What's your favorite "the bass playing on this album is awesome" album?

[gmanbass]

Donny Hathaway Live! Willie Weeks playing on that CD is an absolute master lesson of how to groove.

[Frankewhite]

Originally Posted by Durden26

Jamiroquai Traveling Without Moving. Stuart Zender was a BEAST at 21.

+1. That album is amazing!

[staurosjohn]

didn't check to see if already mentioned... Blow By Blow by Jeff Beck (Phil Chen) & Wired by Jeff Beck (Wilbur Bascomb)... two very different bassists!

[jg919]

RHCP - love Roller coaster.
Boom bap, boom bap, boom bap!

[nortonrider]

I am really surprised that nobody has posted the tribute to Allen Woody.......
The Deepest End - Govt. Mule

Bass players on the album:

Jack Casady
Les Claypool
Jason Newsted
George Porter, Jr.
Dave Schools
Roger Glover
Mike Gordon
Paul Jackson, Jr.
Conrad Lozano
Will Lee
Greg Rzab
Rob Wasserman
Victor Wooten

(it's one of my favorite CD's)

[C.Linton]

There are plenty of albums over the years where the bass playing knocked my sox off, far too many to have a favorite per se. But I would say the very first album where the bass really impressed me was Led Zep II.

[fjadams]

Steve Thompson on John Mayall's Turning Point

Jean Millington from Fanny on the Charity Ball and Fanny Hill albums.

Roscoe Beck on the Dixie Chicks Top of the World Tour.

[phayes1007]

Originally Posted by stratovani

There's so many great albums to choose from, with so much awesome bass playing, that it's indeed a difficult task. So I'm going to pick one out of left field. I like Andy Roarke's bass playing in The Smiths' album The Queen Is Dead.

+1

I love how well the bass was recorded on this album and how well you can hear it, too.

[Chromer]

For solid groove, The Specials debut self-titled album, especially "Concrete Jungle" and "A Message to you, Rudy".

Getting conflicting references on whether the bass was played by Terry Hall or Horace Panter on those tracks...

[BenBL]

Originally Posted by C.Linton

There are plenty of albums over the years where the bass playing knocked my sox off, far too many to have a favorite per se. But I would say the very first album where the bass really impressed me was Led Zep II.

+1
totally, same here. That's the album that inspired me to play bass

[Larry99]

Agree with so many here. The Meters, Steely Dan, Rush, Yes, Jamiraquai, Marvin Gaye...

Also kind of obvious it being Jaco and all but his work on Joni Mitchell's Shadows and Light is awesome. The opening track "In France They Kiss on Main Street" might be some of my favorite playing EVER. He's just got it going on so badass there. It's technical and virtuoistic yet just totally swings and grooves at the same time. ...and the cohesiveness he has going on with Don Alias on drums is like rhythm section 101.

A not so obvious recording here.... Brand New Heavies' Brother Sister. Andrew Levy isn't a technical monster but this record grooves DEEP. Like Jaco and Don Alias he's got it locked in with the drummer like no other rhythm section.

Also an old Spyro Gyra record called Freetime with the great Will Lee. Some of it sounds kinda dated but Will just kills it on his ol' P-bass, especially on the title track.

[Larry99]

Also love love love Bob Nyswonger's playing on The Bears' Eureaka! ...does he still post here?

[Art Araya]

Originally Posted by DWBass

Michael McDonald - Motown
Michael McDonald - Motown 2

Some of the best bass playing ever!

Thanks for this recommendation - hadn't heard of these recordings. Some nice stuff there. Not flashy but so solid.

[WCHIII]

Tower of Power- Urban Renewal

[theretheyare]

Almost Like Me/ Odean Pope Trio with Gerald Veasley is the one I keep coming back to.
Ferocious and fun bass guitar record.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWgtnUK6c8w

[eriky4003]

Hemispheres - Rush
The title track is amazing, Circumstances & The Trees are great followed by La Villa Strangiato (sp?) right down to the last lick.

[millsbass5]

I would have to say that I really like the RHCP album "Blood Sugar Sex Majik" from almost beginning to end. I also really like Queensryche's "Empire" album. I just love the tone Eddie Jackson gets on that album.

[aasti3000]

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye (James Jamerson, Bob Babbit, Max Janowsky)
Light it Up - Brothers Johnson (Louis Johnson)
Naughty - Chaka Khan (Anthony Jackson, Marcus Miller, Willie Weeks)
Try - John Mayer Trio Live - Pino Palladino
PSP Live - PSP - Phillips, Saisse, Palladino (Pino Palladino)
Prince - Sign O' The Times (Prince)
The Voodoo Tour Live at North Sea Jazz Fest - D'Angelo, It's not an album but you can find the whole concert on YouTube with a clear audio feed. (Pino Palladino)
Audio Slave - Audio Slave (can't remember the bassists name)
Special Things - Pleasure (Nathaniel Phillips)
Straight From The Heart - Patrice Rushen (Freddie Washington)
Disreali Gears - Cream (Jack Bruce)
Stand - Sly and The Family Stone (Larry Graham)
American Idiot - Green Day (Mike Dirnt)
Mothership Connection - Parlaiment (Bootsy Collins, Boogie Mosson)
1999 - Prince (Prince)

I could go on but....

[AuntieBeeb]

I've just (finally) got myself a CD copy of The Who's Quadrophenia.

I think all music colleges should give a special, annotated copy of this to all aspiring bassists, with the subtitle "This is what to do with a Gibson Thunderbird."

[ronlitz]

Boston / Boston

Grease movie soundtrack

Hair movie soundtrack

Ozzy / blizzard of oz

Any ABBA

Any Skynyrd (with Ronnie)