What albums have shaped and influenced you?

Arcade Fire's Funeral has been a pretty big one for me lately. While i generally listen to individual songs over full albums (bad habit I've been trying to get out of lately D=) a few more important ones off the top of my head would be Radiohead - In Rainbows, AFI - Crash Love, Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory, Foster The People - Torches, of Montreal - Hissing Fauna Are You The Destroyer? and Gorillaz - Demon Days

The Smiths are a personal favorite band of mine as well. <3 the only reason I didn't list one of their albums is because I love too many songs spanning throughout all their stuff to pick one. Definitely feel ya on their lyrics easily relating to LGBT life, it's a big reason I like them so much too. "Last Night I dreamt Somebody Loved Me" was one of the songs I listened to most when I went through a bit of a depressed phase of crushing on a guy I had no chance with. I felt like the exact thoughts and feelings going through my head were being were being articulated and described more perfectly than I ever would be able to myself. For me that's the magic of Morrisey~ I think i'll go put my all time favorite quote of his in my sig right now actually =o I've had my current one long enough.

 

I just have to say that you have some damn fine taste in music. Most of these albums I would also say have influenced me. Along with:

*Queen - A Night at the Opera
*Elton John - Greatest Hits
*Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
*Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn

I was born way too late.

 

I Really Like (in no order)-
Arctic Monkeys-Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Beatles- Yesterday and Today
Bruno Mars- Unorthodox Jukebox
Duran Duran- Debut Album
The Beau Brummels- Introducing The Beau Brummels
Adele- 21
Foxboro Hot Tubs- Stop Drop and Roll
One Direction- Take Me Home
The Hollies- Greatest Hits
Lady Gaga- The Fame
The Fratellis- Costello Music
The Beach Boys- Smile

 

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die
City and Colour - Bring Me Your Love
Marilyn Manson - The High End of Low
Pink Floyd - The Wall

Could not live without these albums in my life.

 

My number one is, hands down, Doolittle by The Pixies.
Aside from that,
Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against the Machine,
The Good, the Bad, and the Queen by The Good, the Bad, and the Queen,
Thank You Happy Birthday by Cage the Elephant,
Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins,
London Calling by The Clash,
Vulgar Display of Power by Pantera,
Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia by The Dandy Warhols,
Ziggy Stardust by Bowie,
Eponymous by R.E.M.,
In Utero by Nirvana,
The Violent Femmes by The Violent Femmes,
Back to Basics by Billy Bragg,
Fashion Nugget by Cake,
Peace Sells (but who's buying) by MegaDeth,
Reign in Blood by Slayer.

Long list, but all absolutely amazing albums.

Edit:
shiromay's post reminded me, In Rainbows, Kid A, and Demon Days.

 

As a songwriter and musician, I'd the following have inspired me the most, thus influcenced my thoughts; if a song doesn't leave a person changed, it isn't music.

The Agonist - Prisoners
We Are The Others - Delain
Turning Seasons Within - Draconian
A Rose For the Apocalypse - Draconian
Arcane Rain Fell - Draconian
Helvetios - Eluvietie
A Silent Scr3am - Elysion
Design Your Universe - Epica
Requiem For the Indiffent - Epica
Opheliac - Emilie Autumn
Fallen - Evanescence
The Open Door - Evanescence
Von Der Elben - Faun
Lungs - Florence + The Machine
Ceremonials - Florencd + The Machine
Flyleaf - Flyeaf
Remember to Live - Flyleaf
The Black Halo - Kamelot
Ghost Opera - Kamelot
Poetry For the Poisoned - Kamelot
Love Is Dead - Kerli
3 Cheers For Sweet Revenge - My Chem. Romance
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Panic! At the Disco
Sale el Sol - Shakira
Oral Fixation - Shakira
The Phantom Agony - Epica
Aégis - Theatre of Tragedy
Bloody Lunatic Asylum - Theatres des Vampires
Moonlight Waltz - Theatres des Vampires
Les Fleur du Mal - Therion
Live Gothic - Therion
Ashes - Tristania
Beyond The Veil - Tristania
Illumination - Tristania
Widow's Weeds - Tristania
World of Glass - Tristania
Enter - Within Temptation
The Dance - Within Temptation
The Heart of Everything - Within Temptation
Mother Earth - Within Temptation
The Silent Force - Within Temptation
The Unforgiving - Within Temptation

 

Thank you very much!

I blame my parents for raising me with such good tunes, but I do love 80's British Rock and 80's music in general.

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Also, Marina Diamandis is a Goddess.

All of her songs have translated to me in one way or another. I love her so much.

 

Love the new sig :icon_bigg

Yes I know exactly what you mean, he puts it better than I ever could.

If I was picking a Morrissey sig it would be:

A lot of Morrissey's lyrics are pretty ambiguous but this lyric is definitely about him being gay/asexual.

 

I am currently in a state of perpetual bliss after discovering the secret to being happy. This is the result of years of counselling and Bon Iver - For Emma. Also, Bon Iver, Bon Iver and Rumer's old album.

 

Barry white----The Gold double record Gratest Hits 1975 That Christmas my parents drove all over town for it. It was my first album
Sonny and Cher----The Beat Goes On 1975
Supertramp----Breakfast in America
Peter Paul and Mary----Greatist Hits album and 10 Years Together albums
Several of The Carpenters albums
2 of The Captain and Tannele albums too
Each of those had songs that moved me in some way. June

 

Oracular Spectacular by MGMT

 

Everything by the following bands:
Joy Division
Mastodon
Ahab
Explosions in the Sky
ISIS

 

Post, Telegram, Homogenic, Selmasongs & Vespertine - Björk
Ray of Light & Music - Madonna
Aquí & Bueninvento - Julieta Venegas
Whoa, Nelly!, Folklore & Loose - Nelly Furtado
All Final Fantasy Soundtracks - Nobuo Uematsu & Co.
The Double Life of Veronique and Three Colors Soundtracks - Zbigniew Preisner

 

Option Paralysis by The Dillinger Escape Plan. <3
If you listen to... lets say.... Good Neighbor and then Widower, you'll see the musical differences they have. It's a very touching album to me although not many can stand it. Haha.

 

Tegan & Sara - The Con

 

Embarrassingly, it's a Jpop album: Vivid by Crystal Kay. Just because it was my happy place during a relatively sad summer.

 

I love this! Parasitic Twins is such a fun track, and yes, there's plenty of variety. Its follow-up is coming soon, should be good!

The Antlers' 'Burst Apart' is my sad album of choice at the moment but I can't think of any that have hugely changed me.

 

Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Brian Wilson - Smile
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Cynic - Carbon Based Anatomy/Traced in Air
Death - Individual Thought Patterns/The Sound of Perseverance
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Mr. Bungle - California
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume 1 From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Opeth - Ghost Reveries/Still Life
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Sparks - Kimono My House
Tool - 10,000 Days
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Return to Forever - Where Have I Known You Before
Rush - A Farewell to Kings
Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi
Ray Lynch - Deep Breakfast
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor
Yes - The Yes Album

and most recently...
Kimbra - Vows

Damn. I think that's it?

 

o.o oh my gosh!!! I love your music taste!