Ry Cooder Jazz, Ozark Mountain Daredevils Men from Earth, Cat Stevens Mona Bone Jakon. These may sound crazy but just try them. |
I last posted to this thread almost 5 years ago! Is that possible?
Since that time one cd has definitely gotten the most time - "Out of The Cradle" by Lindsey Buckingham ca. 1992. Has seen almost daily use in my car. Recently Don Dixon and The Jump Rabbits CD as well as Rosann Cash's "The List" are getting quite a bit of vehicular time, too.
At home, Duke Ellington's "Far East Suite" has probably been the "Go To" choice, although Allen Toussaint's "Bright Mississippi" and Alejandro Escovedo's "With These Hands" have both been in heavy rotation, too.
Marty |
Cheap Trick- the first one
Lyle Lovette- Pontiac
Norah Joens- Come Away With Me |
Nazareth - Hair of the dog (original UK version without Love Hurts that was added to the US version)...been playing it since it came out 1975... |
I can't imagine Hair of the Dog without Love Hurts!!!! That is one of the original power ballads, and one of the best! |
not even close for me - The White Album. I friend brought it over the day after it first hit the record store and from then over the next 15 years I bought probably 5 copies of the record (tending to leave it along with everything else as I moved from place to place). I listened to the complete album more than 100 times in the first few years of its release. Was so glad to get the box sets of the Beatles last year as the cd's prior to that sounded nothing like the original vinyl. |
Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. Nat Adderley's Old Folks |
Many, many great responses here! So much music I love, yet my all time favorite is Allman Bros. "At Fillmore East".
Followed by "Mountain Jam" from "Eat a Peach". Quite possibly the best concert recording of popular music. Certainly the best of this phenomenal groundbreaking band. Alas short lived though it was. |
Jeff Beck's TRUTH, Almond Brothers LIVE AT THE FILLMORE EAST, and Yes THE YES ALBUM.
Over the years I have worn out more than a couple of these lps each. |
Gotta be Pink Floyd - Dark Side for me....
Paul |
Keith Jarrett-At The Blue Note,disc IV
Mark Knopfler-Sailing into Philedelphia
Al Stewart-Past Present and Future
Cannonball-Something Else
Miles-Someday My Prince will Come
Zappa-Hot Rats
Sinku-Sinku
I've haven't tired of any of these after countless listening sessions. |
jazz - "kind of blue"; rock - "abbey road" |
The last album by Apocalyptica its pretty good to listen...i have listened like 4 times today. |
Santana Abraxas
Neil Young On The Beach
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here |
Allman Brothers Band.......Live at Filmore East |
Led Zeppelin II- at least 15000 times. all formats
AC/DC - back in black - at least 20000 times. all formats
Ted Nugent - double live gonzo (lp only) - at least 1000.
does this get me in the GB of WR? |
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Great topic--not necessarily the "best" but the most played.
1) Rain Dogs by Tom Waits. This is probably most people's intro to Waits. It was 1991, and I was 17 and a senior in high school. In a time before internet when some of us were vainly trying to seek out something truly special, this was a godsend.
2) Pod by The Breeders. I've listened to every Pixies album over and over, including b-sides. I still haven't listened to them nearly as much as their bass player's (Kim Deal) first foray as a front person. For those who follow studios/producers/technicians, this was done in Steve Albini's studio. He considers it one of his best studio efforts, for what it's worth. It's sort of a dreamy post-punk cross between Pixies and Throwing Muses. I had to listen to it many times before I realized I liked it let alone LOVED it.
3) The Facts of Life by Black Box Recorder. If you like the dream-pop sub-genre of brit-pop, it doesn't get any better. I accidentally left this in my mother's travel agency one day, and she and her boss listened to it for days. They also never tired of it. I don't know what it is, but it never feels over-played. |
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drive-by truckers.....dirty south
bruce.....born to run
the who......... who's next |
Some Springsteen record..usually pre-1990
Bill Evans Waltz for Debby or Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Bach's Brandenburg Concertos or Cello Suites (or Beethoven Piano Sonatas
Tough to limit this to three + ! |
from way back....The Allman Brothers, "Live at Fillmore East", Savoy Brown, "Street Corner Talking", Neil Young, "After the Gold Rush"... |
King Crimson's "Three of a Perfect Pair". |
I wonder what has changed for those who posted 5-7 years back on this thread. Are you still listening to the same or have shifted to something else? |
Quadrophile, I only just stumbled on this thread, started at the beginning and noticed Zakir Hussain's "making music" made your list. So , sure enough I endorse all of the other usual suspects that have been mentioned ("kind of blue", "something else" and the likes), but "making music" happens to be one of my all time favorite discs so I suspect you will appreciate some of these more esoteric recommendations.
Richard Galliano - Laurita, Blow up
Anuar Brahem - Brazakh, Conte de l'incroyable amour, Khomsa
Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa
Keith Jarreth - Koln Concert, Personal Mountains
Hariprasad Chaurasia - Indian Night Live, Stuttgart '88 (and a lot of other stuff)
Rabih Abou-Khalil - Nafas, Al-Jadida
More in the mainsteam, honorable mentions are:
The Who: Quadrophila
Talk Talk: Color of spring
Crosby, Stills, Nash: 4 way street
Two other - entirely different - but equally brilliant albums are:
Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP
Lauryl Hill: The miseducation of Lauryl Hill
And the list goes on ....
Since you asked about more recent material. I find myself listening to Chick Corea, "Rendez Vouz in New York" on MCH SACD quite a bit these day, if only to appreciate what the SACD medium AND what Chick Corea are capable of.
Oops - I forgot to mention John McLaughlin "my goals beyond" and "extrapolation" |
I think I need to update my own list since it has been seven years since I posted this thread. I still listen to the ones I mentioned but have to add one to the list.
Cassandra Wilson - New Moon Daughter |
A few different ones
Greg Brown - If I Had Known
Gillian Welch - Revival
Rusty Truck - Broken Promises
Neil Finn - One All
Gov't Mule - Dose |
Funhouse by the Stooges with Exile on Main St a close second
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Easily the top album played on my system, in my car, and on my iPod -
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Other Metallica albums may have a better song or two, especially Master Of Puppets, but there's not a single track I skip on Ride The Lightning. People say the song Escape was a poor attempt at commercial success. The band must not like it because it has never been played live. I like it enough to never skip it.
Next 2 are pretty tough. I like so much stuff that nothing stands out like Ride The Lightning. I guess it has to be my favorite album if I've been listening to it this often and have owned it for about 20 years. |
1-If you don't know Charlie Hunter, try "Earth Tones" ... and start with cut 2, "What I Am" ... musicianship beyond compare
2-Dave Douglas ... I still vote for "Keystone," but find that I'm playing "Spark of Being" with regularity
3-Donny McCaslin ... "Soar" and "In Pursuit" ... essentials and "to die for"
4-Manu Katché ... "Third Round" ... buy it and find out why it was the only decision to make
5-Chris Potter ... if I get only one, I'm going with "Follow the Red Line" and it will remain my favorite CD of all time
6-Dominic Frasca's "Deviations" ... buy it! End of story.
7-Natalie Merchant's "Leave Your Sleep" ... a vocalist without equal; she needs to marry me
8-Elton John/Leon Russell's "The Union" ... better than EJ's TV appearances suggested
I've got so many others, but I'm very enthused by these at the moment, and in some cases I've been enthused for several years. Potter is the sax man, though McCaslin is "almost" without equal. |
Three I always go back to and never tire of hearing:
1) Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
2) The KLF - Chill Out
3) John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee |
On the turntable tonight (and most nights of late) are
Plans: Death Cab
Sea Changes: Beck
Only by the night: kings of leon
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Pink Floyd "the division bell"
King Crimson "red"
Melvins "stonerwitch" |
Moody Blues- To Our Children's Children's Children
Kansas- Leftoverture
Boston- Boston
Heart- Dreamboat Annie
ELO- Time
Yes- Going for the One
Elton- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Doobies- The Captain and Me
All from my 'era' and all still receive regular play. I consider each of them veritable "Time Machines" as any great albums should do. |
Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"....Then John Klemmer "Touch"
Hell Yeah!!! |
Jethro Tull Aqualung
Johhny Winter Progressive Blues Experiment
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones Little Worlds |
Nick Drake Five Leaves Left that would be the one I imagine I have heard more than any other. |
Lately it's been Eva Cassidy . Just can't get enough . |
Quadophile, one of my first albums purchased was City to City by Gerry Rafferty. After 32+ years the songs get better with time. Here are some not so obvious choices.
1. Kate Wolf-Safe at Anchor
2. Rare Silk-New Weave
3. Blood Sweat&Tears-Live and Improvised
4. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers-Keystone 3
5. Dokken-Dysfunctional
6. Vivaldi-Eleven Concetos
7. Kathleen Battle-A Carnegie Hall Cristmas Concert
8. Ricky Skaggs-Live in London
9. Frank Sinatra-Live at the Sands
10.Anne Bisson-Blue Mind
I could keep going but this gives you a mix of different genres. All recordings are well above average in sound quality, with most at or near reference level. Hope some of these will become part of your collection. |
Dysfunctional more than...well ANY other George Lynch-era Dokken?! |
"Between The Buttons" by Rolling stones. |
Metallica - And justice for all |
Aerosmith Toys in the Attic or Mellencamp's The Lonesome Jubilee.Not sure which.Two very different albums but both spectacular. |
Love It To Death - Alice Cooper
Taurkus - ELP
Ziggy Stardust _ David Bowie
Full House - J. Geils Band
Abbey Road - Beatles
Live At Leeds - The Who
The Yes Album - Yes
Let It Bleed - Stones
Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
Mountain Climing - Mountain
Are You Experienced _ Jimi Hendrix
My eleven all time desert island albums ! |
Frank Zappa Uncle Meat Pat Metheny Secret Story |
Charles Mingus Quartet, Cornell 1964 - sublime! |
I had to rule out any Beatles or Led Zeppelin because I seem to divide my time among all their albums, so:
Soundgarden - Superunknown (I always come back to this one)
Yes - The Yes Album (I swear there are messages in there just for me)
The Doors - Waiting For the Sun |
eji kitamuro, swing sessions------love it every time! |
