• rainynight65@feddit.orgEnglish
    6·
    4 months ago

    Dream Theater “Awake” (1994). Extraordinary from the first to the last note. 75 minutes of phenomenal prog metal. They’ve made good and great albums before and after, but they never excelled the pure class and artistry displayed on this album.

    Bruce Dickinson “The Chemical Wedding”. I never liked Iron Maiden much, but Dickinson’s solo stuff is a different class. Fresh, creative, varied, energetic. Most of his solo albums are well worth the listen, but “Chemical Wedding” stands out for its high variety and creativity.

  • inbeesee@lemmy.world
    11·
    4 months ago

    Either The Wall by Pink Floyd or In Rainbows by Radiohead

    Or The Money Store by Death Grips

    Or ænemia by Tool

    Or Dirt by Alice in Chains

    Or-

  • weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    4 months ago

    Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

    Such a refined masterpiece that few can touch. Mob rules and Dehumanizer are close seconds, but miss the sheer presence that Heaven and Hell beholds.

    To me at least, Heaven and Hell is immersive and profound to an extent, that their other albums cannot compare. It holds a very special place in my heart.

    Dio - The last in line.

    Not quite head and shoulders above his other albums, but lands the most hits for me. I love every track on this album, and none are a “miss”. I love (almost) every other Dio album, but each has at least one song that doesn’t resonate with me.

    Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

    Cliche choice, but extremely enjoyable to listen and relax to. If you listen more closely, it becomes very immersive as each song has a clear story and a moral. Though some tracks are slower paced and longer, I don’t find a single one boring, which I sometimes do on other Dire Straits albums.

  • distantsounds@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    4 months ago

    Ween - Quebec
    Favorite band is very tough. It’s probably Ween, and Quebec slightly over The Mollusk for me

    • yamaonan@lemmy.world
      4·
      4 months ago

      Mmm, my order of favorite Ween albums would be Chocolate and Cheese, Quebec, White Pepper.

      But Mollusk has some bangers on it too (Buckingham Green).

      Why yes, yes I am down with the brown.

  • LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world
    2·
    4 months ago

    All my favorites frequently shift and change over time but I’m utterly obsessed with Music From the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle, by the Olivia Tremor Control. Some of the best fucking psychedelic pop I’ve ever heard.

    • yu_cosmic@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      4 months ago

      Risingson makes me feel like im inside a private bdsm dungeon party session in underground germany with my buddy mike

  • Usually_Lurker@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    4 months ago

    It’s a tie for me

    Pearl Jam. (1991). Ten [Album]. Epic Records.

    A Tribe Called Quest. (1991). The Low End Theory [Album]. Jive Records.

    • rainynight65@feddit.orgEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Here’s my thing about ‘Ten’.

      I love the first half of this album. It’s some of the best music I know in the genre. High energy, catchy, passionate. But somehow, the second half feels to me like the band ran out of ideas and gas. After ‘Jeremy’ it’s all pretty average, low-energy stuff, with the exception of ‘Garden’.