There are so many classic albums that NEVER get mentioned on this site...perhaps it's because people are so strangely fixated on only "funk" and "grooves." Perhaps folks have never bothered to listen to this stuff. Who knows?

Anyway, spread the music here...share classic albums that people should seriously check out...

• "Tumbleweed Connection" by Elton John
  
• "John Wesley Harding" by Bob Dylan
  
• "Mezzanine" by Massive Attack
  
• "Angel Dust" by Faith No More
  
• "Nebraska" by Bruce Springsteen
  
• Anything by Kodo
  
• "Between the Buttons" by The Rolling Stones
  
• "Ghost in the Machine" by The Police
  

KingSausage said:

You know,KS,I don't have any albums by Elton John.I just have several Greatest Hits compilations and his box set,but I'd really like to get some of his albums.Is 'Tumbleweed Connection' a good place to start? What other classic Elton albums would you recommend?
[This message was edited Fri Jun 27 0:25:52 PDT 2003 by DavidEye]

DavidEye said:

Fuck his greatest hits. I'd start with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Tumbleweed Connection is VERY different, however. No big hits on it...just classic Western Americana. An absolute classic. You'll either love it or hate it.
[This message was edited Thu Jun 26 12:53:22 PDT 2003 by KingSausage]

I would also HIGHLY recommend Elton John's "Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy"

Here are a few:

REM Document
Travis The Man Who
John Mayer Room For Squares
Depeche Mode Violator
Joni Mitchell Both Sides Now

And. . .if you really like a nasal voice:
Rufus Wainwright Rufus Wainwright
I admit, Rufus is an acquired taste, but the album is incredible . .

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is amazing. I always call it the SOTT of the 70's. lol


The live in Australia album is great because you hear a different approach to his older songs.

Madman Across The Water is great as well. Goodbye may be the saddest ballad ever composed.

Yea, funk aint all there is:

Radiohead, OK Computer-- How the fuck can an album be this perfect? So beautiful even the devils in the fiery pits grab for hanks of tissue.

The Church, Starfish. Great murky, jangly alternative pop. mix the Doors with Echo And The Bunnymen.

floralelephants said:

Floral I'm with you on the talent AND on the nasal voice.

I'm kind of partial to Poses though. LOVE POSES!!

C

KingSausage said:

And maybe its just me... but Tumbleweed Connection is a FUNKY - AS* album!! Especially Son Of Your Father!! ouch!

KingSausage said:

i hear your point loud & clear. i love FUnk. but i listen to
all types of music,too. dylan's and elton's albums are
pretty good. i haven't heard these 2 in ages. ej's made
more popular albums but my memory of this one( a friend of
mine played me it and dylan's years ago) told me it was
just as good as the more commerical ones that took him to
number 1 consistantly in the mid-late 70's!

nebraska's different than most of bruce's records. i'm not
a big fan of his...but i dig this album.

5 stars to the stones "buttons" & the police's "ghost in the
machine (i gotta pull this one out of the closet and
play it! )

cool thread.

oh before i 4get k-sausage...here's a few clasic ones i
have in my collection...do U remember these:
1.some girls-stones
2.law and order -lindsay buckingham (underrated artist...i
like his solo stuff better than his f-mac stuff)
3.are U experienced & axis as bold as love-jimi (listen to
these and you'll think of prince a lot)
4.band on the run & the russian album-mccartney (macca
rocks his ass off...rootsy shit)
5.catch a fire & exodus-marley (bob's best)
6.fly like a eagle & the steve miller box-set (stevie was
HOT as a motha in the 70's)

you said Elton John

CDHTUNE said:

I agree, Poses is great as well. . .and have you heard that a new album should be out sometime this fall?

floralelephants said:

Heard of it, yeah. He advertises it on his site as being the "mother" of all albums. I'm personally keeping a closer eye on Martha Wainwright and Teddy Thompson.

Mizzunderstood said:

Damn right I did. Listen to Tumbleweed Connection; it'll redefine your perception of "Elton John." I'm not talking about The Lion King here. I'm talking about widely-recognized classics. Elton had a STRING of them in the 70s.

Mizzunderstood said:

See...comments like this, and your one about The Police just being "wannabe White reggae" on the other thread, are just as ridiculous as people who foolishly say, "Prince?!? That loser hasn't had a hit since 1991...is he even alive? Shit, he wasn't even good in the first place...just a lame pop star trying to pretend like he was Hendrix or something..."

Educate yourself.

INXS - Whencome to wherever you are
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue
Abba - Arrival!
The Human League - Dare
Terrence Trent Darby - The Hardline according to
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Tears For Fears - The Hurting

Mizzunderstood said:

and what's the matter with elton john? don't pretend that you never listened to "bennie and the jets" or "daniel" and thought the ish wuz hot.

as for my thoughts on this....believe it or don't, i didn't totally grow up on straight-up funk. radio in the midwest has gotta be the deadest of 'em all. but there were quite a few bands, songs n'such that me and my relatives dug...mo' on this later, ya'll.


edit schmedit
[This message was edited Thu Jun 26 14:15:45 PDT 2003 by Handclapsfingasnapz]

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

true

Mizzunderstood said:

See!

KingSausage said:

but all that candle in the wind stuff has got 2 go
[This message was edited Thu Jun 26 14:19:38 PDT 2003 by Mizzunderstood]

Mizzunderstood said:

Damn straight. That shit needs to go right down the toilet...

floralelephants said:

Violator Kicks ASS!!!

Pet Sounds

I'd like to add Black Sabbath's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Metallica's ...And Justice For All to this list.

Machine Head - Deep Purple
Physical Grafitti - Led Zep
Woman & Children First - Van Halen
Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age
Rocks - Aerosmith (before they turned into what they are now)
Live - Marvine Gaye

Everything from Ben Harper, Lords of Acid, Zeke, Kyuss, ACDC, Mozart and Los Lobos.

Slave2daGroove said:

Excellent choices...People on this site never mention Highway to Hell by AC/DC...or Toys in the Attic by Aerosmith...

The Queen Is Dead - THE SMITHS
Pet Sounds - THE BEACH BOYS
Confessions Of A Pop Group - THE STYLE COUNCIL
Bryter Later - NICK DRAKE
Grace - JEFF BUCKLEY
Scary Monsters - DAVID BOWIE
Blonde On Blonde - BOB DYLAN
Live At The Roxy - BRIAN WILSON
JOHN LENNON/Plastic Ono Band
It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah!!! - BLACK GRAPE

Bad Brains-The ROIR Tape
The Smiths-anything but I have to pick The Queen is Dead
Pixies-Surfer Rosa
Velvet Underground & Nico
Joy Division-Unknown Pleasures
Ny Dolls-NY Dolls
Cocteau Twins-Treasure
Nick Drake-Pink Moon
Throwing Muses-Throwing Muses
Belle & Sebastian-TigerMilk
Love-Forever Changes

From the top O' my head..

George Harrison's All Things Must Pass
Derek & The Dominoes' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

Steely Dan -- Aja

Bebel Gilberto -- Tanto Tempo

The Beatles -- A Hard Day's Night (yeah. didn't c that one coming!)

Beck -- Sea Change

Meshell N'degeocello -- Bitter

Peter Gabriel -- Passion

Donald Fagen -- Kamikiriad

Miles Davis -- Seven Steps To Heaven

Wayne Shorter -- Speak No Evil

Cannonball Adderley and Nancy Wilson

Bill Evans -- Sunday At The Village Vanguard

John Coltrane -- Coltrane

Jazzanova -- In Between

Zero 7 -- Simple Things

Fleming & John -- The Way We Are

Don't mean to add too much to what is becoming more of an Elton John thread- but I would highly recommend his album "Blue Moves" from '76. It's my favorite album of his, and I don't think it gets near enough recognition.

For some reason, (and I have almost all his albums) I never could get into "Tumbleweed Connection". It's just not as catchy as the self titled album that came before it or several of his huge albums that came after.

Other albums I want to mention:

Steely Dan- Pretzel Logic (before they really made it big)
Billy Joel- 52nd Street (came out after The Stranger, his most jazz influenced record)
Spacehog- Resident Alien (skipping a couple of decades here)
Paul Simon- There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Sting- The Dream of the Blue Turtles
REM- Automatic for the People