Use this thread to rank the discography of your favorite artists.
When discovering new music I tend to start at the debut or the latest album. I would rather start with their best work. Would be a good resource. I will add some soon.
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Use this thread to rank the discography of your favorite artists.
When discovering new music I tend to start at the debut or the latest album. I would rather start with their best work. Would be a good resource. I will add some soon.
Do you have any artists you would like input on specifically?
when it's not hip-hop I often start out with a greatest hits comp, when I like it I then buy an extended greatest hits package (double CD) or a cheap box set (5 albums for $20 deals)
I would be interested in your ranking of Prince albums.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hal Incandenza
1. Sign of the times
2. Purple rain
3. Around the world in a day
4. Parade
5. The black album
6. Lovesexy
7. The B-sides (part of Greatest Hits triple box set)
8. The gold experience
9. Lovesymbol
10. Diamonds and pearls
11. 1999
12. Batman
13. Emancipation
14. Crystal ball (outtakes)
15. Art official intelligence
16. Graffiti bridge
17. Controversy
18. Dirty mind
19. Come
20. Lotusflower/MPLS sound (also includes an album by Bria Valente)
21. The vault ... old friends 4 sale (outtakes)
22. Girl 6 soundtrack (hits and new songs)
23. Chaos and disorder
24. Plectrum electrum (3rd Eye Girl)
25. Exodus (New Power Generation)
26. Prince
27. 3121
28. Rave un2 the joy fantastic
29. Musicology
30. Hit n run phase 1
31. The truth (unplugged album, all new songs)
32. The rainbow children
33. 1-800-NEW-FUNK (label compilation)
34. 20ten
35. Gold nigga (New Power Generation)
36. Kamasutra (ballet music)
37. For you
38. Hit n run phase 2
That's awesome. You could of just did the top 5 or 10. Some of those albums I proably only have heard a few times.
Black Sabbath:
1. Master of Reality
2. Paranoid
3. Vol 4
4. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
5. Black Sabbath
6. Sabotage
7. Technical Ecstasy
8. Never Say Die
Funkadelic:
1. Standing on the Verge
2. One Nation Under A Groove
3. Maggot Brain
4. Free Your Mind
5. Hardcore Jolies
6. Funkadelic
7. Cosmic Slop
8. Let's Take It To The Stage
Pink Floyd:
1. Dark Side Of The Moon
2. Animals
3. Wish You Were Here
4. The Wall
5. Piper At The Gates of Dawn
6. Meddle
7. The Division Bell
8. Atom Heart Mother
^^thanks
can anyone provide a Led Zeppelin list? Trying to get into the band more
4, 2 and Physical Graffiti are the ones you want to listen to
1, 2, 3, and 4 for this listener, in regards to Zeppelin. Maybe not so much 2 though. I forget what's what. But I did listen to them all again recently, n I think it was 2 that I wasn't so impressed by.
I don't think I've heard an album post-4 besides Physical Graffiti and the only songs I remember off the top of my head are No Quarter and Achilles Last Stand.
I like 2 a lot because it's probably their heaviest album so it suits my taste but yeah you can't really go wrong with 1-4 but I fuck with Physical Graffiti
Yeah physical graffiti was good, just not as good as the earlier ones, for me. The ones after that were pretty average, although Achilles last stand is maybe my favourite zeppelin song.
Guns N Roses
1. Appetite For Destruction
2. Live Era '87-'93 (official live double CD on Geffen, some overdubs, esp. vocal overdubs)
3. Greatest Hits (one new track at the time, a cover of 'Sympathy for the devil')
4. Use Your Illusion II
5. Use Your Illusion I
6. Lies (live + acoustic)
7. Chinese Democracy (overproduced to death)
8. The Many Faces of GNR (odds and ends compilation by a label that specializes in these releases)
9. The Spaghetti Incident? (noble intentions, shit release)
I find the 'Use Your Illusion' releases to be very uneven, there are some downright terrible songs on there
I believe the Japanese version of 'Live Era' adds 'Coma', which is really almost an obligatory song for a live album
Hal, how many CDs do u own? U seem to collect mass amounts across many different genres.
It's gotta be a few thousand by now
I mainly have albums in 80s pop, 40s and 50s pop, crooners, 50s jazz, French pop and rock, hardrock, progrock, classical music and hiphop
in 2013 I only had my hiphop albums left, I'd sold everything else off for a trip (dumb move). 9 years later and I'm still buying back some of those albums, although by now I have 95% back of what I used to have AND IT FEELS GOOD lol
the only genre I didn't buy back after 2013 was grunge, which I used to have a fair bit of
I've been on a bit of a spending spree since the last week of June. Yesterday I had Yes, Supertramp and King Crimson compilations coming in. Right now I'm looking into buying some Marillion.
Whenever the telly isn't playing I've always got music playing.
That's fucking awesome, man. Do u own a house/apartment? I used to have a pretty big hip hop cd collection, but I sold most of it when I'd planned to go n travel n live on the road (before i got into a relationship, lolool).
I sold a lot of my possessions.
These days I'm terrified of accruing stuff because i only rent, and my future in general is uncertain (if i ever break up with my girlfriend, best believe i will most certainly still be hitting the road for an indefinite period of thyme).
I see what you mean about buying stuff in that situation
I own a house (well I own a mortgage payment lol) so I have plenty of space to store CDs, book and other stuff
many of my friends are collectors in one way or another (rare books, singles, albums etc) so whenever we see something that might interest one of us we let them know. there's also heaps of music online we point each other too, not downloads but rare stuff on YouTube that sometimes leads to album or DVD purchases
can anybody give me pointers on R.E.M. and Red Hot Chili Peppers? thanks
R.E.M. are one of my favorite bands, which probably makes me pretty uncool, lololol. My taste in their albums is not very typical of their fans tho, I don't think.
A great place to start is definitely their 'Live at the Olympia' double album. They had a whole career (5 albums and an EP) on an indie label before they got big, and those albums are fantastic. Very consistent. On that live album they play a shit tonne of their old songs from those albums, and they sound fucking awesome in a live situation with high quality recording technology. It was when they were working on their second last album, 'Accelerate', which is another highlights in their discog, and they perform early versions of songs from that too, as well as some other really unlikely choices from their later albums. The only well known song they do over the whole 2 discs is 'Drive'.
I'll get back with more commentary/advice on them later on.
thanks so much noel. I ordered 'Live At The Olympia' based on your recommendation, along with two best ofs, one a career spanning overview and one that only has Warner Bros material. these collections also dabble in soundtrack cuts, b-sides, alt versions and live versions. I guess you've got to start someplace with a band you are not familiar with so I went with your live recommendation and these comps. out of curiosity I also ordered that 'Dead Letter Office' b-sides IRS compilation, out of sheer curiosity (I posted about it in that b-sides thread) and because I have a thing for b-sides in general. I read on Amazon that Peter Buck's liner notes are hilarious and that's the kind of humorous stuff I appreciate. it's probably inessential as a collection (?) and the studio albums are probably where to start but the version I bought also contains the debut EP. I recognize some titles from that EP on the 'Live At The Olympia' tracklistQuote:
Originally Posted by noel411
I would definitely like to dive into full albums but 15 studio albums is a lot to take in so I would like to check them out in small doses. I'm very excited to dive into their catalog, I love getting to know bands I only know from their singles. I was listening to the 'Monster' album which I found in full on YouTube yesterday and I liked what I heard. I was only familiar with two songs from the album.
Yeah their debut EP, which as you say is on 'Dead Letter Office', is great. Even moreso the live versions on Olympia. I haven't heard the rest of that compilation in forever, but I don't recall the other stuff being great. A couple of Velvet Underground covers, I recall. They were a big influence on the band.
They're an interesting band with a very interesting discog and history. In short, of the IRS albums I would recommend starting with Murmur, Reckoning, and Lifes (sic) Rich Pageant, which is possibly their best album imo.
I think the WB albums are where my taste starts to differ a lot from other people. Up is my fave. Around the Sun is one of my faves. I love Monster too. I think those 3 albums are probably the most maligned in their discog tho. Monster was kinda the death of them being one of the biggest bands in the world.
I also love New Adventures in Hi-Fi, and as I said Accelerate is definitely a high point. Short and sweet. I think their final album, Collapse Into Now was great too.
Their commercial high point, Green, Out of Time, and Automatic For The People are for me probably the least interesting and consistent albums in their discog, tho each of them has their share of outstanding tracks.
Automatic is generally considered their career high point tho (and Murmur from the early years). I could personally never really get into it as a whole though. But it does have some great songs on it.
Oh yeah and Reveal. That's another pretty heavily maligned one, I think. It's got a lot of really great tracks on it tho. There's a small handful of stinkers on it, but all in all I think it's great.
I received Dead Letter Office and Best of Live at the BBC
DLO : enjoyable as a haphazard collection. you can tell REM are really having fun on some of the tracks. nothing spectacular here. songs were rightly resigned to being b-sides. the EP at the end is leagues better
BOLATBB : pretty good! great sound quality (hey it's the BBC) and the performances are good. I will say though that it looks like REM live sticks pretty close to the studio versions of the songs
glad I bought these
the other compilations I ordered are still in the mail, will update after I get them
I need to listen to DLO again. I can't even remember a lot of what's on it.
Yeah they're not a super musical band or anything. More just about the songs. There's very little improv or variation in their live performances, tho there's a few songs they've developed into something different through live performance (see 'Walk Unafraid' from Up).
They were a powerful live band tho. I felt like the live versions of their songs were often more aggressive and impactful.
And although they're not super musical, I've always loved Peter Buck as a rhythm guitarist, especially his acoustic playing.
By now all the comps have arrived. I love the early stuff on I.R.S.! I read Stipe's voice is buried low in the mix but I can't say I noticed this on any of those singles or b-sides. I only ever noticed it with 'Gardening At Night'. But there seems to be an official different vocal mix out there too for that song?
I now ordered 'Monster' since on Discogs they are practically paying you to take the album off their hands lol. I ordered from Lithuania because why not.
Will update you on the Dublin Live, still have to listen to that one.
The sleeve notes on these comps are pretty interesting too.
kinda forgot about this one although it was huge down here back in the day
noel that Live in Dublin album is pretty awesome!
Yeah man I really love it. It's funny cos I don't listen to their early albums much. I think they sound a little dated. But it's not the songs, it's just the production. It's so effin' great that they did those shows and did high quality recordings of it. I think it's their most essential release. That's why it was the first one I recommended.
So cool too how they pulled out these songs they hadn't played in forever, seemingly barely rehearsed them, and fucking nailed them (for the most part. The fuck ups are funny too, lolololol). Funny that Stipe actually fucks up during 'Drive', which is probably the only song there that they actually regularly performed live.
Doesn't surprise me that Monster is available for peanuts. They released that at the absolute height of their popularity, and I'm pretty sure it flopped hard. Easy to see why. It's a fucking enormous departure from Automatic. I love it tho. Great album. Some interesting stuff in the booklet for u too.
That was actually one of the first albums of theirs that i got too. Took me a while to get into it.
Oasis
1. Definitely Maybe
2. (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
3. Don't Believe the Truth
4. Dig Out Your Soul
5. Heathen Chemistry
6. Standing On the Shoulder Of Giants
7. Be Here Now
Even their worst album is well above average tho.
I feel like they got played out fast. The first 2 albums are great, and a handful of other tracks, but they had nowhere to go musically after their initial burst. That goes for their solo stuff too. Its all the same sub Stones, sub Beatles Manc gibberish. Its the equivalent of an AI art version of 70s rock.
But yeah those big singalong hits. If they ever were smart enough to bury the hatchet and tour, I'd buy a ticket.
I’ve got a few Santana records so I’ll rank what I own:
1. Abraxas
2. Santana
3. Santana (III)
4. Caravanserai
5. Amigos
6. Borboletta
7. Marathon
8. Festivál
I am only missing Welcome and Inner Secrets from their peak period, Welcome would slot in around 5 or 6 and Inner Secrets probably at the bottom. Also missing a few live albums but I’m not keen on them.
Yeah they're just straight up rock and roll. But they did it better than probably anyone since the 70's. I fucking love their last 2 albums. DBTT is somethymes my favourite of their albums, and DOYS could've been my fave if it didn't have such a mediocre last few tracks. The first 8 tracks r fucking stellar. Waiting For The Rapture is probably my favourite song they ever did.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShaDynasty
Like I said, I really like all their albums.
Liam's solo albums r a bit up and down. I don't think any of them r particularly consistent. Noel's first 2 r great tho.
Also fucking love the first Beady Eye album. And the second one was pretty cool too.
Also, as for 'smart enough to bury the hatchet n tour', I don't really think it's about being smart. Those dudes don't need any money. Nor do they need to prove anything or build on their legacy. As Noel says, there's no reason for him to do it. He's happy with what they achieved n sees no reason to continue the Oasis story.
Noel is probably the most quotable celebrity ever, lololololol. Fucken funny cunt. I'll go and find his quote about Liam's songs that I saw yesterday.
I'm aware I'm being a bit of a charles jones right now, hahahahahahaha.
"Songbird’ blew my head off when I first heard it because it was that f*ucking simple and that direct,” Noel later admitted. “But when Liam plays you a song he wants you to instantly fucking drop dead on the spot and then, when you come around, stab yourself in the heart and be in awe of the f*cking sonic ability of the man.”
Yeah I know they have enough money and don't like each other. Their whole beef is lame as fuck though.
I obviously disagree on their legacy or whatever. They can't ruin it because they already have a bunch of mediocre albums out there. They come off like 2 stubborn kids that won't play with each other. Its not like 'musical differences' is an excuse, because they still basically haven't moved on from the Oasis sound.
Steely Dan
1. Aja
2. Gaucho
3. Pretzel Logic
4. The Royal Scam
5. Countdown To Ecstasy
6. Can't Buy A Thrill
7. Two Against Nature
8. Katy Lied
9. Everything Must Go
Its not like any of them are bad albums but that final album was pretty forgettable in spite of the perfectly produced and arranged pieces. That being said, the 2 solo records that Fagen released after that are fantastic and basically indistinguishable from SD albums.
Steely Dan for me.
1. Aja
2. Gaucho
3. Countdown to Ecstasy
4. Katy Lied
5. Royal Scam
6. Can't Buy a Thrill
7. Two against Nature
8. Pretzel Logic
9. Everything must go
I'm surprised you got Pretzel Logic so high and Katy Lied so low. Pretzel Logic has some forgettable tracks for me, unlike every album above it.
What two Fagen solo are you referring to? The two released after Gaucho or the two released after Everything must go?
Katy Lied has some very amusing songs, but Pretzel sticks in my head more, maybe Pretzel is a bit darker in tone.
The 2 after Everything Must Go. His first solo The Nightfly is great too.
Pretzel logic contains East St. Louis Toodle oo and through with Buzz. Two tracks that are very un steely dan like.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShaDynasty
Walter Becker also has a solo that is actually not too bad. It really doesn't sound much like any other SD release.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEVdpkOHuu8
Apparently this is an Aja outtake. Pretty nice.
^ I have heard this one. 2nd arrangement is another great unreleased track.