Bands/Albums You Tried Because Someone on BEA Suggested It.

[JMan]

I tried out Stevie Wonder because a few people said I should try out artists like him. I didn't expect EVERY song on "Songs in the Key of Life" to be good!

[Happymeal]

[JMan]

I'm drawing a cartoon style bat-dude to put on my avatar. Yes, I like bats that much.

Ever see a white honduras bat?

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It's like a living Furby!

[ButterThumbz]

I'm just checking out...

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Synthesist by Harald Grosskopf

Was this album born from an egg on a mountain top or what? Great stuff! Thanks to lethalnezzle recommending it to me.

[faceless]

fantastic sujestion from purple. in my chart too. thanks man.

[Jimmy Dread]

There are 2 BEA members to whom I'm eternally grateful:

Magenta - my sister-in-twee from over the sea... The Dentists, Close Lobsters and a fair few others I'd dare wager have all wormed their way onto my mp3 player of late.
Mind Movie - who seems to have vanished (a great shame) - a constant source of inspiriation from a 60s/70s psych/prog point of view, and responsible for Catherine Ribiero and The Alpes' "Paix" finding it's way into my top 100.

There's also a fair-few like-minded souls on here (Norman, Cellardoor, Daftpunter, LancashireArab) whose charts always fascinate, and often remind me about records I'd completely forgotten about buying and that were invariably buried at the bottom of a cupboard.

Someone also once recommended This Will Destroy You's self-titled LP. I've completely forgotten who this was so apologies, but although post-rock rarely tends to push the right buttons for me I think 'Threads' from this album is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard.
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[Robert Anton Wilson]

The most obvious one is Diablo Swing orchestra but the list would be too long. I am even starting to feel some love for post-rock and have really got into the latest Godspeed You black Emperor (can never recall where the !s go).

Damn you BEA, you are teaching me and opening me up to new things .... Damn you.

[Saoirse]

always great to give some love back to BEA, it certainly has given me more listening options than I thought was possible before joining this site. Well here are some albums I was either suggested by certain users or found through their charts, or perhaps they have just mentioned it in the forums:

Dirty Three- Ocean Songs- Purple
Virgin Prunes- If I Die, I Die- BEA's 1982 overall list
Julianna Barwick- the Magic Place
Broadcast- Tender Buttons- JoyofDivision
Rowland S Howard- Teenage Snuff Film- Harkan
How to Dress Well- Total Loss- Lethal
Deux Filles- Silence and Wisdom- Cellar
The Soft Moon- The Soft Moon- Purple
Red House Painters- Down Colorful Hill- joj
Antony and the Johnsons- Jhereko
Andrew Bird- Noble Beast- Magenta
Harold Grosskompf- Synthesis- Lethal
Sarah June- In Black Robes- Polythene Pam
Hope Sandavol and the Warm Inventions- Bavarian Fruit Bread- Norman Bates
Scott Walker- The Drift- SquishypuffDave
Anais Mitchell- Hadestown- Jhereko
Tim Hecker’s various albums- Purple
Natural Snow Buildings- Dance of the Sun and the Moon
Agalloch- The Mantle- Necharsian
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti albums- Purple
Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker- Lethalnezzle
Diablo Swing Orchestra- The Butcher’s Ballroom- Applerill
Drop Nineteens- Delaware- Cellar
Daniel Johnston- 1990- eggman
Labcabincalifornia- DLGGLD
Foetus- Nail- Harkan
Times New Viking- Born Again Revisited- Lanchshirearab
Saccharine Trust- Yourselfisntsteam
Rema-Rema- Wheel in the Roses- Hayden
Bran Van 3000- Discosis- Junodog
Swans- Children of God- Cartoken
Popul Vuh- Hosianna Mantra- A lot of users
Juana Molina- Un Dia- Norman
Between the Buried and the Me- the Great Misdirect- Jackwc
Death from Above 1979- You’re a Woman, Im a Machine- Shanespear
Deathconciousness- Have a Nice Life- Borve
The great ex-yugoslavian albums- 19loveless91


And I hope it works as a sort of take-a-penny, leave-a-penny system, as I'll continue to sing the praises of the likes of Carina Round, Dramarama, Current 93, A Fine Frenzy, The Softies, Julie Doiron, Fred Thomas's various projects, Taken by Trees, fIREHOUSE, Soul Coffing, Gravenhurst and of course the Shangri-Las, in the hopes that more users here will listen and enjoy these very underrated bands. The only way I think to properly thanks BEA for all the great recs is to give some back in return.