.jpg)
Clapton, live, at his best (ever?), after his return from Detox....the guitar solos on Crossroads and After Midnight are way up there !! 8)
Good backing band too ;)
(http://www.metallibrary.ru/bands/discographies/images/iron_maiden/pictures/86_somewhere_in_time.jpg)
Music is about esthetics and I would NEVER buy an album with a butt-ugly disgusting cover like that...however good the music might be. Sorry Iron Maiden. But I realize that just that element probably has sold them more albums than cost them lost sales.
If you don't own Exile on Main st. by the Rolling Stones you should do something about it. Yesterday.
Quote from: Valentino on June 14, 2007, 02:15:04 AM
If you don't own Exile on Main st. by the Rolling Stones you should do something about it. Yesterday.
I would go with this one first:
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PLYreKV5L._AA240_.jpg)
But your suggestion is highly respected at this end....and probably the correct one.
Quote from: Bogey on June 14, 2007, 11:49:18 AM
I would go with this one first:
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PLYreKV5L._AA240_.jpg)
But your suggestion is highly respected at this end....and probably the correct one.
Again, this may be unpopular, but I'd take Beggar's Banquet, Some Girls and Sticky Fingers any day over Exile... as a double album. As a
single, it's right up there with the above, imho.
Mayhem - Live in Leipzig
Quote from: Philoctetes on June 14, 2007, 12:07:27 PM
Mayhem - Live in Leipzig
I really liked
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, but Dead's disgusting croak makes LiL the superior album. It's worth it even though Euronymous' guitar playing is often embarassing.
Quote from: Bogey on June 14, 2007, 11:49:18 AM
I would go with this one first:
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PLYreKV5L._AA240_.jpg)
But your suggestion is highly respected at this end....and probably the correct one.
Forgive my ignorance, but which one is that?
Quote from: Haffner on June 14, 2007, 12:09:25 PM
I really liked De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, but Dead's disgusting croak makes LiL the superior album. It's worth it even though Euronymous' guitar playing is often embarassing.
Live in Leipzig is really their only album I really like. I find the others don't lack that 'feel'.
Quote from: Philoctetes on June 14, 2007, 12:29:47 PM
Live in Leipzig is really their only album I really like. I find the others don't lack that 'feel'.
Yes, great atmosphere on LiL. I loved Attila's eeevvilll Peter Lorre imitation on DMDS tho.
Quote from: Haffner on June 14, 2007, 12:58:31 PM
Yes, great atmosphere on LiL. I loved Attila's eeevvilll Peter Lorre imitation on DMDS tho.
In my humblest of opinions, I feel that is the only 'pure', as much as I detest to even put forth such a term, Black Metal album. I feel at least that Black Metal was really only covered a time period of about a decade.
Quote from: Philoctetes on June 14, 2007, 01:00:41 PM
In my humblest of opinions, I feel that is the only 'pure', as much as I detest to even put forth such a term, Black Metal album. I feel at least that Black Metal was really only covered a time period of about a decade.
That's a good estimate. The last black metal album I really enjoyed was
Satyricon's Nemesis Divina, which is far from "pure" if that's what you meant by the term.
I'd have to count the three-and-a-half early
Burzum albums as great , too and "real". But that's just me.
Quote from: Philoctetes on June 14, 2007, 01:00:41 PM
In my humblest of opinions, I feel that is the only 'pure', as much as I detest to even put forth such a term, Black Metal album.
I dunno how it could be ranked over Blaze or Transylvanian Hunger (although none of these three are personal favourites) as archetypical.
Quote from: Philoctetes on June 14, 2007, 01:00:41 PM
I feel at least that Black Metal was really only covered a time period of about a decade.
Ignoring demos, to some people it is arguably half that time... Not IMO though, at least one of my current favourite bm albums is from 2007.
Quote from: Lethe on June 14, 2007, 01:08:36 PM
I dunno how it could be ranked over Blaze or Transylvanian Hunger (although none of these three are personal favourites) as archetypical.
Ignoring demos, to some people it is arguably half that time... Not IMO though, at least one of my favourite bm albums is from 2007.
I'm interested, Lethe,
which albums?
You might get mad at me for this, but I always thought that
Under A Funeral Moon kind of dominated all the other Darkthrone albums. The only reason I even still have the two you mentioned is because my girl likes them. For me, Darkthrone was a bit like the band Obituary, you really only "need" one album by them.
Just my opinion. Please understand that, for me, Black Metal started with
Under The Sign of the Black Mark (I'm betting you know
that one,
L. :)!), and to me that one was never topped.
Wasn't those guys considered Black Metal ?
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/b2/6d/a695024128a03c53b0b03010._AA200_.L.jpg)
This was a very good album from what I remember. The epic title song in particular.
Quote from: orbital on June 14, 2007, 01:14:13 PM
Wasn't those guys considered Black Metal ?
(http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/b2/6d/a695024128a03c53b0b03010._AA200_.L.jpg)
This was a very good album from what I remember. The epic title song in particular.
That one was alot of fun. But Venom is today usually categorized under the genre "New Wave Of British Heavy Metal", even tho they put out an early '80's album entitled "
Black Metal!"
(http://www.no-man.co.uk/graphics/recordings/other/opeth-blackwaterpark.jpg)
and
(http://www.roadrunnerrecords.it/artists/Opeth/mini.jpg)
Progressive death metal classics.
Quote from: Lethe on June 14, 2007, 01:08:36 PM
I dunno how it could be ranked over Blaze or Transylvanian Hunger (although none of these three are personal favourites) as archetypical.
Ignoring demos, to some people it is arguably half that time... Not IMO though, at least one of my current favourite bm albums is from 2007.
I was never a huge fan of Blaze or Transylvania Huger. I suppose one element could find them to be archetypiacl, but I didn't really find any of the studio recordings to properly represent what I perceived as Black Metal. The closest studio album I can think of would have been the ones done by Emperor.
I could definitely see how one could half the esimate I gave. It was only an range though.
Quote from: Haffner on June 14, 2007, 01:06:25 PM
That's a good estimate. The last black metal album I really enjoyed was Satyricon's Nemesis Divina, which is far from "pure" if that's what you meant by the term.
I'd have to count the three-and-a-half early Burzum albums as great , too and "real". But that's just me.
I really only cared for one Burzum album, and that was his first one. I always find him a bit much.
I did enjoy Satyricon. They were pretty intersting.
Quote from: George on June 14, 2007, 12:27:47 PM
Forgive my ignorance, but which one is that?
That one is
Beggars Banquet, George. The first release had a white cover, that toilet didn't go too well with the Decca brass.
Quote from: Haffner on June 14, 2007, 01:16:13 PM
That one was alot of fun. But Venom is today usually categorized under the genre "New Wave Of British Heavy Metal", even tho they put out an early '80's album entitled "Black Metal!"
Under the same cat as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest :o
They may not sound as harsh now, but when I bot the cassette of the album (together with Ride the Lightening, IIRC) I thought it was just a box of pots and pans rolling down the stairs :D
Quote from: Valentino on June 14, 2007, 01:39:57 PM
That one is Beggars Banquet, George. The first release had a white cover, that toilet didn't go too well with the Decca brass.
Yes, here it is:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/BeggarsBanquetLP.jpg)
and this from the web as Valentino pointed out:
By June, the sessions were nearly completed in England, with some final overdubbing and mixing to be done in Los Angeles during July. However, both Decca Records in England and London Records rejected the planned cover design - a graffiti-covered lavatory, and the band held back the album. By November, however, The Rolling Stones gave in, allowing the album to be released in December with a simple imitation invitation card cover. The idea for a plain album cover was also implemented by the Beatles for the White Album, which was released one month prior to Beggars Banquet. This similarity, coupled with Beggars Banquet's later release, garnered the Rolling Stones accusations of imitating the Beatles. In 1984, the original cover art was released with the initial CD remastering of Beggars Banquet.
The Stones is the only band I know of that has released four album classics in a row:
Beggars banquet
Let it bleed
Sticky fingers
Exile on Main St.
These are The Four Rock Albums I Think Everyone Should Own That They Won't Already Own.
My favourite just happens to be Exile. What bottle of Jack Daniels no. 7 do you want to drink first, anyway?
Quote from: orbital on June 14, 2007, 01:41:50 PM
Under the same cat as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest :o
They may not sound as harsh now, but when I bot the cassette of the album (together with Ride the Lightening, IIRC) I thought it was just a box of pots and pans rolling down the stairs :D
Hah! I felt that way about
"Welcome To Hell" back in '82.
"Ride the Lightning" is by far my favorite M. album,
love that album. But that might not be saying too much, as I only really liked that one and
Master Of Puppets.
Kill 'Em All was too NwoBHM for me (funny how I never classified favorites of mine like Judas Priest that way), and the rest after MoP...almost entirely garbage, in mhy humble opinion. Kirk Hammett started recycling his leads after
Ride the Lightning, and on
...And Justice For All the rest of the band followed suit.
My first Stones album was Some Girls when it came out in the late '70's. I really loved that album alot.
Stand in the Fire, Zevon's live album from the early 80s. Probably one of the most-overlooked records of its age, and probably one of the best. Manic energy combined with Zevon's songwriting. I'm also a fan of the solo acoustic live record, Learning to Flinch, but catching Zevon at his peak has its merits.
One album...um sorry :-\:
(http://seanryderwilliams.com/images/good%20a17.jpg) (http://glen.utdallas.edu/Glen/CDs/Bob%20Dylan/Bob%20Dylan%20Desire.jpg)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/NickDrakePinkMoon.jpg) (http://math.mercyhurst.edu/~griff/gifs/neil.gif)
(http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/22312.jpg) (http://www.posteverything.com/2005/07/18/10831/sncd038_328.jpg)
(http://static.last.fm/coverart/300x300/7955.gif) (http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0000262YS.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
Quote from: Valentino on June 14, 2007, 02:01:42 PM
The Stones is the only band I know of that has released four album classics in a row:
I find it very hard to believe that you haven't heard of the Beatles. ;)
Quote from: SimonGodders on June 14, 2007, 02:57:30 PM
One album...um sorry :-\:
(http://math.mercyhurst.edu/~griff/gifs/neil.gif)
Hey. Hey. My. My. 8)
(Gotta git that one)
Quote from: Valentino on June 14, 2007, 01:39:57 PM
That one is Beggars Banquet, George. The first release had a white cover, that toilet didn't go too well with the Decca brass.
Quote from: Bogey on June 14, 2007, 01:49:17 PM
Yes, here it is:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/BeggarsBanquetLP.jpg)
and this from the web as Valentino pointed out:
By June, the sessions were nearly completed in England, with some final overdubbing and mixing to be done in Los Angeles during July. However, both Decca Records in England and London Records rejected the planned cover design - a graffiti-covered lavatory, and the band held back the album. By November, however, The Rolling Stones gave in, allowing the album to be released in December with a simple imitation invitation card cover. The idea for a plain album cover was also implemented by the Beatles for the White Album, which was released one month prior to Beggars Banquet. This similarity, coupled with Beggars Banquet's later release, garnered the Rolling Stones accusations of imitating the Beatles. In 1984, the original cover art was released with the initial CD remastering of Beggars Banquet.
Thanks gentlemen. I was getting ready to
beg for the title.
I guess I was just waiting on friend. Thanks for starting me up. :)
Quote from: SimonGodders on June 14, 2007, 02:57:30 PM
One album...um sorry :-\:
(http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0000262YS.02.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
Not rock, but I agree this is an excellent album. Saw them live a month ago. Surprisingly, they put on a good show.
Quote from: George on June 14, 2007, 03:56:47 PM
I find it very hard to believe that you haven't heard of the Beatles. ;)
Ah, well... Good point there. To me Beatles is pop, and not really rock. Did they really manage four
in a row, btw?
I have nothing that rocks, actually. ;D.....unless, well yes Boris rocks. :)
The beauty of the Beatles was that they were a little bit of everything, pop, musichall, rock, blues, psychedelia, as well as a genre all to themselves. Like most groundbreakers hard to classify. Rubber Soul, Revoilver, Sgt Pepper, White album....
But it's a moot point anyway, since "Another side, Bringing it All back Home, Highway 61 and Blonde on Blonde" is probably the strongest tetralogy of albums ever released,
Quote from: Haffner on June 14, 2007, 01:12:21 PM
I'm interested, Lethe, which albums?
OTOH, Silva Nigra - Epocha, Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells, Melechesh - Emissaries, Peste Noire - La Sanie des Siècles Panégyrique de la Dégénérescence, Countess - Blazing Flames of War. They are all pretty different, though.
There are a few incoming ones which I'm obsessing over too, eg the third Darkspace. Haemoth and Bekhira seem highly overdue for something new as well.
For some reason I do not like many of the old Norwegian bands, the only ones approaching favourites are the first 2 tracks of Burzum's Filosofem, Immortal's first 4, Enslaved's first 2, Ulver's first 3 (and demos), Kampfar, Isvind and Strid. Actually, that's a lot more than I thought there would be -_-
Quote from: Harry on June 15, 2007, 12:06:59 AM
I have nothing that rocks, actually. ;D.....unless, well yes Boris rocks. :)
LvB was just as rocknroll as Keith Richards is. Loose cannons both of them.
Quote from: Lethe on June 15, 2007, 01:53:20 AM
OTOH, Silva Nigra - Epocha, Drudkh - Blood in Our Wells, Melechesh - Emissaries, Peste Noire - La Sanie des Siècles Panégyrique de la Dégénérescence, Countess - Blazing Flames of War. They are all pretty different, though.
Hmmm. Those are interesting names, I'm checking them out.
Thank you,
Lethe!
Quote from: Haffner on June 15, 2007, 04:29:38 AM
Hmmm. Those are interesting names, I'm checking them out. Thank you, Lethe!
I recommend the Drudkh most of all if you like Burzum's third and fourth albums a lot - not identical but similar and high quality.
I could upload a single track somewhere if you want a sample.
Quote from: Lethe on June 15, 2007, 04:43:27 AM
I recommend the Drudkh most of all if you like Burzum's third and fourth albums a lot - not identical but similar and high quality.
I could upload a single track somewhere if you want a sample.
I'm looking them up on Amazon. Do you reccomend a specific album?
Quote from: Haffner on June 15, 2007, 04:56:33 AM
I'm looking them up on Amazon. Do you reccomend a specific album?
The first (Forgotten Legends) is good but underdeveloped, the second (Autumn Aurora) is considered one of their best, the third (The Swan Road) is less liked because it's less overtly emotional, the production reminds me more of Filosofem than their other albums. The fourth (Blood in Our Wells) is my favourite as it seems to combine the best of the 2nd and 3rd albums. If the samples of the 4th don't sound good, try the previous two before giving up.
Their most recent releases - an acoustic thing (Songs of Grief & Solitude) and the Anti-Urban EP are a bit crappy IMO. I really hope they haven't gone shit.
Quote from: Lethe on June 15, 2007, 05:06:13 AM
The first (Forgotten Legends) is good but underdeveloped, the second (Autumn Aurora) is considered one of their best, the third (The Swan Road) is less liked because it's less overtly emotional, the production reminds me more of Filosofem than their other albums. The fourth (Blood in Our Wells) is my favourite as it seems to combine the best of the 2nd and 3rd albums. If the samples of the 4th don't sound good, try the previous two before giving up.
Their most recent releases - an acoustic thing (Songs of Grief & Solitude) and the Anti-Urban EP are a bit crappy IMO. I really hope they haven't gone shit.
Just ordered
Blood in Our Wells, am anxious to check it out.
Thanks,
L.!
*is scared*
I always have nightmares about people who buy on my recommendations in case they don't like it. (I guess this is linked to being part of a generation in which filesharing is normal, so sampling is very easy and free)
Quote from: Valentino on June 14, 2007, 11:55:31 PM
Ah, well... Good point there. To me Beatles is pop, and not really rock. Did they really manage four in a row, btw?
Yes. IMO.
1. Help! '65
2. Rubber Soul '65
3. Revolver '66
4. Sgt. Pepper's '67
8)
Quote from: George on June 15, 2007, 05:54:07 AM
Yes. IMO.
1. Help! '65
2. Rubber Soul '65
3. Revolver '66
4. Sgt. Pepper's '67
8)
The White Album!
Quote from: Lethe on June 15, 2007, 05:25:17 AM
*is scared*
I always have nightmares about people who buy on my recommendations in case they don't like it. (I guess this is linked to being part of a generation in which filesharing is normal, so sampling is very easy and free)
I like to think of myself as being a pretty fair person,
Lethe. And I am grateful for the chance to check out newer Metal, so no worries friend.
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000009TJ4.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006BCHP.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
Quote from: Erevos on June 17, 2007, 02:08:35 AM
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000009TJ4.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00006BCHP.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg)
Along with
Ritchie Blackmore and
Yngwie, my favorite guitar player. Checked out Metamorphosis or Transcendental Sky Guitar yet?
Quote from: George on June 15, 2007, 05:54:07 AM
Yes. IMO.
1. Help! '65
2. Rubber Soul '65
3. Revolver '66
4. Sgt. Pepper's '67
8)
The first three are great, the fourth more important than great, but: Name a more important album than Sgt. Pepper's. I can't.
Of all the famous Beatles albums, Pepper is my least favorite. Groundbreaking concept and production, but fewer good songs than the others. With the White Album, one could argue 5 super albums in a row though.
Quote from: Haffner on June 17, 2007, 06:13:20 AM
Along with Ritchie Blackmore and Yngwie, my favorite guitar player. Checked out Metamorphosis or Transcendental Sky Guitar yet?
Those are some my favourite guitarists too ;)
I've heard those albums...Metamorphosis was very good. His playing is getting more mature over the years and is becoming more classical oriented. Too bad he doesn't release albums more often.
Quote from: Valentino on June 17, 2007, 07:28:22 AM
The first three are great, the fourth more important than great, but: Name a more important album than Sgt. Pepper's. I can't.
As far as "rock" albums go, this one approaches it, but still falls short IMO:
(http://www.getthatsound.com/General%20Assets/Images/London-Calling-LP.jpg)
Quote from: Bogey on June 17, 2007, 01:47:07 PM
As far as "rock" albums go, this one approaches it, but still falls short IMO:
(http://www.getthatsound.com/General%20Assets/Images/London-Calling-LP.jpg)
Not sure if the irony was intended, but it is sweet nonetheless:
Phony Beatlemania, has bitten the dust >:D