Top 3 Rock Albums that changed your life

[fishmongerfunk]

jane's addiction - ritual del lo habituel


jeff beck - blow by blow/wired


hendrix - radio one and live at winterland in particular



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRPyx_ZVD0M

 

[leon]

The Crass - feeding of the 5000


Jimi Hendrix - in the west


Prince - purple rain





We could argue if punk and funkrock are allowed for this top 3.

 

[ppadilha]

Pink Floyd - Dark Side/Wish you were here/Animals - these 3 were on heavy rotation so I can't single one out, but they were the "mature" music I was into in high school





Led Zeppelin - IV - first LZ album I got



Chico Science & Nação Zumbi ‎– Da Lama Ao Caos - for a kid who was only into english language hard rock and heavy metal this was the album that got me into Brazilian music in a real way. Hard to classify it as a pure rock album but its heavy metal influences were what got me hooked, while the rest of the styles they mixed made me realize there was so much good music out in the world and the vast majority of it wasn't rock and wasn't in English. Blew my 15-year-old brain wide open.

 

[Frank]

The Birthday Party - Prayers





Scientists ‎– This Heart Doesn't Run On Blood, This Heart Doesn't Run On Love.




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[magnetic]

1.The Police - Reggatta de Blanc


2.Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring


3.Megadeth - Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?

 

[dukeofdelridge]

Can I put up three more?

 

[ford_exploder]

The Who - Live at Leeds


The Clash - London Calling


The Stooges - Fun House

 

[tripledouble]

im going to omit the beatles/stones/doors/dylan that were in my parents collection





metallica- kill master lightning ( like duke said) helped me channel my pubescent angsty awkward boy rage. thankyou metallica. ride the lightning ifn i had to choose one.


ledzep first 5...helped me get vaguely mystical and stoned out in late high school days. if i had to pick...it would be the first one.


white album...one of the rock records ive listened to the most in the last three years. they run thru the rainbow of moods on this one. strangely, its one of the only ones not in the house when i was growing up so it was somewhat new to me (altho i vaguely recall listening to it on a walkman when i was ten)





sorry to be boring and repetitive, but those are classic albums for a reason

 

[Sunfade]

The Clash - Combat Rock


When a counselor at camp laid this on me as a child I realized you don't have to define what kind of music your band represents. It drew from so many influences (although at the time I was unaware). Plus the synthesizer sounds in Rock The Casbah, to me, were the coolest things ever...





Murphy's Law - Back With A Bong


This band captured my heart when I was a teenager hitting hardcore shows in Boston. Another band that melded styles together (signs of early sampling bug?)





Warlock Pinchers - Circusized Peanuts


If you haven't heard it...I'm so sorry...the only band to ever get the rock/rap thing right...many styles melded. I was starting to get obsessed with sampling...which warlock pinchers incorporate jaw droppingly on there...here's one of my favorite songs off it...

 

[asstro]

The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta


I grew up as a kid in a typical black neighborhood, rock music was for whiteboys, period. Classic rock especially, totally missed me. I hated (and still don't have much use for) the Beatles, Stones, Who, etc. Then this record came out and Frankie Crocker was playing "Voices Inside My Head" on WBLS everyday. I couldn't deny that I loved it. I went and bought this record, and even though I dug the shit out of it I would hide it from my friends so they wouldn't see it in my room and clown me. The shame of the secret rock fan.





General Public - General Public


I've told this story on here before, but this record was weirdly enough the gateway into all of the punk rock, hardcore, reggae, etc. That I ended up becoming obsessed with. I saw their video on MTV and liked this record and when I read about the members being from bands called the English Beat and The Specials I had to go find those records and hear them. And from those records I went backwards to the Clash and Public Image. And also back to Desmond Dekker and The Skatalites. And it just kept going...





Bad Brains - ROIR Tape


I had heard some hardcore and was kind of underwhelmed. The Dead Kennedys were funny and all but I wasn't in love with the genre, too whiteboy for me again. Then someone told me about these rastas who were the baddest band ever. Holy shit did this take my head off. They inspired me so much that I decided I had to learn guitar so I could play like them. And I'm still trying to do it, almost 30 years later.

 

[HarveyCanal]

Joe Jackson - Look sharp





Fishbone EP





Replacements - sorry ma

 

[username]

SoundOutLoud said:Blink 182 - Enema of the State (I was11y/o and it was the first album I bought for myself... against the will of my parents)




You should've listened to your parents, kid. This is NOT a rock album, and if, in your mind, it was/is, you were misinfluenced by Mtv.

 

[StoneHands]

username said:SoundOutLoud said:Blink 182 - Enema of the State (I was11y/o and it was the first album I bought for myself... against the will of my parents)




You should've listened to your parents, kid. This is NOT a rock album, and if, in your mind, it was/is, you were misinfluenced by Mtv.




What was it, polka?


ease up on the snarkyness. kid.

 

[bluesnag]

All right, I'll play. These are three albums that got me into current rock music at the time (end of jr high/beginning of high school). I didn't get into older rock music until quite a bit later:





1) Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine


I absolutely loved "Head Like a Hole". It was perfect for a 15 year old to get amped up to. I listened to this album over and over and over again. I was pretty into them through most of the 90s, and then completely lost interest. I actually have found myself regaining interest in later output lately. That Downward Spiral shit is too dark for me now, though. I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of sound will be on their/his new album. I like the single.





2) Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual


Similar to the above, listened to this shit over and over in my tape deck, and "Stop!" used to get me so pumped up. I went to the first Lollapalooza in 91 and saw NIN and JA and thought I was awesome for having gone. I have to say JA has not aged well for me at all. I heard Nothing's Shocking a few years ago and it sounded awful to my ears. Oh well.





3) Nirvana - Nevermind


What can be said about this one? Very similar to the above in terms of when I was listening to it and what it did for me. This has not gotten old to me at all, however, which I think is great. I put it on after a long ass time and it sounded so good and still pretty fresh. I never got to seem them live unfortunately.





(Runner-up/Cheating: Dinosaur Jr - Green Mind


Listened to this at the same time as the above. This one is different - I still listen to it often, and I am way into their recent output with the original lineup. Still a great band in my opinion. )