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Okay, frens, let's talk about kick ass albums (33-1/3) CD, or digital release. I am talking cover to cover masterpiece.

submitted by HelenHighwater to music 8 monthsOct 16, 2024 20:01:39 ago (+4/-1)     (music)

I realized how hard this is now that I was going to go first:

Genesis - Trick of the tail. Old. Well old to me. Amazing cover to cover.


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[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 3 points 8 monthsOct 16, 2024 20:45:35 ago (+3/-0)

Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed

Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

Brian Wilson - Smile

For classical music:

Handel - Messiah

[ - ] lord_nougat 2 points 8 monthsOct 16, 2024 20:58:30 ago (+2/-0)

Spot-on.

I should have also mentioned : Richard Wagner - Lohengrin

[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 1 point 8 monthsOct 17, 2024 06:46:29 ago (+1/-0)

I've listened to a lot of Wagner, but never Lohengrin. I even own a vinyl copy of "Die Meistersinger", but I haven't listened to it much, and not in the last 30 years. Wagner is ... challenging, but very rewarding. His tendency to modulate or change key frequently can be a barrier to a lot of people, but when one understands what he's doing and how his approach to opera differs from traditional opera, it makes sense and it's quite beautiful. His use of leitmotif was revolutionary. Wagner is interesting because his music doesn't have a arias and recititive like most operas do, it's just a long flow of music.

I believe he wrote the longest opera (Die Meistersinger, which takes about five hours to perform (that's not counting intermissions), and I think the longest operatic solo is Brünnhilde’s 20-minute immolation scene from “Götterdämmerung.” That's a commitment for everyone involved, including the audience.

[ - ] HelenHighwater [op] 1 point 8 monthsOct 16, 2024 21:42:29 ago (+1/-0)

Handel. Always. Not my pick, but f'n Handel.

thick as a Brick is amazing.

Brian Wilson - I can't help but think of barenakedladies. <- no, I a, mot canadian.

[ - ] SumerBreeze 2 points 8 monthsOct 16, 2024 23:19:06 ago (+2/-0)*

Markku Lepisto - Polku
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mydDKA4_MU708Zmt4YJY3UZIE9wDM5Jq8
Modern folk masterpiece, incredible and succinct ideas in each track. This album has been on every device I’ve owned for past 20 years it seems. Great for listening to on top of a mountain or at a European meat market/deli.

[ - ] BoozyB 2 points 8 monthsOct 18, 2024 08:36:07 ago (+2/-0)

Thank you👏👏

[ - ] HelenHighwater [op] 1 point 8 monthsOct 17, 2024 17:07:27 ago (+1/-0)

bookmarked this for a headphones listen later ;)

[ - ] heebiejeebies 1 point 8 monthsOct 17, 2024 13:11:07 ago (+1/-0)

Trying to avoid what others have posted...

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Creedence Clearwater - Cosmo's Factory

CSNY - Déjà Vu

Tame Impala - Currents

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack

Röyksopp - Junior

Gorillaz - Demon Days and Plastic Beach

Deltron 3030 - 3030

[ - ] con77 2 points 8 monthsOct 16, 2024 21:19:43 ago (+2/-0)

Van Halen 5150
Rush 2112
Ted nugent cat scratch fever
Led zep 2
Outlaws

[ - ] lord_nougat 2 points 8 monthsOct 16, 2024 20:13:57 ago (+2/-0)*

ELO - Time

Except for maybe the last song because it is all happy sounding for no reason and doesn't fit at all. But it is a good song. But it belongs elsewhere; not opinion: FACT!
[EDIT: Second to last track on this one... I forgot about the epilogue]

[ - ] HelenHighwater [op] 2 points 8 monthsOct 16, 2024 20:16:19 ago (+2/-0)

ELO. Shit, I haven't listened to them (headphones only). I recall lots of songs about telephones, and some reverse talking.

[ - ] HelenHighwater [op] 2 points 8 monthsOct 16, 2024 20:06:45 ago (+2/-0)

Oh, and if anyone is interested bump, etc. I am really looking forward to finding some new music!

[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 1 point 8 monthsOct 17, 2024 07:09:04 ago (+1/-0)

There are a lot of great albums here, some I never would have thought of. Since I posted, I thought of some more:

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (and I really don't like Pink Floyd, but this album is brilliant)

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (despite the horribly overplayed "Stairway to Heaven")

Ringo Starr - Ringo

Harry Nilssen - Nilssen Schmillsen

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (only album I like by that fudge packer)

Brian Eno - Ambient 1, Here Come the Warm Jets



Special mentions (not quite masterpieces):

Steely Dan - Aja

The Police - Synchronicity

[ - ] HelenHighwater [op] 1 point 8 monthsOct 17, 2024 17:05:31 ago (+1/-0)

I love that people are posting the beach boys. They basically had a monopoly on the sound, and for good reason. I would put pet sounds against 'endless summer'. It would be an interesting competition.

[ - ] Love240 1 point 8 monthsOct 16, 2024 20:30:59 ago (+1/-0)

Brand New - Science Fiction
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Thrice - The Artist in The Ambulance
The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
The Black Keys - El Camino
The Academy Is... - Almost Here
Sublime - Sublime
System Of A Down - Toxicity
Santana - Supernatural
Passafire - Passafire
Mad Caddies - Keep It Going

[ - ] HelenHighwater [op] 2 points 8 monthsOct 16, 2024 21:40:33 ago (+2/-0)

Wow. A great list. My opinon fwiw Brand New can't hang.

Alice in Chains is a drug fueled masterpiece.

I need to process the rest, objectively.

[ - ] BoozyB 1 point 8 monthsOct 16, 2024 20:19:56 ago (+1/-0)

Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
But you already know I'm a big fan.

[ - ] HelenHighwater [op] 1 point 8 monthsOct 16, 2024 20:21:07 ago (+1/-0)

It needs saying.

[ - ] Zyklonbeekeeper 0 points 8 monthsOct 17, 2024 00:54:39 ago (+0/-0)

Anything Uriah Heep

[ - ] JudyStroyer 0 points 8 monthsOct 16, 2024 21:52:56 ago (+0/-0)

Death’s entire discography is perfect. My personal top album of theirs is “Symbolic”. The lyrics are nothing short of excellent and not what you eould expect from a band named “Death”. Exceptional drumming.

[ - ] HelenHighwater [op] 1 point 8 monthsOct 16, 2024 22:11:12 ago (+1/-0)

Damn. I checked them out. Not my wheelhouse. I had a friend heavy into cannibal corpse. Made my listen to them a lot, i finally tapped out. Super pure music genre, though.