Albums that changed you.

[deftonekid]

White Pony changed me.  It made me spike my hair and grow sideburns.

ahh also the beard goattee

haha the same here just watch my av

[pheelium]

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins.

It was the start of a very, very happy time in my life (despite the name, that album makes me so happy. Its my all-time favorite).

The Matrix Soundtrack featuring My Own Summer was probably a big one too. It took me out of my nu-metal Staind and Linkin Park phases and threw into the world of REAL metal where I discovered the Deftones and got totally hooked.

I wouldn't say that Mer De Noms changed my life exactly, but its definitely the most nostalgic album I could ever listen to. Its like a time machine... its very powerful.

Mer De Noms = October.

[died20times]

But as a whole I'd say

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? (This album changed my view of music)

Deftones - Around The Fur (I don't think I've played any other cd as much as this one. Changed the entire way hear dynamics in music.

Cave In - Jupiter (Musically, took me to places and opened my mind to so much more. This album is an experience. Nuff said.)

Poison The Well - The Opposite Of December (This album got me into hardcore and everything in between of the heavy music spectrum, as I'm sure it did for a lot of people)

Denali - S/T (Beautiful music.)

The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity (The best band in the world. Hands down.)

Mastodon - Remission (At a close 2nd to Dillinger)

The Fall Of Troy - Doppleganger (The most hypnotic album I've ever heard. It never leaves my head.)

Curl Up And Die - We May Be Through With The Past, But The Past Ain't Through With Us EP's
(Heavy,punk, emotional, melodic, passionate, technical, everything that I enjoy in music.)

Botch - We Are The Romans (The most important heavy music album from any genre to come out in the last 15 years. I can't think of many hardcore/metal bands that are out now, who don't blatantly rip off this band.)

nice selection dude. all of these albums are very influential.

[Malpractice]

converge - jane doe
poison the well - opposite of december
will haven - carpe diem
explosions in the sky - those who tell the truth...
cro-mags - the age of quarrel
radiohead - ok computer
botch - we are the romans
far - water & solutions
shai hulud - hearts once nourished with hope and compassion
mobb deep - the infamous
deftones - around the fur
love lost but not forgotten - upon the right, i saw a new misery

these are the albums that pretty much brought me into the music i listen to today.

gotta give props that's a pretty good list

[manic_bastard]

probably not the whole list, but these albums definitely put some type of spell on me at some times where i'd do nothing but listen to it..

at the drive-in - relationship of command, in casino out, acrobatic tenement
deftones - around the fur, adrenaline, white pony, self titled
dinosaur jr. - you're living all over me, bug
interpol - turn on the bright lights, antics
john frusciante - niandra lades, smile from the streets you hold, shadows collide with people, will to death, curtains
modest mouse - long drive for someone with nothing to think about, lonesome crowded west
my bloody valentine - loveless, isn't anything
nada surf - let go
nas - i am
nirvana - nevermind, in utero, bleach, incesticide
oasis - what's the story, morning glory
pixies - surfer rosa
placebo - without you, i'm nothing
radiohead - ok computer, the bends, amnesiac
red hot chili peppers - blood sugar sex magik, californication
smashing pumpkins - mellon collie and the infinite sadness
the smiths - louder than bombs
sonic youth - goo, sonic nurse, washing machine, murray street, daydream nation
sparta - wiretap scars
stone roses -  self titled
stone temple pilots - tiny music..
strokes - is this it?
tom petty and the heartbreakers - greatest hits, wildflowers
ugly casanova - sharpen your teeth
van halen - self titled
weezer - pinkerton
velvet underground - self titled, loaded, VU
vincent gallo - when

[KingCrimson]

red hot chili peppers - blood sugar sex magik - this is where my interest in good music began, nearly 10 years ago i first picked this up.

john frusciante - niandra lades & usually just a t-shirt - this is probably the most important album to me, got me through very hard times.

pink floyd - wish you were here - i loved this album anyway, but as soon as i heard it on lsd, my whole way of looking at music and my guitar playing changed.

the mars volta - frances the mute - when this came out, it was in my cd player for atleast a month. stil love it as much as i ever did.

King Crimson - Lizard enough said.

Radiohead - Amnesiac - my favourite radiohead album by far, it flows so nicely and they way Life in a Glasshouse gets me everytime is incredible.

Sonic Youth - Washing Machine - i first heard this on acid, and fell in love with it right away. i dont do that anymore, and ive listened to this album less and less. but its still had an impact on my way of thinking.

Mogwai - Come on Die Young - i love this album, i put it on whenever im down or want to think about shit.

Queens of the Stone Age - Restricted - in my opinion qotsa's best, this introduced me to the genius that is Josh Homme, which led me to KYUSS!!!!!!

Deftones - White Pony - id never heard deftones before, and my mate put them on, on our road trip to wellington, as soon as i heard digital bath that was it. i was hooked. FOREVER.

Slint - Spiderland - another album thats influenced my guitar playing. especially since seeing david pajo play live, he had that whole bar caught up in what he was doing.

that'll do.

[Breach Unborn]

Pantera-Vulgar Display of Power
Deftones-Around the Fur
Coal Chamber-Coal Chamber
Deftones-White Pony
Tool-Undertow
Korn-Korn
Mudvayne-LD50
Taproot-Gift

[Malpractice]

bad brains - quickness
the cars - the cars
converge - you fail me
the cure - boys don't cry
deadsy - commencement
deftones - white pony
dillinger escape plan - calculating infinity
dredg - el cielo
failure - fantastic planet
faith no more - angel dust
far - water & solutions
fear factory - demanufacture
glassjaw - eyewtkas
green day - dookie
human waste project - e-lux
jane's addiction - nothing's shocking
kool keith - black elvis/lost in space
mr. bungle - california
nin - pretty hate machine
onesidezero - is this room getting smaller?
radiohead - ok computer
sepultura - chaos a.d.
snot - get some
system of a down - system of a down
tinfed - tried + true
weezer - weezer

i am probably missing a bunch.

[Jesus2Chino]

Deftones-Adrenaline
Deftones-Around the Fur
Deftones-White Pony (I know I know, three Deftones albums)
The Smashing Pumpkins-Adore
My Bloody Valentine-Loveless

Buying these CD's were like pivital moments in my life--whether it be for musical or personal reasons. The list of albums I LOVE and have listened to countless times is much, much longer--but these instigated a change of some sort.

Much respect,
-Matt

[Jerry_Curls]

Deftones-Adrenaline

This album was an instand hit with me. I had liked Korn before hearing Deftones, but after my first listen, I was hooked. I knew they were a much more talented band.

Thursday- Full Collapse

That album got me away from nu-metal back in 8th grade. Although, I didn't really listen to much nu-metal (maybe like 3 bands) I listened to more new wave/80's music.

Saetia- A Retrospective

This is what got me into more emo violence, fast, more raw shit. I love this band.

[c4 LoveLetter]

tool - undertow
detones - white pony
deftones - adrenaline
mudvayne - LD50
NIN - further down spiral
korn - follow the leader
tool - aenema
sublime - 40oz to freedom
orgy - candy ass

okay these albums all have their own special memories and have changed my whole perspective of music. they have  made a huge impact on my life "growing up" one way or another and will always be apart of my cd collection
-dxnni-

[Chrisbo]

Lots and lots of very good lists here!

[Jizzlobber]

ill have to select a well chosen few, my life hasnt been changed that many times


Ac/Dc - Back in Black - coz i was a wee 6 year old boy when it woke up the sleeping demon inside me, and it really liked the follwing albums too

Metallica - master of puppets (first got me into thrash metal)
Iron Maiden - Number of the beast
Slayer - Reign in blood (thrash metal on speed)
Marilyn Manson - antichrist superstar
NIN - the downward spiral
Deftones - White pony (made me become a fan of more softer, yet poetically crushing music)
Nirvana - Insecticide, in Utero
Lamb of God - As the palces burn

[law]

Cool lists.

I forgot Dream Theater: Train Of Thought. Made me wanna be John Petrucci!

[lostpilot]

The Matrix Soundtrack featuring My Own Summer was probably a big one too. It took me out of my nu-metal Staind and Linkin Park phases and threw into the world of REAL metal where I discovered the Deftones and got totally hooked.

Same here. Strange, but same.

[City In Fiction]

I don't know how I forget to mention this, and I'm surprised no one has yet, but: "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence" by Glassjaw, completely changed my view of what heavy music is/could be.

[fireflyry]

White Pony changed me.  It made me spike my hair and grow sideburns.

lol..me too.

Lots and lots of very good lists here!

[Malpractice]

I don't know how I forget to mention this, and I'm surprised no one has yet, but: "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence" by Glassjaw, completely changed my view of what heavy music is/could be.

it's on my list

not even my favorite album of theirs but it had some hold on me the first time i listened to it

[Azwethinkweiz]

Damn, i'm the only one who mentioned Jeff Buckley. That's insane.

[Necrocetaceanbeastiality]

OH EHM GEE! THE NEW FOOL ALBUM IZ LIKE TEH PWN!