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What are some albums you can completely lose yourself in?

Have anything that you get heavily absorbed in?

52 comments

  1. [3]
    chromakode
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    Sigur Ros -- ( ) Godspeed You! Black Emperor -- Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven Yndi Halda -- Enjoy Eternal Bliss The Mars Volta -- De-Loused in the Comatorium

    Sigur Ros -- ( )
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor -- Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
    Yndi Halda -- Enjoy Eternal Bliss
    The Mars Volta -- De-Loused in the Comatorium

    8 votes
    1. tumbzilla
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      Sigur Ros - ( ) is one of the best albums of all time in my opinion. Every time I listen to it, it speaks to me a little differently. It never gets old.

      Sigur Ros - ( ) is one of the best albums of all time in my opinion. Every time I listen to it, it speaks to me a little differently. It never gets old.

      2 votes
    2. Eva
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      Ooh, a post-rock fan?

      Ooh, a post-rock fan?

  2. [4]
    what
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    I have to mention my favourite album, Porter Robinson - Worlds. To me, this album is the definition of fantasy and letting your mind roam to imaginary places. Relevant lyrics from another Porter...

    I have to mention my favourite album, Porter Robinson - Worlds. To me, this album is the definition of fantasy and letting your mind roam to imaginary places. Relevant lyrics from another Porter Robinson song:

    Every place you've ever imagined: it's real.
    There is a fictional city in your mind, and you know every corner of it.
    Your mind is a world, each of us is a place.

    My next choice is Astrix - He.art. Psytrance is absolute magic, and to me is the best music to lose yourself in, especially when you’re really tired (or tripping, but I’m not planning on that anytime soon :P). This is the best psytrance album I’ve ever heard, and it really showed me how powerful the genre can be.

    7 votes
    1. [2]
      bhrgunatha
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      Not sure if you'll like something more Downtempo but EkaOlogic - Light Seeds was one of my favourite releases last year. They just released Perseida which after first listen feels on a par.

      Not sure if you'll like something more Downtempo but EkaOlogic - Light Seeds was one of my favourite releases last year. They just released Perseida which after first listen feels on a par.

      2 votes
      1. what
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        Thanks for the recommendation, I've listened to a few songs and really enjoyed them! Definitely going on my psytrance playlist. I'm super into midtempo bass music, and in a way this almost feels...

        Thanks for the recommendation, I've listened to a few songs and really enjoyed them! Definitely going on my psytrance playlist. I'm super into midtempo bass music, and in a way this almost feels like a mix of that and psytrance.

        1 vote
    2. Ellimist
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      Just wanted to thank you for posting about Astrix-He.art......followed the link this morning and I've been listening to it off and on for most of the day

      Just wanted to thank you for posting about Astrix-He.art......followed the link this morning and I've been listening to it off and on for most of the day

      1 vote
  3. delicious_grownups
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    Why? - Alopecia Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Elliott Smith - New Moon Lucius - Good Grief Menomena - Friend and Foe Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso The Growlers - Are You in or...

    Why? - Alopecia
    Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
    Elliott Smith - New Moon
    Lucius - Good Grief
    Menomena - Friend and Foe
    Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso
    The Growlers - Are You in or Out?
    Beck - Midnight Vultures
    Any album by St. Vincent

    7 votes
  4. [3]
    roadrunner
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    In no particular order: Beck: Sea Change David Bowie: Hunky Dory Ween: Chocolate and Cheese Elliott Smith: Either-Or Aesop Rock: The Impossible Kid Alabama Shakes: Sound and Color These are albums...

    In no particular order:

    Beck: Sea Change
    David Bowie: Hunky Dory
    Ween: Chocolate and Cheese
    Elliott Smith: Either-Or
    Aesop Rock: The Impossible Kid
    Alabama Shakes: Sound and Color

    These are albums I keep in rotation and invariably come back to when I’m in need of an “album experience.” I’ve got a handful more but don’t want to flood the thread. At any rate, they all fit the same lyrical and sonic bliss criteria for me as your pick.

    Can’t wait to listen to Trophy Eyes!

    5 votes
    1. Eva
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      Ooh! With those lyrical tastes; you might enjoy a Mountain Goats album, like All Eternals Deck! (I think tMG and Aesop Rock've collaborated a few times; if you can get past John Darnielle's voice,...

      Ooh! With those lyrical tastes; you might enjoy a Mountain Goats album, like All Eternals Deck! (I think tMG and Aesop Rock've collaborated a few times; if you can get past John Darnielle's voice, he makes beaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuutiful albums.)

      Feel free to share the rest of them; flooding a thread like this is kinda the point!

      3 votes
  5. balooga
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    Pink Floyd — Dark Side of the Moon (especially if you’re able to get your hands on the Alan Parsons quadraphonic mix and a good audio system to play it on) Blue Man Group — Audio BT — This Binary...
    • Pink Floyd — Dark Side of the Moon (especially if you’re able to get your hands on the Alan Parsons quadraphonic mix and a good audio system to play it on)
    • Blue Man Group — Audio
    • BT — This Binary Universe
    • Delirious? — Glo
    • Ulrich Schnauss — Far Away Trains Passing By
    • The Beatles — Love (Cirque du Soleil soundtrack)
    5 votes
  6. [7]
    4rm
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    Carly Rae Jepsen - E·MO·TION I (아이) - I Dream YG - Still Brazy Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother I listen to most of my music in the background playing video games, but whenever...

    Carly Rae Jepsen - E·MO·TION
    I (아이) - I Dream
    YG - Still Brazy
    Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother

    I listen to most of my music in the background playing video games, but whenever these albums come on I always take notice. The first two are super poppy and happy, and even though I'm a always a bit embarrassed whenever it comes up that I like that kind of music, I can't deny that I do. The second two are hip-hop/rap, but still pretty different. For Still Brazy all I really care about is the beat (DJ Mustard is great), and I think it delivers hard. But for Mecca and the Soul Brother, it's way more lyrical and fun to listen to. I guess I just like upbeat music.

    4 votes
    1. [2]
      Whom
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      Still Brazy really is an incredibly produced album. I want more modern rappers to dip into that sound, but the well is so dry there.

      Still Brazy really is an incredibly produced album. I want more modern rappers to dip into that sound, but the well is so dry there.

      3 votes
      1. 4rm
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        I really love the G-Funk sound, and Still Brazy was kinda of like a modern take on it. Unfortunately it didn't really have as much of a revival as I was hoping for. I hope it doesn't stay trapped...

        I really love the G-Funk sound, and Still Brazy was kinda of like a modern take on it. Unfortunately it didn't really have as much of a revival as I was hoping for. I hope it doesn't stay trapped in the 90s.

        2 votes
    2. Chopincakes
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      Hell yeah for Mecca and the Soul Brother!!

      Hell yeah for Mecca and the Soul Brother!!

      3 votes
    3. nulledzero
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      pete rock is amazing, I made a spotify playlist that influenced later generations and pete rock is a frequent on that playlist

      pete rock is amazing, I made a spotify playlist that influenced later generations and pete rock is a frequent on that playlist

      2 votes
    4. [2]
      Eva
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      Jepsen's actually really cool - she manages to make pretty decently well-off hits while not completely sucking; even if she's not blowing up the charts 24/7. A lot of people I know love her music;...

      Jepsen's actually really cool - she manages to make pretty decently well-off hits while not completely sucking; even if she's not blowing up the charts 24/7. A lot of people I know love her music; no need to be embarrassed! Never heard any of the other ones; I guess I'll have to check them out at some point!

      1 vote
      1. 4rm
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        Her songs are no masterpieces really, but they're just a fun time. Since it's usually background music for me I don't really parse the lyrics and I think that helps to enjoy it. Similarly, I don't...

        Her songs are no masterpieces really, but they're just a fun time. Since it's usually background music for me I don't really parse the lyrics and I think that helps to enjoy it. Similarly, I don't speak a lick of Korean but still enjoy a decent amount of K-pop as fun, upbeat background music.

        1 vote
  7. [4]
    Whom
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    The Cure - Pornography Motorpsycho - Demon Box Joanna Newsom - Ys Slowdive - Souvlaki Ulver - Perdition City Sun Ra - Space is the Place Vyva Melinkolya - Vyva Melinkolya Kanye West - 808s &...
    The Cure - Pornography
    Motorpsycho - Demon Box
    Joanna Newsom - Ys
    Slowdive - Souvlaki
    Ulver - Perdition City
    Sun Ra - Space is the Place
    Vyva Melinkolya - Vyva Melinkolya
    Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak
    

    Looking at this, it isn't much different from just a favorites list for me. I value that kind of experience a lot.

    4 votes
    1. [2]
      roadrunner
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      That Joanna Newsom album does not get the love it deserves. And Pornography is such a lush landscape. Love those!

      That Joanna Newsom album does not get the love it deserves. And Pornography is such a lush landscape. Love those!

      3 votes
      1. jgb
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        Probably because it's not on Spotify.

        That Joanna Newsom album does not get the love it deserves

        Probably because it's not on Spotify.

        3 votes
    2. Eva
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      Right? I can think of very few albums on top of my lists that don't have that experience, at least to some extent.

      Right? I can think of very few albums on top of my lists that don't have that experience, at least to some extent.

      1 vote
  8. [2]
    bhrgunatha
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    Here we go. I mean there are so many, but ... I lose every single music popularity thread. Yet I always keep posting because there might be just one special person who gets what I get from them...

    Here we go.

    I mean there are so many, but ...

    I lose every single music popularity thread. Yet I always keep posting because there might be just one special person who gets what I get from them and if I can give that experience to someone I can die happy. If you're out there - bless you and enjoy....

    • Troum - Sigqan - but quite honestly virtually any album by them. Other notable albums - Eald-Ge-Stréon and Shutûn, but seriously everything.
    • Coil - Time Machines - this is a truly unique electronic music album - designed and deliberately crafted to lose track of time and yourself.
    • Mono - Requiem for Hell - This is actually a playlist for a gig last January in Seoul because it was after the album was released and I also really enjoyed Jambinai's set. East Asian Post-Rock forever!. I love post-rock in general and GYBE, Explosions in the Sky, Sigur Ros, Caspian etc are all great, but something about Mono gives me goosebumps. I don't know why but their music just goes so much deeper than any other band in the genre. Hard to choose just one and this is probably recency bias - very close runners up: Hymn To The Immortal Wind and Under The Pipal Tree.
    • Pan Sonic - A - Experimental, electronic sound design at its peak. I can't find it on youtube or bandcamp. RIP Mika Vainio - I will forever mourn there will be no more of his creative output after this

    I'll leave it there. I have a tendency to overshare and there's already more than than most people would follow anyway :)

    4 votes
    1. Chopincakes
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      Checking out that Mono playlist -- this is fucking awesome! I def love all the other post rock bands you listed there, so I'll be checking them out more in the next week or so for sure

      Checking out that Mono playlist -- this is fucking awesome! I def love all the other post rock bands you listed there, so I'll be checking them out more in the next week or so for sure

      2 votes
  9. Chopincakes
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    Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid;Maad City; DAMN.; To Pimp A Butterfly John Coltrane - Darkar; A Love Supreme; John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman; Both Directions at Once The Decemberists - Hazards of Love...

    Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid;Maad City; DAMN.; To Pimp A Butterfly

    John Coltrane - Darkar; A Love Supreme; John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman; Both Directions at Once

    The Decemberists - Hazards of Love

    Bill Evans - Sundays at the Village Vanguard; Waltz for Debby

    Mewithoutyou - Brother, Sister

    Toe - For Long Tomorrow

    Asian Kung-Fu Generation - World World World

    The Avett Brothers - Emotionalism

    The Roots - Undun

    4 votes
  10. CALICO
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    Not an album, but my top is Nujabes Eternal [mix]. It's a solid hour, the same length of my gym routine, and I can't but lose myself and jam out the entire time, every time. Some others I always...

    Not an album, but my top is Nujabes Eternal [mix]. It's a solid hour, the same length of my gym routine, and I can't but lose myself and jam out the entire time, every time.

    Some others I always get really into:

    Turisas – Battle Metal (folk metal)

    Pat Metheny – Secret Story (jazz fusion)

    Chilly Gonzales – Ivory Tower (can't find full-album link, hip-hop/disco?, had a film arranged around it)

    Gasoline – A Journey Into Abstract Hip-Hop (Electronic, Hip-Hop)

    3 votes
  11. [2]
    TheJorro
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    Radiohead: In Rainbows Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp A Butterfly Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 2 Tool: Lateralus Gorillaz: Demon Dayz GZA: Liquid Swords Swans: The Seer...

    Radiohead: In Rainbows

    Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool

    Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp A Butterfly

    Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 2

    Tool: Lateralus

    Gorillaz: Demon Dayz

    GZA: Liquid Swords

    Swans: The Seer

    Tame Impala: Liberian

    Rage Against the Machine: self titled

    Rage Against the Machine: Battle for Los Angeles

    3 votes
    1. nulledzero
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      tame impala is amazing. I was recently introduced to them when I was invited to see them at the greek theatre in berkeley a few years back. I had never heard of them of knew of them before. I was...

      tame impala is amazing. I was recently introduced to them when I was invited to see them at the greek theatre in berkeley a few years back. I had never heard of them of knew of them before. I was absolutely blown away by the sounds.

      1 vote
  12. Eva
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    I asked this because I've just spun up Trophy Eyes' Chemical Miracle; which I can just sit back and be almost entirely absorbed in, lyrically and sonically, for hours. One of the best albums of...

    I asked this because I've just spun up Trophy Eyes' Chemical Miracle; which I can just sit back and be almost entirely absorbed in, lyrically and sonically, for hours. One of the best albums of this decade, at least out of what I've listened to so far; I'd love to hear what albums are like it for you guys.

    2 votes
  13. annadane
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    Eiffel 65 - Europop

    Eiffel 65 - Europop

    2 votes
  14. Seven
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    I usually don't find whole albums where I like every song in the album, but LIGHTS by Voices in Your Head is an exception for me. It is quite honestly one of the best albums I have ever listened...

    I usually don't find whole albums where I like every song in the album, but LIGHTS by Voices in Your Head is an exception for me. It is quite honestly one of the best albums I have ever listened to, and I lose myself in it every time I listen.

    2 votes
  15. Akir
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    There are a ton of them, but rather than list all of them, I'll just cover the most recent one I have come across: Yorlga. Sung by Noriko Mitose and written by Yoshitaka Hirota (of Shadow Hearts...

    There are a ton of them, but rather than list all of them, I'll just cover the most recent one I have come across: Yorlga. Sung by Noriko Mitose and written by Yoshitaka Hirota (of Shadow Hearts fame). It takes a while for the songs to completely sink in, but it's incredibly rewarding when it does. Listening to each song paints a different living scenery in my mind.

    2 votes
  16. ruspaceni
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    I found this "vaporwave?" thing on some youtube channel that aggregates things and it's been my goto for a while. Elyphant : Bellwether. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-6z9BzM2AQ. Imo it's not...

    I found this "vaporwave?" thing on some youtube channel that aggregates things and it's been my goto for a while. Elyphant : Bellwether. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-6z9BzM2AQ. Imo it's not too close to vaporwave so I'm not entirely sure why it's on that channel, unless its just interest overlap.

    It's a really relaxing album with a few interesting "off kilter" effects spattered throughout the songs so there's always something to catch my ear (namely the 2nd? song) but it lends itself to zoning out quite well because of the de-emphasis of lyrics in favour of melody.

    That reminds me of this; also. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrenNlr1Wzo It's an original score for the show "utopia" although the album linked is the season 2 one, both are superb and eerie.

    I often put the two on loop while i read audiobooks because why not? I did it for Artemis recently and it was phenomenal when the music would be "on tone" with the book. Plus when it wasn't entirely fitting; It's never too commanding to actually draw your focus away from anything.

    Next is this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BZhPIut3U8. It's the soundtrack to the film "Waking Life". Another bizarre piece of content, but the soundtrack itself isn't that experimental. It's mostly violins, pianos, and whatnot. Maybe classical? I'm not a huge buff on the genres so I'm not actually sure. I just love how tender it can be. The film it's from is quite "out there" but I think the music is quite even-keel

    2 votes
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    ali
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    Kanye - graduation Kanye and Jay Z - watch the throne Nujabes - modal soul The Weeknd - my dear melancholy, Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

    Kanye - graduation
    Kanye and Jay Z - watch the throne
    Nujabes - modal soul
    The Weeknd - my dear melancholy,
    Gorillaz - Plastic Beach

    2 votes
    1. nulledzero
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      nujabes is an international treasure

      nujabes is an international treasure

      3 votes
    2. DrewDru
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      Gotta Have It is the most played song on my phone.

      Gotta Have It is the most played song on my phone.

      1 vote
  18. jgb
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    A few I haven't seen others mention: OK Computer, In Rainbows, Whatever People Say I Am, Illinois, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Is This It And a few I have seen others mention: ITAOTS, Souvlaki,...

    A few I haven't seen others mention: OK Computer, In Rainbows, Whatever People Say I Am, Illinois, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Is This It

    And a few I have seen others mention: ITAOTS, Souvlaki, Lift Your Skinny Fists...

    2 votes
  19. nulledzero
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    Tycho - Past is Prologue / Dive, I enjoy tycho because whichever mood I tend to be in mad, sad, anxious, stressed, listening to tycho always brings me to a sense of equilibrium. Lonerism by tame...

    Tycho - Past is Prologue / Dive, I enjoy tycho because whichever mood I tend to be in mad, sad, anxious, stressed, listening to tycho always brings me to a sense of equilibrium.

    Lonerism by tame impala is pretty good for losing youself

    2 votes
  20. stromm
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    Rush - 2112 Rush - Moving Pictures Billy Thorpe - Children of the Sun. Boston - Boston Seal - Seal Styx - Come Sail Away: The Styx Anthology YES - 90125 Journey - Greatest Hits Foreigner - The...

    Rush - 2112
    Rush - Moving Pictures
    Billy Thorpe - Children of the Sun.
    Boston - Boston
    Seal - Seal
    Styx - Come Sail Away: The Styx Anthology
    YES - 90125
    Journey - Greatest Hits
    Foreigner - The Definitive

    2 votes
  21. Bilbo
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    The head and the heart - the head and the heart. Their first album.

    The head and the heart - the head and the heart. Their first album.

    2 votes
  22. rmakinn
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    Jeff Buckley - Grace John Martyn - Solid Air Nick Drake - Pink Moon Jan Jelinek - Loop Finding Jazz Records Alice In Chains - Dirt Levellers - Mouth To Mouth And a recent one: Ross From Friends -...

    Jeff Buckley - Grace

    John Martyn - Solid Air

    Nick Drake - Pink Moon

    Jan Jelinek - Loop Finding Jazz Records

    Alice In Chains - Dirt

    Levellers - Mouth To Mouth

    And a recent one: Ross From Friends - Family Portrait

    2 votes
  23. Klayy
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    Most albums by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, though Polygondwanaland stands out. Also, A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead.

    Most albums by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, though Polygondwanaland stands out.
    Also, A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead.

    2 votes
  24. cheer
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    Frank Ocean - Blonde Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy Radiohead - In Rainbows AJJ - Can't Maintain

    Frank Ocean - Blonde

    Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy

    Radiohead - In Rainbows

    AJJ - Can't Maintain

    1 vote
  25. Lance
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    Any concept album really. Pink Floyds the wall is my favorite concept album, followed by The Who's Tommy. Other than than concept album I really get lost in Stadium Arcadium by the Red Hot Chili...

    Any concept album really. Pink Floyds the wall is my favorite concept album, followed by The Who's Tommy.

    Other than than concept album I really get lost in Stadium Arcadium by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Double disc and 28 tracks give plenty of variety, not to mention I think it's some of John Frusciantes greatest work.

    1 vote
  26. ras
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    F♯ A♯ ∞ by Godspeed You! Black Emperor is one that I always get lost in.

    F♯ A♯ ∞ by Godspeed You! Black Emperor is one that I always get lost in.

    1 vote
  27. aki
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    Act II - The Father Of Death by The Protomen The second act of a musical that’s based of the rough story of mega man, the album really brings you on a journey and I completely get lost in it quite...

    Act II - The Father Of Death by The Protomen

    The second act of a musical that’s based of the rough story of mega man, the album really brings you on a journey and I completely get lost in it quite often. It’s actual a prequel to the first act, so you can go ahead and listen to it without previous context, but the first act is also very, very good.

    1 vote
  28. [3]
    jwilcoxson
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    Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me

    Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me

    1 vote
    1. [2]
      Eva
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      Yessssssssssssssssssss. Did you like Science Fiction, too?

      Yessssssssssssssssssss. Did you like Science Fiction, too?

      1 vote
      1. jwilcoxson
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        Not as much, but we’re talking 9/10 instead of 10/10.

        Not as much, but we’re talking 9/10 instead of 10/10.

        1 vote
  29. Sanlear
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    Nirvana - Nevermind. It’s an album that always scratches the nostalgia itch for me.

    Nirvana - Nevermind.

    It’s an album that always scratches the nostalgia itch for me.

    1 vote