Top 5 Classic Metal Albums/5 Ways to get kicked outta house

#1. Metallica – Master of Puppets

Metallica are a band that opened many doors for a lot of fans/bands. They also managed to open my father’s door who actually almost kicked me outta the house cuz it was too loud and “shooor wallla music”.For the next 4 years i always heard the album on my Walkman

Much of their material post “the black album” slmost qualifies as heavy metal, but in their prime this band dealt out thrash metal that was second to none! Just listen to “Damage Inc.” or “Battery” and even today they still stand up against what has come along.

#2. Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast

It is of no surprise that IRON MAIDEN comes close to the top spot. Culling fans from all areas of the metal spectrum, Iron Maiden, clearly are one of the true innovators in heavy metal. The intro to the track “Number of the Beast” has become one of the “prayers” of heavy metal with just about every fan knowing it word for word.

#3. Slayer – Reign in Blood

REIGN IN BLOOD is hailed by many as the definitive Slayer album. As I’ve said before, listening to this album is like a religious experience. “Angel of Death” is one of the best Slayer songs ever written. The whole album plays like the soundtrack to hell. Learn the sacred words of praise, hail SLAYERRRRRRR!!!

#4. AC/DC – Back in Black

Some of you youngsters will no doubt say “WTF is a classic rock band doing in a heavy metal list?” It is true that AC/DC has become darlings of the classic rock radio circuit, also their performance with the Rolling Stones in Canada to several hundred thousand people only goes to show that their appeal extends well outside of the metal realm. All this aside, that does not mean that their contribution to heavy metal in the 70’s and 80’s should be ignored! BACK IN BLACK is not only one of the best heavy metal albums of all time, it is also one of the best selling “normal” albums of all time as well!!

#5. Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance

Rounding out the top 5 is SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE, the essential Priest album in the eyes of many. Fronted by the metal god Rob Halford, Priest have been one of the defining bands of the metal movement.

Others who almost made it to the list :

Queensryche – Operation Mindcrime

Megadeth – Rust in Peace

Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz

Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath

Dio – Last in Line

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Un prophète (A Prophet)

Un prophète (A Prophet)

This was one of the first French film I have ever watched and i’m glad that i did.

The film is a hard hitting which keeps you gripped and awaiting the clever plot, this movie is very realistic and the way the plot unfolds is absolutely brilliant.

The film is about an Arab who enters jail after a life of trouble. He soon becomes gripped into the underworld of gang violence, he then joins a white gang whilst carrying out jobs for them. While he cleverly starts to build his own empire.

A 19-year-old man of North African origin is sentenced to six years in prison for assaulting a police officer. When he enters prison, he is naïve, shy, and almost withdrawn and cannot read or write. When he leaves six years later, he has become a self possessed, educated individual, capable of controlling his own destiny as well as that of others. Jacques Audiard’s (Read My Lips, The Beat That My Heart Skipped) A Prophet, winner of the Grand Prix Award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, is an engrossing coming-of-age drama set in a French prison in which Malik el Djebena (Tahar Rahim), a Muslim estranged from his own community, is recruited into the ruling Corsican Mafia and eventually becomes a gang leader himself. Though deeply involved in nefarious and often bloody activities, the genuineness of his personality makes him an appealing and sympathetic character and adds depth to a riveting experience.

An epic as the Godfather, a must see. – London Times

Vitalogy – Pearl Jam

Vitalogy – Pearl Jam

For those of you who don’t know “Pearl Jam”, please get a life!!

This was the third album from Seattle based band and it rocked!! It had amazing tracks on it which will live forever, in tracks like ‘Spin the Black Circle’…..‘Not For You’…. ‘Nothing Man’…..‘Corduroy’…..‘Better Man’ and “Immortality’ you can truly feel the same power and emotion as their debut release “Ten” (which by the way sold over 10 million copies just in U.S.)

This album is packed with great songs and hooks, overall a stunning effort.

This album seems to grow on you each time you listen to it, showing that it has tremendous longevity.

I remember “Vitalogy” being there in my car stereo for months.

This album is a must!!

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Come Away With Me – Norah Jones

Come Away With Me – Norah Jones (2002)

Norah Jones is another new breed of musicians today.

Norah Jones is a brilliant singer-songwriter and pianist.

She made a debut album ‘Come Away with Me’, an adult contemporary vocal jazz album with a soul/folk/country tinge, that received five Grammy’s.

What gives her the edge is that, she created a complete, original style that straddles multiple musical genres with layering of a soft, intimate yet very raw soothing voice.

The album is full of great tracks. Tracks like “Don’t Know Why”, “Cold, Cold Heart”, “Feelin’ the Same Way”, “Come Away with Me”, “Turn Me On” and “The Nearness of You” will definitely send chills down your spine.

Another album, rather another artist to grow old with.

Definitely a must buy.

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Effloresce – Oceansize

Effloresce – Oceansize

For a while, I found Effloresce a cool album but impossible to listen to for a long period of time. The complex time signatures and longer song lengths boggled my mind; I found the album passing me by.

I had no recollection of what happened. Over the past 9 months or so, I am not sure whether I underwent a musical evolution or simply matured in my taste, but I finally understand Effloresce. Maybe I just noticed the qualities of different tracks because my iPod mixed up the order of the songs and I heard some of the later songs first. Over time, Oceansize’s Effloresce has become one of my favorite albums of the time. Not a classic, but absolutely fantastic and original.

Oceansize presents a world of music drawing from post-rock, progressive, grunge, and even electronica. With open minds and virtuoso talent, their possibilities are unlimited.

Give it a shot!!

Chickenfoot

Chickenfoot

What do you get when you blend half a Van Halen with one Red Hot Chili Pepper then spice it up with some Satriani? The result is “Chickenfoot”, a new ‘supergroup ‘.

Chickenfoot is constructed from pieces that don’t look like they should fit together but they all fit like a glove. Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony spent time together in the Mach II lineup of Van Halen, Chad Smith is the drummer of the funk/pop/rock group Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Joe Satriani is a guitar wizard known for his technical proficiency.

(For ppl who are new to this please listen to Van Halen, Red Hot Chili Peppers and of course Joe Satriani. I promise to cover each of them shortly).

This album has a great line up of tracks, it has everything (funk, groove, energy, rock, etc….)

Recommended tracks “Soap on a Rope,” “Oh Yeah,” “Get it Up” and “Sexy Little Thing,” and “My Kind Of Girl” along with “Avenida Revolution” which has a very unique sound.

Honestly this is one of the few good acts that have come up in the ‘commercial’ music industry today.

Definitely a must listen!!!

Them Crooked Vultures

Them Crooked Vultures

Ladies and gentlemen, Them Crooked Vultures — the second-best band John Paul Jones has ever been in! The Led Zeppelin guys never made much of a splash in the supergroup scene, unless you’re the kind of die-hard fan who still busts out those old records by the Honeydrippers or the Firm. But when John Paul Jones got the hard-rock supersession itch, he didn’t mess around. For Them Crooked Vultures, he hooks up with Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) and Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), two of Zep’s smartest disciples.

Them Crooked Vultures perfectly fit the classical supergroup model. There’s the jokey name and song titles: Interlude With ‘Ludes, Caligulove, Mind Eraser, No Chaser. There’s the occasional sense, as on the camp pomp-rock lumber of Warsaw, that you’re being exposed to a rehearsal room in-gag, with the feeling that the point of the band’s existence might have more to do with what the participants get out of it than the audience.

Not bad, give it a listen !!

All That I Am – Santana

All That I Am – Santana

This is a top shelf collaboration album.

Carlos Santana is a genius and has grown with times to be an open minded musician , creating and fusing music with the new and the older generations.

Michelle Branch is back, this time with the first single from the album, “I’m Feeling You.” The songs on her own albums should sound this good.

Something about performing with one of the all time greatest rock guitarists just brings out the best in some people. Mary J. Blige (with Outkast’s Big Boi) shows more range on “My Man” than we knew she had.

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler has never sounded any better than he does on “Just Feel Better.”

A couple of the tracks seem glaringly out of place. Joss Stone and Sean Paul sound forced on “Cry Baby Cry,” and it seems plausible that the only reason Santana’s Arista label-mate, the not-quite-American Idol, Bo Bice appears (“Brown Skin Girl”) is to promote his own album that comes out in December.

Those who long for the days of “Black Magic Woman” and “Oye Como Va,” or who don’t particularly care for today’s brand of pop music, will not be particularly happy with this album. Those who appreciate how a masterful musician has successfully reinvented himself and continues to thrive after 35+ years will enjoy adding it to their collections.

The Incident – Porcupine Tree

The Incident – Porcupine Tree

On the first few initial listens, Porcupine Tree’s The Incident has both the look and feel of being the British progressive rock band’s masterpiece.

Everything about this album — from its elegantly photographed cover art, to the fifty-five minute title track that takes up all of disc one — screams prog-rock epic. In these rather lofty aspirations, The Incident mostly succeeds. But there are a few bumps along the road to getting there.

The distribution of the songs for one thing, is, well a little weird. Clearly the epic track “The Incident,” is intended to be the focal point. But in doing so, the four tracks on the second disc, which together comprise all of twenty minutes plus change, make them feel almost like afterthoughts.

What has always separated Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree from many of their prog and metal peers, is the way PT focus on the songcraft first.

“The Incident” largely lives up to its advance billing as the rightful centerpiece of this album. It’s just a great sounding piece of work.

The bottom line? Not a good place to start. In Absentia is a suitable launch point for new listeners. If you’re already into the band, chances are you’re going to buy The Incident regardless of what the reviews say, so dig it as you will.

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If On A Winter’s Night… – Sting

Composer, singer, actor, activist – Sting has won universal acclaim in all these roles, but he defies easy labelling. He’s best described as an adventurer, a risk-taker. As he himself said, “I love to put myself in new situations. I’m not afraid to be a beginner”.

This time he has taken up a different route and inspiration, showcasing his vast taste in music.

This album is a collection of covers of traditional songs, lullabies and carols from the British Isles, which will feature two original compositions by Sting, “The Hounds of Winter” and “Lullaby for an Anxious Child.” Also, if you paid attention, you probably could’ve guessed the album’s non-pop lean by the fact that it’s being put out by Deutsche Grammophon, a German classical music label owned by Universal Music Group.

If on a Winter’s Night… is music for the purpose of introspection, mood setting, or direct listening. It most likely shouldn’t be considered for party or for entertainment. Like most music with depth, it requires a certain conscious presence to fully appreciate and experience the album.

if you like holiday music n carols this one’s for you!!

The Beatles

The Beatles

Its the freakin ‘Beatles’. Need i say more??

One of the biggest acts, Pioneers of rebel n rock n roll music.

Personal favorite albums :

*A Hard Day’s Night
*Beatles for Sale
*Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
*The Beatles

You have got to check this out!!

Bryan Adams – 11

Bryan Adams 11

He was one of the first musician who’s music actually spoke to me, I was in second grade at that time and i have never been able to let go of him ever since.

Bryan Adams…..ladies and gentlemen is one of the top cream in the music industry.

This is a great album and i hope people will look beyond “Summer of 69″.

One thing about Bryan Adams is that he is simple, down to earth and this guarantees what you see is what you get.

The songs have great lyrics, tracks like “Walk on by”, “Mysterious ways”, “She got away”, “Oxygen” etc will definitely get under your skin as Bryan sings them with such honest and pure emotion and the music is simply perfect with an acoustic, soft electric country singer-songwriter setup.

With this album Bryan Adams toured in ‘11′ venues(across the globe) in ‘11′ days, playing ‘11′ songs, This band is getting better ‘n’ better with age.Can’t wait to hear their next album.

Definitely buy this album guys !!

All Rebel Rockers – Michael Franti & Spearhead

All Rebel Rockers – Michael Franti & Spearhead

A new Michael Franti album is always reason for celebration. This man takes enough time between releases to both collect some quality songs and to get our appetite just right. All Rebel Rockers is, of course, no exception to the rule. It’s really only been two years since the awesome Yell Fire! but regardless, this album is out to beat all expectations. Recording thhe album in Kingston with legendary dub producers Sly & Robbie good things could only possibly have resulted.

The album kicks it out with a lovely dub track track called “Rude Boys Back In Town”, and it sounds fresher than anything Spearhead has ever crafted. “A Little Bit of Riddim” takes you back to some of Franti’s signature hip hop reggae blend. “Life In The City” almost feels like a Rancid track, not quite as raw though but one of the best tracks of the 13. “Hey World (Remote Control Version)” is the first real political track to surface.

It’s got a definitive beat to it that is very danceable. It shows the Robbie connection is paramount. Even on the mellower soul style songs like “High Low” you can feel the influence that bass plays. It features the wonderful vocal talents of Marie Daulne from Zap Mama. But yet another highlight is to be had with the truthful “Nobody Right Nobody Wrong”. Or the song he wrote for his son when he was heading off to college, “Have A Little Faith”.

This album will pep you up!!

Definitely a must listen!!

Ode To J. Smith – Travis

Ode To J. Smith – Travis

Twelve years ago, a little-known band from Glasgow paid £600 to record their first single All I Wanna Do is Rock on their own label, which they called Red Telephone Box.

After selling more than ten million albums, they have come a long way.

Musically too Ode to J. Smith shows the band going back to basics. With the guitars cranked up, the new album is noticeably more rocky and edgy than anything they’ve done since their early days.

Front man Fran Healy’s voice may seem as mellifluous as ever but lead guitarist Andy Dunlop certainly lets rip more than before, so that there is a mixture of texture.

There are great tracks in this album, this album has perfect distribution of songs, it has all fired up raw energy tracks as well as really melodic soulful easy listening ones too.

All in all a great album, perfect car album, it will have u pumping and grooving in the day time with tracks like “Something anything”, “Get up” etc and will have you relaxing with tracks like “Last words”, “Friends” and ”Song to self” in the evening.

Definitely a must have!!

Exile on Mainstream – Matchbox 20

Exile on Mainstream – Matchbox 20

Exile on Mainstream is a retrospective album. It includes six new tracks and they sneaked a greatest hits album, of sorts, into the package, with all eleven of their previous singles rounding out the track list.

Thing is, some of these “old hits” were hardly considered hits, even at the time of their release. And, as a fan, I’ve never felt their singles were indicative of their best work.

Of the new songs, the album opener is definitely the strongest. “How Far We’ve Come” it’s a catchy, toe-tapper and a groovy tracks and the rest of the other tracks are a good attempt as well.

The musicianship is as good as ever, and the songs are well produced and well written, but there are still only six new songs. Six songs does not make an album.

I’d recommend their previous albums!!

The Legend of Johnny Cash

The Legend of Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash was a legend, his music has inspired millions. He was the king of country music.

The Legend of Johnny Cash spans his entire career for the first time on a single compiled collection. Featuring 21 of his recordings on the Sun, Columbia, Island, and American Recordings labels, it’s the first compilation to include his work on American and has hundred tracks from the legend himself.

His Sun Records tracks begin with his first single, “Hey, Porter” and include great tracks like “Cry! Cry! Cry!” ( a Country Top), “Folsom Prison Blues”, “I Walk The Line” “Get Rhythm” (#1 Country), “Big River“, “Guess Things Happen That Way“, “Sunday Morning Coming Down“, “Man in Black,” (his nickname for the rest of his days) “One Piece at a Time“, “Highwayman“.

The Legend of Johnny Cash includes a track from that period titled “The Wanderer,” a duet with U2 written by Bono and U2, taken from the group’s 1993 release Zooropa.

“Delia’s Gone” brought Cash to a new generation and won the Best Contemporary Folk Album Grammy

This amazing collection has over hundred songs and includes a biography and photo section in the box, also features songs from the beginning to the end of Johnny’s Career.

This is an excellent compilation of the songs of Johnny Cash from beginning to end. This is a must have for any Cash collector.

Definitely buy this one!!

Legend – The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers

Legend – The Best Of Bob Marley & The Wailers

Bob Marley honestly needs no introduction. He remains one of the most iconic figures in the history of music, a political icon, passionate footballer, Jamaica’s most loved son, and reggae’s biggest star.

“Legend” features some of the very greatest hits of Bob Marley and the Wailers.

This collection is the best way to get introduced to Bob Marley.

The compilation includes “Is This Love”, “. No Woman No Cry”, “Buffalo Soldier”, “Jamming”, “I Shot the Sheriff” and many more.

Over the period this compilation has grown into a two-disc compilation featuring some of Marley’s best work
I have no education. I have inspiration. If I was educated I would be a damn fool.” – Bob Marley

Definitely must have !!

Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against The Machine

When i heard these guys back then, there was a sudden awakening within me about politics, horrifying truths, inhumanity etc….Their music really spoke to me. For me lyrics come second and instrumentation comes first but with RATM ..it was pure poetry with raw energy and blaring truth in your face.

Rage Against The Machine’s (RATM) debut burst onto the scene in 1992, a time when grunge was in full swing.
Guitarist Tom Morello was a big hip hop fan, while not denying his classic rock roots. This combined some really funky sounds (eg DJ Scratching on his strings) with great classic heavy riffing. His unique use of a Digitech Whammy pedal added to the band’s sound.
Lead vocalist Zack De La Rocha didn’t have any melodies in his vocals, instead he rapped, using dynamics and anger to fuel his unique sound. Bassist Timmy C and drummer Brad Wilk were a great, tight rhythm section and Timmy’s basslines were often very funky and included slapping

The band’s debut album was a total masterpiece, with not one bad song, just totally awesome. There is also a tag line in the booklet: NO SAMPLERS, COMPUTERS OR KEYBOARDS WERE USED IN THE MAKING OF THIS RECORDING.

Integral to their identity as a band, Rage Against the Machine voice revolutionary viewpoints highly critical of the domestic and foreign policies of current and previous US governments. Throughout its existence, RATM and its individual members participated in political protests and other activism to advocate these beliefs. The band primarily saw its music as a vehicle for social activism.

“I’m interested in spreading those ideas through art, because music has the power to cross borders, to break military sieges and to establish real dialogue.” – Zack De La Rocha

Definitely must have!!!

Skin Deep – Buddy Guy

Skin Deep – Buddy Guy

Skin Deep is the 2008 release by Buddy Guy. The album features The Memphis Horns, Willie Mitchell,Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Eric Clapton, Robert Randolph and Quinn Sullivan.

It’s erroneous to characterize this 2008 Buddy Guy release, his first in three years, as a comeback, since he’s never been gone. But between a spotlight stealing performance in Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones concert flick Shine a Light in the same year and the appearance of Skin Deep, Guy has returned to the crossover arena as the magnetic and dynamic blues journeyman he has always been.

Guy is in your face, spitting out words with strutting swagger and peeling off molten licks that leave smoldering scars. Guests such as Derek Trucks and Eric Clapton seem like an afterthought, yet the former’s sensitive slide work on the titular ballad brings a crying gospel quality to the song.

Trucks’ wife, Susan Tedeschi, makes a vibrant vocal foil on the mid-tempo “Too Many Tears,” an obvious single. Roots guitar fans will thrill at the six-string intensity of the ferocious slow blues “Out in the Woods” where Guy unleashes torrents of raw sound that make this disc so consistently riveting and a highlight in the legend’s extensive catalog.

“TRY!” – John Mayer Trio

“TRY!” – John Mayer Trio

Longtime listeners have seen it coming: it was only a matter of time before John Mayer dropped the pop star pretense and proved he could really bring it.

Chalk it up to one too many Dave Matthews comparisons, or the cupcake-sweet residue stuck to his image after the success of “Your Body Is a Wonderland”–but something convinced Mayer it was time to take him game to the next level and shed this pop skin. With help from studio pros or “studio gods” Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino, he succeeds on Try.

If the muscled-up covers of Jimi Hendrix’s “Wait Until Tomorrow” and Ray Charles’ “I Got a Woman” don’t scream “no more Mr. Nice Guy” loud enough, the brawn of blues-rock opener “Who Do You Think I Was” does for sure. Mixed in with the Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Clapton-esque stuff are a few mellow numbers–”Daughters,” most notably, returns from Heavier Things alongside “Something’s Missing”–but even those songs seem hopped up on rock-God hormones

This newfound sizzle can’t fix everything; that segment of the music-buying public that would accuse the singer of having a voice like “a whispering midget” (to quote a customer review of Mayer’s work) won’t want to add this disc to their collection. The good news for Mayer, though, is that anybody with an ear for genuine rock ‘n’ roll chops will.

This will blow your mind !!!