Give me a music education

[Gonshman]

Basically, made a New Years Resolution that I was going to listen to at least one new album I had never heard before every day. And I'm not talking about just having music as a background, I mean hunkering down with good headphones or speakers and really listening. At the same time, I'm definitely a novice when it comes to classic/new/obscure/just plain great music.

Please use this thread to recommend me the albums you think I should listen to. They can come from any genre or artist(rap, soul, EDM, punk, classic rock, psychedelic. Seriously, anything). Give me your favorites, the classics, the great and obscure. Just give me ones to broaden my music horizons and educate me.

I know there are people on this board who are supremely knowledgeable about specific genres or bands or music in general. This goes out to you!!!

Please help me out. Thanks

I'm bumping this thread after seeing SoulDischarges thread of an album per week. I'll consolidate all of the suggestions made so far into this first post.

Turn on The Bright Lights - Interpol
Miss Machine - The Dillinger Escape Plan
Ok Computer - Radiohead
Kid A - Radiohead
( ) - Sigur Ros
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
Mezzanine - Massive Attack
Young Team - Mogwai
Doolittle - Pixies
Psyence Fiction - UNKLE
Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
Dummy - Portishead
Room on Fire - The Strokes
The Campfire Headphase - Boards of Canada
X - Los Angeles
Shiner - The Egg
Husker Du-Zen Arcade
Meat Puppets-II
Mission of Burma-Vs.
Sonic Youth-Sister
Black Flag-Damaged
The Descendants-Milo Goes to College
The Replacements-Let It Be
Bad Religion-Suffer
Minor Threat-Complete Discography
Fugazi-Repeater +3
In a Priest Driven Ambulance - the Flaming Lips
Ta Det Lungt - Dungen
Congotronics - Konono No. 1
Proxima Estacion: Esperanza - Manu Chao
Songs From a Room - Leonard Cohen
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings
Pulp - Different Class
Portishead - Third
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Clinic - Walking with Thee
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Mission of Burma - Vs.
Björk - Homogenic
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna Are You the Destroyer
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Tool - Ænima
Napalm Death - Scum
Brutal Truth - Sounds of the Animal Kingdom
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
SunnO))) - White 1
Foetus - Hole
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope
Hank III - Straight To Hell
Alice Cooper - Killers
Melvins - listen to all of their albums, but start with either Stag or Hostile Ambient
Takeover
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
Can - Tago Mago
Boredoms - Pop Tatari
Melt Banana - Teeny Shiny
Ex-Girl - Back to the Mono Kero
Acid Mothers Temple - Really can't go wrong with any of their albums, but Just Another Band From the Cosmic Inferno is a really good one
Frank Zappa - We're Only in it For the Money, Lumpy Gravy, Hot Rats
Today is the Day - Temple of the Morning Star
Merzbow - Sphere
Masonna - Frequency LSD
Boris - Absolutego
Big Black - Songs About Fucking
Ruins - Vrresto
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Black Flag - My War
Matmos - A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure, Supreme Balloon
Throbbing Gristle - DOA: Third Annual Report, Second Annual Report
Dalek - Absence, Gutter Tactics, Abandoned Language
Fantomas - Suspended Animation
Man is The Bastard - Thoughtless
Serge Gainsbourg - Comic Strip, Couleur Cafe
Otto Von Schirach - Global Speaker Fisting
Six Organs of Admittance - Shelter From The Ash
Various Artists - Drum Machine Gun
Various Artists - This Comp Kills Fascists
Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
Nachtmystium - Instinct: Decay
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
Bongzilla - Amerijuanican
Grief - Come to Grief
The Locust - New Erections
Lustmord - Metavoid
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman
Peter Brotzmann - Machine Gun
Psychic TV - Towards Thee Infinite Beat
Kraftwerk - Radioactivity
Zeni Geva - Freedom Bondage
Laibach - Opus Dei
Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
Nitzer Ebb - That Total Age
Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
Yoshimi and Yuka - Flower with No Color
Shellac - At Action Park
Jesus Lizard - Goat
Orthodox - Gran Poder
Amebix - Arise!
Huun Huur Tu - Sixty Horses in My Herd
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Gong - Angel's Egg
Hawkwind - In Search of Space
Big Business - Here Comes the Waterworks
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Asobi Seksu - Citrus
Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
Islands - Return to the Sea
Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton - Knives Don't Have Your Back
The Knife - Silent Shout
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Daft Punk - Coachella 2006
Keith Jarret - Koln Concert (beautiful solo piano, you can find it all on youtube)
Alice Coltrane - Astral Meditations / Universal Consciousness
Chales Mingus - Blues and Roots
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew / Round About Midnight / Kind of Blue
John Coltrane - A love Supreme / really any album
Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Ahmad Jamal - In Search of Momentum
Talib Kweli - Reflection Eternal
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt / The Blueprint
MF Doom - Venemous Villians
Black Milk - Caltroit (HIGHLY recommended, check out all of stone's throw)
Peanut Butter Wolf - My Vinyl Weighs a ton (also @ Coachella)
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders / Low End Theory / Everything..
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury / Lord Willin' (playing Coachella)
Madlib - Shades of Blue
Yesterday's New Quintet - Angels without Edges
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
DJ Shadow - Entroducing / Private Press
Tortoise - TNT / Standards
Orbital - In Sides
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come / Free Jazz
Thelonius Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings (fantastic!)
Art Blakey - Moanin'
The Wedding Present – Seamonsters
Kitchens of Distinction – Strange Free World
The Auteurs – Now I'm a Cowboy
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Fegmania!
The House of Love – Self-titled #2 (1990)
Tindersticks – Self-titled 1 (1993)
The Chills – Submarine Bells
Billy Bragg – Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Yo La Tengo – Painful
Grant Lee Buffalo – Mighty Joe Moon
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
British Sea Power - The Decline Of British Sea Power
Jawbreaker - Dear You
Jets to Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary
Brazilian Girls - Self Titled
NOFX - Punk In Drublic
The Vandals - Peace Thru Vandalizm
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb
Rilo Kiley - The Execution Of All Things
RX Bandits - ...And The Battle Begun
Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks
Lamb of God - As The Palaces Burn
Plasmatics - Coup d'etat
The Sounds - Dying To Say This To You
Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley
The Cranberries - No Need To Argue
Bad Religion - All Ages
Agalloch - The Mantle
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
The Clash - London Calling
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Pretenders
Public Image - Second Edition
X - Los Angeles
Gang of Four - Entertainment
Rockpile - Seconds of Pleasure
Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
Joy Division - Closer
Squeeze - Argybargy
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
Prince - Dirty Mind
Bruce Springsteen - The River
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July
Pete Townshend - Empty Glass
Dire Straits - Making Movies
John Lennon - Double Fantasy
The Clash - The Clash (US)
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
Talking Heads - Fear of Music
The B-52s
Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
The Jam - All Mod Cons
Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks
The Kinks - Low Budget
Van Morrison - Into The Music
Roxy Music - Manifesto
David Bowie - Lodger
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Ry Cooder - Bop til You Drop
Tool - Lateralus
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Ghostland Observatory - Robotique Musique
Ghostland Observatory - delete.delete.i.eat.meat
Ghostland Observatory - Paparazzi Lightning
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
The Who - Who's Next
The Band - Music From Big Pink
Sly & The Family Stone- Stand!
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
The Beatles - Revolver
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92, vol. 1
Brian Eno - Music for Airports
Global Communication - 76:14
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Orbital - Orbital 2 (Brown album)
Prodigy - Fat of the Land
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Plaid - Restproof Clockwork
Lusine - Serial Hodgepodge
Son Lux - At War With Walls and Mazes
Portishead - Third
The Knife - Silent Shout
Aphex Twin - Classics
Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription
New Order - Power, Corruption, & Lies
Air - Moon Safari

[zenidogx]

start by telling us what you DO listen to.

[suprefan]

Turn on The Bright Lights - Interpol
Miss Machine - The Dillinger Escape Plan
Ok Computer - Radiohead
Kid A - Radiohead
( ) - Sigur Ros
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
Mezzanine - Massive Attack
Young Team - Mogwai
Doolittle - Pixies
Psyence Fiction - UNKLE
Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
Dummy - Portishead
Room on Fire - The Strokes
The Campfire Headphase - Boards of Canada

[TomAz]

X - Los Angeles.

I'm on a binge.
this will prep you for Coachella as well.

[hawkingvsreeve]

Shiner - The Egg

http://www.southern.com/southern/band/SHINR/pics/DES41M.jpg

[bmack86]

Ten albums that everyone should know

Husker Du-Zen Arcade
Meat Puppets-II
Mission of Burma-Vs.
Sonic Youth-Sister
Black Flag-Damaged
The Descendants-Milo Goes to College
The Replacements-Let It Be
Bad Religion-Suffer
Minor Threat-Complete Discography
Fugazi-Repeater +3

[Gonshman]

Turn on The Bright Lights
Miss Machine
Ok Computer
Kid A
( )
Loveless
Mezzanine
Young Team
Doolittle
Psyence Fiction
Endtroducing
Dummy
Room on Fire
The Campfire Headphase

If you could include band names too, that would be great.

zenidogx, I listen to everything you can throw at me. I have classic rock, punk, rap, psychedelic, and musicals on my iTunes. Everything. And I'm trying to broaden my horizons, so anything you suggest is helpful.

[suprefan]

done

[rage patton]

X - Los Angeles.

I'm on a binge.
this will prep you for Coachella as well.

Im downloading Los Angeles and Wild Gift right now. I am not familiar with X, but I have a feeling I am going to enjoy them.

[greghead]

^ you will, X is a pretty fantastic band

[Aurgasm]

Listen to anything from the Black Keys.. they are interesting

[greghead]

I won't explain anything about it; just know that, front to back, it is the strangest punk album ever made

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll239/greg-head/95830.jpg

[zenidogx]

In a Priest Driven Ambulance - the Flaming Lips
early flaming lips music where they're a band experimenting, rather than an experimental band.

Ta Det Lungt - Dungen
swedish psychedelic rock at it's finest and jazziest.

Congotronics - Konono No. 1
sounds from Africa

Proxima Estacion: Esperanza - Manu Chao
sounds from the Latin world.

Songs From a Room - Leonard Cohen
the excellent singer/songwriter. prep for Coachella

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
predecessor of Britpop. some trippy stuff in I Am The Resurrection

Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings
pop/rock at its best. several catchy tunes and it's well crafted rock music. prep for Coachella.

[greghead]

Congotronics - Konono No. 1
sounds from Africa

holy shit, I was just talking about this album an hour ago. Good call.

[JustSteve]

Ten albums that everyone should know

The Descendents-Milo Goes to College


fixed.

[TommyboyUNM]

If you wanna listen to some good Mogwai, I suggest "Rock Action." Not that you'll go wrong with "Young Team," but "Rock Action" happens to be my favorite.

[zenidogx]

Mogwai, nice. in fact, any Mogwai would be good.

[zajaa]

radiohead - ok computer
massive attack - mezzanine
my bloody valentine - loveless
pixies - surfer rosa
sonic youth - daydream nation
mission of burma - vs.
björk - homogenic
nine inch nails - the downward spiral
of montreal - hissing fauna are you the destroyer
modest mouse - the moon and antarctica
interpol - turn on the bright lights
the cure - disintegration
tool - Ænima
daft punk - alive 2007
sigur rós - aegetis byrjun

[corbo]

the velvet underground & nico
sonic youth - daydream nation
nirvana - nevermind
the pixies - doolittle
radiohead - ok computer
the beatles - sgt pepper
beach boys - pet sounds
pink floyd - dark side of the moon
led zeppelin iv
slint - spiderland
bob dylan - the freewheelin bob dylan

[suprefan]

n

I like how you took a nice portion of what I mentioned.

[zajaa]

I like how you took a nice portion of what I mentioned.

yeah good recommendations. i figure its helpful to see multiple people recommend some of the same records

[Boourns]

Random stuff that hasn't been listed yet:
Pulp - Different Class
Portishead - Third
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Clinic - Walking with Thee

[rage patton]

Modest Mouse - The Lonesomw Crowded West

I cannot believe no one else has mentioned this yet.

[NightGoat]

OK, lemme give you a list -

Napalm Death - Scum
Brutal Truth - Sounds of the Animal Kingdom
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
SunnO))) - White 1
Foetus - Hole
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope
Hank III - Straight To Hell
Alice Cooper - Killers
Melvins - listen to all of their albums, but start with either Stag or Hostile Ambient
Takeover
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
Can - Tago Mago
Boredoms - Pop Tatari
Melt Banana - Teeny Shiny
Ex-Girl - Back to the Mono Kero
Acid Mothers Temple - Really can't go wrong with any of their albums, but Just Another Band From the Cosmic Inferno is a really good one
Frank Zappa - We're Only in it For the Money, Lumpy Gravy, Hot Rats
Today is the Day - Temple of the Morning Star
Merzbow - Sphere
Masonna - Frequency LSD
Boris - Absolutego
Big Black - Songs About Fucking
Ruins - Vrresto
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Black Flag - My War
Matmos - A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure, Supreme Balloon
Throbbing Gristle - DOA: Third Annual Report, Second Annual Report
Dalek - Absence, Gutter Tactics, Abandoned Language
Fantomas - Suspended Animation
Man is The Bastard - Thoughtless
Serge Gainsbourg - Comic Strip, Couleur Cafe
Otto Von Schirach - Global Speaker Fisting
Six Organs of Admittance - Shelter From The Ash
Various Artists - Drum Machine Gun
Various Artists - This Comp Kills Fascists
Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
Nachtmystium - Instinct: Decay
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
Bongzilla - Amerijuanican
Grief - Come to Grief
The Locust - New Erections
Lustmord - Metavoid
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman
Peter Brotzmann - Machine Gun
Psychic TV - Towards Thee Infinite Beat
Kraftwerk - Radioactivity
Zeni Geva - Freedom Bondage
Laibach - Opus Dei
Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
Nitzer Ebb - That Total Age
Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
Yoshimi and Yuka - Flower with No Color
Shellac - At Action Park
Jesus Lizard - Goat
Orthodox - Gran Poder
Amebix - Arise!
Huun Huur Tu - Sixty Horses in My Herd
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Gong - Angel's Egg
Hawkwind - In Search of Space
Big Business - Here Comes the Waterworks
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow


There should be something on there that you'll enjoy

[miscorrections]

Isn't the point to mention albums that he probably HASN'T heard? Most of these are pretty obvious.

[Boourns]

Here's an idea: a week dedicated to the best of 2006:
Asobi Seksu - Citrus
Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
Islands - Return to the Sea
Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton - Knives Don't Have Your Back
The Knife - Silent Shout
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Daft Punk - Coachella 2006

[zenidogx]

lol. the Eraser.

[MissingPerson]

The Eraser's great. As is Knives Don't Have Your Back. They make a nice, if unbelievably downbeat, double header.

[gooftroop]

2 genres with not enough representation:

Jazz:

Keith Jarret - Koln Concert (beautiful solo piano, you can find it all on youtube)
Alice Coltrane - Astral Meditations / Universal Consciousness
Chales Mingus - Blues and Roots
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew / Round About Midnight / Kind of Blue
John Coltrane - A love Supreme / really any album
Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Ahmad Jamal - In Search of Momentum

Hip-Hop:
Talib Kweli - Reflection Eternal
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt / The Blueprint
MF Doom - Venemous Villians
Black Milk - Caltroit (HIGHLY recommended, check out all of stone's throw)
Peanut Butter Wolf - My Vinyl Weighs a ton (also @ Coachella)
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders / Low End Theory / Everything..
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury / Lord Willin' (playing Coachella)


Hybrids:
Madlib - Shades of Blue
Yesterday's New Quintet - Angels without Edges

Also:
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
DJ Shadow - Entroducing / Private Press
Tortoise - TNT / Standards
Orbital - In Sides

And so many more...good luck!

[woogie846]

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

It's also just a great way to start off your morning.

[MissingPerson]

Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
DJ Shadow - Entroducing / Private Press


I cannot endorse both of these as much as they deserve.

Fantastic stuff.

[boarderwoozel3]

Im downloading Los Angeles and Wild Gift right now. I am not familiar with X, but I have a feeling I am going to enjoy them.

Ha, I think I downloaded the same file the other day. It's really good.

[zenidogx]

can't forget Duke Ellington when it comes to Jazz.

The Great London Concert - Duke Ellington

[zenidogx]

oh, more Coachella prep:

Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy

[gooftroop]

can't forget Duke Ellington when it comes to Jazz.

The Great London Concert - Duke Ellington

Thank you for the save! Also a couple of obvious greats:

Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come / Free Jazz
Thelonius Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings (fantastic!)
Art Blakey - Moanin' (can't believe I forgot this one)

Too many to name...

[zajaa]

I cannot endorse both of these as much as they deserve.

Fantastic stuff.

ditto - wolf parade, dj shadow
and dungen's ta det lugnt good -- call whoever said that

a few more while i think of them:

gang of four - entertainment!
mew - and the glass handed kites
mu - afro finger and gel
blonde redhead - ballad of certain damaged lemons, 23
battles - mirrored
the knife - silent shout
panda bear - person pitch
modest mouse - the lonesome crowded west
new order - power corruption & lies
the clash - london calling
and you will know us by the trail of dead - source tags and codes
m.i.a. - kala
lcd soundsystem - sound of silver
the faint - wet from birth, danse macabre
hot chip - the warning, made in the dark
arcade fire - funeral, neon bible
queens of the stone age - lullabies to paralyze, songs for the deaf


at coachella:

crystal castles - self titled
hercules & love affair - self titled
fleet foxes - self titled
liars - self titled
no age - nouns
franz ferdinand - self titled, though u may want to check the newer stuff
tv on the radio - dear science

^ all of the above are quaaaality

[gooftroop]

queens of the stone age - lullabies to paralyze, songs for the deaf


Anyone else think "R" (restricted) is the best QOTSTA album?

[zajaa]

Anyone else think "R" (restricted) is the best QOTSTA album?

maybe 'all qotsa records' would have been better advice. i even love the less popular newest record, era vulgaris.

god they kick ass

[roberto73]

Ten off the top of my head:
The Wedding Present – Seamonsters
Kitchens of Distinction – Strange Free World
The Auteurs – Now I'm a Cowboy
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Fegmania!
The House of Love – Self-titled #2 (1990)
Tindersticks – Self-titled 1 (1993)
The Chills – Submarine Bells
Billy Bragg – Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Yo La Tengo – Painful
Grant Lee Buffalo – Mighty Joe Moon

[JelloPuddingChat]

I'm not sure if this is supposed to be obvious but why did it take more than three posts, let alone a whole other page to mention.

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/In_the_aeroplane_over_the_sea_album_cover_copy.jpg

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People

Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine

British Sea Power - The Decline Of British Sea Power

Jawbreaker - Dear You
Then after check out Jets to Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary

Brazilian Girls - Self Titled

NOFX - Punk In Drublic

The Vandals - Peace Thru Vandalizm

Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb

Rilo Kiley - The Execution Of All Things

RX Bandits - ...And The Battle Begun

[MissingPerson]

I'm not sure if this is supposed to be obvious but why did it take more than three posts, let alone a whole other page to mention.

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/In_the_aeroplane_over_the_sea_album_cover_copy.jpg


I just don't quite get it.

[JelloPuddingChat]

The Descendants-Milo Goes to College


I loved all the punk you put down and this is one band that probably gets over looked too much. Quit showing how awesome you are mack.

[paulb]

Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks
Lamb of God - As The Palaces Burn
Plasmatics - Coup d'etat
The Sounds - Dying To Say This To You
Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley
The Cranberries - No Need To Argue
Bad Religion - All Ages

[Down Rodeo]

Agalloch - The Mantle

Everyone should seriously listen to this. It can be considered black metal, but in name only (it's really better described as folk metal). I can't even really describe what this music is like, but it has moments of sheer beauty that have to be heard.

[NicoDread]

Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson

[Gonshman]

Come on people! I know you've all got more than this. Pilgrim, RSW, TomAZ, amyzzz, fax, sbessiso, everyone else. I want to be inundated with great music selections I know you all have.

[NightGoat]

Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
I was listening to this just a few hours ago, great album.

I listed Serge Gainsbourg in my list but this is definitely a better album than I recommended

[MissingPerson]

Fields - Everything Last Winter.

I don't like doing the whole "I'm all awesome and indie, so I recognise the goodness of this in a way nobody else did" thing, but I think it's a terrible shame that this album didn't get the attention it deserved.

[TomAz]

well ok.

BEST OF 1980 (one of the truly great years in music IMO)

The Clash - London Calling
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Pretenders
Public Image - Second Edition
X - Los Angeles
Gang of Four - Entertainment
Rockpile - Seconds of Pleasure
Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
Joy Division - Closer
Squeeze - Argybargy
The Specials

plus the good pop stuff from the same year (which you probably already know):
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
Prince - Dirty Mind
Bruce Springsteen - The River
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July
Pete Townshend - Empty Glass
Dire Straits - Making Movies
John Lennon - Double Fantasy

[garrett222]

I just don't quite get it.

listen again. it's awesome.

[TomAz]

1979 wasn't so bad either.

The Clash - The Clash (US)
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
Talking Heads - Fear of Music
The B-52s
Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
The Jam - All Mod Cons
Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks
The Kinks - Low Budget

also of note
Van Morrison - Into The Music
Roxy Music - Manifesto
David Bowie - Lodger
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Ry Cooder - Bop til You Drop

[garrett222]

1979 wasn't so bad either.

The Clash - The Clash (US)
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
Talking Heads - Fear of Music
The B-52s
Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
The Jam - All Mod Cons
Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks
The Kinks - Low Budget

also of note
Van Morrison - Into The Music
Roxy Music - Manifesto
David Bowie - Lodger
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Ry Cooder - Bop til You Drop

Do you listen to any of that on regular rotation?

[TomAz]

regular rotation? I am not a radio station.

I listen to most of that now and again, yes.

[Gonshman]

Update:

I just finished Zen Arcade. I don't usually listen to a lot of punk, but I loved it. Especially the last half of the album, from The Biggest Lie onward, as I became more attuned to the sound. Isn't one of the lead guys from Husker Du on the Coachella lineup this year? Anyway, Good suggestion, (I think Turn on the News was my favorite song) and I'm going to the library later today to pick up some more CDs.

[TomAz]

yes. Bob Mould.

[bmack86]

Yeah, Bob Mould is one of two songwriters from Husker Du. He wrote Turn on the News, which happens to be my favorite Husker Du album.

Once you've listened to the ten I reccomended, maybe give them all grades so I know where to go next.

[kingsblend420]

Tool - Aenima
Tool - Lateralus
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Ghostland Observatory - Robotique Musique
Ghostland Observatory - delete.delete.i.eat.meat
Ghostland Observatory - Paparazzi Lightning

[betao]

one album a day seems pretty overwhelming. i'd change it to maybe one a week so you have more time to take it in and enjoy it without kind of forcing yourself too.

[sbessiso]

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m194/charlesodowd/600px-Killers_day_age.jpg

[Gonshman]

one album a day seems pretty overwhelming. i'd change it to maybe one a week so you have more time to take it in and enjoy it without kind of forcing yourself too.

It isn't as overwhelming as you'd think. Out of time I would be spending watching TV, or surfing the web, or just wasting time, I'm taking the time to actually listen to the music.

In a way, I see it similar to how good writers force themselves to write everyday, no matter what. I have the time, so why not.

Also, it's not like I'm mowing the lawn while I'm listening to OK Computer or something like that. This is intent listening, which I feel like so few do and I'm trying to improve on myself.

Also, I like the idea of having to listen to the album all the way through, as opposed to listening to one song, doing homework for an hour, coming back, etc... It breaks the flow of the music as the artist intended, in my opinion.

Betao, I'm sure you have some suggestions on what to listen to!

EDIT: When and how did Kingsblend get banned?

[sydaud]

These are 10 albums that anyone with a passing interest in rock 'n roll (whatever that means anymore) should have a passing knowledge about. They may not be everyone's favorite albums by these bands, but it's my take that you can't form true opinions about music of today without an understanding of what's come before. No album on this list was released after 1973; many "classic rock" fans have heard these albums until their ears have bled, but they're pretty good building blocks.


Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
The Who - Who's Next
The Band - Music From Big Pink
Sly & The Family Stone- Stand!
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
The Beatles - Revolver
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home

[TomAz]

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[Down Rodeo]

Yes, Tom. Good one.

[betao]

Betao, I'm sure you have some suggestions on what to listen to!



ah sure I do. I'll make some for a certain genre rather than just listing my favorite albums.

Ambient:

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92, vol. 1
Brian Eno - Music for Airports
Global Communication - 76:14

EDM:

Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Orbital - Orbital 2 (Brown album)
Prodigy - Fat of the Land

Downtempo/IDM:

Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Plaid - Restproof Clockwork
Lusine - Serial Hodgepodge


I'll do more in a week or two for you. If you need anything uploaded, just let me know.

[dorkfish]

Son Lux - At War With Walls and Mazes

[Abe Lincoln]

To go w/Tom's excellent suggestion,I would like to suggest:
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Oh,and:
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[NicoDread]

you should have most of these already. but if you don't:

Orbital - Brown Album
Portishead - Third
The Knife - Silent Shout
Aphex Twin - Classics
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription
New Order - Power, Corruption, & Lies
Air - Moon Safari

[Gonshman]

Bump to assist SoulDischarge and to remind me to get my shit together.

Today was Pet Sounds. Maybe I'll get another one in later tonight

[SoulDischarge]

That is an amazing list. And I want to have NightGoat's babies. I assume you haven't listened to all of those yet? I may join you in catching up on some of the stuff on there I haven't dug into yet.

[airguitarvet]

PEACHES "I FEEL CREAM"

[Gonshman]

That is an amazing list. And I want to have NightGoat's babies. I assume you haven't listened to all of those yet? I may join you in catching up on some of the stuff on there I haven't dug into yet.

I think I've listened to maybe thirty of the albums on there. I kind of got derailed by Coachella preparation, but I'm listening to more know as I procrastinate on studying.

[OutOfmYminD]

I would like to see these threads consolidated. Soul's seems to be a little bit more focused at this point but if we can conjure a system to select (either by poll or in thread suggestions or even agreed upon dictating by one user) an album or two for dedicated listening each week then I can see this becoming a fun and instructing tour through music past and present.

[Gonshman]

I would like to see these threads consolidated. Soul's seems to be a little bit more focused at this point but if we can conjure a system to select (either by poll or in thread suggestions or even agreed upon dictating by one user) an album or two for dedicated listening each week then I can see this becoming a fun and instructing tour through music past and present.


Focused? Who cares, we are both just trying to listen to new music, as many others on this board want to.

[sydaud]

Bump to assist SoulDischarge and to remind me to get my shit together.

Today was Pet Sounds. Maybe I'll get another one in later tonight


Well, what did you think of Pet Sounds?

[Gonshman]

Well, what did you think of Pet Sounds?

I felt like the entire album is drenched in sun. I really enjoyed You Still Believe In Me, and the fading out of the harmonies that come right back in and surprise you. Wilsons voice in general is captivating, and the album made me want to listen to more Beach Boys to gain greater insight into his mind and worldview, as the lyrics in Pet Sounds I think highlight his psychological troubles.

I found myself falling into the music, picking out very subtle and momentary flourishes within such a seemingly simple album. His voice swirls around you and the music is the tide that pulls you back to shore.

I had trouble listening to Sloop John B, Caroline, No, and Wouldn't It Be Nice without singing along. They are all classics to me, but I had never heard them in context of the album. Let's Go Away also was a fantastic, and quite literal, interlude.

5/5

[sbessiso]

Did you like Interpol? Thats one of my all time favorite albums (its not all killers). Im recently back on them and ive been listening to TOTBL every day again. Theyre a high school band for me

[mmblack]

if it hasnt been said: mylo - destroy rock & roll

[Gonshman]

Did you like Interpol? Thats one of my all time favorite albums (its not all killers). Im recently back on them and ive been listening to TOTBL every day again. Theyre a high school band for me

I haven't listened to it yet. That list o the first page are just all of the suggestions I've received from this thread.

But I will listen to them soon. I have a week off school in a week and a half.

[OutOfmYminD]

Focused? Who cares, we are both just trying to listen to new music, as many others on this board want to.

You're right. I forgot where we were. Organized discussion has no place on this discussion board and we should just post random lists as has been done since time before time.

Please resume.

[SoulDischarge]

I would say change the Melvins albums suggested on the first page to Houdini. It's definitely the easiest access point while still being great and weird.

[PotVsKtl]

Don't trust anyone that tries to make you listen to the Beach Boys.

[greghead]

Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St.
The Who - Who's Next
The Band - Music From Big Pink
Sly & The Family Stone- Stand!
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
The Beatles - Revolver
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

Fixed. All stellar choices, though.

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Best post in the thread, Tom.

[PassiveTheory]

My selections from Trip-Hop/Downtempo/IDM music:

The obvious:
Portishead - Portishead
Portishead - Dummy
Portishead - Third
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Massive Attack - Protection
Massive Attack - Blue Lines

The Not-So Obvious:
Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man In Babylon
Zero 7 - Simple Things
Boards of Canada - Geodaddi
Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
Air - Moon Safari
Air - Talkie Walkie
DJ Shadow - ...Endtroducing
Amon Tobin - Bricolage
Ulrich Schnauss - Goodbye
Royksopp - Melody A.M.
Attica Blues - Attica Blues
Biosphere - Patashink
Bonobo - Animal Magic
Lovage - Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By
Nightmares On Wax - Carboot Soul
Morcheeba - Big Calm
Morcheeba - Who Can You Trust?
The Supreme Beings of Leisure - Supreme Beings of Leisure
Handsome Boy Modeling School - So... How's Your Girl?
Handsome Boy Modeling School - White People
The Dining Rooms - Tre
Spylab - This Utopia
UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
Sofa Surfers - Transit
Esthero - Breath From Another
Gus Gus - Polydistortion
Jon Hopkins - Contact Note
Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye
Mono (UK) - Formica Blues

[rage patton]

Lovage - Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By

Hahahaha. Awesome. Good choice.

[PassiveTheory]

I don't see why Dan The Automator isn't bigger than he currently is. The man is a fucking genius.

[greghead]

^agreed, Dan the Automator is great.

[SoulDischarge]

You should post your responses to each album you listen to.

[greghead]

That's the plan, I hope.

[Gonshman]

You should post your responses to each album you listen to.

I will. I've just been overwhelmed lately with work.

[Backwater]

Has nobody mentioned 36 Chambers yet? I'm disappointed with this board.

[Gonshman]

Here is the full list of albums I have listened to from start to finish, no interruptions, just the music and me, so far this year. I'm pulling more and more of my albums from the suggestions that have been compiled in this thread.

Danger Mouse – The Grey Album – 1/5/09
Deerhunter – Microcastle – 1/5/09
Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes – 1/6/09
Antony & The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now – 1/6/09
TV On The Radio – Dear Science – 1/8/09
David Bowie – Earthling
Devotchka – A Mad and Faithful Telling
Shpongle – Tales of the Inexpressible
Radiohead – OK Computer
Funkadelic – Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow – 1/20/09
Funkadelic – Standing on the Verge of Getting It On – 1/22/09
Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion – 1/24/09
Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP – 1/28/09
Eminem – The Slim Shady LP – 1/29/09
Beirut – Gulag Orkestar – 1/31/09
Fucked Up – The Chemistry of Common Life – 2/2/09
K’Naan – Dusty Foot Philosopher – 2/5/09
Surkin – Next of Kin EP – 2/5/09
Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury – 2/6/09
Ghostland Observatory – Robotique Majestique – 2/7/09
Lykke Li – Youth Novel – 2/8/09
Hercules and Love Affair – Hercules and Love Affair – 2/8/09
No Age – Nouns – 2/9/09
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here – 2/9/09
Throbbing Gristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats – 2/10/09
Rodrigo y Gabriela – Rodrigo y Gabriela – 2/13/09
Steel Train – Trampoline – 2/14/09
Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago – 2/14/09
Steve Aoki – Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles - 2/15/09
Iggy and the Stooges – Raw Power – 2/15/09
Band of Horses – Cease to Begin – 2/15/09
Husker Du – Zen Arcade – 2/16/09
Buraka Som Sistema – From Buraka To The World EP – 2/16/09
Ghostland Observatory – Delete.Delete.I.Eat.Meat – 2/16/09
Morrissey – Years of Refusal – 2/17/09
Run-DMC – Raising Hell – 2/18/09
Glasvegas – Glasvegas – 2/18/09
The Hold Steady – Stay Positive – 2/18/09
Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand: Tonight – 2/19/09
The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America – 2/20/09
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon – 2/22/09
Jimi Hendrix – Band of Gypsys – 2/22/09
Michael Franti and Spearhead – All Rebel Rockers – 2/23/09
The Ting Tings – We Started Nothing – 2/23/09
Crystal Castles – Crystal Castles – 2/24/09
The Fireman – Electric Arguments – 2/24/09
Dear and the Headlights – Drunk Like Bible Times – 2/25/09
Groove Armada – Greatest Hits – 2/26/09
The Mae Shi – Hlllyh – 2/26/09
Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood – 2/27/09
Andrew Bird – Noble Beast – 3/1/09
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz! – 3/2/09
My Bloody Valentine – Loveless – 3/2/09
Massive Attack – Mezzanine – 3/3/09
Drive-By Truckers – Southern Rock Opera Pt. 1 – 3/5/09
Phish – Hampton, Virginia 3/6/09 Set 1 and 2 – 3/7/09
Funkadelic – Cosmic Slop – 3/8/09
Kaki King – Dreaming of Revenge – 3/9/09
Bjork – Post – 3/9/09
Thievery Corporation – The Mirror Conspiracy – 3/9/09
Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole – 3/10/09
Abe Vigoda – Skeleton – 3/14/09
The Killers – Sam’s Town – 3/14/09
Wavves – Wavves – 3/15/09
Royksopp – Junior – 3/15/09
Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam – 3/15/09
The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound – 3/18/09
Junior Boys – So This Is Goodbye – 3/19/09
Superchunk – Superchunk – 3/21/09
The Kills – Midnight Boom – 3/22/09
MSTRKRFT – Fist Of God – 3/28/09
Ryan Bingham – Mescalito – 3/29/09
Prince – MPLsound – 3/29/09
Amadou and Miriam – Welcome to Mali – 3/29/09
Prince – Lotusflow3r – 3/30/09
The Crystal Method – Legion of Boom – 3/30/09
Kings of Leon – Aha Shake Heartbreak – 3/31/09
Easy Star All-Stars – Easy Star’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band – 4/1/09
Fela Kuti – Expensive Shit – 4/2/09
Parliament – Up For The Down Stroke – 4/2/09
Mastodon – Blood Mountain – 4/3/09
The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico – 4/4/09
Prince – Dirty Mind – 4/6/09
The Stooges – Fun House – 4/7/09
Morrissey – Viva Hate – 4/8/09
Pearl Jam – Ten – 4/8/09
David Bowie – Low – 4/8/09
Prince – One Nite Alone… The Aftershow – 4/9/09
David Bowie – Station to Station – 4/9/09
Thievery Corporation – Radio Retaliation – 4/9/09
Booker T. and the MGs – Green Onions – 4/10/09
The Smiths – The Smiths – 4/12/09
Morrissey – You Are The Quarry – 4/13/09
Cocteau Twins – Treasure – 4/15/09
Kanye West – Late Registration – 4/20/09
TV On The Radio – Return To Cookie Mountain – 4/20/09
TV On The Radio – Coachella 2009 – 4/21/09
Buraka Som Sistema – Coachella 2009 – 4/21/09
Chromeo – Fancy Footwork – 4/25/09
Beastie Boys – License to Ill – 4/26/09
Pink Floyd – Meddle – 4/26/09
The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America – 4/28/09
Nas – Illmatic – 4/28/09
My Morning Jacket - Celebracion de la Ciudad Natal – 4/29/09
The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour – 4/30/09
Asobi Seksu – Citrus – 5/3/09
Daft Punk – Discovery – 5/3/09
Terry Riley – In C – 5/3/09
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds – 5/4/09
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – 5/4/09
Prince – For You – 5/5/09

[Backwater]

Outkast - Aquemini
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Nas - Illmatic
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
T.I. - I'm Serious
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Volume 2
Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx

Oh and of course Enter the Wu Tang: 36 Chambers

[TallGuyCM]

Outkast - Aquemini

I really feel like with the pop sensation that was "Hey Ya!" in '04 or whenever it was that Outkast got casted aside as a Top 40 group after that. True, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below wasn't their absolute best work. But both Aquemini and ATLiens are imo two of the most original and influential hip-hop albums of the past 20 years.