[ProleArtThreat]

Based on headphone appreciation... hmmm...

Radiohead - OK Computer
Sparklehorse - It's a Wonderful Life
The Fall - The Infotainment Scan

oh, and anything by Stereolab

 

[Wmcmanus]

Nice thread! Here are mine:

Eva Cassiday - Live at Blues Alley
The Blue Hawaiians - Live at the Lava Lounge
Bob Marley - Exodous

These are not my favorite 3 albulms of all time, but each offers something special to me each time I listen.

Eva Cassiday had a voice that totally melts my heart, and it was sad that she didn't have more time to share with us.

The Blue Hawaiians don't really belong on this kind of list, and I'm not so sure that surf music would sound good on headphones, but there's no better way I can think of to start my day on my speaker rig at 95+ dB when I'm ironing in the morning. Way cool stuff.

Marley, what can I say? Perhaps the only artist who could be mentioned in the same breath as Elivs and The Beatles in terms of his far reaching impact. It's not all about rock & roll, you know, and Exodus catches him at the height of his career. The 2-disc Deluxe Edition remaster is extremely well done, and the bonus tracks on the extra disc are not at all throw away material. In fact, I would readily recommend "Legend" and "Rastaman Vibration" in this format as well, but "Exodus" is the place to start if you haven't yet.

 

[Twombly]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ellen_125 Depeche Mode: Songs of Faith and devotion

Seconded.

 

[Zvio]

For phone ecstacy:

65daysofstatic:The Fall of Math
Alias: The Other Side of The Looking Glass
Black Dice: Creature Comforts
BlackMothSuperRainbow:Start a People
..I haven't even graced 24 other letters of the alphabet

There's heavy tonnage when it comes to good tunes on phones.

My all time favorite is El-P: Fantastic Damage

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
Rage - Ghosts
Hallucinogen - The Lone Deranger

 

[ipushplanks]

holy freeholies this be hard

1.incubus - make yourself
2.deftones - white pony
3.the mars volta - deloused in the comatourium

 

[tradja]

Great thread!

These aren't "Top 3 Best Ever", but here are my recommendations that:
a) seem to have broad, immediate appear to listeners, even ones who "don't like" the genre/artist,
b) are great on headphones and
c) you GOTTA hear!

1. Propellerheads Decksanddrumsandrockandroll
2. Beastie Boys The In Sound from Way Out
3. ...and I second or third Dire Staits Brothers in Arms

Honorable mention for Dark Side of the Moon (of course), and the soundtack to the movie Pi.

 

[zoboomofo]

There's only one that jumps out at me right now:

Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

 

[apostate]

For headphone listening specifically my current favorites are

Allison Krauss and Union Station - Live
Allman Bros - Live at Fillmore East (Deluxe)
Harry Connick Jr - She

That will change by next week though I'm sure...

Ant

 

[xlEnt]

Pavement Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Cat Stevens The Best of Cat Stevens
The Beta Band Heroes to Zero


runs away.

edit: The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site

 

[Squeek]

Wow! I thought that this thread just farted and died! Imagine my suprise to see it up top.

Just to clarify...I didn't mean the three best albums, or even your three favorite albums. Just three albums that you think others should hear.

There are some great recommendations here. I'm currently expanding my music collection, so I'll be sure to check some of these out.

I'll add 3 more...

Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
Archive - Londinium
Splashdown - Blueshift (see my other thread for free artist endorsed downloads)

 

[wakeride74]

I agree w/ Squeek -

Splashdown (Blueshift and Redshift) if you can find

Also inaddition to Splashdown these will really make your cans shine!

Rammstein - Mutter
Lord of the Rings soundtrack
Jem - Finally Woken
NIN (pick one!)

 

[sno1man]

I'm going to take this as favorites that are relatively obscure or are overshadowed by other works of the artist

Big Audio Dynamite- Big Audio Dynamite
Meat Beat Manifesto- Actual Sounds and Voices
Van Morrison- Astral Weeks

Bonus.... Matthew Sweet- GirlFriend : Great Cover too

 

[morphie]

Upon the clarification of the goal of this here thread, I shall hereby post some more albums:

+ DJ Premier - New York Reality Check 101
+ The Gladiators - Dreadlocks the Time is Now
+ Prodigy - The Fat of the Land

3 very different albums, so a little for everybody

3 albums you definately have to hear!

 

[Andrew Pielet]

Since I'm on a Afro-Cuban kick these days:


Marc Ribot - Muy Diverto
Manuel "El Guajiro" Mirabal - Buena Vista Social Club Presents
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán - Mambo Sinuendo