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5. television - marquee moon

it led me into the post-punk scene, and this was really the first album i remember that i let grow on me. i'm out of time. maybe i'll finish this later.

4. olivia tremor control - dusk at cubist castle

i liked this, and a friend recommended that i listen to some neutral milk hotel. the rest is magical lovefest history.

3. elliott smith - elliott smith

it's the album that got me digging elliott. the white lady loves you more was the first of his records that i couldn't stop listening to. i enjoy either/or quite a bit more, but this was the one that got me going.

2. tom waits - rain dogs

i heard this album for the first time when i was 12 years old or so, and it was really the first time i realized that there was music out there that i enjoyed a lot more than nelly and linkin park.

1. neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea

it's the album that has pretty much shaped who i am. i've listened to it probably three times as much as any other, yet it still leaves me in like, temporary paralysis each time.

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Hmmmmm....in no particular order:

10. U2-The Joshua Tree-Argueably THE greatest U2 album ever. It definitely sold a ****load of records. I liked War, but this one was simply amazing, as I honestly cannot find a stinker on the entire record(and thats hard to do in music).

9. KISS-Double Platinum/Destroyer/Alive-Turned me into a giant KISS fan. I saw then @ age's: 6/7/8, and went as a different member every year(except in '79 when I broke my ankle, then i couldn't go). With KISS, it's never been about their musicianship, it's always about the show/experience. As I doubt ANY band today could outwork or out "show" them.

8. Depeche Mode-Speak & Spell-One of the best DM records ever & a huge reason why I became such a huge DM/80s fan.

7. Journey-Infinity-I was introduced to Steve Perry, aka "The Voice", and became a fan immediately after. I still, to this day, listen to this record on a weekly basis. Maybe not every day, but at least 4-5 times a week.

6. Van Halen- Women & Children First-I was a fan immediately afterwards. I totally dug Eddie's shredding gitars, and "Diamond Dave's" enormous stage presence, and voice. Just about everyone I knew wanted to be like him, he was cool, and got all the girls, what more could you want?

5. AC/DC-Back in Black-again, became a huge fan, immediately afterwards, Brian Johnson's voice was cool, and this is an amazing album. "Back in Black" is probably my favorite off this album. And, as i said earlier about a different album, I can't find one single clunker on it. Tops from head to toe.

4. Morrissey-Viva Hate-I was going through some rough **** when I first heard this disc, for some reason, I just took to it, and Im glad i did, I was a fan almost immediately afterwards(even though, I had already knew of Morrissey, when I heard the Smiths). IMO< his best solo disc(next to Vauxhall & I).

3. The Cure-Boys Dont Cry-It was hear I think I garnered an instant love affair w/"new wave", they were just so brilliant when I first heard them, and still are. Not a clunker on the disc.

2. A Flock Of Seagulls-there's soooooooooooooooo much more to them that just "I ran", they were a true "new wave" Pioneer, IMHO, they(Much like DM and Gary Numan and others)relied heavily on Synths throughout their music. If you can get past the whole "I Ran" thing(which isn't a bad song, I actually like it), they put out some good music. "Nightmares", "Telecommunication", and "Messages" have to be a few of my favorites.

1. The Smiths-The Queen is Dead- No album touyched me more than this masterpiece. Morrissey's voice and lyrics throughout, made you wish you were in the front row dancing away @ the music. One of the greatest albums ever made.

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10. Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell
During the summer of '00 I would listen to this album constantly on the way to the public pool. I remember memorizing the lyrics of paradise by the dashboard lights and singing it constantly freaking everyone out good fun!
9. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
During a period of time I stayed isolated. I listened to this album all day.
8. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Whenever I'm in a bad mood I put this album on and it always manages to relax me.
7. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
An album full of hate and self loathing. What's not to like !? After getting into a debate about religion with friends or family afterwards I'd usually blare this album to my hearts content.
6. AC/DC - Back in Black
It was the first real "rock" album I've ever listened to. It got me into bands such as Guns and Roses and Van Hallen.
5. Guns and Roses - Apatite For Destruction
This was the frist group I was really obsessed about and it helped that I loved the album.
4. Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Suite
My favorite Pink Floyd album.
3. Electric Light Orchestra - Time
My favorite ELO album, and is an awesome concept album.
2. Slayer - Reign In Blood
One of the best metal albums of all time and is my favorite Slayer album.
1. Metallica - Master of Puppets
My favorite album of all time. And is in my opinion the best metal album.

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10. Buckethead - COLMA
The first all instrumental album I ever listened to (its been awhilz now). Although it stands out like a sore thumb in terms of style compared to what this incredible guitarist has done with his collaborators, COLMA was simply gorgeous to hear at times. Oh, and Big Sur Moon+Machete is kickass.

9. Comus - First Utterance
Showed me that folk music was more than just acoustic pandering. Dense, dark/disturbing, beautiful and heavy all at once, there is nothing out there like First Utterance, even after over 30+ years.

8. Yes - Relayer
Ah Relayer, where would we be without the freak-out jazzy "Sound Chaser" and your War-and-Peacey epic "The Gates of Delirium"? Not very well off I'd say. Although admittedly it was the track South Side of the Sky from Fragile which really got me into Yes, it was this album that made me love them (and got me into jazz-fusion too).

7. The Residents - Not Available
Hmn. What to say about one of the weirdest albums of all time, even by the standards of The Residents? This was the album that got me into avant-garde. May not be the best experimental music of all time, but I recommend it anyway.

6. Radiohead - Amnesiac
I could praise Radiohead all day and night for a billion different opiniated and biased reasons, but while Amnesiac was not a landmark work by any means, it was the album that introduced me to the more complex, "post-modern" side of music. Even now "Pyramid Song" and "Life in a Glasshouse" give me chills when I hear them, and I just think "Christ, these guys are in a league of their own". But that's just my opinion.

5. Faith No More - The Real Thing
Although more radio-friendly than Angel Dust and perhaps less "F-U" than his pet project Mr. Bungle, this album was my introduction to a rediculously talented individual named Mike Patton, who was FNM's vocalist from this album to the band's breakup in 1998. While I don't revere him as a god like people in some circles do, I will say he's pretty darn close.

4. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
It's Led Zeppelin for God's sake, what can I say? It has "No Quarter", "Over The Hills...", and six other incredibly kickass tracks. Nuff' said.

3. Opeth - Blackwater Park
People can spout off whatever bull**** they want about whether or not Opeth is overrated (they really aren't), but ultimately this was, atleast for me, the record that DEFINED death-metal's possibilities as a genre. Sorry kids, but there's more to the world of music than "WE HATE MELODY" and thrash guitar. XD

2. Tool - Aenima
An album that defined the 90's (cliche phrase, but who cares). I'm not doing a damn review though; go to ALLMUSIC for that junk.

1. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Okay, while I don't listen to that much of it anymore ("Time" and "Us and Them" withstanding), TDSOTM was the album that truly made me interested in music. My dad listened to this back when 8-tracks were the bomb in his army days, and he told me it changed his entire view on music too. But, although Pink Floyd went on to do plenty of great stuff down the line, I suppose it was this album (along with Meddle) that defined my spacy tastes in music. Strangely enough, its also the 3rd highest selling album on the planet...go figure eh?

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These aren't in any specific order.

Colors (2006) by Between the Buried and Me

Where to begin. The album is an 65 minute epic that covers so many genres it isn't even funny. BTBAM could be best be described as progressive metalcore before this album came out, but now it's hard to know what to call them. This album opened my mind to harsh vocals and how they can be used quite effectively, and that it is in fact possible to have a perfect album. If there is no part of this album that you like, than we can't relate to each other and you should probably go get help for your condition.

Get Out of My Yard (2006) by Paul Gilbert

Another album I find perfect. Paul Gilbert is one of the great guitar virtuosos, but he's not respected for his speed; he's known to write great songs, and he didn't disappoint me here. I seriously have no idea how one person can effuse this much awesome in their lifetime, let alone one 6 month recording period.

Black Holes and Revelations (2006) by Muse

Ha, 2006 is becoming a trend for me. It won't stay that way. Anyway, Muse really left their Radiohead-ish-ness with this album. Matt Bellamy's vocals are beautiful (a lot better than Thom Yorke in my opinion, but I know some people would kill me if they read that) and his guitar work is great. I guess the best way to put it is that he knows when he's reached the perfect balance of sounding catchy and still technically appealing. Chris Wolstenholme fingers are pounding away at those bass strings (I don't know how his hand can take it <.<) and Dominic Howard is a extremely creative drummer. I sometimes listen to the whole song just to pay attention to the percussion. This was the album that introduced me to Muse.

Cowboys from Hell (1990) by Pantera

This album has some of the best chugs and riffs I know, and some of the best solos (listening to Domination's pinch harmonics WILL make your balls retract into your body for a second or two). And this album was one of those that created a huge growth of metal fans, and eventually metal bands.

The Bends (1995) by Radiohead

I know the Muse review may have given you the wrong idea, but I really do like this band. Unfortunately the move to synthesized music they've made in recent years hasn't appealed to me. But The Bends, now there's an album that has songs with a full band ensemble, all of them beautiful in their own way.

2112 (1976) by Rush

I love this one because not only does Geddy Lee apply his vocals perfectly, all of the instruments blend perfectly together, and most important for me, the common theme pervades throughout the entire compostion! And the lyrics are great too, Neil Peart never fails to impress.

Toxicity (2001) by System of a Down

Before I knew any good music, before I knew anything about the world, there was Toxicity. I first heard the songs blaring in my brother's room, and I would sit in the hallway outside and just soak up the sounds. At 9 years old, it never occured to me to look into music more, because I didn't have the initiative. I feel like if it hadn't been for my brother blaring System, you might be reading a very different person's thoughts.

Hypnotize (2005) by System of a Down

Strangely enough, I only really came to embrace SOAD after they were on hiatus, which was a drag :\ But not to worry, because their albums, especially this one, will keep me through those long, cold, hiatus-filled nights.

Metallica (1990) by Metallica

Not only a influential album on metal in general, but on all of music, with there combination of softer melodies with thrash. A lot of people say ...And Justice For All was their last good album, but those are just thrash fans.

Rust in Peace (1990) by Megadeth

Now there's 3 1990's, yaaaaaaaay! Well, this album is definitive thrash. The vocals, the speed, the solos, they all mesh perfectly with my perception of thrash. Also, Mustaine is better than Hammett *hides*

I hope you appreciate my first post, I've been on and off typing it for a few hours o.o

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Hah, this dude has such a lame list!

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Hey now, be nice. He has feelings too.

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To be honest 2 of them would still be in my list today, and will continue to be; Colors and Toxicity.

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It’s hard to keep this list to 10 albums, and really hard to pick the top ten. So I just wrote about the first 10 I could think of. I know we’re supposed to put these in order of how influential they are, but they are going to be in timeline order of when I first listened to them.

Best of Sam Cooke – Sam Cooke
Instrumental in getting me interested in soul and R&B music. What can I say? Sam Cooke had a great voice and style. His songs can be soulful, chipper, moving, or just plain fun. My mom had this one on vinyl, and would play it when I was liiittle (think 4 or 5 years old) and I couldn't get enough of it even then. Obviously, the older I got the more I began to appreciate it in a different way and let it motivate me to check out other soul artists. It’s just an awesome album and a fantastic genre of music that I’ll never stop loving.

There Must be a Better World Somewhere – B.B. King
I love this man. I don’t know how else to put it. When he passes (he’s gettin’ up there ya know), tears will be shed. He is the reason I love the blues guitar, and this is the album that started it all.

5150 – Van Halen
I remember my dad loved this album, and those nights when my mom was working and he was left to tend to us kids, this was one of the albums he would always put on. All three of us (my brothers and I) would rock out with Dad and it was good times! Later on, as I got a bit older and started having crushes and what not, some of the songs from this album like “Dreams” and “Why Can’t this be Love” really started to take on meaning for me. Now I listen to them and think “Gawd, what a bunch of overly sentimental fluff”, but they still bring back the good memories.

Metallica (Black Album) – Metallica
This is the album that got me into Metallica, and thereby metal in general. “Sad But True” was always my favorite song, but I pretty much listened to this album all the way through and loved every minute of it. I’ve since discovered better Metallica albums (well, better metal albums on the whole), but this one will always have the special spot as the first metal album that I really got.

Ledbetter Heights – Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
This was the first blues album I ever bought on my own, having not heard or read any reviews and without any outside influences. I was perusing the blues section at Best Buy and came upon it. Up until that point in my life, I guess I’d thought of all blues artists as being older, and so when I saw the cover with a picture of this kid who looked to be not much older than myself, I was intrigued. I gave a couple of the songs a listen in the store and decided I liked it. Thus began my obsession with KWSB. I eventually saw him in concert 4 or 5 times. Now a-days, I’m no longer an obsessed fan, and I haven’t picked up that first album in a long while, as I much prefer his next two albums. But since this was my first foray into buying music on my own terms, it’s always going to be at the top of my list.

Tenors on Tour – The Three Tenors (Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti)
When I was young, I couldn’t understand how people could listen to opera and be moved to tears. That was until I heard this album, specifically Placido Domingo’s version a ‘Nessun Dorma’. There are a lot of songs on this album I don’t care for, but this song alone made it worth me purchasing a hard copy and listening to it over and over again. I remember the first time I heard it, I was in the car with my mom. She was always the one trying to put a little ‘culture’ in our lives. We listened to the entire album and got to that last song, and I remember trying to hide my tears by looking out the passenger window and not talking. His voice was so powerful and moving, and combined with the choir and the orchestra, I was blown away. When it was over, I was able to squeak out that it was “pretty good”. She understood.

Braveheart movie score
I’ve never been big on movie scores, usually preferring to listen to the compiled songs on the soundtracks. My husband actually had me listen to this one (before we were married) and I fell in love with it. We even used one of the songs in our wedding, for the walk down the isle. To me, it’s very emotional and beautiful and it reminds me of happier times.

The Moon and Antarctica – Modest Mouse
The first time I heard this album I remember thinking, “Man…this guy has a horrible voice! This is just terrible.” But the couple of people I knew who liked them insisted that I needed to keep listening. So I did…and it did end up growing on me. “3rd Planet” is trippy, “Gravity Rides Everything” is fun to sing along to, “Tiny Cities Made of Ashes” has an awesome groove, and “Wild Packs of Family Dogs” makes me chuckle every time I hear it. This album is on my list because it proves that sometimes you do have to give music a second (or third, or forth) chance to realize its merit.

Based on a True Story – Fat Freddy’s Drop
I can’t remember the last time I listened to an album and instantly fell in love, but this is one of those albums. One of my MB gems. Is it reggae, dub, soul…all of the above? I’d never heard of dub before MB, and had very limited exposure to reggae, but I love me some soul music, always have. And this album has taken elements from all of these genres and put them together in one glorious music experience. I can easily sit and listen to this album all the way through, never skipping a song, and that’s hard for me to do normally. Also, I’ve been overly excited about sharing this album with other people, and I’ve gotten a few of my friends hooked.

The Flying Club Cup – Beirut
Another MB gem. I checked this out on a whim, and I haven’t been able to stop playing it since. I never, ever would have picked this up anywhere else besides Musicbanter. But Zach Condon’s voice haunts me and the music is completely different and unique compared to what I’ve been used to listening to. It’s on the list because it’s a reminder of why sites like this are a godsend and a great outlet for becoming exposed to new and exciting music.

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