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Excellent choices. :up:

1991?? :D

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov...92414c1504.jpg

There's already a ton of stuff I love in this thread. Great to see The Stone Roses at the top of page one ;)

Nobody has mentioned it yet, but a key 80s album that everyone should hear is:
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

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The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Truly a great album. However, IMHO their best stuff is in the singles and b-sides, which unfortunately are not on 'The Stone Roses'. Even now, after 14 years and numerous cash-in compilations by Silvertone, there is no definitive Stone Roses 'best of' collection (all of them are lacking in some respect)

BTW, Massive Attack's 'Blue Lines' was also 1991 ;) . Unfinished Sympathy is THE defining British soul track. I recently grabbed the 12" Nelly Hooper mix. O M G that is good :eek:

a couple of others I could not live without
Donald Byrd - Places and Spaces (1975)
Coldcut - 70 Minutes of Madness (journeys by dj) (1996)

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Originally posted by ripe
BTW, Massive Attack's 'Blue Lines' was also 1991 ;) . Unfinished Sympathy is THE defining British soul track. I recently grabbed the 12" Nelly Hooper mix. O M G that is good :eek:

I forgot Blue Lines!! Unfinished Sympathy IMO is a true classic, on a par with 808 State - Magical Dream (both punctuated with glockenspiel).

I also forgot:
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov...61436odbe4.jpg

You're right about the Stone Roses ripe, pretty much every disc leaves something out (on purpose no doubt). Kind of like Smiths compillations. One of my favourite Roses tracks is 'Where Angels Play' (on 'Complete Stone Roses').

Stereophonics - Performance And Cocktails

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Originally posted by Cylob
Jeff Buckley - I know the name but not the music. He was an american solo artist (guitarist)? Was he any good???

i loved him.

i wont comment on the thread topic however, its all about taste.

REM - Out Of Time
Bon Jovi -- Slippery When Wet

tool - aenima
tragically hip - fully completely
white zombie - la sexorcisto
system of a down - toxicity
slayer - live: decade of agression (spelling?)
shadows fall - the art of balance
rush - spirit of radio
pink floyd - dark side of the moon
metallica - ride the lightning
meshuggah - chaosphere
led zeppelin - 2
judas priest - painkiller
iron maiden - # of the beast
black sabbath - all of the ozzy era albums

It's a bit more metal oriented, haven't seen much of it posted yet so I thought I would add some :)

I'll add my voice to the Stone Roses, Blue Lines, and Screamadelica in particular.

Also:

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds.
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space.
Massive Attack - Protection.
Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust.
Leftfield - Leftism.
The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation.
U2 - The Joshua Tree.

Cat Stevens - Tea for Tillerman
Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
Any Beatle Album
Any Jethro Tull Album
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Led Zep albums pre 1973

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Originally posted by Raz
Any self respecting guitar fan needs some steve vai and/or joe satriani. Not to mention jimmy page (Led Zeppelin).

yea. satch kicks ass. how about some Are You Experienced?

Master of Puppets needs to be included but IMO kill em all is as good as it.

trying to go for less mainstream ones, to avoid overlapping with other choices too much...

therapy? - suicide pact- you first
radiohead - the bends/ok computer (can't decide which is "more" essential. i listen to the later ones more, but they are a bit controversial, really)
aphex twin - richard d. james album
rage against the machine - battle of los angeles
mr scruff - trouser jazz
nine inch nails - pretty hate machine
one minute silence - available in all colours
sona fariq - sona fariq

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Originally posted by Semantics
Cat Stevens - Tea for Tillerman
Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
Any Beatle Album
Any Jethro Tull Album
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Led Zep albums pre 1973

I see great genius in you. :) :up:

(Oh, did I say that already in another thread?) ;)

Why yes you did....but thanks.

Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (may already have been said, didn't read EVERYTHING)

It's so great. Just listen to it all the way through. One of the best albums ever. ALL the tracks are great, not like a lot of stuff where theres only a few good songs on the CD.

I've never heard Pink Floyd/Dark Side of the Moon. I'm saving the experience for my 70th birthday.

Id nave to agree with Arnham, Dark Side Of The Moon is a great album.
How old are you now Cylob?

Adding..

The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! (1966)
http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov...47446qiwng.jpg

Everybody should own this - even apola.:D

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Originally posted by dylman
I'll add my voice to the Stone Roses, Blue Lines, and Screamadelica in particular.

Also:

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds.
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space.
Massive Attack - Protection.
Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust.
Leftfield - Leftism.
The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation.
U2 - The Joshua Tree.

Thanks dylman, I thought I was going to have to resign from this forum on account of no one mentioning Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys.:mad:

I would also add;

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Nuggets : Original Artyfacts from the First Psychodelic Era 1965-68 - beg, borrow or steal this stunning 8 cd box set.

and finally, what no collection should be with out, the lost masterpeice;
Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue

From AMG : "AMG REVIEW: Though the roots of this 1977 album go back to the early '70s, Dennis Wilson's one issued solo project, Pacific Ocean Blue, is certainly a product of its time, both musically and texturally. The set's 12 songs reveal a songwriter who was looking to stretch out on his own and engage a vision of music that stood far outside what the Beach Boys were capable of handling or executing. Wilson himself panned the album, claiming it had no substance, and looked forward to the release of Bamboo; a record that remained unfinished and unreleased at the time of his death. Brother Brian, however, loved the album and celebrated it with his usual childlike intensity. Pacific Ocean Blue is a moody view of the SoCal landscape, and of Wilson's own interior life; or his struggle to have one. From the environmental lament, "River Song," that opens the disc, we can hear a new kind of West Coast music emerging. It's not steeped in the weighty philosophical and political concerns that other Angelinos such as Jackson Browne were penning. Instead, it's a wispy rock tune revolving around a beautiful piano figure, shuffling guitars, and lyrics that take a personal concern for the state of the nature crumbling around it. "Dreamer" is a classic piece of '70s rock as it wound itself around the emerging R&B of the time, with interlaced horn lines, synths, and funky bass lines cutting through the bridge and into the final verses; all steeped in a gorgeous, lush groove that even at this relaxed tempo won't quit. Mostly, however, Pacific Ocean Blue is a diary. Given that it was recorded over nearly seven years, the songs reflect the snapshot quality of Wilson's life in the studio: what he was capable of, what he learned, and how he stretched himself. Take, for example, the tender stoner balladry of "Thoughts of You" and "Time;" with their languid, echoing piano hovering in the mix with a shadow presence as Wilson sings with a longing that is true yet muted by his seeming resignation to things being a total loss. The latter track also features a moody trumpet solo reminiscent of Chet Baker and transforms itself into a horn-driven anthem by its nadir. There is a bootleg version of Pacific Ocean Blues that contains -- besides a master that is every bit as good as the released version -- five bonus tracks (mostly backing vocal tracks) that may not be everybody's cup of tea, but fanatics will absolutely have to have them. This album is a classic, blissed-out, coked-up slice of '70s rock and pop that is as essential as Fleetwood Mac's Rumours. -- Thom Jurek

A master piece.

How could this have been left out?

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov...21982v8027.jpg

Honestly.

Nick Drake - Pink Moon.

Cult figure and archetypal over-sensitive young writer dying in a garrett - kind of.

Should probably add John Martyn - Solid Air, the title track of which was written about Nick Drake.

"You've been cutting too deep,
You've been living on solid air.
You've been missing your sleep
And you've been moving through solid air."

UJ

Well, I don't think I have ANY of those CDs...except "Slippery When Wet" and I think I have an EXCELLENT CD collection.

So..just goes to show that it all depends on the person.

Jess

I'm just glad you didn't say the Savage Garden album was an all-time great.

I mean, someone could choke to death on their breakfast.

HEY!!

I happen to think it is. What, no! I happen to think that BOTH of them are. Well, they are MY all time greats. They aren't for everyone. ;)

Now...let us NOT start that conversation. I'm not one you want to get started, my darlin'! :p

Jess

Since you have some tact and intelligence regarding taste i will go ahead and respect your taste in music, however much i would not like to listen. Refreshing to meet someone who likes such music, but isn't a braindead dolt.

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

http://hjem.get2net.dk/peter_anderse..._pleasures.jpg

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Originally posted by Raz
Since you have some tact and intelligence regarding taste i will go ahead and respect your taste in music, however much i would not like to listen. Refreshing to meet someone who likes such music, but isn't a braindead dolt.

I suppose I'll take that as a good thing...though I'm not sure if it wasn't a little double sided....I think you'll find that many of my fellow fans have more sense then you may think.

Jess

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Originally posted by Cylob
I'm just glad you didn't say the Savage Garden album was an all-time great.

I mean, someone could choke to death on their breakfast.

Ok as you’ve insulted savage garden here I can’t stop myself from posting something here :)

http://www.lyred.com/covers/savage_g...age_garden.jpg
http://www.mltr.dk/content/discograp...ages/debut.jpg
http://www.lyred.com/covers/backstre..._millenium.jpg
http://www.lyred.com/covers/westlife...t_to_coast.jpg
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So do you all have these in your collections?LOL I can bet, most of you even never heard of these tracks.Call yourself a mucis lover? :D

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Originally posted by apola_anamisha
Ok as you’ve insulted savage garden here I can’t stop myself from posting something here :)

So do you all have these in your collections?LOL I can bet, most of you even never heard of these tracks.Call yourself a mucis lover? :D

Girl please stop making yourself look like a FOOL.

after the things you said about led zeppelin and other Real bands nobody is ever going to take you serious.

so please stop being a clown :eek:

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Originally posted by Mr Jones
Jeff Buckley.
http://www.jeffbuckley.com/

Sadly taken long before his time..

Jeff Buckley - Grace
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Beatles - White Album
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Nuno - Schizophonic
NoFx - So Long And Thanks For Al The Shoes
Radiohead - The Bends
Nirvana - Nevermind
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
The Coral - The Coral
White Stripes - De Stijl
Weezer - Blue Album
Glenn Miller - The Glen Miller Story
Dire Straights - Sultans Of Swing
Michael Jackson - Bad (check out Van Halens solo on Beat It)
Queen - A Night At The Opera

I’ve seen Nirvana – Nevermind listed in a few posts, and while it might be considered essential because of its effect on commercial music in the 90’s, having lived in the Seattle area when they were playing bars and taverns, I would have to say that Bleach was much more representative of their sound.

much more representative of their early sound (when they were playing in bars and taverns), yes, m0e.

i would say "in utero" was their best overall album, but that's just me :)

personal taste Zootm - i disagree
my pers fav is the MTV unplugged sessions.
and than the man who sold the world song.

Nevermind for me....

I prefer all of them to be perfectly honest. All the different sounds they had. Unplugged in new york would be my favourite though.