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List 5 bands/artists lps which were cornerstone turning point in the musical spectrum. Lps which totally changed the direction of things. Pioneering Lps where all roads lead back to them.

I am maintaining that the LATEST of these lps would have to be "Autobahn" . Kraftwerk's (third?) lp is the direct influence on at least 5 genres - synthpop/new wave, industrial, hip-fucking-hop....... (CAN also: Czukay was doing sampling long beefwhore anyone else - if you discount a Stockhausen or two)


So, other than Autobahn, here are my three:

Black Sabbath - same

Dylan - Bringing it all back Home

Donovan - sunshine superman

Beatles - revolver



Okay, Hawkwind - doremi fasol latido also. (Or was this their 3rd release? Anyways - the second release.)

Spice Girls Spiceworld....

Beatles - Sgt Pepper
Nick & the Velvet Underground - same
Lee Zeppelin - same
Black Sabbath - same
Deep Purple - In Rock

The Damned's single, New Rose. Acknowledged as the first UK punk single.
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys. According to McCartney the album that pushed them to record Sgt. Pepper... It also influenced a shed load of mixed pop and rock genres.

Nirvana nevermind ?

karatestu wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 6:54 pm Nirvana nevermind ?

'Smells like teen spirit' was ripped off from a Kiiling Joke song - 'Eighties' if I remember rightly.

Fretless wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 7:02 pm

karatestu wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 6:54 pm Nirvana nevermind ?

'Smells like teen spirit' was ripped off from a Kiiling Joke song - 'Eighties' if I remember rightly.

Thats why i put a question mark after it. Oh well, nevermind

Albums that were totally new and totally original:

Gang of Four 'Entertainment!'

Siouxsie & the Banshees 'The Scream'

Dead Can Dance :Spleen and Ideal'

Cocteau Twins 'Garlands'

The Chameleons 'Script for a Bridge'

The Human League 'Reproduction'

Joy Division 'Unknown Pleasure'

Durutti Column 'The return of...'

Magazine 'Secondhand Daylight'

Pink Military`Do Animals Believe in God? '

Kate Bush' Hounds of Love '

Peter Gabriel 3 & 4

King Crimson 'Red'

and many albums from the likes of VDGG, Bowie, Mike Oldfield. so many amazing and innovative artists.

For the music I treasure most, most of it traces back to these...

MC5 - Kick Out The Jams

Velvet Underground & Nico - same

Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief

Crass - Stations Of The Crass

Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report

Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

For the start of bluesROCK in UK it has to be Graham Bond & Alexis Korner. But I cannot think of a specific lp.

(And then John Mayall & Bluesbreakers.)