@llcoolmike said:

Kraftwerk -TransEuropean Express

LOL. do you zoom zoom on the autobon?

robert hunter - tales of the great rum runners

a lot of great stuff's been mentioned already so I'll just add a couple of my personal favorites that haven't already been mentioned. I deliberately did not include anything considered "classic" rock because that's pretty redundant at this point. I stuck mainly to records released within the past 20 years:

Miles Davis- A Tribute To Jack Johnson
Death Grips- Exmilitary
Death Grips- The Money Store
The Who- Quadrophenia

I've thought of another MUST have album for everyone on here. I don't remember the exact name of the album, but I've always called it the Jerry Garcia Prison Tapes. I'm sure some of you have heard it and can fill in the official name. It's just Jerry and John Kahn all acoustic in Oregon State Prison I think.

It's an absolute treasure. Years ago I wore out multiple tapes of, and now it's in my regular iPod rotation.

Get It!

First off I really think you should listen to some old country music and change your mind about that

I am trying not to repeat other suggestions from the thread and throw some more recent ones
Some of my favorite "listen straight through" albums:

Once I thought my buddy made me a mix tape because of the different style of music than realized most of the "Mix tape" was actually this album, which I highly highly recommend:

Band of Bees: Octopus

here are some others:

Bob Marley vs Scratch Lee Perry: The Upsetter Years
Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Dr Dog: Shame Shame
Tv on the Radio: Dear Science
Talib Kweli and DJ HI-Tek: Reflections Eternal
The Roots: Do You Want More?!?!
The Slip: Eisenhower
Pharside: Bizarre Ride II

A Liberace Christmas - Liberace

piano/sax quartet hitting outer limits: jarrett/redman/haden/motian quartet, any 73-74 impulse album (ideally live, they were killers onstage)

jazz/rock bilingualism: miles davis, live at the cellar door (jarrett again, as it happens).

how to structure a piano solo: dave brubeck, time out (too polite, fine, but brubeck's architecture is ridiculous, as is paul desmond's tone)

incredible rich soundscapes: check out the Cinematic Orchestra (been listening to Man w/Movie Camera lately. amazing)

MMW at their best: Radiolarians (spring for the big box set)

complex anthemic jazz expanse (plus jarrett again!): kenny wheeler, gnu high

death-defying jazz racket: metheny, Song X (w/ornette on frontline killing cats)

one-man psych-soul bliss-out: shuggie otis, Inspiration Information (get Freedom Flight too)

be serious for christ's sake: know your ella fitzgerald. know your billie holiday. you owe this.

culminating freak-f*** soul space: d'angelo, Voodoo (plus Things Fall Apart, Mama's Gun, etc.)

lol someone recommended a string cheese album.

what is a fl token?

I forgot the Superfly soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield. The movies pretty sweet too.

I Never Loved A Man The Way That I Love You - Aretha Franklin

now that bosox reminds me -

Aretha Franklin - Soul69 - sick shit this

@simplepseudonym said:

OTT
(dub)

big mama thornton they call me big mama

it's funny that nobody got time for somethin truly unique and trancendental' such as ott,
maybe you've just been too inside the box.

this is about music we,ve not been exposed to yet, correct?
bob dylan, the who, curtis mayfield, ledzep, zappa...marley! are y'all kidding me?
great stuff, but didn't u already know?
weezer (for example) was middle school in the early 90's,
thanks for the fresh tips though

...also try listening to a classic rock radio station...that should really blow your mind

I'm gonna make suggestions that I am sure will draw some fire but here goes,
Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde (fantastic album)
NIN- The Fragile
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Primus- Sailing the seas of cheese
Beastie boys- hello nasty
The rolling stones- let it bleed
Tom Waits- bone machine
system of a down- toxicity
Velvet underground- loaded
Arcade fire- funeral
arctic monkeys- favourite worst nightmare
the black keys- magic potion
cake- fashion nugget
the doors- the doors

Thats a short list I really wish i Had time to give you more suggestions.

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:

@Chilly said:

DISCLAIMER: Don't post any Country, because it's not music to me.

This is incredibly short sighted. I can understand not digging the contemporary shit, but there are some real gems when it comes to 40's/50's/60's country music. You don't deserve my help in this thread. Go on liking shitty music.

Although I was refering to more modern, as in the last 30 years Country music, it still doesn't change my opinion.

You have a very interesting way of interpreting someones words and opinions. I was not aware by me not liking country, that all the music I listen to is shitty. I would say that is WAY more short sighted than my silly little comment.

Attention Phish.NET, @me_no_are_no_nice_guy believes Phish, is a shitty band!! He has been duping us the whole time, he just likes being a troll, not a phan. Who would of thought!

Seriously though, why the need for all the negativity all the time? That doesn't help anything.

sorry for the re-edit redundarisms, that former post was a draft, not meant for this drafty whirld

@Chilly said:

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:

@Chilly said:

DISCLAIMER: Don't post any Country, because it's not music to me.

This is incredibly short sighted. I can understand not digging the contemporary shit, but there are some real gems when it comes to 40's/50's/60's country music. You don't deserve my help in this thread. Go on liking shitty music.

Although I was refering to more modern, as in the last 30 years Country music, it still doesn't change my opinion.

You have a very interesting way of interpreting someones words and opinions. I was not aware by me not liking country, that all the music I listen to is shitty. I would say that is WAY more short sighted than my silly little comment.

Attention Phish.NET, @me_no_are_no_nice_guy believes Phish, is a shitty band!! He has been duping us the whole time, he just likes being a troll, not a phan. Who would of thought!

Seriously though, why the need for all the negativity all the time? That doesn't help anything.

That was a bit of hyperbole at the end there. I don't REALLY believe that all the music you listen to is shitty. It's embarrassing for you that I need to point that out.

@Chilly said:

@me_no_are_no_nice_guy said:

@Chilly said:

DISCLAIMER: Don't post any Country, because it's not music to me.

This is incredibly short sighted. I can understand not digging the contemporary shit, but there are some real gems when it comes to 40's/50's/60's country music. You don't deserve my help in this thread. Go on liking shitty music.

Although I was refering to more modern, as in the last 30 years Country music, it still doesn't change my opinion.

You have a very interesting way of interpreting someones words and opinions. I was not aware by me not liking country, that all the music I listen to is shitty. I would say that is WAY more short sighted than my silly little comment.

Attention Phish.NET, @me_no_are_no_nice_guy believes Phish, is a shitty band!! He has been duping us the whole time, he just likes being a troll, not a phan. Who would of thought!

Seriously though, why the need for all the negativity all the time? That doesn't help anything.

Ignotre buttons are a wonderful thing.

I think you may like the Chris Robinson Brotherhood's 'Big Moon Ritual'...

Tom Waits: Rain Dogs
Tom Waits: Swordfishtrombones