List your top 5 favorite albums of all time

[DAC]

Top 5 albums from any genre of music, excluding greatest hits albums for obvious reasons.

I'll go with the following:
1) Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
2) Gun's N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
3) AC/DC - Back in Black
4) Gun's N Roses - Use Your Illusion II
5) Motley Crue - Girls, Girls, Girls

boy, I guess I just dated myself with that list.

[Goat3001]

In no particular order and in my opinion:

1) Opeth- Morningrise

2) Metallica- Master of Puppets

3) Nirvana- In Utero

4) Led Zeppelin II

5) Guns and Roses- Appetite for Destruction

[cwwallace]

Hard to do but right off of the top of my head:

1) Wilco- Being There

2) Grateful Dead- Wake of the Flood

3) Miles- Kind of Blue

4) Lou Reed - New York

5) Morphine - Cure For Pain

[Ky-Fi]

In no order:

Big Country---Steeltown. This is a widescreen epic---the Dr. Zhivago of postpunk/guitar rock.

X---More Fun in The New World. This makes me proud to be an American.

The Clash---Black Market Clash. I know it's not an official album, but this collection really captures everything I like about the band.

Siouxsie and the Banshees---Once Upon a Time--The Singles. Yes, this is a greatest hits (of the early years) but it's just so great from first song to last---I never get sick of this.

U2---The Unforgettable Fire. Atmospheric, abstract, moody, strange, warm and subtle. Nothing they did after this really moved me that much.

[Michael Corvin]

tough question. I thought about posting a similar thread, stuck on a deserted island with only a few albums type thing. Anyway...

1. Dream Theater - Metropolis: part II - Scenes From a Memory

2. Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime

3. Mad Season - Above

4. Pearl Jam - Ten

5. Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle

As you might be able to tell, I like albums that tell a story. ;)

[Tscott]

1. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
2. Beatles - Abby Road
3. Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence
4. Chet Baker - My Favorite Songs Vol. 1 (The Last Concert)
5. Allison Moorer - The Hardest Part

[Giles]

1. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
2. Futures Sound of London - Lifeforms
3. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
4. The Who - Tommy
5. Les Miserables - Complete Symphonic Recording

[Randy Miller III]

No order:

Pink Floyd - Meddle
Radiohead - OK Computer
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five
Belle & Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
Elliott Smith - XO

...but it might be different tomorrow. :)

[das Monkey]

I guess I'll exclude classical music, since it's not really an "album." I guess most soundtracks don't really apply either, except the rare album/soundtrack like, say, Queen's "A Kind of Magic." I'll exclude concert recordings too. I have to do this or it'd be impossible to get down to 5. It's hard enough as it is.

I'd like to give you some rare, archaic list or perhaps the "cool" choices from these artists, but I'll just be honest (no order):

Frank Sinatra - (sings for) Only the Lonely
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella & Louis
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People

Eh ... why not some concerts too:

Dream Theater - Live Scenes from New York
Frank Sinatra - Sinatra at the Sands
AC/DC - Live
Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Ella in Berlin
Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live

Ask me again tomorrow.

das

[Dubya]

I have to qualify this by saying it is my five "favorite" albums per the title of the thread, not necessarily what I feel are the "best" albums I own (there is a difference)...
1) Kiss - Alive
2) The Police - Synchronicity
3) Pearl Jam - Ten
4) Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
5) U2 - Achtung Baby

I have to get a Bob Dylan mention in and say "Blood On The Tracks" would be #5.1 ;)

[Rogue588]

My List Right Now...*

Prince - Dirty Mind
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
Tori Amos -Scarlet's Walk
Stevie Wonder - Songs In the Key Of Life
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas

But I like most of the aforementioned discs too ;)

[* Disclaimer: The albums listed above are subject to change a minimum of once an hour.]

[PorkChopExpress]

Oh man, of all time? Lemme think...there's just too many to ponder.

Some off my personal favs:

New Order- Substance
Haden/Metheny- Beyond the Missouri Sky
Primal Scream- Screamadelica
The Orb- u.f. orb
Depeche Mode- Violator

[Osiris]

KISS - Alive
Tesla - Mechanical Resonance
Ratt - Dancing Undercover
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengance
Van Halen - S/T

[wendersfan]

Off the top of my head, and in roughly chronological order:

<ul><li>The Band - <i>The Band</i></li><li>The Velvet Underground - <i>1969 Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed</i></li><li>Big Star - <i>Sister Lovers</i></li><li>Television - <i>Marquee Moon</i></li><li>The Clash - <i>London Calling</i></li></ul>

[Daytripper]

Depeche Mode - Black Celebration

Curve - Doppelganger

Radiohead - The Bends

Pretenders - First album

B-52's - Wild Planet


Sorry....can't name just five

Propaganda - Secret Wish

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

Human League - Dare

New Order - Low Life

NIN - Pretty Hate Machine

The Cardigans - Gran Turismo

[nodeerforamonth]

1. Rocket From The Crypt: "Circa: Now!"
2. AC/DC: "Powerage"
3. Goo Goo Dolls: "Hold Me Up"
4. The Wildhearts, best of Japanese version (yeah, it's cheap to pick a "best of", but this band is just too good;)
5. Metallica: "Ride The Lightning"

[Rypro 525]

oh what the hell
(no order)
pink floyd wish you were here
led zeppelin II
metallica master of puppets
beatles sgt peppers
pink floyd dark side of hte moon

[12thmonkey]

no particular order, and subject to debate - depending on my mood:

1. Ramones - Rocket To Russia

2. Pink Floyd - The Wall

3. The Clash - London Calling

4. Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres

5. Neko Case - Furnace Room Lullaby

[Rivero]

Right now, very quickly off the top of my head and certain to be edited some other time, and focusing on ROCK:


1) The Velvet Underground and Nico

2) The Pixies - Surfer Rosa

3) Nevermind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols

4) My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

5) Bikini Kill - EP

[Hiro11]

1. Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation

2. Chemical Brothers- Dig Your Own Hole

3. Love- Forever Changes

4. Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures

5. Big Star- Radio City

[Ergyu]

Tool - Lateralus
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Pearl Jam - Ten
Radiohead - OK Computer

[cdollaz]

OK Computer - Radiohead
Signals - Rush
End Of Silence - Rollins Band
Worlds Apart - Saga
John Henry - They Might Be Giants

[Mr. M]

Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
Blood On the Tracks - Bob Dylan
New York Dolls - New York Dolls
Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
Wrong - Nomeansno

[Amator]

Radiohead - Kid A
Great Big Sea - Turn
Dashboard Confessional - The Swiss Army Romance
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Beatles - Rubber Soul

[woofman]

Only the first one is in any particular order:

1. Slayer- Reign in Blood

* Helmet-Meantime
* C.O.C.-Blind
* Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
* (I'll have to check my collection when I get home and post the fifth one then.)

[demonio]

in no order cause I don't want to go through the pressure:

Black Sabbath's Sabotage
AC/DC's Let There Be Rock
Saxon's Denim & Leather
Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Ozzy's No More Tears!

[dick_grayson]

In no order:

The Beatles - Revolver
Radiohead - OK Computer
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Danzig - II (Lucifuge)

[sundog]

in no order:

Rush — Presto
Justin Warfield — My Field Trip to Planet 9
The Gories — I Know You Be Houserockin' (2 LPs on 1 disc)
Ween — Pure Guava
Public Enemy — Fear of a Black Planet

[Hiro11]

Originally posted by sundog
in no order:

Rush — Presto
Ween — Pure Guava
Those are two extremely underrated albums. I love them both.

[Scorpio]

Depeche Mode - Violator
Peter Gabriel - So
Led Zeppelin - I
The Police - Synchronicity
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kiss Them for Me

[deadlax]

Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
Ladies of the Canyon - Joni Mitchell
The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
Help! - The Beatles

Honorable Mention (and just as good as any on the list)
Quadrophenia - The Who
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
Lost Souls - Doves

[conscience]

Tom Waits - Closing Time (if I ever wanna cry out my depression, I will listen to this cd)


Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20, 1992
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Radiohead - OK Computer
Eric Clapton - Unplugged

[pezsoup]

hmmmmm, this is hard.....

1. R.E.M. "Automatic For the People"
2. Afghan Whigs "Black Love"
3. Slobberbone "Everything You Thought Was Right WasWrong Today"
4. Seven Nations "The Factory"
5. Social Distortion "Social Distortion"

[gross@iastate]

1. Soundgarden- Superunknown
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Blood Sugar Sex Magic
3. Led Zeppelin- I
4. Dr Dre- The Cronic
5. The Police - Synchronicity

[cactusoly]

Boy this is gonna be hard but here it goes (note list is subject to change)

1) Alice Cooper : Billion Dollar Babies
2) Judas Priest : Defenders Of The Faifth
3) Black Sabbath : Black Sabbath
4) Iron Maiden : Piece Of Mind
5) Kiss : Destroyer

[nazz]

The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Revolver
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Couch Album
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

[KnightLerxst]

1. Rush - Moving Pictures
2. Rush - Signals
3. Rush - Permanent Waves
4. Rush - Hemespheres
5. Rush - Grace Under Pressure

[Jack's Smirking]

Pearl Jam - Yield
Radiohead - OK Computer
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Tool - Lateralus
Pearl Jam - No Code

and a bonus selection of

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

[Turd Ferguson]

INPO-

1.) John Lennon/Yoko One- Double Fantasy
2.) Bob Dylan- Blood On the Tracks
3.) Sting- Soul Cages
4.) James Taylor- JT
5.) Johnny Cash- Live At Folsom Prison

[Shadow Ace]

My selections in no particular order:

U2: Joshua Tree
Sting: Nothing Like The Sun
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Beatles: Abby Road
Gun's N Roses: Appetite For Destruction

[tdirgins]

1. XTC-Skylarking
2. De La Soul-Three Feet High and Rising
3. The Clash-London Calling
4. R.E.M.- Fables of the Reconstruction
5. Mighty Mighty Bosstones-More Noise and Other Disturbances

[Coral]

In no particular order (and it may change on any given day):

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Aimee Mann: Lost in Space
Magnolia Score (Jon Brion)
The Thin Red Line Score (Hans Zimmer)
Keb' Mo': Just Like You

[oppie1]

Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Boy Hits Car - s/t
Mudvayne - End of All Things To Come
Alice in Chains - Unplugged
4 Non Blondes - Bigger Better Faster More

[das Monkey]

• Coral •

The Thin Red Line Score (Hans Zimmer)
I often tire of Zimmer and his MV cronies, but "Journey to the Line" from this score is one of my all-time favorites as well. :up:

das

[Hollowgen]

1. The Band - The Band
2. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
3. My Morning Jacket - At Dawn
4. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
5. The Clash - Combat Rock

[Nighthawk]

1. The Beatles - Abbey Road
2. Tragically Hip - Road Apples
3. Joe Satriani - Strange Beautiful Music
4. U2 - Joshua Tree
5.A Metallica - And Justice for All
5.B Dave Brubeck - Time out

[MahatmaPetey]

They Might Be Giants - Severe Tire Damage
Hot Water Music - Forever and Counting
Cursive - The Ugly Organ
NOFX - S&M Airlines
Less Than Jake - Losing Streak

[lcnickell]

1.Dwarves- sugarfix
2.Turbonegro-Ass cobra
3.Dwight Yoakam- long way home
4.Hammerlock- barefoot and pregnant
5.dwarves- blood guts and p*ssy

well not all time top 5, but off the top my head the best i can do.

[FatTony]

Green Day - Dookie
Reel Big Fish - Turn the Radio Off
Rx Bandits - The Resignation
Less Than Jake - Losing Streak
Weezer - Pinkerton

I could come up with another top 5 for the older stuff I listen to (since the oldest album on that list is Green Day), but I'll save it for another day.

[kenny79]

Originally posted by Ergyu
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Radiohead - OK Computer

Originally posted by pezsoup
Afghan Whigs "Black Love"

and I'd add Garbage's first album.

[Stoney]

Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
System of a Down - Toxicity
Nirvana - Nevermind

[sataniko]

1. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
2. Deep Purple - Machine Head
3. Pink Floyd - The Wall
4. Danzig - Danzig II
5. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar

[Calculon]

1. Allman Bros. - The Fillmore Concerts
2. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
3. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken
4. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
5. Led Zeppelin - II

[jdpatri]

in no order and off the top of my head....

1. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea
2. Morcheeba - Big Calm
3. Guster - Goldfly
4. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
5. U2 - The Joshua Tree

...and dammit if I couldn't also name...

Frank Sinatra and the Count Basie Orchestra - Sinatra at the Sands
J. J. Johnson - The Eminent J. J. Johnson Volume II
Underworld - Everything Everything
Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
Travis - The Man Who

[tommyp007]

1. Beastie Boys - License to Ill
2. Prince - Sign O the Times
3. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
4. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
5. NIN - pretty Hate machine

[gmal2003]

Not in order

JayZ - Blueprint
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Californication
Bush - The Science of Things
Busta Rhymes - Extinction Level Event

[huh?]

Tough Call:

In random order...

Sublime -- 40 oz to Freedom
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Nas -- Illmatic
Tribe Called Quest -- The Low End Theory
Beastie Boys -- Check Your Head

[PalmerJoss]

In no particular order:

Led Zeppelin - IV
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Pearl Jam - Ten
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
The Beatles - Revolver

[Big Quasimodo]

What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
Gratitude - EWF
Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

[King Jaspo]

Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star
Radio Head - OK Computer
Genesis - Foxtrot
Sterolab - Emporer Tomato Ketchup
Kate Bush - The Dreaming

[theneobez]

No particular order, and always changing except for Pete Yorn and Third Eye Blind.
Pete Yorn - musicforthemorningafter
Third Eye Blind - Self Titled
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Ani Difranco - Not a Pretty Girl
Goo Goo Dolls - Boy Named Goo

[psxfan2]

not in order of course,

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Boston - Boston
Rush - A FarewellTo Kings
Fastway - All Fired Up

[DVD Josh]

This is going to be very hard

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Cure - Disintegration
Pearl Jam - Ten
Foo Fighters - Colour and the Shape
Live - Throwing Copper

[ken_572002]

#1) GENESIS - THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY

#2) LED ZEPPELIN I

#3) PINK FLOYD - WISH YOU WERE HERE

#4) YES - CLOSE TO THE EDGE

#5) THE WHO - QUADROPHENIA

[Mowork]

In no particular order, my starting five:

Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

Sign o' the times - Prince

Superfly - Curtis Mayfield


Coming off the bench:

The Low End Theory - A Tribe CAlled Quest

[The Infidel]

Also in no particular order:

1999 - Prince
Hack - Information Society
III Sides To Every Story - Extreme
Flood - They Might Be Giants
Change Everything - Del Amitri

...but next week my favorite five could be:

Abbey Road - The Beatles
Why Do Birds Sing? - Violent Femmes
Passion & Warfare - Steve Vai
Doug - The Coolies
Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

...and if any of these albums don't appeal to me at any time for any reason, I can always substitute my star players:

A Night At The Opera or A Day At The Races - Queen

[B5Erik]

Originally posted by psxfan2
not in order of course,

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Boston - Boston
Rush - A FarewellTo Kings
Fastway - All Fired Up

Damn, but that's a good list .


Here's mine (for today)...

(in no real order)

KISS - Revenge
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind
DIO - Holy Diver
AC/DC - Back in Black
Armored Saint - Symbol of Salvation

Honorable Mentions:

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Y&T - Mean Streak
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance
Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads - Diary of a Madman
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Ted Nugent - Ted Nugent (1975)
KISS - Asylum
ZO2 - Tuesdays and Thursdays

I could go on (and on), but I'll leave it there.

[RichDB10]

At this particular moment in time and off the top of my head

Not in any order:

U2 - The Joshua Tree
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Suede - Dog Man Star

[Drop]

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World
John Frusciante - Smile From the Streets You Hold
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica

No order to the madness, and I can't say I'm too happy narrowing it down to just five so....

Honourable Mentions:
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
John Frusciante - Shadows Collide With People
The Mars Volta - De-loused at the Comatorium
The Beatles - Revolver
Cure - Disintegration

[Amel]

whew, this is tough. I can't count too well so this might be more than 5: (in no order)

Veruca Salt: Eight Arms To Hold You
Ratt: Out Of The Cellar
Misfits: Evilive
Guns N' Roses: Appetite For Destruction
Megadeth: Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
Ice-T: Power
The Corrs: Pick one, because I can't. Only group in which I could easily name every album they've done to date.

[whaaat]

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Lewis Taylor - Lewis Taylor
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (mono)
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (original Detroit mix)
Beatles - Revolver (mono)

honourable mention: OK Computer

[grunter]

Since all six of the "Sacred Six" must be represented, I offer the following:

U2 - "The Joshua Tree"
Prince - "Sign O' the Times"
The Cure - "Disintegration"
The Smiths - "The Queen is Dead"
REM - "Document"
Depeche Mode - "Black Celebration"

[FantasticVSDoom]

No real order:

Jimi Hendrix Experience- Axis: Bold as Love
Public Enemy- It takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Run DMC- Raising Hell
Minor Threat- Out of Step

Honorable Mentions:
Tribe Called Quest- Low End Theory, NWA- Straight Out of Compton, Prince- Purple Rain Soundtrack...

[Gourmet Artist]

Metallica - Master of Puppets
Sepultura - Arise
Opeth - Still Life
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine

[Tsar Chasm]

No particular order

Rush - 2112
Led Zeppelin - pick 'em
Who - Who's next
Beethoven's 9th conducted by George Szell, quite possibly the perfect piece of music.
U2 - Under a Blood Red Sky
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Clapton - unplugged
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
The Go-Go's - Beauty and the Beat
Beatles - Revolver
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
Van Halen - Van Halen
Police - Synchronicity
Supertramp - Breakfast in America

There I knew I could meet the challenge of 5 albums.

[A.D.D. for DVD]

1. Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20, 1992
2. Wilco - Being There
3. Mark Lanegan - I'll Take Care Of You
4. Masters Of Reality - Sunrise On The Sufferbus
5. Daniel Lanois - Acadie

[sergtv]

I like all kinds of music.. here are my top 5 in no order in particular
motley crue.. to fast for love
sublime.. sublime
faith no more.. the real thing
guns and roses... appitite for distruction
metallica... and justice for all
and coming very close pearl jam.. ten

[tofu]

Garbage - Garbage
Radiohead - The Bends
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes and Life
Oasis - What's the Story Morning Glory

[johnbook]

Winger - Pull

AC/DC - For Those About To Rock, We Salute You

Kiss - Lick It Up

Boston - Walk On

Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith

Oh just a few more:

Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin, & Bark At The Moon

Hardline - Double Eclipse

[Eplicon]

Like a Prayer (Madonna)
Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
Revolver (The Beatles)
The Visit (Loreena Mckennitt)
Watermark (Enya)

[aynrandgirl]

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Evanescence - Fallen
Iced Earth - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Iron Maiden - Powerslave