# Albums That Still Amaze You **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700 "2003-11-11T22:43:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/1 "2003-11-11T22:43:44Z")
I tend to listen to CDs endlessly, put them down and forget about them, then pick them back up and listen to them months later. A few manage to still be astoundingly good after all that listening and I go “Wow! This is still awesome!” What albums still impress you after all this time? **A Perfect Circle** -_Mer de Noms_-This one actually gave me the idea for this thread. I hadn’t listened to it in about a year but got the hankering last night. Popped it in the CD player and…WOW! It’s such a magnificent album. **Pink Floyd** -_Is There Anybody Out There? (The Wall Live)_-I just never get tired of this one. **Nine Inch Nails** -\*And All That Could’ve Been (live)-This is one of the reasons I love live albums. An amazing NIN album. **The Catherine Wheel** -_Chrome_-One of my top 10 favorite CDs. Every song is a good song and they work together to make the whole album greater. **Barenaked Ladies** -_Rock Spectacle_-Every time I listen to it, it’s like listening for the first time. **Tool** -_AEnima_-Still one of my favorite CDs, even if I neglect it for ages. **David Bowie** -_Outside_-He’s done so much great work, but this is my favorite album of his. ---
**Author:** ![musicguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@musicguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicguy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/2 "2003-11-11T23:28:34Z")
Paul Simon’s **Graceland** - sheer brilliance Fleetwood Mac’s **Rumours** - An amazingly coherant album considering that the members of the band were in such turmoil, relationship wise. Beatles **Abbey Road** - An amazing swan song from an amazing band. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/3 "2003-11-11T23:46:13Z")
Pink Floyd’s **Wish You Were Here** Joe Satriani- **Surfing With the Alien** Roxy Music- **Flesh & Blood** Led Zeppelin 4 All of which have the ability, no matter how stressed I am, to let me completely lose myself in the music. ---
**Author:** ![Ave\_Minerva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@Ave\_Minerva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ave_Minerva)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/4 "2003-11-11T23:58:05Z")
Rolling Stones Exile on Mainstreet Husker Du Zen Arcade Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti Clash Give Em Enough Rope Brian Eno Here Come the Warm Jets David Bowie Ziggy Stardust ---
**Author:** ![emacularius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@emacularius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacularius)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/5 "2003-11-12T00:07:02Z")
John Henry/Factory Showroom - They Might Be Giants Outside/Heathen - David Bowie (Reality will end up on this list eventually) Automatic For the People - REM Pisces Iscariot - Smashing Pumpkins Play - Moby aenima - TOOL ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/6 "2003-11-12T00:17:35Z")
ELO - Time (don’t laugh) ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/7 "2003-11-12T00:20:25Z")
**Sea Change** - Beck **The Wind** - Warren Zevon Both relatively recent but bound for classic status. ---
**Author:** ![Mumboo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Mumboo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumboo)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/8 "2003-11-12T00:23:07Z")
Grateful Dead - American Beauty ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/9 "2003-11-12T05:16:19Z")
-King Crimson - Red, Bill Bruford’s first time as THE KC drummer. -Willie Nelson - Stardust, Willies finest hour IMO. -Tony Levin Band - Double Espresso, an incredible live album (check out the cover of Black Dog) by a band of legends (Jerry Marotta, Larry Fast, TL and a guitar phenom in Jessie Gress). -Adrian Belew - Twang Bar King, a true guitar god who can write too. I am sure there are more but these come to mind immediately. unclviny ---
**Author:** ![beajerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@beajerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beajerry)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/10 "2003-11-12T05:18:20Z")
The Presidents Of The United States Of America. The first album. Frank Zappa. Live in New York. ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/11 "2003-11-12T07:05:32Z")
Limiting it to pop/rock (otherwise a lot of Bach, Schubert and Mahler would be lsited for instance): Kayak - Bard of the Unseen (Best.CD.EVer) Kate Bush - Hounds of love Pink Floyd - Wish you were here Genesis - Selling England by the pound Tori Amos - Scarlets walk ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/12 "2003-11-12T07:23:41Z")
Nirvana - Nevermind U2 - Joshua Tree ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/13 "2003-11-12T07:43:22Z")
“Spine of God” by Monster Magnet. Every song on the album is great. Every album they have made since sucked. “…And Justice for All” by Metallica. Although I can’t decide whether I like “Master of Puppets” or “…And Justice for All” better, I think that, considered as an album, not just a collection of songs, that “…And Justice for All” is superior because of the unrelenting intensity of it. “Master of Puppets” may have more catchy songs, but they don’t seem to have any relation to each other. “Independent Worm Saloon” by the Butthole Surfers. I know that most Butthole Surfers fans consider this one of their weakest albums, but then, I haven’t found another Butthole Surfers album that I liked. I guess it was a departure from the norm from them, and I liked where they went with it. ---
**Author:** ![Sm\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sm\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sm_e)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/14 "2003-11-12T08:00:14Z")
whatcha doing? chewing chocolate. where’d ya get it? doggie dropped it carry on boys… ---
**Author:** ![A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_wizard_song_for_thee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/15 "2003-11-12T08:05:45Z")
_The Velvet Underground and Nico_, though, really, every VU album, still has power to dazzle after all these years. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/16 "2003-11-12T11:28:51Z")
From the OP link: Flynt said the photos will be locked in a vault “alongside of a lot of other good stuff.” * * * Come on Larry, let’s publish a special issue of “good stuff”. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/17 "2003-11-12T11:32:41Z")
Whoops … wrong thread 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/18 "2003-11-12T15:25:53Z")
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs. Love that album. The Beatles - Revolver There are more, but not at the tip of my brain. ---
**Author:** ![mailman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@mailman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mailman)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/19 "2003-11-12T15:30:41Z")
Anything by Richard Thompson. If you don’t know his work, check out Rumor and Sigh for starters, or if you can find a copy, “Watching the Dark,” which is an excellent retrospective. Thompson is consistantly excellent, and under the radar. ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700/20 "2003-11-12T15:31:11Z")
The Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks. I’ve loved this album since the year it came out, and it still sounds as good to me now as it did when I was 13. The Violent Femmes first album. Except for the last song, “Good Feelings”, Its as close to being a perfect record as it gets. The Stooges Funhouse. It took a good twenty years for rock and roll to catch up with that album. Alice Cooper Love It To Death and Killers. Two more albums that come close to being perfect. Alice Cooper (the band) was probably the single most influential band of the post-60s era. Jon [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-that-still-amaze-you/212700.md?page=2)