Shaping My Attitudes (rudy!)
Here are albums dating from my Freshmen year of High School to my present attendance at my university (3rd year). |
| 1 |  | Nirvana
In Utero
There are a number of grunge essentials I can put down here, but In Utero remains to be my closest and most attached album when I started the journey back into Seattle at the age of 14. Not only was In Utero edgy, raw, and revealing, it showed both the energetic punk motions of the band in "Very Ape", the metal influence in "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle", and the vulnerable "All Apologies" on one album. I may not rate this as high as I once did, but it still remains to be one of my favorite grunge albums to date. |
| 2 |  | Porcupine Tree
In Absentia
Back when progressive was a obscure and unknown term to me, Tool was able to bring me the relative accessibility within the genre for me, but Porcupine Tree showed an entirely different side I didn't know existed. |
| 3 |  | Aphex Twin
Richard D. James Album
The genre that I'm heavily involved in now isn't as rotated as it once was in my teens, but it still holds the immense influence on my entire library of electronic and idm music. |
| 4 |  | The Prodigy
The Fat of the Land
Can their be a more accessible dance/electronica album to date? I myself think not, considering it was heard internationally and used in many films, most notably Charlie's Angels. Pure energetic fervor was exactly what I wanted and its what I got from this album, opening up to a more wide variety of music. |
| 5 |  | Moby
Play
I remember getting this at Barnes and Noble when I was 13, for the sole reason of the album holding "Porcelain", the track from The Beach. Damn was I not disappointed. A more stripped down version of electronic (in most cases), Moby's Play remains his best work and still affects my direction in music listening today. |
| 6 |  | Mos Def
Black On Both Sides
While it still doesn't hold the lasting impact it once did when I was younger, it still brought my into albums like Reflection Eternal, Black Star, and Illmatic right after listening to it. Can there be any greater contribution? |
| 7 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
F# A# ?
No, its not a cop out. For one this was the first post-rock album to be recommended to me from fellow music lovers on a private torrent site. Was I disappointed? No. Was I shocked? Yes Did I love it? Absolutely. |
| 8 |  | Massive Attack
Mezzanine
I can't think of any album in this entire genre of Trip-Hop that had more influence back in the waning years of my high school. Mixing past time trip-hop influences from Protection and Blue Lines while using the immensely effective and pure emotion of electronic (guitar most often), Mezzanine remains to be my favorite trip-hop release of all-time. |
| 9 |  | Kyuss
Blues For The Red Sun
There really is no comprehension to this sensational debut. All though I'm not nearly entrenched within Stoner Rock, it still seems outside of a few bands quite shallow. Not saying the genre itself is limited, but the number of bands that show any drive and heaviness of Kyuss are all almost gone. Its sad really as I always crave for some Stoner Rock. |
| 10 |  | M83
Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts
Shoegaze was an exceptionally hard term for me to understand or even describe, but the sheer shivers some of these samples and grand compositions gave were amazing. It eventually lead me to an entirely unknown genre, to bands like Slowdive and My Bloody Valentine. |
| 11 |  | Nine Inch Nails
The Downward Spiral
If anything Reznor has taught me is letting out your emotions and sorrow is right. Don't bottle it up, let it the fuck out. Show your frustrations and fears. That's is exactly what Reznor did, he poured out his heart and soul on this. I bought this on eBay for $14 when I was 13. "Mr. Self Destruct" was only a vast amount of nothingness, months later I realized the pure genius and angst Reznor implored in The Downward Spiral. The sheer disgust, fear, and pleasure that ever person has. |
| 12 |  | Radiohead
OK Computer
I first disregarded Radiohead when my brother first lend me the album of the decade, explaining I disliked the vocals more then anything else. I soon realized on repeated listens the emotion and passion Yorke and his bandmates constructed in every piece and every line they put down on this album. Radiohead seem to be an anomaly, there isn't anything like them, yet they've been extremely popular. |
| 13 |  | Bad Brains
Rock For Light
The album that was recommended for me when I asked about hardcore punk. Exploring deeper and deeper I watched American Hardcore the documentary. The rest as they say is history. Leading me to Minor Threat, Bad Religion, and Dag Nasty. |
| 14 |  | Streetlight Manifesto
Everything Goes Numb
I disliked Sublime, I love Streetlight Manifesto. This will bring me some new albums to explore. |
| 15 |  | Joy Division
Closer
After only listening to this for a few months I've come to the conclusion that Closer is the equivalent of Reznor's The Downward Spiral, only a decade before. Post-Punk was something I've never heard or cared for, but after a 5 listens of this it was an immediate classic for me. |
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