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Zingoleb:
For the record, The Beatles top album is Abbey Road for me. :) Revolver is a close second.
Geez...Pink Floyd is a hard one to pick, but I'm going to say...
Pink Floyd ~ The Division Bell
The other possible ones on the list are Wish You Were Here or Animals. The Division Bell was Pink Floyd's last album, from 1994, and it shows what happens when the rest of the band finally takes hold of the sound and edges away from Roger Waters' influence. Good, solid songs that come together to make an album that's more than the sum of its parts.
Anoushka Shankar ~ Rise
A very eclectic album of world music. There's a lot of sitar on this album, seeing as she *is* the daughter of Ravi Shankar, but it also deals with a lot of different sorts of cultural sounds, from Indian raga to Australian didgeridoo. Very atypical vocals.
Enya ~ The Celts
Her other albums I've listened to seem a bit hit and miss, or even a bit boring, but this one is different. Mostly simply songs, but they stay with you after they're finished and leave an impression with you. I'm trying to avoid using the word 'haunting'...damn.
Melanie ~ Freedom Knows My Name
While she has other great albums, this is the one that feels consistently good with each song, and wildly varied on each one. Morbid humour of "Estate Sale" to the strong choir on "I Will Get Over" to the complex guitar on "Arrow" to the folk rendition of "Purple Haze," each song is strong on its own and come together to make a great album. (The 'special release' version has an extra song that I don't like, though)
Penny Whiskey ~ Half-Corked
Superbly done Irish folk music. Alternates between strong lyrics and off-the-wall humour. A decent album altogether, but each song stands out individually.
Koremora:
Here's somma mine! It's all pretty modern, but that's just a general trend in some of my music I suppose.
Sigur Ros - Takk...
Some might disagree, but in my opinion Takk... is hands-down the BEST album Sigur Ros has put out. There is not a single song on there that is anything less than heart-meltingly tear-inducingly beautiful. The mood is there, the weird atmosphere, and the songwriting is just impeccable. One of my favorite albums of all time.
The Sound of Animals Fighting - The Ocean and the Sun
A perfect mash-up of the mathy guitar work of their first record and the atmospheric experimentalism of their second. What may be their final record is also their best.
Clutch - Robot Hive / Exodus
Some of the best blues-tinged stoner rock out there. Neil Fallon's bellow is fantastically fitting, and the rest of the band is just pulls some air-tight solid grooves.
Torche - Meanderthal
Okay, I know this is only their second album but HOLY SHIT GUYS. It's fucking amazing. A stellar combination of doom metal and pop, of all things. Loud, heavy, fast, bonecrushing triumphant guitar songs.
Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss
Yes, again, this is their first album. When I was first about to listen to it, I was a bit leery of it sounding like generic post-rock, as many reviewers had indicated. However, once the LA LA LA's of Dash & Blast kicked in, I was hooked. Enjoy Eternal Bliss almost sounds like a Godspeed record, only a little more focused and with less ambient noise passages (not that there was anything wrong with them). Also, the inclusion of clarinet, of all things, really sticks out in the mix and really nails the mood.
Sunn O))) - Black One
This album is fucking TERRIFYING. I first listened to it past midnight with good headphones. When I was done, I was actually shaking a little. The pure musical embodiment of dread and terror. In short, a masterpiece of doom.
Meshuggah - ObZen
Another one of those NEWEST AND BEST albums. Their old thrashier days run headfirst into their more technical work like I, resulting in the PERFECT Meshuggah record. Jaw-dropping-through-the-center-of-the-earth instrumental work, with Tomas Haake once again proving that he is the product of an angel fucking a demon-possessed robot. If you don't shit yourself from the bass drum in Bleed, your bowels are not properly functioning.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: Zingoleb on 21 Jan 2009, 22:22 ---Geez...Pink Floyd is a hard one to pick, but I'm going to say...
Pink Floyd ~ The Division Bell
The other possible ones on the list are Wish You Were Here or Animals. The Division Bell was Pink Floyd's last album, from 1994, and it shows what happens when the rest of the band finally takes hold of the sound and edges away from Roger Waters' influence. Good, solid songs that come together to make an album that's more than the sum of its parts.
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As much as I love that record, you'd struggle to find anyone else of this opinion. I'd definitely say WYWH.
David_Dovey:
The Division Bell is fine and all but is it seriously the one album you would choose to represent Pink Floyd above all others? And can we keep in mind that is what we are trying to do here? Not just say "hai guyz this is my fave album."
I feel like I may be stepping on toes by doing this because I am by no means not even the tenth best person on this forum to make this judgement but
Fugazi- Repeater
Not the band's best but I feel that Fugazi's career can be viewed much as a linear progression from one style to another, so in that way it would make sense to go from the start. Obviously there was 13 Songs that came before this but I feel that, despite containing some of the band's most iconic songs, was a bit of a false-start, the band finding it's feet. On Repeater the band achieve exactly what they set out to do at that time. It is cohesive, instantly catching (important if you are trying to introduce someone to a band) emotional, political and good fun at the same time. Repeater was my favourite Fugazi album for a fair while but that is because it takes a few listens for the other records to catch up.
The Stooges- The Stooges
"but dude, what about Funhouse? Funhouse, dude"
Once again, the self-titled album is not their best, but I feel that the production on Funhouse and the shambolic nature of the songs could be an impediment to someone who isn't already used to The Stooges. The self-titled also has all of their most obvious "hits" (1969, I Wanna Be Your Dog, No Fun). Just noisy and chaotic enough to let you know what the Stooges are about, without being off-puttingly abrasive.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 22 Jan 2009, 03:37 ---The Division Bell is fine and all but is it seriously the one album you would choose to represent Pink Floyd above all others? And can we keep in mind that is what we are trying to do here? Not just say "hai guyz this is my fave album."
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Exactly. In which case, I changed my answer to DSOTM. As much as I'm sick of that record, it's pretty much the best entry point or representative. Wish You Were Here is the better album but isn't the best starting point.
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