What is the VERY BEST CD album you've ever heard?
Just like with records, I came across releases on CD that were never popular, but bring lots of interesting music and so I started collecting CDs that do have collectible value for the reason of a great and rare music presented.
So far album "Sauce Hollandaise" by Ashra is on my #1 desirable list
"Best Band You've Never Heard In Your Life" by Frank Zappa is my 2nd best CD I've ever heard.
I can’t help but laugh when people make these delineations within pop music. Then Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc. That pretty much did it. |
Can this be defined, my favourite album for content is Sade Diamond Life, but it's a poor recording. Gaucho by Steely Dan is a great recording but far from their best tracks. 25th anniversary Famous Blue Raincoat by Jennifer Warnes has great songs and excellent recording, losing the sibilance of the original. What do I listen to most, Based on a True Story, Fat Freddy's Drop. |
I don't see the need to ram music into categories like whether something is 'rock' or 'pop' - people who don't like it won't see any difference between them and (most) people who like them don't really care what you call it. @tylermunns - 'Mulholland Dr' is my favorite movie; I've had the CD since it came out; shame I missed out on the LP, but such great music; I think the title theme is one of Badalamenti's very best.... |
A 1990 CD by the Music & Arts label called Glenn Gould - Previously Unreleased Performances of Works by J.S. Bach, 1957-1969. It’s a favorite because it’s so hard to find, is not available in any media other than YouTube and contains such incredible music. There is a version of the Soundtrack to David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive on multiple formats (the vinyl pressing goes for $400-$700 presently on Discogs) but the CD is great if for the sole reason it a) doesn’t cost $500, and b) has Rebekah Del Rio’s performance of “Llorando” (an a cappella Spanish version of Roy Orbison’s ‘Crying’) which may be the greatest vocal performance I’ve ever heard. |
Fitting category of pop band to Beatles is simple because they are pop somewhere above 90% of their career. We can call it pop-rock as well that will match even better. There are bands that very hard to fit into any category, but the're obscure and rare and definitely not Beatles or any RR hall of fame artists. Maybe good example of Goz of Kermeur. Their self-titled album I think is third on my list. |
guessing yor're asking about obscure good albums .. Leafhound 'Growers of Mushroom' -- elements of Grand Funk, Deep Purple James Gang rolled into one. Szobel 'Szobel' elements of a Zappa fusion album. He was Bill Grahams nephew, so he got an album deal, was high strung about recognition, so disappeared after recording this.
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They learned their trade playing rock and roll in Hamburg before they became a pop band and towards the end of their career there are some distinctly rocky tracks, on the White album particularly. Fitting rigid categories to bands isn’t always easy, especially if they start playing different tunes part way through their careers. Back to the topic, I’m rather fond of Thrack (King Crimson) and Grace (Ketil Bjornstad), both CD releases. The latter is Scandinavian jazz settings of poetry by John Donne and is a warts and all recording so not for some with more audiophile sensibilities. |
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