Top 10 albums by solo artists

[Arasmas]

Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin'
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'
Bob Dylan - Another Side of
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

 

[Wander]

I have a feeling that someone likes Bob Dylan

 

[Arasmas]

most inappropriate use of the headbanging smiley in history

 

[opeth_353]

Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Született.

And i far prefer Mansell's Requiem For A Dream soundtrack to The Fountain's.

 

[in_my_time_of_disease]

Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Született.

And i far prefer Mansell's Requiem For A Dream soundtrack to The Fountain's.

Fuck now that made the think of the mass amounts of solo electro I didn't mention. Both OST rape very viciously. I'd probably say The Fountain, but not by much.

 

[Mantraschism]

Jeff Buckley - Grace
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself
Robert Johnson - all songs
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine - Biomech
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Ihsahn - angL
Vintersorg - Hedniskjaertad
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part (a stretch, I know, but I just consider it to be Nick Cave)
Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - Marching Out
Steindor Andersson - Rimur

 

[Frosties]

Does Warrel Dane's album count?

 

[BlackLodge]

I'll write some in no particular order.

Burzum - From the s/t to Filosofem
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Diabolical Masquerade - Nightwork (I know Swanö is on the drums, but what the hell..)
Nick Drake - All albums
Dan Swanö - Moontower
Classical stuff, like Wagner etc. (not that they play everything by themselves, but you get the point..)
Movie soundtracks. Ennio Morricone, Danny Elfman etc. (same here)
Do the first album by Porcupine Tree count?

I can't think of anymore right now. I'll blame it on my lack of sleep.

 

[Alex78]

Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine - Biomech

 

[Seanindarkness]

Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Alatt Született.

And i far prefer Mansell's Requiem For A Dream soundtrack to The Fountain's.

but did you ever get around to SEEING The Fountain Steevhan?

 

[funeralportrait91]

Iron and Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
Newton Faulkner - Hand Built by Robots
Seth Lakeman - Poor Man's Heaven
Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
Serj Tankian - Elect the Dead
Karl Sanders - Saurian Meditation
Dan Swanö - Moontower
Seth Lakeman - The Punch Bowl

All I can think of atm, there are tons of solo artists I've made a note to check out.

 

[i aint play this]

Some really good mentions so far. Reminded me that i forgot my favorite dylan album(it's between Highway 61, Freewheeling or BIABH for me), and other stuff like Music for Airports, which is pretty stunning.

 

[burntoast]

A couple not mentioned:

John Petrucci - Suspended Animation
Jeff Loomis - Zero Order Phase

 

[Koi]

devin townsend-ocean Machine, ziltoid
anna ternheim-somebody outside, separation road, leaving on a mayday
jeff buckley-grace
martin grech-march of the lonely, open heart zoo, unholy
steven wilson-insurgentes

 

[Kenneth R.]

Moontower.
-anything- by Peter Gabriel.
Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside
Bjork - Vespertine.
Devin - Terria.
Kind of Blue.
Thriller.
Stevie Wonder.
Ihsahn.
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

 

[Alex78]

John Petrucci - Suspended Animation

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that one destroys Loomis' solo album imo

 

[burntoast]

Agreed, but Loomis' album is killer nonetheless.

 

[Cognitive Intercourse]

It's cool to see Tom Waits getting some props around here. The guy is a musical genius.

Tom Waits - Mule Variations
Peter Gabriel - Passion
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger (And yes I am serious about Nebraska and R.H.S. Both are incredibly dark, bleak and chilling albums. Fantastic for listening to while driving on long trips during the night)
Sarah Mclachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Loreena McKennitt - The Mask and the Mirror (A seriously haunting album if ever there was one)
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Yngwie Malmsteen - Rising Force
Yngwie Malmsteen - Concerto for Electric Guitar and Orchestra (Yeah, say what you will about him, he made a PROFOUND impact on me when I was a kid and those two albums are still held up as two of my all time faves
Joe Satriani - Surfing With the Alien
Andre Segovia - Bach Lute Suites

Oh wait, this was supposed be top ten and I listed eleven. Oh well.

 

[Arasmas]

^lol you don't have to defend every non-metal album you list by saying it's ~bleak and chilling~

 

[Wander]

^lol you don't have to defend every non-metal album you list by saying it's ~bleak and chilling~

Are you saying it's allowed to like non-metal/rock without defensive explanations to why it's good?!?!

Madness!