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richardhomer · June 2014

stickyfiddle;262945" said:
Let's try Pink Floyd again...

Essential:DSOTMWish You Were Here

Good:Everything else, unless Sydney Barrett was involved, in which case it's unlistenable tripe....

Fixed that for accuracy

ICBM · June 2014

richardhomer said:

stickyfiddle said:
Let's try Pink Floyd again...

Essential:DSOTMWish You Were Here

Good:Everything else, unless Roger Waters wasn't involved, in which case it's unlistenable tripe....

… and for even greater accuracy.

(Actually I'm not a big fan of the Barrett stuff, but I much prefer it to anything post-Waters.)

stickyfiddle · June 2014

Requests!

My Morning Jacket would be appreciated.

I've also just discovered www.besteveralbums.com which seems to do this sort of this as its main function. Judging from their best of 2014 list it's a bit hipster but looks a good site for a hefty bit of procrastination.

koneguitarist · June 2014

Elvis Presley

The Essential,

Rock and roll no2 (there was no No 1) plays blues, country, rock and roll, ballads, first proper album. What it was all about.

Elvis is back, straight out of the army, can he still cut, oh yes he can, his vocal range had increased, and during out takes you can really hear him take charge of the sessions.

From Memphis to Vegas, from Vegas to Memphis, a double album, one part live from his first live work in 9 years and with a hot new Band led by James Burton, it was so raw and aggressive,he was possibly at his peak. The other part was songs recently recorded in Memphis with Chips Moman at American studios, with In the ghetto, Suspicious Minds etc.

Good

Gold records vol 1-2-3-4 King Creole soundtrack Loving You soundtrack. Elvis Onstage 1970

Fans only.

60's film soundtracks, Most of the 70's studio albums, odd song was good but on the whole tired and forgettable.

[Deleted User] · June 2014

SLAYER

Essential
Reign in Blood - The best metal album ever recorded bar none
South of Heaven - Very good
Hell Awaits - Proto-scary Venom influenced thrash metal

Good
Seasons in the Abyss - Some great tracks, some filler
Divine Intervention - Start of a fairly consistent decline

Fans Only
Show No Mercy
World Painted Blood - Probably their best since Divine I.

Avoid
Christ Illusion - Boring Slayer by numbers
God Hates Us All - Terrible nu-metal stylings

axisus · April 2016

Coldplay:

Essential: ....

Good: ....

Avoid:

Parachutes

A Rush of Blood to the Head

X&Y

Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

Mylo Xyloto

Ghost Stories

A Head Full of Dreams

axisus · April 2016

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Camel

Classics: Mirage, Snow Goose, Stationary Traveller, Never Let Go

Good: Camel, Moonmadness, I can see your house from here, Rajaz, Harbour of Tears, Breathless, Rain Dances, Nude,
The Single Factor, Dust and Dreams, On The Road 1981, Coming Of Age, The Paris Collection, Pressure Points

For fans: A nod and a wink, A Live Record, Gods Of Light, On The Road 1972, The Snow Goose remake

TBH I think they're all well good in their own way, but for anyone wanting to get into Camel, this is the way I'd recommend doing it. The above are EllPee/CeeDee titles. There are quite a few DeeVeeDees around too of live performances

I have a good many Camel records, but the one that I enjoy/play the most is a Nod and a Wink. Worth buying just for For Today, which is my favourite Camel track, despite many other classics. It's a healthy 10min 45sec long and with some sublimely soulful soloing in a style that nod's heavily to Gilmour.

Reverend · April 2016

[Deleted User said:
;271963"]SLAYER

Essential

Reign in Blood - The best metal album ever recorded bar none

South of Heaven - Very good

Hell Awaits - Proto-scary Venom influenced thrash metal

Good

Seasons in the Abyss - Some great tracks, some filler

Divine Intervention - Start of a fairly consistent decline

Fans Only

Show No Mercy

World Painted Blood - Probably their best since Divine I.

Avoid

Christ Illusion - Boring Slayer by numbers

God Hates Us All - Terrible nu-metal stylings

He was deleted for saying Divine Intervention was better than Show No mercy.

Oh and Reign In blood is not even the best thrash album of 1986

Nikko · April 2016

Machine Head

Essential/Classic - Burn my Eyes, Through the Ashes of Empires, The Blackening

Pretty good - Locust, Killers and Kings

For fans - The Burning Red, The More Things Change

Crap - Supercharger

blobb · April 2016

I'll do mine.

Zappa:

.....er,
um,

Just dive in, if you don't like it, it's you that got it wrong. Keep trying.

But on the Camel side of things, I'd have to put Rain Dances on the 'must have' list.

Dopesick · April 2016

Napalm Death

Essential/Classic: Enemy Of The Music Business, Scum, From Enslavement To Obliteration, Harmony Corruption
Pretty good/great: Order Of The Leech, Utopia Banished, Fear Emptiness Despair, The Code Is Red Long Live The Code, Apex Predator - Easy Meat, Time Waits For No Slave
For fans: Smear Campaign, Utilitarian, Words From The Exit Wound
Avoid: Inside The Torn Apart, Diatribes

Holy shit that took ages to remember all their albums!

BloodEagle · April 2016

Dopesick said:

Napalm Death

Essential/Classic: Enemy Of The Music Business, Scum, From Enslavement To Obliteration, Harmony Corruption
Pretty good/great: Order Of The Leech, Utopia Banished, Fear Emptiness Despair, The Code Is Red Long Live The Code, Apex Predator - Easy Meat, Time Waits For No Slave
For fans: Smear Campaign, Utilitarian, Words From The Exit Wound
Avoid: Inside The Torn Apart, Diatribes

Holy shit that took ages to remember all their albums!T

You really need to include the Mentally Murdered EP and Peel Sessions in there- easily the best things they've ever done

My list -

CONVERGE

Essential - You Fail Me, Jane Doe
Good - Axe to Fall, No Heroes, Poacher Diaries
For fans - Petitioning the empty sky, Halo in a haystack
Avoid - All we love we leave behind,When forever comes crashing

eSully · April 2016

Nikko said:

Machine Head
Essential/Classic - Burn my Eyes, Through the Ashes of Empires, The Blackening
Pretty good - Locust, Killers and Kings
For fans - The Burning Red, The More Things Change
Crap - Supercharger

The More Things Change is by far my favorite Machine Head album. I'd have the that and Burn My Eyes as the essentials.

Dopesick · April 2016

BloodEagle said:

Dopesick said:

Napalm Death

Essential/Classic: Enemy Of The Music Business, Scum, From Enslavement To Obliteration, Harmony Corruption
Pretty good/great: Order Of The Leech, Utopia Banished, Fear Emptiness Despair, The Code Is Red Long Live The Code, Apex Predator - Easy Meat, Time Waits For No Slave
For fans: Smear Campaign, Utilitarian, Words From The Exit Wound
Avoid: Inside The Torn Apart, Diatribes

Holy shit that took ages to remember all their albums!T
You really need to include the Mentally Murdered EP and Peel Sessions in there- easily the best things they've ever done

I was going to include them but then I would need to include the Leaders Not Followers albums and the numerous split EPs and what not. I just listed the LPs for my own sanity.

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