by a favorite artist when it first came out but have gone on to really like and apperciate it as the years went by.
Two that are on my play list now that I am really enjoying are:
Ozzy Osbourne - No rest for the Wicked
Really did not like. Was not at all like the previous solo albums. Plus Jake E Lee had left. As the years have gone by. It is actually a fanatstic album. Amazing lyrics and young Zakk Wilde is really great.
Deep Purple - Come Taste the Band
My all time favorite band.
This was last album before breaking up. Got very little play back in the day. I was also never a real big fan of Coverdale in Purple.
Saw a video interview with the late great Jon Lord who basically talked about how proud he was of that album and how musically strong it was. I gave it another shot. It is a fantastic album. Tommy Bolin would have been one of the greats if he did not pass away. The songs are dated but they are still great rock tunes.
I dont know what it was, but it just didn't click with me at the time it was released. I was only in 7th grade, so I think my musical taste just wasn't developed enough to understand what made that record so unique and great.
I remember re-discovering it later in high school and realizing that I loved the entire album from front to back and by the time I was 17, it was one of my favorite records.
It was just a funny dynamic... I had virtually no interest in it the first time I heard it and then it all just made sense a few years later.
Also, GNR Lies. After Appetite for Destruction anything would be a let down, but GNR Lies shows a lot of range and has definitely grown on me.
still do, that's one that never grew on me and I feel like I was kind of ahead of the curve with Radiohead and a fan of them early, but lost interest with Ok Computer and later.
"Zooropa" was U2's album after the brilliant "Achtung Baby". As different sounding as "AB" was, "Zooropa" went even further away from the traditional U2 sound. It was a very difficult sound to digest. I stopped listening after only a handful of tries. Edge was using sound effects with his guitar that sounded too processed and machine-ish. Eventually I crawled back into listening mode, dug in, and got it. And it's now of my favorite pieces in their catalog.
Another album is Forever Now by Level 42. So different from the older jazz funk. It later became an all time fave of mine.
Bought the CD and then gave it away.
still do, that's one that never grew on me and I feel like I was kind of ahead of the curve with Radiohead and a fan of them early, but lost interest with Ok Computer and later.
Dude...Pablo Honey? Really?
Bought the CD and then gave it away.
Where's the part where you wound up actually liking it?
Were there people who actually did anything other than throw that album in the trash? The snare drum sounded like an actual trash can, so... it seemed to belong there.
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and Ok Computer (not to miller the thread) is that critics went all gaga over it, but I thought the Bends and Padblo Honey were both better than Ok Computer.
still do, that's one that never grew on me and I feel like I was kind of ahead of the curve with Radiohead and a fan of them early, but lost interest with Ok Computer and later.
Dude...Pablo Honey? Really?
100%. the first one is always hard to beat. I saw an interview with Thom Yorke about the recording of creep. It was awesome.
I like Creep, Stop Whispering, Thinking About You, and others all more than anything on Ok Computer, which is basically Karma Police and a bunch of songs people like because someone said they should like them (just my opinion of course). People say "look at the arrangement of OK Computer, its like Dark Side of the Moon the way the songs flow". It is nothing like Dark Side of the Moon, not close, but I get the comparisons because Dark Side of the Moon is not my favorite PF album.
Stop Whispering most underrated Radiohead song.
again, beauty of music to me is that everyone's opinion is all that matters, and no one is wrong. except McKee he'd make people feel bad about their music opinion.
Plow United - Narcolepsy. It was heavier and darker than Goodnight Sellout. Same thing where I gave it another shot and really got into it. They had a great run for 4 years there.
but after multiple concerts on the tour i came to love it. i recognize it as an evolution of the band. and for that, i thank them
Wow...very interesting. I’m convinced “Automatic for the People” is REM’s greatest work. And followed closely by “Out of Time”. All in the time span you thought they slipped...
They hit two home runs in two years.
but after multiple concerts on the tour i came to love it. i recognize it as an evolution of the band. and for that, i thank them
It’s a fabulous piece of work.
Bono says it saved the band. Great documentary about it called “From the Sky Down”. They go back to Hansa Studio where they started working on AB. One of the most historic recording studios in the business...
I love the beautiful closing tracks of “Night Swimming” and “Find the River”.
I find those songs very moving...
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the opening track Drive is one of my all time faves.
I love the beautiful closing tracks of “Night Swimming” and “Find the River”.
I find those songs very moving...
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the opening track Drive is one of my all time faves.
I love the beautiful closing tracks of “Night Swimming” and “Find the River”.
I find those songs very moving...
AGREE!
That entire album is incredible. Monty Got a Raw Deal and The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight are great. I think Night Swimming might be one of their most underrated songs. It's beautiful. The lyrics are sublime.
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and Ok Computer (not to miller the thread) is that critics went all gaga over it, but I thought the Bends and Padblo Honey were both better than Ok Computer.
still do, that's one that never grew on me and I feel like I was kind of ahead of the curve with Radiohead and a fan of them early, but lost interest with Ok Computer and later.
Dude...Pablo Honey? Really?
100%. the first one is always hard to beat. I saw an interview with Thom Yorke about the recording of creep. It was awesome.
I like Creep, Stop Whispering, Thinking About You, and others all more than anything on Ok Computer, which is basically Karma Police and a bunch of songs people like because someone said they should like them (just my opinion of course). People say "look at the arrangement of OK Computer, its like Dark Side of the Moon the way the songs flow". It is nothing like Dark Side of the Moon, not close, but I get the comparisons because Dark Side of the Moon is not my favorite PF album.
Stop Whispering most underrated Radiohead song.
again, beauty of music to me is that everyone's opinion is all that matters, and no one is wrong. except McKee he'd make people feel bad about their music opinion.
While The Bends is my favorite Radiohead albumn there are a lot of great songs on OK Computer imho
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Bought the CD and then gave it away.
Where's the part where you wound up actually liking it?
Were there people who actually did anything other than throw that album in the trash? The snare drum sounded like an actual trash can, so... it seemed to belong there.
Ended up liking the songs that they performed live. Sounded like shit on the CD, but just fine live.
I didn’t want to like Metallica’s black album but I couldn’t help myself.
I didn’t love somewhere in time by maiden either. Most seem to like it but to me everything post powerslave falls short.
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the opening track Drive is one of my all time faves.
I love the beautiful closing tracks of “Night Swimming” and “Find the River”.
I find those songs very moving...
Night Swimming is one of my all time favorites. Michael Stipes voice is on display at its best.
Confessions. Pussy rock at it’s worst.
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I was a HUGE fan of this band from Murmur through Lifes Rich Pagaent. But the releases between LRP and Automatic for the People......I just didnt think they came close to the first four. I thought AFTP was a return to form. But it took me a long long time to go back and give those others a listen. And when I did, they werent nearly as bad as I had remembered.
Wow...very interesting. I’m convinced “Automatic for the People” is REM’s greatest work. And followed closely by “Out of Time”. All in the time span you thought they slipped...
They hit two home runs in two years.
I guess I didnt make it clear....I loved Automatic for the People, but it was the 3 after Lifes Rich Pagaent...Green, Out of Time, and Monster. They just didnt hit me like those first 4 (and I should really add the EP Chronic Town and Dead Letter Office in addition to the first four) I dont know what it was. Funny thing is it the ones I didnt care for were where their popularity really started to take off, so I can easily see where there would be differing opinions. And, again, going back to listen now, I definitely have a new appereciation for them now.
An odd example, look up the drummer Jim Gordon, now in prison for murder (a schizophrenic). Was in Derek in the Dominoes, wrote the ending of Layla and played the keys and also played drums on just about any signififcant song you ever liked and heard in the 70's depending on genre. Our Glenn Campbell playing guitar on Beach Boys albums. That list is big, Carol King was in on it too.
I didn’t want to like Metallica’s black album but I couldn’t help myself.
I didn’t love somewhere in time by maiden either. Most seem to like it but to me everything post powerslave falls short.
One that was a big disappointment for me was Diver Down by Van Halen. Man.....I was in the Navy at the time and the album had come out about a month after we went out to sea. So finally was able to pick it up when we got to Hawaii 6 months later. A lot of anticipation built up over that time. I can still recall the conversation that me and my friends had after the first listen. Not thrilled. Most common word passed around was "sucks".
What the...
I doubt any of the bands listed here relied upon studio musicians or production trickery to mask holes in musicianship.
House of Cards is such a uniquely haunting song, and All I Need kills. Plus 15 Step has some of my favorite bass and drum work of theirs (and their rhythm section is stellar).
Also had a lot of trouble listening to 'Disco Volante' by Mr Bungle the first couple times, but then started loving it.
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find out who actually played the music for many of these acts in the studio and then go buy their releases. Then you will find the real deal. Most of these fools cannot play in time or in tune to get through a studio experience, unless they are patching together daw loops (created by folks above) and using autotune plugins to fix their inability to sing.
What the...
I doubt any of the bands listed here relied upon studio musicians or production trickery to mask holes in musicianship.
Yeah, I was trying to figure which post this was in response to.
It wasn't until a few years later when I got a new stereo and was re-recording all my vinyls to tape for my Walkman that I listened to it for real. Top 5 Rush album easily for me from then on. Under the Shadow is just blistering and love every bit of Fountain.
Another talent like this is Larry Carlton. His guitar work on some Steely Dan work is sensational.
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An odd example, look up the drummer Jim Gordon, now in prison for murder (a schizophrenic). Was in Derek in the Dominoes, wrote the ending of Layla and played the keys and also played drums on just about any signififcant song you ever liked and heard in the 70's depending on genre. Our Glenn Campbell playing guitar on Beach Boys albums. That list is big, Carol King was in on it too.
Its interesting stuff and worth reading if youre a fan. The book "Learning How to Die" also gets really heavy into the circunstances around the recording of YHF.
At a Flea Market, was very excited to see Neil Young releases among cheapies, grabbed Time Fades Away, On the Beach and Tonight's the Night for $5 each.
Unlistenable. Boring! Sloppy!! Actual bad playing and he actually sounded DRUNK on Tonights the Night.
Had a long commute to college the next year and slowly, kept listening to them.
All 3 of those albums are among my favorite albums Neil has ever released now, in particular, TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT which I now recognize as a brilliant, cohesive work of art. Drunken and sloppy, yes - intentionally so, though - great songs - right now, it's the only Neil Album in my playlist. Lightning in a Bottle - Crazy Horse with Nils Lofgren - unquestionably Young's most emotional album, it's all there the mourning over the loss of Danny Whitten, the tequila and blow fueled performances soaking through the speakers.
Not just one of my favorite Neil albums, one of my favorites period and yeah, at first listen, I hated it.
It wasn't until a few years later when I got a new stereo and was re-recording all my vinyls to tape for my Walkman that I listened to it for real. Top 5 Rush album easily for me from then on. Under the Shadow is just blistering and love every bit of Fountain.
Under The Shadow is the closest Rush ever got to speed metal
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but 7/8 year old me didn't get most of Caress of Steel by Rush when I first bought the Archives set. I doubt I gave it a serious listen, I think I was weirded out by the beginning of The Necromancer and didn't even bother listening the rest of the way.
It wasn't until a few years later when I got a new stereo and was re-recording all my vinyls to tape for my Walkman that I listened to it for real. Top 5 Rush album easily for me from then on. Under the Shadow is just blistering and love every bit of Fountain.
Under The Shadow is the closest Rush ever got to speed metal
Also has some Alex fingertapping ala Eddie Van Halen a couple of years before he broke out
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find out who actually played the music for many of these acts in the studio and then go buy their releases. Then you will find the real deal. Most of these fools cannot play in time or in tune to get through a studio experience, unless they are patching together daw loops (created by folks above) and using autotune plugins to fix their inability to sing.
What the...
I doubt any of the bands listed here relied upon studio musicians or production trickery to mask holes in musicianship.
Yeah, I was trying to figure which post this was in response to.
I was trying to figure out what thread it was in response to.
I wasn't particularly knowledgeable about Wilco when YHF was released and just heard about it word-of-mouth, but it's definitely a candidate for "album that took repeated listens to learn to like."
That's such a funny phenomenon: the album you can't absorb or flat-out dislike the first time you hear it, yet clearly contains something that compels you try again in the first place. I'd never do that for, say, a Maroon 5 album -- I'd just know that it would never pay off.
Big Jacket fan here but I can't put this on a list like this. I like the album, but never hated it or grew to love it though.
I do love a few tunes with Tropics being my favorite, I just wish they found a way to jam it out a bit more, especially live. It seems to be just about ready to take off and go to another level, and then it's over too soon for me.
Given a bit of a Dondante/Phone treatment and it'd be right up there with a must get live IMO.
I dunno if Ill ever love that album, and thats coming from someone whos seen that band 60-some times. I like some of those tracks live, especially Spring. But its been relegated to Evil Urges status.
Aerosmith - Done with Mirrors is another one.
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the opening track Drive is one of my all time faves.
I love the beautiful closing tracks of “Night Swimming” and “Find the River”.
I find those songs very moving...
I think I listed to that album over and over again on my Packard Bell back in the 90's with the cheap head phones plugged into my computer. I think I was playing SimCity 2000, while listening to that album.