Albums you still love...

MPH

...years later.  Just as much as you did when you first heard them (this is the key).

We all buy albums that we like at the time, maybe for a few weeks or months. But then years later don't find them as appealing....don't we?

Some albums just speak to you at that certain time in your life.  We may look back on them nostalgically, sure, but do not love them as once we did.

For me personally, the following albums fall in to the 'love it just as much' category...

The Wondermints - Bali

Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience

Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain

Pixies - Doolittle

Neil Young - After the Gold Rush

I think we need to stick to albums that have had a good time to age.  Let's say at least 10 years.

mike_l

Every Iron Maiden album, some more than others, anyone surprised?

Metallica And Justice for all, Master of Puppets

Megadeth Rust in Peace

Queensryche Operation Mindcrime

Pink Floyd The Wall, DSOTM, Delicate sound of Thunder

Roger Waters Radio KAOS

richardhomer

Grace and Danger - John Martyn (my favourite ever album by my favourite ever musician)

Dire Straits - Dire Straits

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Hats - The Blue Nile

Rubber Soul - The Beatles

The most recent of those I bought in 1989....

MPH

richardhomer said:

Grace and Danger - John Martyn (my favourite ever album by my favourite ever musician)

Dire Straits - Dire Straits

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Hats - The Blue Nile

Rubber Soul - The Beatles

The most recent of those I bought in 1989....

I could have easily put Rubber Soul on my list, also Making Movies by Dire Straits.  But I tried to restrict my list to 5 (for some reason).

beed84

Three that spring to mind are:

Scenes From A Memory - Dream Theater

Appetite For Destruction - GNR

Talk To Your Daughter - Robben Ford

Karlos

Jeff Buckley - Grace

Killing Joke - What's THIS for

Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll

E.L.O - A New World Record

Pink Floyd - WYWH

Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks

Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full

The Cure - Seventeen Seconds

Souxsie & The Banshees - Twice Upon A Time

Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation...

oh I give up I could go on and on...

xSkarloey

Kick by INXS comes to mind. Not the greatest album ever and I barely listen to it now, but it was the first album I seriously got into, they were 'my' band, and whenever I hear a track off it it makes me feel happy and I sing along. And the grooves...my god barely any other pop-rock band comes close to swinging like them.

not_the_dj

Mine would be a massive list, but good to see The Gin Blossoms in the OP's list. I'd have that and Counting Crows "August..." In mine for sure. Always reminds me of the days when I meet a wonderful girl who's now my wife.

I'll try a few more:

Def Leppard - Hysteria

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

Bruce Springsteen - Pretty much everything up to and including Tunnel of Love

Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream

Dire Straits - Alchemy 

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son

Led Zep 2

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

Pink Floyd - Dark Side & Wish You Were Here

Ryan Adams - Gold

Heather Nova - Siren

Neil Young - Ragged Glory

Plus loads more.

MPH

not_the_dj said:

Mine would be a massive list, but good to see The Gin Blossoms in the OP's list. I'd have that and Counting Crows "August..." In mine for sure.

It was actually that album by the Gin Blossoms that germinated the idea for this.  And that album by Counting Crows would fall under the like, but not as much as I once did category for me.  Probably the same for Recovering the Satellites as well.

TTony

Quo - Live (the original 70's version)

Sabbath - Vol 4

Clash - London Calling

Cowboy Junkies - Studio (ok, it's a comp, but that's not grounds for exclusion)

Martin Stephenson - Beyond the Leap

Joan Armatrading - Show Some Emotion (Willow is still a hairs on the back of the neck track)

Bread - the Sound of

Dr Feelgood - Be Seeing You

holly Cole - Temptation

Ian Dury - Mr Love Pants (IMHO, his best album)

Those have all stood the test of time.

And I guess a load, load more.

MPH

TTony said:

Those have all stood the test of time.

And I guess a load, load more.

Yeah, I realize that there are a lot of albums we all still love. I could have put quite a few more on my list.

It's not just me is it?  We all have albums that we loved at the time, but maybe not as much now?

richardhomer

TTony;265346" said:

Willow is still a hairs on the back of the neck track

Couldn't agree more. An absolutely beautiful song.

And the 'hairs on the back of your neck' test is probably the measure of truly great music.

The stuff that had some kind of emotional 'truth' about it never fails. 'In My Life' off Rubber Soul, 'Let's Go Out Tonight' off Hats and 'Hurt in Your Heart' off Grace & Danger off my list certainly 'hit the spot' for me.

John_P

Marillion - Misplace Childhood and Brave  two classic albums that always sound great.

Camel - Pressure Points - great live work and when I first heard Andy Latimer

equalsql

So many... But the ones that come immediately to my mind are:

Jo Jo Gunne (their first album) - Just superb 

Slade Alive

Uriah Heap Live - 1973

Genesis - Saving England By The Pound

Focus at the Rainbow 

Performance - Rockin' The Fillmore - Humble Pie

Deep Purple - Machine Head

Black Sabbath: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Thin Lizzy - Fighting

Pat Travers - Puttin' It Straight

Andrew Gold - Whirlwind

Morrisey-Mullen - Life On The Wire

Robben Ford  - Talk To Your Daughter

Jeff Lorber Fusion - Water Sign

Weather Report - Heavy Weather

David Sanborn - As We Speak

John Scofield - Still Warm

Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

joneve

Counting Crows - August and Recovering the Satellites The agin Blossoms album is definitely a classic, might give it a spin tomorrow. More; Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory Barenaked Ladies - Rock Spectacle Better Than Ezra - Closer

MPH

joneve said:

Counting Crows - August and Recovering the Satellites The agin Blossoms album is definitely a classic, might give it a spin tomorrow. More; Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory Barenaked Ladies - Rock Spectacle Better Than Ezra - Closer

You know, I thought I was the only one that loved New Miserable Experience.  Some of the lyrics seem so honest (Lost Horizons particularly).

I am glad there are people that love it just as much.

TTony

MPH said:

It's not just me is it?  We all have albums that we loved at the time, but maybe not as much now?

Totally.  

Lots of stuff is great at the time, in the moment, with those friends (etc).  As with any fashion, there's trendy, and there's classic.  There were loads of punk albums that I thought were game-changing, life-changing, world-changing, at the time, as a spotty teenager.  With the exception of Bollocks and Damnedx3, they all seem wonderfully naive now.  I might still like them (Pure Mania for one), but I don't think they're as great as I did 40-odd years ago.

There's stuff that I think is wonderful today, but have no idea whether I still will in 10 years time.  

Paul_C

it's almost all old favourites for me at the moment, the last lot of new stuff I bought was some old and new Laura Marling (and the last album got a bit samey for me)

ones I still go back to include:

Counting Crows - August And Everything After/This Desert Life
Suede - Suede
Blondie - Parallel Lines
The Jam - All Mod Cons/Setting Sons/Sound Affects
Rilo Kiley - The Execution Of All Things/ More Adventurous
Gin Blossoms - (and Fastball )
Marillion - the Fish era

and many more . .

MPH

Paul_C said:

Gin Blossoms - (and Fastball )

Fastball!  I never bought that album, but 'The Way' always stands out for me from the 90s.  Loved that song.

IanSavage

More Counting Crows in here than I'd have expected, The Fretboard haz taste may have to put on 'August...' followed by Springsteen's 'Born To Run'...for me:

Counting Crows: August And Everything After

Bruce Springsteen: Born To Run (frankly one of the finest albums ever committed to tape)

Tom Waits: Heartattack And Vine

The Gaslight Anthem: Sink Or Swim

Machine Head: Burn My Eyes

First five that came to mind, there's probably a dozen more. 

MPH

IanSavage said:

More Counting Crows in here than I'd have expected, The Fretboard haz taste may have to put on 'August...' followed by Springsteen's 'Born To Run'...for me:

Counting Crows: August And Everything After

Bruce Springsteen: Born To Run (frankly one of the finest albums ever committed to tape)

Tom Waits: Heartattack And Vine

The Gaslight Anthem: Sink Or Swim

Machine Head: Burn My Eyes

First five that came to mind, there's probably a dozen more. 

'Born to Run' was also close to my list.  ( I really should have listed everything not just my top 5).

I always say to people, 'Thunder Road' is my favourite all time song.  Really love 'Meeting Across The River' & 'Jungleland' as well.

I am also surprised by the love for The Counting Crows as well.