Songs and albums I have to listen to before I die?

[amd4me]

I am going on a long road trip and I want some good music.
If all of you guys could list some songs or albums I should go buy, I would appreciate it!:)

[knelto]

If you like kind of ambient, instrumental music (pretty good for distance driving/random thinking/time wasting) check out:

El Ten Eleven - El Ten Eleven
El Ten Eleven - Every Direction is North
The Mercury Program - A Data Learn the Language

The Mercury Program has other albums but this is the only one I've extensively listened to. All three of those are on iTMS, too.

[siurpeeman]

*edit* changing my post. i don't know about you, but these are ten albums i had to have listened to before dying. some notable tracks are listed in paranthesis. :)


u2 - joshua tree (with or without you, running to stand still)
oasis - (what's the story) morning glory (don't look back in anger, wonderwall)
death cab for cutie - plans (i will follow you into the dark, summer skin)
leona naess - leona naess (how sweet, christmas)
radiohead - the bends (my iron lung, fake plastic trees)
hole - live through this (softer, softest)
modest mouse - this is a long drive for... (custom concern, dramamine)
weezer - pinkerton (the good life, el scorcho)
eric clapton - unplugged (lonely stranger, old love)
the cure - disintegration (love song, lullaby)

[rockthecasbah]

I'll start some albums off for ya, though you haven't given any guidelines:

Kenna - "New Sacred Cow"
Sufjan Stevens - "Illinoise" (really every Sufjan Album though :rolleyes: )
Death Cab For Cutie - "Transatlanticism"
Tarkio - "Omnibus"
Medeski, Martin & Wood - "Combustication", "End Of The World Party (Just In Case", "It's A Jungle In Here", "Shack Man"
The Postal Service - "Give Up"
Return To Forever - "Where Have I Known You Before
Sigur Rós - "Takk..." (though you cannot go wrong with them)
The Whitest Boy Alive - "Dreams"

Then there's Bob Dylan. Robert Zimmerman is amazing in his 40+ year career, writing some of the most memorable and historic songs ever in American culture. You cannot go wrong with any of these albums, they all offer different spectrums of his ever-changing style and/or historical songs and I adore (Though I adore every Dylan album in its own way :) ):

Bob Dylan - "Another Side Of Bob Dylan" , "Bob Dylan" , "Blonde On Blonde" , "Bringing It All Back Home" , "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan", "Good As I Been To You", "Live At The Gaslight 1962 (if you have to pick only a few, pick this as one), "New Morning", "Nashville Skyline", "Street Legal", "The Times They Are A-Changin' ", .... it goes on and on.

[knelto]

I'll start some albums off for ya, though you haven't given any guidelines:

Damn, dude... I dig your taste in music. I knew Kenna, Death Cab, Sufjan, and Postal Service, but ALL the other groups listed I just checked out and I like every one of them!

[Scarlet Fever]

Lateralus - Tool
10,000 Days - Tool
The Downward Spiral - NIN
Sleeping With Ghosts - Placebo

my 4 fav albums

[rockthecasbah]

Damn, dude... I dig your taste in music. I knew Kenna, Death Cab, Sufjan, and Postal Service, but ALL the other groups listed I just checked out and I like every one of them!

Thanks, I can send you some more if you're that interested, some I love but wouldn't consider them "albums to listen to before I die" ... PM me if you want some more or if you want some artists similar to others I listed :)


I'll add a few more though :p
Frou Frou - "Details"
The Decemberists - "The Crane Wife", "Picaresque", "Castaways And Cutouts" (every album is great but especially those)
The (International) Noise Conspiracy - "New Morning, Changing Weather", "Survival Sickness"
Sigmatropic - "16 Haiku & Other Stories (Songs Based On The Poetry Of George Seferis)"
Carla Bruni - "Quelqu'un m'a dit"
The Mars Volta - "Frances The Mute", "De-Loused In The Comatorium"
The Cinematic Orchestra - Any album
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Any album
Modest Mouse - "We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank"
Sondre Lerche & The Faces Down Quartet - "The Duper Sessions"

That's enough for now :D

[X5-452]

1. M.I.A. - Arular
2. The Dandy Warhols - Welcome to the Monkey House
3. Peter, Bjorn and John - Writer's Block
4. Feist - Let It Die
5. Arcade Fire - Funeral
6. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
7. Dixie Chicks - Home
8. New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
9. The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart
10. Tegan and Sara - So Jealous

Honorable Mention goes to Mike Doughty's "Haughty Melodic."

CD's that were mentioned already but I strongly back-up:
Frou Frou - Details
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Postal Service - Give Up
Medeski, Martin and Wood - End of the World Party
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
Sigur Ros - Takk
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm

[-kritter-]

Youll either love or hate these selections, but they are in my opinion the most talented bands and individuals out there right now...and if you really disagree you have not seen Chris Thile (http://youtube.com/watch?v=tu-62qWjaHw) play pieces of J.S Bach on the mandolin live...but anyways here are my suggestions to you...

Nickel Creek (http://youtube.com/watch?v=lzwR4V_PXj4)-the album "Why Should the Fire Die"
Chris Thile & The How to Grow a Band (Mandolinist of Nickel Creek, awsome solo albums such as, "Deciever", and "How to Grow a Woman From the Ground")
Sean Watkins (guitar player of Nickel Creek, also has awsome solo albums such as, "26 Miles", and "Blinders On")
Patrick Watson- the album "Close to Paradise"
Andrew Bird-the album "Armchair Apocrypha"

[DaftUnion]

Wired All Wrong - Break Out The Battle Tapes
Keane - Under The Iron Sea
The Faint - Wet From Birth
Hot Hot Heat - Make Up The Breakdown
Ima Robot - Monument To The Masses (First 5 songs off the album)
Living Things - Ahead Of The Lions (Bom Bom Bom, God Made Hate)

[j26]

If your road trip is to be at some considerable speed, any Rage Against the Machine works very well. Otherwise;
Happy Mondays - Pillsn'thrills'n'bellyaches, or even better Squirrel & G-man
Kaiser Chiefs - Employment
Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
Barenaked Ladies - Maroon
The Levellers - Green Blade Rising
Tracy Chapman's good for mile munching too

If you do political, Chumbawamba (Tubthumper and UN are the best) and David Rovics (you can download free on soundclick) are great

[xUKHCx]

Rodrigo Y Gabriela (http://www.myspace.com/rodrigoygabriela)

Red Lights Flash (http://www.myspace.com/redlightsflash) - check out "The Red Tape"

Roots Manuva (http://www.myspace.com/rootsmanuva)
Roots Manuva - Dreamy Days (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_B7CCPbxpU)
Roots Manuva - Witness (1 Hope) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV4UBDvP5zA)

Aphex Twin - Avril 14th (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXc_iC8Lej8) - Not offical video
Aphex Twin - Boy Girl Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdZs5PVcwBs) - Not offical video
Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Az_7U0-cK0)



The top three links are links to myspace pages so you can listen to a sample of their music. The last set of links are to a youtube video for the artist in question. Aphex Twin is extremely wide and the provided videos show this, thoroughly worth checking out. If you like Roots Manuva you basically have to own Run come save me (http://www.amazon.com/Run-Come-Save-Roots-Manuva/dp/B00005O7TL/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-5356609-9118846?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1186141003&sr=8-1)

[paddy]

The White Album, Sgt. Peppers, What's the story morning glory.

[motulist]

pink floyd - the wall
weezer - green
beatles - revolver
beach boys - pet sounds (your impression of them based on their radio hits are totally misleading)
Procol Harum - shine on brightly
Tom Waits - blood money
frank zappa -we're only in it for the money
violent femmes - violent femmes
the white stripes - elephant
led zeppelin - 4 (zoso)
jimi hendrix - are you experienced

Gosh, where would the list stop? There's so much friggen amazing recoded music out there!

I'm assuming you already know more of the recent stuff, so I'm mostly listing older amazing music.

[Belly-laughs]

I am going on a long road trip and I want some good music.
If all of you guys could list some songs or albums I should go buy, I would appreciate it!:)

You need these…

Tom Waits (Raindogs, Black Rider, etc.)
Tool (Undertow, Aenima, 10k days)
Prince (Sign `o´ the Times, Parade, Rainbow Children, Musicology, etc.)
Alice in Chains (Dirt, Jar of Flies)
George Clinton (Any)
Nirvana (Bleach, Incesticide, In Uthero, etc.)
Blur (Think Tank, 13, Parklife))
Smashing Pumpkins (Any)
Pink Floyd (Works, The Wall, etc.)
Rammstein (Any)
RHCP (Out in L.A.)
Beyoncé (None)

[whooleytoo]

Songs and albums I have to listen to before I die?

"Ten thousand billion bottles of beer on the wall.."

But seriously.. I second Rodrigo y Gabriela, though they're far, far, far better live.

[gloss]

Links provided where possible.

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (a.k.a. Illinoise) (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=73654274&s=143441)
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=41454138&s=143441)
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=156627&s=143441)
Neko Case - Blacklisted (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=66325689&s=143441)
Radiohead - Kid A
The White Stripes - Icky Thump (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=257400696&s=143441)
Eagles of Death Metal - Death by Sexy (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=140865254&s=143441)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=159667926&s=143441)
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=201257489&s=143441)
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=5346218&s=143441)
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=153432152&s=143441)
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=157819402&s=143441)

[Howard Brazee]

I have to listen to the best samples of as many genres of music as possible.

[atari1356]

Before you die, definitely listen to the soundtrack for the movie Amelie, most of the music is by Yann Tiersen. The music on that album is so inventive and well constructed it blows my mind.

I listen to a variety of stuff... here are some others to check out:

Jawbox - Novelty
Metric - Live It Out
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
both albums by "The Most Secret Method"
Hot Water Music - Forever & Counting

[FJ218700]

The Who - Who's Next

definitely

[Killyp]

Counting Crows - This Desert Life
Counting Crows are often considered a really commercial poppy band, but this album shows what they're really like. Listening to this album all the way through is a quite weird experience. Get to know it, and once you do, sit down and listen all the way through on a good system, and you'll see what bliss is.

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Again, another group who are often considered to be trash-rock. Sadly, they did get a bit trashy towards the end of their careers, but this album is them in their golden era. Truly a remarkable album and absolutely one of my favourites.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
No need to mention who this is by. Probably the most important album in history. Still an absolute dream to listen to.

Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
Amazing piece of music. Well leave you soooooooo chilled out you wouldn't believe it.

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Probably second in the list from Sgt. Pepper's as the most influential and important albums in the history of music. Amazing experience to listen to all the way through, really takes you to some incredible places.

Radiohead - The Bends
Stunning album. I wish I hadn't been 5 years old when this album first came out, as it really must have been something else to listen to.

Radiohead - OK Computer
A stunning (and IMO superior) follow-up to The Bends. Really amazing soundscapes and puts some fantastic messages across.

Sibelius - Finlandia
One of the most fantastic pieces of music ever, IMO! Incredibly moving, so much so that it was banned due to the uprisings it caused.

Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
I recently bought this on Vinyl, and it honestly is the most amazing thing I've heard emanating from my stereo. Incredibly relaxing, and 'Corsair' is the most played thing in my iTunes library (1200+ plays).

Adam F - Colours
The album which invented Drum 'n Bass, but did it with style. Amazing soundscapes and very, very very stylish!

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus
The most important reggae album of all time! Essential music...


Those are some of my top albums, but there are so many others.

What you should do, is get SimplifyMedia, and add as many people as you can as friends. My screen name is 'killyp', and you can have a listen to my iTunes library. :)

[yellow]

Sigur Rós - "Takk..." (though you cannot go wrong with them)


This recommendation gets my double seal of approval.

[motulist]

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours


Hang on a second, did you just say "Fleetwood Mac - Rumours"

:eek: :eek: :eek:

[Trooperof3]

Grand Buffet. Check them out! they are not well known but have some insanly great lyrics.

[arkitect]

Sibelius - Finlandia
One of the most fantastic pieces of music ever, IMO! Incredibly moving, so much so that it was banned due to the uprisings it caused.

Yes, but which version of the hundreds available ;)

My choice(s) would be:
Neeme Järvi: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (With original chorus ending)
or
Herbert von Karajan: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra…

[Killyp]

Yes, but which version of the hundreds available ;)

My choice(s) would be:
Neeme Järvi: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (With original chorus ending)
or
Herbert von Karajan: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra…

The Herbert von Karajan version is the one I know best. :D I've heard the Järvi version before, but I can't have an opinion on it as I can't really remember it.

[arkitect]

Calexico - A Feast of Wire

Friends of Dean Martinez - A Place in the Sun

Philip Glass - Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Garbage - Version 2.0

Fluke - Risotto

Muse - Black Holes & Revelations

Syntax - Meccano Mind

Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 - Celibidache/Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

[Howard Brazee]

Calexico - A Feast of Wire
Philip Glass - Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Orchestra

I've been thinking about getting a Glass symphony, and don't know enough to pick wisely. Are there different recordings of this that are superior to others?

I bought a Goreki symphony I like, but the recording wasn't as good as one I heard on the radio - but I like it well enough that I haven't upgraded.

Occasionally, I have to choose for my single album example. For example, I wanted a Jimi Hendrix album, and found two that were almost perfect - but one had "Purple Haze" and the other had "The Star Spangled Banner".

[arkitect]

I've been thinking about getting a Glass symphony, and don't know enough to pick wisely. Are there different recordings of this that are superior to others?

Glass' 3rd Symphony isn't too bad. There is a recording conducted by Russell Davies: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.

Personally, I would start with the Violin Concerto with Gideon Kremer.
:)

[gloss]

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
No need to mention who this is by. Probably the most important album in history. Still an absolute dream to listen to.

It's really a tossup between this, Revolver, and Abbey Road for me. All really amazing albums.

Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
Amazing piece of music. Well leave you soooooooo chilled out you wouldn't believe it.


I'm partial to both Fantastia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis or Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, but The Lark Ascending does seem to be more popular than either.

[bartelby]

Philip Glass - Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Garbage - Version 2.0


I'd have gone with Koyannisqatsi, Powasqatsi and Naqoysqatsi for Philip Glass.

And the 1st Garbage ablum is a lot better than v2.0.

To add to the above 4:

Mule Variations - Tom Waits (Unless Orphans counts)

I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury - Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails

Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction

Debut - Björk

Doolittle - The Pixies


I could keep going but I'll stop there...

[arkitect]

I'd have gone with Koyannisqatsi, Powasqatsi and Naqoysqatsi for Philip Glass.

And the 1st Garbage ablum is a lot better than v2.0.


Errm... yes, How about adding an IMO? :rolleyes: Tastes are pretty personal. ;)

I think he asked about a Glass Symphony… so… otherwise I guess Music in 12 parts would have been quite OK to start with… maybe not…

[bartelby]

Errm... yes, How about adding an IMO? :rolleyes: Tastes are pretty personal. ;)

I think he asked about a Glass Symphony… so… otherwise I guess Music in 12 parts would have been quite OK to start with… maybe not…

I thought the "I have gone with" bit would have suggest it was my opinion....

Music in 12 parts might scare him away:)

[Aea]

It's quite difficult to recommend music without having good knowledge of a persons tastes, but these are my favorites right now, and yes I do realize they are all over the place...

Brand New - Deja Entendu (All their other albums are a bit weak imho)
Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit (Maybe Something Corporate if you like the style, same singer)
Good Charlotte - Good Morning Revival (Haven't listed to the other albums yet)
Mae - Destination Beautiful
Rise Against - Siren Song of the Counter Culture & The Suffer and the Witness (Great songs, but unfortunately quite a bit of filler content)
+44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating

[alywa]

just a few off the top of my head

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

Thelonius Monk - Brilliant Corners

Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman

Lyle Lovette - And his large band or Pontiac

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited or Live 1966 bootleg series

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Old 97's - hitchhike to Rohm

[Deekman]

1. Ambulance LTD - LP
2. Spoon - Girls Can Tell
3. The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart
4. TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
5. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
6. Postal Service - Give Up
7. The Redwalls - DeNova
8. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer
9. Mew - Frengers
10. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Wil Beat Your A$$

My $0.02... All great roadtrip albums.

[rockthecasbah]

Deekman, great albums.

I've got one more album to add, my friend just showed me this and it's awesome!

Squirrel Nut Zippers - "Perennial Favorites"

[n-abounds]

Smashing Pumpkins is my favorite band

Adore: truly a unique album, still ahead of its time, unappreciated, just beautiful. Highlight: 'For Martha'. Listen to it late at night, all the way through.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness: one of the most epic, daring cds ever as far as I'm concerned. Ranges from heavy metal, to classical-inspired songs. Highlight: 'And Ode To No One'

Saying that, "Siamese Dream" is still my favorite cd of theirs.

Otherwise:
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (very organic sounding industrial. Highlight: 'March of the Pigs')
U2 - Achtung Baby (it's good ole U2 but in their best form. Highlight: 'One')
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith & Devotion (good, emotional, spiritual album. Highlight: 'Mercy In You')

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (peppy album, Highlight: Grey Seal)
Green Day - American Idiot (an instant classic, Highlight: Boulevard of Broken Dreams)
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (this album rocks hard, Highlight: My Michelle)
Korn - Self-Titled (pretty weird music, quite unique, Highlight: Blind)

Previously Mentioned
The Cure - Disintegration
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Any Tool cd

More recently, I thought The Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way is a really good cd. Great vocals.

[steamboat26]

Beck- Odelay
Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Snatch Soundtrack
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Soundtrack
all music by the Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Offspring- Americana
The Offspring- Smash
Stone Temple Pilots
all of the music by Alkaline Trio, Disturbed, Zao, Blink 182, Coldplay, Jack Johnson
Dr. Dre- 2001
Outkast
Nas
Ludacris- Word of Mouf
Any and all Classical music (Bach, Mozart, Dvorak in particular) [Dvorak's From the New World and Mozart's Requiem are two of my favorites)
Tuvan Throat singing

Electronic Music
Pendulum
Sub Focus
Baron
Bad Company
State of Mind
Nero
Any Drum and Bass Mix by Andy C, Friction, Pendulum

[bocomo]

grayson capps
ryan adams
richard julian
kasey chambers
cat power
kathleen edwards
rocco deluca and the burden
karate
patrice pike
amos lee
belle and sebastian
vegitation
calexico
dr. john
dirty dozen brass band
garage a trois
galactic

have a great trip

[bocomo]

also check out pandora.com to find new music!

[LizKat]

Little Feat - Let It Roll (one clear moment, cajun girl, voices on the wind)

Bad Company - Company of Strangers (clearwater highway)

John Hammond - Hot Tracks ( nadine )

BBKing & Eric Clapton - Riding With the King (riding with the king)

Paul Butterfield blues band - Anthology, the Elektra years (mornin' blues, in my own dream)

Peter Green - Best of Peter Green Splinter Group - (i'm a steady rollin' man, sweet home chicago)

[SpineyNorman]

Hi all. This is my first post here!
Albums I'd recommend to everyone:

Biffy Clyro: Blackened Sky
Interpol: Antics
Muse: Origin of Symetry
The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow
Bright Eyes: Digital Ashes in a Digital Urn
Jeff Buckley: Grace
Biffy Clyro: Vertigo of Bliss
Silversun Pickups: Carnavas

Then go chill with some Boards of Canada and realise you've heard them before watching Top Gear and that Mercedes ad with the car turning into water, lol.

All of these bands albums are worth checking out I'd say.

Norm.

[Badandy]

Try it with an open mind.

Reasonable Doubt: Jay-Z
Reflection Eternal: Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek
Illmatic: Nas

[KristieMac]

Peter Gabriel - Passion
Sisters of Mercy - A Slight Case of Overbombing
Th' Legendary Shack Shakers - Pandelirium
Jeff Buckley - Grace

Anything by:
Rancid
Matisyahu
Coldplay
Nina Simone
Pink Floyd

[The_Man]

As always, everyone else is wrong and I am right. So listen up (pun).

Radiohead - OK Computer (I'd actually suggest all 6 albums)
The Doors - The Doors (Again, all 6 Albums really)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
Simon & Garfunkel - The Essentials
Sublime - 40 oz to Freedom
RJD2 - Dead Ringer

These are in no particular order.
IMO (which is always right), Radiohead is the best of this generation and i would strongly suggest getting their discography (Hail to the Thief, Kid A, OK Computer, The Bends, Pablo Honey, and Amnesiac).

[kuebby]

I'll suggest things that haven't been mentioned. I also suggest many that have been mentioned already (MIA, The Who, etc)
-Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
-Sublime - Sublime
-Billy Joel - Glass Houses
-Creedence Clearwater Revival (awesome driving music in my opinion)
-Green Day - Dookie
-Girl Talk - Night Ripper
-OAR - Stories of a Stranger

[Fiveos22]

Philip Glass
Violin Concerto
Adele Anthony, violin
Ulster Orchestra
Naxos CD 8.55456


Its an album with other goodies on it, but if you like passionate orchestral music, Glass minimalism is the way to go.

Here's a taste of the first movement (http://youtube.com/watch?v=UNXaQFP5amE). [YouTube.com]

[megfilmworks]

I know, I know, its the world's most used temp track but still, the sublime

Barber Adagio for Strings
It's just so funereal.
And the first half of Dark Side of the Moon

[Fuchal]

Here's a few recommendations from me :D

Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power, Rings Around The World
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral, The Fragile
Mute Math - Mute Math
Metric - Grow Up and Blow Away
Chris Botti - Night Sessions
Carina Round - Slow Motion Addict
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Eisley - Room Noises
Ghosts - The World is Outside
Gruff Rhys - Candylion

[Porsche1209]

I'd have to say "Rodrigo y Gabriela" (it's both the band and their current CD) has really expanded my musical boundaries. They actually just released a live recording session on iTunes, but they are two guitarists from Mexico, but what makes them amazing is that they, along with their guitars, play not only the melodies, but also do all of the percussion right on the instruments. It's amazing to see and hear- check them out on youtube.

I have also recently fallen in love with a hispanic (actually, Colombian) artist named "Juanes". He's also on iTunes, but he has become an international singing sensation, but he never caught on in the US. He sings only in spanish, but check out his songs "La Camisa Negra" and "A dios le pido". He also did a couple songs with Nelly Furtado- "Te Busque" (Nelly's Loose album) and "fotografia" (One of Juanes's albums- Mi Sangre, I think).

Enjoy!
:apple: Phil :apple:

[aafuss1]

Bob Dylan-a legend:get some of his songs from iTunes

[HiRez]

Some that I wouldn't miss...

U2 - War
The Kinks - Schoolboys in Disgrace
Split Enz - History Never Repeats
Live - Throwing Copper
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Sarah McLachlan - Mirrorball
Yes - Fragile
Nirvana - Nevermind
Tears for Fears - The Hurting
Joe Jackson - Big World
The Smithereens - Blowup
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand the Weather
Missing Persons - Spring Session M
Pixies - Doolittle
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Dire Straits - Alchemy
Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
Van Halen - Van Halen
Catherine Wheel - Chrome
R.E.M. - Out of Time
Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, and Paco DeLucia - Friday Night in San Francisco
Kiss - Double Platinum
Green Day - Dookie
Yann Tiersen - Amelie (OST)
Lisa Ekdahl & The Peter Nordahl Trio - Back to Earth
Journey - Infinity
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
The Police - Zenyatta Mondata
AC/DC - Back in Black
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Tinderbox
Steely Dan - Aja
Terje Rypdal & The Chasers - Blue
Boston - Don't Look Back
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Jeff Beck - There And Back
Rush - Moving Pictures
Any Beatles album

Most of em are old because that's when they still made whole albums that were good.

[Shagrat]

Interesting thread so far! I think this will run and run, or at least 'til the gas runs out..

However, I might have missed it, but 3 pages and no-one has mentioned Bach????

For fun and exuberance;- The Brandenburg Concertos, but for Music you will probably hear AFTER you die, then for me it's the B-Minor Mass.

I'm not in the slightest bit religious, but this music is about as close to a "Proof of God's existence" as exists in the world!

Just sublime...

[Shagrat]

Other honourable mentions...
Little Feat:- Dixie chicken
Zappa:- Hot rats
Gentle Giant:- Power and the Glory
Pete Gabriel:- So
Debussy:- L'Apres Midi d'une Faune
Donald Fagen:- Nightfly
Van Dyke Parks:- Song Cycle
Ella Fitzerald:- just about anything...But especially Ella sings Porter
Sinatra:- Songs for Swinging Lovers
Mahavishnu
Orchestra:- Birds of Fire
Weather Report:- Black Market
Beach Boys: Holland (if only for Sail on Sailor)
Dusty Springfield:- Dusty in Memphis
PInk Floyd:- Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Bowie:- Heroes
Buena Vista Social Club:- The Sountrack album
West Side Story:- movie soundtrack
Led Zepppelin:- Led Zepp 111
Can:- Tago Mago


...off the top of my head, so far...

[PDiPietro]

This is going to be fun.

Arcade Fire - Funeral. This album is wonderful. Enough said.

David Bowie - Low, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars. The first of these two albums, Low, is probably one of my top five favorite albums, and at least top ten. You need to listen to it to really understand. Ziggy Stardust is a pure rock classic in itself.

Ladytron - Light & Magic. Electropop rules. Ladytron is amazing.

Muse - Absolution, Origin of Symmetry. Muse rules.

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral, The Fragile. I personally like The Fragile more of the two by a little bit, these days, but they're both very good albums. Trent Reznor's awesome.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here. I slowly moved away from the rest of Floyd's stuff, in the past year or so (although I still listen to their other stuff every now and then, just nowhere near as much). Wish You Were Here is their best album, in my eyes.

Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing. Another great album. Similar to Muse in some ways, or at least are a modern equivalent when doing searches for similar artists.

Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream. Great progressive rock band. Even greater album.

Radiohead - The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail to the Thief. Yes. I love Radiohead. It's pretty obvious if I'm recommending their last five albums. The band themselves pretty much hate Pablo Honey (primarily "Creep", as is well known; it's a rare chance these days to see them play it). However, if I were to pick only one of these, it would be Kid A. It's an album that is very unlikely to be equaled in quite some time. My personal favorite album.

The Who - Who's Next. I'm not a huge fan of the Who overall, but every song on this album is great.

Thom Yorke- The Eraser. Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke's first "solo" album. Really wonderful stuff. Sticks to his love for electronic music. Very little guitar use, but spectacular nonetheless.

Tool - Lateralus. If you like hard, hard rock, this album by Tool's the way to go.

I might add more later.

[steamboat26]

Interesting thread so far! I think this will run and run, or at least 'til the gas runs out..

However, I might have missed it, but 3 pages and no-one has mentioned Bach????

For fun and exuberance;- The Brandenburg Concertos, but for Music you will probably hear AFTER you die, then for me it's the B-Minor Mass.

I'm not in the slightest bit religious, but this music is about as close to a "Proof of God's existence" as exists in the world!

Just sublime...

Hey, I said Bach :p

And for after you die, Mozart's Requiem is unrivaled

[Cali_Man]

T
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream. Great progressive rock band. Even greater album.


Gotta second this recommendation, though their new album, Fear of a Blank Planet, and Deadwing are also fantastic in my opinion.

[leekohler]

I agree with so many here and and have two more to add:

Dylan Rice- Wandering Eyes

This record will make you cry. It's some seriously amazing pop-rock. I haven't heard anything this good in a long time.

Jason Falkner presents Author Unknown

More cool power pop that'll just make you smile. :)

[Shagrat]

Hey, I said Bach :p

And for after you die, Mozart's Requiem is unrivaled

Don't you mean unFINISHED?

(At least by W.A.M himself!)

[Kardashian]

Anything by Sarah McLachlan.

[Howard Brazee]

Hey, I said Bach :p

Bach!, Bach, you say!


And for after you die, Mozart's Requiem is unrivaled

After you die, you won't care.

Now you've got me thinking of F. Murray Abraham's Salieri

[gloss]

Jason Falkner presents Author Unknown

More cool power pop that'll just make you smile. :)

You're the first person in quite a while I've seen mention Jason Falkner. Ever listen to Jellyfish?

[mward333]

There's not enough country music appearing in this thread.

My favorite album (and an excellent one to take on the road) is:

Everywhere, by Tim McGraw

[Howard Brazee]

There's not enough country music appearing in this thread.

My favorite album (and an excellent one to take on the road) is:

Everywhere, by Tim McGraw

I'm subject to the "No True Scotsman" fallacy with regards to Country Music. If it's good (according to my tastes), then it must not be country. I'm so guilty of this that I was surprised when Ray Charles was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. (I was quite a bit younger in 1970, and more sure of myself). It did open my mind to recognize that *lots* of good music was in that genre that I overlooked.

That said, a forum like this is useful for someone to become more complete in his tastes.

[mward333]

I'm subject to the "No True Scotsman" fallacy with regards to Country Music. If it's good (according to my tastes), then it must not be country. I'm so guilty of this that I was surprised when Ray Charles was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. (I was quite a bit younger in 1970, and more sure of myself). It did open my mind to recognize that *lots* of good music was in that genre that I overlooked.

That said, a forum like this is useful for someone to become more complete in his tastes.

I know what you mean.... and it is easy to ignore a genre of music.

I listen to absolutely everything, all kinds of music.... but country just seemed to be ignored on this thread.

[MindBrain]

I am going on a long road trip and I want some good music.
If all of you guys could list some songs or albums I should go buy, I would appreciate it!:)

Tool

[m-dogg]

Some of my favorites...at the moment anyway...and to give perspective, I am 32 years old:

Dylan - Bringing it all Back Home & Highway 61 Revisited
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers
Radiohead - The Bends & OK Computer
The Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
Medeski Martin & Wood - Combustication
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
The Clash - London Calling
U2 - Joshua Tree
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon & Wish You Were Here
Ben Harper - Fight for your Mind
Morcheeba - Big Calm

[m-dogg]

Other honourable mentions...
Little Feat:- Dixie chicken
Zappa:- Hot rats
Gentle Giant:- Power and the Glory
Pete Gabriel:- So
Debussy:- L'Apres Midi d'une Faune
Donald Fagen:- Nightfly
Van Dyke Parks:- Song Cycle
Ella Fitzerald:- just about anything...But especially Ella sings Porter
Sinatra:- Songs for Swinging Lovers
Mahavishnu
Orchestra:- Birds of Fire
Weather Report:- Black Market
Beach Boys: Holland (if only for Sail on Sailor)
Dusty Springfield:- Dusty in Memphis
PInk Floyd:- Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Bowie:- Heroes
Buena Vista Social Club:- The Sountrack album
West Side Story:- movie soundtrack
Led Zepppelin:- Led Zepp 111
Can:- Tago Mago


...off the top of my head, so far...

Yeah - Mahavishnu Orchestra! John McLaughlin is amazing!!!

[gloss]

I'm subject to the "No True Scotsman" fallacy with regards to Country Music. If it's good (according to my tastes), then it must not be country. I'm so guilty of this that I was surprised when Ray Charles was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. (I was quite a bit younger in 1970, and more sure of myself). It did open my mind to recognize that *lots* of good music was in that genre that I overlooked.

That said, a forum like this is useful for someone to become more complete in his tastes.

Neko Case.

Hellz yeah.

[rockworthy]

Black Sabbath: Paranoid

Ella Fitzgerald: Anything from her. Shes the greatest woman singer of all time.

America: History: Americas greatest hits

Beatles: White Album

Metalica: And Justice For All.

Lynard Skynard: Simple Man (this song is my anthem. It's all I want in this life)

[rockworthy]

Other honourable mentions...

Ella Fitzerald:- just about anything...But especially Ella sings Porter

...off the top of my head, so far...

Have you ever listened to Ella sing "Mack the Knife" from Berlin 1960?
If you havent check it out. There isnt a singer today, or from the past that can come close to her talent.
She was a great person in real life unlike the scum bags today dropping music.

[Jim Campbell]

English Settlement - XTC

XTC were always one of pop's finest moments. If this album included Dear God then it would probably be the best album ever made.

Some Girls Wander By Mistake - The Sisters of Mercy

I always hesitate to include compilations in 'Best Album' lists because, by definition, they weren't composed as albums, but there are so many good songs on here that encapsulate an important band at their finest, that I have to include this over any of the Sisters' studio albums.

Thunder and Consolation - New Model Army

If you don't love this album unconditionally by the time you've listened to it twice, then you either have no soul, or you've been in a coma for a couple of decades. NMA always showed the gift of being able to marry righteous fury to a damn fine tune, and with this album they delivered the record that their fans always knew they were capable of. Don't bother with the "remastered" 2-CD set, just get the untainted original and be in awe.

Talk Talk Talk - The Psychedelic Furs

Post-punk's finest. This album is plucked fairly arbitrarily from a fine catalogue by virtue of having been a constant companion at a bad time in my life, and for having the original version of "Pretty in Pink" on it. Just listen to this track and you'll realize how badly the movie missed the intent of the song ...

The Nephilim - The Fields of the Nephilim

Unfairly confined to the ghetto of "Gothic" categorization, The Nephilim is one of the most underrated albums in the entire rock genre.

Put this album on without the prejudice of a genre stereotype, and I guarantee that from the pounding, hypnotic opening drums, to the epic, mesmerizing album closer of 'Last Exit', you won't regret hearing this.

With one important exception! Rip the album to iTunes (or media management software of choice) and then discard the track 'Shiva' ...

The track itself is neither particularly good or bad, but, back in the day, the record companies used to stick "bonus" tracks onto CDs to convince people that it was worth paying about double the price of a vinyl album, and putting two slow-tempo tracks one after the other in a place that all but breaks the back of this album borders on vandalism!

St Julian - Julian Cope

Nothing short of sublime. Always a toss-up for me with the subsequent Jehovakill, but this album never, ever fails to put a smile on my face, if only for World Shut Your Mouth.

Liquidizer - Jesus Jones

Quite possibly ten of the best pop songs you will ever hear. There is no filler, not an ounce of fat on this album. Much as with English Settlement above, if this album only included their later track International Bright Young Thing it would be entirely perfect.

Please ... listen to at least one of the above. I guarantee you won't be sorry.

Cheers

Jim

[Howard Brazee]

English Settlement - XTC
I always hesitate to include compilations in 'Best Album' lists because, by definition, they weren't composed as albums,
Jim

But this thread has a great function in introducing people to music of a genre that they want to have good representative music. With this in mind, compilations can be the best way to start.

But please, everybody - tell us what genres your samples represent. In a "great" album, we will already know - if we have been fans of that genre already. But I want to say "I've been meaning to listen to some of that kind of music - but I am too ignorant to know what is worth while", but use your expertise to discover the best of what I have been missing.

[pengu]

ok i'll try to keep this short.

Hey Jude - The Beatles
Ohio - Bowling for Soup
Yo Mama - Butterfingers
The Car Song - The Cat Empire
Drive - Incubus
Warning - Incubus
I Have Seen The Rain - Pink
Lucky - Bif Naked
Wheels - Cake
Dear Mr President - Pink
Messages - Xavier Rudd


i have to stop. or i'll be here all day.

i'd strongly suggest to those that like Indie/Rock to look for a monthly torrent called Indie Rock Playlist.. about 120 songs each month. but if you like what you hear, please support the band and buy their album :)

[amd4me]

I Love This Thread!:d

[Sirus The Virus]

Scott Walker - Scott 4

[teleromeo]

http://www.fotopauwels.be/intermactivity/collage.jpg

[lonegeek]

You need these…

Tom Waits (Raindogs, Black Rider, etc.)
Tool (Undertow, Aenima, 10k days)
Prince (Sign `o´ the Times, Parade, Rainbow Children, Musicology, etc.)
Alice in Chains (Dirt, Jar of Flies)
George Clinton (Any)
Nirvana (Bleach, Incesticide, In Uthero, etc.)
Blur (Think Tank, 13, Parklife))
Smashing Pumpkins (Any)
Pink Floyd (Works, The Wall, etc.)
Rammstein (Any)
RHCP (Out in L.A.)
Beyoncé (None)

Does Butt rock mean anything to you?