What's in my iPod - the K's, M's, and O's
Continuing to share what I have in my music collection, today are the bands who begin with the letters K, M, and O. Any comments I make about a particular album will be in italic next to the album's title.
Kansas
- The Best of Kansas
The Killers
- Day & Age
- Hot Fuss - I picked this album up after playing Sam's Town to death. A lot of fans of The Killers who got into the band with this album (Sam's Town is their second major release after Hot Fuss) feel that Hot Fuss is a much better album than Sam's Town. I think Sam's Town is great, and after listening to Hot Fuss a few times I still think that Sam's Town is a better album, but I can understand why some fans would feel the other way. The sound on this album is very 80s new wave, which I like a lot. The difference between Hot Fuss and Sam's Town is night and day, but there are some really good tracks on here. As much as I feel that When You Were Young (from Sam's Town) sounds like it could be on this album, the song All These Things That I've Done sounds it could have been on Sam's Town. But that's as close as the two albums get to each other.
- Sam's Town - The song that got me into The Killers is on this album, but I first heard it on the game Guitar Hero III. The song is When You Were Young, and it is probably the one that sounds the most like a track off of their first album Hot Fuss. After repeatedly playing this song on Guitar Hero III, I decided to buy the album, and it has become one of my favorites. I have to admit that it took a little while to grow on me because The Killers have a sound that I would go so far as to call pretentious. There are some really good tracks on here like Read My Mind, My List, and Why Do I Keep Counting. I can see why bands are looking to get their songs on games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band (see my blog post on sales of Guitar Hero III and the effect it has had on bands who are featured on the game). I never would have bought a Killers album if I hadn't played the song on GHIII over and over again, and now I have gotten all three of their major releases.
King's X
- Faith, Hope, Love
- King's X
Metallica
- Black Album - Unbelievably, this is the first Metallica album I every bought. I was a sophomore in college, and I had heard all of their albums up to that point - my friends were listening to them all through high school. But, with the exception of Master of Puppets and And Justice for All, I just never was that much of a fan. Once I heard Enter Sandman, though, I just couldn't get it out of my head. After all these years, I still think this album is hit or miss. I know hardcore Metallica fans feel that they started their sellout phase here with the song Nothing Else Matters, but this album was absolutely huge.
- Garage Inc. (double album) - Includes the original Garage Days EP, but my favorite track on the whole thing is the cover of Thin Lizzy's Whiskey in the Jar (which is originally a traditional Irish song).
- Load
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
- Let's Face It
Ozzy Osbourne
- No More Tears - I've never been a huge Ozzy fan, but this album is simply awesome. Every song on here is a keeper. Blizzard of Oz was good, but I think this is his best album. And the fact that he co-wrote some of the songs with the totally beyond cool Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead... well no other words need to be said.
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