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[li]Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space Spiritualized[/li][li]***Child’s View ***Nobukazu Takemura[/li][li]***Ella in Rome: the Birthday Concert ***Ella Fitzgerald[/li][/ul]And I gotta second the k.d. lang and Dave Brubeck mentions above.
I never skip over songs on a CD. If I like it enough to buy, I like everything.
Some of my favorites:
Lyle Lovett and his Large Band
Abbey Road
A Chorus Line
Led Zeppelin (I and IV)
Atom Heart Mother – Pink Floyd
12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus – Spirit
Michelle Branch - The Spirit Room
Radiohead - Ok Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac & Hail to the Thief
John Mayer - Room for Squares
Nirvana - Nevermind
Garbage - self titled
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
Tanya Donelly - Lovesongs for Underdogs
Bjork - Post
The Beatles - Abbey Road & Sgt. Peppers
Sixpence None the Richer - Beautiful Mess
Sleater Kinney- Dig Me Out
Peter Gabriel - Up
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
and I’m really digging the new Evanescence album.
Strange collection for sure, but they’re all solid from first song to last IMHO. There are probably more, but they escape me at the moment.
All by Barenaked Ladies… Born On A Pirate Ship, Maroon, Rock Spectacle, and Stunt.
Also… Eagles, Desperado. R.E.M., Automatic For the People.
These aren’t my favorite albums, but ones that I enjoy all the songs on at least enough that I have no urge to skip. Most of my favorite albums end up having at least one or two stinkers in with the great songs. They Might Be Giants’ Lincoln is only one off from joining the list.
Depeche Mode- Songs of Faith and Devotion
Counting Crows- * August and Everything After*
I’ve had both of these CD’s for 9 or 10 years, and whenever I play one, I have to listen to it all the way through.
(I’m the same way with Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes, but I’ve only had it for 5 years or so.)
Temple of the Dog
Tori Amos - benefit for rainn
Fleetwood Mac
Crowded House - the best of
These are my “car tunes” - they always come with me on road trips because I love the albums beginning to end:
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire, Achtung Baby
Hothouse Flowers - Songs from the Rain
Eagles - Hotel California, The Long Run
Offspring - Americana
The Cars - Heartbeat City
Flashdance Soundtrack
Billy Idol - Whiplash Smile
Chris Isaak - Forever Blue
Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step
Pat Benatar - Tropico
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard, Behind the Sun, Journeyman
Terence Trent D’Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to…
Prozzak - Hot Show
Guster - Lost and Gone Forever
Spoon – Girls can tell
Beulah - The Coast is Never Clear
Belle and Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister
Pete Yorn - Musicforthemorningafter (except for the last track, which is a bonus, so it doesn’t have to count)
Sparklehorse - It’s a Wonderful Life (actually there’s no such thing as a bad Horse tune)
Wes Cunningham - 12 Ways to Win People to Your Way of Thinking
Brendan Benson-Lapalco
Ben Kweller - Sha Sha
Nick Cave - The Boatman’s Call
Willy Porter - Falling Forward
Peter Mulvey - The Trouble With Poets
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Alanis - Jagged Little Pill
Various - Tombraider Soundtrack
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On, Come On
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
Dave Brubeck - Take 5
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene
Warren Zevon - Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
Warren Zevon - Mr. Bad Example
Warren Zevon - Life’ll Kill Ya
Warren Zevon - My Ride’s here
In an entire career of music, Mr. Zevon has only written three or four songs that don’t make my ‘must listen to’ list.
John Prine - John Prine
SuperTramp - Crime of the Century
SuperTramp - Breakfast in America
The Eagles - The Long Run
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gold and Platinum
The Beatles - Most of their albums
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Who - Who’s Next
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The Jayhawks - Smile
The Band - Music From Big Pink
The Travelling Wilburys - The Travelling Wilburys
Eric Clapton - Crossroads
Eric Clapton - From the Cradle
Rolling Stones ‘Some Girls’
Hoyt Axton ‘Fearless’
Bonnie Rait ‘Streetlights’
John Cougar Mellencamp 'Nothin matters and what if it did"
Above mentioned albums are like old friends. Always a pleasure!
Jesus Christ Superstar - movie version
Future Days - Can
Skylarking - XTC
Cure for Pain - Morphine
Here Come the Warm Jets - Eno
Siren - Roxy Music
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
Berlin - Lou Reed
Even in the Quietest Moments - Supertramp
Phnatom of the Paradise - Soundtrack
A New World Record
Ashes Are Burning - Renaissance
There are lot’s of other ones but these are the ones that I have with me now. I like to hear albums in their entirety most of the time and dislike anthologies.
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
Rheostatics - Whale Music
Elliott Smith - xo
Paul MacLeod - Close and Play
The following are some of my favorite artists and my favorite albums of theirs:
Beck - Mutations
**Crosby, Stills, Nash ** - Crosby, Stills and Nash
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
Joni Mitchell – Blue, Hissing of Summer Lawns
Mark Knopfler – Golden Heart
Paul Simon - Graceland
Steely Dan - Aja
Van Morrison – Moondance
and I have to agree with the OP:
Carole King - Tapestry
Platinum Blonde - Standing In The Dark
Jeff Healy Band - See The Light
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - In Step
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill
Oops. How could I forget Zeppelin IV? Most nearly perfect rock album ever.
Nirvana - Unplugged
Just a great album, perfect for long drives or relaxing at home, which are the only times I usually listen to an entire album.
Far too many to list, I will just throw in the most recent one:
Tori Amos - Scarlet’s walk
This album is simply amazing.
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra - Live at Carnegie Hall, 1938
Manhattan Transfer - Vocalese
Mel Torme with the Marty Paitch Orchestra - Songs of New York
The Miles Davis Quintet (featuring John Coltrane) - Workin’
The Miles Davis Quintet (featuring John Coltrane) - Steamin’
The Miles Davis Quintet (featuring John Coltrane) - Cookin’
The Miles Davis Quintet (featuring John Coltrane) - Relaxin’
Art Farmer and Benny Golson - The Jazztet
Take Six - Take Six
The Swingle Singers - Jazz Sebastian Bach
Claude Bolling and Jean-Pierre Rampal - Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano
Sadly, it’s been way too long since I’ve taken a weekend to listen to all of these.
In alphabetical order!!
Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
The Breeders - Last Splash
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
Cracker - The Golden Age
Hum - You’d Prefer An Astronaut
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
Radiohead - The Bends
Radiohead - OK Computer
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
Son Volt - Trace
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Travis - The Man Who
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
Weezer - Green Album
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea