Countdown your 20 favorite albums of all time (picking 11-20 can get tricky)

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  1. seg763

    seg763 Forum Resident

    Location:
    NJ
    this becomes like a wedding guest list, if I include A, then I have to include B & C....

    I tried not to include multiple albums by the same artist., but also tried to come up with a 'desert island' list of favorites.

    20 Marvin Gaye - Whats Going On?
    19 The Cars - The Cars
    18 Bruce Springsteen - The Wild The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
    17 Love - Forever Changes
    16 Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
    15 Yes - The Yes Album
    14 Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
    13 Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
    12 U2 - War
    11 Sonic Youth - Goo
    10 Neil Young - After The Goldrush
    9 Talking Heads - Remain In Light
    8 Elvis Costello - This Years Model
    7 The Who - Who's Next
    6 Elton John - Goodbye Yellowbrick Road
    5 Beatles - Sgt Peppers
    4 Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
    3 Led Zeppelin - Zoso
    2 Rolling Stones - Exile on Mainstreet
    1 Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited
     
  2. RobertKaneda

    RobertKaneda New Member

    Location:
    Paris, France
    No order. Very mainstream, I suppose.

    Highway 61 Revisited
    A Hard Day's Night
    Let It Bleed
    Learning to Crawl
    Benny Goodman 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert
    Aftermath
    Dusty in Memphis
    Get Yer Ya-Yas Out
    Electric Ladyland
    Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
    Laura Nyro's First Album
    Who's Next
    Otis Redding Live in Europe
    Rubber Soul
    Purple Rain
    Mr. Tambourine Man
    Cole Porter Songbook (Ella Fitzgerald)
    Blonde on Blonde
    Kind of Blue
    Ladies of the Canyon
     
  3. Jackson

    Jackson Senior Member

    Location:
    MA, USA
    20-Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
    19-Willie And The Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater Revival
    18-Stardust - Willie Nelson
    17-The Lonesome Jubilee - John Mellencamp
    16-Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan
    15-The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
    14-Out Of The Cradle - Lindsey Buckingham
    13-Songs For Swinging Lovers - Frank Sinatra
    12-Ghost Writer - Garland Jeffreys
    11-Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
    10-Exile On Mainstreet - The Rolling Stones
    9-Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
    8-Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
    7-Rubber Soul - The Beatles
    6-Beggar's Banquet - The Rolling Stones
    5-There Goes Rhymin' Simon - Paul Simon
    4-Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
    3-Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
    2-Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
    1-Abbey Road - The Beatles
     
  4. Dave D

    Dave D Done!

    Location:
    Milton, Canada
    Sorry. Let me change mine to suit your likes. What should I list?
     
  5. JayB

    JayB Senior Member

    Location:
    CT
    In no order, off the top of my head, and only one album per artist:

    Stones-Exile On Main Street
    Big Star-#1 Record
    Uncle Tupelo-No Depression
    Who-Quadrophenia
    Elliott Smith-XO
    Grateful Dead-Europe 72
    Pavement-Slanted/Enchanted
    Wilco-Being There
    Beatles-White Album
    Clash-London Calling
    Replacements-Pleased To Meet Me
    Little Feat-Waiting For Columbus
    Led Zep-Physical Graffitti
    Black Sabbath-Paranoid
    Whiskeytown-Stranger's Almanac
    Smiths-Louder Than Bombs
    Richard & Linda Thompson-Shoot Out The Lights
    Elvis Costello-This Year's Model
    Joe Jackson-Look Sharp
    King Crimson-Red

    I'm sure I could do twenty more! Tough to leave out Dylan-Oh Mercy, Talking Heads-Remian In The Light, Floyd-Animals, Coltrane, Miles, etc..
     
  6. Paul W

    Paul W Senior Member

    I've left out personal blues and jazz favourites, or I wouldn't be able to compile this list! In no particular order:

    The Bootleg Series (Vol 4; Manchester 1966) - Bob Dylan & The Band
    Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
    Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
    Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
    A Salty Dog - Procol Harum
    Hollywood Dream - Thunderclap Newman
    Get It - Dave Edmunds
    Yo Frankie - Dion
    Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack - Dr. John
    Bring The Family - John Hiatt
    All-American Alien Boy, 30th Anniversary Edition - Ian Hunter
    Back From Rio - Roger McGuinn
    Once In A Bue Moon - Frankie Miller
    Full House - Frankie Miller
    Mott (Columbia) - Mott the Hoople
    The Hoople - Mott the Hoople
    Land of Dreams - Randy Newman
    Bad Love - Randy Newman
    The Missing Years - John Prine

    Paul

    P.S. Does anyone really care about this sort of stuff????
     
  7. Francis

    Francis Active Member

    Location:
    South of France
    In no particular order :

    The Beatles - Rubber Soul (UK)
    The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
    The Zombies - Odessey And Oracle
    Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
    David Bowie - Hunky Dory
    Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
    The Divine Comedy - Liberation
    The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
    XTC - Nonsuch
    Marcos Valle - Garra
    Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
    Elliott Smith - XO
    Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
    Laura Nyro - Eli And The 13th Confession
    Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis
    Neil Young - After The Goldrush
    Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
    Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet
    The Kinks - Something Else
    Jeff Buckley - Grace
     
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  8. joelee

    joelee Hyperactive!

    Location:
    Houston
    Beatles-White Album
    Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers
    Who-Who's Next
    Jimi Hendrix-Are You Experienced
    George Harrison-All Things Must Pass
    Rolling Stones-Exile on Main St.
    Doors-Doors
    Bruce Springsteen-Darkneess on the Edge of Town
    Beatles-Rubber Soul(American issue)
    Bob Dylan-Desire
    Bruce Springsteen-Born to Run
    Rod Stewart-Every Picture Tells a Story
    Derek & the Dominos – Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
    Neil Young-Rust Never Sleeps
    Simon/Garfunkel-Bookends
    Jethro Tull-Aqualung
    Cat Stevens-Tea for the Tillerman
    Stevie Wonder-Innervisions
    Clash-London Calling
    Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
     
  9. seed_drill

    seed_drill Senior Member

    Location:
    Tryon, NC, USA
    In no particular order:

    1. Kate Bush/The Kick Inside
    2. Grateful Dead/American Beauty
    3. Jethro Tull/Stand Up
    4. Richard and Linda Thompson/I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
    5. The Mothers of Invention/Absolutely Free
    6. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band/Safe as Milk
    7. Fairport Convention/Unhalfbricking
    8. Steeleye Span/Below the Salt
    9. Doc Watson S/T
    10. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band/Will The Circle Be Unbroken
    11. S&G/Bookends
    12. Rolling Stones/Beggars Banquet
    13. The Who/Who's Next
    14. AC/DC Back in Black
    15. Boston/Boston
    16. Richard Hell and the Voidoids/Blank Generation
    17. Allman Brothers/Eat a Peach
    18. Black Sabbath/Paranoid
    19. CSN debut
    20. The Band/Music From Big Pink
     
  10. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    Off the top of my head, and in no particular order, here are some of them:

    01. Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful - The Waitresses
    02. Songs In The Attic - Billy Joel
    03. Abbey Road - The Beatles
    04. White Album (mono) - The Beatles
    05. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
    06. Light Up The Night - The Brothers Johnson
    07. Honey - Ohio Players
    08. Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs
    09. What'cha Gonna Do For Me - Chaka Khan
    10. Bustin' Out Of L7 - Rick James
    11. Pyromania - Def Leppard
    12. Double Vision - Foreigner
    13. Everything - The Bangles
    14. Go All The Way - Isley Brothers
    15. Anthology - The Rascals
    16. Anthology - Donna Summer
    17. Emperers Of Soul - The Temptations
    18. Eargasm - Johnny Taylor
    19. Ghost In The Machine - The Police
    20. That's The Way Of The World - Earth, Wind & Fire

    I've got hundreds of them!
     
  11. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    Do you mean that there seems to be very little variety or variation of genres? Well, my lists are different than the rest.:D

    Here are some more of my favorites:
    01. The yes Album - yes
    02. Boston - Boston
    03. Song Of Joy - Captain & tennille
    04. The Archies - The Archies
    05. Hotter Than July - Stevie Wonder
    06. Imagination - The Whispsrs
    07. Storm Front - Billy Joel
    08. C'est Chic - Chic
    09. Joe's garage, Act 1 - Zappa
    10. I Gotcha - Joe Tex
    11. Help me make It Through The Night - OC Smith
    12. Different Light - The bangles
    13. Beauty And the beat - Go-Gos
    14. Pump - Aerosmith
    15. Building The Perfect Beast - Don Henley
    16. Greatest Hits - Eagles
    17. Very Special - Debra Laws
    18. Revolver (mono) - The Beatles
    19. Looking Through The Windows - Jackson 5
    20. Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
     
  12. jason100x

    jason100x Forum Resident

    This is a real tough list, but I am going to go by what comes off the top of my head:
    1.Genesis-Invisible Touch
    2.Miles Davis-Bitches Brew
    3.Phil Collins-Hello, I Must Be Going
    4.Fleetwood Mac-Rumours
    5.Van Morrison-No guru, No Method, No Teacher
    6.Joe Satriani-Surfing With The Alien
    7.Marvin Gaye-What's Going On
    8.Jeffrey Osborne-Stay With Me Tonight
    9.Journey-Escape
    10.Journey-Frontiers
    11.Lionel Richie-Can't Slow Down
    12.Peter Gabriel-Up
    13.Genesis-Genesis
    14.King Crimson-Red
    15.Stevie Nicks-Bella Donna
    16.Barbra Streisand-Guilty
    17.Van Morrison-Poetic Champions Compose
    18.Journey-Raised On Radio
    19.Foreigner-4
    20.Jeffrey Osborne-Only Human
     
  13. innercircle

    innercircle Forum Resident

    Location:
    Monterrey, Mexico
    Sorry Grant, and I respect every opinion here, but how can someone put in a top 20 list to: 14. Pump - Aerosmith???? :confused:
     
  14. Francis

    Francis Active Member

    Location:
    South of France
    Do you still count ? :wave:
     
  15. JDeanB

    JDeanB Senior Member

    Location:
    Newton, NC USA
    Today...tomorrow never knows...

    1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
    2. Abbey Road - The Beatles
    3. The Beatles - The Beatles
    4. Rubber Soul (US Version) - The Beatles
    5. Ram - Paul & Linda McCartney
    6. Magical Mystery Tour (US version) - The Beatles
    7. Revolver - The Beatles
    8. Photograph - Melanie
    9. Resolution - Andy Pratt
    10. Let It Be - The Beatles
    11. Radio City - Big Star
    12. McCartney
    13. Hejira - Joni Mitchell
    14. Court & Spark - Joni Mitchell
    15. CSN - Crosby, Stills & Nash (1977 Lp)
    16. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
    17. Who's Next - The Who
    18. #1s - The Supremes
    19. Songs For Beginners - Graham Nash
    20. Brain Capers - Mott the Hoople
     
  16. Peachy

    Peachy Forum Resident

    20. Partridge Family - Shopping Bag
    19. Jim Nabors- Shazam
    18. Wayne Newton- In Person
    17. Deep Purple-Burn
    16. Nick Lowe- Labor of lust
    15. Wombles- Remember your a womble
    14. Muddy Waters- More Folk Blues
    13. ABBA- Ring Ring
    12. Ayreon- Into the electric Castle
    11. Crazy 8's Law and Disorder
    10. Lanley School Project
    9. Saga-saga
    8. Insane Clown Posse- Ringmaster
    7. Eydie Gorme- Canta En Espanol
    6. Death Angel- Act III
    5. Day of the Dolphin Soundtrack
    4. Denny Mclain- At the Organ
    3. Little Wayne- Lights Out
    2. Zombie Bazooka Patrol- Embrace the transformation
    1. Beatles 62-66 (Red Album)

    It's always tough to make a list like this, as you leave out so many favorites.
     
  17. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    My lists are not in any order, so they do not reflect any personal rank. I just like the albums. I can easily list 20 more off the top of my head.

    If you mean how I can like that particular album, well, to each his own. I happen to love the album!

    :agree:
     
  18. mfp

    mfp Senior Member

    Location:
    Paris, France
    I'm still counting.
    When it's all said and done, I'll post the results. Might be interesting... or it might be just very predictable. :D
     
  19. Francis

    Francis Active Member

    Location:
    South of France
    Don't know if the results are predictable but I think that every new forum member in this thread is obvioulsy influenced by the previous lists...
     
  20. bhazen

    bhazen I Am The Walrus

    Location:
    Deepest suburbia
    Dashed off quick, stream-of-unconsciousness...it'll be a very flawed list, I'm sure.

    20) The Byrds, Mr. Tambourine Man
    19) The Beatles, 1
    18) The Moody Blues, On The Threshold Of A Dream
    17) The Beatles, Revolver
    16) The Kinks, Kink Kronikles
    15) Procol Harum, Shine On Brightly
    14) The Shadows, Shadows Are Go!
    13) The Beatles, Abbey Road
    12) The Rolling Stones, Rolled Gold
    11) The Moody Blues, In Search Of The Lost Chord
    10) Crowded House, Recurring Dream
    9) XTC, Skylarking
    8) Procol Harum, Grand Hotel
    7) Electric Light Orchestra, Strange Magic
    6) Badfinger, The Very Best Of Badfinger
    5) John Lennon, Imagine
    4) Pink Floyd, Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
    3) The Kinks, The Singles Collection
    2) The Moody Blues, Days Of Future Passed
    1) The Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour

    (edit[orial]: what, no Move? No Indian music, no jazz?? Where's Odessey & Oracle? Wish You Were Here? Any King Crimson? George Harrison??? A toughie - harder than doing ten, to be sure.)
     
  21. webbcity

    webbcity Confused Onlooker

    This is real tough, but I'll try...I can't possibly put these in order though...

    Yes - Close To The Edge
    Yes - Relayer
    Yes - Fragile
    Yes - Going For The One
    Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
    John Coltrane - Transition (original LP version)
    Bobby Hutcherson - Medina/Spiral
    Francis Dunnery - Let's Go Do What Happens
    Supertramp - Supertramp
    Eugene McDaniels - Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse
    Harold Land - Choma (Burn)
    Henry Threadgill Sextett - You Know The Number
    Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
    Ornette Coleman - Town Hall 1962
    Oscar Peterson Trio - Live At The Stratford Shakespearean Festival
    Joseph Jarman - Lifetime Visions For The Magnificent Human
    The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
    Bjork - Post
    Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition
    Area - Gli Dei Se Ne Vanno, Gli Arrabbiati Restano!
     
  22. musicalbeds

    musicalbeds Strange but not a stranger

    Location:
    Ontario, Canada
    Today, it's

    ABB At the Fillmore East, Eat A Peach, Brothers & Sisters
    Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon, Animals, Wish You Were Here
    Led Zeppelin's catalogue minus Presence & Coda
    Fleetwood Mac's Rumours
    Eagles Hotel California
    Grateful Dead's Live Dead
    Rolling Stones' Beggars, Sticky Fingers and LIB.
     
  23. ojibway

    ojibway New Member

    Location:
    Canada
    No Order...artists listed for non-obvious ones.


    Presence
    Revolver
    Rain Dogs
    Goldberg Variations (1981 version)-Glenn Gould
    Kind Of Blue
    Jazz Portrait of Frank Sinatra- Oscar Peterson
    III
    The Beatles (white)
    Masters of Reality- Black Sabbath
    Beggars Banquet
    Let It Bleed
    IV
    Doolittle
    Never Mind the Bollocks
    Burnin'
    Rust Never Sleeps
    Live at Folsom Prison
    Live At Leeds
    Machine Head
    Funky Kingston- Toots & the Maytals
    Wish You Were Here

    Best Bootlegs:

    Brussels Affair - Rolling Stones 1973
    Welcome to New York- Rolling Stones 1972
    Listen to this Eddie- Led Zeppelin 1973
     
  24. innercircle

    innercircle Forum Resident

    Location:
    Monterrey, Mexico
    Yes I was referring to how can someone love to this album.... but what the hell is a free world....:wave:
     
  25. tootull

    tootull Looking through a glass onion

    Location:
    Canada
    1.Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
    2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
    3. Doors - Soft Parade
    4. Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
    5. Traffic – Low Spark
    6. Janis Joplin – Pearl
    7. Elton John – Captain Fantastic
    8. Guess Who – Share The Land
    9. Santana – Abraxas
    10. Moody Blues – A Question Of Balance
    11. Led Zeppelin – II
    12. David Bowie – Station To Station
    13. Alice Cooper - Killer
    14. Yes – Close To The Edge
    15. Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story
    16. ELO – A New World Record
    17. Heart – Little Queen
    18. Roger Waters – Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking
    19. Billy Joel – The Stranger
    20. Don Mclean – American Pie
     
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