Masterpiece Albums

[El Saxo]

I was listening to Zane Lowe on Radio 1 this evening in the car coming home from work and heard his feature on Masterpiece Albums - tonight's was The Prodigy, Music For The Jilted Generation.

I'm sat here listening to it now and had forgotten just how damn good an album it is! I was only 13 or 14 when it was released but I can remember me and my mates buying it when it came out and being absolutely blown away!
Odd too that these days I'm mostly a rock/metal fan but this album still sounds as amazing as the day I first heard it.

Anyone else got any albums they revisit every now and then that have stood the test of time that well?

[Ratty]

Misplaced Childhood
Number of the Beast
Queen II

Ratty

[DarrenSV650S]

I've got the best of prodigy and a few other singles. Haven't got any of their albums. Might have to sort that.

I'm getting back in to the chemical brothers just now. Their songs are so brilliant. I've got all their albums and there's only two or three song I don't like

[madness]

Val Doonican - Songs from the chair

Especially like the one about his granny's old hat! ;)

[hovis]

metallica - black

[slark01]

metallica - black
+1

[slark01]

Val Doonican - Songs from the chair

Especially like the one about his granny's old hat! ;)
-1 :-)

[Frank]

listened to the show earlier in the week.
The Stone Roses were just brill

[Bibio]

my all time no1 is a tie between santana - moonflower and supertramp - breakfast in american.

pink floyd - dark side of the moon.
pink floyd - the wall.
pink floyd - wish you were here.
fleetwood mac - roumers.
Marillion - misplaced childhood.

i could go on and on .. but i'm not going to...

[jaffacakes]

I've got the best of prodigy and a few other singles.

"Whats you favourite Beatles album?"
-"I would have to say 'The Best of The Beatles'" Genius!

RATM for me all the way. Listening to it again now:cheers:

[Woz]

Back in Black. The only album I've ever heard without a single duff track.

[Jayneflakes]

Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk.

http://metalartwork.free.fr/images/pochettes2/tailleoriginale2/big1/Emperor_-_anthems_to_the_welkin_at_dusk.jpg

My first true black metal album and one I still love.

[mister c]

Oasis - Whats the story Morning Glory, still one of my all time faves.

Thunder - Backstreet Symphony

[the_runt69]

Too many to mention

some are

David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 1st album I ever bought myself

R.E.M Automatic for the people

Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From the Road

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound (bet they didnt know how topical that would be under Thachers Britain)

Nivana - Nevermind

Queen - A Night at the opera

[Viney]

Im waiting for Please hammer dont hurt 'em - MC hammer. Its a classical masterpiece
And Now 65. Regarded as one of the best

[STRAMASHER]

Van Halen - 1984 :smt051

[keithd]

as the runter mentions there are too many to mention. on the "current" list of my all time favorites

nirvana - nevermind
oasis - definately (maybe)
pulp - common people
ac/dc - back in black
arctic monkeys - whatever people say i am thats what im not
pink floyd - DSOM (check out the "making of..." documentary. great viewing, brings the album even more to life)

[carty]

nirvana - nevermind
oasis - definately (maybe)

I'll second those two. I'd like to add;

Alanis Morisette - Jagged Little Pill: another album with no duff tracks and

Eminem - The Slim Shady LP: genius all round

[Alpinestarhero]

Metallica's "black album" I always listen to with awe. For something released in 1991, its still bloody awesome.

[Alpinestarhero]

Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk.

http://metalartwork.free.fr/images/pochettes2/tailleoriginale2/big1/Emperor_-_anthems_to_the_welkin_at_dusk.jpg

My first true black metal album and one I still love.

Awesome album cover!!!!

[fizzwheel]

pink floyd - DSOM (check out the "making of..." documentary. great viewing, brings the album even more to life)

I've watched that as well, great program and it unlocked that album for me. I never really listened to it before after watching that I listened to it alot and its a genius piece of work IMHO.

The Stone Roses is another one that I always keep going back to, as is The Verve - A Northern Soul, is bl**dy under rated that album, but if you like DSOM you'll probably like that as well.

[Mr Speirs]

Chaz and Dave - Chas and Daves Knees Up-Jamboree Bag Number 2

[Dappa D]

ooo the prodigy....cant remember which one i have, there is a crab i think on the cover...phat of the land? maybe...gonna dig that out....

[Viney]

Even better than taht, pop- Same difference :lol:

Ok, on a more serious note... My iconic albums, well some of them

Thriller - M Jackson
It takes a nation of millions to hold us back - Public Enemy
Stright outta compton - NWA
The killers - Hot fuss
The marshall matthers Ep - Eminem
The war of the worlds - Jeff Wayne
The prodigy Expierence - The prodigy
Halfway between the gutter and the stars - FatboySlim
Back to Black - Amy winehouse (I still think that this is better than her 1st album)
Original pirate material - The streets
3 feet high and rising - DeLaSoul
Brothers in arms - Dire Straights

[maviczap]

1 Springsteen - Born to Run

2 U2 - The unforgettable Fire

3. Manics - everything must go

Plus many too many more to choose from :p

[keithd]

Even better than taht, pop- Same difference :lol:

Ok, on a more serious note... My iconic albums, well some of them

Thriller - M Jackson

The killers - Hot fuss

Original pirate material - The streets


yep, they'd be on my list too

[Odin]

Oldies but goodies...bit of a list here

Slayer....reign in Blood
Acid Rain....the fear
Alanis...jagged little pill
Beth Orton....superpinkmandy
Hybrid.....wide angle
bad news.....bad news
manowar.....triumph of steel
body count....body count
dead kennedy....plastic surgery
dub war......dub warning
living colour...vivid
onyx.....bac da *** up

and on and on....but all bl***y good:)

[xXBADGERXx]

Metallica - Metallica (Black Album)
Machine Head - Burn my Eyes
Fear Factory - Demanufacture
Manowar - Kings of Metal
Prong - Cleansing


LOL @ Odin with Bad News - I still have that on Vinyl somewhere :D

[stewie]

Stone roses - stone roses
Oasis - whats the story moning glory
Bjork -Debut
Frank Zappa - Joes garage 1, 2 & 3
Manic st preachers - love over gold
Keith harris and orville - the wildernes years
Ian brown -any album really
Bjork - post
Sex pistols - never mind the ********
Alanis morissette - jagged little pill
Bjork - vespertine
Fank Zappa - sheik yerbouti
Bjork - homogenic
Beck -oderlay

[Frank]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eyWReM986gw
love this

[dizzyblonde]

He says
Golden Glass by the Misunderstood
something by HP Lovecraft
Black Metal by Venom


I'll just wade through his vast collection and choose

Gorilla by The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band :-)

[dizzyblonde]

Manowar - Kings of Metal


Hear the cackles from the couch as I read that one out loud:cool:

[stewie]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eyWReM986gw
love this
classic mate :D not heard that for ages

[Biker Biggles]

Whos Next ---The Who
Exile on Main Street---The Rolling Stones
Darkness on the Edge of Town====Bruce Springsteen
Rock and Roll Animal====Lou Reed.
Street Legal----Bob Dylan
DSOTM---Floyd

[thedonal]

Floyd- Wish You Were Here, DSOTM, The Wall
The Beatles- Revolver
Led Zeppelin- 4
Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds
Blue Oyster Cult- First album, Secret Treaties, Imaginos
Dream Theater- Images & Words, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (a tricky choice- so many great ones!)
Metallica- Lightning, Puppets, Justice
The Verve- A Northern Soul
Radiohead- The Bends
Tangerine Dream- Underwater Sunlight
DJ Shadow- Endtroducing
David Bowie- Hunky Dory
AC/CD- Back in Black
Faith No More- The Real Thing
And many, many more...!

[Sean_C]

Springsteen: Born To Run
Springsteen: Live 75-85
Eric Clapton: Unplugged
Nirvana: Unplugged
New Pornographers: Challengers
Wilco: Live in Chicago
Nickel Creek: Why Should the fire die?
Chris Thile/ Punch Brothers...

That's just the beginning, can't listen to them enough.. :p

[Sean_C]

Springsteen: Born To Run
Springsteen: Live 75-85
Eric Clapton: Unplugged
Nirvana: Unplugged
New Pornographers: Challengers
Wilco: Live in Chicago
Nickel Creek: Why Should the fire die?
Chris Thile/ Punch Brothers...

That's just the beginning, can't listen to them enough.. :p

[northwind]

Earth Vs The Wildhearts, by the Wildhearts
Fishing For More Luckies, by the Wildhearts
Since I Left You- the Avalanches
Blackened Sky by Biffy Clyro
Master Of Puppets by Metallica
Hell Is For Heroes- Neon Handshake
Absolution- Muse
Different Class- Pulp
Chaos AD- Sepultura
Every Weezer Album Ever. But especially Pinkerton
The Bends- Radiohead

Quite a lot of these are pretty new... But still, I think they've got staying power. Muse's best albums are their live albums though.

[xXBADGERXx]

Hear the cackles from the couch as I read that one out loud:cool:

Hey we all have an embarrassing album from our youth , I loved this one , every song was an anthem :smt040

[Jayneflakes]

Awesome album cover!!!!

Even better once it is in the player...

States on the back of the album "Emperor play Black metal art exclusively", this was to distance themselves from the church burning, murdering neo nazis who also played in Norway at that time.

Mind you, I still bought some Burzum!

http://bp3.blogger.com/_0NNapX8xwSc/Rgz_q8Y2_9I/AAAAAAAAAlE/bz0A7FfoM_g/s320/Burzum+-+Aske.jpg

[northwind]

<off topic>

I used to go out with a girl who was really into her black metal... I love metal, but I don't really like the more extreme stuff, so gigs and music were always a wee bit of a niggle. Anyway, one day she called up and said she had a spare ticket for a gig, did I want to come. Usually this was a dreaded question because I'd end up spending the night standing up the back watching a band whose name was written so gothically on the posters that I couldn't even tell who they were. But this time, it was a band I liked, and I was really surprised.

So, the night came round, and she was hassling me to leave early, as she really wanted to see the support band. Fair enough. So we got to the QMU, and the crowd's obviously not a metal crowd at all. But it's not until the first band come on and turn out to be a shoegazing math rock affair that she starts to get annoyed, and ends up demanding her money back off the venue. Why? Well, on the ticket was written

Godspeed
You Black
Emperor

And she REALLY wanted to see Emperor :smt040

OK, you probably had to be there.

[Jayneflakes]

But it's not until the first band come on and turn out to be a shoegazing math rock affair that she starts to get annoyed, and ends up demanding her money back off the venue. Why? Well, on the ticket was written

Godspeed
You Black
Emperor

And she REALLY wanted to see Emperor :smt040

OK, you probably had to be there.

Sadly, I would give some ones right arm to see God Speed You Black Emperor, I love them. The track East Hastings (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=93y6aYw4mq0&feature=related) was used in the film 28 Days Later to great effect.

Mind you, I also love Neurosis (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=puG607ho7TY) and Mono (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=i2ezWUjRltY). Drone metal I think they call it...

[northwind]

GYBE were awesome that night... Even with a constant moaning voice in my left ear :mrgreen:

[yorkie_chris]

Teehee

[sinbad]

Alan Parsons Project - Eye In the Sky
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Royksopp - Melody AM
Daft Punk - Discovery (although Homework is great too)
Huey Lewis And the News - FORE!
Supergrass - Supergrass

to name a few.

[Tim in Belgium]

Really enjoying GYBE on You tube, may have to buy an album or two. You Tube Links with the albums is a great idea to give a tatse of what the albums are like. I'll go have a think for mine.

[rob13]

Some really good albums and good taste on here. Its seems to split the forum in that some rock out to metal, some prefer Indie Rock etc.

Rather than repeat stuff above, ill add

Radiohead - OK Computer.

[Jayneflakes]

Looks like the new Opeth (http://www.opeth.com/) album, Watershed, is set to be another classic.
New track here (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=D8tXjGeScH0).

Mind you Ghost Reveries was amazing and is still one of the best albums ever. Here (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5LRReFYus) is a little taster.

Sure beats this (http://www.deagostini.co.uk/ilovehorses/) which I found on another site!

[zsv650]

savatage's hall of the mountain king amazing album 80's metal at it's best,primal fears black sun bit modern but it's still gonna be just as good twenty years from now,gamma rays no world order it's just good,helloweens keeper of the seven keys parts 1 and 2 are amazing with michael kiske delivering his best vocal performance of his carrer in my opinion just to name a few of my favourites good music doesnt age.

[Jayneflakes]

I am waiting for some one to post with a "I really Love Twisted Sister and their albums are just the best!"

When that happens, I may just wet myself with mirth...

Bad music (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ek1A7g824PU) does not improve with age, it just becomes more silly...

[zsv650]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sLwNx42Ebas&feature=related here have a listen to that this is timeless quality and musicianship.