Albums that you are surprised you have never got around to hearing?

JAYJO

dogload said:

@JAYJO

Ummagumma is by Pink Floyd. You obviously haven't heard it then!

Nope, dont suppose i will now.
unless someone recommends it.of course.

JAYJO

JAYJO said:

dogload said:

@JAYJO

Ummagumma is by Pink Floyd. You obviously haven't heard it then!

Nope, dont suppose i will now.
unless someone recommends it.of course.

Ive edited the post you refer to cheers

bingefeller

I've never heard a complete AC/DC album (although all their songs sound the same so once you've heard one you've heard 'em all, right?)

HAL9000

Albums I'm surprised I've never listened to...

Atom Heart Mother
Live at The Regal
Sneakin' Suspicion
No Reason to Cry
All Things Must Pass

Phil_aka_Pip

Teetonetal said: I've never actually listend to any albums byLed ZEP, AC/DC, Thin Lizzie, The Beatles, The Rolling StonesYet I know pleanty of songs by all these guys. I think these days songs are so readily availble streamed, that there you get to hear the stuff anyway - even if you don't actually listen in Album order.


I think there's something about listening to the album as originally presented. Sometimes the track listing is influenced by cutting considerations (when they made the vinyl masters) but it is also influenced by the artist/band/producer's consideration of the effect of hearing this after that. They knew that most people would play at least one side all the way through and not skip about with the stylus so they thought about the track order. Natch, these considerations are less likely on post-vinyl albums.

TTony

Phil_aka_Pip said:

I think there's something about listening to the album as originally presented. 

This man is right.

A lot of thought and effort went into determining how to sequence an album.  On the good stuff anyway.  We almost have an obligation to the artists to listen to the stuff in the way that they intended it to be listened to rather than jumping randomly between tracks, playing the first 10 secs to see if we "like it" or not.

The only caveat I'd add is that sometimes an album is "of an era" and it doesn't work quite so well in a different era.  But the really good stuff transcends that - that's what makes it really good.

I don't think I've ever done a whole Metallica album, start to finish.  Some of their stuff is probably in the "really good" category?

HAL9000

Especially true of albums such as DSOTM, WYWH, and others of that period where, although there are separate songs, the album should be seen as one cohesive work. You wouldn't skip, say, the third movement of a Beethoven symphony because you don't like it as much as the rest, so why would you do it with DSOTM? (and no, I'm not trying to compare Floyd with Ludwig Van).

ICBM

Until today I had never heard the whole of the Stone Roses first album - from what I heard from them at the time I was never that impressed, but for all the hype surrounding it/them I expected it to be amazing.

It's OK. 'I Am The Resurrection' (which I already knew) is quite good, but the rest of it is pretty bland and ordinary even by the standards of its time to be honest. I think they might belong in the 'most overrated' thread, in fact...

mike_l

not_the_dj said:

I still don't really know (or care) what djent is.

You know when you're really badly constiapted, then take enough immodium to constipate an elephant, then try to have a poo, that's as close as I can describe djent to music......

hobbio

I've never listened to any Vai or Van Halen album, in fact I've hardly listened to any songs. I've also never listened to any Rolling Stones album either, despite liking a few of their songs.

I love Radiohead's first two albums but I've basically ignored everything after The Bends.

Teetonetal

Phil_aka_Pip said:

Teetonetal said:

I've never actually listend to any albums by

Led ZEP, AC/DC, Thin Lizzie, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones

Yet I know pleanty of songs by all these guys. I think these days songs are so readily availble streamed, that there you get to hear the stuff anyway - even if you don't actually listen in Album order.

I think there's something about listening to the album as originally presented. Sometimes the track listing is influenced by cutting considerations (when they made the vinyl masters) but it is also influenced by the artist/band/producer's consideration of the effect of hearing this after that. They knew that most people would play at least one side all the way through and not skip about with the stylus so they thought about the track order. Natch, these considerations are less likely on post-vinyl albums. Yeah, I'd agree with you there - gotta say it's why I like Alt J's records and also the new Ben Howard one, each Album is a journey. I wonder if Streaming will eventually see a decline in Albums... maybe from more Pop acts, but I hope not for other forms of Music.