Personal Top 10: my most listened to, most influenced by records

NeonMelk · 2022-06-15T14:33:40.881Z

Wolf-Rami:

Rollins Band - The End Of Silence

Best record for Christmas family reunion, birthday parties and first dates.

Dataflu · 2022-06-15T14:52:35.171Z

Aphex Twin - Drukqs
Autechre - Untilted
Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunter
Mils Davis - Kind of Blue
Mr Bungle - Mr Bungle
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy
Voivod - Nothingface

Wolf-Rami · 2022-06-15T14:56:11.433Z

Saved by the bell. I read the list through one by one and thought ”Well these are all kinda ok albums. I like most of them too.”

But then came the crescendo and the climax. Voivod’s Nothingface. Can’t even remember any of the other albums mentioned before it. That is one perfect ten out of ten album and for that reason I give your whole list full points.

Wolf-Rami · 2022-06-15T14:57:23.573Z

To be fair Nation Of Millions was my first hiphop album ever and would still qualify as the most important album in that genre ever.

Dataflu · 2022-06-15T14:59:57.621Z

The order is alphabetic
I’m glad that my list touched you

Dataflu · 2022-06-15T15:02:47.719Z

Nation Of Millions was my first sonic choc. Like, I didn’t knew something like that could exist.

ammanuel · 2022-06-15T15:08:24.125Z

I had the tape.

NeonMelk · 2022-06-15T15:20:26.883Z

This one and (especially) “Fear of a black planet” sonic experiences are like having two brains to sync without manuals.

Sherelle · 2022-06-16T03:26:21.113Z

Jon B./Bonafide
Jon B./Cool Relax
Ohio Players/Gold
Earth Wind & Fire/Gratitude
Earth Wind & Fire/Spirit
Rufus Ft. Chaka Khan/Rufus Ft. Chaka Khan
Jean Luc Ponty/Civilized Evil
Stevie Wonder/The Definitive Collection
Adele/25
Aretha Franklin/GreatestHits

Clancy · 2022-06-16T14:30:50.238Z

Can’t do the list. Too personal!

But these two Public Enemy tracks changed everything

M.P.E.
Public Enemy No.1

Tchu · 2022-06-16T21:51:01.107Z

Omission from my list : Elvis Presley.

MurkyFreddery · 2022-06-21T14:09:04.530Z

This is so hard! And it changes with the wind. If I was jetting off to a desert island tomorrow, I’d maybe pack these:

New Order - Closer
Kleiber - Beethoven’s 5th
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Buena Vista Social Club - ST
The Meters - ST
Bob Marley - Exodus
Black Sabbath - ST
Seahorses - Do It Yourself
Pixies - Doolittle
Verve - A Storm In Heaven

EDIT: Just realised that’s 11. You can take the Meters, but you’ll have to fight me for it.

Claid · 2022-06-21T14:29:41.276Z

The Mars Volta: De-Loused in the Comatorium
Faith No More: King for a Day
Rob Dougan: Furious Angels
Aphex Twin: Selected Ambient Works Vol. 1
Skee Mask: Compro
Between the Buried and Me: Colors
Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma
Devon Townsend: Ziltoid the Omniscient
Jaga Jazzist: What We Must
Biosphere: Substrata

So many more amazing albums that didn’t make it to the top 10:

MF DOOM: MM… FOOD
King Gizz: Nonagon Infinity
Tera Melos: Patagonian Rats
Weather Report: Heavy Weather
Alice in Chains: Dirt
Porcupine Tree: In Absentia
Kamasi Washington: The Epic
Gang Gang Dance: Eye Contact
Mouse on the Keys: An Anxious Object
Red Sparowes: Every Red Heart Shines…
Ween: The Mollusc
Hidden Orchestra: Archipelago

Hans_Olo · 2022-06-22T13:44:25.334Z

Manuel Göttsching - E2E4
Various Artists - Headz 2 (Mo’ Wax)
Level 42 - Running in the family
Nightmares on Wax - Smokers Delight
Talk Talk - It’s my life
Joy Division - Closer
Various Artists - SOMA:50
Carl Craig - More songs about food and revolutionary art
Various Artists - Totally Wired (Acid Jazz)
The Style Council - Café bleu

Python · 2022-06-22T15:09:08.265Z

There was a time when I listened to nothing but De-Loused in the Comatorium. I’d definitely also put it on my top 10 if I ever get around to trim the list down to only 10.
The Mars Volta are back together and also dropped their first single in 10 years yesterday (and its really good). Didn’t expect that, I thought they were done for good. Exciting times!

Claid · 2022-06-22T15:30:13.366Z

Same here, once I heard De-Loused it spoiled all other music forever. If you’re a bit obsessive like me, you can spend years deciphering the lyrics.

elektrohansen · 2022-06-22T21:05:38.013Z

Uusitalo - Tulenkantaja
Madvillain - Mavillainy
John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
Gang Starr - Moment Of Truth
IAM - L’Ècole Du Micro D’Argent
Kaito - A Hundred Million Light Years
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
J. J. Cale - Troubadour
Masta Ace - A Long Hot Summer
Bill Evans - Explorations

Just the ones that come to my mind right now. List might look different tomorrow…

…damn, impossible to choose 10 from all this so so loved music!

EDIT: Forgot to add:
Whitney - Light Upon The Lake …such an amazing album. Just has to be the eleventh on the list of ten!

topo_explo · 2022-06-23T10:28:09.384Z

Most listened to albums (if I’m being honest about how many spins/plays an album got in my entire lifetime of listening to music):

Paul Simon- Graceland
REM- Automatic for the People
Fleetwood Mac- Rumors
Third Eye Blind-s/t
Radiohead- Kid A
Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Black Dice- Creature Comforts
Arthur Russell- World of Echo
Bo Diddley-Have Guitar, Will Travel
Frank Ocean - Blonde
Eric Chenaux- Slowly Paradise

(I still listen to most of these, although only handful have had a direct influence on my music)

Wolf-Rami · 2022-06-23T13:56:25.483Z

Definitely need to agree on Automatic For The People, even though New Adventures In Hi-Fi is my favourite album from them. Also Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is up there with the greats. Love Arthur Russell too, maybe would’ve picked Calling Out Of Context from him myself.

I absolutely adore and worship Nostalgia Ultra and Channel Orange and was anxiously waiting for Blonde to come out and when it finally did I didn’t get it. I tried and tried but just did not get it. I’ve tried two or three times since and I feel like I’m somehow simple or something for not understanding the beauty in it. I’m sure there will be a day when it finally opens up for me and I’ll fall in love with the album. I’ll keep on waiting.

topo_explo · 2022-06-23T22:57:45.569Z

Wolf-Rami:

Definitely need to agree on Automatic For The People, even though New Adventures In Hi-Fi is my favourite album from them

Yeah, New Adventures is great but Automatic for the People is more attached to nostalgia for me. My parents used to play it a lot when i was a kid and was often the soundtrack to our family beach trips.

Wolf-Rami:

Love Arthur Russell too, maybe would’ve picked Calling Out Of Context from him myself.

World of Echo was my introduction to Arthur Russell’s music and I quickly became obsessed with it. At this point it’s probably the album I listen to the least but it’s definitely gotten the most plays and also happens to be one of the “most influential” albums on my list.

Wolf-Rami:

I’m sure there will be a day when it finally opens up for me and I’ll fall in love with the album. I’ll keep on waiting.

I hope that day comes for you. I don’t think Blonde is a perfect album, but it distills so many ideas and feelings. Its best moments feel like a fragmented dream of contemporary pop music