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Which records are worth the hype?

The RockThe Rock Posts: 1,439
edited May 2010 in Other Music
The title says it all. Some records throughout history get a ridiculous amount of hype and praise thrust upon them. What do you guys think are worthy albums? The ones that still stand the test of time and are truly deserving of being called masterpieces.

I'll throw the first one out there.....Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen. After just watching the 'Wings for Wheels' documentary again and then giving the album another spin I definitely believe this to be a masterpiece and worth the hype it got and still gets.
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    Badmotorfinger, isn't a bad picosecond on it.
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Queen of the Damned Soundtrack
  • matt_bakermatt_baker Posts: 62
    Agree with badmotorfinger completely.

    Nighthawks at the Diner by Tom Waits.

    Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory by Dream Theatre (Probably not going to get any one agreeing with that one :P)

    Arizona Bay by Bill Hicks. Oh, and Aerosmith's Get your wings
  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    The Wall
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • scouser tommyscouser tommy Posts: 189
    queen , a night at the oprea :D
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,518
    The Beatles. IMO the best five albums of all time, any band:

    Rubber Soul
    Revolver
    Sgt. Pepper's
    The White Album
    Abbey Road

    (in order of their release)
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    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    the above beatles album for sure...

    yankee hotel foxtrot by wilco.
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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Depeche Mode-Violater
  • Got a hard hard headGot a hard hard head Posts: 638
    The Bends - one of the finest albums ever made
    Ok Computer - genius.
    The Joshua Tree - listened to this for the first time in ages, the other day, and it's a pretty flawless album.
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  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    Wildflowers - Tom Petty
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,430
    Zep's catalog
    Lateralus and Aenima
    Pink Floyd Meddle-The Wall
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
    The Arcade Fire - Funeral
    Nirvana - Unplugged
    Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
    Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
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  • AndySlashAndySlash Posts: 3,262
    matt_baker wrote:
    Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory by Dream Theatre (Probably not going to get any one agreeing with that one :P)

    I'd agree.

    I'd also agree with whoever said Petty's Wildflowers.
  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    Got a hard hard head wrote:
    The Bends - one of the finest albums ever made
    Ok Computer - genius.
    The Joshua Tree - listened to this for the first time in ages, the other day, and it's a pretty flawless album.
    Yea, I would definitely agree w/OKC and Joshua Tree. And speaking of U2 I'd also throw Achtung Baby in there.
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  • matt_bakermatt_baker Posts: 62
    Anthoer one that hasn't been mentioned; Throwing Copper by Live.
  • JDBJDB Posts: 277
    The Doors - The Doors.
    The Idiot - Iggy Pop.
    Killer - Alice Cooper.
    Mothers Milk - RHCP.
    Rainbow Rising - Rainbow.
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    some modern classics

    Funeral-Arcade Fire

    Any Radiohead album

    Bloc Party-Silent Alarm
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Raw Power - Iggy and The Stooges
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  • SawyerSawyer Posts: 2,411
    Born to Run
  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    Appetite for Destruction.

    Insane album.
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  • JDBJDB Posts: 277
    Welcome To Sky Valley - Kyuss.
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    damien rice o
  • dave grolschdave grolsch Posts: 730
    the joshua tree is simply awesome

    others worth a mention
    tool,lateralus
    screaming trees,dust
    ac/dc,back in black
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,518
    I mentioned the 5 beatles albums earlier but some more came to mind:

    Radiohead- Kid A and OK Computer (the others two but these are the best to me)
    The White Stripes- Elephant
    The National- Boxer
    Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavillion (my avatar is the pic on the inside of the booklet)
    TV on the Radio- Dear Science
    Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde (really any album from the 60s, Desire from the 70s, and then his last 3 albums- not including the Christmas one)
    Beck- Sea Change
    Dirty Projectors- Bitte Orca
    Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes
    My Bloody Valentine- Isn't Anything and Loveless
    Pavement- their first 3 albums
    Pixies- Doolittle
    The Who- Quadrophenia
    Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
    severed hand thirteen
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    2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
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    2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/18
  • rhcpjam1029rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,981
    i agree with (most of) the ones already thrown out, but:

    the queen is dead- the smiths
    illmatic- nas
    pet sounds- beach boys
    exile on main st.- rolling stones
    californication- rhcp
    the velvet underground & nico
    RAIN DOGS- TOM WAITS
    paul's boutique- beastie boys
    on the beach- neil young
    music from big pink- the band
    thriller- michael jackson
    the downward spiral- nin
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  • pearlzeppelinpearlzeppelin Posts: 7
    Dark Side of the Moon
    Wish You Were Here
  • circlesdowncirclesdown Posts: 310
    All three of these are timeless gems that will never ever ever ever get old or overplayed.

    Appetite for Destruction - Slash and Izzy's chemistry is beautiful, and nobody sings like Axl. Sweet Child IS the best guitar solo ever, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
    OK Computer - this, not Nevermind, was the album of the 90s.
    Songs for the Deaf - the pinnacle of QOTSA. Oliveri on bass, Lanegan sharing vocals, Grohl? You kidding? The Sky is Falling, a thing of beauty.
  • doujodoujo Posts: 285
    matt_baker wrote:

    Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory by Dream Theatre (Probably not going to get any one agreeing with that one :P)

    I agree with this album.
  • evenflowevenflow Posts: 401
    One thats such an obvious choice, but it's the one album that always instantly pops in my head whenever confronted with this (or simular) question: Pearl Jam - Ten. IMO greatest album ever and has been the most consistant "lean on" album in my life since '93.
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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Pearl Jam - Ten + Vs
    REM - Automatic For The People
    Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
    NIN - The Downward Spiral
    Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
    Jeff Buckley - Grace
    Led Zeppelin - IV
    Radiohead - The Bends
    Tool - Lateralus
    Michael Jackson - Thriller
    Weezer - Blue album
    Soundgarden - Superunknown + Badmotorfinger
    Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

    off the top of my head.....
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