Albums That Blew You Away

[8xlaxx]

About 50 years of getting my mind blown.
Linda Ronstadt - What’s New

Refreshing to see a few ladies entering threads like this.

 

[OnTheBlitz]

Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Heart - Little Queen

 

[313guy]

My barometer here is "What albums did I have to buy again because the first one got worn out?"

Looking like kind of an eclectic mix in this day and age:

The Who-Quadrophenia
Leo Kottke-Dreams and All that Stuff
Jackson Browne-For Everyman
Neil Young-Rust Never Sleeps

 

[Snade]

Sky Dive -- Freddie Hubbard

Aja -- Steely Dan

Live Dead -- Grateful Dead

Gold Coast -- John Coltrane

Tubular Bells -- Mike Oldfield

East-West -- Butterfield Blues Band (esp. Mike Bloomfield's work on the title track)

The Leprechaun -- Chick Corea

Live at Leeds -- The Who

Made in Japan -- Deep Purple

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue -- Andre Previn and LSO

Happy Trails -- Quicksilver Messenger Service

One Size Fits All -- Zappa/Mothers

Fillmore East -- Allman Bros.

Innervisions -- Stevie Wonder

Love Over Gold -- Dire Straits

Pirates -- R. L. Jones

Don Juan's Reckless Daughter -- Joni Mitchell

Umma Gumma -- Pink Floyd

Flex-able -- Steve Vai

Blow by Blow -- Jeff Beck

Abbey Road -- The Beatles

Monster -- Steppenwolf

Completely Well -- B. B. King

In Search of the Lost Chord -- Moody Blues



... and so on.

That is such an amazing list.

Great taste in music.

Thumbs up!

Snade

 

[noogies]

That is such an amazing list.

Great taste in music.

Thumbs up!

Snade

Well, thanks!

CTA is an old favorite and
should definitely be on there too!

 

[heavyrock]

This album

 

[loopstick]

Live at Leeds. On shortwave. Living in an isolated insular northern Great Lakes port. Fading in and out. What the HELL is THAT?!?, wondered I as the entire first side played without interruption. Luckily the ether blew my way when the announcer identified the record. On our next trip to "the city" for shopping I bought a copy. One of my buds who was in a garage band and later gigged his way through college (resorts, etc) told me 20 years later when I went back for a visit that Leeds opened everything up for him and that was my legacy. Turning him on to Live at Leeds. I never knew. It's funny the effect you have - I guess it was a good influence.

 

[IPADave]

When I was in High School my GF's older siblings left their 8 track tapes behind. I became a Who fan the first time I heard "Who's Next". It's still one one of my desert island albums.

-Dave

 

[jhildred]

In rough chronological order

AC/DC - Back In Black
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Dr Phibes & The House Of Wax Equations - Whirlpool
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Bark Psychosis - Hex
Johann Johannsson - The Miners' Hymns
Talk Talk - The Spirit Of Eden
Alice Coltrane - Ptah, The El Daoud

 

[IPADave]

In rough chronological order

AC/DC - Back In Black
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Dr Phibes & The House Of Wax Equations - Whirlpool
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Bark Psychosis - Hex
Johann Johannsson - The Miners' Hymns
Talk Talk - The Spirit Of Eden
Alice Coltrane - Ptah, The El Daoud

That's a nice mix of musical styles.

-Dave

 

[The Fuxtor]

I always go back to a few that blew me away!
Tool - Ænima
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger
Tragically Hip - Day For Night
Beatles - White Album
The Who - Who's Next
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
Queens of the Stone Age - first 3 releases.

 

[IPADave]

I always go back to a few that blew me away!
Tool - Ænima
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger
Tragically Hip - Day For Night
Beatles - White Album
The Who - Who's Next
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
Queens of the Stone Age - first 3 releases.

Emphasis mine in the quote. Those are among my desert island albums.

-Dave

 

[Kosinki]

Focus by Stan Getz

 

[Delmarva]

This album

Really?
Now I'm even more intrigued based on your post of this album on another thread.
Which one it was I have no idea.

 

[jmela]

Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
James Brown - Peace Power Love
The Bahamas - The Real Bahamas in Music and Song
NRBQ- Grooves In Orbit
Muddy Waters - Folk Singer
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres ("Precious and Grace", specifically)

 

[70's Rockfan]

The 1st Montrose album blew me away then , and still does.

 

[onepixel]

Refreshing to see a few ladies entering threads like this.

Love Linda Ronstadt and I almost have all of her first releases, including stuff from The Stone Poneys.

She has a lot of great albums, but the direction, vocals, orchestration and recording of What's New just blew me away.

 

[bluesky]

Blown Away!!

Hendrix - Electric Ladyland

Zep - 1 (just couldn't believe it - played it endlessly)

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath & Paranoid (Heavily Blown Away, exactkt like the previous guy said... "what is this !!" - just W o W)

Pink Floyd - Meddle. (still play it.)

Michael Jackson - Thriller (my 'mind' and body was just totally blown away - I had to have it immediately! So after the LP finished playing @ the 'Today' bar I jumped on my 10spd race bike and rode on down to Tamaya department store in Sasebo, Japan and bought it in cassette ! 30 years later... FINALLY got the LP, M-, for $1 @ the GW! )

 

[bluesky]

4 others too...

Azymuth - In order:

1. Telecommunications - my first Azymuth. I was immediately hooked. Excellent.
2. Light as a Feather - This is a great album.
3. Outburo - This is a fantastic album.
4. Cascades - Thank God they made another one like the first 3!!

I've heard 1, 2, & 3 gotta be 200 times each.

 

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