Topic: The Albums everyone should own (Read 25618 times)

doki · « **on:** 05 Feb 2007, 20:07 »

so yeah, i feel like an idiot. i feel like an idiot because i just TODAY bought Jeff Buckley's Grace and i thought, if we worked together, we could form a list of albums that everyone should own at some point in their lives. here's my contribution

Grace, Jeff Buckley
The Clash, London Calling
Nirvana, Nevermind

ok, thats as cliche as its allowed to be. you dont have to like the album you list either

Kai · « **Reply #1 on:** 05 Feb 2007, 20:11 »

I think we're done here

Hat · « **Reply #2 on:** 05 Feb 2007, 20:34 »

The extra letter · « **Reply #3 on:** 05 Feb 2007, 22:05 »

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

Ween - The Mollusc

kablaaamo · « **Reply #4 on:** 05 Feb 2007, 22:50 »

I don't like Jeff Buckley, nor do I like Nirvana. Therefore, I shall never pay good money to own any work by either.

The end.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #5 on:** 05 Feb 2007, 23:00 »

Yeah, this thread is dumb! I don't think that there are any albums people should be forced to own!

SeanBateman · « **Reply #6 on:** 05 Feb 2007, 23:24 »

You guys are being dicks. There are certain albums all people should at least listen to, and there are definitely albums that I will look down on a person if they don't own.

Like, seriously, people who don't at least have Rubber Soul on your computer. What the fuck are you trying to pull.

There really are many more like this!

This is a good thread!

Storm Rider · « **Reply #7 on:** 05 Feb 2007, 23:43 »

I disagree! I think people should be allowed to form their own opinions on music.

That might just be because Rubber Soul is the only album of any of the ones mentioned so far I own, and I don't really feel compelled to check out any of the others.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #8 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 01:08 »

Yay! Cultural elitisms!

debaser24/7 · « **Reply #9 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 02:16 »

Inlander · « **Reply #10 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 03:42 »

So I guess we're not doing the Slint thing any more, huh?

Ernest · « **Reply #11 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 05:30 »

Dude. . .

doki · « **Reply #12 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 05:35 »

sorry, i didnt mean for this thread to become cultural elitest, i just think that there are albums out there that are important. not because i like them, but because they had a huge impact on how i listened. I also think that on this list should be things like Baby, one more time and The Rite of Spring. not albums that people liked, but important records. records that changed things. records you can show to your kids to explain why music is so great

i'm sorry if if i've offended anyone

Ernest · « **Reply #13 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 06:01 »

. . . Funhouse.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #14 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 08:19 »

a shocking choice, i know.

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #15 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 08:21 »

Neutral Milk Hotel?? Never heard of 'em.

Johnny C · « **Reply #16 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 09:30 »

Valdemar · « **Reply #17 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 10:09 »

The world would be a better place if everyone listened to this album at least thrice a year.

Valrus · « **Reply #18 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 10:36 »

I don't know if I'd say everyone should own any albums, but maybe it would be fair to say that there are albums such that people could benefit from listening to them enough to form a somewhat informed opinion about them, even if it's that they hate them. I recently picked up My Bloody Valentine's Loveless because from what I have read, it is just such an album. I was kind of hoping someone would mention it and validate me.

I would suggest Kid A, even though I think a lot of its significance comes from the context of Radiohead's previous albums. I'd second In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, too, though On Avery Island seems less essential to my ears. There must be at least a couple Beatles albums, though I wouldn't count among them anything from before Rubber Soul. Also I want to stick my neck out for The Cure's Disintegration.

Luke C · « **Reply #19 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 12:16 »

Jed · « **Reply #20 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 13:58 »

Jason Webley - Against The Night

Subs - Down

Herbie Hancock - Takin' Off

Leia · « **Reply #21 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 14:16 »

[img width= height=]http://www.gutsofdarkness.com/pochettes/547_1537.jpg[/img]
Psalm 69.. "The way to succeed and the way to sucks eggs"
Mass rebirth of the soul experienced among listeners

Fleagle · « **Reply #22 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 17:48 »

ampersandwitch · « **Reply #23 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 17:54 »

Quote from: doki on 06 Feb 2007, 05:35

The Rite of Spring.

When I say Stra, you say Vinski.

Unless you're talking about the emo band?
Or something that I'm unaware of?
I think that L'Sacre du Printemps (Rites of Spring) should definitely be on this list, because not only is it enjoyable, but is also the great great grandaddy of Math Rock.
No joke.

Cerulaetas · « **Reply #24 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 18:00 »

TITS OR GTFO

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #25 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 18:01 »

I hate the idea of 'important' or 'essential' albums. It suggests that everyone should buy something just so they have something to say about it, even if that something is "this is fucking terrible and I'm sorry I spent 14 bucks on it."

I have a coffee table-ish book called 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and as you can imagine there are a hell of a lot that I don't agree with. Particularly when they list 'important' albums that aren't any good or even remotely the best works of said band. I mean, they have Beck's Guero. A good album, but do I think anyone needs to hear it before they die?? No.

doki · « **Reply #26 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 19:06 »

Quote from: ampersandwitch on 06 Feb 2007, 17:54

Quote from: doki on 06 Feb 2007, 05:35
The Rite of Spring.
When I say Stra, you say Vinski.
Vinski!

timehat · « **Reply #27 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 19:51 »

Quote from: ScrambledGregs on 06 Feb 2007, 18:01

I have a coffee table-ish book called 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and as you can imagine there are a hell of a lot that I don't agree with. Particularly when they list 'important' albums that aren't any good or even remotely the best works of said band. I mean, they have Beck's Guero. A good album, but do I think anyone needs to hear it before they die?? No.

Well it's not going to do you much good after you die, so you might as well get on it, right?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #28 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 20:43 »

Man, okay, get this, I've just concieved the worst tribute album ever:

Neutral Filk Hotel.

debaser24/7 · « **Reply #29 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 21:04 »

isnt filk just music with silly lyrics? apparently theres a lot of it on morning radio shows and the like

KharBevNor · « **Reply #30 on:** 06 Feb 2007, 21:09 »

It's folk music with light-hearted lyrics about nerdy things, basically.

Ernest · « **Reply #31 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 08:28 »

Like peanut butter?

valley_parade · « **Reply #32 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 09:16 »

So are I'm From Barcelona filk or twee?

minkles · « **Reply #33 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 13:00 »

debaser24/7 · « **Reply #34 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 13:44 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 07 Feb 2007, 09:16

So are I'm From Barcelona filk or twee?

theyre twee because filk is usually terrible.

Tyler · « **Reply #35 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 13:51 »

Back on track

The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - The White Album
The Beatles - Revolver
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Bob Marley - Legend
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA

A Shitty Person · « **Reply #36 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 14:10 »

With Davis and Coltrane, I'd actually go with Bitches Brew and A Love Supreme, respectively.

Inlander · « **Reply #37 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 15:06 »

To be honest, if anyone asked I'd tell them to ignore Kind of Blue and press 'Round About Midnight on them with great urgency instead.

Tyler · « **Reply #38 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 15:43 »

This thread was for the good and also rather cliche albums so far as I can tell. Kind of Blue is by far his most well known album in that regard, and is generally also considered his magnum opus.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #39 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 17:15 »

Quote from: Kai on 05 Feb 2007, 20:11

LMFAO!

Joseph · « **Reply #40 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 17:39 »

Quote from: Tyler on 07 Feb 2007, 13:51

Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA

I'd say that this is one of Springsteen's worst albums, actually. Somehow it's his most popular, but everything he made before it, Tunnel Of Love, and his '00s albums are much better. I cannot stress this enough. Still a good album though.

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #41 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 18:23 »

I've yet to hear a Bruce Springsteen song that didn't make me think "he's not as terrible as I assumed." I've given him plenty of chances, but...

KharBevNor · « **Reply #42 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 19:49 »

Every Bruce Springsteen song I've ever heard sounds like either Meatloaf or Foreigner.

I don't get the attraction!

Ben yayayayayayayay · « **Reply #43 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 20:06 »

Referring to the original post: I too have only recently bought Jeff Buckley's Grace, and upon hearing it my first thoughts were "why the fuck haven't I already heard this?". So maybe doki's intent was to have us talk about albums that we each find crucial to our own lives and try to preach to others from time to time. I have, on occasion, tried to turn my friends onto Neutral Milk Hotel, because I just can't understand why people don't like them. It's fucking Jeff Mangum c'mon

Johnny C · « **Reply #44 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 20:42 »

Quote from: KharBevNor on 07 Feb 2007, 19:49

Every Bruce Springsteen song I've ever heard sounds like either Meatloaf or Foreigner.

I don't get the attraction!

How funny! Every steak I eat reminds me of McDonald's! What a bizarre coincidence.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #45 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 21:32 »

If you're implying Meatloaf is steak and Springsteen McDonalds, well, that I can see. I just watched some more vids on youtube. Bland hair, bland dancing, tacky synths (or limp piano depending on the period) At least Meatloaf sang about motorbikes.

Kai · « **Reply #46 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 21:39 »

Urm

Quote from: Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run

n the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream
At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on highway 9,
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected
and steppin' out over the line

Johnny C · « **Reply #47 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 22:04 »

Well-picked.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #48 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 22:17 »

Meatloaf is still cooler.

That's wanky lyrics about motorbikes. It's not all "I'M GONNA HIT THE HIGHWAY LIKE A BATTERING RAM!"

I just watched all these Meatloaf vids on youtube. I definitely have my side in this debate. Springsteen sounds pretty bland to be honest. Just...kinda boring. A standard rocker voice, with awful synths and a distinct lack of good hooks and riffs. None of the songs I've just listened to have stuck in my mind. So MOR. You're not even gonna pull the 'he writes his own songs' line on me here. Meatloaf > Springsteen. If I'm gonna have awfully commercial classic rock I want it well written and fun and sung well.

Johnny C · « **Reply #49 on:** 07 Feb 2007, 22:47 »

Dogg "Born To Run" is a song about the idea of escape from the standard working-class American town, from the normal teenager life, laden with metaphor and rich imagery and surrounded in a veil of love for both the girl at the centre of the song and the populace of these dead-end American towns. It's an ode to dreams which have failed and dreams which have yet to be fulfilled against a modern cultural backdrop, awash with the poetry of the everyday.

Do not make me compare this to "I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)."

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doki

kablaaamo

SeanBateman

debaser24/7

doki

ScrambledGregs

Valdemar

Leia

Fleagle

Cerulaetas

ScrambledGregs

doki

timehat

debaser24/7

debaser24/7

A Shitty Person

ScrambledGregs