OT - your favorite albums of all time?

F308GTB · Post by **F308GTB** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:35 am

Saw how REM sang "Begin the Begin" at their HOF induction which had me take another listen to Life's Rich Pageant. I bought this album in my early high school years and still have my original vinyl. This album has a special place in my heart as it was my first REM album and songs like "Begin the Begin", "Superman", "Cuyahoga", "Fall on Me", and "Swan Swan Hummingbird" are prototyipcal REM with some of those songs serving as a bridge from the early REM style to their later albums.

Another "bridge" album in my library (still have the vinyl for this one too) that ranks way up there is U2's "Unforgettable Fire." I was a fan of U2 well before the release of this one, but it reflects the style of early U2 work and their next album "The Joshua Tree."

A few others of note

Loretta Lynn "Van Lear Rose" with Jack Black; incredible vocals by Loretta and equally great guitar work from Jack
Galaxie 500 - any of them
Elvis Costello "King of America"
Abba "Abba Gold" - hey, what can I say, my mom listened to Abba in the 70s and their tunes really are catchy. A great collection.
Bow Wow Wow "I Want Candy" great beats

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:43 am

Elvis Costello - Blood and Chocolate
Yes - Relayer
Pavement - Terror Twilight

...and some others I'm forgetting.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:10 am

A few:

2Pac - Strictly for My...
Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
Tha Alkaholics - 21 & Over
Live - Throwing Copper
Anthrax - Sound of White Noise

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:13 am

Christ, I would need a day locked into a closet to really mine all of the albums that I love. But right off the top of my head, 30-second version:

The Beatles -- "Abbey Road"
Steely Dan -- "Aja"
Sex Pistols -- "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols"
The Clash -- "London Calling"
Paw -- "Dragline"
Wilco -- "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
Son Volt -- "Trace"
U2 -- "Achtung Baby"
Robert Cray -- "Strong Persuader"
Miles Davis -- "Kind of Blue"
Oasis -- "Definitely Maybe"
The Pretenders -- "The Pretenders"
Crystal Method -- "Vegas"
Sugar -- "File Under: Easy Listening"
Ryan Adams -- "Cold Roses"
Ulrich Schnauss -- "Far Away Trains Passing By"
The Doors -- "L.A. Woman"
Prince -- "Purple Rain"
Drive-By Truckers -- "Southern Rock Opera"
Sigur Ros -- "()"
Guns 'N Roses -- "Use Your Illusion II"
Frank Sinatra -- "Songs for Swingin' Lovers"

If I had to pick one from that list, it would be easy: Miles' "Kind of Blue." The greatest album ever made.

Take care,
PK

GameSeven · Post by **GameSeven** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:15 am

GnR - Appetite for Destruction, Use Your Illusion I/II
Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell
Aerosmith - Pump
Def Leppard - Pyromania, Hysteria

Gurantsu · Post by **Gurantsu** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:19 am

Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - This Time It's For Real

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon

Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Let Me Up I've Had Enough

GameSeven · Post by **GameSeven** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:21 am

pk500 wrote:The Doors -- "L.A. Woman"

Yes! And, personally, because I remember my dad playing it in the car quite often, "Morrison Hotel"

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:37 am

Superchunk "Foolish"
U2 "Joshua Tree"
Sunny Day Real Estate "pink album"

fatheadX · Post by **fatheadX** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:46 am

Rush - 'Moving Pictures'
R.E.M. - 'Murmur'
Buffalo Tom - 'Sleepy Eyed'

EZSnappin · Post by **EZSnappin** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:29 am

Far too many to mention, so here's a decent-sized top of my head list. My rule of thumb being something I've listened to incessantly for roughly ten years or more:

5 Live Recodings

Albert Ayler - Live In Greenwich Village
David Bowie - Stage
John Cale - Fragments of A Rainy Season
Sam Cooke - Live At The Harlem Square Club
Sviatoslav Richter - The Sofia Recital 1958

20 Studio Recordings

Beatles - Revolver
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
Ornette Coleman - Change Of The Century
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - This Year's Model
Julian Cope - Peggy Suicide
Ted Hawkins - The Next Hundred Years
Lyle Lovett - Joshua Judges Ruth
Madredeus - O Paraiso
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage
The Replacements -Let It Be
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
Henry Threadgill - Too Much Sugar For A Dime
The Time - What Time Is It?
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years
Yo La Tengo - May I Sing With Me

There's probably 50 (or 100) more I couldn't live without. I didn't even include any best-ofs or various artist compilations or recent things or...

10spro · Post by **10spro** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:30 am

U2: Joshua Tree
Eagles: Hell freezes over
Queen: Classic Queen
Rolling Stones: Flashpoint

Anything by Led Zeppelin.

LAking · Post by **LAking** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:32 am

Paul Simon - Graceland
The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
Rancid - And Out Come the Wolves
The Clash - London Calling (although sometimes i just prefer their self titles debut album)

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:37 am

In no particular order:

Metallica - Master of Puppets
the Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Beatles - White
Van Halen - 1984
System of a Down - Anything by them

James_E · Post by **James_E** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:05 pm

Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - Kill'Em All
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Tommy Emmanuel - Only
Tommy Emmanuel - Endless Road
Avenged Sevenfold - Waking the Fallen
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
AC/DC - Back in Black
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Beatles - White Album
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Tool - Lateralus
Garbage - Garbage
Van Halen - 1984

and probably more Im forgetting

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:16 pm

smashing pumpkins "GISH"

Teal · Post by **Teal** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:22 pm

U2-The Joshua Tree
The Eagles-Hotel California (but I prefer my super collector's ultimate greatest hits)
DC Talk-Jesus Freak
Metallica-And Justice for All

D'oh! How could I forget AC/DC-Back in Black!

JackB1 · Post by **JackB1** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:47 pm

great thread! most of us gamers seem to have really good taste in music....I was impressed.

I am trying to think of albums where every song is great.
Here are some off the top of my head:

Beatles - White Album
Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
Collective Soul - Collective Soul
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
AC DC - Back In Black
Bruce - Born To Run
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffitti
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
The Pretenders - The Pretenders
Green Day - American Idiot
Boston - Boston
Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Prince - Purple Rain
Van Halen - Van Halen

AJColossal · Post by **AJColossal** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:48 pm

Radiohead-"OK Computer/Kid A/The Bends"
Beach Boys "Pet Sounds"
The Beatles "Revolver"
Neutral Milk Hotel "In the Airplane Over the Sea"
Pavement-"Slanted and Enchanted/Crooked Rain Crooked Rain"
DJ Shadow-"Entroducing"
Guided by Voices-"Bee Thousand"
Dr. Octagon-"Dr. Octagonecologist"
R.E.M.-"Fables of the Reconstruction/Murmur/Automatic for the People"
Kanye West-"Late Registration"
Jesus and Mary Chain-"21 Singles"
Sleater Kinney-"Dig Me Out"
Sonic Youth "Dadream Nation"
The Replacements-"Tim"
Husker Du-"Candy Apple Grey"
Nirvana-"In Utero"
Wico "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot"
U2 "Achtung Baby"
Fleetwood Mac "Rumors"
The Clash "London Calling"
Lucinda Williams "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:54 pm

The Beatles - Revolver, White Album, Rubber Soul
U2 - Achtung Baby, The Joshua Tree
AC/DC - Back in Black
Rush - Moving Pictures
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Pearl Jam - Ten
Van Halen - Fair Warning
Metallica - Master of Puppets
REM - Automatic for the People, Murmur
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming
Green Day - American Idiot
Prince - Purple Rain
Nirvana - In Utero

fanatic · Post by **fanatic** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:00 pm

Great thread.

Radiohead - OK Computer
Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner
John Coltrane- My Favorite Things
Led Zeppelin- just about everything

Inuyasha · Post by **Inuyasha** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:11 pm

The Doors - L.A. Woman ... pretty much my favorite.

mixdj1 · Post by **mixdj1** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:37 pm

OK, I doubt there are going to be many in common between my list and the others posted but here it is:

M. Doc - It's Percussion (12" Single)
Bad Boy Bill - Hot Mix #8
Bad Boy Bill - Back Track 5
DJ Markski - various Euro mixes
Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's
Nitzer Ebb - That Total Age
Front 242 - Front by Front
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Confessions of a Knife
Ministry - Twelve Inch Singles 1981-1984
Electric Light Orchestra - ELO's Greatest Hits

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:43 pm

Always a good thread idea. I try to think of it as 10 CDs I couldn't live without.

Rush, Moving Pictures
Guided by Voices, Bee Thousand
The Who, Live at Leeds
Big Star, #1 Record/Radio City (a bit of a cheat, but it's one CD)
The Clash, The Clash (US version, narrowly edging London Calling)
The Police, Zenyata Mondata
Sigur Ros, Agaetis Byrjun
Uncle Tupelo, Anodyne
The Verve, Urban Hymns
The Wrens, Meadowlands

I'd also sneak out The Jam's box set and a burned CD of my favorite Replacements tunes!

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:53 pm

Can't believe I forgot Beastie Boys "License to Ill", "Paul's Boutique", and "Check Your Head"

JOZ · Post by **JOZ** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 2:04 pm

I'm going with Hootie & the Blowfish "Cracked Rear View"