You can also list artists or albums you later got in to in that genre.

The two that stand out to me right now were:

1. Welcome to Earth - Apoptygma Berzerk (electronic - EBM)

VNV Nation, Icon of Coil, Seabound.

2. So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star (Psychodelic dream pop/rock) That's what I call it anyway.

Spiritualized, Cowboy Junkies, Julee Cruise, Chris Isaak, Roy Orbison, Secret Machines.

A further question is what albums would you recommend to introduce someone to a genre?

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I would say Nirvana and especially Nevermind got me into grunge.

Rusty Truck and their debut Broken Promises turned me on to alt-country.

Jim Croce got me much more interested in general folk music.

The Ventures was probably the first surf-like instrumental band I'd heard and I bought a few 2nd Wave Surf albums in the 1980s. It was Man Or Astroman?'s Destroy All Astromen which got me hooked on surf instrumental/vocal music and really lead me to enoy and explore the genre. Not just current surf, but surf and it's sub-genres throughout the past few decades.

The 1999 V/A compilation Africa Funk- The Original Sound Of 70's Funky Africa turned me on big time to Afro-funk, Afro-beat- all music Afro, new and old Afro-rythms as well.

Lucinda Williams' "World Without Tears" got me into alt-country. Rush's "2112" and King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King" got me into progressive rock.

Interpol was the first band that got me into indie. They blew everything else I was listening to (Linkin Parkish Stuff). One of my favorite discoveries.

The Chemical Brothers, Surrender.
I am forever indebted to this CD.
A whole new world of techno/dance/party music . . .

I would say Metallica, led me to Zeppelin, which led me to all of classic rock.

Dylan got me started in 60's rock.

A Tribe Called Quest's People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm wasn't my first rap album, but it had me convinced that I could get into rap music

Billy Bragg and Wilco- Mermaid Avenue
After hearing this I had to pick up some Woody Guthrie, which introduced me to folk music beyond Bob Dylan.

I first heard Kraftwerk's Trans-Europe Express in 1978 on an overnight road trip from one Grateful Dead show to another and that completely changed how I thought about music.

This may be a slight exaggeration, but the Beatles introduced me, from about 1964 to 1968, to skiffle, pub rock, pop rock, hard rock, classic blues, experimental, classical pop, metal, progressive, country, Chuck Berry, folk rock, rock suites, concept albums, sing-alongs, rock anthems, tape loops, synthesizers, fanboyism, alternative rock, mainstream rock, rock 'n' roll, and babbling.

This is a warning: I'll add more later.

Explosions in the Sky definitely got me into the post-rock.

Four Tet got me into some electronic music. The song "Twenty-Three" pretty much did it single-handedly actually. Boards of Canada got me to look into a lot more electronic music.

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Originally posted by mark f:
This may be a slight exaggeration, but the Beatles introduced me, from about 1964 to 1968, to skiffle, pub rock, pop rock, hard rock, classic blues, experimental, classical pop, metal, progressive, country, Chuck Berry, folk rock, rock suites, concept albums, sing-alongs, rock anthems, tape loops, synthesizers, fanboyism, alternative rock, mainstream rock, rock 'n' roll, and babbling.

This is a warning: I'll add more later.

Mark, it is impossible to exaggerate or over-rate the Beatles.

Love ya, super. That's why I italicized slight.

At the drive-in was actually my first indie rock love (around 1999) and my doorway into music elitism, a massive cd collection, and retarded fanboyism. I've outgrown them slightly, but they're still a good band and hold many of my good memories.

Autechre's LP5 got me into electronic music(mainly IDM), their song rae was kind of a revelation for me.

Madvillainy really turned me onto the potential of rap, and its the first rap album I really liked on a personal level.

much like you, subrock, Madvillainy was key in showing me a side of rap that I never realized existed (through my own denial and stubbordness.. i can still remember telling friends that 'rap is short for crap' as a younging)

i remember in my second year of university when i bummed turn on the bright lights from a friend and it was the first cd that really turned me onto indie rock.. haven't turned back since

another important moment was the first time I heard the clash.. i remember buying their 'best of..' after reading an article about them in a magazine.. man, that drive home from the music store really opened up my eyes to different genres of music.


for people that are interested in other genres, here are some good starting points.

godspeed you black emperor for post-rock(recommend: lift your skinny fists like antennas )
amon tobin for electronic/drum&bass (recommend: permutation)
ive been seeing the label 'art rock' floating around recently, if interested i'd have to recommend picking up 'Remain in Light' by Talking Heads.

hope you all enjoy

The Rapture's Echoes got me into dance punk which resulted in my discoveries of Les Savy Fav, Test Icicles, LCD Soundsystem, etc.