Top 5 Favorite Albums

III · Jun 20, 2007

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' Roses

Top 5 Alba's:

Jessica
......?

RG570 · Jun 20, 2007

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 · Jun 20, 2007

RG570 said:
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 · Jun 20, 2007

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

benbradley · Jun 20, 2007

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 · Jun 20, 2007

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 · Jun 20, 2007

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 · Jun 20, 2007

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 · Jun 20, 2007

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

yesandno said:
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 · Jun 20, 2007

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

Danger Jane · Jun 20, 2007

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 · Jun 20, 2007

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 · Jun 20, 2007

III said:
Top 5 Alba's:

Jessica

......?

...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 · Jun 20, 2007

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

Sean D. Schaffer · Jun 20, 2007

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 · Jun 20, 2007

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 · Jun 22, 2007

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 · Jun 22, 2007

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 · Jun 22, 2007

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 · Jun 22, 2007

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

Sean D. Schaffer · Jun 22, 2007

robeiae said:
Boston--Boston

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

Cath · Jun 22, 2007

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 · Jun 22, 2007

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 · Jun 22, 2007

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 · Jun 22, 2007

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

Top 5 Favorite Albums

rockin the suburbs

rockin the suburbs

It's a doggy dog world

stagnationtown

Fish Whisperer

Still Here!

Numbers are beautiful

Seeking a Sanctuary of Intelligence

Court Jester

writing on the wall

Hand? What hand?

wrapped in plastic

I'm a king bee

Touch and go

The mean one

Stand in the Place Where You Live

Claims the loan was a gift

here's to the girl on the go