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10 Best Albums of All-Time
What do you guys think are the 10 best albums of all time. My list every album was released before I was born in 1972
1. Revolver- The Beatles 2. Astral Weeks- Van Morrison 3. Sgt. Peppers- The Beatles 4. Everyboby Knows This Is Nowhere- Neil young 5. Blonde On Blonde-Bob Dylan 6. White Light/ White Heat- The Velvet Underground 7. American Beauty- Grateful Dead 8. All Things Must Pass- George Harrison 9. Stand!- Sly and the Family Stone 10. Who's Next- The Who Honorable mention to: Trout Mask Replica- Captain Beefheart, Stooges-Stooges, Psychedelic Sounds Of The-13th Floor Elevators, Plastic Ono Band- John Lennon, Axis Bold As Love- Jimi Hendrix Experience |
I was born in 1974, so that hold pretty true for me as well.
"Abbey Road" - The Beatles "Dark Side Of Moon" - Pink Floyd "Revolver" - The Beatles "Rubber Soul" - The Beatles "Sgt Pepper" - The Beatles "Grace" - Jeff Buckley "Moving Pictures" - Rush "Led Zeppelin II" - Led Zeppelin "Dirt" - Alice In Chains "Aenima" - Tool "Houses Of The Holy" - Led Zeppelin (Honorable Mention) |
There is so much to choose from that I had to do 15, plus one honorable mention:
Beatles- Sgt. Pepper's Beatles- Rubber Soul Beatles- Revolver Miles Davis: Kind of Blue Rolling Stones: Aftermath Rolling Stones: Beggar's Banquet The Doors: The Doors Jefferson Airplane- After Bathing at Baxter's Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow Grateful Dead: Anthem of the Sun Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland Buffalo Springfield- Buffalo Springfield Again Love- Forever Changes Bob Dylan- The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Donovan- Sunshine Superman Honorable mention: Meet the Beatles (very underrated album) |
I can't argue with any of the earlier lists. I'm gonna keep my list a little more on the newer side though..Well 80's-90's with a few stragglers.
Dirt-Alice in Chains Vs.-Pearl Jam Purple-Stone Temple Pilots Grave Dancers Union-Soul Assylum Whitesnake-Whitesnake Vol. II-Hurt Seeds-Brother Cane From Beale Street to Oblivion-Clutch Use your illusion 2-Guns n Roses Album of the Year- Faith no More **not their best, just a personal favorite** Honorable Mention:Use your Illusion 1-Guns n Roses, Purple Rain-Prince, The Last Temptation-Alice Cooper, Bad Motorfinger-Soundgarden, IV-Led Zeppelin, Countdown to Extinction-Megadeth and One Hot Minute-Red Hot Chili Peppers. Plus the Robert Johnson complete recordings. |
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David, great list we have a lot in common...I am a Brother Cane fan as well.
My favs: Beach Boys - Pet Sounds Live - Throwing Copper Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters Nirvana - Nevermind Nirvana - Incesticide Green Day - Dookie Stone Temple Pilots - Purple Alice in Chains - Dirt Tom Petty - Wildflowers Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction REM - Automatic for the People I know there are plenty more that I am neglecting to mention, but these come to mind first. Anyone ever heard of a band called "For Squirrels"? They came out with an album in 1995, then they got into a horrible car accident and the lead singer died, maybe another band member too...not sure. Anyways...great album. |
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No particular order
Metallica-Black-The only album guaranteed to add 10lbs to your bench. Steve Earle-Trancendental Blues - Best lyricism in country music Bob Marley-Legend - You can't feel bad listening to this album. Not possible Willie Nelson-Red Headed Stranger - You can't feel bad sitting in his tour bus Nirvana-Nevermind - Probably No. 1 if I'm ranking them Sheryl Crow-Tuesday Night Music Club - Not one word guys:mad:that's my girl Red Hot Chile Peppers-Stadium Arcadium George Straight-Latest Greatest Straightest Hits (are hits albums illegal?) Pearl Jam -Ten - No matter what Kurt Cobain Said. Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series Disc 6-Though they're all good. Honorable Mention - Bruce Springsteen, Born in the USA Johnny Cash - Man in Black Green Day - Dookie |
Damn Rob,
I was writing mine and thought I had all these great unmentioned gems. Then, by the time I'm done I've copped half your list. |
Sgt Peppers- The Beatles
Harvest- Neil Young Out of Time- REM Physical Graffiti- Led Zep Take 5- Dave Brubeck Long May You Run- Stills Young Band Rastaman Vibration- Bob Marley Kaya- Bob Marley Holland- The Beach Boys Kind of Blue- Miles Davis |
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Yeah, I totally forgot "Master of Puppets" by Metallica.
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You can roughly guess the age of the poster based on the records he chose. Nearly all of mine were issued between 1966 and 1968, and none later. So I'm older than most of you.:(
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I'm older than 50.
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2 for 2 so far. |
I'm 36 but mine is about 50/50 between stuff released before I was born and stuff that came out during my "prime". But, I do see how your theory works most of the time :)
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I am 29 so it is pretty much spot on for me.
Although my love for 60's music as well comes directly from my dad... |
Doubt these are "the best", but if I could only take 10 albums with me to a deserted island right this second ...
Rise Against - Siren Song of the Counter Culture Rise Against - Revolutions per Minute Rise Against - The Unraveling Anti-Flag - Die for your Government Tat - Soho Lights Rancid - ... And Out Come the Wolves Millencolin - Pennybridge Pioneers Strung Out - Twisted by Design Marilyn Manson - Eat Me Drink Me Eminem - Recovery Honorable mention: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II Rancid - Lets Go! Nirvana - Nevermind AFI - Sing the Sorrow The Used - self-titled Good Riddance - For God and Country Strung Out - Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues Rise Against - The Sufferer and the Witness Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals Fugees - The Score Snoop Dogg - Doggiestyle Dr Dre - Chronic / Chronic 2001 Social Distortion - (almost any of their old stuff) Rob :) |
Subject to my whims, today's top 10 are, in no order:
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel Sgt. Pepper's - Beatles Nightfly - Donald Fagen Hounds of Love - Kate Bush White Pepper - Ween Rhenium - Parliament Seconds of Pleasure - Rockpile Body & Soul - Joe Jackson Titanic Days - Kirsty MacColl Making Movies - Dire Straits but also: Yell Fire - Michael Franti & Spearhead Village Green Preservation Society - Kinks Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson Hitchhike to Rhome - Old 97's EEE - Don Dixon |
Yeah, the Classic rock is in everyone's blood from our parents. Plus, it was kinda trendy in the mid to late 90's. It was the AIC and tool that gave you away though Beatle's Guy.
Anyways, according to that theory. Staate had a pretty good variety in his list, but at the heart of it, I'd guess he was around or a few years over 30. Tiger's probably in his early-mid 20's, and Griffin's is probably around 50ish. Judson may be around or early 40's. Am I incorrect about anyone yet? We really should get this back to the original purpose of the thread though. |
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I graduated HS in '98 thus my preference for the Grunge/Alternative bands, but I generally like a little of everything. Old-new, light-hard, if it's good, it's good. But our preferences always stand tall.. |
10 Best Albums
Not In Any Qrder,
Aja- Steely Dan Made In japan-Deep Purple White Album-Beatles Sticky Fingers-Stones American Beauty-Dead London Calling-Clash Let There Be Rock-AC/DC Zep II Shaboo Shaboo-INXS Boy-U2 |
For the albums I chose between 1966 and 1968, I was at the ages 14 to 16. The theory holds.
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1. Dark Side of the Moon
2. Who's Next 3. Sgt. Peppers 4. Low Spark of High-heeled Boys 5. Blood on the Tracks 6. Born to Run 7. The Joshua Tree 8. Hotel California 9. The Doors 10. Houses of the Holy Hon. mention--pop Goodbye Yellowbrick Road--Elton John The Pretender--Jackson Browne Pretzel Logic--Steely Dan |
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I think I have over 100..........
You all already nailed the classic rock albums (I don't think I saw Jimi Hendrix "Are You Experienced" though...).......so I'll go off the norm to some of my all time favorites-
No certain order- Sepultura- Beneath The Remains Slayer-Hell Awaits, Reign In Blood, South of Heaven Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Master of Reality, Black Sabbath Vol.4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Black Flag- Damaged, My War, Slip It In Metallica- Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets, And Justice For All The Accused- The Return of,,,Martha Splatterhead Verbal Abuse- Just An American Band, V.A. Rocks Your Liver Johnny Cash- Greatest Hits :D |
On a lighter note.........
Here are some non metal/punk albums I really like (I like all kinds of music)...
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention- Over Nite Sensation, Zoot Allures Little Feat- Dixie Chicken Boston-Boston Paul McCartney/Wings-Band On The Run AC/DC- Every album with Bon Scott singing,,and first three albums with Brian Johnson singing |
Clayton- my favorite Mothers of Invention is their first album, Freak Out.
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Little Feat. That's a band I wasn't expecting to see on this thread. I got to see them in concert last year and have been hooked ever since. Have you heard "Join the Band"? The collaboration list reads like a Grammy Awards registry.
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Barry- You are right," Freak Out" is great !! In fact, I like most all of their older stuff........" Over-Nite Sensation" has the song "Dirty Love" which is great....and "Zoot Allures" has a song I like called "Wino Man",,,,,I like the rest of the songs on the albums too.
David- I haven't heard "Join The Band", in fact the album "Dixie Chicken" was one I had when I was a lot younger, and I haven't heard it in quite awhile. I just always thought to myself "this is a great band here", and when I think of albums that are great pieces of work, this one comes to mind. Apologies to the OP,,,,,,,,didn't mean to take this thread in the wrong direction. I have so many albums I like in so many types of music this thread was easy for me to "sidetrack" on.......my apologies. Sincerely, Clayton |
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Mark- Love is one of those bands that is almost entirely forgotten, although they were briefly in the news about five years ago when Arthur Lee died. They had other good albums too, especially Da Capo.
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Da Capo would have made my list had I given 5 more honorable mentions. Along with Marquee Moon-Television, Bryter Later-Nick Drake, Desire-Bob Dylan, and Eat a Peach- The Allman Brothers band
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For what its worth, I'm 31.
In no specific order: Cream - Wheels of Fire Jimi Hendrix - Woodstock Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth Thelonius Monk - Live at the It Club Pearl Jam - Ten Mississippi Fred McDowell - Portraits: The First Recordings Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild soundtrack Alice in Chains - Facelift The Roots - The Roots Come Alive |
OK, maybe not the best ... but these are the 10 I'd crave if I was shipwrecked on a desert island ...
Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper Diamond Dogs - David Bowie White Album - Beatles Kill 'Em All - Metallica Killer - Alice Cooper Road Food - The Guess Who Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones Alive - KISS Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John A Man Alone - Frank Sinatra |
Black Sabbath "Black Sabbath"
Pink Floyd "The Wall" RUSH "2112" KISS "Alive" Black Flag "Damaged" The Who "Quadrophenia" The Stooges "Raw Power" Rolling Stones "Exile on Main Street" The Ramones "The Ramones" |
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Beatles - Abbey Road
R.E.M. - Reckoning Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Led Zeppelin - II AC/DC - Back in Black Rush - Moving Pictures Pearl Jam - Vs. Montrose - Montrose Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend Neil Young - Harvest Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne Wilco - Being There Son Volt - Trace (this is my all-time favorite record, I realize few have probably heard of it) |
Stones - Sticky Fingers
Stones -Exile on Main Street Stones - Let it Bleed Beatles - White Album David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Aerosmith - Rocks The Who - Who's Next Pink Floyd - The Wall Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti |
Now we're talking - great topic. There are a few blues albums that would crack my top ten, but no one here has probably heard of them. However, 'Stone Crazy' cannot be left out.
In no particular order, if I could only have these 10 to listen to, I would be okay, and I didn't even include any Zeppelin: Exile on Main Street Dark Side of the Moon Beatles VI Ladies of the Canyon Buddy Guy - Stone Crazy Seventh Sojourn The Doors Dylan - Blood on the Tracks Electric Ladyland Wheels of Fire |
My top ten Favorite (I didn't say best) rock albums:
1) Discharge - "Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing" 1982 2) The Cure - "Pornography" 1982 3) The Cure - "Faith" 1981 4) The Psychedelic Furs - "Should God Forget: A Retrospective" 1997 5) Cliff Martinez - "Sex, Lies and Videotape" 1989 6) Roxy Music - "Country Life" 1974 7) Echo & the Bunnymen - "Ocean Rain" 1984 8) Bauhaus - "Mask" 1981 9) Black Flag - "Damaged" 1981 10) Dead Kennedys "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables" 1980 |
In no order
smile (original version, purple chick put it together from all the original material to match the Brian WilSon version. McCartney II - Paul McCartney the plastic ono band - John Lennon Time and Tide - Split Enz Bridge over Troubled Water -simon and garfunkle Sell Out - The Who Piper at the gates of dawn - Pink Floyd Chant Darling - Lawrence Arabia Rio - Duran Duran Surfs up- Beach Boys white album- Beatles |
Sean, you reminded me of others. Don't think I could get by with only ten - would need at least these 2 in addition. The news song by S & G really brings back the 60's for me. Our soccer team used to practice to Waiata.
Split Enz - Waiata Simon & Garfunkle - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Time |
My 10 favorite more obscure albums
These are my ten favorite from lesser known or lesser selling artists.
1. Bryter Later- Nick Drake (All his albums are fantastic) 2. Tago Mago- Can 3. Os Mutantes-Os Mustantes 4. Oar- Skip Spence 5. Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators- 13th Floor Elevators 6. Call Of The Valley-Shivkumar Sharma, Brijbhushan Kabra & Haripra 7. Modern Lovers-Modern Lovers 8. Million Seller- The Pooh Sticks 9. Chelsea Girl- Nico 10. The Last Puff- Spooky Tooth Some albums i also love but i thought mybe a little too well known for the list i just made but still more obscure. my top ten has also changed from original post. i will repost a list. 1. Love Devotion Surrender-Santana/Mahavishnu 2. Da Capo-Love 3. Marquee Moon-Television 4. Trout Mask Replica- Captain beefheart 5. White Light White Heat-The Velvet Underground 6. Hoist- Phish 7. Sea Change-Beck (he's famous album not as much, but is a critics favorite) 8. pacific ocean blue- dennis wilson |
Tough list!
This is harder for me than choosing my favorite baseball cards:eek:
I guess these change by mood, as others have commented...here is today's list in random order: R.E.M - Automatic For The People Rainbow-Rising Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive! Metallica - the Black Album Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon Ambrosia- Somewhere I've Never Traveled Eagles- Hotel California Sister Hazel - Fortress Carole King - Tapestry Toad The Wet Sprocket - Coil Have fun! |
Milestones - Miles Davis
The Black Sea - XTC A Love Supreme - John Coltrane Disraeli Gears - Cream The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra Never Mind The Bullocks, Here Come The Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols (Plays) Villa Lobos - Julian Bream Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello In A Silent Way - Miles Davis In The Wee Hours - Sinatra Then Play On - Fleetwood Mac and on and on... |
AC/DC pick any 10 of their albums as long as Back in Black is #1.
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We need to differentiate between best albums of all-time, or our favorite albums of all-time, because it seems people are getting them mixed up.
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Biil, with all due respect, how can you even begin to moderate a thread like this? It's all totally subjective. Why would something be on a greatest list if it wouldn't be someone's personal favorite? I'm not the biggest AC/DC fan but I can see that person's reasoning -- if those are that person's fave and therefore greatest and rocks their world, more power to him. What if I were to copy and paste Rolling Stone mag's list of 100 Greatest Rock Albums of All Time? We should all just accept it? Every time they do something like that they get letters to the editor, because RS is just as subjective as the rest of us.
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The Real Top Ten !!
Afternoon,
Well a few of you got some right, but nobody came close to this grouping!!!!!:D:D 1. Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath 2. Wishbone Ash, Argus 3. Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon 4. Alice Cooper, Killer 5. Alice Cooper, Billion Dollar Babies 6. Wishbone Ash, New England 7. Alice Cooper, Love it to Death 8. The Psychedelic Furs - "Should God Forget: A Retrospective" 1997 (Or Their Greatest Hits Album) 9. Yes, Long Distance Runaround Album 10. The Tubes, White Punks On Dope Now that's some music, and I have all 10 and been listening for 30+ years!!! YeeHah:D Neil |
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Wishbone Ash was great in the three-geetar lineup. I used to see them at the Whiskey A-Go-Go in Hollywood. As far as Yes, I'm going with Relayer. I saw them at the Cow Palace in SF. What a gas. Alan White instead of Bruford, but still totally wonderful. Paul |
allman brothers - live at fillmore east
The Clash, 'London Calling' The Rolling Stones, 'Exile on Main Street' BB King 'live at the Regal' Led Zeppelin, 'Led Zeppelin 1' The Who, 'Who's Next' Pink Floyd, 'The Dark Side of the Moon' Bob Marley and the Wailers, 'Legend' Cream 'disraeli gears' Rolling Stones 'Some girls' |
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That being said, I'm going to chime in with my top 10, and the chosen were based on overall quality of the entire album (is every track great?); quality of the performance, recording, and songwriting; execution of concept (if a concept type album); my personal tastes (all over the place); and LONGEVITY (how has the album held up over time?) I'll put on my flame retardant suit once I hit "send". In no particular order: PINK FLOYD "Dark Side of the Moon" Everyone knows this one but from my own perspective, this album really got my mind going in a forward direct (and no, I don't get stoned so that wasn't it...) I upbringing was very sheltered - I was allowed to listen to classical and "wholesome" music but the lyrics really opened my eyes and the music my ears. EAGLES "Hotel California" Those of us who live out here in CA probably identify with this album better than others but man, this hits on so many levels. Loss of innocence, wretched excess, broken dreams. But we are still here. As the song says, "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave..." NEIL DIAMOND "Hot August Night" People know I like music sometimes ask me about live albums. I keep telling them that this is the best live album, or at least my favorite. I'm almost glad there is no video of these concerts and it would probably ruin the magic. Like him or hate him, and in recent years he seems to be a parody of himself the man was an incredible live performer. This albums catches him at his creative peak, a star in full glory and he gives it all on every song. Some might fault his style as overly dramatic, but that's what performing is all about. MARVIN GAYE "What's Goin' On" This forum is probably not the best place to find fans of soul music but growing up in Oakland I was exposed to wide variety of music. See my comments about Dark Side above, I had to learn about this album way after release and after a lot of the events Marvin writes about had faded to memory. As I became more away of the real world around me this album hit a lot themes I was beginning to understand. But listening to it these days one realizes not much has changed and the themes are still things we need to address today. Unlike many Motown artitst Marvin was a songwriter too. This was a protest album with a groove. ENYA "Shepherd Moons" I'm probably going to get a lot of flack for this one, but while I have always enjoyed fine hard rock and roll, this New Age album is simply the most beautiful music I've every heard on one CD. It works as background music (doesn't get in your way with catchy lyrics or backbeats) and you can experience some of the same mental/sonic pyrotechnics as Dark Side while listening to it in the dark on headphones. BEATLES "Rubber Soul" Greatest collection of pop songs, ever. THE WHO "Tommy" I can still listen to this one start to finish. There are some personal themes that resonate with me too, but I just love the guitar lines. SARAH McLACHLAN "Surfacing" I'm probably going to lose all my remaining man points with this pick. I guess I'm attracted to the "introspective singer/songwriter" type. Mostly because they seem to be able to express things that I can't. When Sarah sings "...you're a beautiful f**cked up man..." I think she's talking about me. AC/DC "Back in Black" In a previous life I used to work concessions at local concerts. It was a great way to get paid (very little) but see some cool shows. I was never a huge AC/DC fan but was simply (and literally) blown away by their show (and this was a Brian Johnson show, not a Bon Scott). BnB is not just a great hard rock album, I think it belongs on any "greatest" list. And no, this wasn't just to get some of those man points back. TALKING HEADS "Remain in Light" When I was still young and stupid (as opposed to old and...well) I could not get enough of this album. It was so different than anything else out at the time (end of disco era and start of punk/anti-music movement). Every now and then I pop it into the CD player and am amazed how still "futuristic" the sound is. There you go. |
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Nice to see Pacific Ocean Blue on a list. Heres my signed Dennis poster from that album :) Attachment 136878 |
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Also, I posted my list without reading anyone else's, so as not to be influenced. Now I'm seeing other albums that would have to be in my list;e.g-'American Beauty', so it makes me realize that I can't even limit myself to 10 favorites - probably need at least 50. Maybe 50 isn't even enough - over the years I have culled down my vinyl collection to about 250 albums, every now and then adding another. It's as small as it could possibly get :). I have almost all of Elvis Costello, Marshall Crenshaw and Roy Buchanan - can't imagine letting go of any of them, but none are 'top 10' material. Great thread - thanks for the memories! |
I just saw this thread and thought I'd chime in (my first non-cards post ever on 54) because I'm a music buff.
This is always an interesting question because our lists are always colored by music we like and don't like. My "BEST" albums list would not include Michael Jackson's "Thriller" or any Beatles albums, but it would be tough to argue that they don't belong in a Top 10 all-time list of albums. I just don't like either artist, and so they're not in my list. So my list is a list of the top 10 albums of all-time, by artists I like. It has nothing to do with sales or popularity, just a list of artistically solid albums, each of which is a powerful body of work. 1) The Clash - "London Calling" 2) John Coltrane - "A Love Supreme" 3) The Rolling Stones - "Exile on Main Street" 4) Pavement - "Slanted and Enchanted" 5) The Replacements - "Let It Be" 6) The Who - "Who's Next" 7) Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Electric Ladyland" 8) Nirvana - "Nevermind" 9) Traffic - "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" 10) The Pixies - "Doolittle" Honorable mentions to: Led Zeppelin II Prince - "Purple Rain" The Band - "The Last Waltz" Husker Du - "Flip Your Wig" The Minutemen - "Double Nickels On The Dime" Miles Davis - "Steamin'" Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Time Out" Bob Dylan - "Blonde On Blonde" -Al |
Not listed in any order, just 10 albums I like.
1) Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 2) untitled (Zeppelin IV) - Led Zeppelin 3) Harvest - Neil Young 4) Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith 5) Hotel California - Eagles 6) Abbey Road - Beatles 7) Centerfield - John Fogerty 8) Night at the Opera - Queen 9) Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band 10) Hot August Night - Neil Diamond |
My other top ten list
Since some of the rock list included non-rock albums (Miles Davis, John Coltraine), I'll make my second top ten list. I listen to classical as much as I do rock
CLASSICAL MUSIC FAVORITES Sergei Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky. The soundtrack to Eisenstein's 1937 epic war film. I'm a big fan of nearly all of Prokofiev's work. Challenging, powerful, exotic and very Russian. Romeo & Juliet is another good pick by him. Famous scene from the movie Alexander Nevsky Prokofiev's score from youtube Based on a real 13th century battle, the dark Russian army is waiting for the white German Crusading Knights on horseback to cross the ice for the final epic battle on the frozen Russian lake Piepus. Known as the 'Battle on the Ice,' it is one of the key events in Russian history. Powerful, visceral filmmaking, the extras were real soldiers in the Soviet army. Gyorgi Ligeti – Atmospheres and Lontano. Ligeti is a famous 20th century Transylavnian avant garde classical composer. Mind expanding orchestral experiences. Sergei Rachmaninoff-- Piano Concerto #2 and Rhapsody on a Theme on Paganini. Classical ear candy. Piano Concerto #2 was amusingly featured in Marilyn Monroe's Seven Year Itch. Beethoven's Complete Symphonies. Got the complete symphonies box set for Christmas one year and not a bad symphony in the lot. Hours of music here. Frederic Handel's Water and Fire Music. The German born Handel became the official composer for the British King, and his music is the epitemy of regal and sophistication. Samuel Barber Adagio for Springs/Concerto for Violin/School for Scandal/Essay #1 and 2. Barber was a 20th century composer from Pennsylvania. As with Rachmaninoff, his music is ear candy and sounds like movie music. Hilary Hahn Plays Bach. Excellent CD of the young American violinist solo playing beautiful J.S. Bach pieces. My sister went to school with Hahn. Sviatoslav Richter, the great Soviet pianist, solo playing JS Bach on is hard to beat. Youtube sample of Richter playing Bach Soundtracks to 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Shining (assorted composers old to new). Movie director Stanley Kubruick had great and esoteric musical taste, and the CDs include excellent assortments of works by modern and traditional composers including Bartok, Ligeti and Krzysztof Penderecki. The completely orchestral Penderecki pieces on The Shining are quite simply the darkest, most disturbing music ever composed (fitting for a horror movie). I say his music is the language of the Devil. I got the 2001 CD in college, and that's what got me into avant garde classical music, in particular Ligeti. |
My Top Ten (no special order)
Beatles - Abbey Road Nirvana - Nevermind Pink Floyd - DSOTM Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Michael Jackson - Thriller Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Beach Boys - Smile The Allman Brothers - Live at Fillmore East Beastie Boys - License to Ill Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run I made my list without looking at others. It was tough to cut albums out and as I look at other people's I see some commonalities and other albums I'll need to look in to. Some of my honorable mentions included: The Band - The Last Waltz Pearl Jam - Ten Metallica - Black Album Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy John Coltrane - Giant Steps Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited The Who - Quadrophenia Radiohead - OK Computer CSNY - Deja Vu |
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Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys might be on my ten greatest albums list, but it wouldn't be in my top 100 favorite albums of all-time. Rio by Duran Duran might end up in my top ten favorite albums of all-time, but I doubt it would supplant something like Carole King's Tapestry from any all-time great list. Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends and Revolver by the Beatles might be listed in a lot of top ten all-time lists, but I don't know if I'd put Revolver ahead of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band or Abbey Road on my all-time top ten list. I just don't know how I'm supposed to respond until this is made clear. :D |
Ok, I'm going to try and come up with my top ten all-time favorite album list, which is a near impossibility. These are the ten albums, if I were forced to live on a deserted island the rest of my life (with a lifetime supply of batteries!), that I couldn't live without.
Good lord, this is going to be hard, because I love metal, progressive rock/metal, pop, rock, jazz, the blues, fusion, classical...everything but country, really. How do I limit myself to ten albums? Do I take a greatest hits compilation as one album, which is really cheating? Sigh... Ok, here goes nothing. And tomorrow I might change it. :D Bill's top ten all-time favorite albums right now. Queen-II the Beatles-Abbey Road Jeff Buckley-Grace U2-the Unforgettable Fire Tori Amos-Little Earthquakes Dream Theater-Images and Words Duran Duran-Rio Van Halen-1984 Rush-Moving Pictures Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon How the hell do I leave Queen's Sheer Heart Attack or A Night at the Opera off this list, or Van Halen I? Do I drop Rio for Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced? What do I take off to pop in The Who's Who's Next? What about the aforementioned Sgt. Pepper, or Rubber Soul? I really want The Police's Synchronicity in there, and Toto IV. And I don't know where the hell I'm going to get some Led Zeppelin, or Cream in there. Zep IV, Disraeli Gears? :mad: Edit: oh crap, no Thriller, no Miles Davis-Kind of Blue, or Bitches Brew--both could easily make my list. Songs From the Big Chair by Tears For Fears is another favorite. Hotel California by the Eagles, and I'll go nuts not having 2112 if I'm listening to Moving Pictures. No Rainbow or Deep Purple, how the hell am I going to live on an island with no Ritchie Blackmore? Just shoot me. I will never be happy with this top ten! |
Brother Cane
I kow the guys that mentioned Brother Cane did so a few years ago when this thread was begun. I see they are still active on the boards so, on the off chance they still check this thread I thought I post post this pic. Maybe they, or someone else will get a kick out of it!
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e1...rothercane.jpg I was a fan in the early to mid-nineties. I saw them open for Van Halen (maybe... or was it Lynyrd Skynyrd?) in Huntsville, Alabama. By the time I saw them in 1998 in Colorado Springs they were playing small clubs again. It gave me the opportunity to meet them and chat a while and get their autographs! I can't recall if I got the pick during the show or if one of the guys gave it to me afterwards. Now, as for the topic at hand, my top ten albums in no particular order (and with the disclaimer that there could be many, many more to make this list): 1. Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers - Includes my second favorite guitar solo of all time on Sway. (Favorite solo is Ocean by John Butler.) 2. Rolling Stones, Voodoo Lounge - They have stronger albums but this reminds me of some really good times. 3. Third Eye Blind, Third Eye Blind - Again, brings me back to a time. It wasn't the best of times and this album helped me through. 4. Metallica, Metallica - I wore out all of my cassette tapes of their preceding albums. This was one of the first CDs I purchased. 5. Boston, Third Stage - Tom Scholtz's guitar tone is so cool! 6. John Butler Trio, April Uprising - Hard to pick a favorite of mine from him so I'll go with the album that has my wife's and my first dance song. 7. Tool, Undertow - Just badass. 8. Cure, Show - A live album that is really, really good. Brings me back to good times too. 9. Guns N Roses, Use Your Illusion - Take your pick: I or II. I think they were at their peak with the range of the songs and the guitar solos on this album. 10. Bad Company, 10 From 6 - A "best of" album that I started listening to in high school. It opened my eyes to classic, blues based rock and broadened my horizons from just the eighties pop and hair metal that were my staples until then. |
In no particular order,
Grand Funk...The Red Album Pink Floyd...Dark Side of the Moon Rod Stewart and the Faces...Every Picture Tells a Story Led Zepplin...First Album Jimmy Hendrix, Buddy Miles, Billy Cox....Band of Gypsy's The Doors...Morrison Hotel Trapeze...Medusa Deep Purple...Machine Head Jethro Tull...Benefit Neil Young...Everybody Knows this is Nowhere Some of my other favorites of which I wore out Vinyl Spooky Tooth...The Last Puff (I am the Walrus is very Heavy) Traffic..Forget the album name but one with 40,000 Headmen Beatles..Revolver, Sgt.Pepers & White Album Mountain...First Album (Mississippi Queen if you know what I mean) 13 Floor Elevators..Album with (Slip inside this House as I pass by) CSNY...Deja Vu Rare Earth..Rare Earth Bob Dylan...Highway 61 Revisited Jimmy Hendrix Experience...Axis Bold as Love |
favorite or best
i get the difference but dont mind seeing either list from people . feel free to post both bill.
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Brother Cane puts on a great show. I saw them early on, I think it was 1991, in Dallas.
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AC/DC - Back in Black
Jay Z - Blueprint Black Keys - Magic Potion Robert Johnson - Complete Collection |
The Wipers : Over The Edge
The Ramones : The Ramones The Sex Pistols : Nevermind The Bullocks Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers : The Modern Lovers Talking Heads : Stop Making Sense Mudhoney : SuperFuzz Bigmuff The Screaming Trees : Sweet Oblivion The Sonics : Here Are The Sonics Pink Floyd : Pipers At The Gates of Dawn The 13th Floor Elevators : The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th FE's |
Few more...
The Beatles had a cassette, "Beatles, Rock n Roll Volume 2" - never made it to cd. But outstanding! Not sure if this counts as an album?
Personal #1 pick, "U2 Joshua Tree" And don't forget "ZZ Top Eliminator" |
The london years; ROLLING STONES
Lodger; DAVID BOWIE Bat out of hell; Meatloaf Definitely maybe; OASIS |
Ty great list
Love this list:
The Wipers : Over The Edge The Ramones : The Ramones The Sex Pistols : Nevermind The Bullocks Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers : The Modern Lovers Talking Heads : Stop Making Sense Mudhoney : SuperFuzz Bigmuff The Screaming Trees : Sweet Oblivion The Sonics : Here Are The Sonics Pink Floyd : Pipers At The Gates of Dawn The 13th Floor Elevators : The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th FE's |
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Just finished listening to Johnny Winter's "The Progressive Blues Experiment", in memory of the great blues guitarist who died this past week. RIP
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Second Winter is a three sided album. The fourth side is completely blank. Kind of a cool thing. I saw Johnny at the Boston Tea Party around 1971. He was a true blues virtuoso. Not surprisingly, the thing people often most remember about him and Edgar is that they were both albinos.
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