Death metal band takes death metal and flips it on its head. I forget the exact phrasing from an interview with the frontman Luc Lemay, but he said they wanted to make their instruments speak in a new way. It's highly experimental and maybe tough to digest even for death metal fans, but it's undeniably unique and brilliant.
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There are some greats listed here (Ween, Jarre, FSOL, Lovage, Aphex, Shpongle, Air, etc.)
However my pick is Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn The only thing similar to this is his own album Incantations a few years later, but there just isnt anything like it from start to finish.
If you want a positively singular album, check out Oldfield's Amarok. It's a unique experience, start to finish, and the story behind it is great.
This is very true. It is very unique to its sound and how it was put together.
One classic one I forgot
Art of noise - The seduction of claude debussy
Phenomenal blend of styles to create something truly unique.
LITERALLY EVERYTHING HORSE THE BAND HAS EVER DONE!
Seriously, one of the most under appreciated bands of all time. A Million Exploding Suns is a fucking masterpiece.
Want to save this thread for later, may as well name a couple as well
The Faceless - Planetary Duality. Technical death metal album that found an outstanding balance between technically-impressive musicianship, interesting compositional intricacacies, and raw primal brutality. Nothing scratches that itch like this album does for me. And if you're into drums, Alex Rudinger's drumming in Xenochrist is wholly and entirely inhuman. The dude is an octopus trapped in a man's body. I'd recommend watching his Xenochrist drum playthrough video if you're particularly interested
Infected Mushroom - Converting Vegetarians. These two guys are absolute wizards of music production, and this album showcases their insane ability to bring out such colorful personalities from their meticulously crafted synth leads, through gradual and dramatic evolution... Which they usually do in a familiar psy-trance setting. But the "chill side" half of this album accomplishes this wonderfully in a unique, much more relaxed, low-tempo style that I'm genuinely struggling to find words to describe
Last 8 coheed albums honestly.
Major organ and the adding machine
Imaginary Audience by Mindchatter comes to mind.
Lightening Dust: Infinite Light
Dubstep has entered the chat - two standouts for me:
The One - Ganja White Night Tesseract - Subtronics
No one out there is able to emulate their sounds, they really sound unique!
Lord Huron's Vide Noir is a significant departure from the rest of their work so far, and I really wish they'd do more in that style
The Hissing of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell. I like JM well enough, but don't really listen to many other albums of hers. But HoSL just has this unique vibe that keeps bringing me back, especially on those slightly delirious hot days of summer.
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Splashdown - Blue Shift album
'Mirrored' by Battles (2007).
They've got a mostly traditional setup and instrumentation, but the sounds they make are really strange and unique. Sometimes the words of the songs aren't real words. It's just really out there, from start to finish.
Skinny Puppy - Last Rights
Stereolab - Dots and Loops
Aesop Rock - Bazooka Tooth
GWAR - Scumdogs of the Universe
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Bones and Beeker self titled album, 2015.
Absent Moon by Chuck Salamone
Rage against the machine - rage against the machine album
Pig destroyer - prowler in the yard
Eminem - the slim shady lp and marshal Mathers lp
Alice in chains - dirt
Rob zombie - hell Billy deluxe
Korn, I can't pick one album
Guns n roses - appetite for destruction
Gutalax - shit beast
Kendrick Lamar to pimp a butterfly
Most albums by Mamaleek. They change up the sound on each record, and still stay unlike anyone else. Check out ‘Diner Coffee’ and ‘Vida Blue’.
Laurie Anderson Strange Angels I don’t know why but that album hits me so hard. It’s like nothing else I like but I’ve been know to listen to it on loop for hours on end.
Geneva jacuzzi - Lamaze. I challenge you to find something more unique.
It may not be a "unicorn" per se, but it's often forgotten since it came out in 2020 and they weren't able to tour the album. Coldplay's Everyday Life is an art piece to me.
Honorable mentions:
Black Pumas - Black Pumas Watsky - x Infinity The Avett Brothers - Mignonette Parker Barrow - Jukebox Gypsies Childish Gambino - Because the Internet Chance the Rapper - Coloring Book Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium The Black Keys - Brothers
Magma - Mekanik destruktiw kömmandöh. Magma did a 13(?) Album journey in an alien language
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - Sea Brazil Banjo jazz 'nuff said. Live in Montreal is insane but not an "album"
Terry Reilly - Persian Surgery Dervishes a legendary improvisation
Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert Dude is out of his tree. A true legend.