Favourite albums of all time

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My personal Top 20 favourite albums ever (subject to change once I listen to more albums). Feel free to post your favourite albums.

Note: Compilation albums DO NOT count. Don't go posting about how Beatles 1 or Led Zeppelin's Mothership etc. is the best album ever.

20. Arcade Fire: Funeral
19. Radiohead: The Bends
18. Florence + the Machine: Ceremonials
17. Pink Floyd: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
16. Radiohead: In Rainbows
15. Michael Jackson: Bad
14. The Beatles: Help!
13. Pink Floyd: Atom Heart Mother
12. Guns N' Roses: Appetite For Destruction
11. The Beatles: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
10. The Beatles: Rubber Soul http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=komfy1BXISA
9. Radiohead: OK Computer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtL0KnlK4ts
8. Michael Jackson: Thriller http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiZejclFdjg
7. Led Zeppelin: IV http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y9GZN4yBTA
=5. Pink Floyd: The Wall http://www.youtube.com/embed/3DcYQnqyrYM
=5. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon http://www.youtube.com/embed/albEOq_q4h0
4. The Beatles: Revolver http://www.youtube.com/embed/oGaVJ7L9K4s
3. Pink Floyd: Animals http://www.youtube.com/embed/ft7QMuliH2M
2. The Beatles: Abbey Road http://www.youtube.com/embed/kX-MjRlqVkk
1. Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here http://www.youtube.com/embed/HCY--b6dm3A

 

[Roddy]

I have a clear cut 6 favourite bands of all time. These are my favourites from them. This is the way I have to do these things, otherwise there would be 200 in my top 20.

Rush: Power Windows
Devin Townsend: Ocean Machine
Dream Theater: Train of Thought
Opeth: Ghost Reveries
Porcupine Tree: Deadwing
Karnivool: Sound Awake

 

[bungalow_bill]

Everything The Beatles did from Rubber Soul onward are automatic inclusions.

+

Avalon - Roxy Music
New Gold Dream - Simple Minds
Rio - Duran Duran
Dare - The Human League
Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
Ok Computer - Radiohead
Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
Parklife - Blur
Construction Time Again - Depeche Mode
Low - Bowie
Heroes - Bowie
Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adam & The Ants
Visage - Visage
The Kick Inside - Kate Bush

 

[raskolnikov]

20. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA

19. Kate Bush - The Hounds of Love

18. Blondie - Parallel Lines

17. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual

16. The Police - Synchronicity

15. Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup

14. Macy Gray - The Id

13. Supertramp - Breakfast in America

12. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

11. Slade - Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply

10. AC/DC - Back in Black

9. Eurythmics - Revenge

8. Michael Jackson - Thriller

7. The Eagles - Desperado

6. Oasis - What's the Story Morning Glory

5. Van Morrison - Moondance

4. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

3. Pulp - Different Class

2. The Beatles - Revolver

1. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

 

[Cruyff14]

Needs more Born To Run.

 

[thurmanmunson]

In no specific order and subject to constant change:

Top 20

Shellac 'At Action Park'
Tom Waits 'Rain Dogs'
Stooges 'Funhouse'
Velvet Underground 'White Light/White Heat'
King Snake Roost 'From Barbarism To Christian Manhood'
The Jesus Lizard 'Goat'
Fugazi 'In On The Killtaker'
Gauze 'Equalizing Distort'
Rapeman 'Two Nuns And A Pack Mule'
Big Black 'Atomiser'
Swans 'Cop'
Poison Idea 'Feel The Darkness'
Born Against 'Rebel Sound Of Shit and Failure'
The Scientists 'Blood Red River'
Slint 'Spiderland'
The Dead C 'Trapdoor F***ing Exit'
His Hero Is Gone 'Fifteen Counts Of Arson'
Suicide 's/t'
The Mark Of Cain 'Battlesick'
Killdozer 'Twelve Point Buck'

 

[flashmanvc]

DJ Shadow's Endtroducing was a game changer for me.

But I celebrate Led Zepplin's entire catalogue.

 

[tiger dream]

A favourite 30 or so, it does change from time.
Most fans could have multiple entries from their favourite artists. For me i bought 4 New Order albums in 4 months and i tuned into the albums over pretty much the same time with ' Technique' i got it the week it came out and it nailed all the areas of New order that i loved.

Same with Duran Duran,Pet Shop Boys, The Charlatans or better still, Underground Lovers or Missy Higgins who i could see live every few months.
Here a list for me of the albums that have lasted the distance and still sound fresh today,some with no filler, some with a couple. Some albums changed my life.
Funny thing while i'm quite a fan of KISS non of the albums i have make the list,Maybe the first album.

New Order - 'Technique'
New Order - ' Low-Life'
New Order- 'Brotherhood'
New Order' Power,corruption & Lies'
Underground Lovers - 'Dream it Down'
Underground Lovers - ' Leaves me Blind'
Missy Higgins - The Sound of White'
Underground Lovers - 'Rushall Station'
Underground Lovers - Underground Lovers aka(Get to Notice)
Underground Lovers- 'Ways T' Burn
Duran Duran - 'Rio'
Duran Duran - '7 & the ragged Tiger'
Arcadia - 'So red the Rose'
Pet Shop Boys - 'Please'
Pet Shop Boys -'Actually'
Electronic - 'Electronic'
GBVG - 'Whitey Trickster'
Underground Lovers - 'Cold Feeling'
GB3 - 'Circlework'
GB3 - 'Emptiness is our business'
Jesus and Mary Chain - 'Darklands'
The The - 'Infected'
Primal Scream - Screamadelica'
LOW - 'I could live in hope'
The Paradise motel - 'Still Life'
Depeche mode - 'Violater'
The Charlatans - 'Up to our hips'
Happy Mondays - 'Bummed'
Single Gun Theory - 'Millions,Like stars in my hand'
Jerry Goldsmith - The Omen-(Soundtrack).
John Carpenter - Escape from New york' (Soundtrack)
John Carpenter - Halloween (soundtrack)

Just missed the cut.
The Charlatans - 'Beteween 10th and 11th
The Mercy Bell - 'Whoosh!'
Dot Allison - ' Afterglow'
Joy Divsion - 'Unknown Pleaures' + 'Closer'
Underworld - 'Dub,No bass with my head man'.
The Cure - 'Disintegration' + 'Kiss me,Kiss me Kiss me'
The The - 'Soul Mining' +'Mind Bomb'
The Beloved - 'Happiness'
Sandro - 'Hate Songs'
Happy Mondays - 'Pills n'Thrills and bellyaches'
The Stone Roses - 'The Stone Roses'
Ride- Going Blank Again/ Carnival of light
Madonna 'Like a Prayer/True Blue'
Garbage- 'Gargage'
Mist & Sea - 'Unless'
Depeche Mode - 'Music for the masses'
Pet Shop Boys - 'Very'

Thats about 50

 

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Everything The Beatles did from Rubber Soul onward are automatic inclusions.

Even Let It Be or Yellow Submarine?

 

[sherb]

I'm very pop orientated, so this list will probably make people puke, but meh.

Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
Toto - Toto
Foreigner - 4
Sherbs - The Skill
Wings - Venus and Mars
Company of Strangers - Company of Strangers
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Elton John - Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Rubettes - Wear It's 'At
Daryl Braithwaite - Edge
Styx - Paradise
Chicago - 13
Bee Gees - Mr Natural or Main Course (can't decide)
Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise
Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me
Hollies - Write On
1927 - ....Ish
Beatles - White Album
Travelling Wilburys - Vol 1
ELO - A New World Record

I think that's 21.

 

[bungalow_bill]

Even Let It Be or Yellow Submarine?

They aren't up to the standard of the others but Let It Be is very underrated with tracks like "Across The Universe" "I Me Mine" "Long & Winding Road" "Get Back" and the title track.

 

[sherb]

They aren't up to the standard of the others but Let It Be is very underrated with tracks like "Across The Universe" "I Me Mine" "Long & Winding Road" "Get Back" and the title track.

I like Let It Be.

And isn't Hey Bulldog on Yellow Submarine? That's one of their under-rated songs (not that it makes it a great album of course).

 

[thurmanmunson]

I'm very pop orientated, so this list will probably make people puke, but meh.

Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
Toto - Toto
Foreigner - 4
Sherbs - The Skill
Wings - Venus and Mars
Company of Strangers - Company of Strangers
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Elton John - Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Rubettes - Wear It's 'At
Daryl Braithwaite - Edge
Styx - Paradise
Chicago - 13
Bee Gees - Mr Natural or Main Course (can't decide)
Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise
Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me
Hollies - Write On
1927 - ....Ish
Beatles - White Album
Travelling Wilburys - Vol 1
ELO - A New World Record

I think that's 21.

The first Toto album over Toto IV??

I love 'Rosanna' and 'Africa'

 

[raskolnikov]

Even Let It Be or Yellow Submarine?

Let it Be is a great album with probably my favourite Beatles song, The Long and Winding Road.

 

[bunsen burner]

1. Exile on Main St - The Rolling Stones
2. Let it Bleed - The Rolling Stones
3. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
4. Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
5. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
6. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
7. Naturally - JJ Cale
8. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
9. Back in Black - AC/DC
10. Dire Straits - Dire Straits
11. Harvest - Neil Young
12. LA Women - The Doors
13. Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young
14. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
15. Black and Blue - The Rolling Stones
16. 10 - Pearl Jam
17. Vs - Pearl Jam
18. Battle of Los Angeles - RATM
19. London Calling - The Clash
20. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits


Missed the cut:

Blind Faith - Blind Faith
The Real Thing - Faith No More
The Flowers - Icehouse

 

[bunsen burner]

I also like Let it Be. My favourite Beatles album.

 

[sherb]

The first Toto album over Toto IV??

I love 'Rosanna' and 'Africa'

I have Toto IV and love Africa in particular.

But I'd take the first album over it any day. It was an outstanding debut album.

 

[____]

They aren't up to the standard of the others but Let It Be is very underrated with tracks like "Across The Universe" "I Me Mine" "Long & Winding Road" "Get Back" and the title track.

The title track is amazing and so is Two of Us. It was poorly produced by Spector.

I like Let It Be.

And isn't Hey Bulldog on Yellow Submarine? That's one of their under-rated songs (not that it makes it a great album of course).

Agreed. Hey Bulldog is The Beatles' most underrated song.

 

[raskolnikov]

I'm very pop orientated, so this list will probably make people puke, but meh.

Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers
Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
Toto - Toto
Foreigner - 4
Sherbs - The Skill
Wings - Venus and Mars
Company of Strangers - Company of Strangers
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Elton John - Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Rubettes - Wear It's 'At
Daryl Braithwaite - Edge
Styx - Paradise
Chicago - 13
Bee Gees - Mr Natural or Main Course (can't decide)
Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise
Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me
Hollies - Write On
1927 - ....Ish
Beatles - White Album
Travelling Wilburys - Vol 1
ELO - A New World Record

I think that's 21.

With some exceptions I think it's a great list. Captain Fantastic would probably be my second favourite album of Elton's after GYBR, though Too Low for Zero would be up there too.' Someone Saved My Life Tonight' off Captain Fantastic is my favourite Elton song. I would probably have five Elton albums in my top twenty albums but limited my list to one album per artist.


I love ELO's A New World Record. Telephone Line is a great song.

I'm a Neil Diamond fan. Hot August Night is my favourite album but as it is a live album probably doesn't count. Of his studio albums I would say September Morn is my favourite.

 

[raskolnikov]

1. Exile on Main St - The Rolling Stones
2. Let it Bleed - The Rolling Stones
3. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
4. Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
5. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
6. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
7. Naturally - JJ Cale
8. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
9. Back in Black - AC/DC
10. Dire Straits - Dire Straits
11. Harvest - Neil Young
12. LA Women - The Doors
13. Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young
14. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
15. Black and Blue - The Rolling Stones
16. 10 - Pearl Jam
17. Vs - Pearl Jam
18. Battle of Los Angeles - RATM
19. London Calling - The Clash
20. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits


Missed the cut:

Blind Faith - Blind Faith
The Real Thing - Faith No More
The Flowers - Icehouse

No Goats Head Soup?

 

[mellowyellow]

In Rainbows - Radiohead
The Pretender -Jackson Browne
Breakfast In New Orleans Dinner In Timbuktu - Bruce Cockburn
The Seeds Of Love - Tears For Fears
Tomcats Screaming Outside - Roland Orzabal
Crime Of The Century -Supertramp
Dark Side Of The Moon-Pink Floyd
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
HTTT - Radiohead
Oxygene - Jeanne Michel Jarre

 

[sherb]

With some exceptions I think it's a great list. Captain Fantastic would probably be my second favourite album of Elton's after GYBR, though Too Low for Zero would be up there too.' Someone Saved My Life Tonight' off Captain Fantastic is my favourite Elton song. I would probably have five Elton albums in my top twenty albums but limited my list to one album per artist.

I love ELO's A New World Record. Telephone Line is a great song.

I'm a Neil Diamond fan. Hot August Night is my favourite album but as it is a live album probably doesn't count. Of his studio albums I would say September Morn is my favourite.

Someone Saved My Life Tonight is my favourite EJ song as well, just in front of Little Jeannie. I loved the Elt in the 70s.

I limited my list to one album per artist as well, else I would have multiples galore (eg I could have easily put in Red Rose Speedway/Band On The Run/Venus & Mars).

I tossed a coin with Neil Diamond. I could have gone with Moods, or The Jazz Singer or the rather obscure Lovescape instead. I have all his albums pretty much.

ELO was just a fabulous band. Jeff Lynne was a machine.

I grew up with 70s music. There was so much pop music about in those days (both locally and overseas) that I guess that is what shaped my tastes.

 

[bunsen burner]

No Goats Head Soup?

Nope. I have it at #6 of my Stones albums but as an album it has too many lows. Some very good highs, but some average stuff too.

To sum this album up it's the Mick Taylor Wah-pedal album. This guy has to be one of the most under rated guitarists of all time. His work is just pure quality.



Highs
Winter - by far the best track on the album. Great to listen to on a cold day.
Angie - heard it a million times and it's still good
Heartbreaker - great use of wah-pedal by Taylor and a simple but awesome guitar solo:

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100 years Ago - again, great use of wah-pedal by Taylor at the end of the song. But there's something about this song that just doesn't sit right.


Lows

Star Star - just plain rubbish
Silver Train + Dancing with Mr D - they are okay but not up to the Stones standard of 68-72.

 

[raskolnikov]

Nope. I have it at #6 of my Stones albums but as an album it has too many lows. Some very good highs, but some average stuff too.

To sum this album up it's the Mick Taylor Wah-pedal album. This guy has to be one of the most under rated guitarists of all time. His work is just pure quality.



Highs
Winter - by far the best track on the album. Great to listen to on a cold day.
Angie - heard it a million times and it's still good
Heartbreaker - great use of wah-pedal by Taylor and a simple but awesome guitar solo:

[youtube]i4HNlykNaSs&feature=related[/youtube]

100 years Ago - again, great use of wah-pedal by Taylor at the end of the song. But there's something about this song that just doesn't sit right.


Lows

Star Star - just plain rubbish
Silver Train + Dancing with Mr D - they are okay but not up to the Stones standard of 68-72.

Fair enough and I agree that it has its low points but it's my favourite Stones album just on the strength of Angie. As you said, heard it a million times and it's still good.

 

[JP Sauce]

No order except the first one:

OK Computer
Funeral
Revolver
Blood on the Tracks
Born to Run
The Boatman's Call
After the Gold Rush
The Soft Bulletin
Daydream Nation
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wait Long By the River and the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By

That's 11 but whatever.