The 5 albums that made you...

Tupelo Son · Post by **Tupelo Son** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:22 am

Been thinking about this one for a few days. It's damn near impossible to pare it down to 5....

Born To Run rocked my teenage ass, just as Bruce intended - Brooooce
The Clash - London Calling
R.E.M. - Murmur
Flying Burrito Brothers - Sin City, The Very Best Of
....and later on....Son Volt - Trace

stratoman · Post by **stratoman** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:54 am

Mermaid Avenue - Billy Bragg & Wilco
The White Album - The Beatles
Headquarters - The Monkees
Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Complete Robert Johnson - Robert Johnson

sturgeongeneral · Post by **sturgeongeneral** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:09 am

reading the original post of this thread, it got me to thinking what albums made an impact on me the most at various times of my life. going back to childhood until now, the following six stand out:

more of the monkees '67
blood, sweat & tears '69
grand funk railroad/we're an american band '73
art garfunkel/angel clare '73
styx/the grand illusion '77
uncle tupe/march 16-20, 1992

the sounds these albums produced upon initial listening were quite visceral and made a permanent imprint on my brain. if i were to hear a song from any of these albums the effect would be pavlovian. i will go to my grave with those musical imprints being my permanent bedfellows.

manshank · Post by **manshank** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:17 am

Random Thoughts:

Soundtrack to Easy Rider
Sly and the Family Stone
Skull and Roses > Grateful Dead....(Wharf Rat" man o man
Quadaphenia > The Who
Marshall Tucker > 1st one

jon · Post by **jon** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:16 pm

saratoga jay wrote:
dbengr69 wrote:

...I know, only 4.

fucking WOW!

i was a 9-yr old Ace man living in upstate NY so i can't tell you how many times me and my sports playing homeys jammed to this that fall as the Yankees won it all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-4vMQOOiUY

fucking wow, man...

thanks.

"Snow Blind"

dbengr69 · Post by **dbengr69** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:37 am

saratoga jay wrote:
dbengr69 wrote:

...I know, only 4.

fucking WOW!

i was a 9-yr old Ace man living in upstate NY so i can't tell you how many times me and my sports playing homeys jammed to this that fall as the Yankees won it all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-4vMQOOiUY

fucking wow, man...

thanks.

I was being a bit fececious(sp?) with my post, but I truly did own every single one of these vinyl gems. I think my mom got like 5 bucks for these and like 100 other vinyls at a gargage sale in 1989. Wish I still had them.

saratoga jay · Post by **saratoga jay** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:21 pm

dbengr69 wrote:

...I know, only 4.

fucking WOW!

i was a 9-yr old Ace man living in upstate NY so i can't tell you how many times me and my sports playing homeys jammed to this that fall as the Yankees won it all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-4vMQOOiUY

fucking wow, man...

thanks.

dbengr69 · Post by **dbengr69** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:56 pm

...I know, only 4.

calexico · Post by **calexico** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:52 am

gdavis5446 wrote:
5. Monkees by the Monkees
My mom used to tell me the Monkees were just as good as the Beatles. I used to ask her when she was going to knit me a green hat. I liked them even more when they appeared on the Brady Bunch.

Outstanding choice! This one's for you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JAELBIX5vc

SPIKE · Post by **SPIKE** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 3:43 am

SPIKE wrote:CCR – Cosmo’s Factory
White Hot – metal compilation circa 1984
Black Crowes – Shake Your Money Maker
Metallica - Kill ‘Em All
Slobberbone - Barrel Chested

I'm gonna have to ammend and expound on this list:

Cosmo's Factory - Learned to play records and choose songs
White Hot - Got the notion to play drums from Slade Run Runaway
Moneymaker - Learned intermittent beats
Rubberneck - Possum Kingdom sparked my first band
Barrel Chested - Brought me over to "alt-Country"

second sun · Post by **second sun** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:02 am

1. Mom & Dad's Records > 3 specifically: Emmylou Harris - Elite Hotel, Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger, John Denver - Rocky Mountain High (the album). I thank them for this wonderful early 70's musical upbringing.

2. The Who - Who's Next > For me this set the bar on what songs should be like.

3. U2 - War > A real wow moment for me. This was more than music, they were saying something

4. Neil Young - Harvest Moon > I liked Neil but did not really pay attention to him up to this album - it was more "classic rock radio" Cinnamon Girl and My My, Hey Hey influence. This opened me up to the balance of Neil Young music.

5. Son Volt - Trace > After searching for who sang "looking at the world through a windshield" that I heard on a friends mix-cd I listened to 30-second samples of Trace at the music store - after the the first three songs I stopped, picked it up and went to the cashier.

Other strong influences:

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are you Experienced?
Led Zeppelin - III
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Couldn't Stand the Weather
Whiskeytown - Faithless Street
The Samples - "blue album"
Rage Against The Machine - self titled
Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20 1992
Adam & the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
Minor Threat - Demo Tape
The J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame
The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
U2 - Unforgettable Fire

MrOctober · Post by **MrOctober** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:11 am

So many ways to interpret this, but I'll go with:

Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits - my dad had this 2 lp collection, he liked Johnny Cash too, but this really put it in the back of my head how great country was, as a teen.

Dire Straits - Making Movies - always at the top of my list.

Gary Moore - We Want Moore - Serious Live Rock guitar in the mid 80s, inspired me to such a degree that I bought the Gary Moore model Les Paul in 2001!

Adrienne Young - The Art of Virtue - she has dominated my iPod playlist for 4 years now, love this acoustic/pop/blugrass stuff.

U2 - Under A Blood Red Sky - that's what I dreamed of - so heartfelt and cool.

Tough to leave out Son Volt - Straightaways, Crowded House - Woodface, Led Zeppelin II - well now I didn't leave them out

megaballs1 · Post by **megaballs1** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:04 am

Prince 1999.

Lost my virginity to a sweet 16 year old HS basketball player. She was one of those brown hair, blue eyed Prince loving broads. Relationship didn't last that long, but long enuff.

A year later she was with a Corey Maggette-look alike.

peainthepod · Post by **peainthepod** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:34 pm

high school metal phase
Blue Oyster Cult-On Your Feet or On Your Knees

college new wave phase
Elvis Costello-My Aim is True

pop phase
Rubinoos-Back to The Drawing Board

after college mushroom/cocaine phase
Dead-Europe 72

kept hearing a song on the radio called Tear Stained Eye
which led me to
Trace
and all things Farrar
& the rest of that alt-country thing

pea

Lawrence Fan · Post by **Lawrence Fan** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:56 pm

If we're talking influential as in having a hand in shaping ones musical tastes and outlook:

Kiss
Kiss Alive

Uncle Tupelo
No Depression

Talking Heads
Stop Making Sense

U2
War

Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon

None of these are my favorite by that artist, save for maybe Kiss Alive,
although that's hard to say given that, well...it's Kiss. But all of them
resonated deeply with me.