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Ah, just cued up Pain of Salvation's epic The Perfect Element Part 1. Another true progressive metal masterpiece. Not really that heavy, with an awful lot of variation in the songs. And there is just so much emotion that comes seeping through the speakers. Both soothing and energizing in turns. I occasionally listen to just a couple songs on it, but it works so much better if you listen from start to finish.
And I can't talk about concept albums without mentioning Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime. IMO this is the concept album by which all can be measured. Very accessible songs when taken alone (Eyes of a Stranger, I Don't Believe in Love, Breaking the Silence) and still a very coherent story when listened to from start to finish.
Okay, I will stop with the rock/metal, probably more than you wanted.
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U2 - Joshua Tree U2 - Unforgettable Fire Beatles - Abbey Road Doors - Morrison Hotel Gordon Lightfoot - Summertime Dream Gordon Lightfoot - Gord's Gold Journey - Trial By Fire Gary Moore - Wild Frontier
I can't describe why I can listen to these albums/tapes/CDs all the way through. I just love and appreciate them, for various reasons.
I've listened to "Morrison Hotel" so many times (I've owned it on vinyl, cassette, and CD - in one form or another ever since it was released when I was in junior high) that when I hear a song from it on the radio, I automatically start hearing the music for the next track in my head when it ends. This can be a little disorienting when another song comes on instead. Posts: 2454 | Registered: Jan 2003
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oh kat i am such a jerk, i promised you a mix cd like two years ago! *pounds head into desk*
okay, here are a few (some already mentioned) that i really think you'll like. you strike me as the song-driven type.
rush of blood to the head by coldplay. beautifuly vocals, very rich, very sweet without being saccharine.
the bends and ok computer by radiohead. everytime i listen to radiohead i go "hot damn! i love this band!" thom yorke's voice tugs at my heart. their music is...intelligent, but emotional as well. a blue chrome robot with a small pink neon heart, blinking in the night.
poses by rufus wainwright. nice lyrics, popera voice. piano. he is the young man that did the cover of "across the universe" on the i am sam soundtrack. i bet his hair smells of peaches and cinnamon.
the i am sam soundtrack is really good, too! various artists cover beatles songs.
they usually play a nice variety of decent music on smallville, so i second that nomination. it might clue you in to some artists that you hadn't heard without having to buy twenty albums.
the first a perfect circle almum. la mer de noms? it's like tool, but on prom night. (lavender dress, switchblade corsage!)
jimi hendrix, the experience. classic and innovative. jimi wasn't comfortable with his voice, but i sure am. how can you not rock out to this album?
weezer, same as suggested. play by moby is super happy fun. puts the dance back in your pants.
i do not suggest steve reich. i love steve reich, but he's not someone i would pop into the stereo and blast all day, every day. his music is beautiful, but it's not what i would classify as "road trip" material.
i suggest hanging out for a day in planet music, tower, wherever. listen to artists you've heard snippets about or review albums that simply grab your eye without actually having to buy anything unless you really like it.
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Why? Well, APC shares a singer with Tool – namely, Maynard James Keenan. He is capable of both some of the most guttural screams in rock and some of its most melodic and haunting vocal lines. To generalize, Tool is all about the former while APC is all about the latter. Thirteen Step also features multiple uses of the word "precious," which I always enjoy. ...and there are some marvellous lines ("'Clever' got me this far, then 'tricky' got me in"). The album actually contains a fairly wide variety of styles and textures, from the nu-metal D-flat tuned Pet to the melted-jazz tone of The Nurse Who Loved Me. I also thoroughly enjoyed their first album, Mer de Noms, but I think I like this one more (though I must admit, my favourite APC song is still Orestes from the first record). Thirteen Step has found a semi-permanent home in my CD player of late. I rarely leave home without it.
David Usher - Morning Orbit
David Usher used to sing for the Canadian rock band Moist, who now appear to be defunct since their dummer can't play anymore (due to a back injury). Morning Orbit was his second solo album and contains some solid light rock efforts. I've always been partial to his singing voice; in some respects it's similar to Maynard Keenan's when the latter is singing with APC and not Tool. Very strong in the upper register. There's an awesome cover of Fast Car on the record, and the second single, Black Black Heart, is a real stand-out track.
Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat Minor - Yngwie Malmsteen
I happen to think that Yngwie is the most talented guitarist ever to walk this earth. Too bad he's a bit of a dick, but you can't have it all. Concerto Suite was composed and arranged by Malmsteen, and the orchestra doesn't so much take a back seat to the guitar as just defer to it. The melodies jump from instrument to instrument, but always wind their way back to the guitar. What I like so much about this record is that there's fire in it. Oomph. It's very baroque, but there are hints of flamenco in the mellower sections. Really just remarkable.
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Other standouts:
Tool – Lateralus
I plug this CD all the time. It's 79 minutes of hard, hard rock. Danny Carey is the best drummer in the history of the universe, and he really shows it here. Maynard shows off his range and his lung capacity with a 24-second scream midway through the opening track. The album closes with a suite of three songs that mesh together on one 20-minute opus of melody. This one's on my all-time Top Five.
The Music (self-titled)
This is the best debut album I've heard since Pearl Jam's Ten. It's utterly groovalicious. The one problem is that it blends together a bit at the tail end, but nonetheless every single song is excellent.
Wide Mouth Mason (self-titled)
WMM are a Canadian band from out west. This was their first (and IMO best) effort. They play very bluesy rock, and wow do they ever do it well. They have a groove a mile wide.
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If I had to choose just one of these records to suggest to you, though, it would probably be Thirteen Step.
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Okay, I'll start with the obvious one. The best full single non-skipping album of all time is Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. I'm sure no one has mentioned it so far because it's so obvious. But if you don't have it already, get it. There's not a foul note on the album.
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Someone mentioned Rush. I think 2112 is a better album than Moving Pictures, and I say that as someone who has owned all of their albums since the late '80s, and knows them inside and out. But it's all personal preference, so take my opinion for what it's worth.
I don't even know how to classify Chris Isaak. I'd call him country-rock, but the music that most people currently think of as country is an insult to the genre, and the title would therefore be misleading. Anyway, on the pop end of the scale, Forever Blue is an amazing album without a weak track. However, I prefer Baja Sessions. It's a great set of accoustic classics that will make you feel like you're on a beach in Mexico. Wonderful mood music.
Remain In Light by Talking Heads is one of the greatest experimental fusions of pop and 20th century classical you'll ever hear. You'll love it start to finish.
Rockin' the Suburbs by Ben Folds is probably the best new album I've heard in years. It's dynamic, theatrical, varied in tone, and incredibly intelligent.
Cosmo's Factory is my personal favorite Creedence album. Some of the best southern/ bayou rock ever recorded. And it came from California. Irony, anyone?
Superfly by Curtis Mayfield. If you're into funk/soul and you don't have this album, it's the one. You won't know how you lived without it.
Dire Straits self title album. It's not as hit-filled as Brothers In Arms, but it's much better. Any Dire Straits album is a winner, but this is the must-have.
Apostrophe by Frank Zappa. Not only is this one of the smartest albums, musically, ever to come from the rock genre, but it's also perhaps the funniest. You'll never be more impressed and entertained at the same time. Such a genius with such a sense of humor about his talent is a rare combination. You can't miss this.
Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull. You'd think you'd get bored by a 45-minute rock album with one track, but you won't. Not only is the gimmick interesting, but it's pulled off so incredibly well that you won't believe it. Not to mention the hard-rock flute solos. It's a one-of-a-kind album.
Led Zeppelin IV. This is a no-brainer. I won't even explain it.
A Picture of Nectar by Phish. These guys can be a little bombastic and pretentious, but this album actually lived up to the hype. If you've ever heard a Phish song that you liked, you'll love every track on this album.
Stronger Than Pride by Sade. Okay, all of her albums are great (except maybe Lovers' Rock). I had a hard time picking one to recommend. I almost copped out and just suggested the Greatest Hits, which might not be a bad idea if you just have to get one. But she's one of those people that has too many good songs to fit on one Greatest Hits album. And if you had to choose one album to start a collection with, this one has some of her funkiest grooves, and would be an excellent choice.
Innervisions by Stevie Wonder. He's a genius, and I think this album has the highest concentration of classics.
Ghost in the Machine by The Police. Again, not as hit-packed as Synchronicity, but a more varied selection of world-music based rock. Stewart Copeland lays down some of the best drums you'll ever hear on a rock album, and it's just about the best composing that any of them will ever do in their lives. Not a bad track on the album.
These aren't necessarily my favorite albums. But they're the albums that I can't imagine anyone wanting to skip a track on. I was going to continue with my picks in other genres (sountracks, jazz, classical, new age, techno, etc.), but this post is long enough, and I think you're just fishing for rock albums anyway. Good luck, and choose wisely.
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wow. you mean you can skip over songs you don't like? just kidding. it could be that i'm just too easily amused, but i rarely skip over songs on any cd i listen to, and i have definitely bought cds based on a single song. after skimming through this thread, i see that my tastes are way out there compared to everyone else's, although i have actually heard of a few of the mentioned artists. anyway, my suggestions (even though i can't figure out what your tastes are):
Alicia Keys--Songs in A minor Fiona Apple--When the Pawn
as for why i like them, first of all, i like stuff i can sing along with, and also, both of these albums are amazing musically.
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A lot like Counting Crows - the same sort of raw, unproduced, acoustic feel that their best stuff on August and Everything After and Recovering the Satellites has (don't much care for their more recent stuff, but those two, by the way, are great albums - others I can go right through on). It plays like he's sitting on a stool in the corner of a coffee shop.
Also U2, The Joshua Tree.
And if you're feeling lucky, Metallica's S&M is a "best of" compilation done live with the San Francisco Symphony. It works surprisingly well.
Also, Speed quite rightly emphasizes the importance of Dire Straits.
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quote:Thank you! for introducing me here to the Delgados. What a world we live in - a mere notion - a contintent away - phosphorescing on my CRT - moments later I am listening to a track on headphones....
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Okay, my list of the "no clunkers, clinkers or dinkers" albums:
Van Morrison's Veedon Fleece Beauty at 33 rpms (or many many more rpms in CD form).
Rush's Signals Everything you went through as a youth in suburbia. One of a handful of masterpiece albums this band has made. They truly deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Paul Kelly and the Messengers: Under the Sun Probably the greatest Australian singer/songwriter of all time. Wondrous, the album touches lives and shows the chords that wind us all together.
Peter Mulvey: Rapture Fabulous song-writing and the most intricate acoustic guitar work you'll find anywhere. This guy is one of the greatest undiscovereds.
Bare Naked Ladies: Gordon Their first and best album. Hilarious and touching, it was a piece of sarcastic magic.
U2: The Joshua Tree Never has there been a more perfectly crafted album. Wow. 100 years from now, this will be what music history teachers will play for their students.
Lastly, just about anything by Yes will get played straight through on my CD player.
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rivka: I have never met another human being who even knew who Dan Fogelberg was.
And while I don't particularly care for his music NOW, he was one of my favorites way back when. . .
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Twinky, I couldn't agree with you more about APC - I wasn't sure that they would be more than just a 1 album band, but Thirteen Step has disabused me of that!
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GAAAA! For me, the title song is more of a "dive for the stereo and rip out the CD, or alternatively poke out my ears with knitting needles" type song. Consequently I've never heard any of this other stuff. Given that, you may want to take my suggestions with a grain of salt, but here goes:
I'll second whoever said "Rush of Blood to the Head". I don't care so much for the first song, but the rest of that album is absolutely fantastic, in a haunting sort of way.
If you like Talking Heads, I'd highly recommend their live album, "Stop Making Sense". Every song on it is performed extremely well, and there is an energy to this album that none of their studio recordings even begin to approach.
The two They Might Be Giants albums that I find myself putting in most frequently are "Flood" and "John Henry". I like all of their albums (well, up to John Henry, anyway; I'm sadly unaquainted with anything they've done since 1994), but these two are to me among their most consistently musically interesting, catchy, and fun. "Lincoln" and "Apollo 18" tie for 3rd place.
I love the Beatles. If you do too, I'm sure you already know all you need to about which albums of theirs you like. The only Beatles songs I skip are Revolution 9 (because come on!), Yellow Submarine, and Octapus's Garden.
I never skip any of the songs on George Harrison's swan song album "Brainwashed". There are bits of it that sound a little bit ELOish, but for the most part George's genius burns bright throughout the album. On "All Things Must Pass" I only skip the "Johnny's Birthday" song (I don't remember the actual title there), which isn't bad for an album that size. "George Harrison" and "33&1/3" are pretty solid also.
As long as we're on former Beatles, I can say that I never skip through anything on either "McCartney" or "Ram". If you like Paul, these are definitely his best albums (although certainly not his only good ones).
Do you like Luna? If so, I'd highly recommend their 1994 album "Bewitched". I haven't heard all of their stuff, but of the albums I've heard, "Bewitched" has captivated my attention more than any other. It's a haunting and somewhat depressing album, but it's one of those that draws my attention so completely that when it's on I tend to stop whatever else I'm doing and just listen to it.
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quote:I have never met another human being who even knew who Dan Fogelberg was.
I know who Dan Fogelberg is. "Twin Sons of Different Mothers" is a good album. Also, his song, "Leader of the Band" always makes me cry. Always. This was rather inconvenient when I worked in a store where the satellite music system they subscribed to played it fairly often.
I don't listen to Fogelberg often these days, but I still like his music.
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I like Dan Fogelberg, too, but in characteristically schizy fashion, I can also laugh uproariously at Denis Leary when he riffs that Fogelberg was responsible for turning us into wusses (or some word like that) in the 70's.....
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Let me see if I can rank the Radiohead albums according to my own tastes:
1. The Bends: If only for Fake Plastic Trees, but this album has so many other good songs. 2. OK Computer: Paranoid Android was the first song I ever heard by Radiohead (I was serving a mission when Creep came out). Needless to say, I fell in love with the band immediately. I must confess that I often skip Fitter Happier. 3. Hail to the Thief: Maybe because it's still so new. But it's just full of great stuff, and it's so varied. 4. Kid A: I still have a hard time with some of the sounds on this one, but the album as a whole gels so well. 5. Amnesiac: I love a few of the songs, like Pyramid Song and I Might Be Wrong, but this one's too experimental and doesn't have the masterpiece feel of Kid A. 6. Pablo Honey: Lots of energy, but Radiohead just hadn't hit their stride yet.
I think my absolute favorite Radiohead song is one of their b-sides, Cuttooth. Other b-side favorites are Talk Show Host, India Rubber, Lift, and Banana Co.
Pink Floyd made a few albums that you absolutely listen to the whole way through. Animals is some of the best music ever made. I love that little album. Wish You Were Here and Dark Side of the Moon are unbelievable. The 70s was a good decade for Floyd.
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ahahahaa, so much talk about a perfect circle made me go and dream about maynard last night. not that i'm complaining or anything Posts: 3936 | Registered: Jul 2000
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I have never had the urge to skip during any album. Run, screaming into the night with my hands covering my ears, but not sissy skipping around like a little girl.
I mean--never, and I've listened to "Skipperella and Music to Skip To", by Skip Skipperson and the Skipperettes.
Not a single skipping incident.
Oh, wait, you meant skipping over a song, not prancing around like a show horse in heat.
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I've been looking up some of these albums at the library, but I can't find Carbon Leaf by Echo Echo and my library has a huuuuuuuge collection!
I second all the Rush noms. Just don't try to get into Vapor Trails as your first album. It might turn you off.
I have the SR-71 album (which was shockingly good - I was expecting super poppy, and it's only mid way poppy). I also have The Rising by the Boss, which was pretty good.
I second the DMB noms as well. thank gawd he gave up being a bartender! second the Counting Crows. second Coldplay. Thx for mentioning Moby, I'm getting him from the library now....
Blue Sky Mining, by Midnight Oil is pretty good.
One, by the Beatles (all their number one hits).
greatest hits of a lot of people...Elton John, Lionel Richie, the Boss, Journey (must have for every classic rock fan), Foreigner...
there's a great album by a group called samiam, I'm looking it up now...You are freaking me out, it's called. It is awesome fast driving music!
No Angel by Dido will be good in about 10 years when we all forget how much it was overplayed...
Women of the World: Celtic Music is a pretty good album for some not like the rest of the stuff music...
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Hobbes, you forgot 'Songs from Liquid Days'. Vocals by various performers. Music by Philip Glass. Really good.
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Actually Storm, I own Liquid Days but it is one of my least favorite Glass CDs (that I own that is, but I own aroung 50 Glass). Besides which, there's a lot of other Glass music I like more, but I wouldn't necessarily normally listen to the album all the way thorugh (Koyaanisqatsi being my favorite CD, but I hardley ever listen to Tracks 1,2,3 and 8 for instance).
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Slow Motion Daydream by Everclear. Just a really HEAVY album. Solos are really tight and melodic, never the masturbatory twiddling of many other bands...
Out of the Vein by Third Eye Blind. Pretty rockin', but more artsy than most. Awesome lyrics, awesome singing, awesome guitars.
That Audioslave album people have been talking about(what is the name? Argh!) Chris Cornel (I *think* that's his name) has an incredible voice.
South by Heather Nova. A rootsy, country-pop thing with haunting vocals and slowly grooving melodies.
Grace by Jeff Buckley. Weird guitars, weird vocals, weird lyrics, AWESOME album.
...erm, I'm not sure if our musical tastes really match, but ya never know...
*looks for thesaurus to replace "awesome" with better adjectives*
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Gladiator Sdtrk (love it!) Fellowship of the Ring Sdtrk (really good!) The Two Towers Sdtrk (better that FotR, Rohan theme is awesome!) Faire Celts (this is extremely cool)
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[tangent] Audioslave is a wonderful combo band - the great singer from Soundgarden + the great band from Rage Against the Machine = 1 really great band [/tangent]
The Braveheart Soundtrack and Last of the Mohicans Soundtrack are wonderful and can go on repeat for hours with me.
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I like the Braveheart Sdtrk, too. I've been wanting The Godfather Sdtrk. I hope I'll get it soon. Posts: 4174 | Registered: Sep 2003
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I study to the LOtR soundtrack a lot. My writing gets really intense during the orc-fighting scenes.
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Hehe! The thing I don't like about Gladiator is the volume. It goes anywhere from being barely audible to being really loud. But that does add to making it more intense.
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Hi, people. I would like to add my two cents to the subject.
I think my best non-skipping album is "The Mask and the Mirror", from Loreena Mckennitt, a Canadian singer. She plays the harp, and has a voice like an angel. Her music has strong celtic influences, but it ranges from pure medieval to middle-eastern and oriental. Sometimes she uses eletrical guitars and other modern resources. Her other albuns are also amazing. If you like "The Mask and the Mirror", Try the newest one, "Book of Secrets", or the earlier ones "The Visit", "Parallel Dreams" and "Elemental". It is not waitroom easy-listening music (like Enya). I find it much, much more powerful.
Without her music I would never concentrate myself enough to finish my Literature PHD.
Here is the lyrics of (imho) the best music of "The Mask and the Mirror". Enjoy and let me know if you liked it:
THE BONNY SWANS (7:18) Music by Loreena McKennitt. Words traditional, arranged and adapted by Loreena McKennitt
A farmer there lived in the north country a hey ho bonny o And he had daughters one, two, three The swans swim so bonny o These daughters they walked by the river's brim a hey ho bonny o The eldest pushed the youngest in The swans swim so bonny o
Oh sister, oh sister, pray lend me your hand with a hey ho a bonny o And I will give you house and land the swans swim so bonny o I'll give you neither hand nor glove with a hey ho a bonny o Unless you give me your own true love the swans swim so bonny o
Sometimes she sank, sometimes she swam with a hey ho and a bonny o Until she came to a miller's dam the swans swim so bonny o
The miller's daughter, dressed in red with a hey ho and a bonny o She went for some water to make some bread the swans swim so bonny o
Oh father, oh daddy, here swims a swan with a hey ho and a bonny o It's very like a gentle woman the swans swim so bonny o They placed her on the bank to dry with a hey ho and a bonny o There came a harper passing by the swans swim so bonny o
He made harp pins of her fingers fair with a hey ho and a bonny o He made harp strings of her golden hair the swans swim so bonny o He made a harp of her breast bone with a hey ho and a bonny o And straight it began to play alone the swans swim so bonny o
He brought it to her father's hall with a hey ho and a bonny o And there was the court, assembled all the swans swim so bonny o He laid the harp upon a stone with a hey ho and a bonny o And straight it began to play lone the swans swim so bonny o
And there does sit my father the King with a hey ho and a bonny o And yonder sits my mother the Queen the swans swim so bonny o And there does sit my brother Hugh with a hey ho and a bonny o And by him William, sweet and true the swans swim so bonny o And there does sit my false sister, Anne with a hey ho and a bonny o Who drowned me for the sake of a man the swans swim so bonny o
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Just so you know, you might want to delete some of those lyrics. I don't know what the copy right is on that, but if it is copyrighted OSC and company could be sued for violation.
If this isn't under copyright, I'm sorry. If it is, don't sweat it, this has happened before, but getting rid of all but a few sections would probably be good...
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OK, sorry to bring it up. Just wasn't sure what "arranged and adapted" counted for. Didn't mean to jump all over you about it, just a little worried.
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No problem, Hobbes. I understand your concern. Loreena writes the lyrics for most of her songs, although she likes to use traditional ones (one or two per album). I choose a traditional one, just to be on the safer side.
Anyway, if anyone is curious about her, her work or other lyrics, just go to www.quinlanroad.com.
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Another good, no-skip album: Rain Dogs by Tom Waits. It takes some getting used to, but it has this incredibly rich sound, perfect accompaniment for Waits's—pardon the cliche—gravelly voice. This is my favourite album of his; it's the first one where he really started doing something fresh and new. Sadly I lack the musical vocabulary to describe the album further. It's a bit jazzy, but also a bit. . . not.
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ah, my best friend and i listened to Alice by tom waits in the dark while driving up highway 5 back to norcal. it was wonderful!
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Both Terria and Ocean Machine: Biomech by Devin Townsend (the second was originally by the "band" Ocean Machine, but is now referred to as above with the artist being Devin Townsend) are fantastic albums to listen to from start to finish.
I have had a heck of a time describing the sound of these two albums. While Physicist is much more straight forward speed/thrash sort of sound (with an incredibly effective infusion of "pop" sensibility-yeah, sounds weird but it works amazingly well) these two are not like that at all. While there are some faster songs, and some heavy songs, the overall sound is very "atmospheric" (that is the only word I have come up with). I call it ambient metal. There are slower songs, songs with slower parts, some very catchy tunes, but still some extremely tight musicianship and some long, meandering songs. Very interesting stuff. I would recommend Biomech first. A really breathtaking and captivating album. (I sort of think of it as some of the feel of Pink Floyd, but with a lot more kick).
Oh, and funny also. "Earth Day" has some great lyrics (Eat Your Beets (Recycle, recycle) Don't Eat Your Beets (recycle, recycle)).
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My recommendations (although everyone may have thought of them all ready) are:
Rumors Fleetwood Mac Who's Next The Who Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd
And, from someone else who remembers Dan Fogelberg (although may not remember how to spell it):
Year of the Cat and Time Passages Al Stewart
Al's music is lite rock like Dan's, but with Peter White's classical guitar and Al's lyrics, which are some of the most intellictual lyrics of modern music (IMO).
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I love Year of the Cat. I just got it about 6 months ago, but it's one of my favorites. I haven't been able to find any other Al Stewart around though.
When listing the album's assets, you forgot to mention that it was produced by Alan Parsons.
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Hey! Another O.A.R. fan! I mentioned Any Time Now on the last page, but I wasn't thrilled with their new album, aside from "Revisited".
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