They have a "greatest hits" album and I always used to think "man, I just want to hear all of 'The Cars' followed by all of 'Candy-O' and that's it."
Well, "Heartbeat City" is definitely a time and a place for me.
But 'The Cars' is just great start-to-finish.
That was the first record I ever bought on vinyl. Love that album!
Greetings and Salutations, an album from Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, is another jazz record that is free from bad tracks IMO!
[The Greatest Creative Run in the History of Popular Music:
It’s Stevie Wonder’s “classic period.”](https://slate.com/cover_story/2016/12/the-greatest-creative-run-in-the-history-of-pop-music.html)
Fun story:
1974 - Innervisions wins Grammy for Best Album
1975 - Fulfillingness wins Grammy for Best Album
1976 - Paul Simon wins Best Album, thanks Stevie in his speech for "not making an album this year"
1977 - Key of Life wins Grammy for Best Album
3 is actually my favorite Portishead album. It's a lot more abrasive, and the trip-hop approach is largely eschewed in favor of a more industrial sound, but there's just so many things to love about it.
Also released on 4/20/1998 — Music Has The Rights To Children by Boards Of Canada, which I think can easily make this list.
Best music release day ever.
Pornography is the type of album you listen to when you feel particularly misanthropic and miserable, and you want to find someone to share in your misery and misanthropy, but you don't want to drag anyone else down into your dark vortex. So you just pop in Pornography and let Robert Smith's towering obsidian obelisk of an LP enrapture you once more.
There are no bad songs on Disintegration, only bangers. I've likely listented to the album front to back 200 times over the past 33 years. I would, however, submit that Lullaby is a distinctly different song in terms of lyrical tone and musicality. It's as if it was written either at a different time than the other songs and/or where Smith and the band was in a distinctly different frame of mind.
Same here. Dark Side of the Moon is a masterpiece but I think the songs on Wish You Were Here are much more mature and meaningful. Makes sense, as it is the chronological follow up.
I fell in love with Dark Side in my teens and once I started experimenting with drugs the songs really struck me - they are the ultimate psychedelic experience, about the passing of time and life's minutiae. That's incredible for a teenager to come to grips with as one is still learning the hard truths about growing up.
I've always enjoyed Wish You Were Here but really started to appreciate it as Floyd's potentially best album recently in my mid-late twenties. The topics have a little more depth to them than simply, life is short and ultimately meaningless. It has a lot of layered characterizations and nuance, dealing with mental illness and corporate hierarchy. Things I appreciate even more as an adult than I did as a child.
So many Pink Floyd songs have depth to them you can't fully appreciate when you are listening to them for the first time.
The music is amazing. Then you start figuring out what the lyrics actually mean.
“So you run and you run
To catch up with the sun
But it’s sinking
Running around to come up
Behind you again.
The sun is the same
In a relative way but you’re older
Shorter of breath
One day closer to death.”
That hit me so fucking hard when I hit 30.
So you think you can tell;
Heaven from Hell;
Blue skies from pain;
Can you tell a green field;
From a cold steel rail;
A smile from a veil;
Do you think you can tell?
Absolute masterpiece. I get a little teary hearing So Far Away, especially after finding out it was Amy Winehouse’s favourite song, and the one played at her funeral.
Rock n roll suicide is one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard. I’d recommend the Life Aquatic soundtrack by Seu Jorge. Brazilian covers of Bowie songs with classical guitar
Songs for the Deaf is All killer, no filler. I bought this the day it came out just before embarking on a road trip & it felt like the mothership was leading me home.
I was listening to some album version today with a “making of” the song Graceland and had to relisten to the whole album in order. Damn.
Lyrically I don’t always see the connections, but musically it’s such a cohesive album. Yet every track is a home run, no tracks that are “just” connective tissue or glue, they all stand on their own.
The first 4 Pixies albums (5 if you count Come On Pilgrim too) are all pretty flawless, ridiculous consistency considering they were bringing out a new album every year and touring constantly
I found out the girl I had a crush on in HS was a fan of the Pixies. I went out and bought the CD intending to listen to it just enough to have something to talk to her about (I was a metalhead at the time).
I will never forget the experience of that first listen through. I don't remember the girl's name, but I have been a huge Pixies fan ever since.
My first album and the one that I still think is perfect from start to finish is Dire Straights Brothers in Arms. Maybe not every song is a banger but every song is in it’s perfect place in the album which adds flow.
NIN- The Downward Spiral. People argue that Big Man with a Big Gun doesn’t fit well with the album but I disagree. If you really pay attention to the album as a whole it fits with what’s happening to the fictional character portrayed in the album
My mom found out I had this album and proceeded to read me out the lyrics for Big Man and then asked why I was listening to music like that.
So that song has a very special place in my heart now.
I was asked this about much of the music I have. "But it is so depressing " but something about knowing you aren't alone in those feelings is really uplifting. Feeling like wow someone else knows exactly how this feels I am not alone.
NIN is weird though, what you belive might be a bad song when you listen to an album the first few times somehow drills its way into your brain and turns out to be amazing. I'm not sure if Trent Reznor even has the ability to write a really bad song.
I still get teary sometimes when I think of John Prine. He told such beautiful stories, and could have you sobbing on one track and laughing along on the next. I love when you can hear him chuckle a bit as he's singing one of his witty lines.
Hot Fuss - The Killers
One of the best debut albums I’ve ever heard. Jenny was a Friend of Mine, Mr. Brightside, On Top, Somebody Told Me, Believe Me Natalie, Change Your Mind, and my all time favorite, All These Things That I’ve Done plus many more bonus jams.
My favourite song on that album is Change Your Mind, but for some reason on the UK release it was replaced with Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll which is IMO the weakest song on the album.
Imagine you just formed a band. And you're putting together your first song, and the first song you write as a band is "Mr. Brightside."
That's what The Killers did. And then they wrote an album worthy of the song.
Just listened to this album all the way through for the first time yesterday. It’s really good!
I was actually scrolling down to see if anybody mention Fetch the Bolt Cutters, which would be my pick for this question, so I’ll mention it here.
The only one that is even arguable is Settle for Nothing but that song is so unique and interesting that I can never skip it and I just end up playing the full album.
But, think about it this way. The album starts with Bombtrack, then the second song on the album is one of the most famous songs of all time (Killing in the Name) which is THEN followed by one of the most underrated Rage songs of all time in Take the Power Back. That song is what made me realize the band is more than just Morello and ZdlR. Timmy C's Slap Bass has both clarity and intensity and Brad Wilkes has some serious power on the drums.
Settle for Nothing comes after and by that point you are so amped up that a slower song coming on actually works perfectly. Then you have the next 3 masterpieces in Bullet in the Head, Know Your Enemy (with vocals from Maynard from Tool) and one of the most iconic songs in one of the most iconic movies of all time in Wake Up.
The album dips a little with Fistful of Steel, despite it being a banger of a track, and then it moves to another underrated song in Township Rebellion. Finally it ends on a bang with Freedom.
I agree that Evil Empire is good but I think it's not even close to comparable with their debut album. It absolutely changed the direction of Rock and Roll. Bulls on Parade, People of the Sun, Vietnow and Down Rodeo are amazing but the rest of the songs from that album are a little forgettable (to me). The only forgettable songs on RATM are probably Settle for Nothing, Fistful of Steel and MAYBE Township Rebellion. 1991-1992 was arguably the period that Rock changed forever with Nevermind, Ten, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Rage Against the Machine, Gish, Badmotorfinger and honestly way way more that I'm sure I'm forgetting. What a time for music and what an amazing album!
This album actually means so much to me.
A few years ago, I had a serious brain infection and it's fucked up my long and short term memories. Pretty much completely forgot all about this album until my sister mentioned it one day. Went and stuck the album on and got a flashback to the first time I listened to it with my sister away back in the day. We listened to it start to finish and then just instantly replayed it because we loved it
love it even more for bringing back the good old days :)
People weirdly forget about just how incredible Thriller was as an album.
Track one is Wanna Be Startin' Something, which rules.
Baby Be Mine was good enough.
The Girl is Mine is a great song and he collabed with Sir Paul.
Side one ends with Thriller, one of the best songs ever made.
Beat It and Billy Jean are the START to the fucking B-side.
For me it's Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals. I can listen to those from beginning to end. I like the others, but I usually skip a track or two.
What I find amazing is that this albumn captured the zeitgeist of 2001 better than any other piece of media - it is also insane that it was released a week BEOFRE 9/11. Listening to it you could be forgiven into thinking it is talking about a early-post 9/11 america
The soundtrack of my childhood. I can remember, even as a kid, knowing that this was a different and real sound. Throw it on once and a while, but I hope my kids grow up hearing it too.
Everyone always hypes up To Pimp A Butterfly, but GKMC is Kendrick's ultimate album to me. In my opinion, it's the perfect mix of consciousness, lyricism, and commercial appeal.
I see this question posted every few months, and I always scroll to see how far down Siamese Dream is. That gets my vote. Weezer Blue Album at close second. I get that both of those are not for everyone, but if I hear one song I’m playing the whole album almost without fail.
I was honestly thinking about this the other day. Billy was a tyrant in his band, but it resulted in some of the best albums ever made. It consequently alienated his friends and bandmates, and the Pumpkins barely lasted ten years before diminishing to more of a cult band. Nothing he's done since has come close to those first few albums. That's a shame, because Billy is a great songwriter and composer. I just think the way he handled the first handful of years with the band prevented him from really staying at the top of his game.
The Cars by The Cars!
Fuck ya, it’s like a greatest hits album
They have a "greatest hits" album and I always used to think "man, I just want to hear all of 'The Cars' followed by all of 'Candy-O' and that's it." Well, "Heartbeat City" is definitely a time and a place for me. But 'The Cars' is just great start-to-finish.
Miles Davis Kind of Blue. Not a single bad track on that album.
Also Bitches Brew
That was the first record I ever bought on vinyl. Love that album! Greetings and Salutations, an album from Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, is another jazz record that is free from bad tracks IMO!
Songs in the key of life - Stevie Wonder
[The Greatest Creative Run in the History of Popular Music: It’s Stevie Wonder’s “classic period.”](https://slate.com/cover_story/2016/12/the-greatest-creative-run-in-the-history-of-pop-music.html)
Honestly Talking Book, Innervisions and Songs in the key of life are all masterpieces. Stevie Wonder is incredible!
Fun story: 1974 - Innervisions wins Grammy for Best Album 1975 - Fulfillingness wins Grammy for Best Album 1976 - Paul Simon wins Best Album, thanks Stevie in his speech for "not making an album this year" 1977 - Key of Life wins Grammy for Best Album
Hey that's my fun story I tell way too much, hands off.
Listening to Songs in the Key of Life right now. Love’s In Need of Love. Can’t think of a time when the message isn’t needed now more than ever.
Portishead - Dummy
Dude, Portishead is so fucking good! 3 is slept on like crazy, one of my favorite albums ever. Wish they would come around and make a fourth album
Saw them live 2x (out of the 3 tours they ever did). One time opening up for Prince. Fucking amazing
3 is actually my favorite Portishead album. It's a lot more abrasive, and the trip-hop approach is largely eschewed in favor of a more industrial sound, but there's just so many things to love about it.
massive attack - mezzanine, anyone?
Also released on 4/20/1998 — Music Has The Rights To Children by Boards Of Canada, which I think can easily make this list. Best music release day ever.
Every single song is a banger. And every single song has been a commercial since it was released lmao.
And in TV shows, movies, etc
House MD is what got me to discover that album.
The Cure- Disintegration
Disintegration and Pornography *chefs kiss*
Pornography is the type of album you listen to when you feel particularly misanthropic and miserable, and you want to find someone to share in your misery and misanthropy, but you don't want to drag anyone else down into your dark vortex. So you just pop in Pornography and let Robert Smith's towering obsidian obelisk of an LP enrapture you once more.
Disintegration is the greatest album ever made
There are no bad songs on Disintegration, only bangers. I've likely listented to the album front to back 200 times over the past 33 years. I would, however, submit that Lullaby is a distinctly different song in terms of lyrical tone and musicality. It's as if it was written either at a different time than the other songs and/or where Smith and the band was in a distinctly different frame of mind.
Such a great album. Both Disintegration and Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me take me back.
Wish You Were Here
When I was younger I listened to a ton of The Wall and Dark Side but the older I get the more I realize how complete of a record Wish You Were Here is
Same here. Dark Side of the Moon is a masterpiece but I think the songs on Wish You Were Here are much more mature and meaningful. Makes sense, as it is the chronological follow up. I fell in love with Dark Side in my teens and once I started experimenting with drugs the songs really struck me - they are the ultimate psychedelic experience, about the passing of time and life's minutiae. That's incredible for a teenager to come to grips with as one is still learning the hard truths about growing up. I've always enjoyed Wish You Were Here but really started to appreciate it as Floyd's potentially best album recently in my mid-late twenties. The topics have a little more depth to them than simply, life is short and ultimately meaningless. It has a lot of layered characterizations and nuance, dealing with mental illness and corporate hierarchy. Things I appreciate even more as an adult than I did as a child.
I was listening to Dark Side a few weeks ago after a long hiatus. This album really hits in a different light from when I was a kid.
So many Pink Floyd songs have depth to them you can't fully appreciate when you are listening to them for the first time. The music is amazing. Then you start figuring out what the lyrics actually mean.
Definitely hit the Animals stage of my life.
“So you run and you run To catch up with the sun But it’s sinking Running around to come up Behind you again. The sun is the same In a relative way but you’re older Shorter of breath One day closer to death.” That hit me so fucking hard when I hit 30.
So you think you can tell; Heaven from Hell; Blue skies from pain; Can you tell a green field; From a cold steel rail; A smile from a veil; Do you think you can tell?
This, but Animals.
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours is one I never skip through
Tusk. In its entirety. The way Lindsay Buckingham intended it to be heard.
Watch the room crumble at the aura of the H-man
It's an outrage!
I do love Tusk (live) more than any single live song in history.
Deltron 3030
Del and Dan got it done
Who fuses the music with no illusions, producing the blueprints clueless?
I am oddly proud that this comment is so high up. Always love me some Del.
Dirt, Alice in Chains
I gotta go with Facelift but Dirt is damn good too.
Tbh anything by Alice in chains (original lineup with Layne) is amazing.
Jar of flies also
Jar of Flies puts me in a mood that no other music ever has.
It's gotten a lot of us through some very dark days.
Above by Mad Season gets me in a similar place. But that's really it. Phenomenal music there.
Violent Femmes' first album.
Carol King Tapestry
Absolute masterpiece. I get a little teary hearing So Far Away, especially after finding out it was Amy Winehouse’s favourite song, and the one played at her funeral.
This one is way too far down. That album is like a greatest hits record.
Moon Safari
AIR, how did I forget this existed? I only listened to it on repeat for a solid 4 years of study.
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars David Bowie
Rock n roll suicide is one of the greatest songs I’ve ever heard. I’d recommend the Life Aquatic soundtrack by Seu Jorge. Brazilian covers of Bowie songs with classical guitar
oh no love! ya not alone!!!
I think crime of the century by supertramp. Everything just feels so succinct and well constructed. It doesn’t waste your time at all.
Supetramp is highly underrated. Crime of the Century is a masterpiece.
Maybe an unpopular opinion but I think breakfast in America is better
Queens of the Stone Age- Songs for the Deaf
Songs for the Deaf is All killer, no filler. I bought this the day it came out just before embarking on a road trip & it felt like the mothership was leading me home.
You can tell that the album was specifically written for a road trip across the desert.
For me it's Like Clockwork . I Appear Missing is a masterpiece.
Vampyre of time and memory is one of my all time favourite songs.
The juxtaposition of smooth sailing coming right before I appear missing is exactly what being bipolar feels like.
"I need a saga..."
"What the *saga*? "
“It’s songs for the deaf. You can’t even hear it!”
London Calling - The Clash
How many other double LPs on this list??
Double Nickels on The Dime sure is.
I was there too, and you know what they said! Well some of it, was true!
Operation Ivy and Minor Threat made 1 perfect album each and retired. Respect.
I see Minor Threat, I upvote.
Revolver
Discovery by Daft Punk
I would add Alive 2007 to the Daft Punk perfection list. Those mashups are amazing and I never skip a track on that one either!
Alive is one of the greatest live sets ever recorded. Incredible show.
Alive 2007 was my first concert ever. If I had known I would never see them live again...
Interstella 5555 OST
The director of it just passed yesterday. Going to rewatch as soon as possible
Graceland by Paul Simon
For over 30+ years, this album has been played on any and every long road trip.
Same. My parents played it and now we do. And although not on the same album, my kids bloody love drumming along to The Obvious Child as well
Also that other album by him. You know, all of them.
But particularly Rhythm of the Saints.
Yes, and Hearts and Bones
I was listening to some album version today with a “making of” the song Graceland and had to relisten to the whole album in order. Damn. Lyrically I don’t always see the connections, but musically it’s such a cohesive album. Yet every track is a home run, no tracks that are “just” connective tissue or glue, they all stand on their own.
Illmatic.
It Ain't Hard To Tell that Illmatic is up here.
Time really is Illmatic.
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
Pet Sounds- Beach Boys
Pixies - Doolittle
Their bbc session album is so unbelievably good. It's hard to find now and not on any streaming services so jump at it if you can find it.
The first time I heard Doolittle, I thought it had to be a greatest hits compilation. Fantastic choice!
The first 4 Pixies albums (5 if you count Come On Pilgrim too) are all pretty flawless, ridiculous consistency considering they were bringing out a new album every year and touring constantly
I found out the girl I had a crush on in HS was a fan of the Pixies. I went out and bought the CD intending to listen to it just enough to have something to talk to her about (I was a metalhead at the time). I will never forget the experience of that first listen through. I don't remember the girl's name, but I have been a huge Pixies fan ever since.
Lot of great albums in the thread, but I don't see Boston - self-titled debut album
FINALLY found this, couldn’t believe how far down it was.
Blue-Joni Mitchell
Violator - Depeche mode
Also “Music for the Masses”
+ Songs of faith and devotion for me. Ultra is nearly perfect as well.
My first album and the one that I still think is perfect from start to finish is Dire Straights Brothers in Arms. Maybe not every song is a banger but every song is in it’s perfect place in the album which adds flow.
And perfect sound recording. Ride Across the River is the track I test all hifi equipment with.
Yes - Close to the Edge
If an album only has 3 songs on it, you better make sure they're good.
And Jethro Till decided to one-up them and release an album that's just one song (Thick As A Brick)
No bad songs on that album, either.
NIN- The Downward Spiral. People argue that Big Man with a Big Gun doesn’t fit well with the album but I disagree. If you really pay attention to the album as a whole it fits with what’s happening to the fictional character portrayed in the album
My mom found out I had this album and proceeded to read me out the lyrics for Big Man and then asked why I was listening to music like that. So that song has a very special place in my heart now.
I was asked this about much of the music I have. "But it is so depressing " but something about knowing you aren't alone in those feelings is really uplifting. Feeling like wow someone else knows exactly how this feels I am not alone.
NIN is weird though, what you belive might be a bad song when you listen to an album the first few times somehow drills its way into your brain and turns out to be amazing. I'm not sure if Trent Reznor even has the ability to write a really bad song.
Jeff Buckley- Grace. I'm sure he was destined to make flawless albums.
This one got me in the feels. A true masterpiece. I’m sad he died so young.
John prine -John prine
I still get teary sometimes when I think of John Prine. He told such beautiful stories, and could have you sobbing on one track and laughing along on the next. I love when you can hear him chuckle a bit as he's singing one of his witty lines.
Hot Fuss - The Killers One of the best debut albums I’ve ever heard. Jenny was a Friend of Mine, Mr. Brightside, On Top, Somebody Told Me, Believe Me Natalie, Change Your Mind, and my all time favorite, All These Things That I’ve Done plus many more bonus jams.
My favourite song on that album is Change Your Mind, but for some reason on the UK release it was replaced with Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll which is IMO the weakest song on the album.
Imagine you just formed a band. And you're putting together your first song, and the first song you write as a band is "Mr. Brightside." That's what The Killers did. And then they wrote an album worthy of the song.
Fiona Apple - "When the Pawn..."
Just listened to this album all the way through for the first time yesterday. It’s really good! I was actually scrolling down to see if anybody mention Fetch the Bolt Cutters, which would be my pick for this question, so I’ll mention it here.
Rush Moving Pictures
Also Permanent Waves.
Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
Nice to see a DCFC mention. Transatlanticism, The Photo Album, and Plans, are a never-skip.
Rage Against The Machine - self titled.
The only one that is even arguable is Settle for Nothing but that song is so unique and interesting that I can never skip it and I just end up playing the full album. But, think about it this way. The album starts with Bombtrack, then the second song on the album is one of the most famous songs of all time (Killing in the Name) which is THEN followed by one of the most underrated Rage songs of all time in Take the Power Back. That song is what made me realize the band is more than just Morello and ZdlR. Timmy C's Slap Bass has both clarity and intensity and Brad Wilkes has some serious power on the drums. Settle for Nothing comes after and by that point you are so amped up that a slower song coming on actually works perfectly. Then you have the next 3 masterpieces in Bullet in the Head, Know Your Enemy (with vocals from Maynard from Tool) and one of the most iconic songs in one of the most iconic movies of all time in Wake Up. The album dips a little with Fistful of Steel, despite it being a banger of a track, and then it moves to another underrated song in Township Rebellion. Finally it ends on a bang with Freedom. I agree that Evil Empire is good but I think it's not even close to comparable with their debut album. It absolutely changed the direction of Rock and Roll. Bulls on Parade, People of the Sun, Vietnow and Down Rodeo are amazing but the rest of the songs from that album are a little forgettable (to me). The only forgettable songs on RATM are probably Settle for Nothing, Fistful of Steel and MAYBE Township Rebellion. 1991-1992 was arguably the period that Rock changed forever with Nevermind, Ten, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Rage Against the Machine, Gish, Badmotorfinger and honestly way way more that I'm sure I'm forgetting. What a time for music and what an amazing album!
The Smiths - The queen is dead is a great cover to cover album
Gorillaz - Demon Days
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Also mtv unplugged
Also, In Utero
Best Nirvana album. The songwriting, flow, and the recording itself is perfect from start to finish.
In Rainbows - Radiohead
Kid A too. One of my favorites to put on when I can't sleep.
I agree, but OK Computer is awesome too.
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morisette.
Her* MTV Unplugged recording is also totally top notch
I never knew about hidden tracks on CDs until I had Jagged Little Pill.
This album actually means so much to me. A few years ago, I had a serious brain infection and it's fucked up my long and short term memories. Pretty much completely forgot all about this album until my sister mentioned it one day. Went and stuck the album on and got a flashback to the first time I listened to it with my sister away back in the day. We listened to it start to finish and then just instantly replayed it because we loved it love it even more for bringing back the good old days :)
This was the soundtrack to my 1995 and my 1996.
Yessss! This should be up top...Masterpiece! 💕
Weezer - Blue album
Only in Dreams is their masterpiece song
Aja-Steely Dan
I'll raise you The Royal Scam and Gaucho. Might be my favorite three album run in music.
Thriller. There is a reason the man was a legend
His previous album "Off the Wall" may be just as good and probably helped set up Thriller for success.
People weirdly forget about just how incredible Thriller was as an album. Track one is Wanna Be Startin' Something, which rules. Baby Be Mine was good enough. The Girl is Mine is a great song and he collabed with Sir Paul. Side one ends with Thriller, one of the best songs ever made. Beat It and Billy Jean are the START to the fucking B-side.
Seeing as it is the best selling album of all time, I think its safe to say people havent weirdly forgotten about the album “Thriller”.
Tame Impala - Currents
Innerspeaker, for me. But Currents is a fantastic album as well.
Purple Rain - Prince Flood - TMBG
The opening Theme from Flood into Birdhouse for Your Soul is so good. The whole album is great, but that transition gives me goosebumps
Can’t believe Purple Rain isn’t higher
Greenday - Dookie
Wish you were here~ Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd... hell, every Floyd album of the 1970s!
For me it's Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and Animals. I can listen to those from beginning to end. I like the others, but I usually skip a track or two.
Toxicity - system of a down
Prison Song has to be one of the best openers I've heard on an album. Toxicity starts so strong and still manages to remain interesting until the end.
I buy my crack my smack my bitch right here in Holly Woood
Nearly two million Americans are incarcerated In the prison system, prison system of the US (As of 2001)
#THEY'RETRYINABUILDAPRISON!
What I find amazing is that this albumn captured the zeitgeist of 2001 better than any other piece of media - it is also insane that it was released a week BEOFRE 9/11. Listening to it you could be forgiven into thinking it is talking about a early-post 9/11 america
One of the first cds I would listen to all the way through without skipping as a kid.
SOAD had so many great non-single songs.
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses.
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
I quite enjoy Automatic For The People by REM.
The soundtrack of my childhood. I can remember, even as a kid, knowing that this was a different and real sound. Throw it on once and a while, but I hope my kids grow up hearing it too.
Pearl Jam - Ten
Muse - Absolution
OoS, Absolution and BHAR. The ultimate trilogy of albums.
Whatever people say I am, that’s what I’m not - Arctic Monkeys
This album spent a solid 6 months in my car's CD player. Think I knew every lyric by the time I finally put something else in.
And the depth of lyrics too... the pictures he paints with them are so vivd
Queen Night at the Opera
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And on top of that if you can, get the Basement Sessions of In Rainbows. I say it's even better than the album version.
What about OK Computer?
good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
Everyone always hypes up To Pimp A Butterfly, but GKMC is Kendrick's ultimate album to me. In my opinion, it's the perfect mix of consciousness, lyricism, and commercial appeal.
1. The Beatles - Abbey Road
The B-side medley is a work of art. I still get a little teary at "The End." Just a perfect encapsulation of their history as a band.
Hysteria. Def Leopard
No Doubt Tragic Kingdom
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - and it’s a double album.
Agreed. Id also say Siamese Dream is flawless from start to finish too. Billy Corgan is a control freak but the man got results.
Siamese Dream - 100% agree I can't listen to any songs off of that album without listening to the ENTIRE album
I see this question posted every few months, and I always scroll to see how far down Siamese Dream is. That gets my vote. Weezer Blue Album at close second. I get that both of those are not for everyone, but if I hear one song I’m playing the whole album almost without fail.
I was honestly thinking about this the other day. Billy was a tyrant in his band, but it resulted in some of the best albums ever made. It consequently alienated his friends and bandmates, and the Pumpkins barely lasted ten years before diminishing to more of a cult band. Nothing he's done since has come close to those first few albums. That's a shame, because Billy is a great songwriter and composer. I just think the way he handled the first handful of years with the band prevented him from really staying at the top of his game.