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In reply to Trident 88 • 11:49a, 3/5/23

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You must be the same timeframe as me those are 1980-1983 mostly... but 2112 was released in 1976.
Moving Pictures introduced me to Rush, and I started buying their music. Once I heard 2112, that's the album I listened to on repeat.

Got it. As a drummer I had a similar experience but I started playing in fall of '78 and had a friend who introduced me to Rush then. Hemispheres had just been released and all the 8th and 9th grade drummers were talking about it but they raved about 2112. My friend owned it and I went over to his house after school one day and listened to the whole thing twice. I was hooked,

I was like 6th chair then as a 7th grade drummer but by the start of 8th grade I was first chair passing him. My obsession with Neil Peart drove my focus to become better.

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4:33p, 3/5/23

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90125, Yes.

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In reply to Dr. Mephisto • 10:02p, 3/5/23

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Dr. Mephisto said:
90125, Yes.

Do you know how they came up with that title?

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10:56p, 3/5/23

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NiN-Pretty Hate Machine
Soundgarden-Louder Than Love and Badmotorfinger
Public Enemy-Fear of a Black Planet (the Anthrax cover of Public Enemy's "Bring the Noise" kicked a lot of doors open for me)
Nirvana-Nevermind
AiC-Facelift and Dirt
Aerosmith-Pump
Faith No More-The Real Thing
Guns n F's Roses- all of it
Biz Markie-The Diabolical Biz Never Sleeps
Queensryche-Mindcrime and Empire
Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker
Living Colour-Vivid and Time's Up
Megadeth-all of it
Brooks and Dunn-whatever that first one was
Sam Kinison-Have You Seen Me Lately? And Leader of the Banned
Junkyard-sixes sevens and nines
Corrosion of Conformity-Blind
Type O Negative-Bloody Kisses
Pantera-Cowboys from Hell and Vulgar Display of Power

Hmm I may come back to this

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7:27a, 3/6/23

Personally important from high school?

Eminem: The Slim Shady LP
Korn: Follow the Leader
311: 311
Rage Against the Machine: Evil Empire
Green Day: Nimrod
Social Distortion: White Light, White Heat, White Trash

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8:12a, 3/6/23

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1984 - Van Halen
Metallica - Metallica
1987 - Whitesnake
Violator - Depech Mode
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - RHCP

Tried to think of albums that had several songs I liked on them.

Gig ‘Em Baby!

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8:28a, 3/6/23

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1984 - Van Halen
Purple Rain - Prince
Big Bam Boom - Hall & Oates
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
No Jacket Required - Phil Collins
Afterburner - ZZ Top
Play Deep - The Outfield
Slippery When Wet - Bon Jovi
Third Stage - Boston
The Joshua Tree - U2

Technically, Appetite for Destruction didn't come out until after I graduated in 1987, so it doesn't count.

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8:29a, 3/6/23

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Fleetwood Mac-- Rumors
Boston
Willie Nelson--Red Headed Stranger

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8:38a, 3/6/23

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9:18a, 3/6/23

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Chicago Transit Authority made me realize playing a trombone could be cool. Life changer.

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In reply to 75AG • 9:21a, 3/6/23

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Chicago Transit Authority made me realize playing a trombone could be cool. Life changer.

Amen. James Pankow was, still is, and will always be, a card-carrying, certified, badass!

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9:23a, 3/6/23

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Just about everyone I knew owned Fleetwood Mac's "Rumors." Who was the comedian who joked that it was handed out for free in the suburbs? "Hotel California" was much the same; a monster smash that dominated sales and radio airplay.

ELO's "A New World Record" was also influential, combining orchestra and rock in a unique way.

The compilation album "Wanted! The Outlaws" was, along with "Red-Headed Stranger," very influential in promoting country music to a rock audience. Nashville had grown very complacent in the '70s and Waylon and Willie shook things up.

There were a couple of albums that were personally influential to me, helping fuel my interest in jazz. Maynard Ferguson's "Conquistador," with its incredible version of the theme from "Rocky," and Chuck Mangione's "Feels So Good" were both jazz-flavored instrumental pop hits.

The '70s were a time when music of all genres came together in one big melting pot. Hard to imagine now.

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9:35a, 3/6/23

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Has to be Appetite for Destruction

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In reply to aggiedata • 9:36a, 3/6/23

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aggiedata said:
Dr. Mephisto said:
90125, Yes.

Do you know how they came up with that title?

The album's UPC.

My list:
Rush - Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, and Hold Your Fire
Living Colour - Vivid
Zebra 3.V
Journey - Raised on Radio
Yes - Big Generator
Gary Moore - We Want Moore
Public Image Limited - Cassette
ZZ Top - Afterburner
Van Halen - 5150 (despite Sammy)

I probably left a bunch out.

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10:52a, 3/6/23

Many of mine have ready been mentioned but I'll add some.

OK Computer - Radiohead
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
Eminem - SlimShady LP

None of them were my personal favorites (those have already been listed) but these were definitely much talked about albums during my time in addition to many of the others here.

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11:29a, 3/6/23

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Class of '76 here...Kiss Alive!, Physical Graffiti, Born to Run, Welcome to my Nightmare, Toys in the Attic, Fly By Night, Fool for the City, Hair of the Dog, In Trance, and of course...Frampton Comes Alive!

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11:41a, 3/6/23

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Nada Surf - The Proximity Effect
Postal Service - Give Up
Copeland -Beneath Medicine Tree
Del the Funky Homosapien - Deltron 3030

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12:31p, 3/6/23

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I got big into Bob Dylan, but the biggest album of HS was OutKast's Speakerboxxx / the Love Below.

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12:38p, 3/6/23

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Influential to me and I think everyone I hung out with when in high school. Also came out during those years.

NSYNC - No Strings Attached
Shakira - Laundry Service
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Nas - Stillmatic

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12:55p, 3/6/23

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The Cure - Disintegration
Depeche Mode - Violator
Skinny Puppy - Rabies
Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
The Pixies - Doolittle
The Smiths - Strangeways Here we Come
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
GNR - Appetite for Destruction
The Cult - Electric
Violent Femmes

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1:14p, 3/6/23

#1) Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
#2) Richards Hard Rock Mix #3 (the one with YnT and Turbo Lover on it)
#3) Break-up Mix (the one with "Nah Nah Nah Hey Hey Goodbye" and "Got to Be Free" by Queen)
#4) The Blue Mix Tape. Very random. It had Cheap Trick, a few cuts off the first Bon Jovi Album (Runaway), and the theme from A-Team recorded directly from the TV.
#5) The grey, see-through mix tape. It had a bunch of songs taped directly from the radio, including "Been your Fool" by Tatoo Rodeo and some Hank Jr. songs.

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3:47p, 3/6/23

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High School 76-79:

2112
Hotel California
Boston
Ramones
Frampton Comes Alive
Aja
Rumors
Saturday Night Fever
The Stranger
Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
Some Girls
The Cars
Van Halen
Stardust
Off the Wall
London Calling
Highway to Hell
Damn the Torpedoes
The Wall

Just a few.

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5:19p, 3/6/23

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Tubular Bells
Bridge Over Troubled Waters

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In reply to 210 • 5:26p, 3/6/23

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210 said:
Millennial here, graduated in '08. Favorite album from high school was probably The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me:

Still think it's a great album.

It has aged remarkably well. One of my favorite albums of all time. I got into them after high school.

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Mathguy64 said:
In Jr High
Boston
LZ IV
2112
Hotel California

High School
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves
Moving Pictures
Boston Don't Look Back. Then waiting for the third album that didn't come out for years.
The death of John Bonham. Not an album but I remember people hanging large posters and banners in the lunch room
Iron Maiden's debut album
Back in Black
An off the wall soundtrack to The Honeysuckle Rose.
The breakup of the Eagles.

That was crazy, the waiting of that 3rd Boston album.

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In reply to Hub `93 • 5:49p, 3/6/23

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Big Cat `93 said:
aggiedata said:
Dr. Mephisto said:
90125, Yes.

Do you know how they came up with that title?
The album's UPC.

My list:
Rush - Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows, and Hold Your Fire
Living Colour - Vivid
Zebra 3.V
Journey - Raised on Radio
Yes - Big Generator
Gary Moore - We Want Moore
Public Image Limited - Cassette
ZZ Top - Afterburner
Van Halen - 5150 (despite Sammy)

I probably left a bunch out.

Where do you rank those 3 Rush records, all-time? I've noticed with fellow Rush fans they tend to lean toward the albums from High School/Junior HS....so am I biased to say their Top 3 are Moving Pictures, Permanent Waves and Hemispheres? Or are those 3 generally considered Top 5 by most Rush fans (and I was lucky to grow up with them/buy them when they came out)?