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Zerms4
09-25-2008, 03:39 PM
Three albums...


In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson:o:o:o:o:o:o

The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground:o:o:o:o:o:o

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o


Three amazing albums...

By three amazing bands.

Three of the best albums ever made by three amazing artists.


King Crimson is one of the first Progressive rock bands that came about in 1969, and released one of the strongest progressive albums ever made...

And with that, the first year they were formed... They released "In The Court of the Crimson King" in 1969.

Here is a couple of quote from the Wikipedia page of the album...


In his 1997 book Rocking the Classics, critic/musicologist Edward Macan notes that In the Court of the Crimson King "may be the most influential progressive rock album ever released."



The Who's Pete Townshend was quoted as calling the album "an uncanny masterpiece".

And it is with these tracks on there(Note: The Words under each track is what some parts of the song are called)...

1. "21st Century Schizoid Man" – 7:21
* "Mirrors"

2. "I Talk to the Wind" – 6:05

3. "Epitaph" – 8:47
* "March for No Reason"
* "Tomorrow and Tomorrow"

4. "Moonchild" – 12:13
* "The Dream"
* "The Illusion"

5. "The Court of the Crimson King" – 9:25
* "The Return of the Fire Witch"
* "The Dance of the Puppets"

The stand out track is the Self-title track... Amazing... Here is a Link for the Rate Your Music page for it (http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/king_crimson/in_the_court_of_the_crimson_king/)...

The songs will be great part of Rock Band 3 or DLC... All the songs are amazing... And long... But, who doesn't love long songs?




The Velvet Underground & Nico... Is the first album by The Velvet Underground Released in 1967. Do you know them? Do you know Lou Reed? Well, Lou Reed was a member of the band when they started it up...

A piece of Trivia:

Andy Warhol did the album artwork for the album and was the manager of the band. Because of Andy, the record label thought it was going to be a high selling album... But, the Album barely manage to break the Billboard Hot 200 List... But who ever bought that album... tried to start or started a band because of that album(At the time of its release)...

The Tracklist:


1. "Sunday Morning" – 2:54
2. "I'm Waiting for the Man" – 4:39
3. "Femme Fatale" – 2:38
4. "Venus in Furs" – 5:12
5. "Run Run Run" – 4:22
6. "All Tomorrow's Parties" – 6:00
7. "Heroin" – 7:12
8. "There She Goes Again" – 2:41
9. "I'll Be Your Mirror" – 2:14
10. "The Black Angel's Death Song" – 3:11
11. "European Son" – 7:46

The stand out songs are: Sunday Morning, All Tomorrow's Parties, Heroin... But all the songs are amazing in there own right... This is a Must Own Album... Here is a link to the V. U. & N. Page of Rate Your Music (http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_velvet_underground/the_velvet_underground_and_nico/)


In The Aeroplane Over the Sea is a album by Neutral Milk Hotel released in 1998... It is a album, about... the Holocaust... and part about the diary of Anne Frank... ... ...

BUT! It is not a depressing album mostly... Some of the songs are upbeat, rocky, and fun to listen to, with Lyrics that you could never be so... so... perfectly done about this subject...

The Tracklist:

1. "The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One" – 2:00
2. "The King of Carrot Flowers Pts. Two & Three" – 3:06
3. "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" – 3:22
4. "Two-Headed Boy" – 4:26
5. "The Fool" – 1:53
6. "Holland, 1945" – 3:12
7. "Communist Daughter" – 1:57
8. "Oh Comely" – 8:18
9. "Ghost" – 4:08
10. (untitled) – 2:16
11. "Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two" – 5:13


The best track on the album, and also could be the best track of all time...

Holland, 1945: A Masterpiece. No more words is needed for that sentence...

Here, take a listen to it...

Holland, 1945 Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCjpbjCH5L0)

Other songs that are at the top also: The King of Carrot Flowers Pts. Two & Three, Ghost, Communist Daughter, Two-Headed Boy Part 2...

All those songs, are amazing, and would be one of the best things to have in rock band even, IMO... Here is a link to the Rate Your Music Page (http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/neutral_milk_hotel/in_the_aeroplane_over_the_sea/)...

Holland, 1945... and Ghost... would be one of the best thing to come to Rock Band... IMO...


Who wants to see these albums on Rock Band 3/Future DLC?

afterstasis
09-25-2008, 03:46 PM
i would buy all three... i was just listening to "in the aeroplane over the sea" an hour or so ago. :)

Soror_YZBL
09-25-2008, 04:03 PM
YES! tencharacters. I was listening to NMH a few minutes ago, until I got on a portishead kick.

Zerms4
09-25-2008, 04:55 PM
Also, for all you to know...

On Rate Your Music, those three albums are in the TOP 50 ALBUMS OF ALL TIME (http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/all-time)! In Order of those albums... Ranked Highest to Lowest are...

1.The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) - 5TH BEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME
2.In the Court of the Crimson King (1969) - 31TH BEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME
3.In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998) - 41th BEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME

So, these albums are very good, to not my opinion, but every on Rate Your Music... Also, they got great critic reviews also!

I WANT TO PLAY THESE ALBUMS...

Please...?

EuphoniusCompound
09-25-2008, 05:49 PM
I actually would rather see another album by Crimson besides In the Court of the Crimson King.

Here are some of the albums I'd like to see:

http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1272526#post1272526

coleslaw
09-25-2008, 05:54 PM
I wouldn't go so far as to say that Neutral Milk Hotel album is one of the greatest ever but it is still really good and I would def get it.

TakeABow
09-25-2008, 05:57 PM
I'd buy all 3.

Great choices

mjlambert1
09-25-2008, 06:38 PM
I would rather have singles since there is a lot of difficulty to get "Court of the Crimson King" to work in RB.

"21st Century Schizoid Man" would be a must-buy for me.

Zerms4
09-25-2008, 10:56 PM
I would rather have singles since there is a lot of difficulty to get "Court of the Crimson King" to work in RB.

"21st Century Schizoid Man" would be a must-buy for me.

Well, It is not hard for Guitar, because I did put Court of the Crimson King on Frets On Fire, and it is really fun, I wish I can put a little bit on Youtube, but I have a Dial-up, so no huge uploads...

I Might try a clip of it...

pmpboarder
09-25-2008, 10:58 PM
Yes, please.

Zerms4
09-26-2008, 12:13 AM
Yes, please.

Well, here you go!

My Frets on Fire Video(Short!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAhK4SRYIig

Zerms4
09-26-2008, 09:52 PM
So does anyone like my clip?

Also, another great album that needs to be added...

The Replacements - Let it Be(Not the Beatles Album)

Its a has some great tracks and good guitar work, and awesome drums!

Rastak
09-26-2008, 09:54 PM
Sign me up for Greg Lake and In the Court of the Crimson King.

Moral_Thr3at
09-26-2008, 09:57 PM
Robert Fripp FTW! 100% Agree.

a21schizoidman
09-26-2008, 11:44 PM
the first 2 for sure