Guest Report post Posted April 15, 2002 I didn't see sublime on there anywhere, am I ther only one whon likes them. I think the self titled album is the last great one. I could be wrong --Rob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest whatitistoburn Report post Posted April 15, 2002 I'll probably get some flack for some of these but it's all good: System of A Down - Toxicity: Best cd of 2001, a mishmash of styles and weirdness, yet at the same time a cd that I believe will become a classic. Tool - Lateralus: I think this cd is a lot better than lateralus, with it's main flaw being track listing. But look at the songs... the grudge, the patient, ticks and leeches, lateralus, disposition/reflection. Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory: Weird choice I know, but frankly, this is one hell of a concept album, and the fact that these are some of the most talented musicians around makes it all the better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CoreyLazarus416 Report post Posted April 15, 2002 redbaron, Scenes From New York is Scenes From A Memory, methinks. It's just Scenes From A Memory played live. Hold on, lemme check... **runs to entertainment center, looks at Dream Theater VHS, runs back** Yes indeed, Scenes From New York is just a live performance of Scenes From A Memory. Only thing that changed is the keyboard solo's, and the vocalist doesn't sing as much live as he does on the studio album (the audience sings some of the songs). Must-own CD for anybody, IMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest AzkulKazul Report post Posted April 16, 2002 In Flames - The Jester Race, Whoracle, Colony At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul Anathema - Eternity, Alternative 4, Judgement Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings, The Dark Saga, Horror Show Opeth - Morningrise, Still Life Soilwork - The Chainheart Machine, Predator's Potrait Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery, The mind's I, Projector Children of Bodom - Something Wild, Hatebreeder Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side, Nightfall in Middle Earth Demons(Iced Earth)& Wizards(Blind Guardian) - s/t Cryptopsy - None So Vile, Whisper Supremacy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest saturnmark4life Report post Posted April 16, 2002 I know it's a love or hate situation, but i think Lateralus by Tool is the last truly great album i heard. Lateralus isnt bad. the song Lateralus is good and no. 8 Ticks and Leeches rocks too but compared to Aenima, it is shit. Aenima was the best album to come out in the last 6 years with Ok Computer by Radiohead following that. I haven't listened to Aenima in ages, but it is great. Lateralus is also great however. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest saturnmark4life Report post Posted April 16, 2002 And i should add the music from sonic the hedgehog on genesis is probably just about the best music i heard in the 90's. seriously. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bps "The Truth" 21 Report post Posted April 16, 2002 hmmmmmm..... Barring Laundry Service by Shakira.... I'd have to go back to Appetite for Destruction as the last album I consider great from start to finish. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kinetic Report post Posted April 16, 2002 hmmmmmm..... Barring Laundry Service by Shakira.... I'd have to go back to Appetite for Destruction as the last album I consider great from start to finish. Do you think maybe HHH is holding back great music so we have no choice but to watch wrestling as an alternative? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest dreamer420 Report post Posted April 16, 2002 Jay-Z, The Blueprint Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted April 17, 2002 Am I only one who isn't really into the newer Radiohead stuff? I just feel Pablo Honey and the Bends were so much more enjoyable. OK Computer and Kid A are fine but it seems artificial and experimental for the sake of sounding experimental. I agree fully, although Radiohead has some good songs, I was never really a big fan at all. They're just another band to me. Now, having said, such, seeing as how thousands of CD's are released every year, even being as pessimistic as possible there has to be, even by some random chance, at the absolute very least 10 "classic" CD's released every year. The question is, have you heard any of them? That being said, I'm sure to annoy the holy hell out of Kinetic with some of my choices for recent "truly great albums". Jill Scott - Who is Jill Scott? Everlast - Eat at Whitey's Green Day - Nimrod Zebrahead - Waste of Mind The Marvelous 3 - Ready Sex Go (somebody, I think it may have been Kinetic, really chastised me for liking this one) Yea I know, even though I try to listen to as much different stuff as I can, at heart I'm just a slightly off-mainstream pop slave (not total mainstream pop slave, otherwise crap like Blink 182 would have made the list for sure), but hey, at least it leaves room for a fair pop music critic for the music column... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted April 17, 2002 still no one mentions sublime, thats bullshit, AM I THE ONLY ONE? --Rob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest goodhelmet Report post Posted April 17, 2002 "still no one mentions sublime, thats bullshit, AM I THE ONLY ONE? --Rob" Yes, you are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mystery Eskimo Report post Posted April 17, 2002 Under the Western Freeway, by Grandaddy. Genius. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kinetic Report post Posted April 17, 2002 I agree fully, although Radiohead has some good songs, I was never really a big fan at all. They're just another band to me. Unthinkable. And, yes, it was me who berated you for liking Marvelous 3. Anyone who thinks brining ass rock back into vogue is a good idea is a bad musician with terrible intentions. I consider them, Andrew WK, and Buckcherry to be the greatest offenders. I will stop at nothing to ensure that this type of music doesn't return to popularity. It's bad enough that VH1 is trying to pimp Def Leppard's Pyromania as a "classic" album. We don't need new bands biting off of their suck-ass formula. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Addy Report post Posted April 17, 2002 Hmm, i'll wonder what type of response I will get if I put: Bloodhound Gang - Hooray For Boobies. Now say what you like, but never have I listened to a CD as much as I have listened to this! (Plus I own all The Beatles albums)! Can somebody please explain why the Bloodhound Gang are so underrated? Jimmy Pop is a very clever man. Some of the lyrics he writes are unbelievable. He uses words I can't even say! But still there only remembered as the group that done "that mammal song" Oh well, i'll shut up now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest swan Report post Posted April 17, 2002 still no one mentions sublime, thats bullshit, AM I THE ONLY ONE? --Rob While I think 40 ozs. To Freedom is a good album, calling it or any of the other releases by them some of the best albums of all time is pushing it. The crossover punk/ska sound has many artists that have put out much better albums. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest pochorenella Report post Posted April 17, 2002 It's bad enough that VH1 is trying to pimp Def Leppard's Pyromania as a "classic" album Pyromania IS a classic rock album, indeed. Not a bad song in the bunch. I'm going out on a limb and say the last truly great album I heard (not counting reissues or compilations) is Supernatural by Santana. Peace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kinetic Report post Posted April 18, 2002 Pyromania IS a classic rock album, indeed. Not a bad song in the bunch. It may be, but having the inaugural episode of a show called "Essential Albums" or whatever be about THAT album is unforgivable. But, you know, I hate Def Leppard more than any other band to ever exist so perhaps I'm biased. I'd also like to nominate the White Stripes' White Blood Cells in this category. After six months of semi-regular listening, I'm still not bored with it. That has to count for something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest evenflowDDT Report post Posted April 18, 2002 Pyromania IS a classic rock album, indeed. Not a bad song in the bunch. It may be, but having the inaugural episode of a show called "Essential Albums" or whatever be about THAT album is unforgivable. But, you know, I hate Def Leppard more than any other band to ever exist so perhaps I'm biased. Def Leppard's not really that bad. I mean, there has to be some bad/cheesy music that you can listen to just to have fun. As for VH1's "Essential Albums", I don't get VH1, but since one of their other choices was Green Day's Dookie and they ARE a pop music station (at least they're not as bad as MTV, whose "Essential Albums" list would probably have Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, and nothing released before 1998), it's pretty obvious you wouldn't agree with them, since you're a more mature listener anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kinetic Report post Posted April 18, 2002 As for VH1's "Essential Albums", I don't get VH1, but since one of their other choices was Green Day's Dookie and they ARE a pop music station (at least they're not as bad as MTV, whose "Essential Albums" list would probably have Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit, and nothing released before 1998), it's pretty obvious you wouldn't agree with them, since you're a more mature listener anyway. Yeah, but VH1 occasionally tempts me by showing that they are, in fact, not as ignorant as they appear. Their "Top 100 Albums of All Time" was...uh...not as ridiculously far off as you might expect. And they had Elvis Costello in quite a few of the segments, so that's always a plus. I mean, Revolver was #1, Blonde on Blonde was in the top ten, Londong Calling was, like, #22, and OK Computer made the list. Not bad for a channel that still takes Sting seriously. So it really upsets me when they try to pass Def Leppard off as anything other than a terrible band that needs to be stricken from the history books altogether. Shame on you, VH1. You could do so much better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ant_7000 Report post Posted April 18, 2002 Im not into the rock so I'll go with hip hop Here's Mine: Outkast: Aqumeni (its better than stankonia 2 Me) Lauryn Hill: Miseducation of Lauryn Hill The Roots: When things fall apart Bigge: Life after Death Nas: Illmatic 2pac: Me against the world Bone: E. 1999 Enternal Jay-z: Blueprint Ice Cube: Death Certificate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MasterMadness Report post Posted April 18, 2002 The best album in many years is easily Stereophonics - Just Enough Education To Perform. The best band at the moment by some distance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BobbyBacklund Report post Posted April 19, 2002 Radiohead- Kid A Tool - Lateralus Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American Cold - 13 Ways to Bleed Onstage Sum 41 - All Killer No Filler(Just Kidding) Slav Simanic - Water of Life I am going to go on a limb and say my personal favourite album of the late 1990s is... David Usher - Little Songs If you have not heard of this guy, download some songs off of this CD right NOW. He is a great songwriter, great guitarist, and a great singer. I personally feel he is the most underappreciated singer over in the US. I personally recommend St.Lawerence River, or Jesus was my Girl. Some may not like it though, because it is not the most commercial stuff out there. I would like to point out, after reading the last post before mine, that Stereophonics is now the most overrated group on the planet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest godthedog Report post Posted April 19, 2002 questions for some of the responses this has been getting (not smartass rhetorical questions): why is 'kid a' a great album, in the same category as 'electric ladyland' and 'nevermind'? in fact...why is it even a better album than 'amnesiac', an album i find a lot more fun and inventive? incidentally, to addy: i used to be a big bloodhound gang back in the day, around the time 'one fierce beercoaster' came out. i think 'hooray for boobies' is about on par with that album, but i don't think it's necessarily musically good enough to be a great album. it is funny & clever, but the music itself isn't anything inventive or noteworthy (separating them from another really funny band, ween). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted April 19, 2002 "still no one mentions sublime, thats bullshit, AM I THE ONLY ONE? --Rob" Yes, you are. FUCK Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Cataclysm911 Report post Posted April 19, 2002 Creed- My Own Prison & Human Clay were both good all the way through. I'm not as fond of Weathered as I am of the previous two CD's, but it's not bad by any means. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
