Answer me this, music geniuses...

[BobMc]

Flame proof suit...

Hole, Live Through This

Sorry, but I really like that CD. Good songs top to bottom.

BobMc

[Poyeboy]

Originally posted by iceman
Back in the day, there were a lot of great albums, records (dating myself, I know, but if you can't get a date with yourself...) that were quality from top to bottom, albums that qualified as GREAT. Easy choices are Dark Side of the Moon, Eat a Peach, Sargeant Peppers, Pet Sounds, Kaya, Who's Next, etc. etc. I could come up with twenty others in ten minutes.

But a friend of mine who happens to work for a major label (not boastin', just explainin') said to me a while back that there hasn't been a great ALBUM (concept to continuity, lyrics to likeability, etc), for at least fifteen years. I couldn't refute him.

I can't think of one album that I would qualify as GREAT in forever. There's been a lot of great songs, but is there an album in the past fifteen years that you would qualify as great?

Closest I could come up with on short notice was Digital Underground - Sex Packets. It hangs together, it has a lot of talent, but...nahhhhh.

Anybody?

Sorry, U2 suggestions are immediately disqualified.

Loverboy
Rush

Between the mountains, music, beer and bud, Canada ranks right up there with some of our other states for overall quality of life.

[Sublime]

My vote would be going for Sublime - 40oz to Freedom. Brad Nowell crammed more styles into that album then most bands could fit into their career. He raged from punk to reggae to hip hop. He sampled which most bands don't do now days. Some critics would place Robbin' the Hood above 40oz but I think 40oz is a little better due to the fact that it is mostly about his drig addiction. Although STP fits more styles then any band could even think to produce. To further the pure genuis of either record "Falling Idols" showed how fuckling hard Brad could wail on guitar. Either album is pure 100% unfiltered goodness.

[iceman]

Originally posted by Blurred Elevens
You said you'd name 20 others in 10 minutes...let's see'em...and don't give us that Hotel California bullshit.

Hey, you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave...reminds me of something, some internet board or something.

I didn't say I would, I said I could. Not too much brain power working right now, you gonna hold me to it?

[mildbill.]

no bad songs on :

Palace - Viva Lost Blues
De La - Bhaloone mind state
tortoise - TNT

edit: i'm not mild bill, wtf is going on?

[Blurred Elevens]

Originally posted by iceman
Hey, you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave...reminds me of something, some internet board or something.

I didn't say I would, I said I could. Not too much brain power working right now, you gonna hold me to it?

No, cause the last time I heard that stupid fucking song, I was in Hawaii. People started waving lighters around....I rolled my eyes, slammed the pitcher of beer that was on the table and dragged my girlfriend by the hand out of there. It was an okay song the first 5 million times I heard it.

I'm sure Zeppelin and the Doors are on your list....thanks for sparing me.

[Viva]

Originally posted by Sublime
My vote would be going for Sublime - 40oz to Freedom.

I had that CD, briefly, before trading it in. The music lacked passion, at least to this rat's ears.

[gonzo]

Originally posted by iceman
Heh, okay, play that, "Never Mind the Bollocks" , the first Van Halen Album and "Live at Leeds" in a row, and get back to me.

You should at least be sticking up for the Pixies, Bosstown kid.

I will not stick up for the Pixies. I will stick up for Appetite for Destruction. Best. album. ever.

Go put on your white high tops and jam out to some VH.

[rip]

radiohead- ok computer

also its going to take some time for the truly great records to float to the top and all the shit music surrounding them to sink to the bottom. How many times did a new stones or zeppelin album come out and instantly you knew it was going to be a classic(just guessing here, maybe you did)? it takes time for a good record to be appreciated

[dipstik]

Originally posted by Sublime
My vote would be going for Sublime

never would have guessed

[powslut]

Blind Melon - Soup

Epic album and still growing on me.

[Game Over]

total random order--

beastie boys- pauls botique, circa 1989
weezer- weezer, circa 1994
nirvana- nevermind, circa 1991...oh and "unplugged" is not a
album
smashing pumpkins- gish, 1989 and siamese dream, 1993
pixies- doolittle, 1989
nofx- punk in drublic, 1991
alice in chains- dirt, 1992
metallica- mertallica, 1991
radiohead- ok computer, 1997
red hot chilli peppers- blood sugar sex magic, 1991
nine inch nails- the downward spiral, 1995
lenny kravits- let love rule,1989
ween- chocolate and cheese, 1994
stone tempel pilots- stone tempel pilots, 1994
propagandhi- less talk, more rock, 1996

[gonzo]

Fuck yeah! Beastie Boys!

Ice won't like them either - not enough tapered acidwash action...

[iceman]

Originally posted by ripley ripper
radiohead- ok computer

also its going to take some time for the truly great records to float to the top and all the shit music surrounding them to sink to the bottom.

No doubt. Fifteen years seems like a reasonable amount of time for this to happen, though, doesn't it?

No Doors, Brett. Always hated them. Also no Zep, although some songs are classics.

Wait, I'll do your list (I guess it's my list, actually) but how far back can I start?

[Blurred Elevens]

Let me say something...Metallica-The Black Album sucked fucking dog ass!

It's a true story that before that album was produced, MTV approached both them and Slayer. MTV asked them both to tone it down to get play on MTV.....Boom!! Metallica was all over MTV with Enter Sandman, nothing Else Matters, etc.....Slayer didn't sell out. I love And Justice for All and all Metallica before that, but after the Black Album, haven't bought a Metallica album since...fuck em!

[train07]

Originally posted by Viva
I had that CD, briefly, before trading it in. The music lacked passion, at least to this rat's ears.

live stuff is where they throbbed....great as in forever? I don't think so

[iceman]

Originally posted by steepconcrete
total random order--

beastie boys- pauls botique, circa 1989
weezer- weezer, circa 1994
nirvana- nevermind, circa 1991...oh and "unplugged" is not a
album
smashing pumpkins- gish, 1989 and siamese dream, 1993
pixies- doolittle, 1989
nofx- punk in drublic, 1991
alice in chains- dirt, 1992
metallica- mertallica, 1991
radiohead- ok computer, 1997
red hot chilli peppers- blood sugar sex magic, 1991
nine inch nails- the downward spiral, 1995
lenny kravits- let love rule,1989
ween- chocolate and cheese, 1994
stone tempel pilots- stone tempel pilots, 1994
propagandhi- less talk, more rock, 1996

Al classics, I'm sure. Bound to go down in musick history. Especially Lenny Kravitz, smashing pumpkins and the beasties.
Talent fucking galore, right there.

[dipstik]

Originally posted by Blurred Elevens
Let me say something...Metallica-The Black Album sucked fucking dog ass!

It's a true story that before that album was produced, MTV approached both them and Slayer. MTV asked them both to tone it down to get play on MTV.....Boom!! Metallica was all over MTV with Enter Sandman, nothing Else Matters, etc.....Slayer didn't sell out. I love And Justice for All and all Metallica before that, but after the Black Album, haven't bought a Metallica album since...fuck em!

It should also be noted that Metallica SUCKS ASS in concert. One of the worst shows I've ever seen.

[bagtagley]

RHCP; nothing's better than Mother's Milk IMO. I feel their music has leveled off, still good, but I don't think it's gotten better.

There was some great music in the early-mid nineties, but most of it I can't listen to anymore.

I still listen to Pete Rock and CL Smooth, The Main Ingredient. Even if you don't like Hip Hop, I think you have to give Digable Planets some credit. I really dislike rap these days, but these two still stick out. Both great albums front to back.

The beauty of music 30-40 years ago was that rock was still growing and people could still do something new. Now, it's tough to be unique. Hip Hop is an exception since it still very new, but it doesn't get any credit.

I'm really having trouble finding anything good recently that isn't at least 10-15 years old, so I tend to agree with Ice. I fell in love with the White Stripes when I first heard them, but I've worn them out...something I've haven't managed to do w/ a lot of older music (read: Bob Marley).

Basically just rambling here, but I'll try to think of something.

[bluewood_skier]

Rooney

[iceman]

Yeah, just to refocus: Is there an album that came out in the past fifteen years where you love/at least like every single song?

[gonzo]

Yes. Appetite for Destruction.

[iceman]

Originally posted by bluewood_skier
Rooney

Andy? That guy is fucking money.

[bagtagley]

Originally posted by gonzo
Yes. Appetite for Destruction.

Never a big fan of Yes, but to each his own.

Don't really like 'em anymore, but I'll say Pearl Jam, Ten.

[BobMc]

Originally posted by iceman
Andy? That guy is fucking money.

You ever wonder...

BobMc