Steely Dan - Aja
Tom Waits - Closing Time
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Dire Straits - Self Titled
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
Jackie Brown OST
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Nirvana - Nevermind
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Pixies - Bossanova
311 - Grassroots
Tool - Undertow
Meshuggah - Obzen
Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly
Aesop Rock - Bazooka Tooth
Animals as Leaders - The Joy of Motion
Dr. Dre - 2001
Necrophagist - Onset of Putrefaction
Paul Oakenfold - Transport
First Fragment - Gloire Eternelle
Bazooka Tooth over all of aes’ other work?
Controversial I know. There was a point where I listened to that album everyday at work for months. Could be swapped for Hail Mary Mallon - The Bestiary
I’m a half asleep old metal head but hopefully this is both varied and not all metal and spelt right…
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Black Sabbath - the eponymous debut album
YOB - Our Raw Heart
Sondgarden - Superunknown
Tool - Aenema
Ozzy - Ozzmozis
Nirvana - In Utero
Metallica - the eponymous black album
Aphex Twin - the RDJ album
Brian Eno - Apollo
Geez that’s tough. Let’s see if I can do 10:
- Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
- Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
- Johnny Cash - At Folsum Prison
- Metallica - Master of Puppets
- B-52s - B-52s
- Nirvana - Nevermind
- Massive Attack - Mezzanine
- Electric Wizard - Electric Wizard
- Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
- The Beatles - Abbey Road
In no order:
- Mothership - Dance Gavin Dance
- Reimagined - Hail the Sun
- The Artist in the Ambulance - Thrice
- Appeal to Reason - Rise Against
- In Silico - Pendulum
- Good Kid - Good Kid
- Rhythm, Chord & Melody - The Reign of Kindo
- Wake - Hail the Sun
- To Speak, To Listen - Eidola
- NieR:Automata Original Soundtrack - Keiichi Okabe
Ugh this is so tough!
- The Beatles - Revolver
- Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue
- Subhumans - The Day the Country Died
- Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
- Billy Idol - Whiplash Smile
- David Bowie - Let’s Dance
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
- Crass - The Feeding of the 5000
- Iggy Pop - Soldier
- CSNY - Déjà Vu
- Mark Lanegan - Whiskey for the Holy Ghost
- Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
- Gregory Alan Isakov - This Empty Northern Hemisphere
- Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds
- Nick Drake - Pink Moon
- Ella Fitzgerald - The Cole Porter Songbook
- Ray LaMontagne - Monovision
- Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
- Tonic - Lemon Parade
- The Beatles - Abbey Road
7 I like and 3 I don’t know. Here we go…
Off the top of my head…
The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America
Stan Ridgway - The Big Heat
The Rainmakers - Flirting with the Universe
XTC - Black Sea
Morphine - Good
Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
The Mattoid - Great Lovers
Frank Zappa - Joe’s Garage
Was (Not Was) - What Up Dog?
…or something like that…
Man I’d take Drums and Wires if I had to pick an XTC album but it’s so great to see them mentioned
never heard of any of these
Weirdly insulting thing to say. Maybe listen to them.
This question gives me anxiety. Would learn to play guitar I guess.
In no order:
- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
- Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
- Songs For The Deaf - Queens of The Stone Age
- Still Still Stellar - Hoshimachi Suisei
- You Won’t Get What You Want - Daughters
- Station to Station - David Bowie
- Blackstar - David Bowie
- Hunting High and Low - a-ha
- Music For The Masses - Depeche Mode
- DISCO4 :: Generations - Health
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Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
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Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
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Pink Floyd - Animals
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Paramore - Brand New Eyes
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Stone Temple Pilots - Shangri-LA DEE DA
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Yes - Drama
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Yellowcard - Yellowcard
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My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
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Mariya Takeuchi - Love Songs (I’ve never actually listened to this in full but I love “September” off this album)
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Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (Same as above, I love “Stan” but have never actually listened to this in full, I picked the last two because I wanted some non-rock picks but I’m not much of an album guy in genres that aren’t rock.)
Dammit for picking some real killers. Takeuchi? Tull AND STP? I like the cut of your jibb.
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I think I’d be pretty happy if I had these albums in a desert island scenario… especially if I could do some sampling/remixing 😜
- The Planets - Gustav Holst
- Billie Holliday on Verve
- Charlie Parker on Verve
- The Firebird suite - Igor Stravinsky
- Gnossiene - Eric Satie
- The Heart of Saturday - Tom Waits
- Ready to die - The Notorious B.I.G.
- 20 Street Years - DJ Muro
- Brilliant Corners - Thelonius Monk
- Somethin’ Else - Cannonball Adderley
Smart to have an eclectic list. Yet keeping a few standards because thats your vibe.
This is hard but I’ll give it a go:
- The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
- Dance Gavin Dance - Happiness
- Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
- Flying Burrito Brothers - Gilded Palace of Sin
- Midland - On the Rocks
- Volumes - Via
- King Gizzard - I’m in Your Mind Fuzz
- Rush - A Farewell to Kings
- Mac DeMarco - This Old Dog
- Basement - Colourmeinkindess
Gemini Syndrome - Memento Mori
Gemini Syndrome - Lux
The Beatles - One
Queen - Greatest Hits
Queen - Greatest Hits II
Aerosmith - Greatest Hits
Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits
NWA - Greatest Hits
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Aha - Hunting High and Low
Roxy Music - Avalon
Alanis Morisette - Jagged Little Pill
Beatles - One
Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Elton John - Caribou
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