List 5 to 10 albums that have had a huge influence on your life and/or musical development

[coollino]

I realised i missed loads off mine, like Stereolab and Low. I find it quite difficult because there are so little genres I actually dislike. I just don't like bland. All types of music tend to have something interesting

 

[coollino]

Oasis - Morning Glory

Trapped my finger in a door in Turkey when I was 8 or 9 and had to get a injection under the fingernail in Turkey. For the rest of the holiday, because I couldn't swim, my parents kept giving me change for stuff in the hotel, most of it went on that album on the jukebox. They bought the album for my birthday later that year, I started learning the guitar by the end of the school year.

The Offspring - Americana

My gateway to all the awesome 90s rock and drifted from indie, I wanted my music louder and faster.

Soulfly - Primitive

I hated "shouty" music at the time, ask my mate who didn't if I could borrow this album, based on the artwork and he told me I'd hate it. Changed my perception on that style of singing and all the other bands I instantly dismissed.

NIN - Pretty Hate Machine

Incredibly depressed when I was 17, also broke my wrist, couldn't play guitar but could prod keyboard notes, brother in law got me this album for Christmas and just listened to the whole thing in the dark after his advice. Changed my whole writing style right up to this day. Trent Reznor, God damn genius.

Lemon Jelly - lemonjelly.ky

Find this album in my parents attic some time after uni, someone probably left there after a party of mine or my sisters, no idea whose it was. It's now my go to album when driving back from a festivalView attachment 282105View attachment 282104View attachment 282103View attachment 282106

God, I could have put lemon jelly in mine actually, and NIN

 

[woodsyni]

It's impossible for me to over-emphasise how important Inflammable Material was to me. It helped me make sense of the madness of the Troubles. Many, many great albums but this one literally changed how I viewed things.

 

[Jimishorts]

Belinda Carlisle - Heaven on Earth
Madonna - Like a Virgin
Stevie Nicks - Other side of the Mirror
The Bangles - all over the place
Kylie Minogue - Kylie

I think you misunderstood, albums that influenced you, not artists and the albums you inspired.

More like "album art you perved over"

 

[maccavennie]

More like "album art you perved over"

Well, it just seemed like the right thing to do at the time Jimi.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Right, it's eating me inside...have to add a few more.

I mean, c'mon..."**** you, I won't do what ya' tell me". 17.5 y/o... Gasoline, that album.

Duh. Was about 10 y/o when my uncle introduced me.

People love to point to the black album but this is the one for me, by far. 'One' was a monster. The affect of Cliff's death is all over it.

Before my time, wish I could have been of age when it was released but the first spin was a revelation, regardless.


Ok, I'm done (maybe).


@verreauxi for starting this.

 

[coollino]

Right, it's eating me inside...have to add a few more.

I mean, c'mon..."**** you, I won't do what ya' tell me". 17.5 y/o... Gasoline, that album.

Duh. Was about 10 y/o when my uncle introduced me.

People love to point to the black album but this is the one for me, by far. 'One' was a monster. The affect of Cliff's death is all over it.

Before my time, wish I could have been of age when it was released but the first spin was a revelation, regardless.


Ok, I'm done (maybe).


@verreauxi for starting this.

The best The Cure album for me @Parker

 

[COYBL25]

Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here.

Tear Drop Explodes - Kilimanjaro.

Bowie - Hunky Dory.

The Jam - Setting Sons.

Big Country - The Crossing.

Floyd - The Final Cut.

Simple Minds - New Gold Dream.

Portishead - Dummy.

Leftfield - Leftism.

The Clash - Give em Enough Rope.

The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus.

The Pistols - Never Mind The

The Cult - Love.

Prodigy- Fat of the Land.

Sisters of Mercy - Floodland.

 

[Bristol Blue]

Probably these, but I’ve probably forgotten some. All massive albums for me through the years.

Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction

The Cult - Love

Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit

The Datsuns - The Datsuns

Incubus - Morning View

Rival Schools - United By Fate

Dogs - Turn Against This Land

The Boxer Rebellion - Exits

We Are Augustine’s - Rise Ye Sunken Ships

Idles - Brutalism

 

[Blue 1]

The best The Cure album for me @Parker

Faith.

Faith>Disintegration>Pornography.

Bugger all in it though, truth be told. They are all unbelievable records. Pornography is so relentlessly grim it hurts. I do love it though.

Seventeen Seconds would be next.

I suppose it's records that influenced your life and music taste though, not which ones you think are best.

 

[lesbattersby]

The stones - exile on main st
Dylan - blood on the tracks
The Beatles - rubber soul
The Beatles - revolver
The smiths - the queen is dead.

 

[magicjuan]

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It's impossible for me to over-emphasise how important Inflammable Material was to me. It helped me make sense of the madness of the Troubles. Many, many great albums but this one literally changed how I viewed things.

Those I know from Norn Iron always mention SLF as a guide through the troubles. Every single one.
Inflammable Material is an essential album for that age group, and one of THE greatest ever covers in Johnny Was

 

[John BCN]

I remember doing this a few years ago. I still have all the original albums.

 

[PITA]

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FFS, I paid £2 for that.

 

[woodsyni]

Those I know from Norn Iron always mention SLF as a guide through the troubles. Every single one.
Inflammable Material is an essential album for that age group, and one of THE greatest ever covers in Johnny Was

Couldn't agree more. Johnny Was would be my pick from an album stuffed with powerful songs. That raw sound still evokes the emotions I felt back in my youth.