[recstar24]

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Originally Posted by Wil Jazzmataz - An experimental fusion of hip-hop and jazz ( i highly recommend this, really really cool - available on Chrysalis, EMI, 1993 - Donald Byrd and MC Solaar?!?! wooot )

I concur - I've got volume 1 with guru, from Gangstarr fame - very nice indeed

 

[HyperM3]

Sorry if this has been posted but gosh, I cant read everything dammit.

If you like Radiohead and/or Muse, check out Kenna.

As for my #1 pick of a CD you should get it would be Delerium-Poem. Anything from Delerium is just amazing soundwise. But that album would be my choice.

 

[recstar24]

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Originally Posted by HyperM3 Sorry if this has been posted but gosh, I cant read everything dammit. If you like Radiohead and/or Muse, check out Kenna. As for my #1 pick of a CD you should get it would be Delerium-Poem. Anything from Delerium is just amazing soundwise. But that album would be my choice.

I've got Kenna's debut cd - very good indeed, haven't listened to it in awhile, thanks for reminding me i have it!

 

[boodi]

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

if you want to chill out on good '90 mixed glam art rock tunes - a must

 

[Andresin]

Bonnie Prince Billy - I see a Darkness

 

[TheChemist]

Here goes.

Air - Moon Safari is one of the best electronic albums ever released, and it is definitely not your average CD. Le Voyage de Penelope and Electronic Performers are some of my favorite songs.

Boards of Canada - Geogaddi is another electronic great. BoC are very good at making an album that is cohesive, not just a bunch of great tracks. Julie and Candy is my favorite here.

M83 - My favorite electronic band. Simply amazing music. Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts not only made me an electronic fan, but also ranks as my second favorite album of all time (behind The Bends). Run Into Flowers, God of Thunder, and Unrecorded are all surefire picks.

DJ Shadow - An excellent artist. Pick up the Deluxe version of Endtroducing... and find yourself in bliss. Organ Donor is an amazing track.

Rjd2 - Again, a great artist. Check out The Horror and Ghostwriter from Deadringer.

Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory is a great album. Brit Rock at its finest - though I'd stay away from anything post-1995/96. Look into Champagne Supernova and Wonderwall.

Of Montreal - OM is a great way to get started into the indie pop sound. Satanic Panic in the Attic has great songs - definitely check out Disconnect the Dots and Rapture Rapes the Muses.

The New Pornographers - A great collection of indie artists that make awesome music. Both Mass Romantic and Electric Version are must-have albums for indie fans.

Wilco - A great band. They really deserved that Grammy. I love Casino Queen from AM and Jesus, Etc. from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

I'd love to talk about music more indepth if you ever want to, PM me if any of you want to.

And there are MANY more bands where those came from!

 

[smittysan89]

if you havent heard postal service or death cab for cutie get them

also you need to listen to deltron! he is the rapper from the gorillaz amazing lyrics and flow

 

[Cerebral_Mamba]

Anybody dig the rythemic twin-lead guitar rifts of Iron Maiden here...

 

[smittysan89]

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Originally Posted by Cerebral_Mamba Anybody dig the rythemic twin-lead guitar rifts of Iron Maiden here...

Oh most definately but most people have heard of them

 

[chrisfromalbany]

Tool - Anima
Remastered Eagles hits
Michael Jackson - Ess. Collection
Diana Krall - Girl in the other Room
Primus - Pork Soda
Robert Palmer - Very best of
AudioSlave - Exile
Seal - Best of
System of a down - Mem.
Oasis - Morning Glory
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Fleetwood Mac - Best of (Remastered)
Depeche Mode - (Second cd)Singles (know love most)
Phanton of the Opera (soundtrack) (ok I wild pick but liked the movie and current recording so sound is great.. can really hear all the instruments)
Fiona Apple (when the ............... ... .. )
DJ Tiesto (Just Be)


Now I know some had mentioned a few of these but thought I would mention them again

 

[umlaut]

Here is a sampling of works I can recommend as hybrids of excellent composition, performance, and CD-format-quality:

Beethoven Violin Concerto: Perlman & Giulini (EMI)
Beethoven's Ninth: Leinsdorf & Boston Symphony (RCA "High Performance")
Garbage: Garbage
King Crimson: The Concise King Crimson
Verdi Requiem: Barenboim & Chicago Symphony
Brad Mehldau: anything (a current artist of great trio jazz)
Bela Fleck & Edgar Meyer: Uncommon Ritual (bluegrass / classical)
Steely Dan: The Royal Scam
Sarah Harmer: anything
Mozart - Marriage of Figaro: $7 Highlights disc by Naxos (My first/only opera purchase and I have significantly overplayed it since April.)
Ozzy Osbourne: Tribute (tribute to the classically-trained Randy Rhodes; get the ~1996 version w/ the purple swirly border - remastered, but before re-dubbing mangling Sharon did to avoid paying royalties to the original bassist+drummer)

I would also recommend your local library and see if their collection is any good. It's *free*. It's a nice way to balance out this forum's members' theme of heavy expenditure.

Having said that, I must confess that I did just order and am awaiting Sennheiser 650s from Meier as upgrades of my PX100s (acquired over the past year). Before that it was Sony MDR-V600s that I used throughout college. I was going to get 595s... but why not just get the [headphone] upgrading over and and done with via 650s? I plan to own them for a long time. But I fear this sets me up for the inevitable headphone amplifier.

cheers,
John

 

[ScubaSteve87]

idk if this has been mentioned yet, was 2 lazy to read through the whole thread, but here it goes

Hiphop is all I know

Deltron 3030-my fav album...ever
Third Eye Vision- Hieroglyphics
Visions of Ghandi- Jedi Mind Tricks(very hateful rap, but the beats are so nice! why Vinnie Paz why?)
True and Livin- Zion I
Calicomm 2004- Various Artists
Seven's Travels- Atmosphere
Felt (same rapper as atmosphere, idk the name of the album)
Neighborhood Watch- Dilated Peoples
Portable Immortal- Immortal Technique

Also
Lost and Gone forever, Keep it Together, and Goldfly all by Guster. Wow I love listening to that sutff through myh Er4p's, just calms me down, gets me in the mood, can't even describe how great it makes me feel.

 

[kin0kin]

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Originally Posted by J3mo Very very conservative list (some of these cds are recommended because of couple of tracks I've heard, but for most of these cds, I've had them in my cd player for a VERY long time before moving on): For small group jazz: - J.J. Johnson: Concepts in Blue - Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers: Moanin' (title track, at the VERY least is absolutely insane); Caravan - Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder - Clifford Brown: Memorial Album - Phineas Newborn: any albums you can find (they're quite rare) - Stanley Turrentine: Never Let Me Go - Wycliffe Gordon: Slidin' Home - Dave Robbins: At the Mark - Miles Davis: Kind of Blue ( obviously ) - Wayne Shorter: speak no evil - Charles Mingus: Black Saint and the Sinner lady - Paul Desmond: Live (this was an album recorded in quebec i think) - Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage For Big band: - Duke Ellington: Such Sweet Thunder - Count Basie: The Complete Atomic Basie - Any of Rob McConnell and the Boss brass stuff - Phil Norman stuff (hard to find as well) - Arturo Sandoval: Hot House - Carl Saunders: The Bebop Big Band - Jill Townsend: Tales from the Sea Jazz Vocal Oriented: - Billie Holiday: Lady in Satin - Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald: Ella and Louis Again - Frank Sinatra (and the Count Basie orchestra): It might as well be spring - John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman: John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - Eva Cassidy: Live at Blues alley - Jane Monheit Stuff (I see that you've bought a cd of her's already) Jazz Fusion: - Sekoya: Sekoya Enjoy

fantastic sortout, now i know what to look for according to my taste

thanks dude

 

[Twitchy_one]

That's a lot of cash to shell out for cds. The only problem I have with
this is that I end up buying some cd at someone's recommendation only
to find out that there is only one track on the whole album I can stand
to listen to.

Why not get Rhapsody or another online musical system & hook that
to your rig & save a ton of cash? I have Rhapsody & I've already used
it to search through about 15 songs available for free stream to listen
to. Most of the albums of these artists are available as well. And the
ones that are missing I can always pay for in the used market. Here's the
sample:

Ghostwriter, The Horror - RJD2
Barely Legal - The Strokes
Between You & Me - Marillion
Lily Was Here - Candy Dulfer
Protection - Massive Attack
Bad Card, Glimpse of the Struggle - Mr. Lif
Any Day Now - Elbow
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Number One Son - Camera Obscura
Offcell - Pinback
One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic
Bliss - Muse
Euphoria - DJ Tiesto

Obviously if you feel like you're going to miss 5% of the quality
of the music by not owning the cd, you can always go buy it
after listening to it on Rhapsody. Personally I can't tell much
difference. For example, if I play Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
by cd from my TDK tabletop cd-recorder & then play the same
song from Rhapsody through the TDK's optical-in jack (PC uses
Xitel to convert USB to optical) & using a pair of Grado SR-80's,
I can't really tell the difference. A blind test I would fail.

However, I can use my D-link Media Lounge to stream Rhapsody
to my main rig. Basically the D-link connects via ethernet & then
I can optical out from it directly to the main rig. The main rig is
an Outlaw 990 Preamp/AudioSource Modulars/Polk-Monitor 70s. And
the main rig smokes my headphone rig in terms of how it sounds.
Likewise, I can hook the Grado's directly to the Outlaw 990 & the
sound improves dramatically. It has a lot to do with the quality of
the electronics in use. I guess I'm not a purist that has to have it
by cd yet.

Ok, with that said, here's a sampler of great sounding cds (or Rhapsody
streams) that I found myself listening to repeatedly that I haven't seen
listed on this thread. I'll keep it short & sweet (artist then album).
Keep in mind this is a very small subset, at least for 21st century
listening. I can literally listen to tens of thousands of albums by stream
& never the same track twice for probably years on end! (which is kind
of scary).

Allan Holdsworth - I.O.U.
Vangelis - El Greco
Wendy Carlos - Switched On Bach 2
Asura - Lost Eden
Enigma - Screen Behind The Mirror
Deep Forest - Made In Japan
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane, Heathen, Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust..
Mosquitos - Mosquitos
Mike Oldfield - Boxed
Eyvind Kang & Tucker Martine - Orchestra Dim Bridges
Jonas Hellborg - Word
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra, Rockoon

 

[oosoo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by umlaut Tribute (tribute to the classically-trained Randy Rhodes; get the ~1996 version w/ the purple swirly border - remastered, but before re-dubbing mangling Sharon did to avoid paying royalties to the original bassist+drummer)

There's a worthy bit of trivia! John, is that true of other Ozzy remasters?