Which albums do you enjoy listening to front to back?

pauly

The Velvet Underground - Live 1969

the ultimate summer afternoon barbecue album.

Talking Heads - Remain in Light

+1 but I also like "More Songs ..." I particularly like the way the last four songs on the first side build up to 'Found a Job'.

oh and Nimbin FM Radio Handpicked and Homegrown double vinyl edition...beacause Im on it 😀

It's not on Soulseek. What's on it?

INFO: for those not in the Asia Pacific region Nimbin is a country town in NSW Australia known for a hippy festival in the 70s and subsequent agricultural production.

Jocphone

@MonzoPro said:

@Jocphone said:

Barrett yeah, Fall yeah (in a bit of a Fall phase at the moment), Rock Bottom - been listening to that loads too.

I can't seem to get past Rock Bottom with Robert Wyatt. Nothing else sticks in my head or excites me the way that records does.

CracklePot

Minutemen - Double Nickles on the Dime
Butthole Surfers - Hairway to Steven
Melvins -Ozma
Spacemen 3 -The Perfect Prescription
Slint - Spiderland
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
Misfits - Legacy of Brutality
SubHumAns - The Day the Country Died
Rudimentary Peni - Death Church
The Damned - Phantasmagoria
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
The Lounge Lizards - The Lounge Lizards
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
The Cars - The Cars
Meat Puppets - Up On the Sun
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Star Wars - The Story of Star Wars

I could go on and on...

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gkillmaster

@kinkujin said:
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Abbey Road of course (both sides)
XTC - Skylarking, Mummer, Nonsuch

OMG! Thick as a Brick was my first album I could play from front to back aside from Sgt. Peppers and Magical Mystery Tour (and I had to skip a few of those tracks). Back when I would be considered to be young.

JanKun

@syrupcore said:
Loveless - My Blood Valentine
In Rainbows & The Bends - Radiohead
Devotion - Beach House
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Colossal Youth - Young Marble Giants
Power, Corruption and Lies - New Order
The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
Perfect From Now On - Built to Spill
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
NEU! - NEU!

LOVELESS x100000000000

legsmechanical

The other thread reminded me that

Ritual.. by Jane's Addiction is an amazing journey from start to end.

kinkujin

@gkillmaster said:

@kinkujin said:
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Abbey Road of course (both sides)
XTC - Skylarking, Mummer, Nonsuch

OMG! Thick as a Brick was my first album I could play from front to back aside from Sgt. Peppers and Magical Mystery Tour (and I had to skip a few of those tracks). Back when I would be considered to be young.

It’s just a masterpiece.

I used to skip Within You, Without You from Pepper when I was a kid. Now I think it’s the best thing on the record.

gkillmaster

@kinkujin said:
I used to skip Within You, Without You from Pepper when I was a kid. Now I think it’s the best thing on the record.

Exactly the same for me!! This is so strange to hear cause its such a personal private experience for me. Took me 20 years to feel that way.

pichi

@Jocphone said:

@MonzoPro said:

@Jocphone said:

Barrett yeah, Fall yeah (in a bit of a Fall phase at the moment), Rock Bottom - been listening to that loads too.

I can't seem to get past Rock Bottom with Robert Wyatt. Nothing else sticks in my head or excites me the way that records does.

I enjoyed Shleep from 1997. However, mostly I prefer his work with Soft Machine to his solo material. I keep meaning to get more of his solo albums though ...

sysexual

Jan Jelinek - Loop Finding Jazz Records
Aphex Twin - Richard D James Album
Sandwell District - Feed Forward
Four Tet - Rounds
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
Vatican Shadow - Media in the Service of Terror
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Taylor Deupree - Stil.
Albert Ayler - New York Eye and Ear Control
Alexander Von Schlippenbach - Pakistani Pomade
DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues
Vladislav Delay - Kuopio
Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve
Dodheimsgard - A Umbra Omega

kinkujin

@gkillmaster said:

@kinkujin said:
I used to skip Within You, Without You from Pepper when I was a kid. Now I think it’s the best thing on the record.

Exactly the same for me!! This is so strange to hear cause its such a personal private experience for me. Took me 20 years to feel that way.

Brother from another mother!

Ben

So many good ones mentioned. Thick as a Brick is amazing.
I’ll add Heart Attack and Vine from Tom Waits, Truth and Soul by Fishbone, Close to the Edge by Yes, Sufjan Stevens Come on Feel the Illinois.
It was such a chore to pick the needle up and relocate on vinyl or to fast forward cassette tape so we just let it play and develop.
It’s just too easy to skip tracks now.
I’m guessing he’s a “love or hate” type but lately I’ve been listening to Pure Comedy from Father John Misty front to back. That one takes patience. Pays off though.

Will

Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription
Low - Curtain Hits the Cast

Will

@JanKun said:

@syrupcore said:
Loveless - My Blood Valentine
In Rainbows & The Bends - Radiohead
Devotion - Beach House
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Colossal Youth - Young Marble Giants
Power, Corruption and Lies - New Order
The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
Perfect From Now On - Built to Spill
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Heaven or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
NEU! - NEU!

LOVELESS x100000000000

Amen. I guess I should include Isn't Anything as well. Love every moment of it.

I also really love the "new" record but there's one song I always want to skip. Alas, I only own it on vinyl and I'm way too lazy for all that so I just sit and listen and question how in the world it ended up on the record.

Will

@CracklePot said:
Minutemen - Double Nickles on the Dime
Butthole Surfers - Hairway to Steven
Melvins -Ozma
Spacemen 3 -The Perfect Prescription
Slint - Spiderland
Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
Misfits - Legacy of Brutality
SubHumAns - The Day the Country Died
Rudimentary Peni - Death Church
The Damned - Phantasmagoria
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
The Lounge Lizards - The Lounge Lizards
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
The Cars - The Cars
Meat Puppets - Up On the Sun
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Star Wars - The Story of Star Wars

I could go on and on...

Oh! Many nice ones here. I just added a post with Perfect Prescription before seeing this.

But forgot about Spiderland. What an amazing record. To be honest, I didn't really give a hoot about it at the time but I heard it again in the early 00s and my jaw was open the entire time. Been a favorite since.

Also, you named the last good/best U2 record.

richardyot

Loveless wins the prize for consistent artistic statement. Not sure if the songs themselves really stand out on their own (with the exception of Soon), but as an album it's cohesive and makes sense, as opposed to a disparate collection of excellent songs.

I never listened to the reunion album (MBV), I should try and track it down.

LeonKowalski

Yes - Close to the Edge; Relayer
ELO - Out of the Blue
Gov‘t Mule - Dejà Voodoo
Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette
Ozric Tentacles - Spirals in Hyperspace
Jethro Tull - Bursting out (live)
Joe Jackson - Big World
King Crimson - Discipline; Beat; Three of a perfect pair
Moloko - Statues
ZZ Top‘s First Album
Cake - Fashion Nugget
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

[Deleted User]

@Jocphone said:

@MonzoPro said:

@Jocphone said:

Barrett yeah, Fall yeah (in a bit of a Fall phase at the moment), Rock Bottom - been listening to that loads too.

I can't seem to get past Rock Bottom with Robert Wyatt. Nothing else sticks in my head or excites me the way that records does.

Magical album, sounds like nothing else. I read his biography last year, fascinating read. Love all his stuff, but that’s his best IMO. I was trying to explain to Mrs Monzo last night why artists such as Mark E Smith, Daevid Allen, Viv Stanshall, Robert Wyatt, Beefheart, Zappa, Stephen Stapleton etc. fascinate me so much. I think that album sums it up - it’s pure creativity without compromise. When I hear them, or read about how they work it inspires me to make something myself.

Have you heard Kevin Ayers Whatevershebringswesing? That’s worth a listen:

JeffChasteen

@syrupcore said:
Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription
Low - Curtain Hits the Cast

Perfect Perscription is an excellent example.

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@syrupcore said:
Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription

Mrs Monzo bought me the Will Carruthers book Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands for Xmas - entertaining, and recommended if you’re a fan of the band.

Jocphone

@MonzoPro said:

@Jocphone said:

@MonzoPro said:

@Jocphone said:

Barrett yeah, Fall yeah (in a bit of a Fall phase at the moment), Rock Bottom - been listening to that loads too.

I can't seem to get past Rock Bottom with Robert Wyatt. Nothing else sticks in my head or excites me the way that records does.

Magical album, sounds like nothing else. I read his biography last year, fascinating read. Love all his stuff, but that’s his best IMO. I was trying to explain to Mrs Monzo last night why artists such as Mark E Smith, Daevid Allen, Viv Stanshall, Robert Wyatt, Beefheart, Zappa, Stephen Stapleton etc. fascinate me so much. I think that album sums it up - it’s pure creativity without compromise. When I hear them, or read about how they work it inspires me to make something myself.

Have you heard Kevin Ayers Whatevershebringswesing? That’s worth a listen:

OOh, must seek out the biography. I did read an article where he was talking about the period around this album but that was long ago and I have no idea where I read it. But yeah, the whole thing. In fact, I would I say I can't not listen to the whole album.

I will give that album a listen, have stuck it on my phone for when I'm out and about.

Jocphone

@Max23 said:

@Jocphone said:

@MonzoPro said:

@Jocphone said:

Barrett yeah, Fall yeah (in a bit of a Fall phase at the moment), Rock Bottom - been listening to that loads too.

I can't seem to get past Rock Bottom with Robert Wyatt. Nothing else sticks in my head or excites me the way that records does.

oh heavy,
its so sad
I haven't listened to it since forever, makes bad memories appear, I had to lock it up in my personal poison cabinet

That's a shame that it has those connotations for you. I just listened to it again while out driving today and it is every bit as good. I find it really positive and adventurous and funny and real.

Jocphone

@pichi said:

@Jocphone said:

@MonzoPro said:

@Jocphone said:

Barrett yeah, Fall yeah (in a bit of a Fall phase at the moment), Rock Bottom - been listening to that loads too.

I can't seem to get past Rock Bottom with Robert Wyatt. Nothing else sticks in my head or excites me the way that records does.

I enjoyed Shleep from 1997. However, mostly I prefer his work with Soft Machine to his solo material. I keep meaning to get more of his solo albums though ...

Haven't heard that one. Will stick it on later.

Ruth is stranger than Richard always grabs me, for the title mainly. But I don't remember listening to it in the way that Rock Bottom resonates.

pichi

@Jocphone said:

@pichi said:

@Jocphone said:

@MonzoPro said:

@Jocphone said:

Barrett yeah, Fall yeah (in a bit of a Fall phase at the moment), Rock Bottom - been listening to that loads too.

I can't seem to get past Rock Bottom with Robert Wyatt. Nothing else sticks in my head or excites me the way that records does.

I enjoyed Shleep from 1997. However, mostly I prefer his work with Soft Machine to his solo material. I keep meaning to get more of his solo albums though ...

Haven't heard that one. Will stick it on later.

Ruth is stranger than Richard always grabs me, for the title mainly. But I don't remember listening to it in the way that Rock Bottom resonates.

Do you have the Matching Mole album? Some of my favorite Wyatt tunes on that.

[Deleted User]

@Jocphone said:

@MonzoPro said:

@Jocphone said:

@MonzoPro said:

@Jocphone said:

Barrett yeah, Fall yeah (in a bit of a Fall phase at the moment), Rock Bottom - been listening to that loads too.

I can't seem to get past Rock Bottom with Robert Wyatt. Nothing else sticks in my head or excites me the way that records does.

Magical album, sounds like nothing else. I read his biography last year, fascinating read. Love all his stuff, but that’s his best IMO. I was trying to explain to Mrs Monzo last night why artists such as Mark E Smith, Daevid Allen, Viv Stanshall, Robert Wyatt, Beefheart, Zappa, Stephen Stapleton etc. fascinate me so much. I think that album sums it up - it’s pure creativity without compromise. When I hear them, or read about how they work it inspires me to make something myself.

Have you heard Kevin Ayers Whatevershebringswesing? That’s worth a listen:

OOh, must seek out the biography. I did read an article where he was talking about the period around this album but that was long ago and I have no idea where I read it. But yeah, the whole thing. In fact, I would I say I can't not listen to the whole album.

Shleep is nice, as Pichi said - a similar feel to Rock Bottom.

The book's really good. He's had such a colourful life, that it's an enjoyable read even for non Wyatt fans.

AudioGus

@sysexual said:
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

Mine too.

AudioGus

Clutch - Blast Tyrant
Clutch - Elephant Riders
Clutch - Earth Rocker
Ween - all the albums
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Ratt - Invasion of Your Privacy
Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Van Halen - 1984
Captain Beefheart - Trout mask Replica
Captain Beefheat - Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheat - Strictly Personal
Insector - Interplanetary Connection
Michael Brook - Cobalt Blue
Vangelis - Bladerunner
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Charles Mingus - Ah Um
Basil Poledouris - Conan The Barbarian
Front Line Assembly - Tactical Neural Implant
B12 - Electro Soma
B12 - Time Tourist
Robert Rich - Echo of Small Things
Front 242 - Up Evil
FSOL - Cascade
FSOL - Lifeforms
FSOl - ISDN
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum
Peter McConnell - Grim Fandango Score
Drew Neumann - Eye Spy
Plaid - Rest Proof Clockwork
Dead Voices on Air - Piss Frond
cEvin Key - Music For Cats
Ice Cube - The Predator
Future - Future
Download - Effector
Download - Helicopter
Plateau - Gort Spacebar
Tipper - Forward Escape, Fathom, Flunked etc, the whole darned Soundcloud

Jocphone

@pichi said:

@Jocphone said:

@pichi said:

@Jocphone said:

@MonzoPro said:

@Jocphone said:

Barrett yeah, Fall yeah (in a bit of a Fall phase at the moment), Rock Bottom - been listening to that loads too.

I can't seem to get past Rock Bottom with Robert Wyatt. Nothing else sticks in my head or excites me the way that records does.

I enjoyed Shleep from 1997. However, mostly I prefer his work with Soft Machine to his solo material. I keep meaning to get more of his solo albums though ...

Haven't heard that one. Will stick it on later.

Ruth is stranger than Richard always grabs me, for the title mainly. But I don't remember listening to it in the way that Rock Bottom resonates.

Do you have the Matching Mole album? Some of my favorite Wyatt tunes on that.

Years ago. A friend's brother got me into all that stuff. Maybe I should go an revisit.

Jocphone

@MonzoPro said:

@Jocphone said:

@MonzoPro said:

@Jocphone said:

@MonzoPro said:

@Jocphone said:

Barrett yeah, Fall yeah (in a bit of a Fall phase at the moment), Rock Bottom - been listening to that loads too.

I can't seem to get past Rock Bottom with Robert Wyatt. Nothing else sticks in my head or excites me the way that records does.

Magical album, sounds like nothing else. I read his biography last year, fascinating read. Love all his stuff, but that’s his best IMO. I was trying to explain to Mrs Monzo last night why artists such as Mark E Smith, Daevid Allen, Viv Stanshall, Robert Wyatt, Beefheart, Zappa, Stephen Stapleton etc. fascinate me so much. I think that album sums it up - it’s pure creativity without compromise. When I hear them, or read about how they work it inspires me to make something myself.

Have you heard Kevin Ayers Whatevershebringswesing? That’s worth a listen:

OOh, must seek out the biography. I did read an article where he was talking about the period around this album but that was long ago and I have no idea where I read it. But yeah, the whole thing. In fact, I would I say I can't not listen to the whole album.

Shleep is nice, as Pichi said - a similar feel to Rock Bottom.

The book's really good. He's had such a colourful life, that it's an enjoyable read even for non Wyatt fans.

Excellent, will put that on my reading list. Have started reading All Gates Open: The Story of Can, but struggling to keep reading so far.