List Your Top 20 Albums, Of All Time, By 20 Different Artists

Jimi Hendrix -- Are You Experienced
The Doors -- The Doors
Jethro Tull -- Benefit
The Rolling Stones -- Sticky Fingers
Traffic -- Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
The Who -- Who's Next
Pink Floyd -- Dark Side Of The Moon
Black Sabbath -- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
The Doobie Brothers -- The Captain And Me
Aerosmith -- Rocks
Peter Frampton -- Frampton Comes Alive
Ted Nugent -- Free For All
Jefferson Starship -- Spitfire
Led Zeppelin -- Presence
Fleetwood Mac -- Rumours
Dave Mason -- Let It Flow
Van Halen -- Van Halen I
UFO -- Lights Out
Bruce Springsteen -- The River
The Scorpions -- Savage Amusement

 

Ignoring any live albums or greatest hits...

Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel ;-)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Styx - Grand Illusion
Led Zeppelin - III
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Rush - Moving Pictures
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Boston - Boston
Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Rage Against The Machine - s/t
Metallica - And Justice For All
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Sinéad O’Connor - Lion And The Cobra
Supertramp - Breakfast In America
Van Halen - s/t
The Who - Tommy
Yes - Fragile
Pearl Jam - Ten

Top 10 Honorable Mentions:
Asia - s/t
Tool - Ænima
REM - Automatic For The People
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robot
Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
The Police - Syncronicity
Journey - Escape
The Doors - s/t

 

Since I'm new here, may as well introduce myself via beloved albums. This list has remained almost unchanged for three years, until I listened to #3, a debut by Barcelona nuevo flamenco singer Rosalía (that's how good it is).

1. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
2. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
3. Rosalía - Los Ángeles
4. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
5. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
6. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
7. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
8. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
9. Rickie Lee Jones - Pirates
10. Joan Armatrading - self-titled
11. The Who - Who's Next
12. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
13. Paul Simon - Graceland
14. Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
15. Tracy Chapman - self-titled
16. Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
17. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
18. Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
19. Björk - Post
20. Laura Marling - Once I Was an Eagle

And, just in case OP takes exception to #'s 13 and 17, I'll give you

21. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert

 

1. Yes - Going For The One
2. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
3. Led Zeppelin - Physical Grafitti
4. The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
5. CSN&Y - Deja Vu
6. Deep Purple - Made In Japan
7. Three Dog Night - Naturally
8. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St.
9. Steely Dan - Gaucho
10. The Who - Who's Next
11. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
12. The Beach Boys - Today
13. David Bowie - Low
14. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
15. ZZ Top - Tejas
16. Peter Gabriel - 1st
17. Aerosmith - Rocks
18. P.I.L. - Album
19. Wilco - Summerteeth
20. Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue

Were you crushed by the weight of your list?

 

No particular order and excluding classical -

Stones - Exile
Beatles - White
Elvis - Sun Sessions
Davis - Kind of Blue
Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Evans - Waltz for Debby
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Joy Division - Closer
Nirvana - Nevermind
Radiohead - OK Computer
Bowie - Low
Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Neil Young - Tonight’s the Night
Andrew Hill - Point of Departure
Pretenders - Pretenders
Zeppelin - PG
Velvet Underground and Nico
Wire - Pink Flag
Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures

 

As many have already listed most of my faves I'm therefore gonna list my faves from slightly more obscure artists for the most part. Picking 20 is near impossible as my all time fave albums list is around 250! Anyway here goes (in alpha order):
Art Garfunkel - Everything Waits To Be Noticed
Brian Wilson - Smile
Bruce Cockburn - Further Adventures of
Dave Loggins - Personal Belongings
David Wiffen - Coast To Coast Fever
Dougie MacLean - Whitewash
Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin
Freiheit - Fantasy
Grin - 1+1
High Llamas - Gideon Gaye
Ian Matthews - If You Saw Thro My Eyes
Klaatu - Sir Army Suit
Michael Nesmith - The Prison
Nilsson - The Point
Pearls Before Swine - Use of Ashes
Ralph McTell – Easy
Tarnation - Gentle Creatures
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd
The Talbot Brothers - Reborn
Tom Rush - Tom Rush

 

I might have a few more selections in common with someone else but anyone who has both the Nesmith and The Monkees album that I listed inspires me to take a closer look at your other choices. I also have and listen to The Point which may not show up here another time!

 

No particular order:

The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
Nas - Illmatic
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Led Zeppelin IV
Miles Davis - KOB
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Pink Floyd - DSOTM
Pearl Jam - Ten
Getz/Gilberto
Coldplay - Parachutes
Radiohead - OK Computer
Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration information
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue
Portishead - Dummy
Jeff Buckley - Grace
GNR - Use Your Illusion I

 

I love Swinging the Bim buy the cover makes me wince.

 

The Who: --- Who's Next
Thin Lizzy: --- Renegade
Fates Warning: --- Awaken The Guardian
Allman Brothers Band --- Eat A Peach
Rush --- Permanent Waves
R.E.M. --- Fables of the Reconstruction
The Church --- Heyday
The Chameleons --- Script of the Bridge
Simple Minds --- New Gold Dream
David Bowie --- Station to Station
Van Halen --- Van Halen II
Iron Maiden --- Somewhere In Time
311 ---- Transistor
Nick Drake --- Pink Moon
Judas Priest --- Sin After Sin
Queensryche ---- The Warning
Magazine --- Real Life
Riverside ---- (A)nno (D)omini (H)igh (D)efinition
Television --- Marquee Moon
Jethro Tull ---- Stand Up

Highly Honorable Mentions:

Yes ---------------- Going For The One
Beatles ------------------- A Hard Day's Night
Led Zeppelin ------------ Houses of the Holy
Talking Heads ---------- Fear of Music
Jeff Buckley ----------- Grace
Kate Bush -------------- Hounds of Love
Pearl Jam -------------- Ten
King's X ---------------- Ear Candy
Genesis ----------------- .. And Then There Were Three
Accept ---------------------- Balls To The Wall

 

No particular order

John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band
Rolling Stones, Exile On Main St
The Beatles, Rubber Soul
(U.S or UK)
The Who, Who's Next
Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II
Elvis Presley, The Sun Sessions
Paul McCartney, Band On The Run
George Michael, Listen Without Prejudice
U2, Achtung Baby
AC/DC, Highway To Hell
Def Leppard, Pyromania
KISS, Alive
Willie Nelson, Phases and Stages Randy Travis, Storms Of Life
George Jones, I Am What I Am
Frank Sinatra, In The Wee Small Hours
2Pac, The 7 Day Theory
Bruce Springsteen, Born In The USA
Fleetwood Mac, Rumors

 

Klaatu, Tom Rush, Garfunkel and not Simon. Love it. I have close to 250 faves, but I think it would been a lot more daunting for some to have that many artists. Great list

 

Thanks. Glad others appreciate my taste and so as a bonus thank you here is another 25 faves of mine mostly from slightly obscure artists:
Angels of Venice - Awake Inside a Dream
Badly Drawn Boy - About a Boy
Bert Jansch - LA Turnaround
Bob Lind - Don’t Be Concerned
Colin Blunstone - One Year
Dan Fogelberg - Netherlands
Dan Hicks - Last Train To Hicksville
Dirk Hamilton - Meet Me at The Crux
Gordon Lightfoot - The Way I Feel
Hank Dogs - Bareback
Harmonium - Harmonium
Hem - Eveningland
High Llamas - Gideon Gaye
Joe & Bing - Joe & Bing
John Stewart - California Bloodlines
Juluka - Scatterlings of Africa
Mary McCaslin - Prairie in The Sky
Michael Chapman - Rainmaker
Otway & Barrett - Otway & Barrett
Plainsong - In Search of Amelia Earhart
Rick Nelson - Windfall
Rosanne Cash - Interiors
Sally Oldfield - Water Bearer
The Dillards - Copperfields
The Everly Brothers - Roots

 

Nice surprise - great, authentic South African band. My US vinyl pressing is better than any of the local pressings that were available in South Africa.

 

Prince / Sign o Times
Jimi Hendrix / Electric Ladyland
Todd Rundgren / A Wizard, A True Star
Sly and The Family Stone / There's A Riot Goin' on
Stevie Wonder / Innervisions
The Beatles / Abbey Road
D'angelo / Voodoo
David Bowie / The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars
Steely Dan / Aja
Bruce Springsteen /Darkness on The Edge of Town
The Rolling Stones / Exile on Main Street
Van Morrison / Astral Weeks
The Beach Boys / Pet Sounds
U2 / Acthung Baby
Outkast / Speaker boxx / The Love Below
The Cure / The Head on The Door
Prefab Sprout / Steve Mcqueen
Madonna / Like A Prayer
Primal Scream / Screamadelica

 

1. Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones
2. Cosmo's Factory - CCR
3. L.A. Woman - The Doors
4. Master of Reality - Black Sabbath
5. Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
6. Electric Warrior - T.Rex
7. Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
8. Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
9. Hunky Dory - David Bowie
10. Fun House - The Stooges
11. Get Your Wings - Aerosmith
12. Quadrophenia - The Who
13. Machine Head - Deep Purple
14. Hemispheres - Rush
15. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
16. Strangers in the Night - UFO
17. Stained Class - Judas Priest
18. Lovedrive - Scorpions
19. Dirt - Alice in Chains
20. Welcome to Sky Valley - Kyuss

 

1. The Beatles - White Album
2. King Crimson - Red
3. Emerson Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
4. The Sword - Age of Winters
5. Rush - Moving Pictures
6. Pink Floyd - Ummagumma
7. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
8. Throbbing Gristle - 2nd Annual Report
9. Led Zeppelin - IV
10. Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk
11. Monster Magnet - Powertrip
12. Beastmaker - Inside the Skull
13. Maurizio Bianchi - The Plain Truth
14. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
15. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
16. Badfinger - Straight Up
17. Metallica - Garage Days Inc
18. Fu Manchu - Gigantoid
19. Fuzz - Fuzz
20. Spoon - Hot Thoughts

 

In reverse alphabetical order by artist just for the fun of it...and no compilations.

Stevie Wonder Innervisions
Johnny Winter (And) Live
Tractors Tractors (self-title debut)
Bruce Springsteen The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle
Bob Seger Live Bullet
Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees
Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon
Willie Nelson Stardust
Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell
Marshall Tucker Band Marshall Tucker Band (self-titled debut)
Carol King Tapestry
Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan In Session
Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced
Bob Dylan Love And Theft
Deep Purple Made In Japan
Creedence Clearwater Revival Green River
(Chicago) Transit Authority Chicago Transit Authority (self-title debut)
Boston Boston (self-titled debut)
Beatles Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band
Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East

 

Like your list a lot but you are the first person I’ve known to choose Bob’s L&T over any of his other lps
I like L&T too but there are SO many others to love more.

 

Don't remember if I played or not so here goes my all time favs of this week:

Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Love - Forever Changes
Pretenders s/t (is there a perfect version of this? I have the AF which is close)
LZ - LZII
Pink Floyd - Animals
Beatles - Revolver
Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy
Patti Smith - Horses
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Crowded House - s/t
Wetton-Downes - Icon
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Alice Cooper - Killer
The Doors - s/t
The Cars - s/t

Nosed out at the wire;
Misfits - Walk Among Us
Genesis - Trick of the Tail
Gentle Giant - s/t
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
Jethro Tull - Aquadoda
the Cramps - Bad Music for Bad People
Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy
Kansas - Leftoverture
Yes - Drama
Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves

 

If someone asked me this 3 years ago it would have been all metal....

In no particular order....

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Floyd - Wish You Were Here
The Kinks - Village Green
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Dream Theater - Falling into Infinity
Prince - Sign of the Times
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Steven Wilson - To the Bone
The Police - Synchronicty
Sting - The Soul Cages
Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowlegde
Aerosmith - Get A Grip
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son (this was like picking of my kids)
Shinedown - Leave A Whisper
Alter Bridge - Blackbird
Chicago - Chicago II
Enchant - Blink of an Eye
The Winery Dogs - self titled
Queen - Innuendo

 

Kinks muswell hillbillies
Beatles revolver
Who quadrophenia
Pink floyd animals
Cold chisel circus animals
Stones sticky fingers
Zappa one size fits all
Tull heavy horses
Genesis nursery cryme
Maiden book of souls
Bjork debut
Devin townshend epicloud
Midnight oil 10-1
Mccartney band on the run
Springsteen darkness on the edge of town
Dylan hwy 61 revisited
Led zeppelin iv
Sabbath master of reality
Muse 2nd law
Decemerists hazards of love


Some of those will be fairly constant and some would change tomorrow, but all are great albums.

 

This is such an awesome album! Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person who knows about it, has heard it and likes/loves it. You're ok in my book, Mike from Jersey!

 

No particular order...

1. Beatles- Rubber Soul
2. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals- Cold Roses
3. Cocteau Twins- Heaven or Las Vegas
4. Elvis Costello and the Attractions- Blood and Chocolate
5. Joy Division- Closer
6. Rolling Stones- Some Girls
7. Bad Brains- Bad Brains
8. Father John Misty- I Love You Honeybear
9. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers- Hard Promises
10. Bruce Springsteen- Darkness on the Edge of Town
11. Bright Eyes- The People's Key
12. The Ramones- Road to Ruin
13. Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited
14. Uncle Tupelo- No Depression
15. Sleater-Kinney- Dig Me Out
16. Black Sabbath- Volume IV
17. Neil Young- On the Beach
18. The Replacements- Tim
19. Marshall Crenshaw- Marshall Crenshaw
20. Iron Maiden- Powerslave

Just missed the cut- The Pixies- Doolittle

 

Haha, thanks!

Pure, raw, emotion. I love it. Unfortunately, they are such a different band now.