Prominent Bass Albums.

[Basshappi]

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!

[funkalicious101]

i would recomend anything by steve lawson

[beggar98]

+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.

[Dr. Eagle]

Originally Posted by smogg

fragile by yes old album but killer bass

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

[Modulrob]

Originally Posted by Bassplayer_479

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>

[PhR]

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.

[manicbassman]

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

[tZer]

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

[rockwarnick]

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.

[derrenleepoole]

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.

[moogboy]

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.

[manicbassman]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_A...y_2-3-5-6_2005

enjoy...

[jerry]

Originally Posted by manicbassman

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.

[manicbassman]

Originally Posted by jerry

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.

[Pj,Rj,Hj]

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).

[Sneckumhaw]

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. Roy Wood's the man.

[Basshappi]

Originally Posted by moogboy

.....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.

[Basshappi]

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!

[UncleVinty]

Yes!!
Quadraphenia

And,
West Bruce and Laing