For example in my opinion a great album is one which I keep returning to, even after a long period of time and one which is easily accessible...
2006-06-30 02:20:05 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The best album of all time is Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart's Club Band. This is the greatest album by the greatest band (The Beatles). This is an album that masters psychedelia and rock and roll and combines them as one. What makes this album so good and what makes any album good is what they have to say and how they use the music to say it. Sgt. Peppers was one of the first concept albums (albums that use a theme) and did a great job of connecting each song. Another great example of this is Pink Floyd's "Dark Side fo the Moon" which talks about life circumstances such as greed, time slipping away, etc. In almost all great albums you will see a message that the band puts out and the music it combines with to bring it home which is why Sgt. Peppers is the greatest album of all time. L.D. 50 by Mudvayne? Are you kidding? that album can't be mentioned in the top 500 albums of all time. Dig is the only half decent song on the album and is still a disgrace to rock. Please do not answer if you don't have a logical answer
2006-07-03 18:11:05 · answer #1 · answered by gregory j 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Simon and Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence record is the best of all time, at least that I've come across. They have songs about the time, happy-go lucky songs, and emotional ones all on one album. The music is composed in a classical yet modern style which allows both the older and younger generations to appreciate the music. I have gone back to this record (I have it on vinyl) so many times throughout my life, and every other album I've had seems to be from stages in my life and I rarely listen to the ones I liked in High School. I have likes this particular album since I was in Kindergarten, the first time I heard "Scarborough Fair."
2006-06-30 09:31:56 · answer #2 · answered by elliecow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abbey Road by The Beatles would be my all time favourite. As for what makes a good album, something that will age very well and won't get stale or boring. I think a good album has a good collection of "songs". How many albums do you have that have a couple of good songs while the rest you might refer to as "tracks"? Do you know what I mean?
2006-06-30 17:39:20 · answer #3 · answered by Melok 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is hard since I've been a Musician for over 25 years and have a CD Collection so vast it ain't funny! Innovative and Imaginative.Anything by King Diamond is Excellent! But I will say I think RUSH A Farewell to Kings is one of the best albums ever made.
2006-06-30 09:53:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it is important that it is accessible--to the contrary, a truly great album takes awhile to crack. Ben Folds' Songs for Silverman, for examply, has stuff that it took me dozens of listens to pick up on. I also like the idea of a concept, either musically or lyrically--like Pet Sounds documenting romance from naive love to cynicism; Dark Side of the Moon examining mental illness; S & G Bookends looking at aging.
2006-06-30 09:30:02 · answer #5 · answered by hawley5150 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think a great album grows on you as you listen to it more times. there are a few albums, that on first listen, didnt do anything for me, but as i listened more often i started digging them more. a few actually turned out to be among my faves. i also think that its nice when some of the cuts deeper in the album turn out to be special to you in some ways
here are a few albums that i didnt like at first, but started to love after a few spins
tunnel of love by bruce springsteen
blow up by the smithereens (most underrated band ever)
appetite for distruction by guns and roses
give the people what they want by the kinks
oh, i forgot, my best album is two steps from the blues by bobby bland.
2006-06-30 09:28:59 · answer #6 · answered by ilikethickchix 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dark Side of the Moon.
Describing good music as an emotional experience comes off a bit flat. Good music stands up to repeated listenings but that hardly defines it. If good music could be adequately described in words then we wouldn't need the music. It says something to us that is beyond language.
2006-06-30 09:45:32 · answer #7 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are very few albums that never let me down:
"Bloodflowers" from The Cure
"L.D. 50" from Mudvayne
"White Pony" from Deftones
"Lateralus" from Tool
"Self-Titled" from Zao
"Bless The Martyr & Kiss The Child" from Norma Jean
2006-06-30 09:53:10 · answer #8 · answered by brokenhero187 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nirvana,Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Creed and Pantera
2006-06-30 12:43:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
With you on that. If you can't help but keep going back to it, it's truly great.
I will wear out several copies of Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd.
Shine on you crazy diamond!
2006-06-30 09:31:44 · answer #10 · answered by Mikey_T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋