My favourite album is X instead of Y

I can't come up with any examples of my own that aren't already here:

Off the Wall over Thriller
Pretzel Logic over Aja
Houses of the Holy over LZIV
Velvet Underground (third album)over Nico

 

Led Zeppelin: III over IV
AC/DC: Highway to Hell over Back in Black
The Who: Quadrophenia over Who's Next
KISS: Hotter Than Hell over Destroyer
Prince: Sign o the Times over Purple Rain
The Band: Music from Big Pink over The Band
Megadeth: Peace Sells over Rust in Peace
Ramones: Rocket to Russia over Ramones
Pearl Jam: Vs over Ten
Pink Floyd: Piper over Dark Side
The Beatles: Abbey Road over Sgt Pepper
John Lennon: Imagine over Plastic Ono Band
Black Sabbath: Sabatoge over Paranoid
Metallica: Record de the Lightning over Master of Puppets
Anthrax: Spreading the Disease over Among the Living
The Replacements: Tim overLet It Be
RHCP: The Uplift Mofo Party Plan over BloodSugarSexMagik
Judas Priest: Sad Wings of Destiny over Screaming for Vengeance

 

Aztec Camera:
Dreamland over High Land Hard Rain

Echo and the Bunnymen:
What Are You Going To Do With Your Life? over Ocean Rain

 

Rush - Signals over Moving Pictures

Yes - Drama over Fragile

 

Like Pop and Achtung very much, but along both of your lines I would say the same about Zooropa.

 

My favorite album by Aerosmith is Get Your Wings, rather than Toys in the Attic or Rocks.

 

Ditto.

 

Much prefer X over Y, always have.

 

Self Portrait, and especially Another Self Portrait, over Blonde On Blonde

Of course Blonde On Blonde is a work of genius, and I love hearing its construction on The Cutting Edge, but I play the Self Portrait sessions more frequently and derive more pleasure from them.

Similarly, Saved over Slow Train Coming, Shot Of Love over Infidels, and Down In The Groove over Time Out Of Mind.

 

Oh, forgot this one: Reckoning over Murmur or Chronic Town or Automatic For The People.

 

Now, that makes sense here!

I disagree, but that's the point.

 

My favorite Supertramp record is Crime of the Century, not Breakfast in America.

 

Load gets unfairly trashed in my opinion.

"So Far, So Good, So What" is a rather overlooked album in my opinion. "Hook In Mouth" is possibly my favorite song by them. The only negative thing I can say about it is that I didn't like the Sex Pistols cover they did. Other then that the album is fantastic.

 

Hank Mobley: Caddy For Daddy over Soul Station (which is still quite wonderful)

 

I like In The City better than All Mod Cons or any other Jam album.

 

Oh, I don't think you are right. Most people would say Blue or Court and Spark before Hejira. Way more.

And not just on SHF, which may be the crowd you are referring to?

 

Yes, Saved > Slow Train...but not by much.

Yes, Shot > Infidels.

Now, Down in the Groove over Time Out of Mind?...



Of course...

 

Animals over....everything. Lol

 

Sure . . . But that's hardly general public.

 

Of course, but how many of these are the true knowledgable lifelong fans, or are they more of the casual listener. I have no way of knowing. Maybe check out either the JM facebook group or the official JM website.

 

AC/DC's Powerage over the mighty Back in Black!!!

 

I get the idea but I think it will lead to more pointless comparisons that invite judgementalism.

Why not my favourite album is X?

 

I think in most cases my tastes are at least somewhat typical, especially for the devoted vs. casual fan---that is, I won't make a big deal out of preferring RUST NEVER SLEEPS to HARVEST....

But in a few cases my tastes are peculiar, for example value LOVESEXY above either Purple Rain OR Sign o the Times.

With Elvis Costello, value KING OF AMERICA over anything from 77-80. (IMPERIAL BEDROOM too I prefer to the early years which I thought used to be a common thing but seems less so now.)

My fave Lou Reed solo is NEW SENSATIONS over either TRANFORMER or a Lou hipster choice like BLUE MASK.

I think SOUTHERN ACCENTS is the only classic start to finish Tom Petty record.

Prefer PERFECT STRANGERS to MACHINE HEAD

 

Some of the choices made in this thread would be odd in the wide world but are only very slightly esoteric at SHF. For example, Blue may well be streets ahead for people who have only heard a little Joni Mitchell, but Hissing, Hejira, even Mingus would not count as a bold contrarian stand amongst her fans. Similarly, there are so many valid picks for Prince that it would almost be more surprising to hear someone choose Purple Rain as their favourite.

That said, for Frankie I prefer Liverpool to Pleasuredome.

 

I prefer Bobby when he's obscure and humorous.