Top 3 favorite CDs and songs

Asrale · Post by **Asrale** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 4:20 am

Little poll here. Name your top 3 favorites for each, from your personal collection, and why!

(if you want to)

#1 CD: "Lifeforms" by Future Sound of London
Mind-blowing when you're really listening!

#2 CD: "Wipeout XL" by various artists
Few know about this CD.

Absolutely love it because it encapsulates the entire "electronica" genre and has some great releases from back when it was experimental ('95-'97).

#3 CD: "Mezzanine" by Massive Attack
Don't like vocals in general, but Mezzanine is an artsy classic for bringing together electronica and rock/jazz/funk/etc.

#1 song: "We Have Explosive" by Future Sound of London
Hard-driving electronica that doesn't use drums and still brings on the noise!

#2 song: "Halcyon + On + On" by Orbital
The emotional impact still gets me every time...

#3 song: "Vapor Trail" by The Crystal Method
TCM's best in hard bass and low-kicking drums with serious attitude!

Skyalmian · Post by **Skyalmian** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 4:39 am

Hmm.

#1 CD: "Descent 2"
Forever Awesome.

#2 CD: "Fury 3" by Kyle Richards
1995 MS game. Damned shame the rest of the worlds weren't included on it. I want Planet Tiamat's original ver. so bad it's not even funny.

#3 CD: "Zelda - Majora's Mask OST"
Good stuff.

Songs? They're all 1st place.

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 5:50 am

They are all Jamiroquai

CD's...
CD 1: Jamiroquai - A funk odyssey.
... truly amazing album, and I take it everywhere with me

CD 2: Jamiroquai - Synkronised.
... again, another masterpiece. I love every song on this album.

CD 3: Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving.
... rocks my socks.

Songs...
Song 1: Jamiroquai - Corner of the Earth.
... my most favourite song ever. Calm and relaxing, puts me in a trance. My avatar is a cropped frame out of the video

Song 2: Jamiroquai - Little L.
... this is the most funky thing I've ever heard. Makes my skin shiver its so good.

Song 3: Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity.
... One of the more famous ones

A fantastically written song and it sounds great with boosted bass

I need a life.

[DWL]Punk · Post by **[DWL]Punk** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 5:54 am

dorks

CD 1: 311 - Transistor
Old skool hip-hop/reggea/rock, 311 is the sh*t

CD 2: 311 - Music
even older skool hop-hop/reggea/rock

CD 3: Sublime - Robbin the hood
The best album from their time.

top 3 songs:
311 - Down
311 - From Chaos
Sublime - poolshark

--
yay for heroien
whos got the herb?

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 6:15 am

Did you just call me a dork?

[DWL]Punk · Post by **[DWL]Punk** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 7:31 am

no man..

game music.
go to a real record store.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 8:37 am

Albums:

#3: A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay

#2: One by One - Foo Fighters

#1: Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin

Songs:

#3: All My Life - Foo Fighters

#2: Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin

#1: Home - Dream Theater

D4Cougar · Post by **D4Cougar** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:08 am

Well, right now:

Albums:

The Tragically Hip - Phantom Power
Matthew Good - Beautiful Midnight
Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder

Runner up, Weezer's Blue Album

Songs:

Incubus - A Crow Left of the Murder (title track)
The Tragically Hip - The Bear (from Music @ Work)
Matthew Good - Near Fantastica (from Avalanche)

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 12:03 pm

CD 1: Metallica - Master of Puppets. - Welcome Home "Sanitarium" sounded like a soundtrack to my childhood.

CD 2: NightWish - Wishmaster. - Newer discovery and absolutely rocks. Trying to get more of their material. "Thx Scorch

"

CD 3: Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes. - Still special to me since this was the first CD of theirs I got. I now have all of them.

Song 1: Welcome Home "Sanitarium" - Metallica. (See Above)

Hard for me to pick favorite songs because I like so many. So this is about it for me.

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 12:04 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by [DWL]Punk:
 no man..

game music.
go to a real record store.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Jamiroquai isn't game music. Don't know about the other guys though

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 12:53 pm

In no particular order:

Sevendust: Animosity

Machine head: The burning red

Fear Factory: Remanufacture

---------------------------------

1) Sevendust: Follow

2) Machine head: Silver

3) Fear Factory: Faithless and Bound for forgiveness

index_html · Post by **index_html** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 2:08 pm

Currently:

"Life is Killing Me" by Type-O Negative
It's Goth-ish, not for everyone, but I think it's great. A band I seemed to overlook somehow and recently discovered. It's sorta dark and melodic, without the awful cookie monster vocals that metal seems to embrace these days.

"Take Them On, On Your Own" by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Had low expectations and ended up liking it. Nothing fancy, just a good straight ahead rock album. The vocals seem Beatle-esque to me.

"Vapor Transmission" by Orgy
Never listened to them before, bought the cd and think it's pretty good. Melodic rock/electronic stuff.

Songs from ^

1) The Dream is Dead, Nettie, I don't wanna be me, Anesthesia, or Electrocute ... can't pick.

2) Stop

3) Opticon

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 9:04 pm

CD #1 : Barry Manilow - Ultimate Manilow
CD #2 : John Denver - John Denver's Greatest Hits
CD #3 : Prince - Best of Prince

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 10:57 pm

hrm...

Now that Sting Ray said something about Fear Factory, that reminds me....

You can switch out maybe...

NightWish - Wishmaster with Fear Factory - Demanufacture.

I forgot how much of a kick ass CD that was. Friggin awesome

Then add for favorite songs...

Song 2: Body Hammer - Fear Factory.

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:12 pm

Demanufacture is awesome.

Finally, someone who doesn't suck!

Avder · Post by **Avder** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:38 am

Album 1a: Infected Mushroom - Classical Mushroom
This albumis just infectious. It owns so fiercely its not even funny.

Album 1b: Deftones - Around the Fur
My favorite "Pissed off at things but not quite out of hope yet" album.

Album 1c: Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Bam!

Song 1a: Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
I identify easily with this song.

Song 1b: Deftones - Digital Bath
""

Song 1c: Infected Mushroom - Unbalanced (Baby Killer RMX)
If I ever got stoned, I would do it to this song all the time.

Song 1d: Infected Mushroom - None Of This Is Real
For some reason this song just screams "Descent".

Nexus_One · Post by **Nexus_One** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:01 am

Albums:

1. Sevendust - Animosity
2. Quarashi - Jinx
3. Stabbing Westward - Whither, Blister, Burn and Peal

Songs:

1. Mudvayne - Not Falling or Silenced
2. Cold - Suffocate
3. Sevendust - Waffle

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:05 am

buncha gothic bastards

Pandora · Post by **Pandora** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 3:56 am

Albums:
Fields of the Nephilim - Elizium
Autechre - Draft 7.33
Download - The Eyes of Stanley Pain

Songs:
Fields of the Nephilim - For her Light (extended version)
Fields of the Nephilim - The Watchman (live version)
Download - Outafter

Scorch · Post by **Scorch** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 7:24 am

CDs:

1) Metallica - Master of Puppets
2) Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory (perhaps the perfect album; if not for the nostalgia value of MoP this would be first)
3) Zao - Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest

Songs:

1) Metallica - Fade to Black
2) From Autumn to Ashes - Short Stories With Tragic Endings
3) Arch Enemy - Silent Wars

Gavotte · Post by **Gavotte** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 7:51 am

Here are my CDs... I LOVE THEM!

Barbie - Beyond Pink

Disney's Princess Collection: The Music of Hopes, Dreams and Happy Endings

Disney's Princess Favorites

...errmum. Not really.

But really:

1. Rasputina - Thanks for the Ether
2. Collide - Some Kind of Strange
3. Bjork - Vespertine

1. Dig Ophelia
2. Crushed
3. Pagan Poetry

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 6:14 pm

Ooh! Descent 1 Mac soundtrack!
- Track 02 - Theme
- Track 06 - Level 1
- Track 07 - Level 2

Man I just love that music.

TheCops · Post by **TheCops** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:09 pm

3 cd's and 3 songs? that's impossible unless you want to close your mind to thousands of artists, styles, and songs... so here goes. ;p

CDs:
1) The Beatles - Abbey Road
2) Prince - Sign of the Times
3) Stevie Wonder - Songs in the key of Life

Songs:
1) Prince - old friends for sale (the real version)
2) Bob Dylan - Desolation Row (live in 1966)
3) The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

ya, that is a limited list... thank the higher power you don't have to choose. you can like it all.

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:05 pm

I don't care about nostalgia value, Scorch; how could you possibly rate Metallica higher than DT?

I would have mentioned it too but I don't own any full DT albums, I just leech off my friend's.

But I do have tickets to the April 3rd show "An Evening with Dream Theater" at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden... should be a blast.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 10:13 pm

I don't think anybody's into the DnB scene here, so it's pointless for me to list off albums and titles, especially since some of them are from local DJs.

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:54 am

Changes all the time, but if i was pushed.

Albums.

1. Diamond Dogs- David Bowie. It was toss up between Dogs and Ziggy. The guy is a god in the music world, Mr innovator. From his first to his last albums he is always breaking the mould. The problem with Bowie's music is that it has to wait for the rest of the human race to catch up and understand it before he can move on.

2. Revolver- Beatles. "The coming of age album" A great pop baand that wrote melody instead of the crappy versechoraskeychangechoras crap that is listened to today.

3. Van Morrison-Astral Weeks. It's classic, irish and poetic. It's Van the Man.

Songs

Telling You I'm Not Going- Jennifer Holliday...big band song from "dreamgirls" i defy anyone not to be moved by the voice.

Velvet underground- Sweet Jane. Clever and moody song

Bowie- Sweet Thing/candidate. An anthem.

FC

3vil l33t · Post by **3vil l33t** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:18 am

Hmm... let's see...

1. Incubus - Make Yourself
2. 808 State - Gorgeous
3. Vertical Horizon - Go

Songs:
1. Nickelback - Someday, especially after seeing the music video
2. Rufus Wainwright - Hallelujah
3. Brown Derbies - Romeo and Juliet

These change constantly. Happens when your tastes are so freaking varied.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 6:24 am

Nobody got my joke ...

Scorch · Post by **Scorch** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:27 am

nope, but I do own Ultimate Manilow.

Dcrazy: The members of DT may be better musicians than Metallica (hands down, not even a contest), but Metallica's music just connects with me more. Sure, JP can spew out a Phrygian shred in 7/8 time over a Songo bassline in 5/6 time, while MP plays blast beats with his pinky, but the guys from Metallica can really create riffs and sounds that just reach me... They might not be as technical, but they are at least as artistic. I mean, just listen to Orion. That songs tells a story, and it doesn't even have any lyrics! They convey emotions and vibes very well through their music, and that's a gift even the most talented guitarist may not have.
Plus, Hetfield has a much better voice than Labrie (although labrie has better range)

[DWL]Punk · Post by **[DWL]Punk** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 9:16 am

i like Drum n' Bass..

Phantasmagirl · Post by **Phantasmagirl** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:10 pm

I sort of have 3 standard favorite cds and then 3 current favorites.. this is a mix of the two I guess

CD #1: Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do
(an all time favorite)

CD #2: Vladislav Delay - Multila
(a recent favorite.. been playing this one a lot)

CD #3: Autechre - Tri Repetae
(an all time favorite)

Song #1: Aphex Twin - Alberto Basalm

Song #2: Vladislav Delay - Pietola

Song #3: Autechre - Leterel.. or Autechre - Stud

Asrale: That Wipeout XL cd is pretty good.. I personally like the version of "we have explosive" off that cd more than the original track.

Pandora: Nice taste! My favorite off of Draft 7.30 is Surripere

Richard Cranium · Post by **Richard Cranium** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 5:14 pm

Itâ??s very hard for me to pick just one or even three CDs, Groups, or Artists. There is so much cross over.

Artists:
Sting
Gloria Estefan
Stevie Nicks

Groups:
Yello
Eagles
Fleetwood Mac

CDs:
The Final Cut â?? Pink Floyd
Welcome to The Pleasure Dome â?? Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Speaking In Tongues â?? Talking Heads

Songs:
Self Control â?? Laura Branigan
Politics of Dancing â?? Re-flex
Come on Eileen â?? Dexyâ??s Midnight Runners (or Save Ferris both are good)

I have so many to choose from. I tried to select something for each area with out any cross over.

Jon the Great · Post by **Jon the Great** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:52 pm

Hmmm well here's rough sketch

Paul Simon: Graceland
Oingo Boingo: Deadman's party
Linkin Park: Meteora

"West of Hollywood" Steely Dan
"Just Another Day" Oingo Boingo
and recently I've taken a liking to "Embers and Envelopes" by Mae

Asrale · Post by **Asrale** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:50 am

Hey Phantasmagirl, yeah the WoXL CD is good stuff. It's what turned me on to certain artists (Fluke, Photek, Source Direct) and off to others (Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers). Haven't gotten a Chem Bros CD since '97.

I prefer Fluke's remixed "Atom Bomb" too...

Zuruck · Post by **Zuruck** » Tue Mar 02, 2004 9:24 am

I'm with Guido, only going to three songs and cds leaves out an awful lot of good music. Oh well, here we go.

Physical Graffitti - Led Zeppelin

Blackout - The Scorpions

Van Halen 2 - Van Halen

Songs?

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

Get Off My Cloud - Rolling Stones

Dogs - Pink Floyd

Pandora · Post by **Pandora** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 6:46 am

@Phantasmagirl: yup, Surripere is my fav. as well.

can you tell me sth. about Vladislav Delay? Never heard of it.

Nexus_One · Post by **Nexus_One** » Wed Mar 03, 2004 1:40 pm

I almost forgot my favorite song...

The Smiths - How Soon is Now?