Albums that changed your life

[ijim]

No doubt "The Rolling Stones" set my head in a direction that would never return to the norm. There were others like The Animals, Young Rascals, and the Troggs. But when my Father came in my room and smashed the Rolling Stones album it was a message to go forth and reek havoc.

 

[ijim]

jeff beck truth, the version of blues deluxe helped me thru couple divorces, lol, steve miller children of the future, Vanilla fudge, there covers moved me, isaac hayes hot buttered soul. Neil young, all his early stuff,there is so much of the old stuff i still listen to, I never matured musically, Now it's huge, Best of everybody pirated from napster etc. MP3s I love it.

Beck and Stewart were gold. It is a shame that they were ahead of the AM radio curve. Many especially younger people never heard Morning Dew or Becks Bolero.

 

[MIway]

Was lucky... first heard & saw The Wall while tripping... back in '89... have to say, that altered my perception of life around me.

 

[Max Headroom]

tough question... fav. albums is easy, but life-changing?

i remember a couple of them that blew my mind and forever changed the way i think about music.

Art Of Noise - In No Sense? Nonsense! (1987)

Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill (1986)

Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet (1990)

Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene (1976) and Rendez-Vous (1986)

Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine (1978)

but my musical taste was most influenced by computer game and demo music on the Commodore 64. brilliant stuff. (i'm still heavily into chiptune-sounds)

 

[Guest3498]

The YEM on this one, specifically. Finally understood why my older sister had been seeing em for so many years...

 

[anonnoats]

The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
Neil Young - Harvest

Mostly due to them being high on the listening pyramid when major events happened though.

 

[Oshay]

Nirvana-Moist Vagina
RHCP-Under the Bridge
AC/DC- Stiff upper Lip
Cold Chisel- Khe Sanh
Aussie Crawl- Boys Light Up
Aussie Crawl- Reckless
Slim Dusty- The pub with no Beer
Hank williams sr- Jambalaya

I can relate to many of the lyrics in some of these songs and the others are just the soundtracks to my life LOL

 

[Hermanthegerman]

Changed my life? Better say give another direction.
I was just 15 years and heard music like Patti Smith, Kansas, Pink Floyd, Stones influenced by older guys. In december 1979 I was in London, with my family, only money for 3 LPs. In the record shop I was fascinated by the cover of the Clash LP. What a motiv in what a kind of colours, for these days, on the backside chinese revolutionairies. In english they say, never judge a book by it´s cover, in this case I did. Unheard I bought the Lp, together with "The raven" from the Stranglers und a Rutless LP, Parody from Monty Pythons of the Beatles.

Back home I heard the Clash LP and it was clear,: Punkrock was my way.

 

[thing]

I hate to sound cliche but any Pink Floyd album. I also recall getting blazed to Bone Thugs N Harmony a lot lol. For me though, the album that always comes out randomly on a rainy day:

Radiohead, OK Computer

 

[simple green]

Beastie Boys Pauls Boutique: The flavor and attitude has just stuck with me
Dylan: Highway 61: Intruduced to marijuana along with this album
Whatever the first Grateful Dead album I listened to
Rages first self titled: To me this is the best fusion of hip hop , hard rock and informed political theory. They all go together in my warped head much like they do in this album.
Beatles Revolver: What can I say it's revolver? Had to include it.
One last different one: IASCA competition test disk with corresponding booklet (and a few good stereo systems): took my pretty good ear and taught it to listen critically

 

[paulo73]

Ummaguma and Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
The Lamb lies down on Broadway from Genesis
Live After Death from Iron Maiden
Tubular bells from Mike Oldfield
Kill them all and Master of Puppets from Metallica
Lo ritual de lo habitual from Janes Addiction
L´eau Rouge by Young Gods
Appetite for Destruction by G&R
Music for the jilted generation by Prodigy
Master of the forest by Elysium
O Monstro precisa de amigos by Ornatos Violeta
Reign In Blood by Slayer
Bleach, Nevermind and In Utero by Nirvana
Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden

 

[Catfishh]

Ive had several over the years .One i remember well was when it dawned on me ,how awesome electronic music was .People often can't relate deeply to electronic stuff,because of the lack of traditional instruments.I always dabbled and listened to it ,went to clubs hear and their,then the first time i heard .

DJ Tiesto live@ trance energy 2000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IjNwoT32xE

,its like my whole view and depth of this music changed .For me it was like i was on drugs without taking anything.Not all albums can do this for me , i think it comes from getting lost in your thoughts, through sound and specific audio stimulation.

Anyhow it still remains at the top of my all time fav live performance albums or albums period.And gave me a deep insight and love for this type of music.

Should i be surprised it was recorded in the Netherlands? Europe has most of the best, electronic music.

 

[RudeDog]

Half Man, Half Biscuit - Back in the DHSS.

Made me realise what proper music is.

 

[fabvariousk]

Ive had several over the years .One i remember well was when it dawned on me ,how awesome electronic music was .People often can't relate deeply to electronic stuff,because of the lack of traditional instruments.I always dabbled and listened to it ,went to clubs hear and their,then the first time i heard .

DJ Tiesto live@ trance energy 2000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IjNwoT32xE

,its like my whole view and depth of this music changed .For me it was like i was on drugs without taking anything.Not all albums can do this for me , i think it comes from getting lost in your thoughts, through sound and specific audio stimulation.

Anyhow it still remains at the top of my all time fav live performance albums or albums period.And gave me a deep insight and love for this type of music.

Should i be surprised it was recorded in the Netherlands? Europe has most of the best, electronic music.

I agree man.
I grew up a total rock hipster snob.
Then I turned thirty and embraced electronic music and "rock" records don't really do it for me much anymore.
John Lennon wrote some pretty songs but matters little in the grand scheme of things when compared to Aphex Twin or Squarepusher.
When you listen to electronic music you realize the eighties not only did not suck for music but was possibly the greatest decade.

 

[Darth Fader]

Changed my life? Better say give another direction.
I was just 15 years and heard music like Patti Smith, Kansas, Pink Floyd, Stones influenced by older guys. In december 1979 I was in London, with my family, only money for 3 LPs. In the record shop I was fascinated by the cover of the Clash LP. What a motiv in what a kind of colours, for these days, on the backside chinese revolutionairies. In english they say, never judge a book by it´s cover, in this case I did. Unheard I bought the Lp, together with "The raven" from the Stranglers und a Rutless LP, Parody from Monty Pythons of the Beatles.

Back home I heard the Clash LP and it was clear,: Punkrock was my way.

That's so freaking cool. It's weird how we can either be grabbed by or turned off to something before we even know what it is. Wonderful when it grabs you and turns out to be everything your intuition hinted at and more. I had always heard of Sex Pistols and had (stupidly) formed an opinion about it - that it was bullshit noise - based on ... I dunno, tagential BS? I guess I wasn't into punk sensibilities. So I was turned off to the idea of it but many years later when I finally heard Never Mind The Bollocks - wow, what a fucking CLASSIC. Now I love Johnny Rotten. I totally get it - his sensibilities, the commentary, the art, the outrage. BTW, his book is excellent.

 

[RulaTone]

The true pioneer of digital dancehall and modern dub
King tubby was the man, the true genius....
This album was issued on FIREHOUSE label, and many other great tunes were produced on that label and also on WATERHOUSE and TAURUS label.
Good old days...

 

[forty]

alice in chains "dirt" inspired me to keep my shit in line. what could have been is not where i'd want to be. have i run too far to get home?.... almost.

 

[soulclappin]

Goldie-Innercity life
Reprazent-New Forms
The Prodigy-The Experience
Cypress Hill-Temples of Boom III
Photek- Form&Function
Adam F- Colours
Peshay-Miles From Home
Grooverider-Rainbows of colour
Gangstarr-Momenth of truth


these were all back in end of the 90s when i was teenager.They all made me who i am now.Nowadays there isnt much that will change all my thinking of it that much.Maybe this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmW_r3XK2HA (with beyonce vocals)

who is todays Jimi Hendrix.Hes doing everything opposite in electronic music.Putting Beyonce sing like a man, making his own drum hits at the woods, hitting on trees, doesnt use music production system(all tracks made in soundforge FTW??) never ever quantizie his beats, they are all out of beat, all is arrenged by ears no visualization drawing like all other producers do.Sampling video games like here :

http://www.whosampled.com/sample/vi... Gregson-Williams-Metal Gear Solid 2 (Intro)/


major genius, all his albums are eyeopeners

 

[synchro.surfer]

I was just saying , about a week ago , how the first DJ Shadow album (endtroducing ...) "changed my life" ... nice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH5He9TW0mE

 

[freaks]

Catch a fire- the Wailers
Til shilow-Buju Banton
Waiting for the sun-The Doors