Inspired by the Fleetwood Mac thread.... classic albums l

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DS is 11y 8m, and lived me ranting about the Fleetwood Mac v Coes thread earlier. He’s getting very into music, but would like opinions on what other “Classic” albums he should be listening to. He’s got an Echo Dot in his room and access to my Amazon Music account, so hit us with your suggestions - he already loves Guy Garvey/Elbow and Queen - not too sweary or sexy please, he’s only 11 and pretty naive country mouse at that.

So far we have:
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
The Beatles - The White Album
Queen - Best of, Night at the Opera

He can have Green Day -American Idiot when he’s older!

The velvet underground and Nico
Surfer rosa- Pixies

Too rye ay Dexys Midnight Runners

Tapestry - Carol King

The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars - Bowie

Equinoxe - Jean Michel Jarre (also his Oxygene, Zoolook and Rendez-Vous albums)
Horizons - Claude Samard
Double Face - Francis Rimbert (he has other stuff, but that's all that's on Amazon music.)

Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
Pink Floyd - The Wall or Dark Side of the Moon

Best ofs are hardly classic albums

A classic album should have no more than one or two tracks not up to the standard of a single

Together alone - crowded house
Nothing like the sun - sting
I prefer the bends to ok computer but either would do

Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder

And if he’d like to hear what a genius can do with a guitar
Jeff Beck You Had It Coming

And a soundtrack for the insane world as it is now
Amused to Death Roger Waters

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Bowie
Hunky Dory Bowie
Closer Joy Division
Who can you trust? Morcheeba
Kid A Radiohead
Remain in Light Talking Heads
AM Arctic Monkeys

Or for another guitar genius - The Smiths, Hatful of Hollow.

The hissing of summer lawns - Joni Mitchell

Cream - Wheels of Fire

Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morisette.
Horses - Patti Smith.
Aja - Steely Dan.
A Kind of Blue - Miles Davis.

Bridge over troubled water, Simon and Garfunkel.

Ah that's ace OP great education , I'm really looking forward to sharing music with DD when she's older. I'm struggling to think of much that's not too obviously rude or sweary but going along the folky side

Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Simon & Garfunkel - greatest hits
Cat Stevens - Tea for the tillerman

After the Gold Rush Neil Young
Harvest Neil Young
Year of the Cat Al Stewart
What's the Story Morning Glory Oasis
Belladonna Stevie Nicks
Bat Out of Hell Meatloaf
Bon Jovi Bon Jovi
Leonard Cohen
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Lou Reed Transformer

Definitely three that have already been said
Beatles White Album
Beatles Abbey Road
Beach Boys Pet Sounds

And
Faces Nod's as Good as a wink
Rod Stewart Every picture tells a story

Lovely idea op

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Nirvana - Nevermind
Blood Sugar Sex Magic - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Blondie - Parallel Lines
REM - Automatic for the People
David Bowie - The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars
Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill
Beatles - Sgt Pepper

The Bends Radiohead

(He needs to hear some Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen too but, honestly, like Bowie, there’s just too much to pick one album each)

Brilliant stuff, thank you

Ziggy Stardust and Abbey Rd were the soundtrack to his first few months (also The Killers). He already quite partial to a bit of Bowie, AC/DC and Pink Floyd, but prefers Wish You Were Here to Dark Side.

I realise that “Best Ofs” are not classic albums, but they can contain some really good, strong tracks and be a gateway to a band/singer’s wider repertoire.

Love Graceland, and Bridge Over.,,, reminds me of my own childhood (Art Garfunkel and I had similar hairstyles at the time).

I think we’re going to have fun here. He’s just started (well , he went once, the week before lockdown) to his school rock band to have a go on an electric guitar (he recently passed G2 on classical) , so I’m think a bit of Cream, Hendrix too. I’ll try and think of something more recent!

Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd
Transformer Lou Reed

Oh if he plays guitar, he really needs to hear Jeff Beck!
Brilliant thread OP, thank you. I’m now listening to some of the other PPs recommendations whilst I cook the dinner!