No way. You've got plenty of good music there. I actually have a friend who has been doing studio work for 40 years now. He has everything you could want as far as vintage hi-fi goes...and he doesn't listen to music anymore.
Last time I visited him I asked what he'd been listening to lately. His response was 'Nothing. Nothing modern is any good and I've listened to the good stuff too much.' He was referring to the recordings.
I worry I'll end up like this some day...but until you get burned out on them stick to the oldies.
Oh, and it should be worth mentioning that he's blind and has 'super ears'. Seriously, the guy is amazing.
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are Devo!
Isis - Panopticon Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
R.E.M. - Fables Of The Reconstruction Radiohead - The Bends Rush - Moving Pictures
The Clash - The Clash (U.S. Version) The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik Tool - Lateralus
U2 - Achtung Baby
too hard, and some of the stuff I am about to list I dont listen to anymore, but they were big deal when I did. I would have problems listing my 10 fav bands, not to mention 10 albums without repeating a single band.
in no particular order: (artist - band)
The Flower Kings - Space Revolver
Gazpacho - Missa Atropos
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Pain of Salvation - BE
The beatles - Abbey Road
Genesis - Selling England by the pound
The Who - Quadrophenia
Dream threater - Metropolis II: Scenes from a Memory
As of current (To be ravenously changed and beaten down), in no particular order...
Harmonium - Harmonium
Two Against Nature - Steely Dan (No, I haven't heard Aja or Gaucho yet.)
Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
Still Searching - Senses Fail
Siren Song of the Counterculture - Rise Against
Commit This to Memory - Motion City Soundtrack
A Salute to Bunny Berigan - Rusty Dedrick All Stars
Burning Farm - Shonen Knife
Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV - Coheed and Cambria
For kicks, I did a super quick review to find some of my recently released favorites (2005 and newer), with no bands repeated from my previous list:
Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw
Porcupine Tree - Fear Of A Blank Planet
Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn
Sigur Ros - Heim/Hvarf
Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death
Mogwai - Mr. Beast
Bad Religion - New Maps Of Hell
Oceansize - Frames
Kylesa - Static Tensions
Ramona Falls - Intuit
Wow, this is incredibly TOUGH!!
10 only? *gulp*
1 artist limit? *gulp* *gulp*
In chronological order:
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis - 1972
In A Glass House - Gentle Giant - 1973
Relayer - Yes - 1974
Permanent Waves - Rush - 1980
Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush - 1985
Lifes Rich Pageant - R.E.M. - 1986
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic - Sundays - 1989
Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins - 1990
Washing Machine - Sonic Youth - 1995
OK Computer - Radiohead - 1997
Without the 1 artist rule there'd be an additional album a piece for Rush and Genesis
But really, 10 is really much too hard. It doesn't tell enough about myself! No room for Soundgarden, Trans Am, Prince, The Smiths, Metallica, Godspeed You Black Emperor and more!
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis - 1972
In A Glass House - Gentle Giant - 1973
Relayer - Yes - 1974
Permanent Waves - Rush - 1980
Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush - 1985
Lifes Rich Pageant - R.E.M. - 1986
Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins - 1990
OK Computer - Radiohead - 1997 NYC Ghosts & Flowers - Sonic Youth - 2000
Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn - Do Make Say Think - 2003
And it's harder than ever to just pick 10! So many great albums - Guided By Voices alone could easily take 5 spots in the top 20. R.E.M.s Document and Genesis' Selling England By The Pound are also worthy. Then there's Simple Minds' classic New Gold Dream, the recent Church album Untitled #23 (which has a couple of weak tracks but the remainder is some of the best music they've made in 30 years!). Rush would certainly get a few more slots along with U2, Pavement, King Crimson, Aimee Mann.
I'm sort of surprised to not see some of my top 10 on anyone's lists:
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs Sonic Youth - Experimental Jet Set Trash and No Star (tied with 'Daydream Nation') Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Confessions of a Knife Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea Beck - Sea Change Fugazi - In on the Killtaker (tied with 'End Hits', actually) Ass Ponys - Electric Rock Music Godflesh - Hymns The Geraldine Fibbers - Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home
Have you guys not heard some of these or am I just way over-rating some of them?
Alice In Chains - MTV Unplugged
Diana Krall - The Girl In the Other Room
Eric Clapton - Unplugged
Florence And The Machine - Lungs
Joe Bonamassa - Live From Nowhere In Particular
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Seether - One Cold Night
The Cranberries - Everyone Else Is Doing It, Why Can't We?
The Feelers - Communicate
here my top 10 in no order probaly change in a couple hours time
david bowie -young amercans
peter gaberial -plays live
marillion -this strange engine
yellow magic orchesstra -solid state survivor
talk talk - the color of spring
u2 -the unforgettable fire
john foxx -the golden section
pink floyd -the wall
the who -tommy
ultravox -rage in eden
Opeth - Damnation
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Dream Theater - Train of Thought
Josh Groban - Closer (with bonuses)
Avishai Cohen - Gently Disturbed
... others to be discovered, I'm too young to be sure. I think they will be far away from metal, they've got to be very musical, maybe they wait for me somewhere in contemporary jazz or classical.
Anyway, I think within 10 years those above are going to be replaced too. I grow up, and I'm not the same teenager metalhead I used to be. Now I seek complexion and rich emotions in music.
It's quite strange that from what I see in this topic, most of the people who write here (and consider themselves as ones who understand in music), prefer some really simple albums. I don't want to mention specific albums/artists, but they are simple harmony with a nice melody and nothing more. Or even worse...
It's quite strange that from what I see in this topic, most of the people who write here (and consider themselves as ones who understand in music), prefer some really simple albums. I don't want to mention specific albums/artists, but they are simple harmony with a nice melody and nothing more. Or even worse...
It's a top 10 - so you may not see massive diversity with a lot of people. It's hard limiting it down to favourite 10 only. If you listed top 25 or 30, mine would have changed dramatically with inclusion of some classical albums, folk, indie, more blues, some soul etc. Not fair to make a judgement call on the posters who've so far listed when 10 albums may only make up 1-5% of their total collection .....
1. Tool - Lateralus
2. Nirvana - Nevermind
3. Radiohead - The Bends
4. Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
5. Matthew Good Band - Underdogs
6. Thrice - Beggars
7. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
8. Outkast - Aqemini
9. Led Zeppelin - III
10. Moist - Silver
Black Sabbath Master Of Reality
Metallica Ride The Lightning
Hendrix Band Of Gypsys
Led Zeppelin II
Deep Purple Made In Japan
Rainbow Rising
Megadeth Rust In Peace
Cream Wheels Of Fire
System Of A Down Toxicity
Tool Aenima
It's quite strange that from what I see in this topic, most of the people who write here (and consider themselves as ones who understand in music), prefer some really simple albums. I don't want to mention specific albums/artists, but they are simple harmony with a nice melody and nothing more. Or even worse...
There like friends, they don't have to be smart to be entertaining.
It's quite strange that from what I see in this topic, most of the people who write here (and consider themselves as ones who understand in music), prefer some really simple albums. I don't want to mention specific albums/artists, but they are simple harmony with a nice melody and nothing more. Or even worse...
There is something to be said for what is actually 'left out' of a piece of music.....
As it's been said, it's really hard to narrow it down.....especially under the 10 albums/10 different artists rule....and then throw in a mix of genres....I'd rewrite mine 50 times before posting it.
But, much of what I'd include....has already been mentioned
. This is a great thread for expanding one's appetite for good music though!
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Radiohead - OK Computer
Portishead - Dummy
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
The White Stripes - Elephant
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Bjork - Homogenic
A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
There's so many more I'd like to add, but this list is solid enough.
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Think it's time to reflect and see if my tastes have changed...
