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| Albums that perfectly click with you (read desc)
I'm not talking about albums that you find to be perfect from a purely musical standpoint. We all have our 5s in that regard. I'm talking albums that, just, resonated with something fundamental within you. Wherein everything about the album, from the music to the lyrics to the production, feel like they are tailor made to you, your taste, your life, and your very being. Go off in the comments pls. | | 1 |  | The Receiving End of Sirens
Between the Heart and the Synapse
Scornfyre - Probably the uncontested pinnacle of lyrical work in my book. The words of every track, just, do something immense for me that I cannot exactly put into words. My favorite type of lyrics are those wherein I can pull my own interpretation and make them my own, and Casey's inhuman se of figurative language on every song allow me to do so to an unparalled level. And it hits home hard. The music itself also feels tailor made to the pinnacle of the exact type of post hardcore (probably my most listened to genre) I love. Clean, melodic, yet still punchy vocals, with heavy hitting, somewhat complex instrumentals. All with unqiue flavor and production. I first listened to this album relatively recently at a very tumultuous, nauseating, and confusing time in my life. And it, just, clicked for me and helped me feel not so alone. | | 2 |  | Lykathea Aflame
Elvenefris
Effigy - I feel like when Lykathea Aflame made Elvenefris, they made a personal death metal album for me. | | 3 |  | The Congos
Heart of the Congos
rabidfish - My love for reggae started with the experience of heart of the Congos. It really made me feel it all in a deep spiritual level. I found my musical soul there. | | 4 |  | Bjork
Vespertine
mkmusic1995 - Recently when I listened to Vespertine by Bjork, I couldn't help but feel so emotionally moved by every aspect of the record to the point where a couple of the songs made me tear up. I also feel extremely attached to All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us by Architects. The discussion on mortality, depression and overall anger with the world resonated extremely hard with me at the time when all those struggles were apparent in my life. Then following the death of Tom Searle, the sting felt even more poignant and since, listening to it is painful but incredibly rewarding and cathartic. Finally, The Nothing by Korn was released around the time that my grandfather passed away and the overall themes of loss and sadness really punched me good, with songs like This Loss and The Darkness Is Revealing really tugging on my heartstrings. It offered me solace in that difficult time and became my go to to dwell in my feelings. | | 5 |  | Pig Destroyer
Prowler in the Yard
anode - May seem odd but Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard.
I don’t really have any connection with the concept of abandonment and self harm but I find the sentiments expressed throughout to click with me directly. I feel the album is really just about internal struggle and the girl who he feels abandoned by and the masochism is just an outlet for that. It also doesn’t hurt that each of the individual performances of the three members are my favorite of any musician in any band ever
“Androgynous we are, ancient statues deformed in desert winds” - Mapplethorpe Grey
I can’t really sum up my feelings on my place in modern society any better than these convoluted and ambiguous lines. It feels that technology, entertainment, and societal norms have completely stripped us of anything noble or worthwhile.
“The other day I masturbated to pictures of you at your birthday party, they were the only ones I still had, it felt so wrong, just like my life” - Starbelly
I don’t think anything expre | | 6 |  | Des Ark
Don't Rock the Boat, Sink the Fucker
MoM | | 7 |  | Anathema
Judgement
pollastrerostit - Anathema's Judgement fucking destroyed me when I first discovered that album | | 8 |  | Nine Inch Nails
The Downward Spiral
goblinilbog - The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails. Both sonically (the industrial, electronic, ambient, experimental elements) and lyrically/emotionally (depression, nihilism, self consciousness, lack of purpose, anger) all go together perfectly in my opinion. | | 9 |  | Jeff Rosenstock
WORRY.
TRMShadow - Don't have a single album, but basically all of Jeff Rosenstock (particularly his solo/post-BtMI! stuff). It's the energy of pop-punk but not held back by the genre staple hooks/riffs/etc. Also, I hear it described as "Aging millennial-core" and that hits the nail on the head. | | 10 |  | Pink Floyd
The Dark Side of the Moon
evilford - This entire album is a musical masterpiece. But beyond that, the themes contained herein almost all resonate with me on a monumental level. The struggles of mental illness, the banality of everyday work life, the inherent greed built into capitalism, the frightening persistence of the passage of time, the futility of war...all of these themes are things that either shaped my psyche or already aligned with my existing thoughts. My favorite album is probably everything is fire, but if there is one album that encapsulates everything I hold to be true and kicks musical ass at the same time, it's tdsotm. | | 11 |  | The Killers
Pressure Machine
AeniasGaming - It really resonated with my own personal journey with - and subsequent losing of - my faith | | 12 |  | Frightened Rabbit
The Midnight Organ Fight
BigTuna - It put words to so much of what I was feeling when I first heard it. Felt like a revelation. | | 13 |  | Green Day
Dookie
JKing92 - While American Idiot was the first album I ever bought with my own money in late 2004 -- prior to that, the first two artists I was ever into were Jewel (who was a favorite of my mom) and Smash Mouth (my parents bought me Astro Lounge for my seventh birthday, which was the first CD I ever specifically owned for myself) -- it's really Dookie that's managed to stay with me over the years. It's one of those albums that has always been perfect for all moods -- when I want to have fun, cheer up, let some anger out, etc. There's something very comforting about it: in middle and high school, it always seemed to be a "fall back" album of mine, whether I was playing Saints Row on the 360 all night (to quite a bit of chagrin on my parents' parts), going to get my braces tightened, the amusement park, or getting driven to drivers' ed, during that period of my life there was something about it that seemed to connect more with me than a lot of other albums. | | 14 | | Green Day
Dookie
It may not be my favorite album of all time (it's not even my favorite album of the '90s, actually), but it remains a terrific listen that connects me back to the time when I was a zit-covered, misunderstood teenager. American Idiot may have been a great introduction to the band for me, but Dookie has hung around even more effectively. | |
Scornfyre
11.09.22 | Funnily enough despite all this ass kissing, it isn't even my favorite album of all time. | Scornfyre
11.09.22 | Going to sleep rn. I better wake up to a long ass thread of stuff. | Effigy
11.09.22 | I feel like when Lykathea Aflame made Elvenefris, they made a personal death metal album for me. | rabidfish
11.09.22 | My love for reggae started with the experience of heart of the Congos. It really made me feel it all in a deep spiritual level. I found my musical soul there. | mkmusic1995
11.09.22 | Recently when I listened to Vespertine by Bjork, I couldn't help but feel so emotionally moved by every aspect of the record to the point where a couple of the songs made me tear up. I also feel extremely attached to All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us by Architects. The discussion on mortality, depression and overall anger with the world resonated extremely hard with me at the time when all those struggles were apparent in my life. Then following the death of Tom Searle, the sting felt even more poignant and since, listening to it is painful but incredibly rewarding and cathartic. Finally, The Nothing by Korn was released around the time that my grandfather passed away and the overall themes of loss and sadness really punched me good, with songs like This Loss and The Darkness Is Revealing really tugging on my heartstrings. It offered me solace in that difficult time and became my go to to dwell in my feelings. | anode
11.09.22 | May seem odd but Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard.
I don’t really have any connection with the concept of abandonment and self harm but I find the sentiments expressed throughout to click with me directly. I feel the album is really just about internal struggle and the girl who he feels abandoned by and the masochism is just an outlet for that. It also doesn’t hurt that each of the individual performances of the three members are my favorite of any musician in any band ever
“Androgynous we are, ancient statues deformed in desert winds” - Mapplethorpe Grey
I can’t really sum up my feelings on my place in modern society any better than these convoluted and ambiguous lines. It feels that technology, entertainment, and societal norms have completely stripped us of anything noble or worthwhile.
“The other day I masturbated to pictures of you at your birthday party, they were the only ones I still had, it felt so wrong, just like my life” - Starbelly
I don’t think anything expresses the plight of man as well as these lines. As absurd as that might sound
“Mother I’ve been raped in the shadow of a watchtower” - Strangled With a Halo
Yeah….fuck the world | MoM
11.09.22 | Des Ark - Don’t Rock the Boat, Sink the Fucker | pollastrerostit
11.09.22 | Anathema's Judgement fucking destroyed me when I first discovered that album | goblinilbog
11.09.22 | The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails. Both sonically (the industrial, electronic, ambient, experimental elements) and lyrically/emotionally (depression, nihilism, self consciousness, lack of purpose, anger) all go together perfectly in my opinion. | Scornfyre
11.09.22 | Updated! :) | zakalwe
11.09.22 | Nice one rabid | YoYoMancuso
11.09.22 | michael jackson - thriller
hee hee | Ecnalzen
11.10.22 | Never change Yoyo
Now I'm curious what the 5iest of my 5s is/are | TRMshadow
11.10.22 | Don't have a single album, but basically all of Jeff Rosenstock (particularly his solo/post-BtMI! stuff). It's the energy of pop-punk but not held back by the genre staple hooks/riffs/etc. Also, I hear it described as "Aging millennial-core" and that hits the nail on the head. | MoM
11.10.22 | Ayyyy Big ups for Des Ark!!! I love that album so much | evilford
11.10.22 | Pink floyd - the dark side of the moon
This entire album is a musical masterpiece. But beyond that, the themes contained herein almost all resonate with me on a monumental level. The struggles of mental illness, the banality of everyday work life, the inherent greed built into capitalism, the frightening persistence of the passage of time, the futility of war...all of these themes are things that either shaped my psyche or already aligned with my existing thoughts. My favorite album is probably everything is fire, but if there is one album that encapsulates everything I hold to be true and kicks musical ass at the same time, it's tdsotm. | evilford
11.10.22 | Also, based effigy | evilford
11.10.22 | I also have the dsotm refracting prism tattooed on my wrist | Effigy
11.10.22 | Yeah lyrics completely go over my head so this is purely in terms of music. | AeniasGaming
11.10.22 | The Killers - Pressure Machine. It really resonated with my own personal journey with - and subsequent losing of - my faith | BigTuna
11.10.22 | Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
It put words to so much of what I was feeling when I first heard it. Felt like a revelation. | JKing92
11.11.22 | Green Day's Dookie is definitely one (of quite a few, admittedly) that comes to mind, for me.
While American Idiot was the first album I ever bought with my own money in late 2004 -- prior to that, the first two artists I was ever into were Jewel (who was a favorite of my mom) and Smash Mouth (my parents bought me Astro Lounge for my seventh birthday, which was the first CD I ever specifically owned for myself) -- it's really Dookie that's managed to stay with me over the years. It's one of those albums that has always been perfect for all moods -- when I want to have fun, cheer up, let some anger out, etc. There's something very comforting about it: in middle and high school, it always seemed to be a "fall back" album of mine, whether I was playing Saints Row on the 360 all night (to quite a bit of chagrin on my parents' parts), going to get my braces tightened, the amusement park, or getting driven to drivers' ed, during that period of my life there was something about it that seemed to connect more with me than a lot of other albums.
It may not be my favorite album of all time (it's not even my favorite album of the '90s, actually), but it remains a terrific listen that connects me back to the time when I was a zit-covered, misunderstood teenager. American Idiot may have been a great introduction to the band for me, but Dookie has hung around even more effectively. | unclereich
11.11.22 | this was a great list idea | Scornfyre
11.11.22 | Thanks!
Updated btw | Scornfyre
11.23.22 | Bruh Judgement is in this list too? How tf did I not end up trying it from either list... | pollastrerostit
11.24.22 | Album is sooo good man, beginning to end no skipper emotional destruction :) so beautiful everywhere | anat
11.24.22 | same as bigtuna for the same reasons | zakalwe
11.24.22 | There’s a few.
Recently, Elbow - Flying Dream 1.
Once it clicked it made me glad to be alive and realised how lucky and happy I am with my lot.
No other album in existence has ever made me feel that.
| pollastrerostit
11.24.22 | @Scorn btw do check out a natural disaster, a fine day to exit, alternative 4 (even we're here) by anathema, they are not at Judgment level but beautiful albums as well from their mid-era gothic doom rock whatever style | Scornfyre
11.24.22 | Pollas I'm going through their entire discography rn. | pollastrerostit
11.24.22 | Well done. Some early stuff is excellent too although very different, silent enigma and eternity especially. personally not a fan at all of the newest stuff post WHBWH but worth a shot i guess | protokute
11.24.22 | The Millennium - Begin
It's creative, genuine, good-spirited and just has everything that I look for in music, and touches me the most. | Scornfyre
11.25.22 | Pollas really? I loved Weather Systems. It's my favorite so far. | Scornfyre
11.25.22 | Though A Natural Disaster is definitely threatening that as we speak | pollastrerostit
11.25.22 | Yeah IDK, Untouchable 1 is undeniably good but the rest very meh, just didn't click for me
A natural disaster is probably their second best, all songs are such good quality. And the audacity of throwing "Pulled under" right in the middle of such mellow songs is a stroke of genius | pollastrerostit
11.25.22 | And probably pizzamachine will win your challenge in the other post because god you're gonna love Katatonia's TGCD if you're into this | Scornfyre
11.25.22 | I actually already started TGCD a few days ago and got sidetracked for some reason lmao | Scornfyre
11.25.22 | I remember now. It was cause the vocals sound like Tool on the first song, and I'm not exactly the biggest fan of that vocal style. |
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