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Re: The Best Album Ever.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:21 am
by melocoton
forge wrote:I was most disappointed to realise "round the bend" is not actually a nick drake cover - because it sounds so much like it it has gone from being a really nice haunting cover versio to now being a bit of a rip off -
That's not all that Beck ripped off. I don't know how anyone who has ever listened to Serge Gainsbourg's
Histoire du Melody Nelson could think that Sea Change is a great album.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:42 am
by leisuremuffin
elvis costello - imperial bedroom
autechre - chiastic slide
augustus pablo - king tubby meets rockers uptown
can - ege bamashi hmmmm, or maybe tago mago
mingus/ellington/roach - money jungle
hans reichl - shanghaied on tor road
latin playboys - s/t or maybe dose
tuffy mcfucklebee's good time orchestra and family eatery - s/t
or at least that's how i feel this week.
.lm.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:30 am
by Rokko
The Prodigy - Fat of the land
Dj Shadow - In Tune & On Time
Dj Shadow - Endtroducing
UNKLE - Psyence Fiction
Nirvana - Nevermind
The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
RJD2 - Since We Last Spoke
Sasha - Involver
Cypress Hill _ Black Sunday
Freestylers - We Rock Hard
Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5
Les Rhythmes Digitales - Darkdancer
Morcheeba - Who can you trust
... a few of my favourites
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:12 am
by sidownes
off the top of my head:
kraftwerk - computer world
BOC - geogaddi
stevie wonder - innervisions
mbv - loveless
bowie - low
Re: The Best Album Ever.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 12:33 pm
by forge
melocoton wrote:forge wrote:I was most disappointed to realise "round the bend" is not actually a nick drake cover - because it sounds so much like it it has gone from being a really nice haunting cover versio to now being a bit of a rip off -
That's not all that Beck ripped off. I don't know how anyone who has ever listened to Serge Gainsbourg's
Histoire du Melody Nelson could think that Sea Change is a great album.
where might one find it?
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:20 pm
by andydes
So many to choose from. These may not be the best, but here's five that mean a lot to me personally (chronological order):
Nirvana - Nevermind (made me buy a guitar, along with Pearl Jam's Ten, but that never really stood the test of time and has no street cred).
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman (the perfect album?)
Leftfield - Leftism (this and dubnobass, first year university where I discovered decent dance music existed)
Royksopp - Melody AM (part of my soundtrack to travelling in SE Asia)
Simple Kid - One (so much good dance music in the last few years, but I often come back to this to listen to some real songs)
Really struggled with that. Could spend another two pages listing things I would have liked to include- Portishead, FSOL, oh god - Radiohead....Ahhhh!
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:27 pm
by SubQ
it's already tuff to pick 5 by genre, but without too much thinking:
ROCK
Stooges - Stooges
Blonde on Blonde - Dylan
Marquee Moon - Television
Sister - Sonic Youth
Velvet Underground and Nico - Velvet
JAZZ
A Love Supreme - Coltrane
Dinasty - Mingus
Jack Johnson Sessions - Miles
Underground - Thelonious Monk
Complete Birth of Bebop - Charlie Parker
HIPHOP
Power in numbers - J5
Blend Crafters - Numark
Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
Studio Kinda Cloudy - Madlib
The Audience's Listening - Cut Chemist
FUNK
America's Eats it's young - Funkadelic
Foundations of Funk - James Brown
There's a Riot Goin' on - Sly and the Family Stone
Fencewalk - Mandrill
Headhunters - Headhunters
DUB & SKA
Horace Andy's Rare Dub Box - Horace Andy
East of River Nile - Augustus Pablo
King Tubby Meets the Skatalites - King Tubby
Musical Fever - Coxsone Dodd
Upsetter in Dub - Lee Perry
BRASIL
Cartola - Cartola
João Voz e Violão - João Gilberto
Racional - Tim Maia
Paulinho da Viola - Paulinho da Viola
Mutantes e seus COmetas no País dos Baurets - Mutantes
BLUES
Chess History
SOUL
Stax Collection
Re: The Best Album Ever.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:09 pm
by Spikee
melocoton wrote:forge wrote:I was most disappointed to realise "round the bend" is not actually a nick drake cover - because it sounds so much like it it has gone from being a really nice haunting cover versio to now being a bit of a rip off -
That's not all that Beck ripped off. I don't know how anyone who has ever listened to Serge Gainsbourg's
Histoire du Melody Nelson could think that Sea Change is a great album.
That's not quite the spirit of the thread. I mean, music taste is subjective and tastes swing wildly from one person to the next. This was more about the idea of compiling a list that reflects the preferences of the forum members, not to debunk or impugn their suggestions.
As it stands though, I'll check this out if I find it and if I think it sucks you'll be the first to know.

j/k
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:18 pm
by Colin_B
Radiohead - Kid A
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Radiohead - OK Computer
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Verve - Urban Hymns
And a special mention to this years best record:
Shearwater - Palo Santo
Re: The Best Album Ever.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:34 pm
by melocoton
Spikee wrote:That's not quite the spirit of the thread. I mean, music taste is subjective and tastes swing wildly from one person to the next. This was more about the idea of compiling a list that reflects the preferences of the forum members, not to debunk or impugn their suggestions.
Yeah, I know. I couldn't resist
Here are five of my favorites (though I'd never suggest these are the greatest of all time).
Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd
Tago Mago - Can
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
On the Corner - Miles Davis
There's a Riot Goin On - Sly & the Family Stone
There might be many albums that I like better at any given moment but these are five that I can never tire of.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:44 pm
by tonspion
Hello to the Board!
My favorit Albums are:
P.J Harvey-To Bring You My Love
Deftones-Around The Fur
Fugazi-In On The Kill Taker
Ms John Soda-No P. Or D.
Portishead-Live
It's hard to shorten the collection like this!!!
But this are the Albums I listen over and over again for years.
Peace
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:30 am
by evilxsystems
Rush- A Farewell to Kings
Public Enemy- Fear of a Black Planet
Hardfloor- TB Resuscitation
Miles Davis- Kind of Blue
Doubting Thomas- The Infidel
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:05 am
by leisuremuffin
word up to pj harvey. I almost included "is this desire" in my stupid list.
and also word the fuck up to doubting thomas... but i think maybe a tear garden record is those guys best achievements? tired eyes slowly burning? last man to fly? Sheila liked the rodeo?
or maybe it's a straight up sp record? cleanse fold and manipulate? bites?
MBM 99%?
......
.lm.
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:12 am
by forge
yer all a bunch of listin too many greedy basstards!
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:27 am
by MathMusick
1. Front by Front - Front 242
2. The Process - Skinny puppy
3. AEnima - Tool
4. The Downward Spiral - NIN
5. Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed & the Way to Suck Eggs - Ministry