Beautiful Albums?

Silence · 10-01-2008, 08:52 PM

What are some albums you consider to be beautiful or poignant? They don't have to be metal.

I'll start off with some obvious ones

m138jewski · 10-01-2008, 08:53 PM

Szadou · 10-01-2008, 08:55 PM

Phil · 10-01-2008, 09:07 PM

Muscles McPantski · 10-01-2008, 09:13 PM

I really have to check out Agalloch.

My contribution:

That's F#A#infinity by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Andromalius · 10-01-2008, 09:15 PM

There are alot of beautiful CDs, but Agalloch - The Mantle, is untouchable, honestly when i listen to it, its not just music, it is so much more, and has more feeling and more beauty that any Cd i have ever listened to.

10-01-2008, 09:17 PM

oh and:

Raffet · 10-01-2008, 09:32 PM

Souldrain · 10-01-2008, 09:36 PM

Someone just had to make the obligatory Pink Floyd post. I say this only because they are first band that come to mind for me as well.

Stupefaction · 10-01-2008, 09:39 PM

Jizzlobber · 10-01-2008, 09:41 PM

and of course

AlphaXray · 10-01-2008, 09:56 PM

Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World

has some pretty damn beautiful moments.

thinkpad20 · 10-01-2008, 10:01 PM

Potato_666 · 10-01-2008, 10:08 PM

ChAAPY · 10-01-2008, 10:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Raffet

+1

DSotM captures every single emotion that is possible.

RICE510 · 10-01-2008, 10:22 PM

Nailed To Gold1 · 10-01-2008, 10:26 PM

Tiamat - Clouds

SHRED6STRING · 10-01-2008, 10:28 PM

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Reincremation · 10-01-2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by RICE510

dude, no fucking way. you rule. cocteau twins made some of the most beautiful music ever recorded and victorialand is one of their best.

i'll add in some of the other dreampop/shoegaze/space rock usual suspects like MBV, slowdive, lush, spacemen 3, spiritualized.

Woody · 10-01-2008, 10:33 PM

Javi · 10-01-2008, 10:36 PM

never heard the entire album cause its been backordered foreverrr but the song:
"rite of finality" by Asunder starts off pretty "beautiful" before it gets heavy

Fractal_Mortality · 10-01-2008, 10:36 PM

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (amazing folk album)

RICE510 · 10-01-2008, 10:47 PM

Cocteau Twins is easily among my favorite non-metal bands of all time.

and I mean, if you want to talk about "beautiful"? well...

Sidenote: While I've been into Cocteau Twins a long time, I actually never followed up on any of their contemporaries and only heard the term "shoegaze" recently. If any of that is worthy, school me.

Transient · 10-01-2008, 10:49 PM

THE ALBUM LEAF - good indie stuff, mostly instrumental. features some minor collaboration with the dude from sigur ros. but this band is american. some really good acoustic pieces

ELUVIUM - earlier stuff was noisier, very hard to describe. kind of like a warm, musical fuzz. sometimes with piano tinkering. newer stuff is easy to hear melodies in.

FENNESZ - sometimes very harsh noise type stuff. but "endless summer" and even more so "venice" have cool keyboards with oscillators, guitar pieces, and more

slowdive- souvlaki. less layered than MBV, more spacey though

devin townsend band - terria and ocean machine. terria has some of the most layered and beautiful production ever

Curto32 · 10-01-2008, 10:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thinkpad20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Szadou

These.

1by1 · 10-01-2008, 11:00 PM

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yES

Rodr-Evil · 10-01-2008, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by m138jewski

Javi · 10-01-2008, 11:10 PM

you know what, id say this one is:

anddd um, The Mars Volta:

Muscles McPantski · 10-01-2008, 11:14 PM

Amen to Deloused. That album stirs up such emotion.

Burnout · 10-01-2008, 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Javi

you know what, id say this one is:

One of my favorite albums from this year so far.

Also:

Damien Jurado - Caught in the Trees

Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss

Disillusion - Back to Times of Splendor

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Javi Bring Them Down! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CA, USA Posts: 10,968 Rep Power: 16	never heard the entire album cause its been backordered foreverrr but the song: "rite of finality" by Asunder starts off pretty "beautiful" before it gets heavy

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RICE510 Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: California Posts: 7,555 Rep Power: 18	Cocteau Twins is easily among my favorite non-metal bands of all time. and I mean, if you want to talk about "beautiful"? well... Sidenote: While I've been into Cocteau Twins a long time, I actually never followed up on any of their contemporaries and only heard the term "shoegaze" recently. If any of that is worthy, school me.

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Transient i wont Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: see you at mdf Posts: 8,713 Rep Power: 18	THE ALBUM LEAF - good indie stuff, mostly instrumental. features some minor collaboration with the dude from sigur ros. but this band is american. some really good acoustic pieces ELUVIUM - earlier stuff was noisier, very hard to describe. kind of like a warm, musical fuzz. sometimes with piano tinkering. newer stuff is easy to hear melodies in. FENNESZ - sometimes very harsh noise type stuff. but "endless summer" and even more so "venice" have cool keyboards with oscillators, guitar pieces, and more slowdive- souvlaki. less layered than MBV, more spacey though devin townsend band - terria and ocean machine. terria has some of the most layered and beautiful production ever

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Javi Bring Them Down! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CA, USA Posts: 10,968 Rep Power: 16	you know what, id say this one is: anddd um, The Mars Volta:

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Muscles McPantski Lier X. Agerate Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 5,747 Rep Power: 12	Amen to Deloused. That album stirs up such emotion.