once in a while...
those albums that hit you at just that right time in your life...

and..................................................................................

you listen to them over and over and over and over..and over.

mine:
1. The Doors, "LA Woman."
2. The Cars..."Candy-O".
3. REM..."Murmur".
4. Counting Crows..."August and Everything After".
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers..."Californication".

these albums introduced me to hardcore and pretty much changed my life from then on.

1. Kill Your Idols - "funeral for a feeling"
2. Hatebreed - "satisfaction is the death of desire"
3. Earth Crisis - "slither"
4. E-Town Concrete - "second coming"
5. Minor Threat - "complete discography"

Bad Religion-"Stranger Than Fiction"

Sunday Matinee: The Best of New York Hardcore. Turned me on to Sick Of It All, Bad Brains, Warzone, Urban Waste, etc.

The Beatles- Rubber Soul (made me obsessed with them for quite some time)
Coldplay- A Rush of Blood to the Head (got me into bands that go for sound texture and melody when I was younger)
Pink Floyd- Dark Side (there are so many reasons; the album is just unreal of course)

add sick of it all and biohazard to my list as well. That was about all the hardcore that On Cue carried in Chillicothe in 2000. now even small labels get good distibution deals and are available pretty easily.

Stked to see Sick Of It All in a few weeks at East Coast Tsunami fest outside of Philly with a ton of other great bands, havnt seen soia in years.

Brand New - Deja Entendu (I like their 3rd album "The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me" better but Deja had more of an effect on my life)

Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (I listened to this a lot when I was cutting weight for wrestling, don't know why but it made it easier to deal with)

Kevin Devine - Split the Country Split the Street (Opened my eyes to more indie and folky music including Elliott Smith)

LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (Kind of introduced me to the fact that dance/techno can be more than just computers and can actually have good songwriting)

Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West

There are countless more and I'll probably add to the list when it isn't so late at night.

Strapping Young Lad wrote: Bad Religion-"Stranger Than Fiction"

Sunday Matinee: The Best of New York Hardcore. Turned me on to Sick Of It All, Bad Brains, Warzone, Urban Waste, etc.

Don't you mean "the dick with my mouth"? les strapp on?

1. DSOTM--Pink Floyd
2. Sublime--Sublime
3. Live Trax 6--DMB
4. Cozza Frenzy--Bassnectar
5. 2001--Dr. Dre
6. Mothership--Zeppelin
7. Alive 2007--Daft Punk
8. Harmony is Disarray--Elijah Bossenbroek
9. Hell Freezes Over--The Eagles
10. Nothing Last...But Nothing is Lost--Shpongle

Kid Cudi - A Kid Named Cudi
Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon
Bone Thugs N Harmony - The Art Of War
Pastor Troy - Face Off
Mobb Deep - The Infamous
2Pac - All Eyez On Me

Live After Death by Iron Maiden basically got me into heavy metal. It's my #1 by default because of that.

For a couple of others...Operation: Mindcrime might be the greatest concept album not named "The Wall" of all time, but is more special to me due to being around for its greatness when it happened. Dream Theater's "Scenes From a Memory Pt. II" is also deserving of respect in this category.

Frightened Rabbit's The Midnight Organ Fight definitely changed my life. It's just awesome, and a must have for anyone that's ever had their heart broken. Now, their indie rock, so nobody has ever heard of them, and they're also Scottish so they require a bit more attention due to their accent. But after a few listens you'll be hooked too. Just saw them in Cleve;and last week! So good.

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i cannot believe that someone on the huddle mentioned shpongle. i think my mind is officially blown

tcarrier32 wrote: i cannot believe that someone on the huddle mentioned shpongle. i think my mind is officially blown

Mine as well considering that got a response.

New Kids On The Block

wes_mantooth wrote: New Kids On The Block

That explains a lot.

SQ_Crazies wrote:
10. Nothing Last...But Nothing is Lost--Shpongle

haha I agree with the 2 previous posters about this. This made my morning that you listed them.

...Pink Floyds

GNR - Appetite for Destruction (first rock album I ever owned)
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine (changed the way I thought about music)
The Beatles - Abby Road (first Beatles album I ever really listened to)
Shooter Jennings - Put the O back In Country (reminded me what country music should be)

2Pac - All Eyez on Me
Snoop - Doggystyle
Dr. Dre - Tha Chronic
White Stripes - Elephant (Didn't change my life, but I listened to it, front to back, CONSTANTLY while playing Metroid in college)

Night Moves and Hotel California

Appetite for Destruction- Guns N' Roses
Nevermind- Nirvana
Yourself or someone like you- Matchbox Twenty
License to Ill- Beastie Boys

osudarby08 wrote:

SQ_Crazies wrote:
10. Nothing Last...But Nothing is Lost--Shpongle

haha I agree with the 2 previous posters about this. This made my morning that you listed them.

Shpongle can definitely be life changing.

Aerosmith- Get Your Wings
Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy

1. Slayer-"reign in blood"
2. Meshuggah-"chaosphere"
3. Strapping Young Lad-"city"
4. Suicidal Tendencies-"lights, camera, revolution"
5. The Police-"synchronicity"
6. Kiss-"kiss"
7. Megadeth-"rust in peace"
8. Obituary-"cause of death"
9. Metallica-"kill 'em all"
10. Chicago-"greatest hits"

Dookie - Green Day
Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
Blue Album - Weezer