Your top 5 albums of all time?

Jethro Tull Aqualung
Yes The Yes Album
Dylan Blonde On Blonde
Beatles Sgt Pepper
Van Morrison Astral Weeks

 

In no particular order:

The Who Sell Out
The White Album
The Beatles Second Album
Pet Sounds
Led Zeppelin II

 

White Album
Sgt Pepper
Forever Changes
In The Wee Small Hours
Elvis' Golden Records: Vol 3.

 

Nothing earth shattering - just ones I really, really like.

Supertramp Crime of the Century
Steely Dan Aja
Pink Floyd DSOTM (The Wall and WYWH Honorable mention)
Peter Gabriel So
Dire Straits Love Over Gold

Others up for consideration: Eagles Hotel California, Alan Parsons Project (any of their first 5 or so releases), Heart Dream Boat Annie.

 

Sticky Fingers
Let It Bleed
Pet Sounds
Fun House
Alive!
Runner-ups:any of the albums I posted in my stones desert island list, Purple Rain, The White Album, Apetite, Piper, Peace Sells, Fair Warning

 

The Wall
Astral Weeks
Pet Sounds
OK Computer
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

 

Carpenters - Greatest Hits
Bread - Greatest Hits
Abba - Greatest Hits
Spice Girls - Greatest Hits
Cannibal Corpse - Tomb of the Mutilated

 

The following list is of original albums, excluding greatest hits albums and other compilations:

• Horizon by the Carpenters
• Super Trouper by ABBA
• Himself (U. S. Version) by Gilbert O'Sullivan
• If I Should Love Again by Barry Manilow
• Tapestry by Don McLean

 

Pet Sounds
White Album
Songs In The Key Of Life
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Sticky Fingers

 

Could I try to smuggle in a sixth album by stating that in addition to 'Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here' I would list:

1. The Beatles -Abbey Road
2. Love - Forever Changes
3. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
4. CSNY - Déjà Vu
5. The Who - Who's Next

? Yes, I can.
Also, as I somehow list 'alternative music' differently in my brain, I must give it a separate list here.

1. <Code> - Nouveau Gloaming
2. Agalloch- Ashes Against The Grain
3. Dissection - Storm Of The Light's Bane
4. Lacrimosa - Echoes
5. HIM - Razorblade Romance

 

5 Female voiced albums.
Lost In Space
Blue
Heartfood
A Secret Wish
Horses

Top 5 Power POP albums

Starting Over
Fresh As A Daisy
Radio City
Magic Christian Music
Emitt Rhodes

 

The correct answer for SHF

Five different masterings of Who's Next

 

My Top 5 albums of all time (one per artist) are:

Peter Gabriel 4 (aka Security) 1982
Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti 1975
Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 1974
Radiohead In Rainbows 2007
David Bowie Station to Station 1976

A bit '70s centric, perhaps, but as I have said elsewhere on here, I don't subscribe to the idea that the greatest albums of all time were recorded in the '60s. Some great music from back then of course but the album as a statement peaked in the '70s for me.

 

1) The Beatles - White Album
2) The Beatles - Revolver
3) The Beatles - Abbey Road
4) Rush - Permanent Waves
5) Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

 

So many amazing albums, such few choices. I'm leaving the live albums off this list becuase I was starting to go nuts only trying to pick five.

1: Thin Lizzy- Vagabonds of the Western World (deluxe edition)
2: Pink Floyd- Animals
3: The Jimi Hendrix Experience- Are You Experienced (deluxe edition)
4: Black Sabbath- Paranoid (even though i almost always skip Iron Man, unless I'm spinning the record)
5: Soundgarden- Superunknown

BONUS: Pink Floyd- Meddle
(becuase i wanted to try and not use the same artist more than once for my 5 choices)

 

I would hazard a guess that most of us own about 40 - 50% of the rock classics which keep being mentioned here

 

That's about the correct ratio for me. About half of that for what I really listen to. For instance, I haven't listened to the Beatles for over 10 years but I own most of the albums staring with Hard Days Night.

 

Subject to change at a moment's notice:

1) Kansas- Masque
2) Kansas - Leftoverture
3) Rush - Hold Your Fire
4) Genesis - Trespass
5) Yes - Tormato

 

strange final two,you did say "Subject to change" does that mean you are tired of better Yes ad Genesis lps? or do really think those are there best lp's??

 

Very rarely see a choice like this on this kind of a list - very nice. Thrilling rock believers!

 

I love old school Genesis, Kansas, and YES. Tormato has a special place in my heart. I can't say it's YES's "best", but I like it a whole heck of a bunch. I was born in 1960 which blessed me with a primo time to grow up in the rock music marketplace. I like obscure bands like Clepsydra, The Flower Kings, Devo, IQ, OMD, and many others. Casting Crowns, whom I saw recently, are awesome. Peace! David

 

Leaving out the Beatles & Stones....

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Something/Anything
Hotel California
Band On The Run
Led Zeppelin IV

 

Metallica-Master of Puppets
Slayer-Reign in Blood
Bad Religion-How Could Hell Be Any Worse?
The Beatles-The White Album
Rise Above Comp 24 Songs The Music of Black Flag for the West Memphis 3

 

In-the-coffin-they-go:

Quadrophenia
Exile on Main Street
Pet Sounds
Aladdin Sane
Into the Music

 

Sails Of Charon is just perfection to me. It's catchy and makes me instantly start banging my head. Never mind Uli ripping it up.