No love for:

Mellon Collie
Quadrophenia
The Headphone Masterpiece

i love the recent Foo Fighters double album 'In your Honor'

It makes for the perfect road trip/getaway soundtrack.

Play the rock disc in the car while cruising the highway to get you stoked for the weekend.

Throw on the acoustic disc when you're relaxing on the dock/in front of the fire/wherever you're gearing down.

Rinse.

Repeat.

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Originally posted by Crowdiggs:
The Headphone Masterpiece

What the hell happened to Cody ChesnuTT anyway?

Cody Chesnutt found God and got married. Check his myspace for a new track.

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Originally posted by Crowdiggs:
No love for:

Mellon Collie

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Originally posted by Nhazghaal:
Just heard Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness yesterday morning...s'probably a good solid 11th.

;p I like the quieter numbers a lot (especially Tonight, Tonight) and the hard rockers, while generally good, I tire of after so long. Still pretty solid though.

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Quadrophenia

Honestly I'm not sure how much I like The Who in album form. I was disappointed by Who's Next, I guess I'll still check out a few more of their real classic albums like Tommy/Quadrophenia to make up my mind

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The Headphone Masterpiece

I had no idea who this guy was until this post when I looked him up, though I am intrigued now. I really don't listen to enough R&B/Soul

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Originally posted by Bonzo:
i love the recent Foo Fighters double album 'In your Honor'

It makes for the perfect road trip/getaway soundtrack.

Play the rock disc in the car while cruising the highway to get you stoked for the weekend.

Throw on the acoustic disc when you're relaxing on the dock/in front of the fire/wherever you're gearing down.

Rinse.

Repeat.

I probably haven't listened to enough of the Foos either. I generally dig the singles ("I'll Stick Around" on Beavis And Butthead was pretty great) They're another one I need to check out a lot more, I like the way you described In Your Honor.

Stay away from In Your Honor. Bad FOOS. Start with The Colour and The Shape, and work from there. And the Headphone Masterpiece isn't R&B/Soul, its all over the map. It is an amalgamation of pretty much every modern style, and it was made on a 4track!

Personally, I don't think the Who did anything better than Quadrophenia. It moves me, its funny, and it fucking rocks when it wants to. It is Pete's vision for the Who, come to life.

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Originally posted by Crowdiggs:
And the Headphone Masterpiece isn't R&B/Soul, its all over the map. It is an amalgamation of pretty much every modern style, and it was made on a 4track!

that's one double album i've never been able to get into. there are a couple of songs i enjoy but all in all, i don't think i've ever gotten through it all in one straight listen. it's all over the place and there's a lot a great potential but i find it too ...... undone, if not makes any sense

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Originally posted by brainofp:

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Originally posted by Crowdiggs:
And the Headphone Masterpiece isn't R&B/Soul, its all over the map. It is an amalgamation of pretty much every modern style, and it was made on a 4track!

that's one double album i've never been able to get into. there are a couple of songs i enjoy but all in all, i don't think i've ever gotten through it all in one straight listen. it's all over the place and there's a lot a great potential but i find it too ...... undone, if not makes any sense

I'm sort of in the same boat. I liked him alright in small doses-- when he wasn't just copping Lenny Kravitz-- but the whole album was pretty tedius.

I respectfully say, that I believe you are both missing the point of the Headphone Masterpiece, so let me give you a little backstory. Cody was originally in rock and roll band called Crosswalk, that was dropped from their Major label before even releasing an album, and Cody went into his room, and what spewed out was the Headphone Masterpiece. Of course its all over the map. There's no editing. It's just a man, with some great ideas, but not necessarily having the means to properly express them. I mean, my god, in my opinion, Cody ChesnuTT carries his balls in a fucking Wheel barrow.

No its not a perfect record, but the sheer ambition of it, is what rates it so high in my eyes.

Oh, and Maximum Jack....Lenny Kravitz fucking sucks

Of course, I'm not always right

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Originally posted by ericg75:

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Originally posted by Nhazghaal:

Pink Floyd - The Wall; I knew I'd find this mind-blowingly incredible or really mediocre, and guess where I came down on The fragments holding the longer bits together don't work, and it may sound backward, but sleep enhances my musical experience, if I can pass out you're pretty much guaranteed my love. Well I passed out and The Wall still didn't get it. Should say something.

I like The Wall, but by "side 4", it does get a little long-winded. If they'd stopped after "Comfortably Numb" it would've been better. "Run Like Hell" is the only song on the forth side anyone cares about anyway, and they could've easily swapped that for one of the three parts to "Another Brick in the Wall".

Blasphemy! I pretty much worship everything Pink Floyd ever made (Except Piper).

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Originally posted by Mike:

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Originally posted by ericg75:

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Originally posted by Nhazghaal:

Pink Floyd - The Wall; I knew I'd find this mind-blowingly incredible or really mediocre, and guess where I came down on The fragments holding the longer bits together don't work, and it may sound backward, but sleep enhances my musical experience, if I can pass out you're pretty much guaranteed my love. Well I passed out and The Wall still didn't get it. Should say something.

I like The Wall, but by "side 4", it does get a little long-winded. If they'd stopped after "Comfortably Numb" it would've been better. "Run Like Hell" is the only song on the forth side anyone cares about anyway, and they could've easily swapped that for one of the three parts to "Another Brick in the Wall".

Blasphemy! I pretty much worship everything Pink Floyd ever made (Except Piper).

I really wanted to! Maybe, with time...

Of the Floyd's I've heard all the way through, I'll rank them:

The Dark Side Of The Moon
Wish You Were Here
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
The Wall
Animals (what a chore this was to listen to)

I'll give them more spins as is required, later, super crazy Roger Waters era Floyd doesn't impress as easily the first time as the earlier stuff.

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Originally posted by Nhazghaal:
I really wanted to! Maybe, with time...

The Wall is a grower. It's also currently in my top 20 favorite albums.

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Originally posted by Dork:

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Originally posted by Nhazghaal:
I really wanted to! Maybe, with time...

The Wall is a grower. It's also currently in my top 20 favorite albums.

It's also a burner-outer, meaning that if you listen to it every night for several months when you were in 9th grade, you will probably never want to here it again.

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Originally posted by Maximum Jack:

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Originally posted by Dork:

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Originally posted by Nhazghaal:
I really wanted to! Maybe, with time...

The Wall is a grower. It's also currently in my top 20 favorite albums.

It's also a burner-outer, meaning that if you listen to it every night for several months when you were in 9th grade, you will probably never want to here it again.

Sure, but could this not be said of many albums?

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Originally posted by Crowdiggs:
Stay away from In Your Honor. Bad FOOS. Start with The Colour and The Shape, and work from there.

What's wrong with their first album? I think it's their best.

Well, the other day I was listening to JJJ (National Australian Radio), and the dj said that the Foo Fighters enjoy their greatest success and recognition in Oz.

I've never been a fan, but to stay on topic I recommend everyone go forth and buy Todd Rundgren's Something Anything.
Another poster (too lazy to check) mentioned it also.
A true, worthy double recording.

The first Foos is a great record, but it is a Dave Grohl solo record in everything but name. I think TCATS is just a hair better, that's all. Just a personal preference.