Objectively, what do you think is the best album of all time?

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  1. Maggie

    Maggie like a walking, talking art show

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    all music is terrible
     
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  2. If I Can Dream_23

    If I Can Dream_23 Forum Resident

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    Yes, this.

    I've yet to come across any album on here that isn't more disdained than loved. And it seems to not even matter the artist! Or the album... :p :unhunh:
     
  3. thetman

    thetman Forum Resident

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    no way to answer this really.....too many fine albums

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  4. If I Can Dream_23

    If I Can Dream_23 Forum Resident

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    Okay, on second thought, I'll go with...

    Poison: Open Up And Say Ahh... :bdance:
     
  5. Jeff Kent

    Jeff Kent Forum Resident

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    Agreed, there are dozens that fall into the category when you list parameters, even extensive ones.
     
  6. VapourTrailUS

    VapourTrailUS Internet “Person”

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    For me, this week it's something by John Fahey. But I only started listening to him last week. So, ask me again next week.
     
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  7. YarRevenge

    YarRevenge Forum Resident

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    1st Avenue - Tears And Triumph

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    Maybe best album of all time, anyway is a matter of taste.
     
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  8. Robotlove

    Robotlove Forum Resident

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    It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.
     
  9. Complier

    Complier Senior Member

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    I'll submit my answer once time ends.
     
  10. Svetonio

    Svetonio Forum Resident

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    Sgt.Pepper
     
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  11. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    where it all started for so many fans; Meet The Beatles...this one of the most important albums to hit America.
     
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  12. Fischman

    Fischman RockMonster, ClassicalMaster, and JazzMeister

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    Moving Pictures

    Nowhere else can you find the diversity of songwriting all brilliantly evocative combined with astonishing musicianship by every member of the band, who still then somehow manage to layer and create something even better than the sum of those astonishing parts. It was unlike anything heard before and nobody's been able to come close ever since. Just straight up superhuman in every possible way.
     
  13. danasgoodstuff

    danasgoodstuff Forum Resident

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    Art?

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    Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section, a perfect example of the genius of absolutely casual jazz album making. Grab your (damaged) horn, get high, show up at the appointed rime for the one and only session, let the band who you've never played with before call the tunes, play 'em by ear from the memory of having heard 'em sometime/somewhere, nail it.
     
  14. Svetonio

    Svetonio Forum Resident

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    +1
     
  15. danasgoodstuff

    danasgoodstuff Forum Resident

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    Perfectly awful, this should've killed rock. Wasn't that its intent?
     
  16. PsychoBabble

    PsychoBabble Forum Resident

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    I DO know objectively what the greatest album of all time is!.. Just trying to remember the name.. It had a gatefold cover, detailed liner notes, at least three ripping guitar solos (that don't run too long - or they might have been keyboard solos too..) plus a lead singer with a distinctive but not too highly pitched voice. Oh, and it had super-cool lyrics that were rebellious, but not too far out there, y'know?.. Yep - that album. Just can't remember the name. It's on the tip of my tongue.

    Anyone remember it?
     
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  17. VapourTrailUS

    VapourTrailUS Internet “Person”

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    Nah, just to kill rock star worship and an obsession with technical capabilities as the be all end all. Turns out Steve Jones was actually a guitarist capable of a signature sound though in spite of himself. And Lydon was a spectacularly bizarre yet charismatic frontman.
     
  18. Svetonio

    Svetonio Forum Resident

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    I agree. We can only observe the correlation between the musical quality and what an album has started. In my opinion, it is Sgt.Pepper, taking into account the circumstances and time in which it was created & released and what influence it had on both Underground music and the mainstream at the time.
     
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  19. Svetonio

    Svetonio Forum Resident

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    Imo, Quadrophenia is better than both.
     
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  20. danasgoodstuff

    danasgoodstuff Forum Resident

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    One man's meat...
     
  21. Evethingandnothing

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    I think you misremember. No best album of all time would have any keyboards.
     
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  22. AndrewK

    AndrewK Forum Resident

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    wow very unexpected, I didn't think many people knew of this band. You know it contains one song written by Bolland brothers, same guys who wrote Falco's Amadeus :)
     
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  23. YarRevenge

    YarRevenge Forum Resident

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    Yes I knew it ;) one's of best album song, I think same as you - not popular band -

    I buyed japanese Zero Corporation CDs of both albums and they have epic sound. (I recommended 100%)
     
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  24. maui jim

    maui jim Forum Resident

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    Who’s Next is my choice for the GOAT of albums. It’s not it’s fault it’s been overexposed by ads, tv shows and USFM
     
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  25. donstemple

    donstemple Member of the Club

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    For me, any of these. Take your pick.

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