what was the last 'classic album' you got and were knocked out by?

The Monkees - Head

Maybe not the biggest of classics, but Leonard Cohen's I'm Your Man. All that apocalyptic sleaze.

Total classic.

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn
LC's update of "first we take manhattan" alone is worth the price of the instant classic called live in london.

for me its the Zombies - Odessey & Oracle and Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight. Heard them both before, but they never really clicked until now. And that 10 min live version of "Cavalry Cross" amazing.

The Belle Album - Al Green.

Most recently: The Blue Mask - Lou Reed

Got this earlier this year or maybe last year, but listening to it a lot lately: Maggot Brain - Funkadelic

(Why did it take me so long to get a hold of both of these?)

Hag's been one of my discoveries of the last 18 months.

I love the early Bakersfield stuff - Last Night the Bottle Let Me Down, Swinging Doors, etc. Big City's good tho

Captain Beefheart's Doc At The Radar Station. Wow.

never thought I would say it, but "Blood and Chocolate"

two recent discoveries

last Christmas I finally discovered The Pogues. I'd owned "Rum, Sodomy..." for a long time and had heard quite a bit of their stuff out and about (friends' houses, pubs etc), but somehow never really paid attention. Anyway, last Christmas it clicked. I spent about a month listening to them every day and still play them reasonably regularly.

another is Blue Cheer's 'Vincebus Eruptum', which I finally picked up a couple of months ago. Classic.

Does Sinead's "The Lion and The Cobra" count? Because it should. And I'm floored.

Agreed - that's a total jam.

The KLF - Chill Out, absolutely perfect for sitting in Roundhay Park in the sun following a really stressful week at work.

I still haven't heard Chill Out, my local record stores have and constantly get in about a million copies of The White Room, but I haven't seen Chill Out hit the used shelves once.

It's a really great record. Wish I had it with me now.

My answer to this question is The White Album remaster.
I know, I know, we told the Beatles to fuck off in every way imaginable, but that remaster really did make it sound a million times better.

"Shazam!" - The Move

See, I always put Sparks down as Town-Ain't-Big-Enough 1-hit wonders. I heard No. 1 song in heaven and got the album, and holy fuck, that's some good electropop proto-house, it's proper kicking my ass at the moment. Are all Sparks albums this awesome?

kinda, actually - people who get into Sparks are really into Sparks. it's all worth looking into.

who was the last classical bum you were knocked out by and why?

Born in the USA for some reason passed me by for ages even as a confirmed Springsteen nut. I knew the singles of course but had never heard most of the rest of it, at least not knowingly. I was knocked out by stuff like "Bobby Jean" and "Downbound Train" which are as good as anything he's ever done.

I got No. 1 In Heaven recently & really fell for it---maybe that's a good answer for me for this thread too!--- & then got Kimono My House (cos that was the other one that gets rated super highly) & didn't like it nearly as much. I'm not sure I'm gonna keep digging for the time being, gonna ride this one out first.

I had the same problem w/ Sparks, loved a couple albums, didn't fall for a few others... stalled as a result.

Having rejected Rod Stewart since "Tonight's the Night," I can't believe I'm playing Every Picture Tells a Story so much.

Jack Bruce--"Songs For a Tailor"

And I was dropping the needle on a couple of copies of Beatles For Sale" in advance of selling them and came to realize "No Reply" is just overwhelmingly great.

Past few weeks have been all about the first Planxty album.

that's strange Euler - Kimono is really the one album that everyone can agree on. Sparks are really kind of spotty and you could do well just by skipping their entire 80s and 90s work. But their debut s/t album, Kimono, Propaganda, No.1, Big Beat, and the three they released this decade are all quite good.

I've had these for a little while but have been re-listening to them recently and they have become very much some of my favorite albums:

Amon Duul II, Tanz der Lemminge
Captain Beefheart, Safe as Milk
The Byrds, Fifth Dimension

I have little patience for what I call "Cats Rock"---I hate musicals for the most part---& Kimono My House sounded like that to me. I'll give it another shot, but I'm going to have fight through my instinctive aversion to that kind of thing (hate Queen for the same reason).

Superfly--absolutely.

I also had that experience with Planxty as well. they had insane chemistry and were all phenomenal musicians.

the first two la dusseldorf albums (s/t and 'viva')

Euler if you liked No. 1 Song in Heaven get Terminal Jive, the second one they did with Moroder. it's not as icy-cold but it is very good

Scott Walker, Tilt
Elvis Costello, Armed Forces
Bruce Springsteen, Darkness on the Edge of Town
Kris Kristofferson, Kristofferson
La Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf

Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club Hamburg

La Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf

I picked this up recently as well -- can't say I was knocked out, but it's certainly a strong album and a solid addition to anyone's collection if you're eager for more krauty stuff.

The four Grace Jones Albums (Warm Leathrette - Slave to the Rhythm) were pretty mindblowing and classic. "Walking in the Rain" is just great in its dated 80s synthesizers and Grace's menacing voice, and "I've Done It Again" proves she can actually sing.

David Bowie's Station to Station - I'm still trying to figure this album out, but it always leaves me intrigued after a full spin. I love "Golden Years." Very funky. I also liked that David was apparently so baked he can't remember what he was thinking while recording.

Lou Reed's Transfomer I didn't know "Walk on the Wilde Side" exited until two weeks ago. It's a great song. I was a little put off by the colored girl's line but then realized that in the lyrics he is talking about the Andy Warhol's superstars who are really screwed up so I got off my PC horse quickly.

That is existed until two weeks ago. Yeesh.

Heaps of Joni Mitchell like Court & Spark and Ladies Of The Canyon. Don't know if it's considered classic, but I checked out Bad Religion's album Suffer, based on it being ILMs favourite and it's pretty great.

odessey and oracle

Not sure about knocked out, but I recently enjoyed hearing Marquee Moon for the first time a great deal.

Every time I put on some old Eno or Cale I get knocked out.

last one was talk talk's laughing stock

Ride - Nowhere

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Deluxe by Harmonia. Awesome.

'supa dupa fly'

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man shit yeah that's an album

The Pebbles series

Mine was Screamadelica. I thought Primal Scream was like, a grunge band.

Also the Stone Roses debut. Heard a lot about it, it seemed like one of those overhyped critic's faves that's good but obnoxious and overwrought (see also: Arcade Fire, Neutral Milk Hotel).

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