Music Favorite Albums/Records?

[Tronethiel]

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I know we sort of live in an age where the single/hit scene is popular and a lot of people don't even listen to whole albums. That's certainly a valid personal choice but because of my upbringing/social group I prefer to digest artists/musical groups, etc by albums. I don't if there's anything better than listening to a full album as a 'complete experience' and being breathless at the end. <img alt=" " data-emoticon="" height="20" src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile.png" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x" title=" " width="20" /> Regardless, feel free to list your favorite album/records here (and give an explanation if you're feeling energetic. You can rank them if you want, but I tend to be horrible with absolute favorites. I'll just give a general group to start and may add more as I think of them/discover them. I'm sorry if my taste is a bit too classic/big deal artists for some of you fringe-loving people. I just have to acknowledge these up front. <img alt=" " data-emoticon="" height="20" src="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/tongue.png" srcset="<fileStore.core_Emoticons>/emoticons/tongue@2x.png 2x" title=" " width="20" /> Also: @Mr\. Grin <em>Night at the Opera</em> by Queen <strong>This album is a mindcluster of intense vocal layering, symphonic sounds, and general awesomeness. At the time, I believe it broke the record for production value. I'll always love queen, and it's not the only album of there's I love but damn, so good. </strong> <em>The Bends/Kid A/ Ok, Computer</em><strong><em> </em></strong>by Radiohead <strong>Ok, technically there's three albums here, but I'm on a Radiohead kick recently and have been consistently mind-blown by these three albums as I've listened to them in order and then staggered order and then whatever. They are melancholy, have stellar instrumentation, and dear God. The latter two have some really creative electronic elements for the late 90s. </strong> <em>Abbey Road </em>the Beatles <strong>I'm a huge Beatles fan, but I think this is definitely their masterwork. Wondrous indeed. </strong> <em>Only The Lonely</em> by Frank Sinatra <strong>Sinatra didn't really write music but boy could he sing it. This is one of the most sonorous and spine-shivering albums I've ever listened too. His voice. Mmph. </strong> I'm going to stop now to avoid making this post a total bore. Feel free to contribute/discuss your favorites!


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[Sunbather]

This is totally my topic.


Okay, so my all time favorite album is Deafheaven's Sunbather. It combines elements of shoe-gazing, black metal and even pop, to an extent. It's painfully personal, contains the most touching etheral sounds I've ever heard and the lyrics, while difficult to understand due to the screaming, are poetic masterpieces. It's an album I could listen to again and again and rave about forever, but I'll stop here.


Other favorites include:


- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel, a lyrical gem with eclectic instrumentation and lovely melodies.


- Doolittle by the Pixies - Really, do I even need to talk about this? If they had put Where Is My Mind and Bone Machine on this record it'd probably be every critic's top choice. It's just a perfect album.


- Painted Shut by Hop Along, the culmination of steady musical development, fine-tuning, lyrical genius and a down-to-earth-turned-enlightened creative direction and probably the best garage/indie rock album ever. Hop Along just blends the line between simple & real and extraordinary.


- Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor - There isn't really much to say here. Postrock that tugs and tears at your souls while punching you in the face. Probably their best record, though it doesn't contain my favorite track of theirs.


- Hummingbird by Local Native, the shunned predecessor of Gorilla Mansion. While I absolutely understand the criticism of it not being a cohesive work, the indivual tracks are excellence and the entire second half regularly makes me tear up and carries a lot of emotional weight for me.


- Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett, the most mundane album ever made that eats your heart in a single bite by being so god-awfully real, then hugs you into a euphoric sense of submission with its valiant spirit. A must listen to everyone who feels a little less than human sometimes.


Some honorary mentions:


Carrie & Loweel by Sufjan Stevens, St. Vincent by St. Vincent, Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired by Joyce Manor, Madvillainy by Madvillain, World Music by Goat.

 

[Kanken]

Self-entitled by Angus & Julia Stone


Their songs just give me the feels ya know. They give me the feels about relationships I've never had.


Tell Me I'm Pretty and Melophobia by Cage the Elephant


Just two great albums. Nothing to say.


EP - Cigarettes after Sex


Perfect for chillin and feeling romantic.


Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

 

[Dusky]

Oh god. Um. Uh. So my kind of music tends to be Indie and Alternative and whatnot, and I'm really not a huge country fan, but my favorite albums don't really reflect that at all - in part because my taste in music shifted significantly a couple years ago, so I haven't really built up my collection. Just getting that out of the way now.

• 1989 by Taylor Swift is pretty spectacular. I've been a stupid-huge fan of hers for a long time and I can't for my life explain why, exactly. I like all of her older stuff, too, of course.
  
• The Band Perry and Pioneer by The Band Perry are both really good. I think I like some of the songs on Pioneer better than any of the songs on its predecessor, but the first album had more songs that I liked in general. I suppose I like how thoughtful they get.
  
• American Idiot and ¡UNO! by Green Day! I know a lot of people like their old stuff better, i.e. Dookie, but I can listen to those for days.
  
• Album One and MK III by Steam Powered Giraffe are so much fun. They're really eclectic so it's never quite the same thing - but they're definitely performers and even their music has that story-telling quality to it.
  
• Begin to Hope, Regina Spektor. Oh man, that album is chock full of wonderful.
  
• Basically all of Jimmy Buffett's albums. I grew up on 'em.
  
• Dummy, Portishead. Again, super chill, in an entirely different way. Dummy gives me chills sometimes. ( ) @Grey turned me onto this one.
  
• Taking the Long Way, the Dixie Chicks. Really narrative, really gripping, really thoughtful and introspective.
  
• Synthetica by Metric and Fantasies by the same. Metric in general is just my jam.
  
• Utopia Parkway by Fountains of Wayne holds a special, nostalgic, and maybe somewhat bittersweet place in my heart.
  
• Woodland by The Paper Kites is actually an EP so maybe I'm cheating BUT IT'S SO SO SO SOSOSOSOSOSO GOOD.

Some albums I plan to check out when I get a chance:

• Blurryface, 21 Pilots
  
• Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy
  
• Pagans in Vegas, Metric
  
• Pure Heroine, Lorde
  
• Songs About Jane, Maroon 5
  
• Wanted on Voyage, George Ezra

I guarantee you I've forgotten stuff. I TRIED.

 

[Dusky]

Self-entitled by Angus & Julia Stone
Their songs just give me the feels ya know. They give me the feels about relationships I've never had.

I love them, and nearly put that album on my list, but I haven't liked them long enough for it to settle in.

 

[Tronethiel]

Night Train by Oscar Peterson - This one is some of the smoothest piano-centric jazz you'll find. (and by that I don't actually mean smooth jazz, haha) MmmMmm, so good


By The Way by the Red Hot Chili Peppers - There is something so...clean about this album. Its sounds are crisp, the harmonies pleasant, and the lyrics tantalizing. I've always loved the pseudo-rap style of Anthony Kiedis too.

 

[Negative Zone]

Divers by Joanna Newsom. Everything about this album feels like it was tailor made for my tastes, haha. Plus the nature of the themes of the album means it's great for repeat listening -- the last song actually loops right into the first one, too!

 

[TeaMMatE11]

Hamilton album/soundtrack. I also love Linkin Park. I have a wide range of music. I just cannot listen to country or death metal.

 

[Tronethiel]

Hamilton album/soundtrack. I also love Linkin Park. I have a wide range of music. I just cannot listen to country or death metal.

Hamilton?

 

[TeaMMatE11]

Hamilton?

Wow. I'm surprised you don't know. Hamilton is a theatre prodution, based around the life of Alexander Hamilton, the US's first Secretary of Treasury and a founding father. He wrote the Federalist papers, arguing for a strong central government after the Revolutionary War. He died due to a duel to Aaron Burr, his longtime political rival.


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This is the opening song. of the production Hamilton.

 

[Tronethiel]

Wow. I'm surprised you don't know. Hamilton is a theatre prodution, based around the life of Alexander Hamilton, the US's first Secretary of Treasury and a founding father. He wrote the Federalist papers, arguing for a strong central government after the Revolutionary War. He died due to a duel to Aaron Burr, his longtime political rival.
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This is the opening song. of the production Hamilton.

Haha, I know who Alexander Hamilton is, but I had no idea there was a musical about him.

 

[TeaMMatE11]

Haha, I know who Alexander Hamilton is, but I had no idea there was a musical about him.

Listen to the whole thing, that's pretty much his life in 2hrs and 45 minutes.

 

[Blessing]

Views (Drake 2016)

 

[SandraDeelightful]

I adore the soundrack to the 2006 Marie Antoinette film. I know it's not all accurate to the time period, but it's still so good.

 

[Newson]

Woodland by The Paper Kites is actually an EP so maybe I'm cheating BUT IT'S SO SO SO SOSOSOSOSOSO GOOD.
Some albums I plan to check out when I get a chance:

• Blurryface, 21 Pilots
  
• Dream Your Life Away, Vance Joy
  
• Wanted on Voyage, George Ezra
  

I looovveee the song Woodland by The Paper Kites, I didn't think there was an EP so I'm sure to check that out soon!


Definitely check out Twenty One Pilots, definitely one of my favorite bands. Favorite Duo if that's a thing.


Vance Joy is an all around amazing singer, his album shows for it.


And Wanted on Voyage by George Ezra is one of my top 10 favorite albums of all time. It is sooooo good and all the songs are different in a good way and it's just, ugh, so amazing.

 

[herelaydragons]

I'm glad I'm not me by Born cages, without a doubt my favorite album, such a good mix of indie and pop, and the lead singers voice is just so crisp. I saw them at Warped Tour last year and they were amazing, so good live!


(p.s this probably doesn't count 'cause it's not really on a album, but I gotta nerd out for a quick second, because a solid 47% of what I listen to is DCI performances, and Carolina Crowns Inferno performance is 10/10, such a good mix of music and marching)

 

[GenericHenchman]

Pink Floyd:Wish You Were Here.


Rammstein: Mutter, Herzeleid, and Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da (dunno if I spelled that right.) Plus Du Hast, and Alter Mann (which are on Sehnsucht.)


Oomph!: Warheit oder plichft (Sex Hat Keine Mact is fave on that album)


Some stuff by The Lively Ones (old surfer music.)


Nirvana: Nevermind. Smells Like Teen Spirit is special to me, for the weirdest reasons.


Capital Cities: In a Tidal Wave of Mystery


Lots and lots and lots more.

 

[Epax]

To Pimp a Butterfly: Kendrick Lamar. I love about 80% of the songs on this album. It uses elements from jass and other generas which makes it pretty innovative. My favorites are I, U, Institutionalized, The Blacker the Berry (Best song on the album) Hood Politics, Wesley's Theory, and King Kunta.

 

[Arvios]

There are rarely any albums that I would consider perfect (in regards to my personal preferences anyway), and by that I don't just mean listening to all of the songs instead of just their more popular hits (since I already do that ). I mean that as in giving a five out of five ranking to every song individually, making the album a very strong start-to-finish masterpiece.

1. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)
   
2. Muse - The Resistance (2009)
   
3. Queens of the Stone Age - ... Like Clockwork (2013)
   
4. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
   
5. Dream Theater - Octavarium (2005)
   

I'm positive that there's a couple missing, but I'm sure that these albums are something I won't stop listening to for as long as I'm alive. Radiohead's "In Rainbows" was close at making the cut, as well from others from Muse (Absolution, Origin of Symmetry) and Interpol (Antics, Our Love to Admire), but there's a couple of weak tracks that I'm just not particularly fond of.

 

[LocoMetal]

Reading the one above makes me feel old.


Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine, The Battle of Los Angeles.


Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul for Rock N' Roll, Reunion.


Iron Maiden - Number of The Beast, Piece of Mind.


Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction, Rust In Peace.


Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak.


I'll make a fine fossil.

 

[lolisa]

My favorite album ever is The Color Spectrum by The Dear Hunter. Casey Crescenzo is an insane man who started out playing all of his own instruments, doing his own vocals, and then cutting them together into songs. He's recently gotten more people working on the music with him, so I'm glad to see he is probably not going to die early from exhaustion. The songs on The Color Spectrum goes through each color of the rainbow with several thematic songs attached to each color.


There are my favorite songs from The Color Spectrum:





















I'm fond of his album-series-opera-thing The Dear Hunter, but they're a bit more difficult to get into.

 

[TheDetonator00]

Les Friction and Unearthed