Album That Changed Your Life

JookyChap · January 2016

I'd love to claim it was Led Zepp 2, or If You Want Blood or something, they were special but came later, but this is the one that genuinely changed my life.

K-tel, whodda guessed?

ICBM · January 2016

Friends of mine at school had that and Axe Attack II. It got me into rock and metal, but it didn't change my life.

This did…

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Chuffola · January 2016

Great call, filled with teenage angst. Love it.

Mine wasn't as cool, but I still love it too.

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randomhandclaps · January 2016

For me it was Darkside Of The Moon. When I was about 8 I had a teacher call Mr Kelly who would always enthuse about music to me. It was around 1987 so it was exactly Pink Floyd's height of coolness. We did this little school play which featured the song Money and he bought in the album. I remember staring at it because it wasn't like any other album cover I had seen with the usual band photo on the front. Then on hearing it being a bit WTF? Because it didn't sound like music as I knew it up until that point. I loved it but it also kind of scared me. He then told me I could borrow it and it was the most amazing thing in every aspect. I had heard plenty of other great things before that but I think that was the least formulaic and for the first time made me question what music was and learn to rebel against those around me rather than following trends.

Electro_Ham · January 2016

The Cult: Electric started the musical ball rolling for me.

dtr · January 2016

Well, more specifically it was a 12" single of Just Like Honey that changed my life, but the album followed that up very quickly. I still remember one of the music rags describing it as "a 14 track flying headbutt in the face of mediocrity", which I felt was understating things a little.

John_P · January 2016

Misplaced childhood - Marillion A friend at school bought me a copy and insisted I listen - I went from being vaguely interested in music with whatever was on the radio and tv to music being my main interest and obsessed with playing guitar.

It was the first time that songs, in part lyrics and arrangements but mainly music and guitar playing, moved me and music became a constant part of whatever I do.

meltedbuzzbox · January 2016

I had a massive car crash on a roundabout involving 5+ cars that I can account for. I was listening to tu pac all eyez on me at the time, so I will go with that

HarrySeven · January 2016

I can't pin it down to one (sorry), so (in no particular order, choronological or otherwise, plus some of these are actually 12" EP's)...

p90fool · January 2016

Axis:Bold as Love.

Sassafras · January 2016

Without a doubt it was the first Doors album. I'd liked all kinds of music before that, Tamla, Rockabilly, Ska and Rock & Roll but that album was something else. Oh, and Safe as Milk by Captain Beefeheart.

cruxiform · January 2016

Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks

Paul_C · January 2016

I bought August and Everything After around the time my ex-wife left me, while it didn't change my life it did help hold it together.

thermionic · January 2016

dtr said:

Well, more specifically it was a 12" single of Just Like Honey that changed my life, but the album followed that up very quickly. I still remember one of the music rags describing it as "a 14 track flying headbutt in the face of mediocrity", which I felt was understating things a little.

The soundtrack to my first term at university was this, Hatful of Hollow and Combat Rock.

I went to see them play Psycho Candy in its entirety a few months back. A 30-year old album shouldn't sound that good still.

Moss · January 2016

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1nten5e · January 2016

HarrySeven said:

I can't pin it down to one (sorry), so (in no particular order, choronological or otherwise, plus some of these are actually 12" EP's)...

Chameleons fan?......awesome band, dare I say the best band to come out of manchester in the 80's

Garthy · January 2016

Queen- The Works, their 1985 Live Aid appearance inspired me to take up guitar.
Metallica- the black album- something so simple on the face of it is so effective.
Def Leppard - Hysteria - very late to the party on this one yet it's the overall production that I find so great.

TonyR · January 2016

HarrySeven said:

I can't pin it down to one (sorry), so (in no particular order, choronological or otherwise, plus some of these are actually 12" EP's)...

What Does Anything Mean, Basically?

Class album by my favourite band of all time.

For me I think it's either "All Mod Cons" by The Jam, "The Smiths" by The Smiths or "Flock" by The Tansads