Name an Album That Embodies Everything You Love About Music...
 

I'll Start.

The Pop Group-Y.

Truly one of the most ecclectic bands and records in history. This came out in the late 70's. At the time, there were certainly "Punk" bands starting to fuck around with experimental sounds; This Heat, Wire, The Fall, X Ray Spex, that whole No Wave Thing, etc... But I highly doubt anyone saw anything like this coming. An amazing mash up of Punk attitude, Free Jazz instrumentation and harmololodics, funky ass bass lines and beats, incredible Fela-like rhythms, and so much more. Nothing on this album sounds out of place, a skrony saxophone squal can be played over a minimal funk beat while Mark Stewart is making wierd howling vocal sounds. Oh, and about the vocals, they're incredible. I love a strong vocal presence in music. Captain Beefheart, The Fall, To Live and Shave in LA, Boredoms, Sonic Youth, etc.. All these bands have amazing vocalists with extremly unique styles. Mark Stewart is in the same canon as those fellas. He has an amazing vocal style, I don't really know how to describe it. Screams, whispers, high pitched drowned out groans. Jesus. And his lyrics are amazing too. Anyways, I love this album. Sometimes I'd go as far as to say its my favorite record of all time, but this isn't one of those times. It's up there though.


Side Note: Mark Stewart put out a solo record this year entitled "Edit". It got a decent bit of coverage, i.e., a Wire cover story. But anyways, this record is seriously one of the best of the year, and from what I can tell, no one has really been talking about it on here. I suggest you do so.

The Subhumans "The Day the Country Died"


this album is about as honest and pissed of as you can get.

Sleater-Kinney "The Hot Rock"



too personal.

Bob Marley and the Wailers "Natty Dread"



This album is a defining album in an of itself, from the beginning to the end, it is a pure reflection of myself.

and of course:

The Grateful Dead "Anthem to the Sun"




this album is perfect.

I said one. I love the Grateful Dead and that album as well.

thinking fellers union local # 282 - mother of all saints

Experimental, playful, complex, melodic, memorable, easy to endlessly replay. Great riffs, weird vocals, a very tight but loose band (if that makes sense).... doesn't take itself too seriously (but is very serious about making music)... all the songs are very different from each other. Sounds like it was recorded in a toilet, which is a good sound for this kind of music. Every time I play it, I hear something new. Just endlessly fascinating and very rewarding and embodies everything I love about music.

Also, as a runner up, captain beefheart... anything by him really, though I guess I mention Ice Cream for Crow a lot so I'll go with that... it has all the elements of the above album.. but with lots of slide guitar, which is like my favorite thing, period.

easyyy
for me, it's
the Glow Pt. 2 by the Microphones

the only post punk band whackier than the pop group i can think of is big flame (who im listening to now), but they didnt form till 82, and no doubt "Y" had a huge influence.

Einstuerzende Neubauten - Haus der Luege
No filler tracks, an amazing title track, an amazing epic, lengthy song, makes me feel nostalgic, great percussion, fantastic vocals, great guitar work, the best guitar solo ever, I can listen to it three times a day and it won't bore me.
Probably my all time favourite album.

yeah i love that nebauten album.

rites of spring- s/t (end on end for you reissue people). i was going to pick damaged by black flag but i find more things in common emotionally (lyrics and music wise) with this album than damaged (ask me ten years ago and damaged would have been my pick). also, the music is some of the best music i heard. the first time i heard this album it went to number one favorite album. now it's just number five.

if i could pick more than one i would've picked damaged and is this real? by the wipers.

 

"Damaged" would definitley be my choice if the thread was, "Name an album that embodied everything you loved about when you were 14". Not that I still don't adore that record with all my heart, I do, its just, black flag only represents certain aspects of music that I love; heavy, intense, violent, fast, angry, confused. that sorta shit. this is for records that have everything in your eyes.

If this were "Name an album that embodies everything you love when you were 14", I would've said Boredoms - Pop Tatari. Haha. I still love that album but when I was 14 I LOVED it.

yeah that's what i meant and why it's didn't get picked. rites of spring has everything to me, emotions that i can relate to, awesome fast to slow punk rock (and the other way around). also, some of the songs are pretty noisey too.

something like 36 chambers, black monk time, or tonights the night, emobodies everything i love about music. it inspires you and to quote the late great ol dirty bizza himself "oooh baby i like raaaw."

where the fuck did everyneurotic go

If this was about when you was 14, mine would've been either the Ramones' Anthology or Television's Marquee Moon.

if this was about when i was 14 it would've been some shitty exploited album or some awesome discharge album.

Animal Collective__Sung Tongs
Captain beefheart__ Safe As Milk/Trout Mask
J Dilla__ Donuts
Bob Dylan__Highway 61 Revisited
SY-- Daydream Nation


i think those are good representatives

I'm not entirely sure what exactly it is about music that I love. So N/A.

Another Side Of by Bob Dylan, After The Goldrush by Neil Young (loved them as a child) or Nevermind by Nirvana (teenage years).

They stimulate emotions so directly, and I listened to them at times when I could love music (as opposed to appreciate it - albeit appreciate on a high level - which seems to be the case now). Somehow I don't love Hex Enduction Hour though it's probably my idea of a perfect album.

I dnt know, but I will say this... whenever I put on OH NO, IT's DEVO! my wife remarks that the album "sounds like me" to her. (yes, that's a compliment).

you should have been super dramatic and said "for starters... everything."

climax golden twins-the rock alum (i think thats its name-the white album with tred polka dots).
a brilliant ecclectic album. short songs that mold into eachother. experimentation with folk, noise, punk, jazz, beefheartesque riffs all done in a very sun city girls mindset. just an all around amazing alum, that basically does the excact music that i would like to do.

what the hell, i've never heard of them, sounds amazing . getting em now, thanks fugazifan!!

im not that familiar with their other stuff. only this album which was recomended to me at this cd store when i asked for SCG. the guy, while i was listening to it, dropped the price to 5 bucks and i bought it and fell in love. funny that i never mentions it before here...

I know you said just one, but ican't narrow it down to any more than these three...
Buck 65- Talkin' Honky Blues

or possibly Sufjan's 'Seven Swans':

and to show i'm not just a wannabe american, Super Furries' Radiator:

Point by Cornelius...

I'll try to think of some more.

easy!
SY- WM

I don't think i can name only one...

Jonny Greenwood 'Bodysong'
Mansun 'Six'
Radiohead 'Amnesiac'
Sonic youth 'washing machine'

yeah... those pretty much define my taste in music

slint - spiderland

Pretty much...

This might be considered cheating, but it´ll think i´ll go for the Velvet Underground "peel slowly and see" box set

Honestly, there's a ton of shit I don't like.

Test Dept. - Beating the Retreat

So, an album that embodies everything I love?

That's a hard question, because I take these kinds of questions way too seriously. There are so many different things that I love about music.

I'll get back to you on that.

Bows- Blush

I've never met or spoken to anyone whos heard this record, which is a total pain, but to me it's like beauty incarnate. It's lushious string arrangements over seductive & sexy female and male vocals, mixed with breaks and beats. Its just an album that always makes me feel the world around me is beautiful and awe inspiring, which is what all art should do.

Awesome stuff - Bows is a side project of Luke Sutherland from scottish rock group Long Fin Killie, if anyone knows that well.

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