What is your favourite album of all times

Not my absolute favourite but I have listened to this more than any other LP in my collection. I don't listen to the Beatles or Stones that often because I know the albums intimately, but i have been listening to this regularly for 40 years and never burn out on it. Definitely in my top 5.

 

Derek and the Dominos - In Concert

 

The three that I will always love.

 

One of:

The Gold Experience by Prince,
If I Should Fall from Grace With God by the Pogues,
Introducing Happiness by the Rheostatics,
The Queen is Dead by the Smiths.

 

Love "Forever Changes"

 

Many, many wonderful albums cited here. The fact that Raymond Douglas Davies has not yet appeared in this thread 100 posts in is nothing less than an outrage. To paraphrase Joyce, yes, yes, and yes . . . my all time favorite album is



The quality of the music, the breadth of the subject matter, the joy, sorrow, and despair invoked in a pop milieu is just staggering. If only life was easy it would be such fun, indeed. I just love, love, love, dozens, maybe a hundred works of pop, rock, jazz, and classical music. But when push comes to shove, this.

 

How much longer till someone brings up Hot Rats?

 

Abbey Road is definitely #1. But not far behind it are (in no particular order)
RAM, Paul McCartney
Quadrophenia, The Who
Selling England By THe Pound, Genesis
Thick As A Brick, Jethro Tull
Tonight's The Night, Neil Young.

My list is weighted to wards classic rock (wait - its ALL classic rock). I tried to challenge myself - surely something has been released in the last 40 years. Sure there's been some good releases, but these albums remain the pinnacle of music for me. There is a reason that this music is still played on the radio regularly, while later 'top' artists have fallen by the wayside. Spice Girls were huge back in late 90s but who actually listens to them today?

 

muswell hillbillies-the kinks

maybe
raw power -iggy and the stooges
sometimes chelsea girl-nico
other times-taking tiger mountain(by strategy)-brian eno

but i will go with the muswell hillbilles........

 

Finally a Brian Eno mention!

 

Back in Black

 

Not an original thought by any means, but it's Abbey Road for me.

 

It's a great album so no shame in that.

 

Well you just did. But now that you have brought up Hot Rats - its a fine album indeed. Not in my all time top 5 but its in the next cohort (excellent album but not top 5).

Tago Mago would be in the same cohort .

 

The Beatles (White Album)

 

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I've loved Zappa ever since I started listening to him but Hot Rats took time to grow on me but it's grown on me in a big way.

 

Wait is that The Beatles standing next to The Beatles?

 

Iggy-Raw Power
Pistols- Bullocks
VU-(banana cover)
Davis-Bitches Brew
Jimi-Ladyland
Stones-68-72 era
PF-WUWHere



Honourable mentions :
Jesus + Mary Chain-Psychocandy
Sonic Youth-Sister
The church-blurred crusade

 

Depends on my mood;

the top ones are are:

The Stooges - Fun House
The Gun Club - Fire Of Love
Jackson C. Frank - Blues Run The Game
The Wipers - Over The Edge


and to a lesser degree - Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on The Edge Of Town (parts of it, sometimes; it is less a favorite than it used to be for me; but then so is Fun House, which is maybe the most perfect rock and roll album of all time)

 

Can-the Lost Tapes

 

Among the runners up:

"Who's Next"

"Something Else by the Kinks"

Neil Young "On the Beach"

Jethro Tull "Benefit"

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Definitely. Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around