1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die- Music Banter Edition

~~James~~ · 02-19-2015, 08:21 AM

157. Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves (1999)
Prince Paul, of Gravediggaz fame, released one of the most ambitious hip-hop albums of all time. Also one of the most underrated. Paul is an incredible producer, one of the greatest of all time in my opinion. Here he successfully creates an album that in another medium could serve as a literary classic or a cinematic journey. The story this album tells is so fully realised. I kind of hate concept albums most of the time, but this is one that works seamlessly. I wouldn't be remotely surprised if Kendrick played this a lot when creating GKMC.
Even out with the thematic content this album works. The production is exceptional. The MCs are nothing special, but the strength of the content transcends their mediocre talents. The rapping can be genuinely great, but it's not especially consistent. The great thing about A Prince Among Thieves is that the listener barely even notices. A classic every hip hop head needs to hear.

TechnicLePanther · 07-26-2015, 06:59 PM

158. The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
It stayed on the Billboard 200 the longest by almost twice its length. It's within the five best-selling albums of all time. It's an amazingly put together album that was devised by taking the best songs from their tours, and compiling them onto an album. This album would be almost completely connected with the rest through carefully crafted transitions and bridges. It's an absolute masterpiece, and it captures perfectly everything awesome about the Floyd.

Sequoioideae · 07-27-2015, 12:53 AM

159. Sun City Girls "Torch of The Mystics"

The most accessible and probably the most heralded album out of SCG's catalog of weirdness. One of the things I find so special about this album and the group is that you can hear not only influences, but the fondness of the music they cherished and grew up with. It wasn't just a bunch of white dudes appropriating the sound of a culture, they grew up with it. This coupled with their natural talent for weirdness and desire to be confrontational it makes this album and the band in general one in a million.

The Los Kjarkas cover on the album is also pretty legendary, for being complete gibberish it's just breathtaking in terms of Alan's vocal abilities. "Space Prophet Dogon" and 'The Vinegar Stroke" (har har) also feature some of probably the best guitar music I've ever heard, so god damn timeless and catchy that I still to this day pick up my guitar and play both back to back. Making guitars sound like ouds, to psychedelic ballads that would make the universe implode.

The sheer weirdness, timelessness, and world influences make this an album that I would pretty much recommend anyone to check out if they wanted to get weird.

bob. · 07-27-2015, 07:31 AM

^such a good and important album....nice choice

cazpfitl · 07-27-2015, 02:43 PM

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139. Keiji Haino - ここ (Koko)

Keiji Haino is a multi-instrumentalist who plays upwards of 80 instruments. Given the diversity of his instrument collection, it should be no surprise that his music explores several different genres (often ones that Haino invents) under the umbrella of free improvisation. On Koko (which translates to "Here" in English), Haino is more refrained than on some of his other albums such as I Said, This Is the Son of Nihilism or Watashi Dake?, or any of his work with Merzbow. The album is a 31 minute piece with Haino on guitar and vocals, all recorded in one take. A good part of the music is ...........

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ElvisMan · 07-27-2015, 08:51 PM

160. Ghostface Killah "Bulletproof Wallets"

People always think of Ironman and Supreme Clintele when they think of Ghostface's best work. And for the most part they're right, as albums they're incredible. Both of them have at least 8 songs each that are legendary. Now Bulletproof Wallets I don't think has quite as many songs that are really as good as the best of the best of what you'd find on his first two albums, but the songs that are good are soooooooooooooooo good I like them more than pretty much everything on Ironman and Supreme Clintele. The cherrys to pick from the album are Flowers (my second favorite song off the album, incredible beat), Never Be the Same Again, Theodore, one of my all-time favorite Ghost songs Ghost Showers, Walking Through the Darkness, and Love Sessions (My 3rd favorite off the album). Those songs stand among the best rap songs ever written.

Hidden Rooms · 07-31-2015, 05:12 AM

This is my first post here - after realising I needed a new source of inspiration for discovering music I searched online for music forums, found this site and signed up instantly. I'm so glad I did, I've spent the morning reading every post on these 32 pages and have already discovered some wonderful music that I'd never head of before, so thank you. Will post my own suggestions once my post count is high enough to do it all properly

Black Francis · 07-31-2015, 02:42 PM

Going by the album cover i read 'Bulletproof waffles'.

Tristan_Geoff · 11-28-2015, 09:56 PM

161. Small Brown Bike - Our Own Wars

Along with RoC, Caution, Zen Arcade, Yank Crimes, and Repeater, this is probably one of greatest in the post-hardcore genre. Really interesting musically, stellar vocals.

162. The Flatliners - Destroy to Create

Definitely one of the coolest ska-core albums I've heard. We've Got a Problem has unbelievably fast vocals.

163. AFI - Art of Drowning

The album that really got me into punk. I owe a lot to this record. Incredibly, I can even still listen to it. It really has some great parts on it, I definitely picked a good entry album.

Zhanteimi · 12-21-2015, 05:17 PM

164. Kishi Bashi - Lighght (2014)

Kaoru Ishibashi used to play with of Montreal. That's where I first heard him. This is his second solo album, and I like it. I think it is good.

07-26-2015, 06:59 PM	#312 (permalink)
TechnicLePanther and the livin' is easy... Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: New York Posts: 1,997	158. The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd It stayed on the Billboard 200 the longest by almost twice its length. It's within the five best-selling albums of all time. It's an amazingly put together album that was devised by taking the best songs from their tours, and compiling them onto an album. This album would be almost completely connected with the rest through carefully crafted transitions and bridges. It's an absolute masterpiece, and it captures perfectly everything awesome about the Floyd. __________________ Many have tried to destroy it... but... true evil never dies. It is only... REBORN *SUGGEST ME AN ALBUM* - I'm probably not going to listen to it but I will if you bother me enough.

07-27-2015, 07:31 AM	#314 (permalink)
bob. Still sends his reguards. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Trying to get out of the cat town.... Posts: 5,039	^such a good and important album....nice choice __________________ A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

07-27-2015, 08:51 PM	#316 (permalink)
ElvisMan The Hillbilly Cat Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Earth Posts: 89	160. Ghostface Killah "Bulletproof Wallets" People always think of Ironman and Supreme Clintele when they think of Ghostface's best work. And for the most part they're right, as albums they're incredible. Both of them have at least 8 songs each that are legendary. Now Bulletproof Wallets I don't think has quite as many songs that are really as good as the best of the best of what you'd find on his first two albums, but the songs that are good are soooooooooooooooo good I like them more than pretty much everything on Ironman and Supreme Clintele. The cherrys to pick from the album are Flowers (my second favorite song off the album, incredible beat), Never Be the Same Again, Theodore, one of my all-time favorite Ghost songs Ghost Showers, Walking Through the Darkness, and Love Sessions (My 3rd favorite off the album). Those songs stand among the best rap songs ever written. Last edited by ElvisMan; 11-30-2015 at 12:25 PM.

07-31-2015, 02:42 PM	#318 (permalink)
Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	Going by the album cover i read 'Bulletproof waffles'. __________________ "Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

02-19-2015, 08:21 AM	#311 (permalink)
~~James~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,483	157. Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves (1999) Prince Paul, of Gravediggaz fame, released one of the most ambitious hip-hop albums of all time. Also one of the most underrated. Paul is an incredible producer, one of the greatest of all time in my opinion. Here he successfully creates an album that in another medium could serve as a literary classic or a cinematic journey. The story this album tells is so fully realised. I kind of hate concept albums most of the time, but this is one that works seamlessly. I wouldn't be remotely surprised if Kendrick played this a lot when creating GKMC. Even out with the thematic content this album works. The production is exceptional. The MCs are nothing special, but the strength of the content transcends their mediocre talents. The rapping can be genuinely great, but it's not especially consistent. The great thing about A Prince Among Thieves is that the listener barely even notices. A classic every hip hop head needs to hear.

07-31-2015, 05:12 AM	#317 (permalink)
Hidden Rooms Groupie Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 3	This is my first post here - after realising I needed a new source of inspiration for discovering music I searched online for music forums, found this site and signed up instantly. I'm so glad I did, I've spent the morning reading every post on these 32 pages and have already discovered some wonderful music that I'd never head of before, so thank you. Will post my own suggestions once my post count is high enough to do it all properly

12-21-2015, 05:17 PM	#320 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	164. Kishi Bashi - Lighght (2014) Kaoru Ishibashi used to play with of Montreal. That's where I first heard him. This is his second solo album, and I like it. I think it is good.