Hawthorne Heights - The Silence in Black and White
20 Years later I now fully appreciate how good this album is! I enjoyed it when it first came out in 2004 and listened on occasion but never really sought it out.
Been listening to it a lot recently and wow what a great album!
Not really sure why the album hits some much better now.

Not that I didn't enjoy it then, but Alanis Morisette, Jagged Little Pill.

I've always liked the songs, but with a system that let's you hear the little nuances, some of the songs on that are really well recorded.

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Originally posted by Black92LX:
Hawthorne Heights - The Silence in Black and White

One of my favorite bands of the early/mid 2000s.

They just did a 20th anniversary tour for this album this year, which I attended in July when they played the Arkansas Music Pavilion venue nearby. Great concert, with Thursday and Armor For Sleep opening, followed by Hawthorne Heights playing this album in its entirety, along with some other songs.

That was the second time I've seen HH in concert. I saw them with New Found Glory back in 2019 at a much smaller venue, with maybe 100 other folks.

Gotye - Making Mirrors, it’s great all the way through. I think it came out in 2011.

The bulk of Type O Negative's discography. I am embarrassed to admit that I was largely dismissive of their discography, other than Life is Killing Me, for about ten years. I now enjoy October Rust and World Coming Down as much as LiKM; perhaps even more.

Metallica starting with Master of Puppets.
I was more into Jazz back then.
Only recently did I revive my interest.

That’s funny because Life Is Killing Me is or was dimissed by much of their fan base though I enjoy their entire discography.

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Originally posted by Black92LX:
Hawthorne Heights - The Silence in Black and White

One of my favorite bands of the early/mid 2000s.

They just did a 20th anniversary tour for this album this year

This is what kicked it back up for me. Of course being from Cincy and still living close by they did an Ohio is for Lovers Music Festival. I still kind of kick myself for not going but I have written off going to Music Festivals.


Anberlin and Emery were my big ones back then

This year had a lot of good 20th Anniversaries including Underoath - They’re Only Chasing Safety however that album has been on constant play for the last 20 years as it is once of my favorites and one of the best album art. Hence the reason it has been my avatar for quite awhile.

Man 20 years boy, don’t really feel that old!

aja by Steely Dan. I was too young when it first came out to like it as I do now.

AC/DC Back in Black

Basically any album by Ronstadt, Clapton, Queen, Dire Straits, and many others. Albums and artists that were popular back in the day that I still don't like include Chicago, Journey, and others not worthy of mentioning.

Ronstadt is an odd one for me in how large of a reversal it was. Then, didn't like her at all. Now, love her.

There are a number of albums I have purchased, listened to part of it or all of it once, and then put away for years. And fewer that I have revisited and started to really appreciate and like; Bob Dylan's Out of Mind is one. Presence by Led Zeppelin, and David Bowie's Low are some others. But the one album that I shelved for years and started to really love is The Kinks Village Green Preservation Society. It has become one of my top 5 all time favorites after neglecting it for maybe 10 years.

Anything from Led Zepplin. Used to think Jimmy Page was an overrated guitarist at best. But, I heard Al Di Meola take a crack at Black Dog and was not even close to reproducing the syncopation Page does. I need to take another listen to them.

Not a specific album, but an artist: John Hiatt.

I used to work with a guy who, knowing what kind of music I listened to, said "You would love John Hiatt". He even lent me a couple of his CDs (pre-Spotify) to check him out.

For some odd reason, at the time I was like "Meh".

Years later, Hiatt became one of my favorites and I bought every CD he put out.

That would be Boston's self-titled debut album.

When it first came out its "hits" got so much radio airplay, and it seemed as if every other friend of mine had a cassette of it in their car that as a teen it was easy for me to get completely sick of hearing it, especially given that my musical tastes at the time ran towards a far harder edge. A decade passes and it got even more heavy rotation with the local classics station, KZOK, THE one station the firm I was with at the time constantly had on during office hours. This relatively lo-fi twice daily experience thoroughly abused my ears and overworked gray matter. Not only was I bored of listening to their music, I came to hate it.

More time passes and it wasn't until well into the 2000s that I finally gave the album a proper critical auditioning session on my own hi-fi gear, listening to a SACD disc a friend had mistakenly left over at our home. That first truly serious time REALLY paying attention and listening was hard, but it ultimately was an ear and eye-opening experience to say the least. Tom Scholz's fanatical attention to production detail and performance, and his insane effort in getting the music just perfect, then add Brad Delp's incredible vocals...I shortly went and bought a copy of the CD for myself, then later added a half-speed mastered vinyl LP. Subsequently I also picked up Scholz's later Boston albums as well, but none of those quite captured the pop rock perfection of the debut album. That album I still listen to every so often, whether from physical media or through with streaming via Spotify. It's a bit nostalgia-based, but also honestly critiquing just how much excellence went into making that collection of songs.

A school friend pulled up next to me while I was walking down the sidewalk towards a pub. He asked me to listen to something and cranked Nirvana-Bleach there in the street.
I thought it was crap and kept walking.
Years later I started to dig Nirvana and have Bleach, which he was playing.
But I always seem to be late to music. But I'm comfortable w/ that, the not being up w/ the latest.

Brian Eno - Another Green World. How did I miss this back then.

Ian Dury and the Blockheads as a band in general, especially Norman Watt-Roy's bass playing. Listen to Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3, or Hit Me with your Rhythm Stick as examples.

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aja by Steely Dan. I was too young when it first came out to like it as I do now.

bought it on Vinyl when it came out (I was in high school) and loved it, still do


of the albums I bought, listened too, and now appreciate more, King Crimson Discipline,

I liked it when I bought it, but only listened to a few tracks over the years, now, I realize it is an absolute masterpiece, esp after seeing the BEAT tour (2x's) and hearing it live,

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Brian Eno - Another Green World. How did I miss this back then.

Ian Dury and the Blockheads as a band in general, especially Norman Watt-Roy's bass playing. Listen to Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3, or Hit Me with your Rhythm Stick as examples.

one of the most forgotten bands, shamefully so

Dire Straights Brothers In Arms. Brothers in Arms is reportedly the first single released on CD (Uk). I Have the vinyl, now I have the CD.