Which Recordings would be listed in a TalkBass Basic Library?

[Li Shenron]

Two more bands to check out are Thin Lizzy and Midnight Oil.

Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy is not one of my favourite bass players, but he's one of my absolute favourite songwriters! I suggest these albums:

Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (1977)
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (1976)
Thin Lizzy - Thin Lizzy (1971)

Midnight Oil is relatively unknown outside Australia because everybody else cannot get what they're singing about, but to me it was a band on par with more fortunate R.E.M. and Simple Minds when it comes to songwriting, only more rockers. They had various bass players, but IMHO the bass in their songs is very often nice (although simple, not hard technically) and always, always important:

Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust (1988)
Midnight Oil - Earth and Sun and Moon (1993)
Midnight Oil - Red Sails in the Sunset (1984)

 

[bassicmelodies]

Avishai Hasn't gotten enough attention, his whole discography is astounding. Bobby McFerrin - Beyond Words. Bugz in the Attic- Back in the Dog House. Chick Corea - My Spanish Heart. Mark Farina - Mushroom Jazz. Verve Remixed. Erykah Badu - New Amerikah Pt.1. Jazzanova - In Between. Lewis Taylor ST. Mouse on Mars Audioditacker. Oliver Mtukudzi - Bvuma. Steve Bailey - So Low... Solo. Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians.

 

[bstringkyle]

John Mayer-Where the light is (cd)
Jaco Pastorius-Selftitled
Weather Report-Heavy Weather
Primus-Frizzle Fry
Red Hot Chili Peppers-BSSM, One Hot Minute
Rush-Fly By Night, A Farewell To Kings, Counterparts, Hemispheres, Moving Pictures
Motorhead-Ace of Spades
Michael Manring-Soliloquy
Megadeth-Rust in Peace, Killing is my Business...And Business is good
Marcus Miller-Marcus
Led Zeppelin-Mothership
Kiss-Alive!
Iron Maiden-Iron Maiden, Killers, Live After Death, The Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Powerslave
Black Sabbath-Master of Reality, Paranoid, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

That about covers it for me.

A few more

Rush-Hemispheres, Permanent Waves
Tool-Lateralus, 10,000 Days
Steely Dan-Aja

 

[drunkenrobot]

So the idea is that we list every piece of music ever?

"Good" music is entirely subjective to whoever is listening.

Seems like an exercise in futility to me.

 

[Hoffman6000]

I disagree, You have to look for patterns within this thread. There are multiple albums that have been named many times. THOSE are the money. Let the collective bass player conscience be heard! ALL of the albums listed have great bass lines. Everyone is a different player and has different influences. I got a lot out of this thread, including a great place to audition most of these albums for free.....Grooveshark.com....This thread should be an endless list! Keep it going! Thanks everyone!

 

[Super Dwarf]

i did not go through all the pages, so if these have been said then take it as reassurance that they might need a listening to.

Hot Rats - Franks Zappa
Attention Deficit - The Idiot King
Stanley Clarke - Journey to Love
Primus - Frizzle Fry
The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters (i dont need to look to see that this has been said)
Jacob Miller - sorry no album title
Marnie Stern - In Advance of the Broken Arm
Medeski Martin & Wood - Combustication
The Doors - L.A. Women
The Fantastic Planet - Motion Picture Soundtrack
Frank Zappa - Jazz from Hell
The Mothers - Over-nite Sensation
Peter Gabriel - So
Wooden Shjips - Vol 1 & 2
The Meters - Struttin
Sonic Youth - Goo, Rather Ripped, EVOL, Daydream Nation

these are things i really like and think more people should check them out

 

[osd]

Meat Puppets - Up On the Sun... frentic bass and tight integration with drums and guitar.

 

[Sebastiaan]

In general, most are already mentioned, but.... 7 pages of required albums for any bassist and not one reference to Richard Bona?

Richard Bona - Reverence (check out Ngad'a Ndutu)
Mike Stern - Who let the cats out (with Bona on some songs)

also:

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly

 

[Richland123]

Lots of great albums listed. I will add this one.

Gentle Giant - Octopus

 

[FatAndy]

Esperanza- by Esperanza Spalding
Ballot Result CD- the Minute Men

 

[drumNbass28]

Me: YouTube - ‪Within Temptation - The Dance (basscover)‬‏

 

[jnevi9nr]

ok, here is the list that I have been keeping:

audioslave - audioslave
beatles - abbey road
bela fleck - live art
bob marley - legend
cream - live cream
curtis mayfield - superfly
dave matthews band - before these crowded streets
donny hathaway - everything is everything live
govt mule - deep end vol 1 2 and deepest end live
incubus - science
jaco - first album
weather report - heavy weather
james brown - 20 all time greatest hits
jeff beck - performing this week (with tal)
john butler trio - st. gallen (upright bass i believe)
john mayer trio - try! live (pino)
led zep - led zep 2
marcus miller - anything from him
marvin gaye - whats goin on (james jamerson)
metallica - master of puppets
meters - anything from them
michael jackson - off the wall
miles davis - kind of blue or bitches brew
morphine- buena
muse - live haarp
my morning jacket - z
paul simon - graceland
pearl jam - ten
peter gabriel - so
phish - junta
pink floyd - DSotM
porcupine tree - in absentia
primus - best of
radiohead - ok computer and in rainbows
rage - rage first album s/t and live and rare
rhcp - bssm
silversun pickups
sly and the family band - if you want me to stay, thank you
queen- greatest hits
police - greatest hits
peach - giving birth to a stone
nirvana - come as you are
lou reed - walk on the wild side
kings of leon - only by the night
joy division - love will tear us apart
stone roses- i am the resurrection
sublime - pawn shop
temptations - my girl
soundgarden - badmotorfinger
squarepusher - solo electric bass 1
steely dan - aja
stevie wonder - songs in key of life
them crooked vultures - s/t
tool - lateralus
victor wooten - a show of hands
the who - live at leeds
willie nerve clinic - vampire kiss

anything by yes
anything by rush
anything with larry graham
anything by james jamerson
anything by Jamiroquai

 

[mellowinman]

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - White Album
Led Zeppelin - II
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies
Janis Joplin - Pearl
Janis/Big Brother - Cheap Thrills
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Queen - A Day at the Races
Nirvana - Nevermind
GNR - Appetite for Destruction
The Ramones - Road to Ruin
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks...
The Clash - London Calling
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Pink Floyd - Animals
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
War - Why Can't We Be Friends
War - The World is a Ghetto
Tower of Power - Bump City
Tower of Power - Tower of Power
Santana - Abraxas
Santana - Moonflower
James Brown - Star Time
James Brown - Living in America
Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago - II
Bob Marley and the Wailers - The Best of the Wailers
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
Prince - 1999
Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Rolling Stones - Black and Blue
Isaac Hayes - Shaft
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul

Man, I could go on and on, but there's a start for you all.

 

[Bromosapian]

Jesus lizard - Goat
Tool - Aenima
Isis - Oceanic
Melvins - Houdini
Sunn - Grimmrobe Demos
Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood
Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
RHCP - BSSM

 

[NoiseNinja]

Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
Love - Forever Changes
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
Dinosaur Jr. - You're living all over me
Low - Things We Lost In The Fire
Ween - The Mollusk
The Entrance Band (Entrance) - Prayer of Death

 

[ANEVILSPAR7AN]

Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague (2009), Torture (2012)
Metallica - Death Magnetic (2008)
Motorhead - Everything
Machine Head - The Blackening (2007), Unto the Locust (2011)
Suicidal Tendencies - Everything
RHCP - Everything

This place is great for finding jazz and funk. So far I haven't seen anybody posting disco.

 

[Emilym80]

Black Sabbath: Heaven and Hell
Queen: Queen, Queen II, the Game, Sheer Heart Attack
Every solo album by: Michael Manring
Jeff Buckley: Grace
Genesis: Foxtrot
Zander Zon: Sonorous
Rush: 2112, Grace Under Pressure, Power Windows (just because it's really synthy, doesn't mean Geddy doesn't play some AWESOME lines)
Stanley Clarke: Stanley Clarke
Everything from: Tower of Power
Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend
Everything from: Ray Brown and everything from Charles Mingus
Dream Theater: Images and Words, Octavarium

Aw yeah!

 

[jwoods986]

Need a little clarification here. Is this just a list of great albums, or is it albums that specifically have great bass playing? thx

 

[Travisx2112]

Adding to those great lists:
Joy Division - Substance

There's some great lead bass playing on there, the bass actually makes most JD songs what they are.

 

[LikeRaphael]

So the idea is that we list every piece of music ever?

"Good" music is entirely subjective to whoever is listening.

Seems like an exercise in futility to me.

That's pretty much the pattern for most threads isn't it? Whenever anyone asks for a recommendation for a bass or an amp or a set of strings, or suggestions on studies or the best players or the best recordings, the answer is ...every one of them! It's whatever someone likes and everybody likes something different and it's absolutely irrelevant to what the OP or anyone else may want, like or need.