...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.
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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
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
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....
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.
Camel - Pressure Points - great live work and when I first heard Andy Latimer
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 . .