What album changed your life?


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08/18/2006 4:37 am
I saw an article in the newspaper and I thought it would be a good topic for discussion. For me, I would say it was Nirvana. It wasn't the first album I owned, but it was the first one that really inspired me to create my own music, and then later decide that was what I wanted to do with my life. I don't know if that's what I'll end up doing with my life, but I have no backup plan, so one hopes. Anyway, what about you allz?
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08/18/2006 4:48 am
mine wud be coldplays very first album 'parachutes'...still the best of all of their albums i must say...now that theyve comercialised their stuff havent been as good...but yeah...i was 14-15
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08/18/2006 5:15 am
the first album i heard that made me say "mmmm...music goooood" was "meet the beatles" the first album i bought was van halen "women and children first" when it came out i bought ac/dc "highway to hell" the same day.....in 1983 when i went to a midnight showing of "the song remains the same" (on funny mushrooms ;) ) it was all over ...."i must play guitar" shortly after, a guitar was purchased....
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08/18/2006 6:29 am
The album that really got me into music was The Very Best of Simon and Garfunkel.

The album that made me plug in an electric guitar was Odyssey Number Five by Powderfinger.

But the album that really had the biggest impact on me, and made me the frothing mad strange-music lunatic that I am today, was Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.
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08/18/2006 6:50 am
Dire Straits, Brothers in arms. Great album. Used to listen it over and over.
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08/18/2006 7:19 am
"Crime Of The Century", Supertramp.
First time I noticed stuff like sublety, hidden meanings, harmony and recording techniques.
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08/18/2006 8:23 am
hmm probably "the best air guitar album in the wold ever 2" because when my friendlet me borrow it it was the first time i heard most of it and thought
"mmmm...music goooood"

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08/18/2006 11:39 am
Originally Posted by: markc2005hmm probably "the best air guitar album in the wold ever 2" because when my friendlet me borrow it it was the first time i heard most of it and thought


That is the same thing that started me too. But I had the boxset :cool:
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08/18/2006 2:42 pm
Mad Man Across the Water. Elton John.
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08/18/2006 4:10 pm
there have been a few...

Green Day-Dookie, was the album that got me into music in the first place.

Bright Eyes-Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, was the album that got me really listening to music (much like Schmange was saying about Supertramp)

And
Cat Stevens- Tea For the Tillerman, was the album that got me feeling music.
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08/18/2006 6:09 pm
There've been a few that changed the way I play, though only one changed my life, because it made me determined to pick up the guitar in the first place: Still Got The Blues, by Gary Moore.
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08/19/2006 1:35 am
Michael, you owe me big for introducing you to Nirvana.

Although I must say, it was probably the same for me, Nirvana by Nirvana. I bought it when it came out because "You Know You're Right" was constantly playing on the damn radio and I liked it. That was about when I said to myself "Sweet Jesus, I must be a part of this so-called 'music.' "

Another crucial one is Zeppelin II. When I was in grade 7 (I think), my gym teacher lent me Zeppelin II and The Grand Bazaar by the Tea Party for the weekend, saying I'd like them a lot. I listened to Zeppelin II first, and ended up with it on loop all weekend. I never did listen to that Tea Party one. I think that was the point when I realized there was more to music than Nirvana.

I'm gonna throw a couple others out there, 'the White Album' and Dirty, just because those were the ones that got me into the Beatles and Sonic Youth, respectively, and now they are quite possibly my two favourite bands.
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08/19/2006 6:24 am
Originally Posted by: AkiraTwo:

Rage Against The Machine's self titled album, and P&W by Vai.


+1 for Rage Against the Machine; Rage were the first rock band that I was absolutely crazy about.
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08/19/2006 12:46 pm
Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks' - it was the first album I had heard where I was blown away by the lyrical content. Each song tells an almost perfect story.

Stevie Ray Vaughn 'Couldn't stand the weather' made me want to learn the guitar.

The Doors 'The Soft Parade' was, to me, the perfect album to sit and listen to after, *ahem*, partying a bit. As soon as I hear the first strains of 'Follow me down', I can actually smell the patchouli oil.... :D
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08/19/2006 11:50 pm
Pat travers - Making magic

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08/20/2006 3:07 am
Metallica-Ride the Lightning, and Pink Floyd- Momentary Lapse of Reason. And Creed's first album
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08/20/2006 4:51 am
Californication...my first cd. Asked for it in grade 6 cause my friend had it. One of those cd's were every lyric, melody and riff are melted into my brain. It's diversity really appealed to me. The funk of 'around the world', the mellow to raging heaviness of 'parallel universe' and 'this velvet glove', the eerines of 'savior' all the way to the acoustic tune 'road trippin'. The ultra-original lyrics appealed greatly to me too. Mind you, there are filler tracks ('I like dirt') but...you know.

Toxicity was also huge for me.
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08/20/2006 5:23 am
The first album I bought with my own money was "If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears" by The Mamas And The Papas. I've always been a major fan of tight vocal harmonies, and John Phillips was a Master. But that album didn't change my life at all - it just fed musical tastes that were already in place. The Beatles, most of the rest of the 'British Invasion', Motown, Simon & Garfunkle, Cat Stevens, all continued that trend. Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix sounded bizarre to me at first, but they were soon absorbed into the musical landscape.

The one that ripped out all of the wires, and turned me into a raging Rocker was the self-titled >Grand Funk< album. This power trio changed the way a lot of people listened to live bands, and they certainly changed the way I played music. In fact, my last pro band was named Railroad, picking up the word discarded by our heroes when they shortened down their band's name from Grand Funk Railroad.

I just bought another guitar like the one I was playing back then. I was reminded of GFR when I was trying it out. Instinctively, I started playing the riff from "Inside Looking Out". Our cover of that tune was our signature song.
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08/20/2006 3:24 pm
:cool: It would be "superstar collection from ktell" because the album had some great songs on it! it came from the 70's. like imanginary lover from alanta rhythem section and others. but my fav rock album would be queen live killers,because it had two lps and had all there greatist songs on it,and it was live.i got it from my 16th birthday.which was 1979
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