mugwump Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 I'm in that Nostalgic moodagain.. Woke up and threw onPRIMAL SCREAM'S: "SCREAMADELICA"and I thought to myself;"My god..has it been that long?" I remember losing my mind tothat album years and years agoand wanting more of that psychedelic electro-dub-acid-rock sound..I noticed a certain Alex P.was involved with that albumso I did some research..Then I disscovered shrooms and THE ORBand it was all over...THERE ARE THOSE ALBUMS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF OUR YOUTHS THATCOMPLETELY SHAPE US... CHANGE US AND POINT US IN NEWDIRECTIONS...(Like train tracks switching gears)What are your top ten albumsthat changed your life?What albums turned you on..tuned you out...or just made you wanna throwaway your old life style andadapt an entire new perspectiveon life? ***************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugwump Posted July 29 Author Report Share Posted July 29 *Here's my list (Just off the top of my head)I could write you an essay in"decades" but I'll stick to the KEYalbums that changed my life..(These are the albums that I wouldthrow on my headphones with..take a hit from the bong and just get lost in..THESE ARE THE ALBUMS THAT MADE ME MUGWUMP) **********************Starting from the earliest influences to now:1) *KRAFTWERK, "COMPUTERLAND"(Big surprise right?)No but it's true..My dad was a huge Floyd,Beatles fan and this one really freaky album hehardly ever played use to do really strange thingsto me (Or perhaps it was all the second hand smokein the trailer)..He hardly ever played it butwhen he got into his "SPACE ROCK/KRAUT ROCK"moods this one would come on right after Hawk Windand blow my mind with images of robots and digitallandscapes....AN EFFECT THAT HAS LASTED TILL THIS VERY DAY!2) *THE ART OF NOISE "Who's afraid of"A pivital Album in my life as an electronicmusic lover..This one threw me head first intoa world of samples and beautifull mind trips.."MAX HEADROOM" meets Blade Runner..(atari logos and all) Shifted my gears andmy attention away for a short lived interestin PUNK and made me see the light..3) JOY DIVISION "Unknown pleasures"A companion to my mysenthropic teenageyears..Ian's haunting voice kept me companythrough my black clothes wearing days andopened the door for deeper and darker moodswithin myself...THE KEY to my next leap intoINDUSTRIAL...4)*Front 242 "Geography"(I'm now leaping over TheCURE,SIOUXSIE, BAUHAUS etc, as I feel theywherea ll just left over angst fromJoy division..nothing new justan ellaboration on how I felt)Front 242 was the kick in theass I needed to stop feelingsorry for myself and learn toget DIGITALY ANGRY AGAIN!Also one of the first artistsI can recall making me loosemy mind on a Dance floor..(Insert: My life with the thrillkill kult, Skinny Puppyand Front Line assembly hereas well)5)*Depeche Mode:"Speak and Spell"Put the ROMANCE backinto my love for electronica..The era of Synth pop and bighair (Yea I should postthose pictures..eye liner and all)I've seen these guys rock venues with synthz betterthan I had ever seen any PUNK/GOTH bands do with Guitars..Gave way to my next level:NEW ORDER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andwhysee Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 I hate to be cynical but i will be honest here. If your life changes upon a music album you really don't have much of a life.Originally posted by mugwump I'm in that Nostalgic moodagain.. Woke up and threw onPRIMAL SCREAM'S: "SCREAMADELICA"and I thought to myself;"My god..has it been that long?" I remember losing my mind tothat album years and years agoand wanting more of that psychedelic electro-dub-acid-rock sound..I noticed a certain Alex P.was involved with that albumso I did some research..Then I disscovered shrooms and THE ORBand it was all over...THERE ARE THOSE ALBUMS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF OUR YOUTHS THATCOMPLETELY SHAPE US... CHANGE US AND POINT US IN NEWDIRECTIONS...(Like train tracks switching gears)What are your top ten albumsthat changed your life?What albums turned you on..tuned you out...or just made you wanna throwaway your old life style andadapt an entire new perspectiveon life? ***************** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugwump Posted July 29 Author Report Share Posted July 29 6)*New Order "Substance"OK I wont lie..I started out late with New Order(87) Like many others I was pissed offthat Joy Division had turned into such a pussysynth band throught my DONNIE DARKO years..But things changed with my discovery of DMand N.O was just what I was looking for...After buying "Substance" I went backand fell in love with everything previousto that album and there after....TURNED MY HEAD TOWARDS HACIENDAand the Manchester scene..Turned my attention towards the birth of ACID HOUSE!7)*PRIMAL SCREAM "Screamadelica"Big leap here..Happy Mondays,Spiraling Carpets, Stone Roses,My Bloody Valentines, Jesus and Mary Chain etc..all came during this time but "Screamadelica"opened up a door to THE ORB so it's an importantalbum in my life...I remember listeningto: "Higher than the sun" sitting on a rooftopin Italy ripped on certain chemicals and thinking.."My god this is it! Where Can I hear this on a bigsound system..?" Luckily a friend of minehanded me a CD and told me:"Check these guys out..They are coming to townnext week..I think we should go)..8)* THE ORB "Adventures in the ultra world"I adore this CD. This was theee crucialalbum that made me follow a DJ/Producer aroundlike many followed the dead.After seeing my first ORB showI knew the dance floor was where I wanted to befor therest of my life..Although ambient, deep and dubby (And not very"Dancy" per say) it lead me to several encounterswith people in the crowd that took me clubbing..My first clubbing experience ever (And my firstalbum Of "electronic-dance floor music)was:9) Deee-lite "World Clique"After going to a party in MilanI had the honor and privledgeof witnessing an act that made methrow away my black clothes andrealize that "DANCE MUSIC" was aboutpartying, having a good timeand letting go...A year later I went to NY andhad my first NY Clubbingexperience at Disco 2000/Limelitewith Moby and Keoki..As I sat on a speaker, grinding my teethfor the first time, I remember asking a friend sittingnext to me:"Holy shit is that Ad Rock from the Beastie boys with Lady Miss Kier?"Walked out at noon the next dayand walked over to a place called"LIQUID SKY" and met some freaksthat changed the way I knew "nightlife forever".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonedcl Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 Guns and Roses - Appetite for destructionThe first Tape I ever bough and I was soo young that I started cring when they cursed in Mr. Brownstone cuz I thought it was bad to say thge F word!!LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crickket Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 <<ok there William Miller>>> :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugwump Posted July 29 Author Report Share Posted July 29 Originally posted by andwhysee I hate to be cynical but i will be honest here. If your life changes upon a music album you really don't have much of a life.tsk-tsk..What a sad thing to hear..For some of us MUSIC isabove all..For some of us..OUR MIXED TAPES OF YESTERDAYare like a photo album..yet much more vivid..A song, an album..a "sample" even cantransport some of usback to certain times and places..MUSIC was my companion (and still is)through every change and twist and turnin my life..When I was sad I'd throw onsome CURE..When I was high..some SYSTEM 7..If I danced it was to music..(I lost my virginity to thesountrack of "Liquid Sky" the movie)So dear tone deaf friend..MUSIC FOR SOME OF US..IS "LIFE!"and with life's changesthere is always a soundtrack..and with that soundtrack thereis always a shift in gears..(and vice a versa)*And now back to the program.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugwump Posted July 29 Author Report Share Posted July 29 #10....?ok number ten...hmmmmm...Well Like I was telling you,I met these freaks in NYthat took me to a placecalled Liquid Sky...There was this guy called Carlos Soulslingerplaying some really scary shit that I'd never heardbefore..It was like the ORB'sbass line but deeper..and darker..and this really freaky beat was sooo fastlike PUNK..I knew I was listening tosomething new and I had that feeling of stumbling on to a new genre (A feeling I hardly ever get any more)I had had my first run ins withDRUM AND BASS...And YES THAT DEAR CLUBBERSWAS WHAT TOOK ME INTO NY'SUNDER GROUND WORLD OF RAVES,WEARHOUSE PARTIES, THE TUNNEL, SAVETHE ROBOTS and years later...Mutated to my love for TECHNO, Trance and Breaks..It wasn't HOUSE..ACID HOUSE orTRANCE..IT WAS JUNGLE Back in the earlydays of Jenco wide bottoms,pacifiers and JUNGLE SKY!So my top ten albumthat forever changed my lifeis:Whole Tone I'd Love to Turn You On "Bionic Harmonic" ( 1997 )It was all down hill from then..lol*What about you...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoke Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 I'm not going to get all elaborate and explain why (the reasons are rather complex and often don't even have all that much to do with musical preference), but here are mine...1) Sasha and Digweed - Northern Exposure2) Danny Tenaglia - Global Underground London, Disc 13) Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hot4) Leonard Cohen - Best of Leonard Cohen5) Moby - Play6) Sasha and Digweed - Northern Exposure - Eastcoast Edition7) Ani DiFranco - Puddle DiveThat's all I can think of right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgym Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 in no particular order:1> Beck-Odelay2> Led Zepplin - 23> Prodigy - Experience4> Orbital - Middle of Nowhere5> Beastie Boyz - Ill Communication6> Jimmy Hendrix - BBC Sessions7> Metallica - ...and justice for all8> Smashing Pumpkins -- Melancholy & the Infinite Sadness9> Michael Jackson -- Thriller10> Any other Led Zepplin album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ou812 Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 I did quite enjoy, in no particular orderRamones - Ramones & Ramones ManiaMisfits - Walk Among UsOasis - What's the Story Morning GloryBerlin - Best of BerlinNew Order - The Very Best of New Order Denny Tsettos - Bump (hahahaha)Madonna - MadonnaBob Marley - LegendCypress Hill - Black Sunday (that one's a stretch though)Offspring - Smash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeg Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 good topic...i have to think about mine... i'll post later or something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turpentyine Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 My albums would be:Paul Oakenfold-Voyage Into Trance <----------- This one introduced me to the whole electronica genrePaul Oakenfold-TranceportChristopher Lawrence-Trilogy Part One: Empireand the 1st 2 Korn albums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesandman Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 10 Helmet- Meantime9 AC/DC- Back in Black8 Guns N Rose- Appetite7 Beastie Boys- Pauls Boutique6 System Of a Down- Toxicity5 Led Zeplin- IV4 The Doors- Debut3 Rage Against The Machine- Debut2 Metalica- And Justice For All1 AC/DC- Let There Be RockI love house music but no CD can touch what I have listed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonito Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 DAFT PUNK - HOMEWORK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!That album, and new music for me in 1996, put me into electronic music and changed my life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barvybe Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 i don't know about 10, but i few that were turning points for me music wise were:1. pink floyd - meddle: this was the first music i ever had. used to listen to it at night on this old cassette player. 2. joy division: unknown pleasures: similar to mugz thoughts3. neil young: harvest (i think) - in any event, the album with "Thrasher" on it. Song is all about traveling and sorta being a hippy and stuff. 4. nirvana: incesticide - a whole new strain of music got me outta my 80's music rut.5. underworld: pearl's girl - these guys just totally crushed me - sorta woke me up to electronicathat's about it...lots of music i love, but these are the ones that set me in a new direction and things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crosspatrick Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 Here are mine starting with the earliest1 Pixies Doolittle This was the album that got me into music properly2 Therapy? Pleasuredeath An Irish band that got me into the harder side of music plus the first band i ever saw live and what a gig3Primal Scream Screamdelica A great album every song on it is brilliant, sitting around smoking a j and chilling4 Stone Roses Stone Roses See above similiar reaction but too much of a classic to leave out5The Orb Adventure beyond the Ultraworld Only for this album i can only imagine the years of fun and good times i would never have experienced Top notch6Laurent garnier Crispy Bacon ep Many a party in our house in Dublin used to go absoultley insane when the Dj would spin this plus it got me into Techno7CJ Bolland the 4th sign An excellent Belgium techno album8Orbitial The Browne Album A very intelligent album that got me back sitting down listening to music9Massive Attack Blue Lines got me back lying down on my couch listening10 Hopefully theres another cracker lying around the corner that will have as profound effect on me that these did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickhouse Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 1. Jimmy Eat World - Static Prevails; Probably the most insightful Lyrics ever and great great music overall2. Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy; Ditto with #1, only the music's a bit more grating3. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty hate Machine; Pretty much dictated the first two or three years of high school4. Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction; Did tyhe same for the last couple years of high school5. Moby - Everything is Wrong; First electronica album I was ever really into6. Weezer - Pinkerton; Just couldn't stop listening to this one for ages7. Cake - Fashion Nugget; Only because that CD was playing when I first kissed my first real girlfriend, and then being a cheesy jackass, I played it when I proposed to her. I'd say the lustre of it has worn off somewhat now...8. Against All Authority - Destroy What Destroys You; Lots of really good motivational anthems, plus fun to mosh to...9. Therapy? - Troublegum; Couldn't put this one down for ages. Oh how the mightyu have fallen (Pleasure Death, Hats off to the Insane, Nurse, and Infernal Love were pretty darn good too, but their last two albums just blow chunks)10. Ruth Ruth - Laughing Gallery; Really only for one song, but "Uninvited" was my personal theme song for many yearsHonorable mentions: Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation; Orbital - Green Album; Hankshaw - Nothing Personal; Lords of Acid - Lust; Pixies - Death to the Pixies (yeah I know a greatest hits album is kinda cheating); Skavoovie & the Epitones - Ripe; Avail - Over the James; Soundgarden - Superunknown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtyepic18 Posted July 29 Report Share Posted July 29 1>Spawn - The Soundtrack I know it sounds lame, but it was first time i can remember ever hearing electronic music... and it lead into my number 2 album2>Prodigy - Prodigy Experience Probably my first real introduction to electronic music3>Phish - Rift The first cd to really get me into jam bands... my other favorite type of music.3>Pink Floyd - Wish you were here i cant lose myself in anything the way i can in good floyd4>Sublime - Self-titled how much did this cd kick ass?5>Fluke - Rissotto one of my first favorite electonic albums6>Propellerheads - DecksAndDrumsAndRockAndRoll7>Underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman8>Phish - The Story of the Ghost Still my favorite phish album9>Death in Vegas - Dead Elvis i dont think i stopped listening to this on repeat for a month10>Tie between korn self titled and White Zombie - Astrocreep 2000 favorite albums years ago, before ever hearing techno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadenco Posted July 30 Report Share Posted July 30 -Stone Roses - s/t-Wes Montgomery - Full House (a record where the whole equals more than just the sum of its parts...)-Roy Ayers - Evolution -Velvet Underground and Nico -s/t-Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy-Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine-Weapon of Choice - Highperspice -Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life-Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain -Leftfield - s/t-Slowdive - Souvlaki (this record literally sent me running to music school...i wanted to make records that sounded like this)-De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising-Cure - Head on the Door-Beatles - Rubber Soulok, i could certainly do this all day - there is so much music that has profoundly affected me in some way or another. But these have all affected the way I percieve it, and create it, and in most cases have opened the door to other records that have, in turn, done something for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugwump Posted July 30 Author Report Share Posted July 30 Originally posted by stadenco --Leftfield - s/t-Slowdive - Souvlaki (this record literally sent me running to music school...i wanted to make records that sounded like this)Great records...Slowdive will forever hold a veryspecial place in my heart..Leftfield=S CLASSIC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacychase Posted July 31 Report Share Posted July 31 When I was 8 Sean Cassidy and a do run run run a do run run (don't remember the name..) Was my 1st heavy childhood crushSame time frame Rapper's Delight (Hip Hop) Fell in love with RapBon Jovi Slippery When WetVan Halen 1984Those are the only ones I can think of that defined a moment in my life. As I have gotten older music no longer defines the moment, however good people have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E Razor Posted July 31 Report Share Posted July 31 1. Van halen - 1984/51502. NWA - efil4zaggin3. Chemical Bros. - Exit Planet Dust4. Daft Punk - Homework5. Billy Joel - Song in the Attic6. DT - GU Athens7. Skid Row - Skid Row8. An old compilation on Bonzai record (#5)9. Junior - Works 8 ball10. U2- Joshua Tree6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magilicuti Posted July 31 Report Share Posted July 31 Nirvana - Nevermind, first band that really got me into music. Still a fan of them today. Nirvana and any other bands that came out during that time as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadenco Posted July 31 Report Share Posted July 31 Originally posted by mugwump Great records...Slowdive will forever hold a veryspecial place in my heart..Leftfield=S CLASSIC! nice... always nice to see another Slowdive fan. I still carry that one around in my CD case... Also, I forgot Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92.This record totally blew my mind when I heard it, and still does today...-j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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