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Denninmi

(6,581 posts)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 10:10 AM Sep 2012

Albums you can listen to from start to finish, no fast forward, etc.

I'll name two that are "perfect" to me the way they are, I like every song and can just hit play and let it go.

'Warning' by Green Day

'The Globe Sessions' by Sheryl Crow

You?

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Albums you can listen to from start to finish, no fast forward, etc. (Original Post) Denninmi Sep 2012 OP
Zen Arcade taterguy Sep 2012 #1
OK, really dumb. Denninmi Sep 2012 #2
Husker Du 6000eliot Sep 2012 #3
You're not an idiot because you haven't heard every album ever made taterguy Sep 2012 #5
Thanks. Denninmi Sep 2012 #14
Rising Force. Iggo Sep 2012 #4
'Alison Krauss and Union Station--Live'. Set it and forget it. TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #6
Yes! This one's on my list, too. Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #96
'Dark Side Of The Moon', Pink Floyd. Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #7
Yeah, I do "Court of the Crimson King" start to finish too. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #10
That's a great one ... dawg Sep 2012 #11
What I like is that "21st Century Schizoid Man" get out all the weirdness - and then - FLUTES! HopeHoops Sep 2012 #21
Parcel of rogues- Steeleye Span Doc_Technical Sep 2012 #8
"The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" - it has to be start to finish. No shuffle magazine for that one. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #9
+1 pink-o Sep 2012 #15
He could still do the old stuff in Gabriel form. I saw him live many times. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #22
Genesis- Selling England By The Pound ArnoldLayne Sep 2012 #70
I saw Musical Box perform the "Selling England" tour. Another occasion they did "The Lamb" tour. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #74
Yes - The Yes Album dawg Sep 2012 #12
Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers. pink-o Sep 2012 #13
American Idiot graywarrior Sep 2012 #16
yup fizzgig Sep 2012 #45
Somewhere I have the original Broadway cast recording of when they staged it as a punk-opera. Chan790 Sep 2012 #71
I wanted to see that sooooo much! graywarrior Sep 2012 #73
The original cast recording is great. LeftOfSelf-Centered Sep 2012 #85
The Wall sadbear Sep 2012 #17
Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie Odd Won Out Sep 2012 #18
... and Bowie's "Hunky Dory" begin_within Sep 2012 #62
Definitely Aja... WiffenPoof Sep 2012 #113
When I used to do sound for bands, Odd Won Out Sep 2012 #125
totally agree angel823 Sep 2012 #131
hmm! roscoeroscoe Sep 2012 #127
I agree about Zenyatta Mondatta Odd Won Out Sep 2012 #133
"Light As A Feather" by Return To Forever, one of the greatest jazz albums of all time aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #19
These haven't been mentioned yet flying rabbit Sep 2012 #20
Most obvious one for me... Archae Sep 2012 #23
I'll second Sgt. Pepper Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #78
Pink Floyd -Animals. you have to listen all the way through NightWatcher Sep 2012 #24
To expand on that, I often OriginalGeek Sep 2012 #27
Have you heard Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade's cover of Animals? NightWatcher Sep 2012 #31
Nope but I will look for it OriginalGeek Sep 2012 #40
My favorite Tom Petty album glacierbay Sep 2012 #104
Amy Winehouse "Back to Black" PassingFair Sep 2012 #25
"Mind Bomb" by The The, "OK Computer" by Radiohead, "Low" and "Heroes" by Bowie, "Transformer" by... Taverner Sep 2012 #26
YES AlecBGreen Sep 2012 #35
I always skip "Head Held High" because I have to admit that my wife is right; it does sound... Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #38
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon glacierbay Sep 2012 #28
Little Feat - "Dixie Chicken"... bluesbassman Sep 2012 #29
Simple Things by Zero7 MrScorpio Sep 2012 #30
A new one, the debut album of a band called Grouplove (don't laugh) Tobin S. Sep 2012 #32
A few more hobbit709 Sep 2012 #33
Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" (although I may bypass "Money") MiddleFingerMom Sep 2012 #34
Lou Reed glacierbay Sep 2012 #105
Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner were the two guitarists in what, IMneverHO, was the best... MiddleFingerMom Sep 2012 #122
oh so many AlecBGreen Sep 2012 #36
the blue album for sure fizzgig Sep 2012 #46
I was just thinking the same thing yesterday RZM Sep 2012 #61
it was the 1st CD i ever bought AlecBGreen Sep 2012 #100
Hunky Dory, Berlin, Kind of Blue, The Red-Headed Stranger, Let It Bleed, Street Hassle Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #37
Foreigner-Head Games zen_bohemian Sep 2012 #39
Moody Blues have four: lastlib Sep 2012 #41
You left off "A Question of Balance".... Wounded Bear Sep 2012 #54
Indeed a GOOD album!! lastlib Sep 2012 #56
Notorious Byrd Brothers. N/t Hoyt Sep 2012 #42
That's one of my favorites, too. Blue_In_AK Sep 2012 #103
And: Mopar151 Sep 2012 #43
London Calling..I forgot about that one! ArnoldLayne Sep 2012 #72
Two Clash albums geardaddy Sep 2012 #88
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John Inspired Sep 2012 #44
disintegration by the cure fizzgig Sep 2012 #47
disintegration AlecBGreen Sep 2012 #101
please let me know how you like it fizzgig Sep 2012 #134
its 'ok' so far AlecBGreen Sep 2012 #135
definitely jack in some headphones fizzgig Sep 2012 #137
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours n/t cynatnite Sep 2012 #48
Aretha's Gold kwassa Sep 2012 #49
Poetic Champions Compose Van Morrison vanlassie Sep 2012 #50
Arthur by the Kinks and Exile on Main Street by the Rolling Stones schmice Sep 2012 #51
Red by King Crimson sendero Sep 2012 #52
The Beatles Abbey Road nt rbrnmw Sep 2012 #53
millions now living will never die Make7 Sep 2012 #55
Love the classics but have recently fallen in love with Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs," beautifully Stardust Sep 2012 #57
Abbey Road and The Dark Side of the Moon are my top two. Mad_Dem_X Sep 2012 #58
If you turn Abbey Road up to 11 Nevernose Sep 2012 #116
'Breezin' by George Benson Submariner Sep 2012 #59
10,000 Days, Lateralus, The Astronaut Dismantles HAL. cleanhippie Sep 2012 #60
Rubber Soul begin_within Sep 2012 #63
That's the only way I listen to my albums. kentauros Sep 2012 #64
MF Horn 4&5 -- Live at Jimmy's, by Maynard Ferguson eppur_se_muova Sep 2012 #65
"Rumors"by Fleetwood Mac, Tea For The Tillerman" by Cat Stephens, "American Pie" by Don Maclean. applegrove Sep 2012 #66
The Wall, Animals, Ziggy Stardust and Queen 1 ArnoldLayne Sep 2012 #67
Green- REM ArnoldLayne Sep 2012 #68
The Hazards of Love by The Decemberists. Chan790 Sep 2012 #69
David Bowie's "Hunky Dory" and TorchTheWitch Sep 2012 #75
the Ninth Wave - Kate Bush. nt sibelian Sep 2012 #76
"Livin' & Dyin in 3/4 Time" Jimmy Buffett southerncrone Sep 2012 #77
What is wrong with youall, Filmore East The Allman Brothers N/T IBEWVET Sep 2012 #79
Oh, YES! southerncrone Sep 2012 #84
luther allison...live in chicago madrchsod Sep 2012 #80
I saw Luther in the late '60s ... kwassa Sep 2012 #99
Any Beatles album. Perfection. nt Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #81
"Blue" - Joni Mitchell KT2000 Sep 2012 #82
several 4 me kwolf68 Sep 2012 #83
I doubt anyone will know some of these, but here goes: LeftOfSelf-Centered Sep 2012 #86
"Eldorado" by ELO, "OK Computer" by Radiohead and "Contra" by Vampire Weekend LynneSin Sep 2012 #87
Neil Young & Crazy Horse Go Vols Sep 2012 #89
Carol King's Tapestry n/t sarge43 Sep 2012 #90
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells & Hergest Ridge HughBeaumont Sep 2012 #91
Just a couple Shrek Sep 2012 #92
What, no Jethro Tull? Trailrider1951 Sep 2012 #93
Songs from the Wood.... sendero Sep 2012 #112
TULL WiffenPoof Sep 2012 #114
Hmmm... I miss old albums Xyzse Sep 2012 #94
Bonnie Raitt, "Nick of Time" Bertha Venation Sep 2012 #95
Rush, Permanent Waves n/t MadrasT Sep 2012 #97
Hemispheres Trunk Monkey Sep 2012 #108
Good one. TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #120
Any Early Elvis Costello album Spike89 Sep 2012 #98
CSNY- Deja VU Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2012 #102
Stevie Wonder: Hotter than July; BB King and the Royal London Philharmonic LuckyLib Sep 2012 #106
Bruce Springsteen, Darkness on the Edge of Town NT Trunk Monkey Sep 2012 #107
Hmm PD Turk Sep 2012 #109
You never see anyone pick Gram Parsons or the Flying Burrito Brothers. Good choices. Hoyt Sep 2012 #130
Creedence -- Cosmo's Factory KamaAina Sep 2012 #110
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica EastTennesseeDem Sep 2012 #111
Nirvana-Nevermind, Nas-Illmatic craigmatic Sep 2012 #115
Queen, most of them we can do it Sep 2012 #117
The Who, "Live at Leeds"... GReedDiamond Sep 2012 #118
Another: Kansas, 'Two for the Show'--both of my suggestions are live compilation albums, though-- TwilightGardener Sep 2012 #119
Neil Young "Harvest" blue neen Sep 2012 #121
nobody has yet mentioned... PopeOxycontinI Sep 2012 #123
Bobbie D Blood on the Tracks lovemydog Sep 2012 #124
"Stage Fright" by the Band n/t Enrique Sep 2012 #126
Eldorado ELO agree with one other here. eom yawnmaster Sep 2012 #128
Anything by Mike Oldfield. MicaelS Sep 2012 #129
The Soft Bulletin angel823 Sep 2012 #132
Here's Little Richard Jetboy Sep 2012 #136

taterguy

(29,582 posts)
5. You're not an idiot because you haven't heard every album ever made
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 10:20 AM
Sep 2012

Anyhow, the artist is Husker Du.

It's a seminal eighties indie LP.


Lucy Goosey

(2,940 posts)
96. Yes! This one's on my list, too.
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 04:05 PM
Sep 2012

I used this one to convince my rock-bassist boyfriend that some country/bluegrass is worth listening to.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
7. 'Dark Side Of The Moon', Pink Floyd.
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 10:32 AM
Sep 2012

King Crimson, 'In the Court of the Crimson King'.

'Kind Of Blue', Miles Davis.


Just three off the top of my head, there are many, many more.

dawg

(10,624 posts)
11. That's a great one ...
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 12:33 PM
Sep 2012

but Moonchild tries my patience a little. Ironically, the song portion of Moonchild is one of my favorite parts of the album.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
21. What I like is that "21st Century Schizoid Man" get out all the weirdness - and then - FLUTES!
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 05:07 PM
Sep 2012

The entire rest of the album is mellow.

Doc_Technical

(3,526 posts)
8. Parcel of rogues- Steeleye Span
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 10:57 AM
Sep 2012

Bursting at the seams- The Strawbs
Court and Spark- Joni Mitchell
Quadrophenia= The Who
Wish you were here- Pink Floyd

pink-o

(4,056 posts)
15. +1
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 12:45 PM
Sep 2012

Love Peter Gabriel! Genesis was never the same after he left, then Phil went all commercial. Meh.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
74. I saw Musical Box perform the "Selling England" tour. Another occasion they did "The Lamb" tour.
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 09:53 AM
Sep 2012

Musical box uses full original costuming, as close as possible to the original instrumentation (although I did notice a small computer screen in with the keyboards, and is the only tribute band endorsed by all current and previous members of Genesis.

dawg

(10,624 posts)
12. Yes - The Yes Album
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 12:37 PM
Sep 2012

Beatles - Abbey Road
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Beatles - Rubber Soul
Yes - Fragile
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Radiohead - The Bends
PFM. - Per Un Amico
Radiohead - OK Computer
Genesis - Wind & Wuthering

pink-o

(4,056 posts)
13. Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers.
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 12:44 PM
Sep 2012

And Exile, too. Even tho that's a double album, it's their greatest ever.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
71. Somewhere I have the original Broadway cast recording of when they staged it as a punk-opera.
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 08:35 PM
Sep 2012

They only did a few shows because Green Day produced it and insisted on performing the instrumental accompaniment themselves...the vocals are not Green Day but the cast. (Billie Joe did insert himself into the ensemble-cast numbers though.)

They later re-staged it with nearly the same cast but a house band. It's incredible. Despite it being released as a Green Day album first, it was actually originally written with the punk-opera staging in mind.

85. The original cast recording is great.
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 07:13 AM
Sep 2012

Much as I liked the original American Idiot, I like the Broadway version even more. The album is amazing and I've seen a few snippets of the show on YouTube.

During the Broadway run, Billy Joe took over the role of St.Jimmy for a while when the original actor left, and then again at the end of the run.

According to Wikipedia the second national Tour is kicking off this summer. Too bad they're not coming to Europe (except for the UK and Ireland).

sadbear

(4,340 posts)
17. The Wall
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 12:56 PM
Sep 2012

Pearl Jam Ten
GNR Appetite for Destruction
STP Core
Soundgarden Super Unknown
Def Leppard Pyromania
Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti

UFO Strangers in the Night

Odd Won Out

(85 posts)
18. Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 04:50 PM
Sep 2012

Aja by Steely Dan

Some Girls by The Rolling Stones

Exodus by Bob Marley and the Wailers

Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd



WiffenPoof

(2,404 posts)
113. Definitely Aja...
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 08:55 PM
Sep 2012

I completely agree that Aja is one of those albums that must be listened to from start to finish. Aja is one of the well-kept secrets of music history. For me, it represented the high point for Steely Dan.

roscoeroscoe

(1,370 posts)
127. hmm!
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 12:08 PM
Sep 2012

yes on aja! take a look at the lyrics for deacon blues~ it's actually very technical poetry.

veedon fleece by van morrison,

waiting for columbus by little feat,

babylon by bus, bob marley.

london calling, clash

all albums by afro-celt sound system,

court and spark by joni mitchell,

riding with the king by clapton and b.b. king,

and clapton's pilgrim album.

great question, many many albums have a string of great songs and then... the foot comes of the gas. or whatever, change in mood. abbey road picks up on the second side and is the greatest string of songs ever, the beatles at their peak. the police tore up the first half of zenyatta mondatta. that one is a classic half an album too.

Odd Won Out

(85 posts)
133. I agree about Zenyatta Mondatta
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 03:24 PM
Sep 2012

Although I really like some songs on the "B" side. "Man in a suitcase" and "Shadows in the Rain" are pretty good songs.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
19. "Light As A Feather" by Return To Forever, one of the greatest jazz albums of all time
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 05:00 PM
Sep 2012

I've been listening to it for 40 years. Every tune on it is a marvel of composition and performance and so cool. Here's the tune Spain from that album.

flying rabbit

(4,634 posts)
20. These haven't been mentioned yet
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 05:05 PM
Sep 2012

Back in Black- AC/DC
August and Everything After -Counting Crows
Licensed to Ill - The Beastie Boys

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
78. I'll second Sgt. Pepper
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 08:24 PM
Sep 2012

Also, Abbey Road (although I'll often skip "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", which John Lennon absolutely hated

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
27. To expand on that, I often
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 05:39 PM
Sep 2012

load up Dark Side, WYWH, Animals and the Wall and let them ride chronologically and without shuffle. It's close to 3 and half hours of awesome.


I also never skip or shuffle when listening to any Led Zep album or Rush 2112, A Farewell to Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures, or Signals.

And when I'm in the mood, same goes for Motörhead - Orgasmatron, Pestilence - Consuming Impulse, Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos, Terrorizer - World Downfall, Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness, Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness, King Diamond - Abigail.

And Any Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers album from the debut through Long After Dark.

And John Coltrane's A Love Supreme.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
31. Have you heard Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade's cover of Animals?
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 05:57 PM
Sep 2012

It's floating around out there and is a pretty good cover

 

Taverner

(55,476 posts)
26. "Mind Bomb" by The The, "OK Computer" by Radiohead, "Low" and "Heroes" by Bowie, "Transformer" by...
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 05:29 PM
Sep 2012

Lou Reed

"Loaded"by VU

"What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye

AlecBGreen

(3,874 posts)
35. YES
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 07:03 PM
Sep 2012

Loaded by VU! I just heard it for the first time two months ago and its already in contention for "Favorite Album EVAH!!1!" Soooooo goooood.....

 

Tom Ripley

(4,945 posts)
38. I always skip "Head Held High" because I have to admit that my wife is right; it does sound...
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 07:31 PM
Sep 2012

like Cheech on vocals!

 

glacierbay

(2,477 posts)
28. Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 05:45 PM
Sep 2012

Pink Floyd-Pulse
Dream Theater-Live at Buddokhan
Dire Straits-Live, Walk on Stage

bluesbassman

(19,374 posts)
29. Little Feat - "Dixie Chicken"...
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 05:47 PM
Sep 2012

Deep Purple - "Machine Head"

ZZ Top - "Tres Hombres" (their first three albums are all straight through listening)

Frank Zappa - "Overnite Sensation/Apostrophe" (actually two seperate albums, but I have it a double and listen to the entire thing)

Rory Gallagher - "Tattoo"

Collins, Copeland, Cray - "Showdown"

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)
32. A new one, the debut album of a band called Grouplove (don't laugh)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 06:04 PM
Sep 2012

Okay, do. I guess Orgy was taken.

But, yeah, it's good all the way through. Eighties Metallica is like that for me. The Smashing Pumpkins, I think the album is Siamese Dream, anyway it's their classic one, was like that for me.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
33. A few more
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 06:12 PM
Sep 2012

Grateful Dead-American Beauty
It's a Beautiful Day-the Marrying Maiden album
Janis Joplin-Pearl
Peter Tosh-Scrolls Of The Prophet
Robert Johnson-Hellhound On My Trail
Steppenwolf-Monster
T. Rex-Electric Warrior
Ten Years After-A Space In Time
The Doors-Strange Days
The Yardbirds-Little Games
Toots And The Maytals

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
34. Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" (although I may bypass "Money")
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 06:58 PM
Sep 2012

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and/or made love to quite often from start-to-finish, but I don't remember the titles --
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MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
122. Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner were the two guitarists in what, IMneverHO, was the best...
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 02:11 AM
Sep 2012

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Though I didn't realize it ror a long time, Dick Wagner had been the lead guitarist for a regionally successful
band named The Frost in the mid-to-late 60's. Their album Frost Music was the SECOND album I ever bought...
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AlecBGreen

(3,874 posts)
36. oh so many
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 07:07 PM
Sep 2012

Pink Floyd (Animals, The Wall, WYWH, Dark Side, Relics)
Weezer, Blue Album
Air, Talkie Walkie
Bob Marley, Babylon by Bus
Eric Clapton, From the Cradle
Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense
Velvet Underground, Loaded
Phish, Story of the Ghost

man this would take me all night...

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
61. I was just thinking the same thing yesterday
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 06:53 PM
Sep 2012

Blue Album really is a great play from beginning to end.

AlecBGreen

(3,874 posts)
100. it was the 1st CD i ever bought
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:37 PM
Sep 2012

I still remember coming home, a young lad, holding it triumphantly up in my hand like Excalibur. It never gets old.

zen_bohemian

(417 posts)
39. Foreigner-Head Games
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 08:24 PM
Sep 2012

I love every song on the album, no fast forwarding...
same with Aerosmith-Greatest Hits (the 1st one)

lastlib

(23,239 posts)
41. Moody Blues have four:
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 09:36 PM
Sep 2012

"On the Threshold of a Dream", "To Our Children's Children's Children", "Days of Future Passed", and "Seventh Sojourn". "In Search of the Lost Chord" is close, but I'm not real big fan of the end.

I can also go with Dark Side of the Moon, the Yes Album, and Desperado (Eagles). Oh, and Zeppelin IV (side one).

lastlib

(23,239 posts)
56. Indeed a GOOD album!!
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 02:26 PM
Sep 2012

Last edited Sun Sep 2, 2012, 09:38 PM - Edit history (1)

but there are a couple tracks on it that I don't regard as being quite so good, so I wouldn't call it one I'd listen to non-stop, per se...just a personal pref.

I don't think the Moodies really had any bad albums--or even any less than very good.

Others I could listen to:

Asia - first album
Boston - first album
The Who - Quadrophenia and Who's Next?
Kansas - Leftoverture, Masque, and Point of Know Return
Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill and Aja
Eagles - Hotel California
Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence and Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme

and probly another dozen others.....

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
47. disintegration by the cure
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 11:19 PM
Sep 2012

pretty sure it's my favorite album ever.

cheap thrills by big brother and the holding company

original pirate material by the streets

AlecBGreen

(3,874 posts)
101. disintegration
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:40 PM
Sep 2012

Ive heard others mention it (and give rave reviews) but Ive never listened. Your post has inspired me to use the $10 itunes gift card in my wallet to get it. Ill report back!

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
134. please let me know how you like it
Fri Sep 7, 2012, 02:36 PM
Sep 2012

it got me through a lot of teenagey angst when i was in high school and it's still one of my go-to albums. enjoy!

AlecBGreen

(3,874 posts)
135. its 'ok' so far
Sat Sep 8, 2012, 10:45 PM
Sep 2012

Good, not great. It usually takes me a while to warm up to new albums so dont take that as a diss Usually by my 5th listen I start to 'get' the album and I stop focusing on how new it is and and start delving into how good it is, how different, etc. I can see that happening with Disintegration.

Standout tracks for me are Pictures of You and Lullaby. I like how POY is so unhurried. Its just grows organically from the fade in and slowly builds. Very nice. Lullaby has a nice Talking Heads feel, good solid bass line, good plinking and synth.

I think the next step is to STOP listening to this on my way to work with the windows down on my old car with blown speakers and give it a listen at home with some headphones.

Thanks again for the rec! Ill post back after its grown some more on me

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)
137. definitely jack in some headphones
Sun Sep 9, 2012, 12:00 AM
Sep 2012

those two good tracks are good, but i think there are much higher points on the album; disintegration is my favorite track on the album and one of my favorite songs period.

i don't know how much you've heard of them, but certainly one of the standout albums for me and a wonderful intro to the band. i've been in love with the band since i was a sophmore in high school and, for as dissapoint as i am in them now, i will always love them.

kwassa

(23,340 posts)
49. Aretha's Gold
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 11:30 PM
Sep 2012

her first greatest hits album. I wore out two vinyl copies.

Side One

"I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" - 2:47
"Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" - 3:15
"Respect" - 2:26
"Dr. Feelgood" - 3:18
"Baby, I Love You" - 2:39
&quot You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" - 2:37
"Chain of Fools" - 2:45

Side Two

&quot Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" - 2:18
"Ain't No Way" - 4:12
"Think" - 2:15
"You Send Me" - 2:25
"The House That Jack Built" - 2:18
"I Say a Little Prayer" - 3:30
"See Saw" - 4:42

sendero

(28,552 posts)
52. Red by King Crimson
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 06:54 AM
Sep 2012

.. a recording the term 'tour de force' was made for

This is a live recording of the title track, 'Red'. Not as imbued with the subtle power of the studio recording (Adrian Belew is such a ham he almost ruins it), I don't think any video of contemporaneous (1974) live performances exist

Stardust

(3,894 posts)
57. Love the classics but have recently fallen in love with Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs," beautifully
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 02:49 PM
Sep 2012

produced and every cut is wonderful. I wouldn't skip any of it!

 

begin_within

(21,551 posts)
63. Rubber Soul
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 07:19 PM
Sep 2012

Drive My Car
Norwegian Wood
You Won't See Me
Nowhere Man
Think For Yourself
The Word
Michelle
What Goes On
Girl
I'm Looking Through You
In My Life
Wait
If I Needed Someone
Run For Your Life

I'd be tempted to fast-forward through "What Goes On," but it's less than 3 minutes so I'd just wait it out. Otherwise every single song is a gem.

eppur_se_muova

(36,263 posts)
65. MF Horn 4&5 -- Live at Jimmy's, by Maynard Ferguson
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 07:44 PM
Sep 2012

Two-LP recording of a live performance.

Also MF Horn 3, a well-produced studio album.

Don Ellis, Live at Monterrey and Live In 3 & 2/3 / 4 time (the CD reversed sides 1 & 2; it worked better the original way)

Farewell (to Mingus), Insights, Road Time, by Toshiko Akiyoshi


I listen to most jazz albums that way -- I hate it when they're chopped up for CD reissues.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
69. The Hazards of Love by The Decemberists.
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 08:20 PM
Sep 2012

Actually, it's a folk-rock opera of a fairytale, so you almost have to listen to it beginning to end or else it makes no sense...it's also in my opinion the pinnacle thus far of their career. You can listen to it here: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL53B5376C171597FF

Be forewarned, it's very very dark, centered around themes of the brutality of nature (personified here in the character of the Forest Queen), murder (specifically of children) and an attempted rape. I like to describe it as a compelling fairytale for adults; more in the tradition of Coleridge's Christabel or Spencer's The Faerie Queene than the much happier canons of H.C. Andersen or brothers Grimm.

TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
75. David Bowie's "Hunky Dory" and
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 03:30 PM
Sep 2012

Steele Dan's Greatest Hits. Oh, ok, I admit it... Petula Clark's Greatest Hits. And Queen's Greatest Hits.


kwassa

(23,340 posts)
99. I saw Luther in the late '60s ...
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:19 PM
Sep 2012

college concert, when I was in high school.

First electric blues I had ever seen. The audience went crazy, demanded numerous encores.

He did some R&B songs in the encore, and thereby turned me on to R&B. "Knock on Wood" and "Who's Making Love" and other sings.

kwolf68

(7,365 posts)
83. several 4 me
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 02:23 AM
Sep 2012

Porcupine Tree-Dead Wing
Dream Theater-Black Clouds and Silver Linings
Rush-Moving Pictures
Cynic-Focus

Yes I am into very technical prog metal/rock.
86. I doubt anyone will know some of these, but here goes:
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 08:04 AM
Sep 2012

The Wildhearts - Earth vs. The Wildhearts
Strapping Young Lad - City
Devin Townsend - Infinity
Honeycrack - Prozaic
Marvelous 3 - ReadySexGo
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
Muse - Absolution

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
87. "Eldorado" by ELO, "OK Computer" by Radiohead and "Contra" by Vampire Weekend
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 08:12 AM
Sep 2012

"Day at the Races" by Queen

Anything by Led Zeppelin.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
91. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells & Hergest Ridge
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:11 AM
Sep 2012

Gong - You
Genesis - Trick of a Tail
Crass - The Feeding of the 5000
Yes - Fragile
Bad Brains - Bad Brains
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawnhearts
Husker Du - Flip Your Wig
Mastodon - Crack the Skye
DJ Shadow - Entroducing
MF Doom - Operation Doomsday
Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle
Various - A Clockwork Orange: Original Soundtrack
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It For the Money

Trailrider1951

(3,414 posts)
93. What, no Jethro Tull?
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 03:35 PM
Sep 2012

Minstrel in the Gallery and Songs from the Wood are just about perfect. Honorable mention to Thick as a Brick and Stormwatch.

sendero

(28,552 posts)
112. Songs from the Wood....
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 08:27 PM
Sep 2012

.... is a personal favorite and a truly original work of art. I love Passion Play also but understand that it is not everyone's cup of tea

WiffenPoof

(2,404 posts)
114. TULL
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 09:07 PM
Sep 2012

Tull is a completely underrated band. They have always been completely original...innovative. Why they are not in the RR Hall of Fame is a complete mystery to me.

Xyzse

(8,217 posts)
94. Hmmm... I miss old albums
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 03:46 PM
Sep 2012

Which tries to tie in to each other to tell some sort of story.



Last one that did that I think was John Legend's album which cross references the name Maxine.

Spike89

(1,569 posts)
98. Any Early Elvis Costello album
Tue Sep 4, 2012, 06:43 PM
Sep 2012

From My Aim is True, right into This Year's Model, Get Happy, and Imperial Bedroom, there isn't a song I'd skip, even on the rereleases that feature 10+ alternate and live takes.

PD Turk

(1,289 posts)
109. Hmm
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 05:29 PM
Sep 2012

Willis Alan Ramsey- Willis Alan Ramsey

Gram Parsons- GP

Neil Young - Harvest

Taj Mahal- Natch'l Blues

The Band- Music From Big Pink and The Band, back to back

GReedDiamond

(5,313 posts)
118. The Who, "Live at Leeds"...
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 11:30 PM
Sep 2012

...plus, almost randomly selected:

"Double Nickles on the Dime" Minutemen

"Trout Mask Replica" Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

"Dub Housing" Pere Ubu

"Smile" Brian Wilson

"Naked" Scott Thomas Lowe & Atascadero

"Volunteers" Jefferson Airplane

"Funeral" Arcade Fire

"Mute Lament" The Hundredth Monkey

...to name a few.




TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
119. Another: Kansas, 'Two for the Show'--both of my suggestions are live compilation albums, though--
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 01:21 AM
Sep 2012

not sure that counts. BUT they're not "greatest hits"--greatest hits are still for housewives and little girls!

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
124. Bobbie D Blood on the Tracks
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 04:48 AM
Sep 2012

Neil Y On the Beach
Steely Dan Katy Lied
U2 Achtung Baby
Led Z Houses of the Holy
Taj Mahal Giant Step
Steve Wonder Fulfillingness First Finale
Little Feat The Last Record Album
John Lennon Imagine
Stones Beggars Banquet
The Who By Numbers
Nils Lofgren Cry Tough
Bruce S Nebraska
Richard & Linda Thompson Shoot Out the Lights
The Clash London Calling
Toots & the Maytals Funky Kingston
Burning Spear Garvey's Ghost

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
129. Anything by Mike Oldfield.
Thu Sep 6, 2012, 12:56 PM
Sep 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Oldfield

Tubular Bells (1973)
Hergest Ridge (1974)
The Orchestral Tubular Bells (1975)
Ommadawn (1975)
Incantations (1978)
Exposed (1979)
Platinum (1979)
QE2 (1980)
Five Miles Out (1982)
Crises (1983)
Discovery (1984)
The Killing Fields (1984)
Islands (1987)
Earth Moving (1989)
Amarok (1990)
Heaven's Open (1991)
Tubular Bells II (1992)
The Songs of Distant Earth (1994)
Voyager (1996)
Tubular Bells III (1998)
Guitars (1999)
The Millennium Bell (1999)
Tr3s Lunas (2002)
Tubular Bells 2003 (2003)
Light + Shade (2005)
Music of the Spheres (2008)

Jetboy

(792 posts)
136. Here's Little Richard
Sat Sep 8, 2012, 11:38 PM
Sep 2012

Jerry Lee Lewis Live at the Star Club '64
The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymon

No love for the original rock-n-roll?

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