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

Lou's Berlin. Wish I'd checked this out sooner.

I love the Coltrane/Hartman album. That and Coltrane's Ballads always seem to be played on the same evenings at our house.

Rai Rebels

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

― zanana rebozo (abanana), Tuesday, October 29, 2013 2:49 AM (8 hours ago)

all-time

for me I think the current answer is Dusty In Memphis

Picked up McCartney's 'Ram' recently which, despite my being a long time McCartney sceptic, blew me away. Wonderful album.

Colossal Youth - Young Marble Giants

I dunno about "knocked out" but finally hearing the Derek & the dominoes album was way more enjoyable than I expected

The Urinals "Negative Capability...Check it Out!!" has been ruling my year.

Xaman by Skullflower great to have this on a playable cd. Pretty stunning primitive groove frpom the late 80s which people haven't been able to listen to on cd for years thanks to cd rot on the original cd version.

Sunshine Daydream by Grateful Dead nice to have this out officially finally and it is a pretty stunning set. Been regarded as one of their best gigs for years as it circulated on the bootleg circuit.

Scott 4 though i don't know if the Scott box actually has the greatest sound, the material on it is awesome.

& the Pharaoh Sanders Anthology which I got a new copy of recentl;y and has shorter edits of tracks from his classic late 60s lps with Leon Thomas, Lonnie Liston Smith , Sonny Sharrock etc. But since it's an anthology maybe it doesn't fit but it does remain a great anthology of classic material. & does levitate yer socks off.

Rumours. It is just awesome.

Dio - Holy Diver

why did i wait so long? all i really want from a metal album is on that thing

John Cale - Paris 1919

REO Speedwagon's High Infidelity. I haven't heard it since I was eight. It sounds like Abba.

'someday man' / paul williams.

dunno if anyone will rep for its "classic album" status, but after a decade-plus of not getting the fuss about Will Oldham, it was a revelation hearing Palace Bros - Days in the Wake for the first time over the summer

anything pre 1990 im talking here people.

whoops! ... still, that record came out 18 years ago—I could have sex with it today if I wanted to (which I don't, because I'm afraid I might catch something)

I only really dug into Only Built 4 Cuban Linx last year, so that.

finally got into Neu! last week. all three albums rocked my lil' booties right off

'someday man' / paul williams.

― piscesx, Tuesday, November 26, 2013 12:44 AM (Yesterday)

excellent album !

goes well with his other album of the same era when he was in the holy mackerel

Northern Lights – Southern Cross by The Band. I've been in love with their first two albums for years but had never ventured beyond them for some reason. But this is a wonderful album with one of their best ever songs in "Acadian Driftwood".

Agreed--and "Makes No Difference" might be Danko's finest moment as a singer.

That's two great songs but nothing else on the album is remotely as good tbh

Prefer the version of Makes No Difference on The Last Waltz tbh, find the production on NLSC a bit...flaccid

Eddie Kendricks - People... Hold On

Cluster & Eno

nilsson schmilsson. baffled that i'd avoided this one for so long.

heard ornette coleman's "the shape of jazz to come" for the first time today, made a 2 hour bus journey in the lashing rain much more tolerable.

brotherlovesdub have you heard the second Cluster & Eno album, After the Fire? IMO it's a lot better, up there with the classics from both

Judee Sill - Heart Food

for me it's gotta be the first Van Halen album. I understand now what the big deal was.

The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark

one of those records where you're astonished that you somehow missed it

Cheating a bit with the 1990 cut off but I d/led Divine Styler's Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light based on reading stuff on ILM about him recently and holy shit this is fucking amazing.

Al Stewart - Past Present and Future

John Martyn - Bless The weather
Joni Mitchell - court and spark
King Sunny Ade - Synchro System

this was never lost, but it turns out Blood on The Tracks is pretty good. hehe. I've always had a bit of a bias against Dylan's voice, but I wanted to hear his 70s work.

On the flip side, Time of the Last Persecution by Bill Fay isn't doing much for me at all. justifiably lost at this point.

Wire - Pink Flag

Sun Ra - Atlantis
U2 - Boy
Neil Young - Harvest
Vince Guaraldi - Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown

Ornette Coleman - Dancing in your Head

I'd been well familiar with Ornette's 60s Atlantic records for decades, but for some reason never caught up with his electric work until recently, apart from James Blood's Tales of Captain Black, which led me to this. Holy hell, is this good.

Cheating a bit with the 1990 cut off but I d/led Divine Styler's Spiral Walls Containing Autumns of Light based on reading stuff on ILM about him recently and holy shit this is fucking amazing.

― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Friday, January 30, 2015 3:35 PM (2 days ago)

Oh shit, yeah, there was a bit on him in the Wire and this sounds like it'd be awesome, must track it down.

Lol, in my opinion Spiral Walls is the worst album by Divine Styler, including the one that came out last month... But I guess it's a different if you're a rap fan or a rock fan, because in my opinion DS is a genuinely unique and interesting rapper and hip-hop producer, who just happened to make a silly and indulgent rock album as his sophomore effort, before he returned to making unique and interesting rap music.

I mean, who would want to listen to some pointless guitar noodlings by him, when you could listen to genuinely freaky and innovative stuff like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Uzpw7TcT8

And this one rocks much harder than any of his attempts to do proper rock music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALnKSghc8Yc

re:divine styler, Always been on the fence about this track, but I'm feeling it today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQQmnnJ9KFc

Al Stewart - Past Present and Future

Yes a stone cold classic. If you haven't heard the follow-up, Modern Times, do yourself a favour – it's very nearly as good.

McCartney II

Nona Hendryx, Nona

(side A particularly)

houses of the holy & physical graffiti

Joni Mitchell - Hejira

I guess the Leatherface lps are just outside of the pre-90 dateline. Pretty classic though
Was listening to meditations by John Coltrane's expanded Quartet a couple of days back and that is great.
As was the Incredible String Band's 500 Spirits wwhcih I had on the 3 changer with it throughout last week.
& stuck on Nebraska a couple of nights back but took it off the 3 changer to make way for Leatherface.