The Albums that Changed Your Life....

[BlackLagoon]

I hear you Black Lagoon...

Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast

The first time I heard Hallowed Be Thy Name, that something clicked inside me...


RUN DMC Raising Hell

I killed this in Junior High, especially Raising Hell. "I cut the head off the devil and I throw it at you" What metalhead wouldn't love that line? From there my love of real Hip Hop took off.

I know what you mean on both counts... Maiden wasn't my 1st, I was already in love with KISS in make up, but when I heard that, and just stared at the cover for hrs...I was hooked.

[Scatter]

I concur...pretty much ALL Queen has retained it's magic for me.

I CONCUR WITH YOUR CONCURRING.

[Gillman-Fan]

Let's see . . . Van Halen's first album, The Cult's second and third albums, The Eurythmics first album, The Motels third album, Kate Bush's fourth album and every album The Divinyls has released to date.

[Dr.Teufel Geist]

I started with...
50s-60s Oldies:Elvis,Beach Boys,Everly Brothers,Roy Orbinson,Dion,etc....
80s Rock/Pop:Lionel Ritchie,Wham,Michael Jackson,A-ha,Falco,El Dibarge,Pat Benatar,etc...
Metal:KISS,Sabbath,DIO,Twisted Sister,WASP,Iron Maiden,AC/DC,Crue,GnR,Poison,Ratt,etc....
Heavier Metal:Metallica,Slayer,Venom,White Zombie,Type-O-Negative,Prong,Selputura,etc....
RAP:Vanilla Ice,LLCool J,RUNDMC,JJFAd,Big Daddy Kane,Curtis Blow,Fat Boys,Beastie Boys,etc...
Gangsta Rap:Ice T, NWA,EPMD,Warren G,Bone Thugs N Harmony,Bloods,Crips,Coolio,etc....
Small dose of Punk: Dead Milk Men, Heretix.
And now it's a Variety of music, except Rap or Polka...
From Big Bands to Clutch Theory....

[Paul L]

Also an early Queen fan. IMO, Sheer Heart Attack is one of the best albums from that era.

Sheer Heart Attack was my first Queen album. I love their "classic years", up to & including the Flash Gordon soundtrack, but their 1st three (Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack) are invaluable.

I must also give a nod to J-Tull's Aqualung.  And not "life changing" per se, the American Graffiti soundtrack has always been a must have IMO.

[Street Worm]

in chronological order-
Electronics & Percussion : Five Realizations by Max Neuhaus (1968)
repeatedly checked out of my local library as a wee lad

Wonderwall Music by George Harrison (12/68)
blame one of my summer camp counselors

Hot Rats by Frank Zappa (10/69)
(but not heard until the early '70s) thank the gods for 'FM' college radio!

The Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit (1970)
Good sepparation is essential!

I Sing the Body Electric by Weather Report (1972)
(good) Fusion- music at it's most advanced mixed with the percussion of the earliest musics- becomes my favorite genre

Another Green World by Brian Eno (9/75)


are probably the biggies~

[I am the Female Dracula]

Eliminator by ZZ Top and Tango in the Night by Fleetwood Mac.

They both completely changed my perspective of music as a child, and every song on them is consistently brilliant.

[Scary Terry]

I tried not to just make a list of favorites -- but choose records that really turned my head -- changed my musical taste -- opened me up to new possibilities.  There are live shows I've seen that did the same for me, too  -- Dale Watson,  The Cramps, Hot Club of Cowtown, Rev. Horton Heat, Deke Dickerson, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and more -- but here are the LPs.



Meet the Beatles: The Beatles

Goldfinger soundtrack: John Barry

My Aim is True: Elvis Costello

Look Sharp: Joe Jackson

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are DEVO: Devo

True Stories: Talking Heads

End of the Century: The Ramones

They Might Be Giants: TMBG

Cockadoodledon't: Th' Legendary Shack Shakers

Live at the Golden Nugget: Hank Thompson


I'm obviously on my own track here, and  don't share a lot of choices with many fellow UMA members -- but hey -- that's what makes horse races, right?

[Bogey]

If I could only grab some from the shelf in a fire, and them flames were lapping me, I would grab four favorites from my favorite genre (classical) and two from each of my other favorite genres.  (I know some are box sets, but gotta have 'em.):

             

Along with The Beatles discography....UK release format.   To leave out Coltrane is a crime, but I only have two hands.

[Scatter]

[Illoman]

That is the only Elvis record I ever owned!! Bought it the day after he died.

Mike

[Scatter]

That is the only Elvis record I ever owned!! Bought it the day after he died.

Mike

My dad had tickets for the 2 of us to the Elvis concert in Hartford Ct on Aug 21, 1977. He died 5 days before the concert. I ALMOST saw Elvis.

[Illoman]

The girl who babysat for us when we were kids went to see him and it was during his latter karate days. She said he spent more time giving a karate demonstration than he did singing. She was quite disappointed.

[Mike Scott]

I don't know if any particular albums really "changed my life" all that much, but here's another overlooked band.



Key STRAWBS albums:

Grave New World (1972)
Bursting at the Seams (1973)
Hero and Heroine (1974 pictured)
Ghosts (1974

[Scatter]

The girl who babysat for us when we were kids went to see him and it was during his latter karate days. She said he spent more time giving a karate demonstration than he did singing. She was quite disappointed.

Yeah, he was erratic at the end........but how often do you get to see a legend?