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For me, it's Talking Heads' Speaking in Tongues. I don't know where it stands in their catalog with music people, but it is by far one of my favorite albums of all time. I love Remain in Light, but this album makes me want to dance all over my room -- a quality none of their other albums really holds. (I do sing along to "Pulled Up" off 77 every time I hear it, though.)

I mean, from "Burning Down the House" to the end, it's just nonstop, manic fun. I can't get over how insanely fun "Making Flippy Floppy" is. And then when you've got the visual of David Byrne dancing to these songs in your head, fuck, how can't you just get up and start dancing?

Their version of "Girlfriend is Better" on the Stop Making Sense movie is so insanely great, what, with Byrne coming out in his gigantic suit. Every time I put that song on, I try mimicking from memory every move Byrne makes to it. From when he walks out, to the end.

This is by far my favorite:

Oh God, and "Moon Rocks": Flying saucers, levitation -- Yo I can do that...

The entire album is brilliant.

 

[Eminem]

Tool - Lateralus

 

[enjoy bell woods]

This thread really isn't THAT bad.

 

[arter_2]

Anything by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

[kumanoki]

One album I drop everything for is Cake's Fashion Nugget. It's non-stop excellence all the way through.

Strangely, I also drop everything for Cracker's Kerosene Hat, They Might Be Giants Apollo 13, and Soul Coughing's Ruby Vroom.

Simple Minds Don't You (Forget About Me)

 

[hXc_thugg]

Bright Eyes - Lifted

 

[Matlock]

Desperado, by the Eagles

 

[Dice]

The Arcade Fire - Funeral

I keep waiting for it to get old, and then it doesn't. Something about it just takes hold of me and doesn't let go.

 

[enjoy bell woods]

OK, so I'm listening to Remain in Light and moving my feet a little.

 

[Tarazet]

Piano music in general, but if I recognize a piece by Debussy walking by the practice rooms, I can camp out there for several minutes and just listen...

 

[Jimmy Carter]

Hot Fuss - The Killers
Hopes and Fears - Keane
Absolution - Muse

 

[kablooey]

OK, so I'm listening to Remain in Light and moving my feet a little.

Heh. Remain in Light is definitely that album for me. Speaking in Tongues is great, and it's easier to start dancing to because it's poppier, but Remain in Light is so brilliant once you get the hang of it. There's so much complexity to the rhythms, yet it ends up sounding really fucking danceable. Especially "Born Under Punches", which has me captivated from those opening three drum hits, to the "chorus" section.

And the heat goes on...

Also, don't even get me started on "Once in a Lifetime", "The Great Curve", or "Houses in Motion".

But yeah, the SMS version of "Girlfriend is Better" is indeed great.

 

[Nightbreeze]

Tool - Lateralus

 

[GDJustin]

Lately its been Surfer Rosa, by The Pixies.

 

[etiolate]

I love "Girlfriend is Better"

I'll vote for Portishead - Dummy.

 

[Jonnyram]

Manics "The Holy Bible"
Mansun "Six"
Mars Volta "Deloused in the Comatorium"

 

[Dead]

Manics "The Holy Bible"
Mansun "Six"

Yeah those are 2 definites for me

Edit: Have you gotten the recent 3 Disc set of the Holy Bible that came out?

 

[Turkeybased]

Bohren & der Club of Gore: Sunset Mission......its nice Jazz and very heavy

 

[demon]

Eh, not so much particular bands or albums, but various songs. Last one that had that effect was this morning, played on the radio- Whiter Shade of Pale

 

[Jonnyram]

Edit: Have you gotten the recent 3 Disc set of the Holy Bible that came out?

Not yet, it's well expensive in Japan and I already had the UK and US mixes of the album anyway, but I'll probably pick it up sooner or later.

 

[Tenacious-V]

For me, it's Talking Heads' Speaking in Tongues. I don't know where it stands in their catalog with music people, but it is by far one of my favorite albums of all time. I love Remain in Light, but this album makes me want to dance all over my room -- a quality none of their other albums really holds. (I do sing along to "Pulled Up" off 77 every time I hear it, though.)

I mean, from "Burning Down the House" to the end, it's just nonstop, manic fun. I can't get over how insanely fun "Making Flippy Floppy" is. And then when you've got the visual of David Byrne dancing to these songs in your head, fuck, how can't you just get up and start dancing?

Their version of "Girlfriend is Better" on the Stop Making Sense movie is so insanely great, what, with Byrne coming out in his gigantic suit. Every time I put that song on, I try mimicking from memory every move Byrne makes to it. From when he walks out, to the end.

This is by far my favorite:

Oh God, and "Moon Rocks": Flying saucers, levitation -- Yo I can do that...

The entire album is brilliant.

Have you seen the full DVD? (They were one of, if not the first to video record themselves digitally) It's amazing!! From the beginning with just David playing Psycho Killer (IMO the WAY WAY better version of it!!! So emotional, so good) to the additions every song to the crazy completion. I loved it when he brought out the big suit (after a quick coke snorting break he does it) and danced away. It's such a fantastic DVD/album.

David Byrne is a genius, and it sucks that the whole band hates each other now..... Talking Heads = one of my top 10 favirote bands of all time.

 

[WrenAndroid]

Radiohead - ''Ok Computer''
Scott Walker - ''Scott 4''
Bjork - ''Post''
Squarepusher - ''Hard Normal Daddy''
Radiohead - ''Kid A''

 

[White Man]

Off the top of my head. I haven't really touched the past 10 years, heh.

 

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Heh. Remain in Light is definitely that album for me. Speaking in Tongues is great, and it's easier to start dancing to because it's poppier, but Remain in Light is so brilliant once you get the hang of it. There's so much complexity to the rhythms, yet it ends up sounding really fucking danceable. Especially "Born Under Punches", which has me captivated from those opening three drum hits, to the "chorus" section.

And the heat goes on...

Also, don't even get me started on "Once in a Lifetime", "The Great Curve", or "Houses in Motion".

But yeah, the SMS version of "Girlfriend is Better" is indeed great.

How about that extended "Born Under Punches" on The Name of This Band is Talking Heads? Man, that's so awesome too.

I pretty much like everything they've done -- I've actually never heard Naked, and I don't like True Stories much (the movie and Papa Legba are awesome, though) -- equally. I was just saying that Speaking in Tongues makes me want to get up and dance all over the place, "This Must be the Place" excepted (because it's just a beautiful song that almost makes me want to cry).

Yeah, Tenacious, I own it. Such an awesome movie, from start to finish. I smile every time I put it on.

I love the self-interview that he does. I was laughing so hard the first time I watched it.

"I'll tell you later."

 

[Mifune]

I really need to pick up (or at the very least hear) Speaking in Tongues. I only have their first four albums plus The Name of this Band Is Talking Heads. Been trying to track down the DVD of Stop Making Sense, too.

An album that I don't listen to that much anymore, but everytime I do, I have to give my full undivided attention...

Not exactly an original choice, but what can you do.

 

[White Man]

and I don't like True Stories much

Wild Wild Life is an excellent song. An even better karaoke song.

 

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I think it's great in the context of the movie, and it's a really fun song. But there's definitely magic lost from Little Creatures onward.

Byrne's solo stuff is pretty great, though. I'd say Grown Backwards was the best album that came out last year.

 

[=W=]

Anything from Weezer - Blue or Pinkerton

And there's a lot of Queen that makes me forget everything that's going on around me.

 

[APerfectCircle]

Tool- Lateralus n APC - Mer de noms. Both just have so many songs where i have to stop n listen/sing along.

 

[White Man]

I think it's great in the context of the movie, and it's a really fun song. But there's definitely magic lost from Little Creatures onward.

Byrne's solo stuff is pretty great, though. I'd say Grown Backwards was the best album that came out last year.

The legendary post-Eno gutter dive. See also: U2 and David Bowie.

 

[kablooey]

byrne and eno are reportedly getting back together to make a new album.

*crosses fingers for it to be true*

 

[Kon Tiki]

Anything by the Smashing Pumpkins makes me drop everything I am doing ... and run for the mute.

 

[lexi]

 

[Suerte]

Kaiser Chiefs - Employment

My newest and greatest love.

Oh Ricky.

 

[White Man]

byrne and eno are reportedly getting back together to make a new album.

*crosses fingers for it to be true*

I wish Eno were still out there educating the pop tarts. I'd like to see him collaborate with someone like Bjork, Radiohead, or Beck. I know he's not really interested in pop music anymore, but it would be really awesome if he decided to work with today's artists that are pushing the technological envelope in the studio.

I find myself picking up more of his solo albums all the time. I'm knee deep in ambient now, and I'm kind of surprised I'm enjoying it as much as I do. He deserves every bit of credit he gets.

 

[AniHawk]

Always puts me on the best nostalgia trip ever.

 

[enjoy bell woods]

byrne and eno are reportedly getting back together to make a new album.

*crosses fingers for it to be true*

Awesome!

 

[karasu]

Art-School!

 

[Alucard]

It really depends on the type of mood I'm in. "Drop everything" albums are usually relegated to a certain point in your life or in your day. It's hard to find an album that will get you every single time because sometimes you're just not in the mood for it or want something with a different pace. At this point in my life, I can list very few albums that I would deem to be "brilliant" enough to transcend all time, as I know it now.

Radiohead - Kid A
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Obviously there are albums that I think are superb and ones that I would love to add to this list, but it's hard to climb into this "perfect album" sphere.

 

[Jim Bowie]

+1 The Arcade Fire - Funeral

Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb

 

[Manics]

Manics "The Holy Bible"

Tears are welling up in my eyes right now. Thank you Jonnyram, thank you.

 

[Foreign Jackass]

Not one album can do this for me, as I'd be losing way too much time.

BUT

There are some songs that I can't just not react to, and I have to listen from one end to another. I'd say Jesus, etc. by Wilco is one of those, for me.

 

[Matt_09]

Manics - Holy Bible - possibly greatest album of all time (imo anyway)

Surprised so many people on here named it.

 

[Litigation Manuel]

Always puts me on the best nostalgia trip ever.

You, sir, are my hero.

 

[bishoptl]

Annie Lennox - Medusa
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Tupac Shakur - Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
MC Ren - The Villain in Black
Faith No More - The Real Thing

 

[Triumph]

Anything by Beck.

Ok Computer and Kid A by Radiohead.