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Okay, you must choose ten albums to place in a time capsule and those ten albums will be your Statement of Musical Appreciation for the future(Greatest Hits albums are cheating).

What are your ten albums?

Here are mine in no particular order of preference:

Kind of Blue -Miles Davis
Toys In The Attic -Aerosmith
Led Zepellin I -Led Zepellin
Electric Ladyland -Jimi Hendrix
Please Please Me -The Beatles
Steppenwolf The Second -Steppenwolf
The Stranger -Billy Joel
1984 -Van Halen
Exodus -Bob Marley
Cloud Nine -The Temptations


:)

Hmm.

In Utero - Nirvana
Welcome to Sky Valley - Kyuss
Fresh Fruits for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
The Doors - The Doors
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Dopethrone - Electric Wizard
The Shape of Punk to Come - Refused
Example - For Squirrels
The Battle of Los Angeles - Rage Against the Machine

Okay, you must choose ten albums to place in a time capsule and those ten albums will be your Statement of Musical Appreciation for the future(Greatest Hits albums are cheating).Then I would have to cheat! :eek: I refuse to buy non-hits albums that are 95% dreck just to get the one or two good songs that I want. So I'd have only a couple that weren't Greatest Hits albums.

That said, I'd break up the endless ocean of various forms of rock that people are sure to suggest, with a pile of Classic Country Greatest Hits CDs, none of which I have bothered to memorize the names of. And a couple by Waylon Jennings that aren't "greatest hits" ones, but I can't remember wtf they're called offhand, either (and I can't be arsed to look at my computer's playlist right now).

Why? Why LG, why are you making me chose? There's so much the following generations would have to listen to...

Tough one, and by no means is this list complete:

Beethoven - Symphony No. 9
Iron Maiden - Brave New World
Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
The Beatles - Blue Album
The Beatles - Red Album
Motörhead - 1916
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears
Hans Zimmer - Gladiator
Klaus Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Well, there ya go. "Slightly" biased, but hey :P

Fergi America']Then I would have to cheat! :eek: I refuse to buy non-hits albums that are 95% dreck just to get the one or two good songs that I want. So I'd have only a couple that weren't Greatest Hits albums.

That said, I'd break up the endless ocean of various forms of rock that people are sure to suggest, with a pile of Classic Country Greatest Hits CDs, none of which I have bothered to memorize the names of. And a couple by Waylon Jennings that aren't "greatest hits" ones, but I can't remember wtf they're called offhand, either (and I can't be arsed to look at my computer's playlist right now).

Why no greatest hits albums? Simple; For the challenge. :)

Anybody can pick ten good artists, but picking the ten most influential albums is a bit trickier, isn't it? :)

Fergi America']Then I would have to cheat! :eek: I refuse to buy non-hits albums that are 95% dreck just to get the one or two good songs that I want. So I'd have only a couple that weren't Greatest Hits albums.


You listen to the wrong music then, if that's a problem for you.

Why no greatest hits albums? Simple; For the challenge. :)

Anybody can pick ten good artists, but picking the ten most influential albums is a bit trickier, isn't it? :)

Oh, you meant influential overall, or influential to myself?

Oh, you meant influential overall, or influential to myself?

*shrug* I couldn't separate my subjective opinion fom my objective one if I tried. So...um... both. :)

Oh, you meant influential overall, or influential to myself?
I picked those influential for me - which will, after all, become overall influential once that time capsule has been opened.

Oh, and I would appreciate those albums to be pressed as platinum records - for good measure!

*shrug* I couldn't separate my subjective opinion fom my objective one if I tried. So...um... both. :)

Well, if I must have a guess at overall influence in modern rock (late 60's onwards, beforehand ain't my area of expertise...)

The Beatles - Umm, tough call...white album?
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electricladyland
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
Pink Floyd - ...probably Dark Side of the Moon
The Velvet Underground - The V.U. and Nico
The Doors - The Doors
The Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures


...although there are a few glaring omissions (I picked up to the 80's, so no Metallica, Slayer, the Pixies, Nirvana, TOOL, etc.) and some could be substituted for other works in the same genres from the same period.

I picked those influential for me - which will, after all, become overall influential once that time capsule has been opened.

Oh, and I would appreciate those albums to be pressed as titanium records - for good measure!

*shrugs* a lot of mine are too obscure.

Let me see.....

Biffy Clyro; The Vertigo of Bliss
Taking Back Sunday; Tell All Your Friends
Thrice; Artist in the Ambulance
Rancid; ...and out come the wolves
All Time Low; Put up or Shut up
Dashboard Confessional; (any album really, they're all the same:p )
The Junior Varsity; Wide Eyed
Silverstein; When Broken is Easily Fixed
Bring me the Horizon; (debut album that's still in progress)
Bullet for my Valentine; The Poison

not as easy as it seems this one! Actually it pretty bloody hard!

I am glad thought that you did not ask why though! LOL

In no order -

Hawkwind - Space Ritual
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
AC/DC - High Voltage
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Frank Zapa - Lumpy Gravy
Butthole Surfers - Independent Worm Saloon
Skatalites - Ska Authentic Studio One*
Beatles - White Album
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Super Ape

* the nature of Jamaican music/sound systems meant that many many great pieces of music never made it albums until much later and then as compliations. A great track like 'Guns of Navarone' or 'Eight by Eight' did not hit the albums until a good ten years after it was first published by Sir Coxones Studio One (he passed away 2 years ago...gutted).

Loony Goofers ... mate ... this is much much harder than I thought! I am sure I have forgotten some that could make it in my list...and I suspect if I did this in a years time my choice would be different...

Leviathan by A L Lloyd

After only recently starting an album collection this is my top 8 in no particular order:

Razorlight - Razorlight
Orson - Bright Idea
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Feeder - The Singles
Fatboy Slim - Why Try Harder
The Automatic - Not Accepted Anywhere
Lost Prophets - Liberation Transmission
The Zutons - Tired Of Hanging Around

Butthole Surfers - Independent Worm Saloon


Much respect to you, sir. :D

Much respect to you, sir. :D

Thanks :)

This is one reason I did not include bands like Nirvana and such...also the Punk bands I love....the Surfers just tied it all together really nicely ...


Alchohol ;) LOL

Brilliant band live...only saw them once...

It was a struggle not to include Primal Scream though....

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Thanks :)

This is one reason I did not include bands like Nirvana and such...also the Punk bands I love....the Surfers just tied it all together really nicely ...


Alchohol ;) LOL

Brilliant band live...only saw them once...

It was a struggle not to include Primal Scream though....

I never got to see them, they were a bit before my time... :(

But my favourite track by them is probably Goofy's Concern. :) Kuntz deserves a mention though. I couldn't stop laughing the first time I heard it. :D

I never got to see them, they were a bit before my time... :(

But my favourite track by them is probably Goofy's Concern. :) Kuntz deserves a mention though. I couldn't stop laughing the first time I heard it. :D

There are a fair few of their tracks I like...but Worm is my favorite Surfers album...

Kuntz LOL The Lightening Seeds had Stefan Kuntz name printed on their shirts for the 2004 vid...but was never seen...

No one has listed any Who?
Tommy
Quadrophenia
Who's Next

No Stones?
Sticky Fingers
Beggar's Banquet

No Public Enemy?
Fear of a Black Planet

Beatles, yes, but not
Sgt Pepper?

Dave Brubeck
Take Five

Stevie Wonder
Songs in the Key of Life

No Dread Zeppelin???

you see, impossible to list just 10 ;)

In no particular order:


Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
The Beatles: The "White" Album
Led Zepplin: Led Zepplin IV
Boston: Boston
Elton John: Madman Across the Water
Eric Clapton: Slowhand
Eagles: Hotel California
Meatloaf: Bat Out of Hell
Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive

Oooo, this one's easy. Though in no particular order.

1. Rain Dogs; Tom Waits
2. Abbey Road; The Beatles
3. Exile on Main Street; The Rolling Stones
4. Deja Vu; Crosby Stills, Nash, and Young
5. Harvest; Neil Young
6. Are You Experienced; The Jimmi Hendrix Experience
7. King of the Delta Blues; Rober Johnson
8. When the Sun Goes Down; Leadbelly
9. Terapin Station; The Greatful Dead
10. Cheap Thrills; Big Brother and the Holding Company

Ten MUST have albums.

Oooo, this one's easy. Though in no particular order.

1. Rain Dogs; Tom Waits
2. Abbey Road; The Beatles
3. Exile on Main Street; The Rolling Stones
4. Deja Vu; Crosby Stills, Nash, and Young
5. Harvest; Neil Young
6. Are You Experienced; The Jimmi Hendrix Experience
7. King of the Delta Blues; Rober Johnson
8. When the Sun Goes Down; Leadbelly
9. Terapin Station; The Greatful Dead
10. Cheap Thrills; Big Brother and the Holding Company

Ten MUST have albums.

Dude, I want to raid your music collection. :D

I'm not going to pick my ten favorites (though my fave will be here) but 10 ones that I like that also were influential.

Nirvana - Nevermind
13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of
Napalm Death - Scum
Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City
Motörhead - Overkill
Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey
Melvins - Gluey Porch Treatments
Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters/ In God We Trust, Inc.
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico

2 questions:

1. Am I trying to give future generations the best of the past, or just convey what I, in particular, liked?

2. Is a greatest hits album cheating in the case of a classical composer (like Beethoven)? I wouldn't think so, because they didn't release albums when they were composing.

Kind of Blue -Miles Davis

The only reason Kind of Blue is important is becuase it brought Jazz to the mainstream; other than that, it's my least favorite Miles album.

My Albums are:
Miles Davis-On the Corner
Miles Davis-A Jazz Tribute to Jack Johnson
Herbie Hancock-Takin' Off
Herbie Hancock-Headhunters
Thelonious Monk-'Round Midnight
Thelonious Monk-Monkism
Charles Mingus-Migus Dynasty
Mahivishnu Orchestra-Birds of Fire
John Coltrane-Blue Train
Miles Davis-We Want Miles

And many, many more.