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

Cut by The Slits.

The present lover the album and vocalcity are both essential imo. The present lover song is one if my all time favourites.

despite a couple of duff tracks (inc. "pride"), "the unforgettable fire" is a great record.

I enjoy most albums posted in the rolling Krautrock thread, but I was knocked out by You's "Electric Day"

kind of an uh elastic approach being taken to the definition of "classic album" itt at the mo

the fuck is luomo?

Yeah, maybe. I don't like Luomo.

kind of an uh elastic approach being taken to the definition of "classic album" itt at the mo

more like an elastic approach being taken to the phrase "anything pre 1990"

vladislav delay's multila is pretty essential. "huone" is a stunner off of that one.

I didn't notice the pre-1990 stipulation in the original post, whoops (I think that Sleep record is from '92 or '93)... But that's kind of an early cut-off point, isn't it? Especially given that there've been--at least in rock--almost as many post-'90 years as pre-'90 years at this point.

Re: Vocalcity and Luomo in general, yeah, I mean if you've got a general aversion to house, this stuff isn't so radically different that it'll convert you or anything (it's really pretty reverent in its way). At the time, for me, Vocalcity managed to both beat most all other "IDM" I was aware of in terms of sound design, texture, detail, and compositional chops, while also being groovy as hell (I wasn't so aware of house proper at the time).

Vladislav Delay's Anima to me is essential... Very abstract, but with the same pulsing, teeming-with-microscopic-life organic sensuousness of the Luomo stuff, and a vibe of detached, cerebral dread rather than more obvious "dark" dread. The sound design is just astonishing (but listen to it loud in a room, not on headphones, for maximum effect).

there've been--at least in rock--almost as many post-'90 years as pre-'90 years at this point.

:-O

Of course, I meant album-oriented rock... It's kinda true, no?

i guess... That's frightening though.

Very true... Continuing the Luomo love, here's Philip Sherburne's really outstanding review of the '05 reissue:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/4929-vocalcity/

Sam Cooke - Night Beat. Damn.

It's not a proper album but The Kinks - Ultimate Collection really knocked my socks off.

xp to the stuff about pre and post 1990; i've honestly no idea why i said that in the first post! since then we've taken it to mean any vaguely canonical album from any era.

original Luomo hype here btw:
Luomo: The Present Lover

My thought was that 1990 is a year likely to catch most ilxors in their teenage years and therefore formative years of musical taste. Obviously there are some older and younger, but most ilxors are early 30s I think. And, I don't know how old you are, piscesx.

mm i'm 37 so yeah i was thinking 'classic' as in 'old' meaning i guess 'before i was a teen' so you're right. but yeah this thread eventually became 'what was the last album you got that people generally think of as classic, that you were knocked out by'.

Out To Lunch, The Shape of Jazz to Come, Free Jazz, Ascension, Saxophone Colossus

and I'm just getting warm

Alan Lomax Southern Journey Volumes 7 (Velvet Voices) and 8 (George Sea Islands) are amazing.

picked up a couple of the Kinks Deluxe thingies recently; the mono version of Face to Face(my fave Kinks, period) especially kicked my arse in a good way.

It's not a proper album but The Kinks - Ultimate Collection really knocked my socks off.

― Gerald McBoing-Boing
xxpost: i like that that one is a double disc set with some underrated singles/b-sides (i.e. "i need you" and "who'll be the next in line")

Yeah, it really seems to hit all their high points with only a handful of key tracks missing (I added "The Village Green Preservation Society", "Picture Book", "Destroyer" and "Picture Book" to my digital version.)

Bruce Langhorne Hired Hand OST

Dr John - Babylon, which I heaerd for the 1st time 2 weeks ago. It was made WHEN????~?

got reacquainted with The Contortions "Buy"

Todd Rundgren mentioned above, I will nominate Something/Anything? SO good.

Also James Carr's A Man Needs A Woman

The My Bloody Valentine one. I've listened to a lot of those 90's/00's 'canon' albums, stuff like Funeral, Aeroplane, etc., but this is the only one where I can totally understand why it's regarded as a classic

this is happening to me atm with If You're Feeling Sinister

Rush, "Moving Pictures" which I haven't enjoyed since I was a freshman!

Also XTC Skylarking which I thought I'd hate.

most of the early Popul Vuh catalog

^ Popol

dirty mind, especially 'uptown' and 'head'

Dirty Mind.. man alive what a set of wall to wall tuuunes that is. they got the bed on the front cover for about $5 from some bloke in a garage sale.

know I'm late to this but I'm a big fan of who loves the sun

In An Aeroplane Over The Sea

REM nostalgia fest made me love "Lifes Rich Pageant" all over again. Last time I listened to it was about 18 years ago.

Alvarius B - Blood Operatives of the Barium Sunset

HOLY SHIT

Obscured By Clouds, which I sort of subliminally knew was great but hadn't heard in about 20 years...

The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (does this count?) - Amazing! Wish I had seen them in 80-81, holy Moses!

I had NEVER heard Obscured By Clouds until the new remaster. It's really entertaining!

xp aye The Book I Read on that is a classic.

COUNTRY LIFE POLL

Pretenders - Learning to Crawl. I had The Singles before, but I didn't know the first three albums were so good too.

Just listened to "The Who Sell Out" in its entirety for the first time ever yesterday and was absolutely blown away. I've always loved The Who, but mostly as a singles band. This was amazing.

Neurosis - Enemy of the Sun

tindersticks - the something rain.
what a comeback. late night music which goes well with a bottle of côtes du rhône and a joint. the circle from the first to the last album. both are very ripe fruits, but the new one is deliciously fresh at the same time. a miracle.

an instant classic...

I don't know if this really is considered "classic", but I picked up cheap copies of the Surrealistic Pillow and After Bathing at Baxter's reissues recently. I'd heard most of the former and the whole thing kinda underwhelmed me given the canon status, but the latter really did knock me out.