Black Sabbath: Vol 4; Deep Purple: Made in Japan; Judas Priest: Sad Wings of Destiny; ~ Heavy rock influences. Lost interest in JP after they went leather.

Rush: 2112 ~ Concept album

Ramones: Rock to Russia ~ Punk

Stevie Ray Vaughn: Texas Flood ~ Of course, blues influence permeates rock, but SRV ...

Al di Meola: Elegant Gypsy ~ Jazz guitar

Puccini: Turandot ~ opera


I can't count to five, btw, except insofar as counting to six; no, five; six; no eight!

[Edited on May 4, 2007 at 11:09 AM. Reason : ..]

5/4/2007 11:07:43 AM

Modest Mouse - This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About

and

Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

and

Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong with Love

for shaping my current tastes, with the mouse being the all time favorite...the only band that I can name when/where I first heard them (some EP, not from the disc I listed). Ok not the only, but the only that in retrospect I view as, uh, a "moment." I was mainly bluegrass/jam/blues/rock shit before that...and country before that...and pop shit before that...and classical before that. There would probably be a ton of honorable mentions (VU, Ween, Radiohead, Death Cab? hell I dunno...Pink Floyd and Zep would have to be in there somewhere) but nothing that shaped my current (and strongest) tastes more than those. They probably changed alot more than just the way I hear music.

[Edited on May 4, 2007 at 12:34 PM. Reason : ;]

5/4/2007 12:05:38 PM

Hmmm.
I can only think of 4

Live Cream vol 2.
This was the first album I ever bought. I was just amazed at the power. It pretty much got me entrenched into blues, blues based rock, and power trios. Eric Clapton was my first guitar hero.

Johnny Winter, Still Alive and Well.
I had no idea then what slide guitar was. There is a track called "rock and roll" (not very novel, I know) that has killer slide on it. The guitar just blew me away. I was like "how the fuck does he do that!" JW was my second guitar hero

October Project, Falling Farther In.
OP, in their original line-up, was an alternative folk rock band with a latin flair and a touch of vampire chic. They came out of the manhatten coffee house scene in the early 90's and appeared to be in to all that goth shit. The writing, composition, performance and recording of this album is just amazing to me.

Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark.
Scuzlo was 14 when this came out, so maybe it was his little hormones a cracklin' but it sort of set the stage for my preference to female vocalists, leading me to buy and enjoy old and new artists from Maria Muldaur (70's) to Alanis Morrisette, Lisa Loeb, Fiona Apple etc.

5/4/2007 12:54:53 PM

Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers

OutKast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters

The Doors - L.A. Woman

(too lazy to elaborate right now)

5/4/2007 4:05:20 PM

^love all of those too ...they certainly expanded on the genres I listened to

5/4/2007 5:22:11 PM

A few others I "discovered" in college...

Portishead - Dummy

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing

Galactic - Crazyhorse Mongoose

Medeski Martin & Wood - Combustication

Ben Harper - Fight for Your Mind

5/4/2007 5:56:04 PM

Portishead - Dummy: Thank God for trip-hop. Massive Attack's Mezzanine and Tricky's Angels with Dirty Faces helped too.
TOOL - Ænima: This album pretty much shaped my being. Mer De Noms as well.
Snot - Get Some: This, along with Static X's Wisconsin Death Trip, System of a Down and Fear Factory's Obsolete, really introduced me to a new generation of metal. I was also listening to KoRn's Follow the Leader and Limp Bizkit's Three Dollar Bill, Yall$ (sometimes I really miss nu-metal).
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells: Although it was "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" that introduced me to this band and this album, it was really Elephant that brought me into the garage scene, and incidentally indie music.
Everlast - Whitey Ford Sings the Blues: I don't think this needs much explanation. This is still one of the best albums I have ever heard. I have more memories soundtracked by this album.

Among many others . . .

5/4/2007 9:38:51 PM

Quote :

"Everlast - Whitey Ford Sings the Blues"

Perhaps you have heard him live. I did and it DEFINATLY changed the way I listen to music. I shutter at the fact of ever listening to someone like him live again.

5/4/2007 9:45:52 PM

when he sings, he does have a bad live voice.

5/4/2007 9:49:40 PM

Its like Tom Petty and Bob Dylan managed to have a man child and it learned to sing. Except it didn't. It just spit words into a mic.

5/4/2007 9:54:09 PM

great words (on Whitey Ford Sings the Blues)

5/4/2007 11:01:56 PM

text message sent to jake

5/4/2007 11:19:15 PM

hah yeah it was

5/4/2007 11:34:30 PM

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd was my favorite band for about 4 years, and this was the album that started the obsession. I used to listen to this album every day of my life.

The Beatles: Abbey Road
You hear about the Beatles your whole life, but you don't appreciate the Beatles until you get a Beatles record. Abbey Road is wonderful all the way through.

Tool: Aenima
This album introduced me to Tool in general, and particularly to the earlier albums Opiate and Undertow. I got into Tool around my senior year of high school; they've never approached the standard they set in their first three albums, but those three albums are wonderful.

Led Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy
The first Zeppelin album I got was III, and that's all acoustic: a great album, but not really representative of Zeppelin. But Houses of the Holy is very diverse, and pretty damned good all the way through. Very soon after buying Houses of the Holy, I had I, II, IV and Physical Grafitti

Radiohead: OK Computer
nuff said

5/5/2007 11:44:30 AM

1. Everclear-Sparkle and Fade: For some reason this one is the top, I discovered this album about the same time I discovered emotions, so it kind of went hand in hand, one of my all time favorite albums

2.Smashing Pumpkins-Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness-This was the album that got me liking good music and not what was played on pop radio.

3.modest mouse-the moon and antarctica[/b]-I got this when it came out in 2000 after hearing it in a skate shop, it was so much different from anything else I had ever heard at the time.

4.Avail-Over The James-Just listen to it and you will understand.

5.Tool-lateralus-This album blows my mind

[Edited on May 5, 2007 at 2:21 PM. Reason : change to tool]

5/5/2007 2:20:54 PM

I started this thread not only out of pure curiosity but to see what parallels I could draw between the OiNK community responses (which is evenly spread world-wide) and the more-local TWW...and the responses have been strikingly similar. I will wait to actually draw said parallels until this thread grows a bit more. But thanks to all who've contributed thus far, it's been interesting

5/5/2007 3:16:09 PM

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon - before hearing this album I listened to whatever my family played (oldies, fleetwood mac, phil collins, etc.). Not to say I didn't enjoy it but it wasn't my music. this album gave me the motivation to search out new things (late beatles music, nirvana, pearl jam, smashing pumpkins, etc.)

Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - I enjoyed the whole grunge era of music but this was the first album that I loved.

Radiohead - OK Computer - My first favorite cd of all time until 2000 saw the release of Kid A.

Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada (this was an EP but whatever) - got this is late 2000 and instantly feel in love with instrumental music. Linking together long buildups, speeches, crescendos, noise, and just plan fucking loud music, the post-rock genre grabbed me. Led me into Explosions, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Silver Mt. Zion, Sigur Ros, etc.

Microphones - Glow Pt. 2 - bought this in late 2001. really appreciated what could be done in a studio. listening to this on headphones is pure ecstasy.

honorable mention:
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
Radiohead - Kid A
Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds (Has A Good Home! is a great first album but I believe HPC is the best collage of his sound. this is actually the first cd ive ever heard that makes me WANT to be a musician.)

[Edited on May 6, 2007 at 11:12 AM. Reason : grrr]

5/6/2007 11:07:22 AM

Not necessarily my favorites, but ones that introduced me to new types of music.

Nirvana: Bleach

Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream

Radiohead: OK Computer

Daft Punk: Discovery

RJD2: Deadringer



[Edited on May 6, 2007 at 11:20 AM. Reason : .]

5/6/2007 11:17:43 AM

Radiohead- The Bends (I bought Pablo Honey when Creep was popular, but this is the album that really made me love Radiohead. I remember listening to this album every night before bed for 6 months straight in 9th grade... probably wishing my life was different, or that I had a girlfriend, or some stupid shit)

Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (seems to be the top choice for this thread. More so than Nevermind, it came out at exactly the right time when most of us were transitioning from crappy music to good music)

Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane over the Sea (one of the first "indie" album I ever heard/ loved, and it only gets better with each listen)

Miles Davis- Kind of Blue (my entree into jazz)

The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds (I never knew that sad music could sound so joyful)

5/6/2007 11:44:37 AM

paula abdul - straight up : revolutionized the music industry with the use of base, dance and great vocals in a way never been done before.

kenny G - soundtrack to the aids movie : doesnt need any explanations, but i cant remember the name of the movie though, it had julia roberts and aids.

minie vanillie - blame it one the rain : vocals, harmony, and a message, three things that were rarely seen together on one album and vanillie brothers pulled it off. one of the greaters!

phil collins - music box : the best cassette i ever listened to. never had one artist had so many top hits on once cassette. only thriller rivals it in # of #1's produces. "cant hurry love" "i cant dance" "easy lover" and many more.

5/6/2007 12:09:12 PM

Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Method man and Redman - Blackout
Metallica - .....And Justice for all
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Weezer - Blue Album

5/7/2007 4:25:30 AM

four days later, i have 3/5

i'll keep working

5/7/2007 4:45:05 AM

Nirvana-Nevermind....This is obvious.

Pearl Jam- Live on Two Legs.....I was a pretty big fan of Pearl Jam before buying this cd, but after listening to this collection, I truly realized that Nirvana was a gateway band and Eddie Vedder was my favorite product of the Early 1990s.

Outkast-Stankonia Not even close to my favorite Outkast album but it was one of the first rap cds I bought as I realized how stupid rock music was. I was addicted to the cd for months. It made me think about music, I appreciated all genres equally.

Jay Z-Vol 2. The first Jay Z cd I bought the Tuesday it dropped. Didn't disappoint and I've been dick riding ever since really.

Kid Rock-Kid Rock.....I was stuck on the heartfelt lyrics of Eddie Vedder or the politically-driven rhymes from Zach de la Rocha. This cd, though musically garbage, made me realize that music can just be fun. If I hear Bullgod or Cowboy, I chuckle at how rediculous Bob Ritchie is, but I still get a little happy.

5/7/2007 5:21:41 AM

get your shit together vinylbandit

5/7/2007 4:02:56 PM

pixies- surfer rosa
radiohead- ok computer
the clash-london calling
weezer-blue album
oasis-definitely maybe

5/7/2007 4:25:00 PM

I thought about it while camping and discussing with saps...it's even changed since he and I talked, but this is the final list.

Weezer - Blue Album: The first album I stole from my older brother. Stealing this album was the moment that lead me on a musical journey in general because I loved it so much. Before then everything I listened to was pop or oldies (ie, what I listened to when I was with my personal taxi driver--mom). I had a handful of CDs and tapes before that point (Madonna, NKOTB, En Vogue, TLC, Mary J Blige, Paula Abdul...you get the point) After this moment I started to branch out...errrr, stealing more of my brother's CDs

Grateful Dead - Europe '72: This would be the first album I attempted to steal from my dad. Attempt b/c my father is a man who keeps his shit on lock (but not really...he just had em all alphabetized and if he saw something missing he'd know exactly what it was). Either way, Grateful Dead is a band that I love and inherited from my dad. Listening to Grateful Dead with my dad is a memory that will always be with me--good or bad ones. From them I take the art of jamming, and just music in general. No need for a great singer...the music is much more important.

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication: I had found rap and hip hop before I heard this album, but I took the instruments and the sampling in hand with this one and found what I like most in hip hop.

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes: Though I think her and I are breaking up now, it was really Tori (and not Ani Difranco) that took me on the female musical journey (which is all encompassing, past and present jazz, rock, indie, folk, pop, and foreign artists and leading ladies) despite my plethora of female pop artists as mentioned above. From her and in particular this album, I found lyrics that spoke to me and the power that words can have.

Tool - Ænima: I knew who Tool was of course before I really sat down and listened to one of their albums, this being the first. This one I first listened to all the way through in my first few months at college. Maybe it was this album, maybe it was more of the people I was hanging with at the time...but from this I was exposed to music that I couldn't steal from my brother or my dad.

Honorable mention: DJ Shadow - Pre-emptive Strike, and Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys

[Edited on May 7, 2007 at 4:48 PM. Reason : ]

5/7/2007 4:47:28 PM

bump

5/8/2007 6:50:40 PM

a lot of the ones for me have been mentioned, but i found it funny that listening to Beatles 1 (i got it for my mom for mothers day when it came out) on the commute to campus one day is what got me into the beatles

they remain a favorite band of mine

5/9/2007 4:07:23 AM

Quote :

"I can't count to five, btw, except insofar as counting to six; no, five; six; no eight!"

The absolute geekiest response on this threat, btw. Made me smile.

5/27/2007 10:40:30 PM

Dillinger Escape Plan- Calculating Infinity...although it was the "mullet burden" off of the "under the running board" ep that first opened my eyes to them...first heard in my dorm room in the fall of my freshman year (2002)

Deftones- Around The Fur...first heard in 1998 at the bus stop in 8th grade

Blink 182- Dude Ranch...another middle school classic that i still listen to religiously...first heard in 8th grade

American Nightmare- Background Music...before the Give Up the Ghost days...probably the greatest hardcore release ever...first heard my freshman year of college in 2003...re-released later as "Year One" with added songs!

The Juliana Theory- Emotion Is Dead...first heard my junior year of high school (2000)

notable releases
Isis- Panopticon
Jimmy Eat World- Clarity
Weezer- Blue Album
Foo Fighters- S/T
Metallica- Ride The Lightning

5/27/2007 11:28:06 PM

this is kind of hard for me, but in terms of music that has shaped my current listening tastes more than anything else:



Blue Train - John Coltrane. I was raised on jazz, but this is the one album that defines everything I know about music, period. It is the yardstick by which I measure anything that I listen to.

It was also very hard for me to pick between this and Fearless Leader.


Things Fall Apart - the roots. This was not my first roots album, but it is by far my favorite, and the secondary yardstick I use to measure most music by after Blue Train. This is the first album I learned every single word to. Every hip-hop artist I hear gets compared to this iteration of the roots. In terms of musical expression in hip-hop, this is the very definition of proper lyricism & instrumental integration.

Set Yourself on Fire - Stars. When there's nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire. Wow. Holy shit. Five years ago I would've never listened to music like this. This album defined a major turning point in my life, not only musically, but emotionally. I don't think any music will ever be as heavy, nor intimately identifiable to me, as this album has become. Amy Millan's voice is almost as iconic to me now as John Coltrane's raspy tenor sax timbre.

I also can't mention this album without mentioning Stars' subsequent release of a remixed version of it. Do You Trust Your Friends? has only helped to strengthen my opinion. There are albums you buy for the music, and then there are albums you buy because of how they make you feel. Do You Trust Your Friends? takes all the familiar lyrics and elicits a brand-new range of emotions that are as dramatically powerful as the set I felt with Set Yourself on Fire.

Black On Both Sides - Mos Def. Have you ever heard a more poignant rapper address such a broad scope of topics? Do I even really need to explain this? Mos is like a one-man "the roots." He's that damn good. His subsequent albums certainly haven't reflected that, but this album touches on things that almost anyone can relate to, and provides a general social commentary on things that a few might not be able to.

Favourite Worst Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys. Jesus. This album is so good, I don't even know where to start. I listen to it 4-5x a day, the whole way through, and have been doing that for the past month. Perhaps I'm so enamoured of it because of my current personal emotional state, and how the album itself is a very accurate reflection of how I've expressed myself over the past couple of months, but at any rate it's a very fun ride - even when it punches me in the stomach in the middle and reminds me that shit's never quite as peachy as you think it is.

5/27/2007 11:40:55 PM

top 3 albums that led me to my current music tastes....
i have to go with and you will know us by the trail of dead "source tags and codes", the strokes "is this it?", and the anniversary "designing a nervous breakdown"

5/28/2007 1:08:41 AM

^ that pretty much sounds exactly like what i would say

5/28/2007 1:25:40 AM

Billy Joel - The Stranger
Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
Weezer - Blue
Radiohead - OK Computer
Built to Spill - Keep it like a Secret

5/28/2007 2:47:53 AM

Really wanna get in on this thread, but I can't name just five.

5/28/2007 2:55:30 AM

It's going to be absolutely impossible for me to only choose 5.



AC/DC : Back in Black -- elementary school -- first "real" album I ever owned.
Iron Maiden : Piece of Mind -- middle school -- went to sleep listening to it. every night.
Metallica : Master of Puppets -- high school -- defined my very existence.

i could name 20 similar albums (Zeppelin, Deep Purple, The Doors, Hendrix, Joplin, Sabbath, Ozzy, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Slayer, Antrhax, DRI, S.O.D., Black Flag, Suicidal Tendancies, Danzig, Ministry ...), but these three are the ones that i wore out the most copies of. basically representative of everything my life stood for at that time.

Indigo Girls : Nomads Indians and Saints -- i finally broke out of my metalhead rut. I realized i was a lesbian.

Red Hot Chili Peppers : Blood Sugar Sex Magic -- had this cassette in my car's tape deck driving from Minnesota to Mexico. auto reverse. non-stop. burned through a few copies over the years.

Primus : Pork Soda
Tom Waits : Bone Machine
Andrew Lloyd Weber : Jesus Christ Superstar

alcoholism and college years. its all kind of fuzzy now, but there seemed to have been a lot of sex. one of these CDs would usually be playing. i wish i could remember more of it.

Southern Culture on the Skids : Dirt Track Date -- O. M. F. G. speaking of alcoholism. These guys fucking rocked my world for a few years. Local 506. Cats Cradle. The Brewery. etc. etc.

and finally a couple of my more recent

Trailer Bride : Hope is a thing With Feathers (2004) -- "southern/rockabilly goth".
http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artists/trailerbride/

Drive By Truckers : Decoration Day(2004) -- "new school southern rock"
http://www.drivebytruckers.com/

5/28/2007 4:12:46 AM

i have avoided this thread for a while, but now thats its back on the first page i will address it

life has brought many temporary music stages but i will ignore the ones who did not stand the test of time, therefore while GNR - "appetite for destruction" may have been monumental in 3rd grade, its influences have long since come and gone and it will not be included. I am very tempted to include Smashing Pumpkins - "Siamese Dream" here but i think that more accounted for me getting into grunge and whatnot than what i listen to now...i digress

The Beatles - "Abbey Road" This is an absolute no brainer. It's the first Beatles album i internalized and truly loved. I hear Abbey Road in so many bands, so many songs, so many albums that i listen to today. Bands like the Olivia Tremor Control or Beulah probably wouldnt even exist without the clever combination of illicit drugs and this album.

Pavement - "Slanted Enchanted" I got into this album late, obviously, about 6 years ago. I had a very light introduction to pavement about 5 years prior to that but it didnt stick. As a sophomore in college i was essentially introduced to their entire catalogue at once but this was the first. In the beginning, i was pulling certain songs that i loved from each album, probably including "Zurich is Stained" from this release. Within a few months, it would prove to be the most critical music in my life for the next 6 years and probably beyond. Before Pavement I was in hippie mode, crossing over into the Talking Heads and Velvet Underground. After Pavement, life was very very different

My Bloody Valentine - "Loveless" I was introduced to this album by an unlikely source probably 5-6 years ago. The introduction included tales of how bizarre Kevin Shields was. I think my friend read about it in a list of top guitar albums ever or something. It was totally not his style of music, but nonetheless the introduction was made. I never knew what "shoegaze" was until this point but i remain fascinated by the genre and its sub-genres today.

The Pixies - "Come on Pilgrim/Surfer Rosa"- I just dont even know what to say about this double album. After fully digesting this i got a much more thorough understanding of what it means to just spit out a lo-fi release. It kind of changed a lot of views, or at least opened a lot of doors. This fat bald guy is just screaming at the top of his lungs about sex, whores, and various other topics of interest. The music was at times sloppy, the recording at times amateur, but the result was breathtaking.

Modest Mouse - "Long Drive" I almost forgot about this one. The introduction came just shortly after the Pavement intro. The results were equally enthralling. I just wasnt listenting to music like this at the time, it was completely new and undiscovered. While I may always be most intrigued by "Sad Sappy Sucker" this is the best mouse album by a good 5:1 ratio. Its not even remotely close for me. This thing is so edgy and takes so many bizarre turns that it won me over immediately.

5/28/2007 10:12:51 AM

In contemplating my list, I found it difficult to distinguish between my favorite albums and the most influential albums. Therefore, to not further blur this distinction, I’ve limited my list to three albums:

The Beatles – Abbey Road Although one of my all-time favorite albums, this is quite possibly the most influential album I have ever listened to. This album opened my ears to the fact that an album could be more than just a compilation of songs, that it could be a work in and of itself. Had I never heard this album, I don’t know what standard I would have set for myself in regard to music that I can truly appreciate. This album raised my expectations for great music.

Phish – Hampton Comes Alive While this album introduced me to the genre of jam rock, I don’t feel that this qualification alone is sufficient enough to provide for this album its place on my most influential list. It was, however, this album that allowed me to realize my ability to break music down to its simplest components and then reassemble them in order to fully appreciate the complexity and sophistication involved in both the song-writing and the technique of a song’s presentation. This album enabled to me to fully analyze the music that I hear.

Weezer – Pinkerton This album is certainly less influential than the albums previously mentioned. It would not be nearly as influential had Weezer’s first album not been my favorite album I had heard upon Pinkerton’s release. I first listened to Pinkerton as I was entering adolescence. There was some appeal in regard to my own maturation process and the essence of Pinkerton being a much more mature and unique endeavor than Weezer’s debut release. This album created my desire to actively seek out new and different sounds in music.

[Edited on May 28, 2007 at 11:07 AM. Reason : teh]

5/28/2007 11:05:10 AM

this thread is much more interesting than a "name the best x albums" thread

10/10

5/28/2007 2:17:02 PM

Tool: Aenima

although I was all about the cool videos from undertow when MTV aired them, i was really listening to this album that spawned my obsession with their music

i mean, they're musical gods

[Edited on May 28, 2007 at 2:19 PM. Reason : .]

5/28/2007 2:19:44 PM

kidA

5/28/2007 7:45:12 PM

The Clash - Sandinista! - This album has just about every single genre of music on it, and its all good. Punk, rock, gospel, country, R&B, reggae, ragga, and even some of primitive rap among others. Still convinced that The Clash could have picked any style of music and been the best at it

Nirvana - Nevermind - I know its trendy nowdays to hate on Nirvana but most of you were too young to remember just how fucking bad music was right before this came out

Daft Punk - Homework - First (and only) album that I have ever listened to and I was like "what the fuck was that, I've never heard anything like that before". True it was at heart a house record, but it was SO fucking different from anything before or since.

Ramones - Ramones simple and perfect

Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Best rap album ever

5/28/2007 8:09:15 PM

Notorious BIG- Life After Death- The first rap album I listened to.

Nirvana- Nevermind- the reasons stated by many above

The Decemberists- Her Majesty The Decemberists- My first plunge into indie music. Colin Meloy's affinity for using big words and telling some weird ass ballads was awesome to me.

i'll come up with the other 2 later

5/28/2007 8:20:35 PM

not sure how i forgot to mention

Thursday- Full Collapse

literally this was the only album i listened to senior year of highschool/freshman year of college

[Edited on May 29, 2007 at 12:40 AM. Reason : ]

5/29/2007 12:39:18 AM

Straylight Run - Straylight Run - started listening to a song then got to listening to the cd. One of my first concerts during college which I brought my friend Katie and got her into the huge concert scene. Definitely one of my first favorite bands that brought me closer to music.

Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers - Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers - this album is the only album that I have owned for quite a few years that I keep going back to and listening all the way. Just seeing them live is amazing and makes the album so much better. I have seen them more than 6 times and each time its better and better.

The Faint - Wet from Birth- absolutely the best electronic/dance/rock album that I own. I never stop dancing from just listening to this band and it has broaden my music taste.

Amelie Soundtrack - My favorite instrumental soundtrack that I own. This album has helped me study/take tests and just be calm. Listening to the songs from Yann Tiersen is astounding and definitely calms yourself if you are really angry.

The Offspring - Americana - one of my first albums I have ever owned that got me into the rock scene. I think this CD was given to me and brought me out of my teeny bopper stage woo hoo!

[Edited on May 29, 2007 at 12:55 AM. Reason : s]

5/29/2007 12:52:16 AM

thanks to all who've contributed...keep it coming

5/29/2007 12:54:12 AM

erykah badu- baduizm
sylvester- do you wanna funk
abba- arrival
culture club- kissing to be clever
wham!- make it big

5/29/2007 1:08:55 AM

the only one that comes to mind is some tool album while under the influence...

5/29/2007 1:12:25 AM

add white zombie's astro-creep 2000 to my list

5/29/2007 2:14:18 AM

i'll give this a shot, but it'll probobly be different tommorow:

green day- dookie- this is the first album that i remember listening to and thinking, "wow this could really open up a can of worms for me" (i was 10 at the time and this was the first remotely "punk" (im using that term as loose as possible) music that i had ever heard

weezer- the blue album- shortly after i heard dookie for the first time i listened to this album on the way to the mountains about 5 times in a row, it sparked a love affair that has had its share of rocky moments (basically everything post-pinkerton except for the time i saw them live in 02)

pixies- doolittle- this album had the "dookie" effect on me, only times a billion

radiohead- kid a- the first album that i ever thought was absolutely perfect

ben folds five- whatever and ever amen- i was lucky enough to see them a few times at the brewery when i was younger but didnt fully appreciate them until my uncle (who was their tour manager at the time) gave me this album for christmas one year. i was kind of lucky enough to grow up at the (old) brewery and they were the first band that i ever went insane over after seeing them, especially after listening to this album for the first time

honorable mention goes to:

beastie boys- ill communication- this was the first hip-hop album that i learned the lyrics for every song on the album

[Edited on May 29, 2007 at 2:38 AM. Reason : thats better]

5/29/2007 2:28:15 AM