We all have favourites and we all keep going back to them every now and then. Some maybe permanently lying next to our systems and have been for years.
Is there an album or two or three at the most which gets most of your attention and is played on your system most often? Not necessarily the best sounding but the one which you are emotionally attached to.
I thought I would ask for a single album but to make it easier for all you may name three of them.
If you have have had the album for more than five years, it qualifies for inclusion here.
The reason I decided to post this message is because I am interested in buying something interesting and if there are only ten people responding it means 30 albums for me to be on the lookout for.
Thanks a lot for your input (if you have read this far I know you will post your three albums also) :-)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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"
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Seventh Sojourn - Moody Blues Foxtrot - Genesis Mix Up - Patrick O'Hearn Jack the Toad - Savoy Brown Guitar Noir - Steve Hackett Stationary Traveler - Camel
Counting adolescence and childhood, college and adult years, I would say one of the following (impossible to really know, of course).
1. Pharoah Sanders "Live at the east" 2. Jimi Hendrix "Band of gypsies" 3. Arvo Part "Tabula rasa" 4. John Coltrane "A love supreme" 5. Rev Robert Wilkins (complete works 1927-1930)
Dylan Self-Protriat Christine McVie Self-titled INXS Listen Like Thieves John Klemmer Touch MoFi Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman MoFi Eric Clapton Me And Mr.Johnson Who Quadronphenia Sanborn & James Double Vision Sade Greatest Hits Robert Cray Stong Persuader Mark Knopfler Brother in Arms & Making Movies Suzanne Vega Solitude Standing Shawn Colvin Steady On Sarah McLachlan Surfacing Cowboy Junkies Black-Eyed Man
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