Expand your library

[abudabit]

First off, remember no posting links allowed here.


Offer suggestions here for must haves for expanding your library.

# Band # - album (if you're not gonna get the discography) - # Get if you like this genre / style #



Rancid - Let's Go! - Punk
Rancid - Out Come The Wolves - Punk
REM - Eponymous - Alternative
Smiths - Singles (or) The Very Best Of - Alternative
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party - 80s

Dead Man's Party is amazing, it sounds cheesy the first few times you hear it but the album is so well themed and musically just brilliant. Plus it's fun to sing along to. One of those albums that you need to listen to beginning to end.

[WhiskeyWhispers]

Dillinger Four - Any Album - Punk
Face To Face (beware different group with same name)- Any Album up til and including self-titled - Skate Punk
Alkaline Trio - Any Album (although newest Agony & Irony is kind of weak, From Here To Infirmary best) - Punk/New Wavish on latest

Each of these bands while all labeled 'punk', are very different from one another, all awesome.

[Fuck Crosby]

Here is alot of cool instrumental bands/musicians I have been listening too..fav cd's in ()

Russian Circles (Enter)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (f#y#)
Sam Jackson Five (easily Misunderstood)
Port Blue (The Airship)
Explosions in the Sky (All of A Sudden I Miss Everyone)
The Evpatoria Report (Golevka)
Phillip Glass (Koyaanisqatsi Soundtrack)

Alot of it builds slow then gets pretty intense

[abudabit]

Misfits - Discography - just get their discography since they have so few songs and all of them are good - punk
Minor Threat - Discography - ditto - punk
They Might Be Giants - Lincoln - Alternative - funnest album to sing along to ever
Ween - Pure Guava - Genreless - amazing album, it'll make you a ween fan
Hasil Adkins - all albums are hard to find - psychobilly - this guy is the first psychobilly artist, started in either the 50s or 60s. Really amazing if you are into raw imperfect sounding music. I think the guy is a gas huffer which explains his musical stylings. wrote over 5000 songs. dead now.

[BCH]

Galactic - From the Corner to the Block And/Or Ruckus
North Mississippi All Stars - Hernando

[Cunt Smasher]

Any Dead Milkmen you can find. I'll add Tiger Army,too.

[Earth2murf]

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[Owenay]

If you're not a fan of metal or metallish music, but want to have some in your library get these:
Metallica - Master of Puppets, And Justice For All,
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell, Vulgar Display of Power
Megadeth - Peace Sells, Rust in Peace
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Korn - Korn
Slipknot - Slipknot, Iowa
Deftones - Around the Fur
Mudvayne - L.D.50
Tool - Undertow, Aenima
System of a Down - System of a Down, Toxicity
Chimaira - The Impossibility of Reason, Resurrection
Lamb of God - New American Gospel, Ashes of the Wake
Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing

AND YOU MUST OWN
Faith No More - King For a Day... and Angel Dust. Then download the songs "Stripsearch", "Ashes to Ashes", and "Last Cup of Sorrow"

[TheDrip]

Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Godfodder -- power alternative (if that's really a genre) I also would recommend their discography if you like this album.
Dispatch - Bang Bang -- folky/rocky
Mother Hips - Later Days -- folky/rocky
Mike Watt - Ball-Hog or Tugboat -- sort of grungish (worked with a lot of Seattle bands)
Digable Planets - Reachin' -- jazzy hip-hop
Ben Harper - Burn to Shine -- folky/rocky
Traffic - Welcome to the Canteen -- classic rock
Generation X - Generation X - early alt/punk
Supertramp - Breakfast in America - Late 70's "concept" rock
John Coltrane - Blue Train - classic jazz / bebop
Sonny Rollins - Night at the Village Vangaurd & Sonny Rollins and the Modern Jazz Quartet- classic jazz / bebop

eclectic enough?

[moegolden]

Ryan Adams - everything, but be sure to try to find the Heartbreaker Sessions (songs that weren't used on Heartbreaker)

Whiskeytown - everything

[Absolutely]

Ween - Pure Guava - Genreless - amazing album, it'll make you a ween fan


"Live In Chicago" got me hooked on Ween. Though I can't listen to any of their studio stuff, but that's a problem of mine in general.

Ryan Adams - everything, but be sure to try to find the Heartbreaker Sessions (songs that weren't used on Heartbreaker)


Especially "Cold Roses"

Ani DiFranco - "Living In Clip" and "So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter" - Folk/Punk/Jazz/Alt/Funk/Anything...

Benevento/Russo Duo - "Play Pause Stop" - Alternative Jazz/Rock

Buddy Miles ("Hendrix's Drummer") - "Them Changes" and "Expressway To Your Skull" - Rock/Funk

Joni Mitchell - "Blue" and "Shadow And Light" - Folk/Pop/Rock

Tim Buckley - "Live At The Troubadour" and "Dream Letter"

Talking Heads - "Stop Making Sense" - New Wave/Rock

[WhiteHonkyDevil]

First off, remember no posting links allowed here.

Dead Man's Party is amazing, it sounds cheesy the first few times you hear it but the album is so well themed and musically just brilliant. Plus it's fun to sing along to. One of those albums that you need to listen to beginning to end.

Insanity, their 1994 album, is even better.

Boingo fucking rules.

Gwar - America Must Be Destroyed - Metal
Alice Cooper - Love it to Death - Rock
Pavarotti - My Favorite Showstoppers - Opera (Dur).

[abudabit]

Frank Black - Honeycomb - Very smooth album, not what you would expect if you've only heard the pixies

Beck - Stereopathic Soul Manure - If you like old beck better than new beck you will probably like this, it's his rawest album that's still in print

[croscoe]

^^^I'm a huge fan of 'mellow' Frank Black.

Death Metal:
Vital Remains - Dechristianize
Nile - Amongst The Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal To The Flesh
Brodequin - Methods Of Execution

Grindcore:
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope
Cephalic Carnage - Lucid Interval
Dahmer - Discography
Pig Destroyer - Prowler In The Yard, Phantom Limb
Carcass - Symphonies Of Sickness
Regurgitate - Carnivorous Erection

General Metal:
Fear Factory - Demanufacture, Obsolete
Today Is The Day - In The Eyes Of God, Axis Of Eden
Meshuggah - Chaosphere
Sepultura - Arise
Katatonia - Discouraged Ones

Punk:
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Bad Religion - Suffer, No Control
Misfits - Discography
Pennywise - Straight Ahead, Full Circle
98 Mute - After The Fall

Rock/Etc:
Frank Black/Black Francis - Everything!!!
Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
TEXT - S/T

[Vyce]

Ugh, someone mentioned Rancid.

I stand by my contention that Tim Armstrong sings like a mongoloid. And I mean that literally, he literally sounds like a retarded gentelman to me.

[TraitorPancreas]

How 'bout the chairman of the board. Gotta have some Frank Sinatra in there somewhere.

Here's the rest of the best

Bad Religion (punk, very political/philosophical)
Social Distortion (I call it rock n'roll
Sublime (reggae/dub/alt rock/punk)
Sonic Youth (alt rock genre I guess)
Queens of the Stone Age (different rock sound, kinda industrial, but great)
Nothington (incredible songs, kinda depressing, but damn it's got some emotion)
Man or Astroman (surf/futuristic style/devo-esque rock)
The Kinks (good old-school rocknroll)
Fugazi (yeah, wouldn't call'em punk, but fantastic shit)
Johnny Cash good if you're in texas)
The Aquabats (strap in and have some fun)
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (harmony comes to mind)
The Adolescents (punk)
The Sonics (old school rock)
Wilson Pickett (brother's got soul)

[Wasabi Nuts]

Carnivore - Retaliation / Thrash (Peter Steele of Type o Negative's first band)
S.O.D. - Live at Budokan / Thrash
Ministry - Psalm 69 / Industrial Metal
The Rapture - Echoes / Dance-Punk
LCD Soundsystem - Self Titled / Dance-Punk (Featured in GTA 4)
Meatmen - Stud Powercock / Punk
Life of Agony - River Runs Red / Hardcore

A little of this, a little of that, but a great place to get started.

[Douche McGee]

Nothingface-All except Pacifier-Metal, hardcore
36 Crazyfists-A Snow Capped Romance-Metal
2Cents-Lost At Sea-Metal
Propagandhi-Potemkin City Limits and Todays Empires, Tomorrows Ashes-Punk
All That Remains-The Fall of Ideals and Overcome-Metal
Death By Stereo-Death for Life-Metal
Anna Nalick-Wreck of the Day-Soft Rock
GWAR-Violence Has Arrived-Metal
Every Time I Die-Gutter Phenomenon and The Big Dirty-Metal
Dog Fashion Disco-Adultery-Metal/Experimental
A Wilhelm Scream-Career Suicide-Punk

[DonTheTrucker]

Ryan Adams - everything, but be sure to try to find the Heartbreaker Sessions (songs that weren't used on Heartbreaker)

Whiskeytown - everything

I dated a chick that loved Ryan Adams, and I used to think I was too fucking cool for that. Then we went to a show, and he was sober enough to put on a damn good show. I don't have all of his stuff, but I'll listen to it from time to time. He's kind of hit or miss, he puts out so much stuff.


Gwar - America Must Be Destroyed - Metal


If you're gonna start with Gwar, you have to start with Scumdogs of the Universe.


Meatmen - Stud Powercock / Punk\

Meatmen YES. And that one is all of their early stuff. But I'd also suggest ROck and Roll Juggernaut, War of the Superbikes and Pope on a Rope.


And for my suggestion I'll go off the beaten path a little bit. Since everyone seems to be posting metal albums.

Pink Floyd - Animals (This is one that's overlooked a LOT)
Alice in Chains - Unplugged
The Cult - Love

[Not You]

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - (Art Rock) - Source Tags & Codes

Arcade Fire - (Alternative) - Neon Bible

Arctic Monkeys - (Indie/Alternative) - Favourite Worst Nightmare

[livebackwards]

The Constantines - Tournament of Hearts - Art Punk / Alternative (sort of what Fugazi would sound like if Joe Strummer had been in Fugazi)

Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust - Underground Rap

Phantom Planet - Self-Titled - Garage Rock (switching drummers made these guys go from good to great, nothing against Jason Schwarzmann)

John Cale - Hobo Sapiens - Indie / Trip-Hop

The Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops - Stoner / Art Rock (pairs well with And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead)

The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine - Indie Punk

The Cooper Temple Clause - Kick Up the Fires and Let the Flames Break Loose - Alternative (Sounds like the missing Radiohead album that would have fit between The Bends and OK Computer.)

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81 - Alternative / Madchester - Kind of like the Jesus and Mary Chain with an American twang. Gay-ish name actually from The Wild Ones with Brando, so not that gay.

Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life - Hard Rock - Kind of like if Dicky Barrett from the Bosstones sang for Priestess.

Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight - Indie (Worst band name ever, excellent fucking band. Scottish indie rock with folk / electro leanings, absolutely beautiful and catchy.)

[whoisisthis]

Old Crow Medicine Show- Bluegrass-y bluesy, alt country-folk something. Talented motherfuckers
Chet Atkins- This is Chet Atkins- pure fingerpicking glory. Absolutely amazing
Pitbullfarm- Swedish Psychobilly that isn't retarded.
Angel Corpse- uhhh..... Iron Blood and Blashphemy- blinding metal
High on Fire- Blessed Black Wings- Pure East Bay metal righteousness. Picture Motorhead and Exodus combined, I guess. Good shit

[DocSavage]

Bob Dylan - Modern Times (2006) - country/blues (I picked it up after Black Earl recommended it on R&F and opened the show with one of the tunes-Is now in my top ten albums list/country)

Modern Times is Bob Dylan's 32nd studio album, released on August 29, 2006 by Sony BMG.

The album was Dylan's third straight (following Time out of Mind and "Love and Theft") to be met with nearly universal praise from fans and critics. It continued its predecessors' tendencies toward blues, rockabilly and pre-rock balladry, and was self-produced by Dylan under the pseudonym "Jack Frost". Along with the acclaim, the album sparked some debate over its uncredited use of choruses and arrangements from older songs, as well as many lyrical lines taken from the work of 19th century poet Henry Timrod.
Modern Times became the singer-songwriter's first #1 album in the U.S. since 1976's Desire. At age 65, Dylan became the oldest living person at the time to have an album enter the Billboard charts at number one [1] (Neil Diamond has since earned the title).