What albums in the top 100 HAVEN'T you heard? - Music

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Definitley give Arctic Monkeys a shot man. That first album is just such great fun and then the 2nd is even better Very Happy

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purple wrote:

Hayden wrote:

purple wrote:

U2-Achtung Baby
Arctic Monkeys-Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

You could skip those if you wanted.... Laughing

50/100 & 60/100 in my books.

I'm going to give Achtung Baby a try eventually... I'm on the fence with Arctic Monkeys.
I do know that I absolutely hate Queen and Muse though, from the singles that I've heard

even though i hate to say it, but Achtung Baby is worth a listen as (as much as i dislike U2) it is their best album and a landmark album as it marked a transition from their sound of Joshua Tree's blues to dancer stuff.

Even though i didn't bother with it when it first came out, i really like Arctic Monkey's first album and IMO their carefree best. Even though the 2nd album is really good, it doesn't seem to have the same unexpected excitement as their first....

as for Muse, give the first 2 albums a go as they are actually good (they got kinda overblown on following releases).....and yeah, i totally agree with you on Queen...my most hated band/group alongside ABBA...
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40footwolf

Gender: Male
Age: 33

What mine looks like now:

Nevermind
Pet Sounds
Funeral
The Joshua Tree X
Is This I tX
The Doors
Ten X
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? X
Grace
Rumours X
Achtung Baby X
The Suburbs(the top 50, fucking seriously?)
Automatic For the People X
Definitely Maybe X
A Rush of Blood to the Head X
Elephant
Astral Weeks
Thriller
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Absolution X
Magical Mystery Tour
Neon Bible
Turn On the Bright Lights X
Unplugged in New York
After the Gold Rush X

About a quarter, and about half of that quarter I have no desire to hear.
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Age: 39
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40footwolf wrote:

What mine looks like now:
Nevermind
Funeral
The Joshua Tree X
Is This I tX
The Doors
Grace
A Rush of Blood to the Head X
Elephant
Thriller
Turn On the Bright Lights X

Seriously ?! Nevermind... SERIOUSLY ?

Hayden

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40footwolf wrote:

Nevermind
Pet Sounds
Funeral
Elephant
Astral Weeks
Thriller

Really?

40footwolf

Gender: Male
Age: 33

I actually have heard Nevermind, in a way, since I've been listening to the radio since I was 7 Neutral

I've heard enough of that album to know that it's not really a priority listen for me. Same with Thriller. I just flat-out don't like Arcade Fire but I suppose I should get around to sitting through one of their albums some day or another.
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Age: 32

40footwolf wrote:

What mine looks like now:

Nevermind
Pet Sounds
Funeral
The Joshua Tree X
Is This I tX
The Doors
Ten X
(What's the Story) Morning Glory? X
Grace
Rumours X
Achtung Baby X
The Suburbs(the top 50, fucking seriously?)
Automatic For the People X
Definitely Maybe X
A Rush of Blood to the Head X
Elephant
Astral Weeks
Thriller
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Absolution X
Magical Mystery Tour
Neon Bible
Turn On the Bright Lights X
Unplugged in New York
After the Gold Rush X

About a quarter, and about half of that quarter I have no desire to hear.

I'm relieved now that i know you're going to listen to Funeral eventually Pray

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40footwolf wrote:

I actually have heard Nevermind, in a way, since I've been listening to the radio since I was 7 :| I've heard enough of that album to know that it's not really a priority listen for me. Same with Thriller. I just flat-out don't like Arcade Fire but I suppose I should get around to sitting through one of their albums some day or another.

But Mellon Collie, I'm sure that's up there in priority, right? ;)
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But on a more serious note... albums like Nevermind and The Joshua Tree...

I feel this needs to be seriously discussed. These sorts of albums are NOT good albums. At least, they aren't PUT TOGETHER like good albums, and they keep me from enjoying them as ALBUMS.

I feel that track listing is VERY important. It is imperative that the artist crafting the album places the songs so that the album together becomes an experience in its own right, that it becomes an actual ALBUM and not just an unorganized collection of songs. But albums like Nevermind or Joshua Tree (or every other U2 album since then) are put together in an incredibly lazy fashion. All the singles have been placed RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING, as if the rest of the album was a mere afterthought. You know what I feel that says to me, the listener? It's like the artist is telling me: "alright, here are all the singles, right at the beginning for your convenience. The rest of the album just isn't worth listening to, ignore it."
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Jackwc wrote:

But on a more serious note... albums like Nevermind and The Joshua Tree...

I feel this needs to be seriously discussed. These sorts of albums are NOT good albums. At least, they aren't PUT TOGETHER like good albums, and they keep me from enjoying them as ALBUMS.

I feel that track listing is VERY important. It is imperative that the artist crafting the album places the songs so that the album together becomes an experience in its own right, that it becomes an actual ALBUM and not just an unorganized collection of songs. But albums like Nevermind or Joshua Tree (or every other U2 album since then) are put together in an incredibly lazy fashion. All the singles have been placed RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING, as if the rest of the album was a mere afterthought. You know what I feel that says to me, the listener? It's like the artist is telling me: "alright, here are all the singles, right at the beginning for your convenience. The rest of the album just isn't worth listening to, ignore it."

Once Upon a Time... Smile

the only way to really listen to music was to purchase a heavy black disc, called a vinyl album. That album had two sides and could only be listened to on a record player. This meant that you had to physical turn the album over to listen to the other half of the album. If you wanted to listen to a particular track on a vinyl album you had to hang onto the stylus (the arm like thing on record player) with a very steady hand and sort of drop it where you thought the song started...

Record companies liked it when all the 'best' tracks were on one side of the album as this boosted album sales as people didn't have to fanny around with turning the albums over. The added bonus was that you didn't run the risk of scratching your precious vinyl by jerking the stylus around.

Not saying that is the reason you don't like Nevermind or Joshua Tree or that is why all their singles are at the beginning. But it is one of the reasons that bands were often gently forced to put the singles close together in the track listing...

And (probably because I don't know this) why concept albums rarely released singles..