Smittyrock70 said:

REM

Document

Green

Out of Time

Automatic For the People (their magnum opus)!

Their first 10 albums =

rialb said:

I haven't heard anything from Love.

It's fuckin' ace!

Temple Of Lowmen - Woodface - Together Alone - Time On Earth

Toofunkyinhere said:

Temple Of Lowmen - Woodface - Together Alone - Time On Earth

hmmm.. i'd probably go the debut thru Together Alone. Although I think Temple of Low Men is their best. Love that album.

NoVideo said:

Toofunkyinhere said:

Temple Of Lowmen - Woodface - Together Alone - Time On Earth

hmmm.. i'd probably go the debut thru Together Alone. Although I think Temple of Low Men is their best. Love that album.

Yeah it was a tough decision, i might agree with you actually, "Time on Earth" is great buts it's so heavy emotionally it's hard to get through. Agree with you that "Temple of Low Men" is their best though, that album is flawless.

Toofunkyinhere said:

NoVideo said:

hmmm.. i'd probably go the debut thru Together Alone. Although I think Temple of Low Men is their best. Love that album.

Yeah it was a tough decision, i might agree with you actually, "Time on Earth" is great buts it's so heavy emotionally it's hard to get through. Agree with you that "Temple of Low Men" is their best though, that album is flawless.

Together Alone gets my vote (it's my favorite album ever), but I would put Temple of Low Men right behind it. Either way, it's a tough choice about the sequence... I'd probably start with TOLM, but I'd rather just call it a 6-album streak.

AlexdeParis said:

Toofunkyinhere said:

Yeah it was a tough decision, i might agree with you actually, "Time on Earth" is great buts it's so heavy emotionally it's hard to get through. Agree with you that "Temple of Low Men" is their best though, that album is flawless.

Together Alone gets my vote (it's my favorite album ever), but I would put Temple of Low Men right behind it. Either way, it's a tough choice about the sequence... I'd probably start with TOLM, but I'd rather just call it a 6-album streak.

Yeah all their albums are great, "Together Alone" would probably come in second for me, then probably "Intriguer"!. Neil Finn just doesn't write bad songs.

12 Play (1993) > R. Kelly (1995) > R. (1998) > TP-2.com (2000)

MJ - thriller/bad/dangerous/history

ice-t - power/lethal weapon/og/home invasion

the time - all 4 cds

aerosmith - permanent vacation/pump/get a grip/nine lives

lenny kravitz - 5/lenny/baptism/love revolution(his best yet!!)

jesse johnson - revue/shockadelica/every shade of love/bare my naked sou(his best yet!!)

I've thoroughly enjoyed reading every page of this thread.

Bob Marley had a great run from '73 to '77 with

Catch a Fire, Burnin', Natty Dread, Rastaman Vibration and Exodus.

Kaya came next and was kind of light weight relatively speaking but Bob came charging back in '79 with the militant social commentary of Survival.

I'm sorry I never got to see him live. Talk about someone who really gets totally into his music...!

DakutiusMaximus said:

Prince: Controversy, 1999, Purple Rain, Around The World...

MJ: Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous

Madge: Like A Virgin, True Blue, Like A Prayer, I'm Breathless

No Doubt: No Doubt, Beacon Street, Tragic Kingdom, Return of Saturn

Garbage: Garbage, v2.0, beautifulgarbage, Bleed Like Me

Prince: Purple Rain - Around the World in a Day - Parade - Sign o the Times (tough choice)

David Bowie: Station to Station - Low - Heroes - Lodger (tough choice again).

Radiohead: Bends - Ok Computer - Kid A - Amnesiac

Tom Waits: Bone Machine - Mule Variations - Alice - Blood Money

Nina Simone: Let it all Out - Wild is the Wind - High Priestess of Soul - Sings the Blues

(these are brilliant, brilliant! And it's difficult to make a four album sequence with Miss Simone, as the industry worked a bit differently back then)

Beatles: Rubber Soul - Revolver - Sgt. Pepper - White Album

Cravens said:

Nina Simone: Let it all Out - Wild is the Wind - High Priestess of Soul - Sings the Blues

(these are brilliant, brilliant! And it's difficult to make a four album sequence with Miss Simone, as the industry worked a bit differently back then)

Can you recommend a decent compilation album? Preferably one that chronicles her pre Philips recordings? I think I'll probably get the Four Women box set but I would also like to hear some of her earlier material.

rialb said:

Cravens said:

Nina Simone: Let it all Out - Wild is the Wind - High Priestess of Soul - Sings the Blues

(these are brilliant, brilliant! And it's difficult to make a four album sequence with Miss Simone, as the industry worked a bit differently back then)

Can you recommend a decent compilation album? Preferably one that chronicles her pre Philips recordings? I think I'll probably get the Four Women box set but I would also like to hear some of her earlier material.

Well... There isn't really one as far as I know. There is this one, but I think the choices in songs are, well, odd. I'd go for a compilation that included songs like "Strange Fruit".

If you're the downloading type, then disc 1 off "To be Free", though I'd actually personally go for the whole set - it's awsome (it's where you'll find the powerfull, unedited "Mississippi Goddam", instead of the more known "Approved for White Audiences by Radio")

One pre-Philips record that has a very broad selection of the entire Colpix era songs, is Nina Simone at the Town Hall. That is in my opinion one of her best records. Her "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" is earth shatteringly beautifull. Otherwise, her Little Girl Blue debut album is THE Colpix album, if you want one.

Hope that was helpfull?

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Cravens said:

rialb said:

Can you recommend a decent compilation album? Preferably one that chronicles her pre Philips recordings? I think I'll probably get the Four Women box set but I would also like to hear some of her earlier material.

Well... There isn't really one as far as I know. There is this one, but I think the choices in songs are, well, odd. I'd go for a compilation that included songs like "Strange Fruit".

If you're the downloading type, then disc 1 off "To be Free", though I'd actually personally go for the whole set - it's awsome (it's where you'll find the powerfull, unedited "Mississippi Goddam", instead of the more known "Approved for White Audiences by Radio")

One pre-Philips record that has a very broad selection of the entire Colpix era songs, is Nina Simone at the Town Hall. That is in my opinion one of her best records. Her "Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair" is earth shatteringly beautifull. Otherwise, her Little Girl Blue debut album is THE Colpix album, if you want one.

Hope that was helpfull?

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Helpful enough.

I kind of find it difficult finding an entry point for Nina (much like I do for Sarah Vaughan). Her catalog is so big and it's broken up among several different lables so it can be tricky to find a perfect compilation.

rialb said:

Helpful enough.

I kind of find it difficult finding an entry point for Nina (much like I do for Sarah Vaughan). Her catalog is so big and it's broken up among several different lables so it can be tricky to find a perfect compilation.

The most perfect one, one that spans her whole career and not just choose "hits", but the "best", regardless of they are "known" is Nina Simone: Anthology. But, yeah, it's true. It's a jungle with her. The anthology though, is a very, very good start - it has it all, and from there it's easy to tune into which era you like the best.

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Cravens said:

rialb said:

Helpful enough.

I kind of find it difficult finding an entry point for Nina (much like I do for Sarah Vaughan). Her catalog is so big and it's broken up among several different lables so it can be tricky to find a perfect compilation.

The most perfect one, one that spans her whole career and not just choose "hits", but the "best", regardless of they are "known" is Nina Simone: Anthology. But, yeah, it's true. It's a jungle with her. The anthology though, is a very, very good start - it has it all, and from there it's easy to tune into which era you like the best.

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I think I found a decent Colpix era collection:

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I think I'll go with it, the Four Women box set and maybe the At Town Hall/The Amazing Nina Simone twofer.

Now, if you can point me in the direction of a good Sarah Vaughan collection I'll be cookin'.

Kanye West:

Late Registration, Graduation, 808s & Heartbreak, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Best rap album ever made)

AlexdeParis said:

My vote for the best:

1. Talking Book

2. Innervisions

3. Fulfillingness' First Finale

4. Songs in the Key of Life

No weak links, just stone cold classics.

bingo g money

AlexdeParis said:

My vote for the best:

1. Talking Book

2. Innervisions

3. Fulfillingness' First Finale

4. Songs in the Key of Life

No weak links, just stone cold classics.

And for my money, Music of my Mind—which immediately proceeds this sequence—is just as strong.

Imaginative said:

AlexdeParis said:

Imaginative said:

And for my money, Music of my Mind—which immediately proceeds this sequence—is just as strong.

I actually prefer Where I'm Coming From, the album before Music of My Mind. But they're all top notch. Still, if you have to limit it to a 4-album stretch, I picked the right one.

Agreed.

elmer said:

SUPRMAN said:

Zooropa is not.

There's no supporting evidence for your pronouncement amigo.

He doesn't need it, alright?!

He just knows.

...That's why I never buy any music unless it's been spefically mentioned in one of SUPRMAN's posts. I mean, how would I know whether it's any good?

Prince: Purple Rain - Around the World in a Day - Parade - Sign 'O' the Times

Kate Bush: Lionheart - Never For Ever - The Dreaming - Hounds Of Love

David Bowie: Station To Station - Low - Heroes - Lodger

Morrissey: Viva Hate - Kill Uncle - Your Arsenal - Vauxhall & I

Sigur Ros: Ágætis byrjun - ( ) - Takk - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

R.E.M: Out Of Time - Automatic For The People - Monster - New Adventures In Hi-fi

Radiohead: Bends - Ok Computer - Kid A - Amnesiac

Madonna: Madonna (The First Album) - Like A Virgin - True Blue - Like A Prayer

Pet Shop Boys: Please - Actually - Behaviour - Very

The Smiths: The Smiths - Meat Is Murder - The Queen Is Dead - Strangeways Here We Come

Beck: Odelay - Midnite Vultures - Mutations - Sea Change

Bjork: Debut - Post - Homogenic - Vespertine

Scott Walker: Scott - Scott 2 - Scott 3 - Scott 4

Michael Jackson: Off The Wall - Thriller - Bad - Dangerous

* Sorry, I've ignored the compilations/soundtracks/single collections/remix collections released in between the main, full studio albums...probably doesn't count now, but I loved the above artists' run of proper studio albums

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Missing: Ohio Players, Pfunk, Bootsy, Dazz Band, EWF, Slave/Steve Arrington, Peter Gabriel, Kraftwerk, Luther Vandross.....2 name a few.