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10 albums everyone should own

Old stuff that still gets played a lot chez me.

Pink Floyd - A Nice Pair (mainly the Piper...)
Neil Young - Unplugged
Eels - Electro Shock Blues
Talk Talk - Colour of Spring
Richard Thompson - Rumor and Sigh
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (only the seventh wave side)
Pink Floyd - Meddle (only the Echoes side)
Johnny Cash - Greatest Hits
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come Find Yourself

PS My nephew's band is going to be supporting the Undertones in October. http://collect.myspace.com/index.cf...etails&Band_Show_ID=7645346&friendid=11307555
 
Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs
Johnny A - Sometime Tuesday Morning
Chris Difford - I Didn't Get Where I Am
Tool - Lateralus
Eels - Souljacker
John Scofield - Uberjam
Jonatha Brooke - 10 Cent Wings
Viktor Krauss - Far From Enough
Alison Krauss & Union Station - New Favorite
Don Ross - Passion Session
Richie Kotzen & Greg Howe - Tilt
Rammstein - Herzeleid

Oh, and Chris Whitley - Living With The Law - that's got to be in there

Dave
 
Beach Boys - Surf's Up
Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus
The Temptations - Psychedlic Shack
Captain Beefheart - Clear Spot
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
PJ Harvey - Dry
James Brown - Live at the Apollo Vol III
Neil Young - Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
MC5 - Back in the USA
Praxis - Transmutation
 
Must have (but won't get played much):

The residents "Third Reich 'n' Roll"

Not much gets played every week, but a few stalwarts often on the deck:

Dylan: "Nashville Skyline"
Kraftwerk: "Radioactivity" (nice German pressing)
A Tibetan singing bowls thing - no tune, no rhythm, just glorious, pulsing, ringing sound. This is on CD unfortunately.
JJ Cale: "Really" (or other, fairly interchangeable)

It's not ten. Sorry.
 
Miguel said:
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Prefab Sprout - Swoon
Thomas Dolby - The Flat Earth
Pixies - Surfer Rosa/C'mon Pilgrim
Blur - Blur (weird, never liked them before this, but then, never did Peel)
Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
Moby - Play (I know, did get played to death, but was/is great)
Doves - The Last Broadcast
Radiohead - OK Computer (ducks!)
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars

just my thoughts

Michael
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The Flat Earth by Thomas Dolby, agreed! Classic record
 
....yeah -- i agree, people are basically getting sick of the same old rock/hip-hop/r&b bullsh*t..... and there is just this big upsurge from a new style coming out of Europe -- best place i've found it so far is a compilation series called 'euro club hits' on itunes -- or check this link: http://electricfilebox.com/tracks

:rolleyes::cool::p ;)
 
DarrenW said:
bugger off wiith the queen are crap line - ok they were crao after the 80's but there are some seriously good anf fun songs on earlier albums and they were excellent live

I do appreciate there are quite a few who would agree with you though on the no no no thing
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I think they were OK up to A Night At The Opera, and then turned into utter complete crap.
 
This gets harder the more lists I read.... too many great albums out there so I've left out all the really obvious ones like Rubber Soul and Live at Leeds

Slint / Spiderland
Disco Inferno / DI Go Pop (I think this is still available on CD)
Bark Psychosis / Hex
Neu! / Neu!
John Coltrane / Blue Train
Pentangle / Pentangle
Kraftwerk / Computer World
Syd Barrett / The Madcap Laughs
Nick Drake / Pink Moon
Joy Division / Closer
 
My ten Must have records in no particular order.

Joni - Hissing of Summer Lawns.
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue
Pentangle - Basket of Light
Woodstock - (3 lp album )
Crosby Stills Nash and Young - Deja Vu
Bob Dylan - Freewheelin
Capercaillie - Secret People
Nick Drake - Fruit Tree (3 lp Album)
David Bowie - Pinups
Marvin Gaye - Whats going On

Andy
 
johnfromnorwich said:
Isn't that a good thing?
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of course. i was bastardizing some bottle rocket's lyrics:

a $1000 dollar car ain't gonna roll
until you put another $1000 in the hole
sink your money in it, and there you are
the owner of a $2000 $1000 car.
 
Probably not for everybody, but here goes

Fairport Convention - Leige and Leif
Roy Harper - Flat baroque and berserk
Captain Beefheart - Mirror Man
Nick Drake - Five leaves left
Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow
Beatles - Revolver ( or Rubber Soul )
John Lennon - Plastic Ono band ( some of his best writing )
King Crimson - Larks tongues in Aspic ( or any early stuff )
Dr Strangely Strange - Strangely Strange but oddly normal ( so bad it's good)
Status Quo - On the Level ( don't laugh, it's brilliant ... well recorded too!)
The Doors - LA Woman
Crosby Still and Nash - Deja Vu
Pink Floyd - Meddle

.... I could go on


All seems a bit late 60s early 70s .... am I just trying to hold onto my youth or do I just not relate to my CDs in the same way?? Hmm
 
Joao Gilberto - Joao Gilberto
John McLaughlin - Extrapolation
Laura Nyro - Gonna Take a Miracle
The Funk Brothers - Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Swamp Dogg - Total Destruction to your Mind
Bill Evans - Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Miles Davis - Ascenseur pour L'Echafaud
Gil Evans - Out of the Cool
I Roy - Don't Check me with no Lightweight Stuff
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower
 
Björk - Homogenic
Black Dog - Spanners
Charles Mingus - A modern jazz symposium of music and poetry with Charles Mingus
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Radiohead - The Bends
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Portishead - Dummy
Underworld - Second toughest in the infants
 
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