Signature Album

[Softball Bat]

Take your time, think, research, consider, and then name the signature album for some of these influential music artists.


The Beach Boys
The Cars
The Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen
Heart
The Beatles
Nirvanna
Led Zeppelin
Bob Dylan
Michael Jackson

[Left Seater]

Naw. Most of those are before my time. Take The Beach Boys for example. They hit the scene in the early 60s. A full decade before I was born.

Music is one of those things where there is plenty so consume what you like and ignore the rest, but arguing over it is difficult because it is subjective.

[L45B]

The Beach Boys - Greatest Hits
The Cars - Heartbeat City
The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
Heart - Greatest Hits
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Nirvana - In Utero
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Bob Dylan - New Morning
Michael Jackson - Thriller

[Softball Bat]

Michael Jackson - Thriller

I think this is the easiest call of the bunch.

[L45B]

It was either that one or Weird Al’s Even Worse album.

[Screw_Michigan]

Nirvana only had three albums so what is the discussion with them?

The self titled Cars album created alternative rock before anyone knew what that was. Candy O was also amazing.

[BSmack]

The Beach Boys - Pets Sounds - Brian Wilson’s masterpiece
The Cars - Candy-O - The best of their albums that did not suck
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street- When the Stones came closest to their self proclaimed status of greatest rock and roll band in the world
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run - the album that put Jersey Rock on the map.
Heart - Little Queen. - Tough call.
The Beatles - Sgt Pepper’s is the reason non-music fans forgot about Pet Sounds. The album that changed how albums would be made.
Nirvanna - Nevermind - Killed Hair Metal. Bless them
Led Zeppelin - Untitled - The biggest song in hard rock history in Stairway, Rock and Roll, Black Dog, Misty Mountain Hop. The starting point for millions of Zep heads
Bob Dylan - Bringing it All Back Home - Where Bob taught the folkies electric guitar
Michael Jackson - Thriller - The most sales of any album ever for at least 35 years. The Eagles may have finally tracked him down


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[Wolfman]

I'd like to add to Bob Dylan's best "Nashville Skyline" with two of my favorite Dylan tunes, Lay Lady Lay and Peggy Day.
Ol' Bob on the album cover saying howdy after his motorcycle accident.

[L45B]

Nirvana only had three albums so what is the discussion with them?

Not much, better off just sitting and drinking pennyroyal tea.

[Softball Bat]

A few easy calls -- Beach Boys, The Cars, Nirvanna, M. Jackson.

A few very difficult calls -- The Stones, Springsteen, The Beatles, Zep, Dylan.



The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Cars - The Cars
The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Heart - Little Queen
The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
Nirvanna - Nevermind
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisted
Michael Jackson - Thriller

[BSmack]

The Beatles - Sgt Pepper’s is the reason non-music fans forgot about Pet Sounds. The album that changed how albums would be made.

I probably should have said SP as well.

Oddly - I'd never listened to Pet Sounds until about 5 years ago. It was definitely a good album, but I came away thinking it was a bit overrated. Sgt. Pepper's pretty much kicked Pet Sounds' ass, IMO...

That is certainly what Brian Wilson thought. Trying to outdo Sgt Peppers sent him to the looney bin


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