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The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band · 3 likes

4/5

This is what happens when you give a bunch of hippies a load of instruments and some acid. This album is a really good snapshot of time. I wish I knew about this when I used to take acid. So, get high, take off all your clothes, put this on, and dance like a butterfly in a sunny meadow

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James Brown Live At The Apollo

James Brown

4/5

Class. Great live album.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

4/5

Really good mix of styles. Excellent production.

Morrison Hotel

The Doors

5/5

Tracy Chapman

4/5

This is about as good as an acoustic based album gets.

Bat Out Of Hell

Meat Loaf

4/5

I forgot how good this is. It's one of the biggest selling albums of all time for a reason. Good, solid, rock and roll, with a mix of theatre

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

4/5

What's not to love about Aretha. One of the grearest

Damaged

Black Flag

4/5

The Queen Is Dead

The Smiths

4/5

Another reason why the smiths still stand out as one of the best bands to grace th earth. Smiths at their best. There is a light that never goes out

Run-D.M.C.

4/5

Just brilliance. Bringing NYC hip hop in to the masses in the 80s. Paving the way for future generations. This is why.

The Soft Bulletin

The Flaming Lips

4/5

Smooth like banana moose. This is a great album, nice and chilled and a unique sound. I saw the flaming lips earlier this year and it was a beautiful display of colour and sound. Check them out if you get a chance.

Appetite For Destruction

Guns N' Roses

4/5

I remember when this came out and how quickly it grew on me. I tried to not like it because I was all about thrash metal back then, but I couldn't help it. For a debut album it sounded fresh edgy and completly rock and roll. They skyrocketed to fame soon after. Rightly so. Not sure they managed to produce anything as gritty as this afterwards though (except perhaps gnr lies)

The Stone Roses

5/5

So glad.this came up. I nevver get tired of this album. The stone roses pretty much defined the sounds of the 90s, and lead the way for the 'brit pop' (hate that word) movement. This album opened the flood gates so everyone else could follow. Psychedelic funky rock. Unique sound with attitude. Just brilliance

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

The Incredible String Band

4/5

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill

4/5

Got to love Lauren.

The Healer

John Lee Hooker

5/5

Beautiful blues by the master himself. A must hear album

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

4/5

Mad Syd Barret. Roger Waters. What more do you need? Pink Floyd's first incarnation is arguably the best. Leaders of psychedelic rock and we all know how they went on write and produce other great things (likely also on here). Nothing quite like this though.

Out Of The Blue

Electric Light Orchestra

4/5

Didn't listen but needed next album

Adele

4/5

When this came up I groaned. I'm so bored of Adele. However, once you've suffered 'rolling in the deep' again for the gazillionth time, this is actually a decent album. The girls got soul. Still bored of her though

Stankonia

OutKast

4/5

Southern Rock Opera

Drive-By Truckers

4/5

Good solid rock and roll. It's long though.and they like lynars skynard it seems, which isn't a bad thing. Well worth a listen

The Real Thing

Faith No More

5/5

This is ready one of my all time favorites. I remember when it came out and fnm were on top of the pops. Mike was mining terribly to out of nowhere. Off the back of that piss taking performance I bought this on vinyl and got tickets to rock city which I think was the next night. Not seen them since. Amazing live band. Amazing album. Got to love that slap base too

Tapestry

Carole King

5/5

This album is full of classics you're bound to know. They are probably songs you do t even associate with Carol King. A true legend and an album worthy of this list

Survivor

Destiny's Child

4/5

Vanishing Point

Primal Scream

4/5

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

4/5

Countdown To Ecstasy

Steely Dan

4/5

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen

5/5

Classic Bruce. Although I do prefer some of his earlier albums

Cheap Thrills

Big Brother & The Holding Company

5/5

Janis Joplin. What more needs to be said !

Remain In Light

Talking Heads

5/5

Totally solid album from talking heads. Clearly a band whomlobed music, lobes to experiment with music and had great vision

A Wizard, A True Star

Todd Rundgren

4/5

This is brilliant. Musicians being brilliant at being musicians. And experimenting with sounds that really works. Todd's songwriting skills are fantastic too.

Clandestino

Manu Chao

4/5

Not even sure where Manu is from. This album is an eclectic mash up of world music. Moving seamlessly from Latin to reggae to African styles. Nice. Worthy of the 1001 albums list

Pearl

Janis Joplin

4/5

Oh yes thank you Janis

Ragged Glory

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

5/5

Exile On Main Street

The Rolling Stones

5/5

Live At Leeds

The Who