Your top 10 most influential albums

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Alright I'm new to the music section of this forum and was thinking I would get to know some the other posters on here by sharing my personal top 10 influential albums. These are by no means what I think are the greatest albums ever released (it's definitely not) this is just a list of albums that influenced my own personal taste in music. Alright I'll get the ball rolling

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Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Clutch - Blast Tyrant
Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
John Coltrane Quartet - Crescent
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of Natural History
Eric Dolphy - Out There
Edvard Grieg - Peer Gynt
The Nels Cline Singers - The Giant Pin
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
 
FUCK!! That is impossible.

Sepultura - Roots and Arise
Slayer - Reign in blood
Metallica - Ride the lightning
Pantera - Cowboys from hell
Lynard Skynard - All time greatest hits
N.W.A - Greatest hits (about the only rap I like)
Obituary- The end complete
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
Guns n Roses - Appetite for destruction
Vision of Disorder - Imprint

There are a ton.
 
Love these sort of questions. Really makes me reflect...

Roughly in the order I encountered them:
Rites of Spring self titled
REM Life's Rich Pageant
New Order Substance
The Church Heyday
The Stone Roses self titled
Slowdive Souvlaki
Stereolab Peng!
Mogwai Young Team
Boards of Canada Music Has The Right To Children
Modest Mouse This is a long drive for someone with nothing to think about
 
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Alright I'm new to the music section of this forum and was thinking I would get to know some the other posters on here by sharing my personal top 10 influential albums. These are by no means what I think are the greatest albums ever released (it's definitely not) this is just a list of albums that influenced my own personal taste in music. Alright I'll get the ball rolling

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Between the Buried and Me-Alaska
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Modest Mouse-Good News For People Who Love Bad News
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The Used- Self titled
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good thread bro. I imagine we are around the same age as I remember listening to these myself. brings back memories....<DCrying>
 
Pretty hard to narrow it down to just 10 since I'm still being influenced by new music. If I had to go most influential, it's going to be stuff from growing up, teens and early 20s. Each album grabbed me for different reasons.

Beach Boys, The - Pet Sounds
Beatles, The - The Beatles
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Nirvana - Nevermind
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Silverchair - Frogstomp
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Radiohead - OK Computer
 
Love these sort of questions. Really makes me reflect...

Roughly in the order I encountered them:
Rites of Spring self titled
REM Life's Rich Pageant
New Order Substance
The Church Heyday
The Stone Roses self titled
Slowdive Souvlaki
Stereolab Peng!
Mogwai Young Team
Boards of Canada Music Has The Right To Children
Modest Mouse This is a long drive for someone with nothing to think about
Long drive by modest mouse is excellent.
 
Pretty hard to narrow it down to just 10 since I'm still being influenced by new music. If I had to go most influential, it's going to be stuff from growing up, teens and early 20s. Each album grabbed me for different reasons.

Beach Boys, The - Pet Sounds
Beatles, The - The Beatles
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Nirvana - Nevermind
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Silverchair - Frogstomp
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Radiohead - OK Computer
Great list
 
Alright I'm new to the music section of this forum and was thinking I would get to know some the other posters on here by sharing my personal top 10 influential albums. These are by no means what I think are the greatest albums ever released (it's definitely not) this is just a list of albums that influenced my own personal taste in music. Alright I'll get the ball rolling

Californication-Red Hot Chili PeppersView attachment 381355
Nirvana Unplugged in New YorkView attachment 381371
Jimmy Eat World-Bleed AmericanView attachment 381373
Pixes-Doolittle
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Radiohead-Kid A
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Say Anything- Is a Real BoyView attachment 381365
Between the Buried and Me-Alaska
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Modest Mouse-Good News For People Who Love Bad News
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The Used- Self titled
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System of a Down-Toxicity
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I have also seen Btbam in a room about the size of my bedroom once with Norma Jean. Only about 50 people max could fit in there. Insane show.
 
Hard to say. I may post again next week with a different 10.

1. Suicidal Tendencies - Self Titled Debut
2. Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out
3. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
4. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
5. Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
6. Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
7. Violent Femmes - Self Titled Debut
8. Phish - Lawnboy
9. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
10. Butthole Surfers - Hairway To Stephan

(No particular order. Will most likely have 10 more later)
 
Dude! Great Thread!
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-First cassette given to me

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-First album I "found" on my own.
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-Extremely important album/first that I passed on to my younger brother.
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-Our "local band's" best record
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-I remember being floored by their growth from Sehnsucht and saw two shows on this tour.
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-So many memories with this album
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1. Velvet Underground - Loaded
2. Lou Reed - Transformer
3. Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist
4. Slayer - Reign In Blood
5. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 12".
6. Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland
7. Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted
8. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
9. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
10. Orbital - Snivilisation
 
In no particular order, except for the first one which feels like the most radical gamechanger of my life (music - wise, obviously...)


1. My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans
2. Sisters of Mercy - Some Girls Wander By Mistake
3. Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes
4. Tori Amos - Boys for Pele
5. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
6. Nirvana - Nevermind
7. Xeno and Oaklander - Sentinelle
8. Bjork - Debut
9. Ataraxia - Saphir
10. Veruca Salt - American Thighs

Edit: Yeah, I'm in my thirties, I realize there's no albums here from this decade. Newest one is probably Xeno and Oaklander - Sentinelle, from late 2009.
 
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I have also seen Btbam in a room about the size of my bedroom once with Norma Jean. Only about 50 people max could fit in there. Insane show.
Nice. The first time I saw them was with strapping young lad in a pretty small venue it was an awesome show. The second time I saw them was at ozfest which wasn't that great they only played about half an hour. Norma Jean was there also.

I did see underoath play an awesome show in 2006 with my ex. I'm pretty sure them and Norma Jean share a few members.
 
1. Velvet Underground - Loaded
2. Lou Reed - Transformer
3. Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist
4. Slayer - Reign In Blood
5. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 12".
6. Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland
7. Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted
8. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
9. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
10. Orbital - Snivilisation
Pavement <3
 
Man, could name so many

Burial - Burial
Opeth - Blackwater Park
The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow (I know it's not a proper Smiths album but it was my first)
Deftones - White Pony
Radiohead - OK Computer
Notorious BIG - Ready to Die
Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell
Oasis - What's the Story (Morning Glory)
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
The Verve - Urban Hymns
 
The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow (I know it's not a proper Smiths album but it was my first)
Same with Modest Mouse-Good News for me. It introduced me to indie rock and so much more music but it's not even in their top 3 albums
 
Honorable mention 10. I could write different versions of these lists forever...

Embrace self titled
Dag Nasty Can I Say
Dinosaur Jr Yr Living All Over Me
Sonic Youth Daydream Nation
Ride Nowhere
Swervedriver Raise
My Bloody Valentine Loveless
Animal Collective Sung Tongs
Gang of Four Entertainment
No Age Everything in Between
 
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