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These lists are awesome, I've seen so many entries that make me want to change my original ten. Hejira's list alone...wow- and the nods for 'Physical Graffiti' and 'Goodbye Yellowbrick Road'- two I shouldn't have forgotten.
The major reason I still have a minor mental block about Bella Donna comes down to the title song and to this: "PONY." "PHONEY" It just made me die, a 100 years ago, that a songwriter I thought was the female Bob Dylan had 'pony' in a song to begin with, then for her to rhyme it with 'phoney'...I swear it broke my heart, back on the edge of 17, as I was. On the day it was released, and as I played that first song, I thought ' Oh no! Pony! Phoney! I can never play this song for anyone!' Maybe it's an animal thing? Pony? Chimpanzee? No animal references ever again, SLN! Though 'cat in the dark' was gorgeous... PS- come to think of it, the brilliant JM's 'painted ponies' of 'The Circle Game' don't bother me, it's a song and a half. Maybe I need to finally get over the 'pony/phoney' Bella Donna couplet, all these years later! --Oh, good choice! About time someone mentioned Dark Side Of The Moon, another one I can't believe I forgot about! I have to agree that as concept albums go, Dark Side is brilliant. Last edited by Nikolaj; 02-26-2010 at 03:28 PM.. |
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The Beatles: The White Album
Fleetwood Mac: Tusk Kylie Minogue: X Madonna: Like A Prayer Original Broadway Cast: Spring Awakening The Argument: Recess Seranade Mika: Life In Cartoon Motion Kylie Minogue: Impossible Princess Vanessa Carlton: Heroes and Thieves Kelly Clarkson: My December
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Ooooohh! Great choice on Impossible Princess! I'm a huge Kylie fan and have been for over 20 years and this is by far her best album. Cowboy Style is wonderful. Not that I'm adverse to her more all-out pop though - the Rhythm of Love era is Kylie at her Better-The-Devil-all-out-pop best!!
I tried and tried to love X but I just couldn't. 2 Hearts was a good first single, something a bit different from her, but other than In My Arms and a couple of other I just couldn;t get into it. I kept hoping it would grow on me like Body Language did but no. I'm interested, since you have such a high opinion of the album, what do you think of Nu-di-ty?
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I was jockeying back and forth on whether to pick the Globe Sessions or Sheryl's self-titled album, too. They're both terrific. I've followed Sheryl since '94... and agree Detours wasn't her strongest effort (though I really did enjoy it, and the statements it made). In the end, I think there's a tinge of self indulgence in Globe Sessions that places it a close second for me . |
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I love reading everyone's lists. This is so much fun, and it's introducing me to some stuff I never really listened to before. So to everyone that's participated so far, thank you!
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.bump.
In no particular order.
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Hmmm...10...hmmm
Not in an order...mmmm-'k?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ride_the_Lightning "Ride the Lightning" - Metallica - The sophomore slump sure as hell didn't apply to this album. Another album to decompress to (See SYL's "Alien" below) and a classic that makes me nostalgic for the high school days of my youth when I sat throughout grades 10-12 with headphones on never hearing a word of the many teachers I had. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Puppets "Master of Puppets" - Metallica - Just the flow of the music along with the lyrical content made for a true classic IMO. Add Cliff Burton's "music theory" to the thrash and you come of with some brilliant musical entities (ie "Orion") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Road "Abbey Road" - The Beatles - If anyone listened to this album and still cannot understand the brillance of it, then there's nothing I can say to make ya understand. What a way for a band to go out! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_%28album%29 "Alien" - Strapping Young Lad - Pure unadulterated hate & equal parts aggression...A great album to listen to decompress when one feels like going to Postal/Lubby's on the world. Works for my sorry ass!!! Has the one song that describes my life and all it's f**kups: "****storm" I have yet to hear any metal album as 'heavy' as "Alien" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall "The Wall" - Pink Floyd - Still an album I can see parts of myself in, as the character "Pink" either being overprotected by his Mother or being 'abandoned' as with Pink when he calls his wife from overseas. Even at age 9, when "The Wall" was released I was attracted to what I heard - when I was a teenager the lyrics hit home with me. I put up my own 'Wall' to keep people out (And to an extent I STILL do) when I felt I was about to be psychologically hurt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innuendo_%28album%29 "Innuendo" - Queen - Hard to imagine such a great album being recorded as a member of the band is dying, and that member knew his time on this globe were coming to an end. Freddie Mercury's will to go out with this triumph of will to go on to the VERY VERY end is worth the admission alone. And one can also sense the emotions building due to Freddie's illness by the multitude of emotions each track on Innuendo can bring out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somewhe...me_%28album%29 "Somewhere in Time" - Iron Maiden - What a way to followup "Powerslave", with a melodic yet heavy album. Includes the great track "Wasted Years" which as a 16 year old turd (which I was when it was released back in 1986) I could relate to since I saw my teen years as possibly being my "golden years". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary_o...an_%28album%29 "Diary of a Madman" - Ozzy Osbourne - No matter what most say about this followup to "Blizzard of Ozz", this one to my ears sounds superior. Randy Rhoads was just starting to show what he was capable of creating when adding classical music musical aptitude to a heavy-metal setting. Things clicked in both categories with the tracks "You Can't Kill Rock N Roll" and the title track "Diary of a Madman" (Which still gives me chills with the acoustic guitar intro). One could only know what Randy would have done in the genre of metal had his life not been cut short. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Reveries "Ghost Reveries" - Opeth - What happens when a death metal band goes more towards the progressive Pink Floyidan light? Ghost Reveries. Sure, the death growl vocals are still presence, but the musicianship behind those vocals (Which are NOT throughout the whole album - When Mikael Åkerfeldt sings cleans it is a great thing, Dude can sing in a clean voice better than most regular vocalists) are something you cannot find in music these days, equal parts artsy 70's progressive and equal parts pure melodic death metal. One the best albums in the past 5 years IMHO. and finally... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Deg...ner_Turbulence "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" - Dream Theater - Disc 2. The 46:16 that this title track takes you through is emotionally unbelievable. A 8 part opus dealing with the struggles of life issues of various characters makes one wonder how some survive the pain in the wake of suffering from "mental health issues" of bipolar, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia, post-partum depression, autism, and dissociative personality disorder. This album has a particular place in my heart, because it helped me back in late 2003 when Debbie was diagnosed with cancer, and at the time I was afraid I would lose the person I loved and cared about, and more important I would lose my friend...But we know how that story ended, don't we? This CD was in the cd changer each and everyday for the 200+ mile roundtrip drive to OKC from Dec.2003 to April 2004 to be there for Debbie to be her own personal (male) cheerleader and to pick her up when she was just too tired to fight on. It still helps me now...But that is because I am now suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and understand the lyrical content of the track "War Inside My Head"...Which is what happens to me on a daily basis. If I had to pinpoint of these ten picks "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" is the king!
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