Ten Rock Albums That You Shouldn't Be Able To Live Without
(a rather subjective listing of the greatest music ever in no particular order)
[I] - Led Zeppelin
This is the absolute pinnacle of bluesy rock - and it was only their beginning. This is a CD that you really would screw up by burning it, because a lot of the songs go right from one to the next without a pause. Don't be a fool. Buy it.
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
I just realized how pathetic you have to be if you don't know who created each of these albums. I'll keep doing it, though, to benefit all of you clueless losers. This is another album you really shouldn't burn. There are lots of different rereleased versions of the original album out there, some supposedly better than others. Google it before you go out and buy your own copy.
Back in Black - AC/DC
Need I say more? Almost 50% of this album later became singles material, so you know I'm not the only one who loved it. If I ever had to make a big entrance and choose a song for everyone to hear, "Back in Black" would be one of the top contenders.
Fear - Toad the Wet Sprocket
You probably don't remember much of Toad. They were one of your typical 90s bands who fell apart due to particular band members getting too deep into drugs. This album also personifies the sound of 90s rock - absofuckinlutely awesome. Very mellow rock (Some Might Say it's soft rock).
Throwing Copper - Live
It was pretty uncommon for a band to have more than one song that went sky high on the rating charts, but Live had at least three with this album. They seemed to borrow a little of the jam-band undertone with this album, in that they concentrate more on their instruments and the vocalist's voice as an instrument than on lyrics or other less meaningful considerations. Excellent driving album.
Be Here Now - Oasis
Hard decision to make between this one and the multimultimultiplatinum Morning Glory album, but after a short talk with my fellow Oasis guru, we decided that BHN has a slight edge. Most people either love this album or hate it. My colleague and I fall into the first category. Mostly uptempo music, but it can be used for high adrenaline days of either happy or angry extremes.
This Desert Life - Counting Crows
The ULTIMATE melancholic album ever. If this doesn't mellow you out and make you want to be totally and completely alone for at least a week, I don't know what will (if you're into that sort of thing, anyway). I am. This one always reminds me of being out West, since I took it on our last big trip through the Grand Canyon and the Rockies.
Radiance - Athenaeum
Bet you thought you were going to recognize all of these artists, didn't you? Fool. I bet you can't even pronouce the band's name. These guys make the list for kicking so much ass and still remaining below the mainstream line. Pop rock with a voice to remember and lyrics that make up for the rather typical pop-rock sound.
More Than You Think You Are - Matchbox Twenty
Even though "You Won't Be Mine" is Matchbox Twenty's greatest song ever (from Mad Season), their third album does a better job of mixing and matching sounds and moods. Even the lyrical downers are carried by melodies that are sweeping and almost contradicting in their tone.
Songs About Jane - Maroon 5
I think the rest of the world would agree with me here. There's at least as much M5 material in B-sides as there is on the album, so either burn a huge CD with the B-sides tagged onto the end of a ripped copy of the original album or if you're sickeningly rich, buy all of the singles.
(a rather subjective listing of the greatest music ever in no particular order)
[I] - Led Zeppelin
This is the absolute pinnacle of bluesy rock - and it was only their beginning. This is a CD that you really would screw up by burning it, because a lot of the songs go right from one to the next without a pause. Don't be a fool. Buy it.
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
I just realized how pathetic you have to be if you don't know who created each of these albums. I'll keep doing it, though, to benefit all of you clueless losers. This is another album you really shouldn't burn. There are lots of different rereleased versions of the original album out there, some supposedly better than others. Google it before you go out and buy your own copy.
Back in Black - AC/DC
Need I say more? Almost 50% of this album later became singles material, so you know I'm not the only one who loved it. If I ever had to make a big entrance and choose a song for everyone to hear, "Back in Black" would be one of the top contenders.
Fear - Toad the Wet Sprocket
You probably don't remember much of Toad. They were one of your typical 90s bands who fell apart due to particular band members getting too deep into drugs. This album also personifies the sound of 90s rock - absofuckinlutely awesome. Very mellow rock (Some Might Say it's soft rock).
Throwing Copper - Live
It was pretty uncommon for a band to have more than one song that went sky high on the rating charts, but Live had at least three with this album. They seemed to borrow a little of the jam-band undertone with this album, in that they concentrate more on their instruments and the vocalist's voice as an instrument than on lyrics or other less meaningful considerations. Excellent driving album.
Be Here Now - Oasis
Hard decision to make between this one and the multimultimultiplatinum Morning Glory album, but after a short talk with my fellow Oasis guru, we decided that BHN has a slight edge. Most people either love this album or hate it. My colleague and I fall into the first category. Mostly uptempo music, but it can be used for high adrenaline days of either happy or angry extremes.
This Desert Life - Counting Crows
The ULTIMATE melancholic album ever. If this doesn't mellow you out and make you want to be totally and completely alone for at least a week, I don't know what will (if you're into that sort of thing, anyway). I am. This one always reminds me of being out West, since I took it on our last big trip through the Grand Canyon and the Rockies.
Radiance - Athenaeum
Bet you thought you were going to recognize all of these artists, didn't you? Fool. I bet you can't even pronouce the band's name. These guys make the list for kicking so much ass and still remaining below the mainstream line. Pop rock with a voice to remember and lyrics that make up for the rather typical pop-rock sound.
More Than You Think You Are - Matchbox Twenty
Even though "You Won't Be Mine" is Matchbox Twenty's greatest song ever (from Mad Season), their third album does a better job of mixing and matching sounds and moods. Even the lyrical downers are carried by melodies that are sweeping and almost contradicting in their tone.
Songs About Jane - Maroon 5
I think the rest of the world would agree with me here. There's at least as much M5 material in B-sides as there is on the album, so either burn a huge CD with the B-sides tagged onto the end of a ripped copy of the original album or if you're sickeningly rich, buy all of the singles.
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