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

I would give you 20 different responses tomorrow... but, l’m your Huckleberry!

No particular order...

1. Feelin’ the Spirit-Grant Green
2. Full House-Wes Montgomery
3. True Blue-Tina Brooks
4. Head Hunters-Herbie Hancock
5. I Will Say Goodbye-Bill Evans
6. Speak No Evil-Wayne Shorter
7. Voodoo-D’Angelo
8. The Night I Fell in Love-Luther Vandross
9. Catch A Fire-Bob Marley & The Wailers
10. Zapp II-Zapp
11 New and Improved-The Spinners
12. All Day Music-War
13. La La Means I Love You-The Delfonics
14. Giant Steps-John Coltrane (#1 if I had to rank)
15. The Infamous-Mobb Deep
16. Midnight Marauders-A Tribe Called Quest
17. Mothership Connection-Parliament
18. Lovers Rock-Sade
19. Sleeping Gypsy-Michael Franks
20. Strong Persuader-Robert Cray

 

1. Rubber Soul (The Beatles, 1965)
2. Odessey And Oracle (The Zombies, 1968)
3. Forever Changes (Love, 1967)
4. Who's Next (The Who, 1971)
5. Let It Bleed (The Rolling Stones, 1969)
6. Surrealistic Pillow (Jefferson Airplane, 1967)
7. Younger Than Yesterday (The Byrds, 1967)
8. Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys, 1966)
9. The Doors (The Doors, 1967)
10. The Village Green Preservation Society (The Kinks, 1968)
11. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan, 1963)
12. Are You Experienced (Jimi Hendrix, 1967)
13. Imagine (John Lennon, 1971)
14. Band On The Run (Paul McCartney, 1973)
15. All Things Must Pass (George Harrison, 1970)
16. Buffalo Springfield Again (Buffalo Springfield, 1967)
17. Having A Rave Up (The Yardbirds, 1965)
18. Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus (Spirit, 1970)
19. Mr. Fantasy (Traffic, 1967)
20. American Beauty (Grateful Dead, 1970)

 

1) Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
2) The Who - Who's Next
3) Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die
4) Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
5) Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
6) Sandy Denny - Sandy
7) Grateful Dead - Europe '72
8) Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
9) Yes - The Yes Album
10) Pink Floyd - Meddle
11) Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
12) Rush - Permanent Waves
13) Seal - Human Being
14) Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
15) Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
16) Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
17) Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
18) Crowded House - Time On Earth
19) Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee
20) David Bowie - Station to Station

 

This is fun!
Buzzcocks-A Different Kind of Tension
Boo Radleys-C'Mon Kids
The Jam-Sound Affects
Yes-Close to the Edge
Wire-154
The Who-Sell Out
Echo & The Bunnymen-Ocean Rain
REM-Life's Rich Pageant
The Stranglers-The Raven
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66-Herb Albert Presents
Kinks-Arthur
Jesus and Mary Chain-Psychocandy
Urge Overkill-Saturation
Sweet-Desolation Boulevard (US version)
Cheap Trick-All Shook Up
Partridge Family-Sound Magazine
Sonic Youth-Goo
The Damned-The Black Album
Pulp-This is Hardcore
Aerosmith-Rocks

 

I like this idea, some very cool lists. As of right now:

1. Tim Hecker - Radio Amor
2. The Cure - Disintegration
3. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
4. R.E.M. - Murmur
5. Brand New - The Devil & God Are Raging Inside Me
6. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
7. Tool - Aenima
8. Converge - Jane Doe
9. Radiohead - Kid A
10. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
11. Deathspell Omega - Fas – Ite, maledicti, in ignem aeternum
12. Stars of the Lid - Avec Laudenum
13. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs
14. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
15. CAN - Future Days
16. Catherine Wheel - Ferment
17. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
18. OutKast - Aquemini
19. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
20. Black Sabbath - Paranoid

 

The Stooges - Fun House
The Gun Club - Fire Of Love
Jackson C. Frank - S/T
Hoyt Axton - Thunder N Lightnin'
The Who - Who's Next
AC/DC - Powerage
Van Halen - S/T
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Radio Birdman - Radios Appear (Overseas Version) (U.S.)
The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (U.K. version)
Ramones - Ramones Leave Home
Beach Boys - Beach Boys Concert
Real Kids - S/T
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
The Dictators - Bloodbrothers
Cheap Trick - At Budokan
The Beatles - The Beatles' Second Album
D.O.A. - Something Better Change
Stiff Little Fingers - Go For It
The Clash - S/T (U.S. version)
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash
The Dead Boys - Younger, Louder and Snottyer

top two dozen (that I can recall/think of right now)

 

The Who - Quadrophenia
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Doors - The Doors
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Rainbow - On Stage
The Kinks - One for the Road
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
Blue Oyster Cult - Blue Oyster Cult
Pete Townshend - Empty Glass
Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Led Zeppelin - II
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
Roxy Music - Avalon
Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow
UFO - Lights Out
Allman Brothers Band - Fillmore East
Whitesnake - Ready an Willing

 

David Bowie - Low
The Beatles - The Beatles
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
Scott Walker - Scott 3
Sparks - Indiscreet
Queen - Queen II
ELO - Out Of The Blue
Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen
PIL - Metal Box
Wire - Pink Flag
Magazine - Real Life
Ultravox - Systems Of Romance
Blondie - Parallel Lines
The Pretenders - S/T
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On ?
The Stranglers - The Raven
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
Depeche Mode - Violator

 

Posted my first list in this thread almost a year ago. I wanted to take another pass at it and see how things have changed in the past year.

01. Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St.
02. Joni Mitchell: For the Roses
03. Tori Amos: Boys for Pele
04. Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
05. Kate Bush: Hounds of Love
06. Bjork: Vespertine
07. Fiona Apple: When the Pawn...
08. Sundays: Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
09. PJ Harvey: Is This Desire?
10. Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left
11. Leonard Cohen: Various Positions
12. Arctic Monkeys: Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino
13. Lana Del Rey: Ultraviolence
14. Doors: L.A. Woman
15. Liz Phair: Exile in Guyville
16. Hole: Live Through This
17. Beatles: The Beatles
18. Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti
19. Eddie Vedder: Into the Wild
20. Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Funny thing is, a lot of this is music I was into much earlier than some of what I put on my list last year. I think in many ways I'm going back to and re-appreciating the music I've loved since high school and college.

 

In the grand scheme of music there are actually very few originally released albums that I totally enjoy the whole album. Unsurprisingly enough those tend to be by the same artists. So, doing a list like this of 20 with no repeating artists was a huge stretch for me. I also had to include one greatest hits because it is so great. There are still a few albums on this list that I skip tracks.

The order of the list is random...

Sugar - Copper Blue
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Nirvana - Nevermind
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
Wendy Carlos - Switched On Bach
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Electric Light Orchestra - S/T, No Answer
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Leo Kottke - 6- and 12-String Guitar
Pink Floyd - The Wall
James Gang - Rides Again
The Who - Who's Next
Gloritone - Fainter Farther Still
Green Day - American Idiot
The Muggs - Born Ugly
Badfinger - Wish You Were Here
Alice Cooper - Greatest Hits

 

1 Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
2 Steven Wilson: Hand. Cannot. Erase.
3 Neil Young On The Beach
4 Elton John Madman across the Water
5 Genesis Selling England By The Pound
6 The Band ST
7 Porcupine Tree: Deadwing
8 Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
9 Aqualung Jethro Tull
10 Supertramp - Crime of The Century
11 The Gaslight Anthem - 59 Sound
12 Joe Cocker -Mad Dogs and Englishmen
13 Dave Matthews Band-Central Park
14 Jackson Browne - Running on Empty
15 Van Morrison: Moondance
16 Faces - A Nod is as Good as a Wink
17 Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
18 Yes - Close to the Edge
19 Bryan Ferry-Avalon
20 Kinks-One For The Road

 

pink floyd animals (to be different)
the doors- the doors
hendrix - electric ladyland
fleetwood mac -tusk
genesis - nursery cryme
the beach boys - smile (2011)
zz top - first album
metallica - and justice for all
radiohead - ok computer
Gong - camembert electrique
alan parsons project - tales of mystery and imagination
santana - abraxas
led zeppelin IV
the tea party - splendor solis
Sigur Ros - ( )
soungarden - superunknown
smashing pumpkins - mellon collie and infinite sadness
miley cyrus and her dead petz
2pac- makaveli 7 day theory
lauryn hill - miseducation

 

Very hard task for me to do so I categorized my lists:

REGULAR ALBUMS:
ABBA - Arrival
Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
Carpenters - Now & Then / Passage (tie)
John Denver - Poems, Prayers & Promises
Electric Light Orchestra - Time
Hank Snow - When Tragedy Struck
Suzy Bogguss - Moment Of Truth / Aces (tie)
Seekers - Georgy Girl
Olivia Newton-John - If You Love Me, Let Me Know
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Lindsey Stirling - Lindsey Stirling
Paul McCartney - Red Rose Speedway / Band On The Run (tie)
Glen Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Back To Front
Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed
Donna Summer - Bad Girls
Who - Tommy
Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat
GREATEST HITS / BEST OF / COMPILATION
ABBA - Greatest Hits
Beach Boys - Endless Summer / Spirit Of America (tie)
Beatles - Love Songs
Bee Gees - Gold
Carpenters - The Singles 1969-1973
John Denver - Greatest Hits
Tanya Tucker - Greatest Hits (Columbia)
Johnny Mathis - Johnny's Greatest Hits / More Johnny's Greatest Hits (tie)
Diana Ross & The Supremes - Anthology
Glen Campbell - The Best Of Glen Campbell
Elvis Presley - Elvis' Golden Records
Paul McCartney & Wings - Wings' Greatest
John Lennon - Shaved Fish
Billy Joel - Greatest Hits I & II
Neil Diamond - His 12 Greatest Hits (Original CD version)
Seekers - Capitol Collector Series
Seals & Crofts - Greatest Hits
Anne Murray - Greatest Hits / Country Hits (tie)
Donna Fargo - The Best Of Donna Fargo
Monkees - That Was Then...This Is Now
VARIOUS ARTISTS (Sets count as one)
Superstars Of The 70's (4 LP set)
Heavy Metal: Superstars Of The 70's Volume 2 (2 LP set)
Rockin' Easy: Superstars Of The 70's Volume 3 (2 LP set)
Silver Bullets: Superstars Of The 70's Volume 4 (2 LP set)
Vintage Music Volumes 1 to 20 (10 CD set)
British Invasion (Rhino) (9 CD set)
Super Hits Of The 70's: Have A Nice Day (25 CD set)
Super Hits Of The 70's: Have A Nice Decade (7 CD set)
Television's Greatest Hits (7 CD set)
Sci-Fi's Greatest Hits (4 CD set)
Like, Omigod! The 80's Pop Culture Box (Totally) (7 CD set)
Radio Daze: Pop Hits Of The 80's (5 CD set)
Billboard Top Rock'N'Roll Hits 1955-1974 (20 CD set)
Billboard Top Hits 1975-1995 (21 CD set)
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 (4 CD set)
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 (4 CD set)
Doo Wop Box (4 CD set)
Doo Wop Box II (4 CD set)
Nipper's Greatest Hits (12 CD set)
Columbia Country Classics (5 CD set)

 

That first Patto album is awesome, great to see it on your list.

 

Abba-Super Trouper
Olivia Newton John-Totally Hot
Cher-loser to The Truth
Bananarama-Bananarama
Erasure-The Innocents
Panic! at The Disco-Death of A Bachelor
My Chemical Romance-The Black Parade
Paul Young-No Parlez
Debby Bone-Yu Light Up My Life
Diana Ross-Baby, It's Me
Bruce Springsteen-Born in The USA
Brandon Flowers-The Desired Effect
Pet Shop Boys-Very
Berlin-Love Life
Go-Go's-Beauty and the Beat
Asia-Alpha
Starbuck-Moonlight Feels Right
Vance or Towers-Vance or Towers
Mary-Chapin Carpenter-Shooting Straight in the Dark
Carpenters-Horizon.

If I had to pick my favorite out of all of these it would have to be Bananarama. Never ever tire of listening to it.

 

No particular order.

Metallica - And Justice for All
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Ozzy Osbourne - Speak of the Devil
Steven Wilson - Hand Cannot Erase
Guns 'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Billy Joel - 52nd Street
Kansas - Leftoverture
Rush - Hemispheres
Tool - Lateralus
The Beatles - Let it Be
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
Elton John - Madman Across the Water
Alice in Chains - Dirt
King Crimson - Red
Yes - Close to the Edge
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime

 

1. Ryan Adams- Easy Tiger (normally, I pick Cold Roses, but I'll change it up)
2. The Replacements- Hootenany
3. Courtney Barnett- Sometimes I Sit and Think and sometimes I just sit
4. The Beatles- Rubber Soul
5. Father John Misty- I Love You Honeybear
6. Bad Brains- S/T
7. The Rolling Stones- Some Girls
8. Elvis Costello- Blood and Chocolate
9. Neil Young- After the Gold Rush
10. Beach House- Bloom
11. George Harrison- All Things Must Pass
13. The Cure- Disentigration
14. Cocteau Twins- Heaven or Las Vegas
15. Spoon- They Want My Soul
16. Uncle Tupelo- No Depression
17. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers- Hard Promises
18. The Pretenders- Learning to Crawl
19. Rod Stewart- Every Picture Tells a Story
20. Sleater-Kinney- Dig Me Out

Glad I don't actually have to pick 20 in RL...

 

Beatles: Sgt. Pepper
Stones: Get Your Ya-Ya's Out
Who: Live at Leeds
Moody Blues: To Our Children's Children's Children
Tom Petty: Full Moon Fever
Bob Dylan/Band: Before the Flood
Byrds: Mr. Tambourine Man
Cowboy Junkies: Lay it Down
Gordon Lightfoot: Summertime Dreams
Strawbs: Hero & Heroine
Pat Metheny: Watercolors
Ozark Mountain Daredevils (s/t debut)
REO T.W.O.
Neil Young/Crazy Horse: Ragged Glory
Linda Ronstadt: Hasten Down the Wind
Dire Straits: Communique
Rosanne Cash: Interiors
Mary Chapin Carpenter: Come On, Come On
Neil Diamond: Hot August Night
Doobie Brothers: What Were Once Vices are now Habits
Hal Ketchum: Past the Point of Rescue
Nanci Griffith: Late Night Grande Hotel
George: All Things Must Pass
Traveling Wilburys: Vol. 1
Roy Orbison: Mystery Girl

 

Hard to do but a fun challenge. Probably changes monthly too. I'll also stick to original and non-archival releases.

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
The Congos - Heart of the Congos
Failure - Fantastic Planet
Chico Hamilton - The Further Adventures of El Chico
Hellborg, Lane and Sipe - Temporal Analogues of Paradise
Jellyfish - Bellybutton
King Crimson - Discipline
Roland Kirk - I Talk with the Spirits
Michael Landau - Live (2006)
The Last Shadow Puppets - Everything You've Come to Expect
Bill Laswell - Hear No Evil
Living Colour - Vivid
Lusk - Free Mars
Masters of Reality - Sunrise on the Sufferbus
Lee Scratch Perry - Super Ape
Pink Floyd - Animals
Rush - Hemispheres
Yes - Close to The Edge
Zappa/Mothers - Absolutely Free

 

Let's try this again, to see what difference a year makes:

• The Beatles - The White Album
• Bob Dylan - Freewheeling Bob Dylan
• Richard Thompson - Amnesia
• Squeeze - East Side Story
• The Clash - London Calling
• King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
• Queen - The Game
• Rockpile - Seconds Of Pleasure
• The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
• The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
• Pixies - Doolittle
• Elvis Costello - The Year's Model
• Beck - Sea Change
• Jack Bruce - Songs For A Tailor
• Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
• Wilco - Being There
• Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark
• Big Star - #1 Record
• Kip Hanrahan - Desire Develops An Edge
• Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session

 

Def Leppard-Pyromania
Bryan Adams-Reckless
Mötley Crüe-Too Fast For Love
Thin Lizzy-Live And Dangerous
Judas Priest-Defenders Of The Faith
Triumph-Allied Forces
Roxette-Joyride
Heart-Dreamboat Annie
Corbeau-Fou
Lynyrd Skynyrd-Pronounced
Jimi Hendrix-Electric Ladyland
The Ronettes-Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
Deep Purple-Machine Head
Rainbow-Rising
Dio-The Last In Line
Blue Öyster Cult-Secret Treaties
The Shirelles-Tonight's The Night
Dire Straits-Dire Straits
Gary Moore-Still Got The Blues
April Wine-First Glance

 

In no particular order:

1. Revolver (Beatles)
2. All Things Must Pass (George Harrison)
3. Imagine (John Lennon)
4. Who's Next (The Who)
5. Live at the Fillmore East (Allman Brothers)
6. Moondance (Van Morrison)
7. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan)
8. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel)
9. OK Computer (Radiohead)
10. Slanted and Enchanted (Pavement)
11. Mass Romantic (New Pornographers)
12. Apologies to the Queen Mary (Wolf Parade)
13. Blue (Joni Mitchell)
14. Southbound (Doc Watson)
15. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Derek and the Dominoes)
16. Disraeli Gears (Cream)
17. Ram (Paul McCartney)
18. Clash (London Calling)
19. Are You Experienced (Jimi Hendrix)
20. Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1

 

Association-Insight Out
Beach Boys-Smiley Smile
Creedence Clearwater Revival-Bayou Country
Derek and the Dominoes-Live
Emerson Lake and Palmer-Tarkus
Dan Fogelberg-Netherlands
Grateful Dead-Anthem Of The Sun
Jimi Hendrix Experience-Are You Experienced
Janis Ian-Stars
Jefferson Airplane-After Bathing At Baxters
Jorma Kaukonen-Quah
Loggins and Messina-Sittin' In
Moody Blues-Seventh Sojourn
Nilsson-Aerial Ballet
Mike Oldfield-Ommadawn
Quicksilver Messanger Service-Shady Grove
Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here
Rascals-Time/Peace-Rascals Greatest Hits
Doug Sahm-Honky Blues
Ten Years After-Cricklewood Green