CONFESS!!! What album(s) can you listen to over and over again!!

[LynneSin]

Albums you can put in the CD player and just repeat the entire CD over and over again because it's that fricking good of an album.

Mine?

Obviously anything by Led Zeppelin except IV (I can only take so much of Stairway to Heaven and Rock & Roll - I'd have to program those 2 songs out in order to repeat play IV).

Lately:

Crush by Dave Matthews Band
American Idiot by Green Day

I've been listening to those 2 CDs constantly for the past 2 days. I love every single song on both albums!

[AverageJoe]

1. Anything by the Beach Boys

from their earliest stuff up through and including The Beach Boys Love You. It gets a little dodgy after that, though there were some great tunes here and there on most of the rest of their albums.

And, since last September, Brian Wilson's SMiLE has hardly left my car stereo.

[LynneSin]

2. So you could listen to Kokomo Bay over and over again?

I'm thinking Kokomo Bay rates up there with Stairway to Heaven

[AverageJoe]

6. I like Kokomo okay

but it's on a later album that I couldn't listen to over and over. What I really like is their progressive material from about 1966-1976.

Really great Beach Boys albums include:

Today
Pet Sounds
Sunflower
Surf's Up
Friends
20/20
Carl and the Passions--So Tough
Holland
Love You

Kokomo is cute, but it's not the good stuff.


On edit: Had to add a couple of albums I overlooked...

[emulatorloo]

60. Don't Forget "Summer Days & Summer Nights" & "Wild Honey"

And I am kind of a Wild Honey freak -- i would love to see it get a stereo remix, but I'm sure it will never happen

[AverageJoe]

73. You're right

and I stand corrected. I didn't do a complete list, dang it!

[emulatorloo]

75. So Many Great Ones To Pick From! hard to remember 'em all EOM

[AverageJoe]

76. Indeed!

Always glad to meet a fellow Beach Boys fan, by the way.

Surfers rule! (Well, I'm not a surfer, but you get the point. :-))

[emulatorloo]

82. You Gotta Be a Little Nuts, But Show 'em Now Who's Got Guts

Don't Back Down From That Wave!

:toast:

[AverageJoe]

84. They grit their teeth

they don't back down.....


Wouldn't it be nice (blush) if the Democratic Party could be described this way?

[emulatorloo]

87. They're doing good today in the Bolton hearings. . .

EOM

[emulatorloo]

68. Crappy Mike Love written songs that deliberately exclude Brian Wilson dont

count as Beach Boy material. . .But that's just my opinion!

[AverageJoe]

74. Yep.

I don't think Kokomo is crappy, exactly, but it certainly isn't a classic Beach Boys tune. And the fact that Mike went out of his way to exclude Brian is simply awful.

[DBoon]

3. Freak Out by the Mothers

eom

[Drifter]

10. Not for the faint of heart ...

As with any Zappa recording (especially early), it takes a bit of an aqcuired taste to appreciate it. Many people can't get through a single play.

Cheers
Drifter

[DBoon]

98. It's got 4 sides

has everything from satirical takes on doo-wop to pure avant garde noise.

"Help I'm a Rock" is one of the funniest things on a rock album "ve ever heard.

"Hungry Freaks Daddy" is almost punk

In a word - Wowie Zowie!

[BurtWorm]

91. Safe as Milk and Clear Spot/Spotlight Kid by Captain Beefheart

The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
Samba Rock by Trio Mocoto
Halim and Gedidah by Natacha Atlas
I Think of Demons by Roky Erickson

[keithjx]

4. I go with

A Perfect Circle, Thirteenth Step
and
Social Distortion, Sex, Love and Rock n Roll.

Each spent about three weeks in my cd player when I first got them. I still go on a kick with each from time to time.
KJ

[tigereye]

34. that new Social Distortion CD

has also enjoyed pride of place in my car for several weeks now.

The latest Methadones CD, Not Economically Viable, and their past 2 CDs as well.

[Drifter]

5. Frank Zappa - Broadway the Hardway

This is from the Final Tour (1988).

Frank trashes the corrupt Republicans of the time period. It is hard to tell this was record 17 years ago. Many of those corrupt Republicans are back.

He also trashes the televangelists (Jim and Tammy, Swaggert). Again, all this stuff still applies today.

Cheers
Drifter

[quispquake]

17. I very happily saw Zappa 5 times on that tour...

My best friend was a SERIOUS Zappa head, and got me great tickets...3 in DC (all AMAZING), one in Philly (my friend actually got up on stage, and the whole Zappa family was in the row behind us!), and a couple of months later in Towson. The first four shows were amazing, HAPPY shows, but Towson was a nightmare...the band had been doing drugs & stuff, and Zappa was just PISSED...he cancelled the rest of the tour right after, and that was his final tour...

Zappa actually was able to make "Stairway to Heaven" interesting again!!!

[Drifter]

112. I saw him 3 times on that tour ...

Albany, Rochester, and Syracuse. Somehow I missed the Buffalo show.

Albany was the first show of the tour. It was lame in comparison to later dates (in regards to Frank actually playing his guitar).

And yes, Stairway to heaven was incredible. It took me a while to realize that the horn section was doing the guitar solo.

Cheers
Drifter

[mark414]

7. death certificate

madvillain

liquid swords

aquemini

what's going on

the low end theory

and probably a few more

[Richardo]

8. The first Little Feat ('Little Feat') is like a stripped-down demo

Love that one.

Also:

Steely Dan "Can't Buy A Thrill' and 'Countdown to Ecstasy'
Pretenders "Pretenders" (first album)
John Coltrane "Giant Steps"
Don Ellis "Tear of Joy"
Handel "Water Music" and "Music for the Royal Fireworks"

[Lerkfish]

9. I'm old, so therefore my list is:

Pink Floyd: Dark side of the Moon
Steely Dan: Can't buy a thrill
Santana: Abraxas
Bob Dylan: Hwy 61 revisited
John Coltrane: Giant Steps

[quispquake]

11. Love-Forever Changes

After 20+ years, I still listen to this every two to three weeks...

[silvermachine]

25. I'll second that one...

...brilliant lp, one of my all time faves.

[quispquake]

30. You must be a Hawkwind fan...

Silver Machine is one my favorite songs :)

Happily, someone on a newsgroup posted a VIDEO from '72 of Hawkwind performing Silver Machine in concert...I wish I had seen them back then!!!

[silvermachine]

46. I know the clip you mean...

...it was shown on Top of the Pops. Dave Brock refused to have the band come on the show to lip-synch and instead requested that they film the song being played at a live concert. TOTP then synched up the footage to the single.
So....yep I am a huge Hawkwind fan.
I've recorded and played bass for Nik Turner on his last 2 U.S. tours and will be recording and touring with Harvey Bainbridge later this year.

[warrens]

31. And Shazam by the Move

After 35 years, I've never gotten sick of it. Fun House by the Stooges (if I could get rid of LA Blues), The Man Who Sold the World by Bowie, Quadrophenia by the Who are a few others that have lasted a LONG time without wearing out.

Lately, it's The Real New Fall Album, Mono/Stereo by Paul Westerburg, and disc 1 of the Brian Jonestown Massacre's retrospective.

[silvermachine]

47. Another really good one....

...lock me in and throw the key awaaayyyy.....

[tjwmason]

12. The 'cello suites J.S. Bach

[LynneSin]

13. I love his Cello Suites - makes me want to take up the Cello

Just so I can play them!

[Parrcrow]

14. Anything by John Prine

Abbey Road -- The Beatles
Dark Side of the Moon -- Pink Floyd
Crime of the Century -- Supertramp

many others

[AverageJoe]

21. John Prine rules!

Yes, I can never get enough Prine.

[ImpeachBush]

43. Especially his first album - awesome, that one.

Have you seen him in concert? He puts on a hell of a show, too. Very, very entertaining, and chatty.

[Parrcrow]

97. That is a great album!

I've seen him in concert many times and you're right he does put on a great show. His two concert albums are full of great stories as well.

:hi:

[miss_kitty]

15. Flaming Lips-the pink robot one, Radiohead-Hail to the Thief,

Chas Mingus-13 Pictures, anything by the Clash, Cibo Matto stuff, The Residents, KLF, Massive Attack (One of my favourite compilations is 'If Ya Can't Stand The Beats..."), anything by Pink Floyd. Some World stuff-Really too much to list...

[roscoeroscoe]

53. now you're talking!!

great choices there!
my own 'desert island discs:'

van morrison live in san francisco (awesome solos)
little feat live
black hawk down sound track
gladiator soundtrack
abbey road
wish you were here, pink floyd
babylon by bus, bob marley and the wailers
some girls, rollings stones
live in paris & toronto, laureena mckinnett
steve earle, guitar road & his recent greatest hits
and a mp3 disc featuring big head todd and the monsters, carlos santana, lots of blues, & the english beat

[BillZBubb]

16. LAOALS

Derek and the Dominoes.

Two of the best blues/rock guitarists ever at their prime.

[movie_girl99]

18. Chicane

i can listen and do, over and over again.

[xmas74]

19. I went on a Crush kick a few years ago.

Right now it's nearly anything by Chris Duarte.

[Richardo]

26. Isn't it "Crash", tho?

I liked that one a lot.

[xmas74]

33. There was an album called Crash

but there was a single (on Before These Crowded Streets, I believe) called Crush. I was in love at the time and the song expressed everything that I wished that the idiot in question had said to me.

[emulatorloo]

78. And then there was OMD's Crush, which I listened to obsessively

to further confuse matters

[woofless]

20. Diana Krall - Live in Europe

Grover Washington Jr. - Mister Magic

Santana - Caravnaserai

Shawn Philips - Furthermore

Jackson Brown - Late For The Sky and/or The Pretender

Al DiMeola - anything at all.

[MissMillie]

22. Crowded House - Temple of Lo Men

Justin Hayward & John Lodge - Blue Jays
Beatles - Abbey Road
Talking Heads - True Stories
Shawn Colvin - Fat City
Aimee Mann - Whatever

[jandrok]

23. "Living With Ghosts" Patty Griffin's fine debut album

I can play Lyle Lovett's "Step Inside This House" at the drop of a hat, too. Both disks. Never get tired of it.

[silvermachine]

24. John Cale...

...Paris 1919.

[progmom]

27. Joni Mitchell - Hejira; John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (more)

Carmen McRae - Carmen Sings Monk
Thelonious Monk - Criss Cross
Dexter Gordon - Go
Sarah Vaughan - Swingin' Easy
MeShell NdegeOcello - Plantation Lullabies
Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
Sam Phillips - Fan Dance
Kirsty MacColl - Kite
Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates
Outkast - Stankonia
Carmen McRae - Bittersweet
Dizzy Gillespie - Jambo Caribe
Nicola Conte - Bossa Per Due
Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon


There are mor - but these are off the top of my head

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

28. The first Danzig album....

This album speaks to my inner 13 year old boy as much as any Led Zeppelin album.

"Am I demon? You need to know."

See what I mean?

[RandomKoolzip]

36. Plus that one Third Eye Blind album, dude...

That shit rocks like a motherfuckin' hurricane!

[RandomKoolzip]

39. Zappa: YCDTOSA, vol. 1.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

106. Shut up,

your lion.

[ImpeachBush]

50. Ditto on Joni Mitchell ...

Most of her albums are worthy of repeat listenings, over and over and over.

[mondo joe]

92. Hejira is the first thing I thought of!

It's always been on my list of desert-island picks.

[VelmaD]

29. "Aenima" by Tool

I'm more partial to the first half of the CD but it's certainly the mainstay of my music collection.

[petron]

41. Aenima is the best metal album of the 90's

I want to say it's the best overall album of the 90's but I think "Nevermind" takes that title.

IMHO

[Tikki]

32. Elvis Costello's...."My Aim Is True" & his...

...."This Year's Model".

Country Joe and the Fish's....."Electric Music For The Mind and Body".
Bobby Fuller Four's...."KRLA/King of the Wheels".
The Ramones'...."Ramones"
The Clash's...."Give 'Em Enough Rope".
Jimi Hendrix's....."Electric Ladyland".
Dr. John's ......."Babylon".
more.......


Tikki

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

107. Trust

by Elvis Costello. My fav EC album.

[SkipNewarkDE]

35. Mine:

"Best of Smiths I & II" by The Smiths
"Emotional Technology" by BT
"Cosmic Game" by Thievery Corporation
"18 B Sides" by Moby
"Laid" by James

[petron]

37. Just a few I can think of off the top of my head

"Aenima" & "Undertow" Tool
"Kid A" Radiohead
"Protection" Massive Attack
"Paul's Boutique" The Beastie Boys
"The Beatles(The White Album)" The Beatles
"Remain In Light" Talking Heads

[GOPBasher]

38. Lately "American Idiot" is mine, too. Also, anything by Rush. n/t

[SkipNewarkDE]

42. By Rush?

I knew he did a radio show, but I wasn't aware that he also was a recording artist...

;)

[GOPBasher]

44. Not the hypocritical druggie, the rock band.

:-)

[mac56]

40. "A Hard Day's Night" (British version) by the Beatles

"Track Record" by Joan Armatrading
"Songs For Swingin' Lovers" by Frank Sinatra
"Take Five" by the Dave Brubeck Quarter"
"Kind Of Blue" by Miles Davis

more

[jpgray]

57. Some good choices

Isn't it "Time Out" and not "Take Five"? "Take Five" was the big hit off the record. "A Hard Day's Night" may be my favorite Beatles album.

[mac56]

59. egg on face

Dang if you aren't right. I always think of it as "Take Five" because that's what my dad called it.

[Rabrrrrrr]

45. Bon Jovi and Billy Joel sing The Beach Boys

I just can't get enough of that.

[youspeakmylanguage]

48. Morphine - "Yes", "Cure For Pain"

...really any of their albums. They are the greatest cult rock band of the '90s.

[jpgray]

58. Couldn't get into the guy's voice

Interesting sound, though.

[youspeakmylanguage]

117. Fair enough... n/t

[lpbk2713]

49. Eagles / Hell Freezes Over and Beatles / Sgt Pepper's

Yeah, I'm old.

[disgruntledloner]

51. Surfer Rosa or Doolittle by the Pixies

During my last year of college I think they were just about the only albums I ever played! I could still happily spin either of 'em all day.
Also:
Marquee Moon by Television
Liege and Lief by Fairport Convention
Any of the first 5 REM albums

[Speck Tater]

52. Beethoven's 6Th and 9th symphonies. Any Mozart. (nt)

[Commendatori]

54. At the risk of being predictable,

"On your Feet or on Your Knees" by Blue Oyster Cult, and Led Zeppelin's first album are the two that have gotten the most play as of late.

[LynneSin]

63. It's the cowbell isn't it

:bounce:

[Commendatori]

67. You're on to me

I try to hide my love of cowbell sounds, but I just can't do it!

[mr blur]

55. Marquee Moon by Television

Hopelessly devoted...

[mitchum]

80. That's the one for me!

along with
"Here Come The Warm Jets" Brian Eno
"My Favorite Things" John Coltrane
"Death Letter" Son House

[mr blur]

83. Well, apart from the Coltrane (which I don't know)

we're in complete agreement. If you're ever in England, drop round our place!

[DBoon]

99. That's one of my faves too

got it the moment it came out. Almost wore the grooves out of it

[LiberallyInclined]

56. this one:

Moose, High Ball Me!



easily the BEST album that you've probably never heard or heard of.
go here to sample the tracks-

http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,1072516,00.html?src=search&artist=Moose

or-

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004YA82/qid=1113240434/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-2920897-0537606?v=glance&s=music

you WILL NOT be disappointed.

[Mutley]

61. its crash, not crush by dave matthews band

thats one of mine too... as well as throwing copper by live

[Huckebein the Raven]

62. The soundtrack to the first Matrix movie

[H2O Man]

64. Plastic Ono Band.

I enjoy the Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band, too. And of course the Beatles. The springtime is a great time to play the Beatles very loud.

[emulatorloo]

79. How could I forget John Lennon Plastic Ono Band?

over and over it spun on my turntable.

[H2O Man]

81. That album

holds up very well. I enjoy the other takes of some of the songs on the Lennon Anthology.

I've read that Paul liked the Plastic Ono Band itself enough to write "Let Me Roll It" as a tribute. The funny thing is that it was about the best thing Paul did after the break-up. I have a live version that is very good.

[emulatorloo]

88. The sparse production really helps it cut through

Sometimes John got too carried away with things. . .

I love all his albums and Paul's too - there is always a gem in there that makes it worthwhile.

But the poetry, emotion and power of every cut on POB always gets me.

[H2O Man]

96. I try to tell my sons

that all you need is an acoustic guitar and a piano. Of course, they think that I'm nuts.

Although most of the songs on the newly released "Lennon Acoustic" CD are from previously released material, it is still a heck of a collection. Both John and Paul sound fantastic to me with just a guitar. In fact, from the Beatles Anthology, some of the greatest songs are George alone.

Lennon's voice was best on P.O.B., one of the reasons I enjoy it so much.

[LynneSin]

65. One other Album I absolutely adore: Out of the Blue by ELO

LynneSin Trivia:

Very first Vinyl record I ever bought was Out of the Blue by Electric Light Orchestra.

First Cassette was Led Zeppelin II

First CD - Out of the Blue by Electric Light Orchestra!

[AverageJoe]

70. Out of the Blue is a great album

I also love ELO's New World Record!

[emulatorloo]

66. Beatles White Album - hellish variety amazing songs, and

in no particular order:

SR-71 - Now You See Inside
Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
Beach Boys - Wild Honey
Miguel Mateos - Kriptonita

Enough for now. . .

[AverageJoe]

72. Wild Honey rocks!

I can't believe I failed to include it in my list of great Beach Boys albums. Sheesh.

[Emops]

69. I've been listening to Franz Ferdinand's album a lot.

Also:
Rage Against the Machine's debut
Achtung Baby by U2
Going for the One by Yes
Presto and Grace Under Pressure by Rush
And American Idiot by Green Day, of course

All albums that are solid all the way through- no skipping tracks.

[XNASA]

71. OK Computer, Skylarking, Another Green World and Armed Forces.

Radiohead, XTC, Brian Eno and Elvis Costello, respectively.

[Balbus]

77. Queensryche - Rage for Order

[billyskank]

85. Herbie Hancock, Headhunters

Bow bow bow bow..bop..bop...bow bow bow bow..bop..bop...bow bow bow bow ..bop..bop...bow bow bow bow..bop..bop...

That poppy funk bassline just permeates every cubic inch of my mind!

[graywarrior]

86. Zappa's The Best Little Band You Never Heard

Anything by Steve Earle
Blood on the Tracks by Dylan (shit, anything by Dylan)

[Butterflies]

89. Different Drum - Linda Ronstadt

I was listening to it this weekend while driving, and I had to leave it on for a second time. I love Linda Ronstadt's voice.

[SarahB]

90. "Wish You Were Here"- Pink Floyd

[MissMillie]

108. my favorite Floyd! (n/t)

.

[byronius]

93. Anything by the EELS. E Rocks!

[GalleryGod]

94. Woodstock

:hippie: :grouphug: "Alan Fayyyyyyyy!"

[freebird1]

95. Revelations by Wynonna

most anything by:
Rory Block
Norah Jones
Stevie Nicks
Joan Baez
Tim McGraw
Donovan
Aaron Neville
Seal
Rod Stewart

[freebird1]

111. Rory Block ~ Mama's Blues

:toast:

Jennifer Hanson ~ Beautiful Goodbye

[General Zod]

100. "Quadrophenia"

I never, ever get tired of listening to it.

[tammywammy]

101. "Purple" by Stone Temple Pilots

"Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness" by Smashing Pumpkins,
A Dave Brubeck collection, Miles Davis "Love Songs", Beethoven CD with Symphony No. 5 on it (I can't get enough of the finale), Listz Hungarian Rhapsodies, and anything by Ben Folds.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

102. Jimmy Eat World - Futures

nt

[TexasLady]

103. Gap Band, Stevie Wonder, ACDC

any album, anytime!!!!

[MrSlayer]

104. Reign in Blood.

Even after 19 years this album still strikes all the emotional chords it did the first time I played it. You could leave it on an endless loop forever and I'd never get tired of it.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

105. Beatles White Album, Neil Young "Everybody Knows..."

Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers & Exile On Main Street, Iggy & The Stooges Fun House, and...OF COURSE...



WHO'S NEXT.

:toast:

[Bonhomme Richard]

109. Currently "Concert for George" n/t

[MrScorpio]

110. SIMPLE THINGS by Zero 7

TWO PAGES and CREATING PATTERNS by 4Hero

BLUE LINES by Massive Attack

And this song

MAGIC LOVE by Bent

http://www.popzoot.de/streamframe.php3?id=993

Download the video at the bottom of the page

[LynneSin]

113. I never realized they did this one song heard in a "Sex and the City" ...

..episode.

After watching "The Domino Effect" episode of Sex and the City, I finally had to look up on HBo website what the name of the song was at the end of the episode when Mr. Big goes back to being an asshole. It was a song by Zero 7. I finally listened to the whole album (I have a Rhapsody account) and the whole album is very good!

[peekaloo]

114. Neil Young 'Rust Never Sleeps', Elvis Costello 'This Year's Model'

r.e.m. 'Automatic for the People' & 'Life's Rich Pageant', Talking Heads 'Naked'. (for now)

[GOPisEvil]

115. Anything by Son Volt.

Their stuff is just awesome. :-) Jay Farrar is a diety.

[LynneSin]

116. Right now I'm in an Alan Parsons Project kick...

after the thread from ChavezSpeakstheTruth I got into a kick where I'm listening to "Tales of Mystery & Imagination" over and over again

[Kablooie]

118. Won't You Be My Neighbor - Mr. Rogers

[ProfessorGAC]

119. A List of 5

Candy-O by The Cars
Reach The Beach by The Fixx
Beat by King Crimson
Night & Day by Joe Jackson
Surfing With The Alien by Joe Satriani
The Professor

[sundog]

120. Bachelor#5-Aimee Mann, Cosmic Game-Thievery Corporation, Ziggy Stardust

that's this week... next week I'll have a different response ;)