Albums you are truly obsessed with!

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Marillion - Marbles
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Prince - Purple Rain
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness

 

One of their best!

And, dang! I knew I was leaving off someone important on my list! Tull, for sure!

And The Doors! And, and, and...!

 

AC/DC - Back In Black
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 1964-1971
Rolling Stones - More Hot Rocks
Beatles - 1962-1966
Beatles 1967-1970
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty Eight

 

Holy Crap! Yes!!!

 

"Yes It Is " by Rockin' Horse. Every song. Here's the first one.

 

This makes all other guitar music seem infantile and second-rate.

 

Finally listened to Chicago VII a litle over a month ago. LOVED it! Can't say enough about Byrdmaniax and Big Star either...

 

one more by Rockin' Horse : "Don't You Ever Think I Cry" For All you Badfinger sisters and brothers :_) !! Albums I'm obsessed with.

 

Forever Changes
White Album
Byrd Brothers

 

The Church: Priest = Aura
Neil Young: On The Beach
Dan Fogelberg: Nether Lands
Dan Fogelberg: The Innocent Age
John Martin: Bless The Weather
Jackson Browne: Late For The Sky
Joni Mitchell: Court And Spark
Crosby, Stills & Nash: CSN (1977 album)
Father John Misty: Fear Fun
Lord Huron: Strange Trails
The Jayhawks: Sound Of Lies
All About Eve: Ultraviolet
Steve Kilbey & Martin Kennedy: Inside We Are The Same
The Posies: Amazing Disgrace

 

I'll give it a go:

Big Star: #1
Byrds: Notorious & Ballad of Easy Rider
Bowie: Man Who Sold The World
Kinks: Village Green Preservation Society
S&G: Bridge Over Troubled Water
Beach Boys: Surf 's Up & SMiLE
Beatles: Revolver & Abbey Road
Genesis: Trick of The Tail
Floyd: Atom Heart Mother
Stones: Exile & Beggars Banquet
10,000 Maniacs: In My Tribe
Fountains of Wayne: Utopia Parkway
XTC: Skylarking & Oranges and Lemons
Who Sell Out

 

There are always two in my mind and heart:

1. Joy Division - 'Closer' (see avatar), the cold I can feel through the music, the despair in the singer's voice and the amazing drum and bass guitar finding their way through the songs... This album meant in the early 80's my start as a complete music freak....

2. Slowdive - 'Pygmalion' (it's minimal music is so surrealistic, and there is such a great combination of the echoing minimal guitars and the fine male and female voices supporting the sweet melodies,... it bring me every time the shivers at my backbone):

 

Quicksilver Messenger Service "Quicksilver" 1971 LP especially "Hope", "Song For Frisco", "Firebrothers", "Out Of My Mind" & specifically "Don't Cry My Lady Love". Truly obsessed!

 

Nazz - Nazz
Blues Project - Projections
Since the '60s. Never get tired of these two.

 

Dr. John - Gris Gris.

 

I love early Spirit but have never heard the original mix of "The Family that Plays Together" I have the remastered CD with the bonus tracks and also Time Circle (which has a different remix of some of the tracks)
Is there a big difference ?

 

The Shadows - Surfing With The Shadows (1963, stereo)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Me And My Shadows (1960, stereo)
Jean-Christian Michel - Requiem (1968, stereo)
Judd Proctor - Guitars Galore (Morgan label, stereo)
Wout Steenhuis - Blue Hawaii (Regal Starline, stereo)
Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Cliff Sings EPs Nos 1 and 2 (1959, stereo)
John Mayall - The Blues Alone (Ace Of Clubs, stereo)

I have numerous examples of each. I live in hope of finding perfect first pressings.

 

Apparently, the original stereo 2-track master tape (with the mix that I speak of) went missing after the first cutting. I don't have all of the information.
But...yes, it's different. If you enjoy the album, you will enjoy the 1996 CD mastering and re-mix.
Unfortunately, the new mix just doesn't have the psych feeling as the first mix. The first mix had atmosphere and mystique.
Find one...they are cheap and easily found online.
Some call the difference 'subtle'...if you like all the original moves on the faders that you get on the Ode pressing, you won't get that same vibe from the 1996 remasters.

 

Looks like I'm going to have to track one down. Probably not as easy or cheap to find in England but it's a great album and worth hearing it as it was intended.
Thanks

 

Be diligent...it will find you...

 

For 30 years...

 

...I have heard Rain Dogs approximately 9683549634 time in the last year, so I guess that

 

While I'm on this thread I suppose I had better post one of my obsessions

John Martyn - Solid Air

Had it on vinyl years ago before I went digital, bought the CD , bought the deluxe CD , and then last year bought it on vinyl again even though I didn't have a turntable any more.
Then had to go out and buy a turntable , somthing to put it on and of course a few other records to keep it company on the shelf.
If I had to get rid of all my music - this would be the last to go

 

The two standout albums in my collection are probably:

Peter Gabriel - Us
Depeche Mode - Violator

I might not listen to them on a weekly basis, but I have spun both from start to finish hundreds of times through the years.