Guest justsoyouknow Posted April 30, 2003 Report Posted April 30, 2003 I've seen a lot of threads around here about recommendations on single songs, but what about entire CDs? Are there any CDs that you, the sMusic board, feel are essential to everyday life? For those of us looking to expand our CD collections, this could be a very helpful thread...... I'll start things off here: Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde Whiskeytown - Pnemounia Fiction Plane - Everything Will Never Be Okay Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast Tenacious D - Tenacious D Again, this could be very helpful to those of us looking to pick up some more CDs....maybe some comments on the CDs would be nice too? Enjoy, boys and girls.
Guest Flyboy Posted April 30, 2003 Report Posted April 30, 2003 Fiona Apple - Tidal Fiona Apple - When The Pawn... Two of the best female albums to come around (especially WTP).
Guest HHH's 'Roid Needle Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 Eyes Adrift(Self Titled). Its Curt Kirkwood from Meat Puppets, Bud Gaugh from Sublime, and Krist Novoselic from Nirvana. Its basically Meat Puppets III, but with a more mello and relaxed feel. Bargain Music--C002. The best indy vocalist in music today. Period. Find some of their acoustic stuff of Kazaa. Knock your socks off. Descendents--Milo Goes To College. Classic album that must be in everyone's collection.
Guest Galactic Gigolo Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 Just to name a couple awesome things I've gotten from record companies in the past couple months. Zeromancer - Clone Your Lover. They're like Orgy, but actually really talented . Memento - Beginnings I believe it's called. Great band.
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 Black Label Society - 1919 Eternal My #2 album for 2002. Shadows Fall - The Art Of Balance You know I'd rec my guys. My #1 album for 2002. Dream Theater - Metroplis Pt. II: Scenes From A Memory Motörhead - ANYTHING Face it. Lemmy is God. Danzig - 6:66 Satan's Child Mmmmm...Danzig...
Guest WrestlingDeacon Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning by Frank Sinatra Aja by Steely Dan About the entire Beatles catalogue Headquarters and Head Soundtrack by the Monkees Eat a Peach by the Allman Brothers Back in Black by AC/DC Some Girls and Exile on Main Street by the Rolling Stones Slow Down by Keb Mo Amazing Grace: His Greates Sacred Performances by Elvis Presley The Johnny Cash box set Love, God and Murder and his four American Recordings albums
B. Brian Brunzell Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 My essential albums: London calling-The Clash Here Comes the Zoo-Local H How I Do-Res Phrenology-The Roots The Way I Feel-Remy Shand # 1's- Elvis Presley Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits-The Dave Brubeck Band The Birth of Cool and Bitches Brew-Miles Davis Diamond Dogs-David Bowie Pet Sounds-The Beach Boys And finally, Among My Swans-Mazzy Star. this album is so fucking great. I love it to death. It's so relaxing, and Hope Sandoval's voice can just MELT you.
Guest RepoMan Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 The Rentals- Return of the Rentals. Great Weezer side project from a few years back that never got any real credit. Leftfiled-Leftism. Best electronic cd evern IMHO.
Guest Nanks Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 Grinspoon - Panic Attack Linkin Park - Meteora The Scorpion King - Soundtrack (yes, really) Ben Lee - Hey you, Yes you P.O.D - Satellite Foo Fighters - One by One
Guest BAR Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 Well, I could go on about Sabbath, Floyd, Met, etc. all day but you've heard of that. Pick up some Kyuss, you should like it. Particularly 'Blues for the Red Sun' (1992) and 'Welcome to Sky Valley' (1994).
Guest Dace59 Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 Symphony X - V Darkthrone - A Blaze In The Northern Sky Lacuna Coil - Comalies
Guest The Notorious CRD Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 1. The White Stripes - Elephant 2. Jimmy Buffett - Meet Me In Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection 3. Ben Harper - Diamonds on the Inside
Guest Kinetic Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 Anything by Stevie Wonder from the early/mid 70s. Talking Book would be the place to start, I'd say. Everyone's heard "Superstition," I'd imagine, but the whole album is fucking unbelievable.
Guest Agent of Oblivion Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 Double post. To make it worthwhile: Clutch-Elephant Riders
Guest Agent of Oblivion Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 Slayer-Divine Intervention Acid Bath-When The Kite String Pops Frank Zappa-Apostrophe The Residents-Duck Stab Sepultura-Beneath The Remains King Crimson-Starless and Bible Black Life of Agony-River Runs Red Dead Kennedys-Frankenchrist There's a decent enough mix of stuff you might not hear every day.
B. Brian Brunzell Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 Double post. To make it worthwhile: Clutch-Elephant Riders Elephant Riders OWNS. I still think the self-titled disc is Clutch's best, but goddamn, Elephant Riders is fucking great.
Guest Agent of Oblivion Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 It's a close call for me. Elephant Riders has Wishbone..the s/t has Spacegrass, which may or may not be my favorite Clutch tracks. I definitely think ER is put together much better, but it has a couple throw away tracks, like Cracker Jack, which is a decent enough waste of an interlude, but doesn't need to be on the album at all. Another album: Les Claypool's Flying Frog Bridade-Live Frogs Set 2 It's Pink Floyd's Animals, covered in its entirety, 10-8,9-2000. Brian, as a Floyd fanatic, you owe it to yourself to check that out. I can assure you that you will shit your pants upon hearing it.
Guest notJames Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 The mark of a great album is how well it sounds as a whole, not just as a collection of songs. These are my picks: Wonder Stuff - Never Loved Elvis Mark Curry - It's Only Time NOFX - So Long, and Thanks For All The Shoes Juliana Hatfield - Only Everything and Bed Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray Propagandhi - Less Talk, More Rock XTC - Skylarking Sense Field - Tonight and Forever Jeff Buckley - Grace Jellyfish - Spilt Milk Letters To Cleo - Wholesale Meats and Fish Pixies - Surfer Rosa and Bossanova Shades Apart - Seeing Things That Dog- Retreat From The Sun Trash Can Sinatras - Cake Bad Religion - Against The Grain and Stranger Than Fiction There's more I could name, but I'd be here all day.
Guest JebusNassedar Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 Sunna "One Minute Silence" I just cannot say anything bad on this CD. It's FANTASTIC. There's a good deal on Amazon, where you get the selftitled from Professional Murder Music as well. ANYTHING Mars Volta. At The Drive IN "Vaya" or "Relationship Of Command." Nonpoint "Statement" Screw the new CD. Statement is just superior in every way. I was really disappointed when I heard "Your Signs". Blech. "What A Day" has comedic value to go with it. Sunna "One Minute Silence" Mudvayne "L.D. 50" IMO, the finest metal album made. I know, I know, "dont say Mudvayne seriously." But, Mudvayne is not only who got me into metal, but who inspired me to learn bass. And Ryknow is a phenominal bassist. Not Claypool level, not Wooten level, but still excellent. Interpol "Turn On The Bright Lights" Wow. Sappy rock that I like. Never saw that coming. It's a very well made CD, with only one real lemon ("Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down") on the CD. They are strange at first, least, they were to me. But its a surprisingly good CD. The Apex Theory "Topsy Turvy" First and only album of theirs, since the singer left. Fucker. There was such promise there... Any songs from Guilty Gear/X/X2. Sunna "One Minute Silence" Thee Michelle Gun Elephant "Gear Blues" Only J-rock I'll ever listen to. They're....somethin' else. Worth checking out. Oh, and Sunna. Otherwise, that's it.
Garth Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 The Hives:Your New Faveorite Band White Stripes: Elephant Madness:One Step Closer
Guest Dace59 Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 Mudvayne "L.D. 50" IMO, the finest metal album made. I know, I know, "dont say Mudvayne seriously." But, Mudvayne is not only who got me into metal, but who inspired me to learn bass. And Ryknow is a phenominal bassist. Not Claypool level, not Wooten level, but still excellent. Mudvayne =/= Metal at all. They are Nu Metal, which is a form of Alt. Rock.
Guest Addy Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 GWAR - America Must Be Destroyed - Check out the movie "Phallus In Wonderland" that goes along with it, too! GWAR - This Toilet Earth - Make sure your copy has "B.D.F." on it. Mortiis - Født Til Å Herske - Awesome atmospheric music. Great to "chill out" to.
Guest caboose Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 Audioslave's self titled album, 'Audioslave'.
Guest Anorak Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 A few random recommendations. From this year so far..... The Jayhawks: Rainy Day Music Calexico: Feast Of Wire Gorky's Zygotic Mynci: 20 (Re-issue of 94-96 Ep's'Singles) I'm not exactly a metalhead but for louder stuff Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger , Monster Magnet's Spine Of God and Blues For The Red Sun by Kyuss. Electro-Shock Blues by Eels is one of the main albums from recent-ish years (98 I think) which deserves greater recognition IMO. A very affecting and rewarding album.
PsychoDriver Posted May 1, 2003 Report Posted May 1, 2003 The mark of a great album is how well it sounds as a whole, not just as a collection of songs. These are my picks: Wonder Stuff - Never Loved Elvis Mark Curry - It's Only Time NOFX - So Long, and Thanks For All The Shoes Juliana Hatfield - Only Everything and Bed Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray Propagandhi - Less Talk, More Rock XTC - Skylarking Sense Field - Tonight and Forever Jeff Buckley - Grace Jellyfish - Spilt Milk Letters To Cleo - Wholesale Meats and Fish Pixies - Surfer Rosa and Bossanova Shades Apart - Seeing Things That Dog- Retreat From The Sun Trash Can Sinatras - Cake Bad Religion - Against The Grain and Stranger Than Fiction There's more I could name, but I'd be here all day. Damn, you like some cool stuff... Stuff I recommend: Posies: Dear 23/ Frosting on the Beater Jellyfish- Bellybutton Curve- Gift / Come Clean / Cuckoo Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible/ This is My Truth.. Folk Implosion: One Part Lullaby/ Dare to Be Surprised Lush - Split The Gathering: If Else Then... Ken Stringfellow: Touched Dog's Eye View: Happy Nowhere Angelfish- Angelfish
LaParkaYourCar Posted May 2, 2003 Report Posted May 2, 2003 Audioslave - Audioslave White Stripes - Elephant Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane (seriously) NOFX - Punk in Drublic
Guest Agent of Oblivion Posted May 2, 2003 Report Posted May 2, 2003 I'd just like to state once again that I think Audioslave is one of the most disappointing over-hyped bands in the history of music. Given the collective skill involved in the band, they should've been able to come up with something MUCH better than the middle of the road rock album they put out.
Guest notJames Posted May 2, 2003 Report Posted May 2, 2003 (edited) The mark of a great album is how well it sounds as a whole, not just as a collection of songs. These are my picks: Wonder Stuff - Never Loved Elvis Mark Curry - It's Only Time NOFX - So Long, and Thanks For All The Shoes Juliana Hatfield - Only Everything and Bed Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray Propagandhi - Less Talk, More Rock XTC - Skylarking Sense Field - Tonight and Forever Jeff Buckley - Grace Jellyfish - Spilt Milk Letters To Cleo - Wholesale Meats and Fish Pixies - Surfer Rosa and Bossanova Shades Apart - Seeing Things That Dog- Retreat From The Sun Trash Can Sinatras - Cake Bad Religion - Against The Grain and Stranger Than Fiction There's more I could name, but I'd be here all day. Damn, you like some cool stuff... Stuff I recommend: Posies: Dear 23/ Frosting on the Beater Jellyfish- Bellybutton Curve- Gift / Come Clean / Cuckoo Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible/ This is My Truth.. Folk Implosion: One Part Lullaby/ Dare to Be Surprised Lush - Split The Gathering: If Else Then... Ken Stringfellow: Touched Dog's Eye View: Happy Nowhere Angelfish- Angelfish Danke schoen. I owe it all to the University radio station I worked in oh so many years ago. I like your picks as well, especially Curve and Lush. They were fun bands to see live, with the light shows and ethereal qualities and whatnot. Very evocative of Siouxsie during her Superstition tour. Edited May 2, 2003 by notJames
B. Brian Brunzell Posted May 2, 2003 Report Posted May 2, 2003 It's a close call for me. Elephant Riders has Wishbone..the s/t has Spacegrass, which may or may not be my favorite Clutch tracks. Another album: Les Claypool's Flying Frog Bridade-Live Frogs Set 2 It's Pink Floyd's Animals, covered in its entirety, 10-8,9-2000. Brian, as a Floyd fanatic, you owe it to yourself to check that out. I can assure you that you will shit your pants upon hearing it. Live Frogs Set 2, eh? I'm all over it. Les doing The Floyd always works. I loved the Primus cover of "Have a Cigar" so I'll no doubt pick that one up. The Clutch s/t also contains "Animal Farm" which just rocks hard ass from beginning to end. Pure Rock Fury was pretty cool, but it's probably my lesat favorite Clutch album. Haveing "Spacegrass" live at the end of the disc makes it worth picking up though.
Guest Agent of Oblivion Posted May 2, 2003 Report Posted May 2, 2003 Ever heard Transitional Speedway League? It's definitely their heaviest album, with tracks like "Binge and Purge." It's good, but they're much better when they've got a good stoner jam going.
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