'Must listen to' albums

[foxfanazer]

I listen to a lot of podcasts at work as we're allowed headphones in but I find myself running of podcasts to listen to so I end up sticking any old music on and letting it shuffle. I'd quite like to broaden my horizons and not listen to the same old stuff.

 

Could my fellow FTers give me some album suggestions to experience. I'll listen to absolutely any genre so all suggestions welcome. Maybe some classics. Thanks 

Edited 7 November 2024 by foxfanazer

[Lako42]

Pink Floyd - Wish you were here

 

The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding 

 

Primal Scream - Screamadelica 

[Fox92]

Obviously I'm recommending a Beatles one. Hard to pick as I think Revolver is them at their most creative, but I would recommend Abbey Road or Rubber Soul to someone who wants to listen to a one off album.

[foxfanazer]

3 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Obviously I'm recommending a Beatles one. Hard to pick as I think Revolver is them at their most creative, but I would recommend Abbey Road or Rubber Soul to someone who wants to listen to a one off album.

Thanks. But I'm skipping Hey Jude

[Stadt]

Daft Punk - Discovery 

Prodigy - Fat of the Land

New Order  - Substance

[Fox92]

1 minute ago, foxfanazer said:

Thanks. But I'm skipping Hey Jude

No worries, but it was a non album single anyway  

[RoboFox]

Radiohead - OK Computer 

 

Radiohead - The Bends

 

Radiohead - In Rainbows

 

Radiohead - Kid A

 

How a band can basically produce what are widely considered four of the very best albums ever  

[CosbehFox]

40 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

Pink Floyd - Wish you were here

 

The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding 

 

Primal Scream - Screamadelica 

Literally picked two of the three I would have suggested!

[Lako42]

The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 

Responsible for so many bands styles and a huge influence 

[Samilktray]

Bonobo - Black Sands

Floating Points - Crush 

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

The stone roses - the stone roses

 

Fleetwood Mac - rumours

 

John Martyn - Solid Air

[Stadt]

Air - Moon Safari

[Libertine]

Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins 

 

If you like that then Mellon Collie too.

[bovril]

59 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 

Responsible for so many bands styles and a huge influence 

Their 3rd album too. 

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Therapy? - Troublegum. An angsty early 90s masterpiece with alt, metal and punk influences.

[martyn]

Narrowing down by albums which i love, are a bit more "avant-garde" but are also generally accepted critically as modern classics, i'd go with.

 

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas

Edited 7 November 2024 by martyn

[Lako42]

The Sundays - Reading writing and arithmetic

 

Galaxy 500 - On Fire 

 

 

 

[purpleronnie]

After the goldrush - neil young

allmodcons - the jam

blood on the tracks - bob dylan

five leaves left - nick drake

remain in the light - talking heads

Innervisions - Stevie Wonder

 

All 'classics' IMO.

[Lako42]

Any of Nick Drakes 3 main albums 

[Golden Fox]

5 hours ago, foxfanazer said:

I listen to a lot of podcasts at work as we're allowed headphones in but I find myself running of podcasts to listen to so I end up sticking any old music on and letting it shuffle. I'd quite like to broaden my horizons and not listen to the same old stuff.

 

Could my fellow FTers give me some album suggestions to experience. I'll listen to absolutely any genre so all suggestions welcome. Maybe some classics. Thanks 

It depends what work you do, but I need to concentrate for long spells, so needs to be familiar stuff and not too heavy, so I tend to have a few albums I find it easier to work to...

 

The National - Trouble Will Find Me

Beatles - Love (a remix album from 2006)

James - Laid

Bluetones - Expecting to Fly

Edit - to add Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs, All is Dream & The Secret Migration

 

Other artists I tend to listen to but not necessarily individual albums are Yo La Tengo and another shout for Galaxie 500.

 

Edited 7 November 2024 by Golden Fox

[MrsJohnMurphy]

2 great concept albums

 

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips

 

Murder of the Universe - King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

 

You have to listen to them in their entirety in one sitting though

[oakman]

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

Ride - Going Blank Again

Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis

Otis Rush - Double Trouble

The Congos - Heart of the Congos

[SpacedX]

The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers

 

Alice Cooper: Killer

 

The Clash: London Calling

 

The Smiths: The Queen is Dead

 

The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds

 

Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks

 

The Band: Music from the Big Pink

 

Nick Drake: Pink Moon

 

Pearl Jam: Ten

 

AC/DC: Back in Black

 

Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti 

 

Carol King: Tapestry

 

Joni Mitchell: Blue

[Zear0]

In going slightly more left field, Frances the Mute by The Mars Volta. One of the few albums I still listen to fro start to finish. 

[foxfanazer]

4 hours ago, Lako42 said:

The Sundays - Reading writing and arithmetic

 

Galaxy 500 - On Fire 

 

 

 

Really enjoyed this. Thanks for the suggestion