10 Best Albums of All-Time

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Just finished listening to Johnny Winter's "The Progressive Blues Experiment", in memory of the great blues guitarist who died this past week. RIP

Ugh, this is the first I've heard of his passing. I still have the vinyl of Live Johnny Winter And and his version of Highway 61 Revisited from Second Winter, which is such a killer slide track. RIP.

[barrysloate]

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.

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

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.

Hey Barry, I have that on vinyl too. One problem is that when I went to play it (years ago) the second disc was gone. I must have stuck it in the sleeve of one of my other 400+ albums.

True that Johnny and Edgar are likely remembered as albinos. Interesting how they were brothers but their musical tastes were different, at least in their respective recordings.

[Vintagevault13]

Lots of great albums mentioned, but there are two that I must have on my list:

Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run". Not a bad song on the album. Rock/poetry/storytelling all wrapped up in one incredible album.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Pronounced". Ok, I am from the South, but ya gotta show some love for "Freebird". In the mid-70s, NO ONE wanted to follow the band on stage. They absolutely blew people away.

[barrysloate]

"Freebird" is a truly great song, no doubt about it.

[KCRfan1]

Like most of you, I listen to a wide variety of music. My ten favorites in no order is as follows:

Headquarters - The Monkees
Dirty Deeds - ACDC
Fair Warning - Van Halen
Out of the Cellar - Ratt
Rubber Soul - Beatles
Flowers - Rolling Stones
The Doors - The Doors
Crosby Stills & Nash - Crosby Stills Nash
Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue
Boston - Boston

[Milton]

Great thread! I love seeing the lists of varied genres. That indicates a true music fan.

Here's mine, in no particular order:

Slayer - Reign in Blood
Smoking Popes - Born to Quit
Saturday Night Fever - Soundtrack
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes
Danzig - Danzig (S/T)
Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down
Johnny Cash - American Recordings
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night soundtrack

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

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.

It couldn't have been any later, Barry. I believe the Boston Tea Party gave up the ghost in 71. Johnny helped resurrect Muddy Waters career, too. "I'm Ready" and "Hard Again" are two of Muddy's best. Johnny also had a great album on Alligator called Nothin' But the Blues" that contains some of his finest slide work.


Another great album from the Boston area from the Tea Party era is "Blow Your Face Out...Live (recorded loud to be played loud) from J Geils......Woober Goober with the Green Teeth..........

[barrysloate]

1971 sounds about right Mike. I lived in Boston from Sep 69 to Mar 72, so I probably caught the tail end of the Tea Party. Saw some great concerts there, including the Grateful Dead and Taj Mahal, among many others.

[refz]

Alot of albums come to mind in my top ten but Rage Against the Machine's Bombtrack is my favorite. The anger gets me pumped!

[clydepepper]

I feel compelled to add three other artists, but I haven't decided on favorite albums:

Bonny Raitt
ZZ Top
Eva Cassidy