[Music] Classic albums

[zefarelly]

Albums I regularly listen to and have done mostly since I was a kid

Kent - Slow Moody B&B and 'For dancers also'

Ska Scandal

Tighten up volume 1,2 & 3

Crosby Still & Nash

AWB

Caravan - If I could do it all over again I'd do it all over you

Land of the grey & pink

HP Lovecraft II

Exodus

Armed Forces

All mod cons

Wild Wood & Heavy Soul (Weller)

Talking book

History of Otis Redding

searcing - Dexys

Forever changes

osmium - Parliament

Blur - Blur

Book of dreams - Steve Miller

Love & war - The Pets

Yes

specials

Electric landlady

Kinks VGPS

Ian Dury New boots etc

Abraxas

 

[Machiavelli]

As part of my ongoing musical education I've recently been seeking out 'classic' albums from genres and/or eras I've not previously given much ear time to. I figure these might be a starting point for something deeper.

A couple I have been listening to recently are Funkadelic's Maggot Brain and Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On.

So, hit me up with some classics (any genre) to listen to.

[MENTION=28490]Machiavelli[/MENTION], care to recommend something from your jazz world?

Happy Friday.

As WZ says, Kind of Blue by Miles Davis is a delight and at the stylistically different end, try Bitches Brew. Between them, they might encourage you to explore the in-between stuff.
'Free Jazz' by Ornette Coleman is worth a go for an early out-there take. In terms of more recent stuff:
You know of Binker and Moses, and Moses Boyd now, presumably Sons of Kemet too. If not, give them a go, and their tuba player's first album is great, Theon Cross.
I'm still a fan of Polar Bear and, if pushed, would go for their earlier stuff. I also really like the Belgian band, Black Flower -- if pushed, would single out Artifacts.
Then there's the Brotzmann links and in terms of albums, it's mainly Mats Gustafsson's output that I know, which is similarly ear-splitting and heavier. Shake by The Thing is worth a go, ditto Defeat by Fire!, and most of Fire! Orchestra's stuff is suitably bonkers.

Will stop there, but [MENTION=3076]redoubtable seagull[/MENTION] I think knows more than me on this, and I'm pretty certain that [MENTION=222]Southy[/MENTION] will cast a justifiably scornful eye for not including Melanie Del Biasio.
I'm still

 

[wuntbedruv]

As no one has touched SKA/ Rocksteady yet

Absolutely anything by Alton Ellis.

For a compilation Album Rod Stewart Sing it again Rod has some surprisingly GREAT tracks on it.

 

[wuntbedruv]

Spaced out Acid Rock.
Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix. New Worlds Fair

Beyond his Science Fantasy books Moorcock wrote a hell of a lot for Hawkwind

 

[Machiavelli]

#1 Record shouldn't be missed. One of my favourite albums of any genre. I can't understand why it wasn't huge at the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxH8RLN56aw

You keep em coming. Top quality suggestions so far, although my views of the likes of Primal Scream and, even more so, The Stone Roses are not too dissimilar to yours on The Beatles.

 

[zefarelly]

As no one has touched SKA/ Rocksteady yet

Absolutely anything by Alton Ellis.

For a compilation Album Rod Stewart Sing it again Rod has some surprisingly GREAT tracks on it.

Sam and I have . . . . . TBH Whilst I've hoovered records up from most genres over the years I've never really bought loads of Ska . . .it all started with TU trojan comps and Studio one collections . . . . people like Alton Ellis, Skatelites, Maytalls, Mittoo, Baba Brooks Val Bennett all stood out to my ears but I've never found specific albums, its always been load of comps.

 

[zefarelly]

Spaced out Acid Rock.
Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix. New Worlds Fair

Beyond his Science Fantasy books Moorcock wrote a hell of a lot for Hawkwind

we've played at a few West Country festivals in recent yours, if you like spaced out acid rock, check out Kozfest and Glastonbury psych fest.

 

[studio150]

A Question Of Balance - Moody Blues
Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Tarkus - Emerson Lake And Palmer
Who's Next - The Who
Fireball - Deep Purple
Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart
Image - John Lennon With The Plastic Ono Band
Electric Warrior - T Rex
Harvest - Neil Young
Paul Simon - Paul Simon
Fog On The Tyne - Lindisfarne
Back To Front - Gilbert O'Sullivan
Slayed? - Slade
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player - Elton John
Stranded - Roxy Music


A few from the early 70s

 

[monty uk]

Judging by the albums you say you have in your collection, I would hazard a guess that you weren't heavily into 70's albums at the time. I may be wrong, usually am.

So for something slightly different, from 73 and 74:

Al Stewart - Past, Present and Future.
Frank Zappa - Roxy and Elsewhere.

 

[Barrow Boy]

A Question Of Balance - Moody Blues
Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Tarkus - Emerson Lake And Palmer
Who's Next - The Who
Fireball - Deep Purple
Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart
Image - John Lennon With The Plastic Ono Band
Electric Warrior - T Rex
Harvest - Neil Young
Paul Simon - Paul Simon
Fog On The Tyne - Lindisfarne
Back To Front - Gilbert O'Sullivan
Slayed? - Slade
Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player - Elton John
Stranded - Roxy Music


A few from the early 70s

And all the better for it, I nearly put Question Of Balance, great album.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Well, this is going to be tricky. No, no, sorry. I mean easy. To keep it simple I will post one youtube link per genre per post.

I'll start with cheery feel good music. have been enjoying a lot of retrowave in the last few years.

A few artists to check out:

The Midnight
FM 84
Lebrock
Ollie Wride (from Brighton!)

An exemplar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO_spdAYjPk

 

[1066familyman]

As no one has touched SKA/ Rocksteady yet

Absolutely anything by Alton Ellis.

For a compilation Album Rod Stewart Sing it again Rod has some surprisingly GREAT tracks on it.

Sets A Better Example..... Is a classic 'Big People's Music' album for me. Perfect for a Sunday afternoon.

 

[GT49er]

Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Bob Dylan - Bringng it all Back Home
Love - Da Capo
Beatles - Revolver and Sergeant Pepper
Fairport Convention - What We Did on our Hiolidays
The Who - Who's Next and Quadrophenia
The Damned - Strawberries
Joe Jackson - Big World
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Show of Hands - Roots
The Smithereens - Especially For You
The Records - Music on Both Sides

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Next, there is a great deal of modern guitar-based music often sung in a European language that pays homage to mimimalist bands from the early 80s such as early Cure, the Fall, Nightingales etc.

Lebanon Hanover
Molchat Doma
She past away

Here is an exemplar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5ixNXa6Nuc

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Next, andther big fave of mine is wave, which is synth/computer based sweet sounding music, usually with female vocal.

For example:

Backwhen
Blanku
Jost
Ghost Youth

An exemplar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ixZ7kSdppA

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Ramones - It's Alive
Joy Division - Closer
Pixies - Come on Pilgrim
Wonderstuff - Eight Legged Groove Machine
Wall of Voodoo - Call of the west
The The - Mind bomb
The Glove - Blue Sunshine
B52s - Wild Planet

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

And I'll leave you for now with my lockdown go-to genre, witch house. It crosses over with a lot of other genres (wave and trap) but pure Witch house is a class apart.
Artists:

Axius link
Fraunhofer Diffraction
Clepsydra
Pyramidblast

If you listen to anything I just posted, check this out. Turn up the volume, close your eyes, and this will not disappoint

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtCpnMLWLzw

 

[Razzoo]

A post Rock classic is Hex by Bark Psychosis
A post Punk classic is Vs by Mission of Burma
Arcade Fire's debut is a modern classic
Spiderland by Slint was a big record for me that is undoubtedly a cult classic

 

[Whitechapel]

I feel dirty for not picking Original Pirate Material (20 years old today too!) but for me Good Kid M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar is the best album of all time.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Ramones - It's Alive
Joy Division - Closer
Pixies - Come on Pilgrim
Wonderstuff - Eight Legged Groove Machine
Wall of Voodoo - Call of the west
The The - Mind bomb
The Glove - Blue Sunshine
B52s - Wild Planet

Hey.... we're the Ramones and this one's called Rockaway Beach.....

I love It's Alive and aside from a great listen it's a go-to when I am doing fast running sessions. That, No Sleep to Hammersmith, Bedtime for Democracy and Frankenchrist.