Music Banter - View Single Post - 13 Listed Genres Your Favorite Album of Each

mr dave · 08-26-2012, 06:47 AM

Classic Rock: Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love. It's the band at its peak to my ears, the songs are stronger and more varied than what came out on the debut yet there's none of the gratuitous filler from Ladyland.

Blues: Clutch - Strange Cousins From the West. Not a 'blues' band in the traditional sense but this is definitely a blues album, it took me a while to get into it since it's quite a bit more stripped down than their earlier releases but it's fantastic once it clicks.

Jazz: Eric Dolphy - Last Date. I've name dropped this album for years and years and will continue to do so for decades. The playing on 'You Don't Know What Love Is' is sublime.

Pop: Air - Moon Safari. It's not a slick auto-tuned atrocity but it most definitely adheres to all the classic pop sensibilities.

Folk: Led Zeppelin III is about as close as it gets to a folk album in my collection.

Country: n/a

Punk: Nomeansno - Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy. A momentary return to a 2 piece line-up for the Wright brothers, doesn't affect the intensity of their music in the least, in fact it ramps it up.

Modern Rock: Tomahawk - S/T. Can't wait for the new album (Oddfellows).

Psychedelic/Trippy: The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole. The farther away you get from sober the better the album gets.

Reggae: Massive Attack - No Protection. Not reggae specifically but it's all remixed by Mad Professor who was instrumental in bringing Dub Reggae to the masses.

Hip-Hop: DJ Shadow - ...Endtroducing. If you need to ask you obviously haven't heard it.

Electronic: Boards of Canada - A Beautiful Place Out in the Country. It's just an EP but unlike their full length albums there's never even a moment when I think to even reach for the skip button, let alone actually press it.

Guilty Pleasure: Bran Van 3000 - Glee. Better known as the 'Drinking in LA' band this disc was a full-on collective collaboration from start to end. The 'group' peaked out around 12 people, the album features everything from turntablism, straight pop, jangly country funk, rap, a trip hop metal cover, but most of all it's fun from start to finish.

Any additional one Album (Include genre): Imani Coppola - Chupacabra. I figured she was a one hit wonder back in the day (with the single Legend of a Cowgirl) and just happened to be at the right place at the right time, then I found out she worked with Mike Patton to perform the Peeping Tom album so I revisited her work. She has a great voice, introspective lyrics, great delivery, wonderful composition and production, all around awesome. Contrary to most pop albums this wasn't put together by a bunch of seasoned vets in a studio, if I remember correctly this was her graduating project from art school. The final track is a monstrous alien abduction thing which I'd put on par with something like Mr. Bungle's cover of The Existential Blues.