Best Ever Albums

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

Bork — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:26:41 GMT

Author: Bork

Posted: 03/29/2010 17:26

Alright, top albums in my collection from each country:

Algeria: Rachid Taha - Diwan (1998)
Australia: AC/DC - High Voltage (1976)
Austria: Falco - Falco 3 (1985)
Belgium: Django Reinhardt - Djangology 49 (1949)
Benin: Angelique Kidjo - Logozo (1991)
Bosnia: Goran Bregovic - Underground (1995)
Brazil: Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)
Canada: Bryan Adams - Reckless (1984)
Colombia: Shakira - Donde estan los ladrones (1998)
Cuba: Perez Prado - Havana 3AM (1956)
Denmark: Gasolin - Rabalderstraede Forever
Finland: Hanoi Rocks - Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks (1981)
France: Manu Chao - Clandestino (1998)
Germany: Accept - Metal Heart (1985)
Iceland: Bjork - Post (1995)
Ireland: U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987)
Israel: Ofra Haza - Al Ahavot Shelanu (1980)
Jamaica: Bob Marley - Burnin' (1973)
Macedonia: Kocani Orkestar - Macedonia (1995)
Mali: Ali Farka Toure - Talking Timbuktu (1994)
Mexico: Los Tigres del Norte - Contrabando y traicion (1974)
Netherlands: Golden Earring - Moontan (1973)
Nigeria: Fela Kuti - Zombie (1977)
Norway: Ane Brun - Spending Time with Morgan (2003)
Romania: Fanfare Ciocarlia - Queens and Kings (2007)
Senegal: Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck - Djam Leelii (1984)
South Africa: Miriam Makeba - Miriam Makeba (1960)
Spain: Paco de Lucia - Live...One Summer Night (1984)
Sweden: Peps Persson - Rotrock (1980)
UK: The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
USA: The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (1971)
Zimbabwe: Oliver Mtukudzi - Tuku Music (1999)

Of course, in some cases the best album from a particular country may not mean that it is great, in other cases there are true gems to be found far far away, as in the case of Nigeria above.

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

videoheadcleaner — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:28:06 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 01/17/2010 10:28

harkan wrote:

Not in my chart but my collection; okay, well will see.

Disintegration is my favourite album ever but I was picking from outside my chart on here and what was in my collection.

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

cartoken — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 10:40:59 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 01/16/2010 15:40

harkan wrote:

English: The Cure - Pornography (1982)

i thought that Desintegration was your favorite british album, and actually your favorite album ever 🙄

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

videoheadcleaner — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:59:19 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 01/16/2010 13:59

Not in my chart but my collection; okay, well will see.

American: Better Than Ezra - Friction, Baby (1996)
Australian: The Triffids - Calenture (1987)
Canadian: Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
English: The Cure - Pornography (1982)
French: Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)
Icelandic: Sigur Ros - Takk... (2005)
Irish: Snow Patrol - Final Straw (2003) [part Irish, part Scottish]
New Zealander: Flight Of The Conchords - Flight Of The Conchords (2008)
Scottish: The Waterboys - This Is The Sea (1985)
Swedish: Jose Gonzalez - Veneer (2003)
Swiss: Robert Miles - Children (1996)
Welsh: Jem - Finally Woken (2004)

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

Error Finn — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:01:13 GMT

Author: Error Finn

Posted: 01/15/2010 19:01

A-ha is from Norway. �'�

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

Charicature — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:38:39 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 01/15/2010 18:38

Mine will be a short enough list...indeed, don't know if I even have a Canadian artist. Worth mentioning, that is.

U.S.: Little Moon - Grant Lee Phillips
U.K.: Chrome - Catherine Wheel
Ireland: Hey Ma - James
Scotland: Tonight: Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Norway, then: Hunting High and Low - a-Ha
Iceland: Debut - Bjork
Australia: Business As Usual - Men at Work
Sweden: Ace Of Base - yes, I own it.

more or less it. I do have a smattering of other countries represented in my collection, but to be honest I'm not a big fan of any of them.

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

Freddie55 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:04:41 GMT

Author: Freddie55

Posted: 01/14/2010 21:04

Australia: Crowded House - Together Alone (1993)
Belgium: Django Reinhardt - The Best of Django Reinhardt (1996)
Brazil: Secos & Molhados - Secos & Molhados (1973)
Canada: Joni Mitchell - Blue (1971)
Cape Verde: Cesaria Evora - Rogamar (2006)
Cuba: Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
Denmark: Mew - No More Stories (2009)
Dominican Republic: Juan Luis Guerra - La Llave De Mi Corazon (2007)
France: Edith Piaf - The Very Best of Edith Piaf (1977)
Germany: Nina Hagen - The Very Best Of (1990)
Greece: Vangelis - Chariots of Fire (1981)
Hungary: Kalman Balogh & The Gipsy Cimbalom Band - Live in Germany (2007)
Iceland: Emilíana Torrini - Me and Armini (2008)
Indonesia: Gamelan Sangburni - Smoking Cloves - The Bamboo Gamelan of Sangburni (1999)
Ireland: U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987)
Jamaica: Bob Marley - Exodus (1977)
Mali: Tinariwen - Aman Iman: Water Is Life (2007)
Mexico: Café Tacuba - SiNo (2007)
Netherlands: Golden Earring - Golden Earring (1970)
New Zealand: The Veils - Nux Vomica (2006)
Niger: Etran Finitawa - Introducing Etran Finitawa (2006)
Nigeria: Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit (1975)
Pakistan: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party - Devotional and Love Songs (1993)
Romania: Taraf de Haïdouks - Band of Gypsies (2001)
Senegal: Youssou N'Dour - Egypt (2004)
United Kingdom: Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
USA: The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

RFNAPLES — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:24:55 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 01/14/2010 20:24

"M.I.A.: Well, Sri Lanka is an island off the coast of India. There's two ethnicities there; one the Sinhalese, which is the majority and the government, and the minority, who are the Tamils. That's where I'm from. And my lifetime sort of began there, I spent 10 years, and I was there during when the war started and fled as a refugee to England."
- http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200901/20090128_mia.html#

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

Norman Bates — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:55:34 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 01/14/2010 19:55

Quote:

34 different countries, that's great !

It's fairly easy in Paris to get to listen to music from all over the world if you're interested. The "World Music" business is highly developed and covers a wide range of styles and origins. For instance, a lot of African musicians have actually lived, or are living, in Paris, and there are a lot of gigs from musicians from everywhere (mostly Africa, Europe of course, the Middle East and South America).

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

RFNAPLES — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:54:29 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 01/14/2010 19:54

M.I.A. (Mathangi Arulpragasam மாதங்கி 'மாயா' �...ருள்பிரகாசம்) was born in Hounslow, London, England but her family is of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. When she was six months of age, her family moved back to their native Sri Lanka.

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

cartoken — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:45:15 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 01/14/2010 19:45

Norman Bates wrote:

- Peru : Susana Baca Susana Baca
- Colombia : Toto La Momposina [i]Toto La Momposina Y Sus

34 different countries, that's great !

RFNAPLES wrote:

Sri Lanka: M.I.A.-Kala

Sorry man, but M.I.A is english, born in London. but still you list is very various.
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Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

RFNAPLES — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:09:49 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 01/14/2010 19:09

Here are a few from artists not on my chart but in my collection:

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

Norman Bates — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:48:14 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 01/14/2010 17:48

Hell, forgot Jamaïca !
The Ethiopians Train To Skaville 1966-69
and The Netherlands
Dick Annegarn Approche-Toi

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

Norman Bates — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:40:43 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 01/14/2010 17:40

- USA : The Beach Boys Pet Sounds
- United Kingdom : Nick Drake Pink Moon
- France : Serge Gainsbourg Histoire De Melody Nelson
- Canada : Neil Young After The Gold Rush
- Spain : Migala Asì Duele Un Verano
- Portugal : Antonio Variaçoes Quando Fala Um Portuguès
- Ireland : The Undertones Teenage Kicks
- Iceland : Björk Homogenic
- Mali : Toumani Diabaté Djelika
- Ethiopia : Muluqèn Mèlèssé Heddecth Alu (from the Ethipiques record collection, Vol.10 Tezeta)
- Mexico : Lila Downs Una Sangre
- Cuba : Ibrahim Ferrer Buenos Hermanos
- Peru : Susana Baca Susana Baca
- Colombia : Toto La Momposina Toto La Momposina Y Sus Tambores
- Germany : Neu! Neu! 75
- Sweden : Stina Nordenstam And She Closed Her Eyes
- Japan : Shonen Knife Ah Singapore
- New Zealand : The Chills Soft Bomb
- Australia : The Go-Betweens 16 Lovers Lane
- Brazil : Antonio Carlos Jobim The Wonderful World Of Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Switzerland : Graüzone Eisbar
- Algeria : Cheikha Remitti Ghir Al Baroud
- South Korea : Kang Tae-Hwan Improvised Memories
- Mauritania : Tinariwen Amassakoul
- Morocco : Gnawa Halwa Rhabaouine
- Nigeria : Fela Kuti Zombie
- Senegal : Baaba Maal Missing You (Mi Yeewnii)
- Ivory Coast : Manu Dibango Soul Makossa
- Guinea : Mory Kanté Yeke Yeke
- Argentina : Juana Molina Tres Cosas
- Pakistan : Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Mustt Mustt
- India : Dave Pike Set Mathar

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

RFNAPLES — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:15:13 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 01/14/2010 17:15

Sorry perhaps in your edit you changed your criteria. I thought you originally referenced our charts not our collections. I don't have my collection data based upon country of artist but I do know I have representations from many countries, resembling the United Nations.

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

cartoken — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:43:24 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 01/14/2010 16:43

only 3 countries RFNAPLES ??, the albums must not be in your 50 best album chart, but in all the albums that you've listend to.

Re: 1 Country = 1 Album

RFNAPLES — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:52:21 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 01/14/2010 15:52

Ireland: The Joshua Tree-U2
UK: Revolver-The Beatles
USA: Highway 61 Revisited-Bob Dylan

1 Country = 1 Album

cartoken — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:49:20 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 01/14/2010 14:49

In order to discover some "exotic" albums from other countries beside the mainstream music countries producers (USA & UK), i propose to list for each country one album and only one from your collection.

i begin :

- USA : The Strokes - Is This It
- UK: Radiohead - The Bends
- Canada: Arcade Fire - Funeral
- Ireland: U2 - The joshua tree
- France: Daft Punk - Homework
- Australia: Jet - Get Born
- Sweden: The Hives veni - vidi vicious
- Germany: ENIGMA - MCMXC
- Iceland: Bjork - Homogenic
- Italia: Beny Benassi - Hypnotica
- Austria: Rodney Hunter - Hunterville
- Netherlands: Armin van Buuren - Imagine
- Algeria: Khaled - Kenza
- Cuba: Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
- Mexico: Santana - Supernatural
- Mali: Amadou & Mariam - Welcome To Mali
- Belgium: Natacha Atlas - Gedida
- Jamaica: Bob Marley - Exodus

So what's yours eventually !! 🙄