Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted August 11, 2003 Radiohead - Kid A ... Too much blip-bloop hatred! I'm not sure if I'd call it essential, but I think it might be my 2nd favorite album of theirs. Lyrically a lot of it's hogwash free-association, but musically it evokes wonderful mood and feeling. Every time I go back to it works. It's also structured really well, building tension up to "Idiotheque" and then sort of swimming about in the aftermath. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godthedog 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 but this is supposed to be a thread of essential albums: 'velvet underground and nico', 'doolittle', 'revolver'...albums that you are not supposed to be able to live without. even if you think it's good, there's no way in hell this should be essential. maybe it belongs on a list like "good radiohead albums." if you like it, fine--i don't agree with it, but i can understand. but to put it in the same league with the ones i mentioned just has no basis in reality at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Yeah, but that approach to this thread unfortunately dissipated by about post 8 or 9. Alas: not even my worst enemy deserves Eagles 1971-1975. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godthedog 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 true. i did single it out unfairly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MissMattitude Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Offspring: Smash, Americana 'Americana' being the worst Offspring album, I would put all of their other ones above that. Â Faith No More - Angel Dust Jeff Buckley - Grace Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia/Welcome To The Monkey House Maic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorist/The Holy Bible Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BAR Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Has anyone mentioned Meat Loaf 'Bat Out Of Hell'? What? Come on now. It's a classic! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Have I mentioned lately how much I hate the fucking Eagles? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Have I mentioned lately how much I hate the fucking Eagles? Come on now. Just take it eeeeasy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
godthedog 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 ever notice how "take it to the limit" takes it easy, and "take it easy" takes it to the limit? Â the eagles surely are geniuses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 The best thing Joe Walsh ever did was "In the City," the theme song from Walter Hill's ungodly great n' cheesy movie about New York gangs, The Warriors. It might just be because I associate it with the mighty Baseball Furies gang, but I'll take that song over "Peaceful Easy Feeling" any time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anorak 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 but to put it in the same league with the ones i mentioned just has no basis in reality at all. In YOUR reality or that of a thousand and one 'individual' rock critic drones maybe but obviously not in that persons opinion. I'd rather this thread feature the diverse range of stuff its so far thrown up than be reduced to one of those identikit style 100 greatest albums' of all time' things where I have to read why 'Pet Sounds', 'Blonde On Blonde' and 'What's Going On' are so great for the 1000th time. Go and make your own lists with WrestlingDeacon or something if you find other people's tastes so inferior or at least stop whining about it like a liitle bitch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Radiohead - Kid A ... Too much blip-bloop hatred! I'm not sure if I'd call it essential, but I think it might be my 2nd favorite album of theirs. Lyrically a lot of it's hogwash free-association, but musically it evokes wonderful mood and feeling. Every time I go back to it works. It's also structured really well, building tension up to "Idiotheque" and then sort of swimming about in the aftermath. The problem I have with Kid A is that it's way too derivitive, more than any other of theirs since Pablo Honey. While The Bends and OK Computer were both great, individual albums, Kid A just sounded like a Warp side-project. Plus, almost all the songs off the album sound better live. I'd probably argue for I Might Be Wrong being a better album... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest two_tuff_toddy Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Here's my 2 cents worth.  BEATLES - Sgt. Pepper/Abby Road/Whit Album/Magical Mystery Tour/Rubber Soul THE DOORS - The Doors/Waiting For The Sun/Morrison Hotel TOOL - Opiate/Undertow/Lateralus NIRVANA - Bleach/Unplugged In New York BLACK SABBATH - Black Sabbath/Paranoid BAD RELIGION - The Process Of Belief/Generator/Against The Grain/Stranger Than Fiction OZZY OSBOURNE - Blizzard Of Ozz RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS - Blood Sugar Sex Magik/Mother's Milk/Californication TALKING HEADS - Speaking In Tongues/Little Creatures/Naked PRIMUS - Frizzle Fry/Sailing The Seas Of Cheese/The Brown Album/Tales From The Punchbowl METALLICA - Master Of Puppets/And Justice For All GNR - Appetite For Destruction DEAD KENNEDYS - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables RANCID - And Out Come The Wolves BOB DYLAN - The Free Wheelin' Bob Dylan/Greatest Hits ALICE IN CHAINS - Dirt SLAYER - Hell Awaits/Diabolus In Musica/God Hates Us All RUSH - Moving Pictures/2112/Chronicles VAN HALEN - 1984 JOURNEY - Greatest Hits MICHAEL JACKSON - Thriller/History DIO - Holy Diver PINK FLOYD - Dark Side Of The Moon P.U.S.A. - P.U.S.A. BLIND MELON - Blind Melon  That's it for now I guess. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest two_tuff_toddy Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Oh Yeah, Â Anything by CREAM. I can't believe I forgot them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Love: Forever Changes Air: Moon Safari Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henry Spencer 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Curtis Mayfield's soundtrack to Superfly should be added, as well. I've always considered it highly essential. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EL DANDY~! 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 two tuff skyrockets up my personal top 10 with Holy Diver. As does Hellspawn with Queen: Night at the Opera.  Jimmy Buffett-Changes in Latitudes Green Day-Dookie Flogging Molly-Drunken Lullabies Reel Big Fish-Cheer Up Dr. Dre-The Chronic 2001/The Chronic NWA-Straight Outta Compton DMX-Flesh of my Flesh, Blood of my Blood 2Pac-Greatest Hits  Just some off the top of my head... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nighthawk 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Curtis Mayfield's soundtrack to Superfly should be added, as well. I've always considered it highly essential. I agree. Snoop Dogg once called it the black Sgt. Peppers. I don't know about that (not being black, I guess I wouldn't), but it is an excellent and definately essential album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anorak 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 BAD RELIGION - The Process Of Belief/Generator/Against The Grain/Stranger Than Fiction 'No Control' would be my favorite Bad Religion album with 'Suffer' a close second, I still haven't got round to hearing 'Process Of Belief' yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 They're thought of as a one hit (or no hit) wonder. But "American Standard" by Seven Mary Three is great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MissMattitude Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Air: Moon Safari Man, i love that album aswell. Air are just... amazing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2003 Hammer- 2 Legit 2 Quit  The greatest folllow up......ever Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2003 Oh and Clash on Broadway is essential. You would argue this over London Calling? Can't BOTH be essential? I'd consider an "essential" album to be something of a landmark. London Calling is certainly a landmark album; nothing else the Clash did--regardless of quality--is a milestone. Â Sometimes it doesn't have to be your favorite album by a particular band. What's generally considered the essential VU album is the first one, and, while I like it a great deal, I prefer White Light/White Heat and the self-titled third record. Still, I wouldn't deny The Velvet Underground & Nico its place in the sun. Â Oh, I haven't noticed it in this thread (and if it has been mentioned, I apologize), but Miles Davis' Kind of Blue is The Jazz Album to Start With. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2003 Oh and Clash on Broadway is essential. You would argue this over London Calling? Can't BOTH be essential? I'd consider an "essential" album to be something of a landmark. London Calling is certainly a landmark album; nothing else the Clash did--regardless of quality--is a milestone. Â Sometimes it doesn't have to be your favorite album by a particular band. What's generally considered the essential VU album is the first one, and, while I like it a great deal, I prefer White Light/White Heat and the self-titled third record. Still, I wouldn't deny The Velvet Underground & Nico its place in the sun. Agreed. I don't think any band, with the possible exception of The Beatles, has released more than one "essential" album. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2003 Rolling Stones have released what I consider two essentials, Let it Bleed and Exile on Main Street. Michael Jackson and Prince, I believe have also released two essential albums each. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2003 Stones: Yes  Jackson and Prince: Debatable  If you're talking about essential albums, the list shouldn't be more than about 20 or so Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2003 What about Pink Floyd? I think they're overrated to death (They're NOT the best band of the 70's) but I think they have a few albums that could be considered essentials. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted August 13, 2003 Sabbath was better in the 70's, but Floyd was close. I'd definitely consider both Meddle and Dark Side of the Moon to be essential purchases. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rising up out of the back seat-nuh 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2003 Pink Floyd's only truly essential album is probably Dark Side Of The Moon. Not my favourite, but it's one you have to own. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted August 13, 2003 I'd consider Dark Side of the Moon and Meddle to be essentials and some Pink Floyd marks can debate that The Wall is an essential purchase. However I think the Wall is pretentious crap, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
