The 20 Albums That Changed My Life
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My farher shaped my love of Classic Rock when I was a kid. My top 5: Dark Side Of The Moon, Rumours, Back In Black, Zep 4, and 2112. RIP Dad
Great List.
My Dad made it to 91 before he passed. Except for The Beatles, he hated rock n roll😆!
RIP my Dad and your Dad, Justin! 🙏
RIP Sir
My dad had a big objection with me listening to rock n metal. I remember asking him once for some money so i could buy a black sabbth compilation lp, sadly he could read english so he freaked out when read the album title "we sold our souls for rock n roll". I never got that lp. He used to shout at me angrily whenever he would hear metal playing from my room.
Eventually he got tired of yielling at me, so he bought me a nice death t-shirt of leprocy as a gift.
Thank you guys ❤️ I'll add Who's Next and We Sold Our Soul For Rock and Roll to my list !!
Pete your channel changed my musical life. I was quite distant from
Music for several years and during the pandemic I found your channel and I realized that music is one of the best things I have in my life. Since then I try to attend as many concerts as possible and I discovered more than 100 bands! Thanks a lot Pete !
I came to the party late, but the shows from the pandemic years have really expanded my taste. Thanks, Pete!
Hi Smios. I can agree with that. Same here i discovered good bands that i had no idea who they were and got me through the pandemic without going crazy.
This also happened to me during the pandemic. Music and this channel got me through it. I will be eternally grateful to Mr Pardo for that.
great !
I like your choices. My list :
Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon
Supertramp - Crime of the century
Steely Dan - Can´t buy a thrill
The Smiths - The Queen is dead
The Waterboys - This is the Sea
Pavlov´s Dog - Pampered Menial
Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood
Television - Marquee Moon
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the aeroplane over the sea
Pixies - Doolittle
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
thank you for taking us on your musical journey.
Thank you Pete so much for sharing the 20 albums that changed your life! Great topic and great stories! We have some of the same albums that changed our lives common - Boston 1, Genesis Seconds Out, Rush Moving Pictures, Jimi at Woodstock, The Who Kids Are Alright, Wings Over America, ELO Out of the Blue, and Black Sabbath Paranoid, great picks buddy!
You mentioned Jimi and the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock! For the last 10 years I've spent a lot of time on campus at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey CA as the contractor lead developer of the Kuali Financial System they use to meet the needs of the school, all written in Java. Anyway, it is a military base, and every morning at 8am they play the lovely Star Spangled Banner (orchestral version, no vocal) loud across campus and into the city of Monterey for about 5 minutes. For years, I've been dreaming of somehow getting into the high perch in the hotel where they play it and 'substituting' the Jimi version. I think it IS quite patriotic! Oh well, I'm retired now, I could have got in trouble! LOL!
Really great idea, Pete. Like you make clear, this is not about the favorite/best albums, but the ones that got you enthused in a special way, or took you down new paths. All of us here on SoT are passionate about music, and for us, music is something that we connect to on an emotional level, so talking about these albums in this way is very appropriate.
Thank-you for triggering these types of thoughts in me, and I am sure, many others.
What a hell of a great episode this is and will be!😊
Thank You very kindly, Pete❤
1 - Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the gallery (1975) - I was 3 y.o. back then, I grew up with their music, to start with THIS band, maaan.
2 - Deep Purple - Come taste the band (1975) - Same as 1., but for hard rock. Their previous albums are monumental, but I acquired a taste for their music (pun intended) with this one.
3 - Genesis - Foxtrot (1972) - I accidentally found them in early 90's by myself, fell in love immediatelly, until this moment I did not know anything from them except their pop 80's stuff. How musically naive I was!
4 - Mr. Bungle - Mr Bungle (1991) - Again, I did not know that people can do this with so random musical instruments, ever. Mind-boggling creativity, you can only stay in awe and be grateful for the expanding of your narrow musical sense.
5 - Rollins Band - Weight (1994) - Feelings into lyrics, existential and societal dispair into music, disarming sincerity, and I even didn't resist.
6 - Soundgarden - Superunknown (1994) - I felt 90's as a young person. Period.
7 - Anthrax - The persistence of time (1990) - Oh, this particular year. We were blessed.
8 - Pantera - Cowboys from hell (1990) - You see?
9 - Al di Meola - Kiss my Axe (1990)
10 - Corman & Tuscadu - Schwarz und gelb (1993) - Just to honor bizarre music... and to discover and listen to bands like this, always.
11 - Sting - Ten summoner's tales (1993)
12 - Jamiroquai - Emergency on planet Earth (1993)
13 - Portishead - Dummy (1994)
14 - Radiohead - The bends (1995)
15 - PJ Harvey - Is this desire? (1997)
16 - Testament - The gathering (1999)
17 - Sparklehorse - It's a wonderful life (2001)
18 - Candlemass - The door to doom (2019) - This one for a change I learned from a Sea of tranquility. You never know what you'll find.
19 - Metallica - Master of puppets (1986)
20 - Mastodon - The Hunter (2011)
It looks like a random list, but there're so many bands and genres not mentioned at all.
Every music can influence your view, even taste... and somehow you can select only the best for you. If you are into music, it never stops.
Love a bunch of those as well...HUGE Mastodon fan & "Hunter" is def one of my top 3 from them
* My 20 list, in no order:
Rush '2112', Boston (debut album), Steely Dan 'Aja', The Church 'Starfish', Marillion 'Misplaced Childhood', Yes 'Fragile', Iron Maiden 'Powerslave', KISS 'Destroyer', Black Sabbath 'Sabotage', Alcatrazz 'No Parole From Rock and Roll', Pink Floyd 'Dark Side of the Moon', The October Project 'Falling Farther In', U2 'War', Kraftwerk 'The Man Machine', Rory Gallagher 'Top Priority', Led Zeppelin 'Houses of the Holy', Midnight Oil 'Diesel and Dust', Judas Priest 'Stained Class', Eric B and Rakim 'Follow The Leader', Paul McCartney 'Ram', Loudness 'Thunder In The East'
2112 for me as well
Stained Class is so good
For sure! Killer album! @@sonricsmeza8489
Kool list!!
ay i luv starfish
Thanks Pete. An outstanding episode. Its been a long time since i enjoyed one of your shows as much as this one.
Now it's time to start thinking about my own list.
I can only repeat what paulsimister944 wrote. I'm on vacation right now so I don't have as much time as I should have on commenting this wonderful show which was a highlight on SoT over the last three years, at least for me. It came unexpected so I have to think about my own list for the next few days and will comment again later. Thanks Pete for your recollections which were so personal and instructive at the same time as most of your shows - and what is very important for me, without any editing as on many youtube-shows.
Man. This episode freaking rules. Thanks Pete for sharing! These are always my fave videos from you.
My game-changers list (no order): 2112, Are You Experienced, Rubber Soul, The Cars debut album, Ghosts Of The Great Highway, Purple Rain, Synchronicity, Physical Graffiti, Never Mind, Pleased To Meet Me, Nothing’s Shocking, Back In Black, So by Peter Gabriel, Blood On The Tracks, Under a Blood Red Sky, The Dreaming by Kate Bush, Boston debut album, Blues For The Red Sun, Trace by Son Volt, Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
As an old Jazz Bassist, these are the 20 LPs that changed my life -- great topic Pete!
1. Another One by Oscar Pettiford (1955)
2. Plays Duke Ellington by Thelonious Monk (1955)
3. Freedom Suite by Sonny Rollins (1958)
4. Dizzy’s Big 4 by Dizzy Gillespie (1974)
5. Are You Experienced? by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
6. The Hawk Flies High by Coleman Hawkins (1957)
7. Black Sabbath (1970)
8. Something for Lester by Ray Brown (1977)
9. Piccolo by Ron Carter (1977)
10. Jaco Pastorius (1976)
11. Led Zeppelin (1969)
12. Live at Leeds by The Who (1970)
13. Love It To Death by Alice Cooper (1971)
14. Alive! by Kiss (1975)
15. School Days by Stanley Clarke (1976)
16. Bass On Top by Paul Chambers (1957)
17. The New Miles Davis Quintet (1955)
18. Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus (1959)
19. Groovy by Red Garland (1957)
20. Portfolio by Ahmad Jamal (1958)
tremendous list...i actually had never heard that particular oscar record but it most assuredly is great. piccolo and portfolio of are records i'd never heard despite knowing those artists well and love it to death is wonderful. thanks
You never get old if you refuse "to grow up". Or grow completely up. I think being a musician (drummer) and focusing my life on music instead of the tv which I avoid like the plague helps too!. I Exercise, don't eat out and listen to music avg. 4 hours a day I'm 50 but feel like I'm going on 30. That's why I fear getting ran over by a bus. lol! But kinda surprised you didn't mention any albums by Yes (Chris Squire. It is so hard to play drums to Yes songs because of Chris' bass lines. I always refer to him as a "Lead Bassist". The man off in left field playing in a different key and time signature than rest of the band. Or it always sounds that way to me. lol). and The Who (John Entwistle. It's hard to play to early The Who songs exactly written and as Keith Moon plays because Keith is just so damn unorthodox. But John's bass lines always fascinated me. Where The Beatles seem to capture most people, it was The Who that reached out and grabbed me of the great early British bands. And John had alot to do with it.) (Ear Candy: Bandmaid - Thrill. 5 piece all girl Japanese band that has a great bassist. The whole band is good, and will surprise you, but the bassist stands out the most to me. Besides, they are easy on the eyes. lol. and the song has a really cool bass groove as a break in the middle. Oh and I gotta mention "Dr. Funk and The Good Times"_ - Roadrunner. 1 drum. 1 bass. 1 microphone. And yes very Good Times! Hope ya enjoy!)Take care my friend. "Life Without Music Would Be a Mistake". Nietzsche
Thanks for list. A lot of productions here I have never heard of.
So I was not the ONLY person to buy a copy of "Piccolo" LOL! I was tempted to do a bass-centric version of the list as well.
I have "Love it to Death" on my list as well. Dennis Dunaway had something to say on the bass!
No NHØP love? I'd add either "Looking at Bird" (Duets with Archie Schepp) or Oscar Peterson's 1981 "Nigerian Market Place" . Both can be found on TH-cam.
Im a fan of most of your selections. My Mingus and Miles choices would be different but great list and i just want to say really pleased to see Love it to Death, Kiss Alive and Black Sabbath there. Great, great records.
Thanks for sharing this with us, I could see the emotion in your eyes when reminiscing about some of these albums 🇬🇧
Deep Purple - In Rock
Jethro Tull - Living in the past
The Beatles - Sgt.Peppers
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Neil Young - Tonight's the night
The Who - Who's next
Pearl Jam - Ten
Black Sabbath - Vol.4
Cardiacs - On land and in the sea
The Damned - Phantasmagoria
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Led Zeppelin - Remasters
Boards Of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
Swans - The Seer
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
Lou Reed - Berlin
Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Shout out Berlin by Sweet Lou!
Such a gratuitous, baroque masterpiece of despair!
It always makes me feel better no matter how bad I feel, which is kinda messed up!😂😂
Rock on y'all.🤘😎🤘
Angel Dust \m/
kate bush, cardiacs, pere ubu, swans and no pink floyd? you're fired
Love Phantasmagoria - nice choice.
@@meerkat7406 Thanks!!
5: Bob Dylan Blood on the tracks
4: led Zeppelin 4
3: Jethro Tull Benefit
2: Beatles Revolver
1: Miles Davis kind of Blue.
To me was Accept - Restless & Wild, Slayer - Show no Mercy, Metallica - Kill 'em All, Savatage - Hail of the Mountain King, Black Sabbath - Master of Reality, Iron Maiden - Killers, AC-DC - Highway to hell, Motorhead - Another Perfect Day, Raven - All for One, Mercyful Fate- Melissa, King Diamond - Abigail, Destruction - Sentence of Death, Suicidal Tendencies - Lights, Camera, Revolution, Faith no More - The Real Thing, Alice in Chains - Dirt, Satan - Court in The Act
So many classics on your list. Got the anniversary edition of Show No Mercy waiting on me at the post office. Can't wait to pick it up Monday.
@@Protometal66 Amazing man, i just saw on insta the art cover of this Show no mercy anniversary edition, i will take as well for sure!!!!
@@duilioalba4395So you're saying you, and your life, hasn't changed.
@@keisi1574 ????
amazing albums🤘
1. Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are You Experienced? 2. ELP's First. 3. Led Zeppelin II. 4. Pink Floyd: Meddle. 5. Beatles White Album. 6. Yes: Close To The Edge. 7. Miles Davis Live At Fillmore. 8. Grateful Dead: Live Dead. 9. Traffic: John Barleycorn. 10. Woodstock. 11. Eugene Ormandy & Philadelphia Orch. Pictures At An Exhibition. 12. Stravinsky Conducts The Rite Of Spring. 13. Schoenberg's Violin Concerto. 14. Weather Report: Heavy Weather. 15. Soundtrack 2001 A Space Odyssey feat. Ligeti's Atmospheres. 16. Bartok's Music For Strings, Percussion and Celest. 17. Genesis: A Trick Of The Tale. 18. John Cage: Williams Mix. 19. Gary Graffman Plays Prokofiev's Piano Concerto #3. 20. Oh yeah, and Jethro Tull: Benefit. 🙂
Great list
AC-DC
If you want blood
Back in black
Highway to hell they were the very first metal/rock albums I heard my older brother playing when I was only about 7 and I was instantly hooked.
I then discovered iron maiden live after death, and the first album I owned myself was seventh son my favorite maiden. My late mother bought me it on tape and a Sony walkman for my tenth birthday it was just released and the guy in the record store recommended it to her. I played it out as I stared and read the mysterious inner lyrics and illustrations.
Powerage too 🙂
@@philippeadriaensen449 powerage is just as good as the ones I listed but I didn't mention it because I didn't have that one until a while later.
Paranoid changed everything for me. After that album I was hooked on heavy metal. Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, AC/DC, Saxon, Rainbow, are just a few that I ended up grapping their material.
Daydream on Trower live is such a beautiful track ,vocally and musically,and that feedback control,the absolute business,man.
LOOOOVE that track 🎸
Led Zeppelin IV , Grand Funk Railroad Live , Queen News Of The World, KISS Alive, Metallica Ride The Lightning
Jeff Beck Blow By Blow, Miles Davis Jack Johnson , Return To Forever Live 76 , Gary Moore Still Got the Blues, Bob Marley Legend , SRV Couldn't Stand the Weather , Van Halen 1 , Jimi Are You Experienced , David Bowie Diamond Dogs , In Flames Reroute to Remain , Beatles Meet The Beatles , Rolling Stones Let It Bleed , Queensryche Operation Mindcrime , Janes Addiction Nothings Shocking , Faith No More The Real Thing.
Grand funk and kiss changed your life? For real?
There's context. As an 11 year old, the live GF album inspired/allowed me to learn bass and I learned the whole album. That led to more bands and albums and switching to guitar and playing live and meeting my wife and 3 kids, 4 grandkids and 54 years later, I still play. I learned most of what I needed to get started from that album. So it definitely changed my life.
@@joeblow2069mine, yes, for sure, was the seed at age 8
Music can take you back to a place, a time, or a person like no other keepsake.
It truly is better than a photograph ,video or even a gravestone . I can go from 2024 to 1974 instantly in my mind when i listen to it
Nothing affected my life like Scenes from a Memory. I picked it up from Best Buy around 2000 on a whim, after hearing just a few DT songs. Since that day, not only has it remained my all time favorite, but it inspired me to try to take guitar playing to the next level
Wow, just realsed I am super old now.
So now you can play Nirvana?
That’s so cool to find DT in 2000, they were already a wonderful band by then!
@@glenfinston704 whats DT?
Dream Theater.@@Whit-mh9nt
Fantastic episode! Thanks for taking us along on your musical journey!
Queen-A Night at the Opera
Dream Theater-Images and Words
Death-The Sound of Perserverence
Opeth-Still Life
Testament-The Gathering
Arch Enemy-Burning Bridges
“Bohemian Rhapsody” was the first song I ever heard on a nice stereo. Ran out the next day and bought their entire catalogue used on cassette. Queen II is another one.
Testament touring later in the year. I got a ticket yesterday.
Pink Floyd The Wall (not their best imho but I had it on repeat all thru high school)
Michael Jackson Thriller, first album I bought
Styx Paradise Theater, first rock album I bought, listened to it endlessly
Willie Dixon I Am the Blues. Blew my mind listening to it in college
Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind. Bought this when it came out, not really knowing anything about him. Perfect album and opened a door into an entire genre
Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, first metal album I ever “got.”
Warren Zevon My Ride’s Here. I honestly thought the guy was a comedic singer like Weird Al until I heard Genius
Ruby the Hatchet Planetary Space Child. First time I got into a band that was in its prime. Opened my eyes to how much great music is still being made. Favorite band to this day.
Beth Hart Leave the Light On. Great singing and music but also unbelievably raw personal lyrics illustrating the effects of childhood trauma. I was an attorney for mostly homeless clients at the time and the album was like therapy for me.
Joe Bonamassa Dust Bowl his best album imho. Got me back into blues after decades
Paul Simon Graceland felt totally out there at the time but I couldn’t stop listening to it
Hayes Carll KMAG YOYO totally changed my mind about country music
Joan Osborne Relish. I hate her only hit but the rest is great. First gf in high school, a woman older than me, was obsessed with it and the album became the soundtrack to the summer I…well, the summer she taught me a lot. :;
That’s about it, without repeating bands or admitting my Spin Doctors phase.
Thank you Pete, you reminded me of so many albums that I have and don't give anywhere near enough time on the playlist. I need to go back a little myself and spend some quality time with these beauties. Great list, a few new to me too.
Amazing video Pete. And FYI; your story on buying Iron Maiden’s Killers based on the album cover is exactly my story. I was in a record store in downtown Toronto back in 1981 that specializes in imports. When I saw that album cover, I took a chance and was not disappointed. I went back to the store the next day and picked up their first album and never looked back. This is why I will always have a soft spot for the Paul Di’Anno era. Thanks for sharing your stories.
Abba - The Album
Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Hawkwind - In Search Of Space
Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail
ELP - Tarkus
Renaissance - Prologue
Yes - Close To The Edge
Heart - Little Queen
Led Zeppelin - IV
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Barclay James Harvest - Eyes Of The Universe
Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte
The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children
Camel - Rain Dances
Vangelis - Heaven And Hell
UFO - Obsession
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday
Eloy - Planets
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Sparks - Indiscreet
Nektar - A Tab In The Ocean
Frank Zappa - Sheikh Yerbouti
Tangerine Dream - Tangram
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Montrose - Montrose
Jane - Age Of Madness
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
T.Rex - The Slider
Scorpions - Lovedrive
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
Blues Brothers - Movie Soundtrack
Birth Control - Hoodoo Man
Slade - In Flame
Riot - Narita
T.Rex. YESSSS!!!!!
@@aovermont A wonderful band and one of the very first that I got into - hence being in my Top 20 as an Album That Changed My Life.
With that said, I prefer Electric Warrior now having heard it since, but The Slider was the first and had a lot of the singles at the time on it as well.
Summer of 1976 July 5th first concert I ever saw. Slade when they were touring "In Flame". They talked about how neat it was flying in at night and seeing the fireworks displays. When Rock and Roll WAS FUN!!
@@williamgoodsene6048 I was at the legendary Reading Festival appearance in 1980 when they made their well-deserved come back and destroyed every other band that had been on that weekend - and it was a great line up too.
Birth Control 😤🍻
Pink Floyd Animals-
This album got me into Pink Floyd. Made me realize I underestimated this band and there was much more to discover. I ended buying all their albums.
Genesis Nursery Cryme-
The Musical Box blew my mind away. This wasn't the same band I grew up with in the 80's. This was top notch Progressive Rock. This album made me a Genesis fan and I quickly discovered they were the cream of the crop in 70's Prog Rock.
King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King-
This really is the album that feels like the days of proto-Prog were over and this set the standard for the future. It's got dated keyboards but it doesn't matter because they sound timeless on this album.
Queensryce Operation Mindcrime-
Like Iron Maiden meets Pink Floyd meets Andrew Lloyd Webber. My cousin introduced me to this album and I couldn't believe what I was listening to. My intro to Prog Metal.
Dream Theater The Astonishing-
Dream Theater was the first Metal band that felt like authentic Prog Rock. The real deal. This album was something entirely different. A lot of people complain about it. I think it's one of the most beautiful albums I have ever heard. Listened to it again and again.
Tears for Fears The Hurting-
The best Progressive Pop band ever. While Yes, Genesis, and Pink Floyd disappointed me with their 80's albums Tears for Fears ruled the world. Some of the best albums of the 80's and their debut is just spectacular.
Big Big Train English Electric Full Power-
The ultimate retro Prog band. Reminds me of the best parts of the 70's. And it's extremely consistent from start to finish. Beautiful and wonderful songs I absolutely love. Like putting the old picture in a new frame. This was better than a classic Genesis reunion!
Rush Hemispheres-
Cygnus Book II is one epic of an epic. Very power driven, atmospheric, and adventurous. So is the rest of the album. I love A Farewell to Kings but this is the pinacle of their career.
Steely Dan Aja-
I love Jazz. I love what Donald Fagan and Walter Becker can do with it turning it into Pop and Rock songs. This album is brilliant. It never gets tiring and had me hooked from the first listen.
Great picks Calvin!
calvin'll become even angrier when he discovers people across YT that like pink floyd (they say) but dislike animals. it isn't my fave but you won't find me bashing a band who'd made 3 classics in a row between 71 and 75 and release that fine record. i'll have to look into big big train.@@glenfinston704
For me (not in a particular order):
Van Halen II
The Police: Synchronicity
Scorpions: Lovedrive
Rush: Signals
Judas Priest: Screaming for Vengeance
Queensryche: Rage for Order
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Couldn't Stand the Weather
Def Leppard: Pyromania
Tesla: Mechanical Resonance
awesome albums🤘
I like Van Halen 2 as well! Not necessarily as much as 1 but I’m curious what makes it better then 1 for you?
@@rjbeats5653 Both are great.....
The Beatles - The Beatles Second Album (American version)
Elton John - Madman Across The Water
Allman Brothers - Beginnings (First Two Albums)
Eddie Harris &Les McCann - Swiss Movement
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
Dan Fogelberg - Souvenirs
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs and The Englishmen
The Who - Who’s Next
Kansas - Leftoveture
Robin Trower - Twice Removed From Yesterday
Paul Simon - Kodachrome
Loggins and Messina - Sittin’ In
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Tower of Power - Bump City
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Yeah... Great topic.😃
1. AC/DC-Black Ice
That album was what got me into rock and metal music. It was my first full album on CD I got way back on Christmas 2008, aged 10.
AC/DC are still my favorite band and even though I did not listen to it recently, I really still like it very much.
2.Genesis-We Can't Dance
My dad used to listen to this album when I was little and what should I say... Some day it just stuck with me and I got deeper into Genesis. That and a free Ray Wilson concert in 2017 made me a full-blown Genesis fan.
3.Metallica-Metallica
Back in 2013 the "Black Album" was the first metal album I got into my CD collection, quickly followed by Black Sabbaths "13" and Iron Maidens "Flight 666 Soundtrack".
4.Stern Meißen-Reise Zum Mittelpunkt Des Menschen
This east german prog masterpiece made me a huge fan of the band. I never really listened to keyboard oriented prog without guitars but damn that hit me hard. I couldn't get enough of those jazzy bass lines, awesome keyboard sounds and goosebump inducing vocals/lyrics.
5.Hans Lazer Alien Slam-Action Metal
This album came out shortly after I got into synthwave. I never thought of mixing death metal and synthwave but this works great. The 80s action movie/wrestling/body building/neon/scifi image combined with synth and death metal music are awesome. This was also the first cassette tape I bought on bandcamp.
One of my favorite episodes - the pacing, the stories, the albums. Well done!
This video randomly showed up in my recommendations, love your sharing of these. New sub!
What a great show: a personal journey through the doors that opened up music to you. We have much to relate to here. Nice work Pete.
For me it was seeing Jethro Tull live in 1972 on the Thick as a Brick tour from that day forward. That album and that band has dominated my life. I mean, I love Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd. Everybody like that, but Tull just Swept me away it's been the soundtrack of my life now
Deep Purple - Made in Japan. Actually it was a DP concert that I saw on the American leg of the Made in Japan tour - BEFORE the album was recorded in Japan. When I heard the album when it was released in 1973 I thought it could have been recorded at the concert I saw - same set list. That show - and album - ABSOLUTELY changed my life. . Never realized a band could be so good live. After that I became a total music junky.
Similar here, although it was Fireball for me. Fireball was my first Purple experience and Fools to this day is my favourite Purple song. But MIJ was a revelation. What an album. What a performance. After that, Focus At The Rainbow and Focus 3.
Same for me, totally changed my music taste, the best live album. After this Rainbow On stage.
@@JeanAlainXavier-ze9jc Of course. Which contains Blackmore's finest moment (the solo on Catch The Rainbow).
@stevenjohnston2263 yes absolutely epic
This album greatly effected me. Still amazing.
I loved this, great video as always Pete 👏 much love from Cambridge England mate
Great video Pete! Throughly enjoyed hearing all the stories. Cheers!
1- Iron Maiden : Piece of Mind
2- Dream Theater : Images and Words
3- The Mahavishnu Orchestra : Between Nothingness and Eternity
4- Return to Forever : Romantic Warrior
5- Debussy : Preludes/Images/Estampes (Arrau)
6- Wagner : Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Solti)
7- Frank Zappa : You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 2
8- Schoenberg :Gurrelieder (Ozawa)
9- Steve Vai : Passion and Warfare
10- Miles Davis : Bitches Brew
11- Art Blakey : Moanin
12- Stravinsky : Rite of SPring/Petrouchka (Boulez)
13- Mahler : Symphony n°2 (Mehta)
14- Ravel : Piano Concerto in G/Piano Concerto for Lef Hand (François/Cluytens)
15- Steve Reich : Music For 18 Musicians
16- Keith Jarrett : Survivors Suite
17- Happy the Man : Happy the Man
18- National Health : Of Queues and Cures
19- Anthony Braxton : Dortmund Quartet 1976
20- Genesis : Nursery Cryme
Led Zeppelin I was the first album I ever listened to when I was 11. It was my dad’s CD and I just stumbled upon it. As soon as I heard the sound of a crunchy guitar, that was it. Then I heard paranoid by Black Sabbath, after watching the classic album series on TV and being blown away by war pigs. I got into Maiden and priest shortly after. As well as Kiss, Thin Lizzy, Queen, etc. After discovering various other metal and hard rock bands I stumbled upon Rush who to this day are my favourite band. Then my best friend at school found out I was part Danish and showed me an album by a certain Danish band. When I saw the cover of Satan pointing at me through hellfire, my eyes nearly popped out of my skull! That of course was Don’t break the oath, which started my journey into darker metal. Then I listened to blackwater park by Opeth, which also blew my mind! It weaned me through my love of prog, and turned me onto death metal and black metal.
Boston - debut
Rush - Moving Pictures
Robin Trower - Live [ album cover picture is taken from the Oakland Colosseum - Day on the Green ]
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
My personal favorites from this list.
Lovely Pete, thanks you so much for sharing 🤘
we have some albums in common as gamechanger:
deep purple - made in japan
mahavishnu orchestra - the inner mountain flame
miles davis - bitches brew
jimi hendrix - star spangled banner from the woodstock soundtrack (and hendrix in the west)
concerning black sabbath it was the first one;
iron maiden - killers
#1 The Who - Tommy
#2 Jimi Hendrix - Smash Hits
#3 The Beatles - Sgt Pepper
#4 Deep Purple - Machine Head
#5 Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul For Rock and Roll
#6 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
#7 The Kinks - Greatest Hits
#8 Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
#9 The Ramones - The Ramones
#10 Rush - All The World's A Stage
This is just a short list off the top of my head. There are so many more and I know that I left out some crucial ones.
Nice list Chris !
@@richardbooth6063 Thank you Richard.
Very nice list Chris!
@@glenfinston704 Thanks Glen.
Nice list Chris, Some of these would be on my list but never really considered a full list
Great storytelling Pete. I started a decade before you but relate to much of your selection.
Most of these have aged very well, off the top of my head:
Beatles - Sgt Pepper, Black Sabbath - Paranoid, Pink Floyd - Meddle, Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards, The Who - Quadrophenia, Jethro Tull - Aqualung, Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill, Santana - Caravanserai, Yes - Yessongs, Genesis - Foxtrot, Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond, Miles Davis - Kind of Blue, Return to Forever - Where Have I Known You Before, Pat Metheny Group - American Garage, Joni Mitchell - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Paul Simon - Anthology, Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy, Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority, Weather Report - Heavy Weather, Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys.
Always loved these kind of videos, thanks for sharing Pete.
Love the Mahavishnu story. Great episode!
I don't know if there were 20 albums that changed my (musical) life, but there were a handful. Here they are in order of when I discovered them.....
1. "Dark Side of the Moon". The first album I became aware of as a complete work and not just a collection of songs. I first heard this album around the time it came out via my older brother (I would have been 9 yrs old, he was 18). This was a no-skip album, meaning I wouldn't skip over any song in order to hear a hit.
2. "Alive" from Kiss. Also discovered around the time of its release, one of the kids in my class brought this in for music day where we could split up into groups and listen to records on those all-in-one recored players that any kid from the '70s would recognize. The whole atmosphere of the album hooked me pretty quickly.
3. Boston's debut. A massive album from the Summer/Fall of 1976. A phenomenal album that has never left my album rotation no matter what musical direction I was leaning towards.
4. Led Zeppelin's debut. I listened to this for the first time in its entirety in the Fall of '78 (I was 14). No album before or since had such an immediate impact on me. I was shocked when the last strains of "How Many More Times" were drifting away as the album came to a close. From this point on I would have hard rock on the top of my list of favored musical genres. Jimmy Page became my first guitar hero because of this album......and really the first guitar player I became aware of as an individual. If I had ever pursued music as a career in one form or another (I've been a bad guitar player for a long time now), I would have to list this album as my #1 influence for that decision.
Honorable Mentions to "Band on the Run", "The Kids are Alright", "Live at Leeds", "Goodbye" from Cream, "Paranoid", "Machine Head", "Endless Summer" from the Beach Boys, "The Wall", and Glen Campbell's greatest hits. Thanks, Pete.
Great picks!
No one asked. This is HIS video. We don't care about your opinion
Pete, great show! So different...
My 10 picks:
Triumvirat - Spartacus
Tommy - Original soundtrack from the movie
Nazareth - Greatest Hits
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Gary Glitter - Greatest Hits
Grand Funk Railroad - We are an American Band
Beatles - Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Fuckin' good old times!!!!
Hello Pete. I'm a Brit.
Never sent a comment to you before, but...
First thing that ever really obsessed me was We sold our Souls for R n R by the Sabs - with the lady in the coffin on the inside. Never heard music like that, I must have been 12 yrs old. At a mates house, and it belonged to his brother.
Best wishes.
Nice Andrew was a formidable album in my life too - a greatest hits but covered the needed bases!
This is the first Sabbath album I bought after hearing about them. Wow it was dark, and awesome!
This was the first Sabbath album I heard. I was 13 years old and it was the one that changed my life in terms of music. It was the first one I thought of when I read the title of this show.
Kiss was definitely my gateway into heavier music. Kiss is the reason I enjoy bands like Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, Motorhead and Deep Purple. Before Kiss I was really only listening to 80s new wave and The Eagles. But since I began listening to Kiss it has really opened the doors to a wider range of rock for me
Kiss are wonderful.
The early ACDC- and Extrabreit-records from my older brother, the german tv-show Rock-pop in concert 83 with Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Ozzy a.o. and ride the lightning in 84...💥💫
Great topic and your point that albums that qualify may not necessarily be included in a GOAT list is spot on. My top several life changers based on the age first heard and the genre they got me into:
Beatles - White Album (Age 7)
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (Age 12)
Rush - Signals (Age 12)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (Age 13)
The Cure - The Top (Age 13)
Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist (Age 15)
Death - Spiritual Healing (Age 19)
This is an incredible video , so great to hear the emotion.
1. Genesis- TOTT. Introduced me to the band in 1976 and changed my music taste for prog forever.
2. Genesis- Foxtrot my fav album of all time
3. Yes - CTTE
4. ELP BSS
5. Kansas Debut
6. Beatles White
7. Wings Band on the Run
8. Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick
9. Rush Farewell to Kings
10. Pink Floyd DSOTM
11. Peter Gabriel Car
12. Steve Hackett Voyage
13. Blind Faith
14. Steely Dan Pretzel Logic
15. ELO Out if the Blue
16. Zappa Roxy and Elsewhere
17. Led Zep 4
18. Neal Morse Band Similitude of a Dream
19. Deep Purple Machine Head
20 Jeff Beck Wired
Not in a particular order
No Sabbath??
@@jpip1382 no
Plenty of albums had an impact on me. Life being changed...JP Hell Bent for Leather led me to never take anyone's shit ever again. Son House Father of the Delta Blues just shook me to the core... I just was Reborn. Tom Waits Jersey Girl and I was born yet again.
Love all 3 of those!
Excellent vid. This has made me assess my own 20. Great stuff
Hi Pete. Excellent show. Here is 6 of my albums that changed my life.
1. Black Sabbath - Debut
2. Accept - Restless and Wild - This album introduced me to NWOBHM and heavier music in the 80's even though this may not be a NWOBHM album.
3. Savatage - Edge Of Thorns
4. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
5. Captain Beyond - This album introduced me to all the other obscure rock and prog rock of the 70's. Specifically from my Brother In Laws at the time.
6 Led Zeppelin - Debut
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Eagles - Hotel California
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
Rush - Moving Pictures
U2 - War
David Bowie - ChangesOneBowie
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Prince - Purple Rain
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
REM - Reckoning
The Clash - London Calling
The Replacements - Tim
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Husker Du - Flip Your Wig
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Radiohead - The Bends
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
1.Loverboy-S/T (my introduction to music)
2.Joe Satriani-Strange Beautiful Music (my introduction to instrumental rock)
3.Steve Vai-Passion and Warfare
4.Yngwie Malmsteen-Rising Force
5.Michael Angelo Batio-No Boundaries
6.Whitesnake-S/T
7.Electric Sun-Fire Wind
8.Scorpions-Taken by Force
9.Dokken-Tooth and Nail
10.Kiss-S/T
11.UFO-Lights Out
12.Eloy-Power and the Passion (the moment prog really clicked with me and I realized how much I loved it)
13.Kansas-Point of Know Return
14.Asia-S/T
15.Robin Trower-Twice Removed From Yesterday
16.Return to Forever-Romantic Warrior (my introduction to jazz fusion)
17.Electric Light Orchestra-Face the Music (the first non-heavy pop album I really fell in love with, broadening my horizons to non-heavy music)
18.Jefferson Starship-Winds of Change (opened my eyes up to the magnificence of female vocalists in rock and metal)
19.Trouble-Psalm 9 (my introduction to doom)
20.Fleetwood Mac-Rumors
Many are not my favorite albums by these bands or artists, or even albums proper at all, but they made me love music and got me to explore those artists further and into different genres.
- Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
- Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
- Rush: Chronicles (Compilation)
- Led Zeppelin: Remasters (Compilation)
- Bob Seger: Live Bullet (Live)
- King Crimson: The Great Deceiver (Live Compilation)
- Black Sabbath: Paranoid
- The Who: Who’s Next
- The Rolling Stones: Hot Rocks (Compilation)
- Eric Clapton: Crossroads (Compilation)
- Boston: Boston
- Peter Frampton: Frampton Comes Alive (Live)
- Miles Davis: Sketches of Spain
- Mahavishnu Orchestra: Birds of Fire
- The Band: Rock of Ages (Live)
- Traffic: Smiling Phases (Compilation)
- Van Morrison: Astral Weeks
- Steely Dan: Countdown to Ecstasy
- Hawkwind: Space Ritual (Live)
- Camel: The Snow Goose
Fantastic list and great accompanying stories, Pete! I'm more of a New Wave/Synth-pop/College/Alternative/Punk/Indie/jazz music fan but my appreciation for metal, prog and other off-the-radar stuff has increased considerably over the years, and thanks to this channel, I own copies of King Crimson's Red, Gentle Giant's Octopus, The Tangent's Auto Reconnaissance, Fleetwood Mac's Then Play On, Genesis's Nursery Crime and City Boy's Young Men Gone West. Here's my personal list of 25 life-changing albums, in chronological order of purchase/discovery:
1. Business as Usual - Men at Work
2. Synchronicity - The Police
3. Reach the Beach - The Fixx
4. English Settlement - XTC
5. The Hurting - Tears For Fears
6. The Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting
7. Crush - OMD
8. Please - Pet Shop Boys
9. Crowded House - s/t
10. The Joshua Tree - U2
11. Spirit of Eden - Talk Talk
12. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
13. Reckoning - R.E.M.
14. Reading, Writing and Arithmetic - The Sundays
15. Greatest Hits - The Jam
16. Never Mind the Bollocks... - The Sex Pistols
17. London Calling - The Clash
18. Nevermind - Nirvana
19. Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
20. The Stone Roses - s/t
21. The Indescribable Wow - Sam Phillips
22. The Best of - The Velvet Underground
23. Candy Apple Grey - Husker Du
24. Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair
25. Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
So many but, second and third bought albums age 13-----1,Made In Japan, Purple and 2,The Song Remains The Same, Zeppelin, my introduction to heavy rock.
3, Yessongs---my introduction to prog rock.
4. Wardance, Colosseum 2, introduction to jazz rock.
5. White album--Diamond Head, my fav NWOBHM, loved that scene.
6. Punk/ new wave was a big thing but no one obvious stand out album so i'll throw some love to Magazine, Real Life.
7. I was late with thrash first i heard ended up being my thrash bible----Metallica, Master Of Puppets, game changer, similar story as Pete's.
8.Old school indie, i have to go Pop Will Eat Itself, Cure For Sanity.
9. Hip Hop, ---Public Enemy, fear Of A Black Planet.
10. Grunge came, my fav from that genre, Soundgarden , Superunknown.
11. Poppies led me on to Nine Inch Nails, I have to go The Downward Spiral, even though i like The Fragile more.
12. The music worlds best kept secret, post hardcore, vast wide genre, for classic post hardcore i'll go Bluetip, Join Us.
13. For more prog rock style post hardcore---The Alchemy Index, Thrice. For proggers if you've never heard them Thrice, Vheissu and the four disc Alchemy Index are awesome.
14. For Trip hop i'd go with Zero 7, and first three albums are hard to pick one but i'd go with The Garden.
15. Gallows, Grey Britain what an album, punk / thrash, concept album killer segues, sounds a row at first but opens like a flower, i'd listen this three times back to back and 15 years later still sounds fresh, love it.
16. Kate Bush---The Sensual World.
17. Tori Amos--Boys For Pele
18. Blue Oyster Cult-----Cultosaurus Erectus, i love BOC this has to be mentioned.
19 Hawkwind--Quark Strangeness And Charm, another that stays fresh for me and is super nostalgic.
20---Whats my buzz album right now---- Advent Horizon, A Cell To Call Home.
For me :
1) Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon. My mother (may she Lay in Peace) had on vinyl and 8 track and it would lull me to sleep as a small child in early childhood and started me on my journey into Pink Floyd and their music and was my first Pink Floyd album proper at age 8 in 1984 on cassette then The Wall, The Final Cut, Wish You Were Here, A Collection of Great Dance Songs, Animals etc and when A Momentary Lapse of Reason was released when I was 11 that was the first album of theirs I got the week of release then The Division Bell was the first I got the day of release. Pink Floyd remain my favorite band EVER! AND NO I NEVER DID DRUGS EITHER NOR SMOKE NOR DRINK!
2) Rush - Moving Pictures. My oldest sister Toni (may she too Lay In Peace) had on vinyl and loved it when I heard as a 5 year old and was the first Rush album I owned on cassette at age 8 when I was given a copy. Love for Rush started there and never waned.
3) Eagles - Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975. Album (along with DSotM) started my path to Rock and Roll glory and the first album I owned on vinyl as a small 5 year old boy. Still enjoy The Eagles to this day.
4) Queen - A Night at the Opera. One day hearing on In the Studio with Redbeard in Summer 1989 this album was a revelation and then would be the first Queen CD I would own in 1992.
5) Van Halen - Diver Down. My first Van Halen album which I got on my 7th birthday in January, 1983 after stealing my sister's LP and my parents bought me the cassette and was my first Hard Rock album which led me to my first three Metal albums later that same year.
6) Genesis - Abacab. Summer 1997 had some CDs to turn in and took a chance on the abstract cover and bought the 1994 remaster and knowing three songs (title cut, No Reply at All and Man on the Corner) I went into it and love at first listen and then bought every other album either by the cover art or via songs from live albums (Way We Walk 1 and 2, Three Sides Live (US version).
7) Styx - The Grand Illusion. First album I ever bought with $5 in March, 1985. I heard Come Sail Away, Fooling Yourself and Miss America via Caught In The Act Live which was my overview to pre-Cornerstone Styx in May, 1984. Paradise Theater was my first Styx album in October, 1983 and Kilroy I didn't own until September, 1995 as the cover was nightmare fuel in 1983 (Robotos scared me).
8) Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At the Moon.
9) The Who - It's Hard
10) Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
11) Yes - Close To the Edge
12) Supertramp - Crime Of the Century
13) Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
14) Queensryche - The Warning
15) Deep Purple - Deepest Purple
16) Roxy Music - Siren
17) Rolling Stones - Some Girls
18) ELP - Brain Salad Surgery
19) Dio - Holy Diver
20) KISS - KISS Alive II
Live albums were pretty much my gateway to a lot of 70s and some early 80s bands. Some that changed my life:
Frampton Comes Alive
Rockin' The Fillmore
Seconds Out
Tokyo Tapes
Playing the Fool
Live at the Inferno
Two for the Show
Strangers in the Night
Unleashed in the East
Pangaea
Friday Night in San Francisco
One Night at Budokan
Live Evil
Windham Hill Live
It was great to hear how you fell in love with great albums. You have given me yet more gems to dig into.
Love your take on Woodstock. I was 13 years old in New Zealand at the time and only heard about it afterwards by the time I was about 16/17… by then it had become a legendary festival of music.
To your question, which albums changed my life:
Stand Up, Jethro Tull
Benefit, Jethro Tull
Aqualung, Jethro Tull
Thick As A Brick, Jethro Tull
A Passion Play, Jethro Tull
Warchild, Jethro Tull
Minstrel In The Gallery, Jethro Tull
Stormwatch, Jethro Tull
Disraeli Gears, Cream
Wheels Of Fire, Cream
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, Traffic
Nursery Cryme, Genesis
Foxtrot, Genesis
The Yes Album, Yes
Fragile, Yes
Salisbury, Uriah Heep
Who’s Next, The Who
So, pretty obvious that my favourite band of all time is Jethro Tull and I was lucky enough to catch Ian Anderson with his current iteration of JT this last December for one of his Christmas concerts at the magnificent York Minster… wonderful experience having travelled there from Australia and meeting up with fans with whom I had previously conversed with in Facebook fan groups… was fabulous! ❤️❤️❤️
So happy to hear you mention Robin Trower Live!
Robin Trower is awesome!👍
I love how many live albums you have in your list. You can tell which bands were true musicians and the best of the best by the quality of their live albums.
Thank you very very much for mentioning Boston. I checked this album after you mention here and I'm totally in love with it. Incredibly good
Can't wait for the next, and last, BOC album Ghost Stories. The whole project sounds like a fun and appropriate way for them to go out. My twenty would be:
Wings - Greatest Hits
Boz Scaggs - Middle Man
Billy Joel - 52nd Street
Eagles - Hotel California
ELO - Time
Bee Gees - Greatest Hits (Later in life I wished this album had also included their earlier hits, but that would have made it a 4 album set.)
Led Zeppelin - IV
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin
The Cars - S/T
Foghat - Fool For the City
Earth, Wind and Fire - Greatest Hits
Yes - Fragile
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Van Halen - S/T
K-Tel Pure Gold Collection (It had The Things We Do For Love, Year of the Cat and other pop/rock/disco hits.)
Styx - Paradise Theater
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Here are mine, in chronological order to me discovering them:
• Sgt. Peppers - my dad had eclectic taste, this stood out
• Dark Side Of The Moon
• Rush - Permanent Waves
• Van Halen I - Eddie!
• Unleashed In The East
• Iron Maiden - debut
• Hawkwind - Levitation
• Metallica - Kill 'Em All
• Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
• Porcupine Tree - Up The Downstair
• Artrosis - In The Flower's Shade (Polish Gothic metal)
• Long Distance Calling - Avoid The Light (post-metal)
• Alkaloid - Numen (recent progressive death metal that has re-awakened my love of heavy, imaginative music).
This is great, Pete. Love the thumbnail too. That's how we feel about albums like this.
1) Deep Purple - Machine head
2) Foghat - The best of
3) Robin Trower- Bridge of sighs
4) Jeff Beck- Guitar shop
5) Uriah Heep - Abominog
6) Jimi Hendrix- Are you experienced
7) The Beatles - Rubber Soul
8) Black Sabbath- Paranoid
9) Led Zeppelin- Mothership
10) The Traveling Wilburys- Volume 1
11) The Doors - L.A. Woman
12) Iron Maiden- Power Slave
13) Judas Priest- Screaming for Vengeance
14) Def Leppard- High and Dry
15)Metallica- Black album
16) Megadeth- Greatest hits
17) April Wine - Nature of the Beast
18) AC/DC - Back in Black
19) Blue Öyster Cult- Cult Classics
20) Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow- Rainbow Rising
I'm old, so for me it was almost all around 1969-70.
So, off the top of my head, my top 20 are...
first Led Zeppelin,
Jethro Tull This Was,
Jethro Tull Stand Up,
In the Court of the Crimson King,
The YES Album
first ELP,
first Black Sabbath,
Gentle Giant Octopus,
Abby Road,
first Mahavishnu Orchestra,
Dave Brubeck Time Out,
Grand Funk, the red album
Buddy Rich, Swinging New Big Band
John Coltrane Cresent,
Moving Pictures
Kansas Leftoverture
Chick Corea Now he Songs, Now He Sobs
Tower of Power Brown Album
Master of Puppets
Powerslave
Not bad, eh?
In the order that the albums came into my life:
Elvis-King Creole (the first record I ever bought as a 6-year old!)
Duran Duran-Rio
Iron Maiden-Piece of Mind
Metallica-Master of Puppets
Dead Kennedys-Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger
Steely Dan-Countdown to Ecstasy
Miles Davis-Sketches of Spain
Neil Young-After the Gold Rush
Little Feat-Feats Don't Fail Me Now
Todd Rundgren-Something/Anything?
An honorable mention goes to some albums from the Who, Dr. John, Little Richard, Howlin' Wolf, Jellyfish, Mastodon etc. The records I listed aren't always my favorites by those bands/artists, but they all served as kind of gateways...
1. Van Halen Balance (I’m a 90’s kid and that was my introduction to the mighty VH)
2. Oasis Definitely Maybe
3. Whitesnake Live in the Heart of the City
4. Rory Gallagher Irish Tour 74
5. Deep Purple Machine Head
6. Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell
7. The Mavericks Trampoline
8. The Blues Brothers Sound Track
9. Dick Clark 54-64 greatest Hits box set
10. Beach Boys Greatest Hits
11. Nirvana Unplugged
12. Beatles Anthology
13 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Greatest Hits
14. Grant Green Idle Moments
15. Frank Sinatra Live at the Sands
16. Led Zeppelin 1
17. John Mayer Continuum
18. Uriah Heep Demons and Wizards
19. Terry Reid Faith to Arise
20. Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
21. AC/DC high voltage
22. Buddy Guy Live at the Checkerboard Lounge
23. Wasp s/t
24. Leslie West - Mountain
25. Guns n Roses use your illusion 1&2
I graduated in 01 and spent most of time searching for music on Amazon “since you like them you may like these guys” hence the eclectic mix lol
Excellent Pete! I turned 13 in 1970 so if I put a list together it would be different but I enjoyed yours. My sisters were much older than me but I remember them screaming at The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. When they got married they left me a plethora of 45s which I absorbed like a sponge. So when I did turn 13 I was well on my way as far as music went. And I’ve loved music ever since.
My first two rock albums-- that I bought from a friend for $2: (mid 70s folks)
Paul McCartney/Wings: Venus And Mars
The Beatles: Let It Be
These two turned me towards rock first and foremost for my music preference. Still sentimental favorites, but, my tastes shifted, as told in the next two albums--
Kansas: Song For America
Supertramp: Crime Of The Century
Two albums I bought for the album covers, and was blown away by the music, unlike anything I'd heard before. And forever now, a prog rock fan first and foremost, and would no longer be satisfied by simple pop, verse/chorus, verse/chorus, solo, fade out songs(save the times when that is all you want/need)
Still my two favorite albums and artists. I'm a Kansas fan first, but, I think I've listened to Crime Of The Century more than any album.
Like Pete, I find Boston's debut endlessly fascinating.
Like Pete, an ELO album is also important to me, but, it was " A New World Record " that was the one that sent me to their catalog.
Jethro Tull: Aqualung---hard rock with a flute?! And weird, yet fascinating lyrics. Not my favorite from Tull, but, without Aqualung, I never would have discovered the catalog
Steely Dan: Aja---sophisticated jazz rock, with lyrics that make you think...yes please. Aja is a sonic masterpiece, without it, I never would have found the rest of the catalog(enjoy The Royal Scam just an iota more than Aja) Steely Dan is my 3rd/4th favorite artist, tied with the next artist up:
Dire Straits: Debut. Mark Knopfler's (he's almost narrating instead of singing)vocals telling great stories with that fantastic, unique guitar and superb compositions. Tied for 3rd/4th favorite artist with Steely Dan
Styx: The Grand Illusion--A masterpiece with a touch of prog deep cuts, great vocal harmonies. A great catalog
Genesis: Duke--poppy, yet proggy too. Led me to the rest of the catalog, even more prog riches to be found
Billy Joel: The Stranger--Yes, I like straight pop/regular songwriting too. He's a genius. And, he has one prog song too: " Prelude/The Angry Young Man "
Rush: Permanent Waves--another album I bought for the album cover---lifelong fan(RIP Professor)
Eagles: Hotel California---The Eagles used to be a favorite band, but not anymore. But, for a good amount of years, The Eagles were a regular listen
Al Stewart: Time Passages and Year Of The Cat--still enjoyable, still great listens(along with the rest of the catalog). Al's historical commentaries set to interesting and catchy music is superb
Any view on Pink Floyd
@@terrencereardon6374 I knew I'd forget one( instead of listing everything, I'd have had about 50). Not an original choice, Dark Side of The Moon( I prefer Wish You Were Here and Meddle)
Excellent choices!
Wow all great picks Michael!
Yes!! Billy Joel!!
Hey Pete very eclectic music taste.. I am going to check some of these albums out...Cheers!
Good video, thanks Pete. Music is so powerful.
Love it, Pete. Here’s mine:
The Beatles - Meet the Beatles
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - Greatest Hits
soundtrack - The Sting
Kiss - Alive II
Wings - Wings Over America
soundtrack - Star Wars
The Charles Lloyd Quartet - Love In
Jethro Tull - Live: Bursting Out
Rush - Moving Pictures
Yes - Close to the Edge
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
The Who - Who’s Next
Frank Zappa - Joe’s Garage Act 1
various - Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968
Love - Forever Changes
Bob Dylan - Biograph
Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear
John Coltrane - Afro Blue Impressions
Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Gear Blues
David Gilmour - Live in Gdańsk
My 20 Game Changers....
20. Eat A Peach - ALLMAN BROTHERS
19. The Grand Illusion - STYX
18. One More From The Road - LYNYRD SKYNYRD
17. Changesonebowie - DAVID BOWIE
16. Close To The Edge - YES
15. Duke - GENESIS
14. We Sold Our Souls For Rock n Roll - BLACK SABBATH
13. Slowhand - ERIC CLAPTON
12. Machine Head - DEEP PURPLE
11. 2112 - RUSH
10. Toys In The Attic - AEROSMITH
09. I - VAN HALEN
08. Shakedown Street- GRATEFUL DEAD
07. 13 - The DOORS
06. Hotel California - EAGLES
05. The Wall - PINK FLOYD
04. 67-70 - BEATLES
03. Hot Rocks - ROLLING STONES
02. The Kids Are Alright - THE WHO
01. II - LED ZEPPELIN
Dylan-highway61
Tull-benefit
Genesis-foxtrot
Hatfield&the North-rotters club
Pink Floyd-saucerful
Cardiacs- little man & a house
Vaughn Williams- Tallis fantasia- Boult
Laurie Anderson- home of the brave
Henry Cow- leg end
Metheny-offramp
Glass- koyaanisquatsi
Pere Ubu- cloudland
John Cale- guts
Yes- fragile
Wes Montgomery- tequila(bumpin on sunset)
Zappa- hot rats
Mahavishnu- inner mounting flame
Eno- life in the bush of ghosts
Beatles- rubber soul
Led Zepplin- lll
ps-just looked at some other lists... OMG!
can I add a second twenty? thirty?
The early covers that inspired me to buy an unheard of group purely by the covers.
This Was - Jethro Tull,
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath,
Shhhh - Ten Years After,
Very 'Eavy, Very 'Umble - Uriah Heep,
May Blitz. - May Blitz,
Then anything with Roger Dean artwork on the cover! 🤩
Love your list, Pete. I could only come up with 15 that have significant impact on my life. They are pretty much all in the same genre but these are the 15 albums I still listen to these days and have never stopped listening to them for the most part.
15. Foreigner - Double Vision
14. Def Leppard - Pyromania
13. Kiss - Rock and Roll Over
12. Boston - Self Titled
11. Scorpions - Blackout
10. The Cars - Self Titled
9. Dokken - Tooth and Nail
8. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
7. Rush - Moving Pictures
6. Kiss - Alive II
5. Journey - Departure
4. Styx - Piece of Eight
3. Van Halen - I
2. Bryan Adams - Reckless
1. ELO - Out of the Blue
Made in Japan Live #1 Live Album of all time! Changed my life.😊
Agree! Totally! The Number one album, not only as a live album - Made in Japan, number One. That album, those three concerts in Japan ´72 changed my life, still get chills listen to that amazing album. The number one live album of all time.
Rainbow: Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow
Good stuff, Pete. I guess I'd have to say there are no albums that "changed my life", but there are many that were very impactful on me, my musical life, or my tastes in music. Many that blew me away then and still do today. A couple have a strong association to a woman I knew at the time, or a unique but positive time in my life that got me hooked on an album that takes me back to those times. I guess everyone's different about what gets them the most about an album or a group, but I think a lot of it is about emotion, or if it was mind-blowing then and even now.
The 20 albums that changed my life (in no particular order):
Deep Purple: Machine Head
Yes: Yessongs
America: Homecoming
The Moody Blues: Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
Elton John: Madman Across the Water
Black Sabbath: Paranoid
Shawn Phillips: Rumplestiltskin's Resolve
Frank Zappa: Apostrophe (')
Santana: Abraxas
Genesis: A Trick of the Tail
CCR: Cosmo's Factory
The Guess Who: Share the Land
Kate Bush: The Kick Inside
The Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks - Here's The Sex Pistols
Joan Armatrading: Joan Armatrading
David Bowie: Station to Station
Lana del Rey: Born to Die
Strawbs: Hero and Heroine
Depeche Mode: Violator
Here's 20 more ... just for kicks:
Tangerine Dream: Stratosfear
Steppenwolf: Live
Roy Buchanan: Roy Buchanan
Alice Cooper: Billion Dollar Babies
Supertramp: Crime of the Century
Gordon Lightfoot: Don Quixote
Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick
Linda Ronstadt: Canciones de mi Padre
The Allman Brothers Band: Brothers and Sisters
Cat Stevens: Tea for the Tillerman
Symphonic Slam: Symphonic Slam
Roxy Music: For Your Pleasure
Crowded House: Temple of Low Men
Dead Can Dance: Aion
Thomas Dolby: The Flat Earth
Bob Dylan: Desire
Rush: 2112
Soundgarden: Superunknown
Split Enz: Time and Tide
Screaming Trees: Dust
Also:
Elvis Costello: Imperial Bedroom
System of a Down: Toxicity
The Police: Regatta de Blanc
Joe Jackson: Night and Day
Duran Duran: Notorious
Jeff Beck: Blow by Blow
Billy Joel: The Nylon Curtain
The Fixx: Phantoms
The Beatles: Rubber Soul
The Perth County Conspiracy: Does Not Exist
The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
Carly Simon: Anticipation
Mahogany Rush: IV
Led Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy
The The: Dusk
Yes, a LOT of albums changed my life! 😁
6 important ones.
1975 - Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman / Teaser And The Firecat
1977 - Kiss - Love Gun / Destroyer
1984 - Rush - Grace Under Pressure / Moving Pictures / Signals
1986 - Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
1992 - Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes / Under The Pink
2001 - Opeth - Still Life / Blackwater Park
Cat Stevens is my earliest music memory. Still remember my Oh Very Young 45. Tea For the Tillman and Teaser And The Firecat are still 2 of the finest albums ever.
I discovered Kiss in 1977 when my mom of all people bought Love Gun. She didn't like it, but I loved it. Next was Destroyer and I was sold. Kiss freak for life. They and Rush are the two bands I still fanboy over the most. Although musically Rush has become my favourite, Kiss is the band I still seek the most information about and know the most about, podcast, collect, watch live, and still revisit old material.
I discovered Rush in 84. My friend Jeff Saxinger was a Rush freak the whole time I was a Kiss freak and he was always trying to convert me, which is maybe why I resisted. But when Grace Under Pressure came out I could resist no more, and they have since become my all time favourite band musically. Then I discovered Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, Iron Maiden, Van Halen, and yes, a lot of 80s hard rock like Dokken, Cinderella, Def Leppard, Ratt, Whitesnake, White Lion, Tesla, and the almighty BADLANDS!!! RUSH also helped in my love of prog, making Queensryche, Fates Warning, Voivod, SavAtage, Dream Theater, The Tea Party, Porcupine Tree, Anathema, Marillion, and Kings X all favourites of mine.
In 86 I saw the Running Up That Hill video and loved it. Up till that point I was basically just a hard rock fan. But Hounds of Love changed my life, and along with Sting's Dream of the Blue Turtles, Hounds also opened my eyes to all types of music, not just hard rock, and it remains my favourite album of all time. It is a masterpiece. And ever since I have been obsessed with all things Kate.
Discovering Tori Amos' Little Earthquakes was another life changing moment. I discovered it by accident while working as a manager in my Top Forty music store. I was addicted to that album for two years, and she has become one of my favourite artists, and had reopened my eyes to singer songwriters and eclectic artists like Bjork, PJ Harvey, Joseph Arthur, Richard Hawley, David Gray, Fiona Apple, Susanne Sundfør, Nick Drake, and also renewed my love of Cat Stevens.
The first time I heard Opeth I could not accept them because of the harsh vocals. Up to that point I was not into music that heavy. The album I did not like was Still Life, even though now it is my favourite of theirs. But in 2001 Blackwater Park was released and their genius could no longer be denied. Already a Porcupine Tree and Anathema fan, they along with Opeth opened me up to so much other fantastic metal and rock that I prefer and love to this day, including bands like The Gathering, Katatonia, Agalloch, Daylight Dies, Green Carnation, Antimatter, Alcest, Enslaved, Ghost Brigade, Novembre, Solstafir, Amorphis, Paradise Lost, Swallow The Sun, and so many more.
Music has meant everything to me over the years and will continue to as other things fall away.
OMG
Love the Rush albums
Iron Maiden - Live After Death Metallica - Master of Puppets
Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks
Misfits - Collection
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Nirvana - Nevermind
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Slint - Spiderland
The Flying Burrito Bros - The Gilded Palace of Sin
Sly and the Family Stone - Greatest Hits
Neurosis - Souls At Zero
Kyuss - Sky Valley
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Van Halen - Van Halen
I loved music since I can remember and I lived with my grandmother for the first 9 years of my life. My aunt was still living at home and she was a Beatles freak, so I got hooked on that band first. So here are 10 of my albums that influenced my musical tastes. I'll have to have The Beatles in my list, so in no particular order, here we go. By the way, I'm not picking any live albums and I'm a prog rock nut, so there will be a lot of prog rock albums.
Abbey Road- The Beatles
Days of Future Passed- Moody Blues
Trilogy-ELP
Close to the Edge-Yes
Trespass-Genesis
Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd
Who's Next-The Who
Houses of the Holy-Led Zeppelin
Queen's first album
My last album that influenced my taste was The Book Of Invasions by Horslips. I was always a fan of traditional Irish music being of that background, but when I heard this album I was blown away. Horslips played the traditional music but they rocked it up. They had Barry Devlin on bass and vocals, Johnny Fean a brilliant guitarist and vocals, Charles O'Connor on the fiddle and mandolin, Jim Lockhart on keyboards and Eamon Carr on drums. They were amazing and I was lucky enough to see them back in the mid 70's.
I'll go for 15 (in my chronological order):
The Beatles - 1967-1970
KISS - Alive II
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Iron Maiden - Killers
The Police - Synchronicity
Anthrax - Among The Living
Rush - Moving Pictures
Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
Bad Religion - Against The Grain
Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
Dream Theater - Images And Words
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Raise Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes
Morrissey - You Are The Quarry
The Jam - All Mod Cons
Fascinating stuff Pete, enjoyed all your "ins" to the various band and genres. Im not sur if I'll get to 20, but Ive been trying to think of albums that did the same for me. The first couple, though, are albums I heard at home before I'd really heard any rock music, but which i remember gave me a love for a tune, a chorus... so here goes...
1 ABBA Greatest Hits
2 Neal DIAMOND Hot August Night
(Now the rock stuff, and Pete and I share some bands, albeit different albums...)
3. RAINBOW Down To Earth (All Night Long was the first hard rock riff i remember hearing leading me very quickly to Deep Purple and the other offshoot bands)
4. AC/DC If You Want Blood
5 BLACK SABBATH Master of Reality
6 IRON MAIDEN Iron Maiden
7 MARILLION Script For A Jester's Tear ( not really into prog at all until I heard this)
8 JOURNEY Escape
9 VARIOUS ARTISTS Striktly For Konnoisseurs (a double album on Music For Nations that gave me an in to North American 70s/early 80s bands like ANGEL, LEGS DIAMOND, STARZ, MAX WEBSTER, MOXY, ZON, STARCASTLE etc
10 METALLICA Kill Em All
11 DREAM THEATER When Dream & Day Unite
12 RAMMSTEIN Mutter
13 NIGHTWISH Century Child
14 OPETH Ghost Reveries
Sir iain, I got to find number 9, sounds like a great intro since I have not heard a few
@@ziggyzagzi8017 As far as I know it was only ever released on vinyl, but it's available on Discogs... Happy hunting!
Nice list Iain. I have a few of the same artists but different albums on mine. And I have some of those dreaded horns too. LOL!!
@@garyh.238 Hi Gary, long time no "see"! Hope alls' well with you. Not long woken up so will seek out your list once I've got some coffee in me!
Burn, Made in Japan, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, Teaser (Tommy Bolin), Aladdin Sane, Close to the Edge, Too Fast for Love, The Song remains the Same, Tomorrow Belongs to me (SAHB), Pure Cult, Once Around the World (It Bites), Presto, Sabotage, Dynasty, Reign in Blood, Into the Pandemonium, Black Metal, Master of Puppets, Life is But a Dream (A7X).
Cheers.
Great show Pete. The album that changed my music life was Dark Side of the Moon. When it came out it blew my mind.
20+ Albums that changed my life (in rough order of discovery):
1-2) The Beatles' Red Album and Blue Album (the first rock/pop albums I ever got when I was 9 and 10 years old)
3) Wings Over America (my first live album when I was about 10)
4) Rush's Moving Pictures (11 or 12)
5) Yes' Fragile (11 or 12)
6) Genesis' The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (11 or 12)
7) King Crimson's Red (11 or 12)
8) Jethro Tull's Thick as a Brick (12 or 13)
9) Frank Zappa's Apostrophe (12 or 13)
10) Roxy Music's Viva! (the 1976 live album) (14)
11) Brian Eno's Here Come the Warm Jets (14)
12) Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense (movie and soundtrack) (16)
13) Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians and Philip Glass' Koyaanisqatsi (the minimalists) (18)
14) The Velvet Underground and Nico (18)
15) Can's Tago Mago (19)
16) Miles Davis' Agharta and other electric albums of the '70s (20)
17) Jon Hassell & Brian Eno's Possible Music: Fourth World Vol. 1 (20)
18) Martin Denny's Exotica Vol. 1 and Les Baxter's Ritual of the Savage (21)
19) John Barry's 007 and Lalo Schifrin's Mission Impossible soundtracks of the '60s (24)
20) Vampyros Lesbos and Schoolgirl Report -- two '70s psych-rock soundtrack compilations for Euro-trash sexploitation movies (24)