10 Albums to Hear Before You Die

tom63 · January 4, 2009, 6:14pm

[quote]Geebus wrote:
The Doors-The Doors
Allman Brothers-Live at Fillmore East
The Beatles-Revolver
Metallica-…And Justice for All
Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti
Pink Floyd-Animals
Guns N’ Roses-Appetite for Destruction
Jimi Hendrix-Band of Gypsies
Velvet Underground and Nico
Bob Dylan-Highway 61 Revisited[/quote]

Sounds about right, except I would get Born to run and maybe Who’s Next on there.

If we venture out of Rock, Johnny Cash , Nina Simone, Mile Davis, and or John Coltrane would need to be there.

I know I’m 45, but I would put almost no rock on there int he last 20 years. To me it’s just a rehash and repackaging of stuff that has already been done. Even if we get into Rap/funk/hip hop stuff there’s Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambatta, and George Clinton.

I think these guys have done more for music than the Puffy, Biggie, Nas crowd.

Then there are the Blues guys who everyone in modern music owes a debt of gratitude to, such as Buddy Guy, Diddley, Ray Charles, B.B. King and others.

skaz05 · January 4, 2009, 6:22pm

I was listening to Soundgarden’s ‘Down on the Upside’ last night. I forgot how good it was, and how depressing. Don’t listen to it drunk, you might want to put a gun in your mouth.

schaffer29 · January 4, 2009, 6:34pm

Well I’m completely metalhead biased, but anyway:

(Not in any order)

Metallica-Master of Puppets
Iron Maiden-Number of the Beast
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
Van Halen-Van Halen
Iced Earth-Burnt Offerings
Jimi Hendrix-Are You Experianced?
Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin
At the Gates-Slaughter of the Soul
Lamb of God-Sacrament
In Flames-Come Clarity

silverblood · January 4, 2009, 6:38pm

[quote]tom63 wrote:
Even if we get into Rap/funk/hip hop stuff there’s Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambatta, and George Clinton.

I think these guys have done more for music than the Puffy, Biggie, Nas crowd.

Then there are the Blues guys who everyone in modern music owes a debt of gratitude to, such as Buddy Guy, Diddley, Ray Charles, B.B. King and others.

[/quote]
I think this is just about individual tastes in music.
If not you would have to make this thread “10(pick a genre) Albums to Hear Before You Die”

Blues
Drink Small - Does it all
Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues
Son House - Father Of The Delta Blues
Tampa Red - Don’t Tampa With The Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Black Snake Moan
Rev. Gary Davis - Lifting The Veil
Robert Johnson - Back To The Crossroads
Big Bill Broonzy - The Young Bill Broonzy
Mississippi John Hurt - 1928 Sessions
Ma Rainey - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

ctschneider · January 4, 2009, 6:52pm

[quote]tom63 wrote:
Geebus wrote:
The Doors-The Doors
Allman Brothers-Live at Fillmore East
The Beatles-Revolver
Metallica-…And Justice for All
Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti
Pink Floyd-Animals
Guns N’ Roses-Appetite for Destruction
Jimi Hendrix-Band of Gypsies
Velvet Underground and Nico
Bob Dylan-Highway 61 Revisited

Sounds about right, except I would get Born to run and maybe Who’s Next on there.

If we venture out of Rock, Johnny Cash , Nina Simone, Mile Davis, and or John Coltrane would need to be there.

I know I’m 45, but I would put almost no rock on there int he last 20 years. To me it’s just a rehash and repackaging of stuff that has already been done. Even if we get into Rap/funk/hip hop stuff there’s Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambatta, and George Clinton.

I think these guys have done more for music than the Puffy, Biggie, Nas crowd.

Then there are the Blues guys who everyone in modern music owes a debt of gratitude to, such as Buddy Guy, Diddley, Ray Charles, B.B. King and others.

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Yeah, Geebus’s list is pretty good, or rather I agree with every choice. Extra points for Velvet Underground. Yes it could use some jazz and blues.

But has anyone noticed SteelyD is the only one to include any classical music. What’s up with that? No one else thinks that classical is an essential part of the musical canon? And for the record, I think Bach’s lute suites are far more enjoyable than his cello suites.

ctschneider · January 4, 2009, 6:53pm

[quote]silverblood wrote:
tom63 wrote:
Even if we get into Rap/funk/hip hop stuff there’s Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambatta, and George Clinton.

I think these guys have done more for music than the Puffy, Biggie, Nas crowd.

Then there are the Blues guys who everyone in modern music owes a debt of gratitude to, such as Buddy Guy, Diddley, Ray Charles, B.B. King and others.

I think this is just about individual tastes in music.
If not you would have to make this thread “10(pick a genre) Albums to Hear Before You Die”

Blues
Drink Small - Does it all
Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues
Son House - Father Of The Delta Blues
Tampa Red - Don’t Tampa With The Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Black Snake Moan
Rev. Gary Davis - Lifting The Veil
Robert Johnson - Back To The Crossroads
Big Bill Broonzy - The Young Bill Broonzy
Mississippi John Hurt - 1928 Sessions
Ma Rainey - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

[/quote]

What, no Muddy Waters?

tom63 · January 4, 2009, 6:55pm

[quote]ctschneider wrote:
tom63 wrote:
Geebus wrote:
The Doors-The Doors
Allman Brothers-Live at Fillmore East
The Beatles-Revolver
Metallica-…And Justice for All
Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti
Pink Floyd-Animals
Guns N’ Roses-Appetite for Destruction
Jimi Hendrix-Band of Gypsies
Velvet Underground and Nico
Bob Dylan-Highway 61 Revisited

Sounds about right, except I would get Born to run and maybe Who’s Next on there.

If we venture out of Rock, Johnny Cash , Nina Simone, Mile Davis, and or John Coltrane would need to be there.

I know I’m 45, but I would put almost no rock on there int he last 20 years. To me it’s just a rehash and repackaging of stuff that has already been done. Even if we get into Rap/funk/hip hop stuff there’s Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambatta, and George Clinton.

I think these guys have done more for music than the Puffy, Biggie, Nas crowd.

Then there are the Blues guys who everyone in modern music owes a debt of gratitude to, such as Buddy Guy, Diddley, Ray Charles, B.B. King and others.

Yeah, Geebus’s list is pretty good, or rather I agree with every choice. Extra points for Velvet Underground. Yes it could use some jazz and blues.

But has anyone noticed SteelyD is the only one to include any classical music. What’s up with that? No one else thinks that classical is an essential part of the musical canon? And for the record, I think Bach’s lute suites are far more enjoyable than his cello suites.

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I took it to be modern music, but you’re definitely right on that point.

ctschneider · January 4, 2009, 2:03pm

[quote]tom63 wrote:

I took it to be modern music, but you’re definitely right on that point.

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Hmmm, it’s a little hard to draw a line between classical and “modern” music. I mean Ravel, Vaughan Williams, Prokofiev, Copeland, and Villa-Lobos were all roughly contemporaneous with the likes of Robert Johnson, Fats Waller, and Louis Armstrong.

SinisterMinister · January 4, 2009, 7:06pm

Joe Pass - Virtuoso
The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies
Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variations (both versions)
John Prine - Souvenirs
Townes Van Zandt - Live at the Old Quarter
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Wilco - Being There
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions

silverblood · January 4, 2009, 10:36pm

[quote]ctschneider wrote:
silverblood wrote:
tom63 wrote:
Even if we get into Rap/funk/hip hop stuff there’s Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambatta, and George Clinton.

I think these guys have done more for music than the Puffy, Biggie, Nas crowd.

Then there are the Blues guys who everyone in modern music owes a debt of gratitude to, such as Buddy Guy, Diddley, Ray Charles, B.B. King and others.

I think this is just about individual tastes in music.
If not you would have to make this thread “10(pick a genre) Albums to Hear Before You Die”

Blues
Drink Small - Does it all
Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues
Son House - Father Of The Delta Blues
Tampa Red - Don’t Tampa With The Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Black Snake Moan
Rev. Gary Davis - Lifting The Veil
Robert Johnson - Back To The Crossroads
Big Bill Broonzy - The Young Bill Broonzy
Mississippi John Hurt - 1928 Sessions
Ma Rainey - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

What, no Muddy Waters?[/quote]
I like Muddy Waters but I chose albums and artists that I feel are not well known. These are outstanding examples of the type of Blues I like.

timbofirstblood · January 4, 2009, 11:26pm

[quote]ctschneider wrote:

But has anyone noticed SteelyD is the only one to include any classical music. What’s up with that? No one else thinks that classical is an essential part of the musical canon? And for the record, I think Bach’s lute suites are far more enjoyable than his cello suites.

[/quote]

The question is about albums. Bach didn’t write albums. If this was a thread titled “10 Pieces to hear before you die,” you might have a point.

SinisterMinister · January 4, 2009, 11:31pm

[quote]timbofirstblood wrote:
ctschneider wrote:

But has anyone noticed SteelyD is the only one to include any classical music. What’s up with that? No one else thinks that classical is an essential part of the musical canon? And for the record, I think Bach’s lute suites are far more enjoyable than his cello suites.

The question is about albums. Bach didn’t write albums. If this was a thread titled “10 Pieces to hear before you die,” you might have a point.[/quote]

Wrong. Plenty of orchestras/quartets/individuals/etc have indeed recorded ‘albums’ of Bach’s compositions. There are plenty of ‘albums’ that contain Bach’s music – if not his own performances of them.

40_Big · January 4, 2009, 11:53pm

Pink Floyd- Forget the movie, The album is a lyrical masterpiece.

Skynyrd-One more from the road
The Clash-London Calling
The Who-Hooligans
Bob Marley ATW-Exodus
Rush-Moving Pictures
Dire Straits-On the night
Johnny Cash-Live at San Quentin
Green Day-American Idiot
Led Zepplin-IV
Bob Seger-Nine Tonight

wfifer · January 5, 2009, 12:05am

Good thread…I’m gonna cheat and break it up into two categories.

Overall Favorites:

Angra - Holy Land
Barky - A Study in Rocking
Beatles - Abbey Road
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
Jaga Jazzist - What We Must
King Crimson - Red
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Yes - Close to the Edge

Current Favorites:

Angus and Julia Stone - A Book Like This
Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Jeff Buckley - Grace
John Legend - Once Again
Mew - Frengers
The Parlor Mob - And You Were a Crow
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
Thomas Dybdahl - …That Great October Sound

It’s killing me how many albums I left out. I also have to say how deeply disturbed I am by the number of Rush fans we have here.

SteelyD · January 5, 2009, 12:11am

[quote]ctschneider wrote:

But has anyone noticed SteelyD is the only one to include any classical music. What’s up with that? No one else thinks that classical is an essential part of the musical canon? And for the record, I think Bach’s lute suites are far more enjoyable than his cello suites.

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Good call on the lute suites. I chose the cello suites because the list was already a little heavy on “guitar” music.

Of course, I could do an essential 10 on each genre (as many of us probably could have). Classical (technically Baroque) is as influential to rock music as anything.

Without the I-IV-V motif in classical, there is no blues, no jazz, and certainly then no rock and offspins…

silverblood · January 5, 2009, 12:14am