# Recommend me an album by this artist, II **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-album-by-this-artist-ii/342149 "2006-01-30T01:40:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-album-by-this-artist-ii/342149/1 "2006-01-30T01:40:50Z")
As a follow-up to my earlier [The ‘recommend me an album by this artist’ thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301131&highlight=Recommend), this thread is for Dopers to ask for recommendations of albums by artists they may have heard of, but aren’t terribly familiar with. Recommend me a **Bob Marley** album. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-album-by-this-artist-ii/342149/2 "2006-01-30T01:44:10Z")
_Exodus_ is terrific, and _Legend_ (a best-of) is where a lot of people get started in his catalogue. But I think my top recommendation is the complete, new version of _Live at the Roxy_. I think in a live album, you get more of the energy and understand why the band was so popular. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-album-by-this-artist-ii/342149/3 "2006-01-30T01:47:07Z")
> [@Mississippienne](#): > > Recommend me a **Bob Marley** album. [Legend](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000669JL/sr=1-1/qid=1138585450/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-2743396-9905458?%5Fencoding=UTF8). This is the Marley I listen to all the time. What is the quintissential **metal** album? ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2006, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-album-by-this-artist-ii/342149/4 "2006-01-30T02:40:15Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What is the quintissential **metal** album? There are about 35 genres of metal that I think can be broken into 5 larger styles. Picking one album to represent all of that is pretty much impossible. That said, I’d say the following five albums will give you a pretty good idea of the different styles out there and are all classics of their field:[ul][_]Judas Priest, Screaming for Vengeance[_]Metallica, _Ride the Lightning_[_]Candlemass, Epicus Doomicus Metallicus[_]Bathory, _Blood Fire Death_[\*]Korn, _Life is Peachy_[/ul]Black Sabbath’s _Paranoid_ and _Led Zeppelin II_ are also both essential, but don’t really fit into any modern genre. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-album-by-this-artist-ii/342149/5 "2006-01-30T03:37:43Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > _Exodus_ is terrific, and _Legend_ (a best-of) is where a lot of people get started in his catalogue. But I think my top recommendation is the complete, new version of _Live at the Roxy_. I think in a live album, you get more of the energy and understand why the band was so popular. _Live!_ is another good introductory album. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-album-by-this-artist-ii/342149/6 "2006-01-31T02:48:49Z")
Thanks to everyone for the recs. In case anyone is interested, the following requests are still open from the previous thread: Recommend **Hunter Hawk** a **Bill Laswell** album. Recommend **continuity eror** a **Jonathan Richman** album. Recommend **Talon Karrde** a **Lou Reed** album. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-album-by-this-artist-ii/342149/7 "2006-01-31T05:58:28Z")
> [@Agent Foxtrot](#): > > Recommend **Hunter Hawk** a **Bill Laswell** album. Instead, listen to King Tubby, Augustus Pablo, Lee Perry’s _Super Ape_ and _Revenge of Super Ape_, or any other real dub music. I’ve always thought that Laswell was the dub equivalent of Al Jolson in blackface singing “Maaammmmy!” - that is, a white dilettante raping a fundamentally black artform and selling it to the Kenny G set. Ok, that was a litle harsh. His Tzadik stuff, like “Invisible Design,” are actually worth listening to. > [@Agent Foxtrot](#): > > Recommend **continuity eror** a **Jonathan Richman** album. Definitely the self-titled Modern Lovers album; it remains Richman’s finest moment. 2001’s _Her mystery not of high heels and eye shadow_ was incredible, probably his finest record since. > [@Agent Foxtrot](#): > > Recommend **Talon Karrde** a **Lou Reed** album. Well, _Transformer_ is kind of the gimme; the songs are phenomenal and the album works together as a cohesive whole, which is unlike the vast majority of Reed’s recorded output. A lot of people will recommend _Berlin_, but I’ve never been much of an apologist for it. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-album-by-this-artist-ii/342149/8 "2006-01-31T06:19:12Z")
Alright, I’ll throw my hat in there. Somebody recommend me an album by **Television**. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-album-by-this-artist-ii/342149/9 "2006-01-31T06:23:25Z")
Forget **Legend** –if you want a real Bob Marley album, get **Burnin’**. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-album-by-this-artist-ii/342149/10 "2006-02-06T01:28:52Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Alright, I’ll throw my hat in there. Somebody recommend me an album by **Television**. Well, there’s no question that _Marquee Moon_ is their moment by a mile. One of those life-changing albums that everyone should have. That aside, the followup, _Adventure_, often gets overlooked for it’s more subtle approach. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-album-by-this-artist-ii/342149/11 "2006-02-06T10:10:15Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] [Legend](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000669JL/sr=1-1/qid=1138585450/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-2743396-9905458?%5Fencoding=UTF8).QUOTE] “Greatest Hits albums are for housewives and little girls.” -Bruce McCulloch P.S. Legend is the only Marley I own ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-album-by-this-artist-ii/342149/12 "2006-02-06T10:54:47Z")
**Rastaman Vibration** is my favorite. About the only one I still play. Includes my favorite song, “Who The Cap Fit”.