Music expresses that which can not be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. Nobody described music better than Victor Hugo. And since I cannot write anything as profound to describe any of the albums below, I'll keep it down to one sentence each. The rules of this Facebook Tag are 15 minutes (no more) to name your 15 favourite albums. Here goes:
The Beatles – Abbey Road
Their last album, which begins with Come Together. How apt.
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
Cannot listen to just one track from this album and leave the rest.
Led Zeppelin IV
Clearly helped the band to be a rock, and not roll.
Pearl Jam – Ten
Have had the discography on me for half a decade, but I've never gone beyond their first album
Prodigy – Fat of the Land
90s, during my teen years, I had to love a band that came up with Smack my bitch up, even though I didn’t know what that really meant.
Kasabian – Kasabian
In an age when MTV plays anything but music, this album is the most definitive IV shot in music’s arm.
Massive Attack – Mezzanine
The first time I heard it in ‘07, I took the plunge, and I’m still immersed in it.
Bob Dylan 30th anniversary concert
When Tracy Chapman pays tribute to Dylan’s village folk days, and Johnny Cash and June Carter relate his Country leanings, while Clapton covers his experiments with Blues, you Don’t Think Twice.
AC/DC - Back in Black
When one of the loudest albums of all time features a number called Rock And Roll Ain't Noise Pollution, you have to admire this 'metal' band and their attempt at irony.
Metallica – Black
Many critics have blasted this album saying it was meant for losers. Boy, am I glad I was one.
U2 – Joshua Tree
If there’s one album that defines what really drove the band, it’s this one. I still haven’t found what I’m looking for…
RATM – Battle of Los Angeles
When you want to flash your digitus impudicus to the world, this is the album you play.
Nirvana – Never Mind
Funnily, my introduction to rock music was Come as you are. And here I am.
Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me. Need I say more?
Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
When you're down and out, When you're on the street, When evening falls so hard, I will comfort you
This album still has that kind of an effect on me.
Monday, November 22, 2010
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