[markvj]

Today, I'd pick

AKSAK MABOUL Onze Danses Pour Combattre La Migraine (Crammed)
BEGNAGRAD same (MIO)
BIOSPHERE / DEATHPROD Nordheim Transformed (Rune Grammofon)
DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET Time Out (Columbia)
BULGARIAN FEMALE VOCAL CHOIR Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares (Nonesuch)
BRIAN ENO Here Come the Warm Jets (EG)
BRIAN ENO Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy) (EG)
L'ENSEMBLE RAYE Meme en Hiver (AYAA)
FRED FRITH Gravity (ESD)
RYOJI IKEDA +/- (Touch)
DIE KNÖDEL Verkochte Tiroler (RecRec)
KOLINDA Raolvasas (Fono)
EVAN LURIE Selling Water by the Side of the River (Island)
MAKAM Divert Time Into... (Fragile)
ALBERT MARCŒUR (m,a,r, et cœur comme cœur) (FRP)
MASSACRE Killing Time (Celluloid)
MUSICA URBANA same (PDI)
NE ZHDALI Rhinoceroses and Other Forms of Life (AYAA)
NURSE WITH WOUND Spiral Insania (United Dairies)
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA Tango: Zero Hour (Pangea/IRS)
PICCHIO DAL POZZO (Crime)
PIERROT LUNAIRE Gudrun (Si Wan)
POCKET ORCHESTRA Knebnagäuge (MIO)
HANS REICHEL Shanghaied on Tor Road (FMP)
ROEDELIUS Momenti Felici (Virgin)
MARTA SEBESTYEN Apocrypha (Hannibal)
TIBOR SZEMZÖ Tractatus (Leo)
LAURENT THIBAULT Mais on ne Peut pos Réver Tout le Temps (Musea)
THINKING PLAGUE In This Life (ReR)
TIPOGRAPHICA Tipographica (God Mountain)
U TOTEM same (Cuneiform)
UZ JSME DOMA Nemilovany Svet (Panton)
UZVA Tammikuinen Tammela (Ylösmatka)
ROBERT WYATT Schleep (Thirsty Ear)
ZELWER La Fiancee Aux Veux de Bois (Crammed/MTM 24)

Tomorrow, it'll be something else.

 

[RobxMcCarthy]

An exceptionally well recorded piece of "classical" music with some of the best dynamic range I've EVER heard is:

Nobuo Uematsu and Shiro Hamaguchi - Final Fantasy Concert

Believe it or not... Don't knock it till you try it.

 

[VicAjax]

a partial list attempting not to repeat previous mentions:

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
The Police - Regatta de Blanc
Fila Brazillia - Power Clown
Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
Iva Bittova - Bilé Inferno
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
John Zorn/Masada Chamber Ensemble - Bar Kokhba
Nick Cave - Tender Prey
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
Big Star - Sister Lovers

 

[lmilhan]

I don't have the energy to look back and see if it has been mentioned yet, so:

Liquid Tension Experiment, Liquid Tension Experiment 2.

 

[Cousin Patty]

Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja, Voimasta Ja Kunniasta
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction, Rust in Peace
Metallica - the Black Album, Ride the Lightning
Wintersun - s/t
Children of Bodom - Follow the Reaper
Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes
Burzum - Filosofem
Bal-Sagoth - Battle Magic
Conan the Barbarian OST
In Flames - the Jester Race, Whoracle
Broken Hope - Loathing
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day
Alice In Chains - MTV Unplugged

Im sure I've forgotten something...

 

[boodi]

another masterpiece Opeth' Blackwater Park

 

[Audiofiler]

I spent some time last week in some various Indian Reservations (for those that do know, AZ has the most natural land dedicated to Native American/Indian Reservations)
...down near the Table Mesa's...first,second, and third Mesa...beautiful, and very interesting culture..in the town of Old Oraibi,( which is the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the US lower 48, and was founded about 1050 AD )
We had the priveledge of meeting a 20th generation Hopi that played some music for us, and allowed me to purchase his CD...

It is Native Chanting and features he and his wife playing the Hopi equiv to Moracas and features Drums, Flute, Percussion, everything is played by he and his wife.....and the sound is outstanding... I even complimented him when saying, that the CD did not sound or even look burned, but rather was pressed and so therefore studio produced, and it was professionally produced..Unfortunately it does not have a name, and the artwork is hand drawn on the cover (not in a catalog or online)

Is the best Native Chanting/Native American music I have ever heard...period.
(And I have hundreds of tapes, CD's, and 8 tracks with Native music, song, and chant among my vast collection... but none come close to the quality, and sound dynamics on this CD
W*O*W (He was nice enough to sign the cover too)

Anyway, this guy travels all over the world, and is coming to Indianapolis in a few months if anyone is interested!!

Great CD...Flippin' awesome rather
I said "Qua-Qua" in return, which is the Hopi expression for Thank You..

 

[lmilhan]

Say Anything, ...is a real boy

 

[milkpowder]

Evgeny Kissin & James Levine: The Carnegie Hall Concert

A true masterpiece, both in terms of recording quality and the playing itself.

 

[boodi]

Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
1975 , Jazzphunk , genius , good record

 

[boodi]

1968 : Miles Davis - Nefertiti
it doesn't get better then this in a sense , really ..
one of the most if not the most abstract ( last ) work from the free jazz quintet
Shorter, Hancock, Carter, Williams the other 4 playing for who's interested

 

[Sladeophile]

Secret Machines - 10 Silver Drops

 

[philodox]

david bowie - heroes
talking heads - remain in light

...just a couple oldies I've been listening to recently that I thought deserved mention.

 

[MD1032]

The last time I posted in this thread was a long time ago, so here are some new ones, some repeats:

The Who - Quadrophenia (their best work, in my opinion)

Virgil Fox - The Command Performances (Volume IV of the Legacy Series)
(This CD is worth it just for the Passacaglia and Fugue in Cm. Amazing performance, period.)

Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory (duh)

Frederick Swann - Hymns on the Crystal Cathedral Organ (what can I say? I can't recommend this CD enough)

Huey Lewis and The News - Four Chords and Several Years Ago
(This CD is all covers, but still absolutely amazing, and plus, it's well-recorded)

 

[philodox]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MD1032 The Who - Quadrophenia

I just got this recently, and I must agree... it is quite good!