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Albums that had to grow on you

South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
edited May 2008 in Other Music
Everyone has bought albums that at first you didn't like, but after listening to them numerous times, you realize the genius of them. What's on your list?

Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Pearl Jam - Binaural
De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead
My Morning Jacket - Z
Alice in Chains - Tripod
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing . . .
Radiohead - Kid A
Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Show Your Bones
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
TVOTR - Return to Cookie Mountain
T.I. - T.I. vs. Tip
NERDS!
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  • PlantPage55PlantPage55 Posts: 136
    I have a LOT of these:

    Pearl Jam - Vitalogy (used to be my least favorite PJ album - now it is my 3rd favorite behind Yield and No Code)

    Anything by Kings of Leon (these guys took me forever to "get")

    The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (originally saw it as a huge step down from Funeral...now, not as much - though nothing will top Funeral for me)

    The Postal Service - Give Up

    The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America (kept climbing, slowly but surely, until it found my #2 spot of 2006 - right behind Avocado :)
    Are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Posts: 137
    coldplay-x&y
    Fugazi-the argument
    Kings of leon-aha shake

    ad bump to kid A as posted earlier
    This guy wouldn't know magesty if it bit him in the face- Strong bad

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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    mmj- tennessee fire. actually all there albums

    Led zep - houses of the holy
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Radiohead - In Rainbows
    Radiohead - OK Computer (had to listen to 'The Bends' first, then I 'got' OK Computer)
    Arcade Fire - Funeral (bought it, didn't dig it, then I bought Neon Bible, went back to Funeral, and holy shit).
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Chris Cornell's Euphoria Morning. It was just so completely unexpected after Soundgarden, I couldn't wrap my head around for a while.
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    South of Seattle wrote:
    DJ Shadow - Endtroducing . . .

    Wow, i thought I was the only one here who listened to that cd. I basically hate rap, but that cd is very good. Its made out of nothing but samples.
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    Wow, i thought I was the only one here who listened to that cd. I basically hate rap, but that cd is very good. Its made out of nothing but samples.
    I thought every vaguely clued in kid who cares about being hip in high school had a copy of endtroducing :p Nah, I'm semi-joking. Great album.

    For me, 36 Chambers by Wu-Tang Clan. From the ages of about 8 to 16 I only really enjoyed C.R.E.A.M, Shame on a Nigga and Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nothing Ta Fuck Wit, even though I was into hip-hop. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. In my top 5 of all-time almost certainly.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
    haha, I love Wu Tang.

    lots of albums took time to grow on me, off the top of my head:
    BRMC- Howl
    Radiohead- Amnesiac
    The Strokes- First Impressions of Earth
    The Redwalls- De Nova
    The Doors- when I first heard their self-titled, I didn't even listen through. came back later and was stunned, then I got into the band.
    Pearl Jam- Yield; I only heard Do The Evolution from it, was kind of like "what" and left it alone. then I came back to the entire album and that's how I became a huge PJ fan, lol.
    The Clash- self-title;d same scenario as with The Doors.

    eh, I'm sure there are others, but that's enough for now... i'm sure people will freak on me for not liking The Doors and Clash right away, since even I'm surprised that I didn't these days, haha.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Bruce Springsteen-The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
    The Mars Volta-Frances The Mute
    Lamb of God-New American Gospel
    Milligram-This Is Class War
    Ministry-The Land of Rape and Honey
  • BrainofdzBrainofdz Posts: 1,617
    Pavement- Wowee Zowie
    A Tribe Called Quest- Beats, Rhymes, And Life
    The Streets-(first album)
    Archers Of Loaf- All The Nations Airports
    Ben Folds Five- The Unauthorized Biography of Rheinhold Mesner
    "Stunned by my own reflection, It's looking back, sees me too clearly and I swore I'd never go there again, Not unlike a friend that politely drags you down,down,down"

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    I've been to alot of Pearl Jam shows;So fucking what.
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    back in 1992, it was Ten. :D a friend had left the CD at my house, and the first few times I listened to it, it just sounded like noise to me. but something in Eddie's voice intrigued me, and it wasn't long until I was a massive Pearl Jam fan - it really changed the way I experience music.
  • Bangers_n_mashBangers_n_mash Posts: 1,241
    My first Iron Maiden album was Iron Maiden, and instantly I loved it. The next one I got was Piece Of Mind. Now between the two albums Maiden had released another two albums, one with Paul D'ianno (the singer on Iron Maiden) and another with Bruce Dickinson after D'ianno got the boot. Piece Of Mind was quite different in sound to all its predecessors, mainly due to Bruce's voice and the new direction they began to take when Bruce joined. It was the first to feature Maiden's fantastic, full blast, over-the-top, larger than life sound and it took me a while to appreciate. BUT since I came to see the light, I've gotten into every other Maiden album almost straight away...

    Just an observation for anyone beginning to listen to Maiden. If it doesn't strike up immediately, give it a bit of time. ;)

    EDIT: And with that I become a Love Boat Captain. :D
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  • Coming back to lifeComing back to life Posts: 401
    John F - to record water? I've been drinking, hope I've remembered it right...
    A restaurant with a smoking section is like a swimming pool with a pissing section
  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    Wow, i thought I was the only one here who listened to that cd. I basically hate rap, but that cd is very good. Its made out of nothing but samples.


    ha only one ?? this is a staple in my music collections, he has quite the following man.

    for me

    Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
    White Stripes - Get behind me Satan
    Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By the Way
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Coming back to life wrote:
    John F - to record water? I've been drinking, hope I've remembered it right...
    Did you ever hear Smile from the Streets You Hold? Now THAT'S a difficult album. Definitely a grower though. I don't enjoy it as such but my god do I respect it.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Did you ever hear Smile from the Streets You Hold? Now THAT'S a difficult album. Definitely a grower though. I don't enjoy it as such but my god do I respect it.


    Frusciantes most difficult album to get into is easily "a sphere in the heart of silence" i doubt most people make it through the first track.
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  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    Chris Cornell's Euphoria Morning. It was just so completely unexpected after Soundgarden, I couldn't wrap my head around for a while.
    yeah,I really tried with that album mainly because I remembered Seasons from the Singles OST. Pillow of Your Bones and the French version of Can't Change Me made their presences firmly known to me, I could still listen them anytime.
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    Growers:

    Wilco -Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
    Pearl Jam - No Code
    The National - Boxer
    The New Pornographers - Electric Version
    Weezer - Pinkerton
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    Frusciantes most difficult album to get into is easily "a sphere in the heart of silence" i doubt most people make it through the first track.
    A Sphere in the Heart of Silence has nothing on Smiles. Fairly standard electronic album really. Maybe a shock to Chilis fans/fans of John's usual stuff but not a particularly difficult listen.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • Coming back to lifeComing back to life Posts: 401
    Funnily enough I think Pearl Jam and the Sex Pistols are the only bands OR solo artists where I've heard all their albums through
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Coming back to life wrote:
    Funnily enough I think Pearl Jam and the Sex Pistols are the only bands OR solo artists where I've heard all their albums through


    Ha, not much to claim there mate, the Pistols only ever made one album ;):)
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • Coming back to lifeComing back to life Posts: 401
    jamie uk wrote:
    Ha, not much to claim there mate, the Pistols only ever made one album ;):)

    Exactly. Shocking really.
    A restaurant with a smoking section is like a swimming pool with a pissing section
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Coming back to life wrote:
    Exactly. Shocking really.

    You should go for Temple of the Dog next, there's another you could add to the list, inside of an hour ;)
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    A Sphere in the Heart of Silence has nothing on Smiles. Fairly standard electronic album really. Maybe a shock to Chilis fans/fans of John's usual stuff but not a particularly difficult listen.


    The album right from track 2-6 no problemo !

    Track 1 different story!
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  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    gleemonex wrote:
    Weezer - Pinkerton


    wow that blows me the fuck away.... that may be their most accessible popiest catchy album for me


    i love songs about teenage japanese girls who wont't give it up !!!!!!!!! Snap !!!!
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  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    A Sphere in the Heart of Silence has nothing on Smiles. Fairly standard electronic album really. Maybe a shock to Chilis fans/fans of John's usual stuff but not a particularly difficult listen.


    by the way i love it ... communique sounds like it was sang by thom fucking yorke... haunting and beautiful
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Brainofdz wrote:
    Pavement- Wowee Zowie...

    i got this one straight off. twas crooked rain i had the problem with. every time i listened to it, it was as if i was stoned. and even now i feel that way.

    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    wow that blows me the fuck away.... that may be their most accessible popiest catchy album for me


    i love songs about teenage japanese girls who wont't give it up !!!!!!!!! Snap !!!!


    more accessibly poppy than the brilliance of the blue album?
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    The album right from track 2-6 no problemo !

    Track 1 different story!
    Hah :D I LOVE the first track! :) But I listen to loads of electronic stuff where it's really repetative and has much longer tracks than that so I suppose I've got used to it. It's not one of my favourite JF albums I have to admit.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    wow that blows me the fuck away.... that may be their most accessible popiest catchy album for me


    i love songs about teenage japanese girls who wont't give it up !!!!!!!!! Snap !!!!

    It just wasn't what I expected after the Blue Album and I put it away and never listened to it. I took it out a few years later and it's now my favourite Weezer cd.
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • zircona1zircona1 Posts: 293
    _FiveAgainstOne_ wrote:
    haha, I love Wu Tang.

    eh, I'm sure there are others, but that's enough for now... i'm sure people will freak on me for not liking The Doors and Clash right away, since even I'm surprised that I didn't these days, haha.

    London Calling had to grow on me, I was like 'what's so great about this'? Then later on it hit me. I think it also might have had to do with the earlier CD's mediocre sound quality - the remastered version sounds SO much better.

    Also, The Chemical Brothers' Dig Your Own Hole. I remember one of my brother's friends was playing this when it first came out, and I was like, 'this sucks, this is just noise.' But I really liked Setting Sun and eventually I bought the album and it's great.
    "As long as the music's loud enough, we won't hear the world falling apart."—Jubilee

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