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General => Archive => General Music Archives => Topic started by: GentlemanofDread on June 09, 2014, 03:15:32 PM
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>oh no not you again
WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
>your last list took forever
Oh. Yeah. But this will be quicker, I assure you.
>fiiiine
50. 40 Degrees North- Xuefei Yang (2008)
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Chinese Classical Guitar Music, you say? Yes, I do say. It's my go to calm down music right now, and certainly, Xuefei Yang is very good at what she does. Certainly enjoy her style, and I do recommend it out. I came by this album thanks to my good friend Sketchy giving it to me, along with a whole bunch of other albums (some of which will feature in here!) But, if I had to describe this album a bit better than I'm doing in my current delirious state, it's relaxing. It's calm. It's the type of music you'd put on the background of a very nice dinner evening, something interesting and yet, calming. Of course, there's all kinds of chinese influence on it, which is actually missing from her later albums, which is quite the shame, because she's a really great classical guitarist and having that type of influence makes her really stand out from the rest of the crowd.
I'll do 49 tomorrow and improve this writeup as well, I've just come down feeling like the Horseman of Death is attacking me. Bleeeeck.
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Odd choice, never heard about that style. Following :hat
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intrigued. I'll have to check that out. following.
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49. The Power Cosmic- Bal-Sagoth (1999)
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So, I don't actually like too much Bal-Sagoth. It's a bit too much for me at times, but for some reason, Power Cosmic grabs me unlike anything else they did. It's loud, it's agressive, it's fantastical, and it just comes off as a really well done package for some reason. Certainly, it's the heaviest offering in my bunch of top albums. But there's also a little to discuss about this album. It's just an agressive album, start to finish, and I love it.
48. Flying Teapot- Gong (1973)
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From Bal-Sagoth, we go to the world of drug fueled Progressive Rock of Gong! Every preconception you've heard about Progressive Rock and Drug Use, Gong probably are the band that started all of them. This album is a rather strange mix of drug fueled imagery and rather poetic lyrical pieces at times. Of course, it can be crazy at times, and sometimes hard to follow, but the story told through the album is rather unique! I'd recommend prog fans to check it out at least once, see what's up with what.
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would you mind putting the release year for your entries going forward?
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Love that Gong album.
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Bal-Sagoth :metal
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Haven't really gotten into Bal-Sagoth but that Gong album is great. Looks like this is gonna be a really diverse list, following.
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Bal-Sagoth, fuck yeah. :metal
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would you mind putting the release year for your entries going forward?
Sure thing! Gone back and added them to the other albums.
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:tup for Flying Teapot, Canterbury Scene rocks!
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Only heard Angel's Egg from Gong but loved it. Will check out Flying Teapot soon.
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:tup for Flying Teapot, Canterbury Scene rocks!
Very proud of a music scene my city produced!
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would you mind putting the release year for your entries going forward?
Sure thing! Gone back and added them to the other albums.
great, thanks!
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47. Halo 3 ODST Soundtrack- Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori (2009)
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I always loved a good soundtrack, and for a while, Halo soundtracks to me, were the best. They were suited just perfectly to the games for a while, and always did something a bit new. Which is how we get to JAZZ, THE VIDEO GAME SOUNDTRACK. Halo 3 ODST was a game that could of been frustrating at times, but damn, what was done with this soundtrack was great. 'Overture' and 'The Rookie' get me right in the mood, but 'Neon Night' and 'The Office of Naval Intelligence' are certainly fine tracks for some.. frustrating moments in the game. Give this soundtrack a listen.
46. The Hit List- Joan Jett (1990)
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One of my favourite artists. Joan Jett. And this is just an album of covers. Probably some kind of cop-out for some people, but damn, her covers of "Dirty Deeds" and "Roadrunner USA" really make me love this album. Hard rocking. She's just got a way that hooks me into her music. "Tulane" is also pretty good, and certainly every cover is done to make it similar and unique at the same time.
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POTHEAD PIXIES UNITE
Also, fuck yeah 40 Degrees North. The track Yi Dance/Dance Of The Yi People is how I first came across the music of my one of my favourite instruments.
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45. Sin and Bones- Fozzy (2012)
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Aww, yiss. Fozzy are a band I only just recentally found, really. Even though I was a big wrestling (and Chris Jericho) fan, I never actually knew what Fozzy could do untill I gave Sin and Bones a listen. It blew me away. From "Spider in My Mouth" and it's very unsettling nursery rhyme start, all the way through to "Storm the Beaches", it reminds me how great metal music can be sometimes in a sea of averageness I don't like too much. Certainly, my highlights include "Sandpaper" and "Sin and Bones", but I think my favourite track on this album is the opener, "Spider in My Mouth."
Recommended Tracks: "Spider In My Mouth" & "Sandpaper"
44. Powerslave- Iron Maiden (1984)
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However, this is a classic. Powerslave is one of my favourite Iron Maiden albums, but then that's not too surprising, is it? It's got so many great tracks, "Aces High"; "Two Minutes to Midnight"; "The Duelists"; "Powerslave"; and of course, that big long and just plain epic track at the end known as the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner". Maiden are one of my favourite bands, and until my iPod (4 years of service) burnt away, they were my third go-to band for just a longest time, and songs off this album were usually the ones I went to first or second for the longest time.
Recommended Tracks: "Two Minutes to Midnight" & "Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
43. 2112- Rush (1976)
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Love love LOVE the title track. It's the type of epic that I just love to listen to, with it's changes of paces and tempo. Just, a fantastic piece of music, and it's my favourite from this album. But the rest of the album is good too, with "Tears" being my personal pick of the rest, but I can see why "A Passage to Bangkok" is loved so. Not my favourite Rush album, however, but it's still a very very good album.
Recommended Tracks: "2112" & "Tears"
42. Forth- The Verve (2008)
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So, The Verve. Think of it like Britpop met Shoegazing met early Pink Floyd and you'd get some idea of what the band was like. But, then, your thoughts are probably wrong. The Verve were a very unique band, and Forth, their last studio album, is certainly a unique listening experience from the start. Each song feels unique, "Sit and Wonder" is a heavier rocker, whilst "Love is Noise" is a more poppish outing. But then, there are tracks on this album that are just incredible that I can't do them any justice (Well, I'm not doing anything justice). "Judas" isn't the first that comes to mind for this, but it has a dreamish upbeat tone that certainly elevates it. However, "Noise Epic" is everything that I love about a good 8 minute song. It's slow at the start, building up more and more, slowly but surely untill it just become crazy and insane, rocking hard and just, yes. Go listen to it. At least once. For me?
Recommended Track: "Noise Epic" & "Love is Noise"
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Powerslave and 2112!! Two absolute classics
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A little late to this, but great start!
Powerslave and 2112!! Two absolute classics
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Very interesting and cool choices so far. I'll be following this list, regardless of how long it takes.
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Powerslave and 2112!! Two absolute classics
This.
But Joan Jett? In aa top 50? ok...
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Powerslave and 2112!! Two absolute classics
This.
But Joan Jett? In aa top 50? ok...
Hey!
We're not done with Joan Jett yet. c:
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I'm guessing we're not going to need Big HAth to tell us its a first in a top 50 for JJ :biggrin:
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I'm guessing we're not going to need Big HAth to tell us its a first in a top 50 for JJ :biggrin:
... I'd think there's going to be several firsts in my top 50 now I think about it.
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Hell yes, Fozzy :metal Great pick!
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I should blast Powerslave again. I do enjoy it.
Also, 2112 is wincakes on a stick of brilliance.
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Powerslave and 2112!! Two absolute classics
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Well glad there's some mixed thoughts on these updates!
41. Metropolis Part 2: Scenes from a Memory- Dream Theater (1999)
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Hey guys, have you heard of this band? They're called Dream Theater, and they're pretty neat, they've got this fun fan boards known as Dreamtheaterforums.org? Joking aside, this is a very very good album (only spoiled by a middle section of one song imo), and with it being Rudess' first effort with the band, it's exciting to see how much change there was from the previous Dream Theater keyboardists! It's great. It's a great story from start to end, with riffs and moments that just make you say "Oh Yes!" Really, I could gush in more detail, but I think you should all at least know this album. :)
Recommended Tracks: "Home" & "Fatal Tragedy"
40. On An Island- David Gilmour (2006)
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I love Pink Floyd, and I love many of their solo albums, but On An Island is.. something else. It's certainly a combination of styles that Gilmour loves and an evolution of his guitar sound from the last Pink Floyd album, but it's more than just about the guitar. It's about the different instruments and how they come together, with all the Gilmour lead vision in mind. There are some Progressive Tracks, certainly, of which "Castellorizon" comes to mind, but then there are some hard rock sounding blues song, "Take a Breath", along with any style in between the two. "Smile" is probably my favourite off this album, it's nice and simple to listen to, nothing hard about it, just a chill out song.
39. Larks' Tongues in Aspic- King Crimson (1973)
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Fripp makes music that I just listen to. He's one of five groups/people that does that to me. He just makes music, I listen, and a lot of it sticks. This, however, sticks up there for a number of reasons. The combination of Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion, Heavy Metal, Bill Bruford, Robert Fripp and David Cross. It's a thrilling listen, with some very experimental drumming, violin and guitar playing just to punch in the fact it's going to be great. By the time you get to "Easy Money", you're already sold on the album, but to me, "Easy Money" just punches in further how great this incarnation of King Crimson is, and by the time the final, and my favourite song off the album, "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two", starts to play.. Well, let's just say experimental guitar and violin playing is a loose term to describe just how awesome it is!
Recommended Tracks: "Larks Tongues in Aspic, Part Two" & "Easy Money".
38. Keys to the World- Richard Ashcroft (2006)
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Hath, Question! First time Richard Ashcroft has been in a top 50? I love this album, purely because the ex-The Verve frontman isn't doing songs outside his comfort song, isn't writing songs that just don't fit his style. It's.. well, it's certainly depressing and downbeat. It's pretty much reflective of the British society at times during 2006. Guitar, drums, bass, piano, it's a typical rock band instruments line up, nothing fancy, but it's just some quality alternative rock played here with Ashcroft's rather unique vocals on full display. Listen to "Break the Night with Colour" and if you like it, check out the rest of this album, starting with the title track, "Keys to the World."
Recommended Tracks: "Break the Night with Colour" & "Keys to the World"
37. Riposte- Buke and Gase (Or Gass)
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I went to a festival once. It was great. It was UK 2012 ATP Curated by The National, and well, some bands I saw there really were awesome. (I saw Richard Reed Parry play 3 times, 3 different styles.) But Buke and Gase were a highlight, a big one. What do their names mean? The "buke" is a six-string former-baritone ukulele; and the "gase" is a guitar-bass hybrid. Yeah. Combined with a kick drum, it makes for an extra-ordinary listen how with just three instruments they compose such awesome and rocking songs, with the dirty sounds from the Buke and Gase just making it that more addictive to listen to. Indie Experimental is a genre name I'd feel would fit them, because every song is just something dirty and strange to the ears, but has some beauty to it.
Recommended Songs: "Your Face Left Before You" & "Sleep Gets Your Ghost."
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<3LTIA.
That is all I need to say about that album. ALL HAIL FRIPP
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A big hell yeah for On An Island! Love that album.
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I'll have to give this Dream Theater album a listen soon.
I've not actually heard that Gilmour album. And Robert Fripp is an alien. :hefdaddy
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I'll have to give this Dream Theater album a listen soon.
I've not actually heard that Gilmour album. And Robert Fripp is an alien. :hefdaddy
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Hath, Question! First time Richard Ashcroft has been in a top 50?
yes it is
although it was not the first mention of the Xuefei Yang album
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Love On An Island and Larks' Tongues is one of my favorites from Crimson.
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Hath, Question! First time Richard Ashcroft has been in a top 50?
yes it is
although it was not the first mention of the Xuefei Yang album
Nor that one, specifically. There's a reason I gave GoD that album way back yonder.
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36.Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends- Coldplay (2008)
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Uh. Hello, Coldplay. I'd like think a lot of people will be foaming at the mouth at this. But, hey, I love it! It's very... well, it has texture to it, at least. That's something I really love about this album. Might be all that texture in places, the mixture of some great mellow tracks (Cemeteries of London) to some awesome rocking tracks (Lost?), I love it. It's just appealing to everything I love about music sometimes. Rich in texture, with different moods, but a good theme rocking through..
Recommended Tracks: Cemeteries of London and Lost?
35. The Division Bell- Pink Floyd (1994)
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The last Pink Floyd outing. It's certainly, like the album previously, rich in texture, but not in the same way. This is more.. Well, like a bunch of people gathered to tell stories of other people. Certainly, with tracks like "Poles Apart", "Keep Talking", "Wearing the Inside out" and "Take it Back", it's more.. chilled out than a lot of other Pink Floyd albums, but the themes that were constant in PF's work are still there. But it's a great album, from start to finish.
Recommended Tracks: "Wearing the Inside Out" & "Keep Talking"
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Division Bell is a great album. Maybe except for Wearing the Inside Out, which I just find boring. Coldplay has some great music. I don't remember the last time I listened to this particular album, but I agree with most of what you said about their style. And I like Chris Martin's vocals.
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Wearing The Inside Out is one of my favourites from that album, and Keep Talking rules hard, but dat slide solo in High Hopes. Dat slide.
Also, I didn't get why Marooned was on the Echoes compilation until I heard the version on TDB. I am still firmly convinced they cut the part that actually makes that instrumental as great as it is.
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34.Piece of Mind- Iron Maiden (1983)
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I'm sure many people have listed this great album as their favourite Iron Maiden album, and I can see why. "Flight of Icarus", "Die With Your Boots on", "The Trooper" and "To Tame a Land" are amazing songs, but the rest aren't too shabby! It's got a bit more bite, I feel, than some other Iron Maiden albums, a little more raw too it, and this really can make an album sound more.. organic to my ears. Make it sound like something that grows on me and I can just listen too constantly.
Recommended Tracks: "Die With Your Boots On" and "To Tame a Land"
33. Space Shanty- Khan (1972)
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KHAAAAAAAAN. Canterbury Scene hits again at 33, and certainly, it's a different kind to Gong. It's more.. normal, if that's a word that fits. Certainly, it's less druggy, more instrumental based, and certainly the sound is much different, but considering Hillage (The guitarist) went onto Gong, there's some small little similarties. But you certainly don't need to know that. This album is just a Progressive Rock joy from start to end. But, it's a bit hard to get a hold of sometimes, and I'm not even sure if it's on youtube. So..
Recommended Track: "Space Shanty"
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Piece of Mind is an awesome album!!
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Surprised to see Space Shanty, one of my favorites from Canterbury Scene as well :tup
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POM is one of many fantastic Maiden albums. :metal
I need to get into more Canterbury Scene stuff. Will give this a try soon.
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Nice to see some more Canterbury Scene! :tup
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only the 4th mention of PoM. The Maiden love is spread out over many albums.
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only the 4th mention of PoM. The Maiden love is spread out over many albums.
Wow... that's amazing. Pretty sure I had it on my list. Pound-for-pound, it's their most solid in my opinion. No duds whatsoever. Nice to see the love for The Division Bell. Great concluding album from PF - that's the way to go out on a high note.
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32. Standing On The Shoulder of Giant- Oasis (2000)
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Yes. Oasis. Yes. Standing On The Shoulder of Giant. It's an album that me and my brother both love, for exactly the same reasons. It was bittersweet, it was something that was.. well, very British at the turn into the 21st century. It's also the album with the most Noel Gallagher instrumental performances/vocal performances on it from Oasis. Might have something to do with it. It's more, at least I feel, heavier in terms of atmosphere on this album, which gives us great tracks from the band like "Sunday Morning Call" and "Where Did It All Go Wrong?", but neither of these are the best tracks from any version (coughjapaneseversion). First off, "Gas Panic", the best Oasis song. It's the most mature song they did. But, Japan got.. "Let's All Make Believe." Oh my god. Acoustic guitar based, it's the epitome of the entire album and didn't make it on for anyone else!
Recommended Tracks: "Gas Panic!" and "Let's All Make Believe"
31. Smother- Wild Beasts (2011)
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Remember the festival I went to? Where I discovered Buke and Gase? I discovered Wild Beasts, and in particular, they played this album in full. It's a restless dream pop album, it was so breathtakingly beautiful that I couldn't help but lose myself to the music in a crowd that bustled. "Invisible" is all I need to recommend to you. I can't describe this, other than "Dream Pop" fits the band so very well.
Recommended Track: "Invisible"
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:dunno:
Don't know either.
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I'm not expecting many to know Wild Beasts, at least. People should fix that.
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nice list so far
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A little (try very!) late to that particular party but can I just say that you are awesome for listing Viva la Vida? Yes, I think I can. You're awesome.
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30. Different Class- Pulp (1995)
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Ah, yes, Pulp. The granddaddies of Britpop, with their catchy beats with the depressing undertone, Different Class is a pretty good album from the Britpop Era. Probably the best of them, infact. Jarvis Crocker's voice helps really make this a great album, if that makes sense? There's nothing too special from the other instruments but the vocals are just something special. Lots of people might know "Common Peope", but my personal favourite is "Mis-Shapes", the opener. Fantastic little piece.
29. Halo 2 Soundtrack- Various (2004/2006)
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Best Video Game Soundtrack, ever. Everything from the Steve Vai guitars to the synths to the orchestras, it's an excellent listening experience without the visual part. Steve Vai is incredible on this, but really, I don't want to ramble on about all the different styles. With the rock, the synths, the granduer, the subtle, the mysterious, this soundtrack has everything.
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I haven't heard that soundtrack but I doubt that there will ever be a better video game soundtrack than on Skyrim. Jeremy Soule is a freaking genius.
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28. Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81 - Pink Floyd (2000)
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Hello, the best version of The Wall. It's good to listen to you again. This is what I consider to be the definitive version of The Wall, the best version of the vision that Roger Waters had. It's got everything, from added charm to some hijinks to a new song ("What Shall We Do Now?") and an entirely new instrumental piece ("The Last Few Bricks") to Crowd Participation ("Run Like Hell".) The band, especially Waters, sound like they're really enjoying themselves in presenting such a unique presentation in terms of live presentation. Simply put, it's a louder, better version of "The Wall" that people love so much. Go listen to "What Shall We Do Now?" and "Run Like Hell" to see what I mean.
Recommended tracks: "What Shall We Do Now?" & "Run Like Hell"
(Another post will be going up tomorrow)
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27. Urban Hymns- The Verve (1997)
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More Britpop, more Verve, and this one is considered to be THE album for The Verve and I completely agree. It's an iconic album, hell, it might be the album I'd call the album of the British Nineties. It's just.. well, Bittersweet from start to end. It's got that little charm in songs like "Sonnet" and "Lucky Man", to the granduer of stuff like "Bittersweet Symphony" and the incredibly depressing "The Drugs Don't Work". The album is just something real special, and again, Ashcroft's voice gives it that added edge, that little bit more texture, and makes that album just a little bit better.
Recommended Tracks: "The Drugs Don't Work" & "Sonnet"
26. No Place To Go- Ethan Lipton (2009)
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LIPTON. So, like Wild Beasts and Buke and Gase, I discovered Ethan Lipton at ATP Festival curated by The National, and he played this album. Infact, I'm purely recollecting the live version here, and I'm going to insert a quote from my friend's (who I went with, Paul Faller) as he so very good put it into views.
Our first act on Sunday proves to be another of the weekend’s most surprisingly brilliant artists, Ethan Lipton, presenting a piece of musical theatre entitled No Place To Go. Together with his three-piece band, he delivers a story of a man forced to reconsider his place in the world after his company makes the decision to relocate to Mars. What follows is humorous, charming and even insightful in places – highlights include the ominous ‘Shitstorm’, the song about moving in with his ‘Ageing Middle-Class Parents’, the frantic hilarity of ‘Soccer Song’, and the sub-plot about the final sandwich in the conference room. By the time we’ve gone from the comfort of having a ‘Place To Go’ through to the triumphant, joyful conclusion, there’s no denying that Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra have delivered something fantastically entertaining.
Yep. It's a mixture of Cabriet with Sci-fi with charm and hilarity, and Ethan Lipton is just a phenomenal performer. Plus, he's put the entire studio album (missing the talking bits) on Soundcloud, so give it a listen, for me? https://soundcloud.com/el-ho/sets/place
Recommended Tracks: "Final Sandwich", "Shitstorm" and "Soccer Song"
25. The Afterman: Ascension- Coheed And Cambria (2012)
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First things first, I love the cover. Just great. But Coheed and Cambria's Afterman albums are some of the best story telling in an album, and with the hard rocking sound with the weird lighty folky tunes combined with electronica pieces, Coheed and Cambria sure put their whole hand out on the playing field here, and it's just lovely. Even if there's a song I skip [Goodnight Fair Lady] because it makes me uncomfortable (which is what it's supposed to do, and it does it so well), it's still a top 25 album for me. Especially considering "Domino The Destitute", "The Afterman", "Holly Wood the Cracked" and "Vic The Butcher" are all songs I use for influencing me in terms of creativity, it's an amazing album.
Recommended Tracks: "Domino the Destitue", "Holly Wood the Cracked" and "Vic The Butcher"
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I am a big fan of Pink Floyd's The Wall, and I do agree that Is There Anybody Out There? is an excellent listen. The live "Run Like Hell" is simply put amazing
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Very amazing! (Also just added years to the last post I forgot to do it oops)
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I've heard good things about The Afterman, seems like an awesome album - will check it later.
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I haven't heard that soundtrack but I doubt that there will ever be a better video game soundtrack than on Skyrim. Jeremy Soule is a freaking genius.
Skyrim does have some great music. maybe not the best ever, but Soule does have a lot of talent, I hope to hear more from him. I'll check out Halo 2 for sure after this writeup. I'm gonna vote for ... Need For Speed 2 (from 1997 I think) as the best video game soundtrack. It has great guitar rock tunes that I still get stuck in my head to this day despite having not played the game in many many years.
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Afterman is great.
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24. The Back Room- Editors (2005)
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"Post Punk Revival" is what wikipedia calls Editors and I'm unsure if that's actually a fitting genre or not for them. Amazingly workman like is what I call them, and their style is amazing not only on the first listen, but the second, the tenth and the thirtieth. It's simple, it's well constructed, but it has that energy behind it that I call the English Young Energy. It's just something so uniquely British that it always stands out. Some people might know their famous track, 'Munich', but three track run of 'All Sparks', 'Camera' and 'Fingers in the Factory' is everything that is amazing about the band.
Recommended Tracks: 'All Sparks', 'Camera' and 'Fingers in the Factory'
23. Red- King Crimson
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My favourite King Crimson album, and it's just a fantastic album from start to end. The heavy riffs, the violin, the smooth soft sections, the crazy way to end a song, a live improv, Red has everything that I could want from King Crimson. The title track and 'Starless' show the range that the band has, especially with the slow violin build up with 'Starless' and the guitar just playing two notes, taking the role of what the bass should be doing..
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Starless is the tits.
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Starless is tied with The Sheltering Sky and about half of the songs on ITCOTCK for my favorite King Crimson song. Red is fantastic.
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While I find Red to be a really weird album, it also has that brilliant vibe that makes it all fit together and have sense. Really good album.
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KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN
Also I god damn love Red so much.
I've not heard Editors in so long, I think I'll listen to that album at work today.
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22. Brave New World- Iron Maiden (2000)
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The return of Dickinson to the fold of Iron Maiden as well as Adrian Smith. Three Guitarists, and the useage of all of them is really what pushes this album this high up. I mean, the return of Dickinson is great and he delivers an almighty performance on 'The Nomad', 'The Thin Line Between Love and Hate' and 'Brave New World', but it's all about how amazing the guitarists meld to create this sound scape of aggression, of that bite that happens. It's amazing.
Recommended Tracks: 'The Nomad', 'The Thin Line Between Love and Hate' and 'Brave New World'
21. Grace and the Bigger Picture- Johnny Foreigner (2009)
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Johnny Foreigner are that aggressive indie rock that randomly sprouted up, really. With that harsh indie sound and casual topics handled through their music, it's a very good listen, and still an album I revisit a lot. Just, not much to say about it really, I can't pick a recommended song because you either love the band or hate them.
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I, for the most part, prefer Iron Maiden live version to Iron Maiden studio versions, so I was extremely pissed that my four favourite songs on this album are exactly the four that the band chose to omit on Rock in Rio.
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I, for the most part, prefer Iron Maiden live version to Iron Maiden studio versions, so I was extremely pissed that my four favourite songs on this album are exactly the four that the band chose to omit on Rock in Rio.
I'm with you there! They're tracks I really wished I had live versions of.
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BNW is not an album I would reach for when wanting some Maiden. Old school all the way (+ AMOLAD) for me. Killers to Seventh Son is pretty awesome but after that :\
Its an ok album but I can't remember much about it or how any of the songs listed go, though I'm pretty sure it will be alot of repeating the title of the song over and over. :biggrin:
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Brave New World is a great Maiden record. Not necessarily top-tier for me, but great throughout.
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20. Unvarnished- Joan Jett (2013)
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Unvarnished still hasn't lost it's varnish for me, really. It's the most recent album on this list, still not the highest Joan Jett album, but god damn, it appeals to my love for something simple with that touch of angry class. In fact, what makes this album stand out amongst most Joan Jett albums is the fact I can, at all points, hear the bass guitar. It's something simple as that, or the raw guitar sound in a song like "TMI" that really pushes this up. Joan Jett, on songs like "Fragile" and "Reality Mentality", sounds as good as she ever did.
Recommended Tracks: "TMI", "Fragile" & "Reality Mentality"
19. OK Computer- Radiohead (1997)
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One of the best British albums of all time comes from a band that are so undeniably British that it's no wonder that this album is such a downer. But then again, that's usually what people label Radiohead as. Certainly, this album is great. It sounds like a band that just got it, got themselves together and created a masterpiece. But it's hard to describe this album, or this band in fact. Actually, Steven Wilson can describe this album and band quite well. "Here's a band that came from the indie rock tradition that snuck in under the radar when the journalists weren't looking and started making these absurdly ambitious and pretentious—and all the better for it—records." He's right. "Paranoid Android" is this strange and yet incredible piece with all this different vocal delivery (a strength of Thom Yorke), guitar styles and atmosphere, to the outright creepiness of the songs of "Karma Police" and "No Surprises". Go listen. For me. (Why don't we have a Radiohead discography topic lined up yet?)
Recommended Tracks: Paranoid Android, Karma Police and No Surprises.
18. Signify- Porcupine Tree (1996)
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Signify, oh man. This is just something special, really, for different reasons than OK Computer. Wilson is pretty much the top of his game for making albums that I could put on and listen to, but Signify is one of the best, if not the best album he worked on with Porcupine Tree. Just, give "Signify", "Sleep of No Dreaming" and "Waiting [Phase One]" a listen if you don't understand why I love this album so much. I don't need to explain. Just listen.
Recommended Tracks: "Signify", "Sleep of No Dreaming" and "Waiting [Phase One]"
17. The Dark Side of the Moon- Pink Floyd (1973)
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This masterpiece is where people are most likely going to enter in. It's a great album, not my favourite Pink Floyd album, but it's THE Pink Floyd album. You think of this album, and how special it is. Because, well, it's special. I love it. Maybe not as much as everyone else but.. My favourite track is Eclipse, and that's simply because how magnificent it ends. But let's go through the rest of the album. Speak To Me/Breathe is a pretty incredible opening salvo of music, even if I'm not too sure how Breathe fits into the theme that Pink Floyd was going with. On The Run is interesting work from Richard Wright, but not much to really focus on it for me other than nice.
Time is great, it's very.. English, really. Cynical and a bit humphty, but Great Gig In The Sky is.. not for me, really. I'm just not a fan of the female vocal performance, really. Or the actual person. Money is pretty good, a rocking tune that by now you'd learn to expect and love, but Us and Them is just better for me. Mellow, smoother, a more rewarding audible experience. Especially the sax use. Love it. Any Colour You Like, I feel it got hurt more by the cuts that were made to it during the refining process, it was usually about six to seven minutes long and it fit quite nicely. But Brain Damage and Eclipse are, well.. otherworldy..
Recommended Tracks: Brain Damage, Eclipse and Time
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Although I have started to like OK Computer, I really can't take it as one of the best albums in history (as it is often regarded), unlike DSOTM, which's briliance is unbelievable.
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Although I have started to like OK Computer, I really can't take it as one of the best albums in history (as it is often regarded), unlike DSOTM, which's briliance is unbelievable.
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Ah, DSOTM and OKC, the eternal rivals... good stuff :)
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Signify and DSotM do rule... but it seems we have disagreement on how much.
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Signify and DSotM do rule... but it seems we have disagreement on how much.
FIGHT ME.
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So, everyday for this next week should have at least a post about one album..
Starting today!
16. Terminal Twilight- White Willow (2011)
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White Willow are a band I found a year or so ago, but they grabbed me so very quickly. There was no period where I felt like I was warming to them, they just became one of my favourite bands. I heard this album of theirs first, so it might just be a bit biased, but man. White Willow, at least on this album, is a very synthesizer heavy band, but with woodwind and a bit of metal and folk thrown in their too. "Hawks Circle The Mountain" is certainly one of the best openers to an album there can be, with "Kansas Regrets" (featuring Tim Bowness!) is an amazing simple tune, with a lot of flute in there. But really, I feel the epic of this album, "Searise", clocking in at 13 minutes, is the best song off this album. It's got everything about this album, the simple flute and guitar, to the crazy and dark synth sections, it's the very meaning of a 'rainy day' song to me.
Recommended Tracks: "Hawks Circle The Mountain", "Kansas Regrets" and "Searise."
15. An End Has A Start-Editors (2007)
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Why this above the apparentally more loved The Back Room? This album simply is just better. Right from the opening drum section of "Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors", I'm in love with this album. It's this album where I think Editors most sound comfortable with what they're doing. The uses of the Choir on the opening track "Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors" adds an amazing climax to the song, but then follows a second fantastic song, "An End Has A Start", which is certainly more upbeat lyrically and musically to the previous track, but just as great. Whilst most of the album is only very slightly behind these two, a song that I feel is on their level is "The Racing Rats", a piano based rocker about the end of times.
Recommended Tracks: "Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors", "An End Has A Start" and "The Racing Rats"
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14. The Final Frontier- Iron Maiden
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I'm almost certain people are shaking their fists at me here! But The Final Frontier is pretty amazing to me. The three guitarists come back into full effect and create the despairing thoughts of losing yourself on songs like "Satellite 15..", "The Tailsman" and just for it's greatness, everyone comes into full play on "When the Wild Wind Blows". Okay, so maybe NOT the best lyric appears in this song, but everyone makes this song an amazing finale to a great album. It's certainly a pretty unique listen amongst the Iron Maiden discography.
Recommended Tracks: "Satellite 15..", "The Tailsman" & "When The wild Wind Blows"
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Maiden were always masters at closing tracks. :hefdaddy My personal favorites on the album have to be Coming Home, Isle of Avalon, and When the Wild Wind Blows. The whole thing is great though.
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Hmm. Not been a real Maiden fan since Bruce originally left but I have bought all the albums (except X Factor) waiting for greatness to return. AMOLAD was a great album, held back a bit by a poor production. Speaking of which, its a long old time since a Maiden album sounded great. You would think a band of their stature would have the best sounding albums but they don't. Is it Steve Harris' ears? Making room for 3 guitars and SH's bass in the register he plays?
They've gone a bit too "folk-y" for me too, which drags this album down. And don't get me started on that intro. Puts me off the whole album. Maybe I should do an edit without it and try again. That and Bruce sounding painful to listen to at times.
Still there are some good songs in here and its not terrible or anything. I just want Maiden to make a great album and for it to sound great.
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The Final Frontier is amazing. A bit easier on the ears than AMOLAD, but I would argue that it's every bit as good.
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They've gone a bit too "folk-y" for me too, which drags this album down. And don't get me started on that intro. Puts me off the whole album. Maybe I should do an edit without it and try again.
The intro to Satellite 15? That's a highlight for the album honestly. Absolutely stunning and I'm surprised they got that heavy at this stage in their career.
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13. Sinner- Joan Jett (2006)
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JOAN JETT STRIKES AGAIN. Sinner is actually a big chunk of the Japanese only album Naked with a few new songs, but the new songs on Sinner really push this above Naked. From the original songs, "Riddles" is amazing. It's a hard rock song that Joan makes into one of my favourite opening pieces. "Change The World" is pretty good, but not as good as "Fetish", "Tube Talkin", "Watersign" and "Bad Time". It's quite a varied selection of songs on this album, and Joan Jett's style really does come through on all of them.
Recommended Tracks: "Fetish", "Riddles" and "Bad Time"
12. Caress of Steel- Rush (1975)
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So I've not heard the whole Rush discography yet, but Caress of Steel is special to me. I don't know why. It's not my first Rush album, nor is it the one I've last heard. It's just simply amazing to me. I don't know why. It might be the two epics, "The Necromancer" and "The Fountain of Lamneth" that really push this album to this height. "Bastille Day" is also pretty fantastic, and Geddy Lee's vocals on this album are fantastic. Actually, it's Rush. Everyone is fantastic, but Geddy Lee just sounds pretty great compared to other Rush albums.
Recommended Tracks: "The Necromancer" & "The Fountain of Lamneth"
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They've gone a bit too "folk-y" for me too, which drags this album down. And don't get me started on that intro. Puts me off the whole album. Maybe I should do an edit without it and try again.
The intro to Satellite 15? That's a highlight for the album honestly. Absolutely stunning and I'm surprised they got stayed that heavy at this stage in their career.
Fixed.
Point taken. But it seems that a lot of the 80's bands post 2000 have been on a tear.
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They've gone a bit too "folk-y" for me too, which drags this album down. And don't get me started on that intro. Puts me off the whole album. Maybe I should do an edit without it and try again.
The intro to Satellite 15? That's a highlight for the album honestly. Absolutely stunning and I'm surprised they got stayed that heavy at this stage in their career.
Fixed.
Point taken. But it seems that a lot of the 80's bands post 2000 have been on a tear.
Agreed, which is why Maiden still has my undying admiration for not letting up or wavering after 30+ years. Oldies, but still kicking all kinds of ass.
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Can't argue with CoS. Production aside (it doesn't sound as good as Fly By Night), I love the whole thing. Though the fact that By Tor suddenly seems to be the hero confused me abit after he was the bad guy in B-T&tSD.
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12. Caress of Steel- Rush (1975)
There's something you don't see every day. Or... ever. Interesting choice.
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12. Caress of Steel- Rush (1975)
There's something you don't see every day. Or... ever. Interesting choice.
Quoted for truth. But it's a great album, imo. Love the two epics, especially the Necromancer.
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Well, there are some more surprises waiting in the top 50 list, such as #8..
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11. Fear of a Blank Planet- Porcupine Tree (2007)
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Wilson, Wilson, Wilson. You got me. Well, okay, some of the lyrics are a bit stupid, but they work in this rather amazing album. "Sleep Together" is easily in my top 3 PT songs of all time, and the rest of the album could easily make up most of the top 20. Wilson is amazing with his vocals, with that guitar, and the rest of the band just, yes. I love this album, and you know what? I can't recommend you a song apart from Sleep Together. Either the whole album or that song. Go on.
DO IT.
Recommend Tracks: "Sleep Together" or WHOLE ALBUM.
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This record is really something else. I know even PT fans constantly note how this particular album contains a couple of "cringe-worthy" lyrics, but I honestly only hear it in the title track, which, while still good, is probably my least favorite song off of this.
"Anesthetize", "Sentimental", and "Way Out of Here" are godly tracks. :hefdaddy What a perfect string of songs.
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Cool choice. I need to get around to listening to the rest of PT's discography. I can't comment on the actual album, since I haven't heard it yet, but I'm sure it's great because PT.
My favorite PT song is WHOLE ALBUM.
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10. Meddle- Pink Floyd (1971)
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SECOND FAVOURITE FLOYD ALBUM, YEAH YEAH! Meddle is a fantastic gem with the shadow of what comes after it when people talk about it, but this album has such a unique charm to it, I can't help but love it. It helps it has my favourite song of all time on it, "Echoes", too, but then you've got that bass duel opening of "One of These Days", to that loveable funky song "San Tropez", this album is just something I always love to really put on. Echoes is amazing, it's the best song ever I feel, and if you've not heard it yet, go do it! Go listen to the whole album!
Recommended Tracks: "Echoes", "One of These Days" and "San Tropez"
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Meddle is extraordinary. "Echoes" is tied with "Shine On" for my favorite PF song. One of my favorites ever. :hefdaddy
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While I might not agree with all your picks, I gotta say you have some nice variety going on! And there's plenty of great albums on this list. :tup
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While I might not agree with all your picks, I gotta say you have some nice variety going on! And there's plenty of great albums on this list. :tup
:iagree:
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9. Pawn Hearts- Van Der Graaf Generator (1971)
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VDGG are a band I haven't proper proper checked out, apart from this album, really. But this album is pretty incredible. Like Meddle, it's got an amazing final track, but where the battle is won in this case is the very solid, much more than Meddle, rest of the album. It doesn't have a Sheamus, it has the amazing Theme One. It has Man-Erg and Lemmings. You know what..?
Recommended Album: ALL OF IT
8. High Violet- The National (2010)
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Remember the festival I mentioned? The National were the top act. It was very magical, and it's how I discovered this band. This album. It was amazing. It's an amazing extraordinary and well composed indie rock album. "England" gives you a great sense of how well this album truly builds up the feelings. (MORE TO BE ADDED)
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I don't know the majority on your list, but the Maiden and Rush picks get a thumbs up.
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I don't know the majority on your list, but the Maiden and Rush picks get a thumbs up.
While I might not agree with all your picks, I gotta say you have some nice variety going on! And there's plenty of great albums on this list. :tup
:iagree:
I'm glad A) People still don't know everything on my list and B) People approve of some of the picks.
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Probably not this one.
7. A Rush of Blood to the Head- Coldplay (2002)
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This is an album that runs in the family. If we talk about a great album we like, especially my Brother and I, A Rush of Blood to the Head is it. It's driven by the Piano. This album is the ultimate in the Piano Pop. I feel like most things in modern Pop could learn something from this album. It's got an edge to it, "Politik" and "A Rush of Blood to the Head" show that off. Chris Martin's voice is fantastic on this album, it's the best his voice could ever sound. People will know "Clocks", but this album outclasses "Clocks". It's got such a solid tracklist that ends with my two favourite Coldplay songs. "A Rush of Blood to the Head" is a contrast to the rest of the album, it's an acoustic guitar based piece. This is actually one two songs I need to learn on guitar, because it's incredible. But, the track that really makes this album is the final.
"Amsterdam." This is it. This song is the song that really got me into music, surprisingly. I can't remember how, but I heard it and I was enchanted by it. It went on repeat. I know everything about this song, and it's just amazing. Perfect.
Recommended Tracks: "Politik", "A Rush of Blood To The Head" & "Amsterdam"
6. The Afterman: Descension- Coheed and Cambria (2013)
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Coheed and Cambria are a new band for me. But Descension is the best album I've heard in the 2010s. It might even improve it's standing over the year the more I listen to it. This album is amazing, start to finish, and with a three song pairing in the middle of it, "The Hard Sell", "Number City" and "Gravity's Union", that backbone makes you feel, makes you so engrossed into the main character and his relationship with his.. Well, I don't want to spoil it. But these three songs are amazing, completely different sounding tracks with different vocal styles on it too. If there's one thing Claudio Sanchez is great at, it's all those vocal styles. I'm also going draw attention to the fantastic Acoustic "Carol Ann" on the deluxe edition. Heart-wrenching. I'm not sure how it would of fit into the narrative, but I wish it did. It tears my heart to shreds.
Recommended Tracks:"The Hard Sell", "Number City", "Gravity's Union" and "Carol Ann".
5. Amused to Death- Roger Waters (1992)
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Waters called this album one of his Big 3, including "Dark Side of the Moon" and "The Wall". I'll go one step further. It's the best out of those three. It's his second best work ever. It's the most cynical of his works, and unlike his other two solo album, doesn't have a happy ending. It's got every area Waters loves to talk about, from disenchantment to the war, but it's just.. perfectly executed. "What God Wants", all parts, are 3 songs that stick in my mind but I wouldn't recommend just because there are better better tracks. Like "Too Much Rope". That's a very almost comedic grimdark view on how Humanity is going. Then you've got "Three Wishes", and I don't know what to say about that other than how Waters, I think, finally has.. dealt with his Father. How he can't keep thinking of him and being angry. There are things in the present to be angry! "It's a Miracle" is another comedic dark look at capitalism really, and man does the dig at Lloyd Webber make me smile. But the title track, that climax of vocals with that end section after it, man oh man. It's perfect.
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WE'RE GOING INTO THE FINAL FOUR
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Some stunning choices for this high in the list, I gotta say.
I have yet to still get into C&C and The Afterman seems to be pretty well-lauded so I'll give it a shot soon.
My favorite Waters solo album. :tup As I'm sure it is for many others well.
As for the Coldplay album, well, Zantera put it best :lol
While I might not agree with all your picks, I gotta say you have some nice variety going on! And there's plenty of great albums on this list. :tup
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4. Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence- Dream Theater (2002)
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Six Degrees is my favourite Dream Theater album. Is it surprising? Rudess is unleashed. Myung is amazing. Petrucci crunches in hard, MP hits well and LaBrie sounds amazing. Really, from that opening static of "The Glass Prison" all the way to that final keys of "Grand Finale", this album is incredible. It's raw, it's aggressive, it makes you cry (DISAPPEAR WHHHYYYYY) and has some unique amazing sounds. It's got a 42 minute title track, it's got a badass heavy rocker to open, it's got even a political song! It's an album full of new little things for DT, and with everything on this album just perfect, it makes it to number 4. To be beaten by three very special albums, however..
3. The Raven That Refused To Sing (And Other Stories)- Steven Wilson (2013)
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My album of 2013 comes in at 3. It's perfect, it does everything I love for an album except one thing and that's why it isn't in the top 2. There's not punch to it, really. It's fantastic, it truly is, with songs like "Luminol", "Drive Home", "Holy Drinker" and the title track, but it's.. lacking that personal connection punch. But it's amazing. It's just a piece of art from start to end.
2. THERE IS NO 2. THERE IS ONLY
1. (TIE) Storm Season- White Willow (2004)
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Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd (1975)
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I couldn't. Picking between the two was impossible for me. They are everything I consider to be true works of art, they pull at my heart strings, they get me singing along, rocking out, working, writing, motivated, they do everything for me. They've got amazing songs, with different styles completely. They've got that punch I'm looking for as well. I could go on and on about them, but jesus, it just feature the words amazing, fantastic and beautiful a lot. Go listen to them. I know Storm Season is on Grooveshark. Wish You Were Here is amazing.
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WYWH is around my Top 5 as well. Just musical perfection right there. I'll check that Storm Season album too.
Also, TRTRTS is fucking great too. Don't know if I would put it that high, but it's definitely a masterpiece. GfD was a bit too bloated to my taste, but on this album Steven got it just right.
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Six Degrees is fucking amazing :metal. Also, interesting to see such a recent album so high on your list - it may mean that The Raven... will stand the test of time.
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The Raven was great, and Six Degrees one of DT's best. :tup
Wish You Were Here is a masterpiece. It has to be around my Top 5 as well. :hefdaddy Fantastic finish overall.
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2 out of 4 ain't bad. I can't stand Steven Wilson, and I don't know Storm Season. What's the style/genre of that? Give a little writeup, will ya?