Albums to recommend

[peter12]

I like it when this thread pops up every now and then.

I just bought The Sadies: In Concert... this is one of the best live albums I have ever purchased.

And... the Bob Dylan one. Modern Times. Like his last, Love and Theft, just as fantastic.

[fleudian]

joe pass "virtuoso 3"

the arcade fire EP

[V]

My two favourites are:

The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving
Blue Rodeo - Greatest Hits

[oldschoolcalgary]

Spoon - Gimme Fiction is getting a lot of play on my ipod right now.

[Weiser Wonder]

A Ghost is Born - Wilco
Takes awhile to get into but a very moving and deep album. Excellent lyrically.

Something Else - The Kinks
A no-brainer for classic rock fans.

The Eraser - Thom Yorke
Great album. Made mostly on computers but it's a lot poppier than Radiohead for the most part. Yorke's voice makes the album.

[Shazam]

Even my cold, dead, cybernetic heart liked this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGzRP9E0f3s

[Mightyfire89]

Just a few of the more obscure albums I have (and love):

Mike Watt - Ballhog or Tugboat?

Mindstorm - Back to reality

Kybosh - Splendordrop

Psychopomps - First Blood

Good luck finding most of these ones though.

[Red Mile Style]

Originally Posted by fleudian

the arcade fire EP

YES! Funeral! Soooooo good! This was one of those classic albums that after you listened to it for the first time, you were amazed! I've been listening to it for two years and I am still not sick of it.

Originally Posted by Dominicwasalreadytaken

My two favourites are:

The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving
Blue Rodeo - Greatest Hits

The Weakerthans! Great band, great Can-Con too! Left and Leaving is awesome!

These are some of my favourite albums that I can think of at the moment:

The Dandy Warhols - 13 Tales from Urban Bohemia
Bad Religion - Process of Belief
White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Smashing Pumpkins - Melon Collie and the Infanite Sadness
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
The Hip - Trouble at the Henhouse
Sublime - 40 oz to Freedom
Saves The Day - Stay What You Are
Radiohead - OK Computer
Offspring - Smash
Live - Throwing Copper
Everclear - So Much for the Afterglow
Green Day - Dookie
Deep Dish - George is On
Snatch soundtrack
Snoop Dogg - Doggiestyle
Weezer - Green and Blue Albums
and of corse all Nirvana albums

[Kybosh]

Originally Posted by peter12

I just bought The Sadies: In Concert... this is one of the best live albums I have ever purchased.

Well, what a coincidence. . . I just got this a few weeks ago and it really is great. Basically The Sadies played Lee's Palace for two nights straight in Toronto. The first night was just the band with some cameos by other family members. The second night had a bunch of guest stars performing with them including Neko Case and Jon Spencer. Just awesome stuff. . . I especially like the intro to the second night.

Another album I recently (several months ago I guess) is Islands - Return to the Sea. They seem to like using a bunch of different sounds to make music and it really works on songs like "Rough Gem" and "Don't call me Whitney, Bobby".

[Displaced Flames fan]

Mother Love Bone- Apple

The birthplace of Pearl Jam.

[bluejays]

Originally Posted by peter12

I like it when this thread pops up every now and then.

I just bought The Sadies: In Concert... this is one of the best live albums I have ever purchased.

And... the Bob Dylan one. Modern Times. Like his last, Love and Theft, just as fantastic.

Not really a fan of the guy, but after downloading his leaked album last week, it was surprisingly really good...who I'm talking about? Justin Timberlake. It's actually one of the better catchy albums I've ever heard. The interludes are just infectious, but the last few songs just suck.

edit: The album is all production, but still catchy nonetheless

[Cheese]

A few Ive listened to lately....no album titles...just good listens
Corrine Bailey Rae..fantastic R&Bish to Bluesey vocals.
North Mississipi All-Stars....good rocky blues.
Delbert McLinton...blues
Anthony Hamilton...R&B
Susan Tedeschi....blues
The Alan Parsons Project....oldies but goodies
Angelique Kidjo....download a song called "Akwaba" itll hook you. Fantastic voice in African rythyms.
Chris Rea...anoher oldie but goodie...d/l The Road to hell..long version
KT Tunstall...another R&B to popish voice.

[Hart50]

Old Favorites:
The Who-Who's Next
Derick & the Dominos-Layla
Led Zepplin-Physical Graffiti
Lynnrd Skynnrd-One More from the Road
The Rolling Stones-Exile on Main Street
The Clash-London Calling

BTw what kind of music do the Sadies and the Weakerthans play?

[fleudian]

Originally Posted by Red Mile Style

YES! Funeral! Soooooo good! This was one of those classic albums that after you listened to it for the first time, you were amazed! I've been listening to it for two years and I am still not sick of it.

heh, i meant the mini-album they released a while before funeral, as funeral is pretty much a given.

if you dig white blood cells, i recommend that you pick up "de stijl" as well, if you haven't already. that is definitely my favorite white stripes album.

today i picked up that sadies album on a whim. it is very good.

[pepper24]

The Beatles - Revolver
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder

A Ghost is Born - Wilco
Takes awhile to get into but a very moving and deep album. Excellent lyrically.

Something Else - The Kinks
A no-brainer for classic rock fans.

The Eraser - Thom Yorke
Great album. Made mostly on computers but it's a lot poppier than Radiohead for the most part. Yorke's voice makes the album.

Great choices. Summerteeth and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot are also very good Wilco albums, particularly the latter.

Wilco is a great live band as well - I saw them a few months ago. Their new live double album is excellent.

[octothorp]

I really haven't come across any albums that are brilliant this year (though I haven't picked up the Bob Dylan yet); so I'm just going to recommend one very underrated old chestnut. Well not that old (about five years). Joe Henry's Scar; the best album of this incredibly talented singer/songwriter/producer. Especially recommended for those who enjoy old (Heart Attack and Vine, and earlier) Tom Waits stuff. Some great guest performances by Ornette Coleman, Marc Ribot and Brad Mehldau.

[Red Mile Style]

Originally Posted by fleudian

heh, i meant the mini-album they released a while before funeral, as funeral is pretty much a given.

if you dig white blood cells, i recommend that you pick up "de stijl" as well, if you haven't already. that is definitely my favorite white stripes album.

today i picked up that sadies album on a whim. it is very good.

I don't know, de stijl is pretty good, but my favourite is White Blood Cells.

Arcade Fire's mini-album is also pretty stellar, but I also think Funeral was better.

[fleudian]

oh, definitely. funeral is the best album i have heard in a very very long time.

here's another jazz one for you wrinkley people out there: "indelible" by bobby cairns.

good stuff.

[FireFly]

Originally Posted by Cheese

KT Tunstall...another R&B to popish voice.

I LOVE her. I also love Counting Crows album August and Everything After.