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[Phyloxerra]

Howdy,

It's been awhile since I've seen a music thread, and tonite I'm feeling whimsical. Regardless of genre, what are your five favorite albums in no numerical order? I"ll start things off with...


1. Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
2. Aenema - Tool
3. Dummy - Portishead
4. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
5. Always Be - Jeffrey Gaines




Scotty

[Bun-Bun]

Cutting down to 5 is a tall order, but here goes:

1. The Process of Belief - Bad Religion
2. Somewhere in Afrika - Manfred Mann
3. Flood - They Might Be Giants
4. Blender - Collective Soul
5. Division Bell - Pink Floyd

Runners-up:

Abbey Road - The Beatles
Klemania - Christopher Franke
Making Movies - Dire Straits
a day without rain - Enya
4 - Peter Gabriel
Us - Peter Gabriel
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Pink World - Planet P Project
The Grand Illusion - Styx
Lincoln - TMBG
Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

It all varies by time, age, place and mood, but these are the albums I keep coming back to. Mostly, though I cobble together compilations on my iPod.

I think the concept of the "album" may be on the way out. I certainly hope so, given the number of one-good-song CD's I've got.

[Den]

My Top 5 Favorites are always changing. I still love lots of CDs that aren't even in my top 10 anymore (ie. most classic rock). Anyhoo, I'd have to say 5 really great albums are...

1. Fugazi - 13 Songs
2. Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime
3. The Meatpuppets - The Meatpuppets II
4. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged
5. The Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Tech

...you can read about them at All Music Guide on the web, and if you want to hear any of them go to my site and use the insta-request-thingey.

[LochnarITB]

I'm too lazy to go down and flip through my vinyl. I've only got about 200 so I'm sure that about 95% of them would have made my top 5 at some point and I would probably change this list about a dozen times if I actually did go through them. At one time, audio was my favorite form of entertainment. I loved sitting listening to music coming from my Polk 10's powered by the Dynaco amp and pre-amp I built. I tended toward heavy sounds. If I felt my chest vibrating (not thumping mind you) from the throaty sounds I was hearing, I was in heaven. Few other things have brought me to the giddy, giggly, this is as good as it gets feeling I could get from music like that.

In no particular order (the titles might not be exactly correct):

Michael Murray - Bach: The Great Organ at Methuen (I could never learn to play a pipe organ - they would never get me away from it)

Mannheim Steamroller - Sampler (their original sampler - beige cover - selections from the first four Fresh Aire albums - my first exposure to MS and their Toccata from Fresh Aire III)

Mobile Fidelity half speed master - Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (my turntable was good but not great and it could barely track the cannon shots - on lesser equipment the stylus was thrown out of the track - you could see the jagged tracks for the cannons - I was never brave enough to really crank this one because speaker cones and window glass are expensive)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (my first real album - "Oooh what a lucky man he was...." "Just take a pebble and cast it to the sea..." - when I got this on CD, the vinyl was so imprinted on my brain that it took me a long time to not expect a couple pops that were present for so many years)

Rush - 2112 (rock opera at its best)

Styx - Paradise Theater (I know, that's 6 but I had to get Styx in there too and this one was a toss up with so many of their others - Pieces of Eight, The Grand Illusion, Equinox, Kilroy Was Here)


Geez, I hate you now you know! Must.. leave.. equipment.. in.. storage.. So many albums that I am missing now. I wish I had a good place to set my stuff up again. Argghhhh..... :angry:

[Nystul]

Going only by the modest collection of albums I actually own, I'd probably pick these five:

A) Led Zeppelin - IV (Zoso) : Stairway to Heaven is obviously a classic track, but so are each of the other 7 songs. If I were to rate the top 15 Led Zeppelin songs, all 8 of these would be included.

B) Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run : The only album I own on 33 (in addition to CD, now), my first album, got it from my brother when I was about 5 years old... I really liked it back then, but I like it even more now.

C) Michael Jackson - Thriller : Nice fun pop music. The cast of people involved with this album is incredible, from MJ to Paul McCartney to Eddie VanHalen to Vincent Price.

D) Metallica (& the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra) - S & M : A worthwhile experiment. The symphony accompaniment adds a lot of power and depth to Metallica's songs, not that they were lacking in those departments to begin with.

E) The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots : Some fun tracks and some beautiful tracks. If I made a top 5 list tomorrow, the other 4 albums would probably be on it, but maybe not this one. It has tough competition from Rush, Mariah Carey, King Crimson, No Doubt, and others to edge it's way onto this list.

[Freepaperclips]

Well, it probably changes daily if not hourly, but, in no particular order:


Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Fever to tell
The Cure - Show (one of their many live discs)
Louis Armstrong - Mack the Knife
Depeche Mode - Ultra

Runners Up would have to include:

The Rapture - Echoes (EP)
Hot Hot Heat - Make up the Breakdown (likewise an EP) and
The Cure - Disintegration

[[wcip]Angel]

Hmm. In no particular order:

Sarah Mclachlan - Surfacing
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VII orchestrated soundtrack
Dream Theater - Scenes from a memory
Metallica - S&M
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane

The one that didn't make the "top 5" was REM's "Automatic for the people"

[eppie]

Just a few good ones than.

Muse --origin of symmetry

Sinead O'Connor-- I do not want what I haven't got

Moody blues--- (forgot the title, the one with afternoon, twilight etc.)

Bad Religion ---stranger than fiction (but all are good actually)

House of Pain --truth crushed to earth shall rise again


Nice thread, good way to find some good albums to go and listen to.

[whereagles]

Red, from King Crimson.

Centuries ahead of their time B)

[TriggerHappy]

It's almost impossible to pick 5 albums to put above everything else, but I'll give it a shot:

Genesis - Foxtrot

King Crimson - THRAK ("Red" only lost cause of "Providence")

Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes From A Memory

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Discipline - Unfolded Like Staircase


And because everyone else is listing "runner ups":

YES - Close To The Edge

After Crying - Show

Arena - Immortal?

Symphony X - The Odyssey

Echolyn - Mei

Pains me to think how many I had to leave out! How about 50 albums you absolutely must own/hear instead of the impossible to chose top 5?

[Artega]

Bush - Sixteen Stone

AFI - The Art of Drowning

The Cure - Disintegration

Metallica - Metallica

Type O Negative - The Least Worst of

[pakman]

My five in no particular order:

So much for the Afterglow - Everclear

Blackout - Dropkick Murphys

The Wall - Pink Flloyd

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles

Rodeo - Aaron Copeland

[Occhidiangela]

1. Rolling Stones Let It Bleed
2. Rolling Stones Beggar's Banquet
3. Who's Next
4. Eric Clapton Unplugged
5. Led Zepplin IV
6. Steeleye Span Parcel of Rogues
7. Beatles Revolver
8. Beatles The White Album
9. Lynyrd Synkard One From The Road
10. ZZ Top DeGuello
11. The Makem and Clancy Collection
12. Jethro Tull Aqualung
13. Jethro Tull Minstrel in the Gallery
14. Mott The Hoople All The Young Dudes

Herbert Von Karajan conducts Beethovens Ninth, Berlin Philharmonic, Deutsche Grammaphone

Gilbert and Sullivan: HMS Pinafore

[Jedi Knight]

Here's my top 5 :

1- Metallica - And Justice For All
2- Van Halen - 1984
3- Edenbridge - Arcana
4- U2 - War
5- Hammerfall - Legacy of Kings

I also listen to classical music, although I prefer classic rock and power metal.

[Selby]

Let's see here. Greatest hits albums are automatically excluded since they rarely cover the whole picture. Live albums are out too since they are a different medium. Anyway, without further ado...

A ) Slayer - Reign In Blood (aggression at its finest...)
B ) Guns n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (as cheesy as the band looked, this album is one of the few I never tire of)
C ) Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
D ) Motörhead - Bastards (only available in Germany until recently and that was sad because this is their best album)
E ) Rush - Caress Of Steel (before the over-the-top of 2112 and before the synth movement)

Lots of runner ups out there from everyone in this thread (except for a handful). These 5 I can honestly say if I could only take 5 CDs with me forever, these 5 would go.

[Oomph-aak]

Radiohead- OK computer and Pablo Honey
MotorHead- No Remorse
Gary Neuman- Tubeway Army era
Ill Gotten Gains (aka Mykee Hates Life)- Shadows Rise
The Who- Sell Out
Slayer- South Of Heaven
Fugazi- 13 songs
Minor Threat- Out of Step
Rollins Band- End Of Silence
MC5- Kick Out the Jams
Faith No More- Introduce Yourself
Robin Trower- Bridge of Sighs
Foo Fighters- First two records
Monster Magnet
Cherry Poppin Daddies- Rapid City Muscle Car

But Wait ... Theres More!

the Theme from Excalibur- I know its Wagner but I don't know what it would be called. The Ring? maybe...
All records by Cream
All by the Rolling Stones- Especially the one with Heartbreaker on it.
Janes Addiction- Pigs in Zen and Nothings Shocking
Jeff Beck- Truth ( Keith Moon is "you know who"). Best Version of "Shapes of Things".
Elvis Costello- This Years Model
T. Rex- The Slider
Everything by Black Sabbath w/Ozzy- I mean Everything... but Master of Reality and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage are the best.
All Judas Priest until after Halford left.
Iron Maiden always.

Ok, I really need to stop now..

[Lord_Olf]

Hi people,

I'll limit it to five albums and spare you the runner-ups - they are too numerous to mention anyway. Well, here I go, and I do so in no particular order:

Deep Purple - In Rock; just a classical Rock album for me, and if you take a look at "Best of"-Albums, there's quite a lot from "In Rock", not only "Child in time". Also, if I'm not completely mistaken, on this album, the "Speed King" version still has a piano instead of a hammond/keyboard/whatever.

Guns'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction; also a classic, but also an album on which I like each and every song, and also never tire of it.

The Who - Live at Leeds; powerful live performance, sadly lacks "Pinball Wizard", but has a very nice version of "A quick one, while he's away"

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son; OK, Maiden fans out there, have at me *g*, but I like this one for the lyrics and for the fact that this kind of metal seems pretty close to classical music to me. YMMV.

Vaya con Dios - Time Flies; The complete album has a very nice feel to it, great for relaxing, so give it a try...

Take care,
Lord_Olf

[Leah_heartsword]

Angel,Mar 5 2004, 04:36 AM] Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VII orchestrated soundtrack
Dream Theater - Scenes from a memory

Agreed :D, I was just listeningg to that two minutes ago, but to add on that list...

The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Saddness
Metallica - MoP (UBER w00t!)
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head

Runner-ups:
Everclear -So Much for the Afterglow
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Audioslave - Audioslave
Rage Against the Machine - Rage
Led Zepplin - Led Zepplin IV
Greenday - Dookie!
The Red Hot Chile Peppers - Greatest Hits
Evanesence - Fallen
The White Stripes - Elephant
NOFX - War on Errorism
Bad Religion - All
Godsmack - All
Jethro Tull - All
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Beatles - All
Santana - All
Cake - All
R.E.M. - All
Massive Attack - The one with Teardrop
Bob Marley - All
Berry White - All (you Gotta have Mr. Love Maker)
Bush - The Science of Things

and for funnies... Tom Lehrer, and Frank Zappa

[Cryptic]

Wow, just about everyone listens to rock.
:o

I’ll offer some counterpoints:

Claire Voyant: Time and the Maiden
Cocteau Twins: Treasure
Dead Can Dance: Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Hooverphonic: Blue Wonder Power Milk
Massive Attack: 100th Window

I'll spare you the 200-title-long runner-up list.
:P

[Chaerophon]

Apples to oranges, you know?

1. Anything Pearl Jam. Seriously.
2. U2 - Achtung Baby
3. Tragically Hip - Day for Night
4. Metallica - The Black Album
5. Either of Aerosmith's greatest hits albums (I know, it's a cop out)

Honourable Mentions: Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral, Soundgarden - Superunknown, Stone Temple Pilots - Core / Purple, Alice in Chains - Dirt, Nirvana - Nevermind / In Utero / Unplugged.