Off Topic 20 albums that affected your life

[luv]

no particular order:

van halen: 1984 / van halen 1
tool: aenima
boston: boston
steve miller band: greatist hits
kiss: had 17 of their vinyls as a kid (1st concert I ever went to)
pearl jam: ten
beck: odelay / guerro
srv: texas flood
robert cray: strong persuader
pink floyd: the wall
nirvana: nevermind
the feelies: the good earth
bob marley: kaya
beatles: white album
led zeppelin: houses of the holy
foo fighters: colour and the shape
coldplay: rush of blood to the head
rem: fables/document/green/lifes rich pageant
u2: joshua tree
cult: electric / love
guns n roses: appetite for destruction

 

[TonyEVH5150]

1. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
2. Alice in Chains - Split between Dirt and Jar of Flies
3. Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
4. Metallica - . . . . And Justice For All
5. Soundgarden - Superunknown
6. Billy Joel - Almost every album he ever did, but The Stranger is the best
7. The Steeldrivers - self-titled (great mix of blues and bluegrass)
8. Green Day - Dookie
9. Creed - Human Clay
10. Steve Lukather - Ever Changing Times
11. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
12. Led Zeppelin - LZ II
13. Black Crowes - Shake Your Moneymaker
14. Edwin McCain - Honour Among Thieves
15. The Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
16. Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction
17. Lee Roy Parnell - We All Get Lucky sometimes
18. A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
19. Cream - Disreali Gears
20. Eagles - Hotel California

 

[colinboy]

thinlizzy-greatest hits
u2 -joshua tree
metallica-black album
dreamtheater-systematic chaos
pink floyd-darkside of the moon
acdc-back in black
pearljam-ten
VR-contraband
GNR-appetite
bonjovi-slippery when wet

 

[mikeller]

Hmmmm

Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Jeff Beck - Guitar Shop
Jeff Beck - Who Else
Jeff Beck - Frankie's House
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Yes - Close To The Edge
Yes - Relayer
Eric Johnson - Tones
Beatles - Sgt Pepper
Steve Morse - High Tension Wires
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
Led Zeppelin - I

 

[aníbalsantander]

there's a few:

bill frisell, gone just like a train.
the beach boys, pet sounds.
the beach boys, smile.
the beach boys, the warmth of the sun.
van dyke parks, orange crate art.
joanna newsom, the milk-eyed mender
joanna newsom, Ys.
beck, odelay.
miles davis, kind of blue.
john coltrane, giant steps.
blink 182, take off your pants and jacket.
foo fighters, the colour and the shape.
nirvana, in utero.
green day, insomniac.
and a few more.

 

[Sweat]

WOW too many too list and will leave some out for sure but a few and this spans a long time since I am closing in on 50. No order just trying to remember.

Boston- Boston
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom
ZZ Top- All early albums before MTV
SRV- enough said
Queensryche- Operation Mind Crime
Dream Theatre- Images and Words
Toto- well too many to list
Ted Nugent- Stranglehold
Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd- Animals
Van Halen- Fair Warning
Eagles- Well just about everything!
Pure Prarie League- so underated
Savatage- Hand Full of Rain
Tesla- Well I like it all
Aerosmith- Rocks
Steve Miller Band- Book of Dreams
Kansas
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Street Survivors

 

[paranoid70]

Only 20 eh? I am sure I will miss some.

Black Sabbath - Paranoid ('duh)
Black Sabbath - Heaven & Hell
Rush - Moving Pictures
Pink Floyd - Animals
Yes - Close to the Edge
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Deep Purple - In Rock
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
UFO - Strangers in the Night
Steve Morse Band - Southern Steel/Coast to Coast
Black Crowes - Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
Derek & The Dominoes - Layla
Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
Jethro Tull - Benefit
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Joe Satriani - Flying in a Blue Dream
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior

 

[mark_tampa]

In no perticular order or musical style....

Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom
Rush - Moving Pictures
Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien
Boston - Third Stage
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Yes - 90125
Triumph - Just a Game
The Kinks - One for the Road
Beatles - Revolver
Brian Setzer - Rockin' by Myself
Albert Lee - Hiding and Live at Montreux with Hogans Heros
Hellecasters - Return of the Hellecasters
Norman Blake - Live from Graham Chapel Washington University
Rice, Hillman and Pedersen - Out of the Woodwork
Sam Bush - Laps in Seven
Larry Carlton - Renegade Gentleman
Scorpions - Animal Magnetism
Rush - Moving Pictures
Steve Morse - most anything he's done, in perticular Hi Tension Wires
Los Lobos - How will the Wolf Survive

 

[fogman]

Weird mix of stuff! I'm a bit of a nerd.

No way man! The more diverse the better.

 

[V_S]

Let's see what come to my mind...
Danzig - Danzig
Metallica - And Justice For All
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Iron Maiden - Life After Death
Typo O Negative - Bloody Kisses
Tiamat - Wildhoney
Life Of Agony - Soul Searching Sun
Life Of Agony - River Runs Red
Tool - Aenima
Ayreon - The Electric Castle
The Gathering - How To Measure A Planet
Down - NOLA
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Black Crowes - Southern Harmony...
The Police -Live! 1979
Led Zeppelin - Remasters
Queen - Jazz
Crowbar - Crowbar

 

[dwells]

i see "And justice for all" and "Appetite for Destruction" a lot in these top 20s very cool

 

[Nik_Left_RG]

Cant believe that the browser timed out on me when i first tried to post this.. LOL...


--20 seems a bit less.. But a good number here's mine--

1. Youthanasia - Megadeth.. First album which showed me how an angry guitar should sound like ..\m/.. The seeds of riff playing is planted on my brain..

2. Countdown to Extinction - Megadeth .. had to get this after Youthanasia.. Couldnt believe i missed this album when I first heard it.. Tight stuff.. and IMHO.. A-Grade production..

3. Images and Words - Dream Theater.. First prog album and i just coulnt get enough of it.. Added a lot more to my 'wannabe' playing dimension..

4. Not of this Earth - joe Satriani.. The first real album which showed me what an electric guitar can sound like.. and the melody associated with it.. the nuances.. This album really pushed me to know more about guitar playing.. I ended up buying the songbook for this album and did manage to finish half the album.. lol..

5. Cowboys from Hell -Pantera. This was like a bolt of lighting.. It just hit and everytime at that..

6. Vulgur Display of Power - Pantera. Had to after CFH..

7. Dark Side of the moon - Pink Floyd. The introduction of Pink Floyd into my life.. There was just no turning back

8.Surfing with the Alien - Joe Satriani. The definitive guitar virtuoso album.. I was mesmerised with each song..

9.The Extremist - Joe Satriani. Just an awesomely produced album.

10. Awake - Dream Theater. First time I heard a 7 string in a real song no offense..

11. Rust in Peace - Megadeth. Brilliant album..

12. III Sides to every Story - Extreme. First time i heard a concept album or sort of.. I was blown away by these guys..

13. Falling Into Infinity - Dream Theater. Something about this album.. always makes me wanna hear more of it..

14.G3 - Joe,Vai & Eric . Steve Vai opened up my mind to the limitless possibilities of double-handed tapping.. Just awesomeness... The violin like sound of Eric and the sheer capacity of Joe.. A very much rounded virtuoso album in a live setting.. what more can you ask ??!

15.10,000 Days - Tool. WOW.. This album opened my mind to this different prog genre out there and I loved it..

16.Trouble Is - Kenny Wayne Shepherd. The moment I heard 'blue on black' I knew this guy had something.. was not disappointed when I finally got the album.

17.Fear of the Dark - Iron Maiden . phewww.. Almost missed this one.. Bruce's siren vocals plus the twin guitar attack and steve harris ??!! Just the perfect combination..and i did have a 'Fear of the Dark' when I was a kid and this song didnt help..lol..

18.Paranoid - Black Sabbath.. Pioneers !!

19.Japandemonium & Lean Into It - Mr.Big.. GTSM is just an awesomely constructed song.. Not to mention.. all the those heart-broken songs to tide me when the times were tough

20.Scenes from a Memory - Dream Theater.. I intentionally kept this for the last because this album to me shows how a band should sound like.. Right from the -- tic tok tic tok.. i was blown away..

Edit --Really sorry about the winding posts.. I guess i got carried away..

 

[dwells]

Vulgar display of power changed the metal genre for ever!!!!

 

[whitestrat]

He is Australian, so English is not is mother tongue

Apparently, it's not yours either... For 20 albums, you listed only 10...

 

[whitestrat]

i see "And justice for all" and "Appetite for Destruction" a lot in these top 20s very cool

Honestly Dean, AFD is a major album for me. Although I don't listen to it much these days, I've observed that listening to my own playing recorded these days reminds me of Slash's solo playing on that album. It's got that same frenzy, sloppy, messy feel... Hahahaha... I'm not much of a fan of him actually, but I have to say he's been a huge influence in crafting the way I'd like my own solos to sound...

(also because I couldn't cop JP's playing...)

 

[robelinda2]

Actually you know what? I should have put the Use Your Illusion cd's in there in place of Appetite, I much preferred them at the time when I just started, I didnt actually learn much from Appetite and liked the diverse tunes on the Illusions. Locomotive ROCKS!

 

[agt]

I am pretty certain that all the Dixie Dregs/Dregs/Steve Morse Band/Steve Morse/Kansas/Deep Purple output that Steve played on totals to more than 20 albums, but that would be my list.

 

[whitestrat]

Actually you know what? I should have put the Use Your Illusion cd's in there in place of Appetite, I much preferred them at the time when I just started, I didnt actually learn much from Appetite and liked the diverse tunes on the Illusions. Locomotive ROCKS!

Actually, you're right... I learnt more learning the Knocking On Heaven's Door, Don't Cry, November Rain, Estranged and You Could Be Mine riffs and solos than I did with My Michelle.

But AFD opened my eyes to another way of playing guitar other than the usual CC Deville (who I also like) style. Though Tom Keifer blew my mind with Long Cold Winter and Bad Seamstress Blues.

 

[luv]

if we are talking about guitars and guitarists, my list would be a little different. i was going in the direction of musical tastes and the general feeling that i got from the albums/artists.

sweet thread though Dean!

 

[leftyguitarblue]

Vulgar display of power changed the metal genre for ever!!!!

seriously. That set the bar waaaay up in 1992 and it's a tough one to beat.