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iPod Songs and albums I have to listen to before I die?

arkitect said:
Yes, but which version of the hundreds available ;)

My choice(s) would be:
Neeme Järvi: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (With original chorus ending)
or
Herbert von Karajan: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra…
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The Herbert von Karajan version is the one I know best. :D I've heard the Järvi version before, but I can't have an opinion on it as I can't really remember it.
 
Calexico - A Feast of Wire

Friends of Dean Martinez - A Place in the Sun

Philip Glass - Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Garbage - Version 2.0

Fluke - Risotto

Muse - Black Holes & Revelations

Syntax - Meccano Mind

Bruckner - Symphony No. 4 - Celibidache/Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
 
arkitect said:
Calexico - A Feast of Wire
Philip Glass - Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Orchestra
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I've been thinking about getting a Glass symphony, and don't know enough to pick wisely. Are there different recordings of this that are superior to others?

I bought a Goreki symphony I like, but the recording wasn't as good as one I heard on the radio - but I like it well enough that I haven't upgraded.

Occasionally, I have to choose for my single album example. For example, I wanted a Jimi Hendrix album, and found two that were almost perfect - but one had "Purple Haze" and the other had "The Star Spangled Banner".
 
Howard Brazee said:
I've been thinking about getting a Glass symphony, and don't know enough to pick wisely. Are there different recordings of this that are superior to others?
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Glass' 3rd Symphony isn't too bad. There is a recording conducted by Russell Davies: Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra.

Personally, I would start with the Violin Concerto with Gideon Kremer.
:)
 
Killyp said:
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
No need to mention who this is by. Probably the most important album in history. Still an absolute dream to listen to.
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It's really a tossup between this, Revolver, and Abbey Road for me. All really amazing albums.

Killyp said:
Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
Amazing piece of music. Well leave you soooooooo chilled out you wouldn't believe it.
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I'm partial to both Fantastia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis or Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, but The Lark Ascending does seem to be more popular than either.
 
arkitect said:
Philip Glass - Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Garbage - Version 2.0
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I'd have gone with Koyannisqatsi, Powasqatsi and Naqoysqatsi for Philip Glass.

And the 1st Garbage ablum is a lot better than v2.0.

To add to the above 4:

Mule Variations - Tom Waits (Unless Orphans counts)

I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen

Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury - Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails

Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction

Debut - Björk

Doolittle - The Pixies


I could keep going but I'll stop there...
 
bartelby said:
I'd have gone with Koyannisqatsi, Powasqatsi and Naqoysqatsi for Philip Glass.

And the 1st Garbage ablum is a lot better than v2.0.
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Errm... yes, How about adding an IMO? :rolleyes: Tastes are pretty personal. ;)

I think he asked about a Glass Symphony… so… otherwise I guess Music in 12 parts would have been quite OK to start with… maybe not…
 
arkitect said:
Errm... yes, How about adding an IMO? :rolleyes: Tastes are pretty personal. ;)

I think he asked about a Glass Symphony… so… otherwise I guess Music in 12 parts would have been quite OK to start with… maybe not…
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I thought the "I have gone with" bit would have suggest it was my opinion....

Music in 12 parts might scare him away:)
 
It's quite difficult to recommend music without having good knowledge of a persons tastes, but these are my favorites right now, and yes I do realize they are all over the place...

Brand New - Deja Entendu (All their other albums are a bit weak imho)
Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit (Maybe Something Corporate if you like the style, same singer)
Good Charlotte - Good Morning Revival (Haven't listed to the other albums yet)
Mae - Destination Beautiful
Rise Against - Siren Song of the Counter Culture & The Suffer and the Witness (Great songs, but unfortunately quite a bit of filler content)
+44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating
 
just a few off the top of my head

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

Thelonius Monk - Brilliant Corners

Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman

Lyle Lovette - And his large band or Pontiac

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited or Live 1966 bootleg series

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Old 97's - hitchhike to Rohm
 
1. Ambulance LTD - LP
2. Spoon - Girls Can Tell
3. The Stills - Logic Will Break Your Heart
4. TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
5. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
6. Postal Service - Give Up
7. The Redwalls - DeNova
8. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer
9. Mew - Frengers
10. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Wil Beat Your A$$

My $0.02... All great roadtrip albums.
 
Smashing Pumpkins is my favorite band

Adore: truly a unique album, still ahead of its time, unappreciated, just beautiful. Highlight: 'For Martha'. Listen to it late at night, all the way through.

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness: one of the most epic, daring cds ever as far as I'm concerned. Ranges from heavy metal, to classical-inspired songs. Highlight: 'And Ode To No One'

Saying that, "Siamese Dream" is still my favorite cd of theirs.

Otherwise:
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (very organic sounding industrial. Highlight: 'March of the Pigs')
U2 - Achtung Baby (it's good ole U2 but in their best form. Highlight: 'One')
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith & Devotion (good, emotional, spiritual album. Highlight: 'Mercy In You')

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (peppy album, Highlight: Grey Seal)
Green Day - American Idiot (an instant classic, Highlight: Boulevard of Broken Dreams)
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (this album rocks hard, Highlight: My Michelle)
Korn - Self-Titled (pretty weird music, quite unique, Highlight: Blind)

Previously Mentioned
The Cure - Disintegration
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Any Tool cd

More recently, I thought The Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way is a really good cd. Great vocals.
 
Beck- Odelay
Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Snatch Soundtrack
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Soundtrack
all music by the Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Offspring- Americana
The Offspring- Smash
Stone Temple Pilots
all of the music by Alkaline Trio, Disturbed, Zao, Blink 182, Coldplay, Jack Johnson
Dr. Dre- 2001
Outkast
Nas
Ludacris- Word of Mouf
Any and all Classical music (Bach, Mozart, Dvorak in particular) [Dvorak's From the New World and Mozart's Requiem are two of my favorites)
Tuvan Throat singing

Electronic Music
Pendulum
Sub Focus
Baron
Bad Company
State of Mind
Nero
Any Drum and Bass Mix by Andy C, Friction, Pendulum
 
grayson capps
ryan adams
richard julian
kasey chambers
cat power
kathleen edwards
rocco deluca and the burden
karate
patrice pike
amos lee
belle and sebastian
vegitation
calexico
dr. john
dirty dozen brass band
garage a trois
galactic

have a great trip
 
Little Feat - Let It Roll (one clear moment, cajun girl, voices on the wind)

Bad Company - Company of Strangers (clearwater highway)

John Hammond - Hot Tracks ( nadine )

BBKing & Eric Clapton - Riding With the King (riding with the king)

Paul Butterfield blues band - Anthology, the Elektra years (mornin' blues, in my own dream)

Peter Green - Best of Peter Green Splinter Group - (i'm a steady rollin' man, sweet home chicago)
 
Hi all. This is my first post here!
Albums I'd recommend to everyone:

Biffy Clyro: Blackened Sky
Interpol: Antics
Muse: Origin of Symetry
The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow
Bright Eyes: Digital Ashes in a Digital Urn
Jeff Buckley: Grace
Biffy Clyro: Vertigo of Bliss
Silversun Pickups: Carnavas

Then go chill with some Boards of Canada and realise you've heard them before watching Top Gear and that Mercedes ad with the car turning into water, lol.

All of these bands albums are worth checking out I'd say.

Norm.
 
Peter Gabriel - Passion
Sisters of Mercy - A Slight Case of Overbombing
Th' Legendary Shack Shakers - Pandelirium
Jeff Buckley - Grace

Anything by:
Rancid
Matisyahu
Coldplay
Nina Simone
Pink Floyd
 
As always, everyone else is wrong and I am right. So listen up (pun).

Radiohead - OK Computer (I'd actually suggest all 6 albums)
The Doors - The Doors (Again, all 6 Albums really)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
Simon & Garfunkel - The Essentials
Sublime - 40 oz to Freedom
RJD2 - Dead Ringer

These are in no particular order.
IMO (which is always right), Radiohead is the best of this generation and i would strongly suggest getting their discography (Hail to the Thief, Kid A, OK Computer, The Bends, Pablo Honey, and Amnesiac).
 
I'll suggest things that haven't been mentioned. I also suggest many that have been mentioned already (MIA, The Who, etc)
-Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
-Sublime - Sublime
-Billy Joel - Glass Houses
-Creedence Clearwater Revival (awesome driving music in my opinion)
-Green Day - Dookie
-Girl Talk - Night Ripper
-OAR - Stories of a Stranger
 
Philip Glass
Violin Concerto
Adele Anthony, violin
Ulster Orchestra
Naxos CD 8.55456


Its an album with other goodies on it, but if you like passionate orchestral music, Glass minimalism is the way to go.

Here's a taste of the first movement. [YouTube.com]
 
I know, I know, its the world's most used temp track but still, the sublime

Barber Adagio for Strings
It's just so funereal.
And the first half of Dark Side of the Moon
 
Here's a few recommendations from me :D

Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power, Rings Around The World
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral, The Fragile
Mute Math - Mute Math
Metric - Grow Up and Blow Away
Chris Botti - Night Sessions
Carina Round - Slow Motion Addict
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Eisley - Room Noises
Ghosts - The World is Outside
Gruff Rhys - Candylion
 
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