rincewind Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I got a pair of noise cancellation headphones for x-mas, and i love them. What albums do you think sound better with headphones? Personally, i've been loving Pink Floyd's 'Animals' - its amazing how much more you can pick up with the headphones, some of the background noise is simply outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper Dave Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Mars Volta - Frances the Mute Nothing but headphones do it justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TODD Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Mars Volta - Frances the MuteNothing but headphones do it justice. Agreed. And for anyone who hasn't checked out the first TMV album, you should. Queens of the Stone Age's "Rated R" is excellent with headphones. Radiohead "Hail To The Thief", especially trippy songs like "Myxomatosis" and "The Gloaming". Production on Rush's "2112" is very conducive to headphone listening, also Oasis' "Be Here Now" layers about 50 different guitar parts in every song, so it's awesome to hear with phones. The first four Black Sabbath albums, especially "Master of Reality" and "Volume 4" are favs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufumonk Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Tool - Lateralus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21KO Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Jeff Waynes' War of the Worlds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinklein Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Mars Volta - Frances the MuteNothing but headphones do it justice. Exactly what I was going to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Jimi's "Axis: Bold as Love" and "Electric Ladyland" sound great with headphones. The way the sounds move back and forth, side to side, forwards, backwards...it's like 360 degree music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrockster21 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 This is a cool thread...I never really thought to differentiate. I guess that's because I listen to all my music with headphones on. (My neighborhood is loud at home, and at work its polite ). I'll have to check out The Mars Volta...never heard their stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanCollins Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Jimi's "Axis: Bold as Love" and "Electric Ladyland" sound great with headphones. The way the sounds move back and forth, side to side, forwards, backwards...it's like 360 degree music. beat me to it, both a must for headphones. Steve miller "Fly like an eagle", and a lesser known lp/cd "Italian X-rays" is an amazing recording sonically, the sound quality on the LP rivals the dynamic range of a cd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdsknbill Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 The Essential Jimi Hendrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 This is a cool thread...I never really thought to differentiate. I guess that's because I listen to all my music with headphones on. (My neighborhood is loud at home, and at work its polite ).I'll have to check out The Mars Volta...never heard their stuff. Mars Volta is AMAZING. Frances the Mute is good but De-Loused in the Comatorium will kick your ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nostril Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I feel obliged to express the opposite opinion on the Mars Volta. Feel free to disagree, tear me apart, ignore me, or whatever. That said, listening to to the Mars Volta is like watching someone masterbate, and them expecting you to be impressed. Here is the review of Frances the Mute that I come closest to agreeing with. Although, I don't like open letters as reviews. The writing really isn't that great, but I've read worse writing in more legitimate publications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gibber Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Kid A and Amnesiac by Radiohead are both great on the phones. Also Beta Band is better in Headphones (Heros to Zeros or Hot Shots Part II). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard saunders Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Any Timbaland Record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EersSkins05 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Just my favs for headphones: Bruce Springsteen- Nebraska- almost haunting w/ headphones The Who- Quadrophenia- full effect of The Who AC/DC- Highway to Hell- AC/DC needs to be as loud as humanly possible, and neighbors tend to notice when you play this album as loudly as it needs to be played... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Black Sabbath - Sabotage...maybe the best album by anybody ever...Really!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Chaos47 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Dark Side of the Moon. Pink Floyd is the original headphones band. Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits is another good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntotoro Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I agree with this post. Sticking (coincidentally) in the concept album vein, Operation: Mindcrime is also pretty spiffy when wearing headphones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokie_Skinz Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 AC/DC- Highway to Hell- AC/DC needs to be as loud as humanly possible, and neighbors tend to notice when you play this album as loudly as it needs to be played... lol Hahahahah, I am listening to Beating around the Bush right now. I have every single AC/DC album, and I love them. I agree they need to be played absolutely as loud as possible, which probably would make them the worst band to listen to with headphones on...Because bleeding from the ears is not fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwpanic Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 anything zappa. especially "hot rats" and "apostrophe". headphones really bring to life just how much orchestration he put into his music. truly brilliant stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanCollins Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 The early Frank Marino & mahogany rush lps, "Strange universe" and "Child of the novelty" are monsters of the post Hendrix wannabees, great on the ear googles, catch a listen here http://www.mahoganyrush.com/albums.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojo Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Beck "Sea Changes" An amazing array of sounds, many of which you don't pick up on unless you're listening through headphones or a high quality system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TODD Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 The early Frank Marino & mahogany rush lps, "Strange universe" and "Child of the novelty" are monsters of the post Hendrix wannabees, great on the ear googles, catch a listen here http://www.mahoganyrush.com/albums.htm "Child Of The Novelty" is great, my Dad got me into MR not too long ago. Along the same lines, I just wanted to add Rush's "Permanent Waves" to this list... especially the closer, "Natural Science". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassyglen Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 The Wiggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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