Trifolium
10.14.19 | Let's goooooooo! What are your GOAT albums!? Super curiousss! |
Trifolium
10.14.19 | Come on share them with ussss! |
budgie
10.14.19 | HAMMOCK - DEPARTURE SONGS
ambient/post rock
if the purpose of music is to evoke a magical soundscape hammock is the reigning champion. this album makes me feel like i'm walking under an overcast sky in a verdant field somewhere in france |
Trifolium
10.14.19 | Added! I should have known this was going to happen haha. |
budgie
10.14.19 | one day trifolium maybe your decrepit husk will grow a beautiful spirit and hammock will make sense to you
until then..! |
Kompys2000
10.14.19 | Good Ghost Bill- Holler.
Spoken word/folktronica
A stunningly gorgeous and emotional odyssey written and performed by an award-winning slam poet. The focus is largely on his words, but the musical component totally succeeds too- a seamless combination of gritty acoustic guitars, buzzing analog synths and warm, nostalgic sample-based ambience. |
StarlessCore
10.14.19 | Fbg dutchie - dutcho |
Trifolium
10.14.19 | Do you also have a description for this applicably named album SCore? |
Trifolium
10.14.19 | Budgie that might happen, maybe in a few years. Until then... |
StarlessCore
10.14.19 | Description: the tape that makes everything you thought you knew about modern rap irrelevant |
DDDeftoneDDD
10.14.19 | Too tough of a question for me to answer x( |
Trifolium
10.14.19 | It is but that's part of the fun!!!! Which album would you regret the least if it meant others not being here?
That's a good description SC, nice and short. |
Lucman
10.14.19 | The Wrens: The Meadowlands
In the relatively short time I've been a music lover I don't believe I have ever heard a record that has moved me as profoundly as the Meadowlands has. What began as a promising but somewhat unassuming listening experience soon became the richest, most enthralling, and emotionally gripping album I have ever heard. And it's still growing.... |
Lucman
10.14.19 | Awesome list idea too, Trif! Funnily enough, I just revisited my pick yesterday. Only cemented it as my GOAT album. |
Avagantamos
10.14.19 | Autechre - Draft 7.30
IDM/glitch hop
the soundtrack to taking ayahuasca and climbing aboard the advanced alien spacecraft that crashed in the nearby field, only to find the aliens are still there and they capture you for their strange experiments |
StarlessCore
10.14.19 | Genre: trap rap/drill |
Sinternet
10.14.19 | Regina Spektor - Soviet Kitsch
Chamber Pop/Piano
The score to the best Broadway musical never performed. Regina's vocals glide effortlessly from angelic to sultry, from feisty to bittersweet. Every lyric has meaning and every note has purpose, telling stories that are exciting yet down to earth, yet always filled with intricacies that reveal themselves to the animated listener. The depth of both sound and subject matter, and emotional dichotomy, render it worth every second of its runtime.
Also yeah nice list |
SlothcoreSam
10.14.19 | The Peep Tempel- Tales
Genre: Garage punk/post punk
So this album, that you might not of heard, but need to check, is one of my all time classics. It has outstanding story telling, with songs written with a unique 80s Aussie twang, for example the you-beaut hit Carol.
"And I dont think Trevor is good for you
I dont want to be a fucking Christmas ham
I just want you to love me like I love you, Carol."
Imagine those lyrics sung with an accent and passion you would have heard from Mick Dundee "thats not a knife", but with punky at times post punk music belting your earholes. The songs themselves are all catchy as fuck, and will stick in your noggan for years to come. The album was released in 2014, and is in line to be my number 1 album of the decade.
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Pikazilla
10.14.19 | I can't decide which one is my number 1. Great list, man! |
Uzumaki
10.15.19 | Dir En Grey - Uroboros
Genre: Progressive Metal
Description: Melding disparate tones, moods and textures into a 70+ minute monolith of an album, Dir En Grey’s effort here manages to evoke different emotional responses from me every single time I listen to it, and yet provides an emotional sense of catharsis to me after every single time I finish it. A stunning achievement in every sense of the word. |
rabidfish
10.15.19 | the stooges - funhouse
genre: punk; blues
1,000 years from now this still gun be as raunchy, raw and ground-breaking as it was 50 years ago. The stars of the show are Ron's guitar solos and Scott's drumming, which are the best on any rock and roll record EVER. Yes, ever, don't @ me. |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | Updating in process...
Thanks guys! Keep them coming! |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | Sam, your summary was too long so I've cut it off at 60 words. If you want to change it, let me know! |
luci
10.15.19 | DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues
Genre: Deep House
Gorgeous melancholy to cocoon yourself in. Simmering with rage at injustice but ultimately serving as an analgesic, this is house music for persisting in an unforgiving world. A masterclass in what makes the genre so great. |
Casavir
10.15.19 | Secrecy - Art in Motion
Genre: Progressive Metal
A uniquely uplifting and compelling entry in this genre by a band that time has shown to be criminally overlooked. |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | Thanks, added! Some very cool ones and many which I've never heard before.
Pika, just pick one and share! |
Scheumke
10.15.19 | MONO - Hymn to the Immortal Wind
Genre: Post-Rock
A true emotional journey from start to finish.
Could also have gone with the soundtrack from either Princess Mononoke or LOTR, but I guess OST's don't really count. |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | Good one Scheumke! LotR and Mononoke are both great too! No porblem with having an OST on the list.
Do you stick with MONO or would you like to change? |
budgie
10.15.19 | he should get that checked out |
Scheumke
10.15.19 | Nah I'll stick with it. Might indeed check it out again budgie ;) |
PunchforPunch
10.15.19 | I don't have a no 1 so I'll just pick one of my 5s and it's not an album
Unknown Error - The Yearning / Midnight Special
A modern dnb 12" classic with back to back gorgeous rollers. Both tracks are masterfully crafted; 'The Yearning' is just hauntingly beautiful in its delivery, while 'Midnight Special', although just as morose, is a more uplifting offering thanks to the rolling bassline and shimmering synths which gel perfectly to create a picture-perfect liquid roller of the highest order. |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | Haha budgie.
Nice one PunchforPunch, I'll check that, could do with some new dnb. |
YakNips
10.15.19 | the brave little abacus - just got back from the discomfort
emo
the spirit of juvenescence poured into intricate compositions that are both raw and ambitious. the energy constantly flowing from the music is both intimate and extroverted, with new layers to be uncovered both sonically and lyrically with each listen. |
CalculatingInfinity
10.15.19 | Is this throwing random favs into a melting pot for you to check out or allocating users an album to listen to I'm confused. |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | It's just a collection of ''our favourites'', with a short description. Nothing more, nothing less.
I thought genre tags would be useful for people to easily see what they could try. |
qwenta
10.15.19 | I can't choose a GOAT but this is one of my favorite albums and it's very unkown:
Echolyn - Mei
Progressive Rock
One perfect song for a perfect album. This is most certainly a piece that takes a few listens to to really appreciate and get into but it's worth. There seems to be a general anger and malaise permeating throughout the album, creating a dark and moody musical journey. The only drawback is the short duration of the song but it's not a bad thing perse, 49 minutes are enough to make this album one the best i've listened to. Progrock can't be better than this.
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CalculatingInfinity
10.15.19 | Ah alright, might as well throw one into the pot.
David Sylvian - Manafon
Free Improvisation/Reductionism/Singer-Songwriter
Sometimes it's a singular sound which can resonate most, rather than a meticulous composition. Manafon provides an achingly beautiful atmosphere, provided by rich baritone and vibrant variety of sounds; yet its rather formless musical structure and unexpected unsettling moments result in an undercurrent of haunting dread throughout. Even one pluck of a guitar string can resonate deeply due to the perfectly clear and sharp production, complimenting the minimalist style the album. When alone, particularly among nature or in the dark, it's an gratifying experience no other album has given me. |
fogza
10.15.19 | Elliott Smith - Either / Or - Indie Pop, Indie Folk
Compromise. Unfairness. Resignation. The difficulty in maintaining friendships and love. The dangers of crutches and patterns. Melody in every shift. Detached but aching in every line. It sounds like you’re there, in that room, listening and grieving for how things are. It’s so impossibly light and grave, so indecisive. It’s so small and beautiful. It’s all here. |
Beardog
10.15.19 | Favourite album is a hard one... I'd guess it would be Dream Theater's Metropolis Pt. 2.
Not because it's necessarily the best album ever, but it just means a lot to me. Dream Theater is one of my favourite bands and that record just does everything right. It has emotion, great songwriting and technical moments that actually feel justified. |
dedex
10.15.19 | Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Oh you know why. |
peekatoad
10.15.19 | Damn FBG Dutchie is excellent |
DDDeftoneDDD
10.15.19 | Mastodon - Blood Mountain
A prolific mindbending experience. A prog metal essential.
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Trifolium
10.15.19 | We're in progressive country here! Some great additions.
Keep them coming! |
JohnnyoftheWell
10.15.19 | Shiina Ringo - Shouso Strip
Sounds like someone taking the blueprint for the ideal pop album and setting it on fire. Shouso Strip rocks like an avalanche, with some of the loudest guitars you'll hear in any genre overscoring innovative writing, incredible melodies and a vocal performance to die for. The perfection of its sequencing is practically icing on the cake. |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | Is the tag accurate like this? Went with the Sput ones... |
JohnnyoftheWell
10.15.19 | Oh whoops sorry, forgot to tag - rock / pop should do it!
Glad to see 1 all the way up top ;] |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | Always semi-trust Sput tags it seems.
Haha, yeah, 1 is 1. |
DopeFiend
10.15.19 | Amia Venera Landscape - The Long Procession
prog metal/post hardcore/post metal |
Willie
10.15.19 | The God Machine - Scenes From The Second Storey
Imagine if Janes Addiction and Daylight Dies had a baby, it would be The God Machine. They mix bass guitar driven alternative similar to Janes Addiction with streamlined doom similar to Daylight Dies, but with a vibe more in line with the darker side of Alice in Chains. A hidden nineties gem. |
Demon of the Fall
10.15.19 | 5/5 with the least no. of votes makes sense, it was a close(ish) call, but the 'winner' is...
Persefone - Core
A Jaw-dropping concept album of epic proportions, this journey through Greek mythology combines all the most satisfying elements of prog, black and death metal. Bringing together both light and darkness and excelling at these contrasts - it is melodic, yet noticeably heavy, the beautiful symphonic elements are often blown away by devastating riffs. There a vicious BM-style screams and also delicate female cleans. There is impressive technicality on show, yet enough restraint to prevent any potentially jarring transitions. The atmosphere is consistent and engrossing, something which is so exceedingly rare within the genre.
Is this hyperbolic, probably? So let's try a different angle, these guys are from Andorra, I mean how many cool points do you get for digging a metal band from one of the smallest countries on the planet?
P.S. Apologies in advance to MarsKid, Kusangii, or anyone else I've potentially beaten to this one. |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | Good ones!
Demon, I've shortened your summary a little to make it fit within the 60 words limit. Alright like this? |
Demon of the Fall
10.15.19 | Ah right, sorry I got carried away. Whoops.
Yeah that's fine I guess. |
Demon of the Fall
10.15.19 | Also, if anyone listens to it I recommend the original version, not the remaster. |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | Noted! I've added it to my ever-growing to-listen-to list. |
cold
10.15.19 | mewithoutYou- Catch For Us The Foxes
An album that changed my life forever. A vastly dark record with metaphors and imagery of self-doubt, self-deprecation, struggles with faith, and the fine lines of being morally sound and the the spiritual guidance it invokes. From the heart-wrenching powerhouse of the instrumentation to the abstract pictures that Aaron Weiss paints with only his words, this is album I’ll forever recommend to anyone, no matter what your musical niche is. |
cold
10.15.19 | Side note, if there were ever any “runner up” albums, I would include:
Silverchair- Neon Ballroom
Circa Survive- Juturna
Turnover- Peripheral Vision
Circle Takes The Square- As The Roots Undo
Have A Nice Life- Deathconsciousness
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MELONADE13
10.15.19 | I'm sorry |
AnimalsAsSummit
10.15.19 | nookie - beyond blue
If the music grooves and has slick style, I can jump to what its putting down, almost always. Beyond Blue by Nookie is an album I can turn on to in any mood, and it will make me smile. And its a beautiful, oceanic listening experience. That's really all I ever want from music. Something genuine and full of life, and this has it! |
theBoneyKing
10.15.19 | Ok this isn't my acutal current number 1 of all time, which goes to The National's High Violet, but since pretty much everyone here has heard that album I'll go for a strong contender for my second or third favorite (and which has held the number 1 spot at some point in history):
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (alt-country/Americana)
An absolute masterpiece of American roots music. Lucinda Williams seamlessly blends country, folk, rock, and a bit of blues to create a beautiful paean to love and home and desire. The stories she tells convey real emotion, and you can tell she is feeling every moment, from the palpable longing of "Right In Time" to the gorgeous escapist journey of "Jackson". Even if you're not from the South, this album can make you feel like you've lived there forever. It's that powerful. |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | Some very cool recs here I think! Looking good! |
mindleviticus
10.15.19 | The Orb - Orbus Terrarum |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | Do you prefer that one over 21, suicoon? I can change it for you? Or did you just rec it in general?
NICE The Orb is goood. |
mindleviticus
10.15.19 | Oh shit I have to write something about:
An album that is so detailed that every listen is like exploring a new territory. I could listen to this forever and never get tired of its strangeness and spacious sound and still find something new. It's not very danceable music like their previous albums but it is a work of art in how every track creates its own world both beyond and grounded in reality. |
MrCoffee
10.15.19 | The Men - Open Your Heart
No record has summed up the last 35 years of guitar based indie rock like this one. |
BigHans
10.15.19 | Appetite for Destruction is absolutely the greatest album ever made. |
StarlessCore
10.15.19 | Actually it's freaking garbage and slash is a huge loser |
tectactoe
10.15.19 | Cliche pick maybe but i'll go American Football's self-titled album from 1999.
Midwest emo
Might not be my absolute favorite album every single day of the week (though I'm not sure I could truly name just one that I cherish over all others), but I found it at precisely the right time in my life and it's been with me ever since. |
ArsMoriendi
10.15.19 | The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money
Genre: psychedelic rock/experimental
As a satire of the 1960s, this album criticizes hippies, their parents, the cops, and the government in their approach to a changing American culture. Styles such as psychedelic rock and musique concrète are prevalent, comical, colorful, and occasionally dark in theme. Make sure you don't listen to the 1980s remaster, it's terrible in comparison to most other masterings. |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | Cool! Adding these in a sec. |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | Done, done and done!
Thanks for the feat too ❤ |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | It's certainly a unique pick! |
Drifter
10.15.19 | Green Day - 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
Genre: Pop Punk
While the typical pick for the best Green Day album belongs to nearly anything between Dookie and American Idiot, it is their 1990 debut + their first two EPs that gets the title from me. There is no other album I know of that I can relate to harder than this for the tales of love and having to deal with growing up and all that comes with it. In addition to the lyrics, I think the guitar tone and the musical and vocal melodies are the best ever made. Easily my favorite album of all time. |
Source
10.15.19 | i did it all for the nookie |
butt.
10.15.19 | since most of my 5.0's are well known, I'll do the one that isn't.
From Indian Lakes - Able Bodies
A cohesive collection of songs that teleport me to the middle of the Michigan wilderness while evoking a wide array of emotions through an organic brand of indie rock, complemented with the occasional post hardcore riff or shouted vocals. |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | How so few words can be such a riddle Source. Incredible.
Should I put Limp Bizkit here for you? |
Trifolium
10.15.19 | ''I'm going to review it next.''
Curious for it man! |
AnimalsAsSummit
10.16.19 | I think Source is talking about the Nookie record i put on here :) |
naughtcturnal
10.16.19 | FIXED******
Was almost gonna go with Big Black - Songs About Fucking but nahhhh.. It's gotta be Opeth - My Arms Your Hearse
Extreme Prog Metal with touches of folk?
This album right here has been on my top 5 for the past 12 years or so. Ever since the first time I heard it, I have yet to find a metal album that evokes as much emotion and beauty as this one. From the melancholic acoustic passages to it's aggressive peaks, everything about this sounds perfect. |
naughtcturnal
10.16.19 | Shit that might be too long. Wait up i'll rewrite it and provide the tags |
MELONADE13
10.16.19 | jesus piece - self titled ep
beatdown hardcore
jesus piece you fake ass motherfucker |
oltnabrick
10.16.19 | jesus piece - self titled ep
beatdown hardcore
jesus piece you fake ass motherfucker |
ReiniEden
10.16.19 | My number one album is Final Conversation of Kings by The Butterfly Effect.
But I have two and the other is Uroboros by Dir En Grey. |
rodrigo90
10.16.19 | Nobody is going to expect this, but I have played OLP's naveed more times than I can remember. |
Calc
10.16.19 | Exotic Animal Petting Zoo- I Have Made My Bed In Darkness
Shoegaze/Mathcore
Band semi-quietly released 2 of the greatest hardcore albums of all time before dropping off the face of the Earth. Their debut IHMMBID was about a decade ahead of it's time conceptually and mixed an engaging blend of mathy hardcore and ethereal, wobbling passages creating a nice bleak atmosphere. It's the type of record only these four dudes could have made and luckily they found each other (two were brothers which was nice). |
Trifolium
10.16.19 | Nice picks once more. Especially you naughtcturnal.
We even have two voters for one weirdo of an album! |
Casavir
10.16.19 | How will you go through all these? |
Demon of the Fall
10.16.19 | I imagine going on a crusade to check everyone one of these would be a weird messed up journey in the best possible way, even if you don't like everything (which is likely), then it would be intriguing at the very least. |
Trifolium
10.16.19 | Wasn't necessarily going to check all of them. Some of these I already know (and sometimes love). So many of these sound intriguing, and I'm placing all of the most appealing ones on my to-listen-to-list.
Checking Willie's rec as we speak and it RULES.
I wanted this list to be a library of user favourites, which you can scroll through at your leisure, having a listen here and there when something piques your interest. |
Pikazilla
10.16.19 | Pika, just pick one and share!
Okay! In that case, Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane :3 |
Trifolium
10.16.19 | There it is. The first BM classic of the list. |
Typhoon24
10.16.19 | Ridin dirty - ugk
Country rap tunes |
KaNe00
10.16.19 | Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You
Post-Punk
Such a beautiful album from start to finish. Melodic, heavy at times, soft at others, very emotional. One of my favorites and I've just found it a year ago! |
Trifolium
10.16.19 | Wow man, those are some sick ratings for that one! A 4.4 average! |
dedex
10.16.19 | ^ one of the hardest 5s |
alamo
10.16.19 | Marli - Instalações Noturnas
the brazilian bjork, but better. |
Trifolium
10.16.19 | No Kate is. |
ArsMoriendi
10.17.19 | So Trif, are you going to listen to all of these? |
samwise2000
10.17.19 | Buck-Tick -Darker Than Darkness (style 93)
post-punk/gothic
Never gets boring, even after the countless times I've listened to it. This is Buck-Tick at perhaps their most experimental, and its awesome. |
naughtcturnal
10.17.19 | Just impulsively bought #2 and will now proceed to listen to it. Thanks @budgie& trif |
naughtcturnal
10.17.19 | #1 looks sick too |
ReiniEden
10.17.19 | samwise2000 I could say the same thing about Juusankai wa Gekkou. |
Dewinged
10.17.19 | "Marli - Instalações Noturnas" Gotta check this one cause my all time number 1 is:
Bjork - Homogenic
A young, tiny girl from Iceland once conquered the world with broken words, gorgeous melodies and dizzying electronic beats (courtesy of British producer Mark Bell). Bury me with my vinyl copy, please. |
Inveigh
10.17.19 | Down - NOLA
The perfect mix of early 90s Nawlins sludge ala Crowbar/Acid Bath/Eyehategod, stoner metal in the vein of Kyuss and Sleep, and southern rock, this is the perfect representation of 90s metal. It's raw and aggressive, but also drug-fueled and just loose enough to emphasize the chaos it was born from, NOLA is also surprisingly catchy for most of the record. Tales of drug addiction and loss lay atop the filthiest swamp boogie riffs that the bayou ever birthed, and the guitar tone is drenched in enough resin to make the Master of Reality proud. Dope album.
l'm sure that's more than 60 words butt fuck it m/ |
Trifolium
10.17.19 | No I'm not going to Ars, or at least I want planning to. I meant this more as a library for all of us to find some special albums and so far it's working nicely I'd say! There are many here that I need to look into.
Also naught: it's no surprise I'd recommend that album, I wholeheartedly do. |
Trifolium
10.17.19 | Added everything up to now! List is looking good.
It was more than 60 words Inveigh, I've edited it a little... |
garas
10.17.19 | Burzum - Filosofem
black metal / ambient
I never listened to an album as much as this one. The guitar tone, the hypnotizing and simple riffs, the synths, song lengths...perfection. "LIFE HAS NEW MEANING" |
Trifolium
10.17.19 | I should have known this garas! Of course! |
Metalrain
10.17.19 | Voivod - Dimension Hatross
One of those records I can always go back too no matter what. Each song is memorable with so many weird but amazing riffs. Vocals tell the story in such a convincing manner. Drums and bass are always audible with so many great rhythm sections, I could go on about what's amazing about this. Only negative is that it's kinda hard to get into if you're not into this weird blend of dissonance and scifi concepts, but it's worth it. |
Metalrain
10.17.19 | Wanted to rec The gathering but it seems you already have top tier taste so we good. |
ArsMoriendi
10.17.19 | @Trif: you should check mine anyway though |
Trifolium
10.17.19 | ''Wanted to rec The gathering but it seems you already have top tier taste so we good.'' Y E SSSSSSSS!
I will Ars, hihi! I've seen that name way too many times to not know what they're about. |
JohnnyoftheWell
10.17.19 | "Wanted to rec The gathering but it seems you already have top tier taste so we good."
Do it anyway.
FINALLY checked 9, shit absolutely slaps
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Trifolium
10.17.19 | Yesssss almost everyone of Team The Gathering is here! |
Metalrain
10.17.19 | @JohnnyoftheWell check out Dum Spiro Spero and Arche, those 3 albums are fantastic. |
Sowing
10.17.19 | brand new - tdag |
CalculatingInfinity
10.17.19 | @Johnny: Ayyyyyy good shit my dude. Just to double check, you heard the remaster right? |
dedex
10.17.19 | Sowing really?????? |
JohnnyoftheWell
10.17.19 | @Calc no, not yet ;] Started on a cheap cd copy of the original, but gonna dl the remaster soon
@Metalrain yeah, I got into them with Arche and like that album a good deal. DSS is next to go
Also, seeing Darker Than Darkness and Homogenic next to each other on this list makes me so happy for both album art and musical reasons |
budgie
10.17.19 | #2 and #51 are the only good albums here |
Keyblade
10.17.19 | 1 > |
Trifolium
10.17.19 | ''#2 and #51 are the only good albums here'' NO!
''1 >'' YES! |
CalculatingInfinity
10.17.19 | @Johnny: The remaster sounds much better so if you liked it already you'll love the remaster. |
Trifolium
10.17.19 | This is a great coworker Darius. I'm more than a little jealous. |
Relinquished
10.17.19 | I wonder what Sowing picke- oh |
Trifolium
10.17.19 | It's also commendable that he added to the diversity of this list. Soo... much... proggg.... |
Trifolium
10.17.19 | Ding-done.
Your wish is my command. |
botulist
10.17.19 | mingus - black saint and the sinner lady |
Trifolium
10.17.19 | First jazz of the list! |
Sinternet
10.17.19 | i knew you were a massive regina nerd too darius, but unwound is a good secondary pick |
Casavir
10.17.19 | I have to jam Unwound at some point. |
JokineAugustus
10.17.19 | 43 is phenomenal, along with many others. Mine is Calculating Infinity or Obscura. |
Sinternet
10.17.19 | heresy my man |
Trifolium
10.17.19 | Shall I add Dillinger for you Jokine? |
Deez
10.17.19 | Kayo Dot - Choirs of The Eye
This first time I'd really heard an Avant-Garde, experimental metal record. The most beautifully complexed, layered album that still stands up against anything today. French horns, Violins, Trombones and Cellos. Post rock, Black metal, Acoustics and Jazz. Falsettos,growls and Screams. The perfect cocktail. Utter, utter perfection and beauty. |
Pikazilla
10.17.19 | This list is looking amazing. Guaranteed to be better than the new sput top 100 of the decade. |
JokineAugustus
10.17.19 | Add Calculating Infinity for me. Clouded holds back Obscura from being my favourite album ever. |
ConcubinaryCode
10.18.19 | Shout out to Calc for repping the real shit |
ConcubinaryCode
10.18.19 | Imma say The Cure- Disintegration (Goth/Alt Rock)
A brilliant magnum opus that pertains everything they've done well from the past in a complete package that celebrates human emotion and Smith's most personal and heart-felt lyrics to date. Undeniable classic without even talking about how smooth this sounds despite its cacophony of dreamlike rhythms meshing with sometimes tortured overboding soundscapes. |
Uzumaki
10.18.19 | Glad you dug it, Johnny |
sixdegrees
10.18.19 | jesus piece - self titled ep
beatdown hardcore
jesus piece you fake ass motherfucker |
0GuyMan0
10.18.19 | Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime, obviously.
A mesmerizing, ever-expanding force in my life. I love it more every time I listen, and cherish every time I get to introduce someone. The bedrock of progressive metal, and a true titan of metal that stands above nearly everything. |
LRS94
10.18.19 | Im just glad sowing stuck to his roots. Album is what made me appreciate music on such a different level. |
Trifolium
10.18.19 | Agreed Pika, there's so much cool stuff here.
Adding when behind computer again. |
Kompys2000
10.18.19 | @GuyMan solid pick, Revolution Calling and I Don't Believe in Love are both unfuckwithable. |
Pon
10.18.19 | Ulcerate - Everything is Fire
First death metal album to actually warrant the "apocalyptic" descriptor; it took an aesthetic honed to near perfection by Deathspell Omega and channelled it into a death metal context. "Disso-death" has gone into full-swing in the ten years since its release, but nothing - not even the band's subsequent albums - has nailed the "end-is-nigh" atmosphere quite like this. |
Pon
10.18.19 | Hope that's fewer than 60 words m/m/ |
wayfaringstranger
10.18.19 | The National - Boxer |
Trifolium
10.18.19 | It looks about right to me Jac!
Great additions once more.
Oh and sixdegrees, you don't have that 5.0d, you liar! |
foxblood
10.18.19 | it's too hard for me to pick |
Hawks
10.18.19 | Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Hands down the best black metal album ever for me. Atmosphere is unmatched to this day and is the perfect example of mixing symphonics with some of the most evil sounding black metal you’ll hear. Perfect for walking through the forest during a blizzard. m/ |
wayfaringstranger
10.18.19 | oh damn didn't see the genre requirement
The National - Boxer
Alternative / Indie
An album that just exudes emotion. It details coming of age, the anxiety of adulthood, and unrequited feelings better than just about any album out there. My favorite National release.
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Trifolium
10.18.19 | Sorry wayfarer, didn't see your comment before! Added now!
I so knew this Hawks, best pick! |
dedex
10.18.19 | This list is looking better every time I check it |
foxblood
10.18.19 | Tom Dissevelt and Kid Baltan - Song Of The Second Moon
Musique Concrète
This comp of recordings from 1958 to 1961 perfectly embodies the phrase 'ahead of it's time'. I've yet to hear any modern electronic music that approaches this level of innovation. This still sounds like it's from a distant future alien civilization to this day. |
Bedex
10.18.19 | Since ma boy dedex rec'd my #1 album already I'll go with my #2
Gospel - The Moon is a Dead World
Drums so good they can replace melody. To also paraphrase a random dude on the internet this album could be renamed "In the Court of the Crimson Screams" |
Trifolium
10.18.19 | Nice! I'll add them in a sec.
Agreed dedex, many great albums here. |
Trifolium
10.18.19 | Added your recs, looking good.
The colour scheme of the last few is pleasing. |
budgie
10.18.19 | puuuuuurpleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
JohnnyoftheWell
10.18.19 | Fake Train Fake Train Fake Train! |
Trifolium
10.18.19 | Yeeeeeeeessssssssssss
Hi budgie. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.18.19 | i couldn't ethically put my fav album in the same list as some of these terrible albums |
Trifolium
10.18.19 | And Johnny. You beat me to it. Now I look like a jerk, ignoring you completely. |
Trifolium
10.18.19 | Oh and now I look like I ignored L(e)P. Happy days.
Hey Pots share it already we need some good music here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
budgie
10.18.19 | i dont want pots albums on the same list as my album |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.18.19 | take budgies off and ill add mine |
Trifolium
10.18.19 | Good one, this might persuade him into posting. |
Trifolium
10.18.19 | Shit, the double posting got the better of me again. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.18.19 | i didn't want to single him out but now that he's said that i can just go ahead and say it, by "some of these terrible albums" i meant "budgies album". worst album here by a large margin |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.18.19 | let me just go check what album it is real quick tho |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.18.19 | oh yeah fuck hammock shit alb definitely worse than whatever else is on this list |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.18.19 | its so bad i havent even heard it |
Trifolium
10.18.19 | Pots why don't you rec yours and I'll decide which of your albums I'll keep for the list.
Absolutely no strings attached.
No strings.
None. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.18.19 | u kno wat my fav album is |
budgie
10.18.19 | im gonna fuckin roast your turnips punk ass bitch |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.18.19 | my favourite album changes but the favourite that has been most favouritist tier for the longest and purest combined time is Mezz |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.18.19 | well good bitch nobody likes raw turnips anyway bitch |
JohnnyoftheWell
10.18.19 | Aww you 5d You Forgot It In People and Hex why did I not know this Pots
List does need Mezz |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.18.19 | "why did I not know this Pots"
well cuz a) i have a billion 5's and b) it makes it extremely difficult for anyone to care |
Trifolium
10.18.19 | I know what your fave hip hop is.
I want your favourite album to be Dummy. That would be perfect. It needs to be here. |
JohnnyoftheWell
10.18.19 | You make a strong case
but
I
care? |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.18.19 | dummy is probably in my top 10 |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.18.19 | well golly thanks for tentatively caring johnny |
Trifolium
10.18.19 | Like it should be. 5/5 album by a 5/5 band.
It certainly is in mine. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.18.19 | just off the top of my head and because i haven't thought about it in a long time, so im curious to see what comes to mind
Massive Attack - Mezz
The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
Portishead - Dummy
Boards of Canada - Geo
Son Lux - AWWWAM
Lapalux - Ruinism
Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
Lamb - Lamb
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Flying Lotus - Cosmo
Amon Tobin - Permutation
Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner
are the first to come to mind
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JohnnyoftheWell
10.18.19 | Got your back any time you need it, ain't no-one better at unhelpful sentimentalism |
JohnnyoftheWell
10.18.19 | The 50% of that list I know (1 thru 3, 8 11 12) is all fire yay |
Trifolium
10.18.19 | Nice picks! Liked Fear of Fours, but haven't heard Lamb's debut yet. Will check soon-ish. Also still slacking on Gold Panda.
And that is indeed best Radiohead. And best BoC. |
teamster
10.19.19 | Summer of ‘86. I made Zone C swimming meet. As part of the 13-14 NAG Team Wisconsin, we were on a Greyhound bus traveling to Gillette, Wyoming. I had been listening to metal music since ‘83. Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Rush to name a few. Playing our favorite cassette tapes on the bus in the Magnavox boom box, Brian Gross asks me “have you ever listened to Metallica?” I said no. He said “omg they are rad!” He puts in Master Of Puppets and I was instantly hooked and that’s how I discovered one of my favorite albums ever made. |
budgie
10.19.19 | dude i cant even remember like 2 years ago how can you remember 1986 |
Trifolium
11.04.19 | (Still haven't checked Homogenic, oops. I need to do that one day.) |
Inveigh
11.07.19 | dropping back in to say this is a killer idea for a list. well done m/ |
theYearis1999
11.07.19 | moby - play
call it corny, overblown, unorganized, unfocused, etc. i do not care! this album and me have serious history... its still a perfect testament to all that makes me enjoy music to the fullest. invigorating. every track is the hardest banger. |
Trifolium
11.07.19 | Ooooh! Nice one, a favourite of mine for sure. Adding soon!
And thanks Inveigh! |
Scheumke
11.07.19 | "call it corny, overblown, unorganized, unfocused, etc. i do not care! "
I think in every 'my favorite' album there's clear stuff you can't point to why other people don't like it. But that's exactly the point, 'cus the strongest bonds you have are not the albums you can point to and say 'it's great because of x', but 'it's great despite of x'. |
DDDeftoneDDD
11.07.19 | List is getting really awesome lol |
Josh D.
11.07.19 | I don't know how y'all can pick a single number one thing for music, but since Mr. Bungle's California is my only 5 (on this here site, anyway), I guess that's mine? |
Trifolium
11.07.19 | Adding in a sec, love the list too there are so many I want to check! |
childatheart
02.06.20 | Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds (The original, not New Generation). Orchestral Prog Rock. First album I ever listened to and my favourite of all time. It features some of the most famous people of the time such as David Essex, Richard Burton and Justin Hayward. It's stuck with me from such a young age and it's just perfect IMO. |
Bedex
02.06.20 | still no Gospel rating Trif |
Trifolium
02.06.20 | Omg I totally forgot about this one. I'll add yours soon childatheart!
You're absolutely right Bedex, it's going on the list ASAP. |
Aberf
02.06.20 | dunno why I haven't posted anything here.
Ichiko Aoba - 0%
There is something within Ichiko Aoba's voice that hits me deeply. This is an example that music doesn't need complex instrumentation to be amazing and fulfilling. With only a classical guitar and her vocal, Ichiko has created something that words can't describe for me. Her music resonates within my subconsciousness. When I'm not listening to music, I find myself to be humming the melody out of this album. It's just that good. |
dedex
02.07.20 | Aberf by any chance do you have a link to that live? Never got the chance to listen to it |
Demon of the Fall
02.07.20 | Yeah Trif czech Gospel already.
The description for Everything is Fire resonates with me, it certainly represents a 'hallelujah moment' in the world of dissonant apocalyptic death... Capturing a feeling so sought after, yet barely ever fully realised (before or since). |
AfterTheBreakdown
02.07.20 | Neck deep life’s not out to get you |
rellik009
02.07.20 | I have too many "no. 1" albums actually.
New Model by Perturbator is one of the closest I have to a "no. 1" album, in my very subjective opinion. New Model is so fucking epic, and you can almost live the grand cyberpunk narrative of it. During the album, it can be: complex, dense, minimalist, maximalist, groovy, dynamically diverse, bleak, somber, depressive, colourfully dark/grey, conceptually intricate, and the list goes on. In one word, this album is the result of a masterful craft. That's not one word but you got me. |
Trifolium
02.07.20 | Added.
There still are so many of these I mean to check! |
Aberf
02.07.20 | @dedex, It's named after Ichiko Aoba.rar, there's 2 of them.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6heFe1VUM7QfkR6Tnp6ZlpaWm9mQnRlcGdUTTRSZ0p2M0pNQnd2UnpiNlN2NDhyVlRrQlU |
rellik009
02.07.20 | where is it possible to download "Song of the Second Moon"? |
widowslaugh123
02.07.20 | record |
rellik009
03.23.20 | bump bump bump |
JokineAugustus
03.23.20 | Still no description for Calculating Infinity. |
dbizzles
03.23.20 | Resurrect this bad boy and add Tyrant by Thou for me. Would have done Brother, Sister, but there's already mwY on the list. |