Your All-Time Top 10 Favorite Albums

[Red Leader]

Ok, continuing off of the momentum of the All-Time Top 10 songs thread. Name your Top 10 favorite Albums / CD's of all-time. This will hopefully be easier than the songs thread, but still somewhat challenging, I'm sure. It's meant to be difficult.

Here's mine (in no particular order):

Paul Simon - Graceland
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Radiohead - The Bends
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours


I know I'm leaving out a bunch more.

The Wall comes to mind, so does Dark Side of the Moon...ugh! I'll probably slap myself when someone posts their list and say "DOH!", but those are the 10 that came out of my head first.

[westofyou]

Quadrophenia - The Who
The White Album - The Beatles
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain - Pavement
Born to Run - Springsteen
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young
Exile on Main Street - The Stones
Lifes Rich Pagent - REM
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
Loaded - The Velvet Undeground

[Red Leader]

Quadrophenia - The Who
The White Album - The Beatles
Born to Run - Springsteen
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young
Lifes Rich Pagent - REM

Yep, there's some I left off and could have included.

[GAC]

Yep, there's some I left off and could have included.

Which is why it's impossible to list your top ten. But I'll give it a try, and not in any particular order

Revolver - Beatles
Rubber Soul - Beatles
Who's Next - Who
Led Zeppelin I
Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek and the Dominos
Machine Head - Deep Purple
Rocks - Aerosmith
Let There Be Rock - AC/DC
The Wall - Pink Floyd

[mth123]

Always afraid that threads like these show how "un-hip" I am, but here goes.

The Beatles - Rubber Soul
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Sgt Peppers

Ok, that's out of the way now the rest of the list.

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swinging Lovers
The Eagles - Hotel California
Billy Joel - The Stranger
The Cars - The Cars
Queen - Live Killers

[deltachi8]

Fluid list as the song one was as well...and in no set order

Joshua Tree - U2
Regatta DeBlanc - The Police
Sgt Pepper - The Beatles
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Tragic Kingdom - No DOubt
Live at the Sands - Frank Sinatra
Balance - Van Halen
Back in Black - AC/DC
Rubber Soul - The Beatles
Temple of Low Men - Crowded House

[dabvu2498]

Paul Simon -- Graceland
Johnny Cash -- At Folsom Prison
The Who -- Quadrophenia
Beatles -- White Album
John Denver -- Poems, Prayers, and Promises
John Lee Hooker -- The Healer
Metallica -- Metallica
GnR -- Appetite for Destruction
NWA -- Straight Outta Compton
2Pac -- All Eyes on Me

[Johnny Footstool]

To me, this means "entire album, top to bottom," not "3 or 4 great singles and a bunch of mediocre filler."

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Nevermind - Nirvana
Appetite for Destruction - G'N'R
Something to Write Home About - The Get Up Kids
The Joshua Tree - U2
Gentlemen - Afghan Whigs
El Oso - Soul Coughing
Green Mind - Dinosaur Jr.
Doolittle - The Pixies
Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys
Tim - The Replacements

[registerthis]

I'm definitely a child of the 80s/90s...

The Smiths: "The Queen Is Dead"
Pulp: "Different Class"
New Order: "Technique"
Manic Street Preachers: "This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours"
Crowded House: "Together Alone"
U2: "Achtung Baby"
Massive Attack: "Mezzanine"
Oasis: "What's the Story (Morning Glory)"
Blur: "Parklife"
Catherine Wheel: "Adam and Eve"

Honorable mention to:

Depeche Mode: "Songs of Faith and Devotion"
Rush: "Moving Pictures" and "Counterparts"
Pet Shop Boys: "Discography"
Suede: "Coming Up"
Echo and the Bunnymen: "Ocean Rain"
Morrissey: "You Are the Quarry"
Rob Dickinson: "Fresh Wine for the Horses"
Neil Finn: "Try Whistling This"
Manic Street Preachers: "The Holy Bible"
Coldplay: "A Rush of Blood..."
Chemical Brothers: "Surrender"
Dr. Dre: "The Chronic"
Ride: "Nowhere"
The Blue Nile: "Hats"
Doves: "The Last Broadcast"
Mercury Rev: "Deserter's Songs"
Primal Scream: "XTRMNTR"
Joy Division: "Unknown Pleasures"

EDIT: Must add "Nonsuch" by XTC , "Laid" by James, "The Stone Roses" and "OK Computer" by Radiohead to my list.

Gah, this is too bloody tough. I might as well just list my entire collection, really.

[Reds Nd2]

Damn the Torpedos ~ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Toys in the Attic ~ Aerosmith
Pearl ~ Janis Joplin
Born to Run ~ Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band
Tres Hombres ~ ZZ Top
Van Halen ~ Van Halen
Appetite for Destruction ~ Guns-N-Roses
Desperado ~ The Eagles
Too Fast for Love ~ Mötley Crüe
Flyin the Flag ~ The Climax Blues band

[pedro]

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Icky Mettle - Archers of loaf
Quadrophenia - The Who
The White Album - The Beatles
Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
You're Living all over me - Dinosaur Jr.
Slanted & Enchanted - Pavement
Keep it like a Secret - Built to Spill
Gentlemen - Afghan Whigs
Katie Lied - Steely Dan
Doolittle - Pixies
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young

(that's 13, sue me)

edit: somewhere in there should be "The Soft Bulletin" by the Flaming Lips and at least one Replacements album.....

[pedro]

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Icky Mettle - Archers of loaf
Quadrophenia - The Who
The White Album - The Beatles
Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
You're Living all over me - Dinosaur Jr.
Slanted & Enchanted - Pavement
Keep it like a Secret - Built to Spill
Gentlemen - Afghan Whigs
Katie Lied - Steely Dan
Doolittle - Pixies
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young

(that's 13, sue me)

edit: somewhere in there should be "The Soft Bulletin" by the Flaming Lips and at least one Replacements album.....

Now that I think about it, if we're going to include compilations I think I prefer "Louder than Bombs" to "The Queen is dead"

[pedro]

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Icky Mettle - Archers of loaf
Quadrophenia - The Who
The White Album - The Beatles
Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
You're Living all over me - Dinosaur Jr.
Slanted & Enchanted - Pavement
Keep it like a Secret - Built to Spill
Gentlemen - Afghan Whigs
Katie Lied - Steely Dan
Doolittle - Pixies
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young

(that's 13, sue me)


edit: somewhere in there should be "The Soft Bulletin" by the Flaming Lips and at least one Replacements album.....

I'm appalled at myself for leaving out anything by Yo La Tengo who is one of my favorite bands of all time. For the sake of argument I'll go with Electro Pura.

[pedro]

Damn the Torpedos ~ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Need to give the props out on this album. Probably the first "contemporary" artist (relative as that is.. being a freedom rocker and all) that I ever really got into at that time. Came out when I was in 6th grade.

First time I saw them was in 1986 when they were Dylan's band opening for the Dead. Saw em at the rubber bowl in akron.

And WOY and I saw Tom last summer out here and it was a really good show.

[Reds Nd2]

Need to give the props out on this album. Probably the first "contemporary" artist (relative as that is.. being a freedom rocker and all) that I ever really got into at that time. Came out when I was in 6th grade.

First time I saw them was in 1986 when they were Dylan's band opening for the Dead. Saw em at the rubber bowl in akron.

And WOY and I saw Tom last summer out here and it was a really good show.

Remember when he threatened to name Hard Promises, $8.98 in protest of MCA wanting to raise the albums price?

I saw Petty in Charlotte on the Wildflowers tour (woy wasn't with me). I don't recall how long the show went on but towards the end, the house lights came up indicating the show was over. He just kept on playing. I kept thinking they were going to cut the sound system, but they didn't. I've only seen him once, so maybe it's something he does at all his shows, but I thought it was pretty cool.

BTW, anyone know where I can find a recording of Girl On LSD?