Segue Myles Posted June 15 Posted June 15 (edited) I know this part of the forum loves polls, rankings, and generally just any chance you can get to rave about the music and artists we love. So I thought I would do something different. Tell us your age, and name ten albums that have endured with you, think of it as a discussion about those albums that are the epitome of the phrase "the gift that keeps on giving". This isn't the same as "top ten albums ever", or "greatest albums of all time". Instead it's a look at life and the albums that have perhaps shocked you by just how significant they are to you. For example, I know full well that Moving Pictures is in my top ten albums of all time. But want to know something? It's Roll The Bones I play the most. It's Roll The Bones that has songs that have resurrected the warmth in me the most during cold, bleak moments in my life. Its Roll The Bones that I return to the most, just for the comfort of the joy it brings me. So, to start, I will give my age: 33 And these are ten albums that have really soundtracked my life, endured with me, and today, in 2024, have come to define my tastes. 1. Pearl Jam- Ten (first listened: 2005) 2. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes (first listened: 2008) 3. Trivium- Ascendancy (first listened: 2005) 4. Rush- Roll The Bones (first listened: 2013) 5. In Flames- Come Clarity (first listened: 2006) 6. Taylor Swift- Reputation (first listened: 2017) 7. Bruce Springsteen- Darkness On The Edge Of Town (first listened: 2010) 8. Fleetwood Mac- Mirage (first listened: 2011) 9. Lacuna Coil- Karmacode (first listened: 2006) 10. Nightwish- Dark Passion Play (first listened: 2008) When I think of the albums I have spent the most time with in my life, not just for periods but for the long run, it's these. It's honestly hard to think of other albums that have been consistently in rotation with me. Toto, Maiden, Priest are missing, as is Mastodon, and there is no Mariah Carey or Paradise Lost. But there we go, these are ten albums that I can truly say, regardless of how I rank them in their respective discographies, or of I'd even think to rate them in my top ten ever...its these albums I think I can safely say I've played the absolute most in my life. Maybe this could be a chance to bring up some hidden gems you may not ever think to talk about. I do feel that anyone who ever talks to me saw not one surprise here haha Edited June 15 by Segue Myles 6
Entre_Perpetuo Posted June 15 Posted June 15 This is an awesome thread idea! And what a great OP, Segue! I'm going to think about this and try to give a well thunk answer! Of course, little on my list I'm sure will be a surprise to anyone once I do have it, lol. 2
Segue Myles Posted June 15 Author Posted June 15 1 minute ago, Entre_Perpetuo said: This is an awesome thread idea! And what a great OP, Segue! I'm going to think about this and try to give a well thunk answer! Of course, little on my list I'm sure will be a surprise to anyone once I do have it, lol. I mean if I did my top ten, it would have some of these...so there is a reason they have endured with me. A notable exception is Third Eye Blind. Yes I love the album, but sometimes my love feels closer to nostalgia than it does that the album fully speaks to me. 1
Entre_Perpetuo Posted June 15 Posted June 15 Just now, Segue Myles said: I mean if I did my top ten, it would have some of these...so there is a reason they have endured with me. A notable exception is Third Eye Blind. Yes I love the album, but sometimes my love feels closer to nostalgia than it does that the album fully speaks to me. I seem to recall you citing it as your favorite album of all time at least once. Honestly that's fair though. I rarely spin my favorite album, even when I'm going through Queen phases.
Segue Myles Posted June 15 Author Posted June 15 Just now, Entre_Perpetuo said: I seem to recall you citing it as your favorite album of all time at least once. Honestly that's fair though. I rarely spin my favorite album, even when I'm going through Queen phases. It's close. It's in my top ten albums of all time, but it's spun less and less. Honestly Dark Passion Play and Karmacode are two albums here I rarely play these days...but the mere thought of them brings me great joy, and I know Amy time I play them will feel like a moment to treasure. 1
custom55 Posted June 15 Posted June 15 (edited) The Who - Live At Leeds Stones - Sticky Fingers Traffic - Low Spark ... Aerosmith - Rocks Led Zeppelin - II ** Yes - Fragile The Doors - S/T ** Jethro Tull - A Passion Play The Beatles - Let It Be Pink Floyd - Animals The albums listed above were released in the 70s ( ** excluding The Doors and Zep ) . I attended high school and college in the 70s so these albums/songs made me what I am today. Oh, I turn 69yo next week. Edited June 15 by custom55 5
goose Posted June 15 Posted June 15 Great thread idea! I'll get RUSH out if the way with Caress of Steel. I love it's warmth, the youthful sincerity, the weirdness. These three live albums perfectly capture artists whose songs I love but whose studio approaches generally leave me cold: Wings Over America, Queen Live Killers, Billy Joel Songs In The Attic New Wave/Punk excited me when I was younger, but much of it didn't age that well. These three remain as albums that never disappoint: B52s Wild Planet, X More Fun In The New World, DEVO Are We Not Men Jethro Tull, Van Halen and the Police are the three classic rock bands I still listen to most. For what Segue framed, Zenyatta Mondatta, Diver Down and A Passion Play get the nod as albums generally under-appreciated by others but ones that I love to wrap myself in. 3
goose Posted June 15 Posted June 15 15 minutes ago, custom55 said: Jethro Tull - A Passion Play The Beatles - Let It Be Pink Floyd - Animals These three could easily make my list...well, one of them did, lol In Through The Out Door would be my Zeppelin choice for this thread 1
bluefox4000 Posted June 16 Posted June 16 (edited) I'm 39 1. Rubber Soul- first listen 1994 2. The White Album'-First play 2004 3. Abbey Road- First play 1996 4. A Night at the Opera (Queen) first play 1997 5. The Royal Scam (Steely Dan) first play 2003 6. Mule Variations (Tom Waits) first play 2000 7. Trout Mask Replica (Captain Beefheart) first play 2004 8. Animals (pink Floyd) first play 1996 9. Peter Gabriel 4 (A.K.A Security) First play 2004 10. Dirt (Alice in Chains)first play 1996 yea yea the first 3 are beatles, lol. they were my first love. each one of these has impacted me like no other albums some showcase my love of melody (the Beatles) Sophisticated Playing and production (Steely Dan, Queen) Out there oddball Quirky adventures (Mule Variations, Security Trout Mask Replica....beatles again with the White album, lol) Long Form Sprawling epics (Animals) and heavier darker affairs (Dirt) i think this a well rounded list and a good representation of my tastes. I always come back to every one of these. I liked the idea of putting year of first listen as well. Mick Edited June 16 by bluefox4000 7
Entre_Perpetuo Posted June 16 Posted June 16 So I just spent the last hour compiling a list of contenders for my list… I have 140 of them… I’ll see you next week, lol. 1 4
bluefox4000 Posted June 16 Posted June 16 1 minute ago, Entre_Perpetuo said: So I just spent the last hour compiling a list of contenders for my list… I have 140 of them… I’ll see you next week, lol. i could have listed at least 50 more. but he wanted 10 so i dug deep and stuck to ones i know i've played to exaustion and that i was truly fixated on. and i love how none of mine are modern........AT ALL, lol (like i love swift but impacted me? nope, lol) Mick 3
Nova Carmina Posted June 16 Posted June 16 Fun! (In order they came to me) I'm 54 in four days. Rush -- GUP (first listened to new in 1984; still have the cassette I bought at K-Mart) Rush -- Power Windows (first listened to new in 1985; first album I cleared time to deliberately listen closely to; still have the cassette I bought from Sam Goody) Iron Maiden -- Live After Death (first listened to in 1986, on a walkman, while in the family car on a vacation to Florida) Led Zeppelin -- Houses of the Holy (first listened to in 1986; that summer I read Stephen Davis's Hammer of the Gods, found HoH in the remainder bin at Musicland, making it the first LZ album I ever bought) The Rainmakers -- The Good News and the Bad News (first listened to new in 1990) AC/DC -- '74 Jailbreak (first listened to 1985; wait, there was a guy before Brian Johnson?) Jethro Tull -- 20 Years of Tull (first listened to in 1989; on a whim, and the recommendation of a friend, I bought this boxset and loved every minute of it; while I don't listen to the whole thing anymore, it kicked off my love of JT and some of the deep tracks, like "Nursie" and "Jack-a-Lynn," are still favorites) Metallica -- Master of Puppets (first listened to in 1986 or '87; traded it for the Katrina and the Waves album) Dave Matthews Band -- Crash (first listened to in 1996; an album I associate strongly with being recently married and moving to a new city a couple of states away; it sounds like "adulthood" to me) Pink Floyd -- The Delicate Sound of Thunder (first listened to in 1989; my entry point to PF; belonged to my college roommate, but somehow I wound up with it . . . ) 5
blueschica Posted June 16 Posted June 16 (edited) Off the top of my head- no special order, I got started with most of these from an FM radio cut and then found the entire album was awesome, I am old. I still listen to all of these a lot except Superstar, kind of over played that one. Who's Next- The Who (blew me away, still a favorite) Machine Head- Deep Purple Tres Hombres- ZZ Top Fly By Night Rush Moving Pictures - Rush Jesus Christ Superstar- original cast, Ian Gillan from Deep Purple as Jesus (We had to spend one summer at my grandma's in the 70s and this was the only "rock" album were allowed to play, lol. The songs are pretty good and Gillan's vocals are great as you can imagine) Blondie - Parallel Lines was so fresh and different, I still love it The Cars - The Cars so good! Rolling Stones- Sticky Fingers Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed Bonus album- Sittin In, Loggins and Messina I just really like the harmonies and never got tired of it, my yacht rock favorite Need some Beach Boys somewhere but I wasn't sure which one to pick. Pet Sounds is like a genius album but I didn't come across it until after some other stuff Edited June 16 by blueschica 5
blueschica Posted June 16 Posted June 16 4 hours ago, custom55 said: The Who - Live At Leeds Stones - Sticky Fingers Traffic - Low Spark ... Aerosmith - Rocks Led Zeppelin - II ** Yes - Fragile The Doors - S/T ** Jethro Tull - A Passion Play The Beatles - Let It Be Pink Floyd - Animals The albums listed above were released in the 70s ( ** excluding The Doors and Zep ) . I attended high school and college in the 70s so these albums/songs made me what I am today. Oh, I turn 69yo next week. Great list! Early happy birthday! 2
goose Posted June 16 Posted June 16 3 minutes ago, blueschica said: Jesus Christ Superstar- original cast, Ian Gillan from Deep Purple as Jesus (We had to spend one summer at my grandma's in the 70s and this was the only "rock" album were allowed to play, lol. The songs are pretty good and Gillan's vocals are great as you can imagine) Yes!!!! Now you have me thinking way back to my parents' albums, which are the records that really framed my love of music. I loved MELODY, HARMONY and voices that were pure an distinct. I also gravitated toward the quirky side of music. So...from age 5 thru 10 or so: Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack Oliver Soundtrack Hair Soundtrack Helen Reddy I Am Woman Every Mother's Son Roger Williams Love Story Herb Alpert Whipped Cream & Other Delights The Brothers Four Beach Boys Good Vibrations Carpenters Now & Then And then my older sister brought home a Jethro Tull album and everything changed 4
blueschica Posted June 16 Posted June 16 5 minutes ago, goose said: Yes!!!! Now you have me thinking way back to my parents' albums, which are the records that really framed my love of music. I loved MELODY, HARMONY and voices that were pure an distinct. I also gravitated toward the quirky side of music. So...from age 5 thru 10 or so: Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack Oliver Soundtrack Hair Soundtrack Helen Reddy I Am Woman Every Mother's Son Roger Williams Love Story Herb Alpert Whipped Cream & Other Delights The Brothers Four Beach Boys Good Vibrations Carpenters Now & Then And then my older sister brought home a Jethro Tull album and everything changed That's a great list! That Herb Alpert album is such a classic, my mom loved it. She had that Helen Reddy album, too, Helen had a great voice! My mom and dad tried to be extra cool once and went and bought the Sgt Pepper album but then they didn't like it, so that became a kid's album, too, kind of strangely 1
treeduck Posted June 16 Posted June 16 8 hours ago, Segue Myles said: I know this part of the forum loves polls, rankings, and generally just any chance you can get to rave about the music and artists we love. So I thought I would do something different. Tell us your age, and name ten albums that have endured with you, think of it as a discussion about those albums that are the epitome of the phrase "the gift that keeps on giving". This isn't the same as "top ten albums ever", or "greatest albums of all time". Instead it's a look at life and the albums that have perhaps shocked you by just how significant they are to you. For example, I know full well that Moving Pictures is in my top ten albums of all time. But want to know something? It's Roll The Bones I play the most. It's Roll The Bones that has songs that have resurrected the warmth in me the most during cold, bleak moments in my life. Its Roll The Bones that I return to the most, just for the comfort of the joy it brings me. So, to start, I will give my age: 33 And these are ten albums that have really soundtracked my life, endured with me, and today, in 2024, have come to define my tastes. 1. Pearl Jam- Ten (first listened: 2005) 2. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes (first listened: 2008) 3. Trivium- Ascendancy (first listened: 2005) 4. Rush- Roll The Bones (first listened: 2013) 5. In Flames- Come Clarity (first listened: 2006) 6. Taylor Swift- Reputation (first listened: 2017) Passion Play (first listened: 2008) When I think of the albums I have spent the most time with in my life, not just for periods but for the long run, it's these. It's honestly hard to think of other albums that have been consistently in rotation with me. Toto, Maiden, Priest are missing, as is Mastodon, and there is no Mariah Carey or Paradise Lost. But there we go, these are ten albums that I can truly say, regardless of how I rank them in their respective discographies, or of I'd even think to rate them in my top ten ever...its these albums I think I can safely say I've played the absolute most in my life. Maybe this could be a chance to bring up some hidden gems you may not ever think to talk about. I do feel that anyone who ever talks to me saw not one surprise here haha Oh God you're an old man, I thought you were 18. You're probably bald with a long white wispy beard and wizard hat too. Don't turn me into a frog Mr Wizard! 2
zepphead Posted June 16 Posted June 16 Beatles - Revolver (first listen - 1974) Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (first listen - 1973) Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (first listen - 1975) Neil Young - Harvest (first listen - 1974) Wishbone Ash - Argus (first listen - 1973) Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy (first listen - 1978) Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood (first listen - 1977) Yes - Fragile (first listen - 1973) UFO - Phenomenon (first listen - 1975) Pink Floyd - Wish You Where Here (first listen - 1975) 3
HemiBeers Posted June 16 Posted June 16 No particular order. Rush - All the World's a Stage - I bought this in the late 70s on a leap of faith solely on the kickass album cover. Never heard Rush before this. 20 seconds into Bastille I was hooked for life. ELP - Works vol 1 - being classically trained in piano and viola in my youth, Keith Emerson was a god to me. Now I find them indulgent and difficult to listen to. Soundgarden - Superunknown - a more polished album but still is loud, quirky and intense from beginning to end. Kansas - Leftoverture - a rock band with violin and viola?!? (see classically training above). One of the cleanest production of any prog album. RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magic - amazing funk rock that kept the rawness, but with a Rick Rubin focus and polish. Pat Metheny - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls - loves me that clean midrange Pat guitar sound. I could put any Metheny album on this list. Led Zeppelin - IV - most consistent and polished album beginning to end. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive - 'Bob Mayo on keyboards...Bob Mayo''. As much over-exposure that his 'hits' had in the late seventies, this was still a favorite live album. REM - Eponymous - hooked on the jangly, folky Rickenbacker guitar. Great introduction into early REM albums. Proof there's room in this world for just good songs without the need for guitar god solos. Dixie Dregs - Free Fall - after hearing Cruise Control on college radio I dove head first into Steve Morse material. Loved that they never felt the need for a lead singer to get in the way. 4
bluefox4000 Posted June 16 Posted June 16 10 hours ago, goose said: Yes!!!! Now you have me thinking way back to my parents' albums, which are the records that really framed my love of music. I loved MELODY, HARMONY and voices that were pure an distinct. I also gravitated toward the quirky side of music. So...from age 5 thru 10 or so: Jesus Christ Superstar Soundtrack Oliver Soundtrack Hair Soundtrack Helen Reddy I Am Woman Every Mother's Son Roger Williams Love Story Herb Alpert Whipped Cream & Other Delights The Brothers Four Beach Boys Good Vibrations Carpenters Now & Then And then my older sister brought home a Jethro Tull album and everything changed i could have gone left feild and jut done 10 musical theatre records that impacted me, lol but i stuck to rock and that vein. Mick 2
Principled Man Posted June 16 Posted June 16 Abbey Road - The Beatles Amorica - The Black Crowes Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton Innuendo - Queen Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin Moving Pictures - Rush Operation: Mindcrime - Queensryche Quadrophenia - The Who Reading, Writing and Arithmetic - The Sundays Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath I am 62.7 years old (2.7 years of continuous confusion over turning 60) 3
laughedatbytime Posted June 16 Posted June 16 I'm 62. Rush 2112 Rush Permanent Waves Rush Hemispheres Black Sabbath Paranoid Kansas Leftoverture Beatles Abbey Road UFO Strangers in the Night Van Halen I Judas Priest Unleashed in the East Iron Maiden Number of the Beast 3
goose Posted June 16 Posted June 16 (edited) 13 hours ago, zepphead said: Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy (first listen - 1978) Has two of my favorite Zevon songs, Roland... and Lawyers... Edited June 16 by goose 3
goose Posted June 16 Posted June 16 7 hours ago, Principled Man said: Quadrophenia - The Who For the longest time I didn't really care for the Who. Then Lorraine got me into this album and everything changed 2
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