Top 5 Favorite Albums

[III]

Did we do this one yet?

Operation Mindcrime by Queensryche
No Rest for the Wicked by Ozzy
Jesus Freak by DC Talk
Ear Candy by King's X
Appetite for Destruction by Guns N' RosesTop 5 Alba's:

Jessica
......?

[RG570]

1) Grace Under Pressure- Rush
2)Red- King Crimson
3)Metal Fatigue- Allan Holdsworth
4)The Great Explorers- Frank Gambale
5)Focus- Cynic

Of course, ask me on a different day and the list will probably change.

Honorable mention: Ready For The House, by Jandek.

[III]

Of course, ask me on a different day and the list will probably change.


I'll be expecting fresh updates on this thread daily, then.

[newmod]

Thunder & Consolation - New Model Army
Floodland - Sisters of Mercy
Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails
Underdogs - Matthew Good
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

[benbradley]

Abby Road
one favorite used to be Dark Side of The Moon, but the LP wore out.
Synergy, Metropolitan Suite
White Album, or at least the best half of it.
... dunno, I got lots of LP's and haven't even listened to them all.

Honorable mentions:
Wendy Carlos, Beauty In The Beast
Heart, Dreamboat Annie
The Court of The Crimson King
Tubular Bells

ETA: Do lists like these give away our ages? The latest one in my lists is well over 10 years old...

[yesandno]

Live From Greenwich Village-Albert Ayler
Easter-Patti Smith
Purple Rain-Prince
Blank Generation-Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Al Green-Best Of

Oh, so many to choose from!

[aka eraser]

It's Too Late To Stop Now - Van Morrison (double live lp)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Retrospective - Buffalo Springfield
Breakfast In America - Supertramp
Keep On Smilin' - Wet Willie

[Alan Yee]

Eeek. I can't pick just five!

M!ssundaztood - Pink
I'm Not Dead - also by Pink
The Spirit Room - Michelle Branch
Stacie Orrico (self-titled second album) - Stacie Orrico
The Diary of Alicia Keys - Alicia Keys
CrazySexyCool - TLC (their other albums are good as well)
Under Construction- Missy Elliott
Moodring - Mya

[poetinahat]

Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails
...
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

Blank Generation-Richard Hell and the Voidoids


I feel better now. Thank you!

My List for the Day:
I Just Can't Stop It - The English Beat
Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
The Correct Use of Soap - Magazine
Night and Day - Joe Jackson

[Don Allen]

Sgt Pepper
White Album - #9
Billy Joels greatest
Soundtrack from Chorus Line the play Not the movie.
Deep purple - Machine Head

[Danger Jane]

Waiting for my Rocket to Come - Jason Mraz

Sweeping Up The Spotlight: Live at the Fillmore East 1969 - Jefferson Airplane

All Is Dream - Mercury Rev

If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian

Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse


not sure on the order...and there are so many more forgotten :(

[Shadow_Ferret]

Dang. Ya beat me to the thread. I was going to post this two weeks ago when NPR ran a segment on the 40th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and how it is generally regarded as one of the greatest albums ever.

But my short post has turned into a 500+ word essay on why each album on my list is my favorite and I never got around to posting it.

So, to make a long story short, and I'm not sure I can just limit myself to 5, but here goes. THese are all albums I never tired of listening to:

Black Sabbath's debut album
Captain Beyond's debut album
Space Ritual by Hawkwind
Look at Yourself by Uriah Heep
Looking In by Savoy Brown Blues Band
Twice Removed From Yesterday by Robin Trower
Santana III
Killer by Alice Cooper
Crash Landing by Jimi Hendrix
Aqualung by Jethro Tull
Ted Nugent's solo debut album
Journey's debut album
Brain Salad Surgery by ELP
DSOTM by Pink Floyd
Romantic Warrior by Return to Forever
A Funky Thide of Sings by Billy Cobham
Energized by Foghat

and I think I'll stop there.

[Mud Dauber]

Top 5 Alba's:

Jessica
......?:tongue

...Okay, I'm sure this won't fit in with you guys and your vintage rock and roll tastes, but here goes..

A Boy Named Goo - Goo Goo Dolls
Teaser and the Firecat - Cat Stevens
Elephant (soon to be Icky Thump, I'm sure--if it'd EVER get here from Amazon! Grr!) - The White Stripes
Sugar Ray - Sugar Ray
The Unforgettable Fire - U2
Guero - Beck
last but not least, an album that goes back to childhood: The Promises Promises Broadway Cast album.

(Come on now, III, did you really think anyone could narrow it down to five?;))

[Martin Smith]

Isis - Panopticon
Wilco - Being There
The Appleseed Cast - Peregrine
Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin - Broom
Radiohead - OK Computer

[Sean D. Schaffer]

Let It Be -- The Beatles
Songs, Pictures and Stories of the Fabulous Beatles (VeeJay Records) -- The Beatles
Hotel California -- The Eagles
Desperado -- The Eagles
Rumours -- Fleetwood Mac

[Ol' Fashioned Girl]

Phantom of the Opera soundtrak - the one with Michael Crawford
The Complete Tom Jones
Come Away with Me - Norah Jones
The Essential Beethoven
Greatest Hits - Linda Ronstadt

[Inkdaub]

Here's five...

Blind Melon - Soup
Queensryche - Rage for Order
Melvins - the trilogy(Maggot, Bootlicker, Crybaby)
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Ministry - Psalm 69

Here's another five...

Jello Biafra and the Melvins - Never Breathe What You Can't See
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Pearl Jam - No Code
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Black Sabbath - Sabotage

[Sean D. Schaffer]

I could probably think of another five off the top of my head. Let's see...


I Got A Name -- Jim Croce
Book Of Dreams -- The Steve Miller Band
The Chicago Transit Authority -- Chicago
Mardi Gras -- Creedence Clearwater Revival
Venus & Mars -- Wings

[cletus]

The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy!
Black Oak Arkansas - Street Party
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack
Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today?

[robeiae]

Made in Japan--Deep Purple
Sgt. Pepper--Beatles
Boston--Boston
Dark Side--Pink Floyd
A Farewell to Kings--Rush

[Sean D. Schaffer]

Boston--Boston



I've got that on LP. Good album! I think I'll put it on in the next few minutes.

:)

[Cath]

Boxful of Treasures - Sandy Denny (anthology)
Recovering the Satellites - Counting Crows
The Best of Kirsty MacColl - Kirsty MacColl
The Bootleg Series, 1-3 - Bob Dylan
The Fifth Element Soundtrack - Eric Serra

[KTC]

1. The Cure - Head on the Door
2. Bjork - Debut
3. AC/DC - Back In Black
4. Sinead Oconnor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
5. Dead Or Alive - Sophisticated Boom Boom

(Of course, ask me in ten minutes and my top 5 will be completely different!)

[Meerkat]

1. Abbey Road (The Beatles)
2. Corinne Bailey Rae (Corinne Bailey Rae)
3. Breakfast in America (Supertramp)
4. Dreamboat Annie (Heart)
5. Nightfly (Donald Fagan/Steely Dan)

and I predict the next albums by the following will be huge:

6. to be determined (Regina Spektor)
7. to be determined (The Feeling)

[Harper K]

I could listen to these albums all day. Sometimes I do.

1. In The Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
2. Castaways and Cutouts - The Decemberists
3. Illinois (a.k.a. Come On! Feel The Illinoise!) - Sufjan Stevens
4. Swagger - Flogging Molly
5. Twin Cinema - New Pornographers

Honorable mentions:
Abbey Road - Beatles
West Side Story original cast recording
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood - Neko Case

[Sean D. Schaffer]

And I just thought of another five. If I may...


Double Vision -- Foreigner
Heart -- Heart
Agent Provocateur -- Foreigner
Escape -- Journey
1984 -- Van Halen


This is a cool thread! I'm enjoying it very much.

:)

[William Haskins]

a night at the opera (queen)
animals (pink floyd)
the white album (the beatles)
moving pictures (rush)
murder ballads (nick cave and the bad seeds)

[JamieFord]

Too hard to choose the five, but these are favs.

1. Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
2. Slow Turning - John Hiatt
3. Damn Right I Got the Blues - Buddy Guy
4. Armed Forces - Elvis Costello
5. Wide Open Spaces - Dixie Chicks

Honorable mentions:
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Cuts Like a Knife - Bryan Adams
Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads

[billythrilly7th]

1. Acthung Baby - U2
2. Born to Run - Springsteen
3. Automatic for the People - REM
4. August and Everything After - Counting Crows
5. So - Peter Gabriel

[TrainofThought]

Strip - Adam Ant
Touch - Eurythmics
Eponymous - R.E.M
Upstairs at Eric’s - Yaz
Synchronicity - The Police

[Mud Dauber]

I just thought of one more since I'm in baseball-mode (the Cubs just beat the White Sox today;) )

Play Deep - The Outfield

I listened to that ALL the time in college. I might just have to re-buy it, since my cassette is no where to be found.

[TrainofThought]

I just thought of one more since I'm in baseball-mode (the Cubs just beat the White Sox today;) )
All right, Mud, no need to rub it in. We'll get you back in this series or the next. :D

P.S. Can you ask the Cubs to put a little more effort in the game and less in the dug out or kicking the umps? ;)

[Danger Jane]

Deserter's Songs by Mercury Rev

[licity-lieu]

Led Zeppelin II--led Zeppelin
Abbey Road--The Beatles
Stay Human--Michael Franti
Fear of a Black Planet--Public Enemy
Surfer Rosa--The Pixies OR (a toss up)Nevermind--Nirvana

ETA: I do not want what I have not got-- Sinead O'Conner (just because it got me through the bad times!)

[WriterInChains]

Facelift, Alice In Chains
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin
Are You Experienced, The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Ten, Pearl Jam
Paranoid, Black Sabbath

[tourdeforce]

At this time-

BORN TO RUN- Bruce Springsteen (always and forever, the best album ever)
RECKONING- R.E.M.
WAR AND PEACE- Syd Straw
RUMOURS- Fleetwood Mac
DIAMONDS & RUST- Joan Baez

Tied for 6th place-

JESUS OF COOL- Nick Lowe
ARMED FORCES- Elvis Costello
SUPERFLY- Curtis Mayfield
THE CONCERT- Creedence Clearwater Revival
THE JOSHUA TREE- U2
LIVE 1975- THE ROLLING THUNDER REVUE- Bob Dylan
HIT & RUN HOLIDAY- My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
THE STRANGER- Billy Joel
MARSHALL CRENSHAW- Marshall Crenshaw
MR. TAMBOURINE MAN- The Byrds

[gem1122]

Well, damn. This was hard.

1-5
1. Nebraska - Springsteen
2. Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys
3. Tim - The Replacements
4. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
5. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

Have to mention...
AM - Wilco
London Calling - The Clash
Life's Rich Pageant - REM
The Bends - Radiohead
Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair
Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty
A whole bunch of Dylan albums...

[gem1122]

Well, damn. This was hard.

1-5
1. Nebraska - Springsteen
2. Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys
3. Tim - The Replacements
4. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
5. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

Have to mention...
AM - Wilco
London Calling - The Clash
Life's Rich Pageant - REM
The Bends - Radiohead
Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair
Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty
A whole bunch of Dylan albums...

Geez. I forgot Grace by Jeff Buckley. That could easily be in the top 5.

[jdparadise]

Only 5?

Hrm.

To Venus and Back, Tori Amos - cheating, because it's a live album encompassing many, but still...
Lateralus, Tool (could also be 10,000 Days)
Rites of Passage, Indigo Girls
Taproot, Michael Hedges (dear god could that man play guitar)
Tossup: Before These Crowded Streets, Dave Matthews (mostly for "Don't Drink the Water" and "The Dreaming Tree") or August and Everything After by the Counting Crows

[CATastrophe]

Wow. Lots of August and Everything after fans. It's in my fav five, too.

The first two on my list never change. Anything after that is subject to.

1. Citizen - Steely Dan's 4 CD Compilation (actually anything by them or Donald Fagen)
2. August and Everything After - Counting Crows
3. Hard Candy - Counting Crows
4. Guero - Beck
5. Toscana - Andrea Bocelli

[Gravity]

Aqualung, Thick as a Brick, Passion Play, all by Tull
John Barleycorn Must Die, Traffic
Layla, Derek and the Dominos
Zoso, Led Zep

[tourdeforce]

Wow. Lots of August and Everything after fans. It's in my fav five, too.


No less than two days ago, I passed Adam Duritz (or his double) on the street.

Walking alone and talking on his cell phone.

Just throwing it out there.

[ChunkyC]

Lotsa good listenin' in this here thread. Lemme see ... sheesh, tough to pick just five (in no particular order, 'cept the first one is my favourite album of all time by anyone)

Selling England by the Pound / Genesis
And Then There Were Three / Genesis
Abbey Road / The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / The Beatles
Dark Side of the Moon / Pink Floyd

--can't stop there--

Crime of the Century / Supertramp
Crisis? What Crisis? / Supertramp
Fragile / Yes
Close to the Edge / Yes
Leftoverture / Kansas

Boston / Boston
Abraxas / Santana
Share the Land / The Guess Who
High Class in Borrowed Shoes / Max Webster
Power Windows / Rush

Left of Cool / Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Dream of the Blue Turtles / Sting
Nothing Like the Sun / Sting
That Thing You Do / (Soundtrack)
Riverdance / (Soundtrack)

Okay, I could keep going but my top 20 is more than anyone needs to read through anyway. ;)

[Nolita]

Now I'm giggling at the thought of Chunky Riverdancing, is that weird?

I can't pick though. So I'll toss in some randomness(just to keep y'all on your toes)...

Someone prolly already mentioned Dreamboat Annie and Rumours, so there go two that are really high up on my list, but no order, none whatsoever, can't pick...

Any album with a K-Tel sticker on it's pretty much worth owning. Yeah, on account of it's like Now That's What I Call Music, except for it's you know -- Actually music!

Gotta own Diamonds and Pearls by Prince. The music's not half bad, but what really makes it a must-own is the hologram cover...

Don't buy anything with Russel Crowe's name on the cover. Trust me, sure it might be a soundtrack; but then again it might be that godawful band of his. Better safe than sorry...

Sticky Fingers is a must have because it's both awesome and interactive. Zipper goes down, zipper goes up, repeat. Better than a Playstation if ya ask me.

If I could just get my hands on the Ricky Nelson boxed set I'd be pretty darned happy. Technically it's not an album but come on, Ricky Nelson!

Conversely, since my hormones have somewhat normalized(no longer a giggly-young girl), avoid Nelson! Great hair though. Just crispy enough...

Bitches Brew by Miles Davis - Awesome name, awesome cover, awesome album...

Axis: Bold As Love - Little Wing people! LITTLE WING!!! Oh yeah and there's all this other incredible music on the album too, did I mention Little Wing?

Used to have a Mickey Mouse Club when I was little. It wasn't half bad. My fave track? The Pussycat Polka! Not too long after heard Stray Cat Strut for the first time.

Oh and before I forget Debbie Harry is a Godess!

I told ya it was random.

[Sean D. Schaffer]

Snipped...

Sticky Fingers is a must have because it's both awesome and interactive. Zipper goes down, zipper goes up, repeat. Better than a Playstation if ya ask me.

...Snipped.


And of course we all know what's behind the zipper ... literally ... don't we?

I have that on LP. Probably one of the best albums the Stones ever did.

I just wish its previous owners hadn't bumped it so much when they were partying. You Gotta Move and Moonlight Mile are so badly scratched up my record player can't play those songs. :(

[Shady Lane]

In no order:

O by Damien Rice
Transatlanticism by Death Cab for Cutie
How to Save a Life by The Fray
Twelve Stops and Home by The Feeling
The Once soundtrack

[blacbird]

Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan
Rust Never Sleeps, Neil Young
Countdown to Ecstasy, Steely Dan
Joe Cocker!, Joe Cocker
Beggar's Banquet, The Rolling Stones

caw

[Chasing the Horizon]

Maybe I can keep to five if I lump some together....

Every single one of Marilyn Manson's albums. I've been obsessed with his music since I was 13 and that will never change.

All three Pirates of the Caribbean soundtracks.

not.com.merical by Cher.

With Teeth by Nine Inch Nails

Offspring's self-titled debut album. (*sigh* why must all their new stuff suck?)

Bat Out Of Hell 3 by Meatloaf.

There's a ton more I like, but those are the ones I really love. Almost kept it to five :D

[Devil Ledbetter]

Yield - Pearl Jam
Harvest - Neil Young
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Joe's Garage - Frank Zappa
The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie

[waylander]

Oh good God, what a hard choice.

Led Zeppelin 4
Vol 4 - Black Sabbath
Made in Japan - Deep Purple
Rainbow Rising - Rainbow
Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath

[ChunkyC]

The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
How could I have forgotten that one? On the way to school every day, my buddy and I used to crank it up on the ol' 8-track in his Rambler. I was in charge of rolling, man....

[Devil Ledbetter]

How could I have forgotten that one? On the way to school every day, my buddy and I used to crank it up on the ol' 8-track in his Rambler. I was in charge of rolling, man....I've fallen madly in love with it this summer. And you know ...

Love is careless in its choosing -- sweeping over, cross a baby
Love descends on those defenseless
Idiot love will spark the fusion
Inspirations have I none -- just to touch the flaming dove
All I have is my love of love -- and love is not loving

Go listen to it. You know you wanna!

[WriterInChains]

Okay, since D.L. reminded me of this thread I can't resist any longer. My second five:

Dirt, Alice In Chains
Jar of Flies, AiC
Above, Mad Season
Core, Stone Temple Pilots
Idlewild South, The Allman Brothers Band

[skelly]

The Distance To Here---Live
Aladdin Sane---David Bowie
Replicas---Gary Numan
Permanent Waves---Rush
No Need To Argue---The Cranberries

[L'Oiseau Noir]

1. "Opheliac" - Emilie Autumn.
2. "Hellbilly" - Rob Zombie
3. "The Heart of Everything" - Within Temptation
4. "Once" -Nightwish
5. I'm stuck between "Sweeney Todd" the Soundtrack, or "Paint the Sky With Stars" - Enya.

[edwardcullen13]

1. Shadows are Security - As I Lay Dying
2. The Fall of Ideals - All That Remains
3. Slipknot - Slipknot
4. Threads of Life - Shadows Fall
5. Now Diabolical - Satyricon

[Varthikes]

In no particular order:

1. Auracle - Lesiem
2. Ultimate Yanni Collection - Yanni
3. Another Star in the Sky - David Arkenstone
4. Eden - Sarah Brightman
5. Babylon 5: Vol. 2: Messages From Earth - Christopher Franke

[Shadow_Ferret]

I just remembered some more.

Look Sharp! by Joe Jackson
Dreamtime by The Stranglers
Mahogany Rush IV by Mahogany Rush

[ShapeSphere]

I resurrected this one, as I think some of us missed out first time around, or were not even on the forum. (Some links added if you like some noise with your reading.)

1. Unknown Pleasures, Joy Division (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrzGpVOPcTI)
2. The Idiot, Iggy Pop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4iksr4RAvc&feature=related)
3. Naturally, JJ Cale (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07rDUblAL-c&feature=related)
4. LA Woman, The Doors (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCWyGiK1rjs)
5. The Wall, Pink Floyd (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxNM7j_ppHI)

[Diana Hignutt]

Thanks for the bump. I missed this the first time around. Hmmm....

Led Zeppelin - Fourth Album
Muse - Absolution
Green Day - American Idiot
Muse - Origins of Symmetry
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Honorable Mention:

Yes - Fragile
Audioslave - Audioslave

[SirOtter]

Abbey Road - The Beatles
Forever Changes - Love
The Tain - Horslips
The Yes Album - Yes
My Son the Nut - Allen Sherman

[whacko]

Trespass - Genesis
Station to Station - Bowie
...For Sale - those moptops that shook the world
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
Camp Guant...er, Grenada - Allen Sherman

[SirOtter]

Camp Guant...er, Grenada - Allen Sherman

My Son the Nut is the album that's on. The Grenada one, not what you started to write. ;D

[shadowpapoose]

Under the Pink- Tori Amos
Haunted- Poe
The Joshua Tree- U2
Kissing the Lipless- The Shins
Little Earthquakes- Tori Amos

[Devil Ledbetter]

Yield - Pearl Jam
Harvest - Neil Young
Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Joe's Garage - Frank Zappa
The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
I posted that in '07. This was before I discovered My Morning Jacket's The Tennessee Fire. I would take it over all of these. Alone, over all of these.

[Kitty27]

The Diary by Scarface

Ridin Dirty By UGK

Serpentine Gallery By Switchblade Symphony

Hounds Of Love By Kate Bush

Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Duke Ellington Songbook

[shadowpapoose]

Hounds Of Love By Kate Bush



LOVE Kate Bush

[Varthikes]

Update:

1. How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell
2. Unearthed - E.S. Posthumus
3. Narnia: Prince Caspian - Harry Gregson-Williams
4. Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith - John Williams
5. Babylon 5: Messages From Earth - Christopher Franke

[A.C.]

1. Scarlet's Walk - Tori Amos
2. from the choirgirl hotel - Tori Amos
3. Aerial - Kate Bush
4. The Dreaming - Kate Bush
5. Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie - Alanis Morissette

Honorable mentions:

The Family Jewels - Marina and the Diamonds
Two Suns - Bat for Lashes
Enchant - Emilie Autumn
White Chalk - PJ Harvey
Ágætis Byrjun - Sigur Rós
No Need to Argue - The Cranberries
Bury the Hatchet - The Cranberries

(When it comes to Kate, Alanis and especially Tori, I pretty much love/like all their albums.)

[Forbidden Snowflake]

1. Oceanborn - Nightwish
2. Abbey Road - Beatles
3. Muse - Absolution
4. E.S. Posthumus - Makara
5. Placebo - Sleeping With Ghosts

[Gothic Vampire Queen]

Emilie Autumn-Opheliac
Emilie Autumn-Enchant
Otep-Sevas Tra
Otep-Smash The Control Machine
L7-Beauty Process

[CAgirlforever]

1. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
2. Abbey Road - The Beatles
3. Tapestry - Carole King
4. Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
5. The Best That I Could Do - John Mellencamp

http://willowwriter.blogspot.com

[Vito]

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Moondance - Van Morrison
Rhymes & Reasons - Carole King
Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison

[CAgirlforever]

Good choices, Vito! All of those artists are truly inspirational songwriters. I have to listen to some Van Morrison now!:)

http://willowwriter.blogspot.com

[Vito]

Good choices, Vito! All of those artists are truly inspirational songwriters. I have to listen to some Van Morrison now!:)



:cool:

[Nugus]

Abbey road - The Beatles (of course)
OK computer - Radiohead
Melon Collie and the infinite sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
Sgt Pepper's - The Beatles
Revolver - The Beatles

[Aaron Wilder]

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Chris Whitley - Living With The Law
Phish - A Picture of Nectar
Lords of Voodoo - Voodoo U

[trailerbride]

Modern Lovers - "Modern Lovers"
Lucinda Williams - "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road"
Hole - "Live Through This"
The Wedding Present - "Seamonsters"
Bob Dylan - "Blood On The Tracks"

[trolly dei]

The Suburbs- Arcade Fire
Gladiator Soundtrack- Hans Zimmer
Miike Snow- Miike Snow
Sigh No More- Mumford and Sons
Takk- Sigur Ros

[Sunnyside]

Tough call -- my Top 5 list has over 50 albums on it . . .

(1) Abbey Road (Beatles)
(2) The Nightfly (Donald Fagen)
(3) Ellington Live At Newport (Duke Ellington)
(4) The Stranger (Billy Joel)
(5) Saturday Night Fever (Soundtrack)

Nerdy, I know.

[Ciggie Moondust]

1) Joy Division - Closer
2) Jeff Buckley - Grace
3) Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
4) The Cure - Disintegration
5) Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain


Somehow, Bowie failed to make my list.

...So just for the hell of it, I'll continue:

6) David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
7) Radiohead - In Rainbows
8) Editors - In This Light and On This Evening
9) Muse - Origin of Symmetry
10) Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (the first album I ever bought)

[Vince524]

Let's see----

1) Destroyer by KISS
2) Sonic Boom by KISS
3) Revenge by KISS
4) Love Gun by KISS
5) Rock & Roll Over by KISS

If I were to go on

6) Dressed to Kill by KISS
7) Creatures of the Night by KISS
8) Lick it Up by KISS
9) Crazy Nights by KISS
10) Asylum by KISS

Anyone seeing a pattern?

[childeroland]

The White Album--The Beatles
Help!--The Beatles
Let It Be--The Beatles
Songs of Angels--Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Sgt Pepper--The Beatles

[Vince524]

Just for the heck of it

My top ten NON KISS albums.

1) Carnival Ride by Carrie Underwood
2) Pryomania by Def Leppard
3) Reckless by Bryan Adams
4) Pump by Areosmith
5) Get Nervouse by Pat Benatar
6) Eat 'em & Smile by David Lee Roth
7) 1984 by Van HAlen
8) Some Hearts by Carrie Underwood
9) Zebra by Zebra
10) New Jersey by Bon Jovi

[stray]

1) The Velvet Underground and Nico.
2) Pink Moon - Nick Drake.
3) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses.
4) Astral Weeks - Van Morrison.
5) New Wave - The Auteurs.

[cmi0616]

This is so tough, but here it goes:

1. Heartbreaker by Ryan Adams
2. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
3. My Dinosaur Life by Motion City Soundtrack
4. Strangers Almanac by Whiskeytown
5. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen

Honorable Mentions:
Gold by Ryan Adams
Sleep Through The Static by Jack Johnson
Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
Commit This To Memory by Motion City Soundtrack
Cage THE Elephant by Cage The Elephant
Recovering The Satellites by Counting Crows
Elephant by The White Stripes
The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem

[mona88]

21 - Adele
Torches - Foster the People
Speak Now - Taylor Swift
Stronger - Kelly Clarkson
Under the Mistletoe - Justin Bieber

[Flicka]

Today I'd say:

Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
Alas, I Cannot Swim - Laura Marling
Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
Penance Soiree - The Icarus Line
Ballad of the Broken Sea - Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

[JeffyFive]

Somewhere At the bottom of the River Between Vega and Altair by La Dispute
You are the Sky and I'm Just the Pilot by Ports of Aidia
Distorted Lullabies by Ours
The Latter Rain by In Vain
Sometimes by City and Colour

[Ed Panther]

DAVID BOWIE

Hunky Dory
Low
Scary Monsters

THE BEATLES
White album

Congratulations - MGMT

[Ed Panther]

The White Album--The Beatles
Help!--The Beatles
Let It Be--The Beatles
Songs of Angels--Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Sgt Pepper--The Beatles

I like your style.

I wish there was a way I could choose all David Bowie and all Beatle albums. Hmmm. Guess nothing is stopping me. I choose all David Bowie albums and all Beatle albums. And both of MGMT's albums too.

[crunchyblanket]

Post Orgasmic Chill - Skunk Anansie
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
His 'n' Hers - Pulp
The Bends - Radiohead
White On Blonde - Texas

Honourable mentions:

Hunky Dory - David Bowie
Diorama - Silverchair
Version 2.0 - Garbage
Without You I'm Nothing - Placebo
ETA: The Wall - Pink Floyd

[blacbird]

This will reveal my age, but:

Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
Joe Cocker! - uhhhh . . . Joe Cocker
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - you know
A Hard Road - John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers

caw

[nighttimer]

I can't do a top five across the board so I have to break it up by the genre of music. Since rock seems to be the dominant style here...

5. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
4. Living Colour - Time's Up
3. Metallica - The Black Album
2. Led Zeppelin - Physical Grafitti
1. The Clash - London Calling

:e2headban

Just missed the cut...

6. Ministry - Psalm 69 (The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs)
7. Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies
8. The Allman Brothers Band - Live At Fillmore East
9. The Beatles - Abbey Road
10. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

[nighttimer]

For jazz

1. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
2. Weather Report - Heavy Weather
3. Santana - Welcome
4. Keiko Matsui - Deep Blue
5. Miles Davis - Jack Johnson

Though it may be blasphemy to the gods of jazz, I have never gotten into A Love Supreme by John Coltrane and I have tried. Lord knows how I have tried.

[Ken]

... don't know album names :-(
Will just post the names of groups and artists:

- Metallica
- Coltrane
- Dolphy (every album and tune!)
- Who
- Parker

ps Love Supreme is pretty cool. Not my favorite, but still pretty cool. Naima is my favorite of his!

[seun]

In no order (other than the first):

1. Therapy? - Infernal Love.
2. Beatles - White Album.
3. Massive Attack - Blue Lines.
4. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
5. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here.

And special mentions:
1. NIN - Downward Spiral.
2. Clash - London Calling.
3. Craig Armstrong - The Space Between Us.
4. AC/DC - Back In Black.
5. Bjork - Post.
6. Spice Girls - Spice.

One of these is a lie. Guess which one.

[crunchyblanket]

In no order (other than the first):

1. Therapy? - Infernal Love.
2. Beatles - White Album.
3. Massive Attack - Blue Lines.
4. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness.
5. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here.

And special mentions:
1. NIN - Downward Spiral.
2. Clash - London Calling.
3. Craig Armstrong - The Space Between Us.
4. AC/DC - Back In Black.
5. Bjork - Post.
6. Spice Girls - Spice.

One of these is a lie. Guess which one.

I've seen you don that ginger wig and union jack dress.

[Priene]

In the last few years, it would probably be

Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man - Out of Season
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Broken Bells - Broken Bells
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away

[Tomspy77]

In no particular order:

1. Beatles-Sgt. Pepper
2. Metallica-Master of Puppets
3. Alice in Chains-Facelift
4. ELO- Face the Music
5. Foo Fighters-Foo Fighters

[Kiel]

In Utero - Nirvana
Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
Appetite For Desturction - Guns 'n' Roses
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Revolver - The Beatles

[Vandal]

Running On Empty - Jackson Browne
The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
Pyramid - Alan Parsons Project
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Centerfield - John Fogerty

[Fuchsia]

1. OK Computer, Radiohead
2. Pink Moon, Nick Drake
3. Light & Magic, Ladytron
4. Rid of Me, PJ Harvey
5. Third - Portishead

[HarvesterOfSorrow]

...And Justice For All by Metallica
Awake by Dream Theater
2112 by Rush
Ghost Reveries by Opeth
Balance by Van Halen

That might not be entirely accurate, but those are my favourite records from some of my favourite bands--particularly ...And Justice For All.

[Snowball2695]

-Films About Ghosts by Counting Crows
-Under The Table And Dreaming by Dave Matthews Band
-In Between Dreams by Jack Johnson
-All You're Meant To Be by Boyce Avenue
-Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King by Dave Matthews Band