Tangent 21 - The T21 Essential Albums Thread

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Jayjay

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Dec 13 2002

The T21 Essential Albums Thread

Instead of me just listing all the albums I think EVERYONE should own, I thought it might be fun to compile a list of everyone's essential albums. Not necessarily your favourites at the moment, but the ones that have shaped you, both musically and personally, that you can't imagine not having.

I could make a list of these as long as your arm, but I thought a top 20 would suffice, and yet remain manageable.

So, to get things rolling (in no particular order):

AC/DC - Back In Black
The Pixies - Doolittle
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Honey's Dead
Al Green - Greatest Hits
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Doves - Lost Souls
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Lou Reed - Magic and Loss
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Depeche Mode - Violater
Therapy? - Troublegum
Nirvana - Bleach
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Public Enemy - Apocalypse '91 (The Enemy Strikes Black)
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

And Yours?

So Far (so good .. so what?):

Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Bon Jovi - New Jersey
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
AC/DC - Back In Black
Aerosmith - Big Ones
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith
Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Lose
Guns n' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
Kenickie - At The Club
KLF - The White Room
Leftfield - Leftism
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against the Soul
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Nirvana - Bleach
Nirvana - Nevermind
Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
Radiohead - The Bends
Rammstein - Mutter
Savage Garden - Affirmation
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
The Verve - A Northern Soul

(Edited by Jayjay 21/12/2002 09:56)

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Evil Lawyer Chick I like my men how i like my evil....evil

Mine would be:

Resivoir Dogs Soundtrack
A Walk To Remember Soundtrack
Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill
Bon Jovi - New Jersey
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
The Calling - Camino Palmero
Aerosmith - Big Ones
Green Day - Dookie
Bryan Adams - The Best of Me
Shakira - Laundry Service

Posted: 10:46 Dec 13 2002

In a State of Dan That's just, like, your opinion, man

Hmm, interesting criteria for choosing them.

Let's see..

Kenickie - At the Club
Radiohead - The Bends
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Oasis - Definitely Maybe (actually, I haven't listened to that in several years, but it's still important to me..)
Guns'n'Roses - Appetite for Destruction
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Led Zeppelin - 4
REM - Automatic for the People
The Boo Radleys - C'mon Kids
Mogwai - Mogwai Young Team
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
Leftfield - Leftism
Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
Pulp - Different Class
Iggy Pop & The Stooges - Raw Power
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go (not their best album, but the one that got me into them)
Supergrass - I Should Coco
Pavement - Terror Twilight
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
The Verve - A Northern Soul

Posted: 11:03 Dec 13 2002

Keenangel *Fourteen phonecalls a night??!!*

**sits and thinks for a bit**

Aerosmith : Permanent Vacation/Pump/Nine Lives/Rocks

Bon Jovi: These Days/Slippery When Wet/Keep The Faith

Matchbox Twenty: Yourself or Someone Like You/More Than You Think You Are

Van Halen: Van Halen 1/1984/5150

Train: Drops of Jupiter
Red Hot Chilli Peppers: Mother's Milk/Californication/By The Way

Stereophonics: (all of them)

Alanis Morisette: Jagged Little Pill

More when i remember them

Posted: 12:09 Dec 13 2002

Teresa "So I can come inside of your kiss and just leave you on your knees"

Off the top of my head:

Earh Vs The Wildhearts - The Wildhearts
Anthology - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Blood Sugar Sex Magic - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Parade - Prince
Girls, Girls, Girls & Dr.Feelgood - Motley Crue (couldn’t choose between them)
Appetite for Destruction - Guns ‘n Roses
Tribute - Ozzy Osbourne
Slave to the Grind - Skid Row
The Color & The Shape - Foo Fighters
O, Yeah! - Aerosmith (couldn't choose another album so I went with the greatest hits

)
I know there's more and as soon as I post this I'll think of another

Posted: 13:04 Dec 13 2002

Alan Got a message from the Great Lakes Avengers, They offered me a membership but didn't accept... they're a walking disaster... Just don't make sense at all... the worst heroes of all time, To call thems

There're loads, but these are the ones I can currently think of...

Nirvana - Methinks all of 'em or the Greatest (and indeed the majority are great) Hits
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre / Americana / Conspiracy of One
Rammstein - Mutter
Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Lose
Nickelback - Silver Side Up
A - Hi-Fi Serious
Korn - Follow The Leader / Untouchables
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Papa Roach - Infest / Lovehatetragedy
System of a Down - Toxicity / Steal This Album!
Alien Ant Farm - ANThology

Posted: 15:30 Dec 13 2002

Tycho As Emily Bronte once put it: "Wtf?"

OK, my essential albums

In no particular order:

PJ Harvey - Dry
Carter USM - 1992 The Love Album
Kenickie - At The Club (yep Dan)
The Poozies - Dansoozies (Scottish folk)
All About Eve - All About Eve
Rage Against The Nachine - Rage Against The Machine
Garbage - Garbage (but none of their other albums)
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X (the proper original release)
Senser - Stacked UP

Purple Penguin - De-Tuned
Monk & Cannatella - Care In The Community
Sing-Sing - Sing-Sing
The Prodigy - The Prodigy Experience
Dover - I Was Dead For 7 Weeks In The City Of Angels
Helen Love - Radio Hits
Echobelly - Everybody's GotOne
My Ruin - Speak & Destroy
The Aphex Twin - Classics
Velvet Chain - Warm

Posted: 03:21 Dec 14 2002

DJ Billy You can't really dust for vomit.

Master of Puppets/Ride The Lightening - Metallica
Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith
The White Album/Rubber Soul - The Beatles
New Jersey - Bon Jovi
The Spirit Room - Michelle Branch
Trash - Alice Cooper
Hysteria - Def Leppard
Pretyy Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails
Cowboys From Hell - Pantera
Mizzundastood - Pink
The Fat of the Land - Prodigy
Mutter - Rammstein
Slave to the Grind - Skid Row
1984 - Van Halen
1987 - Whitesnake

I'll be back later with more I'm sure

Posted: 13:08 Dec 14 2002

PictureOfFlowers "When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party." - Lt. Tuck Pendleton, Innerspace

Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against the Soul/The Holy Bible/Everything Must Go (I *really* couldn't pick just one of them)
Guns n' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Beatles - Please Please Me
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies
Sex Pistols - Never mind the you-know-whats
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
JJ72 - JJ72
Ooberman - The Magic Treehouse
REM - Document

All of these albums mean a lot to me. Some of them remind me of, and were important to, a certain period of my life. Some of them are just always with me.

Posted: 15:17 Dec 14 2002

Jayjay "I may be scattered / A little shattered / What does it matter / No one has a fit like I do / I'm the only one that fits you"

In case anyone's missed it, I've posted the results so far at the top. They are (with a minimum of 2 votes):

Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Nirvana - Bleach
Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

Posted: 19:10 Dec 15 2002

Callum Bianca loves you

More will probably occur to me later on, but for starters...

Stone Roses -- Stone Roses
KLF -- The White Room
David Bowie -- The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
Janis Ian -- Between the Lines
Velvet Underground -- The Velvet Underground & Nico
Suzanne Vega -- Solitude Standing
Clash -- London Calling
Divine Comedy -- Casanova
Primal Scream -- Screamadelica
Beautiful South -- Quench
Lou Reed -- Transformer
The Smiths -- The Queen Is Dead
The Verve -- A Northern Soul
Joy Division -- Unknown Pleasures
U2 -- The Joshua Tree
Happy Mondays -- Pills 'n' Thrills And Bellyaches
The Cocteau Twins -- Treasure
Guns n' Roses -- Use Your Illusion II
Depeche Mode -- Songs of Faith and Devotion
Tom Waits -- Raindogs
Sonic Youth -- Daydream Nation

Posted: 19:31 Dec 15 2002

FiveByFive I was being like, sarcastic, or whatever

Right then, here we go, come with me on my own journey through sound, from 1979 to present day:

Motorhead - No sleep 'till Hammersmith
AC/DC - Back in Black
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Faith no More - Introduce Yourself
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff
Soundgarden - Louder than Love
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Primus - Frizzle Fry
Sonic Youth - Goo
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
KLF - The White Room
Faith no More - Angel Dust
Ministry - Psalm 69
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Prodigy - Music for a Jilted Generation
Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
Leftfield - Leftism
Radiohead - The Bends
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

Phew, and counting up, the mutiple Faith no More and Soundgarden entries have bumped the tally past 20, but I don't care, I'm not taking any out

Posted: 13:39 Dec 16 2002

Havoc Taryon > I think hackjack just stays here to teach new players how to use block

Some of these have shaped me musically, some have changed my tastes, some have changed my outlook on life itself some just have an immense impact every time I hear them and some I just had to mention:

Guns & roses - Appetite For Destruction (the main reason why i'm learnning guitar)
Guns & Roses - Use Your Illusion I
Garbage - Beautiful Garbage
MeatLoaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Savage Garden - Savage Garden
Savage Garden - Affirmation
Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
Avril Lavigne - Let Go

Manics - Generation Terrorists
Manics - Gold Against The Soul
Manics - This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours
Nirvana - Nevermind
Doves - Save The Last Broadcast
Lost Prophets - The Fake Sound Of Progress
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom

Posted: 13:04 Dec 17 2002

Sydney You can lead the whore to culture but you can't make her think!

by Havoc

Avril Lavigne - Let Go

You haven't even heard that one yet!!!!!!And you stole half of those from me

Posted: 17:12 Dec 17 2002

Ferretgirl Make something idiot-proof and they will make a better idiot

Bowling For Soup - Rock On Honourables
Bowling For Soup - Let's do it for Johnny!
Bowling For Soup - Drunk Enough To Dance
Gash - A Day Off For The Conscience
Gash - Virgin' On The Ridiculous
Uncle Brian - It Just Seems Right
Uncle Fester - Sonic Youth Mayhem
Nerve - Swimming With Sharks
Nerve - Wake Up Call
Ozzy - Osmosis
Whatus - Wheatus
Buffy - OMWF
Jimmy Eat World - The Singles
Nerf Herder - Nerf Herder
Nerf Herder - How to Meet Girls
Nerf Herder - My E.P.
Nerf Herder - American Cheese
W.O.R.M. _ Mullet in the head

ummmm.....i think there's more

Posted: 20:53 Dec 17 2002

Wobag Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so...

OK I have a tragically small number of albums but Id have to go with:

Dire Straits Money for Nothing
JMJ Huston Live
Paul Simon Gracelands
Crowded House Recurring Dreams

Posted: 23:29 Dec 17 2002

Mishelisa 'If you want to know what a man's like, take a look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals'.

Here Goes:
In No Particular order,

The Unforgettable Fire - U2
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Brave - Marillion
Live Era 87-93 - Guns 'n' Roses
Affirmation - Savage Garden
Radio Kaos - Roger Waters
Mad Season - Matchbox 20
Urban Hymns - The Verve
A rush of blood to the head - Coldplay
New Jersey - Bon Jovi
Animals - Pink Floyd
Big Ones - Aerosmith
White Ladder - David Grey
Ten - Pearl Jam
Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd
No Angel - Dido
The Division Bell - Pink Floyd
Keep the Faith - Bon Jovi
What's the story (Morning Glory)- Oasis
Parachutes - Coldplay

There you have my input

Posted: 23:55 Dec 17 2002

Havoc Taryon > I think hackjack just stays here to teach new players how to use block

by Sydney
You haven't even heard that one yet!!!!!!

Actually my mate Luke Godbald has a copy so I have

by Sydney
And you stole half of those from me

What's your point, I still like them

besides, 2 isn't half of a list of 15 albums

(Edited by Havoc 19/12/2002 16:01)

Posted: 15:59 Dec 19 2002

Ethan You Rasclart!

My ones are prolly a bit different to the others above...

Incubus - Make Yourself (The 2-Disc version, I don't leave home without it

)
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
American HiFi - American HiFi
Foo Fighters - Nothing Left to Lose
Garbage - Version 2.0
Puddle of Mudd - Come Clean
Counting Crows - August and Everything After

Posted: 19:53 Dec 19 2002

Taz Extra medication for all - Pilz-e

Ethan, there's not one album you listed that I don't love & adore

& I can't believe you have the 2 disk 'Make Yourself'! I haven't been able to find it anywhere

Posted: 09:09 Dec 20 2002

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