So there is probably already a thread on this somewhere, but I don't really feel to inclined to look for it and we all know the search function sucks anyway, so...here's another one. The recent Hall of Fame dilemma kind of has me curious to what some of you would say to something like this. So...what are they?..in your opinion of course...Also, no live albums or compilations (greatest hits)

my list:

1. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
2. Darkside of the Moon - Pink Floyd
3. Abbey Road - The Beatles
4. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
5. Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
6. Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
7. Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin
8. Who's Next? - The Who
9. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
10. American Beauty - The Grateful Dead

1) Alice Cooper : Billion Dollar Babies
2) Judas Priest : Defenders of the Faith
3) Black Sabbath : Heaven and Hell
4) Iron Maiden : Piece of Mind
5) Rob Zombie: Hellbilly Deluxe
6) Metallica : Master of Puppets
7) Guns N Roses : Appetie For Destruction
8) Rainbow : Rising
9) Black Sabbath : ST
10) Alice Cooper : Killer

1. achtung baby
2. the joshua tree
3. ziggy stardust
4. physical graffiti
5. ok computer
6. peter gabriel 3
7. tin drum
8. trans-europe express
9. rain dogs
10. born in the usa

hmmm....right now in no order I'd have to have:
Tori AMos: Little Earthquakes (extended edition)
Aimee Mann: Lost In Space (Deluxe Edition)
Elliott Smith= Figure 8
Red Hot CHili peppers= Californication
Smashing Pumpkins= The Aeroplane flies HIgh Tonight
Peter Gabriel- SO
SIgur Ros- Takk...
Nine Inch Nails= The Fragile
Moby=Play
Radiohead- OK Computer

1.Blood on the Tracks-Dylan
2.Born to Run-Springsteen
3.Highway 61 Revisited-Dylan
4.Rubber Soul-Fab Four
5.Darkness on the Edge of Town-Springsteen
6.Pet Sounds-Beachboys
7.Sgt. Pepper-Beatles
8.Rust Never Sleeps-Neil Young
9Joshua Tree-U2
10.Beggar's Banquet-Stones
10-Kinks-Village Green
Probably 40 or 50 other candidates for that 10th spot.

01: Doors by The Doors
02: In 3-D by "Weird Al" Yankovic
03: The American Way by Sacred Reich
04: Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers
05: Ten by Pearl Jam
06: Nevermind by Nirvana
07: Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
08: Help! by The Beatles
09: Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) by The Beach Boys
10: The River by Bruce Springsteen

The following are ten albums that I can listen to from start to finish (maybe skipping one track...)
This, in my mind, makes them the 10 best albums... ever.

In no particular order:

The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails
Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday - Creeper Lagoon
Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation - Funeral for a Friend
Panopticon - Isis
Incunabula - Autechre
The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place - Explosions in the Sky
Audio of Being - Matthew Good Band
LaDeDa - Joel Plaskett
Sinch - Sinch
Lateralus - Tool

ryan adams - heartbreaker
my bloody valentine - loveless
radiohead - ok computer
wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot
nirvana - nevermind
pink floyd - dark side of the moon
the beatles - abbey road
the beach boys - pet sounds
the replacements - let it be
jawbreaker - dear you

GNR - Appetite
Billy Joel Stranger
Pink Floyd DSotM
Billy Joel 52nd St/Glass Houses (tie)
Zeppelin IV
Mas Season Above
Metallica black album
PJ Ten
Nirvana Nevermind
MJ Thriller
Prince Purple Rain

New and noteworthy...
Lenny Kravitz Love Revolution
GNR Chinese Democracy

In no particular order:

The Beatles, "Revolver"
David Bowie, "Scary Monsters"
Elvis Costello, "My Aim Is True"
Bob Dylan, "Highway 61 Revisited"
Everclear, "Sparkle and Fade"
Guided by Voices, "Bee Thousand"
Peter Gabriel, "So"
Nirvana, "In Utero"
Pavement, "Brighten The Corners"
Velvet Underground, "Peel Slowly And See" (yeah, it's a box set, I don't care about your "rules," mannnnnn)

I'll have to come up with a full list later, but it should include...

Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
DIO - Holy Diver
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
KISS - ALIVE!
KISS - Revenge
KISS - Carnival of Souls
Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads - Diary of a Madman
Armored Saint - Symbol of Salvation
Badlands - Voodoo Highway

I'll have to think about it some more, though.

This forum needs some diversity badly. I knew as soon as I clicked it would be The Beatles, Rolling Stones, rock, more Beatles, more rock. This can't be all that people listen to on this website.

No order save for #1
The Pixies- "Doolittle"

Johnny Cash- "At Folsom Prison"
David Bowie- "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- "The Good Son"
Danzig- "How the Gods Kill"
Massive Attack- "Mezzanine"
Pink Floyd- "Wish You Were Here"
The Rolling Stones- "Let It Bleed"
Jimi Hendrix- "Are You Experienced"
Bjork- "Debut"

I listed to quite a diverse selection of music, but if I had to pick, I'd rather listen to the albums I chose over anything else. To write off anyone's list just because a specific genre dominates is narrow minded.

Nope, in fact the one album I recommend to any fan of big, bold music is this one:

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Hell, that one may end up on my final list, who knows?

This should be done up as a tournament like the movies, games, tv shows ones.

Here are 10 I love:

ENO - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) - Here Come the Warm Jets - Another Green World
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Wire - 154
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick - Aqualung
John Cale - Fear - Slow Dazzle
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Pylon - Gyrate
The Replacements - Let it Be
Roxy Music - Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
The Velvet Underground - & Nico - White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground
XTC - GO2
David Bowie - Low - Hunky Dory - "Heroes"


Ok that's more than 10...

Radiohead - OK Computer
Bjork - Homogenic
Pixies - Doolittle
Radiohead - The Bends
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Arcade Fire - Funeral
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
The Delgados - Hate
The National - Boxer

10 of my favs

Pretty Things- SF Sorrow
13th Floor Elevators- Psychedelic Sounds of
Pink Floyd- Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Byrds- Mr Tambourine Man
Bobby Fuller Four- I Fought the Law
New Colony Six- Breakthrough
Yardbirds- Roger the Engineer
Easybeats- It's 2 Easy
Small Faces- Small Faces (immediate lp)
Kinks- Kontroversy

Boston - Boston
Born To Run - Springsteen
Leftoverture - Kansas
Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police
The Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking - Roger Waters
One of These Nights - Eagles
Quadrophenia - The Who
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Abbey Road - Beatles
Late for the Sky - Jackson Browne

Edit: Forgot - The Stranger - Billy Joel

1. Dark Side Of The Moon
2. Ziggy Stardust
3. Physical Graffitti
4. Deja Vu-CSNY
5. Harvest-Neil Young
6. All The Young Dudes-Mott The Hoople
7. Goat's Head Soup
8. Who's Next
9. Back In Black
10. Led Zeppelin IV

In alphabetical order:

Abbey Road - Beatles
Armed Forces - Elvis Costello
The Crossing - Big Country
The Clash (1977) - The Clash
Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
Jordan: The Comeback - Prefab Sprout
Power in the Darkness - Tom Robinson Band
Squeezing Out Sparks - Graham Parker
War - U2
Warren Zevon (1976) - Warren Zevon

The Clash - London Calling
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
Blue Oyster Cult - Spectres
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
Alejandro Escovedo - More Miles Than Money
The Beatles - Abbey Road
David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Pink Floyd - The Wall

The Beatles - Revolver
Blues Traveler - Blues Traveler
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Pearl Jam - 10
Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way baby
Paul Van Dyk - Out There and Back
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Van Halen - 1984
The Cure - Disintegration
(reserved)

Radiohead - OK Computer
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Travis - The Invisible Band
Doves - The Last Broadcast
Our Lady Peace - Happiness Is Not A Fish That You Can Catch
Tool - Lateralus
Weezer - Blue Album
Enya - Paint The Sky With Stars
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot