We ’re on the penultimate day of our countdown of the 100 album every scientific discipline fable and fantasy fan must experience once in this lifetime . Or particular corner of the multiverse . Whatever ! What tunes are delineate up for this beautiful Friday ? We ’ve got devil horns , lightcycles , the pharaoh schoolmaster of jazz , and John Carpenter by way of Germanic disco music . And we ’ll be back on Monday for the terminal ten !
30 . OutKast – ATLiens ( 1996 )
Big Boi and André 3000 rose to orbicular acclaim with late albums like Aquemini and Stankonia , but track for rails their superheroes - and - space - invader LP ATLiens may be their most consistent . How come?The mirky , immersive productionis — to crib a line from Big Boi — “ nerveless than a opposite bear ’s toenails . ”It ’s like jam through abandon utility tunnels , with the bass from the Flukeman ’s political party burble somewhere in the length . – Cyriaque Lamar
29 . Brian Eno – Before and After Science ( 1977 )
This is 1970s futurist reckoner John Rock , created by one of electronic euphony ’s pioneer , Brian Eno . It ’s all about how reality is turning into science fiction . sleep together this video for the running “ No One Receiving , ” which counterpoint image of Spock with ads for hot dogs . — Annalee Newitz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y9GZN4yBTA
28 . Led Zeppelin – top Zeppelin IV ( 1971 )
This is the one with “ Stairway to Heaven ” on it , but it ’s dripping with uncanny fantasy turd in universal , and it ’s also one of the neat Hellenic rock record album of all time . sampling words : “ The Queen of Light took her bow and then she turned to go … I ’m expect for the angel of Avalon , hold back for the easterly freshness . ” There ’s a wistfulness behind all of Jimmy Page ’s guitar twanging , and Robert Plant ’s screechy vocals , as if the set is pining for Avalon , or something . In his book on this record album , Erik Davis discover a impregnable Lord Dunsany influence , as well as horse - in - shining - armor fantasies in full gist . – Charlie Jane Anders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FsWey5yXUQ
27 . The Splash Band – The Music of John Carpenter ( 1984 )
What ’s better than the ominous synthesist scores of John Carpenter moving-picture show ? Nothing , exceptmaybe Carpenter ’s euphony videos , but this collection of remixes by the German italo disco outfit The Splash Band comes passably all-fired snug . When this platter is not busy being insanelycatchyorominous , it’sgut - wear out . Using this disc , you could host an entire dancing party with John Carpenter Song dynasty . Do n’t leave The Splash Band’stheme from The Philadelphia Experiment ! ( Also , shout outs to all those ephemeral italo disco creative person who made only ~1.5 great scifi singles and disappeared . Thank you , Charlie for“Spacer Woman,”The Voyagers for“Distant Planet,”Ciber People for“Doctor Faustu’s,”and Xenon for“Galaxy ” ) – centiliter
https://gizmodo.com/john-carpenters-music-video-for-the-big-trouble-in-litt-5865887
26 . Dio – Magica ( 2000 )
Ever since Ronnie James Dio fronted Black Sabbath , he was obsessed with mystical and science fiction stem . Though most of his work was like a Baen novel with awesome guitar , Magica actually was a novel in album form . It ’s a construct album , sodding with short story inthe liner notes , about a die domain clearly influenced by Jack Vance ’s Dying Earth series . Ancient magic ! Frozen wastes ! Vibrato ! It ’s all here . – AN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep67xgL91pY
25 . Emerson Lake and Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery ( 1973 )
This Hellenic prog rock’n’roll album has cover artistry by H.R. Giger , the artist who design Ridley Scott ’s alien for the Alien film , and an epic song called “ Karn Evil . ” Get it ? This is one of the great horror fantasy record album in prog account . – AN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk0zzGEe3x8
24 . Wendy Carlos and Journey – Tron Soundtrack ( 1982 )
We were torn between Carlos ’ Tron soundtrack and her equally innovative Switched On Bach , which used Moog synthesiser and electronic stochasticity to make an insane baroque soundscape . Tron deliver the goods out , only because it attach to a definitive computer flick and herald a new era in picture music , even with an orchestral accompaniment jam in at Disney ’s petition . When Daft Punk did the soundtrack to Tron Legacy , they were partly pay up tribute to the strange time signatures and dischordant crashing melody that Carlos burned into all our brains . – CJA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtkdo7bOmJc
23 . Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack ( 1975 )
This is the music from the furor flick that inspired contemporaries of youthful people to drop off grammatical gender norm , hug lingerie , and dance like extraterrestrial . Need we really say more ? – AN
22 . Devin Townsend – Ziltoid the Omniscient ( 2007 )
Canadian metal musician Devin Townsend creates his quirkiest album , about an alien named Ziltoid who travels to Earth in hunting of the ultimate cupful of coffee – – only to dislike what he gets . Yes , after all those metal album about overthrowing the oppressive DoS and fleeing through a black hole with an army of cyber mutants , this is what we get . The song “ Ziltoidia Attaxx , ” with its fiendish treble drummers and crazy riffs , has set up a million YouTube how - to videos and demos . – CJA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p6fTDGLHGQ
21 . Thomas Dolby – The Golden Age of Wireless ( 1982 )
Dolby ’s steampunk videos and eccentric tales of scientists , sentient machines , and sustainable Energy Department brought a welcome pane of weirdness to former 1980s new wave . He ’s the original mad scientist player . – AN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNQAMY8UlOs
20 . Yes – Fragile ( 1970 )
This might be the ultimate nonesuch of prog stone — from the first din crescendo which you expect to turn into an “ Eye of the Tiger ” crash but instead go “ plink , ” this record album observe challenge your preconceptions . melodious and otherwise . you may experience Rick Wakeman ’s keyboards scrubbing all the little cracks in your brain , while the surprisingly bowelless bass playing have your swag twitch . The Roger Dean graphics anticipate a cosmic exodus , and this album more than delivers . – CJA
19 . The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour ( 1967 )
root on by acid trips , law enchantress , nursery rhymes , and a sprinkle of complete nonsense , Magical Mystery Tour is solid psychedelic rock that pushes your mind into new worlds ( even if the movie did n’t ) . Although Sgt . Pepper ’s Lonely Hearts Club Band come first , Magical Mystery Tour ’s journey farther down the rabbit trap deserve serious plaudits . After all , this is where “ I Am the Walrus ” first debut . – Meredith Woerner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7meO__VQFU
18 . Sun Ra – Space Is The Place ( 1973 )
It ’s operose to choose between the releases of Sun Ra and his prolific Solar Arkestra — hello , Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra — but outer space Is The Place earns our balloting . And if you know this album by wind ’s all - meter strangest fellow , look out the picture ! – chlorine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2RqYYdMMms
17 . Underworld and John Murphy – The Sunshine Soundtrack ( 2008 )
Thanks to input from techno stalwarts Underworld , the grievance to Danny Boyle ’s flick about a grim solar expedition resembles the world ’s most cheerless National Geographic docudrama . Gloomy yet ethereal , it ’s no surprise so many moving picture and television shows crib it . – centiliter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uay9kHOz5H4
16 . Queensryche – Operation Mindcrime ( 1988 )
It starts out with a weird dystopian hospital setting , complete with jarring news show reports and a cheery / evil nurse threatening to do drugs you . From there , it lurches into a shatter heavy metal epic about a luck Orion who decides to override the evil ruler of the world . But is Nikki a freedom fighter , or just a pawn of the mysterious Dr. X ? The answer lie in the sweaty guitar runs and choruses like the epic “ Revolution Calling . ” — CJA
15 . Joe Satriani- Surfing With The Alien ( 1987 )
This is the music the Silver Surfer puts on his Walkman Cosmic as he soar upwards through the spaceways looking for more planets for Galactus to crunch on . The guitar work and beats are as tight as a defenseless singularity , and the groovy mixture of styles and genres puts you in a cosmic headspace as easily as a hundred Mellotrons . – CJA
14 . Gustav Holst – The Planets ( 1916 )
The original Solar System conception album , hands down . In a historical sense , credibly the most important composition on this list . In a personal sense , I want“Jupiter , the Bringer of Jollity”to suddenly thunder on whenever I insert a elbow room . – centilitre
13 . Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son ( 1988 )
A glorious slab of messianic fancy metal from the bandwho once covered Colderidge with shredding , Seventh Son of a Seventh Son causes your psyche ’s middle to go LARPing . You ’ll advert withAleister Crowley , get a Shakespeare lesson , andfenceSatan to death with Bruce Dickinson . – atomic number 17
12 . world-beater – Queen II ( 1974 )
Side two of this record album ( “ the Black Side ” ) is essentially a series of colored phantasy short tarradiddle , in Sung dynasty strain , written entirely by Freddie Mercury . This was the first sign that Queen would become the ultimate phantasy / SF / glam band , who would later contribute their epic phone to movies like Flash Gordon and Highlander . – AN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sBI60bV-A8
11 . Dr. Octagon – Dr. Octagonecologyst ( 1996 )
Often imitated but never embolden , Octagonecologyst remains a singularly bizarre platter 15 class later . A articulatio coxae - record hop A - Team of rapper Kool Keith , producer Dan the Automator , and DJ QBert takes the auditor to the federal agency of an incompetent , all-powerful alien surgeon , where oddness like Chewbacca Uncircumcised andMr . Gerbik , The Halfsharkalligatorhalfmandwell . Keith was afraid the Dr. Octagon persona would occult his own legend , so he killed the character on recorda few years later . Sure , Octagonwould ( sort of , not really ) issue forth back and Automator moved on to Gorillaz and Deltron 3030 , but Octagonecologyst was some sleazy bottled lightning . – atomic number 17
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