kidsmoke Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I know we've talked before about the pure pleasures of losing oneself in an album heard through headphones...the music becomes so immediate and all-encompassing and intimate, with every nuance accentuated, every lyric right there in your head. I was thinking the other day of so many albums that didn't quite "click", didn't drag me deep into them with full appeciation, until I heard them through headphones, roaring or whispering through my head without so many exterior distractions. It really makes me realize how much music deserves some time to be the full focus of our thoughts, not a background diversion. Just lying back with a headful of music is one of life's sweetest pleasures. These two Elliott BROOD albums are terrific examples! Though I hadn't realized before how dark and full of death "Ambassador" is...not the cheeriest of albums! But deliciously intense. Tell me some albums that you think can't be fully appreciated without headphones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 First thought (obvious thought) - Electric Ladyland, especially side 3. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Next obvious thought - Dark Side of the Moon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted September 11, 2012 Author Share Posted September 11, 2012 It doesn't have to be an "obvious" choice, though...just any album that you fell for, hard, once you heard it via headphones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fritz Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 It doesn't have to be an "obvious" choice, though...just any album that you fell for, hard, once you heard it via headphones. Ah, well then, this meant the world to me when I first heard it on headphones, listening to it in my room at night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Anything by Radiohead or Sigur Ros but espicially The Bends and Takk! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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lizish Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Doug Paisley - Constant Companion saw him recently in a small bar and got talking to his bassist (the amazing Bazil Donovan). Bazil said it was an absolute pleasure to work with Doug, because he'd never heard anyone with such a light and graceful touch. I went back and listened to the latest album again and the producer just nails it in terms of highlighting that lightness. What seems laid back and lazy is anything of the sort. you sort of get the idea here, but in the intervening 6 years, Doug has literally progressed ten fold Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lizish Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Oh and Donna - great to highlight the BROOD. Those albums give me nightmares of Massacres and crossing into Detroit on foot, at night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 First thought (obvious thought) - Electric Ladyland, especially side 3.That and Axis Bold as Love. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
i'm only sleeping Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Listening to this one on headphones now and... holy shit! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vacant Horizon Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 i like doug paisley too. not sure if its a headphones album. pretty much anything by pink floyd or alan parsons project. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 I second the Axis: Bold as Love. Also love this one: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Animals is a good one - I think Dylan's Love and Theft and Modern Times sound great on phones. American Beauty is another. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 The Soft Bulletin........and Yoshimi. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 pretty much anything by pink floydAgreed. I still remember when I was in high school being at a friend's house and he sat me down in a comfy chair, put headphones on me, put on Echoes, and said "I'll be back in 20 minutes ..." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
howdjadoo Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 SBS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Tatlock Posted September 11, 2012 Share Posted September 11, 2012 Life's Rich Pageant - REM. (loud)Rook - ShearwaterStones - Let It Bleed: purely for Gimme ShelterThe Whole Love Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Blood on the tracks - DylanPhysical graffiti - Led zepToday wonder - Ed kuepper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I remember listening to the hell out of Cheap Trick Live at Budakon on Headphones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Growing up, I did not have a proper stereo system and listened to pretty much everything on headphones. My early musical tastes ran to Zep, so I always kinda associate those records as great headphone albums. Especially the third album (even though prolly not traditionally thought of as a 'headphone album', per se). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kim Bodnia Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 R.E.M. / Up Uncle Tupelo / March 1992 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted September 13, 2012 Author Share Posted September 13, 2012 All these great choices are making me want to dig a lot of albums out! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 And this one, trying to decipher those lyrics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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