Your Top 5 Albums Of All Time

That takes care of 1968...

 

Thank you - but also @FOR5 as well as it wasn't me that got in with the idea first. My list coming a little later today.


Oops - edit... I see you did credit FOR5 as well. One too many late nights for me, I think.

 

The more you include the more annoying it is to leave things out, but here goes:

'New' New Rules:

1960s:
Laura Nyro, New York Tendaberry
Fairport Convention, Liege & Lief
Frank Zappa, We're Only In It For The Money
The Beatles, Abbey Road
Grateful Dead, Live/Dead

1970s:
Genesis, Foxtrot
Queen, A Night At The Opera
Roy Harper, Stormcock
Joni Mitchell, Blue
The Boomtown Rats, A Tonic For The Troops

1980s:
Kate Bush, The Dreaming
Peter Gabriel, 4 (Security)
Tears For Fears, Songs From The Big Chair
David Sylvian, Secrets Of The Beehive
Marc & The Mambas, Torment and Toreros

1990s:
Radiohead, OK Computer
Tori Amos, Boys For Pele
Ben Folds Five, The Unauthorised Biography of Reinhold Messner
Belle & Sebastian, If You're Feeling Sinister
U2, Pop

2000s:
Nick Cave, No More Shall We Part
Ani Difranco, Evolve
John Zorn (Masada), 50th Birthday Celebration: Volume 7
Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans
Nightwish, Once

201os:
Big Big Train, English Electric: Full Power
Steven Wilson, The Raven That Refused To Sing
Biffy Clyro, Opposites
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra, Theatre Is Evil
Dream Theater, A Dramatic Turn Of Events

 

WoW great list, I should have included PoP in my 90's, their last great album. also my Second favorite PG album IV

 

1960's

Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
The Who Sell Out - The Who
Disraeli Gears - Cream

1970's

Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
Quadrophenia - The Who
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Cosmos Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Session - Jerry Lee Lewis

I limited myself to only one album per artist per decade...but I'll get back to the other decades in a little while.

 

Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle, 1968
Bernard Parmegiani - De Natura Sonorum, 1975
Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter, 1983
Jim O'Rourke - Bad Timing, 1997
Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor, 2009
Jim O'Rourke - Old News #9, 2013

 

1960s:
The Beatles: Abbey Road
Bee Gees: Bee Gees' 1st
Miles Davis: In a Silent Way
Jacqueline du Pré/London Symphony Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli: Elgar Cello Concerto
The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground

1970s:
Genesis: Selling England by the Pound
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Queen: Queen II
Sparks: Propaganda
Bruce Springsteen: The Wild, the Innocent and the E-Street Shuffle

1980s:
a-ha: Scoundrel Days
Kate Bush: The Dreaming
Marillion: Misplaced Childhood
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: Architecture and Morality
Rush: Moving Pictures

1990s:
Belle and Sebastian: "Tigermilk"
Depeche Mode: Songs of Faith and Devotion
Ben Folds Five: Ben Folds Five
James Iha: Let It Come Down
Teenage Fanclub: Grand Prix

2000s:
Emm Gryner: Girl Versions
PJ Harvey: White Chalk
Mark Knopfler: Shangri-La
Porcupine Tree: In Absentia
Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

2010s:
Bat for Lashes: The Haunted Man
Biffy Clyro: Opposites
Lana Del Rey: Born to Die
Sharon Van Etten: Are We There
The War on Drugs: Lost in the Dream

 

Top 5 By Decade (some of the decades I could have had 10 for)


1960’s
Rubber Soul – The Beatles
Trout Mask Replica – Captain Beefheart
Village Green Preservation Society – The Kinks
Tommy – The Who
Music From Big Pink – The Band


1970's
Fun House – The Stooges
Pink Moon – Nick Drake
Tumbleweed Connection – Elton John
Blue – Joni Mitchell
On The Beach – Neil Young


1980’s
Seventeen Seconds – The Cure
Closer – Joy Division
The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
Murmur – R.E.M.
..And Justice For All – Metallica


1990’s
The Holy Bible – Manic Street Preachers
Dog Man Star – Suede
The Fat of the Land – Prodigy
(What's The Story) Morning Glory – Oasis
Siamese Dream – Smashing Pumpkins


2000’s
Aha Shake Heartbreak – Kings of Leon
The Hour of Bewilderbeast – Badly Drawn Boy
Is This It? – The Strokes
Luxembourg – The Bluetones
Parachutes – Coldplay


2010’s
Royal Blood – Royal Blood
Wasting Light – Foo Fighters
Burning Your House Down – The Jim Jones Revue (my fav of this decade and I can’t see anything topping it, which I can’t believe I forgot about for my previous list)
Mylo Xyloto – Coldplay
Collapse Into Now – R.E.M.

 

Well, I thought the new rules would make it easier but actually it's much harder! Here goes:

60s -
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Love - Forever Changes
The Beatles - The Beatles

70s -
Television - Marquee Moon
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Neil Young - On The Beach
David Bowie - Low
Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On

80s -
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

90s -
Radiohead - OK Computer
Pulp - Different Class
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Elliot Smith - Either/Or

00s -
Radiohead - Kid A
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
LCD Soundsystem - Sounds Of Silver
Arcade Fire - Funeral

 

The new rules are really kicking my tail...I'm so far down the rabbit hole trying to pick 5 from each decade it might be weeks. But I'll soldier on.

 

1960's: The Beatles - "Abbey Road"
1970's: Yes - "Close to the Edge"
1980's: Kate Bush - "The Dreaming"
1990's: Jukka Gustavson - "Kadonnut häviämättömiin"
2000's: Annie Stela - "Fool"
2010's: Big Big Train - "English Electric"

 

1. Sons of Soul - Tony Toni Tone
2. Sign O' the Times - Prince
3. There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly & the Family Stone
4. People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest
5.

 

1. Sons of Soul - Tony Toni Tone
2. Sign O' the Times - Prince
3. There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly & the Family Stone
4. People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest
5. Lonerism - Tame Impala

 

Not numbered - apart from the decade groups, as I'd find it difficult... but for me, these sum up each period quite reasonably:

50s
Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swingin' Lovers
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue

60s
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Cream - Disraeli Gears
The Who - The Who Sell Out
Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Safe As Milk

70s
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
Genesis - Trespass
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Deep Purple - Machine Head

80s
Ultravox - Vienna
Duran Duran - Rio
Madness - The Rise And Fall
The La's - The La's
Dire Straits - Making Movies

90s
Supergrass - I Should Coco
Pearl Jam - Ten
Tom Petty - Wild Flowers
U2 - Zooropa
Paul Weller - Stanley Road

00s+
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say, That's What I'm Not
Bob Dylan - Love And Theft
Paul McCartney - Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard
White Stripes - De Stijl
Gaz Coombes - Here Come The Bombs

60s-90s, I could easily do 20 apiece though (don't ask for it, though please... I'd end up not sleeping for days! )

 

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Funny, I was just listening to People's Instinctive Travels a couple hours ago and was thinking about how most people consider Low End and Midnight their best. But their debut is just so good, I'm glad to see it on your list.
...and the addition of your number five!

 

Yeah I feel the vibe of their debut is more fun & smoother than Midnigt Marauders & LET. Plus the album cover is wicked.

 

Classical section:

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s


...and 2010s
Become Ocean, John Luther Adams (2014)
Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot conducting
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Very subject to change--and leaving off more recent music just because I can only have five:

1950's:



1960's:



1970's:



1980's:




1990's:

 

60's Mingus - The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
John Coltrane - Meditations
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch
Love - Forever Changes

70's Black Sabbath - Sabatage
Stooges - Raw Power
Dadawah - Peace and Love
Herbie Hancock - Mwandishi
Alice Cooper - Love It To Death

80's Wipers - Over The Edge
Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
Horace Tapscott - Crazy Rhythms
Chills - Brave Words
Iron Maiden - Killers

90's Trouble - Manic Frustration
Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley
Death - Symbolic
Yo La Tengo - Painful
Luna - Lunapark

00's David S Ware - Live In the World
Isis - Panopticon
Mastodon - Leviathan
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Nebula - Charged

off the top of my head--probably left quite a few out--90's hip hop, most likely

 

Nice picks, I like the way those two 80s picks led almost directly into Luna in the 90s. If you'd only picked something from Galaxie 500 in the 80s too, maybe On Fire, then you could've had almost the whole band

Anyway, some good ones in there, not just those 3.

 

Black Sabbath- Master of Reality

Lynyrd Skynyrd- Pronounced...

Social Distortion- Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell

Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here

ZZ Top- Tres Hombres

 

The Beatles- Help
Japan- Oil on Canvas
Ryuichi Sakamoto- Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
David Bowie- Lodger
David Sylvian- Secrets of the Beehive

 

Favorite non-jazz albums (though really I could list 20 more but I'd say the top 3 are settled in their order):

5. Neil Young- Tonight's The Night
4, Pink Floyd- Animals
3. Phil Ochs- Rehearsals For Retirement
2. Gang of Four- Entertainment!
1. The Stooges- Fun House