I’m off on holiday tomorrow and will have basically no internet for over a week. So naturally I’m downloading all the media I can think of, just in case of downtime.
Thought it might be fun to solicit some musical suggestions from you lot to help expand my mind. So here we are. What’s your ultimate all-time #1 album?
My tastes are pretty eclectic* so feel free to suggest basically anything, and maybe I’ll update after holiday and judge what I thought of them all. Or maybe not, you know, that sounds like potentially quite a lot of effort.
Cheers in advance!
* mostly on the alternative / rock side of things but also love various kinds of dance sub-genre on occasion and of course the genre-that-isn’t-a-genre-at-all, Eurovision
One album forever? Tough one.
This might change after some thought, but the first one that popped into my head was Leftism by Leftfield.
However, my favourite band are R.E.M., so I might feel tempted to take one of theirs instead!
I think Leftism could still pass for a new release. It, Massive Attack’s Mezzanine, and GusGus’ Polydistortion would be my top contenders, cuz that shit has not gotten old yet, for me.
Out of Time by REM would be alright, too! If I can skip “Shiny Happy People,” ugh.
I’ll need to check out GusGus then because I also love Mezzanine (although I prefer Blue Lines).
For Athens’ finest, I’d probably go for Lifes Rich Pageant. Or maybe Reckoning.
Hex Enduction Hour by The Fall. I never understood the Fall until I heard this album… Mark E Smith’s lyrics and voice range from vicious to eerie. I was sold.
I drunkenly insisted on playing its first song ‘The Classical’ on repeat on my stag do shouting “it’s a grower! You’ll get it this time! There’s 2 bloody drum kits and the bass is great just listen properly!” (On a tiny Bluetooth speaker)
It is great though. Turn it up loud. If you don’t like it the first time, just remember to bloody listen properly lol
Haha I’ll bear that in mind! We’ve all been That Guy at some point I reckon 😅
Some more often than others…!
Sorry - I can only narrow it down to three:
The Race For Space - Public Service Broadcasting
American Idiot - Green Day
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Oh wow not listened to PSB in ages, thats my day’s music sorted!
Two great choices, and I assume from those that the Green Day album is good too lol, I’d stopped listening to them by that point I think. Fun fact we once saw Public Service Broadcasting live, completely by accident, they were just doing a random gig on a stage in Newcastle city centre. Was mint.
I wouldn’t listen to any album forever, but Porcupine Tree’s Deadwing is great for listening to again and again.
Ah wow yeah it’s been a long time since I listened to that one, gonna take me right back.
Placebo self-titled
Something by The Rumjacks. I generally listen to them on the phone or computer, so I’m not sure which songs are from which albums.
On a more personal note, One By One, by Chris Summerill. He’s a friend, but the track Away We Go is genuinely one of my favourite songs. Ideal for sitting in the sun with a beer 👍
Daft Punk - Discovery
The Strokes - Is This It a close 2nd.
I’m not from the UK but Discovery was going to be my choice as well.
I never get tired of Iistening to it. And every song on the album is worth a listen.
If you like Discovery, you’ll probably love watching Interstellar 5555.
The album is definitely something special. Every song is excellent but I’ve never really liked any of Daft Punk music videos and the Interstellar 5555 film is the same though.
Obviously impossible but probably Music has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada or Journey in satchidananda by Alice Coltrane
I love BoC but I think if that was the only thing I had to listen to I would genuinely go mad. Mad in the ‘I keep hearing children talking to me backwards’ sense.
Their Beautiful House In The Country EP is up there in my favourites of all time
"Music has the right " is my current go to album while working. Not a big Boards fan, but that album is perfect for background concentration.
“Beaucoup Fish” from Underworld is my go to if I need a pickup while working.
To answe OPs question, one album I could listen to forever, would be hard but a coin flip between Radioheasd In Rainbow, and Burials Untrue
Dream Theater - Train of Thought.
Yes, I know it’s not their “best” album, but it’s an album that I can listen to without skipping any song 100% of the time.
Definitely Maybe by Oasis, not a single bad track and came out at the perfect time for me growing up while discovering my own taste in music.
Hmm. Is this the moment I throw off the shackles of the Britpop wars and embrace Oasis despite being on team Blur back in the day? No it’s not, that day came a couple years ago as I drunkenly sang along to Don’t Look Back In Anger in a pizza shop at 3am with a load of 20 year olds. Never actually heard a full one of their albums though, good shout.
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory? is also a banger, again, not a bad track on there.
I came here for this one!
A coin flip between Radioheads In Rainbow, and Burials Untrue
If you want an album with a narrative Jeff Wayne’s war of the worlds is pretty brilliant and so the ‘the point’.
Never gets old. We went to the live show in Glasgow last year and it was absolutely brilliant!
Disintegration, The Cure. Not only does it have some of their most beautiful songs on, the production is incredible.
If you haven’t left yet, I would recommend: wake up and it’s over - by Lovejoy
that’s not an album! that’s an EP!
that said, thanks for the recommendation
Character by Dark Tranquility is definitely one of my favorite albums.
It’s an amazing album and very nostalgic for me since it was one of the albums that got me into Melodic Death Metal, my favorite genre.
