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#271690 - 08/02/10 07:13 AM
Must have Album?
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Oldjono
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Many years ago as a teenager, we had to have certain LPs to have what is now known as 'Street cred.' Black Sabbath Vol 4 as an example was a must have. Which album is still a must have? Over to you.
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#271700 - 08/02/10 09:48 AM
Re: Must have Album?
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Danmeemusic a.k.a. BB
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Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd,
The Wall - Pink Floyd
A Night at the Opera - Queen
A Day at the Races - Queen
Led Zeppelin 1, 2, 3 and untitled - Led Zeppelin
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Milestones - Miles Davis
Headhunters - Herbie Hancock
Heavy Weather - Weather Report
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Bad - Michael Jackson
Abbey Road - The Beatles
SMiLE - Brian Wilson
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
War of The Worlds - Jeff Wayne
I could go on for a very long time with must have albums. I found out before Christams roughly how much I'd spent on music over the last 10 years and was horrified to say the least.
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#271712 - 08/02/10 03:58 PM
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Spyke
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"Electric" and/or "Love" - The Cult
"Brothers in Arms" - Dire Straits
"The Joshua Tree" - U2
"Once Upon A Time" - Simple Minds
You should now be able to tell my age...
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#271764 - 09/02/10 10:29 AM
Re: Must have Album?
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english_bob
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Great list, Dan!
If I were going to make a collection of absolute classics as the basis for a really good record collection, I'd take the Zeppelin, Floyd, Miles and Queen recommendations from Dan's list, plus Pet Sounds, and then add:
Miles Davis: Bitches Brew (or "In A Silent Way" if Bitches Brew is a bit too way out for you  )
Television: Marquee Moon
Beatles: EVERYTHING!!!
Radiohead: OK Computer
Nick Drake: Bryter Later or Pink Moon - your choice...
Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland
Robert Johnson: Complete recordings (only 29 tracks, but they're ESSENTIAL)
Deep Purple: Machine Head
Joni Mitchell: Blue
John Martyn: Solid Air
Elbow: Seldom Seen Kid
The Allman Brothers Band: Live At Fillmore East
Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Steve Reich: Music For 18 Musicians
Some good compilations of stuff from some of the really influential record labels: Motown, Chess, Stax, Sun etc.
Elvis: Sun sessions.
Jeff Buckley: Grace
...then I'd sit down and have a think about some more...
Edited by english_bob (09/02/10 10:30 AM)
Edit Reason: last minute addition!
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#271770 - 09/02/10 11:24 AM
Re: Must have Album?
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english_bob
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^ I did think about it, but I think there are better blues-rock albums, and I've never been a huge Clapton fan.
That said, it was very influential.
Good call on "Back in Black" though 
Edited by english_bob (09/02/10 11:25 AM)
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#271779 - 09/02/10 12:39 PM
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Oldjono
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Ahem... Nobody has mentioned Slade Alive yet. Or how about some early David Bowie with Mick Ronson? Not to menshun Jeff Beck. Shame on you...
Come on there are loads of absolute essentials out there. No one has dared to mention Abba yet Ho Hum!
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#271804 - 10/02/10 01:33 AM
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MacPhee84
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Foo Fighters - Colour and the Shape
Guns 'N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Greenday - Nimrod
Jeff Wayne - War of the worlds - This is in my car at the moment. I also have this on Vinyl. I also live in woking where H.G. Wells based this story.
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Stereophonics - A Decade in the sun (Best Of Album)
The Who - Tommy
Anything by Led Zeplin
Def Lepard - Hysteria
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