The Albums Every Bassist Should Have...

[Phalanx]

I'll start

Level 42 - Physical Presence
Level 42 - The Sun Goes Down (Jazzy Album)

[Riouken]

Hmm

Albums (in order of bass greatness):
"The Songs that make you feel Good, not just for the bass!" - Artist - The Musicman.

Check it out!

[Manadar]

Song Review - Stevie Wonder

or definately check out the song: I Wish - Stevie W.
Edit: And don't use any tabs, they're all wrong!
Edit 2: Oh and he adds a lot of Ghost notes and slides etc. later on in the song so don't think it's easy when he starts playing eights at around 70/80 bpm

[SixnStones]

^ it's a good point, but not RLI helpful. I'm sure Phalanx has music that isn't just for bass, but, this being a bass forum, he's making a thread bout bass albums.

edit: to riouken

Yin Yang - Victor Wooten
BSSM - RHCP

[Chris K]

Stuart Hamm-Radio Free Albemuth
Stuart hamm-Kings Of sleep
Stuart Hamm-The urge
Stuart Hamm-Outbound
GHS-Show Me what you can do
GHS-The light beyond
Steve Vai-Passion and warfare
Joe Satriani-Flying in a blue Dream
Joe Satriani-The Extremist
Yngwie Malmsteen-Facing the animal
Vail Johnson-Terminator
Vail Johnson-Says Who?
Michael Manring and David Cullen-Equilibre
Victor Wooten-A Show Of Hands
Rush-Presto
Rush-Hold Your Fire
Rush-Signals
Rush-Grace Under Pressure
Rush-Caress Of Steel
Rush-Test For Echo
Attention Deficit-self titled
Attention Defecit-The Idiot King
Primus-Sailing the seas of cheese
Primus-Antipop
Megadeth-Peace Sells
Megadeth-Rust In Piece
Metallica-Load
Metallica-Reload
Sepultura-Chaos AD
Impaled Nazarene-Abscence of War Does not mean peace
Rammstein-Herzeleid
Rammstein-Sehnsucht
Rammstein-Mutter
Faith No More-Angel Dust
Dream Theater-Images and Words
Dream Theater-Awake
Van Halen-self titled
Steve Vai-Live at the Astoria (dvd)
Today is the day-Sadness will prevail (everyone should own it!)
Word Of Mouth Revisited
Jaco Pastorius-self titled
Stanley Clarke-School days
Rush-Power Windows

That should get you started....

[pukeboy66]

Stuart Hamm-Radio Free Albemuth
Stuart hamm-Kings Of sleep
Stuart Hamm-The urge
Stuart Hamm-Outbound
GHS-Show Me what you can do
GHS-The light beyond
Steve Vai-Passion and warfare
Joe Satriani-Flying in a blue Dream
Joe Satriani-The Extremist
Yngwie Malmsteen-Facing the animal
Vail Johnson-Terminator
Vail Johnson-Says Who?
Michael Manring and David Cullen-Equilibre
Victor Wooten-A Show Of Hands
Rush-Presto
Rush-Hold Your Fire
Rush-Signals
Rush-Grace Under Pressure
Rush-Caress Of Steel
Rush-Test For Echo
Attention Deficit-self titled
Attention Defecit-The Idiot King
Primus-Sailing the seas of cheese
Primus-Antipop
Megadeth-Peace Sells
Megadeth-Rust In Piece
Metallica-Load
Metallica-Reload
Sepultura-Chaos AD
Impaled Nazarene-Abscence of War Does not mean peace
Rammstein-Herzeleid
Rammstein-Sehnsucht
Rammstein-Mutter
Faith No More-Angel Dust
Dream Theater-Images and Words
Dream Theater-Awake
Van Halen-self titled
Steve Vai-Live at the Astoria (dvd)
Today is the day-Sadness will prevail (everyone should own it!)


That should get you started....


yeah... what he said

[Riouken]

^ it's a good point, but not RLI helpful. I'm sure Phalanx has music that isn't just for bass, but, this being a bass forum, he's making a thread bout bass albums.

edit: to riouken

Yin Yang - Victor Wooten
BSSM - RHCP
...


It's a real album.

I wasn't being sarcastic :lol:

[E_man]

[QUOTE=Chris K]Stuart Hamm-Radio Free Albemuth
Stuart hamm-Kings Of sleep
Stuart Hamm-The urge
Stuart Hamm-Outbound
GHS-Show Me what you can do
GHS-The light beyond
Steve Vai-Passion and warfare
Joe Satriani-Flying in a blue Dream
Joe Satriani-The Extremist
Yngwie Malmsteen-Facing the animal
Vail Johnson-Terminator
Vail Johnson-Says Who?
Michael Manring and David Cullen-Equilibre
Victor Wooten-A Show Of Hands
Rush-Presto
Rush-Hold Your Fire
Rush-Signals
Rush-Grace Under Pressure
Rush-Caress Of Steel
Rush-Test For Echo
Attention Deficit-self titled
Attention Defecit-The Idiot King
Primus-Sailing the seas of cheese
Primus-Antipop
Megadeth-Peace Sells
Megadeth-Rust In Piece
Metallica-Load
Metallica-Reload
Sepultura-Chaos AD
Impaled Nazarene-Abscence of War Does not mean peace
Rammstein-Herzeleid
Rammstein-Sehnsucht
Rammstein-Mutter
Faith No More-Angel Dust
Dream Theater-Images and Words
Dream Theater-Awake
Van Halen-self titled
Steve Vai-Live at the Astoria (dvd)
Today is the day-Sadness will prevail (everyone should own it!)


That should get you started....[/QUOTE\]

OK, they are reasonably good albums with bass on, but what happened to Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning?

Echobrain - Glean = hardly anybody bought this album but it has some really good bass on it, theres no tabs for any of the songs off this second album so some studying might be invovled.

[Chris K]

[QUOTE=Chris K]Stuart Hamm-Radio Free Albemuth
Stuart hamm-Kings Of sleep
Stuart Hamm-The urge
Stuart Hamm-Outbound
GHS-Show Me what you can do
GHS-The light beyond
Steve Vai-Passion and warfare
Joe Satriani-Flying in a blue Dream
Joe Satriani-The Extremist
Yngwie Malmsteen-Facing the animal
Vail Johnson-Terminator
Vail Johnson-Says Who?
Michael Manring and David Cullen-Equilibre
Victor Wooten-A Show Of Hands
Rush-Presto
Rush-Hold Your Fire
Rush-Signals
Rush-Grace Under Pressure
Rush-Caress Of Steel
Rush-Test For Echo
Attention Deficit-self titled
Attention Defecit-The Idiot King
Primus-Sailing the seas of cheese
Primus-Antipop
Megadeth-Peace Sells
Megadeth-Rust In Piece
Metallica-Load
Metallica-Reload
Sepultura-Chaos AD
Impaled Nazarene-Abscence of War Does not mean peace
Rammstein-Herzeleid
Rammstein-Sehnsucht
Rammstein-Mutter
Faith No More-Angel Dust
Dream Theater-Images and Words
Dream Theater-Awake
Van Halen-self titled
Steve Vai-Live at the Astoria (dvd)
Today is the day-Sadness will prevail (everyone should own it!)


That should get you started....[/QUOTE\]

OK, they are reasonably good albums with bass on, but what happened to Master of Puppets and Ride the Lightning?


Well, I feel that the two Megadeth albums covered "Progressive thrash 101" quite nicely.

[Deacy]

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Queen - Queen II
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Every Rush album

[E_man]

[QUOTE=E_man]


Well, I feel that the two Megadeth albums covered "Progressive thrash 101" quite nicely.

I prefer Metallica :D

well for points sake, if your not looking at those two albums at least look at the two instrumentals off of there, Call of the Ktulu and Orion

[Phalanx]

I dunno, Metallica are big sellouts

[muthafunkabass]

wow cant believe nobody posted

Solioquy-Michael Manring

yet.

[SixnStones]

...


It's a real album.

I wasn't being sarcastic :lol:

damn it all! i spent ages deliberating over that. i finally decided that it was too perfect to be real

[E_man]

I dunno, Metallica are big sellouts

Unfortunetly true, but I like their music too much :upset: except St.Anger.
But I think its reasonably well known their best stuff was from the start to the Black Album. Everything after that never really stood up in comparison.

[BassPlayingPineapple]

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

[Led_Zeppelin678]

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

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Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Van Halen - Fair Warning
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Discipline
Yes - Fragile
Yes - Close To The Edge
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Yes - Relayer
Yes - The Yes Album
Rush - Moving Pictures
Rush - 2112
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
Rush - Hemispheres
Rush - Permanent Waves
Rush - Signals
Rush - Caress Of Steel
Rush - Rush
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis - Foxtrot
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Billy Sheehan - The Talas Years
Billy Sheehan - Cosmic Troubadour
Steve Vai - Real Illusions: Reflections
David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em And Smile
Niacin - Time Crunch
Niacin - Live! Blood, Sweat, and Beers
Niacin - Deep
Niacin - Organik
Niacin - Niacin
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco
Jaco Pastorius - Word Of Mouth
Stanley Clarke - School Days

[E_man]

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Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Van Halen - Fair Warning
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Discipline
Yes - Fragile
Yes - Close To The Edge
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
Yes - Relayer
Yes - The Yes Album
Rush - Moving Pictures
Rush - 2112
Rush - A Farewell To Kings
Rush - Hemispheres
Rush - Permanent Waves
Rush - Signals
Rush - Caress Of Steel
Rush - Rush
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Genesis - Foxtrot
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Billy Sheehan - The Talas Years
Billy Sheehan - Cosmic Troubadour
Steve Vai - Real Illusions: Reflections
David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em And Smile
Niacin - Time Crunch
Niacin - Live! Blood, Sweat, and Beers
Niacin - Deep
Niacin - Organik
Niacin - Niacin
Jaco Pastorius - Jaco
Jaco Pastorius - Word Of Mouth
Stanley Clarke - School Days

Somebody agrees with me at last :p

[Wintermute]

Kula Shaker - K

I've only started listening to this again recently, but Alonza Bevan is one hell of a groover.

[Esp Griffyn]

Mudvayne - LD50

Technical Metal bass 101

[Klander Brigade]

Unfortunetly true, but I like their music too much :upset: except St.Anger.
But I think its reasonably well known their best stuff was from the start to the Black Album. Everything after that never really stood up in comparison.

Same here, but you can't even compare post Black Album to pre Black Album, because essentially you're comparing two different types of music.

[Jahmez]

Nirvana-Unplugged in New York and Slipknot-Mate, Feed, Kill, Repeat.

EDIT: Muse-Origin of Symmetry, Muse-Absolution, Muse-Showbiz

[Mitchell Royce]

Am I a bad bassist for not liking or severly despising 90% of the albums mentioned?

[Jahmez]

No, of course not. You just have a different preferance in music. I also dislike most of these albums.

[rh15951]

Am I a bad bassist for not liking or severly despising 90% of the albums mentioned?

Yes obviously :p just like myself...

[zink182]

Jaco Pastoruis - Portrait of Jaco

[Chrysostom]

Wooten - What Did He Say?

[mastrrbasser]

Mudvayne - LD50

Technical Metal bass 101


CHYES!!! i love that cd so much. The tone he gets on his thumb is so perfect for their band setting. It's so chunky and growly. And sometimes i hear a hint of a very mild chorus (barely there)

[BassPlayingPineapple]

Marcus Miller - Silver rain, fantastic album, a must buy.

[Sade]

Apocalyptica-Anything.

[will66]

Return to forever-Romantic Warrior, but all their stuff is pretty cool, chick is crazy

Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant=awesome

http://s53.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3D98RFLMNSDR11KGPL1I6RMY8R

check it out:thumb:

[zink182]

Apocalyptica-Anything.

I think they're kinda meh.. not my style but still technically good ;)

[PaulR]

Pendulum - Hold Your Colour.

Not because its particuarly bass related, but because it's great.

[katana_manatee]

First I'll get the albums with Jaco out the way. ;)

Jaco - Eponymous debut
Jaco - Word of Mouth
Portrait of Jaco
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Victor Wooten - A Show of Hands
Level 42 - Eponymous debut
Michael Manring - Drastic Measures (Out of print though...)
Bass Extremes - Just Add Water
King Crimson - Discipline

[Sade]

I think they're kinda meh.. not my style but still technically good ;)

Have you listened to any of their original songs?

Didn't think so.

[zink182]

Have you listened to any of their original songs?

Didn't think so.

nope.. I will.. thanks for the tip ;)

[Sade]

Most people know Apocalyptica just because of their like, two metallica covers.

[katana_manatee]

Most people know Apocalyptica just because of their like, two metallica covers.

That's how I got to hear them, all I have is their cd tribute to metallica. Need to get more stuff, great musicians and arrangers.

[The Brad]

A good majority of my recommendations have been posted...
I suppose any 311 or Incubus (with Dirk Lance) and any of The Cure's early albums (I guess Disintegration for the sake of Stan and Kyle)
Down - NOLA & Down II (A Bustle in your Hedgerow)
Gang of Four - Return the Gift (really any, it's just that this album has stunning production. Plus it's kind of a "greatest hits" sort of thing)
Opeth - Orchid & Morningrise (really interesting bass pieces that just stand out, not to debase latter albums)
Pantera - Reinventing the Steel
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa, Doolittle, Bossanova
Slayer - Show No Mercy & Hell Awaits (beyond those it's hard to hear the bass)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish, Siamese Dream, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Tool - Opiate
Type O Negative - October Rust & World Coming Down

[Fast_Food_Klepto]

Joni Mitchell - Hejira, a great, overlooked bass album.
Aghora - Aghora, awesome rhythm section
On the Virg - Serious young insects, some unbelievable stuff
Anything by Spastic Ink
Anything by the Police

[katana_manatee]

Joni Mitchell - Hejira, a great, overlooked bass album.

Indeed, one of my favourites.

[BassVirtuoso]

I don't have any of these CDs...I'm not a bassist :upset:

[The Brad]

I don't have any of these CDs...I'm not a bassist :upset:
I don't think that's necessarily what this thread is about. I think it's just so people can boast about the artists that influence(d) them/bassist who they feel are very talented.

[Ganon]

Out of all of the Metallica CDs that have been mentioned... No Kill 'Em All?

[hooligan_sth]

Here are a few good ones I've got:

Primus-Suck On This
Primus-Frizzle Fry
Primus-Tales From the Punchbowl
Primus-Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Primus-The Brown Album
Primus-Rhinoplasty
Primus-Animals Should Not Act Like People
Primus-Antipop
Rage Against The Machine-Renegades
Rage Against The Machine-Self Titled
Rush-Spirit Of Radio
Rush-Hemispheres
Stratosphere-Episode
Tool-Lateralus
Tool-Opiate
Tool-Undertow
Tool-Aenima
Victor Wooten-A Show of Hands
Victor Wooten-What Did He Say?
The Weather Report-Heavy Weather
Yes-Fragile
Audioslave-Out of Exile
Billy Cobham-Powerplay
Black Sabbath-We Sold Our Souls For Rock and Roll
Dream Theater-Images and Words
Dream Theater-Train of Thought
Jaco Pastorius-Self Titled
Jaco Pastorius-Word of Mouth
Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin I
Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin IV
Led Zeppelin-Houses of the Holy
Marcus Miller-Silver Rain
Marcus Miller-The Best of Marcus Miller
Metallica-Master of Puppets
Mudvayne-Lost and Found
Muse-Origin of Symmetry
Muse-Absolution
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd-Meddle

That's all I can really think of at the moment, they've got good bass. The Primus albums especially, they're excellent for jamming, even with just a drummer.

*Now that I've posted this, I see that alot of these have already been mentioned. Good job guys ;)

[eoin5]

Yngwie Malmsteen-Facing the animal
hahahahahaHAHAHAHhahaha....
ahem..

hahahahahahaaaahaaaahahaaaaaa :D

no, terrible bass, some of the most painful ive heard...
Dark side of the moon, theres some quality bass, interaction with drums, tonnes of groove, great use of rests, tastefull fills, excellent tone, great contribution to tonality, all of which missing on Yngwie Malmsteen

[mastrrbasser]

jamiroquai, traveling without moving.

[Josh]

any album by Iron Maiden
any Rush album.
IMO, Metallica - Metallica has fairly good bass, and obviously all their albums with Cliff are good.

[BassVirtuoso]

I love Return to Forever...but their songs are so long!

[Munky_Jam]

The Doors - all of them, however The Doors and Morrison Hotel and Waiting for the Sun
Primus - Brown Album
Charles Mingus - The Clown
Marvin Gaye - Whats goin on
Pearl Jam - All of them but - Riot Act, vs, Ten

[muthafunkabass]

Most people know Apocalyptica just because of their like, two metallica covers.
of their originals, i gotta say "Life Burns" is my fav.

[Chris K]

wow cant believe nobody posted

Solioquy-Michael Manring

yet.

I posted Equilbre because I prefer it. But you can't have that and not have Thonk and Book Of The Flame either.

[e p]

system-toxicity
tool-aenima/lateralus
sublime-detox
snoop dogg-doggystyle

[JBass]

anything by good charlotte, blink 182, or new found glory...all truely talented artists....also:

pink floyd - animals (the fretless line in the beginning of each big verse on Pigs '3 different ones' sends chills down my neck)
the mars volta - de loused
incubus - Fungus Amongus, Make Yourself, and S.C.I.E.N.C.E. - all amazing
chili peppers - any i guess, everyone can find something they like by them
Sublime - any
311 - evolver/transistor

[Crudd-Bucket™]

A Show Of Hands

[Chris K]

A Show Of Hands

Rush or Victor Wooten?

[Flea's protege]

holy **** i can't believe there's no chili peppers here..blood sugar sex magik, mother's milk, freaky styley, red hot chili peppers, californication, by the way..get em all, folks!

[Flea's protege]

whoops there is chili peppers here..whoops my bad..and btw get morning view by incubus as well..awesome album

[vashts80]

Opeth - Orchid, Morningrise, Damnation (the groove Mendez has is astonishing)
Metallica - Load, ReLoad, Kill 'Em All
Megadeth - Peace Sells, Rust in Peace
Death - Individual Thought Patterns, Human, The Sound of Perservearence (SP?)
Control Denied - The Fragile Art of Existence
Sadus - Illusions/Chemical Exposure, Elements of Anger
Jaco - all?

[Manticore Guy]

^ Steve Digiorgio is the SH*T. Especially on individual thought patterns:cool:

[The Brad]

^ Steve Digiorgio is the SH*T. Especially on individual thought patterns:cool:
123! I totally forgot about Steve.

[thelowsoundofbass]

hmm, any kind of music will expand your bass knowladge, even if it doesn't have bass in it

lowsound

[Orange Fog]

Sublime - 40oz. To Freedom

[Zion Gates]

incubus - fungus amungus
infectious grooves - groove family cyco
suicidal tendencies - prime cuts

[Urban Rhythm]

Bob Marley - Survival

[death_before_simpleplan]

take a look inside-bodyjar

[primus_eleven]

Primus - The Antipop
Primus - Frizzle Fry
Primus - Seas of Cheese
RATM - RATM
RATM - Evil Empire
Muse - Absolution
DFA1979 - Heads Up!
DFA1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
The Clash - London Calling (not technically amazing, but there are good grooves there)

:thumb:

[m-dirnt_fan101]

despite people having varying music tastes everyone should have:
any black sabbath album
any metallica album
any led zeppelin album

[irishslappop]

everyone should have:
any metallica album

ew.

[MasterofBass]

Opeth - Orchid, Morningrise, Damnation (the groove Mendez has is astonishing)


Nice choice with the Opeth. A bit of trivia though, Mendez didn't play bass for Orchid or Morningrise, it was actually their first bassist (i forget his name at the moment) who was later fired or something because he "didn't fit in with the band". I thought he was great. But Mendez is great as well.

anyways, my bass albums:

Anacrusis - Suffering Hour, Reason, Manic Impressions, and Screams and Whispers (this little known progressive thrash band has some great basslines, and i wish they were still together)

Anthrax - Among The Living, Fistfull of Metal, and Return of the Killer A's (a good greatest hits album. All of these I think include the best bass of Anthrax)

Black Sabbath - Any one with Geezer Butler

Cream - All

Death - Human, Fate, and Indivudual Thought Patterns

Dream Theater - All

Emerson Lake and Palmer - All (I think Greg Lake is underrated)

Green Day - Dookie, and Insomiac

Guns 'N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Iced Earth - Horrow Show

Incubus - Fungus Amongus, Make Yourself, and Morning View

Into Eternity - Dead or Dreaming, and Buried in Oblivion

Iron Maiden - All

John Paul Jones - Zooma

Led Zeppelin - All of them, but I think Led Zeppelin II is John Paul Jones's best

Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment, and 2

Live - All (another underrated bassist)

Mastodon - Remission, and Leviathan

Megadeth - Killing is My Business... And Business is Good, Peace Sells, But Who's Buying?, So Far, So Good... So What!, and Rust In Peace

Metallica - Kill 'Em All, Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets, Metallica, Load, and ReLoad (yes, Jason is good as well)

Mudvayne - L.D. 50, and The End of All Things to Come

Necrophagist - Onset of Putrefaction, and Epitaph

Opeth - All, but Orchid and Morningrise are the best

Overkill - All, but check out The Years of Decay for the best stuff

Pantera - Check it all out, Rex is pretty good

Primus - All

Quo Vadis - Defiant Imagination

Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine, Evil Empire, and The Battle of Los Angeles

Red Hot Chili Peppers - All, but empahsis on stuf before By The Way

Rush - All

Sikth - Let the Transmitting Beginning, and The Trees Are Dead And Dried Out, Wait For Something Wild...

Slipknot - Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat.

Spastic Ink - Ink Compatatble, and Ink Complete (amazing bass, definitley check out)

Symphony X - V, and The Odyssey

Tool - Aenima and Lateralus

The Who - All of thier stuff, but Tommy and the Greatest Hits albums are good starts

Yes - All of them, Chris Squire is great, but the best stuff came off of The Yes Album, Fragile, Close to the Edge, Tales From Topographical Oceans, Yessongs (amazing bass solo during "The Fish"), Relayer, Going for The One, Tormato, and Drama


plus the albums from the great solo bassists of Victor Wooten, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Billy Shehan, Michael Manring, Marcus Miller, and any other one I forgot that I dont' have but should get my hands on. :thumb:

[twopelu]

Am I a bad bassist for not liking or severly despising 90% of the albums mentioned?

I was thinking exactly the same...

[twopelu]

Im quite sure most of the albums you have said wont teach you the role of the bass in a common band context. Please think again about what we are.

I think some useful ones would be:
RHCP - Californication
U2 - Greatest 80/90
The Cure - Greatest
Yes - The Ladder
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers
Led Zeppelin - Greatest
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak

[gotheadbanger 642]

I was going to say Mudvayne - L.D.50 but I got beaten to it...

[gotheadbanger 642]

Also, Disturbed - The Sickness would probably be another good Bass album. As well as Static-x's Machine and Beneath, Between, Beyond

[Sade]

Why the hell do people mention Metallica for good bass albums? What the bloody hell is wrong with you people?

Metallica was a generic, sub-par thrash metal band of a decade that thought spandex and mullets were cool.

Stop mentioning Metallica. Seriously, just stop.

[PaulR]

Music is Rotted One Note - Squarepusher.

Although its probably not to some peoples tastes.

[Esp Griffyn]

Rusty Cooley - Eponymous

Because its just one of the best instrumental albums ever. Bass player or not, nothing can deny that this is one of the most beautiful things ever created :D

[BassFish]

Sublime - 40oz. To Freedom

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Their self titled is also great.

Sublime - 40oz. To Freedom

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Their self titled is also great.

[national_chaos_jolliffe]

i'd say most of dream theaters stuff!!:)

[d-mart]

Music is Rotted One Note - Squarepusher.

Although its probably not to some peoples tastes.

Finaly someone said his name, i'd say

Squarepusher - Ultravisitor
Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things
The Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium
Dragonforce - Sonic Firestorm(?)
Slipknot - Mate, Feed, Kill, Repeat

Just off the top of my head, the list could be endless tho.

[Ganon]

Why the hell do people mention Metallica for good bass albums?
Although I don't really think any of their other albums were that brilliant for bass, I still think Kill 'Em All should be noted just for Anesthesia.

[The Brad]

Nice choice with the Opeth. A bit of trivia though, Mendez didn't play bass for Orchid or Morningrise, it was actually their first bassist (i forget his name at the moment) who was later fired or something because he "didn't fit in with the band". I thought he was great. But Mendez is great as well.

Johan Defarfalla was his name. Another interesting bit, Mikael played bass on My Arms, Your Hearse after that album it was all Mendez.

[Chris K]

hahahahahaHAHAHAHhahaha....
ahem..

hahahahahahaaaahaaaahahaaaaaa :D

no, terrible bass, some of the most painful ive heard...
Dark side of the moon, theres some quality bass, interaction with drums, tonnes of groove, great use of rests, tastefull fills, excellent tone, great contribution to tonality, all of which missing on Yngwie Malmsteen

Okay, maybe you're too much a bummer to appreciate the bass work on Yngwie albums....I won't go on, I'll just let you get back to biting your pillow.

[Oskanot]

Finaly someone said his name, i'd say

Squarepusher - Ultravisitor
Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things


Haha, yes. He's at his best on Ultravisitor bass wise I reckon.

Ruins - Tzomborgha
Fishbone - The reality of my Surroundings
Menomena - I am the Fun Blame Monster!

And for something a little less serious
Guitar Vader - From Dusk

[Chris K]

Music is Rotted One Note - Squarepusher.

Although its probably not to some peoples tastes.

I've been listening to that album and it's...weird...but very innovative!

[vashts80]

Nice choice with the Opeth. A bit of trivia though, Mendez didn't play bass for Orchid or Morningrise, it was actually their first bassist (i forget his name at the moment) who was later fired or something because he "didn't fit in with the band". I thought he was great. But Mendez is great as well.

I know, I should have clarified..I know Johan was on Orchid and Morningrise, great bassist. By the second part, I meant that the groove on Damnation is astonishing

[Chris K]

The bass playing on Morning Rise is fantastic...Advent especially.

I'll be damned if that isn't the best opeing riff ever!

[vashts80]

I love the sliding part in Advent about 4mins in, that makes me cum every time, heh (not literally)

[Chris K]

I love the sliding part in Advent about 4mins in, that makes me cum every time, heh (not literally)

I felt that the song went downhill a bit after the opeing (but how could anyone follow that riff?). The album has amazing bass parts, it sucks that Opeth fired Johann, he was brilliant.

[Esp Griffyn]

hahahahahaHAHAHAHhahaha....
ahem..

hahahahahahaaaahaaaahahaaaaaa :D

no, terrible bass, some of the most painful ive heard...
Dark side of the moon, theres some quality bass, interaction with drums, tonnes of groove, great use of rests, tastefull fills, excellent tone, great contribution to tonality, all of which missing on Yngwie Malmsteen

Please, continue to embaress yourself further, its actually quite amusing.

[MasterofBass]

Johan Defarfalla was his name. Another interesting bit, Mikael played bass on My Arms, Your Hearse after that album it was all Mendez.

yeah, the metal archives were down when I made my post, so I couldn't find his name at the time. And yea, something about Mikael not being confident with Martin Mendez or something, so he did it on My Arms, Your Hearse.

I know, I should have clarified..I know Johan was on Orchid and Morningrise, great bassist. By the second part, I meant that the groove on Damnation is astonishing

gotcha, yeah. Johan I think was a great bassist and really kicked ***. The slap line at the end of Nectar is so freakin great.

The groove on Damnation is great too, Mendez is great as well. His work on the new Ghost Reveries album I think is his best to date :thumb:

but still good choice putting Opeth in, as they're my favorite band.

[matthallo]

Anything by the beatles. Paul McCartney is SO underrated. He kept the rythmical purpose of the bass, but still have it some melody. Genious.