Post by NoOnE on Feb 15, 2016 19:31:56 GMT -5
This felt more like the "Fact About Me" posts than what it is in the OOC board so I put this here.
While it is for me in particular, this is not necessarily a Top 5 albums ever. This is meant to be great works of music that you would think most ppl here haven't heard before. (Master of Puppets, No Strings Attached, 25, etc need not apply). The idea is to offer some folks who might be jonesin' for something new just that.
I'll start, and these are in no order:
Silverchair - Diorama
Arguably the greatest musical group in Australian history, battles with anorexia and rheumatoid arthritis halted their push amongst the US, and many lumped them into the grunge scene of the mid-90's. However, they actually slowly evolved through a dark period into an indie/orchestral sound, which this album being their apex. I personally recommend just pressing play and listening the whole way through. "Tuna in the Brine" is the best orchestral rock song I've ever heard, and "My Favourite Thing" still gets me vaclempsed.
Revis - "Places For Breathing"
The tragedy of this band is that they only ever made one album. It's friggin' phenomenal from start to finish. The first song "Caught In The Rain" was a radio darling, but "Sevens", a song overtly discussing the Book of Revelations, is probably the gem of the album.
Spawn: The Original Movie Soundtrack
Terrible movie. Epic soundtrack. Created during the height of the Nine Inch Nails-induced "Industrial" movement (basically metal + techno = industrial), they made pairings between rock groups such as Filter, Korn, Metallica, and Slayer, and techno artists like Crystal Method, Orbital, Prodigy, and Atari Teenage Riot and took one group's originally recorded music and remixed it, consistently elevating the tune. The best example of this is Metallica & DJ Spooky's remix of "For Whom The Bell Tolls", which will appear on a future thread of "Top 5 Entrance Music".
BT - Movement in Still Life
If you've heard of BT, you know he practically invented "trance" music (that special kind of techno that inspires people to take X and twirl glow sticks), and while "Dreaming" is the quintessential trance anthem, this album is here because it crosses genres like crazy. There's an upbeat pop tune "Never Gonna Come Back Down", a matchbox twenty-esque sad rock song "Shame", and even a laid-back rap jam that, while I don't know, SEEMS to this white guy like great "light a J" music "Love on Haight Street".
Haywire - Josh Turner
Okay, if you're a country music fan, you probably know this one. But, if you were wanting to see what the hubbub is about, and you think that Blake Shelton & Luke Bryan are kind of annoying, then check this album before swearing off country forever. There's no bro country or faux-rock/pop here; just traditional country from the best male vocalist in music today.
While it is for me in particular, this is not necessarily a Top 5 albums ever. This is meant to be great works of music that you would think most ppl here haven't heard before. (Master of Puppets, No Strings Attached, 25, etc need not apply). The idea is to offer some folks who might be jonesin' for something new just that.
I'll start, and these are in no order:
Silverchair - Diorama
Arguably the greatest musical group in Australian history, battles with anorexia and rheumatoid arthritis halted their push amongst the US, and many lumped them into the grunge scene of the mid-90's. However, they actually slowly evolved through a dark period into an indie/orchestral sound, which this album being their apex. I personally recommend just pressing play and listening the whole way through. "Tuna in the Brine" is the best orchestral rock song I've ever heard, and "My Favourite Thing" still gets me vaclempsed.
Revis - "Places For Breathing"
The tragedy of this band is that they only ever made one album. It's friggin' phenomenal from start to finish. The first song "Caught In The Rain" was a radio darling, but "Sevens", a song overtly discussing the Book of Revelations, is probably the gem of the album.
Spawn: The Original Movie Soundtrack
Terrible movie. Epic soundtrack. Created during the height of the Nine Inch Nails-induced "Industrial" movement (basically metal + techno = industrial), they made pairings between rock groups such as Filter, Korn, Metallica, and Slayer, and techno artists like Crystal Method, Orbital, Prodigy, and Atari Teenage Riot and took one group's originally recorded music and remixed it, consistently elevating the tune. The best example of this is Metallica & DJ Spooky's remix of "For Whom The Bell Tolls", which will appear on a future thread of "Top 5 Entrance Music".
BT - Movement in Still Life
If you've heard of BT, you know he practically invented "trance" music (that special kind of techno that inspires people to take X and twirl glow sticks), and while "Dreaming" is the quintessential trance anthem, this album is here because it crosses genres like crazy. There's an upbeat pop tune "Never Gonna Come Back Down", a matchbox twenty-esque sad rock song "Shame", and even a laid-back rap jam that, while I don't know, SEEMS to this white guy like great "light a J" music "Love on Haight Street".
Haywire - Josh Turner
Okay, if you're a country music fan, you probably know this one. But, if you were wanting to see what the hubbub is about, and you think that Blake Shelton & Luke Bryan are kind of annoying, then check this album before swearing off country forever. There's no bro country or faux-rock/pop here; just traditional country from the best male vocalist in music today.