Give me a music education

[LooseAtTheZoo]

Basically, made a New Years Resolution that I was going to listen to at least one new album I had never heard before every day. And I'm not talking about just having music as a background, I mean hunkering down with good headphones or speakers and really listening. At the same time, I'm definitely a novice when it comes to classic/new/obscure/just plain great music.

Please use this thread to recommend me the albums you think I should listen to. They can come from any genre or artist(rap, soul, EDM, punk, classic rock, psychedelic. Seriously, anything). Give me your favorites, the classics, the great and obscure. Just give me ones to broaden my music horizons and educate me.

I know there are people on this board who are supremely knowledgeable about specific genres or bands or music in general. This goes out to you!!!

Please help me out. Thanks

I'm bumping this thread after seeing SoulDischarges thread of an album per week. I'll consolidate all of the suggestions made so far into this first post.

Turn on The Bright Lights - Interpol
Miss Machine - The Dillinger Escape Plan
Ok Computer - Radiohead
Kid A - Radiohead
( ) - Sigur Ros
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
Mezzanine - Massive Attack
Young Team - Mogwai
Doolittle - Pixies
Psyence Fiction - UNKLE
Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
Dummy - Portishead
Room on Fire - The Strokes
The Campfire Headphase - Boards of Canada
X - Los Angeles
Shiner - The Egg
Husker Du-Zen Arcade
Meat Puppets-II
Mission of Burma-Vs.
Sonic Youth-Sister
Black Flag-Damaged
The Descendants-Milo Goes to College
The Replacements-Let It Be
Bad Religion-Suffer
Minor Threat-Complete Discography
Fugazi-Repeater +3
In a Priest Driven Ambulance - the Flaming Lips
Ta Det Lungt - Dungen
Congotronics - Konono No. 1
Proxima Estacion: Esperanza - Manu Chao
Songs From a Room - Leonard Cohen
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings
Pulp - Different Class
Portishead - Third
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Clinic - Walking with Thee
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Mission of Burma - Vs.
Björk - Homogenic
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna Are You the Destroyer
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Tool - Ænima
Napalm Death - Scum
Brutal Truth - Sounds of the Animal Kingdom
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
SunnO))) - White 1
Foetus - Hole
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope
Hank III - Straight To Hell
Alice Cooper - Killers
Melvins - listen to all of their albums, but start with either Stag or Hostile Ambient
Takeover
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
Can - Tago Mago
Boredoms - Pop Tatari
Melt Banana - Teeny Shiny
Ex-Girl - Back to the Mono Kero
Acid Mothers Temple - Really can't go wrong with any of their albums, but Just Another Band From the Cosmic Inferno is a really good one
Frank Zappa - We're Only in it For the Money, Lumpy Gravy, Hot Rats
Today is the Day - Temple of the Morning Star
Merzbow - Sphere
Masonna - Frequency LSD
Boris - Absolutego
Big Black - Songs About Fucking
Ruins - Vrresto
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Black Flag - My War
Matmos - A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure, Supreme Balloon
Throbbing Gristle - DOA: Third Annual Report, Second Annual Report
Dalek - Absence, Gutter Tactics, Abandoned Language
Fantomas - Suspended Animation
Man is The Bastard - Thoughtless
Serge Gainsbourg - Comic Strip, Couleur Cafe
Otto Von Schirach - Global Speaker Fisting
Six Organs of Admittance - Shelter From The Ash
Various Artists - Drum Machine Gun
Various Artists - This Comp Kills Fascists
Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
Nachtmystium - Instinct: Decay
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
Bongzilla - Amerijuanican
Grief - Come to Grief
The Locust - New Erections
Lustmord - Metavoid
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman
Peter Brotzmann - Machine Gun
Psychic TV - Towards Thee Infinite Beat
Kraftwerk - Radioactivity
Zeni Geva - Freedom Bondage
Laibach - Opus Dei
Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
Nitzer Ebb - That Total Age
Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
Yoshimi and Yuka - Flower with No Color
Shellac - At Action Park
Jesus Lizard - Goat
Orthodox - Gran Poder
Amebix - Arise!
Huun Huur Tu - Sixty Horses in My Herd
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Gong - Angel's Egg
Hawkwind - In Search of Space
Big Business - Here Comes the Waterworks
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Asobi Seksu - Citrus
Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
Islands - Return to the Sea
Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton - Knives Don't Have Your Back
The Knife - Silent Shout
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Daft Punk - Coachella 2006
Keith Jarret - Koln Concert (beautiful solo piano, you can find it all on youtube)
Alice Coltrane - Astral Meditations / Universal Consciousness
Chales Mingus - Blues and Roots
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew / Round About Midnight / Kind of Blue
John Coltrane - A love Supreme / really any album
Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Ahmad Jamal - In Search of Momentum
Talib Kweli - Reflection Eternal
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt / The Blueprint
MF Doom - Venemous Villians
Black Milk - Caltroit (HIGHLY recommended, check out all of stone's throw)
Peanut Butter Wolf - My Vinyl Weighs a ton (also @ Coachella)
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders / Low End Theory / Everything..
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury / Lord Willin' (playing Coachella)
Madlib - Shades of Blue
Yesterday's New Quintet - Angels without Edges
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
DJ Shadow - Entroducing / Private Press
Tortoise - TNT / Standards
Orbital - In Sides
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come / Free Jazz
Thelonius Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings (fantastic!)
Art Blakey - Moanin'
The Wedding Present – Seamonsters
Kitchens of Distinction – Strange Free World
The Auteurs – Now I'm a Cowboy
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Fegmania!
The House of Love – Self-titled #2 (1990)
Tindersticks – Self-titled 1 (1993)
The Chills – Submarine Bells
Billy Bragg – Talking With the Taxman About Poetry
Yo La Tengo – Painful
Grant Lee Buffalo – Mighty Joe Moon
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
British Sea Power - The Decline Of British Sea Power
Jawbreaker - Dear You
Jets to Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary
Brazilian Girls - Self Titled
NOFX - Punk In Drublic
The Vandals - Peace Thru Vandalizm
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb
Rilo Kiley - The Execution Of All Things
RX Bandits - ...And The Battle Begun
Matt Nathanson - Beneath These Fireworks
Lamb of God - As The Palaces Burn
Plasmatics - Coup d'etat
The Sounds - Dying To Say This To You
Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley
The Cranberries - No Need To Argue
Bad Religion - All Ages
Agalloch - The Mantle
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
The Clash - London Calling
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Pretenders
Public Image - Second Edition
X - Los Angeles
Gang of Four - Entertainment
Rockpile - Seconds of Pleasure
Elvis Costello - Get Happy!!
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
Joy Division - Closer
Squeeze - Argybargy
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
Prince - Dirty Mind
Bruce Springsteen - The River
David Bowie - Scary Monsters
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July
Pete Townshend - Empty Glass
Dire Straits - Making Movies
John Lennon - Double Fantasy
The Clash - The Clash (US)
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
Talking Heads - Fear of Music
The B-52s
Nick Lowe - Labour of Lust
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
The Jam - All Mod Cons
Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks
The Kinks - Low Budget
Van Morrison - Into The Music
Roxy Music - Manifesto
David Bowie - Lodger
Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Ry Cooder - Bop til You Drop
Tool - Lateralus
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Ghostland Observatory - Robotique Musique
Ghostland Observatory - delete.delete.i.eat.meat
Ghostland Observatory - Paparazzi Lightning
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
The Who - Who's Next
The Band - Music From Big Pink
Sly & The Family Stone- Stand!
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
The Beatles - Revolver
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92, vol. 1
Brian Eno - Music for Airports
Global Communication - 76:14
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Orbital - Orbital 2 (Brown album)
Prodigy - Fat of the Land
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Plaid - Restproof Clockwork
Lusine - Serial Hodgepodge
Son Lux - At War With Walls and Mazes
Portishead - Third
The Knife - Silent Shout
Aphex Twin - Classics
Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription
New Order - Power, Corruption, & Lies
Air - Moon Safari

[zenidogx]

start by telling us what you DO listen to.

[suprefan]

Turn on The Bright Lights - Interpol
Miss Machine - The Dillinger Escape Plan
Ok Computer - Radiohead
Kid A - Radiohead
( ) - Sigur Ros
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
Mezzanine - Massive Attack
Young Team - Mogwai
Doolittle - Pixies
Psyence Fiction - UNKLE
Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
Dummy - Portishead
Room on Fire - The Strokes
The Campfire Headphase - Boards of Canada

[TomAz]

X - Los Angeles.

I'm on a binge.
this will prep you for Coachella as well.

[hawkingvsreeve]

Shiner - The Egg

[bmack86]

Ten albums that everyone should know

Husker Du-Zen Arcade
Meat Puppets-II
Mission of Burma-Vs.
Sonic Youth-Sister
Black Flag-Damaged
The Descendants-Milo Goes to College
The Replacements-Let It Be
Bad Religion-Suffer
Minor Threat-Complete Discography
Fugazi-Repeater +3

[LooseAtTheZoo]

Turn on The Bright Lights
Miss Machine
Ok Computer
Kid A
( )
Loveless
Mezzanine
Young Team
Doolittle
Psyence Fiction
Endtroducing
Dummy
Room on Fire
The Campfire Headphase

If you could include band names too, that would be great.

zenidogx, I listen to everything you can throw at me. I have classic rock, punk, rap, psychedelic, and musicals on my iTunes. Everything. And I'm trying to broaden my horizons, so anything you suggest is helpful.

[suprefan]

done

[rage patton]

X - Los Angeles.

I'm on a binge.
this will prep you for Coachella as well.

Im downloading Los Angeles and Wild Gift right now. I am not familiar with X, but I have a feeling I am going to enjoy them.

[greghead]

^ you will, X is a pretty fantastic band

[Aurgasm]

Listen to anything from the Black Keys.. they are interesting

[greghead]

I won't explain anything about it; just know that, front to back, it is the strangest punk album ever made

[zenidogx]

In a Priest Driven Ambulance - the Flaming Lips
early flaming lips music where they're a band experimenting, rather than an experimental band.

Ta Det Lungt - Dungen
swedish psychedelic rock at it's finest and jazziest.

Congotronics - Konono No. 1
sounds from Africa

Proxima Estacion: Esperanza - Manu Chao
sounds from the Latin world.

Songs From a Room - Leonard Cohen
the excellent singer/songwriter. prep for Coachella

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
predecessor of Britpop. some trippy stuff in I Am The Resurrection

Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings
pop/rock at its best. several catchy tunes and it's well crafted rock music. prep for Coachella.

[greghead]

Congotronics - Konono No. 1
sounds from Africa

holy shit, I was just talking about this album an hour ago. Good call.

[JustSteve]

Ten albums that everyone should know

The Descendents-Milo Goes to College

fixed.

[TommyboyUNM]

If you wanna listen to some good Mogwai, I suggest "Rock Action." Not that you'll go wrong with "Young Team," but "Rock Action" happens to be my favorite.

[zenidogx]

Mogwai, nice. in fact, any Mogwai would be good.

[zajaa]

radiohead - ok computer
massive attack - mezzanine
my bloody valentine - loveless
pixies - surfer rosa
sonic youth - daydream nation
mission of burma - vs.
björk - homogenic
nine inch nails - the downward spiral
of montreal - hissing fauna are you the destroyer
modest mouse - the moon and antarctica
interpol - turn on the bright lights
the cure - disintegration
tool - Ænima
daft punk - alive 2007
sigur rós - aegetis byrjun

[corbo]

the velvet underground & nico
sonic youth - daydream nation
nirvana - nevermind
the pixies - doolittle
radiohead - ok computer
the beatles - sgt pepper
beach boys - pet sounds
pink floyd - dark side of the moon
led zeppelin iv
slint - spiderland
bob dylan - the freewheelin bob dylan

[suprefan]

n

I like how you took a nice portion of what I mentioned.

[zajaa]

I like how you took a nice portion of what I mentioned.

yeah good recommendations. i figure its helpful to see multiple people recommend some of the same records

[Boourns]

Random stuff that hasn't been listed yet:
Pulp - Different Class
Portishead - Third
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Clinic - Walking with Thee

[rage patton]

Modest Mouse - The Lonesomw Crowded West

I cannot believe no one else has mentioned this yet.

[NightGoat]

OK, lemme give you a list -

Napalm Death - Scum
Brutal Truth - Sounds of the Animal Kingdom
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
SunnO))) - White 1
Foetus - Hole
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope
Hank III - Straight To Hell
Alice Cooper - Killers
Melvins - listen to all of their albums, but start with either Stag or Hostile Ambient
Takeover
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
Can - Tago Mago
Boredoms - Pop Tatari
Melt Banana - Teeny Shiny
Ex-Girl - Back to the Mono Kero
Acid Mothers Temple - Really can't go wrong with any of their albums, but Just Another Band From the Cosmic Inferno is a really good one
Frank Zappa - We're Only in it For the Money, Lumpy Gravy, Hot Rats
Today is the Day - Temple of the Morning Star
Merzbow - Sphere
Masonna - Frequency LSD
Boris - Absolutego
Big Black - Songs About Fucking
Ruins - Vrresto
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Black Flag - My War
Matmos - A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure, Supreme Balloon
Throbbing Gristle - DOA: Third Annual Report, Second Annual Report
Dalek - Absence, Gutter Tactics, Abandoned Language
Fantomas - Suspended Animation
Man is The Bastard - Thoughtless
Serge Gainsbourg - Comic Strip, Couleur Cafe
Otto Von Schirach - Global Speaker Fisting
Six Organs of Admittance - Shelter From The Ash
Various Artists - Drum Machine Gun
Various Artists - This Comp Kills Fascists
Leviathan - Massive Conspiracy Against All Life
Nachtmystium - Instinct: Decay
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
Bongzilla - Amerijuanican
Grief - Come to Grief
The Locust - New Erections
Lustmord - Metavoid
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman
Peter Brotzmann - Machine Gun
Psychic TV - Towards Thee Infinite Beat
Kraftwerk - Radioactivity
Zeni Geva - Freedom Bondage
Laibach - Opus Dei
Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
Nitzer Ebb - That Total Age
Wolf Eyes - Burned Mind
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
Yoshimi and Yuka - Flower with No Color
Shellac - At Action Park
Jesus Lizard - Goat
Orthodox - Gran Poder
Amebix - Arise!
Huun Huur Tu - Sixty Horses in My Herd
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Gong - Angel's Egg
Hawkwind - In Search of Space
Big Business - Here Comes the Waterworks
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow


There should be something on there that you'll enjoy

[miscorrections]

Isn't the point to mention albums that he probably HASN'T heard? Most of these are pretty obvious.

[Boourns]

Here's an idea: a week dedicated to the best of 2006:
Asobi Seksu - Citrus
Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis
Islands - Return to the Sea
Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton - Knives Don't Have Your Back
The Knife - Silent Shout
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
Daft Punk - Coachella 2006

[zenidogx]

lol. the Eraser.

[MissingPerson]

The Eraser's great. As is Knives Don't Have Your Back. They make a nice, if unbelievably downbeat, double header.

[gooftroop]

2 genres with not enough representation:

Jazz:

Keith Jarret - Koln Concert (beautiful solo piano, you can find it all on youtube)
Alice Coltrane - Astral Meditations / Universal Consciousness
Chales Mingus - Blues and Roots
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew / Round About Midnight / Kind of Blue
John Coltrane - A love Supreme / really any album
Chick Corea - Now He Sings, Now He Sobs
Ahmad Jamal - In Search of Momentum

Hip-Hop:
Talib Kweli - Reflection Eternal
Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt / The Blueprint
MF Doom - Venemous Villians
Black Milk - Caltroit (HIGHLY recommended, check out all of stone's throw)
Peanut Butter Wolf - My Vinyl Weighs a ton (also @ Coachella)
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders / Low End Theory / Everything..
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury / Lord Willin' (playing Coachella)


Hybrids:
Madlib - Shades of Blue
Yesterday's New Quintet - Angels without Edges

Also:
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
DJ Shadow - Entroducing / Private Press
Tortoise - TNT / Standards
Orbital - In Sides

And so many more...good luck!

[woogie846]

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

It's also just a great way to start off your morning.