recommend a 'classic' album (not your fav album!)

[eFestivals]

To help fill the time, we all need good suggestions of different things to do.  

So recommend a classic album - but *NOT* your favourite album or your favourite act. A proper classic.

Cos I saw 'Metal Britannica' on BBC4 the other night, I'll kick things off with...

Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock.

[zahidf]

Not an album per se, but a club night streaming live, playing dark lands by jesus and mary chain in full

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[The Dawg]

Steely Dan - Aja

[jparx]

Rush - Moving Pictures is right there.

I do like Rush but they're nowhere near my favourite act. Moving Pictures is a record that's hard not to appreciate.

[zahidf]

Also, not sure if it's the right place but a virtual comedy show every day

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[Calvin Klein]

 

[Ayrshire Chris]

In the court of the crimson king 

The first and best progressive rock album. 

[eastynh]

Happy Mondays - Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches.

Seems to get forgotten about these days, in comparison to Screamadelica and The Stone Roses. Yet it is a true great and can't fail to put a smile on your face.

[parsonjack]

Currently, as in right now, listening to Carole King's 'Tapestry' 👍 

[nikkic]

Arcade Fire - Funeral

An absolute classic. Total genius from start to finish. 

 

[lukethekid]

[Harry49]

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

Nice!

if you didnt watch it at weekend catch up with the BBC Miles Davis doc on iplayer. Genius but nasty!

 

[eFestivals]

24 minutes ago, jparx said:

Rush - Moving Pictures is right there.

I do like Rush but they're nowhere near my favourite act. Moving Pictures is a record that's hard not to appreciate.

surely it's all about 2112 ... ?  

[Time Being]

Buena Vista Social Club

The documentary is great as well

[CaledonianGonzo]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonna_Take_a_Miracle

If you fuck with Tapestry then you may dig this bad boy.

[Tranquility of Solitude]

Van the Man, Veedon Fleece

[Andre91]

It's Electric Wizard's 'Dopethrone' 20 year anniversary this year so that's a great reason to listen to it if you haven't before. 

[TheBoz]

The Stone Roses - S/T

 

Doesn’t get much better

[thrillhouse188]

I've been listening to a lot of Avalanches lately, Since I Left You is a great escape from reality. I put my headphones on and for an hour and feel like I'm teleported away to a happier place 

[The Red Telephone]

I’m going to recommend two as, in my eyes (and ears) they are the same album...even they were relased 3 years apart.

They aren’t my favourite albums of all time, buy definitely in the top 20.

Whenever I’m in the mood to listen to them, I get totally ensconced in them and listen to nothing else for a week. Then I don’t listen to them for about 6 months!

Perfect at delicate times and at times of change, they sound amazing in Autumn. And at times of pandemic.

[Superunknown]

Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

[Chubby Dude in a Tiny Car]

bit of a weird one - but Bruce's Born to Run

i love Bruce, i've followed him round the world, and i love Born to Run - but it is NOT my favourite album.

so why is that?

well, because Side2 Track2 is She's the One and i cant stand that song!!

it pains me that what is otherwise the most perfect album ever made is dragged down by those crappy few minutes between BTR and Meeting...

 

sorry, i'm not entirely sure i wrote that out in the spirit of the OP, but anyways...

Edited March 18, 2020 by Chubby Dude in a Tiny Car

[eFestivals]

17 minutes ago, thrillhouse188 said:

I've been listening to a lot of Avalanches lately, Since I Left You is a great escape from reality. I put my headphones on and for an hour and feel like I'm teleported away to a happier place 

these are sometimes a bit rough and ready, but always interestuing and sometimes fantastic.
http://www.theavalanches.com/mixes.html
(there's some others out there too if you google for them)

'gimix' is supposedly what the first album would have been if they'd bveen able to clear all the sample.

Edited March 18, 2020 by eFestivals

[thrillhouse188]

1 minute ago, eFestivals said:

these are sometimes a bit rough and ready, but always interestuing and sometimes fantastic.
http://www.theavalanches.com/mixes.html

(there's some others out there too if you google for them)

Thanks! 

[Tommy101]

I love this album, it's where I look first when things are not going my way.

Edited March 18, 2020 by Tommy101