Favorite Albums

[drewkeene]

Hi,

I'm putting together an internet list of the best bass albums ever recorded and am looking for input from the bass community here on TalkBass. This is for a somewhat commercial/entrepreneurial purpose and also because I am an amatuer bassist who wants to expand my music collection.

What I'm looking for are examples of good bass playing - from the super-technical bassists (Victor Wooten) to examples of excellent "backing" bassists out there.

Thanks to anyone who wants to make suggestions...If you'd like to visit the site it's http://www.bestbassalbums.com.

Thanks again!

[Bass_Machine]

Paul Simon's Graceland.


Bakhiti Kumalo really tears it up, in a classic sense.

[bubinga5]

Chaka Khan(Naughty)-Bass-Willie Weeks,Marcus Miller
Donny Hathaway(Live)- Bass -Willie Weeks

Meshell Ndegeocello( Plantation Lullabies,Peace beyond Passion)- Bass-Herself

Incognito( Tribes vibes and Scribes,
Positivity)- Bass-Randy'Hope'Taylor

Jaco Pastorius(Jaco Pastorius)
Weather Report(Heavy Weather)- Bass-Jaco

Band of Gypsys(?)-Bass-Billy Cox

Jamiroquai(1st three)-Bass-Stuart Zender/R'Hope'T

Stevie Wonder(Songs in the Key of life)-Bass-Nathan Watts

Victor Bailey(Any)-Bass-Himself

Led Zepplin(Any)-Bass-John Paul Jones

Level 42(First Album, The Early Tapes)-Bass-Mark King

Groove Collective(Any)-Bass-Jonothan Maron

The Jam-(Any)Bass-Bruce Foxton

Ian Dury + THe Blockheads(any)-Bass_ Norman Watt Roy

Rage Against the Machine(RATM)-Bass-Tim Commerford

[MakiSupaStar]

Kaya - Bob Marley
Night Nurse - Gregory Isaac
The Meters - (Any)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Led Zeppelin - (Any)

[wolfs]

Mingus - Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Mingus Ah Um, The Clown, Blues & Roots... so many

Black Sabbath - self-titled debut, Paranoid, Master of Reality, Vol. 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Sabotage...

+1 on Led Zep

CAN - Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi, Future Days...

[wolfs]

Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!, There's a Riot Going On, Fresh...

[MonetBass]

Rush - Moving Pictures, Permanent Waves
Yes - Fragile, Drama
Marcus Miller - The Sun Don't Lie, Tales
Dave Matthews Band - Crash
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk
Al DiMeola - Elegant Gypsy (Anthony Jackson is incredible)

[CHILDISHGAMBINO]

Primus - Frizzle fry
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking, Ritual do lo Habitual
The Roots - Come Alive
Death From Above 1979 - You're a Women, I'm a Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic, One Hot Minute
Lamb - Fear of Fours

You should put a Hip Hop/Electronic genre grouping on the site. There are a lot of good hip hop/electronic albums out there that feature actual bass players like The Roots or Lamb above.

[Dean N]

Rush - esp. Moving Pictures (my favorite album... ever) & Signals
Yes - esp. Fragile
Marcus Miller - Sun Don't Lie
Primus - Seas
RHCP - Blood Sugar
Jaco's solo album
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Zep - esp. Physical Graffitti, Houses, and (I think no one but me likes) Presence
Jazz Is Dead, esp. Blue Light Rain (does anyone else think Alphonso's sound is just about perfect? I saw him in Cicinnatti in '99 and he was just tremendous)

I typed these up, then looked at the other responses - I'm amazed at how similar some responses were. You guys have good taste!

[pretaanluxis]

I'd have to say:
Red Hot Chili Peppers-Californication
Jamiroquai-A Funk Odyssey
Incubus-Morning View
Rage Against the Machine-The Battle of Los Angeles
Enaud Garcia-Fons-Entremundo

[tom5string]

A short list:

XTC - Oranges and lemons (Colin Moulding)
Jacques Loussier Trio - Four seasons (Vincent Charbonnier)
Japan - Oil on canvas (Mick Karn)
John McLaughlin Trio - Live at the royal festival hall (Kai Eckhardt)
Peter Gabriel - Secret world live (Tony Levin)

... and i could list up more :-)

[zcwilkes]

Steeley Dan- AJA (Chuck Rainey)

[JamesM]

Originally Posted by Bass_Machine

Paul Simon's Graceland.


Bakhiti Kumalo really tears it up, in a classic sense.

+1

Hell yea, i can't get enough of tht album, so colourful.

[Toneonbass]

Originally Posted by bubinga5

Rage Against the Machine(RATM)-Bass-Tim Commerford

+1

[stitchbass]

RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Faith No More - Angeldust
Marvin Gaye- What's Going on
Jamiroquai - Return of the Space Cowboy
Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle (self titled)
Yes - Fragile