The Beach Boys-Pet Sounds. I’m not always in the mood for every song, but I think every song is brilliant. I just recently got into them and I’m a bit obsessed with this album at the moment.
I remember hearing Del on Clint Eastwood before I knew who he was, I found his verse to be one of the best rap versus out there, not for content but for the style in which he raps. It resonated with me.
“I want to devise a virus To bring dire straits to your environment Crush your corporations with a mild touch Trash your whole computer system and revert you to papyrus”
Breakfast dominated the air waves, when I was growing up. Goodbye stranger, the logical song. And Long way home are stellar singles. The vibe of the albums overall is a really good one.
The song All The Young Dudes, which Bowie wrote and gave to Mott The Hoople who recorded it and had a hit with it (Bowie sings background/chorus in the song), was originally meant to be on Ziggy Stardust, which IMHO makes the album even more brilliant (if possible!) if you include that song on it.
The first time you listen to this album you discover where so much of the modern pop music you loved came from. Either directly by samples or indirectly by influence.
Pixies aged so fucking well. They were making so many bangers and their albums are just hit after hit. I know they didn’t really seek it out, but it’s a shame they weren’t super popular when they came out.
This album just solid. All the songs are bangers, and having three separate vocalists alternating between songs keeps the songs interesting. Plus all the faux radio announcements between songs are hilarious. Plus Dave Grohl on the drums! Never a dull moment.
I love that album, but I will raise you Revolver. It starts off in typical, prime Fab Four poppy fanfare, slowly getting further out there, experimenting with tape loops, Mellotron sounds and orchestration-- by the time you get to the final track, "Tomorrow Never Knows", it's like the boys and George Martin are priming the world for the Sgt. Pepper bomb that they drop the following year, forever changing the landscape of contemporary music. The perfect transitional album.
So, I saw The Cure in El Paso in 2016. They seem to love El Paso because the last time they were there they had played for hours. After the encore I was thoroughly satisfied and as the crowd kept clapping, they came out again! They did a second encore! We applauded so hard for getting a second encore and the fuckers came out AGAIN! Mind you, they were playing stuff I don't think they'd played in concert for decades. All in all, they gave us five encores, played for something like 4 hours and played like 40 songs! They rock so hard after all of these decades!
This was the album my Mom played constantly when I was a kid. My name is Allie and she used to sing "You Can Call Me Al" to me all the time. Love that album with all of my heart.
I find myself coming back to this every 5 years like I’m discovering it for the first time. His lyrics hit so perfectly… “The Mississippi Delta was shining like a national guitar”.
I got to see Gorillaz whenever they toured for Humanz. They ended the show with Don't Get Lost in Heaven and Demon Days and I can't even begin to describe the nostalgia and emotion it hit me with. Only time I've ever nearly cried at a concert.
I’m late to this party so this will get buried, but the Prodigy’s The Fat of the Land is one of the seminal electronic albums of the British canon and set the tone for an entire generation of big beat producers.
There was some meta/philosophical thread on reddit, I think, about living your life to the fullest or something and someone in the comments said, That's fine too, but also remember, Illmatic was 10 songs
Came here to post aenima. Saw them on concert in 96 or 97 touring for the album. They sounded better live than the album. It was a mindblowing show. Also korn life is peachy tour at the same show. Lalapalooza
Been a Strokes fan since I first heard them in early 2000’s-ish. The New Abmormal has everything you want in a Strokes album, and belongs on this list.
Eriatarka just… still leaves me lost for words. Truly a magnificent album that will hopefully only continue to grow in notoriety as time lapses. Released almost 20 fucking years ago on New Year’s Day 2003; 10 tracks clocking in at exactly an hour. The best concept album since Pink Floyd’s heyday, possibly ever.
I had just heard the Rhinoceros on the radio and went to Tower Records to buy the CD. Unknowingly I bought Siamese Dream instead which had just been released. I can remember exactly where I was when I put it in my car CD player and the first riff of Cherub Rock came blasting forth.
Fuck yeah. I was gonna post this myself. Saw them 2 years ago on the 10th anniversary of this album and they played the whole thing start to finish. It was amazing.
Random fun story. My English teacher in high school had a former student that was dating / eventually married a member of LP. He was at their wedding but at one point when she gave him a copy of their early work back when the band name was hybrid theory he listened to it and told them “listen your music isn’t bad but don’t quit your day jobs.”
Every reddit post that's related to music I never see anyone mention pearl jam or their album Ten. Easily one of my top 10 favorite albums and favorite band
Came out 30 years ago this month…along with Nevermind, The Black Album, Blood Sugar Sex Magic, Use Your Illusion, No More Tears, and Badmotorfinger. Possibly the best month in rock history.
My husband and I have this discussion often. Steal this Album is my pick. I connected with that album more than the rest of them. Toxicity would be my 2nd pick though
Elephant by The White Stripes. The only one out of my top 5 favorite albums where I genuinely could see each of the songs being my favorite from the album.
I still listen to Extraordinary Machine regularly, as much for the sound as for the songs. One of the best recorded/mixed/mastered records I’ve ever heard.
The Beach Boys-Pet Sounds. I’m not always in the mood for every song, but I think every song is brilliant. I just recently got into them and I’m a bit obsessed with this album at the moment.
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Can't Take My Eyes Off of You as a bonus track too. That was my jam.
O brother where art thou soundtrack 3eb - 3eb
IN CONSTANT SORROOOOOOOW ALL THROUGH HIS DAYS
Deltron 3030
I want y'all to meet Deltron 0
I remember hearing Del on Clint Eastwood before I knew who he was, I found his verse to be one of the best rap versus out there, not for content but for the style in which he raps. It resonated with me.
“I want to devise a virus To bring dire straits to your environment Crush your corporations with a mild touch Trash your whole computer system and revert you to papyrus”
That album is...instupituous!
Purple Rain
Funkadelic: Maggot Brain.
Mother earth is pregnant for the third time...
Oh my god yes I can’t stop playing it for past few weeks
Massive Attack - Mezzanine. There's honestly so many others I could list but you did only ask for one.
Black milk, Risingson, ahhh just perfection. Goes hand by hand with Tricky’s Maxinquay album.
Supertramp: Breakfast in America
Breakfast dominated the air waves, when I was growing up. Goodbye stranger, the logical song. And Long way home are stellar singles. The vibe of the albums overall is a really good one.
Madvillainy - MF DOOM • Madlib
Rip to the goat MF DOOM.
King Gheedorah - Take Me To Your Leader also deserves a shout
You mean by Madvillian - Madlib and MF DOOM
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Then fast forward just 10 years and you have:
transatlanticism - death cab for cutie
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
Ziggy Stardust
An absolute masterpiece. Moonage daydream is my favorite off the album.
The song All The Young Dudes, which Bowie wrote and gave to Mott The Hoople who recorded it and had a hit with it (Bowie sings background/chorus in the song), was originally meant to be on Ziggy Stardust, which IMHO makes the album even more brilliant (if possible!) if you include that song on it.
Yes!
A tribe called quest people instinctive
Tribe’s first 3 albums, for sure. If you had to pick one, I’d do Low End Theory.
Came here to say Midnight Marauders by Tribe
Songs in the Key of Life- Stevie Wonder
Talking Book by Stevie Wonder is also a gem
The first time you listen to this album you discover where so much of the modern pop music you loved came from. Either directly by samples or indirectly by influence.
The fact that this is true despite it being a full double LP speaks to the outrageous quality of that album
Pixies - Doolittle
Good one. Surfer Rosa too
Pixies aged so fucking well. They were making so many bangers and their albums are just hit after hit. I know they didn’t really seek it out, but it’s a shame they weren’t super popular when they came out.
I don't skip songs on any of the Pixies' albums. they all seem to flow well.
Trompe le mond for me, but all Pixies be jamming.
Queens of the stone age, songs for the deaf
This album just solid. All the songs are bangers, and having three separate vocalists alternating between songs keeps the songs interesting. Plus all the faux radio announcements between songs are hilarious. Plus Dave Grohl on the drums! Never a dull moment.
What's the saga?
Rated R and Era Vulgaris too, fuckin Queens man… they’re my absolute fave!!
Ride the Lightning
Black Sabbath- by black Sabbath
Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath off their self title album, Black Sabbath.
I don’t think there’s a bad song on the first 6 Black Sabbath albums.
Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Blue Rondo and Take Five.
RATM self titled
It's so raw and you can feel the emotions is why I think self titled is their best. That being said I'll take RATM all day everyday!!!
Stop making sense - talking heads
The best concert film ever. Everything hits perfectly.
Hi yo I got plenty of time/ Hi yo you got light in your eyes ♥️
Bleed American by Jimmy Eat World
A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out. Even the piano intermission.
Dirt- Alice In Chains
Jar of Flies also
I'd second this with "Facelift"
36 chambers-wu tang clan.
Artists come and go.... but Wu Tang is forever
Wu tang is for the children!
Rubber Soul
I love that album, but I will raise you Revolver. It starts off in typical, prime Fab Four poppy fanfare, slowly getting further out there, experimenting with tape loops, Mellotron sounds and orchestration-- by the time you get to the final track, "Tomorrow Never Knows", it's like the boys and George Martin are priming the world for the Sgt. Pepper bomb that they drop the following year, forever changing the landscape of contemporary music. The perfect transitional album.
Violator by Depeche Mode. Perfect from start to finish.
Music for the Masses as well
“World in My Eyes” makes me melt every single fricken time. Dave Gahan’s voice is something else. 😅
Disintegration by The Cure
So, I saw The Cure in El Paso in 2016. They seem to love El Paso because the last time they were there they had played for hours. After the encore I was thoroughly satisfied and as the crowd kept clapping, they came out again! They did a second encore! We applauded so hard for getting a second encore and the fuckers came out AGAIN! Mind you, they were playing stuff I don't think they'd played in concert for decades. All in all, they gave us five encores, played for something like 4 hours and played like 40 songs! They rock so hard after all of these decades!
This album is so perfect I love it so much even the longer, darker songs hit perfectly when the mood is right
Absolutely. Also their albums Seventeen Seconds and Pornography :) those are perfect too.
Yes. South Park was right that this album is just gold front to back.
Fascination Street is just so sick.
Absolutely. Love it.
The Downward Spiral
Graceland…. Paul Simon
This was the album my Mom played constantly when I was a kid. My name is Allie and she used to sing "You Can Call Me Al" to me all the time. Love that album with all of my heart.
I find myself coming back to this every 5 years like I’m discovering it for the first time. His lyrics hit so perfectly… “The Mississippi Delta was shining like a national guitar”.
boy in the bubble n the baby with the baboon heart
This is one of my favorite albums of all time.
Gorillaz - Demon Days
I got to see Gorillaz whenever they toured for Humanz. They ended the show with Don't Get Lost in Heaven and Demon Days and I can't even begin to describe the nostalgia and emotion it hit me with. Only time I've ever nearly cried at a concert.
Plastic Beach for me
Brothers In Arms by Dire Straits
Dire Straits by Dire Straits
The mans too strong, love that song
I’m late to this party so this will get buried, but the Prodigy’s The Fat of the Land is one of the seminal electronic albums of the British canon and set the tone for an entire generation of big beat producers.
R.I.P. Keith
Piggy backing off this,I don't believe there was a bad song on the invaders must die album.
Nas - Illmatic
Memory Lane is a top hip hop song of all time imo
Most high quality content out of any album ever.
Those subway rail car sounds always get me in an excited mood. That whole album has a great running cadence too.
There was some meta/philosophical thread on reddit, I think, about living your life to the fullest or something and someone in the comments said, That's fine too, but also remember, Illmatic was 10 songs
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Finally someone said it
Pretty Hate Machine -Nine Inch Nails
Downward Spiral >>
I agree, but I think The Downward Spiral is the more “flawless” album
As a whole album, I prefer The Fragile. The songs flow in a certain order of emotion.
Aenima. masterpiece
Came here to post aenima. Saw them on concert in 96 or 97 touring for the album. They sounded better live than the album. It was a mindblowing show. Also korn life is peachy tour at the same show. Lalapalooza
I was going to comment this.
Is This It by The Strokes
Been a Strokes fan since I first heard them in early 2000’s-ish. The New Abmormal has everything you want in a Strokes album, and belongs on this list.
The Strokes have no bad songs, only songs you haven’t heard enough
Sports by Huey Lewis and the News
I have to return some video tapes.
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Which is doubly impressive given how much the band all hated each other lol
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Studio album: Pink Floyd-The Dark Side of the Moon.
If I hear a single song off Dark Side (I’ll often hear Money or Us and Them on the radio) I must listen to the whole album.
Nirvana Unplugged is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. Oh Me and Plateau are amazing.
Marvin Gaye’s - What’s Going on
This was quietly one of the most important albums in the United States' history.
Led Zeppelin IV
I’m a III gal myself, but IV is also all bangers.
de-loused in the comatorium
Eriatarka just… still leaves me lost for words. Truly a magnificent album that will hopefully only continue to grow in notoriety as time lapses. Released almost 20 fucking years ago on New Year’s Day 2003; 10 tracks clocking in at exactly an hour. The best concept album since Pink Floyd’s heyday, possibly ever.
doesn't Flea play bass on that album?
Feels like a bit of cheat when the whole thing plays like one magnificent song / progrock jam session. But yes, have an upvote.
Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
Mellon Collie is also great
Mayonnaise is amazing.
Billys masterpiece (with the Chamberlain magic)
No matter how washed/annoying Billy gets, he can always claim that one
I had just heard the Rhinoceros on the radio and went to Tower Records to buy the CD. Unknowingly I bought Siamese Dream instead which had just been released. I can remember exactly where I was when I put it in my car CD player and the first riff of Cherub Rock came blasting forth.
In Rainbows -Radiohead
Came here just to say this one!!!! So many good albums but this one is good for any mood I'm in.
Wish you were here - Pink Floyd
A lot of Pink Floyd albums belong in this list really
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
Fuck yeah. I was gonna post this myself. Saw them 2 years ago on the 10th anniversary of this album and they played the whole thing start to finish. It was amazing.
Wildflowers by Tom Petty.
That album is sooo good!
Harvest - Neil Young
Hybrid Theory
Random fun story. My English teacher in high school had a former student that was dating / eventually married a member of LP. He was at their wedding but at one point when she gave him a copy of their early work back when the band name was hybrid theory he listened to it and told them “listen your music isn’t bad but don’t quit your day jobs.”
Both Meteora and Hybrid Theory for me.
Deftones - White Pony
That and around the fur. Love deftones
Go get your knife!
Daft Punk Discovery
5555 was the movie I used to put on at night to fall asleep to. I've listened to that whole album hundreds of times.
Something About Us is the best song they’ve made. Absolute masterpiece
Bingo! And the ending songs Face to Face and Too Long have become my favourites over the years
It isn't something I listen to frequently anymore but For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver is a 10/10 album, start to finish.
Pearl Jam, Ten
Ten is so good that songs like ‘State of Love and Trust’ and ‘Yellow Ledbetter’ couldn’t even make it on the record
Every reddit post that's related to music I never see anyone mention pearl jam or their album Ten. Easily one of my top 10 favorite albums and favorite band
Came out 30 years ago this month…along with Nevermind, The Black Album, Blood Sugar Sex Magic, Use Your Illusion, No More Tears, and Badmotorfinger. Possibly the best month in rock history.
Man I loved Vs too
Buena Vista Social Club
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Toxicity by System of a Down
My husband and I have this discussion often. Steal this Album is my pick. I connected with that album more than the rest of them. Toxicity would be my 2nd pick though
Elephant by The White Stripes. The only one out of my top 5 favorite albums where I genuinely could see each of the songs being my favorite from the album.
M83- Hurry up, were dreaming
Nirvana- Unplugged in New York
God, yes. I've listened to that so much, I know all of the breaths and the banter on between songs.
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
This and The Score. Two perfect albums in two years. Queen.
The Cars The Cars
Boston - Boston
I just scrolled until I found this. Yes! It's just simply amazing.
One of the few albums that even to this day all tracks get played on the radio. Foreplay/Longtime is IMO the best album opener of that era.
Garbage - Version 2.0
Hell yes! As a huge garbage fan I appreciate and approve this comment
I prefer their self-titled but 2.0 is fantastic. I listened to it on a loop for weeks when it first came out so many moons ago.
every song on there is gold, but god You Look So Fine is so heartachingly beautiful
Solid answer. Good tunes, beginning to end.
Aja by Steely Dan
Also The Royal Scam
Meteora. Perfect album.
And hybrid theory! Man, Linkin park could do no wrong in the early 2000's
Fiona Apple - Tidal
Oh yes ma’am. My lifelong favorite.
The unreleased version of Extraordinary Machine is SO FRICKING GOOD
When the Pawn hits … is also good!
I still listen to Extraordinary Machine regularly, as much for the sound as for the songs. One of the best recorded/mixed/mastered records I’ve ever heard.
The Seeds of Love - Tears For Fears.
Songs from the Big Chair is also a perfect album. Amazing from start to finish.
Love Tears For Fears
Foo Fighters, The Colour and the Shape.
I was just about to comment this when I saw your comment
Hey Johnny Park is probably my fav Foos song.
For me it's Wasting Light. So awesome front to back and the production is off the chain. All recorded on tape as well.
From Mars to Sirius-Gojira
Hell yeah!
Frank Ocean - Blond
Audioslave - Audioslave
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White blood cells- white stripes
But if it’s really good, you’re gonna need a bigger room