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Yup...Christmas...

Ahh...The seasons of getting.


Anyways: I'm in a music rut right now, and am wondering what some of you're favorite (that means all time FAVORITE) CD's are, so that then I can go an buy them.

Selfish topic...hehe...

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War is Peace,
Freedom is Slavery,
Ignorance is Strength.

Weezer's blue album
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
Pink Floyd (sp?) - Dark Side of the Moon

As far as I remember, you are around 15, right?
I'm 41.
I guess our musical taste is quite different.
Anyway, try Lilo & Stitch Soundtrack.
No kidding. There are a couple of Hawaian musics, some Elvis and some score.
The Hawaian musics are pearls. Elvis is great.
It's a very nice CD, just like the movie

A bookshelf, a new coat, a new dog collar.

Or better yet, money so i can get the hell out of my parents place and go see a friend that i owe my life to... (I do not like it here....)


Sanity is optional... (and so is clothes!)

Wolfen's Sig Site

Top 10 Favorite (In no paticular order)

Alien Ant Farm - ANThology
Silverchair - Neon Ballroom
Brand New - Deja Entendu
White Stripes - Elephant
System of a Down - Toxicity
Nirvana - Nevermind
Alkaline Trio - Good Mourning and From Here To Infirmary
Rage Against The Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles
Soundtrack Cowboy Bebop: Future Blues

Hope it helps...



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Weezer - Pinkerton
Donnie Darko Soundtrack (only for Gary Jules' MAd World though )
Korn - Take a look in the mirror / Korn / Follow the leader
Less than Jake - Hello Rockview / Anthem
Linkin Park - Re-animation / Meteora
SOAD - SOAD
Alien ant farm - ANThology / TruANT
Rammstein - Mutter
Blink 182 - Enema of the state / Dude Ranch
Foo Fighters - The colour and the shape / One by One
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication / Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Dilated Peoples - The Platform / Expansion Team
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

Queen - Greatest Hits 1,2&3
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
U2 - The Best of 1980-1990

T00L - All their records

U2 - Best of 1980-1990
Depeche Mode - Violator, 101, Ultra
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime, Empire
Ours - Distorted Lullabies
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Filter - Title of Record
Faithless - Outrespective
Guano Apes - Proud Like a God
The Cure - Galore
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet, Engines of Creation

Morphine- Like Swimming
Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffitti

I guess this would be my 10 CD list at this moment - one is a double so thats cheating a bit.

Radiohead - Amnesiac
Miles Davis - Birth of Cool (re-mastered)
Pantera - Vulgar display of Power
XTC - skylarking
Vivalid - The Four Seasons
John Coltrane - Blue Train
NIN - The Fragile
Shriekback - Oil and Gold (celocanth is my single favorite song ever)
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Jimmy James and the blue flames - Axis: Bold as love (because we're all bold as love, just ask the axis...he knows everything)

I have been in a metal funk for some reason. But......

Metal / Rock
*Opeth - Blackwater Park, Still Life
*King Diamond -Fatal Portrait. <----don't even say anything. I told you it was a funk
*Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

Jazz
*Joe Henderson - So near, So Far
*Joshua Redman - Moodswing

Classical
*David Russell - Anything
*Pepe Romero - Anything
*Kronos Quartet - Black Angels

Later,

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~Binary is best~

Hmm:

Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Live On
Queen - Queen II
Art of Noise - Fon Mixes
Eagles - Best of, Vol. I and Vol. II
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Greatest Hits
Fleetwod Mac - Rumours
Soundgarden - Superunknown

CPrompt - I like Kronos Quartet as well, but i want to listen a bit more of them before i buy an album (all i have heard was that dracula thingy, and their combo with clint mansell for the requiem for a dream soundtrack). Could you please suggest me some tracks to listen?

Now my current favs (i dont have something like teh best thing evah):

Gorillaz
King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
Requiem for a Dream soundtrack :P
Apocalyptica - Inquisition Symphony
Aterciopelados - El Dorado
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Horse of the Dog
Tool - Aenima & Lateralus
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
Molotov - Donde jugaran las niñas?, Apocalypshit, and maybe Dance and Dense Duro (although barely anyone who is not mexican would really dig Molotov)
Massive Attack - Mezzazine & 100th window
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
Eyes Wide Shut soundtrack
Beetlejuice Soundtrack



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My favorite artist these days is Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals. This man just plain rocks! Anything he's written is worth listening to.

But I also like an eclectic mix:
The Beastie Boys (any of the 5 they've got out)
Outkast (recently learned to enjoy this - though I must say, Andre is strange...)
Pink Floyd (I'll listen to anything they've done... it's just cool music!)
The Allman Brothers
Gov't Mule (Allman Bros. reconstituted, but awesome, Rest In Peace Allen Woody)
Tori Amos (this woman's voice is amzing!)
Portishead
Eminem (just "The Eminem Show" - the rest is questionable, to say the least!)
Bob Marley
...hell, if it's got a good beat and a smooth melody line, I'll probably listen to it, but those are a few of my favorites...





Cell 617

(Always)
Miles Davis "Kind of Blue"

(Currently
John Mayall "Turning Point"
Brian Eno "Music for airports"
Steely Dan "Countdownbn to Ecstasy"
Nick Drake "Been Smokin' Too Long"
De La Soul "Three Feet High And Rising"
.......I could go on, and on...
What's floating your boat, atm counterfeitbacon?

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Metal / Rock

Opeth - Blackwater Park, Still Life

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I seem to rememeber linking someone to their first Opeth song . I guess it worked out! Opeth is a great band, all their albums are a best buy.

Cake - All
Tool - Opiate (This one is short and sweet, very raw)
Clutch - Self Titled
Zappa - Late 60s early 70s stuff is the best.
Black Sabbath - We Sold our Souls...
Pink Floyd - Dark Side
Beatles - All albums
Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales

I would especially recommend Cake, a very underrated band. Also, everything Bohdi recommended above, although I can do without Outkast and Eminem.

EDIT: Forgot about Rage Against the Machine, currently my favorite.



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Well, I can't really say that I like any of the above music. I get tired of stuff real quick and I HATE HATE HATE metal so here is a list of unique (non-metal) music of 2003.

Indie Pop/Rock:
Wrens - Meadowlands

Indie Rock:
TV On the Radio- Young Liars EP

Lap Pop:
The Postal Service - Give Up

Electronic:
Notwist- Neon Golden

Alt/Country Rock:
My Morning Jacket- It Still Moves

Hip-Hop:
Jay-Z - The Black Album or Outkast-Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

Or You could try just my favorite singles. I like making electic mixes of different genres so that I can see who I do and dont like.

My Morning Jacket - One Big Holiday
Elliott Smith - Pitseleh
Strokes - Under Control
Death Cab For Cutie - Bend To Squares
Damien Rice - Volcano
Radiohead - 2+2=5
Broadcast - Pendulum
Iron and Wine - Bird Stealing Bread

I also have a website that I have been working on that lists some of my albums and what I did and didnt like.

deadbeef.squirrelfish.org

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[This message has been edited by beaner (edited 12-05-2003).]

Opeth is a great band, but i have not fully heard any of their albums. Same for Cake.

beaner - jeez, if yyou actually cared to check most of the stuff posted, you'll have noticed a lot of it is not metal at all. for instance, in mine all the "metal" i have is manson and tool.

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Thank you everybody!

I have some music to check out, now.

Anyways,

my current fav's are:


Rage Against the Machine: Live at the Grand Olypmic Auditorium (their music is so much better live)
Monster Magnet: Powertrip (spaced-out stoner rock...great stuff)
Sublime: Stand By Your Van (live album also...this is how they were meant to be heard)
Rammstein: Herzeleid, Mutter
Red Hot Chili Peppers: Californication, Mother's Milk
Tool: All but Aenima (it was too muddy)
Radiohead: OK Computer, The Bends
The Beatles: Rubber Soul, Revolver
Led Zeppelin: How the West Was Won (another live album (so sue me))
The Grateful Dead: American Beauty
Barenaked Ladies: Stunt, Everything to Everybody
Kill Bill Soundtrack
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War is Peace,
Freedom is Slavery,
Ignorance is Strength.

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I told my sister that I want a NetMd...lol.
CDs:
Adema
KK
Limp Bizkit
No Doubt [maybe?]
Then I might get present for my family. I'll be broke by the end of this year. Too much for christmas.

Alevice: i would love to turn someone on to this great group. Have to remember though that the stuff they do is not the typical "classical" style music for the most part. At least not in the Beethoven or Mozart that most people are used to. The music they concentrate on is somewhat experimental. So it might be a little strange to listen to at first. If you liked the stuff from Requiem for a Dream than I can point you in a direction.
I'll go through my CD's and point out a few. Might have to email them to you if that's ok.


InSiDeR: YES! When I first heard them I was not thrilled with the Death Growl stuff. But as you said, "you get used to it". They are some of best musicians I've heard in a while. Have quite a few of their albums.

Later,

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Limp Bizkit

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Yannah: You should try out Rage Against the Machine. They do the same stuff, but better...much better. (and they did it first) (in my opinion)

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War is Peace,
Freedom is Slavery,
Ignorance is Strength.

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C:\ -> got your mail, thanks for the mail, i will be checking it during these days

I certainly cant stand neither limp bizkit nor ratm at all. Ewwww...


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Alevice: Hehehe...I find Limp Bizkit obnoxious, but I LOOOOVE RATM.

Oh yah: Opeth is awesome. I just listened to them. It's like heavy metal classical music. At least, it's structured like classical music.

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War is Peace,
Freedom is Slavery,
Ignorance is Strength.

I'd post some of my favorite CDs, but not only would you all mock me mercilessly, I doubt they would be of much help to cfb.


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Awwww, c'mon - let us mock you mercilelssly!

I've many too many such lists here already....too lazy to do it again

Suho - there is nothing wrong with loving Erasure! Or any 80's music, for that matter... 80's music gets a bum rap, but it's good stuff, really.
Just because the current music tastes of the above members of the Asylum are leaning towards rock, metal and hip-hop doesn't mean you can't be unique!

Musical tastes change over time - it's always interesting to see if anyone's into anything new or different...

I wanna mock Suho too!!

So what would I recommend? Some of it may be aconsidered a little dodgy (esp. FotN but even they are making a comeback and it looks like there might be some interesting stuff on the way).

Beasite Boys Anthology
NIN
Ministry
The Cult - Electric
Sisters of Mercy
Fields of The Nephilim - Dawnrazor or The Nephilim (or their gratest hits - Revelations).
SoaD
Johnny Cash (esp. his American series although grab a greatest hits too)
Alien Sex Fiend - you just have to listen to some of it (pos. a greatest hits).
Nile
NWA - Straight out of Compton or Niggaz4Life (I am impressed how well it has stood the passage of time).
Judgement Night soundtrack - pretty much did nu metal better than nu metal ever did before the term was ever invented (in fact it is rude to even associate the album with the words nu metal).

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Ok, have a break now and in more of a sharing mood.

(not going to break these down by category or anything...)

I am shocked to see that there is no Bowie listed. So...

David Bowie - Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust, Heathen
Aimee Mann - Magnolia, Lost in Space
Ani Difranco - Little Plastic Castle, Dilated
Evan Dando - Baby I'm Bored
Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray
Pixies - Bossanova
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, A Momentary Lapse in Reason (<- yes, it is still floyd, even without Roger Waters' ego )

Thelonius Monk - Monk's Dream
(and I'll second the Miles Davis - Kind of Blue)

If you're looking for more Beatles, a couple of my personal favorites -

With the Beatles
A Hard Day's Night
Let it Be

If you're looking for more Grateful Dead -
Europe '72 is almost a 'must have'
Working man's Dead

Smahsing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love, the Radio One sessions, Smash Hits, Band of Gypsies
The Jesus Lizard - Goat, Liar, Shot

eh..... and so on....

Thanks DL. I got turned on to the Grateful Dead by a teacher about two months ago and absolutely fell in love.

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Suho:

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Suho - there is nothing wrong with loving Erasure! Or any 80's music, for that matter... 80's music gets a bum rap, but it's good stuff, really.

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DEPECHE MODE ARE AWESOME!

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War is Peace,
Freedom is Slavery,
Ignorance is Strength.

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I got turned on to the Grateful Dead by a teacher about two months ago and absolutely fell in love

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Too bad you never got a chance to see them live. That is where they were the best for sure. Probably why DL suggested the live album.
Still, the recordings never really captured the feel of it all. A Dead concert was just an experience.
I really feel sorry for anyone who never saw them live

Later,

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bodhi: Thanks for the encouragement. But somehow I feel I should be standing up and saying, "My name is Suho, and I like 80s music." And then everyone says, "Hi Suho!" and we feel like one big, happy (albeit extremely dysfunctional) family.

...or everyone just mocks me. Either way works, I suppose.

cfb: Glad to see we have some common ground. I must admit, though, that the last DM album I bought was Songs of Faith and Devotion. I really haven't been following them too closely since then. Have they come out with anything good lately?

I do have well over a hundred CDs in my collection, which isn't bad since I stopped buying new stuff quite some time ago. 39 of those CDs are DM/Erasure (including singles/maxi-singles, etc.), just to put things into perspective.

My favorite albums? OK, I'll give it a shot... (these are in no special order)

DM - Black Celebration
Erasure - The Innocents (or Chorus; it's so tough to pick just one...)
Pet Shop Boys - Discography (which is kind of cheating, since it's a "best of" compilation; Alternative is amazing, but that's also kind of cheating, since it's a two-disc B-side compilation--but if you're a PSB fan it's a must; if I had to pick a single album, though, I would have to say Please)
U2 - The Joshua Tree (Just had to throw that in there for variety. I was really into U2 as well.)

Looking through my collection now, I'm noticing that a lot of the CDs are either "best of" compilations or singles. I think this is because I used to own all of the albums on cassette, and when it came time to start buying CDs I didn't want to have to go and buy all the albums again (except for Erasure and DM).

Korean stuff: Seo Taiji's second album (many Korean groups simply number their albums), Yun Jong-shin's Gongjon ("Coexistence"), Lee Seung Hwan's The Different Side: Human, among others. I like Grasshopper when it comes to Canto-pop. I imagine that doesn't help you too much, though.

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cprompt - the only problem with live stuff is that it's every where, and far too many people have no discrimination whatsoever on the live tapes they pass around.

So there's a ton of absolute crap out there (let's face it, there were endless countless shows over the span of many many years that were just plain terrible.

And I'm sorry, but 45 minutes of "space" and drums ain't my bag...
I actually prefer the studio versions in a lot of cases, but when you can find the really good live stuff (usually really early stuff) it's golden.

I'm not a deadhead or anything, but I have listened to them since I was 15 or so...

Europe '72 kind of set the tone for what a live dead show should sound like.

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Europe '72 kind of set the tone for what a live dead show should sound like.

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couldn't agree more on that. there *are* a ton of live tapes out there. the dead never really cared that people recorded their shows.
i also agree that 45 mintues of space is WAY too much. unless of course you are at the show and then you really could careless what they were doing.

i never really considered myself a deadhead either but i was able to catcha couple of shows.

Later,

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~Binary is best~

Thanks everyone, I've been going through all of your suggesstions and looking up sample tracks

So far some of my favorites have been: (among others)

The Smashing Pumpkins
Joe Henderson
Soundgarden
Sigur Ros
TV On the Radio
Alien Sex Fiend
Pixies

I have yet to check out that Grateful Dead Live '72 Album, but I've sure found a lot of bootlegs on the net. Is it kinda like their "grand super-album?"


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War is Peace,
Freedom is Slavery,
Ignorance is Strength.

There's also three albums that I'd reccomend (and I'd reccommend that you listen to them before you buy them too):

Strung out on OK Computer (Strings version of Radiohead album OK Computer)
True Love Waits (Pianoized version of Radiohead songs)
Weezer: The Green Album

Anything by Muse.

Most of the things I would recommend are allready mentioned here. But some other bands that are worth checking out:

Placebo - their 'without you I'm nothing' album is fantastic
Madrugada - a Norwegian band, so it might be hard to find elsewhere. but if you find it, it is worth checkingo out
Muse
Tori Amos
Tool - mentioned before, but worth mentioning again

Love these 'whats your favourite music'-threads. There are so many other people here with music taste similar to mine, so I usually manage to find a new (good) band each time the thread is repeated

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