Maybe and Slimm!!!!!!!

[dR3]

You guys have awesome taste in music, I need you to give me names of albums so I can broaden my music experience. Albums, not separate songs.

Thanks in advance!

[Unscarred]

I'll give you some

Queen - Innuendo



Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction



Joe Satriani - The Extremist

[Master_Percussionist]

Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Dutch - A Bright Cold Day
Tycho - Past Is Prologue

[Maybe]

Cage The Elephant - Cage The Elephant
It's artsy, but if you like my taste in music you'll love it.

The Script - Science & Faith
It's a bit commercial, but amazingly deep.

Augustana - Augustana
Just listen. It's that good.

[Slimm]

What kind of music are you looking for? Seeing as how you said 'broaden' I guess I can give you anything? It's hard though man, because there is music that needs a 'trained' ear to be appreciated. I could give it to you now, but it could be that you think like what the fuck is this shit and never listen to it again, which would be such a waste. To really broaden your music taste you have to go from 'entry-level' bands to other bands that go a bit deeper every time, and then after a while you'll start appreciating the weirdest shit. That's how it went for me, and I guess Maybe has a similar story.

I started listening to Kings of Leon (before the sex on fire bullshit that is), and they introduced me to great rock music. I started with their third album called 'Because of the Times', it's a great rock record and very accesible. Falling in love with the record, I started listening to the older albums of Kings of Leon which were a lot more rock and roll, raw, crazy. Took a while to get used to but 'Youth and Young Manhood' is my favorite Kings Of Leon album.

So I guess what I'm saying is that that's a great place to start.

After Kings of Leon I don't really remember what directions I went, I guess I chased the bands that were similar to Kings of Leon, which resulted in me finding some great albums like The Strokes - Is This It. I also tried looking in different genres like Folk and more singer songwriter kinda stuff. One of my all time favorite albums still is Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago. Like I said before, after discovering I loved music like that I got into The Fleet Foxes, Right Away Great Captain (thanks chetty) and other older Folk music.

I found out I really loved dark music, I loved dark brooding atmospheres and I still do. By chance I discovered Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights. It was dark, sad and became one of my favorite albums. Through Interpol I learned that they were often compared to Joy Division, which is an old post punk band from England. The iconic lead singer Ian Curtis suffered from depressions and epilepsy which was also the cause of his dark music, his monotone voice really fit into this all. Their debut album called Unknown Pleasures is a classic, listening to that album will make you understand where certain bands today got their inspiration. Ian Curtis hanged himself while listening to Iggy Pop's The idiot. Iggy Pop is one of the first artists who played post punk music, the music still sounds fresh despite it being more than 30 years old.

After that I got into a lot more experimental stuff and also into Post Rock. My favorite post rock band is by far Godspeed You! Black Emperor, it is also my top 5 favorite bands ever. I suggest you download 'Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞' and Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antenna's to Heaven. It's so great, you just have to listen to it to experience it.

Well this turned out a bit longer than I thought, I just tried to give you some starter points if you really want to broaden your musical taste combined with my history. I wanted to show you how your taste gets broader the more you listen to music and try to find out where it came from, where it's going to etc. I could give you some great electronic/ambient albums as well.

The albums in green are great and accessible, if you enjoy them like I did you will certainly broaden your music taste.

[Slimm]

And thanks for the compliment btw. Also, if you want the weird experimental music I'd be more than happy to give it to you.

[dR3]

Thanks everyone for the posts, and wow Slimm, thanks for the break-down. I would like you to recommend me some of your favorite dubstep/ambiance albums, cause I'm starting to really like these genres.

I will definitely check EVERY album posted in here, thanks again guys!

[Slimm]

All of Burial's albums
Actress - Splashz
Aphex Twin - Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II
James Blake - All EP's and his album
Darkstar - North
Digital Mystikz - Return II Space
GAS - Pop/Konigforst/Zauerberg
Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner
Helios - Eingya
Kode9 + The Spaceape - Black Sun
Mount Kimbie - Maybes / Sketch on Glass / Crooks & Lovers
Nicolas Jaar - Space is only noise / time for us
Skream - Skream!
Washed Out - Life of Leasure

In blue is really ambient. And something tells me you would enjoy The xx.

[dR3]

Thanks, gonna check them all.

And what do you mean by "The xx"?

[Slimm]

Thanks, gonna check them all.

And what do you mean by "The xx"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L73OLaG4_kA

[dR3]

Are they these > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_xx ?

That "Intro" sounds really calming, gonna check them as well.

[Slimm]

Are they these > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_xx ?

That "Intro" sounds really calming, gonna check them as well.

Yeah that's them.

[Slimm]

Have you ever listened to anything we posted? lol

[dR3]

Have you ever listened to anything we posted? lol

Yeah, I decided to listen to them in order, the way they are posted in this thread.

So far:

Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Dutch - A Bright Cold Day
Tycho - Past Is Prologue
Cage The Elephant - Cage The Elephant
The Script - Science & Faith
Augustana - Augustana
Burial - Ghost Hardware EP


I haven't listened to anything from here in a few days, because of All 6s And 7s and Hell: The Sequel. Oh, and while we're at it, you might as well post your favorite RnB albums.

[Unscarred]

Have you ever listened to anything we posted? lol

Yeah, I decided to listen to them in order, the way they are posted in this thread.

So far:

Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Dutch - A Bright Cold Day
Tycho - Past Is Prologue
Cage The Elephant - Cage The Elephant
The Script - Science & Faith
Augustana - Augustana
Burial - Ghost Hardware EP


I haven't listened to anything from here in a few days, because of All 6s And 7s and Hell: The Sequel. Oh, and while we're at it, you might as well post your favorite RnB albums.

You ignored my suggestions