[Pepsi]

Etta James - At Last
Beyonce tried to sing it. Her vocals are very good, but it's never going to have that "classic" sound that i love.

 

[RobLikesBrunch]

The Smashing Pumpkin's Siamese Dream

The album isn't perfect--I don't enjoy the more grunge/metal songs (i.e. Quiet) but I always return.

 

[LFF]

I have a few go-to albums when none of the new stuff is right:

1. Francesco Durante - Magnificat
2. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
3. Louis Armstrong & Bing Crosby - Bing & Satchmo
4. Lee Morgan - Tom Cat
5. Louis Armstrong - Plays King Oliver
6. Julie London - Swing Me An Old Song
7. John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
8. Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swingin' Lovers
9. Beach Boys - SMiLE
10. Art Pepper - Art Pepper + Eleven
11. Art Blakey - The Big Beat
12. Bill Evans - Portrait In Jazz
13. Paul Simon - Graceland
14. Cannonball Adderley - In the Land of Hi-Fi
15. Chicago - Greatest Hits
16. Charles Mingus - Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus
17. Coleman Hawkins - Desafinado
18. John Lennon - Imagine
19. Barney Kessel - The Poll Winners
20. Al Haig - Al Haig Quartet
21. Johannes Brahms - Sonaten Für Viola und Klavier
22. Lighthouse All-Stars - Music For Light Housekeeping
23. Lonnie Johnson - Another Night To Cry
24. Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue - Cuban Overture (Mercury Living Presence)
25. Louis Armstrong - Satchmo Serenades

I could list more.

As time goes by I find that Miles Davis - Kind of Blue has become my daily bread of choice and a feast for the ears and soul when nothing else is around.

 

[GreatDane]

Random off the top..."Blind" - The Sundays.

 

[Laokid18]

 

[progo]

Quote:

Originally Posted by beerguy0 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have to say that Meddle is probably my favorite PF album, and an album I reach for often, especially when I'm bored with other stuff. It's basically the dividing line between early Floyd and the concept album Floyd. The forgotten PF record. I think "Childhoods End" is a great tune, and should have been on the Echoes: Best of PF album.

I've also voted Meddle for the greatest PF record of the 70's, but only for Echoes. Frankly, the pieces left in the middle aren't very essential Floyd in any manner--they just follow the path AHM set. Obscured by Clouds on the other hand has solid touch to it. Nothing beats the athmosphere-painting Mudmen. The time just freezes to embrace the moment.

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Originally Posted by scompton /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow, I've never heard anyone speak of Obscured by Clouds like this. I haven't listened to it for over 20 years. Maybe I'll have to get it out. Back in the 80s, I saw The Valley, the movie it's the soundtrack for. Awful movie.

Yep, I wouldn't want to check any of the movies some great prog rock artists have made soundtracks to.

Quote:

Originally Posted by baka1969 /img/forum/go_quote.gif An excellent album that sadly doesn't get as much of my listening time as it really deserves.

I'm with you, on the other hand I get a lot of times I can't figure out anything to listen to. If I'm unable to shuffle something up, I pick up Obscured.

 

[etiolate]

Quote:

Originally Posted by LFF /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have a few go-to albums when none of the new stuff is right: 1. Francesco Durante - Magnificat 2. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue 3. Louis Armstrong & Bing Crosby - Bing & Satchmo 4. Lee Morgan - Tom Cat 5. Louis Armstrong - Plays King Oliver 6. Julie London - Swing Me An Old Song 7. John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman 8. Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swingin' Lovers 9. Beach Boys - SMiLE 10. Art Pepper - Art Pepper + Eleven 11. Art Blakey - The Big Beat 12. Bill Evans - Portrait In Jazz 13. Paul Simon - Graceland 14. Cannonball Adderley - In the Land of Hi-Fi 15. Chicago - Greatest Hits 16. Charles Mingus - Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus 17. Coleman Hawkins - Desafinado 18. John Lennon - Imagine 19. Barney Kessel - The Poll Winners 20. Al Haig - Al Haig Quartet 21. Johannes Brahms - Sonaten Für Viola und Klavier 22. Lighthouse All-Stars - Music For Light Housekeeping 23. Lonnie Johnson - Another Night To Cry 24. Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue - Cuban Overture (Mercury Living Presence) 25. Louis Armstrong - Satchmo Serenades I could list more. As time goes by I find that Miles Davis - Kind of Blue has become my daily bread of choice and a feast for the ears and soul when nothing else is around.

i'll pretend you didn't break the one album rule because you sorta hinted that kind of blue is your main go to album. it's also on my short list if i had to make one. something unexplainable, beautiful and emersing (new word) about that album. i feel as though i'm injected with philosophical thought when i listen to it.

 

[CatchTheRainbow]

 

[Menisk]

I've got two

Lady of the Sunshine - Smoking Gun
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium

 

[Hettlerr]

For me it's "Stop Making Sense" by Talking Heads

 

[AudioDwebe]

My one album is called "the television". If I'm not in the mood for any music, it's difficult to pick anything I want to listen to, because, well, I'm not in the mood for music.

 

[terriblepaulz]

Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique - if I'm feeling energetic.
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey/Garvey's Ghost - if I'm feeling mellow.

 

[smrtby123]

Coheed and Cambria - Second Stage Turbine Blade

Every song from start to finish is awesome even after 300+ listens

 

[ngower]

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

 

[krismusic]

It would be a blue day that I couldn't enjoy a bit of Tom Petty.
If I had to have only one album for the rest of my days. Electric Ladyland.