Music

[kathbad]

I know that I own lots of music. I also know that there are enormous holes in my music education.

In your opinion what one album should I listen to/own?

(If there are more than one and you cannot choose then two would be OK, but I would like to know what you see as the pinacle of essential listening!)

You may well be surprised by the gaps in my knowledge, so please do not be put off by thinking I already know/have it!

Comments

[silks-ic.livejournal.com]

Images and Words by Dream Theater
The Colour of Spring by Talk Talk

[dragonzgrace.livejournal.com]

Hear hear!!

[hirez.livejournal.com]

Absolutely.

And:

Autobahn - Kraftwerk
Come visit the big bigot - Severed Heads

(Damn! And...)
Feed me weird things - Squarepusher

[stuartmaher.livejournal.com]

The Great Nothing by Spocks Beard

[jayphoenix.livejournal.com]

Don't Come Easy by Tyketto (or Fearless by Vaughn - same band essentially under a different name).

[http://users.livejournal.com/_yungfuktoi_/]

Queensryche... Operation: Mindcrime
Tiger Lillies/Cronos Quartet...The Gorey End

[jayphoenix.livejournal.com]

Queensryche... Operation: Mindcrime

Oh ... I am going to cheat here and recommend that one by osmosis too ;o)

[kathbad]

Operation: Mindcrime, one of my all time favourites - I saw them on the tour (which was smething else) and Queensrych was the badge on the left lapel of my biker jacket *g*

My copy got lost over the years and it was only last year that I replaced it - just fantastic!

Good choice!!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_yungfuktoi_/]

Right on! \m/
Hmmmm....what else can I recommend then....
WASP...WASP
X Japan....Vanishing Vision
Celtic Frost....Morbid Tales

I use an awful lot of dots, don't I?

[jayphoenix.livejournal.com]

The ellipse is your friend, there is no such thing as over-using them :)

You seem to have very good taste by the way :D

[http://users.livejournal.com/_yungfuktoi_/]

Yeah I use almost as many dots as your icon ;)
For what I lack in talent I'd like to presume I compensate for in taste. Gotta offer something to get into rock and roll heaven when I die....

[tiaratart.livejournal.com]

Appetite For Destruction - Guns and Roses

If you don't already have it there really is a huge hole in your music education!!

[kathbad]

I know the album by heart, but a quick look around means that I do not know where my copy of it is...

[lupercal.livejournal.com]

Argh! Dilemma!

Currently, my indespensible album is Power In The Blood by Alabama 3

Although my mind on this changes like the wind; I more often than not end up coming back to Stacked Up by Senser or Ultraviolet by All About Eve...

I know, that was three. It could've been much worse...

[kathbad]

Cool - and your all time classics?

[kathbad]

Completely fair enough - and thank you.

[itsjustaname.livejournal.com]

I would hesitate to use the word 'should' but this is a favourite of mine:

Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin' Daddies: modern rock and swing. Lovely.

[rowan-anwyl.livejournal.com]

Lifehouse - No Name Face
Rob Dugan - Furious Angels (2 disk set)
3 Doors Down - Better Life

[simon-d.livejournal.com]

Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
A Grand Don't Come for Free - The Streets

[dragonzgrace.livejournal.com]

Albums are difficult, for me it's always been individual tracks really. So Kev and I are going to go for Greatest Hits albums, just to be totally cheesy:
Kev: Christy Moore's Greatest Hits
Jen: Faithless - Forever Faithless

[ulaire-daidoji.livejournal.com]

In no particular order and albums not already mentioned here.

Velvet Underground - Andy Warhol
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Pixies - Doolittle