The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - Pop perfection and bliss...

King Crimson - Red - Changed me into a devoted Crim head and changed my own guitar playing and approach to the instrument...

Slayer - Reign In Blood - No finer metal album has ever been made, perfect fusion of hardcore attitude and metal chops...

Phish - A Picture Of Nectar - Perfect album for that time in my life, opened a whole new musical world...

Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante - Tripped myself silly on this one, must have blown a million brain cells...

Nirvana - Nevermind - The album that changed the way I thought music could ever be. Also, the introduction to my favorite band.

Pink Floyd - The Wall - Never did I ever think that an album could create a movie in my head. I was pleasantly wrong.

Radiohead - OK, Computer - This album made me question everything I knew about beauty.

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral - The pure emotion that was put into this album shocked me.

I can't think of a 5th right now.

That's probably one of the most unique choices in this whole thread.

Nirvana - Nevermind (Goes beyond words)

Dr Dre - The Chronic (Got me into rap)

Madonna - The Immaculate Collection

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (Pretty hate machine is better but this came out when i started to listen to this type of music)

Garbage - Garbage

Five albums that, I guess, changed my life:

Marillion: Season's End -- First Marillion album I purchased around '92 or '93. Not my favorite Marillion album by any means but really got my interested in the band. Snapped up all their other albums as quickly as possible and still, to this day, they are one of my top five favorite groups.

Tool: Undertow -- Friend introduced me to this album in the summer of '93. I'm still rather fanatical about Tool; just wish they wouldn't take so long to release an album:D

Men At Work: Cargo -- My first tape, an older friend gave this to me when I was in 3rd grade. Listened to it every night and still listen to my cd copy of it quite often:D

Queen -- News of the World . I do believe this is my first real exposure to Queen. I'd heard We Will Rock You in my mother's singles collection before so this was the natural first pick. Still one of my favorites although it's hard to pick a favorite in Queen's catalog. Queen ranks as my number on favorite band, however.

and finally,

Michael Mcdermott -- 620 W. Surf -- Another of my top five musicians. My mom gave me this album when it came out assuring me he'd be a big star. Unfortunately, he isn't but his music has only gotten better since his debut video "A Wall I Must Climb". He'd be number 2 in my top five favorites :D His music evokes emotion and thought whenever I play it.

Michael

The Beatles - 1962-1966 (Kind of a cop-out since it's a compilation, but it was the first Beatles album I owned. My father bought it for me when it was released back in '73.)

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited I actually like Blonde on Blonde better, but this was my first Dylan album.

The Clash - The Clash

The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks

Iron Maiden "Powerslave" - First metal album I ever owned, actually my Mom unknowingly bought it by chance for my birthday one year after asking a sales person what they would buy for a teenage boy (thanks whoever that was!). I had every cassette of theirs soon after-also my first concert in 1987. My life was never the same again, but more open minded and appreciative of individualism as I got lots of slack from people saying metal was satanic and "just a phase". They also helped teach me to appreciate fine literature too.

Slayer "Reign in Blood" - I will never forget the very first time I heard this album in Junior High. I knew that this would be my favorite metal album of all time for the rest of my life. Almost every day sitting on the bus going to school for three years this tape was playing in my walkman. A lot of teenage angst was passively released during a difficult home life thanks to this CD.

Descendents- Any CD- Driving in my first car packed with friends and skateboards on our way to that next skate spot, hearing this music which pumped through that god awful Subaru GL factory stereo system brings back memories of some of the best times in my life. Their music just added to the overall greatness of being a non-conforming teenager craving the escape that skating always brought us.

There have been more since then, but those are the ones that stand out the most in my memory.

Green Day - Dookie

One of the first albums I ever purchased, and i still think it's great today.

Lost and Gone Forever - Guster

Introduced me to one of my favorite bands ever and I've listened to it and the other Guster albums countless times.

40oz to Freedom - Sublime

When I bought this album and started listening to it, it was pretty much the only thing I listened to for about a month until I got Sublime Sublime and listened to both. I know every lyric on the cd and it made me fall in love with Sublime.

Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins

I had always liked the Smashing Pumpkins, but I didn't really listen to them that much. When I purchased this album, which is now one of my favorite albums, I realized how great this band is and they are now one of my top 10 favorite bands.

OK Computer - Radiohead

This album made me realize how incredible Radiohead is because I don't think albums can be much better than this one. Incredible production, awesome songs played with a skill level that few ever attain. It has greatly contributed to why I think Radiohead is the best band around.

Nirvana's "Nevermind": First grunge rock cd I ever bought. I still remember busting it out and cranking up the headphones. :)

Deftones' "Adrenaline": I didn't pick it up when it first came out. I got it about a year later. I was simply floored. Ever since that first disc, they've been my favorite band.

Pearl Jam's "Ten": Another grunge rock cd that got me into the whole scene in the early 90's. Still one of the best cds I own.

Taking Back Sunday "Tell All Your Friends": Just picked this up recently and I have been absolutely floored by it. It is simply one of the best discs I've purchased in a long, long time. It has continued to help my evolve my musical tastes.

Far "Tin Cans.../Water and Solutions" I have to pick both of Far's major label discs. They are what really got me into the emo genre. Thankfully, after Far broke up, Jonah decided to continue on with his musical talents with the likes of Onelinedrawing and New End Original. Truly, truly great music.

Alright I'll play (no laughing)
Ace of Base The Sign : The first tape I bought and I was in the 3rd grade when this was popular.
the Power Rangers soundtrack : My first listen to the Chili Peppers
The Batman Forever Soundtrack : First cd
Led Zeppelin IV/ Zoso : My first real rock and roll cd
Sum 41 All Killer No Filler : First non mainstream (at the time) cd I got

Bone Thugs N Harmony - E.1999 Eternal Made me want to become a drug dealer

Dr. Dre- The Chronic

Dre Dog - The New Jim Jones

E-40 - Element of Surprise

4080 presents bay areas greatest hits vol1

Queen-A Night At The Opera,took me from AM to Fm,

Led Zep-1

Pink Floyd,Wish You Were Here-my first and only bad trip,i melted:)can i say that???

bands like Nazerath,ELP,Tull and Yes....

ts

In no particular order...

Green Day - Dookie
this was the first rock/pop/punk CD i bought got me headed in the right direction.

Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
This was my first nonmain stream CD, opened up new doors, plus it kicked ass

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
This wasn't my first classic/early rock CD but the one that blew me away the most. Like they say, not alot of people bought velvet underground albums, but everyone that did started a band.

Fuel - Sunburn
Connected a lot with this album, and they remain my favorite band. Lots of good times at concerts, meet and greets, etc.. associated with the band and the albums.

Elton John - Greatest Hits
This album is one of my all time favorite chill albums. Nothing better then setting the portable CD player out on a porch or balcony on a warm summer night, and relaxing with a drink, a cigar, some friends/family and this CD on in the background.

1. My first real memories of music come from my mother's albums that I listened to starting when I was about 3. Yes, she let me use her record player by myself at that age. It's hard to say that any one of them was more influential or important- I just know that the ones I listened to over and over again, while staring endlessly the whole time at the cover and sleeve art, were albums by The Isley Brothers, The Police, Bob Marley, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, and a couple of others. By the time I was 6, I was mostly listening to pop radio, and had gotten a couple of tapes and a boom box. Later, when I was about 15 or 16, one day I was bored so I opened up this old cabinet and started looking at my mother's old records... I put some of them on and was instantly singing along. It was a cool feeling- I hadn't heard most of it for a long time. I still listen frequently to all of those bands except for Marley, who I can't stand now.

So, calling those dozen or more albums the "first", chronologically, I'll pick 4 more single albums.

2. Born in the U.S.A., by Bruce Springsteen. This was one of the very first tapes that I got- in fact, I might have only owned one other at the time (Like a Virgin). My parents had split when I was 3, and my mom moved to NYC with me when I was 5. My dad (a HUGE Springsteen fan from waaayyy back) stayed in the town I was born in in Massachusetts. The year that Born in the U.S.A. came out was, I think, the first year that I left NYC and spent my summer vacation with my dad. For several years after that, he'd drive to NYC, pick me up, and we'd drive back to Mass together. We always listened to Bruce (not always that album, though) and I guess those times in the car were really special to me. I was so happy to own it, and I always liked that my dad had the "big" version (vinyl) and I had the "little" one (cassette).

3. Appetite for Destruction, by Guns & Roses. This came out right before I entered 6th grade. I was the new kid with a Brooklyn accent at a posh private school in the Gramercy section of Manhattan. Everyone thought I was a dork. It didn't help that I was big on pop radio. All of the other boys were into Def Leppard. Until... one day a kid started talking about this new amazing song "Sweet Child o' Mine" and this wicked bad-ass band "GnR". Hehe. I changed the station when I got home that day and heard it for the first time. I was floored. Haha. I begged my mom to buy it for me, and suddenly I was cool- see, all of us boys decided at the same time to like Axl and his crew. My classmates' Poison tapes were suddenly just as uncool as my Paula Abdul tape. Haha. Basically, this album woke me up to what real rock was like and started me into all kinds of other rock bands. Guitars were the coolest things around. Many amazing rock records have come along and left huge impressions on me, but this one gets credit for being the first.

4. The Downward Spiral, by NIN. I was already a huge fan of Pretty Hate Machine and Broken. But this album consumed me. Probably, as far as *taste* goes, it had the least lasting effect of any of the albums I am listing, but for about a year I listened to it maybe 3 or 4 times a day. I'd rather not remember that year.

5. When I was 17 I fell deeply in love with a girl, and she introduced me to Blue, by Joni Mitchell. At the time, I was listening to a lot of Rock, Rap, and some of the 70s soul stuff that I mentioned earlier. At first I dismissed Joni as "totally lame", but I grew to love her stuff and this album in particular meant a LOT to me. It also helped me open up to all kinds of other stuff.

6. I couldn't limit it to 5. In fact, just keeping it limited to 6 is incredibly difficult. And actually, since my first item is more than a dozen albums, I'm WAY over the limit. But I can say this: that Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt, by John Frusciante had a greater effect on me than anything else since has come close to. It came out around the same time that I fell in love and learned to appreciate Joni Mitchell. It was a period of real awakening for me on many, many levels. This record blew me apart. As I said in my GnR comments, many great albums have come along since this one, but... I can honestly say that I have never been the same since I discovered this one. This one dramatically shaped me. It also completely eradicated whatever remaining "attitude" I had about what kinds of music were good vs. what was bad (or "uncool"). It is an incredibly difficult, strange, and intense record, and few people make it through the first song. If you can dig it though, you can dig just about anything.

I don't know that any albums truly changed my life, but I can think of some that distinctly altered my appreciation of music.

Starflyer 59 - Silver (self-titled)
the first non-rap album i ever owned. it kickstarted my love of rock music, particularly indie rock and noise rock.

Argyle Park - Misguided
the album that introduced me to dark electronic music. it began my obsession with industrial/post-industrial music. even after exploring the genre fairly extensively, it still stands as one of the most diverse and amazing (and certainly unknown/underrated) post-industrial albums in my opinion.

Poor Old Lu - A Picture of the Eighth Wonder
the most intensely spiritual album that i own, and probably will ever own.

The Velvet Underground - Peel Slowly and See (box set)
this contains their first four (and let's face, only official) albums as well as a ton of b-sides, demos, and live tracks. it put just about all of the rock music since the late sixties into perspective for me.

The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity
this still blows my mind with the intense level of chaotic aggression and complexity. clearly in a class by itself.

The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Bob Marley - Legend

Def Leppard - Hysteria

Soundgarden - Superunknown

Can't think of number 5 at the moment.

Not exactly an album, but a musical...Flashdance. Watching Jennifer Beals dance around in those tights urged me to spank the monkey for the first time http://membres.lycos.fr/kenjiros14/wackit.gif

Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

How's that for a best of '91-'95? I think that most people have a special connection to music in their adolescence that probably can't be replicated. There are other albums I like, some that I like more than these, but these are albums that changed my life and set the standards for my musical preferences for years to come.

Other CDs I have really liked:
The Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy
Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea // Bootlegs
Foo Fighters - S/T
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Metallica - S/T, Master of Puppets
Radiohead - OK Computer, Kid A

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
This one for sure changed my life. After that it's kind of stretching things to find others that "changed my life" but some have greater impact than others.

Noteably:
The Beatles - some greatest hits/love songs album I had taped from the public library when I was younger
Depeche Mode - one of the early ones, maybe "Speak and Spell" heard at a friends house in sixth grade
This Mortal Coil - Blood: started my interest in the 4AD label, ambient music and modern British music
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams/Johnny Cash - American Recordings: beginnings of my acceptence of "good" country music
Chet Baker - My Favorite Songs Vol. 1: simply beautiful and heartbreaking concert recorded only a couple weeks before he died. Started my acceptence of Jazz (along with the prodding of a Jazz freak uncle).

I could give you countless kickass or influential albums, but for ones that actually changed my life ...

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Monty Python - The Final Rip-Off Album
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair
Queen - A Kind of Magic

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Rush - Hold Your Fire
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Dream Theater - Images and Words
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Tool - Undertow

Depeche Mode - Violator
Pearl Jam - Ten
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head

Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderly, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and James Cobb - "Kind of Blue"
I will not name this or declare this the greatest jazz album ever, because quite frankly, I haven't listened to all that's out there, and it would be unfair to label this album as such. However, after being introduced to this album by a close friend, I can honestly say that it has changed my outlook on music forever. You simply couldn't ask for a better lineup of performers on this record, with Coltrane, Evans, Adderley, Kelly, Chambers, Cobb, and of course Davis all playing like there's no tomorrow. Every song on this album catches you from the moment it begins and expands itself more and more with each listen. It's a very free album, with modal jazz tunes unrestricted by chord changes and strict writing arrangements. It's as if the band got together in the studio, said "light swing in the key of B major" and just took it from there. Although Coltrane's tone leaves a little to be desired (Getz and Parker had much better tones, in my opinion), his playing is fantastic, and rivals that of his masterpiece, "Giant Steps". Adderley really shines on this record because his bright, resonant tone contrasts with that of Coltrane, offering different flavors to each song. Kelly and Evans both tear it apart on the piano (duh, we're talking about two of the most influential jazz pianists of all time), as do Paul Chambers and Billy Cobb on the drums. This album proves that it's not what a rhythm section plays, but HOW they play it. Cobb takes relatively simple drum patterns and makes beautiful music with them, ala Elvin Jones and Max Roach, unlike the amazing yet abrasive, often distasteful stylings of virtuoso Buddy Rich. But of course, the ultimate reason this album has received the acclaim that it has is the unmistakable lyrical tone of Miles. No other person has ever captured moods and feelings like him on the trumpet. The notes bleed off the record from the incredible amount of emotion in his playing. He captures the playful (So What, Freddie Freeloader) melancholy (Blue in Green) and the romantic (Flamenco Sketches) moods with the greatest of ease, and it seems as if you ARE Miles Davis while listening to the album. Every song here is perfect. Most of the songs have a light, relaxed swing feel to them, but they never tire, and the album uncovers more and more joyful secrets to the listener with repeated listenings. This version is great, including in it the alternate take of Flamenco Sketches, which is probably my favorite song on the record. The alternate is a much more emotionally concise version, putting the still amazing final take to shame. Adderley's soloing on this tune is especially fine. Simply put, because I'm running out of time here, this album will change your perspective on jazz and music in general. It works on so many levels, and can be listened to while doing practically anything. I can both mow the yard and sleep to this album. It never gets old; in fact, I find that with each sitting, I have enjoyed it more and more. Some may not think it to be the greatest, but there is no way around the fact that it is the most influential jazz album of all time, and has shaped everything to come after it.

Brain Eno - "Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks"
I was 16 when I first heard this lp (1986). A friend and I were to do an astronomy project together in high school, talking about Novas, supernovas, the moon, the sun, the whole works. We easily got footage together for the project, and we quickly went to work splicing and dicing to get exactly what we wanted for our 15 minute presentation- but we both wanted music to use for it. I wanted to use Pink Floyd's "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun," in its own right a great piece of music. But my buddy's friend had the solution- a Brian Eno lp that fit perfectly. I was no stranger to Eno, having already bought "Music for Airports" a few years earlier. So, he threw his lp on, and man, it was eerie- and perfect. We got an "A" on that report, and I had inherited an lp unlike any other.
This lp personifies all things spacy and ambient, yet sophisicated and exact in science, yet also moving and emotional. Not many lps of any grnre can mesh it so much in so few tracks, but Eno, Eno and Lanois did just that.
The tracks are barely pieces (save "An Ending(Ascent)", a piece who's beauty still makes me cry to this day, and we used for the Moon landing shots we had in our project. I'm sure Eno would have aproved), which adds to the amazing beauty and textures they create. Simply astounding.
I could babble on for years talking about this lp, but the music speaks better than I ever could for it. I still play it several times a week at night, and it still moves me to tears- almost 15 years later. That's the sign of great music. This lp is that good.

Vangelis - "Blade Runner Soundtrack"
There has been a lot written regarding this soundtrack. We still wonder why on earth it took Vangelis twelve years to finally release this treasure. There is still much speculation as to the reason why this happened, but in any case, after being forced to listen to grim renditions of the soundtrack and bad-sounding bootlegs, Vangelis' "Blade Runner" is well worth the wait. Many have attacked this work for having certain exerpts of dialog from the film on some of the tracks. I, however, find that this inclusion makes the tracks more interesting. Deckard's exchange with Rachael and Tyrell is a great introduction to "Blush Response" with the eerie music in the background. "Wait For Me," apparently inspired by the film and written in 1994 when the disc was released, is a hypnotic and seductive track with select,very well-chosen lines from Rachael.
Unlike the bootleg, Vangelis makes each track flow into one another. He does so with such fluidity and grace that one has to marvel at the production. Additionally, many have attacked this disc because Vangleis decided to leave out some crucial themes from the film, such as the "Main Titles and Prolouge" (which is included on the bootleg). I agree that the disc could have been more encompassing of all the music from the movie, but if you notice on the disc itself, it does not say "music from the official motion picture soundtrack" anywhere-it's essentially a Vangelis album with Blade Runner as its theme.
Another attractive aspect of the disc is, while there are some themes missing from the film, it does include four unreleased tracks not included in the film or the bootleg. These are: "Blush Response,""Wait For Me," the spine-tingling "Rachael's Song" and the somber and enigmatic "Damask Rose." Most of the other tracks are familiar, such as the heavily atmospheric "Blade Runner Blues" and the emotional and melancholy "Memories of Green." In any case, it is worth noting that this disc makes up tremedously for anything it may lack.
Lastly, in my opinion the most memorable track on the disk is the devastatingly beautiful, "Love Theme," one of the most passionate, mesmerizing and haunting themes ever done by Vangelis-or anyone.

Stevie Wonder - "Innervisions"
A friend first got me into Stevie, and now I own what you might term the five essential albums - Music of my Mind, Talking Book, Innervisions, Fulfillingness, and Songs in the Key of Life. After that, let's be honest, he turned into a pile of poop, but boy were the 70s a good decade. Each album is a fantastic record, and Innervisions is perhaps the best. Personally I favour SITKOL, as it is more varied and simply bombards you with musical genius on all sides.
Yet Innervisions is the greatest of the albums Stevie produced when he was doing pretty much all the stuff himself. He plays virtually everything on this record - listen to Living For the City, and you'll be amazed that he's playing every instrument. Whereas SITKOL has a proper 'big band' feel, because he brought in lots of other musicians and created a real wall of sound studio feel, Innervisions remains intimate and personal. That's what gives it its charm.
Unquestionably, these are 9 great songs. Plain and simple. Golden Lady is one of my favourites, a gorgeous song. But Too High is a great opener, All Is Fair in Love is a suitably over the top love ballad, Don't You Worry is a brilliant funky number, and Misstra Know It All (spelt like that because he just wanted to, and about his accountant, apparently) is fantastic, especially the growling finale. Stevie is also the master of the outro, and some can last for several minutes. Don't You Worry and Misstra are ones to look out for here is you are a fan of the over indulgent fade out (as I am). But SITKOL really has the monopoly on outros, and if you're a real connosieur, that's the album for you - look out for As and Another Star in particular, though Isn't She Lovely, Black Man and Summer Soft also clock in impressive repeated choruses.
Stevie is an idiosyncratic musician. Listen to the six second pause on Visions, where he says 'everything must have an ending' before coming back with the next line - geddit?! That's what makes him appeal to me. He has more talent in his sunglasses than most popstars have in the combined body mass of them and their hundred-strong entourage. This is a great album, with immaculate instrumentalism, superb lyrics, that fantastic voice which can do seemingly anything, and funky, groovy, melodic tunes. You should buy this, and then move onto other Stevie terrority, according to taste.

Public Enemy - "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back"
There is Otis Redding, for pure heartwrenching sincerity. There is Prince, for absolute musical genious. And there is Public Enemy, for a combination of the two. This album is more than a great rap piece, more than a great hip hop or black piece. It is an american classic, and should be treated as such. Twenty or thirty years from now, my grand children will listen to that cd, and I'll tell them of a younger Chuck D, before he became president.

I don't know if I can limit it to five, but the most influential albums in my life have been:

1) Pink Floyd - The Wall: I can honestly say that I never listened to this until my freshmen year of college in 1996. The last few years of high school, I was a complete indie-rock snob. If it was too old, on the radio, anything, I probably diidn't listen to it. I had always dismissed Pink Floyd as old crap that some of my parents friends liked. I distinctly remember the first time I heard "Comfortably Numb". I became enamored by it and began listening to all of Disc 2, then moved on to Disc 1. I have always loved the guitar and what musicians can do w/ it, but The Wall helped me move beyond that and introduced me to a whole new level of music. I was soon engulfed in Pink Floyd's limitless atmosphere, and have been ever since. They are the best thing that has ever happened to me, musically speaking. When I want to zone out, I pull out Meddle (or just about everything else), crank up the stereo, lay on the floor and close my eyes. I am completely at peace listening to Floyd and The Wall helped me realize that there was so much beyond inidie rock.

2, 3, 4) Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone/ Polvo - Cor Crane Secret/ Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: I have to group these three albums together because they are what drove me further into indie rock. Living in the St. Louis Metro East, Uncle Tupelo was like a right of passage to a lot of people anyway, so my friends and I jumped right into it and never looked back. Polvo was simply amazing to me. Cor Crane Secret furthered my appreciation for what people can do w/ guitars and other string instruments. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain was influential because it made me realize that not everything had to seem perfect and overproduced to sound good.

5, 6) Coldplay - Rush of Blood to the Head/ Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs: Obviously these are much more recent, but both albums have shown me that the piano is a wonderful thing and that albums do not have to be driven by guitars all of the time. I want my wife to teach me the piano now, never cared to before. I could probably throw Coldplay - Parachutes in here, too, but I think Rush of Blood to the Head is a much better album. I have also really learned to appreciate 1970's Elton John much more because of these influences.

7) Guns 'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction: In fourth of fifth grade, I listened to a lot of my sister's mellow Brit-pop, then this album showed me that there was absolutely nothing wrong w/ hard rock.

8) Built to Spill - Keep it Like a Secret: A couple of years ago, a friend recommended Built to Spill to me and told me to buy their new album. In the process, I discovered one of my few guitar heros. I didn't know someone could do what Doug Martsch does while playing slide guitar. It didn't take me long to get used to his vocal-stylings either. One of my most played albums from start to finish.