311 - Grassroots
Tool - Undertow
Meshuggah - Obzen
Atmosphere - God Loves Ugly
Aesop Rock - Bazooka Tooth
Animals as Leaders - The Joy of Motion
Dr. Dre - 2001
Necrophagist - Onset of Putrefaction
Paul Oakenfold - Transport
First Fragment - Gloire Eternelle
Bazooka Tooth over all of aes’ other work?
Controversial I know. There was a point where I listened to that album everyday at work for months. Could be swapped for Hail Mary Mallon - The Bestiary
Steely Dan - Aja
Tom Waits - Closing Time
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Dire Straits - Self Titled
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
Jackie Brown OST
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Nirvana - Nevermind
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Pixies - Bossanova
I’m a half asleep old metal head but hopefully this is both varied and not all metal and spelt right…
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Black Sabbath - the eponymous debut album
YOB - Our Raw Heart
Sondgarden - Superunknown
Tool - Aenema
Ozzy - Ozzmozis
Nirvana - In Utero
Metallica - the eponymous black album
Aphex Twin - the RDJ album
Brian Eno - Apollo
Geez that’s tough. Let’s see if I can do 10:
- Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
- Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
- Johnny Cash - At Folsum Prison
- Metallica - Master of Puppets
- B-52s - B-52s
- Nirvana - Nevermind
- Massive Attack - Mezzanine
- Electric Wizard - Electric Wizard
- Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
- The Beatles - Abbey Road
In no order:
- Mothership - Dance Gavin Dance
- Reimagined - Hail the Sun
- The Artist in the Ambulance - Thrice
- Appeal to Reason - Rise Against
- In Silico - Pendulum
- Good Kid - Good Kid
- Rhythm, Chord & Melody - The Reign of Kindo
- Wake - Hail the Sun
- To Speak, To Listen - Eidola
- NieR:Automata Original Soundtrack - Keiichi Okabe
In no order:
- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
- Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
- Songs For The Deaf - Queens of The Stone Age
- Still Still Stellar - Hoshimachi Suisei
- You Won’t Get What You Want - Daughters
- Station to Station - David Bowie
- Blackstar - David Bowie
- Hunting High and Low - a-ha
- Music For The Masses - Depeche Mode
- DISCO4 :: Generations - Health
I think I’d be pretty happy if I had these albums in a desert island scenario… especially if I could do some sampling/remixing 😜
- The Planets - Gustav Holst
- Billie Holliday on Verve
- Charlie Parker on Verve
- The Firebird suite - Igor Stravinsky
- Gnossiene - Eric Satie
- The Heart of Saturday - Tom Waits
- Ready to die - The Notorious B.I.G.
- 20 Street Years - DJ Muro
- Brilliant Corners - Thelonius Monk
- Somethin’ Else - Cannonball Adderley
Smart to have an eclectic list. Yet keeping a few standards because thats your vibe.
Ugh this is so tough!
- The Beatles - Revolver
- Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue
- Subhumans - The Day the Country Died
- Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
- Billy Idol - Whiplash Smile
- David Bowie - Let’s Dance
- Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
- Crass - The Feeding of the 5000
- Iggy Pop - Soldier
- CSNY - Déjà Vu
Off the top of my head…
The Presidents of the United States of America - The Presidents of the United States of America
Stan Ridgway - The Big Heat
The Rainmakers - Flirting with the Universe
XTC - Black Sea
Morphine - Good
Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
The Mattoid - Great Lovers
Frank Zappa - Joe’s Garage
Was (Not Was) - What Up Dog?
…or something like that…
Man I’d take Drums and Wires if I had to pick an XTC album but it’s so great to see them mentioned
- Mark Lanegan - Whiskey for the Holy Ghost
- Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
- Gregory Alan Isakov - This Empty Northern Hemisphere
- Pink Floyd - Obscured by Clouds
- Nick Drake - Pink Moon
- Ella Fitzgerald - The Cole Porter Songbook
- Ray LaMontagne - Monovision
- Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
- Tonic - Lemon Parade
- The Beatles - Abbey Road
7 I like and 3 I don’t know. Here we go…
This question gives me anxiety. Would learn to play guitar I guess.
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Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown
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Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
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Pink Floyd - Animals
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Paramore - Brand New Eyes
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Stone Temple Pilots - Shangri-LA DEE DA
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Yes - Drama
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Yellowcard - Yellowcard
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My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
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Mariya Takeuchi - Love Songs (I’ve never actually listened to this in full but I love “September” off this album)
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Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP (Same as above, I love “Stan” but have never actually listened to this in full, I picked the last two because I wanted some non-rock picks but I’m not much of an album guy in genres that aren’t rock.)
Dammit for picking some real killers. Takeuchi? Tull AND STP? I like the cut of your jibb.
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Sun ra - Sound Sun Pleasure
Ms Lauren Hill - The Miseducation of Lauren Hill
D’Angelo - Black Messiah
Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou - Ethiopiques, vol. 21: Emahoy
Lucy - The Music Industry Is Pointless
Black Midi - Schlagenheim
Dean Blunt - Black Metal
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
My Body Valentine - Loveless
The Caretaker - Everywhere at the End of Time
…Fucking brutal question…
Always a tough format to pick just 10, but here goes:
- Leftfield - Leftism
- R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
- Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
- Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
- Orbital - In Sides
- Portishead - Portishead
- Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground & Nico
- Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
- Beatles - Abbey Road
- Pulp - Different Class
But there’s an awful lot that I would regret leaving behind.
Gemini Syndrome - Memento Mori
Gemini Syndrome - Lux
The Beatles - One
Queen - Greatest Hits
Queen - Greatest Hits II
Aerosmith - Greatest Hits
Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits
NWA - Greatest Hits
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
Eminem - Curtain Call: The Hits