Obviously inspired by @PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 's question

  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    My Arms, Your Hearse by Opeth.

    Edit: tied with BURN, PIANO ISLAND BURN by The Blood Brothers.

  • nocturne@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Best is subjective. But my favorite album of my favorite band is Rankarumpu by Korpiklaani. I was bummed to see their previous violin player go on hiatus, but the new violinist brought a new energy to this album. Title track

    • nocturne@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Years ago I played on a MUD and met a dude who went by the name Hatross. He quit playing, and after a player wipe I started using the name in memory of my friend’s character. I had no idea where the name originated for years. I had since forgotten about the album until now.

          • Jarix@lemmy.world
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            4 months ago

            Both of those i have logged into, but didnt play them much. The mud i played was apparently very unique and was hard to find something similar.

            I think sojourn is still running…if i get the itch to mud ill have to give it a serious try!

              • Jarix@lemmy.world
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                4 months ago

                Ahhhh okay thanks friend!

                Edit: interesting wiki on it!

                Sojourn continued until 1996, when a difference in creative vision among the staff led to the project being forked into TorilMUD and Duris: Land of Bloodlust. Of the two, TorilMUD is regarded as the more direct inheritor of Sojourn’s legacy. Toril continued until 1998, when it became Sojourn 2, and underwent another rebirth in 2001 as Sojourn 3. Kris retired in 2003, and Sojourn 3 was reborn as TorilMUD, or as the old-time players refer to it, Toril 2. Throughout these rebirths, the areas and code continued to grow: there are currently 300 zones (with several more nearing completion), 16277 types of monsters/mobs, and 13753 different items.

                Many TorilMUD staff members were staff on Sojourn 3, Sojourn 2, and some are even from Toril 1, providing a degree of continuity. All Toril staff started as players on the MUD, giving them a great deal of personal experience with the game.

                • nocturne@sopuli.xyz
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                  4 months ago

                  I have been playing there off and on since the first pwipe that took it from Black Knight to Sojourn. Aradune (Brad McQuaid) of EverQuest played there too. There are a number of his guild mates in EQ (mostly Freeport guards) and a number of items from sojourn that made it into EQ.

      • rzlatic@lemmy.ml
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        4 months ago

        Korgull is also often name/nick around, as a reference to the same band. Albums have strong story and atmosphere because of that.

  • Usually_Lurker@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    It’s a tie for me

    Pearl Jam. (1991). Ten [Album]. Epic Records.

    A Tribe Called Quest. (1991). The Low End Theory [Album]. Jive Records.

    • rainynight65@feddit.orgEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Here’s my thing about ‘Ten’.

      I love the first half of this album. It’s some of the best music I know in the genre. High energy, catchy, passionate. But somehow, the second half feels to me like the band ran out of ideas and gas. After ‘Jeremy’ it’s all pretty average, low-energy stuff, with the exception of ‘Garden’.

  • distantsounds@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Ween - Quebec
    Favorite band is very tough. It’s probably Ween, and Quebec slightly over The Mollusk for me

    • yamaonan@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Mmm, my order of favorite Ween albums would be Chocolate and Cheese, Quebec, White Pepper.

      But Mollusk has some bangers on it too (Buckingham Green).

      Why yes, yes I am down with the brown.

  • _NetNomad@fedia.io
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    4 months ago

    Time by the Electric Light Orchestra. that period in the late 70s and early 80s where synthesizer music was getting popular but hadn’t fully codified norms yet is chock full of incredible music, and Time was one of those albums while also being the culmination of a lot of the rock and pop that came before it. add an engaging and heartbreaking story and you have a winner

    • DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      Have you heard the remastered version with additional tracks? Julie Don’t Live Here is especially poignant.

      Also, the album Eldorado.

      • _NetNomad@fedia.io
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        4 months ago

        yeah, the 2001 CD remaster was actually the one i grew up with! Julie is also my favorite bonus track. i don’t understand how it’s possible to make something that upbeat and melancholy at the same time but it just works

    • Brickardo@feddit.nl
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      4 months ago

      I was definitely not expecting to see ELO as the very, very first result here but I’m pleasantly surprised.

      Much like the other commenter, I’d also add that Eldorado is definitely a strong contender for their best album - arguably for the fact that I’ve never ever listened to an album that came anywhere close to it.

      Finally, I’d throw in Discovery + ELO’s side of Xanadu, just for the mere fact that it’s their work featuring not a single weak track, all of them being single worthy and massive hits around the world.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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      4 months ago

      LZ II is a perfect album. But then LZ IV is too… And also Physical Graffiti… It’s hard to pick just one.

  • inbeesee@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Either The Wall by Pink Floyd or In Rainbows by Radiohead

    Or The Money Store by Death Grips

    Or ænemia by Tool

    Or Dirt by Alice in Chains

    Or-