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5 albums that may have changed your life...
Can you name 5 albums that changed your life? be it musical taste, a turning point in your life, something that helped you through a hard time, etc....
here are mine:
1.) Great Expectations Soundtrack:
First introduced me to a red haired lady named Tori Amos. With a first taste of an artist that has shaped almost my entire musical tastes was a pretty intense experience. Plus it had Poe, Duncan Sheik, The Grateful Dead, Scott Weiland, and another favorite band, Mono.
2.) Ani Difranco- Ani Difranco:
Her first album, and in my opinion perhaps her best. I remember sitting in Vanessa's car after a band concert and she played it for me, I remember everything about it. First hearing "The Slant" and knowing it was sheer brilliance. Also I remember buying it illegally with my parents credit card from amazon.com when we had our WebTV. Something with that many memories attatched to it has to be something pretty special.
3.) Madonna- Ray of Light/Evita soundtrack:
Granted, pretty mainstream, but it was the first time I really fell in love with Madonna. I already loved Evita, and it was such a great movie, and then when I heard snippits of Ray of Light, I had to get it. Also introduced me to a different kind of music that I knew I liked. It wasnt exactly electronica or chill music, but it was pretty close.
4. Tori Amos- Boys for Pele:
So abstract and beautiful. I bought it on vinyl in high school, and I remember laying on my floor for hours and hours just listening to it. Taking all of it in, at the time it seemed disjointed and haunting, and the fact that I still feel that way about it says something. There are such beautiful songs, and it was the first time I really heard someone use the harpsichord in a way that felt magical. The whole album mixes a lot of different elements, that come together perfectly, (i.e. harpischord/electronic beats). It is one of the best Tori albums so far.
5. Casey Stratton- Standing at the Edge:
Kind of unknown at the time, he was influenced by Tori, did a cover, and I was hooked. I was on tour with a childrens theatre a couple years ago, and I was really getting my heart broken over and over and over again. This album was there the whole time. It's not fully about heartbreak, but it seemed to be the soundtrack to a really bad time in my life, and got me through it. I feel almost indebted to Casey for helping me through it. I do remember laying in a hotel room in Lancaster, PA crying until it hurt and I was dry, and this album was on the whole time. His voice is beautiful, and songwriting is flawless. One of the few albums that has really gotten me through a rough time and stayed one of my favorite albums of all time.
I wish it could be like 60 albums that changed your life, but alas!
thoughts?
Can you name 5 albums that changed your life? be it musical taste, a turning point in your life, something that helped you through a hard time, etc....
here are mine:
1.) Great Expectations Soundtrack:
First introduced me to a red haired lady named Tori Amos. With a first taste of an artist that has shaped almost my entire musical tastes was a pretty intense experience. Plus it had Poe, Duncan Sheik, The Grateful Dead, Scott Weiland, and another favorite band, Mono.
2.) Ani Difranco- Ani Difranco:
Her first album, and in my opinion perhaps her best. I remember sitting in Vanessa's car after a band concert and she played it for me, I remember everything about it. First hearing "The Slant" and knowing it was sheer brilliance. Also I remember buying it illegally with my parents credit card from amazon.com when we had our WebTV. Something with that many memories attatched to it has to be something pretty special.
3.) Madonna- Ray of Light/Evita soundtrack:
Granted, pretty mainstream, but it was the first time I really fell in love with Madonna. I already loved Evita, and it was such a great movie, and then when I heard snippits of Ray of Light, I had to get it. Also introduced me to a different kind of music that I knew I liked. It wasnt exactly electronica or chill music, but it was pretty close.
4. Tori Amos- Boys for Pele:
So abstract and beautiful. I bought it on vinyl in high school, and I remember laying on my floor for hours and hours just listening to it. Taking all of it in, at the time it seemed disjointed and haunting, and the fact that I still feel that way about it says something. There are such beautiful songs, and it was the first time I really heard someone use the harpsichord in a way that felt magical. The whole album mixes a lot of different elements, that come together perfectly, (i.e. harpischord/electronic beats). It is one of the best Tori albums so far.
5. Casey Stratton- Standing at the Edge:
Kind of unknown at the time, he was influenced by Tori, did a cover, and I was hooked. I was on tour with a childrens theatre a couple years ago, and I was really getting my heart broken over and over and over again. This album was there the whole time. It's not fully about heartbreak, but it seemed to be the soundtrack to a really bad time in my life, and got me through it. I feel almost indebted to Casey for helping me through it. I do remember laying in a hotel room in Lancaster, PA crying until it hurt and I was dry, and this album was on the whole time. His voice is beautiful, and songwriting is flawless. One of the few albums that has really gotten me through a rough time and stayed one of my favorite albums of all time.
I wish it could be like 60 albums that changed your life, but alas!
thoughts?