Albums That Influenced You the Most

[Starship Krupa]

On 5/11/2025 at 11:35 AM, pwalpwal said:

Great thread

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Many more, great thread

For a band that only released two records, it seems like Great Thread influenced so many musicians. Obviously they had songs, Many more being a double album. Curious why Many more is the only album where you give the artist's name.

Srsly, I only know about half of those albums by title alone. Why no artist names?

[pwalpwal]

9 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:

Why no artist names?

I'm pedantic

On 5/11/2025 at 8:35 PM, pwalpwal said:

Revolver BEATLES

Loveless MY BLOODY VALENTINE

On Avery island NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL

Wowee zowee PAVEMENT

Uforb THE ORB

Locust ******** technician BUTTHOLE SURFERS

Global chillage IRRESISTIBLE FORCE

Perfect prescription SPACEMEN 3

The power of ***** BONGWATER

30.7.94 live SUN ELECTRIC

The fabulous charlatans CHARLATANS

Who knows the secret of the master tape? MAD PROFESSOR

Dusk at cubist Castle OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL

On the corner of miles and gil SHACK

Fable SHACK

 Bandwagonesque TEENAGE FANCLUB

[57Gregy]

On 5/13/2025 at 3:48 AM, pwalpwal said:

I'm pedantic

When did we veer off into a bicycle discussion?

[bitflipper]

The first album I ever heard in stereo: Magical Mystery Tour. I had an epiphany right then and there, that the studio itself could be part of the creative process.

From a musical perspective, the album that inspired me most was In the Court of the Crimson King. It was a bolt of lightning, showing me that rock, jazz and classical were all just different facets of the same gem.

For emotional impact, it would be the first Black Sabbath album. It was my first time listening on headphones. "I am Iron Man" emanating from the middle of my head! Well, I was also on acid, so there's that.

For musical inspiration, Time Out by Dave Brubeck and its follow-up, Time Further Out.  Prior to that, I thought that all music was in 4/4, 3/4 or 6/8. Not only was 7/4 a viable option, you could even dance to it. Look it up on YouTube; there is a live performance of Unsquare Dance with (admittedly pro) dancers having no problem bouncing along to its odd time signature.

Honorable mention: Hope by Klaatu, an epic concept album on par -imo- with Dark Side of the Moon. I bought it on cassette while on the road and fell asleep to it every night that summer. Our drummer was also a big fan of it, so when he bought a Sony reel-to-reel with sound-on-sound, Hope was in our minds as we began experimenting. That was my first non-studio recording. Can't call it a home recording as it was in a motel room in Idaho.

 

[craigb]

I know there are several others, but I'm going to start with Van Halen's first and Boston's first!