# Post one record/album/CD you think more people should appreciate.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945 "2020-06-02T20:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/41 "2020-06-07T20:20:15Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I’m sorry, I know that the OP restricted it to one album, but I just cannot help it: I’m listening to [the Saint’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Saints_(Australian_band)) debut album “(I’m) Stranded”, and I think that this groundbreaking record isn’t much known in America. The case is, parallel to the Ramones, the Saints developed a very similar punk sound independently in Australia, without the bands of course knowing of each other. They were the first band outside the US to release a punk single, [(I’m) Stranded](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Lt8F5unhM), in 1976, even before the Sex Pistols or the Damned in the UK. And the album is just as raucous as the first Ramones album. It’s like Leibniz and Newton independently developing calculus at the same time, though I’ve never heard of the Ramones and the Saints quarreling later about the invention of punk rock. Thanks for this, EH - and now I’m listening to it too. I’m utterly perplexed by this: first - _punk developed independently in Australia??_ In my mind the model is well established, with interplay back and forth across the Atlantic, the key moment (I would argue) being when the Ramones heard Dr Feelgood (at a CBCGs gang party - ref is a documentary, can’t remember the title). And with that the fuse was lit. And yet, at exactly the same time in Australia… it beggars belief. Research is urgently needed. Secondly, they moved to the UK and had a (minor) hit here - _and I have no memory of them whatsoever._ They obviously didn’t go unnoticed - from the referenced wiki page: > [@](#): > > Sounds magazine’s reviewer, Jonh [sic] Ingham, declared it [Stranded], “Single of this and every week” I do not know them at all. I cannot explain this. j PS: of course I didn’t read Sounds. Everyone I knew read NME. But still. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/42 "2020-06-07T21:39:53Z")
**XTC - Skylarking**. Not just songs but a truly moving song _cycle_. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/43 "2020-06-08T11:46:54Z")
The soundtrack for Mona Lisa Smile. A lot of my favorite albums are modern hipsters doing standards, and this collection from 2003 is one of the best. Not all the contributors’ careers have aged well, but a surprising number have: 1 “Mona Lisa” by Seal 2 “You Belong To Me” by Tori Amos 3 “Bewitched” by Celine Dion 4 “The Heart Of Every Girl” by Elton John 5 “Santa Baby” by Macy Gray 6 " ‘Murder’ He Says" by Tori Amos 7 “Besame Mucho” by Chris Isaak 8 “Secret Love” by Mandy Moore 9 “What’ll I Do” by Alison Krauss 10 “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” by The Trevor Horn Orchestra 11 “Sh-Boom” by The Trevor Horn Orchestra 12 “I’m Beginning to See the Light” by Kelly Rowland 13 “I’ve Got The World On A String” by Lisa Stansfield 14 “Smile” by Barbra Streisand 15 “Suite” by Rachel Portman ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/44 "2020-06-08T13:01:21Z")
Queen News of the world from 77 . It has We will rock you / we are the champions and other very good songs. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/45 "2020-06-08T13:16:34Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Just one please. I know that might be tough, but try… > > I will start with Tom Waits’ 2nd album, _The Heart of Saturday Night_. Just an incredible collection of songs. Waits’ discography is all over the place, but this is a phenomenal record. I don’t know how well known it is, but I’d guess many people haven’t heard it. I’ve heard it. A couple of tracks from it are on my work playlist. I like it and _Nighthawks at the Diner_ more than his avant-garde stuff. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/46 "2020-06-08T13:21:26Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > [Talking Timbuktu](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XUloEaR1RM&t=99s) - A collaboration of the late Malian guitarist Ali Farka Toure and Ry Cooder; it won a Grammy for Best World Music Album of 1994, and is listed in the book _1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die._ It’s truly a _tour de force_ by these two artists, typifying the best in West African music. Ali Farka Toure’s _The Source_ has a similar sound, I recommend. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/47 "2020-06-08T13:33:45Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I’m an informal booster of the Minus Five’s album of the same name. It can’t be topped for a cheerfully upbeat dark and depressive collection of songs, flavored with a variety of styles ranging from driving rock to Beatlesque to steel guitar-tinged semi-country. > > Of all its great songs, Cemetery Row" may be the best. It reminds me of the ghastly netherworld at the end of Jim Thompson’s novel “The Getaway”, containing a line that invokes the atmosphere of the Straight Dope circa 2020: > > _Everybody knows > This old house is cold and crowded with half-wits_ > > 🙂 Completely agree, and would add The Tripwires. Members of Minus 5, Young Fresh Fellows and Screaming Trees. Awesome band. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/48 "2020-06-08T14:34:18Z")
[**Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wayne%27s_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds) ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/49 "2020-06-08T15:05:28Z")
Gamma 2. Ronnie Montrose got into a real groove on this album, especially with the blues. It is on my short list of CD’s that I take with me on road trips. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/50 "2020-06-08T15:37:36Z")
**Lullabies to Paralyze** by Queens of the Stone Age is solid metal pretty much from start to finish. Favorite track has got to be “[Everybody Knows That You’re Insane](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bssbV4lskJQ)”, which starts with some gorgeous wailing guitar and takes a right turn into full headbanger territory. There’s enough variety of style across the album to keep it interesting though. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/51 "2020-06-08T15:52:26Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > [**Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wayne%27s_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds) I was about to post that album. Was big my freshman year of college. Richard Burton is the narrator. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/52 "2020-06-08T16:12:45Z")
**Mr. Bungle** - _Disco Volante_ Mike Patton is a mad genius. Mostly mad. It’s charitably described commercially as “experimental,” and it is extremely unlike you will enjoy it. It is challenging to listen to, not quite _Metal Machine Music_, there _are_ actual instruments and songs, but it’s probably unlike anything you’ve ever heard. There is a high level of musical virtuosity on display, but intentionally arranged in the oddest way possible. My best description of it would be “musical cubism.” Standout tracks would be “Sleep (Part II): Carry Stress in the Jaw,” “Violenza Domestica,” and “Ma Meeshka Mow Skwoz.” ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/53 "2020-06-08T18:53:00Z")
[Hedwig and the Angry Inch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_and_the_Angry_Inch_(soundtrack)) A \*\*FANTASTIC \*\*rock album. You do not need to know any of the story from the play to enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/54 "2020-06-08T19:30:38Z")
**Mermaid Avenue, vols 1 and 2** by Billy Bragg and Wilco. When Woody Guthrie died, he left behind over 1000 sets of complete song lyrics, with no music for any of them. Woody’s daughter took the lyrics to Billy Bragg to see if he could make an album of songs out of them with new, modern music. Bragg felt an American band should be involved, so he reached out to Wilco, who agreed to collaborate with him. The result was one of the best two volumes of Americana/folk/alt-country music to come out in a long time. Natalie Merchant also performs on it. Here’s some songs to give you an idea of the diversity of great music here: [California Stars](https://youtu.be/5qqedFPZVbg) [Ingrid Bergman](https://youtu.be/FYD4ppu9eV0) [Feed of Man](https://youtu.be/EV8IX1dsN4w) [Against the Law](https://youtu.be/4xerXwIO6H4) ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/55 "2020-06-08T19:47:34Z")
> [@Eutychus](#): > > **XTC - Skylarking**. Not just songs but a truly moving song _cycle_. I know everyone who knows them says it, but XTC are hugely under-rated. I came to say the 2 album set of Apple Venus and Wasp Star by XTC. A kind of one acoustic/one electric sets but written over the same time. Alright, I’m cheating but only a little. Easter Theatre with lyrics. 'Gold sun rolls around, chocolate nipple brown' Andy Partridge who wrote and sings it, said that he cried on writing the ‘Easter in her bonnet’ section - and then again on hearing the final mixed version. MiM ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/56 "2020-06-08T19:59:43Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > **Mermaid Avenue, vols 1 and 2** by Billy Bragg and Wilco. > > When Woody Guthrie died, he left behind over 1000 sets of complete song lyrics, with no music for any of them. Woody’s daughter took the lyrics to Billy Bragg to see if he could make an album of songs out of them with new, modern music. Bragg felt an American band should be involved, so he reached out to Wilco, who agreed to collaborate with him. The result was one of the best two volumes of Americana/folk/alt-country music to come out in a long time. Natalie Merchant also performs on it. > > Here’s some songs to give you an idea of the diversity of great music here: > [California Stars](https://youtu.be/5qqedFPZVbg) > > [Ingrid Bergman](https://youtu.be/FYD4ppu9eV0) > > [Feed of Man](https://youtu.be/EV8IX1dsN4w) > > [Against the Law](https://youtu.be/4xerXwIO6H4) And this especially timely track. [All You Fascists](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=40ila3Rh9lQ) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/57 "2020-06-08T20:11:50Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Ali Farka Toure’s _The Source_ has a similar sound, I recommend. I have all his albums, including very early stuff, along with Salif Keita, Habib Koite and others. I saw Toure live in Bamako, Mali and have been a fan of West African music ever since. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/58 "2020-06-11T15:33:14Z")
Good! I won’t have to give you my copy then. ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/59 "2020-06-12T02:16:46Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > [The Revolution Starts Now](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Revolution_Starts_Now_(album)) by Steve Earle > > Steve Earle is country singer\songwriter, but make no mistake. This is rock and roll with a twangy voice. > > Highlights are the two self titled tracks, _The Gringo’s Tale_ and _I Though You Should Know_ This a great example of a great album from an artist that I don’t particularly like. This album is really good start to finish but every other Steve Earle song that I’ve heard does nothing for me. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945/60 "2020-06-12T18:00:55Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > [**Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Wayne%27s_Musical_Version_of_The_War_of_the_Worlds) Double-ninjaed. I actually flew to Liverpool from the US to see this in live performance a few years ago. (The live performances did not tour the US.) It was totally worth it. PS - They were originally going to perform it in Dublin, so I flew there. But a change in the ferry schedule led them to cancel the Dublin performance. Fortunately, I was able to change our tix to the Liverpool performance and we hopped on a flight to see it there instead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-one-record-album-cd-you-think-more-people-should-appreciate/854945.md?page=4)