Off Topic 20 albums that affected your life

[browndog]

A group that I don’t think anyone had on their list is The Cars. Their first album was worn out in my cars tape deck back in High school.

 

[balance]

I don't know how much my life has been affected, but here are some of my favorite albums:

Phil Keaggy - Beyond Nature
Brett Garsed - Big Sky
Diana Krall - Live in Paris
John Williams - The Seville Concert
Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Jeff Beck - Live at Ronnie Scott's
Danny Gatton - at Gallagher's, not really an album, but I have a DVD
Robben Ford - Truth
Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom
Planet X - Quantum
Steve Morse - Outstanding in their Field
VH - Fair Warning
Led Zeppelin - IV
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings
Van Halen - Live Without a Net - DVD
Robben Ford & Larry Carlton - Live in Tokyo
Charlie Christian - any recordings I can find as they are so limited

 

[GWDavis28]

A group that I don’t think anyone had on their list is The Cars. Their first album was worn out in my cars tape deck back in High school.

Hahahaha, thanx man, had to add that one of my all time favorites since the are from where I live!!!

Glenn |B)

 

[tylerdrdn]

My list pretty much seems to reflect the fact the I started playing guitar in the early 80's. Not entirely sure how much these affected my life, I can say that having seen most of the players on my list, two of them forever changed the way I view the instrument: Derek Trucks and Jeff Beck.

Had never heard of Derek Trucks when I saw him years ago opening for Eric Johnson...SG straight into a small Fender...amazing. Never "Got" slide until that moment.

Had the rare opportunity to see Jeff Beck up close in a small club with great acoustics...beyond description! By far the most amazing show/performance I have ever seen.

My List:

Jeff Beck Blow by blow
Jeff Beck Live at Ronnie Scotts Bluray (Should be required ownership if you play guitar)
Eric Johnson Ah Via Musicom
UFO Strangers in the night
Derek Trucks Live at the Georgia Theatre
Led Zeppelin IV
Joe Satriani surfing with The Alien
Pink Floyd Dark Side
Yngwie Malmsteen Rising Force
SRV Couldnt stand the weather
Micheal Schenker Unforgiven Live
Micheal Hedges Aerial Boundaries
Gary Moore Corridors of power
Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore East
AC/DC Powerage
Van Halen I
Montrose Montrose
Jimi Hendrix Are you experienced
Led Zeppelin Presence
Van Halen Fair warning

 

[Minoin]

In chronological order (at least in my musical life )

Gary Moore - Still Got The Blues
B Sharp - Take Us Alive
Axel Rudi Pell - The Wizards Chosen Few
Axel Rudi Pell - Magic
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
Dream Theater - Train Of Thought
Shadow Gallery - Legacy
Evergrey - Recreation Day
Liquid Tension Experiment - II
Andromeda - Chimera
Abydos - Abydos
Symphony X - The Odyssey
John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess - A Night With..
Angra - Temple Of Shadows
Pain Of Salvation - The Perfect Element
Redemption - The Origins Of Ruin
Sieges Even - Paramount
Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls
Dream Theater - Black Clouds And Silver Linings
Ludovico Einaudi - Eden Roc

 

[andynpeters]

A group that I don’t think anyone had on their list is The Cars. Their first album was worn out in my cars tape deck back in High school.

As soon as you post you remember something else. And that Elliot Easton is a fellow lefty!

 

[batyak]

Ok, here goes! In no particular order......


Smashing Pumpkins-Siamese dreams
Nirvana-Nevermind
Radiohead-The Bends
Jeff Buckley- Grace
Elbow-Seldom Seen Kid
Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon
Genesis-Abacab
Supertramp-Even In The Quietest Moments
Incubus-Morning View
Placebo-Placebo
Alanis Morissette-Jaggered Little Pill
R.E.M-Automatic For The People
Pearl Jam-Ten
Seal-Seal II
Alice in Chains-Dirt
Crowded House-Recurring Dream
Machine Head-Burn My Eyes
R.A.T.M-R.A.T.M
A Perfect Circle-Mer De Noms
Tool-10000 Days

And so many more!

 

[straycat113]

Okay no particuler order

The Beatles- Meet the Beatles
Stones -Let it Bleed
Derek and the Dominoes-Layla
Santana-Abraxas
Jeff Beck-Wired
Led Zep-II
Deep Purple- Made in Japan
AC/DC-Back in Black
Gary Moore -Blues Alive
Vanhlaen-I
Joe Satriani-Surfing with the Alien
Queen-Sheer Heart Attack
G&R- Appetite for Destruction
Hendricks-Axis Bold as Love
Beatles-White Album
Cream-Disraeli Gears
SRV- Texas Flood
Stray Cats-Stray Cats
Sabbath-Paranoid
Jeff Beck-Blow by Blow
Danny Gatton- Cruisin Deuces

 

[azazael]

Blues Alive...........what an album!

 

[browndog]

I’ve added more...

The Cars - The Cars
Rush - Fly by night
Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife
Bryan Adam - Reckless
Toto - Toto
Kiss - Alive
Styx - Grand Illusion
Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive
Van Halen - 1984
U2 - War
The Cult - Electric
Elton John - Greatest hits
Bon Jovi - Slippery when wet
Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
The Guess Who - American Woman
BTO - Bachman–Turner Overdrive II
ZZ Top - El Loco
Loverboy - Get Lucky
Streetheart - Meanwhile Back in Paris
Bruce Springsteen - The River
Foreigner - Double Vision
Heart - Heart

 

[Fusionman]

Ill play

Chicago Transit Authority albums 1 through 11
The Dark Side of the Moon
The Grand Illusion
Frampton Comes Alive
Grand Funk Caught in the Act
Aja
Abbey Road
Sgt Pepper
The Beatles White Album
Larry Carlton Strikes Twice