"The Recommend an Album" thread

[Eldritch]

If you're into The Tindersticks, Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen, etc, then you could do much worse than check out the (fantastic) album El Manifiesto Desastre by Spanish singer/songwriter Nacho Vegas (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacho_Vegas):

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5Dolhh58rzc/SwqzVeyrH1I/AAAAAAAAA3Y/Rqo1y7BMF6A/s1600/el-manifiesto-desastre.jpg

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[Turkophagos]

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[Psychonaut]

If you like (Black) Metal, you owe it to yourself to listen to the best Metal album of 2009, Black Cascade by The Wolves in the Throne Room:

http://www.archaicnorth.com/images/wittr-%20black%20cascade.jpg

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[Troll's Puzzle]

For fanz of hair metal, the two albums released by ex-KISS guitarist Vinnie Vincent are worth checking out. Although suprisingly not widely known today even amongst fans of the scene, they've become something of a cult favorite amongst genre connoisseurs (internet helps with that too). It's not hard to see why, the combination of Vinnie's superior songwriting (he saved KISS's career) and lyric writing (his sensuously sleazy lyric cliches are a cut above the usual rock cliches ;)) combined with the helium-high vocals of former Journey singer Robert Fleischmann on the first record, and the helium-high vocals of future Slaughter singer Mark Slaughter on the second, super-polished 80's production, OTT image (even for the time) and ludicrously tastless guitar playing (which actually compliments the style perfectly) create the perfect period piece and make it easy to see why they've become favorites with all People of Taste and Culture :thumbs up :thumbs up
The first album is the better IMO.

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[Treffie]

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peepshow

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/Siouxsie_%26_the_Banshees-Peepshow.jpg

[Matritensis]

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[Matritensis]

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[Matritensis]

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[Matritensis]

Sorry,I forgot the "an" part...

[Bloodeagle]

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[la bombe]

I can rarely make it through a full album released today, but here are a few from recent years that I liked

The xx - xx
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Florence and the Machine - Lungs
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Feist - The Reminder
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[Treffie]

^Was it myself who introduced you to the `xx?` :)

[la bombe]

^Was it myself who introduced you to the `xx?` :)

Yep, and I love it. It's a great, chill album.

[jerney]

My favorite band ever and an amazing album. Nearly every song is perfect.

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[Smaland]

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Chicago Symphony, Fritz Reiner conducting, 1958.

[Eldritch]

It's a little difficult to pigeonhole Ukraine's Nokturnal Mortum, except of course in the "pure awesomeness" category.

Atmospheric NSBM with shades of folk/prog perhaps?

Anyways, their 2009 album The Voice of Steel is effing amazing.

http://www.crowsnbones.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Nokturnal-Mortum-The-Voice-of-Steel-.jpg

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[Daos]

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HaWthorn is the collaboration of Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus) and Matt Howden (Sieben) bringing dark atmospheric music. Both artists have during the last ten years produced a vast number of recordings which went down in cult album history. And with their current release "The Murky Brine", they bring a mixture that holds a consistent inclusion of percussion, piano, alternating vocals (Tony and Matt) and samples as opposed to just the usual guitar, violin, vocal arrangements. 49 minutes of absolutely essential listening for all fans of the dark folk / dark ambient genre and especially of both bands.

[Turkophagos]

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The Prodigy - The Prodigy experience, 1990.

The most influential album of the early rave scene. Everything they made after this sucked.


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[Eldritch]

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Sweden's Astral Doors updates Black Sabbath's, Rainbow's etc. formula for the 21st Century.

The band's music is instantly recognisable, yet has a character all of its own. And vocalist Patrik Johansson is fantastic. Highly recommended for fans of classic hard rock/heavy metal.

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[Turkophagos]

Hesperion XX - Juan Del Enzina: Romances & Villancicos, Salamanca, 1496.

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The greatest period of european music, its greatest composer, performed by greatest artists. A must-have.

[Pallantides]

Two albums


Dragonfly(actual band name was Legend) - Dragonfly(1968)
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Kak - Kak-Ola(1968)
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[Don Brick]

A true classic. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

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Snappy, catchy and frisky Punk. Wire - Pink Flag

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[Matritensis]

Two numbers:

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[KarmaPolice]

(Recommended) Takk - Sigur Ros - 2005

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6535/takk.jpg (http://img138.imageshack.us/i/takk.jpg/)


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[Turkophagos]

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[Eldritch]

^ Is good too. This, however, is arguably the best "pop" music record ever released:

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[Psychonaut]

My nomination for the most beautiful album of 2010 is Alcest (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcest)'s Écailles de Lune (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cailles_de_Lune):

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[Heretik]

+1 for Alcest! :D

My black metal recommendation:

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Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice

[Pallantides]

Exuma - Exuma(1970)
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[Heretik]

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Owns!

[Svipdag]

String Quartets, Opus 76, Nos. 4 & 6

The Orlando Quartet: István Párkányi, Violino I
Heinz Oberdorfer, violiono II
Ferdinand Erblich, Viola
Stefan Metz, violoncello

Philips 410 053-2

Two sensitive and thoughtful interpretations

[la bombe]

Been listening to the leak of Adele's new album 21. It's fabulous.

http://www.shoppingblog.com/pics/adele_21_image.jpg

[Eldritch]

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Anna Calvi's (http://www.annacalvi.com/) debut album isn't perfect, but it's so rare these days that one hears a really fresh and talented new artist that I can't help but recommend it.

Fans of Siouxie Sioux and P. J. Harvey, check her out. :thumbs up

I just hope she disassociates herself from that tired, boring old whore Nick Cave as soon as possible. No matter how much he tries to attach himself to new artists who do something actually interesting, he just cannot maintain the illusion that he is somehow relevant any longer.

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[Bloodeagle]

Here is an album that I thoroughly enjoy.

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[Eldritch]

The first contender for "Metal Album of the Year" for 2011 is here!

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'Made of Love' - Bethia Beadman. best voice ever, imho ;)

[Eldritch]

The first contender for "Metal Album of the Year" for 2011 is here!


And here comes another contender for Album of the Year, this time in the Folk/World/Avant Garde genres: Uniko by Kimmo Pohjonen (http://www.kimmopohjonen.com/), Samuli Kosminen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuli_Kosminen#Samuli_Kosminen) and the Kronos Quartet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronos_Quartet).

I checked Spotify, you can listen to the whole album there if you're interested.

Read a review here (http://gapplegatemusicreview.blogspot.com/2011/03/kronos-quartet-performs-uniko-with.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GapplegateMusicReview+%28Gapp legate+Music+Review%29).

http://www.ksml.fi/multimedia/dynamic/00176/Uniko_176398a1.jpg



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[Ivanushka-supertzar]

Kamikadze candles - ...and you will know us by the Perfect Sweater !!!! (2005)


Probably most underrated album of all times. Ultra rare though.

[Daos]

http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/3/4/5/134500.jpg


A stark, sober album that conveys struggle and resolution against a harsh, rural landscape.

Some have complained that this isn't a Metal album, but I found it to be their best album.

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[Pallantides]

Shadow Project - From the Heart (The last album Rozz Williams recorded before his death)
http://www.all-our-yesterdays.de/img/ShadowsProject.jpg

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Royal Trux- veterans of Disorder

[Jake Featherston]

Vio-Lence, "The Eternal Nightmare," the title track of which is presented below:

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[Sagitta Hungarica]

3 Death Metal high-recommendations

Death - Symbolic (America)
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Morbid Angel - Altar of Madness (America)
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Carcass - Heartwork (Britain)
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[AussieScott]

Alternate punk rock, The best of Dinosaur Jr

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[Svipdag]

GUITAR CONCERTOS Vivaldi, Carulli, Giuliani

KAZUHITO YAMASHITA

Chamber Orchestra of Leos Janacek

RCA Red Seal 5914-2-RC



"Sternuo, ergo sum." - NOT René Descartes