Man, I don't know too many other King Crimson fans.
OK, OK, I admit it --
In the Court of the Crimson King
Lark's Tongues in Aspic
Red
I agree with the first choice here; the others I like but don't associate with perfection. A few prog albums I do associate with perfection are:
Soft Machine — First
Soft Machine — Second
Soft Machine — Third
Caravan — In the Land of the Grey and Pink
hatfield and the north
hatfield and the north - the rotters club
egg - the civil surface
national health
national health - of queues and cures
bruford - one of a kind
wombat, i totally agree with you on third. fourth is nifty too.
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Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love.
Love is not music. Music is the best.
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Tell us something.: I used to play pipes about 20 years ago and suddenly abducted by aliens. Not sure why... but it's 2022 and I'm mysteriously baack...
Tell us something.: I used to play pipes about 20 years ago and suddenly abducted by aliens. Not sure why... but it's 2022 and I'm mysteriously baack...
Steeleye Span-- Below the Salt
Peter Gabriel-- Us
Afro Celt Sound System-- Further in Time
Not sure if this counts as a pop album??-- Wendy Carlos' "Switched On Brandenburgs". That album has consistantly great tunes-- and it's really stood the test of time
Man, I don't know too many other King Crimson fans.
OK, OK, I admit it --
In the Court of the Crimson King
Lark's Tongues in Aspic
Red
Geez, I missed this one till everybody else started quoting it. My top three Crimson albums:
Discipline
Red
Starless and Bible Black
I think the tune Discipline is about as perfect as anything I've heard. It's at the same time minimalist sounding but the closer you listen to it, the more layers there are. There was a time when I'd put it on repeat and just get sucked in and lose touch with the world.
Charlie Whorfin Woods
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Tell us something.: I've picked up the tinwhistle again after several years, and have recently purchased a Chieftain v5 from Kerry Whistles that I cannot wait to get (why can't we beam stuff yet, come on Captain Kirk, get me my Low D!)
chrisoff wrote:Pantera - Great Southern Trendkill
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
Limiting it to 3 is pretty hard.
Good ones!
I'll add
Octavarium
Cowboys From Hell
The Heart of Saturday Night
“First lesson: money is not wealth; Second lesson: experiences are more valuable than possessions; Third lesson: by the time you arrive at your goal it’s never what you imagined it would be so learn to enjoy the process” - unknown
I find that a rock band's second album is often their best. The first is full of raw energy and excitement, but in the second they hit their stride perfectly. After that they often degenerate into too much production and complexity. Not that I've listened to any rock since about 1975!
Three good examples:
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
Traffic - Traffic (2nd album)
Cream - Disraeli Gears
But I have to find space on my list for this Beefheart record - dunno whether it was his second, but it was an early one.
Cowtime earlier remarked that we were all mainly quoting albums from our youth as regards "perfect albums". I tried to think why that may be. I think its maybe that we were still young enough not to have to be responsible, so that our minds were uncluttered enough to dedicate the listening time required to become enamored of particular styles and sounds. When reality starts to sink in that we are not all going to be rich and famous, that we are not all going to be pop stars or movie stars, that we must hustle to make a buck just to survive, then the magic of the music goes the way of the magic of our youth.
I have never stopped listening to music, but I stopped buying albums when I realized I must buckle down and get to work. I stopped following groups. I stopped learning who the individual musicians were and following their carreers. I listen to and enjoy lots of new music even today, but I can't ever see me listening to albums over and over, to submerse myself in an album the way I used to when I was younger. How else can one discover a new "perfect" album?
I would have to add a caveat to all of the above. I listen to a lot of ITM. I do listen to albums over and over, but not as a totality, rather to learn individual tunes so I can learn to play them. This is not, however, the same as absorbing a total album for its mood and atmosphere, for the way a total album can make me feel.
All that being said:
City to City - Gerry Rafferty
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
A Night at the Opera - Queen
djm
I'd rather be atop the foothills than beneath them.
Tell us something.: I've picked up the tinwhistle again after several years, and have recently purchased a Chieftain v5 from Kerry Whistles that I cannot wait to get (why can't we beam stuff yet, come on Captain Kirk, get me my Low D!)
I really enjoy George's work; IMHO, he was the understated real talent behind the Beatles.
Inherited a copy of All Things Must Past, and later bought the remastered version with the colorized cover.
“First lesson: money is not wealth; Second lesson: experiences are more valuable than possessions; Third lesson: by the time you arrive at your goal it’s never what you imagined it would be so learn to enjoy the process” - unknown
