Five albums that changed your life

...first post - cool forum! I'm a partner in crime (bandmate) with Captain Capricorn ...nice to be here!

in order of discovery:

Edited by listen - April 04 2009 at 12:58

King Crimson- In the Court.... (obviously)

Edited by crimson87 - April 04 2009 at 11:58

#1
The album tha REALLY got me into music in the first place,about four and a half years ago,and inspired me to take guitar lessons.

#2
Although I only listened to it in it's entirity about some years ago,it was a fair share of my childhood's soundtrack,I can only associate it to car trips in the middle of the night.

#3
The album that introduced me to prog(although I was already a big fan of Jethro Tull,I didn't knew back then what exactly this genre was.I listened to it at a very fragile period of my life,so it hit me in a major way.

#4
My first introduction to a 70's classic band,up to that point I was a big fan of punk/grunge,but after this album I discovered new bands every week and quickly left my earlier preferencies behind(though I still hold a huge affection to bands like Green Day and Red Hot Chili Peppers).

#5
Simply the album that hit me most strongly and quickly(the only contender being Close To The Edge),making me fall instantly in love with Deep Purple's Mk II and opening many doors for me.

There are albums such as Aqualung that sould have been in this list for being  very important soundtracks of my childhood/teenage years,but you can say that these five albums were the basic structure of my musical preferencies/knowledge.

Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Well, I was in grade school and my mother would buy me a cassette if I hit certain grades every time my report card came out.  Since she wouldn't buy me Iron Maiden, but would buy me GnR (go figure hah), this was the first album that was relatively heavy that I got hooked on and wore out the cassette.

Tool - Aenima
i was hooked on this album from early on in high school and was my intro to more complex and darker music.  i do think lateralus is their masterpiece though.

Nine Inch  Nails - The Downward Spiral
another album I was hooked on in high school and another intro to REALLY dark music.

Radiohead - Kid A
this album is so dear to me for the simple fact that it got me through a severely difficult time in my life.  I remember when I first purchased it in college, being completely pissed that I wasted my money on it, and playing frisbee with it in the dorms.  That is until a couple years later when I dropped into severe depression and this record totally clicked with me.  I dont listen to it much nowadays because it brings back the feelings of said time in my life.

Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
The album I was really hooked on while recovering from my depression and getting my life back in order back around '03/04.  The emotional depth of this album is profound.

No specific albums but growing up, when my father would pick us up on weekends, he would play Classic Rock ala Sabbath, Zep, The Who and Prog Rock ala Jethro Tull, ELP, Yes, etc 24/7 and that seriously contributed to my love for music and prog as well.





Edited by Doomcifer - April 04 2009 at 10:10

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Raff wrote: What, no Decemberists?

Well, "changed your life" and "favorite" are two very different things Raff. <wink right back at you >

That said, it occurs to me there should be something from recent history on that list as well - it seems I didn't post anything more recent than 1985.  But I don't want to remove anything either, so here's a 'bonus':

some are not prog related 

king crimson - red (lark's tongues in aspic)

tool - lateralus

depeche mode - songs of faith and devotion

pure reason revolution - the dark third

pearl jam - ten

Three copies of Dark Side of the Moon and two of Tubular Bells.