Off Topic 20 albums that affected your life

[Eilif]

1. Toto - Toto
2. Toto - Hydra
3. Toto - Turn Back
4. Toto - Toto IV
5. Boston - Third Stage
6. Boston - Walk On
7. Toto - The Seventh One
8. Toto - Tambu
9. Toto - Mindfields
10. Steve Lukather - Lukather
11. Yes - Fragile
12. Yes - Close to the Edge
13. Yes - 90125
14. Yes - The Ladder
15. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
16. Yes - Relayer
17. Yes - Going for the One
18. Yes - Tormato
19. Yes - Big Generator
20. Princess Princess - Bee Beep

 

[Astrofreq]

In order of release year:
Goblin - Profondo Rosso (1975)

Moto, Is this the same band that did the Suspiria soundtrack?

 

[Astrofreq]

Rob, good to see the pics of Tom link on your signature. I think alot of us check on him periodically. He rules. I remember not so long ago when he looked sort of like an alien. Thankfully, we can joke about it now, but those were scary times.

 

[robelinda2]

Scary indeed, he looked freaky for sure. All is good and rockin here!

 

[ActofGod]

Wow, this is tough. Here's my attempt off the top of my head.

1. Vulgar Display of Power - Pantera
2. Appetite for Destruction - Guns 'n Roses
3. Open Up and Say Ahh - Poison
4. Skid row - Skid Row
5. State of Euphoria - Anthrax
6. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
7. Extreme - Extreme
8. Extreme - Pornograffiti
9. Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers) - Wu Tang Clan
10. Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg
11. Led Zeppelin IV
12. Legend - Bob Marley
13. Master of Puppets - Metallica
14. Rust in Peace - Megadeth
15. Tribute - Randy/Ozzy
16. 1984 - Van Halen
17. Significant Other - Limp Bizkit
18. tbd
19. tbd
20. tbd

 

[luv]

not to hijack, but I remember reading that thread a year or two back.....it was heartbreaking. I have a little girl and she has always been healthy (thank god) - but the story hit home....as it would with any parent. I honestly had a hard time reading it...very emotional. I'm glad everything worked out for you. Didn't BP hook you up with a guitar or something?

 

[robelinda2]

not to hijack, but I remember reading that thread a year or two back.....it was heartbreaking. I have a little girl and she has always been healthy (thank god) - but the story hit home....as it would with any parent. I honestly had a hard time reading it...very emotional. I'm glad everything worked out for you. Didn't BP hook you up with a guitar or something?

Only the greatest guitar Ive layed my hands on! Its better than my BFR AL.

 

[tommyindelaware]

the most life changing one would easily be the dixie dregs "what if".

 

[fogman]

1. Toto - Toto
2. Toto - Hydra
3. Toto - Turn Back
4. Toto - Toto IV
5. Boston - Third Stage
6. Boston - Walk On
7. Toto - The Seventh One
8. Toto - Tambu
9. Toto - Mindfields
10. Steve Lukather - Lukather
11. Yes - Fragile
12. Yes - Close to the Edge
13. Yes - 90125
14. Yes - The Ladder
15. Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
16. Yes - Relayer
17. Yes - Going for the One
18. Yes - Tormato
19. Yes - Big Generator
20. Princess Princess - Bee Beep

YES, you like TOTO!!!!

 

[robelinda2]

Is it possible for someone to not like Toto???? Africa rules!

 

[Astrofreq]

Great thread! Well....here are 11 albums that affected my life and explanations for each. Some of these are obvious because they influenced me at some point on guitar. Some affected the way I wrote music. Some just gave me a love for music in general.

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(no particular order, although #1 was THE most influencial album ever for me.)

1. Van Halen - 1984
I saw the Jump video and thought "that is the coolest guy I've ever seen in my life". I bought the album and instantly wanted to play guitar.

2. King's X - Faith Hope Love
Being a Christian, I heard these guys and thought "wow, they don't suck". Ty is still one of my heroes.

3. Pearl Jam - Ten
A complete breakaway from the 80s stuff I had been listening to. I still love these guys.

4. Star Wars soundtrack
It's just awesome. I mean, lightsabers are awesome.

5. Living Colour - Time's Up
The first time I heard jazz chords in a rock setting. Just blew my mind.

6. Steve Vai - Flexable
The guy was 24 and just playing this amazingly difficult, yet not mindless stuff. Incredibly raw feel and recording, which was lost after the Roth years. Steve has done a dozen albums or more since then, but I believe 84-88 were his most interesting years. At least to me.

7. Beatles - sorry, I can't name only one. Best band ever

8. Queen - The Game
I got this from one of those Columbia House deals and was just floored by the oddness of some of the songs.

9. Aimee Mann - Lost In Space
This is in my top 5 albums ever. This album in my opinion is perfect in every account. Perfect writing and melodies.

10. Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures
I read about this album in some guitar magazine and I bought it because I thought Steve Vai was on it. He wasn't, but I loved it anyway and it was definitely like no rock I had heard before.

11. Michael Hedges - Live On The Double Planet
A friend took me to see Michael in 1990 for a Christmas present. I had never seen, nor have I seen since, anything like Hedges. I think I bought Live On The Double Planet first and had never heard guitar played so beautifully. It went so far past the weedly-weedly-wee guitar players I had been listening to for the 5 years prior. There are jillions of great players out there, but Michael really gave us something special. He could play, but it was about the song as a whole, not just waiting for your solo to come. Woman of the World and Two Days Old on that record just moved me so much and still do.

 

[odur]

1. Steve Morse-High tension wire
2. Genesis- (the Hackett era)
3. UFO-Strangers in the night
4. Steve Vai-PAW
5. Radiohead- Ok Computer
6. Crowded House...
7. Jethro Tull-Heavy horses
8. Wishbone Ash-Argus
9. Jeff Beck-Guitar shop
10. Aerosmith-Pump
11. Pink Floyd-Dark side..
12. Steely Dan-Countdown to estacy
13. MSG-MSG
14. Radiohead-Bends
15. Mike Stern-Jigsaw
16. Van Halen-II
17. Rush-2112
18. Thin Lizzy-Live and Dangerous
19. Led Zeppelin-Four
20. Steve Hackett-Please dont touch

Thats what comes first to mind. When I look over the list I see mostly old stuff, but never the less good music

 

[luv]

This is after the fact, and exceeds my 20, but needs to be added to my list.

Radiohead - Bends
Pixies - doolittle
Sugar - copper blue
The Doors - The Doors
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

 

[mesavox]

I wouldn't say that there is a whole lot of order to these after 1 and 2.

1. Queen - A Night at the Opera
2. Dream Theater - Images and Words
3. Extreme - III Sides to Every Story
4. The Beatles - Abbey Road
5. Joe Satriani - The Extremist
6. Kansas - Leftoverture
7. Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
8. Phil Keaggy - Beyond Nature
9. Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
10. Europe - The Final Countdown
11. Def Leppard - Hysteria
12. Def Leppard - Pyromania
13. Scorpions - Blackout
14. REO Speedwagon - High Infidelity
15. Styx - Grand Illusion
16. Gaither Vocal Group - I Do Believe
17. Stryper - To Hell With the Devil
18. Boston - Third Stage
19. Toto - Toto
20. ELO - Discovery

 

[Josh O]

No particular order:

1. Van Halen I
2. Van Halen - Fair Warning
3. Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
4. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
5. Jimi Hendrix - Axis:Bold as Love
6. Led Zep - I
7. Led Zep - Physical Grafitti
8. Rush - Moving Pictures
9. Rush - Chronicles
10. Eric Clapton - Crossroads box set
11. Cream - Live Cream II
12. Pink Floyd - the Wall
13. Pink Floyd - DSOTM
14. Living Colour - Vivid
15. Pearl Jam - 10
16. Nirvana - Nevermind
17. Metallica - And Justice for All
18. Metalica - Master of Puppets
19. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
20. David Lee Roth - Eat em and Smile

 

[roburado]

How about 20+ albums that have shaped my music taste through the years. Changed my life? That's a bit too dramatic in my case

1. Hall & Oates - "Voices"
2. Hall & Oates - "Private Eyes"
3. The Police - "Ghost in the Machine"
4. The Police - "Outlandos D'Amour"
5. The Police - "Synchronicity"
6. U2 - "War"
7. U2 - "The Joshua Tree"
8. Pink Floyd - "The Wall"
9. Pink Floyd - "The Dark Side of the Moon"
10. Def Leppard - "Pyromania"
11. Van Halen - "1984"
12. Steve Vai - "Passion and Warfare"
13. Michael Hedges - "Live on the Double Planet"
14. Tuck & Patti - "Tears of Joy"
15. John Coltrane - "Ballads"
16. John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
17. Extreme - "III Sides to Every Story"
18. "Extreme II: Pornograffitti"
19. Dream Theater - "Awake"
20. Dream Theater - "Images & Words"
21. Dream Theater - "Train of Thought"
22. Dream Theater - "Systematic Chaos"
23. Diana Krall - "The Look of Love"
24. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan"
25. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Blood Sugar Sex Magik"
26. Astrud Gilberto - I can't remember the name of the album
27. Steely Dan - "The Royal Scam"
28. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Axis: Bold as Love"
29. Toad the Wet Sprocket - "Pale"
30. Leonard Bernstein did a "West Side Story" album with Jose Carreras, Kiri Te-Kanawa, and some other operatic types. I love that album.

Those are probably the biggest ones.

 

[roburado]

11. Michael Hedges - Live On The Double Planet
A friend took me to see Michael in 1990 for a Christmas present. I had never seen, nor have I seen since, anything like Hedges. I think I bought Live On The Double Planet first and had never heard guitar played so beautifully. It went so far past the weedly-weedly-wee guitar players I had been listening to for the 5 years prior. There are jillions of great players out there, but Michael really gave us something special. He could play, but it was about the song as a whole, not just waiting for your solo to come. Woman of the World and Two Days Old on that record just moved me so much and still do.

Danny totally with you on this one. I love "Woman of the World." I love his "All Along the Watchtower" as much as I love Hendrix' version.

 

[kneeoh]

Here are my 20 in order of how they popped into my head:

1. Revolver - The Beatles
2. Abby Road - The Beatles
3. Who's Next - The Who
4. Dark Side of the Moon - Floyd
5. The Wall - Floyd
6. Ah Via Musicom - Eric Johnson
7. High Tension Wires - Steve Morse
8. Guitar Shop - Jeff Beck
9. In Step - SRV
10. 6 Degrees of Inner Turbulance - Dream Theater
11. Train of Thought - Dream Theater
12. Systematic Chaos - Dream Theater
13. Ghost in the Machine - The Police
14. Master of Puppets - Metallica
15. Flying in a Blue Dream - Joe Satriani
16. Escape - Journey
17. Build - True Faith (a Filipino band circa 1997)
18. Tanto Tempo - Bebel Gilberto
19. La Fabulosa Guitarra de Paco de Lucía - Paco de Lucia
20. Disraeli Gears - Cream

 

[KennethB]

Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Iron Maiden- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Faith No More- Angel Dust
Jaco Pastorius- Jaco Pastorius
Weather Report- Heavy Weather
Seigmen- Total
Primus- Pork Soda
Rage Against The Machine- Rage Against The Machine
Sting- The Soul Cages
Living Colour- Stain
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Queensryche- Operation Mindcrime
Frank Zappa- The Best Band You've Never Heard In Your Life
Tool- Lateralus
Dream Theater- Images & Words
Anja Garbarek- Balloon Mood
Mark Knopfler- Shangri-La
AC/DC- Back In Black
Alison Krauss & Union Station- "Live"
Mindy Smith- Long Island Shores

 

[Mon_AM_lunatic]

These albums really affected me or grabbed my attention:

Beatles – Sgt Peppers
Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
Kiss – Destroyer
Steve Miller – Fly Like An Eagle
Rainbow – Rising
Journey – Infinity
Van Halen – I
AC/DC – Highway To Hell
Ozzy Osbourne – Diary of a Madman
Scorpions – Animal Magnetism
Police – Synchronicity
Racer X – Street Lethal
Tony McAlpine – Edge of Insanity
Joe Satriani – Not Of This Earth
Muddy Waters-Hard Again
Streets – 1st
Living Colour-Vivid
Dream Theater – Images and Words
Eric Clapton-Pilgrim
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon