# My thoughts on albums everybody has already heard.(recommendations accepted) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [August 26, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217 "2013-08-26T17:18:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/141 "2013-08-30T16:40:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ll take some suggestions right now, though my queue is getting rather long. Here is what I know. > > Aerosmith - Zippo except “Dude looks like a lady” from Mrs. Doubtfire. I had to be told what band that is. I know who Steven Tyler is, though…he kind of permeates the culture. What album is their classic? Please listen to “Toys in the Attic” and the “Rocks.” In my opinion these albums signify the peak of Aerosmith’s career. > [@](#): > > AC/DC - I know nothing of this band. Well, I think they have a song called Hell’s Bells or something, but I’m not even sure of that. As mentioned by quite a few people, “Back in Black” is a wondrously good rock and roll album. This was their first record with a new lead singer and it surprised everyone. It’s quintessential. > [@](#): > > Rolling Stones - I’ve heard “get no satisfaction” and I know who Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are(they also permeate into the culture). I think I have heard other songs because they are so famous, but never an album. The Rolling stones have been playing for 6 decades. Their best years were the 60s and 70s. They have a greatest hits double album called “Hot Rocks” which will give you an appreciation of their first hits through to 1971. In the 70s they released 5 studio albums, and all are really good. Start with “Hot Rocks.” Don’t buy anything recorded after 1980. 1. - Exile on Main St. (1972) 2. - Goats Head Soup (1973) 3. - It’s Only Rock 'n Roll (1974) 4. - Black and Blue (1976) 5. - Some Girls (1978) ETA: Sticky Fingers was released in 1971. Missed that, but some songs are included on “Hot Rocks.” > [@](#): > > Led Zeppelin - They made Stairway to Heaven. That is all I know. I’m not a huge fan. I find Robert Plant’s high-pitched voice distracting and annoying at times. My favourite is Led Zeppelin II, but fans will tell you otherwise, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/142 "2013-08-31T04:02:16Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Oh, and for a deceptively-huge album that most folks won’t claim to have listened to but really have, I would go with **Get Born** by Jet. It sounds like a combination of the Stones and AC/DC - you’ll immediately recognize Are You Gonna Be My Girl from the first iPod commercials (the ones with the people silhouettes against the neon backgrounds). That song is _still_ getting used regularly in commercials - same with another couple of tracks. Consistently great songs; incredibly great-sounding guitars - just very listenable top to bottom… I found a copy of Get Born at a thrift store today and I bought it. I’ll check it out over the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/143 "2013-08-31T04:13:06Z")
I’ve never heard of Jet. How popular were/are these guys anyway? Note the topic of the OP: “My thoughts on albums everybody has already heard.” There’s a lot of deviation in here from “albums everybody has already heard.” Jet? Yeah, sure. ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/144 "2013-08-31T04:48:38Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’ve never heard of Jet. How popular were/are these guys anyway? > > Note the topic of the OP: “My thoughts on albums everybody has already heard.” > > There’s a lot of deviation in here from “albums everybody has already heard.” > > Jet? Yeah, sure. He also said he’s open minded and would try anything. Much like the OP, I’ve also found a lot of popular albums to be not enjoyable at all. Most of my favorite albums, and some of the recommendations here are relatively obscure, but that doesn’t mean they’re not worth listening to. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/145 "2013-08-31T05:03:11Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I’ve never heard of Jet. How popular were/are these guys anyway? For a while there it was pretty hard to go anyplace or watch TV without hearing “Are You Gonna Be My Girl.” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/146 "2013-08-31T05:13:47Z")
I’d throw some recommendations out there, but my tastes run decidedly counter to the notion of “everybody has already heard”’ most of what I like is somewhat, um, not popular. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/147 "2013-08-31T06:48:27Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > For a while there it was pretty hard to go anyplace or watch TV without hearing “Are You Gonna Be My Girl.” Yep, I was pretty sure everyone who wasn’t trying to avoid rock music had heard that, plus a few who were. They were a pretty big hit at the time. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/148 "2013-08-31T11:53:21Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I found a copy of Get Born at a thrift store today and I bought it. I’ll check it out over the weekend. **Marley** , my friend, to be clear, it is really good Big Dumb Rock™ - given your tastes, you might like them as a guilty pleasure than anything. **Mahaloth** , that was a large and interestingly-shaped rock you were under for a while 😉 Love the fact that you came to Gn’R fresh and loved it. The recommendations coming forward for Zep, AC/DC (Highway to Hell!!) and Aerosmith all make sense (I agree that Rocks and Toys are best choices - but if you can find the song Mama Kin off their first album - there’s a lot of proto-Gn’R in that DNA). So - wait: do you know the song " **Lit Up" by Buckcherry**? If you haven’t, buy it _immediately_ - right up your alley. And TL;DR - have you got **Pantera’s** greatest hits? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/149 "2013-08-31T13:16:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Update > > \*\*Guns N’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction > \*\* > > Holy crap. This is the definition for what I was hoping to find by doing this. This was unbelievably good. **Consider my mind blown**. Completely blown. Hahahaha, this is great. It is one of the absolute, balls-out, classic rock albums. I wouldn’t bother with anything else by them mind you. Thinking you might like a Thin Lizzy live album now. _Live and Dangerous_? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/150 "2013-08-31T13:27:54Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Jet? Yeah, sure. Yeah, I assumed they were pre-94 since that is what I missed. Still, I hadn’t heard of them at all, so it worked out. > [@WordMan](#): > > And TL;DR - have you got **Pantera’s** greatest hits? I don’t know if you are addressing me, but I did own the Great Southern Trend Kill and liked it more than what came before it. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/151 "2013-08-31T13:43:39Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Hahahaha, this is great. It is one of the absolute, balls-out, classic rock albums. I wouldn’t bother with anything else by them mind you. Thinking you might like a Thin Lizzy live album now. _Live and Dangerous_? _Appetite for Destruction_ is _classic_ rock?? _ **Fuck** _, I’m old. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/152 "2013-08-31T14:33:04Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I don’t know if you are addressing me, but I did own the Great Southern Trend Kill and liked it more than what came before it. Okay; **A Vulgar Display of Power** , besides being the _ **best** _ metal title ever, has **Walk** on it, a song I love for how it’s wrong pieces come together so right -my thread on it: [Music: Pantera’s “Walk” – an analysis of this song’s utter rockingness - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=464315) Okay, so clearly you like aggressive music, and want to focus on the late 80’s and early 90’s. Here’s a bit of a stretch: **Love is Like Anthrax** by Gang of Four - a bit too early timing-wise, and you have to get past the first minute of balls-out obnoxious 80’s guitar-amp feedback - but when the drums kick in, WOW. The vocals are smart-British (twin lead vocals that totally work), not bluesy American. Like I said, a stretch given your tastes, but damn what a perfectly aggressive song. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/153 "2013-08-31T15:19:28Z")
Jet. I stand corrected. I really like what I’ve just been listening to on Youtube. I’m amazed I’ve never heard of these guys. I have indeed heard at least snippets of "Are You Gonna Be My Girl. Awesome. And thanks. Kind of Joe Jackson meets The Knack. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/154 "2013-08-31T15:31:51Z")
Jet. (Again) Holy shit. The slow stuff is very reminiscent of The Rolling Stones acoustic stuff from the 70s. Which in turn was somewhat Gram Parsons influenced. I’m really liking this album. (Get Born) ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/155 "2013-08-31T15:45:06Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Jet. (Again) > > Holy shit. > > The slow stuff is very reminiscent of The Rolling Stones acoustic stuff from the 70s. Which in turn was somewhat Gram Parsons influenced. > > I’m really liking this album. (Get Born) Yep. Wonderful _sounds_ - you may not realize it, but part of the appeal is how the acoustic guitars sound so great, and the electric stuff sounds raw and unprocessed. Their second CD, Shine On, is also good, but skews more towards Beatles-type arrangements, so loses the raw, overdriven appeal. Their audience wasn’t quite ready to follow them that way - too bad. ETA: “Joe Jackson meets the Knack?” Hmmm, tight songs, with some grit, so I won’t push back too hard, but the vocals are much more rocky/bluesy… ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/156 "2013-08-31T16:00:46Z")
Alright, so you don’t like The Clash or Talking Heads, but do like G&R. That’s useful information. Have you listened to any Ozzie or Black Sabbath yet? If not that is where I would go first. Start with: Ozzie Osborn’s _Blizzard of Ozz_ album & Black Sabbath’s _Paranoid_. Led Zeppelin is your next stop. Go with\* Led Zeppelin II\*, though they have many good ones. Houses of the Holy and IV are good places to start as well. Then take a look at Motorhead’s album\* Ace of Spades\*. That’s gonna get you that metal feel that you like with G&R without going as heavy as Metalica (though And Justice for All is the Metalica album I would have started with personally). I would also strongly recommend listening to some Iggy Pop. _Lust For Life_ is a good starting point, or \*Raw Power \*by Iggy and the Stooges. These might be a little too punky for you, so give feedback. IF you like the more raw sound of Iggy I would check out MC5, _Kick Out the Jams_ if it doesn’t work for you go for Alice Cooper _Welcome to my Nightmare_ ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/157 "2013-08-31T16:03:48Z")
> [@Just\_Ed](#): > > _Appetite for Destruction_ is _classic_ rock?? _ **Fuck** _, I’m old. Haha, my punctuation could maybe have been better. Still, it’s definitely a classic album in the rock style. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/158 "2013-08-31T16:48:10Z")
> [@Just\_Ed](#): > > _Appetite for Destruction_ is _classic_ rock?? _ **Fuck** _, I’m old. That album came out when I was a sophomore in college, 26 years ago. 26 years before that was 1961. So _AfD_ is older now than the entire British Invasion was when I was in college. So, yeah, we’re old. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/159 "2013-08-31T16:55:52Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Haha, my punctuation could maybe have been better. Still, it’s definitely a classic album in the rock style. I can accept that. 😉 > [@KneadToKnow](#): > > That album came out when I was a sophomore in college, 26 years ago. 26 years before that was 1961. So _AfD_ is older now than the entire British Invasion was when I was in college. So, yeah, we’re old. 🙂 And I suppose I _have_ to accept that! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217/160 "2013-08-31T16:58:12Z")
**Mahaloth** , if you like aggressive guitar music, you might like _Killing Joke_. Start with _Night Time_ (which yielded a couple of UK chart hits) and work back in time through their career. This is probably their most chart-friendly tune _Eighties_, and one that Nirvana, errr, borrowed a bit from: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/x1U1Ue_5kq8/maxresdefault.jpg "Killing Joke - Eighties") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1U1Ue_5kq8) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-thoughts-on-albums-everybody-has-already-heard-recommendations-accepted/667217.md?page=9)