Music Top albums

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As the title says this is a thread all about albums.
What makes a top album? Albums are a lot harder to judge as they’re not just about one single song.
In this thread post your album title and tell us why you think it’s a top album. Feel free to post a track from it which doesn’t necessary have to have been a single.
I’ll start with The Nylon Curtain by Billy Joel
Fantastic album that shows off his songwriting skills at their very best
For me lyrically this is one of the best songs ever written from an album that is all about the songwriting
 
Anyone that knows me won't be surprised I am gonna say a Nick Cave Album.

Ghosteen is just about as perfect as an album can get for me. An exploration of life, love, loss, grief and acceptance, written after his teenage son died in an accident.
Every song is powerful and emotional and unlike most albums these days it all flows into each other and isn't just a collection of random songs.

Anyway A+ Album for me.

 
Your Funeral... My Trial - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds


Nick has been one of the artists that sadly fell through the gaps of time and budget for me. He rose up during an explosion of incredible music and a time when to hear his (and many others) music meant either being lucky to find or ordering it in from overseas which was expensive. I only have one of his in my collection but love it dearly, this one and not just because it happened to be released on my birthday. He also happened to be best mates with my #1 fave JG Thirlwell.

@BunnyBeeHope in case you missed it, this is a short and well done doco of his time in his first band The Birthday Party, now they were crazy gigs.

Vanessa_Agogo said:
Nick Cave and The Birthday Party


Many may know his work with The Bad Seeds, but what about his beginnings with The Birthday Party? This is a short concise doco on those times.
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Vanessa_Agogo said:
Your Funeral... My Trial - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds


Nick has been one of the artists that sadly fell through the gaps of time and budget for me. He rose up during an explosion of incredible music and a time when to hear his (and many others) music meant either being lucky to find or ordering it in from overseas which was expensive. I only have one of his in my collection but love it dearly, this one and not just because it happened to be released on my birthday. He also happened to be best mates with my #1 fave JG Thirlwell.

@BunnyBeeHope in case you missed it, this is a short and well done doco of his time in his first band The Birthday Party, now they were crazy gigs.
Click to expand...
You've immaculate taste 😋

I've seen the later documentaries, 20,000 days on earth and Once more with feeling, but not this one thank you!
 
I will chime in with Folie a Deux by Fall Out Boy

I love this album, but when it first came out, it was slammed by fans. Sure, FOB coulda just kept churning out albums like Cork Tree and Infinity on High, but they decided to take a chance and branch out from the "emo" sound that had brought them such popularity. And imo, it produced their best album to this day. Not one skippable track. Pete's lyrics are some of the best he's ever written and Patrick just flat out shows off those pipes in a way he hadn't before. And yet each song has that FOB hook they're known for. They proved they were more than the latest emo band, and I believe this album is one reason why they are still selling out big venues all over the world

Also I love them

 
As the Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade - Mark Stewart + Maffia


The most industrial album ever. Sonically brutal and harsh, this was in response to all that was wrong with Thatcher's England. Produced by the legendary Adrien Sherwood (released through Mute Records) with Maffia comprising of Keith LeBlanc, Doug Wimbush and Skip MacDonald. These three musicians were previously known as the in-house band (The Sugar Hill Gang) for Sugar Hill Records, who were in fact the true music force behind the seminal hip hop tracks "White Lines (Don't Do It)" and "The Message". The actual story behind those songs is one of opportunism and conniving on the part of Sugar Hill Records management, little to do with Grand Master Flash and nothing with The Furious Five.
 
Have a twofer here because they are intrinsically linked in my mind.

First up, The Strokes - First Impressions Of Earth

I don't have any great insights into the music itself only to say it's awesome and a rare no skip album for me.
Why it stands out to me at all is I heard it just after I started my first job. A guy there loaded up the PCs with music and would play it all day.

So it's an album I heard alot and never tire of.

Favourite song from it

 
And second up Jeff Buckley - Grace

These albums are linked in my mind because they were introduced to me by the same person. I already knew who the Strokes were but had never heard Jeff Buckley and wow.
Just an amazing passionate singer, taken from us way too soon and such a varied album and unfortunately his only studio album before his death at 30.

Will always be an important album to me because I listened to it alot at the start of my independence from a troubled home and starting to become my own person

Favourite song


A definitive cover that in my opinion one ups the great Leonard Cohen
 
Once upon a time - Simple Minds
Another album which doesn’t have a weak track. It has actually got better as the new remastered vinyl has the bonus addition of Don’t you forget about me which was never previously on any studio album.
I was lucky enough to see them play this whole album live earlier this year on the 40th anniversary of its release and like fine wine it only gets better.
 
I'm going to suggest Trouble Will Find Me by The National. I generally like happy music, but I can't deny I have a soft spot for The National. This album in particular carried me through one of the most difficult years of my life. Matt Berninger's voice is just flawless and moody and captures that melancholy feel of each song. Honestly, I listen to this album whenever I'm sad and just want to wallow in it for a while. It's actually quite soothing and almost liberating. Each track speaks to some kind of lostness. It resonated with me then, and still does. It's therapy, and it's tragically beautiful. And the lyrics just hit. I can't pick a favourite track, bc they're all amazing, but this is the one that brings the most cathartic tears. The lyrics "I am not my rosy self/Left my roses on my shelf/Take the white ones, they're my favourite/It's the side effects that save us" just perfectly encapsulate the way I feel sometimes when I'm feeling less than. I think it's a perfect album

 
Feeder- comfort in sound (2002)

Most of you know, Feeder are one of my all time favourite bands. And this is my favourite album, just edging out 'echo park'. I remember going down to the local supermarket back when they used to sell CDs and buying this with my Mum. I was 14 and purchased it with some money I got for my birthday. Came home, played it, loved it. I got it at the same time as foo fighters 'one by one' , that album hardly got a look in. Everything about this album is perfext. The artwork, is one of my all time favs. It has some of their best singles on it 'just the way I'm feeling', 'find the colour' , 'come back around' , all so, so good. Compared to what I was listening to at the time (mainly nu metal/pop punk) this also seemed really mature compared to most of the stuff I was listening to. Super important and broadened my musical horizons. It also has my all time favourite feeder song on it, the album track "love pollution". So pretty.

 
Friday Night in San Francisco - Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia


I saw these guys at the Sydney Town Hall live in 1984 (might have been late '83) with Steve Morse (then of The Dregs formerly known as the Dixie Dregs and before he became Deep Purple's long running guitarist) as support. All playing acoustic guitar, it was a sheer masterclass in technique, communication, performance and how much of a good time friends can have together on stage. When Morse joined them onstage for the last few numbers we all just cheered them on even more. A standout concert and one of my favourites out of them all.
 
The Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell


Picking a single Joni album to feature here is impossible so expect a few to turn up here. But this one features amongst my faves of hers so is a good place to start as it features her incomparable track "The Jungle Line" which is the second track.
 
2013 was a tough year for me. Music was my therapy, and this album was one of my therapists. I love Twenty One Pilots. I know most would consider Blurryface their best work, but Vessel was my first real introduction to them, and it couldn't have come at a better time. They talk about mental health in such a way that you can tell they come at it from experience and have a vulnerability about them that endeared them to an incredibly loyal and grateful fanbase. Josh in particular is a musical hero of mine. I found out he chose to play drums bc he could hide behind them. That hits. They're amazing. The whole album is amazing

 
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