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Albums that sound epic on headphones?

musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
edited June 2009 in Other Music
What are some essential headphones albums? There are some albums that seem to come alive only when you are listening on headphones, what are they?
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland

    Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

    DJ Shadow - Endtroducing . . .
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  • icemanapicemanap Posts: 406
    Try Fat of the Land by the Prodigy. Put the bass settings high......
    :D Rock on!!!! :D
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  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    I know this is an obvious choice but Dark Side of the Moon is a different album with headphones on!
  • ash83ash83 Posts: 1
    thirteenth step by a perfect circle
  • HermanBloomHermanBloom Posts: 1,764
    Binaural
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    I always enjoyed beck's sea change more on headphones.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Type O Negative / October Rust....this album is fucking spectacular already, but on headphones...it's incredible.

    Also, anything by Mogwai sounds great through some nice, big headphones (e.g. skullcandy's, which is what I use :) )
    intodeep wrote:
    I always enjoyed beck's sea change more on headphones.

    Hell yes, that is a great headphone album as well.
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,495
    dark side of the moon
  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    nathanastin wrote:
    Binaural

    yea..lots of sounds to pic up
    whole album is spinning down a drain
  • mensanemensane Posts: 912
    NIN- Ghosts I-IV
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Massive Attack - Mezzanine :shock: AMAZING :shock:
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    outkast stankonia

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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Anything by Jimi Hendrix, Dark Side (of course), the Wall, Animals, Farewell to Kings by Rush
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  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    Get_Right wrote:
    dark side of the moon

    +1!!! omg yes good call...
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  • evenflowevenflow Posts: 401
    nathanastin wrote:
    Binaural

    One of the best ever.

    Gotta add:

    Sigur Ros - Any really, but especially ( )
    Hans Zimmer - The Thin Red Line Soundtrack
    Mono - Hymn To The Emmortal Wind
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  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    This is a song and not an album but I'm going to throw Maggott Brain in there too.
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    Quadrophenia
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  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    A Silver Mt Zion - Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upwards
    Clann Zu - Clann Zu
    Damien Rice - O (especially songs like "I Remember", or "Eskimo" )
    The Doors - Waiting For The Sun
    Godspeed You! Black Emporer - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
    Muse - Showbiz
    QOTSA - Lullabies To Paralyze
    Radiohead - Hail To The Thief

    or anything by Mogwai.... or Isis.
  • whgarrettwhgarrett Posts: 574
    Steely Dan... Aja....as with anything though the source matters just as much so make sure its not a 128 mp3 or even an mp3 at all. SACD, DVD Audio, or a clean vinyl will be mind blowing. Quality is worth it.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    "Hounds of Love" by Kate Bush.....the second side of the record is mind-blowing when it is delivered via headphones.
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  • uninnocent-uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    the fragile.
  • Electric FeelElectric Feel Posts: 198
    OK Computer (Radiohead)
    It Still Moves (MMJ)
  • SweetAndLowSweetAndLow Posts: 178
    Sigur Ros - anything
    U2 - The Joshua Tree and Zooropa
    Pearl Jam - Yield and Binaural
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    Shaq - Diesel
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    Grant you I don't like to listen music through headphones cause I'll crank it up too loud. But....when I do these are likely to be the ones especially when I'm at the beach..

    Living Colour...VIVID
    Ben Harper...Live From Mars...especially *Faded/Whole Lotta Love*
    Megadeth...Rust In Peace...*Holy Wars*
    Metallica...And Justice For All, Master Of Puppets
    Pantera....Vulgar Display of Power *Walk*
    Prong...Beg To Differ, Prove You Wrong everything from both albums
    RUSH...Moving Pictures...*The Camera Eye*...Exit Stage Left..*La Villa Strangiato* and Grace Under Pressure everything
    Joe Satriani...albums....Engines of Creation, Crystal Planet, Surfing With The Alien & the album that started it all Not Of This Earth
    Neil Young....Freedom
    Grace Jones....Island Life
    Jean-Luc Ponty...violionist extraordinare...*Mirage* Cosmic Messenger* *Stay With Me* *A Taste Of Passion*
    The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy...Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxary
    Michael Franti & Spearhead....Yell Fire, Stay Human, All Rebel Rockers
    Bob Marley...Uprising, Exodus, Babylon By Bus (Greatest Live reggae album), Rastaman Vibration
    Pearl Jam...10
    Rage Against The Machine...#1

    Too Many More to Mention
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  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
    Beethoven :D Listen to all the symphonies in order and by the time you hit the ninth, you will find that there were bits and pieces of it throughout all the previous symphonies. It's also great to listen to if you have to study or really concentrate on a given task :D
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  • mbangel10mbangel10 Posts: 548
    Mr. Bungle - California. I never truly got how awesome "The Holy Filament" was until I heard it through headphones.
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  • leafs4everleafs4ever Posts: 833
    I can't believe Ok Computer and Hail to the Thief were mentioned but not KID A... Kid A is amazing on headphones. Most of the other i can think of were already mentioned.
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  • doujodoujo Posts: 285
    uninnocent- wrote:
    the fragile.

    I second this and I'll add every other Nine Inch Nails album to this list
  • AndySlashAndySlash Posts: 3,263
    leafs4ever wrote:
    I can't believe Ok Computer and Hail to the Thief were mentioned but not KID A....

    Exactly. Unbelievable.
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