Albums that make you indescribably happy

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I'm listening to the Boredoms' Vision Creation Newsun album right now at work. I can't find the words to describe how happy this makes me.

Let's list albums that make us so happy we can't even talk about them.

― die9o (dhadis), Friday, 13 December 2002 19:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Rheostatics - Harmalodia
Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
The Smugglers - In The Hall Of Fame.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 13 December 2002 19:17 (twenty-three years ago)

The Pharcyde, Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde.
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Fabulosos Calavera.
ABC, The Lexicon of Love.

― Matt C., Friday, 13 December 2002 19:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Wire, Chairs Missing.

― hstencil, Friday, 13 December 2002 19:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Teenage Fanclub "Grand Prix"/"Songs from Northern Britain"
Scritti Politti "Cupid & Psyche 85"
Comet Gain "Realistes"
Marvin Gaye "What's Going On"
Paul Weller "Paul Weller"

― Michael White, Friday, 13 December 2002 19:25 (twenty-three years ago)

NIGHTTIME by Killing Joke
WHITE NOISE by Cop Shoot Cop
DESTROYER by Kiss
KILLING JOKE by Killing Joke
SINGLES GOING STEADY by Buzzcocks
DRUMS & WIRES by Xtc
IT'S ALIVE by the Ramones
PEGGY SUICIDE by Julian Cope

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 December 2002 19:30 (twenty-three years ago)

mwng-super furry animals
live at the liquid room-jeff mills

― robin (robin), Friday, 13 December 2002 19:36 (twenty-three years ago)

di360 - Coptic Light makes me happy. Poodles makes me happy.

― hstencil, Friday, 13 December 2002 19:46 (twenty-three years ago)

That one album by that one band I really like.

Besides that, probably Purple Rain or The Innocents. Not entirely sure why.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 13 December 2002 19:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Poodles' stage moves make me happy.

― die9o (dhadis), Friday, 13 December 2002 20:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Rezillos-Can't Stand the Rezillos
Bantams-Beware the Bantams
Giorgio Moroder-Son of My Father
Archies-Everything's Archie
the first Blondie album
Cheap Trick-In Color and Heaven Tonight
Shirley & Co.-Shame Shame Shame
The Silicon Teens- Music for Parties

― Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 13 December 2002 20:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Poodles is the Jewish Sonny Sharrock with a delay pedal^TM.

― hstencil, Friday, 13 December 2002 20:02 (twenty-three years ago)

the very first magnetic fields album. it makes me literally roll over on my back and waggle my arms and legs in the air like a baby.

and sugar, sugar by the archies.

― kate, Friday, 13 December 2002 20:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Red House Painters - Down colorful hill

― , Friday, 13 December 2002 20:39 (twenty-three years ago)

The La's

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 13 December 2002 20:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Promise Ring - "Very Emergency"
Flaming Lips - "The Soft Bulletin"

― Bill Aicher, Friday, 13 December 2002 20:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Louis Prima!!!
Tom Jones' -- Live in Las Vegas ¥

― christoff (christoff), Friday, 13 December 2002 21:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Revolver" - Beatles
"Girls Can Tell" - Spoon
"Low End Theory" - A Tribe Called Quest
"Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain" - Pavement
"Blue Lines" - Massive Attack
"Icky Mettle" - Archers of Loaf

― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Friday, 13 December 2002 21:03 (twenty-three years ago)

More....

Q:ARE WE NOT MEN?.... by Devo
RATTUS NORVIGICUS by the Stranglers
EXTREMITIES DIRT AND VARIOUS REPRESSED EMOTIONS by Killing Joke
POWER, CORRUPTION & LIES by New Order
FAIR WARNING by Van Halen
GROUP SEX by the Circle Jerks
FIRST AND LAST AND ALWAYS by the Sisters of Mercy
and....er....
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS by the Vince Guaraldi Trio

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 December 2002 21:12 (twenty-three years ago)

sorry, last few:

FUNHOUSE by the Stooges
PARANOID by Black Sabbath
PROTECTION by Massive Attack

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 December 2002 21:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns, _Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu_. I have NO idea how human beings managed to gain access to so much intoxicated good cheer _and_ document it in a way that it can be communicated.

― Douglas, Friday, 13 December 2002 21:37 (twenty-three years ago)

the howling wolf rocking chair record, kimono my house, colossal youth, and (lately) farben's textstar.

― dan (dan), Friday, 13 December 2002 21:45 (twenty-three years ago)

not an album, but "Love is Strange" is the most happy-making song in the world

grrrrrowr...... how do you call your loverman???

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 13 December 2002 21:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Original. Pirate. Material.

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 13 December 2002 22:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Sub-thread: Most *UNLIKELY* album that makes you indescribably happy:

Mine would be CONCRETE by 999. Roundly derided as one of their worst albums (of which there are a few to choose from), it was one of the first arguably credible "punk" albums I ever got my hands on (and subsequently played to death). C'mon..."So Greedy", "Obssessed", their cover of "Fortune Teller"? This record never fails to cheer my scowling, hateful ass up.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 13 December 2002 22:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Usually it's sunny pop albums.

Rank & File -- "Long Gone Dead" (vinyl only, sadly)
Go Betweens -- "16 Lovers Lane"
The Las - self titled

But also -- ANYTHING by Big Joe Turner

― Jim M, Friday, 13 December 2002 23:15 (twenty-three years ago)

t.A.T.u. - 200 km/h in the wrong lane. Picked it up a few days ago at Best Buy for $6.99 on a whim, love it to death, definitely gives me the happy vibe.

David Bowie - The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, Hunky Dory.

Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty

Transvision Vamp - Little magnets vs the bubble of babble.

But above all else -- the Pixies, Trompe le monde.

― Tep (ktepi), Friday, 13 December 2002 23:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Dictators Go Girl Crazy, always! "I don't have to do this you know! with my vast financial holdings...I could be basking in the sun in Florida! this is just a hobby to me, a hobby, do ya hear??"

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Friday, 13 December 2002 23:42 (twenty-three years ago)

the last song on Blue Lines
OMD - Pacific Age, Juck Culture, Crush

these make me saaad:
Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs,
DAvid Bowie - Hunky Dory

― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 13 December 2002 23:45 (twenty-three years ago)

also "Dirty Deeds" by AC/DC & the 1st Modern Lovers album & the Beatles "Rubber Soul" & "Telstar" but that's just a single & "Red River rock" but that's just a single too...& "96 Tears" ditto ok & any Crystals or Ronettes single & "Mama Said Knock You Out" by LL Cool J & "Bang Shang A Lang" by the Archies, those're just singles too.

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Friday, 13 December 2002 23:46 (twenty-three years ago)

singles are easier to stay happy for the duration of

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Friday, 13 December 2002 23:47 (twenty-three years ago)

i'm prone to mood swings ya dig

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Friday, 13 December 2002 23:48 (twenty-three years ago)

I'd hardly call 16 Lovers Lane a sunny pop album (sure, "Love Goes On!" and the music -- not lyrics -- of "Streets of Your Town"). Otherwise quite moody.

But yeah, that one makes me happy too.

― Jen (nstop), Friday, 13 December 2002 23:50 (twenty-three years ago)

the Basement Jaxx albums

― stevem (blueski), Saturday, 14 December 2002 00:33 (twenty-three years ago)

pretty much anything by the human league
the avalanches - since i left you
devo's live albums
sonc youth - murray street
the creation - our music is red w/ purple flashes
wire chairs missing also! (we have something in common, stencil)
most kinks stuff
miles davis - on the corner

― geeta (geeta), Saturday, 14 December 2002 01:43 (twenty-three years ago)

geeta thats a killer ass list

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Saturday, 14 December 2002 04:14 (twenty-three years ago)

= it makes me moderately happy for at least asv long as it takes to read it

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Saturday, 14 December 2002 04:15 (twenty-three years ago)

i still never heard the avalanches tho, i lead a sheltered life

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Saturday, 14 December 2002 04:15 (twenty-three years ago)

The Congos - Heart of the Congos
Rhapsody - Power of the Dragonflame
Daft PUnk - Discovery
Autchre - Chiastic SLide (weirdly)
Beach Boys - Party!

― dog latin (dog latin), Saturday, 14 December 2002 04:21 (twenty-three years ago)

ha ha beach boys party that's a good one! that shit makes me laff fo'sure

― unknown or illegal user (doorag), Saturday, 14 December 2002 04:25 (twenty-three years ago)

can i have - Plaid: Restproof Clockwork" as well please?

― dog latin (dog latin), Saturday, 14 December 2002 04:33 (twenty-three years ago)

ditto geeta

― Colin Saunders (csaunders), Saturday, 14 December 2002 04:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Yesterday I was abusing the privilege of FYE's scan-n-sample machinery and came upon a real gem: Meco's Star Wars. Yeah, big orchestral disco takes on all the theme tunes from the Star Wars trilogy. It's right up there with the music from the original '78 Gundam series, which I need to track down on CD. Just massively pompous and full of such excessive flourishes (incl R2 beeps) that I was hard pressed not to break out into a fit of giggles in the store. I don't know how much staying power this album will have, but I'm completely smitten with it at the moment.

― Tom Millar (Millar), Saturday, 14 December 2002 05:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Vengaboys - We Like To Party
Golden Boy feat. Miss Kittin - Or
Flipper - Generic
Charlegmane Palestine - Strumming Music (thanks, Tom!)

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Saturday, 14 December 2002 05:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Wow. Flipper and the Vengaboys in one group. Sterling, you are nothing if not eclectic.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 14 December 2002 05:33 (twenty-three years ago)

daft punk-discovery
fatboy slim-better living through chemistry

― Michael Bourke, Saturday, 14 December 2002 05:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Ludacris~word of mouf

― Lindsey George (ravingdevil024), Saturday, 14 December 2002 06:49 (twenty-three years ago)

In no particular order...

Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
GBV - Isolation Drills
Gang of Four - Entertainment
Wire - Pink Flag
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions....
Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model

― J-Bola Virus, Saturday, 14 December 2002 07:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Van Halen - 1984
Pixies - Doolittle
The Ramones - Road to Ruin
Aerosmith - Rocks
Magnetic Fields - Holiday

― paul cox (paul cox), Saturday, 14 December 2002 08:50 (twenty-three years ago)

YOU UNLEASHED THE FUCKING FURY!

― Tad (llamasfur), Saturday, 14 December 2002 09:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Ween - God Ween Satan
Frogs - My Daughter the Broad
Stones Roses - Stones Roses
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady

― sonicred (sonicred), Saturday, 14 December 2002 12:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Every album by Scarlet's Well or Moose. The last three or four Julian Cope LPs.

― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Saturday, 14 December 2002 12:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Poison - Flesh and Blood
Philistines Jr - Continuing Struggle of
Masters of the Hemisphere - I am not a Freemdoom

(all make me quite happy, and quite happy is as happy as I get! :)

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 14 December 2002 13:36 (twenty-three years ago)

K-Tel presents "Disco Fire"

― Kerry (dymaxia), Saturday, 14 December 2002 15:11 (twenty-three years ago)

"every Morning" by those guys, you know. Is it Smashmouth? Sugar Ray? I dunno, and I hate everything else they do, but when I hear that song I'm back in Key West, on my honeymoon.

― matt riedl (veal), Saturday, 14 December 2002 18:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh yeah, and the New Pornographers album. Not many whole albums can make me happy (I can't sustain happiness for that long, I guess).

― matt riedl (veal), Saturday, 14 December 2002 18:10 (twenty-three years ago)

B-52's Cosmic Thing
Good Charlotte The Young And The Hopeless (but it also makes me sad too, but in a good way)
Replacements Let It Be (same deal as GC)
Weezer The Green Album

I know there's others I'm forgetting...

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 14 December 2002 18:45 (twenty-three years ago)

The Avalanches - Since I Left You but especially some of their mixes I've found. My fave is probably the At Home one that starts off with "Matchpoint of Our Love" mixed with "Star Guitar". Nice.

Boredoms - Super Ar/VCN
Mouse on Mars - Instrumentals/Glam
Gas - Pop
the Iron Maiden mixtape a friend made for me

― original bgm, Saturday, 14 December 2002 19:35 (twenty-three years ago)

GBV-"Under the Bushes Under the Stars"
Young Fresh Fellows/Minus Five-"Let the War Against Music Begin"
Neutral Milk Hotel-"In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"

― short on posters, Sunday, 15 December 2002 01:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Apples in Stereo - "Tone Soul Evolution"

Call and Response - "Call and Response"

Aislers Set - "Last Match"

Soviet - "We Are Eyes, We Are Builders"

― phil-two, Sunday, 15 December 2002 17:19 (twenty-three years ago)

Daydream Nation. Teenage Fanclub. The Lemonheads

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 16 December 2002 00:45 (twenty-three years ago)

two years pass...

I don't think there is a happier album than Shuggie Otis's "Inspiration Information." I always pop this on when I'm stuck in traffic in the hot sun on Route 1/9 in North Jersey. The opening "aaaahh"s take the pain away. When "Happy House" comes on, I want to smile and wave at the other people in traffic. By the double-guitarpeggio thing at the end of Strawberry Letter 23, I'm JIZZING all over the other people in traffic.

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 2 July 2005 04:58 (twenty years ago)

too much information.

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Saturday, 2 July 2005 05:57 (twenty years ago)

duran duran "rio" eg. "hold back the rain" .
inxs "swing" eg. "dancing on the jetty".
erasure "wild" eg. "la gloria".

― la gloria, Saturday, 2 July 2005 06:47 (twenty years ago)

Cha Cha 2000, La Dusseldorf. It's a current rave, but love being fickle I'm sure it'll be something else next week. Terrible lyrics, but right on sentiment

"Come on. Let's make it paradise."

― tolstoy (tolstoy), Saturday, 2 July 2005 08:52 (twenty years ago)

r-kelly's "happy people"...people !
works better than "pet sounds"...

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Saturday, 2 July 2005 10:59 (twenty years ago)

The Go!Team - Thunder Lightning Strike
Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun

― sibsi (sibsi), Saturday, 2 July 2005 11:22 (twenty years ago)

Intentionally ignoring too-predictable favourites, I choose these:

Motorhead, Ace Of Spades
Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual
Funkadelic, Let's Take It To The Stage
Nazz, Nazz Nazz
Sly & The Family Stone, Stand!
Beatles, Revolver
Von Lmo, Future Language
The Coasters, 50 Coastin' Classics
Roxanne Shanté, Bad Sister

That'll do (pig).

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Saturday, 2 July 2005 11:32 (twenty years ago)

Scritti Politti - Early, Songs to Remember, Cupid and Psyche 85
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mambo Nassau
Junior Senior - D-D-Don't Stop the Beat

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Saturday, 2 July 2005 13:48 (twenty years ago)

New Order - Technique
Prince - Parade
Tribe Called Qwest - Low End Theory
Sleater Kinney - Dig Me Out

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Saturday, 2 July 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)

Japan - Gentlemen Take Polaroids
P Funk - Live
Cloud One - Cloud One
Le Monde Electronique De Francois De Roubaix
Prince - Sign O' The Times
Scritti Politti - Cupid & Psyche 85
Zombies - Oddessey & Oracle
Doctors Cat - Gee Whiz

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Saturday, 2 July 2005 15:03 (twenty years ago)

Anything by the Vulgar Boatmen. That's pretty much all I listen to anymore.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Saturday, 2 July 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

inxs - kick
madonna - true blue
kylie mingue - enjoy yourself
new order - technique
bon jovi - new jersey
dead or alive - mad,bad an dangerous to know
dad - no fuel left for the pilgrims
michael jackson - thriller
psuedo echo - autumnal park
abba - voulez vouz
real life - heartland
kids in the kitchen - terrain

― retroman, Saturday, 2 July 2005 16:15 (twenty years ago)

ASTRAL WEEKS

― Aaron A., Saturday, 2 July 2005 16:22 (twenty years ago)

Dr Buzzaqrd's Original Savannah Band - the 1st album and Meets King Pennett
Minnie Riperton -Perfect Angel
Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Off the Coast of Me
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
PHaroah Sanders - Karma and Live at the East

― mucho, Saturday, 2 July 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

trash can sinatras 'cake' mostly because i love to squeal along, i wish he would still squeal like at the end of 'funny'.

― keith m (keithmcl), Sunday, 3 July 2005 01:08 (twenty years ago)

Anything Box - Peace
Mr. Oizo - Analog Worms Attack
Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
The Vaselines - The Way of the Vaselines
The (English) Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
Figurine - Transportation + Communication = Love
7 Seconds - Walk Together, Rock Together
Bis - Music for a Stranger World
Sparks- No. 1 in Heaven AND Angst in My Pants

― naus (Robert T), Sunday, 3 July 2005 11:17 (twenty years ago)

The Vaselines - The Way of the Vaselines

me too!

pixies - trompe le monde

― latebloomer: now with 20% less cetacean content (latebloomer), Sunday, 3 July 2005 12:01 (twenty years ago)

I forgot Trouble Funk - Live

― Ian Riese-Moraine has been xeroxed into a conduit! (Eastern Mantra), Sunday, 3 July 2005 22:40 (twenty years ago)

The Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Monday, 4 July 2005 00:57 (twenty years ago)

The Velvet Underground -Loaded-
Neutral Milk Hotel -In the Aeroplane over the Sea
Jason Falkner -Can you Still Feel?
Outkast - Atliens
of course: Smile!
Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs
Rubber Soul
Devendra Banhart - Nino Rojo
Cosmic Rough Riders - Enjoy the Melodic Sunshine
Sally Timms- Cowboy Sally's Twilight Laments for Lost Buckaroos
Prefuse 73- Extinguished: Outtakes

― asdfasd, Monday, 4 July 2005 01:10 (twenty years ago)

Minutemen — Double Nickels on the Dime
League of Gentlemen — Thrang Thrang Gozinbulx
Smiths — Singles
Jamie Saft — Breadcrumb Sins
The first two Devo albums
Hawkwind — Space Ritual
All Boredoms
Half Japanese — The Band That Would Be King
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
The Rutles
Bailey/Parker/Bennink — Topography of the Lungs

― Rock Hardy (Rock Hardy), Monday, 4 July 2005 01:11 (twenty years ago)

Billy Bragg - Back to Basics
Avalanches - Since I Left You
Frank Zappa - Make a Jazz Noise Here

and

:: cough cough ::

Phish - A Live One

― Suzy Creemcheese (SuzyCreemcheese), Monday, 4 July 2005 01:20 (twenty years ago)

Raw Power

― nicholas de jong (nicholas de jong), Monday, 4 July 2005 04:43 (twenty years ago)

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