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greenMonkey:
--- Quote from: Koremora on 22 Jan 2009, 00:11 ---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.
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Sorry, have to disagree. The first Sigur Ros album I listened to was ( ), and I enjoyed it, though I still can't really sit through it. Then I got Agaetis Byrjun, and I literally had my ears opened to good music. Looking back now, I no longer worship it like I did, but Agaetis Byrjun is by far the best album Sigur Ros has ever put out, and has their best songwriting and timbre experimentation. The darkly atmospheric blues of Flugufrelsarinn and Hjartad hamast (bamm bamm bamm), the sunny orchestral dreamy pop of Svefn-g-englar and Staralfur, the absolutely epic introspection (paradox? perhaps) of Vidrar vel til loftarasa, and the simplicity of the title track...there is not a bad song on this album, with the exception of the intro track and the final track, which serve as effective bookends to a dreamy whirlwind of emotion and sensation.
--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 22 Jan 2009, 03:37 ---Fugazi- Repeater
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It is ridiculously difficult to pick one Fugazi album, but I think Repeater is the correct choice to document their musical and ethical origins. However, one of my favorite things about Fugazi is that they so visibly challenged themselves to grow and evolve as artists, and their later albums are so interesting and engaging. I think End Hits is my absolute favorite Fugazi album.
snakes:
Neil young - on the beach
If you haven't heard this, hear it. please. at some point in my life, this fit perfectly with the way that i felt because of the gritty, raw, hopelessness that it presented to me. i could relate to it. i though that it was beautiful. i still do. absolutely perfect. it begins with a song saying "fuck it" to any quarrels that may have once been, and continues on with a batch of tracks infected with loneliness, paranoia, disdain, and an immediate loss of innocence. neil young is able to create a complete masterpiece with his despair on this record, and for a time this was the only album i cared about.
arcade fire - neon bible
when this first came out i sort of just cast it off, thinking that it was not as good as funeral. i probably only listened to it entirely two times before about three months ago. i randomly turned it on one day, and since then, it has been one of the only albums i have listened to. i have become very aware of religion in the past year (something i disregarded for my entire life until now), and this album is something that i can really relate to now. great example of religious angst and, really, a loss of faith in society as a whole. a very effective album.
can - tago mago
just listen to it if you haven't.
radiohead - amnesiac
at first i was completely obsessed with kid a. i'm sure many people were. i love them both, but after years of them both, amnesiac has to be my favorite. it is the first album that i decided not to listed to while on drugs because it was too fucking much.
_yoda:
--- Quote from: snakes on 22 Jan 2009, 20:49 ---radiohead - amnesiac
at first i was completely obsessed with kid a. i'm sure many people were. i love them both, but after years of them both, amnesiac has to be my favorite. it is the first album that i decided not to listed to while on drugs because it was too fucking much.
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aw man, that's not the album to introduce someone to Radiohead!
great album, of course, and maybe it's your favourite, but maybe you should revisit the conversation about Pink Floyd above.
I guess it's OK Computer, much as it isn't my favourite album of theirs (Kid A FTW)
_yoda:
--- Quote from: snakes on 22 Jan 2009, 20:49 ---can - tago mago
just listen to it if you haven't.
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MadassAlex:
Imaginations From The Other Side - Blind Guardian
Thrash-influenced power metal in all its angry, intense, yet deliciously melodic glory. This album isn't just everything that's good about Blind Guardian - it's everything that's good about melodic metal. Deliberate, well-measured riffs, soaring, full-bodied vocals and relevant, attention-grabbing solos make this an album (and band, really) to remember.
This album marked the point where Blind Guardian really stepped up their album production, but were still holding on to the heavy thrash influences in their music. Basically, this album isn't just one of their very best, but an excellent median between their earlier, thrashier work and their later, more melodic music.
Highly recommended to anyone who digs melodic metal, or who likes intense, driving hard rock but is put off by elements of extreme metal.
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
This is a necessity, not only because of the way this defined Sabbath's sound, but because of this album's worth in any study of the development of rock and heavy metal music. The songwriting on this is magnificent, especially considering this album acts more like a high distorted blues record than a rock record at the time. Plus, the riffage here is just amazing. Black Sabbath wrote the best doom-metal riff before doom metal was a goddamned term. Tony Iommi is irrefutably one of the alpha gods of rock guitar, crafting rhythm and lead sections with equal deftness and quality.
Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin
*I had a large paragraph here, but I was wrong about song placement.
So I'll just say that people should start with the first one. And witness the progression for themselves.
Any Album From '69 to '75 - Deep Purple
Seriously, so many great songs here. Purple are basically the rock band as far as I'm concerned. Black Night, Highway Star, Speed King, Stormbringer, Burn, Soldier of Fortune, Strange Kind of Woman, Space Truckin', the list does not stop for a long time. Any album within this time frame paints a good picture. I'm a bit tempted to err towards In Rock. But really, any album within the time frame will do here.
The rock band.
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