I also know The Fall - "Complete Peel Sessions" inside out.

Here's a concise list of what I know by heart in my short music career:

Captain Beefheart & His/The Magic Band - Safe As Milk, Safe As Milk, Trout Mask Replica, Lick My Decals Off, Baby, The Mirror Man Sessions, and Ice Cream For Crow
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe ('), Hot Rats, Bongo Fury (to be fair this is a Zappa/Beefheart album, but I'll just put it here), Burnt Weenie Sandwich, and One Size Fits All
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Zu - Igneo and Carboniferous
Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans, Close to the Edge, and Fragile
Mr. Bungle - S/T and Disco Volante
Fantomas - S/T
John Zorn - Spy vs. Spy
Ornette Coleman - This is Our Music and Dancing In Your Head
John Coltrane - Ascension
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico and White Light/White Heat
Marc Ribot - Saints and Asmodeous
Pink Floyd - The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, Meddle, Wish You Were Here, Animals, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Atom Heart Mother, and Saucerful of Secrets
Sonny Sharrock - Ask the Ages
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
This Heat - Deceit
The United States of America - S/T
The Who - Tommy
miRthkon - Vehicle
Jandek - Blue Corpse and Interstellar Discussion
John Fahey - The Voice of the Turtle

I'll just stop there, I didn't expect there to be so many. I'm quite pleased about this, actually.

Burial - Untrue
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Live at Luther College
White Stripes - White Stripes
System of a Down - Toxicity
Mudvayne - L.D. 50

The last two I don't listen to anymore. I never even owned Toxicity, but I do know it inside out, because when it was released my brother bought it and had it in his CD player for months.

same here except in my case

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RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

It's not my absolute favourite, I don't think it's perfect. I do think I wore out the cassette then I wore out the cd back in the day. Used to be able to play about 90% of the album on both guitar or bass, different songs tripped me up in different ways. The Greeting Song is still today my warm up song of choice on guitar.

it's "James" Williamson, and i heard he quit his high-earning corporate job to rejoin the Stooges for some tour dates

i love it as well, and i have both Bowie's and his own mix

thinking of getting the Legacy Edition as well

Honestly, I know alot of REM fans don't like Up, but I always find it to be a beautiful etheral trip of an album. From Murmur to New Adventures, it's all good to excellent material but I've never cared for Life's Rich Pageant or GREEN. Reckoning would be the other REM album I know inside and out. Pop masterpiece.

I'm surprised to hear someone say that. I think Life's Rich Pageant is one of their best albums.

and this one goes without saying, it is my fave album after all;-

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i have a sonic memory of every tremolo flutter on it

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Koji Kondo - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (original soundtrack)

Obviously I know this mainly from the game itself, but I have been listening to the actual album for around three months on and off and I absolutely love it. Nicely ordered and I vividly picture every scene of the game based on the sound/song played. Also, the quality is superior, which is a huge plus.

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Gutbucket Slim – Blues Emporium

I found this quite randomly whilst looking up the Mos Def song Beef, and trying to find as many remixes as I could. This album combined blues with Contemporary Pop, Hip Hop, Reggae and all other good stuff. Rumors Beck and Dangermouse were involved in the making of it, but I am unsure. Played the hell out of it for two years. Love every song.

Great album. I think this and By the Way are their best and I feel like they belong on my list as well. The Smashing Pumpkins may have inspired me to pick up a guitar, but I desperately wanted to learn how to play Under the Bridge. There are some chords in that song that are still challenging even today, so of course at the time I didn't get very far with the song. It was a bit discouraging...I gave up on that for a while and moved on to Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Personally, my go to warm up song is Rush's The Trees.

Isn't that Obama??

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I regard it to be the greatest album ever recorded. It has been remixed, re-released, remastered and alternately chopped in so many ways that it's fun to mix-and-match your own version.

I have to label my vinyl copies based on their label numbers to keep them all straight. I have every official remix and every official alternate version known under the sun. I get giddy when I think about listening to it. :D

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I just want you to know, that while I am laughing at you for this, I think you rule at the same time. The world needs more people who are willing to listen to a video game soundtrack and not give a ****.

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I originally bought The Joshua Tree on tape, wore it out and eventually got it on CD.

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Even after listening to this album a ridiculous amount of times, I still find it very powerful and emotive.

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Another worn out tape. Although I consider Master Of Puppets to be their finest hour, it was this album that really got me into Metallica.

^

My biggest problem with And Justice For All is how damn long it is. If they cut out some of the fluff, it would probably be my favorite Metallica album.

And the Joshua Tree is a good choice as well.

I've seen many post that they love and know Primal Scream's XTMRNTR and Screamadelica but what about Vanishing Point? No love for that one?

More...

The Who - Meaty, Beaty, Big, and Bouncy
The Who - A Quick One
MC5 - Back in the USA
MC5 - High Time
Back From the Grave Vol. 1
Back From the Grave Vol. 4 (The one that started me on my Back From the Grave kick)
The Standells - Try It
Iggy and the Stooges - Metallic KO
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Automatic
Pink Floyd - The Piper At the Gates of Dawn
Riz Ortolani - Mondo Cane Soundtrack
Psychic TV - Hex Sex/The Singles
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain

Possibly more later...

When I was in 7th grade I ordered the Legend of Zelda CD from Nintendo Power magazine. I listened to the **** out of it. It didn't have the artwork that Goofle's does, though... But yeah, love it. And we talk about video game music off and on, but I am not embarrassed in the least by game music. Its great. It didn't cross my mind to laugh at him because I was too busy thinking "ahh me too" lol.

Funny story, we had a pizza party in 8th grade for doing something great or some reason. A few of us kids bring in music. I brought my Zelda CD, most all the other cds were whatever lame ass rap was mainstream between 96-99. Anyway, the teacher gets up and turns the cd player off and goes on a rant about how music without THE WORDS was just as bad, blah blah. And I'm kinda butthurt like "huh?" but I guess he was referring to the rap music they had where they had censored versions so as to not get in trouble, but he was still upset that there were words that needed to be censored on the discs. But I thought he was mad about my Zelda music for a while haha.

Nice, I'm kind of the flipside of that guitar deal. Started with the Chili Peppers then moved onto the Pumpkins (still have the Mellon Collie tab book somewhere). Also learned the bulk of Siamese Dream back in the day too, the Quiet riff is all kinds of fun to play, could never quite get the solo for Soma though :(

As for Under the Bridge the only tricky chord that comes to mind is the very first one (and the few times it repeats during the intro) where you have to play a C shape with your middle, ring, and little finger while barring the 2nd fret. Either way it's discouraging to try learning a tune when the very first chord is a kick in the pants hahaha

i really dig Evil Heat and Riot City Blues

and this also:-

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only cos i've watched the movie 25 times

Well, I wasn't laughing in a mean way, it just made me chuckle.

Haha, yeah that's the chord. You're right, the others aren't nearly as challenging but he did like using some unconventional jazzy shapes that messed with my head while first learning. It was a milestone for me the day I got the song down, so I made everyone listen to me play it.

As for the Pumpkins, I have both the Mellon Collie and Siamese Dream tab books... I still flub my way through the Soma solo but everything else isn't so bad and it's a ton of fun to play. I eventually got a Big Muff and the loud/soft stuff was even more fun.

The Moody Blues - Children's Children's Children + On the Threshold of a Dream

I actually grew up listening to these because they're my dad's favorite albums. He passed them onto me and I listened to these both on vinyl and cassette tape. When I was a kid, he used to sing me to sleep with "Lazy Day" and "Dear Diary" and "Send Me No Wine".

Yes - 90125

When I was 11 or 12 (approximately) this was my favorite album. We had the cassette tape and my parents didn't like because it didn't have Steve Howe on it. I got ahold of it and fell in love with it. Insanely catchy and my favorite Yes album. I remember listening to it on the long car trips to my grandpa's place about 8 hours away and listening to it over and over. Everytime I hear it it reminds me of what was happening in my life then and how I really miss parts of it.

Clutch - Blast Tyrant

I was 17 when this hit. I didn't know anything about the band or anything, but I walked into a head shop and "The Mob Goes Wild" was blasting overhead (this was the week it came out). I felt like I was hit over the head with a ton of bricks and stood there for a few minutes listening to it. Then I listened to a couple of other songs and bought it right there (it was on sale too). I had to hide the album from my parents (they were driving me and they were really strict about what I listened to or what they perceived I was listening to). I took it home and listened to it over and over for probably weeks on end. Clutch's best album in my opinion and it made me seek out there other material.

The Darkness - One Way Ticket to Hell...and Back

I was a fan of the Darkness and was all excited about the new album when it came out. It got good reviews but sales weren't that great. This album is so rich and layered and the lyrics are great. Every time I hear this album I get the feeling I got when I first listened. It just never gets old.

Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers

I was riding the bus in high school and there was a kid listening to music. I asked him if he had anything I could listen to and he said, "I have this band called Fountains of Wayne, you'd probably like them." I put them on and my jaw dropped. The lyrics were so clever and really hit home with me. I was familiar with Weezer and some other power pop but this album I think really opened up the doors for me as far as power pop went. I listened to the sh*t out of this album, it didn't leave my CD player for months. I've probably listened to this album more than any other album I own. It's too bad all groups can't be this good.

Interpol - Antics

First heard about this band on satellite radio over at my parents' friends' house. I was dinking around with their TV, surfing the various music stations. I got the first album after that and got Antics a little while after it was released (used). Again, I felt like I was hit over the head with a sack of bricks. This album is almost perfect (aside from the first song). Moody, catchy, accessible all at the same time. "Take You on a Cruise" hits home with for some reason I can't explain. Again, one of those albums that got non-stop play for weeks on end into months.

I'm sure I have many others but those are the big ones.

Honestly, for me, REMs best are as follows:

1. Up
2. Reckoning
3. Murmur
4. Automatic For The People
5. New Adventures In Hi Fi

Murmur and Reckoning are other ones that I know inside and out.

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pssssttt, Hey BurningDown, I'll be your best friend forever if you finish your REM review thread. :p:

Fantastic album. I'd been aware of them for years but only picked it up once it was recently re-released with the bonus acoustic / live disc. It was a mistake to wait that long :banghead:

Agreed, though I was already familiar with the 'Hendrix' chord by the time I started learning Frusciante's stuff so his jazzy chord shapes didn't seem that outlandish anymore hehe

As for the Pumpkins I didn't own a Big Muff until years after I stopped playing along to cds but I do remember laughing quite a bit when I read the notes for Love and their specification to use a purple BOSS flanger which I had coincidentally picked up a few weeks prior to the book :tramp:

Haha! I honestly don't remember if I ever had one. But yeah, I think I did. I'll just have to dig through the Album Reviews section then, or just start again lol

My top five list would be something like this:

1. Murmur
2. Automatic for the People
3. Chronic Town
4. Life's Rich Pageant
5. Dead Letter Office

What, no Monster? :laughing:

Just the mere mention of Flood and Lincoln makes me want to instantly go dig them both out and listen to them back to back and then go around singing 'Birdhouse' and 'Particle Man' for the next week. Magical stuff...

The big 2 for me are.

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A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
I know every song on this. I have this on heavy rotation in my car and have played the hell out of it.

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Radiohead - Kid A
This has followed me/haunted me through high school to present day. Know every song on here and have heard it played countless times. Always come back to it for some reason.

Honorable Mentions
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
Pink Floyd - Pipers At the Gates of Dawn
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Slint - Spiderland

I guess the three big ones would be

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Here's a list of other albums I know inside and out from pretty much playing to death. A few of these albums I haven't listened to in years and probably won't any time soon.

Iron Maiden - Powerslave & Piece Of Mind
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
The Smashing Pumpkins - everything else
The Cure - Pornography
Metallica - Master Of Puppets & Ride The Lightning
Pearl Jam - Ten
Radiohead - OK Computer
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Nirvana - Nevermind
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
The Replacements - Let It Be
Slowdive - Souvlaki
AFI - Sing The Sorrow
Funeral For A Friend - Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing
Belle and Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap

Doesn't Dead Letter Office include Chronic Town? That would mean you included Chronic Town twice! You must really love it, haha!

Here's another unpopular REM opinion:

Fables >>>> Lifes Rich Pageant

EDIT: CRAP! Wrong thread, lol!

The CD re-release does, but the original way they were released—which is how I first heard each of them—they were separate. In fact, Chronic Town was the second REM release I got into after discovering Document back in 1987. I didn't get into Dead Letter Office—the original version—until a little later, hence my listing them separately.

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if only for the reason i'm always putting this on during sex, for some reason

it enhances the experience

Born to Run and The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle.

Huge Springsteen fan, but even I get tired of some of his stuff. Not these. Never.

I LOVE Monster! Apart from 'What's The Frequency Kenneth' which is crap even I will have to admit.

I will be boring and say Pink Floyd - Animals. I requested that if I ever fell into a coma (yeah I know!) this album should be played to me as it is so ingrained in me. Fucking ironic that I happened to be wearing my Animals T shirt the day I attended hospital when I lost my wife. Never worn it since.

Animals is my favorite Pink Floyd album as well. I could probably add that to my list also... I really have listened to it a ridiculous amount of times. It's funny you should post this today as I was just trying to listen to it. Turns out there is no Floyd on Spotify so I had to wait till I got home.