10 Albums You Can't Be Without

Off the top of my head in no particular and only one from each artist.

Yes Close to the Edge
Beatles Abbey Road
Jeff Beck Blow by Blow
Pat Metheny As Falls Wichita . . .
Jean Luc Ponty Imaginary Voyage
Allman Brothers Eat a Peach
Pink Floyd Dark Side
Doobie Brothers Captain and Me
Fleetwood Mac Bare Trees
Santana Abraxas

Just some over the years that I never tire of that I always revisit.

 

Hmmm, let me try this:

Crowded House - Together Alone
U2 - Joshua Tree
Crowded House - Woodface
U2 - Achtung Baby!
Tears For Fears - The Seeds of Love
Tears For Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Radiohead - The Bends
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring

Sorry I can't keep just one from those 3 bands I've picked 2 of.

 

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
The Beatles - 1967-1970
Sugar - Copper Blue
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II
Mike Oldfield - Crises
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Badfinger - ICON Timeless
James Gang - Greatest Hits
Nirvana - Nevermind

 

Radiohead - OK Computer
John Grant - Queen of Denmark
Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debby
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
Nic Jones - Penguin Eggs
Rosie Thomas - When We Were Small
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
John Murry - The Graceless Age
Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs
Lambchop - Is A Woman

 

1) quadrophenia - the who
2) who's next - the who
3) hunky dory -David Bowie
4) eels - daisies of the Galaxy
5) mr fantasy -traffic
6) little earthquakes -tori Amos
7) welcome to my nightmare - Alice cooper
8) selling England by the pound - Genesis
9) Queen ii - queen
10) angles - Dan Le sac vs scroobius pip

 

As with everyone my choices would change on a daily basis...in no particular order...

1. Red Wanting Blue - From the Vanishing Point (saw them live and ever since they are my second favorite)
2. Counting Crows - August and Everything After (my all time favorite album per my avatar)
3. Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love In
4. FM - Indiscreet
5. FM - Tough It Out
6. UFO - Lights Out
7. Bruce Springsteen - The River
8. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
9. Counting Crows - Somewhere Under Wonderland
10. Raspberries - Capitol Collector's Series

 

I love this thread as its about enjoyment, first and foremost; the 10 albums that give most pleasure. I have to admit to owning lots of albums mentioned but which are nowhere near favourites of mine. This is mostly due to not paying enough attention to them.

So I decided to sit down and listen to all the choices here, in order that they were posted, if I own a copy, and see if I can 'get' what others like in them.

First two were Hissing of Summer Lawns and Axis.

 

1. The Doors
2. Who's Next
3. Led Zeppelin II
4. Exile on Main St
5. Aja
6. White Album
7. DSOTM
8. Blood on the Tracks
9. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
10. Pet Sounds


-Richard

 

Paul McCartney - Ram
Ian Matthews - If You Saw Thro My Eyes
Klaatu - Sir Army Suit
David Wiffen - Coast To Coast Fever
Bruce Cockburn - Further Adventures of
Neil Young - After The Goldrush
Beach Boys - Smile
Grin: 1+1
Juluka - Scatterlings of Africa
Michael Nesmith - The Prison

Bonus #11:
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd

 

1. Azymuth: Telecommunications, Light as a Feather, Outburo, Cascades. Call it a 'super fine' box set!
2. Jimi Hendrix. Any of them, a few come to mind.
3. Humble Pie! Any of them!
4. Pink Floyd: Meddle
5. Donald Fagen: The Nightfly !
6. The Rolling Stones: Black & Blue, Exile on Main Street.
7. Ten Years After: Recorded live & Deep Purple: Made in Japan. Call it an 'old timers' box set.
8. David Bowie: The 'China Girl' Album, The Mysterious Moonlight Tour '84.
9. Ronnie Wood: 1234 & Gimme Some Neck. It really is a double album, to me.
10. James Gang: Greatest Hits
11. ELP: 1st concert ever CD !!

 

Off the top of my head and very subject to change:

Van Morrison--Veedon Fleece
Joni Mitchell--Blue
Marvin Gaye--Let's Get It On
Prince--Parade
Jimi Hendrix--Axis: Bold as Love
Billie Holiday--Billie's Best
Miles Davis--Sketches of Spain
Frank Sinatra--Come Fly with Me
Nat King Cole--After Midnight
Morrissey--Vauxhall and I

 

1. Beatles: The White Album
2. Sandy Denny: Sandy
3. Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited
4. Fairport Convention: Meet on the Ledge (The Classic Years, 1967-1975)
5. Genesis: Selling England by the Pound
6. Keith Jarrett: The Köln Concert
7. King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King
8. Van Morrison: Astral Weeks
9. Al Stewart: Year of the Cat
10. Supertramp: Crime of the Century

 

1) Wire - Pink Flag
2) VU- White Light White Heat
3) Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
4) NMH - ITAOTS
5) The Strokes - Is This It
6) Madvillain - Madvillainy
7) QOTSA - Songs for the Deaf
8) Death Grips - The Money Store
9) The Strokes - Comedown Machine
10) Kendrick Lamar - TPAB

 

1. Metallica Master of Puppets
2. Slayer Reign in Blood
3. Rush Moving Pictures
4. Iron Maiden Live After Death
5. AC/DC For Those About To Rock
6. Thin Lizzy Thunder and Lightning
7. Black Sabbath Sabotage
8. Ozzy Osbournes Blizzard of Oz
9. Yngwie Malmsteen First Album
10. Led Zeppelin IV

Reserves
Pink Floyd The Wall
Scorpions World Wide Live
Def Leppard Pyromonia
Queen Live Killers
The Shadows 20 Golden Greats - Apache was probably the guitar riff that awoke my rock DNA when my Dad used to play this at about age 7/8 - 3 years later came the above.

There are tons more I love but I've stuck to the brief.

 

Jefferson Airplane-Crown of Creation
Little Feat-Sailin' Shoes
Mike Oldfield-Tubular Bells
King Crimson-Lark's Tongues In Aspic
Beatles-Revolver
Pink Floyd-Meddle
David Bowie-Man Who Sold the World
David Crosby-If I Could Only Remember My Name
McDonald & Giles-S/T
Byrds-Notorious Byrd Brothers

Bubbling under...
Thunderclap Newman-Hollywood Dream
The Move-Split Ends
Kinks-Arthur
Be Bop Deluxe-Drastic Plastic
Yes-The Yes Album
Jethro Tull-Stand Up
Talking Heads-Fear of Music
James Gang-Rides Again
Trapeze-Medusa
Traffic-John Barleycorn

 

This is impossible I won't even attempt it. Would have to be at least 100 albums I can't live without to even possibly whittle it down...

 

Absolutely....I could have at least that many...depending on my tastes and mood at the time.

 

Let's see if I can:

1 The Beatles - Abbey Road
2 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
3 Jethro Tull - Aqualung
4 Jethro Tull - Thick as a brick
5 The Who - Quadrophenia
6 King Crimson - The Young person's guide to
7 Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon
8 Genesis - Selling England by the pound
9 Supertramp - Crime of the century
10 Dire Straits - Alchemy

 

Hello forum! First post.

1.) Duran Duran - Rio (Original North American CD)
2.) Queen - Queen II (2011 Remaster CD)
3.) Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814
4.) Madonna - True Blue (Original LP)
5.) June Christy - Something Cool (Mono & Stereo Recording CD)
6.) Joe Jackson - Night & Day
7.) Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
8.) Tele - Jedes Tier
9.) Joni Mitchell - Blue
10.) Tom Tom Club - Dark Sneak Love Action

 

Anglophile top 10 !

 

Self-imposed rules: only one album per artist, no compilations.

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
Marshall Crenshaw - Field Day
NRBQ - At Yankee Stadium
The Police - Ghost In The Machine
R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
The Turtles - Happy Together
XTC - Skylarking
The Who - Quadrophenia

 

The Beach Boys / Smiley Smile
The Beach Boys / Pet Sounds
Kanye West / Yeezus
Frank Sinatra / In the Wee Small Hours
Miles Davis / Porgy and Bess
Ella Fitzgerald / Sings the Jerome Kern Song Book
Elvis Presley / Elvis' Golden Records
Prince / 1999
Lady Gaga / Artpop
Grimes / Art Angels

 

XTC - Apple Venus Vol. 1
Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
Field Music - Tones of Town
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Emeralds - Does it Look Like I'm Here?

 

Urgh! Well first here's a list of artists that i really love, but not one album enough to get into the top ten (kinda shows the problem with this concept):

• The Beatles
• The Who
• David Bowie
• Scott Walker
• Nico
  
• Ennio Morricone
• Nick Cave
  
• Saint Etienne
  
• Stereolab
• Stina Nordenstam

Still a truckload missing, but whatever ...
Here's my album selection for a long long time:

• Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
• Queen - Queen II (1974)
• Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)
• 4AD - Lonely Is An Eyesore (1987)
• Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (1988)
• His Name Is Alive - Livonia (1990)
• Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch - Twin Peaks : Fire Walk With Me (1992)
• Lisa Germano - Happiness (1994)
• The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (1999)
• Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World (2001)

 

Pink Floyd – “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn”
The Beach Boys – “SMiLE”
The Olivia Tremor Control – “Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle”
Radiohead – “OK Computer”
Incredible String Band – “Wee Tam/Big Huge”
The Beatles – “The Beatles (White Album)”
The Stone Roses – “The Stone Roses”
Spiritualized – “Pure Phase/Electric Mainline”
Godspeed You Black Emperor! – “Lift Your Skinny Fists to Heaven Like Antennae”
Neutral Milk Hotel – “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea”