Your Top 5
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There's no law saying you have to like Primus. Les Claypool is weird, writes weird lyrics, has a weird voice, and plays the bass weirdly, applying a modified banjo clawhammer technique to the instrument. I am quite surprised they managed to get the level of popularity they did.
Breaking Bad is probably my favorite drama of all time, in any medium, and also my favorite TV show. I might place Mr. Robot up there too.
On the sunnier side of the street, Seinfeld is in the list, as is Always Sunny.
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This thread is amazing! It has gotten me listening to Animals by Pink Floyd for the first time, which is brilliant.
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Pogues - If I Should Fall Fram Grace With God
Springsteen - Born to Run
Nick Cave - Boatman’s Call
Cure - DisintegrationHonourable mentions:
Biffy Clyro -Opposites
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
Suede - Suede
Metallica - Master of Puppets
My Chemical Romance - Black Parade **Don’t judge me
anything by The National -
Might be lacking 'classics' but my listening habits have tended to be centred around new releases over last last decade or so…
1. Hellfire, black midi - A cohesive concept album about life, sin and hell, and the tightest 40 minutes of experimental rock I've ever heard. In fact it's almost insulting to label it that due to the vast array of genres the band draw from on this record…
2. Magdalene, FKA Twigs - The most beautiful record I've ever heard. The production is absolutely insane and I'm still noticing new nuances and flourishes on each listen.
3. American Beauty, The Grateful Dead - This one sent me down the never ending rabbit hole of Grateful Dead live sets, but nothing comes close to what this record makes me fell as a standalone experience.
4. Blond, Frank Ocean - An absolute odyssey of experimental, psychedelic R&B/Hip Hop. Such a raw and honest insight into the artist's life and mind with truly transcendental production.
5. Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, Sturgill Simpson - Opening up with my favourite song of all time, Turtles All The Way Down, Sturgill draws influence from Tibetan Buddhism and various psychedelic experiences to make sense of his experiences in life and love. I find such beauty and poignancy in his insights and would recommend this album to everybody I know.
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Ramones - Ramones
Archers of Loaf- Vee Vee
The Clash - Sandinista
Kraftwerk- Trans-Europe Express
Dead Milkmen - Eat Your Paisley! -
interesting choices @deanclean . other lists I'll have to look and listen
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Tom Waits Raindogs
Alejandro Escovedo 13 Years, Street Songs of Love yes I think he's that good. Not real happy songs. killer live show the faint of hearing should wear earplugs.
Stones Exile
Ramones-The Ramones hey Dean, when you're right you're right
The Damned Damned Damned Damned. or the black album
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I can't pick five but many of the ones I'd consider have been mentioned, so here's five more that would be on my list for consideration that I didn't see mentioned at all. Apologies if I missed one already mentioned.
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
King Crimson - In the court of the crimson kingTwo more
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
The Beatles - Abbey Rd -
My Top 5 albums (many which would have made it have already been mentioned) in no particular order:
Sisters of Mercy- First and last and always
Blood Red Shoes- Box of Secrets
The Goats- Tricks of the Shade
Dinosaur Jr.- Bug
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[mention]steelworker [/mention] nice choice on the Ramones. I think I listen to other Ramones albums more these days but that first one just blew me away. I love listening to it on vinyl turning it up loud and hearing those symbols crash.
I hated Sandinista when I first heard it. I love the Clash but that album just did nothing for me. Then listened to it years later and I couldn’t believe how much I loved it. What was my younger self thinking!
I also wanted to put some Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash on the list but I could never narrow down an album from all that material. -
I can't pick five but many of the ones I'd consider have been mentioned, so here's five more that would be on my list for consideration that I didn't see mentioned at all. Apologies if I missed one already mentioned.
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
King Crimson - In the court of the crimson kingTwo more
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
The Beatles - Abbey RdGreat list @pechelman
Zappa is absolutely not for everyone but I think Hot Rats has broader appeal than most of his catalog. I caught the bug when I shoplifted “Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life” double cassette when I was a dumb kid. I rediscovered him freshman year in college when I bought “Joe’s Garage” used CDs freshman year. I just couldn’t believe how good the drums sounded and how well they were played. Colaiuta remains my favorite drummer to this day, edging drummers like Tony Williams and Elvin Jones.
When I was an even dumber kid I got deeply into King Crimson. At least I wasn’t dumb about music. “Red” was the album that got me, then “Crimson King,,” then “Discipline.” I also enjoyed their contemporary stuff and got to see them live with the Bruford/Mastelotto battery, which was a dream come true.
Daft Punk is on my bucket list to see live so I was gutted for many reasons when they called it quits.
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Thanks @mclaincausey. Clearly you're a man of fine taste
There's so much of Zappa that I love and still some that I have a hard time listening to. But certainly as a composer and on the guitar he was incredible. Joe's is another favorite of mine but also dig his jazzy stuff on waka/jawaka, the classical side on yellow shark, and pretty much everything where he shuts up and plays his guitar including that album. Muffin man, black napkin, watermelon in Easter hay, peaches, gumbo variations, green genes, rdnzl, Montana, etc. His catalog is so impressive and varied.
If there was a good thing about pandemic, it was having a lot of time to explore lots of music I missed when I was younger due to different priorities.
For me, while I can't say those sounds above are my top 5 they are certainly some favorites. Specifically, I like albums that work and evolve from beginning to end of possible tell a longer story. In particular I've always thought the opening track on that black Sabbath album is the best album opening ever which is partly why I picked it over paranoid which has a couple more of my favorite songs.
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[mention]pechelman [/mention] [mention]mclaincausey [/mention] Zappa is definitely an acquired taste. I couldn’t really get on to him until I heard joes garage. That album is great. I remember having Little Green Rosetta played at my wedding. Dance floor cleared of course but i it’s such a great tune!
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My Top 5 albums (many which would have made it have already been mentioned) in no particular order:
Sisters of Mercy- First and last and always
Blood Red Shoes- Box of Secrets
The Goats- Tricks of the Shade
Dinosaur Jr.- Bug
NoMeansNo- Small parts isolated and destroyedGesendet von meinem SM-A536B mit Tapatalk
The Goats. Bold choice.
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My Top 5 albums (many which would have made it have already been mentioned) in no particular order:
Sisters of Mercy- First and last and always
Blood Red Shoes- Box of Secrets
The Goats- Tricks of the Shade
Dinosaur Jr.- Bug
NoMeansNo- Small parts isolated and destroyedGesendet von meinem SM-A536B mit Tapatalk
The Goats. Bold choice.
SoM top of the list. Awesome choice.
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Top 5:
Metallica - Black Album (…And Justice For All close runner up)
Amon Amarth - Jomsviking
The Meteors - In Heaven
Run the Jewels - RTJ 2
Ghost - Seven Inches of Satanic Panic -
Today's Top 5;
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@Bored In Breck - Nice that the Descendents made the list. Saw them live this summer, I really enjoyed that.
And I missed the post by @GardenState - OTMAPP, hell yeah!
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The ATDI, HWM and Avail were all in heavy, heavy rotation for me during my college years. And of course Descendents, albeit a bit earlier for me. Nostalgic picks right there!
