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imapiratearg:
Oh phew.  I always felt weird because I enjoy Loaded and The Velvet Underground more than the other two.

Catacombs:
Although I personally like Abbey Road the best, i think I'd pick Revolver over Let It Be.

onewheelwizzard:

--- Quote from: Catacombs on 21 Jan 2009, 09:50 ---Although I personally like Abbey Road the best, i think I'd pick Revolver over Let It Be.

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^This.

Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley

Words like "epic masterpiece" should do justice to this album but they're so overused and misapplied that they end up slightly failing to cut the mustard.  "Welcome to Sky Valley" is the sound of a thousand-foot bass amplifier made of stone, reverberating across an endless desert underneath an infinite sky.  It's my immediate and unhesitating pick for best rock album of the 1990's.  It founded a legion of imitators that, despite falling short, still managed to sound fucking great.  On a personal note, it has had a greater influence on my own taste in music than any other musical work I've ever listened to, and I credit it with an indispensable role in shaping my relationship with sound in general.  I love this album.  Listen Without Distraction.

the_pied_piper:
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

Last album released by the folk greats as a duo before their official breakup (after a 'separation' in 1965) and the first folk album i ever heard. Containing the tracks 'El Condor Pasa', 'Cecilia' and 'The Boxer' as well as title track 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' to me its an outstanding contribution to the progress of folk music, if not the most outstanding of all. Obviously, the duo have gone on to influence so many more artists after them but i believe this is their greatest moment.

Tarkio - Sea Songs For Landlocked Sailors

As a huge Decemberists fan i couldn't believe i hadn't heard of Tarkio until about 1 year ago and since then this has been my favourite EP of all time. Only 6 songs long but with 'Devil's Elbow', 'Tristan and Iseult', 'Mountains Of Mourne' and other great songs i believe it is an unrecognised great. Not really influential in any major way but criminally unknown and underappreciated.



Slightly Off Topic: After reading the threads about changes to the music forum i can only agree that it is a good thing. I have been guilty recently of dumping albums into the MF thread but i've always looked for someone to start discussion threads aswell. I didn't do it myself because being a relative newbie and lurking a while i saw how many threads get shot down straight away but certainly this should start to help.

Thrillho:

--- Quote from: pwhodges on 21 Jan 2009, 04:28 ---The Beatles - Let it Be

There is an argument for choosing at least half of their albums as "the one". I select this because, as the one they recorded when they were trying (and failing) to stop it all falling apart, it is in some ways the most human and emotional - and, as always, there are some bloody good songs on it.
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Say what now?

Okay, mine:

Weezer - Weezer (1994)
Their first, greatest album - and even if you disagree on that score, you've got to accept it's far more accessible than Pinkerton, so if you're potentially only buying one, this is the one to go for.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus (2004)
A double CD that shows his two sides; Elvis filtered through Satan on Abattoir Blues, a doom-laden balladeer on Lyre.

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