Name one to three monumental, earth shattering album/CD releases

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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited April 2009
    i'm not so sure that when it was released Dark Side of the Moon was monumental. It took some buzz:cool: and word of mouth for it to start it's historical rise.

    i think upon it's release...The Wall was more instant classic...even though it should have been 2 sides, imho


    Electricladyland still deserves to be in regular rotation in any collection

    Zep1 nuff said there
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited April 2009
    chef-nick wrote: »
    beach boys-pet sounds
    miles davis-kind of blue
    the clash-london calling

    This is my list to a "T". I might replace Kind of Blue with James Brown's Live at the Apollo.
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  • rayslifecycle
    rayslifecycle Posts: 511
    edited April 2009
    Frank Zappa: Joe's Garage

    Roger Waters: Amused To Death

    Dire Straits: Brother in Arms
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,163
    edited April 2009
    Led Zeppelin I

    Led Zeppelin II

    Led Zeppelin III
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,536
    edited April 2009
    williamgauci wrote: »
    The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
    U2 - The Joshua Tree
    The Eagles - Hotel California

    Excellent picks William
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,536
    edited April 2009
    heiney9 wrote: »
    Led Zeppelin I

    Led Zeppelin II

    Led Zeppelin III

    Yeah baby, talk about timeless. Their music never ages.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,899
    edited April 2009
    I took this thread to mean 'albums that quite possibly changed, or altered, the course of musical history'.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,899
    edited April 2009
    markmarc wrote: »
    Steely Dan- Aja
    Beatles- Sgt. Pepper
    Carole King- Tapestry

    Carole King 'Tapestry'? :confused:
    :D
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited April 2009
    Deleted post, didn't like the bmp pix upload thing.

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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited April 2009
    Yanni Tribute


    Yes I like Yanni's music among other music.

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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited April 2009
    dragon1952 wrote: »
    Carole King 'Tapestry'? :confused:
    :D

    Absolutely! Talk to women in their 30's-50's who are true music lovers, they will tell you how empowering they felt that album was to their lives. That was a true watershed album for female singer-songwriters. The lyrics she penned were based in reality, not Cinderella land.
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,899
    edited April 2009
    markmarc wrote: »
    Absolutely! Talk to women in their 30's-50's who are true music lovers, they will tell you how empowering they felt that album was to their lives. That was a true watershed album for female singer-songwriters. The lyrics she penned were based in reality, not Cinderella land.

    I figured it had to be a chick thing. Kinda like Helen Reddy....I am woman, hear me roar? :D
    Sorry....just teasing you a bit, not to be confused with bullying, mind you ;)
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited April 2009
    dragon1952 wrote: »
    I figured it had to be a chick thing. Kinda like Helen Reddy....I am woman, hear me roar? :D
    Sorry....just teasing you a bit, not to be confused with bullying, mind you ;)

    Bully, bully, bully :D
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  • Disc Jockey
    Disc Jockey Posts: 1,013
    edited April 2009
    Wooly Bully
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited April 2009
    Add in the mix,,Hendrix--"Axis:Bold as Love"
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited April 2009
    markmarc wrote: »
    Absolutely! Talk to women in their 30's-50's who are true music lovers, they will tell you how empowering they felt that album was to their lives. That was a true watershed album for female singer-songwriters. The lyrics she penned were based in reality, not Cinderella land.

    We should add Joni Mitchell then?

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  • zarrdoss
    zarrdoss Posts: 2,562
    edited April 2009
    Queensryche, operation mindcrime
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2009
    markmarc wrote: »
    Absolutely! Talk to women in their 30's-50's who are true music lovers, they will tell you how empowering they felt that album was to their lives. That was a true watershed album for female singer-songwriters. The lyrics she penned were based in reality, not Cinderella land.

    This artist/album may be the only one so far that really fulfills the original criteria.

    Maybe Electric Ladyland too.

    Almost all the rest of the suggestions are pretty pedestrian and seem to have more to do with fan allegiance than anything else.

    Then the rest are just really bad music first, and suggestions second.
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  • thsmith
    thsmith Posts: 6,082
    edited April 2009
    george daniel wrote: »
    Add in the mix,,Hendrix--"Axis:Bold as Love"

    YES ! The 3rd album I bought many years ago. If 6 was 9 and Little wing are my favs
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,899
    edited April 2009
    I liked Carole King at the time too, but how it could possibly "be the only one so far that really fulfills the original criteria" is freakin' 'way out there'. :rolleyes:
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2009
    I don't like Carole King, but still feel like she fulfills the original criteria. At least a lot better than some worn out psychedelic anthem that stayed on the charts for 40 years due to the fact that successive generations of young males have at least experimented with pot, and listening to that dreck was almost a required part of the ritual. Groundbreaking? Changed the face of music? Who tried to emulate that?

    Most of the other suggestions are for guys trying to sound like Cream.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2009
    I stand by the three I listed.

    "Are You Experienced" was probably THE album that started the popularity psychedelic movement in the 60s.

    “Pet Sounds” may have been the first album to use intricate voice harmonies layered with even more intricate instrument tracks to create this particular sound in pop/rock music. It changed the genre and the way pop/rock music was written.

    Even Brian Wilson admits he was trying to top the Beatles “Rubber Soul” when he created “Pet Sounds”. While the early Beatles albums changed the direction of rock and roll...several of the latter albums spawned whole new genres of music and were imitated over and over. Any of the last three or four could be considered groundbreaking and/or important in the genealogy of rock and roll as we know it today.
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  • KG Audio
    KG Audio Posts: 79
    edited April 2009
    Here is my list for those 30-something punks in the crowd:

    3. Social Distortion - Social Distortion
    2. NOFX - White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean
    1. Bad Religion - Suffer
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  • dragon1952
    dragon1952 Posts: 4,899
    edited April 2009
    George Grand wrote: »
    I don't like Carole King, but still feel like she fulfills the original criteria. At least a lot better than some worn out psychedelic anthem that stayed on the charts for 40 years due to the fact that successive generations of young males have at least experimented with pot, and listening to that dreck was almost a required part of the ritual. Groundbreaking? Changed the face of music? Who tried to emulate that?

    Most of the other suggestions are for guys trying to sound like Cream.

    I suppose you are talking about Purple Haze? I'm sure Pete Townshend or Eric Clapton or Jeff Beck could tell us all about the effect Hendrix had on the music world at that point in time. Just as he borrowed from them, they did the same from him. Groundbreaking? Absolutely. Changed the face of music? Definitely, for some. Or at least 'influenced'. Who tried to emulate that? Maybe not the exact sound, but definitely certain elements. If that's not what you were referring to, please accept my most humble apologies.
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  • capecodder
    capecodder Posts: 613
    edited April 2009
    George Grand wrote: »
    I don't like Carole King, but still feel like she fulfills the original criteria. At least a lot better than some worn out psychedelic anthem that stayed on the charts for 40 years due to the fact that successive generations of young males have at least experimented with pot, and listening to that dreck was almost a required part of the ritual. Groundbreaking? Changed the face of music? Who tried to emulate that?

    Most of the other suggestions are for guys trying to sound like Cream.

    I love to read your music opinions GG....Great stuff.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2009
    dragon1952 wrote: »
    If that's not what you were referring to, please accept my most humble apologies.

    Hendrix I liked good enough to go and see once. It's not him, and I guess I accept your most humble apologies.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    No one's made mention of Elvis. Love him or not, he is "The King". ;)

    As influential as Elvis may have been I never really liked his music. I am not so sure that any single album would classify as "monumental or earth shattering " because the norm of the day was singles...not LPs. All of his early stuff was released on singles by Sun Records.
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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited April 2009
    I bought The Band's Big Pink since my best friend was nagging me to. ( He was saving his lunch money for a year to buy a Martin. True story. :D )
    I have to confess I did not "get" them, and it sounded horrible to me until a few years later and Cough*maryjane*Cough totally changed the way their 2nd album sounded. Then I "got" Big Pink.

    Every album the Beatles did broke new ground. They changed everything. The P.E. teachers at my school made anyone who confessed to liking them do lots and lots of pushups. ( I knew a trick question when I heard one)

    Dylan going electric was a big whoop-tee-do.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,200
    edited April 2009
    What about Buddy Holly??? My favorite from that era...
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2009
    The 2nd album by The Band, "The Band", is a worthy selection. It fits the criteria.
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