Favorite album from a band

elchrist · Posted: 07 Oct 2005 09:34 AM Post subject: Favorite album from a band

Just list a band and your favorite album from them. Please feel free to explain why it's your favorite.

NOFX - Ribbed
Just clearly created a new sub-genre of energetic punk rock that hundreds, if not thousands, of other bands mimicked (including Blink [182*]). Was my favorite album for years and hearing it now gives me goosebumps on songs like "Just The Flu," "Nowhere," and "The Malachi Crunch." Best song out of this album for me has got to be "The Moron Brothers."

Talking 'bout the Moron Bros. Tattooed fingers, tattooed toes...

*Threatend with a lawsuit by another band named Blink in Sweden.

carnicerodegiles · Posted: 07 Oct 2005 10:54 AM Post subject: Re: Favorite album from a band

blackmountain74 · Gots My GED Joined: 02 Apr 2004 Posts: 118

I didn't realize you guys were punkers. Trip out. I would have to say my favorite album (which is different from my favorite band) would have to be Slayer's "Reign in Blood." Nothing even approaches its ferocity. It's like short machine gun blasts to the temple. It starts fast and ends fast. It doesn;t let you up for breath and will always go down as the best speed metal album ever. It came out when I was in sixth grade and by the time I was a seventh grader it was soundtrack to wanting to kick the world's ass.
When this bad boy came out on cassette, it was short short that it was repeated on both sides. It's only like 20 to 30 minutes long, but it plays like chapters in a novela without that cheesy prog concept album feel. I can't say enough about "Reign in Blood." If you even remotely claim to like metal and have never sat down and listened to this in the dark, all the way through with headphones on, then you're truly missing a liberating experience.

elchrist · Posted: 07 Oct 2005 01:25 PM Post subject:

elchrist · Posted: 07 Oct 2005 01:58 PM Post subject:

OK, since we've gone into the metal realm, then another favorite album of mine is:

Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love
I only have this one on cassette. It's white with black lettering. Surprisingly (or maybe not) I bought it for 1 or 2 bucks at the Mexicali "arts market" on Justo Sierra a few years back, so when I plopped it into my car's tape deck I was "stoked." This album starts off perfect with "Live Wire" and shortly after is "Public Enemy #1," with later two greats in "Take Me To The Top," and "Piece Of Your Action." "Live Wire" is the best cowbell song in my opinion.

I almost lost this tape during a party to an older heavy metaler and it took me almost a year to get it back. But I got it back.

spic-ole · Posted: 07 Oct 2005 04:04 PM Post subject:

Bad Religion - Suffer

You want to talk about a band that a bunch of other bands ripped off (including NOFX). I remember the first time I ever heard this I just had to rip the sleeves off my denim jacket.

Without a doubt, the best "punk" album ever.

carnicerodegiles · Posted: 07 Oct 2005 04:17 PM Post subject:

I recently purchased Jello Biafra and the Melvins: Never Breathe What You Can't See. It has got to be one of the best albums from both of those artists. It's fucking hardcore and it's a fearless social commentary on today's society.

Another Jello and the Melvins album that just came out is Sieg Howdy! I have not listened to it, but I heard it's totally kick ass. It even has an updated version of California Uber Alles, this time referring to our very own Arnold.

elchrist · Posted: 07 Oct 2005 05:51 PM Post subject:

spic-ole · Posted: 07 Oct 2005 06:44 PM Post subject:

blackmountain74 · Gots My GED Joined: 02 Apr 2004 Posts: 118

You guys have named some bitching albums. Off the top of my head, these are the albums I couldn't live without on a desert album.

Misfits "Static Age"
Metallica "Master of Puppets"
Rush "Moving Pictures"
Of course, Slayer "Reign in Blood"
Anthrax, "Spread the Disease"
Bad Religion, "Tested," a German import live album with over 30 sings.
Sublime, "40 oz. to Freedom"
Bob Marley, "Legend"
Peter Tosh, "Legalize It"
Pearl Jam, "Vitology"
Beastie Boys, "Paul's Boutique"
Black Sabbath, "We Sold Our Soul for Rock N' Roll"
DRI, "Crossover"
Doom Kounty Electric Chair, "Stealing Defeat from the Jaws of Victory"
Willie Nelson, "Stardust," played almost all of it at my grandpa's funeral