Albums you can listen to entirely, w/out having to skip any tracks

[blendedsuit]

i sick of playing a cd for 3 songs. I want more albums were you can just pop a disc in and let it play through to completion. Not really looking for obscure groups though. maybe i'll list some that i have in a bit.

[loudog]

sublime, 40oz to freedom

alice in chains, MTV unplugged

[spamuell]

Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against The Soul

Garbage - Garbage

I hate the song Bullet Proof..I wish I was so much because otherwise I could definitely say this about Radiohead's The Bends.

[theredpill5]

any Nirvana album.

AC/DC Back in Black

Any White Zombie/ Rob Zombie album.

Metallica/black Album

These are old stuff, I know but I hate the new stuff.

50 cent: get rich or die trying

(don't bother with 50 cents new album, it sucks)

[billyjex]

[ QUOTE ]
sublime, 40oz to freedom



[/ QUOTE ]

very nice.

like your SN as well /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[pmuir10]

any third eye blind album

[Soul Daddy]

Any of these. (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=2437808&page=0&view=colla psed&sb=5&o=14&fpart=1)

[emil3000]

Flaming Lips - THe soft bulletin
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

[zephed56]

Do you like rock n roll?

Pink Floyd-DSOTM, Wish you were here & Animals
Led Zeppelin-i, ii, iv, houses of the holy, physical graffitti
Stone Temple Pilots-I don't know the names of them, but they are good
White Stripes-De Stijl, white blood cells, elephant
RHCP-Bssm, californication
Nirvana-pick one
Black Crowes-Shake your moneymaker
Jimi Hendrix-are you experienced, axis bold as love
Van Halen-i forgot what the first one is called
John Paul Jones-Zooma
Guns n Roses-Appetite for Destruction
The doors-pick one
sublime-2nd hand smoke, 40 oz, sublime
metallica-pick one
bob marley-live!
Cream
Aerosmith-pick one
Black Sabbath-first album

[-Skeme-]

Sublime - Subline
Masta Ace - Disposable Arts
Canibus - 2000 BC
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP

[istewart]

Sadly, not OK Computer, because, you know.

Excluding the tons of classic rock albums, I'd say

Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Tool - Lateralus

[GFunk911]

Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (that's Eric Clapton).
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Shake the Sheets (semi obscure, sorry).
Any of the Stones first 6 or 7 albums if you like the Stones and don't mind a country-sorta-sounding-sound.
Radiohead - Pablo Honey
Beatles - Revolver
Most incubus albums if you're into that sort of thing, especially the most recent one (A crow left of the murder)

[MEbenhoe]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way (can't believe someone said Californication, good album overall but there are 2 or 3 just awful songs on that CD)
Scorpions - Love at First Sting
Green Day - Dookie, Nimrod, American Idiot
Incubus - Morning View

thats what I could think of off the top of my head, definitely plenty more options though.

[IndieMatty]

Almost every album I own?

[Dominic]

The Cars - Candy-O
Kelly Willis - What I Deserve
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Long After Dark
Dire Straits - Making Movies
PJ Harvey - Stories from the City
The Pretenders - The Pretenders
Roxy Music - Avalon
ACDC - High Voltage
Bob Welch - French Kiss
Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
Cheap Trick - Dream Police
Chris Rea - The Road to Hell
'til tuesday - Everything's Different Now
Cibo Matto - Viva! La Woman
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
Foghat - Live
Front 242 - Front by Front
Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
Hole Live Through This
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville

Among many others and just off the top of the head...

[Pocket Trips]

Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon.. in facr you can't NOT listen to the entire album.. it is one of CD's that only works when you listen to the whole thing in its entirety


Another classic is RHCP Blood Sugar Sex Magic .. not a bad song on that cd despite the fact commercial radio over played under the bridge

[theredpill5]

I just got Nirvana's Box Set. God Damn !! That is good. I recommend it but just download it from P2P like I did. Don't buy it. Highly recommended. Some crazy wacked out stuff in there that is pretty damn good.

[SCfuji]

Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
Faith Hill - Breathe
Any effing John Denver CD that guy is the man
Blink 182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket

[MoreWineII]

Counting Crows: August and Everything After

AIC Unplugged

Candlebox: Candlebox

PJ: Ten (Eddie Vedder aside, that's still a great CD)

Dr. Dre: The Chronic

[Hoopster81]

Many have been said, but:

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

[BreakfastBurrito]

greatest hits albums work best for me. The Cars, Tom Petty, Talking Heads greatest hits albums all come to mind.

[KJS]

Not nearly discriminating enough. Lots of bad tunes on those albums.

KJS

[Richie Rich]

[ QUOTE ]
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

[/ QUOTE ]
Easily my favorite CD.

[Yeti]

Appetite and Nirvana Unplugged.

[KJS]

I've tried to make this list quite a few times. It's a hard one, IMO. I usually find one crappy track on every disc. All I could really defend in a debate would be:

Cars 1st album
Zeppelin I
Weezer Blue Album
Slayer Reign in Blood
Shellac At Action Park

KJS

[trying2learn]

[ QUOTE ]
I just got Nirvana's Box Set. God Damn !! That is good. I recommend it but just download it from P2P like I did. Don't buy it. Highly recommended. Some crazy wacked out stuff in there that is pretty damn good.

[/ QUOTE ]

this really bothers me...while i'm no preacher, or big fan of the riaa, you shouldn't be going around recommending people steal box sets. that's poor form to say the least.

[IndieMatty]

I generally never have to skip a track, or at least I don't realize if I do. But for albums I must listen to without shuffle. (I love using shuffle)

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Sunny Day Real Estate - How it Feels To Be Something On
Gordon LightFoot - Gordon's Gold

[theredpill5]

[ QUOTE ]

this really bothers me...while i'm no preacher, or big fan of the riaa, you shouldn't be going around recommending people steal box sets. that's poor form to say the least.

[/ QUOTE ]

I can't believe there is someone on OOT that has a problem with this. Oh well, I said it because it's not worth $100 or whatever for only about 7 really new songs that are worth a damn.

If you choose to buy it, go ahead and support Courtney Love's cocaine habit. Those fuckers in LA have enough damn money.

[trying2learn]

like i said, i've downloaded and shared enough music files to put me up against any 12 or 14 year old those corporate dicks have gone after.

that said, the thread is first off about records you can listen all the way through without skipping...that voids your post right there if you're only talking about the 7 new songs.

i just thought you saying how great a box set was but that you should just go get the thing off of kazaa was weak that's all. i'm not looking for a flame war...or to support c.l.'s drug habbit...i have my own to worry about. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[HoldEm_Hero]

Any Led Zeppelin Album.

But my favorite is JET... Get Born.
Black Crowes can be done too.

[trying2learn]

the jet album is a 70's anthology of greatest hits by other bands, it doesn't count.

[HoldEm_Hero]

No its not. Is it?

[deacsoft]

The first two that come to mind:
Radiohead- OK Computer
The Flaming Lips- Yoshmi Battles the Pink Robots

[istewart]

[ QUOTE ]
Radiohead- OK Computer


[/ QUOTE ]

Fitter Happier /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[gumpzilla]

[ QUOTE ]

I hate the song Bullet Proof..I wish I was so much because otherwise I could definitely say this about Radiohead's The Bends.

[/ QUOTE ]

That's funny, because that might be my favorite song on that album. If I were going to pick one song on that album to get rid of, it would probably be Bones. Not that it's a particularly bad song, just my least favorite on that album.

[Mr. Zero]

I'm currently going through a big Shins phase - I play both Oh, Inverted World and Chutes Too Narrow without skipping any tracks.

[wayabvpar]

Appetite for Destruction- GnR
Operation: Mindcrime- Queensryche
Paul's Boutique- Beastie Boys
New Miserable Experience- Gin Blossoms

[gumpzilla]

I've been thinking about picking up some Gordon Lightfoot. My family used to listen to a tape that was sort of a homemade greatest hits that my uncle gave us on road trips, and I've found myself wanting to hear some of it again. What would you recommend?

[The Goober]

First two that come to mind:

The Document - Andy Smith
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden

Also,
Wet From Birth - The Faint
although I have to be in the right mood not to skip "Drop Kick the Punks"

I agree its hard to find albums that don't have at least one or two bummers on them. Especially hip hop - it seems like there's a rule that every hip hop album has to have a track or two that not only sucks but is downright embarassing.

[freehat]

Kinks- We Are the Village Green Preservation Society
Blondie- Parallel Lines
Zombies- Odeyssey and Oracle

[Turning Stone Pro]

G & R Use Your Illusion II

[gumpzilla]

[ QUOTE ]

I agree its hard to find albums that don't have at least one or two bummers on them. Especially hip hop - it seems like there's a rule that every hip hop album has to have a track or two that not only sucks but is downright embarassing.

[/ QUOTE ]

It must be the third or fourth time I've hyped it in this forum, but Blazing Arrow is a counterexample here.

[IndieMatty]

[ QUOTE ]
I've been thinking about picking up some Gordon Lightfoot. My family used to listen to a tape that was sort of a homemade greatest hits that my uncle gave us on road trips, and I've found myself wanting to hear some of it again. What would you recommend?

[/ QUOTE ]

Yeah same, My dad who isn't a big music fan got me into him.

Gords Gold! Only really good song it's missing that you have to have is The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald. But this is the best compilation IMO.

GOLD BABY! (http://www.corfid.com/gl/Albums/Gords_Gold/Main.htm)

http://www.corfid.com/gl/Albums/Gords_Gold/cd_cover_gords_gold_150_148.jpg

[NiceCatch]

U2 - The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby!
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Radiohead - The Bends and OK Computer
Jeff Buckley - Grace

That's all I can think of.. but I'm pretty damn picky. There just aren't that many.

[gumpzilla]

Yeah, that's looking pretty good. Reading over the lyrics, I'm impressed at how much the melodies start coming back.

[CallMeIshmael]

There are many, but there isnt even a mediocre song on these, IMO:

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
The Beatles - Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
LZ - IV

[Sooga]

A few that I can think off the top of my head:

Coldplay - Parachutes
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control
Ugly Duckling - Taste The Secret
Black Eyed Peas - Behind The Front

[IndieMatty]

Man how can I forget that Wilco album? Good one.

[jakethebake]

There's a new thing called a "greatest hits album" that might be just the ticket for you. I listen to this straight through in my car most days if it's your kinda thing.

http://cover09.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/150/154828.jpg

[xorbie]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned either of the Mars Volta albums. I play both full through.

[razor]

[ QUOTE ]
Almost every album I own?

[/ QUOTE ]

same

although, I don't think I've used shuffle more than twice in my life.

[bump]

Live, Throwing Copper

[IndieMatty]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Almost every album I own?

[/ QUOTE ]

same

although, I don't think I've used shuffle more than twice in my life.

[/ QUOTE ]

Well I have the 5 cd changer, so I use shuffle a lot. I also use it constantly on my mp3 player. I like shuffle.

[Pocket Trips]

I love goin to my father's house... We just put his 2 300 cd changers on shuffleand let it play whatever comes up while we get wasted.. it is funny how often the music will coincide with the conversation that is going on

[IndieMatty]

[ QUOTE ]
I love goin to my father's house... We just put his 2 300 cd changers on shuffleand let it play whatever comes up while we get wasted.. it is funny how often the music will coincide with the conversation that is going on

[/ QUOTE ]

Someone should add this to the list of things all guys should do before they die.

"Getting wasted with your dad"

[Mansavage]

Legend- Bob Marley and the Wailers
Ten-Pearl Jam
Unplugged in New York-Nirvana

There isn't a bad song on any of these three

[daryn]

pearl jam - ten

rancid - and out come the wolves

dave matthews band - crash

[shant]

Recently, Bloc Party - Sient Alarm.

Also, Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Reflections Eternal is a [censored] classic.

[thirddan]

album - century child
artist - nightwish

incredible album, and its got something for everyone, a little singing a little screaming...good stuff...

[IronDragon1]

Kanye West-The College Dropout

Jay-Z-Volume 2 Hard Knock Life

2 Pac-Me Against the World

[Shillx]

Rehab - Southern Discomfort

[dr. klopek]

They Might Be Giants - John Henry.

[gorie]

[ QUOTE ]
Almost every album I own?

[/ QUOTE ]
same here.

also i don't really understand when people ask for music recommendations but then say "not obscure stuff though." i see comments about that a lot on these forums - what do people have against "obscure" bands ? "obscure" isn't a genre. seriously, if it's good, it's good. i like a lot of music that would be considered "obscure" to someone who only listened to mainstream music, yet ESSENTIAL to anyone who has good taste. you will end up missing out on a lot of great music if you limit yourself to only well known stuff.

it's all relative anyway. most "mainstream" music is "obscure" to me.

look at the white stripes for example, they were "obscure" 8 years ago when their 'let's shake hands' single was released - and even up to de stijl in 2000. now, everyone knows them. which is a great thing because they're amazing! but does that mean their self titled album in 1999 and de stijl are worthless because they weren't on mtv yet ?

i know my music collection would suck if i limited myself like that.

then again, it is difficult to give recommendations without knowing what type of stuff someone likes. "radio music" doesn't mean enough to help me.

anyway, easy recommendation that made it through your filter without much thought: every white stripes album.
also most every ramones album.

[JackWilson]

[ QUOTE ]
every white stripes album. also most every ramones album.

[/ QUOTE ]

Wow, this is treading in dangerous territory as far as recommendations go. Both have extremely "out there" vocals, which is definitely a love/hate extreme thing. The Ramones more so than White Stripes.

I'd recommend Massive Attack - Mezzanine, but that's pretty much just the flavour of this week. Next week I'd say something else.

[gorie]

[ QUOTE ]
Wow, this is treading in dangerous territory as far as recommendations go. Both have extremely "out there" vocals, which is definitely a love/hate extreme thing. The Ramones more so than White Stripes.

[/ QUOTE ]
the ramones only influenced what, like a gazillion bands ? and have music in how many tv commercials/movies etc ?

seriously, if you can't appreciate the ramones (or the white stripes, but more so the ramones), you shouldn't be listening to music in the first place.

[JackWilson]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Wow, this is treading in dangerous territory as far as recommendations go. Both have extremely "out there" vocals, which is definitely a love/hate extreme thing. The Ramones more so than White Stripes.

[/ QUOTE ]
the ramones only influenced what, like a gazillion bands ? and have music in how many tv commercials/movies etc ?

seriously, if you can't appreciate the ramones (or the white stripes, but more so the ramones), you shouldn't be listening to music in the first place.

[/ QUOTE ]

Whoa. Ok. Can we get some love up in here?

I never said I didn't like The Ramones. You should read a bit more carefully.

BTW, out of curiosity, could you list 5 bands you consider to be heavily influenced by The Ramones?

[morello]

good topic.

Any Nirvana album
Any Alice in Chains album
Any Bad Religion album
Any Tool album

Rancid - And Out Come the Wolves
Social Distortion - Live at the Roxy
Descendents - Everything Sux
Weezer - Pinkerton & Blue Album
Pennywise - Unknown Road

I could name more, but those are just off the top of my head.

[woodguy]

Artist - Tragically HIp
Album - Up to here.

On of the best albums, front to back, ever.

For those who don't know them, they are essentially the best Canadian band ever.

I have a lot of American suppliers who come up to Canada to see me on sales calls and I always play that album.

To a person, they have all left with a copy of that album.

You will be doing yourself a favour if you go get these tracks.

Regards,
Woodguy

[JackWilson]

[ QUOTE ]
good topic.

Any Nirvana album
Any Alice in Chains album
Any Bad Religion album
Any Tool album

Rancid - And Out Come the Wolves
Social Distortion - Live at the Roxy
Descendents - Everything Sux
Weezer - Pinkerton & Blue Album
Pennywise - Unknown Road

I could name more, but those are just off the top of my head.

[/ QUOTE ]

With a name like Morello, how can you not name Rage Against The Machine?!?

[woodguy]

[ QUOTE ]
Scorpions - Love at First Sting

[/ QUOTE ]

nh.

When the Scorps came to town promoting that album it was a 3 band show.


Girlschool opened the show, and Iron Maiden was touring on Number of the Beast.

Good times.

From what I remember.

Regards,
Woodguy

[morello]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
good topic.

Any Nirvana album
Any Alice in Chains album
Any Bad Religion album
Any Tool album

Rancid - And Out Come the Wolves
Social Distortion - Live at the Roxy
Descendents - Everything Sux
Weezer - Pinkerton & Blue Album
Pennywise - Unknown Road

I could name more, but those are just off the top of my head.

[/ QUOTE ]

With a name like Morello, how can you not name Rage Against The Machine?!?

[/ QUOTE ]

They are good, and Evil Empire is probably close to making it, but I would list it behind all of the others I've already mentioned.

[JackWilson]

Ugh, Evil Empire is the worst RATM album IMO and i would certainly list RATM above Rancid, Pennywise, Bad Religion, Tool, Weezer [censored] a lot of the bands you named.

To each his own I guess. /images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Tom Morello's just soooo gooood.

[gorie]

[ QUOTE ]
Whoa. Ok. Can we get some love up in here?

I never said I didn't like The Ramones. You should read a bit more carefully.

[/ QUOTE ]
i never said i thought you didn't like the ramones. i was speaking in general in response to what you said. sorry if you thought it was aimed at you specifically.

but how the heck is pearl jam, alice in chains, garbage, metallica, AC/DC, nirvana, green day, rancid, flaming lips, RATM, (just to name a few from this thread) acceptable suggestions and not the RAMONES? i'm not saying these are bad suggestions, but seriously, THE RAMONES is "treading in dangerous territory" compared to the other suggestions in this thread ?

the ramones (minus a couple albums) are an EASY suggestion for albums to easily listen to without feeling the need to skip any tracks. they're CLASSIC.

[ QUOTE ]
BTW, out of curiosity, could you list 5 bands you consider to be heavily influenced by The Ramones?

[/ QUOTE ]
i didn't say anything about "heavily" but bands influenced by the ramones... there is already over 5 listed in this thread. nirvana, pearl jam, rancid, green day, descendents, pennywise, to name a few obvious ones.

[JackWilson]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Whoa. Ok. Can we get some love up in here?

I never said I didn't like The Ramones. You should read a bit more carefully.

[/ QUOTE ]
i never said i thought you didn't like the ramones. i was speaking in general in response to what you said. sorry if you thought it was aimed at you specifically.

but how the heck is pearl jam, alice in chains, garbage, metallica, AC/DC, nirvana, green day, rancid, flaming lips, RATM, (just to name a few from this thread) acceptable suggestions and not the RAMONES? i'm not saying these are bad suggestions, but seriously, THE RAMONES is "treading in dangerous territory" compared to the other suggestions in this thread ?

the ramones (minus a couple albums) are an EASY suggestion for albums to easily listen to without feeling the need to skip any tracks. they're CLASSIC.

[ QUOTE ]
BTW, out of curiosity, could you list 5 bands you consider to be heavily influenced by The Ramones?

[/ QUOTE ]
i didn't say anything about "heavily" but bands influenced by the ramones... probably over 5 already listed in this thread. nirvana, pearl jam, rancid, green day, to name a few obvious ones.

[/ QUOTE ]

Ah. Total misunderstanding then. My apologies.

I'm nothing more than a casual listener of The Ramones so I find it a bit hard to see the influences on Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Elaboration on that would be interesting.

Just to clarify, I think The Ramones's style is just such that many people would have a hard time getting into it as opposed to every other band you mentioned above. You're either gonna love or hate the vocals after hearing it for the first time, so I guess it's not a bad recommendation, I just feel like it's hit/miss ratio would be lower than a lot of other bands. Worth a listen to see if you like it though.

[gorie]

[ QUOTE ]
Ah. Total misunderstanding then. My apologies.

[/ QUOTE ]
no problem, harmless music talk /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[ QUOTE ]
I'm nothing more than a casual listener of The Ramones so I find it a bit hard to see the influences on Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Elaboration on that would be interesting.

[/ QUOTE ]

pearl jam introduced me to the ramones actually.. i was probably in 7th grade. (1992ish?) jeff ament was wearing a ramones t-shirt in one of their videos or something.

anyway, quote from http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12037897

[ QUOTE ]
(3/19/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder inducted the Ramones into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame during Monday night's (March 18) ceremonies in New York. Vedder made a rambling 17-minute speech about the group's groundbreaking sound, their immense influence, and how underappreciated they were during their 20-plus years in existence.

Sporting a fresh mohawk, Vedder told the crowd, "When punk finally broke in '91, the Ramones still weren't brought along for the ride, even though Nirvana, Rancid, (and) Green Day wouldn't have existed without them."

Vedder said that he is also someone who is indebted to the group. "You know, punk bands now sell with one record--their first or second record--sell 10 times the amount of records that the Ramones did throughout their career with 20-something records. That's why I go over to Johnny Ramone's house and do yard work three times a week, just to absolve some of the guilt."
Vedder continued, "And a bunch of people do it, like (U2's) Bono and Edge do the windows. Kirk Hammett, the guitar player from Metallica, he dusts, house cleans, makes French toast. That's a true story," he said with a laugh.

[/ QUOTE ]

i'm sure a couple google searches can help elaborate further.

[Lame Amateur]

[ QUOTE ]
also i don't really understand when people ask for music recommendations but then say "not obscure stuff though." i see comments about that a lot on these forums - what do people have against "obscure" bands ?

[/ QUOTE ]

...

[ QUOTE ]
seriously, if you can't appreciate the ramones (or the white stripes, but more so the ramones), you shouldn't be listening to music in the first place

[/ QUOTE ]

[gorie]

in case you guys missed it the first and second time:
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
also i don't really understand when people ask for music recommendations but then say "not obscure stuff though." i see comments about that a lot on these forums - what do people have against "obscure" bands ?

[/ QUOTE ]

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[ QUOTE ]
seriously, if you can't appreciate the ramones (or the white stripes, but more so the ramones), you shouldn't be listening to music in the first place

[/ QUOTE ]

[/ QUOTE ]

[Lame Amateur]

[ QUOTE ]
in case you guys missed it the first and second time:


[/ QUOTE ]

Perhaps my point was missed (though I doubt it)...

On the whole, people who like obscure music are far more likely to say things like (or have an attitude implying) "If you cant appreciate (Band X) you shouldnt be listening to music"

That is the answer to the question you posed

[gorie]

p.s. since when do you have to actually be serious when you say "seriously" ?

[Soul Daddy]

Elliot Smith - Either/Or
Gene - Olympian
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I

[zephed56]

[ QUOTE ]
Not nearly discriminating enough. Lots of bad tunes on those albums.

KJS

[/ QUOTE ]
Elaborate please.

[gorie]

[ QUOTE ]
Perhaps my point was missed (though I doubt it)...

On the whole, people who like obscure music are far more likely to say things like (or have an attitude implying) "If you cant appreciate (Band X) you shouldnt be listening to music"

That is the answer to the question you posed

[/ QUOTE ]
no, i got your point. i just thought it was dumb.

first of all, the ramones are far from obscure.

second of all "people who like obscure music" is a stupid generalization. what does that even mean ? what if i like all music ? more importantly, why would you want music advice from someone who only listens to what you already know ?

my first post is simply saying "obscure" isn't a genre, and means little on whether or not something is "good." there is a lot of crappy "obscure" bands, but there is just as many crappy "mainstream" bands. just because something is played on the radio doesn't make it good, and just because it isn't doesn't make it bad. that's all.

also, i don't really care what people listen to. and something doesn't have to be "obscure" for me to like it. obviously i don't expect my mom to think the ramones are awesome, and have no problem with her listening to country if that's what she likes. same with you. but what fun is talking about music if you are going to be indifferent to everything ? "the ramones are great. some might like them. some might not." yeah that discussion is going to be interesting.

my point with that second comment you quoted is that the ramones are a great band, and i was pretty shocked when someone said they were "treading on dangerous territory" (and yet can respect the poster who said this more than you) compared to everything else in this thread. of course i'm going to show off some 'tude to defend the ramones. c'mon. i was simply amusing myself because i'm so funny and cool.

except when i have to explain myself i get boring and lame. thanks a lot!

[Rushmore]

[ QUOTE ]
Tool - Lateralus

[/ QUOTE ]

Of course, I wanted to say the same, but to be fair, the interlude tracks between The Patient and Schizm always get skipped. And I don't really need to listen to the Area 51 stuff.

[CallMeIshmael]

Though I agree with most of your points/taste, I do see his on the idea that music can be classified as obscure.

Obscure music is one of those terms that is tough to explicitly define, but, you can generally spot it when you see it.

It could be where you hear it, ie:

MTV -> Radio -> Rolling Stone -> Spin -> Pitchfork is somehwat of a continuum of obscurity.

Or simply the % of the music listening population that knows band X exists.

[Lame Amateur]

People who like obscure music also tend to prattle on endlessly in futile efforts to convince others that they are correct.

[gorie]

[ QUOTE ]
People who like obscure music also tend to prattle on endlessly in futile efforts to convince others that they are correct.

[/ QUOTE ]
you win. *eye roll*

what are your suggestions ?

[Lame Amateur]

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what are your suggestions ?

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Anything by the ramones/white stripes

[gorie]

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Though I agree with most of your points/taste, I do see his on the idea that music can be classified as obscure.

Obscure music is one of those terms that is tough to explicitly define, but, you can generally spot it when you see it.

It could be where you hear it, ie:

MTV -> Radio -> Rolling Stone -> Spin -> Pitchfork is somehwat of a continuum of obscurity.

Or simply the % of the music listening population that knows band X exists.

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yeah, i can understand that music can be classified as obscure, or not, and there are many levels of obscurity depending on what music you know (like your example), and it still doesn't help me figure out what you'd like.

there are other people on this forum that are considered people who like "obscure" music. apparently i would be one of them. yet i doubt i have many similiar tastes in music as them. i might have more bands in common comparing to someone who only listens to mainstream music, it all depends on the person.

but yes, you can spot it when you see it -- mostly because it isn't something you hear on the radio 50 times a day /images/graemlins/smile.gif that's not a hard one /images/graemlins/smile.gif doesn't mean it won't be on the radio in 2 years, though. and surely doesn't mean the person who is looking for something new to listen to won't love it.

[gorie]

seriously, i'm starting to find myself annoying now, i think i am done with this thread. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[2planka]

No time to scroll through all the posts, but I'm listening to one now. Fugazi - Steady diet of nothing.

[Chris Daddy Cool]

i'm new to this thread, but albums where i don't press the skip button at all...

beatles - abbey road
red hot chili peppers - californication
jay-z - blueprint
kanye west - college dropout
common - be

on a side note, its very rare to find an album where there's not one track you skip. even the greatest album will have one odd song that you don't particuarily care to listen to, while there may be another not so great album with tracks that are all just okay but worth listening to.

[pmuir10]

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Jay-Z-Volume 2 Hard Knock Life


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The Black Album too.


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Counting Crows: August and Everything After


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[sublime]

you a cool chick.

just wanted to point that out.

[pmuir10]

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People who like obscure music also tend to prattle on endlessly in futile efforts to convince others that they are correct.

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this is so true

[WillMagic]

Jack Johnson's stuff is great for this. On and On, also In Between Dreams.

Will

[kurto]

For Ska Fans...
Sublime, Sublime & 40oz
The Slackers... every album they have
Order the Indie Band- Habanero

Non Ska-
The Old 97s - Fight Songs & Too Far Too Car

[Aces McGee]

Soundgarden -- Superunknown

I'm not sure I'd skip a track on Badmotorfinger, either.

Faith No More -- The Real Thing

Stone Temple Pilots -- Purple

Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique, Check Your Head, License to Ill

-McGee

[Uglyowl]

Either Verucca Salt album
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Pearl Jam- Ten
Beastie Boys- License to Ill or Paul's Botique
311- 311

[Ianco15]

The Offspring - Smash

[gorie]

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you a cool chick.

just wanted to point that out.

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thanks btw.

[tbach24]

Either John Mayer CD

[DiamondDave]

Deltron 3030
Dr. Octagonacologist
Diamonds & Pearls

[etgryphon]

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication, Paul's Boutique
Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory, Beats, Rhymes, and Life
Led Zeppelin - IV
Pharcyde - Labcabincalifornia

Off the top of my head.

-Gryph

[superleeds]

Never mind the bollocks - Sex Pistols
Hunky Dory, Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
In the Flat Field, Mask - Bauhaus
Talk Talk Talk, Forever Now - The Psychadelic Furs
The Bends - Radiohead
Closer - Joy Division
Nevermind - Nirvarna

[nokona13]

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any third eye blind album

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Is this a joke?

[johnnycakes]

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Almost every album I own?

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Ditto.

But, to list a few...

Guided by Voices "Alien Lanes"
Guided by Voices "Bee Thousand"
Built to Spill "Perfect From Now On"

Those are three albums that flow together (i.e. no/few gaps between tracks) very well and skipping a song would be a detriment to the listening experience. Or something.

[Uglyowl]

Disturbed

[nokona13]

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Flaming Lips - THe soft bulletin
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

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[diddle]

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Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden

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YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

This and Killers

[nokona13]

U2 - Joshua Tree
Any of Van Morrison's first 5 albums
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Zeppelin - I, II, IV, Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti
Ray Lamontagne - Trouble
Marley and the Wailers - Wisdom

Just the first to come to mind...

[2planka]

Thought of a couple more:
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue.
Victor Rice - Live at Version City
Mozart - The Requiem
The Amazing Royal Crowns - eponymous
Faith No More - Angeldust
Mr. Bungle - California
The Pixies - Bossanova

enough for now.

[Dex]

Dave Matthews/Tim Reynolds - Live at Luther College
RATM - RATM
RATM - Battle of Los Angeles

[Phat Mack]

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Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon.. in facr you can't NOT listen to the entire album.. it is one of CD's that only works when you listen to the whole thing in its entirety


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Good point. When I had it on vinyl I'd sometimes listen to side 2 first, but I always listened to the whole thing.

[Phat Mack]

Let it Bleed
Babylon by Bus
Stop Making Sense (sort of a compilation)
DSOTM
Road to Ruin
1999 (just to pick one)
Marti Gras in Montrose

[Iplayragstoo]

Pink Floyd - Animals, and its not even close.

[tek]

Tommy by The Who. A brilliant album where each song tells the story of a deaf, dumb and blind pinball wizard.

First heard the album in 5th grade. One song each day. Sure beat the hel out of pretending to sing for two weeks /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[2planka]

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Pink Floyd - Animals

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It's too late to lose the weight you used to need to throw around.

[Rick Nebiolo]

Just about any CD by Cowboy Junkies, but especially Trinity Sessions and The Caution Horses. Other than that string quartets by Haydn or Schubert.

~ Rick

PS Before the advent of CDs, the second side of Abbey Road by the Beatles

[12ozLongneck]

Off of the top of my head...

"Love You Just The Same" by Centromatic
"Wreck Your Life" and "Too Far To Care" by Old 97s
"The Electric Version" by The New Pornographers
Elliott Smith's self-titled album.
"Keep It Like a Secret" by Built To Spill
"In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" by Neutral Milk Hotel

[Skip Brutale]

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i sick of playing a cd for 3 songs. I want more albums were you can just pop a disc in and let it play through to completion. Not really looking for obscure groups though. maybe i'll list some that i have in a bit.

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Refused - The Shape of Punk To Come

The Locust - Plague Soundscapes

Weezer - Pinkerton

Radiohead - Kid A

Arab on Radar - Stolen Singles

Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...

Bjork - Selmasongs

I could just keep going.

[steviej1717]

Cold - 13 ways to bleed on stage

Seether - Disclaimer

all i can think of at 5 in the morning.

[ceskylev]

Heart Attack & Vine (Tom Waits)
Covers Record (Cat Power)
London Sessions (Howlin' Wolf)
Oh Ah (Stereo Total)
The Rushmore soundtrack.

Truth be told, I could listen to Tom Waits or Chan Marshall read the phone book and I'd be happy. The first Velvet Underground record would be on there if that Murder Mystery song didn't drive me up a wall.

[cnfuzzd]

Its a crime that brother in arms hasnt been listed yet. Though, on a very rare occasion im not listening to one of the first three tracks, since ive heard them so often...

Also, everyone who said Ten is the second most correct.

peace

john nickle

[IndieMatty]

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i sick of playing a cd for 3 songs. I want more albums were you can just pop a disc in and let it play through to completion. Not really looking for obscure groups though. maybe i'll list some that i have in a bit.

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Refused - The Shape of Punk To Come

The Locust - Plague Soundscapes

Weezer - Pinkerton

Radiohead - Kid A

Arab on Radar - Stolen Singles

Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...

Bjork - Selmasongs

I could just keep going.

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Refused = Awesome

[emil3000]

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i sick of playing a cd for 3 songs. I want more albums were you can just pop a disc in and let it play through to completion. Not really looking for obscure groups though. maybe i'll list some that i have in a bit.

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Refused - The Shape of Punk To Come

The Locust - Plague Soundscapes

Weezer - Pinkerton

Radiohead - Kid A

Arab on Radar - Stolen Singles

Fiona Apple - When The Pawn...

Bjork - Selmasongs

I could just keep going.

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Refused = Awesome

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Go refused! I love the straight edge stuff. They died and went to heaven. Then they came back and sucked. Go dead refused band!

[Skip Brutale]

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Heart Attack & Vine (Tom Waits)
Covers Record (Cat Power)
London Sessions (Howlin' Wolf)
Oh Ah (Stereo Total)
The Rushmore soundtrack.

Truth be told, I could listen to Tom Waits or Chan Marshall read the phone book and I'd be happy. The first Velvet Underground record would be on there if that Murder Mystery song didn't drive me up a wall.

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I forgot that the VU exists. Deffinately with Nico and self-titled. I love the murder mystery song.

[Blackjack]

Switchfoot - Beautiful Letdown

[gorie]

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I forgot that the VU exists.

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i'm reminded every sunday.

[Dex]

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i sick of playing a cd for 3 songs.

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They just invented these really cool things called CD-R's! I hear they're working on this new gizmo called an iPod or something, too.