Best album ever

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anonymous-user

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53 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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You've got some friends round who have varying musical taste, you put an album on that works for everyone that means it won't be Aja, Dark Side Of The Moon or Court And Spark so it has to be Rumours, brilliant album, brilliantly recorded and caters for everyone.
Rumours imho the greatest album ever made, the staple diet of every classic gold radio station but still it fails to not impress even after all these years.

thebraketester

14,192 posts

137 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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MJ Thriller.


brrapp

3,701 posts

161 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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For universal approval, I can't beat Johnny Cash's American IV: A Man Comes Around.
I can play it at any occasion and it gets approval from everyone form my 'way too cool' kids to my 80 year old mother. I love that he took so many classic songs and covered everyone in such a way as to put more of himself into them than the original artists did. In also like that his voice is so 'unique' that even I can sing along with the album and not sound too bad.

mp3manager

4,254 posts

195 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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Eddie Strohacker

3,879 posts

85 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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Raygun said:
You've got some friends round who have varying musical taste, you put an album on that works for everyone that means it won't be Aja, Dark Side Of The Moon or Court And Spark so it has to be Rumours, brilliant album, brilliantly recorded and caters for everyone.
Rumours imho the greatest album ever made, the staple diet of every classic gold radio station but still it fails to not impress even after all these years.
Found the fatal flaw in this idea.

BRR

1,845 posts

171 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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My favourites are Rumours, Thriller, Off the Wall, Dr Dre 2001 and London Calling

hman

7,487 posts

193 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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"you put an album on"

err no, you put on a music streaming website and pick a playlist which suits the mood or the persons present.

That way you get :-

A variety of music
No blame for putting on duff music
Happy guests
Yourself into the 2010's (you are nearly 7 years late already)

(you are right about Aja and Darkside of the moon though - they are definitely albums for uninterrupted immersion via a good system)

mp3manager

4,254 posts

195 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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Spot the millennial.

RedCarsAnonymous

96 posts

119 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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Oh come on, Rumours isn't even the best Fleetwood Mac album biggrinwink

Sir Snaz

571 posts

185 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.

Morningside

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228 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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singlecoil

33,317 posts

245 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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anonymous-user

Original Poster:

53 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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singlecoil said:
Going to sound harsh(no pun intended) but as recording goes all the Beatles albums sound dated but because the late 70s and early 80s recording was at it's pinnacle a lot of the albums released then sound great then in the mid 80s a lot of studios bought SSL consoles which made everything sound tinny and fake. Good comparision being Follow You Follow Me by Genesis on a Trident console compared to Invisible Touch recorded on an SSL, but to be fair that tinny sound with lots of reverb was all the rage in the 80s only now do we realise that the sound quality of the late 70s albums is far superior.
Check out a film called Sound City well worth a watch.

Eddie Strohacker

3,879 posts

85 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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Raygun said:
Going to sound harsh(no pun intended) but as recording goes all the Beatles albums sound dated but because the late 70s and early 80s recording was at it's pinnacle a lot of the albums released then sound great then in the mid 80s a lot of studios bought SSL consoles which made everything sound tinny and fake. Good comparision being Follow You Follow Me by Genesis on a Trident console compared to Invisible Touch recorded on an SSL, but to be fair that tinny sound with lots of reverb was all the rage in the 80s only now do we realise that the sound quality of the late 70s albums is far superior.
Check out a film called Sound City well worth a watch.
Dave Grohl rescuing the Neve desk? Was discussing this just the other night. Most famously, Nevermind was recorded on that desk & I'd certainly put that record in my top ten.

singlecoil

33,317 posts

245 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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Raygun said:
Going to sound harsh(no pun intended) but as recording goes all the Beatles albums sound dated...
Never mind the sound quality, listen to the music.

300bhp/ton

41,030 posts

189 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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Raygun said:
You've got some friends round who have varying musical taste, you put an album on that works for everyone that means it won't be Aja, Dark Side Of The Moon or Court And Spark so it has to be Rumours, brilliant album, brilliantly recorded and caters for everyone.
Rumours imho the greatest album ever made, the staple diet of every classic gold radio station but still it fails to not impress even after all these years.
Umm no.

Not saying it's bad, but if you prefer the Peter Green days, then this will likely be a let down. And let downs can never be the 'Greatest'.

AdeTuono

7,240 posts

226 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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Eddie Strohacker said:
Raygun said:
Going to sound harsh(no pun intended) but as recording goes all the Beatles albums sound dated but because the late 70s and early 80s recording was at it's pinnacle a lot of the albums released then sound great then in the mid 80s a lot of studios bought SSL consoles which made everything sound tinny and fake. Good comparision being Follow You Follow Me by Genesis on a Trident console compared to Invisible Touch recorded on an SSL, but to be fair that tinny sound with lots of reverb was all the rage in the 80s only now do we realise that the sound quality of the late 70s albums is far superior.
Check out a film called Sound City well worth a watch.
Dave Grohl rescuing the Neve desk? Was discussing this just the other night. Most famously, Nevermind was recorded on that desk & I'd certainly put that record in my top ten.
The album of the documentary is excellent; up there with the best 10 of the last decade, IMO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVuo8WIaXN8

HOGEPH

5,249 posts

185 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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The Soul Cages by Sting.

Every track different, but all fine songs.

hman

7,487 posts

193 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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mp3manager said:
Spot the millennial.
lol - you may think but in fact I'm from the mid seventies I think that makes me Gen X doesnt it?

Total Restore Alloys

5 posts

82 months

Tuesday 16th May 2017
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When I was a young punk I'd have said Rise Against : The Sufferer and the Witness but you have to go pretty far to beat the
Rolling Stones : Sticky Fingers or, obviously, Pink Flloyd ; The Dark Side of the Moon