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I just came across this great clip of a guy hearing Rage Against the Machine for the first time:

http://www.openculture.com/2018/05/hip-hop-fan-freaks-out-when-he-hears-rag...

If you could unhear one album in order to listen to it for the first time again what would it be?

Wu Tang - 36 Chambers

Or Maybe Joni Mitchell - Blue

Bit of a contrast

'Dark side of the moon' -  end of discussion.

Power Windows by Rush. Discovering the raw power of their mid-era stuff was a bit like being hit by a bus. The thrill wears off with familiarity, unfortunately.

You discuss these things with yourself?

That would be my choice too!

Raw Power - Iggy Pop and the Stooges.

For 1974 so much aggression, way beyond its time.

I wish I could unheard Money for ever. It was the first Floyd song I heard (on a compilation album) and put me off listening to them for years. 

Zappa. Joe's garage.  I was forced to listen to it in the car on a climbing trip up to North Yorks. I thought it would never end. 

In the court of the Crimson King. Dear God....

"Missa fors Seulement" (Ockeghem) The Clerks Group.

I don’t think you’ve quite got the hang of this!

Looks like there’s another thread required for albums that we wish to have removed from our auditory consciousness for ever...

Ah, yes. Misread the question!

er, think I also misread the OP.

DSOM for show, Animals for a pro

But like I said, good theme for a thread!

Selling England by the Pound. 

Or Foxtrot  or Nursery Cryme

Would it really elicit the same feelings? I always find that albums or songs that have staying power are linked strongly with personal circumstances or socialital events going on at the time.

Saying that listening to Rage Against The Machine again in the current climate is particularly appropriate.

You could be so many of my passengers.

In contrast, I was once given a lift in a lorry by a guy playing this incredible jazz rock stuff (I would normally stamp up and down on anything thus labelled). What is this I asked; The Grand Wazoo.

Beethoven’s Op. 132. Any recording but I particularly like the Lasalle Quartet. Music so profound and naked that it makes the hair on my neck stand every time I hear it. The first time I heard it, watching the sun set  over the sea in Pembroke, I knew life would always be a little different.

Many candidates for this: today I'd vote for Camel's 'A Live Record'. Tomorrow, it may be different.

T.

Pilgrimage to Santiago performed by Philip Pickett and The New London Consort.

Going back along time here - Sgt Pepper’s lonely hearts club band, 1967. Don’t think we can underestimate the importance of that one.

Similar era to the OP: Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream.

That first intro to Cherub Rock:  youtube.com/watch?v=q-KE9lvU810& 

Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left 

The voice, the incredible guitar work, especially on 3 hours. I think the best song is Riverman but there isn't really a bad track on that album. It think it's his best but think Bryter Layter and Pink moon are great too. I bought a Nick Drake song book but really struggled with these on guitar, the guitar work is understated in a way but brilliant. 

I've read two biographies on him, was and still am a massive fan. He got me into folk music and I started playing the guitar because of him. I don't have a guitar now but used to play some folk guitar.

Dream Theater. Awake.  My first encounter with prog-metal back in the mid 90's. I was astonished at Mike Portnoy's drumming and John Myung's bass.  I'd quite like to be astonished again sometime.

"Queen is Dead" by the Smiths, and "Holy Bible" by the Manic Street Preachers

An evening with Wildman Fischer - the rest of you are just tiny bobbers you heathens

a track, rather than an album.

youtube.com/watch?v=UZu8aDWhM9Y&

I'm 58 now, and when this track - The Damned 'A New Rose' came out and I was 16 and just about to go up to sixth form. I kept all my Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Pink Floyd and Prog albums (still listen to them) but this single took me off via the Stranglers and Dead Kennedys eventually to Nirvana and SoundGarden (each of whom have candidates for this thread 'Nevermind' and 'Superunknown ' respectively). I think that Damned single is responsible for my obsession with all things Slayer, Metallica, Pantera et al, but it's not immediately obvious.

I played the youtube video link and it made me smile. 76/77 at Barbarellas and Bogarts clubs in Birmingham watching The Damned, Stranglers, Sex Pistols....even the Scorpions at Bogarts, then regular Sabbath gigs at the Town Hall and the Odeon.

Great days

Paul

PS if you're going to forget a Floyd album, make it Wish you Were Here, it's like way better than Dark Side of the Moon

Damn right. New Rose was the best track that emerged from that whole punk era. I was 11 when it came out, I regarded it as ground zero and all the other old rock/prog stuff was bloated nonsense. Thank goodness I grew up a bit and discovered Floyd and led Zep a bit later.

"Trout Mask Replica" 

The moment when I finally got it and realised how musically competent , brilliantly written and unlike anything I had every heard before.

The first few listens I just thought they weren't even trying to play in time and it was a car wreck of an album .

How wrong I was.

so true, I find myself humming tunes of artists that I don't like, usually when reviewing photos of a particularly enjoyable event where that tune was played. 

I remember dancing to the whole of the RATM album in Reading's after dark club just after in came out - they played the album straight and it was amazing.

My vote will be for the Arctic Monkeys first album - still listen to it now and it has incredible energy, artistry and thoughtfulness all rolled into one.

Inflammable Material - Stiff Little Fingers.

Still have a vivid memory of listening to it waiting for my mate to get ready for school.