Tell Me What CD To Buy!

[Gerrardasnails]

PJPro:Rumours by Fleetwood Mac springs to mind. Classic album in every sense of the word.

Dire Straits have made few good good albums - Love over Gold for instance.

Second recommendation for Kate Bush. Brilliant. Hounds of Love, Never Forever, etc

Second for Peter Gabriel - So

Paul Weller - has he made a bad album?

Led Zep I, II, II, IV

Get some Linton Kwesi Johnson - Dread, Beat and blood. Rastifarian(spelling?) poet to dub.

Lynard Skynard - (Pronounced 'Leh-'N‚rd 'Skin-'N‚rd)

I also like Steve Hillage (from Gong) - fish rising

The The - every albums a winner. I particularly like Infected.

Has anyone mentioned Jimmy Hendrix. Electric Ladyland gets my vote.

Ohhh, I could go on..

No, Weller has not made one dud. Good call on Lynyrd Skynyrd (they spell it with no vowels though - my Dad is their number one fan) - Free Bird - what a track.

 

[Gerrardasnails]

matthewpiano:Hughes123:Gerrardasnails:Hughes123:By the way, I'm taking everybodies suggestions on board and I'm compiling a list at the moment! Keep them coming!

Do you have all the Radiohead albums? All Kings of Leon's albums. Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite. Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of The Wilderbeast. Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way. Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing The Hardline According To. Primal Scream - Screamadelica. Stone Roses - Stone Roses. Ian Brown - Music Of The Spheres. All Paul Weller and all Jam albums. The Killers - Hot Fuss and Sams Town. ELO - Out Of The Blue............. I'll stop there.

I've just added all of those to my list! No I havn't heard all of the Radiohead albums - are you ready for this? I've only got OK Computer & I still claim to think of them as my favourite band! I'll add Rainbows to the list.

I think I can probably buy about 50 CDs with that amount of money, so keep 'em coming!

There is an excellent box set of all the Radiohead albums. Only In Rainbows missing from it. I've got the boxed set - not a weak album there. Also got In Rainbows on vinyl. Very good album.

Hughesy, you are missing out on Radiohead - although I would say Ok Computer sneaks in above The Bends and In Rainbows as their best. But then again, I loved Pablo Honey and Hail To The Thief too.....oh they are all great!

 

[Anonymous]

Wow! Thankyou for the replys!

1) To Matthewpiano: Thankyou for the great list, I'm going to add pretty much all of those to the list (whether they make it to the top 50 is unknown yet, but I'm sorting them out!) Good suggestion on Bad Company - almost forgot they existed!

2) Garethwd: My favourite jazz song ever is ofcourse, "Take Five"! Do you have the 1997 remaster version on CD of Time Out (because I'm going to buy that tommorrow to test my new headphones and the 685s)? You have good taste in music, I must say!

3) Matthewpiano again: The Radiohead boxset is a must I think - it's going to the top of the list!

4) Mat and Gareth again: Solid Air is going on there - a good "album" if you know what I mean.

5) Octopo: Some very abstract choices there! Me like! I've only heard of a few...must check them out!

6) PJPro: I've got most of those albums already, but I must try The The!

7) To the court: No I havn't stolen anything...yet...I get my money from the jazz band I'm the singer for and for my work in the music shop!

8) Everybody else: Your suggestions have been noted! I promise!!!

 

[Anonymous]

Octopo:
Hi Hughes, just a few I thought you might like though some are pretty hard to find.

Thom Yorke - The Eraser (you've mentioned Radiohead so you'll love this too)

Slint - Spiderland (Can be hard to find but you won't be disappointed)

Low - Trust (Try anything by Low, pretty diverse across the board)

Azure Ray - Azure Ray (bitter sweet, beautiful voice)

Ludovico Einaudi - I Giorni ( lovely solo piano)

Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks / Memoryhouse (Classical with a whiff of WW2 and Kafka / Beautiful)

Stateless - Stateless (Fairly similar to Radiohead, DJ Shadow raves about it)

Port Royal - Flares (underwater tingly)

Eluvium - An Accidental memory in the case of death (grandiose downbeat music)

Fink - Distance and Time (superb acoustic pieces)

Aereogramme - My heart has a wish that you would not go (scottish heart rendering stuff)

Halves - Haunt me when I'm drowsy (only just got this, similar to Sigur Ros, really good)

Mercury Rev - Alll is dream (oldy but goody)

Galaxie 500 - On Fire (Pearl jam era but more mellow)

Archive - Lights (Indie trippy hoppy deep stuff)

Some crackers on this list

All Is Dream by Mercury Rev is a tremendous album as is The Blue Notebooks by Max Richter. Check out the remix album of The Eraser as there are some brilliant remixes on it

Another good one is got recently is After Summer by Pia Fraus sounds very 90's shoegaze but it's a fairly recent relese and they hail from Estonia so a new one for me

Also I forgot to mention all of the Ulrich Schnauss albums are sublime

 

[Anonymous]

Spacehopper:
Also I forgot to mention all of the Ulrich Schnauss albums are sublime

I also forgot to mention that.ÿ

 

[Anonymous]

Kings of Leon is my flavor of the month and highly recommended.

 

[Anonymous]

UK list: Elton John's Elton John up to Blue Moves.All on super audio of course.If you can get Yellow Brick Road on dvd audio, absolutely stunning! Alan Parsons Project, I Robot, Pyramid, Eye in the Sky and Gaudi just for the song Standing on higher Ground.David Bowie's 70's era cds.Sniff 'n the Tears, Fickle Heart, The Games up. Gary Numan, Replicas. Chameleons, Script of the Bridge. Modern English, After the Snow. XTC, Black Sea. Bram Tchiakovky, Strange Man changed Man.The Jam, All mod cons.Tears for fears, Elemental. Joe Jackson Body and soul. Charlatons UK, Between tenth and eleventh. Some Canadian gems: Teenage Head, Frantic City. Saga, Worlds apart. Sorry got to stop! These are just a few of my favorates....and if you get any of this music play it loud! Plse.excuse the punctuation and I'm also computer eliterate. Have a nice day everyone!

 

[Big Chris]

Open to new genres.

I'm gonna keep on banging my 'Opeth' drum here. You've gotta try 'Damnation'. It's not at all heavy, but is quite proggy and has wonderful acoustic parts. Well recorded and the guy's voice is great.

Of course, if you do want a bit of a headbang, you should take a listen to 'Deliverance'. (Deliverance and Damnation were released together, One heavy, one mellow, both excellent).

 

[survivor]

Stand by -

Abba - Waterloo, Abba, Arrival

ELO - Eldorado, Face The Music, A New World Record, Out Of The Blue

Eagles - Desperado, Hotel California

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound, A Trick Of The Tail, Wind And Wuthering, And Then There Were Three (all on SACD)

Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky

Barclay James Harvest - Again, Everyone Is Everybody Else

Wishbone Ash - Argus

Rainbow - Rainbow, Rising, Long Live Rock And Roll

Free - Fire And Water

Bad Company - Bad co.

King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

Fairport Convention - Liege and Lief

Richard and Linda Thomspon - I Wanna See The Bright Light`s Tonight

Richard Thompson - Mock Tudor

Blackmore`s Night - Shaow Of The Moon

Mostly Autumn - The Last Bright Light

Magnum - On A Story Tellers Night, Chase The Dragon

Rush - any album really by this band

Queen - more of less any album but particulary the first 5 albums

Dare - Out Of The Silence

Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning

Rick James - Bustin` Out Of L Seven

Donna Summer - Once Upon A Time

Jeff Wayne`s The War Of The Worlds

Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior

Heart - Dreamboat Annie

Pendragon - The Window Of Life, Masquerade Overture, Not Of This World

Marillion - Script For A Jesters Tear, Misplaced Childhood, Clutching At Straws

Fish - Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors

Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink

Camel - Mirage, Moonmadness

Arena - Pride, The Visitor, Pepper`s Ghost

All About Eve - All About Eve

Wings - Wingspan, Band On The Run

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak, Black Rose, Greatest Hits

Joni Mitchell - Blue, Court And Spark, Clouds

Tom Waits - Heart Of Saturday Night, Heartattack And Vine

Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman, Best Of

Deep Purple - In Rock

Jefferson Starship - Freedom At Point Zero

Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Bread - The Sound Of

Carpenters - Gold

The Walker Brothers - Best Of

Led Zeppelin - First four albums

Liverpool Express - The Best Of

Santana - Santana, Caravanserai, Moonflower

Foreigner - 4

Journey - Look Into The Future, Evolution, Infinity, Escape, Frontiers, Raised On Radio

Uriah Heep - Firefly, Demons And Wizards

UFO - Force It, Phenomenon

 

[survivor]

Forgot these two albums -

Elton John - Yellow Brick Road, Captain Fantastic

 

[matthewpiano]

survivor:
Stand by -

Abba - Waterloo, Abba, Arrival

ELO - Eldorado, Face The Music, A New World Record, Out Of The Blue

Eagles - Desperado, Hotel California

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound, A Trick Of The Tail, Wind And Wuthering, And Then There Were Three (all on SACD)

Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky

Barclay James Harvest - Again, Everyone Is Everybody Else

Wishbone Ash - Argus

Rainbow - Rainbow, Rising, Long Live Rock And Roll

Free - Fire And Water

Bad Company - Bad co.

King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King

Fairport Convention - Liege and Lief

Richard and Linda Thomspon - I Wanna See The Bright Light`s Tonight

Richard Thompson - Mock Tudor

Blackmore`s Night - Shaow Of The Moon

Mostly Autumn - The Last Bright Light

Magnum - On A Story Tellers Night, Chase The Dragon

Rush - any album really by this band

Queen - more of less any album but particulary the first 5 albums

Dare - Out Of The Silence

Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning

Rick James - Bustin` Out Of L Seven

Donna Summer - Once Upon A Time

Jeff Wayne`s The War Of The Worlds

Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior

Heart - Dreamboat Annie

Pendragon - The Window Of Life, Masquerade Overture, Not Of This World

Marillion - Script For A Jesters Tear, Misplaced Childhood, Clutching At Straws

Fish - Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors

Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink

Camel - Mirage, Moonmadness

Arena - Pride, The Visitor, Pepper`s Ghost

All About Eve - All About Eve

Wings - Wingspan, Band On The Run

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak, Black Rose, Greatest Hits

Joni Mitchell - Blue, Court And Spark, Clouds

Tom Waits - Heart Of Saturday Night, Heartattack And Vine

Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman, Best Of

Deep Purple - In Rock

Jefferson Starship - Freedom At Point Zero

Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Bread - The Sound Of

Carpenters - Gold

The Walker Brothers - Best Of

Led Zeppelin - First four albums

Liverpool Express - The Best Of

Santana - Santana, Caravanserai, Moonflower

Foreigner - 4

Journey - Look Into The Future, Evolution, Infinity, Escape, Frontiers, Raised On Radio

Uriah Heep - Firefly, Demons And Wizards

UFO - Force It, Phenomenon

This list looks like someone has sat in front of part of my CD collection and written down all the titles! FANTASTIC!!!!

 

[Anonymous]

I myself would put richie blackmores rainbow before long live rock n roll, But hey get all three!!!!!!!!!!!! The boy can play

Oh yes and look out for Jeff becks beckola lp

 

[Ravey Gravey Davy]

Some great stuff on here- I like Survivors list particularly.-a couple from me- not in any order of preference

Roxy Music- For your pleasure and Stranded

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions

Nils Lofgren - First Solo Album(plus the rest if you like)

Faces/early Rod- Ooh La La,Every Picture tells a Story, Never a dull Moment.

A couple off the wall

Francis Cabrel- Les chemins de Traverse, Samedi Soir sur la terre, if you want to get into French folk /rock.(heavy Dylan influence)

Ton Steine Scherben, Keine Macht fuer Niemand -classic seventies anarchic front room recorded rock which no doubt influenced some of the other off the wall suggestions on here.

 

[coolaboola]

ooh I love this kind of thread.Hughesey you can check most artists out free on www.deezer.com.Its a french site and perfectly above board.Right now I am listening to opeth damnation.Big chris has me sold.I'm now off to play.com.Good luck.

 

[survivor]

Just a few proggy albums to consider -

Threshold - Subsurface

IQ - The Seventh House

The Flower Kings - Stardust We Are (dble cd) Think you might like this one.

Saens - Escaping From The Hands Of God, Prophet In A Statistical World

Pallas - Beat The Drum

Karnataka - Delicate Flame Of Desire

By the way matthewpiano and ravey gravey, cheers!

 

[survivor]

garethwd:I myself would put richie blackmores rainbow before long live rock n roll, But hey get all three!!!!!!!!!!!! The boy can play Oh yes and look out for Jeff becks beckola lp

Hi Gareth,

I agree! `Long Live` is my least favourite of the three also. I mistakedly typed just Rainbow instead of `Rithchie Blackmores Rainbow`.

 

[Drummerdave]

Hughes - some ideas...

Les Savy Fav - Let's Stay Friends - latest offering from seminal U.S. indie punk band

Ancestors - Neptune on Fire - stoner rock / metal - 2 long songs, progtastic

Shellac - At Action Park - minimalist punk rock from one of the world's greatest producers - Steve Albini - changed how I look at music forever

Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime - 47 tracks of funky brilliance

Weather Report - Black Market - cool jazz grooves from Pastorious and co

Billy Cobham - Spectrum - jazz fusion classic - serious drumming and deep grooves

Can - Tago Mago / Ege Bamyasi / Future Days - essential trio of 70s Krautrock classics

The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace - good introduction to Britain's greatest band (imo)

Krallice - Krallice - ambient black metal - don't be put off by "metal" tag - this is truly astonishing, ambient rock at 200bpm - still getting my head around it - strangely addictive.

Slint - Spiderland - the album that started the whole post rock thing - fantastic

This is a bit of a mixture; some artists will have more immediate appeal to your tastes than others - but all worth checking out. I'm sure I'll think of a lot more once I've posted..

 

[Thaiman]

All metallica albums

+ All Thin Lizzy albums

= £350 well spend....you know it make sense , Hughes.

 

[Big Chris]

Thaiman:
All metallica albums

+ All Thin Lizzy albums

= £350 well spend....you know it make sense , Hughes.

Oh come now. 'Reload'?

 

[Anonymous]

Thaiman:
All metallica albums

+ All Thin Lizzy albums

= £350 well spend....you know it make sense , Hughes.

I know...I know...but Metallica killed my last set of speakers and Madonna after that, so I'm staying clear of those this time! Thin Lizzy however...

 

[Anonymous]

what about going for a few live albums

Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous

Deep Purple - Made In Japan

Opeth - The Roundhouse Tapes

Dio - Holy Diver Live

Metallica - S & M

AC DC - If You Want Blood

 

[matthewpiano]

I second the suggestion of S&M. Awesome live album that.

 

[Gerrardasnails]

Hughes123:Thaiman:
All metallica albums

+ All Thin Lizzy albums

= £350 well spend....you know it make sense , Hughes.

I know...I know...but Metallica killed my last set of speakers and Madonna after that, so I'm staying clear of those this time! Thin Lizzy however...

Madonna???!!!!

Madonna???

 

[Big Chris]

Gerrardasnails:Hughes123:Thaiman:
All metallica albums

+ All Thin Lizzy albums

= £350 well spend....you know it make sense , Hughes.

I know...I know...but Metallica killed my last set of speakers and Madonna after that, so I'm staying clear of those this time! Thin Lizzy however...

Madonna???!!!!

Madonna???

Madonna didn't kill your speakers. They committed suicide........

;-)

(Actually. I've been known to listen to 'Ray of Light' myself at times.)

 

[Anonymous]

ÿI listen to all sorts of music but afew years ago one of the staple test discs uesd at what hifi was an album called Big Calm by Morecheeba, i had not heard of this band but bought the album out of sheer curiosity, it has probably been the most played album i have ever bought and the best tenner ever spent, the tracks on the album have been used over & over again on tv ads etc etc.ÿ

Its areally good disc to show off your system with a wide dynamic range and superb vocals from Skye Edwards... Enjoy!!!ÿ