Recommend an album. Tell us why you recommend it.

[Jurnigan]

Band: Ratatat
Album: Classics
Release: August 22, 2006
Genre: Electronic
Rating: 9/10
Reason: Ratatat may be somewhat repetitive but manages to sound very good. If you're not looking for a varied experience, but are willing to listen to something new and different, this album is for you.

Band: Ratatat
Album: LP3
Release: July 8, 2008
Genre: Electronic
Rating: 10/10
Reason: Though the underlying beats are quite similar to the previous works of Ratatat, the layers of sound on top prevent repetition from setting in as quickly as in Classics. The one fault which could be found in Classics was fixed, and LP3 was a good improvement on a great idea.

Band: Pavement
Album: Slanted and Enchanted
Genre: Rock
Release: April 20, 1992
Rating: 10/10
Reason: This is one of the few albums which works significantly better as a collection that as a series of singles. The influences of the Replacements is obvious but welcome, and the songwriting is solid overall. I picked this one up in a record store a few days ago for $3; it was definitely worth it.

Band: Stars
Album: Set Yourself on Fire
Genre: Rock/Pop
Release: September 14, 2004 / March 8, 2005
Rating: 10/10
Reason: The music is solid, the songwriting is great, and the production is excellent. Though it is a collection of singles rather than a cohesive package, the singles stand up on their own. The mix of instruments is inspired and each is utilized very well.

 

[Cheesebob]

Artist: Eminem
Release: May 23, 2000
Album: Mashall Mathers LP
Genre: Rap/ Hip Hop
Rating: 9/10
Reason: One of the greatest albums of this Millennium, this is Eminem's best album IMO with some of the best lyrics he has wrote, ever

 

[kiwisushi]

Band: Korpiklaani
Album: Tales along this road
Release Date: May 2006
Genre: Humpaa, Folk Metal
Rating (1-10): 9
Amazingly "happy" and fast, from start to finish brilliant! Happy Little Boozer is a great start to the album that will have you singing along within the first chorus.


Band: Bad Religion
Album: Process of Belief
Genre: Punk
Rating (1-10): 10
Could pretty much pick any of their albums as a recommended. Songs on this one like Kyoto Now,Epiphany, Supersonic and (only on the japanese version) Shattered faith are brilliant in their own ways. Pretty much the most intelligent lyrical content that you can find in the punk genre.

 

[MrGFunk]

Band:Mumford and Sons
Album:Mumford and Sons
Release Date: 2008
Genre:Folk / Bluegrass / Afro-beat.
Rating (1-10): 9
Why you chose to recommend this album: One of the best new bands I've heard in a long time. Emotive lyrics, acoustic, real sound, incredible style. Check them out.

I'm interested and will be checking this out.

Thanks
and thanks OP for the thread.

 

[corporate_gamer]

Band: Radiohead
Album: OK Computer
Release Date: 1995
Genre: Alternative rock/Experimental rock
Rating (1-10): 10
Why you chose to recommend this album: It's just incredible. Seriously. It doesn't even need an explanation.
Listen to it.

Damn it. I was going to do that. Okay second and third choices:

Band: Last of the shadow puppets
Album: The age of the understatement
release date: august 2007
genre: indie rock
rating: 9/10
why you chose to recommend this album: because it is really really brilliant, dont know what else to say, check it out.

Band: The Arcade fire
album: funeral
release date: september 2004
genre: indie rock
rating: 9/10
why you chose to recommend this album: its amazing, at the same time uplifting and depressing. such and emotional and powerful album.

 

[r4ndom]

Band: At The Drive-In
Album: Relationship of Command
Release: 12 September 2008
Genre: Post-Punk/Post-Hardcore
Rating: 10/10

I concur wholeheartedly.

For my own, it'd have to be...

Band: Portugal. The Man
Album: Censored Colors
Release: September 16, 2008
Genre: Alternative/Experimental
Rating: 9/10

Discovered this album through Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's (see how this ties in with the quote? clever eh?) Myspace bulletins, and I must say, it's been a while since I got excited about an album, a fact made even better since they are a band i'd never heard of, and after a couple of months of listening, I am thrilled that I followed it up.

Beautifully arranged songs, from the melodies to the orchestral accompanyment, excellent vocals and lyrics, and it works well as a whole piece, as, like Mars Volta, a lot of the songs run together to create a flowing sound across the whole album. They also have elements of 60's Pop, Reggae and Folk in there, with retro recording sounds and catchy vocal and guitar-based hooks.

Recommended for relaxing to in the dark, or do as I do and take a walk at night and turn it up loud.

Also sounds brilliant stoned. But what doesn't?

 

[Fatalis67]

Band: Skinless
Album: Trample The Weak, Hurdle The Dead
Release Date: 2006
Genre: Brutal Death Metal
Rating (1-10): 10/10
Why you chose to recommend this album: My personal favorite album ever. Every song is well written, memorable, and has great instrumentals. Skinless sold out a bit on the album before it, From Sacrifice to Survival, but they were able to bounce back and are as awesome as ever. The Black Sabbath cover is a bit lame but I don't count covers when I talk about albums.

 

[superbleeder12]

Band: Alcest
Album: Souvenirs d'un Autre Monde
Release Date: 2007
Genre: Shoegaze,

Alcest is the band of one talented man named Niege from France. He plays all the instruments, and sings (has a few guest singers). His music, at first seems somewhat depressing, but its more nostalgic than anything. Absolutely fantastic album, love every song on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7S6eGDPvY

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Band- The 5.6.7.8's
Album- Teenage Mojo Workout
Genre- ...surf punk?
Rating- 10/10
Why I chose it- The band play with a great deal of enthusiasm, the songs are good...it is all tastefully done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjZvIWV5TW4

 

[jsouth88]

Of Montreal - "The Sunlandic Twins"
Rating - 9/10
Very good album with a very happy sound that pulls off pop and manages to sound like nothing you've ever heard. Check it out.

 

[DuncanRR]

Mushroomhead
XIII
2003
Alternative Metal/Nu Metal
4.5 out of 5

Mushroomhead is one of the few bands I can think of (alongside their on-again, off-again rivals Slipknot) where talented musicians actually stemmed from the nu-metal scene. XIII is their second album under a record label, and it's a really good starting place if you're not familiar with the band. There's a surprisingly strong variety of songs on display, everything from whiplash-educing headbangers to songs that are epic in scope and intricate in their arrangement. The only real weakness on the album is their cover of Seal's "Crazy", which I think might've been the studio's fault more than the band's, and even that's not too bad.

EDIT:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XIII_(album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9-1DVe7Flc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNGckHZpC7o

 

[varulfic]

Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
(Psychedelic Rock)

Why? It's Pink Floyds first album, and it's often forgotten next to their later work. Mostly written by the mad genius Syd Barrett, the album is very different from their later style. Instead of long progressive pieces, the songs are short, unpredictable and wonderfully surreal. This album is one of the best psychedelic rock album I have heard and a must for anyone with ears.

Sample: Astronomy Domine [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zjiLWavN5A&feature=related]

Savage Rose - Savage Rose
(Psychedelic)

Another one of my favorites. This one might be a bit hard to find, but if you ever see it, don't hesitate. This is one of those precious few things that justifies Denmarks existance. It's pretty well known there I think, but it's sadly overlooked elsewhere and that's a shame of biblical proportions. I have a hard time describing it's beauty in words, but luckily youtube pulled through.

Sample: A Girl I Knew [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbG3vX96Ofo].

 

[Crofty]

Band: Justin Timberlake
Album: Futuresex/Lovesounds
Release Date: 2006
Genre: Pop/R&B/Hip Hop
Rating (1-10): 10
Why you chose to recommend this album: You're all nerds with terrible, shallow and horribly unhip taste in music and it wouldn't hurt to actually have some good music that won't make beautiful and interesting people run away from you.

You fail at life.

Band: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Album: By The Way
Release Date: 2003
Genre: Funk Rock
Rating: 10
Why: Because it's such a brilliant and varied album, and in my opinion the Chili's finest. There's a song on there for everyone, from the funky Can't Stop to the slow and mellow Dosed.

Band: 36 Crazyfists
Album: Rest Inside The Flames
Release Date: 2006
Genre: Metalcore/Hardcore
Rating: 10
Why: For Metalheads only, one of the best albums of the american metalcore scene (and far better than welsh metalcore), heavy as hell, with awesome riffs and brilliant vocals, including an appearance by Howard Jones of Killswitch Engage.

 

[JaguarWong]

The day I meet another human being who is into video games but doesn't like 'Rock' I will ask them to marry me... regardless of gender.

 

[speedcoreXdandy]

The day I meet another human being who is into video games but doesn't like 'Rock' I will ask them to marry me... regardless of gender.

HAI THAR.

Hip hopper, drum n basshead, gabber, dubstepper and all round electroboy reporting for duty!

 

[Crofty]

Metalcore is awesome! I still live with my parents!

Your living arrangements are irrelevant. The point, you are the one with the shallow taste in music if you listen to music because it is "hip" (and since when was the word "hip" actually hip?). And if by beautiful and interesting people you mean people who consider chart tosh to be the be all and end all of music and anyone who doesn't like it is a nerd/freak/other insulting term, and are only interested in what's "hip", then quite frankly I'd be glad if they ran away from me, I much prefer the ugly and dull people who don't give a shit about being "hip".