Recommend just one album that blows you away. 

Why do you like it?  Where were you when you first heard it?  (No obligation to answer those questions you can just recommend an album if you like.)

 

 

Portishead - Dummy

 

Bought it before I'd heard any of the songs.  Glad I did really.  I just turn the volume up and chill out completely listening to it.

I'm going to recommend Elliott Smith Either/Or. 

 

It's not my favourite album of all time but it's one of those albums where every single song is brilliant, beautiful and sad.  

 

 

Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt. It's surreal, dreamy, and alchemical. It's practically a musical Finnegan's Wake.

 

kitchens of distinctions "strange free world"

Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno, I read a review in 1974 which panned it but peaked my curiosity, totally blew me away.

Jack Johnson.Dont think i can ever get bored of him and reminds me of when i first got with my husband :)

when i met my wife we both loved stephen duffys solo album called "duffy" and "brutal youth" by elvis costello

Sabrina wrote: Jack Johnson.Dont think i can ever get bored of him and reminds me of when i first got with my husband :)

A Whisper in the Noise - As the Bluebird Sings

First heard - A bitter winter day when I was caught out in the cold. 

Discovered - Rateyourmusic.com, I liked their name :), so I checked them out, and SO glad I did.

Why I like them - I like them for the same reason I like Sigur Ros, they are beautiful and amazing, but they are more minor keyed than SR, which I tend to be attracted to in a band.

The Future Sound of London - Dead Cities



They played the video for the main single, We Have Explosive, late night on MTV a lot back when the album came out. I was really getting into electronic music at the time and I bought almost everything that interested me. I didn't get into the album too much when I bought it (~1997) but it has steadily grown to be probably my favorite album. It's over 10 years old but it has aged like fine wine, unlike a lot of the other electronic stuff that came out at that time. As an album, it is put together incredibly well....it really tells a story and sets a mood, something most electronic albums tend not to do. You can really get lost wandering around some decrepit, empty city in your head listening to it. I highly recommend it to everyone, even if you're not normally into electronic music, as I would say that absolutely no other band I've ever encountered makes music like FSOL....