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[pkhero]

I'm looking to expand my music collection (small) i'm into most types of music apart from heavy metal and not much into trance though.

I have alot of the latest music but i don't remember the names of some of the older songs

Can anyone post a list of their favourite/recommended songs

[Freddy]

Ill just tell you some people who have incredible songs. Most of these people just download the album on a torrent or something like that and listen to all the songs and they are all good. lol

Led Zeppelin
Queen
Nirvana
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Foreigner
Men At Work

[Kimoflea]

Oh, totally "obtain" entire albums rather than songs. It's just as easy and you'll get more variety. Anyway, here's a tip- if you want to discover lots of different types of music, go find some greatest hits/singles collections. By seeing a band's best songs, you can see whether you like them enough to find their entire discography.

Here are a few of my favourite albums you might like to try, and some similar artists:

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie
It's glam rock from the early 70s, and Bowie's best album. If you like this: T Rex.

Love by The Beatles
It's pretty much their greatest hits, snazzified. If you like this: Wings, John Lennon, Beach Boys.

Elephant by The White Stripes
Garage rock. The White Stripes are ace, and this is their best album (but they're all different, so it's worth finding them all). If you like this: the Raconteurs, the Strokes, the Libertines, Arctic Monkeys.

Parallel Lines: Remastered by Blondie
New wave-ish, this album is essentially their greatest hits without the Tide is High. If you like this: the Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Jam, Long Blondes.

Different Class by Pulp
Britpop. Everyone knows Common People, but this is so much more. If you like this: Blur, the Verve, Oasis, Jarvis (his solo stuff).

The Velvet Underground and Nico by Velvet Underground
Arty Rock. It's music to chill to, really. If you like this: Lou Reed, Nico, Joy Division.

Where the Humans Eat by Willy Mason
Singer/songwriter blues-folksy music. If you like this: Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Vashti Bunyan.

Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers
American Rock. Go for any of their albums really, the newer the album, the more chilled and jazzy. If you like this, you’ll pretty much like the rest of my list

Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix
Guitar-tastic jazzfunk. Nothing else really compares.. but if you like this: Pink Floyd, maybe… RHCP definitely.

Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf
Cheese-rock. It's driving music.. it's stadium-OTT music. It's fun. If you like this: Aerosmith, Guns n Roses, Lynard Skynard, Bon Jovi, Queen.

Let It Bleed by Rolling Stones
White Soul/rock. If you like the more soulful stuff: Later David Bowie, Marianne Faithfull..

Sleeping With Ghosts by Placebo
Emo/goth/whingey rock. But it's still good! Placebo are amazing. If you like this: Depeche Mode, Suede.

Razorlight by Razorlight
Faux-indie rock. It actually lives up to the hype, love it! If you like this, check out other modern bands: Kaiser Chiefs, Bloc Party, the Kooks, the Feeling, the Killers.

(What's the Story) Morning Glory by Oasis
Britrock. It's their best album. Everyone knows Oasis; no frills rock. If you like this: Jet, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Kasabian.

You've Come a Long Way Baby by Fatboy Slim
Dance-y. This album is the 90s. If you like this: Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk, Groove Armada.

OK Computer by Radiohead
Emotional atmospheric rock. (I'm sure that's not a real genre). One of the best albums ever released, if you listen to NME or Q. If you like this: Thom Yorke, Muse, Coldplay.

Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age
Guitar-fan's-wet-dream-rawk. If you like this: Foo Fighters, Audioslave, System of a Down.

The Fat of the Land by the Prodigy
Dancey ravey fun. If you like this: Pendulum, Klaxons. And if you like them, go one step further into rock with Enter Shikari. And then find some of The Gossip or Deelight to wind down with

Doolittle by the Pixies
Grunge. They inspired Nirvana. But you don't need anyone to tell you to download Nirvana, do you? If you like this: Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Silverchair.

The Man-Machine by Kraftwerk
Electrotechno fun. Or the 80s in a box. They invented techno. If you like this, go find some synth pop because no one else is Kraftwerk: Soft Cell, Eurythmics, Gary Numan, New Order

The Ramones: Remastered and Expanded by The Ramones
Early American punk. If you like this: Dead Kennedys, Iggy Pop, Iggy and the Stooges, the Clash, the Sex Pistols, the Buzzcocks.

Thriller by Michael Jackson
Funky pop. For good times. If you like this, go find some Prince right now. And some Jamiroquai.

The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash
A little bit country, but fairly dark and broody. For more dark singing: Jeff Buckley or Ray Lamontagne, or for some light stuff, find some of his earlier Johnny Cash or some Elvis Presley.

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by the Flaming Lips
Psychadelic spacey amazing music. With stories! If you like this, go find some Beck, some more Pink Floyd, or go completely spacey with something by the Who.


If you're interested in any of the bands I've mentioned, give me a PM and I'll list some songs for you to get

[Eeyore]

Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
Goldfrapp - Supernature
Artic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
The Fratellis - Costello Music
Muse - Black Holes and Revalations
No Doubt - The Singles 1992-2003
Pink - I'm not dead
Keane - Hopes and Fears
Gotan Project - La Revancha Del Tango (Ermm...this is very tangoy, as you can tell from the album title, might not be good for all)
Evanescence - Fallen

All albums I have that I return to every now and again .