I often think about stellar albums. The ones where they’re really isn’t a skip-able track. Off the top of my head, these come to mind: The Beach Boys Pet Sounds, Collective Soul Collective Soul (blue album), Bush 16 Stone, and Green Day Dookie. What are some of your perfect albums?
I know I am alone on this but,
my chemical romance - three cheers for sweet revenge
I’ve always been more of a Black Parade fan, but Three Cheers is possibly a more cohesive experience that doesn’t jump around different genres as much.
I like the fact that The Black Parade jumps genres it really adds to the ‘world-building’ and storytelling of the patient and the parader.
I agree that’s what makes the album so great. Arguably you could say it could make a sonically jarring experience when you have stuff like Mama, Cancer, Disenchanted and Famous Last words so close to each other.
Personally The Black Parade has been one of my all time favourite albums, and I like it the best out of their entire catalog.
- Good News For People Who Love Bad News, Modest Mouse
- Sgt Pepper, The Beatles
- The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga
- Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, Elton John
- Folie a Deux, Fall Out Boy
Going by music genre:
Hip Hop: To Pimp A Butterfly (by Kendrick Lamar), The Forever Story (JID), Madvillainy (MF DOOM), Hell on Earth (Mobb Deep)
Electronic: Selected Ambient Works (Aphex Twin), Exai (Autechre), Duntisbourne Abbots Soulmate Devastation Technique (μ-Ziq)
Black Metal: Filosofem (Burzum), Panzerfaust (Darkthrone), Pure Holocaust (Immortal), Exuvia (The Ruins of Beverast)
Death Metal: Scream Bloody Gore (Death), Realm of Chaos (Bolt Thrower), Under the Sign of the Black Mark (Bathory)
Country: Southbound (Doc Watson), Poor David’s Almanack (David Rawlings)
I’m just breaking into country and jazz. If anyone has some classic must-listen albums, I’d be all ears.
It’s been almost a year since The Forever Story came out, but it was a classic in my mind from the first second I heard it. I haven’t listened to as much hip hop these past few years but that album pulled me right back in.
I’m not the biggest fan of J Cole, but he’s discovered and boosted some amazing artists.
I felt the same way. And an album hasn’t stuck with me this long since To pimp a butterfly
Radiohead’s Kid A has no filler tracks. Anyone who thinks Treefingers is filler is wrong
Do people think Treefingers is filler? Wtf, that track is fucking awesome and a much needed breather for that album
It’s odd but Kid A didn’t click with me until after I’d heard Amnesiac. I think the follow-up album might’ve worked as a kind of gateway into a more electronic sound.
I listened through Amnesiac maybe half a dozen times before I was curious and tried Kid A again, and it was like I was hearing a completely different album. It’s funny to have my opinion of an album change so much by listening to something else entirely.
Ok, now that more people have posted long lists, I don’t feel so bad about mine ;)
- Arcade Fire – Funeral
- Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today
- At The Drive-In – Relationship of Command (also their EPs Vaya and In/Casino/Out)
- Kae Tempest – Let Them Eat Chaos
- Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs
- My Morning Jacket – Z
- Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley
- Radiohead – OK Computer
- Radiohead – In Rainbows
- The Decemberists – Picaresque
- The Diggs – Commute
- The Dismemberment Plan – Emergency & I
- The Libertines – s/t
- The Mars Volta – Deloused in the Comatorium
- The Notwist – Shrink
- Tokyo Police Club – A Lesson in Crime (just a fantastic debut; barely an album though)
German:
- Deichkind – Niveau Weshalb Warum
Some may be an acquired taste (PSB?, also I know that The Libertines’ is not everyone’s favorite – but it’s mine :). The Arcade Fire, even though I don’t listen to them these days that much, is decade-defining for me, as is Radiohead’s OK Computer (together with Nevermind, although for some reason it didn’t make this list).
Lovely to see a mention of PSB here. Inform - Educate - Entertain is such a great record, and I loved Bright Magic so much that I bought it on CD so I could rip the highest quality possible for my iPod.
A Lesson in Crime was definitely a fantastic debut, I’m also a big fan of their Champ album. Breakneck Speed is one of my favorite songs!
This is going to be a random list but:
Tool - Lateralus
Green Day - American Idiot
Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory and Meteora
Basically anything by Animals As Leaders
Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
Sepultura - Arise and Chaos AD
Nirvana - Bleach and Nevermind
Elder - Lore and Reflections of a floating world
Blood Incantation - Starspawn
Killswitch Engage - Alive or just breathing
Bongripper - Satan Worshipping Doom
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Architects - LF/LT
Dr Dre - 2001
Blackwater Park - Opeth
The first album that I ever bought back in the day from my pocket money was Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park.
Only later I found out that this feeling of listening to every song of an album multiple times without getting bored or just not liking some or most of them is not the norm.
I enjoyed the album right away. But only after being disappointed in all other albums that I bought over the next months I started to realize what an incredible gem Hybrid Theory is.
I had the same magical feeling with Meteora. Sadly, the following albums could not keep it up for me.
I still love HT and M to this day and listen to it monthly. Amazing albums by an amazing band.
Totally agree with you on Hybrid Theory…start to finish fabulous. Interestingly enough, another album I feel this way about is Aqualung by Jethro Tull. If I put on either of these albums I lose 40 minutes before I know it…
Never heard about this, will check it out! Thank you for the recommendation.
The Black Crowes - Southern Harmony Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Honorable mention
The Black Keys - Thickfreakness The White Stripes - Icky Thump CeeLo Green - The Lady Killer
I have very little concept of what songs are from which albums anymore thanks to modern streaming subscriptions.
Siamese Dreams is one album I have been able to go back to year after year and enjoy from start to finish. First album I ever owned.
I’ve just started listening to Siamese Dream again, it’s one of my go-to summer albums. My favorite Pumpkins album my far, It’s just so crisp and crunchy in such a pleasing way
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the aeroplane over the sea
A classic.
Mezzanine - Massive Attack
The Fat of the Land - The Prodigy
First time I ever DJ’d, I played Angel just so I could hear that bass over a proper nightclub sound system. It emptied the floor, but I have no regrets because it was fucking beautiful.
I like your style!
Oh, the confidence of an amateur. “I like this song, therefore so will everyone else”.
Turns out that everyone else was a prick.
They were/are objectively wrong. DJs are there to tell people what to like!
See, someone gets it!
Mezzanine is brilliant.
This will be a wild mix of genres:
- Portishead - Dummy
- Jean-Michel Jarre - Les concerts en Chine 1981
- The black Keys - El Camino
- ZZ Top - Eliminator
- Console - Herself
- The glitch mob - Drink in the sea
and some albums I already saw here.
Bonus:
- Peter Fox - Stadtaffe => this is impressive because it is one of the very few german speaking artists I like and it is a genre that I usually dislike
Peter Fox
Man this takes me back to german language class in high school. My teacher liked to put his music on when we were individually working on things haha. Distinctly remember Haus am See and Alles neu being the class favorites
Reading through these posts I’m totally blown away by the diversity of some of the posters’ selections. Also…a LOT of albums I need to check out!!
That was my goal! I’m in a bit of a music lull, looking for new stuff
Here we go, brace yourselves
Against The Current - Past Lives
Can’t Swim - This Too Won’t Pass
Chief State - Tough Love [EP]
Before I Turn - Lovelorn
Bearings - Hello, It’s You
Dorothy - Gifts From The Holy Ghost
Four Year Strong - Brain Pain
Greta Van Fleet - The Battle At Garden’s Gate
Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Intervals - The Shape Of Colours [instrumental, heavenly]
I Prevail - TRUE POWER
Knuckle Puck - While I Stay Secluded [EP]
Knuckle Puck - 20_20
Mayday Parade - Sunnyland
Micheal Jackson - Thriller
Movements - Feel Something
Neck Deep - All Distortions Are Intentional
Neck Deep - The Peace And The Panic
Neck Deep - Life’s Not Out To Get You
Nothing But Thieves - Moral Panic
Palaye Royale - Fever Dream
Paramore - Brand New Eyes
Paramore - Paramore
Paramore - After Laughter
Seaway - Big Vibe
Seaway - Vacation
Sleeping With Sirens - How It Feels To Be Lost
Sleeping With Sirens - Madness
State Champs - Kings Of The New Age
The Story So Far - The Story So Far
The Story So Far - What You Don’t See
The Structs - YOUNG&DANGEROUS
Tiny Moving Parts - Pleasant Living
Yonaka - Don’t Wait Till Tomorrow
Yonaka - Sieze The Power
Yours Truly - Self Care
Yours Truly - Afterglow [EP]Thats about it, those are some of my favourite/[near-]perfect albums/EPs.
Curious about your thoughts on the Greta Van Fleet “they’re a Zeppelin ripoff” stuff. I like their music and I’m hoping they are able to shake that reputation a bit. Also, apparently I’ve only listened to From The Fires and Anthem of the Peaceful Army, so apparently I’ve got some catching up to do.
Also, first post on lemmy, lets gooooooooo!
I’ve heard abit about this too. At the time I heard of it I’d actually never listened to a single Zeppelin track, it made me curious (who could come close to the genius of Greta!!??) . I’ve been listening to their albums and there is definitely a resemblance in their music styles.
At this point I can’t really say that Greta “ripped off” of Led Zeppelin since I’m new to their music. But I like it so far, definitely my kind of sound.Hah! It didn’t even occur to me that someone would not have listened to Zeppelin before. They’re so foundational in classic rock. Incidentally, a lot of people accused Zeppelin of ripping off earlier blues and blues rock acts when they first blew up. To me, all art is just people riffing on what came before, and you’re bound to encounter artists across space and time that have very similar aesthetics to each other. No one owns an aesthetic.
Am I the only who thinks they sound more like Rush than Zeppelin?? To me their singer sounds like a dead ringer for Geddy Lee
Oh I definitely hear a ton of Rush in them too, as well as more diverse 60s/70s influences, and even some 90s alt (Mountain of the Sun in particular). It’s basically just Highway Tune and Safari Song that have gotten them branded as a Zeppelin ripoff - understandably in the case of those two songs. The singer is definitely heavily influenced by Robert Plant (although as you say his voice has more of a Geddy Lee timbre to it or something) and the guitarist by Jimmy Page for sure.
A fellow neck deep enjoyer? Saving this and having a listen later haha
Hell Yeah, I love neck deep. Their music is some of the best I’ve ever heard, made me fall for rock. Enjoy.
Happy to see Tiny Moving Parts getting mentioned. I actually just listened to Celebrate for the first time a week ago, and while I think it’s great, Pleasant Living still edges it out. I just love Always Focused, I wish there were a lot more super-positive emo songs like that.
- The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There
- Fugazi - The Argument
- Slint - Spiderland
- American Football - LP1
- toe - The Book About My Idle Plot On A Vague Anxiety
- The Cure - Disintegration
- TTNG - Animals
- Sunny Day Real Estate - How It Feels to Be Something On
- At The Drive-in - Relationship of Command
- Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me
American Football, yes!
Relationship of Command is a certified banger from the first note to the last. Absolutely incendiary record.
