1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - A Personal Quest

Black Diamond

SVRDhand13 wrote:

Are you just listening once and moving on? I've found that it takes about 5 listens before I start to really digest an album.

Sometimes, especially when I don't get it on first listen... I agree with your assessment but I do wanna finish before I die :shock:

Black Diamond

60/1001 - Green Day/Dookie - always somewhere on my most listened too, but great hearing it all the way through again
61/1001 - Shack/H.M.S. Fable - Did not catch me until last song Daniella... hauntingly Beautiful
62/1001 - Last album on list ... I love this band... Amazing front through back.. Funeral still my fave but this a close second.

LloydXmas

how are you listening via rhapsody? I wonder if there's a play list you can share or something.

edit - just saw your fb page and it looks like you're using spotify

samjam

I need to get this book and do this!

Black Diamond

63/1001 - Paul Simon/Graceland - Diamond on the Soul of His Shoes, one of my faves and another Queens shout out!!
64/1001 - Incredible Bongo Band/Bondo Rock - If you like Bongo's you'll love this album!! Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida, with Bongos!!
65/1001 Country Joe & The Fish/Electirc Music For the Mind and Body - Like I was back in the 80's in the backseat of my friends car... On the corner...
66/1001- XTC/Skylarking - Dear God is a wonderful single. Did not connect with the rest of the album. Will listen again
67/1001 - Q-Tip/The Renaissance - From listiening to ATCQ just a week ago, this is a huge step forward. More Jazz and Alternative than anything I have heard in hip hop. Queens Rules!!

Black Diamond

68/1001 - Pere Ubu/Dub Housing

Freaky :shock:
But interesting experimental music... 1st Tracy Navvvy is quite awesome.

intodeep

I think any list like this will have some faults but overall this is very good.
It is interesting to scrollthrough and watch popular music change. Watch the Jazz era filter out and rock come in and then later watch rap inch in as well.

My biggest complaint is they have some decent entries for 80's and a couple 90's big time metal bands, but nothing from the 2000's. No high on fire, mastodon, baroness or others that may be deserving of a mention.

Overall though pretty good job

Black Diamond

intodeep wrote:

I think any list like this will have some faults but overall this is very good.
It is interesting to scrollthrough and watch popular music change. Watch the Jazz era filter out and rock come in and then later watch rap inch in as well.

My biggest complaint is they have some decent entries for 80's and a couple 90's big time metal bands, but nothing from the 2000's. No high on fire, mastodon, baroness or others that may be deserving of a mention.

Overall though pretty good job

Yeah agreed... Love me some Baroness especially.

Jason P

Can I skip the '80s? Or at least any Duran Duran albums that may show up?

Black Diamond

Jason P wrote:

Can I skip the '80s? Or at least any Duran Duran albums that may show up?

Already got Rio
No skipping :evil:

Black Diamond

And apparently the Bongo Band album was not on the list (I was going by something online) soooo... I lost a number

Soooo....

68- Carole King/Tapestry - One of the most wonderful albums of all time...First 3 songs are classics. A must listen as she is one the top 5 singer songwriters IMO.

xavier mcdaniel

Black Diamond wrote:

http://rateyourmusic.com/lists/list_view?list_id=319133&show=100&start=0

So I am going through this book and listening fully to all the albums on it... List a bit suspect but it was a present and its exposing me to fabulous stuff I never heard or re-visiting albums I have not listened in a long time..

No cheating... All albums must be listened to ... First song to last ...

So follow also on my journey or join me... I have been synopsing on my Facebook (through 51 albums so far picked randomly) Look me up (Adam Behlman) there or I'll start posting the picks and a silly comment on here too..

So right now 51/1001 - U2/Achtung Baby

I love the first album, but then again I love anything Sinatra does.

Black Diamond

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

Black Diamond wrote:

http://rateyourmusic.com/lists/list_view?list_id=319133&show=100&start=0

So I am going through this book and listening fully to all the albums on it... List a bit suspect but it was a present and its exposing me to fabulous stuff I never heard or re-visiting albums I have not listened in a long time..

No cheating... All albums must be listened to ... First song to last ...

So follow also on my journey or join me... I have been synopsing on my Facebook (through 51 albums so far picked randomly) Look me up (Adam Behlman) there or I'll start posting the picks and a silly comment on here too..

So right now 51/1001 - U2/Achtung Baby

I love the first album, but then again I love anything Sinatra does.

You and my dad...

And that album was haunting..

69/1001 - if an album deserved #69... This is it Led Zeppelin/Led Zeppelin IV - Does anyone remember laughter?

Black Diamond

70/1001 - Iggy and The Stooges/Raw Power - F$$king awesome!
71/1001 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs/Fever To Tell - Rock and Roll is still alive and feeding through Karen O
72/1001 - Adam And The Ants/Kings of the Wild Frontiers - Have not listened to it since it came out but what great memeories!! Ant Music was a great hit...

Black Diamond

OK finally found Bongo Band under a different name in the book... so I listened once (and that was enough ) it get 73
74/1001 - Elvis Costello/Blood and Chocolate - I Want You, the most sad song ever?

dottles

I'm loving seeing this on Facebook Adam, great fun and I've listened to a few tracks from various artists on the back of your posts.

Black Diamond

dottles wrote:

I'm loving seeing this on Facebook Adam, great fun and I've listened to a few tracks from various artists on the back of your posts.

josevolution

Black Diamond wrote:

63/1001 - Paul Simon/Graceland - Diamond on the Soul of His Shoes, one of my faves and another Queens shout out!!
64/1001 - Incredible Bongo Band/Bondo Rock - If you like Bongo's you'll love this album!! Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida, with Bongos!!
65/1001 Country Joe & The Fish/Electirc Music For the Mind and Body - Like I was back in the 80's in the backseat of my friends car... On the corner...
66/1001- XTC/Skylarking - Dear God is a wonderful single. Did not connect with the rest of the album. Will listen again
67/1001 - Q-Tip/The Renaissance - From listiening to ATCQ just a week ago, this is a huge step forward. More Jazz and Alternative than anything I have heard in hip hop. Queens Rules!!

Give XTC a couple of spins this band was utterly fantastic studio band .....

Black Diamond

josevolution wrote:

Black Diamond wrote:

63/1001 - Paul Simon/Graceland - Diamond on the Soul of His Shoes, one of my faves and another Queens shout out!!
64/1001 - Incredible Bongo Band/Bondo Rock - If you like Bongo's you'll love this album!! Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida, with Bongos!!
65/1001 Country Joe & The Fish/Electirc Music For the Mind and Body - Like I was back in the 80's in the backseat of my friends car... On the corner...
66/1001- XTC/Skylarking - Dear God is a wonderful single. Did not connect with the rest of the album. Will listen again
67/1001 - Q-Tip/The Renaissance - From listiening to ATCQ just a week ago, this is a huge step forward. More Jazz and Alternative than anything I have heard in hip hop. Queens Rules!!

Give XTC a couple of spins this band was utterly fantastic studio band .....

I shall! Twas a shitty day I listened to them...

chime

Your quest feels a little like me quest :shock: