Obviously inspired by @[email protected] 's question
Mezzanine
Risingson makes me feel like im inside a private bdsm dungeon party session in underground germany with my buddy mike
Time by the Electric Light Orchestra. that period in the late 70s and early 80s where synthesizer music was getting popular but hadn’t fully codified norms yet is chock full of incredible music, and Time was one of those albums while also being the culmination of a lot of the rock and pop that came before it. add an engaging and heartbreaking story and you have a winner
I was definitely not expecting to see ELO as the very, very first result here but I’m pleasantly surprised.
Much like the other commenter, I’d also add that Eldorado is definitely a strong contender for their best album - arguably for the fact that I’ve never ever listened to an album that came anywhere close to it.
Finally, I’d throw in Discovery + ELO’s side of Xanadu, just for the mere fact that it’s their work featuring not a single weak track, all of them being single worthy and massive hits around the world.
Have you heard the remastered version with additional tracks? Julie Don’t Live Here is especially poignant.
Also, the album Eldorado.
yeah, the 2001 CD remaster was actually the one i grew up with! Julie is also my favorite bonus track. i don’t understand how it’s possible to make something that upbeat and melancholy at the same time but it just works
It’s a tie for me
Pearl Jam. (1991). Ten [Album]. Epic Records.
A Tribe Called Quest. (1991). The Low End Theory [Album]. Jive Records.
My fuck, Low End Theory is one of the best albums in history.
You on point, Tip?
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Well, then grab the microphone and let your words rip.
Here’s my thing about ‘Ten’.
I love the first half of this album. It’s some of the best music I know in the genre. High energy, catchy, passionate. But somehow, the second half feels to me like the band ran out of ideas and gas. After ‘Jeremy’ it’s all pretty average, low-energy stuff, with the exception of ‘Garden’.
Porch is a banger for me.
NIИ - The Downward Spiral is the common choice, but The Fragile is a much more complete album. However, my personal favorite is Year Zero.
I would say Pretty Hate Machine is probably the best known. My favorite is Broken. You are probably correct about Downward Spiral being the consensus among the fan base as a whole. What I really like about NIN is that I enjoy all of their albums. Many other bands I like have some that I avoid. Probably my least favorite NIN album is Fixed and it’s still pretty listenable.
Either The Wall by Pink Floyd or In Rainbows by Radiohead
Or The Money Store by Death Grips
Or ænemia by Tool
Or Dirt by Alice in Chains
Or-
Or Currents by Tame Impala
OR WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? by Bille Eilish
OR Random Access Memories by Daft Punk
OR The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails
Ween - Quebec
Favorite band is very tough. It’s probably Ween, and Quebec slightly over The Mollusk for meMmm, my order of favorite Ween albums would be Chocolate and Cheese, Quebec, White Pepper.
But Mollusk has some bangers on it too (Buckingham Green).
Why yes, yes I am down with the brown.
Did you listen to the Deluxe C&C yet? The “new” songs are really great
I have not! Gotta give that a listen, thanks for the heads-up!
Paul’s Boutique
Such a wild record. Great pick!
My Arms, Your Hearse by Opeth.
Edit: tied with BURN, PIANO ISLAND BURN by The Blood Brothers.
It’s a 3 way tie between Back in Black, Led Zeppelin II and Wish You Were Here.
LZ II is a perfect album. But then LZ IV is too… And also Physical Graffiti… It’s hard to pick just one.
I have several favorite bands, so I refuse to choose between them. In no particular order:
Dream Theater - Images and Words, but Awake is only lagging behind by a nanometer.
Metallica - I have a hard time choosing between Puppets and Black
Destiny Potato - Lun
Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Nice, I don’t think I’ve ever met another person who even knows who Destiny Potato are. They released another album as Sordid Pink, in case you weren’t aware. Not as good as Lun though, imo.
I first stumbled across them in early 2015 via spotify recommending Indifferent. That caused me to check out the entire album, and I instantly loved it.
Beatles answer: Revolver
Non-Beatles answer: Sunny Day Real Estate - the pink album
Enslaved is my favourite band and for me its a bit of a toss up between the albums ‘In Times’ and ‘Ruun’.
Before Enslaved took the top spot, it was Dissection’s ‘Storm Of The Light’s Bane’. Honorable mention for Opeth’s ‘Blackwater Park’.
Blackwater Park would have been my choice.
Storm of the Light’s Bane is a top 5 album all time for me, but Dissection is not my favorite band, if that makes sense.
Born to Run. Wait…Darkness on the Edge of Town. Wait…Nebraska…
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A lot of people say White Pony, but Around The Fur is where it’s at.
White Pony is accessible and everyone knows it. Around the Fur has the best snare I’ve ever heard recorded.
That’s a total lie! St Anger had the best snare in history!
This album is dedicated to Lars’ new drum kit.
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Such a refined masterpiece that few can touch. Mob rules and Dehumanizer are close seconds, but miss the sheer presence that Heaven and Hell beholds.
To me at least, Heaven and Hell is immersive and profound to an extent, that their other albums cannot compare. It holds a very special place in my heart.
Dio - The last in line.
Not quite head and shoulders above his other albums, but lands the most hits for me. I love every track on this album, and none are a “miss”. I love (almost) every other Dio album, but each has at least one song that doesn’t resonate with me.
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Cliche choice, but extremely enjoyable to listen and relax to. If you listen more closely, it becomes very immersive as each song has a clear story and a moral. Though some tracks are slower paced and longer, I don’t find a single one boring, which I sometimes do on other Dire Straits albums.
