essential albums.

[beth]

hiyaa! basically my old laptop died meaning i lost all way of transferring my old music over to this new one and i need to start my music collection from scratch. so i was wondering (just to give me ideas and get the downloading flow going haha) what are yr essential albums you couldn't live without?

for example on my iphone i have a few albums that never ever get deleted:

gil scott-heron + jamie xx - i'm new here.
bloc party - silent alarm.
arctic monkeys - favourite worst nightmare.

BUT yeah, what about you? which albums couldn't you live without???

[Rozi]

hole - live through this
still corners - creatures of an hour
erm
obvs best of bowie
now 49 <-- honestly, it's a classic

[FlyingJesus]

Cher Lloyd - Sticks and Stones
Nicola Roberts - Cinderella's Eyes
All of the studio albums by Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Mariah Carey
All of the studio albums by Get Up Kids (you really need to get into them), Ben Jelen, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jimmy Eat World, and Something Corporate
EVERYTHING HANSON HAS EVER DONE
Aqua - Aquarium and Aquarius (two separate albums)
and a whole host of blacks you won't like

also the best NOW album is 41 but all from 34-51 are fab

[Shar]

There's a lot of albums I guess..especially Drake - Take Care and Adele - 21 atm but there are others

[Jurv]

adele - 19 & 21
lana del rey - born to die (out in five days)
mumford & sons - sigh no more
the vaccines - what did you expect from the vaccines
foals - total life forever/antidotes
bon iver - bon iver
johnny cash - american recordings
bob dylan - the essential bob dylan

that's all i can think of at the moment, haha!

[Judas]

okay WELL here are some of ma favs (these are only my absolute favourites that I can think off from the top of my head, I love most of the other albums by these artists too but these are all incredible)

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[Plebings]

(i'd love to do images (but i'm far too lazy))

warning: hipster post below

broken social scene - broken social scene <-- favourite album of ALL TIME (probably)
los campesinos! - we are beautiful, we are doomed <-- my personal fav lc! album
these new puritans - hidden <-- fav album of 2010 (though abit dark)
sufjan stevens - the age of adz <-- musical marmite
cut copy - in ghost colours <-- amazing synthpop
slow club - paradise <-- fav album of 2011
fall out boy -infinity on high<-- 15 year old me would want me to dothis
los campesinos! - romance is boring <-- the 'best' lc! album (2nd favourite though)

and then we are left with the ones that i listen to a lot, but don't mean as much to me
tokyo police club - champ
passion pit - chunk of change ep
robyn- body talk
johnny foreigner bsides
friendly fires - pala
grammatics - grammatics
dom - sun bronzed greek gods ep
owen pallett - heartland
deerhunter - weird era continued

[J0SH]

Eminem ft Royce Da 5'9 - Bad Meets Hell: The Sequel if you like Hip Hop
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP which is the greatest
Eminem - Relapse
Eminem - Recovery

Yes I love Eminem

[hiyahon]

daydream by mariah carey

[Ellz]

beyonce - 4
anything by the script
jessie j - who you are
talk that talk - rihanna

[Neversoft]

Radical Face - Ghost
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin
Ludovico Einaudi - Una Mattina
múm – Finally We Are No One
Dragonette - Fixin to Thrill (< my current addiction)

[Jazz]

jessie j - who you are
ed sheeran - +
Now 69
this is dubstep 2011 & 2012

[Andeeh]

Jamie T - Panic Prevention
Roots Manuva - Slime & Reason/4everevolution
blink-182 - Greatest Hits
Toddla T - Skanky Skanky
Chase & Status - More Than Alot
RHCP - By The Way

[iLogan]

rated r & ttt

[Rixion]

talk that talk rihanna
111 her majesty and the wolves
on your radar the saturdays
vows kimbra
can't take that away from me JoJo
girls generation 소녀시대
cinderella's eyes nicola roberts
perfectionist natalia kills
siberia lights
colours nadia oh
everything xtina, britney, mariah carey

[Eric]

david cook - the last goodbye
matt cardle - letters
naruto shippuden ost/soundtracks album :OO

[beth]

Jamie T - Panic Prevention
Roots Manuva - Slime & Reason/4everevolution
blink-182 - Greatest Hits
Toddla T - Skanky Skanky
Chase & Status - More Than Alot
RHCP - By The Way

panic prevention is such a perfect album.

[Andeeh]

panic prevention is such a perfect album. yeah it is, all tracks on it you can listen to in whatever mood I feel. Shame Jamie T hasn't done anything for ages :(

[jasey]

Right now my essential albums are 'Lana Del Eey - Born To Die' and 'Robin Thicke - Love After War'.

[beth]

yeah it is, all tracks on it you can listen to in whatever mood I feel. Shame Jamie T hasn't done anything for ages :(

was just checking him out on last.fm seeing what's up and it looks like he's pretty much disappeared, so sad if true. talented.

[Plebings]

was just checking him out on last.fm seeing what's up and it looks like he's pretty much disappeared, so sad if true. talented.

2 years isn't that much of a gap!!

[beth]

2 years isn't that much of a gap!!

I KNOW but hes a bit quiet GENERALLY.

[GirlNextDoor15]

Eminem's Relapse and Recovery, Beyonce's 4 and I would say any albums by Jay Z and Kanye west but I didnt buy em

[Andeeh]

2 years isn't that much of a gap!!
yes but not a single word since Glastonbury 2 years ago, it seems strange. Hope something comes around but it probably won't

[AddictedToHTID]

Burial - Burial
Burial - Untrue
Scooter - Jumping All Over The World
Scooter - Under The Radar Over The Top
Scooter - The Big Mash Up
Pitbull - Planet Pit
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Trying
50 Cent - The Massacre
50 Cent - Curtis
Eminem - Curtain Call

[Kasabian]

http://i.imgur.com/VN7Te.jpg

[Plebings]

yes but not a single word since Glastonbury 2 years ago, it seems strange. Hope something comes around but it probably won't

being a solo artist means that he is VERY likely to release something in the future, since it doesn't base around band factors, etc etc.

talking about fading acts.. what ever happened to black kids?

[Kasabian]

being a solo artist means that he is VERY likely to release something in the future, since it doesn't base around band factors, etc etc.

talking about fading acts.. what ever happened to black kids?

Only did one song thats memorable, and that's only cus it was on Fifa '09.
One hit wonders? Maybe.

[beth]

being a solo artist means that he is VERY likely to release something in the future, since it doesn't base around band factors, etc etc.

talking about fading acts.. what ever happened to black kids?

oh i used to love black kids their album is aces, but idk what they're doing now either. what about mumm-ra DO YOU REMEMBER MUMM-RA.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKypqSL49Pg&ob=av2e

[Plebings]

oh i used to love black kids their album is aces, but idk what they're doing now either. what about mumm-ra DO YOU REMEMBER MUMM-RA.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKypqSL49Pg&ob=av2e

nope I don't remember them :D

[peteyt]

I'd say Bedouin Soundclash's albums, Sigur Ross's, Eagles (defo Hotel California), a couple of tom waits albums, Panic At The Disco's first album - a fever you can't sweat out, Some Cure Albums, The Hives.

Oh and John Legend and the Roots Wake Up album is great (not my usual type). Dan Le Sacs Vs Scroobius Pips stuff is beautiful to.

[jasey]

My library is far to huge for me to go through this late at night but I consider these three women to be an essential British pop trio of artists. These six albums get frequent play from me and I thought I'd post them because this forum started in the United Kingdom.

Lily Allen
Alright, Still
It's Not Me, It's You

Amy Winehouse
Frank
Back To Black

Kate Nash
Made Of Bricks
My Best Friend Is You

[beth]

I'd say Bedouin Soundclash's albums, Sigur Ross's, Eagles (defo Hotel California), a couple of tom waits albums, Panic At The Disco's first album - a fever you can't sweat out, Some Cure Albums, The Hives.

Oh and John Legend and the Roots Wake Up album is great (not my usual type). Dan Le Sacs Vs Scroobius Pips stuff is beautiful to.

ah i saw dan le sac live at uni, i love his work with scroobius pip so so so good.

also definitely agree with the first panic album it's a masterpiece.


[@]@mdna[/@] nice choices!!! i haven't heard kate nash's second album but made of bricks is stunning. and frank is just a perfect album. ah poor amy :(

[CrazyLemurs]

Definitely Beyoncé - 4
Adele - 19 & 21
Mariah Carey - Butterfly, Merry Christmas, Mariah Carey and Merry Christmas II You
Charice - Charice and Infinity
Bruno Mars - Doo Wops and Hooligans
That's about it from my memory. Maybe people like Labrinth and Tinie Tempah



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[peteyt]

ah i saw dan le sac live at uni, i love his work with scroobius pip so so so good.

also definitely agree with the first panic album it's a masterpiece

I really liked that the first album was quite experimental. You had a bit of dance, a bit of rock, a bit of jazz. I found with the second album while there was a couple I liked like Nine in The Afternoon and We're So Hungry, a lot seemed to be too similar and they lost their touch for me. A lot apparently hate their 3rd album (I know one of the band members left). I'd have to listen as I haven't really heard any of their latest stuff.

However maybe its partly due to the fact when I started listening to panic they weren't popular at all. I kept looking in stores for their album and couldn't find it and now it's something easy to get.

[beth]

I really liked that the first album was quite experimental. You had a bit of dance, a bit of rock, a bit of jazz. I found with the second album while there was a couple I liked like Nine in The Afternoon and We're So Hungry, a lot seemed to be too similar and they lost their touch for me. A lot apparently hate their 3rd album (I know one of the band members left). I'd have to listen as I haven't really heard any of their latest stuff.

However maybe its partly due to the fact when I started listening to panic they weren't popular at all. I kept looking in stores for their album and couldn't find it and now it's something easy to get.

while i pretend not to be elitist and not hate bands when they get popular, i feel panic definitely changed for the worse with fame. i mean, the fact that the band is now only 2 of the original members kinda reflects the change they've had. didn't really like anything from the second album, felt it was far more toned down (and they tried to theatre it up, a bit). just slow and boring. haven't checked the third album cause i was so disappointed by the second i didn't wanna go there again.

that first album shaped a lot of my teenage years and it's so sad i can't enjoy more of their music.

[jasey]

[@]@mdna[/@] nice choices!!! i haven't heard kate nash's second album but made of bricks is stunning. and frank is just a perfect album. ah poor amy :(

Thank you! Those are stunning albums, I agree. It makes me sad that Amy is gone. Everyone should listen to her posthumous album 'Lioness: Hidden Treasures'. It has some great tracks on it as well.

[peteyt]

while i pretend not to be elitist and not hate bands when they get popular, i feel panic definitely changed for the worse with fame. i mean, the fact that the band is now only 2 of the original members kinda reflects the change they've had. didn't really like anything from the second album, felt it was far more toned down (and they tried to theatre it up, a bit). just slow and boring. haven't checked the third album cause i was so disappointed by the second i didn't wanna go there again.

that first album shaped a lot of my teenage years and it's so sad i can't enjoy more of their music.

They where also part of fall out boy's label and I felt some of their newer stuff sounded too similar to them at times - some didn't though.

It's interesting because some bands don't change but it works, some it doesn't and then some change and it goes to pot. Not many Linkin Park fans liked their new stuff and I remember when i wasn't much of a coldplay fan as I found a lot of stuff too similar (prefer them more now). AC/DC and The Hives are two bands I love that always seem to stick to the same styles (although the hives last album had some different stuff in it).

[Plebings]

haven't checked the third album cause i was so disappointed by the second i didn't wanna go there again.

you're missing out bbz


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHUZDOPe2JE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3q852eA5Qg <-- diff song

[jasey]

you're missing out bbz


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHUZDOPe2JE

Wow! That's a stunning track. Thank you for posting it. The production value is perfect.

[Neversoft]

Radical Face - Ghost
Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin
Ludovico Einaudi - Una Mattina
múm – Finally We Are No One
Dragonette - Fixin to Thrill (< my current addiction)

Gotta add Hurry Up, We're Dreaming by M83 to that.

[cocaine]

anything by enter shikari xx