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| If You Want To Get Into These Bands, Try...
The best album for getting into each band (not necessarily the best album BY the band, however). | | 1 |  | AC/DC
Highway To Hell
Bon Scott's performance alone makes this the reason I got into AC/DC. Back In Black is slightly harder to listen to (probably thanks to the vocals), so this is the one I would recommend for anyone who wants to get into AC/DC. | | 2 |  | Radiohead
Hail To The Thief
Yes, I'm serious. This isn't as weird as albums like Kid A, but not as typical as The Bends. If the opener, 2+2=5 doesn't get you addicted to Radiohead (at least after the 3rd listen) then few songs will. If this doesn't work for you, try OK Computer. | | 3 | | Nine Inch Nails
Broken
Not too long, unlike certain later NIN albums, and balances somewhere between Industrial and Rock. It may be off-putting because it's so heavy and in-your-face, but after a couple of listens, I can't see how anyone could not want to buy another NIN album. | | 4 | | Nirvana
Nirvana (Greatest Hits)
Before anyone says it's cheating to put a greatest hits album on here, I'll explain why I did. Would anyone here really put In Utero or Bleach on this list? Unplugged is too mellow for an introduction for a band like this, and Nevermind is too simple and commercial, which will put many people off. This album therefore has to be my choice for this list. | | 5 |  | Alice In Chains
Facelift
Just as listenable as Dirt (perhaps even more so), several songs are absolute classics, and the whole album is an excellent one. It's a good introduction, whether or not it's AICs best release. | | 6 |  | A Perfect Circle
Thirteenth Step
Beautiful. Just beautiful. The album is difficult to switch off at any point, even The Nurse Who Loved Me has some people who really like it. I've never met anyone who doesn't like this album, and it's a great starting point for a band who have an unfortunately small catalogue of songs. | | 7 | | Metallica
The Black Album
Not too harsh sounding, for those who don't like thrash metal that much. The production is spot on compared to the previous albums, and the songwriting is much better than on the later ones. | | 8 |  | Jay-Z
The Black Album
Yes, this was a little bit of a joke inclusion. But it is my recommendation for new Jay-Z fans- More listenable than earlier work, without being too commercial either. His lyricism is top-notch, and it's a great buy for all hip-hop fans. | | 9 |  | Nas
Illmatic
The lack of bad tracks makes this album the essential Nas album. Few people need this recommendation, but just in case someone needs a starting point, here it is. | | 10 |  | John Frusciante
Shadows Collide With People
Experimental and easy listening at the same time, I believe that Frusciante has created his best work here, and that includes work he has done with other bands. A really spectacular CD, nearly every moment is a highlight! | |
Spamue1G
08.09.08 | Not all of the links to albums work. You may have to search them up on your own, unfortunately. Metallica's The Black Album is also known as Metallica, for those who need to know. (probably very few) | badtaste
08.09.08 | Solid enough list. | Mendigo
08.09.08 | well, I somehow disagree with 7, at least I didn't want to get any more Metallica albums because it was really disappointing. I'd put Master of Puppets here instead, which is THE essential Metallica album imo.
and with Radiohead it's more or less impossible to say which is the best to start, cause they constantly changed their style. just because you like one of their albums, doesn't mean you'd like the others as well and the other way round.
same for Nine Inch Nails. | McP3000
08.09.08 | I agree with 1
2 is completely and utterly wrong. The best albums to get into radiohead is The Bends if you're used to more generic alternative, In Rainbows for its short aesthetic approach, or OK Computer if you want to jump straight to the top.
3 sucks
4: i hate greatest hits
7 is incomprehensibly correct if and only if you are new to metal in general. If not, jump straight to the classics.
8 sucks
10 i completely agree | ninjuice
08.09.08 | 8 is his best work, save for maybe Reasonable Doubt. wtf "joke inclusion?" | Spamue1G
08.10.08 | It came right after Metallica's The Black Album in the list, I know it's not funny, just a little thing I thought of. As for 3 sucking, do you like any NIN? Cos it's difficult to judge if you don't any of their work, really. I was thinking about The Bends, but that was actually my 2nd last Radiohead CD, last was Pablo Honey. I actually got In Rainbows 1st, but I barely listened to it before I got Hail To The Theif, and I was hooked. | Chewie
08.15.08 | 3, seriously? its their most abstract and weird release. With Teeth or Year Zero, | Spamue1G
08.16.08 | You ever heard TDS or The Fragile? It's nothing near their most abstract and weird release! But I was thinking of changing it to With Teeth. Maybe you were thinking of Fixed, Broken's remix album? That would explain it. |
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