The Offspring - Smash
Green Day - Dookie
Rush - Moving Pictures
Metallica - Master of Puppets
The Cult - Sonic Temple
Pearl Jam - Vs.
Primus - Frizzle Fry
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Metallica - Metallica
Nirvana - Nevermind

10. Willy and the Poor Boys - CCR - First album I ever wore out from playing it so much.

9. Ride the Lightning - Metallica - Classic Metallica...what more can I say?

8. Unplugged - Eric Clapton - Still blown away by this album.

7. Pearl Jam - 10 - Soundtrack to my childhood.

6. Alice in Chains - FaceLift - IMO one of the most creative albums in recent history.

5. Joe Bonamassa - Sloe Gin - Showed me that there was more to the blues than 12-bar.

4. Merle Haggard - Mama Tried - Merle doesn't know it but he taught me to be a songwriter.

3. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Lynyrd Skynyrd - The album I wish I'd written.

2. Texas Flood - SRV - Played the crap out of this one too.

and coming in at #1...the album that is responsible for the fact that I play guitar today...

1. Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience

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I couldn't pick 10 albums as I would have to pick all Beatles albums,all Jimi Hendrix albums, all pre 1969 Stones albums,all Troggs albums,all Kinks albums,all Donovan albums and the list goes on.There were a lot more than 10 albums that had a major impact on my life and music to pick just 10 would be leaving out many albums that influenced me.As albums by Albert King,Howlin'Wolf,Muddy Waters and a horde of blues giants also affected me greatly,I ccouldn't leave them out either.

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im suprised that ANYBODY can actually come up with 10 of anything that changed their lives.
i can pick 1, but i wouldnt say it has such an impact that it changed my life, however, it did influence it at one time.

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10 Albums that Changed My Life
how about 1, Meet the Beatles

the 10 that changed the life of a 21 year old at the start of this thread and the 10 that changed the life of a 61 year old at the start of this thread might be quite different.

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now this time i post, ima have a serious think about it and give reasons...last time i didn't do either.

1. Nirvana-In Utero. basically, that gave me a good sense of hope when i was really down, when i first discovered it. it really got me into music, it made me become me. just the noise of it, the frusteration and the sense of freedom, i could and can relate to it.

2. Ramones-ramones every single time i listen to it, i'm blown away by the simplicity, the humor, and the energy. probably the most influential album for my guitar work.

3. Pearl Jam-Vitalogy the lyrics on that are the best out there. eddie has some really abstract, twisted poetry on there. it made me start writting real, metaphorical and abstract.

4. Jimi Hendrix Experience-Are You Experienced Haven't got it yet, but i listen to most of the songs daily. really groovy sound, great guitar work and it really brought out the freedom and stresslessness in me.

that is all. 4 albums, i can not think of 10, as 10 things that changed your life is hard. that post took about half an hour

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The order doesn't represent the order of importance but...

1.Michael Jackson - Bad
This was the first kind of music I was subjected to that really had an impact on me, and I wasn't a musician when it came out, I was however about 5yrs old.
2. Metallica - Black Album
When I first listened to this I had only been playing guitar for a few months and Kirk Hammets soloing and James Hetfields rhythm just had a profound effect on me.
3. John 5 - Vertigo
I had been a fan of John 5 for a while but after his first solo record the variety of styles on here and his other albums were very inspiring to me as a guitarist and made me want to aim at playing as well as he can (although I doubt thats possible lol) and thats why he has been my favourite player for a number of years.
4. Rolling Stones 40 Licks
This got me into the stones and they are now one of my favourite bands (like my dad). The way the guitars weave in and out of songs and actually just everything about the stones I love. They have had a major impact on my playing.
5. Lenny Kravitz - 5
This album I found quite experimental at the time as far as what a classic style band line up could do with the addition of sounds merged in with other synths and samples. I love this album and Lenny Kravitz is also one of my favourite artists.
6. Stone Sour - Come What(Ever) May
This kinda has a similar impression on me too the stones as far as the weaving guitar work on it and the way Josh and Jim attack songs both with rhythm and leads and solos in a heavy and soft format. Jim Root is another of my favourite guitarist's from the way he approach's the instrument and the way his solo's for example do go somewhere and back and are quite different each time.
7. Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite
I got into this about the same time as Metallica and the songs just blew me away. The way Izzy and Slash weren't necessarily the best players ever but they put a lot of soul into songs, and managed to do what they do best.
8. Blur - Parklife
This was a metallica/guns period album for me again and Graham Coxon has some very interesting ways with chords, inversions and the way he approaches his lead work. Again, just inspiring.
9. Prodigy - Fat of the Land
This was kinda like Lenny Kravtiz, but only when I found out how much guitar work was done in the band. I loved the music anyway but finding that out made me think in a another way of approaching guitar.
10. The Offspring - Americana
This album was another love from early guitar years, but in this case I could pick up the songs better as my attention span wasn't quite there to learn a Hammet solo from end to end. It also taught me a brilliant song doesn't have to be technically amazing to be a good song. Also from learning the offspring and green day and other similar bands, as they are all pretty much just rhythm based it improved mine 10 fold.

No one will probably read this but hey it burned 10 minutes lol

1. Nevermind - Nirvana: this was the first CD i ever bought. One of my favorite albums and the album that launched me into music

2. Sixteen Stone - Bush: when I first started playing i pretty much learned every song chord for chord off this album. I still play the songs every once in awhile

3. New Miserable Experience - Gin Blossoms: I remember listening to this album when i was 13 and i played it to death. I absolutely loved it.

4. The Definitive Collection - John Lee Hooker: here is where i fell in love with the blues. I was never really into the blues when i first started playing guitar but I heard "Boogie Chillin'" on an XM station and immediately got into the blues.

5. Ten - Pearl Jam: as i practiced and practiced and practiced, i finally got good. So i decided I wanna play some Pearl Jam and here is where I found myself at 15 playing some pretty good solos

6. Carry On - Chris Cornell: the only artist who's entire music career i own on actual CDs. This album has so many good songs. I love this album.

7. Slowhand - Eric Clapton: i was always a Clapton fan. But back then i wasn't as big a fan as i am now. I first got this album in a clearance bin at wal-mart for $8. The guitar playing inspired me to practice more often. Plus i put this album on in the summer time and just cruise

8. Grace - Jeff Buckley: this album is pure Grace. His vocals put me in a state of Grace every time i listen to it. Some of these songs helped me through some troubled times too

9. Darkness On The Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen: when I got my telecaster i pretty much learned every song off this album. One of my favorite Springsteen albums. The guitar sound is unreal

10. Greatest Hits - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: my grandfather had this up in house, i took it downstairs one day, listened to front to back, then did it again. Then i started writing actual songs. This album inspired me to start writing some songs and people actually liked what i wrote

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More than 10 and like some others, I don't know about a changed life, but big influences...sure:

Little Deuce Coupe--the Beach Boys. This could be called a representative album that tries to get at the whole car songs/surfing era of music. Surfin' USA could have just as easily been used here, but Deuce Coupe went platinum at a time when 45s where probably still dominant in the business. I thought about Pet Sounds--not so much as a marker album for those years, but more as a tribute to the Beach Boys themselves. Probably their best album.

Gettin' Ready--The Temptations. Again a representative pick because it contains the great song "Ain't too Proud to Beg." Could have just as easily had Reach Out from the Four Tops (title track and "Bernadette,"). I imagine that, like the Beach Boys early years, Motown’s sales were probably dominated by 45s for a long time too, but I had to recognize this genre.

Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan. If I have to pick one Dylan album... the controversial (at the time) electrification of the hero folksinger.

Meet the Beatles, Rubber Soul,–The Beatles. That first album just cannot be overestimated in its impact in this country. Rubber Soul was probably the first concept album. You might justifiably list 3, 4, or more Beatles albums, because they changed direction with nearly every release. I just think these two were the most important in my life. FWIW, Abbey Road is my favorite.

Then Play On–Fleetwood Mac. This one might surprise you a bit. This was the first album that Danny Kirwin played on an featured the enigmatic “Oh Well.”--“Don’t ask me what I think of you, I might not give you answers that you want me to.” I like all the various formulations of the band called Fleetwood Mac, and especially the underappreciated years of Kirwin and Bob Welch that produced Kiln House, Future Games, and Bare Trees. So, Then Play On is here because I started paying attention.

The Doors–The Doors. I never really liked this band, but “Light My Fire” was very, very different from anything else around at the time. Probably because of Apocalypse Now, I think of Vietnam when I hear this album (the Temptations too for that matter).

Disraeli Gears--Cream. I liked Wheels of Fire better than Disraeli Gears and Fresh Cream was actually their first, but this one had “Sunshine of Your Love” on it and IMO cemented the band and Clapton as the guitar god (at least until Jimi came along).

Are You Experienced–Jimi Hendrix. Well, I wasn't until I heard this...

Tommy-- The Who. This album has been analyzed to death by music critics and the like...”the first rock opera” and all that. It was ground breaking, it was good music, and an important change in direction for an already well established group. Yeah, Who’s Next was bigger, and arguably better, but not more important.

Beggar’s Banquet, The Rolling Stones. 1968, the year of the Chicago Democratic Convention, Jagger claims that the events that inspired “Street Fighting Man” were anti-war rallies in London and Paris. What words to describe Sympathy for the Devil? .... I don't know. There are those who describe the Stones as “over-rated.” Not me, not ever.

Led Zeppelin--Led Zeppelin. Their first, maybe their best (I like the bluesy stuff like "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" and "Dazed and Confused"). Some say the first “metal” band.

Astral Weeks, Van Morrison. So here's this guy who's been a 3:00 minute hit maker and he goes out and writes this album that doesn't fit any kind of rock station mold whatsoever--all acoustic, violins for chrise sake...

Buffalo Springfield–Buffalo Springfield. I’m not sure about this one, but here’s my case. Every one of these guys went on to make significant music and have successful careers. My main reason for putting this album in there, however, is the presence of “For What It’s Worth.” I didn’t know it until I did some research, but this album was originally released before that song was written, in the fall of 1966. FWIW was recorded in December of ‘66 and put on a re-release of the album in March of ‘67. It just seems like that song was such an anthem for the times (funny thing is, I find myself humming it again today in the early days of this new administration).

American Beauty, The Grateful Dead. I've never been a Dead fan, but this is a great album and a pioneer in country-rock.

Brave New World–Steve Miller Band. Another SF band and probably my favorite. Lot of good tracks on this album. Should mention the Airplane, but really I thought their best album was Worst of Jefferson Airplane and that's a compilation. "White Rabbit" needs to be recognized though. Another SF band that I liked was Quicksilver Messenger Service, but I don’t think their music was important enough to be on this list.

Ten, Pearl Jam
Nevermind, Nirvana. Kinda clustering these two together as pioneer albums. My take is that they did more than pioneer a subset of Alternative called Grunge. Before these bands the line between what was called alternative and old “Punk” was pretty blurred (I guess). Anyway, I think they elevated Alternative and I think that Pearl Jam especially did that.

(pronounced len-nerd skin-nerd)–Lynyrd Skynyrd. I like Gregg Allman, but was never a big Allman Bros fan, and I liked Little Feat, but I guess, for me, Lynyrd Skynyrd WAS Southern Rock.

Waylon and Willie–Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. There was a period of time when I just couldn't listen to rock radio. This was the era of ELO, Kansas, Boston--all those over-produced, over-orchestrated pop bands--I hated that stuff. It drove me to country and there was nobody bigger than Waylon and Willie around that time. Not a great album, but a personification of the era.

Excitable Boy–Warren Zevon. Do you remember the first time you listened to this whole album? It was like... WHAT?!? The title track, Werewolves, Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Lawyers, Guns and Money. Too bad, we lost a real original.



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While there are lots of great albums I could name, only one album "changed my life"... Texas Flood.

When I was just a beginner and got into blues I was searching for "the sound". I was listening to Clapton, Guy, BB, all the greats but none were exactly what I was looking for. I wanted some low-down-wrong-side-of-the-tracks blues. My next door neighbor was a veteran player and gave me his cassette tape of Texas Flood. I was floored from the first note and when Texas Flood came on I knew my search was over. No other album even comes close to having the same impact on me that Texas Flood did.

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1. Escape-Journey: Possibly the most fun rock album of all time.
2. Nightmare-Avenged Sevenfold: Modern metal that I listened to nonstop for a week after I got it.
3. 1-The Beatles: Tuned me in to the greatest band of all time.
4. Zoso-Led Zeppelin: Amazing guitar work.
5. Greatest Hits-Boston: How to write music that everyone can enjoy.
6. Pornograffiti-Extreme: Amazing music and versatility.
7. The Wall-Pink Floyd: Transcends the title of album and enters the realms of true artistry
8. Los Lonely Boys-Los Lonely Boys: Latin music with incredible musicianship and great soloing
9. Greatest Hits-Red Hot Chili Peppers: California in a box.
10. Back in Black-AC/DC: There are no songs worth skipping on this album even after 30 years.

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The Byrds - FIfth Demention
The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
Eric Clapton - 1st Solo LP
Derek and the Dominos - Layla
Freddie King - Woman Accross the River
The Allman Bros. - Live at the Filmore East
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Steely Dan - Aja
Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
Eagles - Hotel California
Squeeze - Singles, 45 and Under

(Thank you for not noticing that I have 11 picks; not 10)

No foolin'. These are the 10 albums that changed my "musical" life.

Grand Funk Railroad Live .. my first album
Led Zeppelin IV
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Houses Of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Close to the Edge - Yes
Masque - Kansas
Live at Jimmy's - Maynard Ferguson
Right of Spring - Stravinsky
Requiem - Mozart

Bridge of sighs - Robin Trower
Frampton comes alive
Hair of the dog - Nazareth
All The girls in the world beware - Grand funk railroad
Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith
Physical Graffiti - Led Zepplen
Breakfast in america - Supertramp
Can't buy a thrill - Steely Dan
High Infidelity - REO Speedwagon
Machine Head - Deep Purple

Come on 10 albums that changed your life? There can be Only One...Derek & The Dominos Layla...made me pick up the guitar, and made me practice my behind off...just listened to this album again today after not listening to it for a couple years, and it brought back that big rush and just had to pull the strat off the wall, crank up the champ and blaze away

T2

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