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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: redsock on February 25, 2008, 11:59:00 am
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So, since I now have a decent paying job, and have rediscovered my love of actual CD's -- going the other way of others on the board apparently -- I have decided to reach out and discover the gobs and gobs of music I've missed along the way. Anything that came out this decade, I'm all over, but honestly, my musical tastes before that were poor, at best.
So, i'm doing this one letter at a time. And since I know you guys love this list stuff...
Artists that start with A, who should I be listening to, and what albums are important? Some artists are best covered by a Greatest hits album, others have one important album. All genres, all years, assume I know much less than I actually do. Let 'er rip...
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appleseed cast - low level owl volumes 1 and 2
ambient type stuff that sometimes gets labeled under the dreaded "emo" label even though its not. recommended.
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The Adverts - any comp would probably do. I have this one (http://www.amazon.com/Best-Adverts/dp/B0000241VM/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1203956853&sr=1-6) and love it.
Laurie Anderson - Big Science
The Allman Brothers - Eat A Peach
AC/DC - Anything before "For Those About To Rock"
The Art of Noise - Who's Afraid of the Art of Noise?
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Get an Animals greatest hits.
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afghan whigs - "congregation", "gentlemen"
al green - you could probably do with "greatest hits"
albert ayler - "spiritual unity"
alex chilton - "top 30" (compilation)
the allman brothers band - "at fillmore east" or "the fillmore concerts"
aphex twin - "selected ambient works 85-92"
apples in stereo - "fun trick noisemaker"
archers of loaf - "icky mettle"
aretha franklin - her box set "queen of soul" is awesome, but if you're looking for a 1-disc you can't go wrong with "the best of ..."
arrested development - "3 years, 5 months ..."
art tatum - hard to say, but "the complete pablo group masterpieces" is pretty great
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aphex twin/AFX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphex_twin) - tough to pick just one, "Selected Ambient Works 85-92" was probably his most "important".
edit: dang, beaten by hoya... again. <shakes fist in the air> some day i'll get you, hoya, if it's the laaaaaaaaaast thing i ever do!!! </fist shaking, walks away with shoulders hunched>
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Leona Anderson - Songs To Suffer By (http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/08/365-days-238---.html)
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i just realized that any true anal-retentive dewey-decimal-system music-obsessive should have filed half of my rec's under their last names, as they're solo artists ... damn itunes doesn't play that game ...
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
The Allman Brothers - Eat A Peach
reasonable minds can obviously quibble here, but wouldn't you think they're best consumed live, especially with an album that defined the "live rock album"
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Originally posted by redsock:
I have decided to reach out and discover the gobs and gobs of music I've missed along the way. Anything that came out this decade, I'm all over, but honestly, my musical tastes before that were poor, at best.
you should really think about getting some box sets / compilations in addition to the plowing through the alphabet strategy ... a lot of 70s punk is going to be hard to collect individually, same goes with 50s-60s r&b/soul
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I concur with Bombay Chutney on his Adverts and AC/DC suggestions.
I would recommend Aztec Camera's High Land, Hard Rain also.
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Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
i just realized that any true anal-retentive dewey-decimal-system music-obsessive should have filed half of my rec's under their last names, as they're solo artists ... damn itunes doesn't play that game ...
It does now. You can assign a "sort" name, e.g. Bob Dylan displays as "Bob Dylan" but sorts as "Dylan Bob". You don't have to change each by hand; you can assign the sort name to one item and then apply it globally to matching items. It's not obvious how it works and it's somewhat tricky so you may want to change only a couple of things at first to see how it works.
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I'm happy to sell you my entire collection of A CD's...
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Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
You can assign a "sort" name
awesome! just figured that out, had never seen it before bc it doesn't show up when editing multiple tracks at the same time ... thanks a bunch
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Originally posted by Hoya Paranoia:
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
The Allman Brothers - Eat A Peach
reasonable minds can obviously quibble here, but wouldn't you think they're best consumed live, especially with an album that defined the "live rock album" [/b]
There's no question that they're best consumed live, but if you're not really a big fan and you're only going to get one cd, I think this might be a more palatable choice. A few hits, some great jams, and a live "Mountain Jam" that's pretty darn fine.
But yeah - you can't go wrong with any of the Fillmore releases. They're classics, for sure.
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apocalyptica. either "reflections" for a bit of variety, or their metallica covers album if that suits your fancy. finnish cello metal.
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ac/dc - anything up to 1982
acid king - busse woods
afghan whigs - congregation/gentlemen/black love
agitation free - malesch/2nd
aguaturbia - both albums are essential
aislers set - the last match
allman bros - idlewild south/eat a peach/live at fillmore east
almendra - s/t
amon duul - paradieswaarts duul
amon duul 2 - phallus dei/yeti
art ensemble of chicago - anything
greg ashley - medicine fuck dream
ash ra tempel - self-titled/schwingungen/join inn
at the gates - slaughter of the soul
au pairs - playing with a different sex/sense and sensuality
albert ayler - anything except for "new grass"
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aguaturbia - both albums are essential
I've seen them live, amazing show...
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im not in front of my itunes at the moment, so this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZOU8GIRUd_g) is all i got for now.
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Seriously. ABBA
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I've seen them live, amazing show...[/b]
are you serious?!? i can only assume you are chilean and roughly 55 years old. unless they did some sort of reunion show in the past 35 years.
those two aguaturbia albums are mindblowing, simultaneously way ahead of their time and yet tied to their era. sort of like a cross between jefferson airplane and black sabbath, interjected with beautiful chilean traditional folk elements. every time i play them at the velvet lounge, people always ask me what's playing.
and most people here probably think i make this shit up...
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you should at least get the single of althea and donna's "uptown top ranking," only one of the greatest pop songs ever.
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the amps!
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Air Miami -- Me Me Me
One of my favorite LPs. And if you can track down the "Airplane Rider/Stop Sign" 7" that's a big bonus. Great stuff.
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Joseph Arthur
Arthur Alexander
Louis Armstrong
American Music Club
Federico Aubele
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Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
All Parallels - EP
Ambulance LTD - LP
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes
Ash - Intergalactic Sonic 7"s
At The Drive In - Relationship of Command
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Originally posted by bearman:
Air Miami -- Me Me Me
This was on my original list, but I swapped it for The Art Of Noise. Highly recommended.
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are you serious?!? i can only assume you are chilean and roughly 55 years old. unless they did some sort of reunion show in the past 35 years.
I'm Chilean, yes, thank you for asking, but Im not 55 years old, they did one reunion concert a few years ago, probably 2003, and it was great, I went with a friend visiting from Paris and at the end of the show he was cheering and applauding like mad men...I got my Aguaturbia T-shirt that night :D
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afghan whigs - 1965 (I think this covers the whigs!)
alice in chains - nothing safe
audio explorations - action reaction
autolux - future perfect
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they did one reunion concert a few years ago, probably 2003, and it was great, I went with a friend visiting from Paris and at the end of the show he was cheering and applauding like mad men...I got my Aguaturbia T-shirt that night[/b]
lagas, i am very jealous of you. seeing aguaturbia would be a dream come true. i bet even in their fifties, they kicked ass.
good call on the air miami, bearman. great pop record!
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Seconded.
I'd also like to add American Analog Set.
Originally posted by bearman:
Air Miami -- Me Me Me
One of my favorite LPs. And if you can track down the "Airplane Rider/Stop Sign" 7" that's a big bonus. Great stuff.
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air's "moon safari" is another classic that belongs on this list.
and we are shocked that no one thus far has mentioned audioslave. shocked, i tell you.
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we just know redsock has better taste than that, and couldn't be bothered with them. :p
Originally posted by sweetcell:
and we are shocked that no one thus far has mentioned audioslave. shocked, i tell you.
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Adam Ant - Antics in the Forbidden Zone
Alice Cooper - Greatest Hits
The Association - The Essentials
Astrud Gilberto - Finest Hour
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
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Great pick with Astrud Gilberto, but wouldn't that go under "G"?
Originally posted by cale:
Adam Ant - Antics in the Forbidden Zone
Alice Cooper - Greatest Hits
The Association - The Essentials
Astrud Gilberto - Finest Hour
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
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Not the way my shit is organized, it'll all work out in the end :)
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Great pick with Astrud Gilberto, but wouldn't that go under "G"?
Originally posted by cale:
Adam Ant - Antics in the Forbidden Zone
Alice Cooper - Greatest Hits
The Association - The Essentials
Astrud Gilberto - Finest Hour
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
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Alabama 3 â?¢ La Peste
Alejandro Escovedo â?¢ With These Hands, Gravity, Thirteen Years, A Man Under the Influence, The Boxing Mirror, Bourbonitis Blues. I consider any and all of these to be essential.
Appliance â?¢ Six Modular Pieces
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Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
A classic. Get it if you don't have it.
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atomic rooster - death walks behind you
a certain ratio - to each...
astrud gilberto goes under "g", alejandro escovedo goes under "e"...
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Bring on the B's
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would "A Place to Bury Strangers" be filed under "a", or "p"? ("Place to Bury Strangers, A")
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Originally posted by snailhook:
astrud gilberto goes under "g", alejandro escovedo goes under "e"...
not in itunes they don't
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itunes are what's wrong with music formatting these days! whatever happened to good old used record store alphabetizing?
for instance, david ackles - s/t (an elvis costello favorite), would go under "a", not "d".
is gets confusing when you have fictitious names like alice cooper and marshall tucker.
and i would put "a minor forest" and "a certain ration" and "a place to bury strangers" under "a" because the "a" is an important part of the name. however, you don't count "the", so the "the stooges" goes under "s", "the animals" under "a", and so on...
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This is all awesome. Exactly what i had hoped for. Really glad the various genre corners of you chimed in (snailhook, twangirl) A lot of this i had on my list, and I even have a fair amount, but seriously, i needed to know which Adam and the Ants album to get.
And i am going with A's in the non-itunes sense, with Gilberto and Escovedo coming down the line. Give me a couple months, and we can come back to the B's.
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The Aquarium
I also second and third the motion for those who recommended ABBA and Air Miami.
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Ashra-Blackouts, Correlations, Belle Alliance, and the Private Tapes Vol. 1-6 if you can find them.
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Ace Of Base - The Sign
End thread.
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A - Monkey Kong
Beginning thread.
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How bout a little new wave:
Altered Images - Best of
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Originally posted by twangirl:
Alejandro Escovedo â?¢ .
I caught the Austin City Limits performance. Excellent!
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The AQUABATS
Animal Collective
Arctic Monkeys
A.C. Newman/His work with New Pornographers
And Most importantly..
ARCADE FIRE
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Seriously. ABBA
i 100% agree
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i guess this died?
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No, i am still busy collecting A's... Look for a request for B's sometime in the next 3 weeks or so...
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Don't feel like reading through this thread again so sorry if there are any repeats.
Airiel
Air Formation
Astral
Aspen Woods
Allison's Halo
A Shoreline Dream
Adorable
Asteroid #4
Astrobrite
Afraid Of Stairs
Apollo Heights
Au Pairs
Acid Mothers Temple
A Place To Bury Strangers (you know that one)
Auburn Lull
Amp (really sleepy)
April March
Alcian Blue (you know that one too)
Audreys (or maybe it's just Audrey)
The Audreys (2 different bands)
Amusement Parks On Fire
All Natural Lemon And Lime Flavors
Antennas From Heaven
Album Leaf
Appliance
Antartica
Airfields
Archers Of Loaf
Alien Sex Fiend
Art Of Noise
Aberfeldy
Aztec Camera
Audience
A.R. Kane
Aberdeen
Ad Astra Per Aspera
Arab Strap (try Googling that one! :D )
Absinthe Blind
Acid House Kings
Alaska!
Alaska (again, 2 different bands)
Aloha
American Analog Set
Aereogramme
Avec
Ariel Love Feed
Amon Duul ii
A Northern Chorus
Azure Ray
Arco
Atombombpocketknife
Amor Belhom Duo
Autumn's Grey Solace
American Dollar, The
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No, i am still busy collecting A's... Look for a request for B's sometime in the next 3 weeks or so...
Your timing matches the guy on the Popdose blog (http://popdose.com/author/dave-steed/) who's going through A-Z every song that charted between 41-100 in the 1980s. So far nothing I've wanted to hear again
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Gulp, hey jag, any album recommendations here? And Guy Chadwick, I'm also afraid to ask, but would you include in the A's that hasn't already been said? Trying to wrap this up...
Originally posted by Jaguar:
Don't feel like reading through this thread again so sorry if there are any repeats.
Airiel
Air Formation
Astral
Aspen Woods
Allison's Halo
A Shoreline Dream
Adorable
Asteroid #4
Astrobrite
Afraid Of Stairs
Apollo Heights
Au Pairs
Acid Mothers Temple
A Place To Bury Strangers (you know that one)
Auburn Lull
Amp (really sleepy)
April March
Alcian Blue (you know that one too)
Audreys (or maybe it's just Audrey)
The Audreys (2 different bands)
Amusement Parks On Fire
All Natural Lemon And Lime Flavors
Antennas From Heaven
Album Leaf
Appliance
Antartica
Airfields
Archers Of Loaf
Alien Sex Fiend
Art Of Noise
Aberfeldy
Aztec Camera
Audience
A.R. Kane
Aberdeen
Ad Astra Per Aspera
Arab Strap (try Googling that one! :D )
Absinthe Blind
Acid House Kings
Alaska!
Alaska (again, 2 different bands)
Aloha
American Analog Set
Aereogramme
Avec
Ariel Love Feed
Amon Duul ii
A Northern Chorus
Azure Ray
Arco
Atombombpocketknife
Amor Belhom Duo
Autumn's Grey Solace
American Dollar, The
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High Land, Hard Rain is the seminal Aztec Camera album.
Any of the first four American Analog Set albums are solid. From Our Living Room to Yours might be the stand out. I also thoroughly enjoy Know By Heart.
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soundtrack to Akira. the only problem is that underage girls who are obsessed with anime and dressing up like video game/manga characters (yeah, like they won't make it to stripping or porn somehow down the road) seem to like this kind of music as well. to hell with them. japanese crazy music is the best.
i can't believe that what's his/her face said that i would know good 'ole albert in the dropping like flies thread. he did always make me smile, though; that's all i know.
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Originally posted by redsock:
Gulp, hey jag, any album recommendations here? And Guy Chadwick, I'm also afraid to ask, but would you include in the A's that hasn't already been said? Trying to wrap this up...
A few suggestions here:
Air Formation
57 Octaves EP
For starters to see if you like their sound, get this EP just for the song "For The Hours" which is one of my very favorite all time songs. "For The Hours" is not on any other release.
:D