Your top 5 albums of all time?

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  1. innercircle

    innercircle Forum Resident

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    Monterrey, Mexico
    I always like to do these lists because every day change... well in my case, and to be honest not every day, but quite often.

    At this moment my top 5 are:

    1- YES- Yes album
    2- The Smiths- The Queen Is Dead
    3- Frank Zappa- Lather
    4- Blur- 13
    5- Belle And Sebastian- Life Pursuit
     
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  2. Cake

    Cake Forum Resident

    Location:
    Reseda, CA, USA
    Rudimentary Peni - Death Church (1983)
    Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (1975)
    The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols (1977)
    The Germs - (GI) (1979)
    The Butthole Surfers - Hairway To Steven (1988)

    and if I could, somehow, squeeze in the following:

    Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
     
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  3. jdlaw

    jdlaw Forum Resident

    Location:
    Michigan
    In no order:

    -The Doors - The Doors
    -Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 1
    -Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
    -The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
    -The Beatles - Revolver
     
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  4. Captain Kundalini

    Captain Kundalini Forum Resident

    Location:
    Germany
    The Beatles - Revolver
    Elvis Presley - Elvis is back
    Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue
    Buck Owens - Carnegie Hall Concert
    Billy Bauer - Plectrist
     
  5. recoverydog

    recoverydog Forum Resident

    The Cars - Panorama
    Aimee Mann - Lost In Space
    Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates
    Ramones - Too Tough To Die
    John Grant - Queen Of Denmark.

    Runners up:
    Blondie - Autoamerican
    Duran Duran Medazzaland
    Prince - Can't choose just one.
    Sinead O'Connor - Faith And Courage
    Fish - Vigil In A Wilderness or Sunsets On Empire.
     
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  6. Aftermath

    Aftermath Senior Member

    Beatles - Abbey Road
    Pink Floyd - Meddle
    Pretenders - Pretenders
    Nirvana - Nevermind
    Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
     
  7. BlueJay

    BlueJay Forum Resident

    Leaving aside the big three (Beatles, Stones, Dylan - who would inevitably dominate my list) I'm going for one personal favorite from each of the last five decades:

    Kinks - Face to Face (60's)
    Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (70's)
    Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat (80's)
    The Pogues - Waiting For Herb (90's)
    ELO - Zoom (00's)
     
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  8. ifyouever

    ifyouever Forum Resident

    Location:
    New York City
    Exile on Main Street - Stones
    Plastic Ono Band - Lennon
    The Blue Mask - Lou Reed
    On the Beach - Neil
    The Gilded Palace of Sin - Flying Burrito Bros.
     
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  9. Gramps Tom

    Gramps Tom Forum Resident

    I turned off my commercial radios in 1976-and should've done so 2 years prior. WLUP-FM & WXRT, Chicago, and PBS Jazz & Classical stations were the only stations I listened to since.

    With respect, in general, when I hear comments dissing great music due to the fact it's overplayed on radios regardless of the format label, I think it's the music fans' fault unless you are forced to hear it at work.

    GT
     
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  10. Gramps Tom

    Gramps Tom Forum Resident


    NICE call on Famous Blue Raincoat !
     
  11. Gramps Tom

    Gramps Tom Forum Resident

    Totally agree on Rhythm of the Saints.....
     
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  12. lbgarcia

    lbgarcia Senior Member

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    Fargo, ND
    These are the albums that moved me from day to day for the past 45-50 years (in no particular order), records that are
    still in weekly (and often daily) rotation:

    * The Allman Brothers At Fillmore East
    *Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
    *The Who Sell Out
    *Blonde on Blonde
    *Let It Bleed
    *The Band
    *Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

    Alternate list:

    *Every Picture Tells a Story
    *Bitches Brew
    *Workingman's Dead
    *Bless Its Pointed Little Head
    *Two Steps from the Blues
    *Beggars Banquet
    *Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
    *Otis Blue

    I could easily come up with another three or four "alternate lists" that are as indispensable as the first two.
    But those above would certainly serve well as my Desert Island 15.
     
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  13. Johnny Reb

    Johnny Reb Résident du forum

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    MA
    Yikes is this hard!
    1. Venus And Mars - Paul McCartney
    2. American IV - Johnny Cash
    3. Help! - The Beatles
    4. Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs - Marty Robbins
    5. Mystery Girl - Roy Orbison

    Runner-ups:
    Cloud 9 - George Harrison
    King Of Hearts - Roy Orbison
    Silver - Johnny Cash
    Beatles For Sale - The Beatles
    Back To The Egg - Paul McCartney
    Greatest Hits Vol. III - The Statler Brothers (I know it's a comp...)
    Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
    Highwayman - The Highwaymen
     
  14. timind

    timind phorum rezident

    As I read through the thread it amazes me how varied the lists are. It also makes me wonder how difficult it is for me to pick 5 albums - no way.
     
  15. Scott S.

    Scott S. lead singer for the best indie band on earth

    Location:
    Walmartville PA
    Surrealistic Pillow
    Revolver
    Rubber Soul
    On The Beach
    Nevermind
     
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  16. jacksonwalker

    jacksonwalker Forum Resident

    It's always the outlier that is the most interesting: for example some one would list Abbey Road, and then The Wall and then Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. See what I mean?
     
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  17. BroJB

    BroJB Large Marge sent me.

    Location:
    New Orleans
    Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
    Stones - Beggar's Banquet
    Who - Quadrophenia
    Rancid - And Out Come the Wolves
    Benny Goodman - Live at Carnegie Hall
     
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  18. mpayan

    mpayan A Tad Rolled Off

    You have eclectic tastes in music. I always look at your posts and think "Who in the heck are these bands/singers?"

    I dont say that in a negative light. I appreciate your posts as I usually look up a couple you mention. Cant say I always like them, but at least its different and exposes me to new.

    I hope this isnt too personal a question. But, how did you go down this road of such obscure choice in music? Were you like that as a kid? Does your family listen to this type music? It puzzles me how this came to be. My history is so much different in taste.
     
  19. Tero

    Tero Forum Resident

    One is a collection
    Fleetwood Mac: Pious Bird of Good Omen
    Cream: Wheels of Fire
    Magical Mystery Tour
    Zappa: Chunga's Revenge
    Wigwam: Nuclear Night Club
    (Or Being some years, it's more proggy)
     
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  20. Timbo Jagger

    Timbo Jagger New Member

    In no particular order...
    Let it Bleed...Rolling Stones
    Dark Side of the Moon...Pink Floyd
    Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club...Beatles
    City to City...Gerry Rafferty
    Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music...Ray Charles
     
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  21. Gramps Tom

    Gramps Tom Forum Resident


    GREAT choices all....
     
  22. Gramps Tom

    Gramps Tom Forum Resident

    "The HARD is what makes it great." - Tom Hanks in A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
     
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  23. Blaine Jacobs

    Blaine Jacobs Forum Resident

    Interesting choices, in that I've only heard of the last two albums, and only listened to parts of Hatful Of Hollow. It gives me something new to listen to.
     
  24. Blaine Jacobs

    Blaine Jacobs Forum Resident

    I almost put Stadium Arcadium as my favorite Chili Peppers' album, and it has some of my favorite songs by them. It's always a pleasant surprise when a double album has so many fantastic songs, and doesn't feel too long, or boring.

    My favorite selections from the record are Hey, Wet Sand, Desecration Smile, She Looks To Me, and Turn It Again.

    Hey and Wet Sand have the most pure rock & roll sound to me, especially the guitar solo in Hey. I love the way Desecration Smile changes the lead guitar section in each successive verse after introducing it in the chorus. Frusciante's echoed vocals also remind me of Neil Young. She Looks To Me has that underlying feeling that it's just waiting to burst at the seems, with the guitar ad-libs constantly bubbling under the surface but never quite breaking completely through. It gives the song a feeling of tension in what would otherwise be fairly calming. Turn It Again is just one badass rocker, with Frusciante layering six different guitar parts for the final two minute solo. Just plain rocking!
     
  25. mpayan

    mpayan A Tad Rolled Off

    I could easily put that Beatles album and Brian Wilson masterpiece with these..but Im going for the not so obvious.

    Here are five that I am very grateful for...


    Dusty Springfield- "Dusty In Memphis":

    This forum made me aware of this masterpiece and of Dusty. I knew "Son Of A Preacher Man" but had no idea of the greatness of the album. Dusty is perfectly smokey, sexy, tender, motherly, womanly; topped off with a layer of soul that hits me just right. This album sets the romance and city of a dark night maybe on an apartment steel-railed balcony in Detroit. Its morning coffee in a terry clothe orange robe and mascara tears. A definite favorite.

    Hank Williams Sr -"Greates Hits":

    Yes Im cheating. Not really a proper album. But so many old country lps came from that era of really a non album time. No one sings sad, tells stories more real and funny than Hank Williams Sr. The King Daddy of country.

    Georgiy Smirnov The Orthodox Singers Male Choir-
    "Basso Profondo From Old Russia. Popular And Sacred Russian Songs":

    Odd choice maybe. Not sure how many are familar or even know of the great bassos of Old Russia. As a choral singer and bass these guys were the top of the mountain for many of us in college. Like an aspiring basketball player dreaming of being MJ we choir and vocal geeks were in awe of these russian masters. Amazing, moving music in an other worldly fashion. And still brings chills to my arms and neck. Not much music from my past can still accomplish this.

    Frank Sinatra- "A Swingin Affair": Some might pick another swing album or one of the "suicide albums" as Mr Sinatra called them. For years it was "Come Dance With Me" as my favorite. But when the day is done and all is sung I have to revise and pick this one. Not only is Mr Sinatra in his best balanced voice, not too young and not too old; he sings perfect and interprets the best songs America has to offer in the phrasing and tone that only he could do. A perfect album. Go get that mfsl sacd hybrid before its too late.

    Bad Company- "Bad Company": ok lightweight compared to the above. But got to have some fun, dude, sex and RnR in here somewhere. Seems I return to this album often. Of all the classic r n r seventies albums this features the best vocalist in rock imo. Maybe the songs arent deep. Rock is suppose to be deep? Nah. Its suppose to be fun, rebelious and bring the young punk kid you once were out of you. No one has to see you act like a kid. Its a big house, right? ;) And I admit the mastering on the AF sways me. Those drums sound thunderous.

    So many left off. 50s stuff not even mentioned. Classical. Jazz..5 is indeed too small. But there you have it.
     
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