[N@Z]

Mentioned before already:
Buena Vista Social Club & Sarah McLachlan - Freedom Sessions.

New to the list:
Hue & Cry - Bitter Suite
Deacon Blue - Rain Town

 

[Factor]

Big L / Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
Stevie Wonder / Talking Book

 

[will0957]

The Prayer Boat - Polichinelle
Silly band name, I know. They're a band from Ireland that spent something like 6 years working on this album. The lead singer, Emmett Tinley, has a voice like that of Jeff Buckley mixed with Damien Rice. The music is gorgeous, the lyrics are incredible, and it is overall one of the finest albums I've purchased in a long, long time. Here's are 2 mp3s from this album so you can sample it:

http://www.nerdvision.net/jason/audi...Lose%20You.mp3
http://www.nerdvision.net/jason/audi...Steer%20Me.mp3

You can buy the album for less than 10 cents on ebay.

also, this band is broken up. the lead singers solo debut album is scheduled to come out this summer.

 

[Taurui]

I found this thread by accident and thought it could use a bump, I find the topic intriguing

Here's my masterpiece list. I have a lot of favourite recordings but only few deserve the title of masterpiece: Ones without flaws and groundbreaking in their respective genre, or defining their very own genre.

Queensryche - Promised Land (!!!!)
Opeth - Damnation (!!!!)
Dream Theater - Awake (!!!!)
Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle (!!!!)
Keith Jarret - The Köln Concert

-Taurui

 

[Hiker]

I just got Peter Frampton's Frampton Comes Alive 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. It comes with 2 CDs (the original had one only) and is quite well done. One of the best live albums ever just got better.

 

[Aman]

The Beatles - Revolver
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper

Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - The Wall

Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything
Led Zeppelin - Zoso
Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction

 

[Asr]

Future Sound of London - Lifeforms
Orbital - In-Sides

Jan Hammer - Beyond the Mind's Eye

 

[Nacher]

Elend - Sunwar The Dead. Can't stop loving this dark orchestra.

 

[roadtonowhere08]

-Every Opeth album
-Dream Theater - Awake
-Dream Theater - Train of Thought
-Pearl Jam - Ten
-Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
-Ozzy Osbourne - Live and Loud
-Black Sabbath - Reunion
-Tool - Aenima
-Tool - Lateralus
-Every Pink Floyd album

 

[D-EJ915]

(emocore?)
Spoken - a moment of imperfect clarity

 

[boodi]

Vangelis : Blade Runner Original Soundtrack

 

[myself, aka me]

X - Blue Blood.

 

[Taurui]

Quote:

Originally Posted by roadtonowhere08 -Dream Theater - Awake -Dream Theater - Train of Thought

That's a strange combination... they're exact opposites in style

Awake is definitely a masterpiece, if not THE masterpiece of all modern music, but "Train of thought" is like "St. Anger" to me.. oh well, to each his own

-Taurui

 

[boodi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taurui That's a strange combination... they're exact opposites in style Awake is definitely a masterpiece, if not THE masterpiece of all modern music

wow lol

Awake is "THE" masterpiece of all modern music , maybe a bit too pretendious..

 

[Taurui]

Read "if not the (...)" as "maybe even the (...)"

I know that noone can ever judge that because noone will be able to deeply listen to all modern music ever made

But.. if I had to name one masterpiece, and only one, I'd choose awake without hesitation.

-Taurui