The Thread Where You Name an Artist and Someone Else Recommends an Album

[Ride a Tire!]

Has Guided By Voices already been mentioned?

Also, Roxy Music.

Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes.

I feel that Alien Lanes is the easier to start with, but Bee Thousand sinks its teeth in the longest.

[Kyliediscope]

Mew

I am going to go with A Triumph For Man.

[buddy]

Neil Young

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Everybody, Harvest and After the Gold Rush are the best places to start, but On the Beach might be his greatest achievement.

beyond these recommendations, which are excellent, comes a time and tonight's the night are favorites of mine. really you can't go wrong with any of his late 60's-70's work.

[303dubbin]

portishead

[wmgaretjax]

Jandek

Interstellar Discussion

[Kyliediscope]

portishead

Dummy. But, just listen to them all because with only three it's really easy to tackle.

[caco0283]

Elysian Fields

[malcolmjamalawesome]

Top 3 albums by The Roots.

[betao]

The Durutti Column
The Red Krayola
13th Floor Elevators
Pere Ubu
Suicide
Orange Juice

[bmack86]

Suicide - Suicide
The first album is where it's at with that band. After that, they tamed themselves quite a bit and lost quite a bit of the insanity that made them so special. The second album is good, and I've not really heard many good things about most of their later releases. The first one is insanely good though

Orange Juice - The Glasgow School
Their albums were almost all really good and catchy and sophisticated pop, but I think this collection of their early singles and the rejected original master of their first album is the best you'll get. You can hear Franz Ferdinand and Belle and Sebastian in these songs in a great way. Really cool little release.

[betao]

Thanks Bryan. Anymore for me?

[WhyTheLongFace]

Top 3 albums by The Roots.

Things Fall Apart
Phrenology
Illadelph Halflife

[Mr. Dylanja]

Top 3 albums by The Roots.

Things Fall Apart
Phrenology
Illadelph Halflife

My top 3:

Rising Down
Things Fall Apart
The Tipping Point

[malcolmjamalawesome]

Thanks, frenzplz

[Still-ill]

Pere Ubu

You can always just go to the Young'uns guide thread and read my insightful and in depth review of all things Pere Ubu.

[Gribbz]

Cat Stevens.

[TallGuyCM]

Cat Stevens.

My favorite is Teaser and the Firecat, although you'll hear the most about Tea for the Tillerman.

Especially Bitterblue! One of the more overlooked songs ever in my book:

[skyismad]

the Yardbirds?

[Mucho Maas]

the kinks.

[citizenerased]

Dr Dog

[bmack86]

the kinks.

The Kinks - Are the Village Green Preservation Society

I really wanted to suggest something else that would have some of their early, well known singles, but really this is the Kinks album that you have to hear. The lyrics are strong, yearning for a simpler life while at the same time acknowledging the inevitable force of change. There aren't any hits off of this, but every song is great and catchy and memorable, and somehow they are made even better when listened to as a whole. I love listening to this album during Fall/Winter months, as it perfectly captures the sad nostalgia that those seasons inspire in me.

hey

[Mucho Maas]

^thanks...thought it might be in there somewhere already....i'm lazy.

[bmack86]

Yeah, I wrote that on the first page.

[SoulDischarge]

The Ex

[seandlr]

The Mars Volta
Joy Division
!!!
Queens of the Stone Age
Explosions in the Sky
Devotchka
Nada Surf
Boards of Canada
The Twelves

[Pixiessp]

Boards of Canada - Music has the Right to Children

[dorkfish]

The Ex

Compilation album would be best, but of their newer albums, I listened to Turn quite a bit.

[Down Rodeo]

Joy Division
Queens of the Stone Age
Explosions in the Sky

Joy Division - Closer
QOTSA - Rated R
Explosions - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place

[TallGuyCM]

Galaxie 500

[send me ctrpllrs]

So I bought a ticket for Yo La Tengo in Oakland, but I've only ever listened to I Am Not Afraid... and that was only one time. So what should I check out?