10 Album Everyone Should Listen To Before They Croak?

catefrances

jamie uk wrote:

Pah!! You're drinking there now, aren't you?

actually yes, yes i am. on my last bottle of lolly water now as a matter of fact.

GetALife

Pearl Jam - Vs.
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
Bruce Springsteen - Born to run
Anna Ternheim - Somebody outside
Frank Zappa - Zappa in New York
U2 - Achtung Baby (the actual would be "ZOO TV live", if it were an album)
Björk - Selmasongs (Dancer in the dark O. S. T.)
Jethro Tull - A passion play
Radiohead - OK Computer
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute

Pauk

Mine would be...

Elliott Smith - Either/Or
Led Zeppelin - III
Carole King - Tapestry
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command
Radiohead - The Bends
Brand New - The Devil & God are Raging Inside Me
The Blood Brothers - Crimes
PJ - Vs

PJbauer88

In no particular order...

Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Pearl Jam - Ten
Led Zeppelin - Fourth Album
Radiohead - OK Computer
Califone - Roots and Crowns
Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan
Pinback - Summer in Abaddon
Pearl Jam - VS

BinFrog

trappedinmyradio wrote:

the fact that you have Rush on here completely discredits the entire list...:)

Or it just means the list is THEIR top ten list and not YOUR top ten list.

i like matt.c

The Yes Album-Yes
Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders-self titled
Houses of the Holy-Led Zeppelin
There is Nothing Left to Lose-Foo Fighters
Harvest-Neil Young
Brotherhood of Electric-Wellwater Conspiracy
That's it for now.

greenspirit

In no order -

Mr. Bungle - California
Pearl Jam - No Code
Blind Melon - Soup
Outkast - Aquemini
Refused - The Shape of Punk To Come
Buckethead - Population Override
Ben Harper - Welcome To The Cruel World
Radiohead - Kid A
Isis - Panopticon
Black Starr - S/T

rldriver2

In no particular order.

Metallica - "Master of Puppets" - Changed metal the second it came out and has changed rock music in general very drastically (sp?) over the last 20 years. The greatest album ever in my opinion.

Rancid - "Life Won't Wait" - Some of the best pure rock and roll records come from punk bands trying to test their boundries. Tim Armstrong is a brilliant song writer.

Foo Fighters - "The Colour and the Shape" - Perfect pop / rock songs.

Danzig - "Danzig III: How the God's Kill" - Glen Danzig's best album.

Slayer - "Reign in Blood" - There's not been a record since that is this heavy and still so listenable.

Jimmy Eat World - "Clarity" - I'm sure alot of folks will disagree with this one, but the fact that I still listen to it pretty regularly after almost 10 years is why I've included it.

Face to Face - "Ignorance is Bliss" - This record has a similar place in my heart as JEW's "Clarity" or Rancid's "Life Won't Wait" in that I'm sure that most people wouldn't agree with it being on a list like this. Hell, most Face to Face fans hate it. But it's almost 10 years old and I listened to it yesterday so...

Mastodon - "Blood Mountain" - A fairly new release that is, in my opinion, already a classic metal album. They are also the best live band I've ever seen.

The Promise Ring - "Wood / Water" - The most beautiful collection of songs I've ever heard.

Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath" - The reason half of the records I've included on this list even exist.


If I were to do this list tommorow, it could change quite a bit. This is stuff off the top of my head that I consider to be either land mark records or ones that had a long term effect on how I listen to music. AIC's "Dirt", GNR's "Appitite for Destruction", COC's "Blind" or "In the Arms of God", etc. could easily be included.

I Omitted P.J. from this list because I really think that you have to see them live to fully appreciate their studio material. I love "Yeild", "Vs." and "Vitalogy" and this has alot to do with seeing some of the songs performed live. There are some boots that I could include in the top 10 as well.

superdeluxe

Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream and Mellin Collie

Ledbetterman10

pjoasisrule wrote:

I disagree with alot of those, not even the best of some of those bands

I think that's the point. Everyone knows Zeppelin IV. not everyone knows Presence