Comment by Conscious-Compote-23 on 25/02/2025 at 23:31 UTC

274 upvotes, 15 direct replies (showing 15)

View submission: Which classic album (think 50s-80s), regardless of genre, should today's teenagers listen to at least once?

Dark Side of the Moon

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Comment by cappotto-marrone at 25/02/2025 at 23:50 UTC

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Decades ago now, when my oldest turned 13 I gave him a copy. My instructions were to just go listen. He loved it.

Comment by WetsauceHorseman at 25/02/2025 at 23:42 UTC*

79 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Good recommendation, but given current world events I'm going to ask we use The Wall.

Comment by Anxious-Table2771 at 26/02/2025 at 00:14 UTC

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This is the answer. Or Sgt. Pepper’s

Comment by noneyanoseybidness at 26/02/2025 at 00:11 UTC

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Came here to say this.

Comment by joshmo587 at 26/02/2025 at 00:24 UTC

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Buddy, I was just about to type that sentence.… I mean, I don’t listen to it anymore but 50 years ago or whatever, we listened to it nonstop…. I mean there’s so many great classic albums but if you’re looking for the most important, I think you just said it.

Comment by Plow_King at 26/02/2025 at 01:02 UTC

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that, and just about every album mentioned below and more, are on this list

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_Albums_You_Must_Hear_Before_You_Die

Comment by wmhaynes at 26/02/2025 at 01:00 UTC

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Came here to say this.

Comment by heydawn at 26/02/2025 at 01:24 UTC

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Glad to see this as the top response.

Comment by stream_inspector at 26/02/2025 at 01:44 UTC

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And The Wall. A Night at the Opera.

Comment by ShaiHulud1111 at 26/02/2025 at 01:56 UTC

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Wow, was my first thought as an older guy. Bam! #1

Edit: Best guitar solos ever.

Comment by losthiker68 at 26/02/2025 at 03:34 UTC

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This might be blasphemy but check out Dream Theater's live cover of the entire album. They brought in the saxophonist from the Roger Waters band and an amazing vocalist, Teresa Thompson. Her version of Great Gig is haunting.

Comment by GeneralJavaholic at 26/02/2025 at 04:53 UTC

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It came out when I was 5½. Mom bought it the day after it came out. The local album rock station had played it on release. She picked it up before picking me up from kindergarten and when we got home she sat me and my little sister down in front of the HiFi and said "listen to all the sounds and see if you can figure out what they are," then proceeded to start getting things ready for my sister's 2nd bday party the next day. Sis toddled off almost immediately but I was sat there open-mouthed until the end. Went to stand up and my legs were asleep. It did something to my brain because I still remember most of the weekend's details.