Albums good from start to end

[Boopuff]

Prince: Purple Rain
Boston: Boston
Michael Jackosn: Thriller
Van Halen: 1984

 

[mylilnikita]

I feel like music is kind of like a time travel machine: You can hear a song or even just reading this thread of the albums can send you back to a certain time or memory. It’s a wonderful thing.

 

[citruscurtis]

yep me as well. I thought of another one. Also listening to More than a feeling now.

Los Lonely Boys

Really ....then what happened???...kink in Portland only played 2 of their songs...had a chance to listen in private concert.. but it was mother's weekend

 

[DeeBee3]

Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard or Flaming Pie

 

[soccerdad72]

Fun thread - thanks for all the recommendations.

Got our son moved into his house yesterday and today. . On to his junior year.

 

[robinb]

Hotel California

 

[mikehn]

I love 'live' albums, the same songs you know and love, just with a twist

 

[_19disnA]

Before the days on internet/online music being everywhere, I would only buy 'greatest hits' albums where every song was a well-known/popular song. Many bands would put out an album with maybe 1-3 hits and the rest seemed like 'filler' music no one every listened to. Which genre of music you happen to like probably determines the bands you like best.

 

[OhDannyBoy]

I love 'live' albums, the same songs you know and love, just with a twist

Me too.

In my teens and my 20s i went to a LOT of music festivals and concerts of all sorts of genres. Id be at Ozzfest one week listening to heavy metal bands, then a chili cookoff listening to country and blue grass music, then a reggae fest.

Live albums take me back to those times. I close my eyes and pretend I'm there. A couple live albums i have i actually was there for the recording!!

 

[Dan Murphy]

Many bands would put out an album with maybe 1-3 hits and the rest seemed like 'filler' music no one every listened to.

I have often wondered why they did that. It was like they intentionally took the time to write bad/mediocre songs I would think it would take similar time to write and do a good song vs. intentionally poor songs.

 

[OhDannyBoy]

I have often wondered why they did that. It was like they intentionally took the time to write bad/mediocre songs I would think it would take similar time to write and do a good song vs. intentionally poor songs.

It's incredibly difficult to write 1 hit song let alone a dozen.

Most albums would be composed with 1 or 2 "hits" they would release a singles to sell the album and ultimately a tour.

Also many album are composed to tell a story. So some of the songs when listened to on their own may not be as appealing as they are listening to the album a a whole.

 

[Dan Murphy]

It's incredibly difficult to write 1 hit song let alone a dozen.

Most albums would be composed with 1 or 2 "hits" they would release a singles to sell the album and ultimately a tour.

Also many album are composed to tell a story. So some of the songs when listened to on their own may not be as appealing as they are listening to the album a a whole.

Thanks.

Bolded. I think the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's album may have been one of the first
pop', if not the first, to be an overall concept rather than just a number of unrelated songs pressed into a vinyl.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

AIR - Moon Safari. Iconic album.