MusicDiscuss Albums That Influenced You The Most... in the OFF-Topic / Misc. forums; Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet
Master of Puppets is the most influential and best metal album ever produced.
I'll second ...
Master of Puppets is the most influential and best metal album ever produced.
I'll second that . . .
I didn't like speed metal/thrash metal/death metal, whatever you want to call it . . . until I heard Master, that is. After that, I was a convert. It really put Metallica on the map and was the true beginning of their popularity.
I'll only list five (5) albums:
1. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
2. Led Zeppelin - IV (Zoso)
3. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive!
4. Van Halen - Van Halen
5. Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)
Mahavishnu- Birds Of Fire
Herbie Hancock- Headhunters
Madness- Absolutely
Pink Floyd- Dark Side Of The Moon
The Toasters- Don't Let The B*stards Grind You Down
John Coltrane- Blue Train
John Coltrane- A Love Supreme
Miles Davis- Kind Of Blue
Some of the most influential for me
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Moanin - Jazz Messengers
Now he sings, now he sobs - Chick Corea
virtually ALL albums of Lee Morgan exept the very first one
Abbey Road - The Beatles
John Coltrane- Love Supreme
Oscar Peterson - The Sound Of The Trio, Reuion Blues, and many more
Eric Clapton with Jojn Mayall's Bluesbreakers (I think its compilation though)
Meddle Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin 1
Led Zeppelin 2
Led Zeppelin 3
Led Zeppelin 4
Houses of the Holy
The Song Remains the Same
Physical Graffiti
Presence
In Through the Out Door
Rush - Permanent Waves
Sex Pistols - Never mind the Bollocks
U2 - Joshua Tree
ZZ Top - Eliminator
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Blondie - Eat to the Beat
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
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Ok, a little preface before I cast my list out there.
I'm a drummer, so my list are the albums that influenced my drumming, not neccessarily something that struck a poingant chord in me as a youngster (which would make a short list, as it would be a bunch of 60's surf music).
SO, bearing that in mind, here we go...
Rod Strewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley
Rod Stewart - Never a Dull Moment
The Faces - A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse
Led Zeppelin - II
Led Zeppelin - I
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
The Who - Live at Leeds
Rush - Fly by Night
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Vince Guraldi - A boy named Charlie Brown
Dreams - Dreams
Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago Transit Authority
Soundtrack for the movie "American Grafitti"
The Allman Brothers - Brothers and Sisters
The Allman Brothers - Live at the Filmore East
The Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
Miles Davis - Star People
Tommy Flanagan - Confirmation
Max Roach - featuring Hank Mobley
Lynrd Skynrd - Second Helping
Chet Baker - ...in New York
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
20/20 - Portrait
(first song I ever learned to play was "Cheri").
...and a whole lot of time spent listening to these guys
...I think that about covers it. I didn't include the 78's I grew up with, because finding pics of particular record labels was kinda tough.
These days I'm more into Jazz and Blues, but I'm really just a glorified "Rock drummer" and I'm ok with that.
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