Albums that rocked your world.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

I second the Postal Service, and I credit Brandon for mentioning them and introducing me.

The Presidents of the United States of America. All their albums are great. Watch for the new one August, I think.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way, and One Hot Minute. Great stuff. Flea is amazing.

Rx Bandits - Progess.

Zox - Take Me Home. Local Band from Brown University in RI. GREAT live shows. Great Bassist.

Alien Ant Farm. Both their albums.

Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue. I find myself listening to it more and more.

Matt Nathanson - Beneath thses Fireworks. The reason I'm gonna get an acoustic guitar.

The Apex Theory - Topsy Turvy

Tonic - Lemon Parade

Boxcar Racer - Self Titled

Celldweller - Self Titled. Holy Moly.

I could sit here all day and list more. But I'll limit it to that.

[Joe Matt]

Jay-Z & DJ Dangermouse -The Grey Alblum

Three Day's Grace- Three Day's Grace

And hands down the most influential album and one that rocked my world,

Blue Man Group- The Complex

The themes in the album stand out compared to other music, plus the music just kicks $@#$@#$@#!

[Amanda Morrison]

This post took some careful consideration. Just by putting these, I feel like I'm leaving thousands of great albums out.

AC/DC - Back in Black
This album, owned originally on vinyl by my parents, has always been something I can go back to. I have been known, on occasion, to use a vacuum as a guitar during 'Rock 'n Roll Ain't Noise Pollution'. It is, by far, the best album to play while cleaning house. Just put on your Van Halen bandanna (if you also own one, you rock) and get out the Windex.

Death Cab for Cutie - The Photo Album
Death Cab for Cutie - We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes
I saw DCFC in Chicago when The Photo Album was just coming out. My socks were rocked. These are still favorites. There are just some albums you listen to and think, 'This was what high school was for me.' This is exactly that.

Deftones - White Pony
There is no better driving music than this album. Passenger features Maynard James Keenan from Tool (below on this list) and is so great. Change (in the house of flies) is also a favorite. Eh, the whole album is a favorite. It's on repeat as we speak.

Garth Brooks - The Limited Series
I could, quite possibly, be the largest Garth Brooks fan this side of the Mississippi. I have listened to him ever since I first saw him appear on an episode of 'Empty Nest' and have been a doting fan ever since. My first Garth concert was when I was 7, and there were three more to follow. I even got pointed at. Yes, folks, Garth Brooks pointed at me. I'll be signing autographs.

John Mayer - Heavier Things
John Mayer - Room For Squares
Both of these albums have such a wide range of emotion and are so well-written, I can't help but love them. I associate a bit more with Heavier Things, being that the issues in them are a little bit more well-defined and the music a tad more complex and fitting. I could listen to these for days. They are feel-good music, they are relaxing music, they are 'I just want to be alone' music, they are everything.

Peter Gabriel - Hit
Phil Collins - ...Hits
I once had a teacher who told me the greatest wisdom of my life - 'You never go a single day without hearing Phil Collins.' It's so true. Although it's somewhat injustice to lump these two Genesis greats together, these albums are mandatory. Peter Gabriel is incredible - Sledgehammer? In Your Eyes? Big Time? Shock the Monkey? Solsbury Hill? All of them are so good it hurts. Phil Collins is the man. No qualms. He's the man.

Pink Floyd - The Wall
I have this on vinyl (again, a hand-me-down from the parental units) and I will argue that it's just not the same on CD. The movie, in turn, is excellent (and the acting on his part turned me into a lifelong Bob Geldof fan, sans Band-Aid). The whole album is a masterpiece. There's not a whole lot I can say to do it justice. I also recommend Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here (great albums and great songs).

Tool - Aenima
I am a closet Tool fan. I have listen to them since the way-back-when. This is my favorite album they've produced, and it's a frequent play in my car (especially on bad days). I recommend this to anyone who anyone who has been to an Ozzfest.

[Melissa Nute]

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

SouthFM - Drama Kids

Everclear - Learning How to Smile Vol. 2

Phantom of The Opera
Into the Woods

[Ryan F.]

(starts looking at music folder)

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here ( listening too right now)


Led Zeppelin...any of them are awesome...but my favorite has to be Led Zep 4...

Kansas...Point of Know Return

Pearl Jam- Ten

Boston- Boston

George Thorogood- Haircut

Tesla- Into the Now

Black Sabbath- Paranoid

Hootie and the Blowfish...Cracked Rear View

and a little more modern...
Three Days Grace- Three days grace

...what I could think of for now.

[Brandon Martus]

Eh, I like music.

Favorite new albums:

• Brandtson - Send Us A Signal (great drums. hand clapping in 2 songs. cant beat that)
  
• My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (just as good as their first album)
  
• The Rocket Summer - Calendar Days (one guy plays all the instruments. great song writing. good music. melikes.)

Favorite Overall Albums:
(this is so difficult. no particular order)

• Weezer - Blue Album (duh.)
  
• Copeland - Beneath Medicine Tree (so good. can't describe why.)
  
• NOFX - Punk in Drublic (eh.. first favorite punk band, first cd i owned by them)
  
• The Rocket Summer - Calendar Days (such good songwriting ..)
  
• Less Than Jake - Losing Streak (the best LTJ album ..)
  
• VA - Hello, We Are the Militia Group (found so many new quality bands from this sampler)
  
• Cursive - The Ugly Organ (great music. great cd artwork. great band)
  
• Moneen - Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now? (crazy song titles. energetic music. craziness.)

[Aaron Knight]

Hrmm...

Every album/ep by Ben Folds, with and without the Five
Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First
The Get Up Kids (self-titled)
System of a Down - Steal This Album!

There are others but these are all I can think of at the moment - I'm horrible with artist/album/song names, and especially getting the trio all right at the same time

[Elgin Clock]

I'll have to agree that Pink Floyd's "The Wall" is on my list too.
But it doesn't begin to make sense unless you watch the movie of the same name (and then it makes even less sense ).. lol

Also, another album that rocks my world is "Hellbilly Deluxe", and the remix of all those songs "American Made Music To Strip By" by Rob Zombie
Gotta love those songs - Dragula, Living Dead Girl, Demonoid Phenomonon among others. Great stuff.

[Elgin Clock]

Oops.. Double post. Guess you can't edit, after a few days.

Anyways, I just remembered another album that rocked my world - sort of.

I suck at math. But, when I was taking my Pre-Algebra, and Algebra classes in College, I would hog two computers and use one for the software (they were computer based math classes) and one computer for the listening of a CD. It seemed that the days I had my CD to listen to was the days I understood more of the software and (even more importantly) the algebraic procedures.

Anyways, the CD I listened to during those times was:
Wyclef Jean and the Refugee Allstars - The Carnival.

I doubt if it was the music or words that made learning easier for me on those days, maybe it was just that I was in a more relaxed environment, listening to some tunes and going at my own pace with the studies...

[MOEmaniac]

Green Day: Dookie
Limp Bizkit: Results May Vary
311: From Chaos
311: 311
311: Evolver
311: Soundsystem
Sublime: Sublime
Aerosmith: Nine Lives
Linkin Park: Meteora

[Ben Lauer]

Barenaked Ladies - Rock Spectacle
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
Staind - 14 Shades of Grey
Live - Throwing Copper
Pearl Jam - Ten
Dave Matthews Band - Live at Red Rocks
Weezer - Blue
Matchbox 20 - Yourself or Someone Like You

eerrrwwwaaaappp!
(you know it brandon!)

[KathieK]

Originally Posted by Billfred

Alright, so there's the "Books that inspired you" thread in the general forum. I'm gonna ask the same question about albums, except that I don't know if I'll hold it to the inspiring standard--let's aim for albums that struck a chord with you deep inside you.

I think it's funny that you chose the word "album" instead of CD but since you asked about albums, I would have to say Cream - Disraeli Gears since it introduced me to Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce - if you haven't heard it, ask a mentor to dig it out of their LP collection. Harry Chapin - all of his albums were wonderful - so much so that I named my children after a song of his... Woodstock 1 - I had to sneak into my sister's bedroom to listen to this when she wasn't home because it wasn't appropriate for me to listen to! Jesus Christ Superstar - Broadway show version - my first real explanation of the Easter story. Carole King's Tapestry and Jim Croce's Time in a Bottle - both were worn out because I moved during high school and listened to these for hours on end until I made some friends.

[Jeff Waegelin]

One I just got recently: The America EP, by Will Hoge. Buy it at www.willhoge.com or download it from iTunes (only $5!). It's very powerful.. you won't regret it. And if you like it, check out the rest of Will's stuff... it's all awesome.

[RudimentaryPeni]

The ones that rocked my world are also the ones that give me the most inspiration.(theres no order)

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention Freak Out! (infact lyrics from that album are in my sig)

Frank Zappa "himself"- Joes Garage Act 1,2,&3

Every Radiohead album

Omega Tribe Make Tea Not War

Rudimentary Peni "deathchurch" and "Cacophony"(a 40 minute 30 track lp about writer H.P. Lovecraft)

Thats all i can put becuase if i get started you'll be doing a lot of reading!