What's the top album that changed your world when you first listened to it?
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I don't typically have an emotional reaction to an album (songs, yes), but I was taken aback by how Kacey Musgraves' album Golden Hour hit me when I first listened to it. I'd randomly seen the (then new) video for "High Horse" and it absolutely caught my ear because of its catchiness. It was maybe the fourth single of the album which had been mostly ignored by radio, sadly, so I'd not heard anything from it up to that point. I liked "High Horse" so much that I went out and bought the CD the same day (yes, I will still buy a CD if I want an entire album) and gave it a listen. I was blown away, like couldn't do anything else while I was listening because I was so caught up in it. The lyrics, the vibe, the honesty, her voice, it all hit just right. "Space Cowboy", "Oh, What A World", and "Rainbow" moved me to tears specifically. Everything else just resonated. Then I started looking at reviews of the album online and saw how well it was received, almost universally. I instantly understood why. When it was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys, I was not surprised. It was the only album of its genre in the category while other genres had multiple nominees, so I felt like it had a VERY good chance to win the BIG prize (it did, along with everything else it was nominated for that year).
The song that first got my attention, "High Horse":
"Space Cowboy":
"Oh, What A World":
And her win for Album of the Year. Her reaction is so classic:
The song that first got my attention, "High Horse":
"Space Cowboy":
"Oh, What A World":
And her win for Album of the Year. Her reaction is so classic:
Dr Dre The Chronic. As a small town Iowa kid, I had never heard anything like it but it blew me away.
Greatest live album of all time. And I heard this in the 90s.
I was into Beatles from youth and had the 62-66 and 67-70 compilations when they came out. So none of their albums really brought me into the fold, so to speak. I was already there.
I had heard of him a lot and read all the great reviews in Rolling Stone etc. I wasn't convinced. I spent the summer after my senior year at ISU in Ames going to Summer sessions and still needing to stick around through fall quarter to graduate. Living in an apartment that summer, I sort of discovered yard sales. I saw this at a yard sale for a buck and figured, what the heck, I'll give it a chance. About the third listen in I was hooked.
Became a huge fan (kind of cooled after Blood and Chocolate). Even got backstage at a show and got a pic with him. And autographs from him and all 3 Attractions. Still like to hear it every once in a while.
I had heard of him a lot and read all the great reviews in Rolling Stone etc. I wasn't convinced. I spent the summer after my senior year at ISU in Ames going to Summer sessions and still needing to stick around through fall quarter to graduate. Living in an apartment that summer, I sort of discovered yard sales. I saw this at a yard sale for a buck and figured, what the heck, I'll give it a chance. About the third listen in I was hooked.
Became a huge fan (kind of cooled after Blood and Chocolate). Even got backstage at a show and got a pic with him. And autographs from him and all 3 Attractions. Still like to hear it every once in a while.
Yea, Baby We Were Born to Run, I also really liked Nebraska. The the Live Album was something me and my roomates would listen to all of th etime.
While I don't have an album that "changed my world" when I first heard it, but as an adult....
For me it's this one:
I grew up a HUGE Ace of Base fan, and was so stoked when I got their second (and best) album for Christmas 1995 when I was 9.
I just enjoyed the music as I always did of theirs, but a few years ago listening to it as an adult....
Holy crap. The first few songs are upbeat and optimistic, but then the album gets really f*cking DARK!!!
Track 5 (Strange Ways) is about Linn's rumored emerging strange behaviors that fans talked about back then, Track 6 (Ravine) is about Jenny and her parents (also Linn's and Jonas' parents as they are siblings) being held at knifepoint in their home by an obsessed fan. Track 10 (Wave Wet Sand) is about being in an unfaithful relationship. Track 12 (Just 'n' Image, and my favorite) is about escaping an abusive relationship. Track 13 (Experience Pearls) isn't exactly dark, but I view it as meeting someone who actually cares about you and treats you right after you've only ever known toxic relationships, and finally, Track 14 (Whispers in Blindness) is about a one night stand where Linn fell for the guy, but he ditched her the next day.
The album then ends with a more upbeat track about growing into adulthood.
Oh and, I forgot to mention Track 7 (Perfect World) when listening nowadays could be considered almost political today.
My god do I love this album. At the end of the day, I view it as a whole about the darkside of fame.
My other favorite Ace of Base song is "Dancer in a Daydream", which is Track 6 on The Sign album. Again, I listened to it over and over again as a kid, but now as an adult..... My god is it SO SEXUAL!!!
That song is essentially about a woman wanting to meet someone that can help fulfill all her sexual fantasies. The climax "Help me take control of my full imagination. I'm looking for a man who can match my situation. Thinking about the people waiting down the line, I am in the limelight, now is my time!!" I view as " I'm settling down later, but I am in my sexual prime, so I am just going to completely cut loose.".
Just have a listen:
This also hits me personally as I'll just say I can relate due to the women in my past.
Now a single song DID change my world when I first heard it back in October 2018.
It's basically about making the most of what you have, don't indulge too much, and stay positive.
For me it's this one:
I grew up a HUGE Ace of Base fan, and was so stoked when I got their second (and best) album for Christmas 1995 when I was 9.
I just enjoyed the music as I always did of theirs, but a few years ago listening to it as an adult....
Holy crap. The first few songs are upbeat and optimistic, but then the album gets really f*cking DARK!!!
Track 5 (Strange Ways) is about Linn's rumored emerging strange behaviors that fans talked about back then, Track 6 (Ravine) is about Jenny and her parents (also Linn's and Jonas' parents as they are siblings) being held at knifepoint in their home by an obsessed fan. Track 10 (Wave Wet Sand) is about being in an unfaithful relationship. Track 12 (Just 'n' Image, and my favorite) is about escaping an abusive relationship. Track 13 (Experience Pearls) isn't exactly dark, but I view it as meeting someone who actually cares about you and treats you right after you've only ever known toxic relationships, and finally, Track 14 (Whispers in Blindness) is about a one night stand where Linn fell for the guy, but he ditched her the next day.
The album then ends with a more upbeat track about growing into adulthood.
Oh and, I forgot to mention Track 7 (Perfect World) when listening nowadays could be considered almost political today.
My god do I love this album. At the end of the day, I view it as a whole about the darkside of fame.
My other favorite Ace of Base song is "Dancer in a Daydream", which is Track 6 on The Sign album. Again, I listened to it over and over again as a kid, but now as an adult..... My god is it SO SEXUAL!!!
That song is essentially about a woman wanting to meet someone that can help fulfill all her sexual fantasies. The climax "Help me take control of my full imagination. I'm looking for a man who can match my situation. Thinking about the people waiting down the line, I am in the limelight, now is my time!!" I view as " I'm settling down later, but I am in my sexual prime, so I am just going to completely cut loose.".
Just have a listen:
This also hits me personally as I'll just say I can relate due to the women in my past.
Now a single song DID change my world when I first heard it back in October 2018.
It's basically about making the most of what you have, don't indulge too much, and stay positive.
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Ya good point. Mine really didn’t change my real life, changed/shaped my musical future the most.
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Everything Dax Riggs has done musically has been life changing for me. The guy's voice is amazing and I love his lyrics. He is by far my favorite musician...
If you like metal, check out Acid Bath. New Orleans sludge metal. Dax was very young when the band was formed, but he could still sing his ass off. The lyrics are dark and trippy poetry. If you get high, smoke a joint and put on some Acid Bath. Trust me.
Acid Bath split up in 1997 after their bassist was killed in a car wreck. Dax then formed Agents of Oblivion, a psychedelic rock band. They released one album before breaking up. It's one of my top 20 albums of all time. Acid Bath's two albums rank #1 and #5 on my list.
After a few different projects, Dax went solo. His solo music is very bluesy. He disappeared from music over a decade ago and will be making a comeback with a new album out in October.
You're welcome!
Rotten Records doesn't allow people to put Acid Bath on youtube, which is dumb, so people get creative. Here is Fingerpaintings of the Insane:
If you like metal, check out Acid Bath. New Orleans sludge metal. Dax was very young when the band was formed, but he could still sing his ass off. The lyrics are dark and trippy poetry. If you get high, smoke a joint and put on some Acid Bath. Trust me.
Acid Bath split up in 1997 after their bassist was killed in a car wreck. Dax then formed Agents of Oblivion, a psychedelic rock band. They released one album before breaking up. It's one of my top 20 albums of all time. Acid Bath's two albums rank #1 and #5 on my list.
After a few different projects, Dax went solo. His solo music is very bluesy. He disappeared from music over a decade ago and will be making a comeback with a new album out in October.
You're welcome!
Rotten Records doesn't allow people to put Acid Bath on youtube, which is dumb, so people get creative. Here is Fingerpaintings of the Insane:
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Gosh, imagine if Penny Land and Strawberry Fields were actually on St Peppers. The Album was already epic, ground breaking, amazing. With them, how could it not be considered the best of all time?All three chords of it! And the same ones on every song!
Revolver is a collection of better songs. It's roughly the sum of its parts, though.
Sgt. Pepper's is a better album. It's more than the sum of its parts.
Revolver is also helped by the fact the two songs taken from the album for a single are "Paperback Writer" (a catchy as **** pop song but not one of their deeper works) and "Rain" (okay this one is seriously an underrated psychedelic masterpiece but it can't hold up to the next two items for discussion...).
Sgt. Pepper's nonalbum singles from the same session are "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane," which are two of the best songs in their catalog... of the 1960s... and of pop music generally.
I tend to group their nonalbum singles with the album from the same session (e.g., "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" go with The Beatles, etc.) because there are not many other bands out there who consistently held their best songs out of their albums but... still made the greatest albums of all-time. I can't think of any other groups that consistently handicapped themselves in that way... it's not like Michael Jackson took "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" off Thriller to release them as nonalbum singles, right? Hence, I tend to make that adjustment.
In 1980 I was 12 years old. I had a neighbor that had an 8 track player, he also had the Beatles in it, mostly the early Beatles. It was alright I guess, but I was more into the Cars, the Knack and Blondie and new wave emerging at the time. On December 8th of that year John Lennon was murdered, that had an impact, I started to dive into more of their music. At Christmas that year, just a couple of weeks later Lennon was killed, I got a boom box for my present. Along with it my mom got me 3 cassette tapes, Shawn Cassidy, Captain and Tennille (LOL) and Abbey Road. Guess which one got to me and became all time favorite album?
The other impactful album for me was from a band from England called The Alarm, the album was called Declaration. The album was pretty good, but it opened the door for me to discover a genre of music, mostly from the British Isles, that I very much enjoyed for the rest of my life. I guess that genre is called Post Punk now. Through The Alarm I got into U2, REM, The Cure, The Replacements, Husker Du, Echo and The Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, The Church, The Joy Division, The Chameleons UK, Cocteau Twins, The Jesus and Marry Chain, The Smiths and dozens of others.
The other impactful album for me was from a band from England called The Alarm, the album was called Declaration. The album was pretty good, but it opened the door for me to discover a genre of music, mostly from the British Isles, that I very much enjoyed for the rest of my life. I guess that genre is called Post Punk now. Through The Alarm I got into U2, REM, The Cure, The Replacements, Husker Du, Echo and The Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, The Church, The Joy Division, The Chameleons UK, Cocteau Twins, The Jesus and Marry Chain, The Smiths and dozens of others.
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I walked into COOP records as she was taking the plastic off a brand new album. As soon as I heard it start I knew I had to have this album.
