Top Album Of All Time Poll.

Does your dog bite?
That is not my dog....

 

Ok, let's try this. (Random order)

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Carole King - Tapestry
Blur - The Great Escape
Texas - White On Blonde
Texas - The Hush
Pet Shop Boys - Very
Pet Shop Boys - Bilingual
Erasure - The Innocents
Weezer - Weezer (Green Album)
Mika - The Origin Of Love
Swing Out Sister - Get In Touch With Yourself
Mat Kearney - Young Love
Saint Etienne - So Tough
Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay
Roxette - Joyride
Steely Dan - Gaucho
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded
Everything But The Girl - The Language Of Life
Everything But The Girl - Worldwide

And just like everyone else, I'm sure I'm forgetting something that I will kick myself for in an hour or so.

 

The Beatles - White Album
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers
Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
Talking Heads - More Songs about Buildings and Food
Ella Fitzgerald - Sings the Cole Porter Songbook
Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to see the Bright Lights Tonight
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Carole King - Tapestry
Elvis Presley - Elvis 56
Dave Brubeck - Time Out
CCR - Chronicle (if not allowed then Cosmo's)
Bob Marley - Legend (if not allowed, then Exodus)
Led Zep - IV
The Who - Who's next
Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
The Doors - Morrison Hotel

 

Ok. I'll bite. (1) per Artist/Band

01 bob dylan | bringing it all back home
02 elton john | don't shoot me i'm only the piano player
03 frank sinatra | neil hefti's swinging brass
04 nick drake | bryter layter
05 louis armstrong | the hot fives/sevens
06 the rolling stones | sticky fingers
07 elvis presley | the sun sessions
08 son volt | trace
09 xtc | skylarking
10 miles davis | kind of blue
11 robin trower | bridge of sighs
12 the beatles | meet the beatles
13 jeff beck | blow by blow
14 queen | sheet heart attack
15 chuck berry | the great 28
16 joni mitchell | blue
17 be bop deluxe | axe victim
18 amy winehouse | back to black
19 the zombies | odessey & oracle
20 led zeppelin | II

 

In no particular order:

Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones
Cosmo's Factory - CCR
L.A. Woman - The Doors
Master of Reality - Black Sabbath
Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
Electric Warrior - T.Rex
Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
Hunky Dory - David Bowie
Fun House - The Stooges
Get Your Wings - Aerosmith
Quadrophenia - The Who
Made in Japan - Deep Purple
Moving Pictures - Rush
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Strangers in the Night - UFO
Stained Class - Judas Priest
Lovedrive - Scorpions
Dirt - Alice in Chains
Angel Dust - Faith No More

 

1. K. McCarty - Dead Dogs Eyeball
2. Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses
3. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
4. E.L.O. - A New World Record
5. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation
6. Roky Erickson - The Evil One
7. The Who - Quadrophenia
8. Wire - Pink Flag
9. Love - Forever Changes
10. Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains
11. Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
12. Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation
13. Psychedelic Furs - Forever Now
14. Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers
15. Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
16. R.E.M. - Murmur
17. The Knife - Silent Shout (Live)
18. Big Black - Atomizer
19. Guide By Voices - Propeller
20. The Fall - I Am Kurious, Oranj

 

1. The Beatles - Rubber Soul (US)
2. Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
3. The Who - Who's Next
4. Derek & the Dominos - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
5. The Beatles - Abbey Road
6. Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
7. Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers
8. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
9. Elton John - Honky Cat
10. The Doors - The Doors
11. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
12. The Beatles - The Beatles
13. The Beatles - Revolver
14. Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
15. Steely Dan - Katy Lied
16. Van Morrison - Moondance
17. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
18. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu
19. Paul McCartney - Band on the Run
20. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever

 

Velvet Underground - Squeeze
Bowie - Black Tie White Noise
Ringo Starr - Ringo's Rotogravure
Waters & Geesin - Music From The Body
Elton John - Caribou
Shockabilly - Earth vs Shockabilly
Wings - At The Speed Of Sound
Vinnie Vincent Invasion
Rolling Stones - Dirty Work
SPK - Leichenschrei
Yes - Tormato
KISS - Sonic Boom
Eric Clapton - There's One In Every Crowd
Venom - Welcome To Hell
Goombay Dance Band - Holiday In Paradise
Psychic TV - Dreams Less Sweet
REM - Around The Sun
Angel Witch - Angel Witch
Huey Lewis & The News - Sports
Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music

 

Off the top of my head:

Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited
The Band: The Band
Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
R.E.M.: Lifes Rich Pageant
Television: Marquee Moon
The Pixies: Doolittle
My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions
The Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um
Miles Davis: In a Silent Way
Tim Berne: Science Friction
Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street
The Hold Steady: Separation Sunday
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Les Stances a Sophie
The Beatles: Abbey Road
Prince: Sign O the Times
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme
Curtis Mayfield: Curtis

 

Bob Dylan: - Highway 61 Revisited
The Beatles - Revolver
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Love - Forever Changes
The Who - Tommy
Neil Young - Harvest
The Clash - London Calling
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis

Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Roxy Music - Avalon
Chicago - Chicago II
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 1
Beck - Sea Change
Prince - 1999
XTC - Skylarking
Depeche Mode - Violator
Blondie - Parallel Lines

 

John Coltrane / A Love Supreme
Led Zeppelin / Led Zeppelin
The Beatles / The Beatles
Queen / Queen II
Rush / Moving Pictures
Pink Floyd / Animals
The Rolling Stones / Sticky Fingers
Los Jaivas / Alturas de Machu Picchu
Yes / The Yes Album
The Kinks / Are the Village Green Preservation Society
Love / Forever Changes
The Zombies/ Odessey & Oracle
Lee Morgan / The Sidewinder
Stevie Wonder / Songs In The Key Of Life
Frank Zappa / Apostrophe (')
Miles Davis / Kind Of Blue
King Crimson / Red
Deep Purple / Machine Head
David Bowie / Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars
Neil Young / After The Gold Rush

 

Two Albums I never grow tired of listening to.
Derek & the Dominos - Layla....
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

 

Bob Dylan-Freewheelin'
Beatles-White Album
Led Zeppelin-IV
NWA-Straight Outta Compton
Beastie Boys-Licensed to Ill
Tupac-All Eyez on Me
AC/DC-Back in Black
Michael Jackson-Thriller
Eagles-Hotel California
Pink Floyd-Wish you were here
Motley Crue-Shout at the Devil
Neil Young-Harvest
Pearl Jam-Ten
Prince-Purple Rain
U2-Joshua Tree
Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
David Bowie-Ziggy Stardust
Guns 'N Roses-Appetite for Destruction
Elvis Presley-Elvis Presley
Bruce Springsteen-Born to Run

 

Sgt Pepper - The Beatles
Something Else - The Kinks
Ok Computer - Radiohead
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
DSOTM - Pink Floyd
What's the Story (Morning Glory) - Oasis
Best of Blur - Blur
Best of Dylan - Dylan
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Live at San Quentin - Cash
Revolver - The Beatles
White Album - The Beatles
Rubber Soul - the Beatles
Greatest Hits - Queen
Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
Velvet Underground & Nico
Who's Next - The Who
Ziggy Stardust - Bowie

 

Siouxsie & the Banshees - A Kiss in the Dreamhouse
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
The Chameleons - What Does Anything Mean, Basically?
The The - Infected
Caravan - Waterloo Lily
New Model Army - Thunder and Consolation
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
The Who - Quadrophenia
David Bowie - Low
Portishead - Dummy
Nick Cave - Henry's Dream
Savatage - Streets
The Cure - Faith
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Joy Division - Closer
The Fall - Dragnet
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Crime & the City Solution - Paradise Discotheque
Wire - 154

 

I was dithering over including Doves `The Last Broadcast` in my 20, a great and unrecognised band. Also plaudits for KG&TLW and `Village Green` and the Towering Majesty of `Forever Changes` @tap, post.

You can vote for who you wish @rod sphere and remember the drugs don`t work!

...and as @Synthfreek says please put a name to the album title, sure I am able to recognise `The Conga Rainfreaks live at Dipsticks` but will struggle to know the makers of `Shake Your Rattle Baby`.

 

Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
Exile on Main St. - The Rolling Stones
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young with Crazy Horse

 

Off the top of my head:

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Who - Who's Next
The Who - Live At Leeds
The Clash - London Calling
The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
The Beatles - Revolver
The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Big Star - #1 Record
Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights
Tom Petty & Heartbreakers - Damn The Torpedoes

 

That was good. Touche. Nice way to deal with my angry stupidity. You're a good guy.

 

Revolver-The Beatles
Lodger-David Bowie
Country Life-Roxy Music
Being The Family-John Hiatt
The Pretenders-The Pretenders
Imperial Bedroom-Elvis Costello and The Attractions
Hey Day-The Church
Peter Gabriel 3-Peter Gabriel
Mirror Blue-Richard Thompson
Skylarking XTC
East Side Story-Squeeze
Goodbye Yellowbrick Road-Elton John
Strange Free World-Kitchens of Distinction
The Sensual World-Kate Bush
Sign of the Times-Prince
The Kinks Are athe Village Green Preservarion Society-The Kinks
Empty Glass-Pete Townshend
Sticky Fingers-The Rolling Stones
The Original Soundtrack-10cc
You're Never Alone with a Schizophrenic- Ian Hunter
Don't Get Weird on Me Babe-Lloyd Cole
Queen Elvis-Robyn Hitchcock

 

i'll bite

1 - sgt pepper - beatles
2 - deja vu - CSNY
3 - sticky fingers - rolling stones
4 - gaucho - steely dan
5 - self/titled - plastic ono band
6 - after the gold rush - neil young
7 - if i could only remember my name - david crosby
8 - 4 - led zeppelin
9 - fragile - yes
10 - CSN - self - titled - the couch album
11 - kind of blue - miles davis
12 - dark side of the moon - pink floyd
13 - boomtown - david and david
14 - revolver - beatles
15 - II - chicago
16 - are you experienced - hendrix
17 - hotel california - eagles
18 - the pretender - jackson browne
19 - court and spark - joni mitchell
20 - car wheels on a gravel road - lucinda williams

 

Is # 5 the Lennon or the Yoko Ono version ?

 

In no particular order... Numbers are for counting only...
Limited to two selections by any single artist.

1) Sunday at the Village Vanguard - The Bill Evans Trio

2) Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart

3) Disraeli Gears - The Cream

4) Santana - Santana

5) Woodstock - Woodstock Music Festival Live Event Album, Various Artists

6) Love it to Death - Alice Cooper

7) Tommy - The Who

8) West Side Story - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

9) Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles

10) Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues

11) Tea For the Tillerman - Cat Stevens

12) Whipped Cream and Other Delights - Herb Albert and The Tijuana Brass

13) Hair - Original Broadway Cast Recording

14) Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk Railroad

15) Live at Leeds - The Who

16) The White Album - The Beatles

17) Led Zepplin II - Led Zepplin

18) Jesus Christ Superstar - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Et al.

19) The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

20) Tapestry - Carol King

 

1) Revolver - The Beatles
2) The White Album - The Beatles
3) The Stranger - Billy Joel
4) Rubber Soul - The Beatles
5) Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
6) Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. - The Monkees
7) Something Else By The Kinks - The Kinks
8) Songs In The Attic - Billy Joel
9) The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
10) Aja - Steely Dan
11) Thriller - Michael Jackson
12) Let It Be - The Beatles
13) Headquarters - The Monkees
14) Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
15) Still Crazy After All These Years - Paul Simon
16) Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
17) Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart
18) Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel
19) Harvest - Neil Young
29) Innervisions - Stevie Wonder

 

lennon.