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

I had "The Stooges" and "Raw Power" for ages, but I never got around to "Funhouse" until the reissue. Ho. Lee. Crap.

It's just stunningly great.

Joanna Newsom - Ys

(didn't care for the first album, waited 2+ years to check out this one, and whaddya know? turns out i *love* this one... is this a classic album yet? should be!)

sun city girls torch of the mystics
nektar journey to the center of the eye

Neil Young - Everybody Knows this is Nowhere

Ys is certainly a classic album - in the pantheon sitting next to Astral Weeks for me.

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly

Self titled Bill Fay album. A bit of a quiet classic.

Chris Bell - i am the cosmos
never had heard before and it's pretty damn terrific

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I have to dig this out again.

Lets see, the last one for me was....

Howlin Wolf: the two Chess albums on one disc.
I can't believe how long it took me to get this.

Get a copy of it, that is.

i've owned Kraftwerk's Radioactivity for a few years, but only last week did it hit me how great it is.

also, Morricone's Fistful of Dollars soundtrack.

last 'classic album' i was disappointed by: Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue

Captain Beyond

Late with this, but here's kind of a crappy shot of the Bookends poster.

http://www.vex.net/~paulmac/simon/images/bookends_lpposter.jpg

Some friends of mine who are Kinks nuts are giving me the urge to see what the fuss is about.

Want that poster

"Captain Beyond"

Awesome

the first captain beyond album is awesome

Is Face to Face considered a "classic" album?
Can't believe I stumbled upon it only about a year ago.

A lot of the albums on this thread aren't considered "classics", but, hey ho, just make it a thread for good albums you've only just heard

Thanks thread. Been listening to Kinks Village Green for a month now, it's blown my socks off.

Oh, and Superfly.

'pretzel logic'

Rumours (yeah I'm slow) - mostly blown away at how fresh it sounded, despite being familiar with most of the tracks on it already.

Davey Graham, After Hours.

'pills thrills and bellyaches' was a nice rediscovery this year as well.

I've always liked Ellington's Far East Suite, but in the past couple of months I've realized that it's one of the records.

John Cale - Paris 1919
Had no idea that the supposedly more avant-garde member of the VU would turn out to be a writer of such lovely pop songs. I've since checked out most of the rest of his 70's stuff but nothing has had quite the same impact.

Illmatic by Nas, Taking Tiger Mountain... by Brian Eno.

World Shut Your Mouth from Julian Cope, but I don't know, whether it is considered as a classic.

I probably listened to Low 20 times last month.

Happened to be listening to the radio one night last week as I drifted off to sleep and heard "You Don't Know What Love Is" from Coltrane's Ballads LP. Nothing really "difficult" or technically over the top but--that tone. A master in complete command of his instrument.

Miles Davis - In A Silent Way

TELEVISION - marquee moon!

Elis & Tom

John Cale - Paris 1919
Had no idea that the supposedly more avant-garde member of the VU would turn out to be a writer of such lovely pop songs. I've since checked out most of the rest of his 70's stuff but nothing has had quite the same impact.

ditto

although I did enjoy parts of Slow Dazzle and the tune "The Man Who Couldn't Afford to Orgy"

Slow Dazzle has "Guts" and "Ski Patrol," which are awesome and luverly.

slow dazzle is kinda bonkers i love that record

I just recently started listening closely to Aja and it's knocked me out, esp. the title song, good heavens it's beautiful.

this calls for a cover connection!

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000006XD0.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
http://img.crocmusic.com/l/albums/31/lou_reed_street_hassle.jpg

I know they're years apart but I've wondered if one was a response to the other.

Reed responds to a near-great record with a decent-to-leaden one?

Lou's album is better. Somehow can't see Lou admitting to copying Johnny.

Reed responds to a near-great record with a decent-to-leaden one?

hey come on this is a vintage Reed maneuver!

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god i hate street hassle so much.

Is OK Computer old enough to be a "classic album"? Most of the "classic albums" I've listened to for the first time over the last couple of years were okay, but they didn't knock me out. (Sorry, Sweetheart of the Rodeo.)

'I Want You' (is it 'cassic' or are Let's Get it On and WGO Marvin's quota?)

lolz when I first heard Sweetheart of the Rodeo my response was a serious WTF. Do not get the love for that album. I love lots of 60s country - particularly Buck Owens, Flatt & Scruggs "Songs of the Famous Carter Family", Waylon Jennings, etc. - and the Byrds doing it just seems kinda pointless. Traded it to a friend shortly thereafter, don't regret it a bit.

Do people really consider it a classic album though?

Fleetwood Mac - "Then Play On". I never listened to Fleetwood Mac until I was introduced to Tusk a couple years ago and was floored. Not a big fan of "Rumours", but someone played "Then Play On" recently and I think I may love it as much as Tusk. Incredible record.

"Dirk Wears White Sox" recently went on endless repeat...

blondie - parallel lines

God Bless Tiny Tim! Who knew people were writing such weird & wonderful songs 90 years ago? Or that Tim doesn't rely on the falsetto exclusively? Or that fucking Nico fills in for Tuesday Weld?! (The answer: Everyone who contributed to the "Tiny Tim, C or D?" thread that I should've read sooner; that's who)

pet sounds, strangely enough. and a smile bootleg. i hated the beach boys when i was a kid because their voices annoyed me. but i'm listening to them right now and holy FUCK do these two albums have some amazing songs on them.