This has been done before but nevertheless it’s always fun to see what others rate highly.
The rules:
- No artist, band or orchestra can have more than one entry.
- Keep the list around ten albums, but don’t make a big deal about keeping it at exactly ten, this shouldn’t be a chore.
- Write just a few words after each title, about why you chose this particular album (to stop this thread from becoming just a mindless collection of lists).
The guy in my signature once said something like “Show me what you like, and I will tell you what you are”.
Let's try to do this with music. Try to, based on a posters taste in music, to guess the personality of the person who posted it and his/her other preferences (or age, sex, nationality etc.).
My list in no particular order:
The Dreaming – Kate Bush
The first time I heard her music I thought it was the some of the most overly affected, pretentious crap I ever heard, a month later I had bought all her albums.
Loveless – My Bloody Valentine
The two albums and the seven associated EPs, was, an still is most influential on contemporary indie esque and experimental rock. But in the fifteen years since their last outing, MBV really hasn’t been bested by any of their imitators.
Magical Mystery tour - Beatles
No other rock/pop act has ever had a run like Rubber Soul, Revolver, sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, “The White Album”, Abbey Road and Let it Be. It’s almost impossible to pick one. But forced to choose, I pick MMT for variety and extremely high consistent quality throughout.
Eye in the Sky – Alan Parsons Project
Some might think of smooth vinyl clad prog. rock when they hear the name, or maybe of cold-blooded “HiFI producer rock”, but that would only be because they haven’t sat down an actually listened.
Phaedra – Tangerine Dream
One of the most important electronic albums of all time. The starting point of all modern electronic ambient music, but so much more than “just” ambient.
Blood On The Tracks – Bob Dylan
IMHO Dylan’s last great album, and maybe his greatest ever.
Double Nickels on the Dime – Minutemen
One of the only double albums ever that doesn’t feel like it could have been cut in half, and one of the finest American rock records ever.
The Man Machine - Kraftwerk
Although sharing the love of synthesizers and unusual musical structures, Kraftwerk is in many respects the complete opposite of Tangerine Dream.
This is probably their greatest hour combining their super tight beats and melodies with an almost jazzy feel in places.
Cupid and Psyche 85 – Scritti Politti
Simply one of the best pop albums of all time. Very well crafted in every respect and with the unusual trait of being both accessible, “avantgarde” and deep at the same time.
Speaking in Tongues – Talking Heads
The last really great album from one of the greatest bands of their time, showing that they could “do it” without Eno.
Ege Bamyasi - Can
Halfway between Tago Mago and Future Days in accessibility but in no way a compromise, rather the perfect starting point for new fans.
Kind of Blue – Miles Davis
The album even people who don’t normally listen to jazz owns. You can certainly hear this was recorded almost 50 years ago, but that is only because of the style (which is in no way a bad thing). The range of emotions it covers, the quality of the music and indeed the sound quality is as good as it gets.
Most overrated album of all time:
OK Computer - Radiohead
I just don't get it. Is it the lyrics? Is it the music? Or even some magic combination of both? All I hear is boring mediocrity and lack of new ideas.
The rules:
- No artist, band or orchestra can have more than one entry.
- Keep the list around ten albums, but don’t make a big deal about keeping it at exactly ten, this shouldn’t be a chore.
- Write just a few words after each title, about why you chose this particular album (to stop this thread from becoming just a mindless collection of lists).
The guy in my signature once said something like “Show me what you like, and I will tell you what you are”.
Let's try to do this with music. Try to, based on a posters taste in music, to guess the personality of the person who posted it and his/her other preferences (or age, sex, nationality etc.).
My list in no particular order:
The Dreaming – Kate Bush
The first time I heard her music I thought it was the some of the most overly affected, pretentious crap I ever heard, a month later I had bought all her albums.
Loveless – My Bloody Valentine
The two albums and the seven associated EPs, was, an still is most influential on contemporary indie esque and experimental rock. But in the fifteen years since their last outing, MBV really hasn’t been bested by any of their imitators.
Magical Mystery tour - Beatles
No other rock/pop act has ever had a run like Rubber Soul, Revolver, sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, “The White Album”, Abbey Road and Let it Be. It’s almost impossible to pick one. But forced to choose, I pick MMT for variety and extremely high consistent quality throughout.
Eye in the Sky – Alan Parsons Project
Some might think of smooth vinyl clad prog. rock when they hear the name, or maybe of cold-blooded “HiFI producer rock”, but that would only be because they haven’t sat down an actually listened.
Phaedra – Tangerine Dream
One of the most important electronic albums of all time. The starting point of all modern electronic ambient music, but so much more than “just” ambient.
Blood On The Tracks – Bob Dylan
IMHO Dylan’s last great album, and maybe his greatest ever.
Double Nickels on the Dime – Minutemen
One of the only double albums ever that doesn’t feel like it could have been cut in half, and one of the finest American rock records ever.
The Man Machine - Kraftwerk
Although sharing the love of synthesizers and unusual musical structures, Kraftwerk is in many respects the complete opposite of Tangerine Dream.
This is probably their greatest hour combining their super tight beats and melodies with an almost jazzy feel in places.
Cupid and Psyche 85 – Scritti Politti
Simply one of the best pop albums of all time. Very well crafted in every respect and with the unusual trait of being both accessible, “avantgarde” and deep at the same time.
Speaking in Tongues – Talking Heads
The last really great album from one of the greatest bands of their time, showing that they could “do it” without Eno.
Ege Bamyasi - Can
Halfway between Tago Mago and Future Days in accessibility but in no way a compromise, rather the perfect starting point for new fans.
Kind of Blue – Miles Davis
The album even people who don’t normally listen to jazz owns. You can certainly hear this was recorded almost 50 years ago, but that is only because of the style (which is in no way a bad thing). The range of emotions it covers, the quality of the music and indeed the sound quality is as good as it gets.
Most overrated album of all time:
OK Computer - Radiohead
I just don't get it. Is it the lyrics? Is it the music? Or even some magic combination of both? All I hear is boring mediocrity and lack of new ideas.
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. This came out at the time when I felt really, really bad and managed to give me good feelings even in worst of times.
