The "best album" thread got me thinking about great albums and there are a few where the words "...this changes everything..." are spoken just before the first time they are played. The Are You Experienced record by Hendrix comes to mind but unfortunatly I'm too young to have heard that album in the context of its time so I don't get how it "changed everything". (Great album, though.) I think Nirvana's Nevermind probably fits into this category as well and in that case I can see how it totally re-invented what rock was supposed to sound like. What are some other albums "that changed everything..."? I'm not asking you what your favorite album is or what album changed your life but what albums in history have changed society by altering what people consider art or by blowing people away with their originality.
(not album related, but genre) I know for a fact when disco hit the airwaves I said, "crap, this changes everything" So I turned off the radio and got to know my guitar better. (really, I just focused on my own music...plus I had all the live music I would ever want working the bars)
even though many bands were already creating and excelling in the scene, Smells Like Teen Spirit was a "This changes everything" album. Hairbands, bye bye Flannel, hello
I was into R&B and bad late 80's/early 90's rap when my girlfriend during my sophomore year in HS bought me this album... Went grunge from that moment.
I don't know about albums in particular, but sounds in particular over the last 25 years I'd say... Metallica, Master of Puppets in particular. Public Enemy Rage Against the Machine Nirvana
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I think without a doubt the Nas album Illmatic really set the stage for hip-hop in the 90's. People became fascinated with masterful lyrics and thus was born Tupac shakur and Biggie Smalls, along with many others. But on the other hand, you could say that just Tupac and Biggie themselves were a "this changes everything " moment in terms of the downfall of hip-hop. Both of these guys were phenomenal hip-hop artists... but the commercialization that they brought to hip-hop has brought us to its current state... which is near-dead.
definitely revolver and sgt.pepper probably "disraeli gears" from cream along with "are you experienced" from jimi. van halen 1 must have blown some minds also.
Deathrow's early catalog: -Dr. Dre - The Chronic -Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle -Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Food -Warren G - Regulate...G Funk Era -Tupac - All Eyes On Me -Tupac - The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory Those CDs are all considered classic and were released by the same label within a span of three years! Has any label had a greater affect on a particular genre of music than Deathrow did in rap? Short, but glorious run! I know it might be a little off-topic, but those albums all changed the way the West Coast was seem by East Coast artists and two singles from those cds (Dogg Food's "New York New York" and All Eyes On Me's "Hit Em Up") quick spread the East v. West showdown! Still a classic song: <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9X_JJeVJLFc&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9X_JJeVJLFc&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>
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is this supposed to be an alternate version or is the audio wonky? where's the 'then he kissed me' melody at the end?
Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited" and to a degree, his "Bringing It All Back Home" were revolutionary. For starters, it helped get Dylan out to a wider audience compared to just acoustic folkies and it also helped push the concept of an album compared to what Motown was doing and many other labels which was put a good single or two and loads of filler. Dylan along with the Beatles (their British albums only) were the first 2 acts to really push the concept of the album and push it to be something to be heard in its entirety instead of just the single that was #1 on the charts. Also with Dylan's emergence in the rock field, he kickstarted the trend of artists writing their own songs (for the most part) instead of relying on Tin Pan Alley and the other professional songwriters.
