Albums that sound epic on headphones?

musicismylife78
musicismylife78 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 Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland

    Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary

    DJ Shadow - Endtroducing . . .
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  • icemanap
    icemanap Posts: 406
    Try Fat of the Land by the Prodigy. Put the bass settings high......
    :D Rock on!!!! :D
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  • PJGARDEN
    PJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    I know this is an obvious choice but Dark Side of the Moon is a different album with headphones on!
  • ash83
    ash83 Posts: 1
    thirteenth step by a perfect circle
  • HermanBloom
    HermanBloom Posts: 1,764
    Binaural
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    I always enjoyed beck's sea change more on headphones.
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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful 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_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,240
    dark side of the moon
  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    nathanastin wrote:
    Binaural

    yea..lots of sounds to pic up
    whole album is spinning down a drain
  • mensane
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    NIN- Ghosts I-IV
  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Massive Attack - Mezzanine :shock: AMAZING :shock:
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  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    outkast stankonia

    lsd may have been involved
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Anything by Jimi Hendrix, Dark Side (of course), the Wall, Animals, Farewell to Kings by Rush
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  • Zoso
    Zoso Posts: 6,425
    Get_Right wrote:
    dark side of the moon

    +1!!! omg yes good call...
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  • evenflow
    evenflow 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
    It's all about the music...

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  • PJGARDEN
    PJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    This is a song and not an album but I'm going to throw Maggott Brain in there too.
  • WWS
    WWS Ontario Posts: 460
    Quadrophenia
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  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy 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.
  • whgarrett
    whgarrett 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.
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    "Hounds of Love" by Kate Bush.....the second side of the record is mind-blowing when it is delivered via headphones.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.

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