Stone Roses, Stone Roses. Kate Bush, The kick Inside. Beach Boys/Brian Wilson, Smile. Love, Forever Changes. Beatles, Revolver ELO, Time Dusty Springfield, Dusty in Memphis. Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes.
In honour of yesterday's announcement of the new stamp collection from Royal Mail I give you:
Iron Maiden Killers The Number Of The Beast Powerslave Live After Death Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Other artists:
Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygène, Equinoxe Kraftwerk: The Man Machine Dire Straits: Dire Straits, Communiqué Tindersticks: Curtains Tool: Lateralus Cradle Of Filth: Dusk...And her Embrace Paradise Lost: Shades Of God Opeth: Morningrise Slayer: Reign In Blood Simple Minds: Once Upon A Time U2: War
And a nice cheeky one:
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War Of The Worlds
Manics - This is my truth tell me yours. REM - Automatic for the people The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses Oasis - What’s the Story / Definitely Maybe The Smiths - The Queen is Dead Arcade Fire - The Suburbs Coldplay - A Rush of blood to the head Interpol - Turn on the bright lights Kasabian - Empire Keane - Hopes and Fears The Killers - Hot Fuss / Sam’s Town Mystery Jets - Serotonin Muse - The Resistance U2 - Joshua tree The Verve - Urban Hymns Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
So many of my favourites in these two lists but for a shortlist I'd put the 3 in bold + 4. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac and be the first to put forward 5. Drawn to The Deep End by Gene.
It would be futile narrowing this down to just one album.
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue // Milestones Bill Evans - Everybody Digs Bill Evans // Waltz for Debby // Portrait in Jazz Led Zeppelin - I // II // IV (though I'll happily listen to all their albums, all the way through) Daft Punk - Discovery // Alive 2007 // Homework Tom Misch - Geography Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Seven Days of Falling The Strokes - Is This It? Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History Robert Glasper Experiment - Black Radio // Black Radio 2 Snarky Puppy - Family Dinner Vol. 1 // Family Dinner Vol. 2 // We Like It Here Vulfpeck - Live at Madison Square Garden // Fugue State // The Beautiful Game Brad Mehldau - 10 Years Solo Live
There are several more. Joni Mitchell, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Beach Boys - all of them have similar.
Stray - Saturday Morning Pictures Wishbone Ash - Argus The Who -Who’s Next Golden Earring - Moontan Southside Johnny - This time it’s for real Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring, and Hammersmith 86 live Bruce Hornsby - All the first four albums, and all live albums! The Verve - Urban Hymns The War on Drugs - Lost in a dream
Oasis - Definitely Maybe / What’s The Story Morning Glory Metallica - Master of Puppets / The Black Album / And Justice For All Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction Muse - Origin of Symmetry
@cafctom interesting you list And Justice For All, is that the original or the remastered “with bass” version? Personally like the original, it adds to the cold detachment of the subject matter.
Hunky Dory- David Bowie Lionheart- Kate Bush Violator- Depeche Mode Shaft- Isaac Hayes
Our Favourite Shop- The Style Council Revolver- The Beatles The Village Green Preservation Society- The Kinks Transformer- Lou Reed Aretha Now- Aretha Franklin Suede- Suede Debut- Bjork Paranoid- Black Sabbath Animals- Pink Floyd Modern Life is Rubbish- Blur Up the Bracket- The Libertines Strangeways Here we Come - The Smiths Nevermind- Nirvana Ogdens Nut Gone Flake- The Small Faces Mindbomb - The The
@cafctom interesting you list And Justice For All, is that the original or the remastered “with bass” version? Personally like the original, it adds to the cold detachment of the subject matter.
The original - for the same reason as you. And production aside, they are just all great tracks. Complex arrangements, great riffs and an absolute ton of angst on display in the aftermath of Cliff Burton's death.
@cafctom interesting you list And Justice For All, is that the original or the remastered “with bass” version? Personally like the original, it adds to the cold detachment of the subject matter.
The original - for the same reason as you. And production aside, they are just all great tracks. Complex arrangements, great riffs and an absolute ton of angst on display in the aftermath of Cliff Burton's death.
I think Rasmussen produced it also, i like that his ethos was that the sound in itself should be an artistic statement rather than just getting it sounding technically perfect (which is where metal went wrong in the 90’s). Same approach as Rick Rubin.
White Music - XTC Systems of Romance - Ultravox Metamatic - John Foxx Revolver - The Beatles Pet Sounds- The Beach Boys Village Green Society - The Kinks Aerial Ballet - Harry Nilsson Blues and Roots - Charlie Mingus King of the Dub Rock - Sir Coxon Sound Mon Frère - Maxime Le Forestier Trouble in Paradise - Randy Newman The Mikado - Gilbert & Sullivan La Mer - Debussy Basket of Light - Pentangle Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
Manics - This is my truth tell me yours. REM - Automatic for the people The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses Oasis - What’s the Story / Definitely Maybe The Smiths - The Queen is Dead Arcade Fire - The Suburbs Coldplay - A Rush of blood to the head Interpol - Turn on the bright lights Kasabian - Empire Keane - Hopes and Fears The Killers - Hot Fuss / Sam’s Town Mystery Jets - Serotonin Muse - The Resistance U2 - Joshua tree The Verve - Urban Hymns Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Dire Straits - Communiqué John Martyn - Grace & Danger. Glorious Fool Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses Richard Thompson - Celtsmerch, Amnesia Blackmore’s Knight - Autumn Sky Jimmy Lafave - Austin Skyline Gerry Rafferty - North and South Runrig - The Stamping Ground, The Big Wheel, In Search of Angels Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell Johhny Halyday - Rester Vivant Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All The Road Running Mark Knopfler - Golden Heart Vince Gill - Okie Joe Bonamassa - Blues of Desperation.
Paul Simon - Graceland Michael Hedges Aerial Boundaries Capercaillie - Secret People Elton John - Sleeping With The Past.
There are so many but the above spring to mind bearing in mind the strict criteria of being able to listen to the albums in their entirety without skipping. Some of the above artists have done better stuff but as entire albums these are up there for me.
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Muse - the 2nd Law
Must have preferred Loudon Wainwright I and II (or any of his ridiculously talented family!)
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Kate Bush, The kick Inside.
Beach Boys/Brian Wilson, Smile.
Love, Forever Changes.
Beatles, Revolver
ELO, Time
Dusty Springfield, Dusty in Memphis.
Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes.
Iron Maiden
Killers
The Number Of The Beast
Powerslave
Live After Death
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Other artists:
Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygène, Equinoxe
Kraftwerk: The Man Machine
Dire Straits: Dire Straits, Communiqué
Tindersticks: Curtains
Tool: Lateralus
Cradle Of Filth: Dusk...And her Embrace
Paradise Lost: Shades Of God
Opeth: Morningrise
Slayer: Reign In Blood
Simple Minds: Once Upon A Time
U2: War
And a nice cheeky one:
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War Of The Worlds
That stuff usually wears off on me and I no longer feel into it after a while but It has timeless excellent atmospheric songs in my opinion.
It is a detailed work of art
Dire Straits - Making Movies
Also Communiqué and their 1 st Album
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue // Milestones
Bill Evans - Everybody Digs Bill Evans // Waltz for Debby // Portrait in Jazz
Led Zeppelin - I // II // IV (though I'll happily listen to all their albums, all the way through)
Daft Punk - Discovery // Alive 2007 // Homework
Tom Misch - Geography
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Seven Days of Falling
The Strokes - Is This It?
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Two Door Cinema Club - Tourist History
Robert Glasper Experiment - Black Radio // Black Radio 2
Snarky Puppy - Family Dinner Vol. 1 // Family Dinner Vol. 2 // We Like It Here
Vulfpeck - Live at Madison Square Garden // Fugue State // The Beautiful Game
Brad Mehldau - 10 Years Solo Live
There are several more. Joni Mitchell, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Beach Boys - all of them have similar.
Wishbone Ash - Argus
The Who -Who’s Next
Golden Earring - Moontan
Southside Johnny - This time it’s for real
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring, and Hammersmith 86 live
Bruce Hornsby - All the first four albums, and all live albums!
The Verve - Urban Hymns
The War on Drugs - Lost in a dream
Metallica - Master of Puppets / The Black Album / And Justice For All
Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
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Lionheart- Kate Bush
Violator- Depeche Mode
Shaft- Isaac Hayes
Revolver- The Beatles
The Village Green Preservation Society- The Kinks
Transformer- Lou Reed
Aretha Now- Aretha Franklin
Suede- Suede
Debut- Bjork
Paranoid- Black Sabbath
Animals- Pink Floyd
Modern Life is Rubbish- Blur
Up the Bracket- The Libertines
Strangeways Here we Come - The Smiths
Nevermind- Nirvana
Ogdens Nut Gone Flake- The Small Faces
Mindbomb - The The
I’d better stop before I get too carried away!!
And African Dub Chapter 3 (Joe Gibbs and the Professionals).
Systems of Romance - Ultravox
Metamatic - John Foxx
Revolver - The Beatles
Pet Sounds- The Beach Boys
Village Green Society - The Kinks
Aerial Ballet - Harry Nilsson
Blues and Roots - Charlie Mingus
King of the Dub Rock - Sir Coxon Sound
Mon Frère - Maxime Le Forestier
Trouble in Paradise - Randy Newman
The Mikado - Gilbert & Sullivan
La Mer - Debussy
Basket of Light - Pentangle
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
Dido - No Angel
John Martyn - Grace & Danger. Glorious Fool
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses
Richard Thompson - Celtsmerch, Amnesia
Blackmore’s Knight - Autumn Sky
Jimmy Lafave - Austin Skyline
Gerry Rafferty - North and South
Runrig - The Stamping Ground, The Big Wheel, In Search of Angels
Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell
Johhny Halyday - Rester Vivant
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All The Road Running
Mark Knopfler - Golden Heart
Vince Gill - Okie
Joe Bonamassa - Blues of Desperation.
Michael Hedges Aerial Boundaries
Capercaillie - Secret People
Elton John - Sleeping With The Past.
There are so many but the above spring to mind bearing in mind the strict criteria of being able to listen to the albums in their entirety without skipping. Some of the above artists have done better stuff but as entire albums these are up there for me.
Ditto: Blue
Yes: Close to the edge
Trying to think of something that shows I'm still down with the kids but I'll have to get back to you.
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
Dodgy - Homegrown
Coldplay - Parachutes
Paramore - Riot
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Love - Forever Changes
The War on Drugs - Lost in The Dream & A Deeper Understanding
Just looking through some playlists and I have loads of albums that would make the list if wasn't for one dodgy track!!