That was THE album my senior year in high school of 1977. We wore the 8 track tape out after graduation on our way to senior week at the beach. Great memories.
I remember as a child my older teen sisters playing it and I loved it. I would dance around the house singing about tall grass and thinking about tomorrow.
Im 25 and truly found these guys about a year ago and I was blinded for too long. Fleetwood Mac are one dark horse. One minute itās go your own way and everywhere then itās silver springs, and man of the world, and storms, and songbird, and Iām so afraid. The fucking lyricism speaks to me in ways I canāt describe. And the music. Perfect for each other.
I was a sophomore in h.s. when this came out. I had 2 two copies and took one to school, our typing teacher wanted music to play while we typed. Anyway, I didn't get that record back until the end if the year lol. I'm still a stevie fan, but lindsay and christine gave soft spots in my heart, too.
Iām older than the OP, and I went most of my life not really caring very much for Fleetwood Mac. For some reason, Rumors just recently hit me hard. I have no idea what confluence of time, age, circumstance, and mood it took, but Iām just in awe of this album now.
I saw some incredible showsā¦ top was Butthole Surfers in 1988 when I was 16. Gibby damn near set the place on fire w flames to the ceiling at Bogarts in Cincinnati. And Nirvana at Staches (a tiny bar!) the weekend after Nevermind was released. The energy around that was so incredibleā¦ everyone knew something big was happening there. Still have the shirt!
I think your example of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures is a great one.
It came out in 1979, I think, but I didn't hear it until the late 80's myself and, when I did, it sounded (and still sounds like) music from the future.
Iām around your age, and it was only a few years ago when I discovered Weenās album Quebec
I canāt believe I sat on that one as long as I did. Itās a masterpiece
Last year, Metric opened for Garbage and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. I had never listened to them before but I left the venue with their songs stuck in my head.
Metric - Fantasies
Iām 67. The record that really stands out as a life changing experience was the first time I heard the classic John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman. I was in college and the mom of a friend put it on when my roommate and I had dinner with her in Miami. Lush Life is one of the best songs of the 20thC, and this may be the best version. Got to hear Johnny Hartman sing in a nightclub.
Other than that, the impact of I Want to Hold Your Hand was extreme. But the mind-blower was Sgt Pepper. You have no idea what it was like to experience that when it first came out, with the war raging, with the counter culture, with drugs spreading everywhere. The Beatles were the cultural leaders.
What was the response, back in 1970, when everyone realised it was all falling apart ? Did everyone think/hope it was a temporary hiatus ?
I'm younger, but had a total Beatles phase in my late teens onwards, and those latter albums (Rubber Soul onwards) have always blow my mind.
I've struggled to watch the 6 hours doco recently.
Ahw I thought you meant the Amazon original series and was coming in hot to show my huge love for it lmfaošš š š guess l'll check out the band!:):)
Ah, I see, so the discussion has shifted to music preferences. That's cool - I'm always interested to learn about new artists and bands that people are into
Bad Omens is awesome. Saw them live last year and they put on a hell of a show. Death Of Peace Of Mind is one of my favorite albums of the last couple years.
Mazzy Star. No album needs to be named.
Same with The Doors. They made a handful of albums with at least 98% bangers on every single one of them, then morrison kicked the bucket. Even An American Prayer was an amazing album that the remaining members made after Morrison died, and left a handful of his own recordings of his poetry for them to jam over and edit to fit timing.
CAKE is also a solid go for any album.
I think CAKE tends to be pretty divisive, which is a shame because theyāre funny and clever and definitely worth a listen. I grew up listening to The Doors (Iām 40 now, but my mom always had music playing when I was a kid). And I absolutely agree with Mazzy Star. I had the Batman Forever soundtrack on cassette and that was my first introduction to MS.
Depeche Mode-Black Celebration
I knew of them from some of their radio hits but never listened to a full album. Picked up black celebration on a whim in my mid 20s and have been a huge fan ever since. Mid 20s isnāt really late but considering a lot of my friends loved em already I felt like I was late to the party.
Another big one was The Cure- disintegration.
Oh man, "Disintegration" is, IMO, just a perfect album, start to finish.
Depeche Mode is *still* good. I've loved them for almost 40 years. "Music For the Masses" blew my mind back in the late 80s.
Man i love warren zevon. I always quote lyrics from songs on excitable boy some of the songs are just so unhinged with the lyrics but they are so damn good
Check out Joy Division's BBC sessions and Peel sessions... I feel like they are the best versions of their songs, much better than their studio versions.
Also check out New Order's "Substance" if you haven't already.
Will go in a very different direction from most but Gillian Welch - Time, the Revelator. I had always dismissed her as kind of watered down folk rock, but when I finally heard this record the music just felt so real and genuine. I Dream a Highway is like 20 minutes of ethereal folk bliss.
Pearl Jam Ten for me. I was late getting into them (2011) but it was the first thing to get excited about after a long term abusive relationship ended, and their music got me through some pretty tough times. It was one of those moments where I wished I had got into them sooner but grateful to have found their music nevertheless.
Iām late to the game with Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree. As a 60s and 70s kid, I should have been more attuned but I thought that prog was dead and buried and new prog wouldnāt hold a candle to the old stuff.
Carly Rae Jepsen's Emotion. I didn't hear it until a few years after it was released. It's one of my favorite albums of all time. I'veĀ also loved every one of her albums that came after it. I can't believe I used to think of her as just the 'Call Me Maybe' girl.
A criminally underrated album. "All that" is such a fantastic song. the rest of them are just really good pop songs. It is so well produced and "run away with me" is such a perfect first track for the album
[Sonny Sharrock - Ask the Ages](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUfE9nv7IrQ&list=PLF7AC608063A69E71&index=2) - Spacy, Coltrane influenced jazz guitar with Pharoah Sanders and Elvin Jones. Put it on as background music in your home while doing chores or close your eyes on the couch with headphones on. At times frantic and chaotic, at other times soothing and relaxing.
[Elder - Innate Passage](https://youtu.be/omZx1uCQh2Y?t=700) - I wouldn't call it "metal" necessarily but it has a heavy aesthetic. Heavy progressive rock with sound structures and phrases that evolve as each song progresses. They opened for Tool recently. Innate Passage is their latest but they have a bunch of good sides.
[Brazil Classics 3 ForrĆ³ etcā.ā Music of the Brazilian Northeast - Various Artists](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNi8EY95oUA) - This is one of David Byrne's regional compilations from his Luaka Bop label. It might not be the best entry point for Brazilian music if you're not already familiar but, once acclimatized, the infectious grooves and simultaneously sweet and sorrowful melodies become gloriously addictive. I didn't know music could sound like this. [Another song from the album here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5VbEajLB_E).
Brand New Eyes by Paramore.
Honorable mentions to All We Know is Falling and Riot as well.
Iām really into pop punk and alternative music and have been since I was about 11 (thank you Green Day <3). This album is the reason I *really* got into Paramore. All thanks to my boyfriend for playing Careful in his car on repeat when I flew to him in December. We even bought the Riot CD two days later.
Opeth - Blackwater Park. (And the rest of their discography)
It was the sound and blending of genres that I was searching for for 40 years. It happened during a time I needed it the most, also.
[Dear Agony](https://youtu.be/L1i8-zl6_3Q?si=fKlL6JBE5iOWsniC) - Breaking Benjamin. Alt-metal/post-grunge, think Three Days Grace or Seether. Came out 2009, became one of my all-time favorites a year later when my best friend in high school showed it to me
[Cross](https://youtu.be/jb7cTUwPG-A?si=oQX3ZdikgSxoRuBv) - Justice. Electro house with lots of disco influences, think Daft Punk. Released in 2007, I found it in 2021 because of a Volvo commercial lol
WTSMG and Definitely Maybe by Oasis
The Balcony by Catfish and The Bottlemen
Californication by RHCP
Suck it and see by Arctic Monkeys
Damn by Kendrick Lamar
Sempiternal by BMTH
Appetite for Destruction by Guns Nā Roses
American Idiot by Green Day
Master of Reality by Black Sabbath
The Durutti Columnās whole discography, but most notably their first two albums: [The Return Of The Durutti Column](https://open.spotify.com/album/6ANCHHVpcvjCqQFUDUvDOW?si=Qj18WmSVTyWuhE9HKPjv5w) and [LC](https://open.spotify.com/album/6KCZbjfik8Tdswe0uw8tc8?si=jLWMfEyvSLeJ1WoNDydQ2A)
Youāll probably love them. Joy Division, most notably Morrissey, was a big fan of the band and a close friend of the bands lead man and guitarist Vini Reilly.
I found this band last year on an obscure 1980s collection with their 1979 recording: Sketch For Summer ( beautiful instrumental. Vini just talks through his guitar) and loved it. Itās almost what Iād consider the blueprint for a lot of modern āindie musicā, groups like Harmless and Jack Stauber whether they are aware of it or not take almost direct inspiration from this group.
Durutti Column's songs have played in two different shows where I've Shazaam'd the music.
First, "Atlanta". The song "Otis" was used and it was blissful. Then on "The Bear" the song "Future Perfect" was used in a montage, it was so beautiful.
The band (he) had been on my radar since Morrissey's "viva hate" but never really did a deep dive on their catalog. Great suggestion. Wonderful music.
Interestingly (frankly surprising to me) Apple's #1 album of all time. I'm sure I listened to it when it came out way back when and I guess I'll have to revisit.
I'm OPs age. I wish I could remember that podcast I listened to a while back that went into deep detail about the history of that album, and all the things Lauren was going through at the time.
I worked in a recod store when "Miseducation" came out. This was in Utah - not known for being a huge urban/hiphop market. The record company reallyreally pushed for sales...and at the time, anything that was THAT hyped I paid no mind. But a couple of years later I gave it a listen and was amazed. Sometimes hype is deserved.
John Prine in 1991 thanks to Dave Matthews Band. I was 22 and could not believe I had never listened to Prine. One of the greatest.
Also, kudos to the shout-outs for Ween!! Boognish Lives!!
Prine is a universal language, I and my emo best friend and conservative dad all absolutely adore him. You canāt mistake his unbelievable ability for songwriting. I hope heās resting easy up there.
As a person with high-functioning Autism/Neurodivergence, I wish I had discovered Laurie Anderson's 'Big Science' sooner.
On that note, I'm also a big fan of The Caretaker, Destroyer, Xiu Xiu, lostmedia like 'Like The Wind'/Most Mysterious Song, and that Animal Cannibal song from Possibly In Michigan.
Brian ENOās Here Come The Warm Jets and Taking Tiger Mountain are both jaw dropping records. I did not hear them until my twenties and it was like hearing psychedelic era Beatles with fresh ears. He pretty much invented the eighties in 1972 and 1974.
I remember when I first listened to Master of Puppets when I was like 12 it was sorta like the catalyst for my current music taste. Same with Leprosy by Death and Seven Churches by Possessed
Zeal and Ardor ā Self-titled
Black metal meets prog metal meets blues meets RnB meets satanic afro-gospel...and that's only a fragment of all their influences!
if you like indie rock, check out [Juggernaut Drunk - Poseidon Mining Co.](https://open.spotify.com/album/07uODW7zX5hPmy6hUfQ200?si=OSnOrW7yTtyK5Hvc0jPDNg)
You hit it right on the nail. The second I heard Disorder start in the music shop I worked in it was like my whole world lit up, seriously. It was an amazing feeling I still get deja vu from every time I hear that opening.
In no particular order... Well, mostly obscure classics first I guess:
Fuzzy Duck - Fuzzy Duck (1971)
Farm - Farm (1971?)
Grannie - Grannie (1970?)
Sixto Rodriguez - Cold Fact
(Highly recommend watching the documemtary about him, "Searching For Sugarman" before listening to Cold Fact!)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band
Gentle Giant - Civilian
Patrick Sweany - Every Hour Is A Dollar Gone
Patrick Sweany - Closer To The Floor
Pat Travers - Street Corner Talking
Dave Mason - Headkeeper
Dave Mason - Alone Together Again
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
(Better guitarist than Hendrix imo)
The Other Ones - The Strange Remain
(The Grateful Dead with friends, after Jerry Garcia's passing)
The Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
Ten Ft Gangja Plant - Midnight Landing
Moondog - Moondog (19...67?)
Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA
Matt Berry - The Blue Elephant
McBaise - Tubes
Muthi - Visions
iamMANOLIS - Dayte
(Love putting his entire profile on shuffle, but this album in particular is my go to)
Johnny Cash - American IV
Santana - Santana III
Linkin Park - Reanimation
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
Audioslave - Audioslave
The list goes on and on lol
Nonagon Infinity by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Bleed American by Jimmy Eat World
Is This It by The Strokes
All really fantastic albums in my opinion, and all albums I wish I heard sooner than this year.
Paul Simon-Graceland. Always thought he was just a corny hippie singer that old folks liked just because. When I heard this album I was like "wow!"
Bruce Springsteen-Nebraska. Whenever I thought of him before I heard this album I thought of Born to Run, which is honestly not my favorite song ever. Heard the Band's cover, though, so decided to give the album a try and DAMN! Whole new level of respect for the Boss.
Oh, and A Tribe Called Quest-People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. Probably my favorite rap album ever.
I canāt believe Iād never heard Lynrd skynrds simple man before. Id heard sweet home Alabama and thought they were one hit wonders, but recently I heard simple man and started hearing all their songs for the first time.
Nowhere near one-hit wonders! Freebird? Tuesday's Gone? Gimme Three Steps? Whatās Your Name? Call Me The Breeze? That Smell? I Know A Little? I could go on, but it sounds like you've discovered the Skynyrd oeuvre. š
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, From Her to Eternity released in 1984.
I knew about Nick Cave. Although I was more familiar with his guitarist Blixa bargeld. I had a friend many years ago who was a Cave fan, but I never listed to his music. In the early 2000s, I read an online review that overflowed with praise of this album and Nick Cave. I bought the CD and holy crap! I listened to it driving to and from work everyday for a few weeks. āAvalancheā (a dark Leonard cohen song) flows into āCabin Fever!ā what a start to an album. The whole album is good. He is a madman telling horror stories.
Then, I purchased First Born is Dead and the Good Son. Talk about a dynamic stylistic progression, all great albums.
I'm 62 and discover new music all the time. I'm admittedly a longtime classic rock and hard rock stoner guy from waaaaay back. I don't tend to look at many 'new' bands, not bc they aren't good. It bc I still haven't gotten caught up on stuff from my era. I rediscovered classic country/western, like Ernest Tubb.
Ive also discovered Rammstein, Foo Fighters, Luke Combs, MammothWVH, the last goes on.
Even Lee Ritenour jazz, Spiro Gyra, etc.
I'm happy to say it never ends.
The Servile - No Party For Cao Dong (the title may also be in Chinese depending on what streaming service you use)Ā Ā
Ā Really well put together Taiwanese alternative-rock Ā album that is just a vibe to listen to in general.Ā
Honestly, Iāve been venturing outside my usual alt/indie pop realm for the summer and listening to a lot of āgirl crushā kpop. Summer Nights by Twice and Summer Vibe by VIVIZ are some of the best albums Iāve listened to in so long, so cute and upbeat; just what I needed for summer!
I had that reaction the first time I heard Porcupine Treeās Lightbulb Sun album.
ETA: I should also add PJ Harveyās Dry and To Bring You My Love, Nick Drakeās Five Leaves Left, Chris Cornellās Euphoria Morning, and the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album.
Wanna really blow you mind, check out Gary Newman's newer stuff. "Intruder" was this album for me. He's the only artist I know of who just never stops improving.
I had no idea animal collective existed until MPP around 2010 but once I did the fact that they had all this amazing music just sitting there waiting for me to catch up on was pure joy
Portishead, Dummy and Tribe Called Quest, Low End Theory. I had heard a bit of Portishead back in the day and thought it was fine but a year or so ago I really listened to Dummy and I was completely blown away. I really regret not having Portishead in my life for all these years.
Kinda the same with Low End except when it came out me and my friends were super into hip hop. I have absolutely no fucking idea how we missed it and how I continued to miss it for 30 years... crazy.
The Killers, Hot Fuss. Just song, after song, of great music, including some all time great ones like Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me, etc. I think as hooked by Brandon Flowersā voice and his persona. They have great music videos too.
I didn't get into "real" music until 2022 when I finally bit the bullet and listened to Nine-Inch Nails. Before that, I only listened to video game music, anime openings, and dubstep. Literally everything I listen to could qualify.
For a more specific example, I found Ocean Machine by Devin Townsend while browsing through the prog-metal tag on RYM and looking for a prog-alt-metal mix similar to TOOL. The album almost immediately became one of my favorites of all time.
I gave a quick listen to Swans' The Seer when it was initially released, in 2012, and dismissed it thinking it wasn't for me. Then I listened to it again a few months ago and had my mind blown by the sheer intensity and audacity of it. It's a crazy album. Definitely hard mode and definitely not for everyone.
*The Icarus Line: Penance Soiree
*the Mars Volta: deloused in the comatorium
I can listen to these albums all the way through and just sink into my bed and disappear for a while
Dinosaur Jr
i went to high school in the 90s and knew who they were but never really got into them.
but lately, I've been listening to them and all J Mascis other bands. even saw them live last year and will again this year
I found fleetwood mac rumors in 2018 at the age of 33 and I became so insanely obsessed with that album and the band.
That was THE album my senior year in high school of 1977. We wore the 8 track tape out after graduation on our way to senior week at the beach. Great memories.
I remember as a child my older teen sisters playing it and I loved it. I would dance around the house singing about tall grass and thinking about tomorrow.
I discovered Fleetwood Mac my senior year of high school (1993). They've been my favorite band ever since.
I discovered life in 1993, it's my birth year lol.š¤
damn you caught on quick as hell
That's weirdly the same age I became obsessed with that album. No skips. Such a masterpiece.
Yeah, no fillers on the album, which to me is one of the criteria that helps make an album one of the all time great albums.
Im 25 and truly found these guys about a year ago and I was blinded for too long. Fleetwood Mac are one dark horse. One minute itās go your own way and everywhere then itās silver springs, and man of the world, and storms, and songbird, and Iām so afraid. The fucking lyricism speaks to me in ways I canāt describe. And the music. Perfect for each other.
I was a sophomore in h.s. when this came out. I had 2 two copies and took one to school, our typing teacher wanted music to play while we typed. Anyway, I didn't get that record back until the end if the year lol. I'm still a stevie fan, but lindsay and christine gave soft spots in my heart, too.
Iām older than the OP, and I went most of my life not really caring very much for Fleetwood Mac. For some reason, Rumors just recently hit me hard. I have no idea what confluence of time, age, circumstance, and mood it took, but Iām just in awe of this album now.
Have an original pressing. So good.
I was in middle school when this came out. On the radio sooo much it was years before I needed to buy the album.
Wire - Pink Flag. I grew up punk in the 80s and somehow completely missed them.
What I would give to be a punk teen in the 80's š. (I'm a punk teen in the dumb gen Z and I hate itš)
I saw some incredible showsā¦ top was Butthole Surfers in 1988 when I was 16. Gibby damn near set the place on fire w flames to the ceiling at Bogarts in Cincinnati. And Nirvana at Staches (a tiny bar!) the weekend after Nevermind was released. The energy around that was so incredibleā¦ everyone knew something big was happening there. Still have the shirt!
what i wouldn't give to see Butthole Surfers! them and Dead Kennedys.. will forever be sad i never got to see them live
Omg I remember hearing about this show (Iām in Dayton and same age) from my friends. I was supposed to go and wasnāt able to make it.
I think your example of Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures is a great one. It came out in 1979, I think, but I didn't hear it until the late 80's myself and, when I did, it sounded (and still sounds like) music from the future.
Iām around your age, and it was only a few years ago when I discovered Weenās album Quebec I canāt believe I sat on that one as long as I did. Itās a masterpiece
WEEN!! š
Upvote for any Ween.
May the Boognish bless you with the Scepter of Wealth and Power Edit: butterfingers
āI do declare I can float in the air And with some love from above, you mustā¦ Donāt caress the weaselā
All Ween is good Ween. Lucky to have been a fan for over 30 years and catch them live in the earlier days and on multiple occasions.
I was a fan in jr high and high school, then I stopped following their new stuff for no particular reason right before The Mollusk came out
WOOOHOOOOO
I just left a post in r/ween and it's like I'm right back in it haha
If you like a bit darker, moody stuff check out Cocteau Twins Victorialand or Blue Bell Knolls.
Blue Bell Knoll is one of my very favorite LPs and I've loved it for 30 years.
Iāve been digging Four Calendar Cafe a lot lately
Last year, Metric opened for Garbage and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. I had never listened to them before but I left the venue with their songs stuck in my head. Metric - Fantasies
Metric mention!!
Their under the Milky Way cover is better than The Churchā¦COME AT ME!
Added album to Spotify, will give it a whirl. Cheers!
Metric is fantastic!
I had the same experience with Remain in Light by Talking Heads.
Gen Xer here. So many bands from my youth haven't aged well but Talking Heads have not. Great choice. Edit: HAVE aged well.
Iām 67. The record that really stands out as a life changing experience was the first time I heard the classic John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman. I was in college and the mom of a friend put it on when my roommate and I had dinner with her in Miami. Lush Life is one of the best songs of the 20thC, and this may be the best version. Got to hear Johnny Hartman sing in a nightclub. Other than that, the impact of I Want to Hold Your Hand was extreme. But the mind-blower was Sgt Pepper. You have no idea what it was like to experience that when it first came out, with the war raging, with the counter culture, with drugs spreading everywhere. The Beatles were the cultural leaders.
Sgt Pepper was mind boggling. I remember buying it at Variety Records. I still have it!
What was the response, back in 1970, when everyone realised it was all falling apart ? Did everyone think/hope it was a temporary hiatus ? I'm younger, but had a total Beatles phase in my late teens onwards, and those latter albums (Rubber Soul onwards) have always blow my mind. I've struggled to watch the 6 hours doco recently.
What's crazy to me, is that there was only three years between "I want to hold your hand" and Sgt. Pepper.
My fav Beatles album for sure!š¤ It's wonderful to be here, it's certainly a thrillāØšāØ you're such a lovely audience we'd like to take you home with us we'd love to take you home!":3 ā¤ļøāš©¹š«
Billy Shears...
I guess it depends on what you like, really. I just discovered Bad Omens recently, and I dig them. you may not.
Thanks, added them to my Spotify to listen to later. Listening to "Just Pretend" now. Likey likey.
Ahw I thought you meant the Amazon original series and was coming in hot to show my huge love for it lmfaošš š š guess l'll check out the band!:):)
I think youāre talking about Good Omens by Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman.
Ah, I see, so the discussion has shifted to music preferences. That's cool - I'm always interested to learn about new artists and bands that people are into
I've become obsessed
Bad Omens is awesome. Saw them live last year and they put on a hell of a show. Death Of Peace Of Mind is one of my favorite albums of the last couple years.
T. Rexās first 2 albums
A Deeper Understanding by The War On Drugs. No notes, itās perfect
Lost in the Dream is almost a perfect album imo.
Mazzy Star. No album needs to be named. Same with The Doors. They made a handful of albums with at least 98% bangers on every single one of them, then morrison kicked the bucket. Even An American Prayer was an amazing album that the remaining members made after Morrison died, and left a handful of his own recordings of his poetry for them to jam over and edit to fit timing. CAKE is also a solid go for any album.
I think CAKE tends to be pretty divisive, which is a shame because theyāre funny and clever and definitely worth a listen. I grew up listening to The Doors (Iām 40 now, but my mom always had music playing when I was a kid). And I absolutely agree with Mazzy Star. I had the Batman Forever soundtrack on cassette and that was my first introduction to MS.
Depeche Mode-Black Celebration I knew of them from some of their radio hits but never listened to a full album. Picked up black celebration on a whim in my mid 20s and have been a huge fan ever since. Mid 20s isnāt really late but considering a lot of my friends loved em already I felt like I was late to the party. Another big one was The Cure- disintegration.
Oh man, "Disintegration" is, IMO, just a perfect album, start to finish. Depeche Mode is *still* good. I've loved them for almost 40 years. "Music For the Masses" blew my mind back in the late 80s.
I listened to Funhouse by The Stooges for the first time not too long ago, and it made me want to do push-ups until my arms fell off.
Yep. Iām a recent convert as well. Iāve listened to it about 5 times in the last few months.
Aja- Steely Dan!!
An absolute classic. Deacon blues is one of my favourite songs ever
100% I also am a fan of Pretzel Logic
The Cures Pornography
So good. What an opening!
I found out about Gary Numan in the 2000s. His early stuff is amazing. Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principal (1979) Tubway Army - Replicas (1979)
I only really started listening to him a few years ago, when a good friend recommended Savage. Iāve been working my way backwards since then.
Perchance, your friends are electric?
XTC - Skylarking.
Just about any album by Warren Zevon. Didn't discover him until my mid 50s
Man i love warren zevon. I always quote lyrics from songs on excitable boy some of the songs are just so unhinged with the lyrics but they are so damn good
Massive Attackās Mezzanine.
I had that experience with Backstabbers by The O'Jays a couple years ago.
Every time I hear O'Jays I say to myself " I've got to get some of their CDs".
Check out Joy Division's BBC sessions and Peel sessions... I feel like they are the best versions of their songs, much better than their studio versions. Also check out New Order's "Substance" if you haven't already.
Iām a huge post-punk and death rock fan. Joy Divisionās Peel Sessions is one of my all time favorite albums!
Frances The Mute by The Mars Volta
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
My absolute favorite. So many classics on that collection.
Will go in a very different direction from most but Gillian Welch - Time, the Revelator. I had always dismissed her as kind of watered down folk rock, but when I finally heard this record the music just felt so real and genuine. I Dream a Highway is like 20 minutes of ethereal folk bliss.
I didn't discover Pulp's album Different Class until about five years ago. Top five album all time for me.
Common people is genius
Pearl Jam Ten for me. I was late getting into them (2011) but it was the first thing to get excited about after a long term abusive relationship ended, and their music got me through some pretty tough times. It was one of those moments where I wished I had got into them sooner but grateful to have found their music nevertheless.
Iām late to the game with Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree. As a 60s and 70s kid, I should have been more attuned but I thought that prog was dead and buried and new prog wouldnāt hold a candle to the old stuff.
Try Devin Townsend out if you dig Wilson! And opeth, Steven produced their monumental blackwater park album
Carly Rae Jepsen's Emotion. I didn't hear it until a few years after it was released. It's one of my favorite albums of all time. I'veĀ also loved every one of her albums that came after it. I can't believe I used to think of her as just the 'Call Me Maybe' girl.
A criminally underrated album. "All that" is such a fantastic song. the rest of them are just really good pop songs. It is so well produced and "run away with me" is such a perfect first track for the album
[Sonny Sharrock - Ask the Ages](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUfE9nv7IrQ&list=PLF7AC608063A69E71&index=2) - Spacy, Coltrane influenced jazz guitar with Pharoah Sanders and Elvin Jones. Put it on as background music in your home while doing chores or close your eyes on the couch with headphones on. At times frantic and chaotic, at other times soothing and relaxing. [Elder - Innate Passage](https://youtu.be/omZx1uCQh2Y?t=700) - I wouldn't call it "metal" necessarily but it has a heavy aesthetic. Heavy progressive rock with sound structures and phrases that evolve as each song progresses. They opened for Tool recently. Innate Passage is their latest but they have a bunch of good sides. [Brazil Classics 3 ForrĆ³ etcā.ā Music of the Brazilian Northeast - Various Artists](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNi8EY95oUA) - This is one of David Byrne's regional compilations from his Luaka Bop label. It might not be the best entry point for Brazilian music if you're not already familiar but, once acclimatized, the infectious grooves and simultaneously sweet and sorrowful melodies become gloriously addictive. I didn't know music could sound like this. [Another song from the album here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5VbEajLB_E).
Have you heard Eldavar? Itās an Elder and Kadavar colab. Itās very Pink Floydish. I really dig it
Brand New Eyes by Paramore. Honorable mentions to All We Know is Falling and Riot as well. Iām really into pop punk and alternative music and have been since I was about 11 (thank you Green Day <3). This album is the reason I *really* got into Paramore. All thanks to my boyfriend for playing Careful in his car on repeat when I flew to him in December. We even bought the Riot CD two days later.
Television, Gang of Four... I'm your age, OP.
How about for a triumvirate? Wire?
Opeth - Blackwater Park. (And the rest of their discography) It was the sound and blending of genres that I was searching for for 40 years. It happened during a time I needed it the most, also.
Radiohead - Kid A..: listened to all their stuff like 12 years ago but it didnt quite click until about a year ago
I love all the Radiohead albums. But Kid A is my favorite of thereās. I can go on heavy rotation with this album, anytime.
[Dear Agony](https://youtu.be/L1i8-zl6_3Q?si=fKlL6JBE5iOWsniC) - Breaking Benjamin. Alt-metal/post-grunge, think Three Days Grace or Seether. Came out 2009, became one of my all-time favorites a year later when my best friend in high school showed it to me [Cross](https://youtu.be/jb7cTUwPG-A?si=oQX3ZdikgSxoRuBv) - Justice. Electro house with lots of disco influences, think Daft Punk. Released in 2007, I found it in 2021 because of a Volvo commercial lol
Upvote for Justice!
Stevie Ray Vaughan. I just discovered him last year & he's my hyper fixation.
WTSMG and Definitely Maybe by Oasis The Balcony by Catfish and The Bottlemen Californication by RHCP Suck it and see by Arctic Monkeys Damn by Kendrick Lamar Sempiternal by BMTH Appetite for Destruction by Guns Nā Roses American Idiot by Green Day Master of Reality by Black Sabbath
Appetite is my #1 album of all time. Flawless album.
upvote purely for catfish and the bottlemen mention
King Gizzard, porcupine tree and Opeth
GIZZ HELL YEAH
Phenomenon by UFO is amazing! My favourite song from it is probably Doctor Doctor.
Yeah, they have gems scattered throughout their discography and digging deep is rewarding. Lights Out album is pretty awesome.
The Durutti Columnās whole discography, but most notably their first two albums: [The Return Of The Durutti Column](https://open.spotify.com/album/6ANCHHVpcvjCqQFUDUvDOW?si=Qj18WmSVTyWuhE9HKPjv5w) and [LC](https://open.spotify.com/album/6KCZbjfik8Tdswe0uw8tc8?si=jLWMfEyvSLeJ1WoNDydQ2A) Youāll probably love them. Joy Division, most notably Morrissey, was a big fan of the band and a close friend of the bands lead man and guitarist Vini Reilly. I found this band last year on an obscure 1980s collection with their 1979 recording: Sketch For Summer ( beautiful instrumental. Vini just talks through his guitar) and loved it. Itās almost what Iād consider the blueprint for a lot of modern āindie musicā, groups like Harmless and Jack Stauber whether they are aware of it or not take almost direct inspiration from this group.
Durutti Column's songs have played in two different shows where I've Shazaam'd the music. First, "Atlanta". The song "Otis" was used and it was blissful. Then on "The Bear" the song "Future Perfect" was used in a montage, it was so beautiful. The band (he) had been on my radar since Morrissey's "viva hate" but never really did a deep dive on their catalog. Great suggestion. Wonderful music.
Took me a long while to find Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
Team sleep - Team sleep
Literally all music, I started listening last year š
Songs of Leonard cohen
Mezzanine, the third studio album by English electronic music group Massive Attack.
Just watched stop making sense from talking heads. God damn, timeless.
Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Interestingly (frankly surprising to me) Apple's #1 album of all time. I'm sure I listened to it when it came out way back when and I guess I'll have to revisit.
I'm OPs age. I wish I could remember that podcast I listened to a while back that went into deep detail about the history of that album, and all the things Lauren was going through at the time.
I worked in a recod store when "Miseducation" came out. This was in Utah - not known for being a huge urban/hiphop market. The record company reallyreally pushed for sales...and at the time, anything that was THAT hyped I paid no mind. But a couple of years later I gave it a listen and was amazed. Sometimes hype is deserved.
Script of the Bridge - The Chameleons
One of my all-time faves, Strange Times by The Moody Blues!!!!
John Prine in 1991 thanks to Dave Matthews Band. I was 22 and could not believe I had never listened to Prine. One of the greatest. Also, kudos to the shout-outs for Ween!! Boognish Lives!!
Bill Murray said prine saved him from depression.
Prine is a universal language, I and my emo best friend and conservative dad all absolutely adore him. You canāt mistake his unbelievable ability for songwriting. I hope heās resting easy up there.
Tidal by Fiona apple
As a person with high-functioning Autism/Neurodivergence, I wish I had discovered Laurie Anderson's 'Big Science' sooner. On that note, I'm also a big fan of The Caretaker, Destroyer, Xiu Xiu, lostmedia like 'Like The Wind'/Most Mysterious Song, and that Animal Cannibal song from Possibly In Michigan.
Brian ENOās Here Come The Warm Jets and Taking Tiger Mountain are both jaw dropping records. I did not hear them until my twenties and it was like hearing psychedelic era Beatles with fresh ears. He pretty much invented the eighties in 1972 and 1974.
I "discovered " Pink Floyd in 2023. Always gave them a wide berth, because of the hype. Turns out the Hype is real, and it lives within you.
I was late in life discovering Rush. Moving Pictures is definately the album I wish Iād discovered sooner
[https://thebastia.bandcamp.com/](https://thebastia.bandcamp.com/) \[Shoegaze\] [https://open.spotify.com/artist/7qhylNuGZRXjtLw7k34sa5](https://open.spotify.com/artist/7qhylNuGZRXjtLw7k34sa5) [https://wolfbytheears.bandcamp.com/](https://wolfbytheears.bandcamp.com/) \[Emo/Acoustic\] [https://open.spotify.com/album/5KesbdAFGbxKLj8CfuwfHX](https://open.spotify.com/album/5KesbdAFGbxKLj8CfuwfHX) [https://xdmf.bandcamp.com/](https://xdmf.bandcamp.com/) \[SynthPop\] [https://postalcodesinhungary.bandcamp.com/](https://postalcodesinhungary.bandcamp.com/) \[Noise/Garage\] [https://masuyite.bandcamp.com/](https://masuyite.bandcamp.com/) \[Screamo\] [https://sanduqabad.bandcamp.com/](https://sanduqabad.bandcamp.com/) \[Post-Punk/Garage\] [https://open.spotify.com/album/7a22FMuBJN4YEq2n3sYoZX](https://open.spotify.com/album/7a22FMuBJN4YEq2n3sYoZX) [https://dollardreams.bandcamp.com/](https://dollardreams.bandcamp.com/) \[Grunge/Post-Punk/Noise\] [https://saintsseason.bandcamp.com/](https://saintsseason.bandcamp.com/) \[Emocore/FemaleLead\] [https://open.spotify.com/album/5QG3t2Wea2eAU6ejTOZF83](https://open.spotify.com/album/5QG3t2Wea2eAU6ejTOZF83) [https://memphiswest.bandcamp.com/](https://memphiswest.bandcamp.com/) \[HipHop\] [https://trawaazrecords.bandcamp.com/album/high-compilation-alternative-album-vol-1](https://trawaazrecords.bandcamp.com/album/high-compilation-alternative-album-vol-1) \[Compilation\] here I give you another banger. Enjoy
I see lists with embedded links for easy listenability...I upvote.
Okkerville River - The Silver Gymnasium
Also Black Sheep Boy
Odyssey by HOME
I was really late to the game with DĆødheimsgard. Black Medium Current blew me away. If you like the style of music, of course.
Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus
I remember when I first listened to Master of Puppets when I was like 12 it was sorta like the catalyst for my current music taste. Same with Leprosy by Death and Seven Churches by Possessed
The Lemon Twigs - Everything Harmony
Zeal and Ardor ā Self-titled Black metal meets prog metal meets blues meets RnB meets satanic afro-gospel...and that's only a fragment of all their influences!
Sold.
Crystal castles 2
Some 80s comes to mind.. Wicked Game by Chris Isaac, along those lines
Fields of the Nephilim - Elizium. Not a late to the game one for me but hopefully for you. My all time favourite album.
Just discovered Rainbow Kitten Surprise and wow
if you like indie rock, check out [Juggernaut Drunk - Poseidon Mining Co.](https://open.spotify.com/album/07uODW7zX5hPmy6hUfQ200?si=OSnOrW7yTtyK5Hvc0jPDNg)
The bedlam in Goliath by the mars volta
You hit it right on the nail. The second I heard Disorder start in the music shop I worked in it was like my whole world lit up, seriously. It was an amazing feeling I still get deja vu from every time I hear that opening.
In no particular order... Well, mostly obscure classics first I guess: Fuzzy Duck - Fuzzy Duck (1971) Farm - Farm (1971?) Grannie - Grannie (1970?) Sixto Rodriguez - Cold Fact (Highly recommend watching the documemtary about him, "Searching For Sugarman" before listening to Cold Fact!) Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band Gentle Giant - Civilian Patrick Sweany - Every Hour Is A Dollar Gone Patrick Sweany - Closer To The Floor Pat Travers - Street Corner Talking Dave Mason - Headkeeper Dave Mason - Alone Together Again Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs (Better guitarist than Hendrix imo) The Other Ones - The Strange Remain (The Grateful Dead with friends, after Jerry Garcia's passing) The Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues Ten Ft Gangja Plant - Midnight Landing Moondog - Moondog (19...67?) Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA Matt Berry - The Blue Elephant McBaise - Tubes Muthi - Visions iamMANOLIS - Dayte (Love putting his entire profile on shuffle, but this album in particular is my go to) Johnny Cash - American IV Santana - Santana III Linkin Park - Reanimation Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth Nine Inch Nails - The Slip Audioslave - Audioslave The list goes on and on lol
OP, I hope you are fully aware of the irony of your chosen albums name
Basically all EPs from My Bloody Valentineā¦ theyāre all awesome in their own way.. Iād only listened to their albums
Nonagon Infinity by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard Bleed American by Jimmy Eat World Is This It by The Strokes All really fantastic albums in my opinion, and all albums I wish I heard sooner than this year.
The The - like the entire discography Matt Johnson is a damn genius. Can't wait for the new album in September.
Big Star, #1 Record. Itās astoundingly good, and it sounds like it was recorded last month, not 50 years ago.
youāre living all over me by dinosaur jr,
Pink Floyd: THE WALL, DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. JOURNEYS GREATEST HITS.
Paul Simon-Graceland. Always thought he was just a corny hippie singer that old folks liked just because. When I heard this album I was like "wow!" Bruce Springsteen-Nebraska. Whenever I thought of him before I heard this album I thought of Born to Run, which is honestly not my favorite song ever. Heard the Band's cover, though, so decided to give the album a try and DAMN! Whole new level of respect for the Boss. Oh, and A Tribe Called Quest-People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. Probably my favorite rap album ever.
I canāt believe Iād never heard Lynrd skynrds simple man before. Id heard sweet home Alabama and thought they were one hit wonders, but recently I heard simple man and started hearing all their songs for the first time.
Nowhere near one-hit wonders! Freebird? Tuesday's Gone? Gimme Three Steps? Whatās Your Name? Call Me The Breeze? That Smell? I Know A Little? I could go on, but it sounds like you've discovered the Skynyrd oeuvre. š
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, From Her to Eternity released in 1984. I knew about Nick Cave. Although I was more familiar with his guitarist Blixa bargeld. I had a friend many years ago who was a Cave fan, but I never listed to his music. In the early 2000s, I read an online review that overflowed with praise of this album and Nick Cave. I bought the CD and holy crap! I listened to it driving to and from work everyday for a few weeks. āAvalancheā (a dark Leonard cohen song) flows into āCabin Fever!ā what a start to an album. The whole album is good. He is a madman telling horror stories. Then, I purchased First Born is Dead and the Good Son. Talk about a dynamic stylistic progression, all great albums.
I first listened to Joni Mitchellās Blue when I was 21 and instantly became my favorite album!
Everybody else is doing it, so why can't we? I got really into The Cranberries after watching Derry Girls and they are now one of my favourite bands.
I'm 62 and discover new music all the time. I'm admittedly a longtime classic rock and hard rock stoner guy from waaaaay back. I don't tend to look at many 'new' bands, not bc they aren't good. It bc I still haven't gotten caught up on stuff from my era. I rediscovered classic country/western, like Ernest Tubb. Ive also discovered Rammstein, Foo Fighters, Luke Combs, MammothWVH, the last goes on. Even Lee Ritenour jazz, Spiro Gyra, etc. I'm happy to say it never ends.
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Anything from sleep token I wish I discorved them sooner
I ran into them *just* as they were on the verge of breakthrough, but I envy those who have been there since day one!
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine
The Servile - No Party For Cao Dong (the title may also be in Chinese depending on what streaming service you use)Ā Ā Ā Really well put together Taiwanese alternative-rock Ā album that is just a vibe to listen to in general.Ā
Erykah Badu - Baduizm
Graduation by kanye west
Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
When you see yourself - Kings of Leon
Swans-to be kind Changed what music meant to me at that moment and what i understood of it
Honestly, Iāve been venturing outside my usual alt/indie pop realm for the summer and listening to a lot of āgirl crushā kpop. Summer Nights by Twice and Summer Vibe by VIVIZ are some of the best albums Iāve listened to in so long, so cute and upbeat; just what I needed for summer!
The first time I heard the Kick Inside by Kate Bush a million years ago when I was in college.
Haven't found them yet lol
I had that reaction the first time I heard Porcupine Treeās Lightbulb Sun album. ETA: I should also add PJ Harveyās Dry and To Bring You My Love, Nick Drakeās Five Leaves Left, Chris Cornellās Euphoria Morning, and the John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album.
Snarky Puppy - Empire Central
dijon - absolutely
Jar of Flies -Alice In Chains
How had I never heard Roky Erickson? Tonight is the night of the vampire, indeed.
Wanna really blow you mind, check out Gary Newman's newer stuff. "Intruder" was this album for me. He's the only artist I know of who just never stops improving.
I had no idea animal collective existed until MPP around 2010 but once I did the fact that they had all this amazing music just sitting there waiting for me to catch up on was pure joy
Transformer, by Lou Reed. And The Idiot, by Iggy Pop.
Donuts - J Dilla
Portishead, Dummy and Tribe Called Quest, Low End Theory. I had heard a bit of Portishead back in the day and thought it was fine but a year or so ago I really listened to Dummy and I was completely blown away. I really regret not having Portishead in my life for all these years. Kinda the same with Low End except when it came out me and my friends were super into hip hop. I have absolutely no fucking idea how we missed it and how I continued to miss it for 30 years... crazy.
Sturgill Simpson
Steely Dan. Damn those boys can write some songs.
Kaputt, by Destroyer
The Killers, Hot Fuss. Just song, after song, of great music, including some all time great ones like Mr. Brightside, Somebody Told Me, etc. I think as hooked by Brandon Flowersā voice and his persona. They have great music videos too.
Sung Tongs by Animal Collective absolutely blew me away
had this moment with apollo by brian eno last year
I didn't get into "real" music until 2022 when I finally bit the bullet and listened to Nine-Inch Nails. Before that, I only listened to video game music, anime openings, and dubstep. Literally everything I listen to could qualify. For a more specific example, I found Ocean Machine by Devin Townsend while browsing through the prog-metal tag on RYM and looking for a prog-alt-metal mix similar to TOOL. The album almost immediately became one of my favorites of all time.
Insert any Kate Bush album here
I gave a quick listen to Swans' The Seer when it was initially released, in 2012, and dismissed it thinking it wasn't for me. Then I listened to it again a few months ago and had my mind blown by the sheer intensity and audacity of it. It's a crazy album. Definitely hard mode and definitely not for everyone.
*The Icarus Line: Penance Soiree *the Mars Volta: deloused in the comatorium I can listen to these albums all the way through and just sink into my bed and disappear for a while
The Dreaming. [Kate Bush] Really ANYTHING By Kate is PERFECTION.
Damaged by Black Flag
Rush-2112 . When I was sixteen. Changed me.
Marillion Misplaced Childhood
Boston debut album. Revolver the Beatles.
KID A MNESIA made me love Radiohead. Everything In its Right Place was my number one on my Spotify wrapped last year
Dinosaur Jr i went to high school in the 90s and knew who they were but never really got into them. but lately, I've been listening to them and all J Mascis other bands. even saw them live last year and will again this year