Name 5 albums in your stash you absolutey love!

Lisnaholic · 11-27-2017, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Ziggy ''Frappanised'' Zappada

Great stuff, more of a Bombino man myself

^ Yep, he's really good too:- http://www.musicbanter.com/country-f...no-agadez.html

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Originally Posted by Plankton

No, I've never heard this dude. Not really something I'd go out and buy tho, tbh. Yes, less on the sexy. lol

^ Yes, he's more for a fun night out than a sit-at-home-and-listen guy.

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Originally Posted by GunmouthGrace

I'm thinking of redoing my own list tbh. And of course it's difficult to limit oneself just five in the first place, deciding which album overrides another. I'd keep Unhalfbricking and Blows Against the Empire probably.

Ay...

Guess I'll just chalk the fluidity up to "depending on the mood".

^ Why not go for it, Grace? I wonder if "album" just means vinyl? Any idea? That's what some people seem to be putting, but my list was just of cds. But that's me; I'm the total bad-boy rebel of this site!

Plankton · 11-27-2017, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Yes, he's more for a fun night out than a sit-at-home-and-listen guy.

I wouldn't pay to see that, but if I was drunk enough... This is more my style though:

GunmouthGrace · 11-27-2017, 08:28 PM

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~~MicShazam~~ · 11-27-2017, 04:58 AM

1. Dir En Grey - Dum Spiro Spero
2. Tori Amos - Night of Hunters
3. Madredeus - O Paraiso
4. Stam1na - SLK
5. Arkona - Yav

It's pretty much impossible to choose, so this list would have looked different if I did it any other day.

rubber soul · 11-27-2017, 05:52 AM

My top three albums happen to be from the Beatles, but if I have to do the definitive albums (not necessarily my favorite LPs for some) for five groups/artists, I'll go with...

The Beatles- Rubber Soul (the UK version)
REM-Reckoning
David Bowie- Hunky Dory
The Kinks- Face To Face
Velvet Underground- Velvet Underground and Nico

Lisnaholic · 11-27-2017, 07:08 AM

^ I used to have Face-To-Face Kinks but haven't thought about it in years! I'm off to check the tracklist; is it still good?!

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

1. Dir En Grey - Dum Spiro Spero
2. Tori Amos - Night of Hunters
3. Madredeus - O Paraiso
4. Stam1na - SLK
5. Arkona - Yav

It's pretty much impossible to choose, so this list would have looked different if I did it any other day.

^ Well, yours is a strange collection, MicShazam! So many unknowns for me, I can hardly tell which is the artist and which is the album title.

As everyone mentions, it's pretty impossible to choose. In fact, this is the method I used:
i) scan my cd titles
ii) identify some faves
iii) ask myself, "Which fave would you actually like to hear right now?"

That's how I came up with:-

1. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
2. Church of Anthrax by John Cale and Terry Riley
3. From Spain to Spain by Vox
4. Toumastin by Tamikrest
5. Strictly Personal by Captain Beefheart

EDIT: Of course, if I'd done the same exercise in my car instead of my house, I'd have five different albums!

~~MicShazam~~ · 11-27-2017, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^ Well, yours is a strange collection, MicShazam! So many unknowns for me, I can hardly tell which is the artist and which is the album title.

Dir En Grey is a Japanese metal/rock band that seems to annoy a lot of people. Their music can be sort of weird, but also very beautiful. The vocalist is amazing, but also the very definition of an acquired taste. I actually very much would NOT recommend that you check them out

I think you'd be wasting your time.

Stam1na is finnish thrash/progressive-metal or something. I love their use of melody and harmony.

Arkona is russian folk/pagan/progressive metal.

You probably know Tori Amos at least somewhat, as she's had some occasional radio play over the past two decades.

Madredeus is Portugese folk music that often comes quite close to the traditional fado style of music.

I don't think my top 5 would consistently contain so many metal bands if I did a new attempt every month.

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

1. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
2. Church of Anthrax by John Cale and Terry Riley
3. From Spain to Spain by Vox
4. Toumastin by Tamikrest
5. Strictly Personal by Captain Beefheart

Not too familiar with these either. I know Beefheart and Van Morrison somewhat. No idea about the rest. Never even heard Tamikrest mentioned anywhere - and I go through a LOT of music websites!

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Of course, if I'd done the same exercise in my car instead of my house, I'd have five different albums!

I'll have to come up with one next time I'm shopping for groceries and see what happens. Right now I'm listening to Judie Tzuke and feel like she ought to have a spot in the top 5. A mere top 5 means excluding so many great things.

**Frownland** · 11-27-2017, 08:21 AM

Strictly vinyl:
1. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
2. Boom Bip & Doseone - Circle
3. Cromagnon - Cave Rock (it'd be cooler if I had the original Orgasm version though)
4. Renaldo & the Loaf - Songs for Swinging Larvae
5. Throbbing Gristle - Second Annual Report

Honourable mention: Angus Maclise - New York Electronic, 1965

~~MicShazam~~ · 11-27-2017, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Strictly vinyl:
1. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
2. Boom Bip & Doseone - Circle
3. Cromagnon - Cave Rock (it'd be cooler if I had the original Orgasm version though)
4. Renaldo & the Loaf - Songs for Swinging Larvae
5. Throbbing Gristle - Second Annual Report

Honourable mention: Angus Maclise - New York Electronic, 1965

Didn't know you would put that album this high. I'll have to give it another spin.

**Frownland** · 11-27-2017, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

Didn't know you would put that album this high. I'll have to give it another spin.

You're surprised that I'd dig a weird album?

It was pretty instrumental in getting me into hip hop and shaking my pretty surface level view of the genre. The strangeness of it made it alluring and showed me what hip hop is capable of while the hip hop roots that hold the album together helped me learn how to appreciate the genre more appropriately. It's also an album that I can return to and still uncover new things about, which is always good in my book.

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	1. Dir En Grey - Dum Spiro Spero 2. Tori Amos - Night of Hunters 3. Madredeus - O Paraiso 4. Stam1na - SLK 5. Arkona - Yav It's pretty much impossible to choose, so this list would have looked different if I did it any other day.