dac

If that's the case then add the Men in Black soundtrack to my list. First cassette I ever bought...

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10. Nevermind by Nirvana--come on, it's Nevermind. It has iconic singles but songs like "Polly" are great too. If Bleach finished stronger it would be here, but Nevermind is a front-to-back listen.
9. You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.--It's low-fi, it's got Barlow, and it's catchy. Dino Jr.'s best album and my favorite true indie album.
8. Fungus Amongus by Incubus--Funky and fun as hell, it's so underrated in my book. Incubus did funk rock almost as good as the Chili Peppers and this album makes me wish they would have kept making that sound.
7. Aenima by Tool--Tool is an album band and it was tough for me to pick just one album; the only criteria I knew was it had to be one with Chancellor. In the end, Lateralus is too experimental for me and 10,000 Days has to much empty space.
6. Good News for People Who Like Bad News by Modest Mouse--the best "indie" sounding album I have ever heard. Very catchy and the right amount of weird.
5. Dookie by Green Day--my favorite (pop?)punk album. Another album you can listen to all the way through. It's got just the right production values too; it's quality is improved over previous work but it still has a simple, stripped-down feel.
4. Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins--sex for the ears. Corgan is great on the guitar (well, every instrument for that matter) and the whole things flows together nicely.
3. Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against the Machine--another favorite band, and this is their best album. Only two songs I don't like ("Settle for Nothing" and "Township Rebellion"); it's the best rap metal album I've heard. All four members are at their best here.
2. Frizzle Fry by Primus--Primus is my second favorite band and this is my favorite record by them. Les has plenty of skill by this point in time and everything he plays is catchy. This and Seas of Cheese are my favorite time period for Primus because they were still metal and jammed plenty without too much prog. The only song that doesn't do it for me is "Hello Skinny/Constantinople".
1. Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers--it's my favorite record and it's what got me into listening to whole albums. There isn't a song I dislike, and it's pretty ****ing long. You can tell they spent a lot of time getting every mix right. Kiedis is in his singing prime IMO--just the right mix of rant and melody. Flea throws down some sick funky lines and John is right there with just the right amount of melody. Perfection.

khfreek

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Ah, see? That's much better.

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Top Personal Milestone Albums

Backstreet Boys (millenium)
First album I listened to from beginning to end.

Saliva (every six seconds)
First CD i ever bought.

XBOX Soundtrack (various)
First CD I mixed in a cassette tape, cutting songs and turning them into other things. The beginning of my experimentation.

The Album Leaf (into the blue again)
First indie album i ever bought.

Neutral Milk Hotel (in the aeroplane over the sea)
First album that changed my life completely.

Talking Heads (fear of music)
First record I ever bought.

Nick Drake (pink moon)
only album i can listen to on repeat forever

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It's pretty hard to beat that as a starting point.

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Since this is a milestone list, I'm just going to tweak the numbers a tad. I've only been album-whoring for about 2 months mind you.
I'll go in chronological order.


8)My Chemical Romance- The Black Parade
The first album I bought myself, one year ago. While, yes, looking back it it quite an embarassment, when I bought it I was blown away (probably because I my low standards at the time. :) )
However, I do still spin it every now and then just to see how far I've come from it.
Key Tracks: Welcome to the black parade, Cancer


7)AFI- Decemberunderground
After a few albums I came across AFI. I picked up their latest work, DU.
It was the first album I bought that I TRULY loved. Track-for-track (back when I had low standards) it was great, and was also the only album I owned at the time where the singles paled compared to the rest of the tracks.
Key Tracks: Prelude 12/21, Summer Shudder, 37mm

6)System of a Down- Toxicity
From my first 20 albums, this is the only one I still listen to today regularly.
While it didn't seem like a giant step for me at the time, it was now that I look back. The only reason I picked up because it was at Hot Topic, as I was a little emo kid for the first half 2008. While it took a little while, this is the album that lifted me off the ground from emo kid to true music fan, as the quality of my music taste shot off afterwards.
Key Tracks: ATWA, Chop Suey!, Deer Dance, Prison Song

5)Rodney Crowell- Fates' Right Hand
I took a chance and attempted to expand my musical horizon (C'mon, a hottopicore kid listening to COUNTRY?), and Jesus Christ did it pay off. Exellent song-writing, amazing lyrics, and heart-felt vocals. This album also proved to me that you CAN NOT judge an entire genre by whats on that genres radio station.
And soon after, the process of album whoring began.
Key Tracks: Earthbound, Riding Out the Storm, Fates' Right Hand


4)Rush- 2112
This is the album that jump started my appreciation for music. However, it did come with a mild case of fanboyism that I had to fight with for a bit.
After getting Moving Pictures and Perm Waves, I thought I would go back into Rushs' Discography, and I came across this. The fact the title track was twenty minutes astounded me. I took a while to fully appreciate, but soon this album gave way to my love of Progressive Rock.
Key Tracks: 2112, The Twilight Zone, Something For Nothing


3)Coheed & Cambria- No World for Tomorrow
Soon after my discovery of Rush, I explored modern Prog rock bands, the first being Coheed & Cambria. I started with the album (...)Fear Through the Eyes of Madness and was honestly disappointed. I left them alone for a while and continued my excessive album consuming. After a bit, I decided to give them a second chance, and I did so with this album. From the psuedo-ballad 'Mother Superior' to the five track suite 'The End Complete', the sheer diversity of this album was enough to impress me, and the fact that they pulled it all off damned well with no filler amazed me. I'm terrible at explaining things, go listen to this. Now. I may post a review of this later.
Key Tracks: Feathers, Mother Superior, The End Complete IV: The Road and the Damned.


2)Stevie Wonder- Innervisions
THE most heart-felt and sincere album I own. I off on whim when I got this. The thing I knew is that he did the original of the oft-covered 'Higher Ground'.
I was skeptical, as this was the first time I had bought an album without having a clue as to what kind of content was on there.
Well, I was pleasantly surprised to say the least.
I am a man of few words, so I'll just summarize.
This album gave me my favorite hobby, buying a CD without any clue as to what is on it. Sure, you'll probably get crap, but if you find a gem, well, then that'll make your whole damn day worthwhile.
Key tracks: Living for the City, Visions, Higher Ground.


1)The Mars Volta- De-Loused in the Comatorium
There comes a time in a music fans' life where the one album that changes his/hers' perspective on music or even life itself. This album was it for me.
It's the musical interperatation of a very strange death of a friend. Back when The Mars Volta was At the Drive-In, A close of friend of the bands' Injected himself with rat poison and went into a week long coma. During that coma, he experienced psychedelic trials. However, upon awaking he couldn't take the turn back to reality. He exclaimed that the dream world was for him.
He soon took his own life by jumping to his death.
Anyways, how's the music? Well, upon a first listen, I thought it was rubbish.
It took me WAY out of my comfort zone (which I now think every prog record should), and just sounded like random notes played fast and loudly.
But I wasn't going to give up on it, I gave it many listens. Infact, It took me a FULL WEEK of almost nothing of this album for me to truly fall in love with it.
I can't explain in words what makes this album so wonderful. You'll just have to listen to it.
Key tracks: Drunkship of Lanterns, Cicatriz ESP, Televators.

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Roygbiv

I Zimbra on vinyl? Fantastic

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I think Fear of Music may be the only album I own on vinyl, CD and cassette.

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why all the versions?

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