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

[dogeggs]

[Skelts]

[Superunknown]

Don't know if it's already been mentioned but on facebook there's a page called The Greatest Album of Time and it's been doing polls of albums. Started out with 2,064 albums and did a group stage and then moved to knockout rounds. 

It's down to like the final 4 now I think but if you wanted to go back and look at what's got through, it got me listening to a lot of classic albums I hadn't bothered with before. There's also a hip hop one that's just started too and I think he's doing a best album of the 2000's. 

The final 4 are Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band vs Abbey Road & My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy vs Dark Side of the Moon in case you were wondering.

[ivan]

7 hours ago, eFestivals said:

surely it's all about 2112 ... ?  

My camper has the reg 2112 .  No prizes for guessing why i chose that.

Last year camped at Deer Shed Festival chap next to me asked if I was a Rush fan.

Regarding albums i will go with The Lost Riots by Hope of the States.

Very appropriate in these challenging times 

Really sad but they played John Peel in 2004 after a certain band from Las Vegas took on the world.  I walked into the tent and saw last few songs by The Killers  , but wanted to get a spot for HOTS - how things work out eh !

[Jack.194]

[cerv]

9 hours 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)

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

I think I've followed you with this before but the best one on that page is...

 

Edited March 19, 2020 by cerv

[stuartbert two hats]

Damon's finest hour (50:43 to be precise)

Maybe because it's a cartoon band, it doesn't get as much credit as it deserves, but it's a masterpiece IMHO.

[lukethekid]

Couldn’t make me mind up out of Revolver, Sgt Pepper, White Album or Abbey Rd:

Edited March 19, 2020 by lukethekid

[zero000]

17 minutes ago, lukethekid said:

Couldn’t make me mind up out of Revolver, Sgt Pepper, White Album or Abbey Rd:

 

[dizzymoo]

The Verve, Urban Hymns.

(sorry can't work out how to post the image from my phone!)

[Spindles]

4 hours ago, Woffy said:

No R.E.M.?

You heathens! 😉

 

I was half thinking of Document but as you've posted this, I'll skip it

 

Do yourself a favour and listen to Reading, writing and arithmetic by The Sundays

 

[HeyPorter]

[MrZigster]

4 hours ago, dogeggs said:

Hmm. Not the original cover obvs.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jimi-hendrix-banned-cover/

[Avalon_Fields]

I’m returning to Cat Stevens, the World Food Programme advert is very moving, more so by the use of one of his songs from this album:

 

[dogeggs]

5 hours ago, MrZigster said:

Hmm. Not the original cover obvs.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jimi-hendrix-banned-cover/

Nope - but I think it’s the same album inside

[stuartbert two hats]

6 hours ago, Spindles said:

I was half thinking of Document but as you've posted this, I'll skip it

 

Do yourself a favour and listen to Reading, writing and arithmetic by The Sundays

 

Ahhhh, that's a nice album. 

[PDAD]

Great thread!

My first thought was Transformer - beat me to it @Losing my hair !

I then decided Forever Changes - you got me  @mcshed !

Right...what now? I know! Illmatic! Oh no... @wilby-wilbert has chosen that one...

Hmmm...Marquee Moon? Damn it @Brave Sir Robin 

Tracy Chapman? Nope @HeyPorter chose that....

Well, you all have sublime taste...I will leave you with this...

 

 

[bellboy]

Apologies if this has already been mentioned - but c'mon this is the classic of all classic albums....

 

[maelzoid]

11 hours ago, zero000 said:

 

Yup. As soon as I saw the previous post, I was thinking of this.

[bellboy]

Not as good as Wings though.

[stuartbert two hats]

14 minutes ago, bellboy said:

Apologies if this has already been mentioned - but c'mon this is the classic of all classic albums....

 

Is it on mindisc?  I can't see it!

[Avalon_Fields]

17 minutes ago, bellboy said:

Apologies if this has already been mentioned - but c'mon this is the classic of all classic albums....

 

The first album I bought, I think on the day it was released. Could well be the best ever...

[Greenelk]

Such a shame the sycophants around him swayed his decision not to play the farm

[FuzzyDunlop]

Edited March 19, 2020 by FuzzyDunlop

[chibukushakeshake]

20 years old now (😬) so I think can go into the classic category

slightly cheating as it's basically three albums but absolutely top notch