Pick two or three albums that changed your life

[5thGenDemocrat]

Mine:
1, QUADROPHENIA, The Who.
2. JUST ANOTHER BAND FROM LA, Frank Zappa and the Mothers.
John
Discuss amongst yourselves...

[TrogL]

1. Pink Floyd

Dark side of the moon. 'Money' was the first rock song I ever heard.
Meddle. Early synthesizer work inspired some of my works in an electronics lab.
The Wall. I had just started teaching. 'Just another brick' got me through the year.

[Rick Myers]

2. Good question

Certainly something from Zappa

Yes "Fragile"

Tonio K. "Life in the Foodchain"

:think:

[sasquatch]

3. Hendrix ,Metallica and Muddy Waters

1# The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are you experienced?
2# Metallica: Ride the Lightning
3# Muddy Waters: Best of 56'-63'


those are my three

[Dirk39]

4. Hello from Germany!

- Beatles: 1962-1966 (I was 7 years old in 1971, when I got it as a birthday present)

- Led Zeppelin II (when I was about 11 years old and thought the instrumental part in Whole Lotta Love would be about a ship-accident - it was before I had my first english-lesson) - it's hard for me to understand the significance they once had for me. Plant is just too stupid...)

- The Sex Pistols: Never mind the bollocks

- Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures (for me still among the greatest works of art of the last century, maybe the greatest work of art after World War II), they achieved in music, what Kafka achieved in literature.)

Dirk

[BOSSHOG]

5. MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER - ELTON JOHN

Made me extremely discriminating about music. 31 years later it is still awesome. I have the eight-track, cassette, album and CD. Levon, Tiny Dancer, Holiday Inn, Rotten Peaches, the title song and "Indian Sunset", which is probably Bernie Taupin's greatest lyrics ever. EJ's work was incredible in the late 60's-mid 70's and Madman was probably the best of the best. If you have never heard it, get it, put the head sets on and enjoy.

[5thGenDemocrat]

42. Yessir

"Holiday Inn" is a classic -- not to mention the rest of the album.
John
There was a time Elton John was the coolest -- it ended about when he did "Island Girl."

[oustemnow]

45. I just bought that album (on vinyl!) a couple of weeks ago

Agreed; it's amazing. Unfortunately, it also underscores how crappy the stuff he's been churning out for the past two decades or so has been.

[MoonAndSun]

6. the top 3 albums that changed my life:

1) Rubber Soul - Beatles
2) Born To Run - Bruce
3) Tapestry - Carole King

[Khephra]

7. Here's my list

The CD/LP that introduced me to rock -- The Beatles: "The Psychedelic Years"

The CD/LP that introduced me to New-Wave -- Devo: "New Traditionalists"

The CD/LP that introduced me to Goth -- Sisters of Mercy : "Floodland"

The CD/LP that introduced me to No-Wave -- Sonic Youth : "Goo"

The CD that introduced me to Industrial -- Ministry: Psalm 69

The CD that convinced me that rock isn't dead - Tool's "Lateralis"

(Each one of these music "introductions" also marked major changing points in my life, so I had to include all of them and not just 3.)

[RememberJohn]

8. Here are mine...

Partridge Family "Album" - I was 4 years old screaming, I THINK I LOVE YOU!

Elvis Golden Hits - my mom paid me to sing the songs from it.

Van Halen I - Best rock guitar album, if not of all time, pretty damn close!

[DS1]

9. easy

The Wall
Master of Puppets
Aenima

[roguevalley]

10. U2 got me through hell.

I will never forget anything by Moody Blues because it
was the favorite music of a friend who died when he was
eighteen and I can remember him every time I hear it.

[TheBigGuy]

11. music isnt that key, but there have been some albums ....

....that have sort of defined an era for me, or really infuenced my taste in music.

The Bealtes "red & blue" albums..greatest hits. First ablums I ever bought.

Jimi Hendrix "Are You Experineced".,,intro to "hard rock"

Clash "the green album"..their first album his one really got me going...."the cleansing fire of punk" as Billy Bragg says. Political, loud, good...I played this to death.

Jean Ritchie..Black Waters...my first trad album. Great songs. My intro to trad music (bluegrass and the old ballads was via live performances mostly...so...only a few key albums there).

Dick Gaughan..Handfull of Earth AND A Different Kind of Love Song. Both by the same guy..turned me on to "celtic" music, and to the brit isles trad of political folk music..."A Different Kind of Love Song" remains one of the best political albums ever...these two albums sent me down a musical journey into poltical song and British Isles folk from which Ive not really left.

Bronski Beat "Age of Consent". Classic new wave, but also very gay. This album was part of my coming out process. Definetly an album that was key to me...

Waterboys, Fishermans Blues....soundtrack to mey move to Ohio and my first year w. my partner. "our song", shall we say...every cut outstanding. Celtic meets blues meets rock. One of the best albums out there...a real gem.

Poi Dog Pondering, Natural Thing....a very sensual album. Making love to my partner in a highrise hotel in South Bend on the 4th of July, w. a skyline of fireworks outside the window and this album playing on our CD player....yeah...

[tridim]

12. Mine

1. Beatles - Sgt. Peppers/Abbey Road
2. Beck - Mutations
3. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

[Catch22Dem]

13. Good answers all

1. Sgt. Pepper - Beatles
2. Joshua Tree - U2
3. There is Nothing Left to Lose - Foo Fighters (Kephra, this is the one which convinced me R&R wasn't dead.)

[devilgrrl]

14. Are you the famous Studebaker Hawk? ;-)

Another Band from LA is one I'd choose myself but I'll pick another Frank Zappa record.

Apostrophy - Frank Zappa! :-)

Others:

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Station to Station - David Bowie
Animals - Pink Floyd
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
Rocket to Russia - The Ramones
Never Mind the Bollocks - The Sex Pistols

and many more...

[5thGenDemocrat]

27. Re: Studebaker Hawk

He could be a dog or a frog or a lesbian queen
He could be a narc or a lady Marine.
John
Interestingly enough, my old (say since I was 15 and I'm 46 now) friend Paul Parrish is here from Tulsa, OK (home of Bartcop) and we were just swapping lines from JABFLA. He's a liberal Democrat (the other one in Tulsa) and says "hi."
ON EDIT: Just about every single post here has other great albums. I'll discuss them as we go but, under the circumstances, I'm a bit busy (drinking, etc.) just now.

[devilgrrl]

49. Just watch out for the guy with the flies!

Cheers! :toast:

[mitchum]

15. "Here Come The Warm Jets" Brian Eno

"Bayou Country" CCR
"The Idiot" Iggy Pop

[midnitemoleman]

16. Hotel California-Queen New's of the World-Steve Martin, Let's get small

Honerable Mention
VH I (Running with the Devil)
The Wall (We don't need no education
Black Sabbath WAR PIG's (still ring's true today)(Iron Man)
Back in Black (Bong Bong Bong)
Cheech & Chong's Wedding Album ( hey is Dave their?)
Blue's Brothers - Breff Case Full of Blue's (Soul Man
AND OF COURSE
Bill Cosby - To my Brother Russel with love! (Chicken Heart)

[TheBigGuy]

18. Black Sabbath...

..damn..I forgot about that album..Paranoid.
That was a suprisingly topical album....when you think of it.

[opiate69]

17. ...

The Beatles "Best of" (The Blue Album)
Black Sabbath "Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne "Blizzard of Oz"
Frank Zappa "Overnite Sensation"
Jethro Tull "Thick as a Brick"
Tool "Aenima"

[carolinayellowdog]

19. Magical Mystery Tour

which made me feel part of a generational odyssey

Pleasures of the Harbor by Phil Ochs
which played all night the night I lost my virginity in March 1969

(in a city which called itself the World's Greatest Harbor)

[Dhalgren]

20. I'll list four, but it could have been fifteen

"Obscured By Clouds" - Pink Floyd

"Honky Dorey" David Bowie

"This Year's Model" - Elvis Costello


"London Calling" - The Clash


Honorable mention - ZZ Top, Jim Carroll Band, and I could go on all night

edit: spelling

[lostinspace]

21. 3 for me

Beatles - Rubber Soul
Led Zeppelin 1
Stones - Let it Bleed

[the_sam]

22. Phil Ochs and The Cure

There But for Fortune by Phil Ochs inspired me to get into activism. I used to listen to The Cure's Three Imaginary Boys on the way to school every morning.

[Amaya]

23. Well...

My parents were into the Acid Rock & Psychedelic music

Here goes my list of childhood music:

Big Brother & the Holding Company, Front,The Doors, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Love, MC5, Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, The Who, Blue Cheer, Brownsville Station, Faces, The New York Dolls, Iggy Pop, ? & the Mysterians, The Ramones, Mitch Ryder

The Animals, The Beatles, The Kinks, Them,Jeff Beck, Blind Faith, Blue Cheer, The Blues Project, Canned Heat, The Chocolate Watchband, Cream, Delaney & Bonnie, Willie Dixon, Van Morrison,
David Bowie, The Dave Clark Five, Elvis Costello, John Lee Hooker, Louis Jordan, and Muddy Waters

Did I miss anyone? :shrug:

[5thGenDemocrat]

41. ? and the Mysterians

are from Saginaw (the ol' hometown). More proof Saginaw is, indeed, the Center of the Universe.
John
But you all probably already knew that. Stevie Wonder is from here, too.

[Dhalgren]

24. I don't want to get all weepy on you guys

but I read down the posts, read your lists and you comments and I suddenly felt closer to this bunch than i ever have. O.k, o.k, no tears...really..*** Anyway, all the albums that were listed (almost) could have been on my list. I could just see all of us sitting around in a dimmly lit room, listening to the stereo, shootin' this shit, passing a bowl... It was a really nice thought, and I want to thank you guys..

[MoonGod]

25. Joni Mitchell, Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, and Jimi (edit: Depeche Mode)

Sorry, as hard as I might try, I can't limit it to 2 or 3...

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, and The Final Cut
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark and For the Roses
Peter Gabriel - Us and Security
Jimi Hendrix - All 3 Experience albums.

on edit, I can't leave Depeche out:

Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward, Black Celebration, Violator

[leftofthedial]

26. showing my age . . .

Hard to pick three. These are life changing records, not necessarily three favorites, though I love them all.

Note that each of the three is from a distinct time in my life.

The Beatles, Meet the Beatles (not my favorite, but changed me)

James Taylor, Sweet Baby James

Bodeans, Love and Hope and Sex and Dreams

[Lady President]

28. Top 3

Darkness on the Edge of Town-- Bruce Springsteen
Moondance-- Van Morrison
Gordon-- Barenaked Ladies



* and a nod to "Violet Femmes,"(self-titled)"Swamp Ophelia," "Tuesday Night Music Club," and "Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy"

[mac56]

29. It's gotta be four.

The Beatles, "Meet The Beatles" (US release)
Bob Dylan, "Highway 61 Revisited"
Elvis Costello, "My Aim Is True"
R.E.M., "Murmur"

[JitterbugPerfume]

31. Ilove all kinds of music but~~~

The one album that truly changed my life and made me think in a whole different way was


The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

It spoke to me in a way that no other music had up until that point

[Bethtany]

30. Romors by Fleetwood Mac n/t

[jobycom]

32. Don Henley "End of the Innocence," Petty's "Full Moon Fever"

Henley's album hit me at the right time. His title song let me know I wasn't alone in my hatred of Reagan. "Forgiveness" had a special meaning for me. Just a great album.

Petty's "Full Moon Fever:" Not just because I think it's one of forgotten gems of music, but also because I was listening to it when I totalled my car a few years back. That was almost a life-changing moment, since I had both kids in the car. No one was hurt. The porcupine who caused me to swerve even survived. The car didn't. The tape did, though.

[Catch22Dem]

35. Shame on you jobycom

Full Moon Fever isn't forgotten!!! :)

[MoonGod]

38. I can relate...

... I had Depeche Mode's "In Your Room" cranking when I drove my car off a hillside road (Mulholland Dr. near Dixie Canyon for those of you in the LA/Valley area). Both passengers and I were fine. Even the car was fine, except for a couple flats (still not sure what the cause/effect was there).

[jobycom]

47. Well,

It IS a sharp album...

[jayfish]

33. My Three.

AC/DC "Back In Black"
Black Flag "My War"
Metallica "Master Of Puppets"

Jay

[AnnabelLee]

34. They didn't change my life

but some albums that affected me deeply are:

Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here
Alan Parsons Project-Tales of Mystery & Imagination

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

36. Train your parrot to talk!

It trained my parrot to talk. I put it on and it played over and over

Hello there- how are you today?
Hello there- how are you today?
Hello there- how are you today?
Hello there- how are you today?
Hello there- how are you today?
Hello there- how are you today?
Hello there- how are you today?
Hello there- how are you today?

After tha parrot was trained he'd say

Hello there- how are you today?
Hello there- how are you today?
Hello there- how are you today?
Hello there- how are you today?
Hello there- how are you today?
Hello there- how are you today?
Hello there- how are you today?
Hello there- how are you today?


Till I wanted to kill the little bastard. I was a peaceful person before that. It changed my life.

[dback]

37. "Nebraska" by Springsteen, Beatles '67-70, "The Sound of Music"

One made me realize that lyrics could be poetry and one man with a guitar could be more powerful than a band; one expanded my entire idea about rock music; one introduced me to the idea of Broadway music and the popular song (e.g. Richard Rodgers).

[5thGenDemocrat]

40. From "Nebraska"

One of the coolest Springsteen tunes is "Johnny 99." But that's probably just me.
Johnny 56
Excellent choices all around, gang. Keep 'em coming.

[Ramsey]

39. Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust is one of those musical revelations that makes you understand that there is a spiritual side to life that is compatible with the intellectual life.

Also, I learned a lot about the world and caring about causes from early U2 albums.

Finally, for pure angst and strom, I loved the Clash, especially Combat Rock. My "Ten Year Prediction" in my senior yearbook, was "Still Rocking the Kasbah". And I was!!

[jeffreyi]

43. My list

"Ten New Songs" Leonard Cohen
"if the cap fits" Kevin Burke
"Easter everywhere" 13 floor elevators

[DisgustedTX]

44. Tesla - Bust a Nut; Black Crowes - Amorica; Madman - Elton

Hard to go three - probably around 30..

[-..__...]

46. Personally...

As much as I was into music... hard rock and metal in particular, anyone who's life was changed, inspired or influenced by a band/music/album has some serious personal issues. It's entertainment... not reality.

[psychopomp]

48. Easy

Pink Floyd- The Wall
Bob Marley and the Wailers -Burnin'
Bad Brains -Rock for Light

In no particular order

[bobthedrummer]

50. The one I drummed 8 cuts on {and my wife played bass on 2 of them}

the title of which I can't mention, for an independent studio that I can't mention, that I was promised
a job as a studio musician for until I asked for it in writing recorded on 5-17-2002 in Manitowoc, WI. by someone who's name I can't mention who set up the same scam in Colorado Springs, because of trust, and being a fool that did it based on trust that the contract was being prepared like Mr. T.A {fuck you you fat piece of shit lying pigfucking ratcocksucker} of A....Sound Studios now based in Colorado Springs, Colorado
that IS the one album that really changed my life.:bounce:

Maybe some DUer's have heard it, but you'll never know it's me and my soulmate on it.

Yes, there were a couple of other albums that influenced me-but they didn't change my life like the one I can't mention.

This is a true story. ALWAYS GET A CONTRACT is the message to my sister and brother musicians. But that's just my opinion and experience, shared by many others.