Favourite Albums

[Adagio]

What are everyone's, say, ten favourite albums?

Mine:

Ok computer - Radiohead
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
O - Damien Rice
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
In Rainbows - Radiohead
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning - Bright Eyes
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Dummy - Portishead

[kevinthediltz]

I dont know about ten. But Nightmares Made Flesh by Bloodbath is the greatest deathmetal album ever made.

[Uberzensch]

Definitely, OK Computer!

From a Basement on the Hill, Elliott Smith

Abbey Road, The Beatles (But, Egads, what about Revolver?!)

When the pawn hits the conflicts he thinks like a king
What he knows throws the blows when he goes to the fight
And he'll win the whole thing before he enters the ring
There's no body to batter when your mind is your might
So when you go solo, you hold your own hand
And remember that depth is the greatest of heights
And if you know where you stand, then you know where to land
And if you fall it won't matter, cuz you'll know that you're right, Fiona Apple (Seriously, that's the album title!)

Get Away From Me, Nellie McKay


It's too hard to limit to albums!!!

[metal134]

Man, there are so many.

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
Dirt - Alice in Chains
Still Life - Opeth
Systematic Chaos - Dream Theater
Brave New World - Iron Maiden
Animals - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Rust in Peace - Megadeth
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

[andave_ya]

in no particular order...

Closer by Josh Groban,
The Book of Secrets by Loreena McKennitt,
The Return of the King Complete Recordings by Howard Shore
Pure by Hayley Westenra
Diva: the Singles Collection by Sarah Brightman

more later.

[joao_oliveira]

My favorite albums of all-time are, for example...

CHARLES MINGUS - THE BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY
CHARLES MINGUS - MINGUS AH HUM
FRANK ZAPPA - HOT RATS
FRANK ZAPPA - THE GRAND WAZOO
FRANK ZAPPA - WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY
FRANK ZAPPA - ONE SIZE FITS ALL
FRANK ZAPPA - ROXY & ELSEWHERE
NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL - IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA
CHICO BUARQUE - CONSTRUÇÃO
RADIOHEAD - KID A
PAT METHENY - SECRET STORY
MILES DAVIS - KIND OF BLUE
MILES DAVIS - IN A SILENT WAY
THE BEATLES - THE WHITE ALBUM
PINK FLOYD - DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
PHILIP GLASS - KOYAANISQATSI
DANNY ELFMAN - NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
TOM ZE - ESTUDANDO O SAMBA
ZECA AFONSO - CANTIGAS DE MAIO
TOM WAITS - BONE MACHINE
GLENN GOULD - THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - SAFE AS MILK
JOANNA NEWSOM - THE MILK-EYED MENDER
SIGUR RÓS - ()
COMUS - FIRST UTTERANCE
ELLIOTT SMITH - EITHER OR
ARVO PART - ALINA
YANN THIERSEN - LE FABULEUX DESTIN D'AMÉLIE POULAIN
YOKO KANNO - COWBOY BEBOP OST I

[Mr Endon]

Top Ten:

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Johnny Cash - The Legend
REM - Automatic for the People
Radiohead - OK Computer
U2 - The Joshua Tree
The Offspring - Smash
Jack Johnson - On and On
Queens of the Stoneage - Lullabies to Paralyze
The National - Boxer
Rui Veloso - 20 Anos Depois

Honourable mentions:

Norah Jones - Come Away with Me
Nirvana - Best Of
System of a Down - Toxicity
Interpol - Antics

[Dunpeal]

hurm.. too many great albums out there.. lol


rush - MOVING PICTURES

iron maiden - POWERSLAVE (and the ones before it)

megadeth - RUST IN PEACE

weezer - their first album

dave matthews band - UNDER THE TABLE AND DREAMING

yes - THE YES ALBUM and FRAGILE

judas priest - SAD WINGS OF DESTINY

the mighty mighty bosstones - DON'T KNOW HOW TO PARTY and QUESTION THE ANSWERS

oasis - (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY?

hellsing RAID soundtrack

motorhead - OVERKILL

black sabbath - PARANOID

nightwish - WISHMASTER

afi - THE ART OF DROWNING

king diamond - ABIGAIL

vangelis - ALBEDO 0.39

daft punk - DISCOVERY

blind guardian - BATTALIONS OF FEAR

[Mathor]

This is the hardest thing i've ever done.

Radiohead - Kid A
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
The Beatles - The White Album
The American Grafitti Soundtrack
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel The Illinoise!
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy

[Rolls_Rave]

80's:
The Cure - Kiss Me
The Cure - Mixed Up
Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again

90's:
Scooter - And The Beat Goes On
Marusha - Wir / No Hide No Run / Raveland

[Helga]

in no particular order:

my sweetheart the drunk- jeff buckley
o- damien rice
magnolia soundtrack- amee mann
murder ballads- nick cave
with teeth- NIN
mystery tour- jeff buckley
sgt. peppers lonely hearts club band- the beatles
master and everyone- bonnie prince billie
rubber soul-the beatles
revolver- the beatles

[Eryk]

Dolly - Tous des stars, Plein air, Un Jour de rêves, Dolly
Working for a Nuclear Free City - Businessmen & Ghosts
Colour Kane - A Taste of
Kiln - Dusker, Ampday
The Beatles - The Beatles ("White Album")
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right to Children, Geogaddi
Autour de Lucie - Faux mouvement, Immobile
Isabelle Boulay - Au moment d'être à vous
Keren Ann - La biographie de Luka Philipsen
Ladytron - Witching Hour
Portishead - Dummy

[sprinks]

Hmmm...

Car Alarm - The Sea and Cake
Silent Shout - The Knife
Santi - The Academy Is... (although I love some of the songs on Almost Here and Fast Times At Barrington High)
Alpinisms - School Of Seven Bells
Meds - Placebo (their new one is good too... as is most of their albums)
Viva La Vida - Coldplay (anything by Coldplay is amazing though)
Pretty. Odd. - Panic At The Disco (always good when I'm in more of a folk music mood)
... For The Kids - Gym Class Heroes (their old stuff was so much better)
Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground or Cassadaga - Bright Eyes
Rebirth Of Venus - Ben Lee


and quite a few of the already mentioned ones, In Rainbows, Discovery, and well my choices will change with my mood

[Mark F.]

Rain Dogs by Tom Waits
Berlin by Lou Reed
Odessey & Oracle by The Zombies
either/or by Elliott Smith
Everybody Knows this is Nowhere by Neil Young

[Niamh]

exiles on mainstream- Matchbox 20
The Bends- Radiohead
Echoes silence patience grace- Foo Fighters
Hatfull of rain- Del Amitri (its really really good!)
Meloncholy and the infinte sadness- Smashing Pumpkins.

to name a few. Brains a sleep. when it wakes up i'll add more.

[PortugalWillie]

No Particular Order; artist first.

Explosions in the Sky - How Strange, Innocence
Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium
Portugal. The Man - Censored Colors
Radiohead- All of the Above
Sigur Ros - Takk...
The Sound of Animals Fighting - Tiger & The Duke
Circa Survive - On Letting Go
Bloc Party - Intimacy
Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen

[Pryderi Agni]

Linkin Park-Hybrid Theory and Meteora
Limp Bizkit-Greatest Hitz
Eminem-Curtain Call
Green Day-American Idiot, International Superhits, 21st Century Breakdown
Hilary Duff-Most Wanted
Evanescence-Fallen
Lindsay Lohan-Speak
Slipknot-Mate, Feed, Kill, Repeat

[PoeticPassions]

Frank Sinatra- Best Of
Savage Garden- Savage Garden
Miles Davis- Love Songs
Michael Jackson- Dangerous and Thriller
Damien Rice- O
Robbie Williams- Escapology
Pink Floyd- all of the albums
George Michael- Ladies and Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
James Blunt- Back to Bedlam
Kanye West- Late Registration

Ok but there are more... like Marvin Gaye, Nirvana, Oasis, The Beatles, Elvis, Dido, Immortal Technique, Talib Kweli.... oh and definitely Ben Harper!

[libernaut]

karate - unsolved
godspeed you! black emperor - F sharp A sharp Infinity
elliott smith - from a basement on a hill
cat power- what would the community think?
sufjan stevens - seven swans
marilyn manson - antichrist superstar
queens of the stone age - rated r
kyuss - welcome to sky valley
mogwai -come on die young
at the drive-in - relationship of command

but as far as my favorite albums there are far too many to fit on this list so i tried to sum it up

[kratsayra]

It is so much fun to see everyone's favorite albums. There is such diversity and yet some similarity as well.

Here are some for me:

Kate Bush, The Hounds of Love
Youssou N'Dour, Joko From Village to Town
Suzanne Vega, Solitude Standing
Nirvana, Nevermind
Rasputina, How We Quit the Forest
Tori Amos, Little Earthquakes
Liz Phair, Whitechocolatespaceegg
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shooting Straight in the Dark
Billy Joel, Storm Front
Loreena McKennitt, The Book of Secrets

The order on the list is sort-of how often I listen to the albums lately. Because that was the order they came to mind. The ones lower down on the list, I don't listen to as often (especially the last 4), but I still think of the albums as being particularly well-crafted, so that I enjoy nearly all the songs on the album, while the album itself has a clear logic to it that contributes further to the enjoyment of the songs.

[islandclimber]

AFI Sing the Sorrow
David Bowie Aladdin Sane
David Bowie Space Oddity
Zeppelin III
Bruce Springsteen The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle
Thrice Vheissu
Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
Jethro Tull Aqualung
Interpol Antics
Brand New Jesus Christ and the Devil are Raging Inside You

and number 11 and 12 haha

The Cure Boys Don't Cry
The Smiths The Queen is Dead

[Bojangles]

Top Five:

1. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
2. The Clash - London Calling
3. Lou Reed - Transformer
4. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
5. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

[*Classic*Charm*]

The Most Serene Republic- Population
Broken Social Scene- You Forgot It In People
Thrice- Vheissu
Samiam- Astray
The Weakerthans- Left and Leaving

[Mathor]

The Most Serene Republic- Population
Broken Social Scene- You Forgot It In People
Thrice- Vheissu
Samiam- Astray
The Weakerthans- Left and Leaving

what she said.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Spike Jones –“Der Fuehrer’s Face”, “Murdering the Classics”
Arthur Lyman – “Aphrodesia”, “Taboo 2”
Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys – “Big Ball’s in Cowtown”, “Roly Poly”
Bob Dylan – “Nashville Skyline”
And of course; The Who; ‘Tommy”, “Who’s Next” (the cover art in particular) and “A Quick One”.

[BlueSkyGB]

Just off the top of my head...no order
Live at the Fillmore East...Allman Brothers
Waiting for Columbus...Little Feat
Let It Bleed...Rolling Stones
Blood on the Tracks...Dylan
plus anything in the blues genre...Stevie Ray Vaughn, Elmore James, Howlin Wolf...the list is too long to put down here

[JuniperWoolf]

Frank Sinatra- Best Of
Savage Garden- Savage Garden
Miles Davis- Love Songs
Michael Jackson- Dangerous and Thriller
Damien Rice- O
Robbie Williams- Escapology
Pink Floyd- all of the albums
George Michael- Ladies and Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael
James Blunt- Back to Bedlam
Kanye West- Late Registration

Ok but there are more... like Marvin Gaye, Nirvana, Oasis, The Beatles, Elvis, Dido, Immortal Technique, Talib Kweli.... oh and definitely Ben Harper!

That's awesomely eclectic.

Mine:
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
The Doors - The Doors
Tiger Army - Ghost Tigers Rise
AFI - Black Sails in the Sunset
Anti-Flag - Die For the Government
Bad Religion - Suffer
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
Sublime - 40 oz to Freedom
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

There are a lot of Beatles and Pink Floyd fans here.

[aeroport]

Steven Wilson - 'Insurgentes'
Porcupine Tree - 'Deadwing'
Pink Floyd - 'Dark Side of the Moon'
Radiohead - 'OK Computer'
Opeth - 'Watershed'
Rush - 'Moving Pictures'
Porcupine Tree - 'Fear of a Blank Planet'
Nine Inch Nails - 'The Fragile'
Bjork - 'Post'
Genesis - 'A Trick of the Tail'

[pjjrfan1]

I'm a 60's guy so most of my favorites are older albuns,
Beatles, Revolver, Sgr. Peppers, Abbey Road, White Albun
Cat Stevens-Tea for the Tillarman
Carole kIng-Tapestry
CSN&Y-Deja Vu
Pink floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
Elton John-Yellow Brick Road
Neil Diamond-Stones
James Taylor-Sweet Baby James

[NickAdams]

I wasn't expecting the Mars Volta to be mentioned once, let alone twice.:lol:

Off the top of my head:

The Mars Volta: Frances the Mute, De-Loused in the Comatorium, Bedlam in Goliath, Amputechture, Tremulant, Scabdates and Octahedron
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command and Vaya
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue, *****es Brew and On the Corner
Bjork - Homogenic
Blonde Redhead - Misery Is a Butterfly
Dredg - El Cielo
The Deftones - Adrenaline and White Pony
Pink Floyd - Animals

I've been listening to Gulag Orkestar by Beirut and it may eventually find its way up there.

[jajdude]

Pogues -Rum Sodomy and the Lash - I reckon is one of my favorite albums ever.

Can also dig some Dylan, Clash, Springsteen, Paul Simon, Stones

and so on.

[Big Dante]

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Eagles - Hotel California
ZZ Top - Eliminator
ZZ Top - Afterburner
Live - The Distance To Here
Matchbox 20 - Exile On Mainstream
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Prounced Leh Nerd Skin Nerd

and many more......

[ralfyman]

The "Concierto de Aranjuez" album from Decca DDD Ovation, Marley's Legend, Shankar's Morning Raga/Evening Raga, Coltrane's Blue Train, and a few others.

[Patrick_Bateman]

Radiohead - In Rainbows
Radiohead - OK Commputer
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
The Beatles - The White Album
Clinic - Walking With Thee
Patrick Watson - Close To Paradise
Gotan Project - Lunatico
Metric - Live It Out
Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On
David Bowie - Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust...
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Muse - Resistance
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
Johnny Cash - Live At Folsom Prison
Ambulance Ltd - Ambulance Ltd
The Subways - Young For Eternity
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Blonde Redhead - 23
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
The Clash - London Calling
Clinic - Internal Wrangler
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
13th Floor Elevators
Gotan Project - La Revancha Del Tango
Interpol - Antics
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Jesus and Mary Chain - Automatic, Psychocandy
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Ladytron - Witching Hour
Malajube - Trompe l-oeil
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Manu Chao - Clandestino