tell me about some albums that have a lot of emphasis on bass. i need something to spend a $100 Borders gift card on. it can be a band, a solo artist, anything as long as the bass is prominent.

Jonas Hellborg-Elegant Punk
Jonas Hellborg-Kali's Son
Jonas Hellborg-The Silent Life
Stuart hamm-Kings of Sleep
Stanley Clarke-If This Bass Could Only Talk

fragile by yes old album but killer bass

fragile by yes old album but killer bass

me and my dad are both HUGE Yes fans.

Jonas Hellborg-Elegant Punk
Jonas Hellborg-Kali's Son
Jonas Hellborg-The Silent Life
Stuart hamm-Kings of Sleep
Stanley Clarke-If This Bass Could Only Talk

can i find these albums in a Borders? i should be more clear about that. sorry.

can i find these albums in a Borders? i should be more clear about that. sorry.

Nope, you'll most likely need to order them online.

me and my dad are both HUGE Yes fans.

I was going to recommend getting Quiet Sun - Mainstream, but aparently the cheapest you can get that for is 33 bucks online (then there is shipping) and you shouldn't dump half your money on one AMAZING album. But it's a bass heavy amazing prog album.

To get the obvious out of the way, I haven't liked a lot of Claypool's solo stuff, but "Of Whales and Woes" is a pretty amazing album.

See if they have some Tribal Tech CD's Gary Willis is fantasic. If you don't have any Marcus Miller his M2 CD is a great one. Best of James Brown to absorb some classic grooves.

Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley

Anything by Rush, really. Particularly Hemispheres, Farewell to Kings, Caress of Steel. That kinda stuff.



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Anything by Rush, really. Particularly Hemispheres, Farewell to Kings, Caress of Steel. That kinda stuff.



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Anything by Alain caron or michael manring!

By your profile favorites, I thought maybe some John Wetton era King Crimson or if you wanted something jazzy with edge maybe Niacin with Billy Sheehan.

Dali's Car. Mick Karn drives the album with his bass.

get Lacuna Coil's Karmacode
i think the bass is brilliant

victor wooten - a show of hands <---all/only bass
the who - quadrophenia (especially "the real me". clearly one of the greatest bass songs ever)

King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
King Crimson - Lark's Tongues in Aspic

anything by Tool

anything by Rush

yea, i agree with VERS.

anything by Tool, Rush, Yes, Claypool

yea, i agree with VERS.

anything by Tool, Rush, Yes, Claypool

I'd like to add any post-65 Beatles album. Not particularily heavy on the bass (with some exceptions like Penny Lane), but you really need to get familiar with Paul's playing if you're not. And, of course, JACO! Get his self-titled debut.

Whos Next - The Who
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - RCHP...may not be bass out front per say..but whoa....Flea rocks on this album

Brian Bromberg:
Jaco
Wood
Metal

Jaco Pastorious- Jaco

Weather Report- Heavy Weather

Victor Wooten - A Show of Hands

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Greatest Songs of the 20th Century

Stanley Clarke - School Days

Return to Forever(Stanley Clarke)
Romantic Warrior
Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy

Martin, Medeski & Wood - Last Chance to Dance Trance

Billy Sheehan:
The Talas Years
Compression
Cosmic Troubador

Niacin (Billy Sheehan):
Niacin
Blood, Sweat and Beers-Live in Tokyo
Deep
Organik

Geddy Lee - My Favorite Headache

The Yellowjackets:
Time Squared
Club Nocturne

King Crimson:
Discipline
Lark Tongues in Aspic
In the Court of the Crimson King

Kings X:
Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
Dogman

Bruford - Gradually Going Tornado

Bob Marley and the Wailers:
Exodus
Kaya

The Who:
Who Are You
Who's Next
By Numbers
Live at Leeds

John Entwistle - Too Late the Hero


That should keep you busy for a while!

i would recomend anything by steve lawson

+1 on anything Yellowjackets, Haslip is underrated.

Also, the new Medeski, Scofield, Martin and Wood is sick. Definitely some of Chris Wood's best work.

Its DB, not EB, but Patitucci's playing on Wayne Shorter's "Footprints Live!" is amazing, and the inter-play between him and Brian Blade is great.

And Pat Metheny's "Bright Size Life". Jaco's best studio work.

fragile by yes old album but killer bass

Don't forget Close to the Edge by Yes. Another great album.

Whos Next - The Who
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - RCHP...may not be bass out front per say..but whoa....Flea rocks on this album

+2

26 years ago I learned to play to Who's Next.
16 years ago I relearned to play to Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Lots o' folks around here seem to slam flea as an acrobatic player? Not so in general. He lays down the groove big time on this one. <borat>Nice!</borat>

Cheap Trick: s/t (1977)

Tom Petersson's Gibson Thunderbird w/ Sound City amps cranked -> great sound and loud in the mix.

Cheap Trick: s/t (1997)

Many songs feature Petersson playing the 12-string. If possible, get the version which has the bonus single "Baby Talk" b/w "Brontosaurus", even more loud 12-string Chandler.

sheesh... all these posts and no mention of the master Jack Bruce playing on any album by Cream...

Cream IS Bass oriented... Eric Clapton merely widdles on above the foundation laid by Jack and Ginger

Just about any album by:

Rush (Hemispheres, Exit Stage Left, 2112, Caress of Steel)
Led Zeppelin (I, II, IV, Physical Graffiti, III, In through the Out Door, Presence, Coda)
The Who
Yes (Fragile, Close to the Edge)
King Crimson
Frank Zappa
XTC (Oranges and Lemons, Waxworks [Greatest Hits])
Joe Jackson
Elvis Costello
Steely Dan
Stevie Wonder
P-Funk
(Any 'real' funk band from the late 70's for that matter)
The Red Hot Chili Peppers (Especially their really old stuff!)
Joy Division
Altered Images

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Stanley Clarke
Weather Report

how could i forget

Live at Leeds (The Who)!

ridiculous bass work there. I saw an interview recently where even entwistle said it was one of his favorites.

Live at Leeds is a requirement.

Led Zeppelin - Four (or is that Led Zeppelin IIII - I never can tell?)
Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On
Jamiroquai - Return Of The Space Cowboy

One album to look out for is Brand New Heavies - Heavy Rhyme Experience Vol.1 - some killer bass lines on that album, but it is quite old now so probably no longer available.

i have every Yes album available. so im quite familiar with Yes.
i have all except for 2 Who albums. those two are Face Dances and Its Hard
i have every Led Zeppelin studio album available. i got them with a large boxset

okay, now, what i would like is albums that i can readily find in a Borders.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall_London_May_2-3-5-6_2005

enjoy...

sheesh... all these posts and no mention of the master Jack Bruce playing on any album by Cream...

Cream IS Bass oriented... Eric Clapton merely widdles on above the foundation laid by Jack and Ginger

In his profile, Moogboy already mentions Bruce as a influence.

In his profile, Moogboy already mentions Bruce as a influence.

"tell me about some albums that have a lot of emphasis on bass. i need something to spend a $100 Borders gift card on. it can be a band, a solo artist, anything as long as the bass is prominent."

Well I answered his question... to the general benefit of other TB'rs who might not have heard of Jack Bruce and Cream.

Anything from Chic, oh the groove.
Duran Duran's first 2 albums (Self titled and Rio)
Japan's last 2 albums Gentlemen Take Polaroids and Tin Drum(more refined than the earlier stuff. Mick Karn gets very unique tones out of his Travis Bean and Wal).

One of my favourite records, Message From the Country by The Move, probably doesn't qualify as a "prominent" bass album. More like utterly dominant. The album at its heart is BASS surrounded with fiddly bits on everything else. :hyper: Roy Wood's the man.

.....i have all except for 2 Who albums. those two are Face Dances and Its Hard



I didn't care for Face Dances either.

However,

The guitar solo at the beginning of "Eminence Front" always left me with the sneaking suspicion that it started life as an Entwistle bass solo. So I figured it out on bass and it sounded really cool!

Give it a try. :bassist:

Everything I listed, with the exception of some of Billy Sheehan's stuff (Talas), can be purchased at Borders.


This:http://www.clatter.com/index.html you cannot buy at Borders. I highly recommend that you order both CDs anyway! Don't think about it.....just do it!

Yes!!
Quadraphenia

And,
West Bruce and Laing