Great Bass Album

[FretlessMainly]

The original Soundtrack to Jesus Christ Superstar had some fantastic playing by the late, great Alan Spenner. This was the record that made me a bass player in September 1980.

[AlvarHanso]

Who's Next. I've heard bass through the prism of Enwtistle's playing on that ever since. I always imagine how he would approach a song, except when listening to the Dead, because Phil's approach is hard to reimagine.

[sanderic]

Paul McCartney. Then turned upside down by Chris Squire.

[Duke21]

Every Yes album have great bass playing, in particularly Close to the Edge and Relayer.
Fish out of Water, lots of great bass by Squire.
I love Rush Different Stages, lots of fine moments by Geddy.
All Transatlantic albums have nice bass work by Trewaves.
Rutherfords bass on such as The Knife, Los Endos, Duke Travels,
Wetton master playing on Red by King Crimson
Crack the big sky by Spovk's Beard, nice!
Ex bass player from Mew, Johan have some nice tone and bass work in Frengers and And the Glass handed kites.

[Duke21]

Originally Posted by dryan

The Police-Walking on the Moon. A perfect example of how Sting's lines are so appropriate, and this case, simple.

Yes, great tune!

[Oreomeister365]

Well when I first decided I wanted to play an instrument (and bass was tossed around by my friends), I didn't even know what bass sounded like. I took a friends system of a down album of all things, and just listened for bass lines. Then I started listening to the radio, and it was about the time Tool had just released Lateralus and Schism was playing on the radio.

I had probably heard that song on the radio about 20 times before I picked up on the fact that that main riff was bass. So I pickup up lateralus and listened to it a million billion times.

[Kwin Smith]

Gene Simmons made me want to play the bass,

Steve Harris and Bob Daisley made me want to work hard at being a good player,

Gary Willis made me want to study the bass, in depth.

So I'm going to go with: KISS Alive II, Number of the Beast/Piece of Mind, Blizzard of Oz/Diary of a Madman, and Bent/No Sweat.

[Toetruck]

paul mccartney

favorite beatles albums bass wise - white album, revolver, abbey road, rubber soul, sgt peppers, a hard days night

favorite mccartney solo albums bass wise - band on the run, mccartney I, Ram, flaming pie

other albums/artists that inspired me:

james jamerson - whats going on

stevie wonder- songs in the key of life (especially Nathan Watts' parts on the songs Sir Duke and I Wish)

aston 'family man' barrett - (specifically his parts on the albums Burnin', uprising, kaya, and exodus)

Roger Waters- (dark side, animals, the wall)

Klaus Voorman- any of his bass parts with Lennon solo (plastic ono band, walls and bridges, imagine). the bass parts on mind games are also fantastic (played by gordon edwards)

Chris Squire - his parts on Close to the Edge and Fragile

Geddy Lee - moving pictures, signals, 2112, snakes and arrows. also their two new songs have fantastic bass parts

~evan

[BassFuzz24]

I love what has been said so far but there's one missing...

Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove

Bootsy has some great lines and fills

[Rutherford_Fan]

It might be a bit biased, but I think the album "Foxtrot" by Genesis is a great "bassist's" album. It showcases the complex, the fast, the melodic, the harmony-accompany, and everything in-between.