Looking 4 different albums.

tferg20

Ok i know this thread or something similiar has prob been done a thousand times (so has that intro).

What i'm looking for are some great albums that are not in your everyday top 100.

I dont want your ''Sgt.Peppers'' or ''the wall''.

I do a small radio show for a limited station and am sick of playing the same things over and over.

I'm tired of thinking that i have all the great albums so suprise me.

My tastes take in everything from folk to house so go nuts.

CiaranS

The Cars first album. Opening track is Let the good times roll. Says it all. Used to listen to it every Friday night with the mates before we went out. Play it in the car now and my 2 boys love it (8 + 5 yr old).

CiaranS

Rigsby

Steely Dan - "Cant buy a Thrill" (or any "Dan" album)

Joni Mitchell -"Court and Spark"


Al Stewart - "Time Passages"


Blues Brothers Live

Delbert McClinton - "One of the favourite Few"

lordgoat

Jackson C Frank - The Blues Run the Game

HalloweenJack

Funkadelic by Funkadelic - despite the name, they're more like a psychedelic rock band with bits of funk, soul and gospel put it.

Zombie by Fela Kuti - a mix of jazz and funk from an African point of view, it's great.

A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado by Os Mutantes - I'd call them a Brazilian version of the Beatles. They've a really varied style and it's hard to pin down exactly.

The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra by Sun Ra - new age jazz. At times it's very much like traditional jazz but at others it's miles removed.

SarahBM

Incubus - Morning view

Bon Jovi- these Days

Alanis Morsette - jagged little pill

Alsan - made in dublin

Daughtry - Daughtry

The soundtrack to the film Once has great songs

Muse - Absolution

manic street preachers - forever delayed

paolo nutini - these streets

Kings of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood

MT USA classic 80's that everyone will like.

an_other

As an over looked Irish album I must recommend Same Oul Town by the Saw Doctors

jonas7

Aimee Mann-Whatever
Weezer-Pinkerton
Soundgarden-Superunknown

G-Money

I tend to vary between the same set of songs for a while, then move to others.

Here's some songs that I really like, some well known, others not well so know. Let me know if you like and/or play any of these

Fake Plastic Trees by Radiohead (From The Bends album)

Aphrodite by Ash (On the Nu-Clear Sounds album)

Envy by Ash (From the Cosmic Debris/Intergalatic Sonic 7's album)

Love Bites by Def Leppard (from the Hysteria/Best of Album)

Tunnel of Love by Dire Straits (I only have it on the Sultans of Swing Best of Album)

House of Wolves by My Chemical Romance (From the Black Parade album)

I'm Outta Time by Oasis (From Dig Out Your Soul)

Let's All Make Believe by Oasis (B-side of Go Let it Out)

Jailbreak by AC/DC (From one of those AC/DC live albums)

New York Groove by Ace Frehley

You Gotta Move by Aerosmith (From the Honkin on Bobo album) - I love the groove in this song.

I Get Around by the Beach Boys

Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys

Flame by Bell X1

Coffee and TV by Blur

The Only One I know by the Charlatans

She Bangs the Drums by The Stone Roses

Across the Night by Silverchair

The Greatest View by Silverchair

Give Into Me by Michael Jackson (From the Dangerous album) This song is brilliant

No More Mr Nice Guy by Alice Cooper

Die for You by Alice Cooper

Might As well Be on Mars by Alice Cooper

Love is Only a Feeling by The Darkness

Highway Star by Deep Purple

Love Her Madly by The Doors

People Are Strange by The Doors

Planet Love by DJ Quicksilver

Big Night Out by Fun Lovin Criminals

Where I find My Heaven by Gigolo Aunts

Break Stuff by Limp Bizkit

Electrical Storm by U2

The Masses against the classes - Manic Street Preachers

Wake up Call by Maroon 5

I Just Wanna Live by Good Charlotte

Kick Start My Heart - Motley Crue

Tilt Ya Head Back - Nelly and Christina Aguilera

Bad Influence - Pink

I dont believe you - Pink

Always on my Mind - Pet Shop Boys

Probably a load more but I'll stop here

dasdog

Giant Steps, John Coltrane (1959)

odonopenmic

A few of my faves...

Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison
More Stories about Buildings and Food - Talking Heads
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart
Frank's Wild Years - Tom Waits
Tapestry - Carol King
Horses - Patti Smith
Chelsea Girl - Nico
Hot Shots II - The Beta Band
Desire - Bob Dylan
This is Buddy Guy - Buddy Guy

But loads of early rock'n'roll artists didn't record albums and it's worth a trawl through some of the bigger name's back catalogue. Suppose it depends on what type of music interests you. :rolleyes:

laoisforliam

Try pavements first two albums crooked rain crooked rain and slanted and enchanted

loveissucide

Anything outta this list is essential listening.
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Mars Bar

Kill To Get Crimson - Mark Knopfler

Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf (all 3!)

Graceland - Paul Simon

Face Value - Phil Collins

...But Seriously - Phil Collins

And The Beach Boys albums that grandmaster has mentioned...

emperor_krunchy

Staring At The Sun by TV On The Radio
(very kings of leon ish in some ways, i think)

PFJSplitter

Gene Moss ~ Dracula's Greatest Hits (1964) - song parodies including "I Want To BITE Your Hand" and "Drac The Knife" are ideal for the Halloween programme. Great studio band backing - not cheesy.
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The Deadly Ones ~ It's Monster Surfing Time (1964) - mostly instrumentals, great for voice-overs and Halloween shows

The Royaltones ~ Our Faded Love - sappy sax and Hammond organ instrumental ideal for voice-over segs into slow sets

The Tarantulas ~ Tarantula - rockin' guitar and organ instrumental great for intros and voice-overs

Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm ~ Sing Songs Of Christmas (1965) - "Snowflake" is one of the faves from that album

tferg20

Nice one.
Thx to everyone, some good stuff.

The Pontiac

Birneybau

"Primary Colours" by the Horrors is surprisingly good!

fobster

Mandatory Clutch recommendation. Pure Rock Fury being quite the deadly bit of kit. You can't go too far wrong with any album though!

Hermy

David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive

Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

King Crimson - Red

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

John Martyn - Solid Air

Nik Drake - Five Leaves Left

Hada to Hada - My German Lover

The Swordsman

Some great albums mentioned already.

Here are my 4:
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
(Far better than Songs in the Key of Life, the album that normally appears in Top 100s. If you think Stevie is just sickly sweet pop songs, listen to this)
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon (great songwriting - really quirky)
Lloyd Cole - Rattlesnakes (great songs with great lyrics "Why must you tell me all your secrets when its hard enough to love you knowing nothing")
3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of ... Arrested Development (Great mix of HipHop and soul. Also in this category and also very good : The Miseducation of ... Lauryn Hill)

Dr. Loon

grandmaster wrote: »

Always on my Mind - Pet Shop Boys

:eek:
If you like this version of Always on my mind there's something wrong with you. I'm no musical snob but this truly is unacceptable. It's a ****in travesty someone did that to an Elvis song.

Other than that, I'm checking out some of your other suggestions. Always open to new music.

Some of my suggestions would be;
Fancy Footwork - Chromeo
Voodoo and Brown Sugar by D'Angelo
Statues - Moloko
Stereo MC's - Connected

spender.j

Just love Lungs by Florence and the Machine, Two Suns by Bat for Lashes, Pretty much anything by Incubus, 10 by Pearl Jam (though vs comes a close second).