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individual top20 sorted alphabetically (pg 1-14)
by take5_d_shorterer » 01 Apr 2004, 03:51
I reached the character limit for an individual post. Thus, I've broken the list into A-L and M-Z in two posts below (7th and 8th post).
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by The Write Profile » 02 Apr 2004, 02:30
Great work take5_D, it's probably more interesting to have our lists "exposed" in this manner...some of the choices are surprising in the sense that I never would have guessed that moot, for example would rate T-Rex as high as he did--shows we can't always "pick" people's tastes
Anyway, what about take5_D's own top 20?
Anyway, what about take5_D's own top 20?
It's before my time but I've been told, he never came back from Karangahape Road.
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by take5_d_shorterer » 02 Apr 2004, 04:38
28 things that changed my aesthetic (no particular order)
see above
see above
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by Thee Sulko Snotty Chops » 02 Apr 2004, 05:47
take5_D_shorterer wrote:28 things that changed my aesthetic (no particular order)
see above
Cheater.
trans-chigley express wrote:Aretha is too gospelly for me.
The G Experience! wrote:the Aretha has slightly generic blues thing going on, which is sometimes a problem in southern soul.
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Re: individual top20 sorted alphabetically (pg 1-11)
by Thee Sulko Snotty Chops » 02 Apr 2004, 05:50
take5_D_shorterer wrote:lexis nexis (newspaper database)
Alas. My free, unlimited access to lexis lasts for only a few more months. I actually prefer Westlaw, but lexis has some stuff that West doesn't.
trans-chigley express wrote:Aretha is too gospelly for me.
The G Experience! wrote:the Aretha has slightly generic blues thing going on, which is sometimes a problem in southern soul.
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Re: individual top20 sorted alphabetically (pg 1-11)
by take5_d_shorterer » 02 Apr 2004, 17:02
baron wrote: cheater
Of course. The one thing I learned from The Glenn Gould Reader is how to be contrarian.
Baron Sexy Metal wrote:take5_D_shorterer wrote:lexis nexis (newspaper database)
Alas. My free, unlimited access to lexis lasts for only a few more months. I actually prefer Westlaw, but lexis has some stuff that West doesn't.
b.,
I don't know about the lexis part, but if it's the nexis part you need (newspapers), you can get a subscription to this. It's expensive (about $1500) but it's still a pretty good deal. I don't know if this covers the law stuff you may need though. There was an article in the NYT about private subscriptions to lexis or nexis. Of course, my advice would be to search in lexis nexis limiting the search to New York Times for the keywords lexis and nexis.
How's that for self-referential action?
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Re: individual top20 sorted alphabetically (pg 1-11)
by Thee Sulko Snotty Chops » 02 Apr 2004, 19:34
take5_D_shorterer wrote:There was an article in the NYT about private subscriptions to lexis or nexis. Of course, my advice would be to search in lexis nexis limiting the search to New York Times for the keywords lexis and nexis.
How's that for self-referential action?
Brilliant! You're folding in on yourself there, but it's spot on because the only thing I use lexis for is to search for NYT stories that are older than five or eight days or whatever is beyond the reach of the free NYT site.
Though I prefer Westlaw (which has a ton of periodicals but no NYT) for legal stuff, that would be what I would need lexis for too - there are some functions that are mutually exclusive to the two services. Somehow, I suspect a $1500 subscription would be wishful thinking for the legal product.
When I have time to think, I'll come up with a list of 20 LPs. I may enjoy being willfully contrarian, I try to choose my battles. This won't be one.
trans-chigley express wrote:Aretha is too gospelly for me.
The G Experience! wrote:the Aretha has slightly generic blues thing going on, which is sometimes a problem in southern soul.
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by take5_d_shorterer » 03 Apr 2004, 22:20
your top 20 albums
I find the individual lists more interesting than the thought of compiling everything into a top100. --t5_D
updated 4 May 2004
your top 20 albums
Aloysius
Single albums only so not as much soul as there might (nor jazz for that matter). These are mostly albums I've been listening to for 10 years or more (and a lot of them are just cassette copies that I've been hammering for that long). Mostly resticted to one album per artist to give it a bit of (false) variety:
1. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down
2. Van Morrison – Common One
3. Jonathan Richman – Jonathan Sings!
4. Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance
5. Cardinal – Cardinal
6. Curtis Mayfield – Curtis/Live!
7. The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
8. Randy Newman – Good Old Boys
9. Joni Mitchell – Hissing of Summer Lawns
10. Gil Scott-Heron – Reflections
11. Nick Drake – Bryter Later
12. Loudon Wainwright III – Album II
13. Gary Burton & Chick Corea – Crystal Silence
14. Bobby Bland – Dreamer
15. Jorge Ben – Africa Brasil
16. Elvis Costello – Imperial Bedroom
17. Serge Gainsbourg – Melody Nelson
18. Denim – Back in Denim
19. Scritti Politti – Songs to Remember
20. Talking Heads – Remain in Light
21. Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – The Blue Trees
22. Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix
23. The Lilac Time – The Lilac Time
24. Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil – Tropicalia 2
25. Fatima Mansions – Bertie’s Brochures
andymacandy
1.Roy Harper; Stormcock
2. Crosby, Stills and Nash; CSN
3. Who ; Quadrophenia
4. Marvin Gaye; Whats Going On
5. Beatles; Abbey Rd
6. Rolling Stones; Sticky Fingers
7. Byrds; Younger Than Yesterday
8. Joni Mitchell; Hejira
9. Nick Drake; Bryter Layter
10. The Band; Rock of Ages
11. Neil Young; Tonights the Night
12. Hendrix; Electric Ladyland
13. Genesis; Selling England
14. UFO; Strangers In The Night
15. Marley, Bob; Exodus
16. Martyn, John; Solid Air
17. Dylan; Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
18. Led Zep; BBC Sessions
19. Air; Moon Safari
20.Sinatra; Watertown
atomic loonybin
Off the top of me head:
1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
2. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
3. Forever Changes - Love
4. Hunky Dory - David Bowie
5. Futurama - Be-Bop Deluxe
6. White Album - The Beatles
7. Go 2 - XTC
8. The Clash - The Clash
9. This Years Model - Elvis Costello
10. Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
11. Otis Blue - Otis Redding
12. Closer - Joy Division
13. Either / Or - Elliott Smith
14. Pink Moon - Nick Drake
15. Sea Change - Beck
16. Kid A - Radiohead
17. No Other - Gene Clark
18. Animals - Pink Floyd
19. Iceberg - Deke Leonard
20. Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
automatic_drip
Genius of Ray Charles - Ray Charles
Remain in Light - Talking Heads
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
More Fun in the New World - X
King of America - Elvis Costello
Fiyo on the Bayou - Neville Brothers
Live - Bob Marley and the Wailers
Hand Of Kindness - Richard Thompson
I Just Can't Stop It - (English) Beat
Shadows and Light - Joni Mitchell
Dusted - Gin Blossoms
Furnace Room Lullaby - Neko Case and her Boyfriends
Reckoning - REM
In The Jungle Groove - James Brown
Violent Femmes
Ticket To Ride - Carpenters
Solitary Man - Johnny Cash
Summerteeth - Wilco
Chomp - Pylon
Black Market Clash - Clash
Criteria? I can put any of these on at any time, and my load is lightened. Guaranteed. Sentimental choices all.
balboa
1. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
2. Forever Changes - Love
3. If I could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby
4. On The Beach - Neil Young
5. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
6. The Band - The Band
7. #1 Record - Big Star
8. Never Loved A Man - Aretha Franklin
9. Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
10. Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers
11. Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies
12. Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds
13. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
14. Insignificance - Jim O'Rourke
15. Mercy - Don Covay
16. Bandwagonesque - Teenage Fanclub
17. The Fantastic Expedition of..... - Dillard and Clark
18. Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield
19. Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
20. The Genius Sings the Blues - Ray Charles
No place for the Stones (!!!), GZA, Yes, Sinatra, Millenium, Buffalo Springfield, Gram Parsons, Miles Davis (Sketches of Spain is just out of view).............................As has been mentioned before, lots of my favourite stuff is on best offs, or soul compilations. And the list betrays my current listening habits - lots of which is too new/recent to be considered.
baron
Here goes today's version. Subject to change. Would've preferred a top 50.
1. John Coltrane - A LOVE SUPREME
2. George Harrison - ALL THINGS MUST PASS
3. Rolling Stones - EXILE ON MAIN STREET
4. John Coltrane - GIANT STEPS
5. Beatles - HARD DAYS NIGHT
6. Jimi Hendrix Experience - ELECTRIC LADYLAND
7. My Bloody Valentine - LOVELESS
8. O.V. Wright - THE BOTTOM LINE
9. Big Star - RADIO CITY
10. Neil Young - ON THE BEACH
11. R.E.M. - MURMUR
12. Flying Burrito Brothers - GUILDED PALACE OF SIN
13. John Coltrane - COLTRANE'S SOUND
14. Al Green - CALL ME
15. Wire - CHAIRS MISSING
16. Sam Cooke - NIGHT BEAT
17. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - JAZZ SAMBA
18. Wire- PINK FLAG
19. Lord High Fixers - IS YOUR CLUB A SECRET WEAPON
20. Freakwater - OLD PAINT
Of all the glaring omissions, the greatest is possibly Big Star's "Third/Sister Lovers." Sadly, no room for LZ III, Elliott Smith XO, Black Sabbath Paranoid, Nirvana Nevermind and In Utero, Come's 11:11 or Gently Down The Stream, Beach Boys Today, Congos Heart of the Congos, Dr. Dre's The Chronic, Big Soul by the Original Sins, Joni Mitchell Court and Spark, Jayhawks Tomorrow the Green Grass, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, Sonic Youth Sister, Stone Roses, Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy, Ramones, Sonic Youth Sister, Beatles Rubber Soul, Curtis Mayfield Curtis, Galaxie 500 On Fire, Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners, Sonny Rollins Saxophone Collossus and Tenor Madness, Bedhead, Buck Owens Sings Songs of Harlan Howard, Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon Walls and Bridges .... and on and on.
beauregard raph
1. Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan
2. On The Beach - Neil Young
3. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
4. Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
5. Grace - Jeff Buckley
6. Illuminations - Buffy Sainte-Marie
7. Abbey Road - The Beatles
8. Fred Neil - Fred Neil
9. Fear - John Cale
10. Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt
11. The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds
12. Forever Changes - Love
13. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd
14. If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby
15. Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
16. Tonight's The Night - Neil Young
17. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
18. Electro Shock Blues - Eels
19. Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp
20. Scott 3 - Scott Walker
beenieman
That was difficult. A lot of stuff I listen to is on comps (particularly reggae). And putting them in order is tough.
Here goes:
1 T.REX - THE SLIDER
2 NEIL YOUNG - ON THE BEACH
3 BLACK SABBATH - MASTER OF REALITY
4 GRAND FUNK - THE LIVE ALBUM
5 SEX PISTOLS - NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS
6 COCOA TEA - GOOD LIFE
7 ERIC BURDON & WAR - BLACK MAN'S BURDON
8 PREZIDENT BROWN - ORIGINAL BLUEPRINT
9 BARRINGTON LEVY - SHAOLIN TEMPLE
10 CLASH - FIRST ALBUM
11 RICHARD 'DIMPLES' FIELDS - MR LOOK SO GOOD
12 STARZ - COLOSIEUM ROCK
13 O'JAYS - SHIP AHOY
14 LARRY GRAHAM - ONE IN A MILLION YOU
15 DOWN BY THE RIVER RIDDIM ALBUM
16 GREGORY ISAACS - THE COOL RULER RIDES AGAIN
17 HUMAN LEAGUE - DARE
18 MONKEES - MONKEES
19 VAN MORRISON - IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW
20 YELLOWMAN - MISTER YELLOWMAN
Some like the Yeelowman are representative. he's best heard on comps or the singles themselves.
And in alphabetical order here's the next 11:
EAGLES - HOTEL CALIFORNIA
KRIS KRISTOFFERSEN - KRISTOFFERSEN
LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN
LEE OSKAR - BEFORE THE RAIN
LUCIANO - WHERE THERE IS LIFE
MARVIN GAYE - WHAT'S GOING ON
MONTROSE - PAPER MONEY
MOODY BLUES - EVERY GOOD BOY DESERES FAVOUR
ROLLING STONES - BEGGAR'S BANQUET
UNDISPUTED TRUTH - METHOD TO THE MADNESS
WAR - WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS
bhoywonder
Of course, it would be different another day, but for the minute:
1. Loveless – My Bloody Valentine
2. Pet Sounds – Beach Boys
3. 3Eps – Beta Band
4. Abbey Road – Beatles
5. Let It Come Down – Spiritualized
6. Dusty In Memphis – Dusty Springfield
7. Screamadelica – Primal Scream
8. Blood On The Tracks – Bob Dylan
9. Sounds Of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel
10. Here, My Dear – Marvin Gaye
11. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots – The Flaming Lips
12. Mutations – Beck
13. All Things Must Pass – George Harrison
14. The Baby Huey Story – Baby Huey & The Babysitters
15. Disintegration – The Cure
16. Hot Buttered Soul – Isaac Hayes
17. Concubine Rice – Lone Pigeon
18. Dance To The Music – Sly & The Family Stone
19. Munki – The Jesus & Mary Chain
20. Kingsbury Manx – The Kingsbury Manx
I would have liked to include Hefner's Fidelity Wars, Bizarro by the Wedding Present, James Brown at the Apollo 62, Otis Blue, Endtroducing and a heap more.
What would be more interesting for me would be a list of 20 favourite artists, as these days, I find myself more and more enjoying stuff by people who made great tracks but not so much albums, like Smokey Robinson, Elvis, Booker T, the Meters, Phil Ochs and so on. Still, that wasn't the question, so here's the answer.
And a quick thanks you and good stuff to the compilers for what will be a bit of effort. Good show old chaps!
billybobdylan
1 Message From The Meditations - The Meditations
2 New Boots & Panties!! - Ian Dury
3 My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello
4 Two Sevens Clash - Culture
5 Hunky Dory - David Bowie
6 Wasp Star - XTC
7 Revolver - The Beatles
8 East Side Story - Squeeze
9 The Heart Of Saturday Night - Tom Waits
10 Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
11 Another Music In A Different Kitchen - Buzzcocks
12 Pressure Drop - Robert Palmer
13 Rip It Up - Orange Juice
14 Kirk’s Work - Roland Kirk
15 Friday Night At The Village Vanguard - Art Pepper
16 Mischief - Clive Gregson & Christine Collister
17 Tropical Brainstorm - Kirsty MacColl
18 Three Imaginary Boys - The Cure
19 Rattus Norvegicus IV - The Stranglers
20 Folk Singer - Muddy Waters
bleep43
I've thought about mine over the weekend, and although I like to think that this is definitive, I suspect that I may very well change my vote come the end of April.
1. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
2. Public Enemy - It takes a nation of millions to hold us back
3. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
4. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
5. Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
6. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
7. Can - Tago Mago
8. Love - Forever Changes
9. The Beatles - The Beatles
10. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
11. Led Zeppelin - Physical Grafitti
12. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
13. Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
14. Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
15. The Orb - Adventures beyond the Ultraworld
16. Boards of Canada - Music has the right to children
17. The Pixies - Doolittle
18. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
19. Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
20. Funkadelic - One nation under a groove
breadcaster
1. In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
2. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
3. Again - Buffalo Springfield
4. Live/Dead - Grateful Dead
5. Hejira - Joni Mitchell
6. Eli & The 13th Confession - Laura Nyro
7. A Long Time Comin' - Electric Flag
8. Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones
9. Notorious Byrd Brothers - Byrds
10. Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
11. Car Wheels On A Gravel Rd - Lucinda Williams
12. Forever Changes - Love
13. CSN - CSN
14. Revolver - The Beatles
15. Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy
16. Led Zeppelin 1 - Led Zeppelin
17. Southern Fried - John Hammond
18. Live At Leeds - The Who
19. Happy Sad - Tim Buckley
20. Wild Tchoupitoulas - Wild Tchoupitoulas
Capt. Sword
1. The Stone Roses
2. The Stone Roses - Second Coming
3. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper
4. Oasis - Definitley Maybe
5. The Beatles - Revolver
6. U2 - Achtung Baby
7. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
8. U2 - The Joshua Tree
9. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
10. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
11. The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
12. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
13. The Verve - Urban Hymns
14. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
15. Simple Minds - New Gold Dream
16. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
17. Love - Forever Changes
18. Echo & The Bunnymen - Evergreen
19. James - Laid
20. New Order - Get Ready
cedric
Alright, let's try...
1- The BEACH BOYS - Pet Sounds
2- LOVE - Forever Changes
3- The STOOGES - Fun House
4- BOB DYLAN - Blood On The Tracks
5- The FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS - The Gilded Palace Of Sin
6- The BAND - The Band
7- VAN MORRISON - Astral Weeks
8- The KINKS - ... Are The Village Green Preservation Society
9- SLY & The FAMILY STONE - There's A Riot Goin' On
10- TOWNES VAN ZANDT - Live At The Old Quarter
11- The BYRDS - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
12- The ROLLING STONES - Exile On Main Street
13- The VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
14- BIG STAR - Radio City
15- ARETHA FRANKLIN - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
16- The ZOMBIES - Odessey & Oracle
17- CURTIS MAYFIELD - Superfly
18- SUICIDE - Suicide
19- FRED NEIL - Fred Neil
20- ELVIS PRESLEY - From Elvis In Memphis
And I only limited myself to one album by artists...
It's frustrating 'cause it only reflects my tastes in Albums. So, you don't care but, in Singles, it would be something like...
1- The RONETTES - Be My Baby
2- BOB DYLAN - Like Rolling Stone
3- The BEATLES - She Loves You
4- The BEACH BOYS - Good Vibrations
5- The FOUR TOPS - Reach Out I'll Be There
6- The KINKS - You Really Got Me
7- Aretha FRANKLIN - Respect
8- MARVIN GAYE - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
9- QUESTION MARK & The MYSTERIANS - 96 Tears
10- BOOKER T. & The MG's - Green Onions
11- SAM COOKE - A Change Is Gonna Come
12- The SONICS - Psycho
13- The BEATLES - Strawberry Fields Forever
14- The CRYSTALS - Da Doo Ron Ron
15- The SEX PISTOLS - Anarchy in the UK
16- The KINGSMEN - Louie, Louie
17- ELVIS PRESLEY - Mystery Train
18- OTIS REDDING - Try A Little Tenderness
19- SLY & The FAMILY STONE - Dance To The Music
20- AL GREEN - Tired Of Being Alone
citizen smalls
OK, this'll do for me:
Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique
The Band, The Band
Pavement, Wowee Zowee
Go Betweens, 16 Lovers Lane
Neil Young, On The Beach
Super Furry Animals, Radiator
Prefab Sprout, Steve McQueen
REM, Lifes Rich Pageant
Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Massive Attack, Blue Lines
Pixies, Doolittle
Beach Boys, Surf's Up
Scott Walker, Scott
Beatles, Rubber Soul
Elliott Smith, X/O
Pulp, This Is Hardcore
Clash, London Calling
Byrds, Notorious Byrd Brothers
Jane's Addiction, Nothing's Shocking
Talking Heads, Fear Of Music
copehead
1 London Calling the Clash
2 Unknown pleasures Joy Divivsion
3 Hafull of Hollow - The smiths
4 Dear catastrophe Waitress Belle and sebastian
5 Psychocandy JAMC
6 The Bends Radiohead
7 Velvet underground & Nico VU
8 Will anything Happen The Shop Assistants
9 Reckoning REM
10 Surfer Rosa the Pixies
11 Fried Julian Cope
12 Secret Treaties Blue Oyster Cult
13 Highway to Hell ACDC
14 Gold Against the Soul Manic Street Preachers
15 The decline of British Sea Power British Sea Power
16 Screamadelica Primal Scream
17 Fuzzy logic Super Furry Animals
18 Man Machine Kraftwerk
19 Social Dancing Bis
20 In Utero Nirvana.
I also wanted Way to Blue by Nick Drake, but that is a compilation.
Can't believe Public Enemy, Husker Du, Love, New Order and the White stripes never made. I also limited myself to one LP per band so The Smiths , Joy Division and SFA didn't double up
crezzafiction
1. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
2. Let it bleed - The Rolling Stones
3. Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths
4. Sign 'o' the times - Prince
5. Don't Stand Me Down - Dexy's Midnight Runners
6. Revolver - The Beatles
7. On How Life Is - Macy Gray
8. Achtung Baby - U2
9. The Dreaming - Kate Bush
10.The Score - The Fugees
11.Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
12.Home and abroad - The Style Council
13.The Clash - Sandinista
14.Vertigo - Groove Armada
15.Rock'n'roll Animal - Lou Reed
16.Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
17.The Album - Abba
18.Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
19.Show Some Emotion - Joan Armatrading
20.Secret World Live - Peter Gabriel
dgs
After much internal debating,
1. Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Meoldies
2. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
3. A Certain Ratio - Good Together
4. New Order - Technique
5. REM - Automoatic for the People
6. The KLF - Chill Out
7. Pete Namlook/Mixmaster Morris - Dreamfish
8. Portishead - Dummy
9. Jesus Jones - Liquidizer
10. Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire
11. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
12. Brian Eno - Music for Airports
13. Balloon - Gravity
14. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Vol.1
15. REM - Document
16. Spacemen 3 - Recurring
17. MLO - IO
18. New Order - LowLife
19. The Pixies - Doolittle
20. The Orb - Adventures beyond the Ultraworld
doctor jimmy
My definitive list for today. Only one album per artist.
1. The Who - Quadrophenia
2. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
3. T-Rex - Electric Warrior
4. The Beatles - Revolver
5. The Jam - All Mod Cons
6. Lou Reed - Transformer
7. Adrian Borland - Brittle Heaven
8. Love - Forever Changes
9. Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
10. Tom Waits - Raindogs
11. Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
12. Pulp - Different Class
13. The Clash - London Calling
14. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
15. The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
16. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders...
17. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
18. Suede - Coming Up
19. Ten Years After - Ssssh
20. The Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass
dr markus
right these are mine, my record collection is shite, but i reckon these are the best out of the whole lot. but at least i'm not putting in any lps that i haven't heard because someone else said they were great. feel free to laugh.
1.Radio head ok computer
2.Joy division still
3.The jam sound affects
4.The pixies surfer Rosa
5.Sugar copper blue
6.Sugar beaster
7.The pixies Doolittle
8.The specials specials
9.The stone roses the complete stone roses
10.Manic street preachers holy bible
11.Smashing pumpkins infinite sadness
12.The clash London’s calling
13.Nirvana never mind
14.Oasis what’s the story mourning glory
15.Sex pistols never mind…
16.Gomez bring it on
17.The house martins people who grinned themselves to death
18.The specials more specials
19. Happy Mondays thrill pills and belly aches
20. The pixies c’mon pilgrim
fear satan
1. Jeff Buckley - Grace
2. Motorpsycho - Demon Box
3. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
4. Stooges - Fun House
5. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
6. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
7. Joy Division - Closer
8. Four Tet - Rounds
9. JR Ewing - Ride Paranoia
10. Slint - Spiderland
11. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
12. Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
13. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
14. Blood Brothers - Burn, Piano Island, Burn
15. Bob Dylan - Desire
16. Mogwai - Rock Action
17. Ulver - Bergtatt
18. Sigur Rós - ()
19. Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
20. Motorpsyho - Trust Us
the fish
1. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
2. The Band - The Band
3. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
4. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
5. Scott Walker - Scott 3
6. Aretha Franklin - Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
7. The Clash - London Calling
8. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
9. Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
10.Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
11.Love - Forever Changes
12.Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold as Love
13.The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
14.Prefab Sprout - Jordan : The Comeback
15.The Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers
16.Miles Davis - Miles Ahead
17.Lloyd Cole - Rattlesnakes
18.Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
19.XTC - Oranges & Lemons
20.Terry Reid - Terry Reid
funky nomad
1 - THIN LIZZY - Jailbreak
2 - TALK TALK - Spirit Of Eden
3 - JELLYFISH - Bellybutton
4 - BOARDS OF CANADA - Music Has The Right To Children
5 - THE RAINMAKERS - The Rainmakers
6 - ORBITAL - InSides
7 - MASSIVE ATTACK - Blue Lines
8 - FRANCIS DUNNERY - Tall Blonde Helicopter
9 - THE BLUE NILE - Hats
10 - PRIMAL SCREAM - Xtrmntr
11 - PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here
12 - RADIOHEAD - The Bends
13 - EELS - Souljacker
14 - REM - Document
15 - CRACKER - Kerosene Hat
16 - SPOON - Girls Can Tell
17 - JEFF BUCKLEY - Grace
18 - AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
19 - dEUS - The Ideal Crash
20 - AIMEE MANN - I'm With Stupid
gater
1.Beatles-White Album
2. The Kinks-Muswell Hillbillies
3.Bruce Springsteen- Darkness on the Edge of Town
4.John Lennon-Plastic Ono Band
5.John Hiatt-Crossing Muddy Waters
6.Neil Young-Live Rust
7.Tom Waits-Blue Valentine
8.George Harrison-All Things Must Pass
9.Humble Pie-Rockin’ the Fillmore
10.Warren Zevon-The Wind
11.The Eagles Desperado
12. Patti Smith-Horses
13.Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers
14.Bob Marley-Live
15.Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run
16.David Bowie-Ziggy Stardust
17.Paul McCartney-Flaming Pie
18.The Doors-LA Woman
19.Johnny Cash-The Man Comes Around
20.Pete Townshend-Empty Glass
Seven dinosaurs, and 13 old foagies,but I can listen to them anytime.
Close to 700 years experience ,that's a scary thought.
geoffcowgill
1- RUBBER SOUL- The Beatles
2- BLOOD ON THE TRACKS- Bob Dylan
3- THIS YEAR’S MODEL- Elvis Costello & the Attractions
4- DOCUMENT- R.E.M.
5- SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND- The Beatles
6- THE JOSHUA TREE- U2
7- GET HAPPY!!- Elvis Costello & the Attractions
8- THE BAND
9- MOONDANCE- Van Morrison
10- LIVE AT LEEDS- The Who
11- LET IT BLEED- The Rolling Stones
12- LONDON CALLING- The Clash
13- THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS- David Bowie
14- ELECTRIC LADYLAND- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
15- THE FREEWHEELIN’ BOB DYLAN- Bob Dylan
16- FREEDOM- Neil Young
17- PET SOUNDS- The Beach Boys
18- BLACK SEA- XTC
19- STICKY FINGERS- The Rolling Stones
20- PLEASED TO MEET ME- The Replacements
True.
Maybe in ten years something from the nineties will creep into my top 20.
griff
1. highway 61 revisited - bob dylan
2. low - david bowie
3. heaven up here- echo and the bunnymen
4. you can't hide your love forever- orange juice
5. searching for the young soul rebels - dexys
6. meat is murder - the smiths
7. everybody knows this is nowhere - neil young
8. the stone roses - the stone roses
9. it takes a nation of millions to hold us back - public enemy
10. blonde on blonde - bob dylan
11. sandinista! - the clash
12. surf's up - the beach boys
13. close to the edge - yes
14. revolver- the beatles
15. astral weeks- van morrison
16. the miseducation of - lauryn hill
17. let's get it on - marvin gaye
18. giant steps - boo radleys
19. technique - new order
20. steve mcqueen - prefab sprout
The Hip Priest
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
then the flood gates open and I can't make any more asessments
Human abstract
1. Neil Young – Everybody Knows….
2. Elvis Costello – Imperial Bedroom
3. Iggy & The Stooges – Raw Power
4. Rolling Stones – sticky fingers
5. Modern Lovers
6. Wire – Pink Flag
7. Alexander Spence – oar
8. The Velvet Underground
9. Prefab sprout – swoon
10. Talking heads – fear of music
11. Roxy Music – Siren
12. Smiths – Strangeways
13. Stone Roses – Stone Roses
14. Big Star – Sister Lovers/ Third
15. Neil Young - Harvest
16. Neil Young – Tonight’s the night
17. Neil Young – On The Beach
18. Costello – This Year’s Model
19. Costello – Get Happy!
20. Bob Dylan – Blonde on blonde
huw
Hard, but here we go :-
REO Speedwagon - This Time We Mean It (1975)
Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music (1975)
Five Star - Rock The World (1988)
Neil Young - Re~Ac~Tor (1981)
Andrew Gold - Whirlwind (1980)
Bucks Fizz - Are You Ready (1982)
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Dress For Excess (1988)
Spice Girls - Forever (2000)
Hue And Cry - Seduced And Abandoned (1987)
Styx - Caught In The Act (1984)
Phil Collins - But Seriously (1989)
Milli Vanilli - All Or Nothing (1988)
Skrewdriver - Blood And Honour (1986)
Simply Red - Home (2003)
Sting - Strange Fruit - Live (1987)
Paul McCartney - Back To The Egg (1979)
Bob Dylan - Dylan (1973)
Hall & Oates - Past Times Behind (2001)
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (2000)
Slipknot - Mate, Feed, Kill. Repeat (1987)
Iam
Ok, so it's difficult to do this. I'm sure I've missed some really important stuff, but right now (probably) it's:
01. Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
02. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
03. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
04. Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
05. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
06. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
07. Television - Marquee Moon
08. Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
09. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
10. GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
11. Neil Young - Harvest
12. Ramones - Rocket To Russia
13. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
14. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
15. Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
16. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
17. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
18. Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
19. Capdown - Pound For The Sound
20. Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
I think. Sort of...
jeemo
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
Dexys Midnight Runners - Don’t Stand Me Down
The Beatles - The Beatles
Horslips -The Tain
Tom Waits - One From The Heart
Prefab Sprout - Jordan The Comeback
Jackie Leven - Fairy Tales for Hard Men
Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
David Bowie - Heroes
The Clash - Londons Calling
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
King Crimson - Red
Tindersticks - Tindersticks 2nd album
Eno - Another Green World
Spiritualized - Let it Come Down
Scott Walker - 4
Talking Heads - More Songs about Buildings and Food
Human League - Reproduction
Joy Division - Unkown Pleasures
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
For what it sworth my top 20 today, will be different tomorrow and the next day, pick away see if I care
Jeff K
1 Velvet Underground and Nico
2. Marquee Moon- Television
3. Sticky Fingers- the Rolling Stones
4. Chair's Missing- Wire
5. Psychocandy- Jesus and Mary Chain
6. Daydream Nation- Sonic Youth
7. Sisters/Lovers- Big Star
8. Loveless- My Bloody Valentine
9. Eternally Yours- the Saints
10. Horses- Patti Smith
11. Vs.- Mission of Burma
12. Colassal Youth- Young Marble Giants
13. Berlin- Lou Reed
14.16 Lovers Lane- the Go-Betweens
15. Baby's Got a Gun- the Only Ones
16. The Idiot- Iggy Pop
17. Suicide
18. On Fire- Galaxie 500
19. Here Come the Warm Jets- Eno
20. Leave Home- the Ramones
jimbo pimbo
What the hell.
1. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
2. Abby Road - The Beatles
3. Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
4. Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
5. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
6. Stand - Sly and the Family Stone
7. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
8. Natty Dread - Bob Marley
9. The Doors - The Doors
10. Sweetheart of the Rodeo - The Byrds
11. The Band - The Band
12. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
13. Truth - Jeff Beck
14. Squeezing Out the Sparks - Graham Parker and the Rumor (Rumour?)
15. My Aim is True - Elvis Costello
16. Ladies of the Canyon - Joni Mitchell
17. The Ramones - The Ramones
18. American Beauty - The Grateful Dead
19. Automatic for the People - REM
20. Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
joe moody
Right. Walks back to desk from toilet, having given the top 20 albums of all time due consideration, with list on piece of toilet roll.......
1 Blood on tracks
2 Revolver
3 Sticky Fingers ( eeeewww )
4 Velvet Underground w Nico
5 Aladdin Sane
6 St Dominics Preview
7 Clear Spot
8 Marquee Moon
9 Fear of Music
10 English Settlement
11 Leige & Leif
12 Lifemask
13 Grace and Danger
14 Sgt Pepper
15 Exile on Main St
16 Blonde on Blonde
17 Abbey rd
18 Shleep
19 Stand Up
20 All Mod Cons
Joe Bogg
Doh! I left out Queen is Dead......take out All Mod Cons.....
johnny fartpants
I'll probably think of one I've missed in about 10 minutes ... but for now :
1. Inflammable Material - Stiff Little Fingers
2. The Clash - The Clash
3. Never Mind The Bollocks - Sex Pistols
4. The Undertones - The Undertones
5. Nevermind - Nirvana
6. Give 'Em Enough Rope - The Clash
7. Cant Stand The Rezillos - The Rezillos
8. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses
9. Definitely Maybe - Oasis
10. Setting Sons - The Jam
11. Parallel Lines - Blondie
12. Black And White - The Stranglers
13. It's Alive - The Ramones
14. The Incredible Shrinking Dickies - The Dickies
15. Vengeance - New Model Army
16. Generation Terrorists - Manic Street Preachers
17. Automatic For The People - REM
18. Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned
19. All Mod Cons - The Jam
20. Another Kind Of Blues - UK Subs
Not very ecclectic really am I ?? Just a simple bastard.
josh
Tonight my top 20 is;
1 Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
2 Muddy Waters - Folk Singer
3 Zombies - Odessey & Oracle
4 Who - Sell Out
5 Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
6 John Coltrane - Giant Steps
7 Horslips - Book Of Invasions
8 Yachts - Yachts
9 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going To A Go Go
10 Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
11 Al Green - The Belle Album
12 Pavlov's Dog - At The Sound Of The Bell
13 The Clash - The Clash
14 Otis Redding - Otis Blue
15 John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton
16 Van Morrison - Moondance
17 Home Service - Alright Jack
18 Miles Davis - Relaxin'
19 Abdullah Ibrahim & Carlos Ward - Live At The Sweet Basil Vol 1
20 Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
jumper k balls
1 - Rocket From The Crypt - Group Sounds
2 - Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
3 - Kyuss - Blues From The Red Sun
4 - Leatherface - Mush
5 - Bad Brains - Rock For Light
6 - Monks - Black Monk Time
7 - Saints - Eternally Yours
8 - Tricky - Maxinequaye
9 - Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
10 - Aspects Of Physics - Diagrams Of Suburban Chaos
11 - Black Heart Procession - Amore Del Tropico
12 - Barry Adamson - Oedipus Schmoedipus
13 - Heartbreakers - LAMF
12 - Destroy Oh Boy - New Bomb Turks
13 - Green On Red - The Killer In Me
14 - Neal Casal - Anytime Tomorrow
15 - Masters Of Reality - Sunrise On The Sufferbus
16 - Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions
17 - Polygon Window - Surfing The Sine Waves
18 - Tad - Gods Balls
19 - Magazine - Real Life
20 - Lift To Experience - Texas Jerusalem Crossroads.
king feeb
1) Can- Tago Mago
2) Pere Ubu- The Modern Dance
3) The Who- Who's Next
4) Pink Floyd- Piper At The Gates of Dawn
5) Faust- The Faust Tapes
6) Beatles- Abbey Road
7) Guided By Voices- Bee Thousand
8) Amon Duul II- Yeti
9) My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
10) Kraftwerk- Autobahn
11) Wire- Chairs Missing
12) Love- Forever Changes
13) Beatles- Revolver
14) Tall Dwarfs- Weeville
15) Minutemen- Double Nickles On The Dime
16) Can- Ege Bamyasi
17) The Damned- Machine Gun Etiquette
18) Tangerine Dream- Zeit
19) Van Der Graaf Generator- Pawn Hearts
20) The Fall- This Nation's Saving Grace
I didn't do them in any particular order, and it would change from day to day, but this would be a representative Top 20 for me...
I also can't figure out why when I type the number eight, I get a frigging emoticon, but there ya go!
kiwi todd
1) The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
2) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 2
3) The Beatles - Abbey Road
4) The Band - The Band
5) The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
6) Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
7) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
8 ) Steely Dan - Can't buy a thrill
9) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 3
10) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 4
11) The Who - Who's next
12) Keith Richards - Talk is cheap
13) The Beatles - Revolver
14) Ry Cooder - Bop til you drop
15) Steely Dan - Countdown to ecstacy
16) The Beatles - The Beatles
17) Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
18 ) The Rolling Stones - Let it bleed
19) Led Zeppelin - Presence
20) Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
leg of lamb
1. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
2. The Beatles - Revolver
3. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
4. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
5. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
6. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
7. R.E.M. - Reckoning
8. Beck - Odelay
9. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
10. Pixies - Doolittle
11. Outkast - Aquemini
12. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
13. Nas - Illmatic
14. The Velvet Underground - VU and Nico
15. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
16. The Clash - London Calling
17. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
18. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
19. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R
20. Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Bet you guys all feel enriched.
Lord Belborough
Here is my slightly prog-centric, mostly seventies-centric, definitely Anglo-centric and not very imaginitive list:
1. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
2. Abbey Road - The Beatles
3. Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield
4. Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk
5. Skylarking - XTC
6. Trick Of The Tail - Genesis
7. Close To The Edge - Yes
8. Stormcock - Roy Harper
9. Physical Graffiti - Led Zepellin
10. Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
11. Sgt Pepper - The Beatles
12. Five leaves Left - Nick Drake
13. Solid Air - John Martyn
14. Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
15. Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
16. In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
17. Liege And Lief - Fairport Convention
18. Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath
19. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
20. Third album (melting face) - Peter Gabriel
love vigilante
I'm not really happy with this list. For a start, six of them are from Manchester or thereabouts (four on Factory), and as much as I love Manchester's music, I doubt that they're responsible for a third of the best albums ever recorded in the world ever. And it could be worse, because I limited myself to one album per artist, and had I not then... Anyway. It's too white (hey! Look at the token and not at all predictable soul and hip hop choices!), isn't really representative of my tastes because loads of my favourite music isn't on, or wasn't primarily made for, an album format. Oh, and the order isn't ideal, it was practically random at points. Technique over TQID was an instinctive decision this morning. Most of these albums seem to be the critically accepted "best" by the respective artists, so it's a bit dull and makes me look like Obvious Alf. Oh, and no Beatles or Dylan or Stones? What was I thinking? No REM either? They'll be disappointed when they see it. Anyway. I'm not changing now.
1) Technique - New Order
2) The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
3) Closer - Joy Division
4) The Man Machine - Kraftwerk
5) For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
6) Peter Gabriel [3] - Peter Gabriel
7) Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
8) Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
9) The Unforgettable Fire - U2
10) Talking Heads - Remain In Light
11) Forever Changes - Love
12) The Velvet Undergound and Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico
13) The Specials - The Specials
14) LC - The Durutti Column
15) Vauxhall and I - Morrissey
16) Electronic - Electronic
17) Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy
18) What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
19) The Doors - The Doors
20) London Calling - The Clash
the loveless
1. What's Going On-Marvin Gaye
2. The Beatles-The Beatles
3. Loveless-My Bloody Valentine
4. Fragile-Yes
5. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns-Joni Mitchell
6. First Band On The Moon-Cardigans
7. Piper at the Gates of Dawn-The Pink Floyd
8. A Wizard, A True Star-Todd Rundgren
9. Paranoid-Black Sabbath
10. Houses of The Holy-Led Zeppelin
11. Odessey and Oracle-The Zombies
12. With The Beatles-The Beatles
13. Tommy-The Who
14. Bryter Layter-Nick Drake
15. The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society-The Kinks
15. Court and Spark-Joni Mitchell
16. Blood On the Tracks-Bob Dylan
17. Innervisions-Stevie Wonder
18. Rock Bottom-Robert Wyatt
19. Women and Children First-Van Halen
20. The Smiths-The Smiths
Would have gone for a broader selection on a MOJO styled list, but this is strictly favorites, right?
I find the individual lists more interesting than the thought of compiling everything into a top100. --t5_D
updated 4 May 2004
your top 20 albums
Aloysius
Single albums only so not as much soul as there might (nor jazz for that matter). These are mostly albums I've been listening to for 10 years or more (and a lot of them are just cassette copies that I've been hammering for that long). Mostly resticted to one album per artist to give it a bit of (false) variety:
1. Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down
2. Van Morrison – Common One
3. Jonathan Richman – Jonathan Sings!
4. Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance
5. Cardinal – Cardinal
6. Curtis Mayfield – Curtis/Live!
7. The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
8. Randy Newman – Good Old Boys
9. Joni Mitchell – Hissing of Summer Lawns
10. Gil Scott-Heron – Reflections
11. Nick Drake – Bryter Later
12. Loudon Wainwright III – Album II
13. Gary Burton & Chick Corea – Crystal Silence
14. Bobby Bland – Dreamer
15. Jorge Ben – Africa Brasil
16. Elvis Costello – Imperial Bedroom
17. Serge Gainsbourg – Melody Nelson
18. Denim – Back in Denim
19. Scritti Politti – Songs to Remember
20. Talking Heads – Remain in Light
21. Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci – The Blue Trees
22. Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix
23. The Lilac Time – The Lilac Time
24. Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil – Tropicalia 2
25. Fatima Mansions – Bertie’s Brochures
andymacandy
1.Roy Harper; Stormcock
2. Crosby, Stills and Nash; CSN
3. Who ; Quadrophenia
4. Marvin Gaye; Whats Going On
5. Beatles; Abbey Rd
6. Rolling Stones; Sticky Fingers
7. Byrds; Younger Than Yesterday
8. Joni Mitchell; Hejira
9. Nick Drake; Bryter Layter
10. The Band; Rock of Ages
11. Neil Young; Tonights the Night
12. Hendrix; Electric Ladyland
13. Genesis; Selling England
14. UFO; Strangers In The Night
15. Marley, Bob; Exodus
16. Martyn, John; Solid Air
17. Dylan; Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
18. Led Zep; BBC Sessions
19. Air; Moon Safari
20.Sinatra; Watertown
atomic loonybin
Off the top of me head:
1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
2. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
3. Forever Changes - Love
4. Hunky Dory - David Bowie
5. Futurama - Be-Bop Deluxe
6. White Album - The Beatles
7. Go 2 - XTC
8. The Clash - The Clash
9. This Years Model - Elvis Costello
10. Brain Salad Surgery - ELP
11. Otis Blue - Otis Redding
12. Closer - Joy Division
13. Either / Or - Elliott Smith
14. Pink Moon - Nick Drake
15. Sea Change - Beck
16. Kid A - Radiohead
17. No Other - Gene Clark
18. Animals - Pink Floyd
19. Iceberg - Deke Leonard
20. Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
automatic_drip
Genius of Ray Charles - Ray Charles
Remain in Light - Talking Heads
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
More Fun in the New World - X
King of America - Elvis Costello
Fiyo on the Bayou - Neville Brothers
Live - Bob Marley and the Wailers
Hand Of Kindness - Richard Thompson
I Just Can't Stop It - (English) Beat
Shadows and Light - Joni Mitchell
Dusted - Gin Blossoms
Furnace Room Lullaby - Neko Case and her Boyfriends
Reckoning - REM
In The Jungle Groove - James Brown
Violent Femmes
Ticket To Ride - Carpenters
Solitary Man - Johnny Cash
Summerteeth - Wilco
Chomp - Pylon
Black Market Clash - Clash
Criteria? I can put any of these on at any time, and my load is lightened. Guaranteed. Sentimental choices all.
balboa
1. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
2. Forever Changes - Love
3. If I could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby
4. On The Beach - Neil Young
5. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
6. The Band - The Band
7. #1 Record - Big Star
8. Never Loved A Man - Aretha Franklin
9. Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
10. Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers
11. Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies
12. Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds
13. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
14. Insignificance - Jim O'Rourke
15. Mercy - Don Covay
16. Bandwagonesque - Teenage Fanclub
17. The Fantastic Expedition of..... - Dillard and Clark
18. Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield
19. Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
20. The Genius Sings the Blues - Ray Charles
No place for the Stones (!!!), GZA, Yes, Sinatra, Millenium, Buffalo Springfield, Gram Parsons, Miles Davis (Sketches of Spain is just out of view).............................As has been mentioned before, lots of my favourite stuff is on best offs, or soul compilations. And the list betrays my current listening habits - lots of which is too new/recent to be considered.
baron
Here goes today's version. Subject to change. Would've preferred a top 50.
1. John Coltrane - A LOVE SUPREME
2. George Harrison - ALL THINGS MUST PASS
3. Rolling Stones - EXILE ON MAIN STREET
4. John Coltrane - GIANT STEPS
5. Beatles - HARD DAYS NIGHT
6. Jimi Hendrix Experience - ELECTRIC LADYLAND
7. My Bloody Valentine - LOVELESS
8. O.V. Wright - THE BOTTOM LINE
9. Big Star - RADIO CITY
10. Neil Young - ON THE BEACH
11. R.E.M. - MURMUR
12. Flying Burrito Brothers - GUILDED PALACE OF SIN
13. John Coltrane - COLTRANE'S SOUND
14. Al Green - CALL ME
15. Wire - CHAIRS MISSING
16. Sam Cooke - NIGHT BEAT
17. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - JAZZ SAMBA
18. Wire- PINK FLAG
19. Lord High Fixers - IS YOUR CLUB A SECRET WEAPON
20. Freakwater - OLD PAINT
Of all the glaring omissions, the greatest is possibly Big Star's "Third/Sister Lovers." Sadly, no room for LZ III, Elliott Smith XO, Black Sabbath Paranoid, Nirvana Nevermind and In Utero, Come's 11:11 or Gently Down The Stream, Beach Boys Today, Congos Heart of the Congos, Dr. Dre's The Chronic, Big Soul by the Original Sins, Joni Mitchell Court and Spark, Jayhawks Tomorrow the Green Grass, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, Sonic Youth Sister, Stone Roses, Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy, Ramones, Sonic Youth Sister, Beatles Rubber Soul, Curtis Mayfield Curtis, Galaxie 500 On Fire, Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners, Sonny Rollins Saxophone Collossus and Tenor Madness, Bedhead, Buck Owens Sings Songs of Harlan Howard, Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon Walls and Bridges .... and on and on.
beauregard raph
1. Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan
2. On The Beach - Neil Young
3. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
4. Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
5. Grace - Jeff Buckley
6. Illuminations - Buffy Sainte-Marie
7. Abbey Road - The Beatles
8. Fred Neil - Fred Neil
9. Fear - John Cale
10. Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt
11. The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds
12. Forever Changes - Love
13. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd
14. If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby
15. Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
16. Tonight's The Night - Neil Young
17. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
18. Electro Shock Blues - Eels
19. Felt Mountain - Goldfrapp
20. Scott 3 - Scott Walker
beenieman
That was difficult. A lot of stuff I listen to is on comps (particularly reggae). And putting them in order is tough.
Here goes:
1 T.REX - THE SLIDER
2 NEIL YOUNG - ON THE BEACH
3 BLACK SABBATH - MASTER OF REALITY
4 GRAND FUNK - THE LIVE ALBUM
5 SEX PISTOLS - NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS
6 COCOA TEA - GOOD LIFE
7 ERIC BURDON & WAR - BLACK MAN'S BURDON
8 PREZIDENT BROWN - ORIGINAL BLUEPRINT
9 BARRINGTON LEVY - SHAOLIN TEMPLE
10 CLASH - FIRST ALBUM
11 RICHARD 'DIMPLES' FIELDS - MR LOOK SO GOOD
12 STARZ - COLOSIEUM ROCK
13 O'JAYS - SHIP AHOY
14 LARRY GRAHAM - ONE IN A MILLION YOU
15 DOWN BY THE RIVER RIDDIM ALBUM
16 GREGORY ISAACS - THE COOL RULER RIDES AGAIN
17 HUMAN LEAGUE - DARE
18 MONKEES - MONKEES
19 VAN MORRISON - IT'S TOO LATE TO STOP NOW
20 YELLOWMAN - MISTER YELLOWMAN
Some like the Yeelowman are representative. he's best heard on comps or the singles themselves.
And in alphabetical order here's the next 11:
EAGLES - HOTEL CALIFORNIA
KRIS KRISTOFFERSEN - KRISTOFFERSEN
LED ZEPPELIN - LED ZEPPELIN
LEE OSKAR - BEFORE THE RAIN
LUCIANO - WHERE THERE IS LIFE
MARVIN GAYE - WHAT'S GOING ON
MONTROSE - PAPER MONEY
MOODY BLUES - EVERY GOOD BOY DESERES FAVOUR
ROLLING STONES - BEGGAR'S BANQUET
UNDISPUTED TRUTH - METHOD TO THE MADNESS
WAR - WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS
bhoywonder
Of course, it would be different another day, but for the minute:
1. Loveless – My Bloody Valentine
2. Pet Sounds – Beach Boys
3. 3Eps – Beta Band
4. Abbey Road – Beatles
5. Let It Come Down – Spiritualized
6. Dusty In Memphis – Dusty Springfield
7. Screamadelica – Primal Scream
8. Blood On The Tracks – Bob Dylan
9. Sounds Of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel
10. Here, My Dear – Marvin Gaye
11. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots – The Flaming Lips
12. Mutations – Beck
13. All Things Must Pass – George Harrison
14. The Baby Huey Story – Baby Huey & The Babysitters
15. Disintegration – The Cure
16. Hot Buttered Soul – Isaac Hayes
17. Concubine Rice – Lone Pigeon
18. Dance To The Music – Sly & The Family Stone
19. Munki – The Jesus & Mary Chain
20. Kingsbury Manx – The Kingsbury Manx
I would have liked to include Hefner's Fidelity Wars, Bizarro by the Wedding Present, James Brown at the Apollo 62, Otis Blue, Endtroducing and a heap more.
What would be more interesting for me would be a list of 20 favourite artists, as these days, I find myself more and more enjoying stuff by people who made great tracks but not so much albums, like Smokey Robinson, Elvis, Booker T, the Meters, Phil Ochs and so on. Still, that wasn't the question, so here's the answer.
And a quick thanks you and good stuff to the compilers for what will be a bit of effort. Good show old chaps!
billybobdylan
1 Message From The Meditations - The Meditations
2 New Boots & Panties!! - Ian Dury
3 My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello
4 Two Sevens Clash - Culture
5 Hunky Dory - David Bowie
6 Wasp Star - XTC
7 Revolver - The Beatles
8 East Side Story - Squeeze
9 The Heart Of Saturday Night - Tom Waits
10 Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
11 Another Music In A Different Kitchen - Buzzcocks
12 Pressure Drop - Robert Palmer
13 Rip It Up - Orange Juice
14 Kirk’s Work - Roland Kirk
15 Friday Night At The Village Vanguard - Art Pepper
16 Mischief - Clive Gregson & Christine Collister
17 Tropical Brainstorm - Kirsty MacColl
18 Three Imaginary Boys - The Cure
19 Rattus Norvegicus IV - The Stranglers
20 Folk Singer - Muddy Waters
bleep43
I've thought about mine over the weekend, and although I like to think that this is definitive, I suspect that I may very well change my vote come the end of April.
1. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
2. Public Enemy - It takes a nation of millions to hold us back
3. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
4. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
5. Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
6. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
7. Can - Tago Mago
8. Love - Forever Changes
9. The Beatles - The Beatles
10. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
11. Led Zeppelin - Physical Grafitti
12. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
13. Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
14. Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
15. The Orb - Adventures beyond the Ultraworld
16. Boards of Canada - Music has the right to children
17. The Pixies - Doolittle
18. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
19. Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
20. Funkadelic - One nation under a groove
breadcaster
1. In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
2. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
3. Again - Buffalo Springfield
4. Live/Dead - Grateful Dead
5. Hejira - Joni Mitchell
6. Eli & The 13th Confession - Laura Nyro
7. A Long Time Comin' - Electric Flag
8. Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones
9. Notorious Byrd Brothers - Byrds
10. Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
11. Car Wheels On A Gravel Rd - Lucinda Williams
12. Forever Changes - Love
13. CSN - CSN
14. Revolver - The Beatles
15. Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy
16. Led Zeppelin 1 - Led Zeppelin
17. Southern Fried - John Hammond
18. Live At Leeds - The Who
19. Happy Sad - Tim Buckley
20. Wild Tchoupitoulas - Wild Tchoupitoulas
Capt. Sword
1. The Stone Roses
2. The Stone Roses - Second Coming
3. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper
4. Oasis - Definitley Maybe
5. The Beatles - Revolver
6. U2 - Achtung Baby
7. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
8. U2 - The Joshua Tree
9. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
10. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
11. The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
12. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
13. The Verve - Urban Hymns
14. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
15. Simple Minds - New Gold Dream
16. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
17. Love - Forever Changes
18. Echo & The Bunnymen - Evergreen
19. James - Laid
20. New Order - Get Ready
cedric
Alright, let's try...
1- The BEACH BOYS - Pet Sounds
2- LOVE - Forever Changes
3- The STOOGES - Fun House
4- BOB DYLAN - Blood On The Tracks
5- The FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS - The Gilded Palace Of Sin
6- The BAND - The Band
7- VAN MORRISON - Astral Weeks
8- The KINKS - ... Are The Village Green Preservation Society
9- SLY & The FAMILY STONE - There's A Riot Goin' On
10- TOWNES VAN ZANDT - Live At The Old Quarter
11- The BYRDS - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
12- The ROLLING STONES - Exile On Main Street
13- The VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
14- BIG STAR - Radio City
15- ARETHA FRANKLIN - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
16- The ZOMBIES - Odessey & Oracle
17- CURTIS MAYFIELD - Superfly
18- SUICIDE - Suicide
19- FRED NEIL - Fred Neil
20- ELVIS PRESLEY - From Elvis In Memphis
And I only limited myself to one album by artists...
It's frustrating 'cause it only reflects my tastes in Albums. So, you don't care but, in Singles, it would be something like...
1- The RONETTES - Be My Baby
2- BOB DYLAN - Like Rolling Stone
3- The BEATLES - She Loves You
4- The BEACH BOYS - Good Vibrations
5- The FOUR TOPS - Reach Out I'll Be There
6- The KINKS - You Really Got Me
7- Aretha FRANKLIN - Respect
8- MARVIN GAYE - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
9- QUESTION MARK & The MYSTERIANS - 96 Tears
10- BOOKER T. & The MG's - Green Onions
11- SAM COOKE - A Change Is Gonna Come
12- The SONICS - Psycho
13- The BEATLES - Strawberry Fields Forever
14- The CRYSTALS - Da Doo Ron Ron
15- The SEX PISTOLS - Anarchy in the UK
16- The KINGSMEN - Louie, Louie
17- ELVIS PRESLEY - Mystery Train
18- OTIS REDDING - Try A Little Tenderness
19- SLY & The FAMILY STONE - Dance To The Music
20- AL GREEN - Tired Of Being Alone
citizen smalls
OK, this'll do for me:
Beastie Boys, Paul's Boutique
The Band, The Band
Pavement, Wowee Zowee
Go Betweens, 16 Lovers Lane
Neil Young, On The Beach
Super Furry Animals, Radiator
Prefab Sprout, Steve McQueen
REM, Lifes Rich Pageant
Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Massive Attack, Blue Lines
Pixies, Doolittle
Beach Boys, Surf's Up
Scott Walker, Scott
Beatles, Rubber Soul
Elliott Smith, X/O
Pulp, This Is Hardcore
Clash, London Calling
Byrds, Notorious Byrd Brothers
Jane's Addiction, Nothing's Shocking
Talking Heads, Fear Of Music
copehead
1 London Calling the Clash
2 Unknown pleasures Joy Divivsion
3 Hafull of Hollow - The smiths
4 Dear catastrophe Waitress Belle and sebastian
5 Psychocandy JAMC
6 The Bends Radiohead
7 Velvet underground & Nico VU
8 Will anything Happen The Shop Assistants
9 Reckoning REM
10 Surfer Rosa the Pixies
11 Fried Julian Cope
12 Secret Treaties Blue Oyster Cult
13 Highway to Hell ACDC
14 Gold Against the Soul Manic Street Preachers
15 The decline of British Sea Power British Sea Power
16 Screamadelica Primal Scream
17 Fuzzy logic Super Furry Animals
18 Man Machine Kraftwerk
19 Social Dancing Bis
20 In Utero Nirvana.
I also wanted Way to Blue by Nick Drake, but that is a compilation.
Can't believe Public Enemy, Husker Du, Love, New Order and the White stripes never made. I also limited myself to one LP per band so The Smiths , Joy Division and SFA didn't double up
crezzafiction
1. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
2. Let it bleed - The Rolling Stones
3. Hatful of Hollow - The Smiths
4. Sign 'o' the times - Prince
5. Don't Stand Me Down - Dexy's Midnight Runners
6. Revolver - The Beatles
7. On How Life Is - Macy Gray
8. Achtung Baby - U2
9. The Dreaming - Kate Bush
10.The Score - The Fugees
11.Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
12.Home and abroad - The Style Council
13.The Clash - Sandinista
14.Vertigo - Groove Armada
15.Rock'n'roll Animal - Lou Reed
16.Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
17.The Album - Abba
18.Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
19.Show Some Emotion - Joan Armatrading
20.Secret World Live - Peter Gabriel
dgs
After much internal debating,
1. Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Meoldies
2. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
3. A Certain Ratio - Good Together
4. New Order - Technique
5. REM - Automoatic for the People
6. The KLF - Chill Out
7. Pete Namlook/Mixmaster Morris - Dreamfish
8. Portishead - Dummy
9. Jesus Jones - Liquidizer
10. Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire
11. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
12. Brian Eno - Music for Airports
13. Balloon - Gravity
14. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Vol.1
15. REM - Document
16. Spacemen 3 - Recurring
17. MLO - IO
18. New Order - LowLife
19. The Pixies - Doolittle
20. The Orb - Adventures beyond the Ultraworld
doctor jimmy
My definitive list for today. Only one album per artist.
1. The Who - Quadrophenia
2. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
3. T-Rex - Electric Warrior
4. The Beatles - Revolver
5. The Jam - All Mod Cons
6. Lou Reed - Transformer
7. Adrian Borland - Brittle Heaven
8. Love - Forever Changes
9. Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
10. Tom Waits - Raindogs
11. Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
12. Pulp - Different Class
13. The Clash - London Calling
14. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
15. The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
16. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders...
17. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
18. Suede - Coming Up
19. Ten Years After - Ssssh
20. The Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass
dr markus
right these are mine, my record collection is shite, but i reckon these are the best out of the whole lot. but at least i'm not putting in any lps that i haven't heard because someone else said they were great. feel free to laugh.
1.Radio head ok computer
2.Joy division still
3.The jam sound affects
4.The pixies surfer Rosa
5.Sugar copper blue
6.Sugar beaster
7.The pixies Doolittle
8.The specials specials
9.The stone roses the complete stone roses
10.Manic street preachers holy bible
11.Smashing pumpkins infinite sadness
12.The clash London’s calling
13.Nirvana never mind
14.Oasis what’s the story mourning glory
15.Sex pistols never mind…
16.Gomez bring it on
17.The house martins people who grinned themselves to death
18.The specials more specials
19. Happy Mondays thrill pills and belly aches
20. The pixies c’mon pilgrim
fear satan
1. Jeff Buckley - Grace
2. Motorpsycho - Demon Box
3. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
4. Stooges - Fun House
5. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
6. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
7. Joy Division - Closer
8. Four Tet - Rounds
9. JR Ewing - Ride Paranoia
10. Slint - Spiderland
11. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones
12. Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
13. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
14. Blood Brothers - Burn, Piano Island, Burn
15. Bob Dylan - Desire
16. Mogwai - Rock Action
17. Ulver - Bergtatt
18. Sigur Rós - ()
19. Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
20. Motorpsyho - Trust Us
the fish
1. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
2. The Band - The Band
3. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
4. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
5. Scott Walker - Scott 3
6. Aretha Franklin - Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
7. The Clash - London Calling
8. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
9. Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
10.Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
11.Love - Forever Changes
12.Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold as Love
13.The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
14.Prefab Sprout - Jordan : The Comeback
15.The Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers
16.Miles Davis - Miles Ahead
17.Lloyd Cole - Rattlesnakes
18.Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
19.XTC - Oranges & Lemons
20.Terry Reid - Terry Reid
funky nomad
1 - THIN LIZZY - Jailbreak
2 - TALK TALK - Spirit Of Eden
3 - JELLYFISH - Bellybutton
4 - BOARDS OF CANADA - Music Has The Right To Children
5 - THE RAINMAKERS - The Rainmakers
6 - ORBITAL - InSides
7 - MASSIVE ATTACK - Blue Lines
8 - FRANCIS DUNNERY - Tall Blonde Helicopter
9 - THE BLUE NILE - Hats
10 - PRIMAL SCREAM - Xtrmntr
11 - PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here
12 - RADIOHEAD - The Bends
13 - EELS - Souljacker
14 - REM - Document
15 - CRACKER - Kerosene Hat
16 - SPOON - Girls Can Tell
17 - JEFF BUCKLEY - Grace
18 - AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
19 - dEUS - The Ideal Crash
20 - AIMEE MANN - I'm With Stupid
gater
1.Beatles-White Album
2. The Kinks-Muswell Hillbillies
3.Bruce Springsteen- Darkness on the Edge of Town
4.John Lennon-Plastic Ono Band
5.John Hiatt-Crossing Muddy Waters
6.Neil Young-Live Rust
7.Tom Waits-Blue Valentine
8.George Harrison-All Things Must Pass
9.Humble Pie-Rockin’ the Fillmore
10.Warren Zevon-The Wind
11.The Eagles Desperado
12. Patti Smith-Horses
13.Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers
14.Bob Marley-Live
15.Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run
16.David Bowie-Ziggy Stardust
17.Paul McCartney-Flaming Pie
18.The Doors-LA Woman
19.Johnny Cash-The Man Comes Around
20.Pete Townshend-Empty Glass
Seven dinosaurs, and 13 old foagies,but I can listen to them anytime.
Close to 700 years experience ,that's a scary thought.
geoffcowgill
1- RUBBER SOUL- The Beatles
2- BLOOD ON THE TRACKS- Bob Dylan
3- THIS YEAR’S MODEL- Elvis Costello & the Attractions
4- DOCUMENT- R.E.M.
5- SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND- The Beatles
6- THE JOSHUA TREE- U2
7- GET HAPPY!!- Elvis Costello & the Attractions
8- THE BAND
9- MOONDANCE- Van Morrison
10- LIVE AT LEEDS- The Who
11- LET IT BLEED- The Rolling Stones
12- LONDON CALLING- The Clash
13- THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS- David Bowie
14- ELECTRIC LADYLAND- The Jimi Hendrix Experience
15- THE FREEWHEELIN’ BOB DYLAN- Bob Dylan
16- FREEDOM- Neil Young
17- PET SOUNDS- The Beach Boys
18- BLACK SEA- XTC
19- STICKY FINGERS- The Rolling Stones
20- PLEASED TO MEET ME- The Replacements
True.
Maybe in ten years something from the nineties will creep into my top 20.
griff
1. highway 61 revisited - bob dylan
2. low - david bowie
3. heaven up here- echo and the bunnymen
4. you can't hide your love forever- orange juice
5. searching for the young soul rebels - dexys
6. meat is murder - the smiths
7. everybody knows this is nowhere - neil young
8. the stone roses - the stone roses
9. it takes a nation of millions to hold us back - public enemy
10. blonde on blonde - bob dylan
11. sandinista! - the clash
12. surf's up - the beach boys
13. close to the edge - yes
14. revolver- the beatles
15. astral weeks- van morrison
16. the miseducation of - lauryn hill
17. let's get it on - marvin gaye
18. giant steps - boo radleys
19. technique - new order
20. steve mcqueen - prefab sprout
The Hip Priest
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
then the flood gates open and I can't make any more asessments
Human abstract
1. Neil Young – Everybody Knows….
2. Elvis Costello – Imperial Bedroom
3. Iggy & The Stooges – Raw Power
4. Rolling Stones – sticky fingers
5. Modern Lovers
6. Wire – Pink Flag
7. Alexander Spence – oar
8. The Velvet Underground
9. Prefab sprout – swoon
10. Talking heads – fear of music
11. Roxy Music – Siren
12. Smiths – Strangeways
13. Stone Roses – Stone Roses
14. Big Star – Sister Lovers/ Third
15. Neil Young - Harvest
16. Neil Young – Tonight’s the night
17. Neil Young – On The Beach
18. Costello – This Year’s Model
19. Costello – Get Happy!
20. Bob Dylan – Blonde on blonde
huw
Hard, but here we go :-
REO Speedwagon - This Time We Mean It (1975)
Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music (1975)
Five Star - Rock The World (1988)
Neil Young - Re~Ac~Tor (1981)
Andrew Gold - Whirlwind (1980)
Bucks Fizz - Are You Ready (1982)
Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Dress For Excess (1988)
Spice Girls - Forever (2000)
Hue And Cry - Seduced And Abandoned (1987)
Styx - Caught In The Act (1984)
Phil Collins - But Seriously (1989)
Milli Vanilli - All Or Nothing (1988)
Skrewdriver - Blood And Honour (1986)
Simply Red - Home (2003)
Sting - Strange Fruit - Live (1987)
Paul McCartney - Back To The Egg (1979)
Bob Dylan - Dylan (1973)
Hall & Oates - Past Times Behind (2001)
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (2000)
Slipknot - Mate, Feed, Kill. Repeat (1987)
Iam
Ok, so it's difficult to do this. I'm sure I've missed some really important stuff, but right now (probably) it's:
01. Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
02. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
03. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
04. Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
05. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
06. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
07. Television - Marquee Moon
08. Swervedriver - Mezcal Head
09. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
10. GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
11. Neil Young - Harvest
12. Ramones - Rocket To Russia
13. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
14. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
15. Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
16. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
17. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
18. Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry
19. Capdown - Pound For The Sound
20. Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
I think. Sort of...
jeemo
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express
Dexys Midnight Runners - Don’t Stand Me Down
The Beatles - The Beatles
Horslips -The Tain
Tom Waits - One From The Heart
Prefab Sprout - Jordan The Comeback
Jackie Leven - Fairy Tales for Hard Men
Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
David Bowie - Heroes
The Clash - Londons Calling
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
King Crimson - Red
Tindersticks - Tindersticks 2nd album
Eno - Another Green World
Spiritualized - Let it Come Down
Scott Walker - 4
Talking Heads - More Songs about Buildings and Food
Human League - Reproduction
Joy Division - Unkown Pleasures
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
For what it sworth my top 20 today, will be different tomorrow and the next day, pick away see if I care
Jeff K
1 Velvet Underground and Nico
2. Marquee Moon- Television
3. Sticky Fingers- the Rolling Stones
4. Chair's Missing- Wire
5. Psychocandy- Jesus and Mary Chain
6. Daydream Nation- Sonic Youth
7. Sisters/Lovers- Big Star
8. Loveless- My Bloody Valentine
9. Eternally Yours- the Saints
10. Horses- Patti Smith
11. Vs.- Mission of Burma
12. Colassal Youth- Young Marble Giants
13. Berlin- Lou Reed
14.16 Lovers Lane- the Go-Betweens
15. Baby's Got a Gun- the Only Ones
16. The Idiot- Iggy Pop
17. Suicide
18. On Fire- Galaxie 500
19. Here Come the Warm Jets- Eno
20. Leave Home- the Ramones
jimbo pimbo
What the hell.
1. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
2. Abby Road - The Beatles
3. Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
4. Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
5. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
6. Stand - Sly and the Family Stone
7. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
8. Natty Dread - Bob Marley
9. The Doors - The Doors
10. Sweetheart of the Rodeo - The Byrds
11. The Band - The Band
12. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
13. Truth - Jeff Beck
14. Squeezing Out the Sparks - Graham Parker and the Rumor (Rumour?)
15. My Aim is True - Elvis Costello
16. Ladies of the Canyon - Joni Mitchell
17. The Ramones - The Ramones
18. American Beauty - The Grateful Dead
19. Automatic for the People - REM
20. Off the Wall - Michael Jackson
joe moody
Right. Walks back to desk from toilet, having given the top 20 albums of all time due consideration, with list on piece of toilet roll.......
1 Blood on tracks
2 Revolver
3 Sticky Fingers ( eeeewww )
4 Velvet Underground w Nico
5 Aladdin Sane
6 St Dominics Preview
7 Clear Spot
8 Marquee Moon
9 Fear of Music
10 English Settlement
11 Leige & Leif
12 Lifemask
13 Grace and Danger
14 Sgt Pepper
15 Exile on Main St
16 Blonde on Blonde
17 Abbey rd
18 Shleep
19 Stand Up
20 All Mod Cons
Joe Bogg
Doh! I left out Queen is Dead......take out All Mod Cons.....
johnny fartpants
I'll probably think of one I've missed in about 10 minutes ... but for now :
1. Inflammable Material - Stiff Little Fingers
2. The Clash - The Clash
3. Never Mind The Bollocks - Sex Pistols
4. The Undertones - The Undertones
5. Nevermind - Nirvana
6. Give 'Em Enough Rope - The Clash
7. Cant Stand The Rezillos - The Rezillos
8. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N Roses
9. Definitely Maybe - Oasis
10. Setting Sons - The Jam
11. Parallel Lines - Blondie
12. Black And White - The Stranglers
13. It's Alive - The Ramones
14. The Incredible Shrinking Dickies - The Dickies
15. Vengeance - New Model Army
16. Generation Terrorists - Manic Street Preachers
17. Automatic For The People - REM
18. Machine Gun Etiquette - The Damned
19. All Mod Cons - The Jam
20. Another Kind Of Blues - UK Subs
Not very ecclectic really am I ?? Just a simple bastard.
josh
Tonight my top 20 is;
1 Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
2 Muddy Waters - Folk Singer
3 Zombies - Odessey & Oracle
4 Who - Sell Out
5 Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
6 John Coltrane - Giant Steps
7 Horslips - Book Of Invasions
8 Yachts - Yachts
9 Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Going To A Go Go
10 Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
11 Al Green - The Belle Album
12 Pavlov's Dog - At The Sound Of The Bell
13 The Clash - The Clash
14 Otis Redding - Otis Blue
15 John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton
16 Van Morrison - Moondance
17 Home Service - Alright Jack
18 Miles Davis - Relaxin'
19 Abdullah Ibrahim & Carlos Ward - Live At The Sweet Basil Vol 1
20 Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
jumper k balls
1 - Rocket From The Crypt - Group Sounds
2 - Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime
3 - Kyuss - Blues From The Red Sun
4 - Leatherface - Mush
5 - Bad Brains - Rock For Light
6 - Monks - Black Monk Time
7 - Saints - Eternally Yours
8 - Tricky - Maxinequaye
9 - Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
10 - Aspects Of Physics - Diagrams Of Suburban Chaos
11 - Black Heart Procession - Amore Del Tropico
12 - Barry Adamson - Oedipus Schmoedipus
13 - Heartbreakers - LAMF
12 - Destroy Oh Boy - New Bomb Turks
13 - Green On Red - The Killer In Me
14 - Neal Casal - Anytime Tomorrow
15 - Masters Of Reality - Sunrise On The Sufferbus
16 - Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions
17 - Polygon Window - Surfing The Sine Waves
18 - Tad - Gods Balls
19 - Magazine - Real Life
20 - Lift To Experience - Texas Jerusalem Crossroads.
king feeb
1) Can- Tago Mago
2) Pere Ubu- The Modern Dance
3) The Who- Who's Next
4) Pink Floyd- Piper At The Gates of Dawn
5) Faust- The Faust Tapes
6) Beatles- Abbey Road
7) Guided By Voices- Bee Thousand
8) Amon Duul II- Yeti
9) My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
10) Kraftwerk- Autobahn
11) Wire- Chairs Missing
12) Love- Forever Changes
13) Beatles- Revolver
14) Tall Dwarfs- Weeville
15) Minutemen- Double Nickles On The Dime
16) Can- Ege Bamyasi
17) The Damned- Machine Gun Etiquette
18) Tangerine Dream- Zeit
19) Van Der Graaf Generator- Pawn Hearts
20) The Fall- This Nation's Saving Grace
I didn't do them in any particular order, and it would change from day to day, but this would be a representative Top 20 for me...
I also can't figure out why when I type the number eight, I get a frigging emoticon, but there ya go!
kiwi todd
1) The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
2) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 2
3) The Beatles - Abbey Road
4) The Band - The Band
5) The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
6) Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
7) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
8 ) Steely Dan - Can't buy a thrill
9) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 3
10) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 4
11) The Who - Who's next
12) Keith Richards - Talk is cheap
13) The Beatles - Revolver
14) Ry Cooder - Bop til you drop
15) Steely Dan - Countdown to ecstacy
16) The Beatles - The Beatles
17) Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
18 ) The Rolling Stones - Let it bleed
19) Led Zeppelin - Presence
20) Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
leg of lamb
1. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
2. The Beatles - Revolver
3. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
4. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
5. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
6. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
7. R.E.M. - Reckoning
8. Beck - Odelay
9. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
10. Pixies - Doolittle
11. Outkast - Aquemini
12. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
13. Nas - Illmatic
14. The Velvet Underground - VU and Nico
15. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
16. The Clash - London Calling
17. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
18. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
19. Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R
20. Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Bet you guys all feel enriched.
Lord Belborough
Here is my slightly prog-centric, mostly seventies-centric, definitely Anglo-centric and not very imaginitive list:
1. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
2. Abbey Road - The Beatles
3. Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield
4. Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk
5. Skylarking - XTC
6. Trick Of The Tail - Genesis
7. Close To The Edge - Yes
8. Stormcock - Roy Harper
9. Physical Graffiti - Led Zepellin
10. Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
11. Sgt Pepper - The Beatles
12. Five leaves Left - Nick Drake
13. Solid Air - John Martyn
14. Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
15. Heaven Or Las Vegas - Cocteau Twins
16. In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
17. Liege And Lief - Fairport Convention
18. Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath
19. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
20. Third album (melting face) - Peter Gabriel
love vigilante
I'm not really happy with this list. For a start, six of them are from Manchester or thereabouts (four on Factory), and as much as I love Manchester's music, I doubt that they're responsible for a third of the best albums ever recorded in the world ever. And it could be worse, because I limited myself to one album per artist, and had I not then... Anyway. It's too white (hey! Look at the token and not at all predictable soul and hip hop choices!), isn't really representative of my tastes because loads of my favourite music isn't on, or wasn't primarily made for, an album format. Oh, and the order isn't ideal, it was practically random at points. Technique over TQID was an instinctive decision this morning. Most of these albums seem to be the critically accepted "best" by the respective artists, so it's a bit dull and makes me look like Obvious Alf. Oh, and no Beatles or Dylan or Stones? What was I thinking? No REM either? They'll be disappointed when they see it. Anyway. I'm not changing now.
1) Technique - New Order
2) The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
3) Closer - Joy Division
4) The Man Machine - Kraftwerk
5) For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
6) Peter Gabriel [3] - Peter Gabriel
7) Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
8) Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
9) The Unforgettable Fire - U2
10) Talking Heads - Remain In Light
11) Forever Changes - Love
12) The Velvet Undergound and Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico
13) The Specials - The Specials
14) LC - The Durutti Column
15) Vauxhall and I - Morrissey
16) Electronic - Electronic
17) Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy
18) What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
19) The Doors - The Doors
20) London Calling - The Clash
the loveless
1. What's Going On-Marvin Gaye
2. The Beatles-The Beatles
3. Loveless-My Bloody Valentine
4. Fragile-Yes
5. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns-Joni Mitchell
6. First Band On The Moon-Cardigans
7. Piper at the Gates of Dawn-The Pink Floyd
8. A Wizard, A True Star-Todd Rundgren
9. Paranoid-Black Sabbath
10. Houses of The Holy-Led Zeppelin
11. Odessey and Oracle-The Zombies
12. With The Beatles-The Beatles
13. Tommy-The Who
14. Bryter Layter-Nick Drake
15. The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society-The Kinks
15. Court and Spark-Joni Mitchell
16. Blood On the Tracks-Bob Dylan
17. Innervisions-Stevie Wonder
18. Rock Bottom-Robert Wyatt
19. Women and Children First-Van Halen
20. The Smiths-The Smiths
Would have gone for a broader selection on a MOJO styled list, but this is strictly favorites, right?
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magilla
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Can - Tago Mago
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
Nick Cave - The Boatman's Call
Scott Walker - Scott 3
Patti Smith - Horses
The Stooges - The Stooges
Emmylou Harris - Pieces Of The Sky
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Television - Marquee Moon
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
The Wedding Present - George Best
Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!
Husker Du - New Day Rising
Tim Buckley - Goodbye And Hello
John Cale - Helen Of Troy
The Gun Club - The Fire Of Love
I voted tactically. I love the classics by The Clash, Love, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, etc as much as anyone else, but am confident they'll be placed highly without my votes anyway.
But I really want to see John Coltrane, Can and Captain Beefheart as high as possible in the final poll, so placed them on the top of my list.
Other than that, the places on my list are inter-changable, as I get equal pleasure from all of the albums I've mentioned.
marios
OK, here goes nothing:
My Top 20 (for now anyway)
1. Big Star - Radio City
2. Beatles - Please Please Me (WHAT? I happen to LOVE this)
3. Beatles - White Album (the only artists i will mention twice here)
4. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
5. The Kinks - Are The Village Green Preservation Society
6. The Band - The Band
7. Al Green - Call Me
8. Wilson Pickett - The Sound Of Wilson Pickett
9. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
10. Stooges - Funhouse
11. VU - The Velvet Underground (3rd)
12. Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots
13. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
14. Johnny Cash - At San Quentin (The Complete Concert)
15. Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis (is Sun Sessions a comp? I don't have it anyway)
16. Replacements - Let It Be
17. Love - Forever Changes
18. Galaxie 500 - On Fire
19. Television - Marquee Moon
20. The Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers
Whoooooooo! That has hard.
Albums that came pretty close:
Stooges - Raw Power
Stones - Sticky Fingers
Beatles - Revolver
Big Star - both of them
The Temptations - Cloud 9 + Psychedelic Soul + Puzzle People (if i was allowed the twofer i might have opted for this)
VU - first
Wilco - YHF
Dylan - Blood On The Tracks + Highway 61 Rev
SFA - Fuzzy Logic
Flying Burritos - GPoS
The Kinks - Arthur
The Band - debut
Aretha - i really wanted her in my Top 20 but until yesterday i only had her 30 Greatest Hits. Now i also have her Atlantic boxset but i haven't really played it yet so i don't want to include her on the basis of how much i generally love her songs (if i was including her though i guess i'd go with either I Never Loved... or Lady Soul)
Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Beach Boys - i was thinking Pet Sounds or Surf's Up but decided against them for now
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live! or Superfly etc
Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You + Let's Get Together
Elliott Smith - XO
Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model + My Aim Is True
The Auteurs - New Wave
...and a hell of a lot more that i'm too bored to type right now - THANK GOD i hear yoy say? (these were just the titles on the first page of the piece of paper i have in front of me!)
Anyhoo...what is noticeable on this list is the underrepresentation of punk/post-punk (this type of music used to rule my Top Album lists), hip-hop (i like some albums but i wouldn't include them in my favourites of all time), no reggae (just not crazy about it) and 50s rock'n'roll (well, i'm mostly familiar with this music through comps to be honest). Oh, also i only included one jazz album (Roots & Blues) because i don't have that many and this happens to be the one i play the most.
I'm sure i'm forgetting sth but i'll shut up for now.
THANK GOD i hear you say?
marquis de scarsborough
1 The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
2 Radiator - Super Furry Animals
3 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
4 Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
5 Forever Changes - Love
6 The Boy With The Arab Strap - Belle & Sebastian
7 Only Forever - Puressence
8 Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield
9 A Cast Of Thousands - Elbow
10 Grace - Jeff Buckley
11 Disintergration - The Cure
12 Doolittle - The Pixies
13 Dog Man Star - Suede
14 Ten - Pearl Jam
15 Dummy - Portishead
16 King - Belly
17 Agaetis Byrjun - Sigur Ros
18 Hatful Of Hollow - The Smiths
19 Some Friendly - The Charlatans
20 Return To The Last Chance Saloon - The Bluetones
martha
I wouldn’t presume to say what the best of all time are….but these are 20 of my favorite albums in some semblance of ranked order (most currently loved to slightly less loved):
1. Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen
2. Cure for Pain - Morphine
3. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
4. Your Funeral, My Trial - Nick Cave
5. Upstairs at Eric's - Yaz
6. Lowlife - New Order
7. The Specials - The Specials
8. All Mod Cons - The Jam
9. Script of the Bridge - The Chameleons
10. Floodland - Sisters of Mercy
11. Northern Light - Covenant
12. The Smiths - The Smiths
13. Seven Days in Sammystown - Wall of Voodoo
14. Bizarro - The Wedding Present
15. Violator - Depeche Mode
16. Darklands - The Jesus and Mary Chain
17. Different Class - Pulp
18. October Project - October Project
19. Pink Flag - Wire
20. Wild Is The Wind - Nina Simone
Should anyone care, this is what I submitted to Matty for Mojo's Top 100 of all time in February 2003. My tastes fluctuate slightly year by year...
Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Chameleons, The - Script of the Bridge
Wedding Present, The - Seamonsters
Jam, The - All Mod Cons
Kinks, The - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
Sisters Of Mercy, The - Floodland
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Talk Talk - The Color Of Spring
Depeche Mode - Violator
Cure, The - Disintegration
Smiths, The - The Queen Is Dead
They Might Be Giants - Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants
Anderson, Laurie - Live In New York
Cave, Nick - Your Funeral My Trial
X - Los Angeles / Wild Gift
Ramones - Ramones
Clash, The - London Calling
Specials, The - The Specials
(English) Beat, The - I Just Can't Stop It
Pulp - Different Class
Wire - Pink Flag
XTC - Apple Venus Vol. 1
Morphine - Cure For Pain
Jesus and Mary Chain, the - Psychocandy
Pogues, The - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
the masked man
1. Joy Division - Closer
2. Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate
3. PiL - Metal Box
4. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
5. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
6. The Velvet Underground & Nico
7. Prince - Purple Rain
8. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
9. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
10. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
11. New Order - Technique
12. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
13. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
14. The Clash - London Calling
15. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
16. Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader
17. Kate Bush - The Hounds Of Love
18. Radiohead - OK Computer
19. XTC - Skylarking
20. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
matt wilson
Oh all right, but only because it's my birthday:
1-The Doors
2-Forever Changes-Love
3-Revolver-Beatles
4-The River-Springsteen
5-Every Picture Tells a Story-Rod
6-Let it Bleed-Stones
7-Sun Sessions-Elvis
8-Led Zeppelin 2
9-Tim-Replacements
10-Blonde on Blonde-Dylan
11-What's Goin' On-Marvin Gaye
12-London Calling-Clash
13-Notorious Byrd Bros.
14-After the Gold Rush-Neil Young
15-White Album-Beatles
16-Live at Leeds-Who
17-Electric Ladyland-Hendrix
18-The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
19-Pet Sounds-Beach Boys
20-Lady Soul-Aretha Franklin
Had I been able to use compilations it would have been a different list.
metronomous
1. Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones
2. White Album- Beatles
3. Marquee Moon - Television
4. Spooky Two - Spooky Tooth
5. Joy Of A Toy - Kevin Ayers
6. Another Green World - Brian Eno
7. Stranded - Roxy Music
8. Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt
9. Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian
10. Younger Than Yesterday - Byrds
11. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young
12. Hot Rats - Frank Zappa
13. Gravity - Fred Frith
14. Skeleton At The Feast - Gary Lucas
15. Exodus - Bob Marley
16. Then Play On - Fleetwood Mac
17. Odyssey - Terje Rypdal
18. Wheels Of Fire - Cream
19. The Velvet Underground with Nico
20. Low - David Bowie
microserf70
Very thrown-together, and I promised myself that I wouldn't do lengthy 'honourable mentions.'
1. Rheostatics - Whale Music
2. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
3. REM - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
4. Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
5. REM - Fables Of The Reconstruction
6. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
7. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
8. The Roots - Things Fall Apart
9. Mogwai - Rock Action
10. The Delgados - The Great Eastern
11. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
12. REM - Automatic For The People
13. The Replacements - Let It Be
14. Fugazi - In On The Killtaker
15. Rufus Wainwright - Poses
16. Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - Furnace Room Lullaby
17. Neutral Milk Hotel - In An Aeroplane Over The Sea
18. The Appleseed Cast - Low Level Owl Volume 1
19. Duke Ellington - Money Jungle
20. Sloan - Between The Bridges
the modernist
I hope nothing I say will be used in evidence against me later. Oh well this is a top twenty...for today
1.Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk
2. Blue Lines - Massive Attack
3. In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
4. Station To Station - David Bowie
5. Revolver - The Beatles
6. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
7. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
8. Sunflower - The Beach Boys
9. Young, Gifted And Black - Aretha Franklin
10. The Clash - The Clash
11. Curtis - Curtis Mayfield
12. Forever Changes - Love
13. Stone Roses - Stone Roses
14. The White Album - The Beatles
15. Diamond Dogs _ David Bowie
16. If Only I Could Remember My Name - David Crosby
17. A Grand Love Story - Kid Loco
18. First Take - Roberta Flack
19. Carl and The Passions -The Beach Boys
20. Every Day - Cinematic Orchestra
moonie
1. Tom Waits-Raindogs
2. The Reivers-Saturday
3. The Beatles-Rubber Soul
4. Bob Dylan-Highway 61 Revisited
5. The Reivers-End of the Day
6. Gram Parsons-GP
7. Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound of Silence
8. REM-Murmur
9. John Prine-Bruised Orange
10. Teenage Fanclub-Songs from Northern Britain
11. The Jayhawks-Tomorrow the Green Grass
12. Son Volt-Trace
13. Tom Waits-Black Rider
14. Ride-Carnival of Light
15. Calexico-the Black Light
16. The Beatles-Sgt. Peppers
17. REM-Fables of the Reconstruction
18. The Byrds- Mr. Tambourine Man
19. James McMurtry-Where’d You Hide the Body
20. The Four Tops-Reach Out
moot
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
T Rex - Electric Warrior
Bjork - Homogenic
Super Furry Animals - Guerilla
Pavement - Terror Twilight
Boredoms - Super Ae
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
Life Rocks
The Icarus Line - Red and Black Attack EP
The Books - The Lemon of Pink
Big Black - Atomizer
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Radiohead - Kid A
Slint - Spiderland
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
The Birthday Party - Junkyard
Melt-Banana - Charlie
MOTT
1. Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet'
2. Family: 'Music in a Doll's House'
3. My Bloody Valentine: 'Loveless'
4. Velvet Underground & Nico: Eponymous
5. Stone Roses: Eponymous
6. Beatles: 'Abbey Road'
7. Bob Dylan: 'Blonde on Blonde'
8. David Bowie: 'Ziggy Stardust'
9. Kinks: 'Village Green'
10. Who: 'Quadrophenia'
11. Love: 'Forever Changes'
12. Beach Boys: 'Surf's Up'
13. Jimi Hendrix: 'Are You Experienced'
13. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin 1
14: Pixies: 'Doolittle'
15. Prince: 'Sign 'o' the Times'
16. Stranglers: 'Rattus Norvegicus'
17. Joy Division: 'Closer'
18. Smiths: 'Hatful of Hollow'
19. John Cale: 'Paris 1919'
20. Jesus & Mary Chain: 'Psychocandy'
mozman
And here they are:
[1] The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
[2] My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
[3] Echo & The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
[4] Air – Moon Safari
[5] Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue
[6] Happy Mondays – Pills ‘N’ Thrills & Bellyaches
[7] Shack – Waterpistol
[8] David Bowie – Low
[9] The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
[10] The Beatles – The Beatles ('White Album')
[11] U2 – The Joshua Tree
[12] Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
[13] Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
[14] John Martyn – Solid Air
[15] Primal Scream – Screamadelica
[16] The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
[17] The La’s – The La’s
[18] The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
[19] Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
[20] The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
mspecktor
Baron baby you're picking "All Things Must Pass" as number two is one reason among several you are in fact king.
Here is my list. I hate listing like this, and am gonna topweight my list for records I love that don't stand a chance...not to suggest records I'm picking don't deserve placement on a list like this, but I don't reckon I love number 20 any less than number 2. I'm gonna pitch hierarchy (and maybe plain old common sense) out the window.
1. Spacemen 3, "The Perfect Prescription"
2. Dr. Alimantado, "The Best Dressed Chicken In Town"
3. Opal "Early Recordings"
4. Lee Dorsey, "Yes We Can"
5. Spiritualized, "Lazer Guided Melodies"
6. Dennis Wilson, "Pacific Ocean Blue"
7. Green, "Elaine Mackenzie"
8. Donny Hathaway, "Live"
9. Underworld, "Dubnobasswithmyheadman"
10. The Gun Club, "Fire of Love"
11. v/a Nuggets II Box
12. David Crosby, "If I Could Only Remember My Name"
13. Talk Talk "Laughing Stock"
14. Eric B and Rakim, "Paid In Full"
15. Keith Hudson, "Playing It Cool and Playing It Right"
16. Susumu Yakota, "Sakura"
17. Sundial, "Other Way Out"
18. Michael Head + The Strands, "The Magical World Of..."
19. Curtis Mayfield, "Curtis Live!"
20. Crazy Horse s/t, Lisa Miller "Car Tape" (Tie)
There. Uh...there's 20 records that don't stand a flippin chance of ending up on a list like the one we'll arrive at. And it's a damn shame, since they'll all deserve it as much as the records that wnd up there.
nancy
I hate doing these lists as everytime is different.I don't even know what my Top 50 all time albums are really at all.But I'll try.So,my Top 20 albums right now in chronological order would be:
01]Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin(1969)[11]
02]Funhouse - The Stooges(1970)[9]
03]The Psychomodo - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel(1974)[15]
04]Horses - Patti Smith(1975)[13]
05]Low - David Bowie(1977) [12]
06]The Idiot - Iggy Pop(1977) [10]
07]Rocket To Russia - The Ramones(1977)[18]
08]The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu(1978][14]
09]Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division(1979) [1]
10]In The Flat Field - Bauhaus(1980) [4]
11]Seventeen Seconds - The Cure(1980) [5]
12]Red - Black Uhuru(1981)[16]
13]Computer World - Kraftwerk(1981) [8]
14]Ju Ju - Siouxsie & The Banshees(1981) [6]
15]First And Last And Always - The Sisters Of Mercy(1985)[2]
16]The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths(1986) [7]
17]Technique - New Order(1989) [3]
18]The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses(1989)[17]
19]Loveless - My Bloody Valentine(1991)[20]
20]Ten - Pearl Jam(1991)[19]
@Bleep43: The numbers in brackets after year release are the real placings.
nathan
Mine is a bit boring but all of these have meant a lot to me over the years.
1. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
2. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
3. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
4. The Replacements - Let It Be
5. DJ Shadow - Entroducing
6. The Beatles - Beatles For Sale
7. Beck - Odelay
8. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
9. Stone Roses - S/T
10. Ride - Going Blank Again
11. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
12. Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
13. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
14. Paul McCartney - McCartney
15. Jesus & Mary Chain - Honey's Dead
16. Paul Westerberg - Stereo
17. Lily's - Eccsame the Photon Band
18. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Master And Everyone
19. The Warlocks - Rise And Fall (US version)
20. Verve - A Storm In Heaven
oscar
I don't think this bears any resemblance to my 'true' list but it's the best I could come up with today. No Clash!!! No Roxy Music!!! Only One Costello!!! No Beach Boys!!! No Charlie Parker!!! No Ella Fitzgerald!!! No Sinatra!!! No Genesis!!! I think I need therapy.
(first list revised)
1. Neil Young - Everybody knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
2. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968)
3. Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedrooms (1982)
4. Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue (1977)
5. The Who - Quadrophenia (1973)
6. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going on (1971)
7. Bowie - hunky Dory (1971)
8. Beatles - Revolver (1966)
9. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969)
10. Leonard Cohen - The Songs of … (1968)
11. Nick Drake - 5 Leaves Left (1969)
12. Zombies - Odessey & Oracle (1968)
13. Neil Young - After the Goldrush (1970)
14. Big Star -# 1 Record (1972)
15. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)
16. Bob Dylan -Blood on the tracks (1975)
17. Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
18. Smiths - Smiths (1984)
19. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (1991)
20. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (1996)
owen
1 A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
2 Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus
3 Two steps from the blues - Bobby Bland
4 The Heart of the Congos - The congos
5 Jack Johnson - Miles Davis
6 Highway 61 revisited - Bob dylan
7 36 Chambers - wu Tang clan
8 Never loved a man the way I love you - Aretha Franklin
9 Parallel lines - blondie
10 Diamond Dogs - Bowie
11 Out to lunch - Eric Dolphy
12 In the wee small hours - Frank Sinatra
13 Don't stand me down - Dexys
14 Liquid swords - GZA
15 sings the cole porter songbook - Ella Fitzgerald
16 The Genius sings the blues - Ray Charles
17 I want to see the bright lights tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson
18 His mother called him Bill - Duke ellington
19 Endroducing - DJ Shadow
20 Moments from this theatre live - Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham
paddy bateman
1 David Bowie Station to Station
2 Television Marquee Moon
3 REM Green
4 The Smths Hatful of Hollow
5 Four Tet Rounds
6 Nirvana In Utero
7 Leonard Cohen Im your man
8 Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
9 Radiohead OK Computer
10 American Music Club Mercury
11 Nirvana Unplugged in New York
12 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
13 Pearl Jam Ten
14 REM Document
15 The VU The VU and Nico
16 Bright Eyes Lifted or…….
17 Flaming Lips Yoshimi……..
18 10000 Maniacs In my Tribe
19 Radiohead Amnesiac
20 The Smths The Queen is dead
parker pi
1. Steely Dan - Royal Scam
2. Beatles - White Album
3. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
4. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond
5. Captain Beefheart - Clear Spot
6. King Crimson - Red
7. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
8. John Zorn - Spillane
9. Robert Wyatt - Schleep
10. Miles Davis - Pangea
11. Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life
12. John McLaughlin - My Goals Beyond
13. Beach Boys - Sunflower
14. Can - Tago Mago
15. Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
16. Squarepusher - Music is Rotted one Note
17. Pixies- Dolittle
18. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
19. Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
20. Soundgarden - Superunknown
pete
1.pet sounds - beach boys
2.exile on main street - rolling stones
3.the band
4.arthur... - the kinks
5.highway 61 - bob dylan
6.the beatles
7.electric ladyland - jimi hendrix
8.velvet underground and nico
9.revolver - the beatles
10.the basement tapes - bob dylan
11.music from big pink - the band
12.hunky dory - david bowie
13.nilsson sings newman - harry nilsson
14.tonights the night - neil young
15.franks wild years - tom waits
16.summerteeth - wilco
17.whats going on - marvin gaye
18.I should coco - supergrass
19.talking book - stevie wonder
20.superfly - curtis mayfield
pig bodine
Mingus--The Black Saint & the Sinner Lady
Miles Davis--In a Silent Way
John Coltrane--Meditations
Sly & the Faimly Stone--Stand
Wu Tang Clan--Enter the 36 Chambers
Minutemen Double Nickels On a Dime
Curtis Mayfield--Superfly
Main Source--Breaking Atoms
Eric Dolphy--Out To Lunch
My Bloody Valentine--Loveless
Funkadelic--Maggot Brain
Herbie Hancock--Empyrean Isles
Eric B & Rakim--Paid In Full
PiL--Metal Box
Frank Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim--S/T
Black Sabbath--Masters Of Reality
Al Green Gets Next To You
Public Enemy--Fear Of a Black Planet
James Brown--Love Power Peace
Just realized this was only 19
Mott the Hoople--Brain Capers
piledriver
01. Revolver The Beatles
02. Hello - Status Quo
03. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
04. Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
05. Dog Of Two Head - Status Quo
06. Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
07. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
08. Abbey Road - The Beatles
09. A Question of Balance - Moody Blues
10. Tropical Brainstorm - Kirsty MacColl
11. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
12. Quadrophenia - The Who
13. Piledriver - Status Quo
14. Who's Next - The Who
15. The Wall - Pink Floyd
16. Absolutely - Madness
17. New Boots & Panties - Ian Dury & The Blockheads
18. My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello
19. Bring It On - Gomez
20. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
I can guarantee that at least 30% of those probably wouldn't be in my Top 20 if I did it next week, but as of this moment in time this will do.
POE
NOTE: Ignore my previous list from the voting. Thinking about it, I realize that while Son Volt, The Sundays & Beth Orton are good albums and my personal favs, they aren't 'great.' At the time I listened to them extensively, they were thought of as being 'great' but now my tastes have greatly changed.
Anyway....
1. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
2. Radiohead - OK Computer
3. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
4. Sigur Ros - Aegaetis Byrjun
5. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
6. Joni Mitchell - Blue
7. Roxy Music - Avalon
8. Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
9. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
10. David Bowie - Low
11. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
12. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
13. Can - Tago Mago
14. Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle
15. Duncan Sheik - Phantom Moon
16. King Crimson - In The Court of Crimson King
17. The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
18. Elliott Smith - Figure 8
19. Liars - They Threw Us In A Trench & Stuck A Monument On Top
20. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
Prez
Right,as with others,this is Todays top 20,contents liable to change,but its as close as it gets:-
1) “The Imperial Bedroom” = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2) “Rogue Waves” = Terry Reid
3) “Just Like that” = Toots & The Maytals
4) “Combat Rock” = The Clash
5) “Say it ‘aint so” = Murray Head
6) “Play for Today” = The Searchers
7) “Songs to remember” = Scritti Politti
8) “Silk Degrees” = Boz Scaggs
9) “Exodus” = Bob Marley & The Wailers
10) “The Undertones” = The Undertones
11) “An evening with…..Volume 2” = Big Bill Broonzy
12) “Listen without prejudice Vol.1” - George Michael
13) “New boots and panties” Ian Dury
14) “Into the music” = Van Morrison
15) “Days like this” = Van Morrison
16) “London Calling” = The Clash
17) “The Gift” = The Jam
18) “In my tribe” = 10000 Maniacs
19) “Sweet thing” = Georgie Fame & The blue flames
20) “Rumours” = Fleetwood Mac
Ray Bones
Right, I'll give this a go but the list will probably be different tomorrow.
1. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
2. Radiohead - OK Computer
3. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
4. The Band - The Band
5. Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
6. Pavement - Wowee Zowee
7. Elliot Smith - Either/Or
8. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
9. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
10. Ride - Nowhere
11. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
12. The Flying Burrito Brothers - Gilded Palace of Sin
13. JAMC - Darklands
14. Primal Scream - Vanishing Point
15. SFA - Radiator
16. Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man - Out of Season
17. MBV - Loveless
18. REM - New Adventures in HiFi
19. Supergrass - In It For The Money
20. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle
The Red Heifer
I've deleted my old list and written what you would call a "new one" :
1: Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Blood & Chocolate
2: Modest Mouse - The Moon And Antarctica
3: Phoenix - United
4:The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
5:Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
6: David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
7: Magnetic Fields - Holiday
8: Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust
9: Mars Volta - De-loused In The Comatorium
10: Weezer - Pinkerton
11: Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
11: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
12: White Stripes - White Blood Cells
13: Nirvana - In Utero
14: The Avalanches - Since I Left You
15: Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players - Vintage Slide Collection From Seattle Vol. 1
16: R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
17: The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
18: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
19: Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
20: Pollyanna - Hello Halo
the right summery profile
It's par for the course isn't it though Erik? Most of the posters here would have had their formative years somewhere between the periods 1975-1989, and so they associate "great" music with that period. It also leads to such bizzarre statements along the lines that the 80s were the greatest time for pop music ever, whereby they quote a number of indie singles which didn't sell. It's all history, and context isn't it? I'm struck by the lack of stuff outside the US/UK, but then I haven't helped the cause
Anyway, here would be my top 20 (plus 10)
1. David Bowie- Low
2. VU & Nico
3. Van Morrison- Astral Weeks
4. The Clash- London Calling
5. Dusty in Memphis
6. PE- Fear of A Black Planet
7. Crowded House- Together Alone
8. DJ Shadow- Endtroducing
9. Beck- Odelay
10. The Byrds- Mr Tambourine Man
11. The Bob Dylan Live 1966 "Royal Albert Hall" concert
12. Sly & The Family Stone- There's A Riot Goin' On
13. Grandaddy- The Sophtware Slump
14. Wire- Pink Flag
15. Massive Attack- Blue Lines
16. John Cale- Vintage Violence
17. Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
18. The Smiths- Hatful of Hollow
19. SFA- Radiator
20. Bob Marley- Live! 1974
+10
Spli Enz- Time & Tide
Elvis Costello- Imperial Bedroom
King Kapisi- Savage Thoughts (1999)
Che Fu- 2B S. Pacific (1998)
Beatles- Revolver
Outkast- Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Randy Newman- Sail Away
The Byrds- Younger Than Yesterday
Underworld- Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Neil Finn- One Nil.
riverman
Obviously you're all expecting my list to be full of crap but the question is... How bad will it be? Well I've tried to be as honest as I can even if it means taking out one or two sacred cows.
Here is my revised list, sorry.
The Beatles - Revolver
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Everything But The Girl - Eden
Portishead - Dummy
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
Belle and Sabastian - If you're feeling Sinister
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Marvin Gaye - What's going on?
Teardrop Explodes - Wilder
The Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith
Arnold - Bahama
David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
Billy MacKenzie - Beyond the sun
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
Martin Grech - Open Heart Zoo
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Damn this is a list of mighty fine music IMHO.
rob from halfords
1. If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You - Caravan
2. My Aim is True - Elvis Costello
3. Acquiring the Taste - Gentle Giant
4. Power in the Darkness - Tom Robinson
5. In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin
6. Your Arsenal - Morrissey
7. Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
8. Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
9. Let it Bleed - Rolling stones
10. How Dare You - 10 cc
11. Horses- Patti Smith
12. You're a big Boy Now - Lovin Spoonful
13. In Pain - Townes van Zandt
14. Big Cock - King Kurt
15. Love Gun- Kiss
16. Bad Reputation - Dirty White Boy
17. Dick Cheese - Hard Ons
18. Suck On This - Barbed Wire Dolls
19. Leisure Noise - Gay Dad
20. Red - King Crimson
rorschach
This was horrible. 25 would have been that bit easier. Whatever:
1. Piper ... - Pink Floyd
2. Lust For Life - Iggy
3. Dusty In Memphis - Dusty
4. Little Criminals - Randy Newman
5. Too-Rye-Ay - Dexys
6. The Velvet Underground With Nico
7. El Diablo En El Ojo - Tindersticks
8. Barrett - Syd Barrett
9. Beggars Banquet - The Stones
10. The Stooges - The Stooges
11. Histoire de Melody Nelson - Serge Gainsbourgh
12. 77 - Ash
13. The Modern Lovers
14. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young
15. East Side Story - Squeeze
16. Future Days - Can
17. The Big 3 - 60' Dolls
18. Black Monk Time - The Monks
19. Hypnotised - The Undertones
20. Unicorn - Tyranosaurus Rex
And, unbelievably, no space for:
Elvis, Beatles, Dylan, Bowie, Costello, Waits, Drake, Electric Prunes, Eno, Al Green, Kinks, Lambchop, Marley, Pixies, Pretty Things, Pulp, Sexsmith, QOTSA, Talking Heads, Temptations, Richard Thompson, White Stripes, Who, Yo La Tengo, Zombies, Roxy Music, Orbison, Cash, Clash, Coyne, T. Rex, Mitchell, Beefheart, Bush, 22 Pistepirkko, Stone Roses or Cale.
And I love them all. It's madness I tell you.
rory bellows
1 Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band : Clear Spot
2 The Damned : Machine Gun Etiquette
3 Tom Waits : Closing Time
4 UK Subs : Another Kind Of Blues
5 Gram Parsons : GP
6 Culture : Two Sevens Clash
7 Chumbawamba : Shhhhh...
8 Nirvana : Unplugged In NYC
9 Husker Du : Warehouse, Songs & Stories
10 Nick Drake : Way Too Blue
11 Ramones : Rocket To Russia
12 Television : Marquee Moon
13 Dr Feelgood : Stupidity
14 White Stripes : White Blood Cells
15 PIL : Second Edition / Metal Box
16 Buzzcocks : Another Music In A Different Kitchen
17 Stooges : Raw Power
18 Stooges : Stooges
19 Beck : Odelay
20 Sheryl Crow : Tuesday Nite Music Club
roygbiv
1 Rolling Stones- Exile On Main Street
2 The Byrds- The Notorious Byrd Brothers
3 Big Star- Radio City
4 The VU- White Light/White Heat
5 Jimi Hendrix- First Rays Of The New Rising Sun
6 David Bowie- Low
7 Belle & Sebastian- The Boy With The Arab Strap
8 Boards Of Canada- Music Has The Right To Children
9 Leonard Cohen- Songs Of
10 Gene Clark- No Other
11 Nick Drake - Pink Moon
12 Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin III
13 Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
14 Gram Parsons- Greivous Angel
15 The Magnetic Fields- 69 Love Songs
16 My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
17 Radiohead- OK Computer
18 Bruce Springsteen- Nebraska
19 DJ Shadow- Entroducing
20 The White Stripes- De Stijl
saint piran
1.unhalfbricking - fairport convention
2.smiley smile - beach boys
3.exile on main st - stones
4.abbey road - beatles
5.friends - beach boys
6.raw power - stooges
7.i say a little prayer - aretha
8.touch ' em with love - bobbie gentry
9.spanish dance troupe - gorkys zygotic mynci
10.soundtracks - can
11.imagine - john lennon
12.endtroducing - dj shadow
13.hunky dory - bowie
14.the beatles - beatles
15.liege & lief - fairport convention
16.closing time - tom waits
17.blue lines - massive attack
18.electric warrior - t.rex
19.paris es - francoise hardy
20.stone roses - stone roses
shagger dave
Here goes a whole lot of nothing:
1. Ramones- Rocket To Russia
2. Alice Cooper- Love It To Death
3. Swervedriver- Ejector Seat Reservation
4. Johnny Cash- At Folsom Prison
5. Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation Of Millions
6. The Clash- London Calling
7. Pixies- Surfer Rosa
8. Beatles- Rubber Soul
9. Husker Du- Zen Arcade
10. AC/DC- Highway To Hell
11. David Bowie- Low
12. Guided By Voices- Bee Thousand
13. Miles Davis- Miles Smiles
14. Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
15. Replacements- Tim
16. John Coltrane- Giant Steps
17. Bob Dylan- Blood On the Tracks
18. Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique
19. Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
20. REM- Murmer
shevin kields
1. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
2. Motorpsycho - Trust Us
3. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
4. dEUS - Worst Case Scenario
5. Pixies - Doolittle
6. Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun
7. Sonic Youth - Evol
8. The Breeders - Last Splash
9. The Lemonheads - Come On Feel...
10. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
11. Leonard Cohen - The Songs of...
12. Bob Dylan - Desire
13. Kyuss - ...And The Circus Leaves Town
14. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
15. Cat Power - You Are Free
16. Brendan Benson - Lapalco
17. Tool - Aenima
18. The Stooges - Fun House
19. Nick Cave - Tender Prey
20. Super Furry Animals - Guerrilla
sir hamon
Buggery Bollocks - have not had time, so the extremenly provisional, sure I missed something important list goes like this;
1) Richard Thompson - Shoot out the Lights
2) Kinks - Arthur
3) Velvet Underground - VU & Nico
4) Beatles - Abbey Road
5)Fairpport Convention - Leige and Leif
6) Neil Young - Tonights the Niight
7) Janis Joplin - Pearl
8) REM - Document
9) Eliza Carthey - Red
10) XTC - Apple Venus Pt 1
11) Rolling Stones - Let it bleed
12) Thea Gilmore - Rules for Jokers
13) Julian Cope - Fried
14) Patti Smith - Easter
15) Byrds - Younger then Yesterday
16) Arthur 2 stroke and the Chart commando's - Live at Banwells
17) Jethro Tull - Aqualung
18) Tom Waites - Alice
19) Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
20) Steve Earle - The Mountain
Wouldn't complain too much if I were stranded with them apples...
SlangKing
1. Stones- "Sticky Fingers"
2. The Modern Lovers- s/t
3. Wire- "Pink Flag"
4. Sonic Youth- "Daydream Nation"
5. Stooges- "Fun House"
6. Beatles- "White Album"
7. Zombies- "Odyssey and Oracle"
8. Neutral Milk Hotel- "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
9. Tribe Called Quest- "Low End Theory"
10. Kinks- "Face to Face"
11. Bob Dylan- "Bringing It All Back Home"
12. Pavement- "Wowee Zowee"
13. Pharcyde- "Bizarre Ride II..."
14. Yo La Tengo- "Painful"
15. REM- "Murmur"
16. De La Soul- "Buhloone Mindstate"
17. Guided by Voices- "Alien Lanes"
18. Silver Jews- "American Water"
19. Magnetic Fields- "69 Love Songs"
20. Talking Heads- "Fear of Music"
slightbreeze
1) MARQUEE MOON : TELEVISION
2) THIS YEARS MODEL : ELVIS COSTELLO
3) THE QUEEN IS DEAD : THE SMITHS
4) THE LAMB LIES DOWN : GENESIS
5) PET SOUNDS : THE BEACH BOYS
6) ZIGGY STARDUST : DAVID BOWIE
7) NON-STOP EROTIC CABARET : SOFT CELL
ON THE BEACH : NEIL YOUNG
9) YES ALBUM : YES
10) POWER, CORRUPTION AND LIES : NEW ORDER
11) FOR YOUR PLEASURE : ROXY MUSIC
12) COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY : STEELY DAN
13) CROSBY, STILLS & NASH : CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH
14) BLUE : JONI MITCHELL
15) SOMETHING/ANYTHING : TODD RUNDGREN
16) IS THIS IT? : THE STROKES
17) HORSES : PATTI SMITH
1 PAWN HEARTS : VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR
19) THE SOFT BULLETIN : FLAMING LIPS
20) FOXTROT : GENESIS
snarfyguy
At different times in my life, these have been my favorite albums. I wasn't sure whether to sort them by how much I liked them then or how much I like them now, so I just kind of threw it together.
1) Beatles - Revolver
2) Stones - Exile on Main Street
3) Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
4) Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico
5) Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
5) Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
6) The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
7) The Stooges - Fun House
Paul McCartney - Ram
9) Neil Young - Tonight’s the Night
10) Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk
11) Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
12) Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
14) Dylan - Bringing it all Back Home
15) Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
16) Pere Ubu - Dub Housing
17) Radiohead - Amnesiac
1 Big Star - Radio City
19) Suicide - Suicide
20) David Bowie - Low
snap dragon
1. Fennesz, Endless Summer
2. Laura Nyro, New York Tendaberry
3. Neil Young, On the Beach
4. Steel Pulse, Handsworth Revolution
5. Gillian Welch, Time the Revelator
6. Van Der Graaf Generator, Still Life
7. The Stooges, Fun House
8. DJ Shadow, Endtroducing
9. Boards of Canada, Music has the Right to Children
10. The Slits, Cut
11. Quicksilver Messenger Service, Happy Trails
12. James Brown, The Payback
13. Hüsker Dü, New Day Rising
14. Low, The Curtain Hits the Cast
15. Aretha Franklin, Lady Soul
16. Galaxie 500, Today
17. Múm, Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is Okay
18. Miles Davis, Get up with It
19. Patti Smith, Horses
20. Eric Dolphy, Out to Lunch
snowdog
Hey! To hell with that!!
I totally agree, of course. Some days, any one of my 20 (or one of many other albums) could sound like the best album in the world, but I've spend too long trying to massage this list into shape to not post it, so... geeky twats file here I come!!!
1. Yes - Close To The Edge
2. Rush - Moving Pictures
3. David Bowie - Heroes
4. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
5. Simple Minds - Sons & Fascination/Sister Feelings Call
(Not a twofer. As a thank-you to fans, Sons And Fascination was sold shrink-rapped with copies of Sister Feelings Call for the price of one album. There's nothing special about the packaging or presentation of this 'double album' offering - the two were just shrink-rapped together. A sticker was stuck on the sleeve of Sons And Fascination and this identifies the release as the limited edition double.")
6. Radiohead - The Bends
7. Björk - Homogenic
8. Tom Waits - (Who cares? Pick one! I'll say) Mule Variations
9. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
10. Japan - Tin Drum
11. Rickie Lee Jones - Flying Cowboys
12. Longpigs - Mobile Home
13. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
14. The Beatles - Abbey Road
15. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
16. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
17. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
18. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
19. Coldcut - Journeys by DJ
20. Orbital - Middle Of Nowhere
solarscope
1. blonde on blonde - bob dylan
2. pet sounds - the beach boys
3. forever changes - love
4. highway 61 revisited - bob dylan
5. this is my country - the impressions
6. bringing it all back home - bob dylan
7. the young mods forgotten story - the impressions
8. scott 4 - scott walker
9. save yourself - the make up
10. between the buttons (uk) - the rolling stones
11. begin - the millennium
12. funhouse - the stooges
13. what's going on - marvin gaye
14. the ballad of easy rider - the byrds
15. beggars banquet - the rolling stones
16. friends - the beach boys
17. gp - gram parsons
18. s/t - the velvet underground and nico
19. white light/white heat - the velvet underground
20. the payback - james brown
souphound
1. Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (with bonus live tracks)
2. Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
3. Blue Rodeo - Five Days in July
4. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
5. Townes Van Zandt - Live at the Old Quarter
6. The Beatles - White Album
7. Leonard Cohen - Ten New Songs
8. John Prine - Bruised Orange
9. Neil Young - Harvest
10. Paul Simon - Graceland
11. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
12. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
13. Bruce Cockburn - Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws
14. Van Morrison - Avalon Sunset
15. The Tragically Hip - The Live between Us
16. AC/DC - Back in Black
17. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
18. Pink Floyd - Animals
19. Led Zeppelin - IV
20. ELO - New World Record
There's no accounting for taste.
sprcndctr
Oh screw it, this is going to be a very predictable list, but I want to contribute.
The Smiths The Queen is Dead
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
The Clash London Calling
The Pixies Doolittle
Radiohead The Bends
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico
Air Moon Safari
Sleater-Kinney All Hands on the Bad One
Peal Jam Ten
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II
David Bowie Ziggy Stardust
Quasi Featuring “Birds”
Jellyfish Bellybutton
Le Tigre Le Tigre
My Bloody Valentine Loveless
Blondie Parallel Lines
Joni Mitchell Blue
Sonic Youth Daydream Nation
The Jam Sound Affects
Elvis Costello Armed Forces
That's my alphabetically in order top 20 quickly placed in order of preference, so usual "could change tomorrow" crap applies. Although actually, I am quite liking that list.
spoon brother
1. Aretha Franklin - I never loved a man the way I love you
2. Bob Dylan - Bringing it all back home
3. The Beatles - The Beatles
4. Big Star - No.1 Record
5. Pavement - Crooked rain, crooked rain
6. Beach Boys - Pet sounds
7. The Velvet underground - The Velvet underground
8. Telvision - Marquee Moon
9. Sonic Youth - Evol
10. Motorpsycho - Trust Us
11. Kinks - Are the village green preservation society
12. Miles Davis - In a silent way
13. Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham - Moments from this theatre
14. Frank Sinatra - Watertown
15. Al Green - Gets next to you
16. Sparklehorse - Goodmorning spider
17. Byrds - Sweetheart of the rodeo
18. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
19. Jim O'rourke - Insignificance
20. Tom Waits - One from the heart
This list will be amended frequently in the near future.
I would take this list of 20 compilations over the albums anyday though.
1. Bob Dylan: Bootleg series 1-3
2. NUGGETS- Original artyfacts ...
3. Burt Bacharach - The look of love
4. James Brown - Star time
5. Elvis presley: Suspicious minds - Memphis 1969 anthology
6. Anthology of American Folk Music
7. NUGGETS II
8. Phil Spector: Back to mono
9. Brazil Classics 1: Beleza tropical
10. Ray Charles: The definitive Ray Charles
11. Wilson Pickett: A man and a half
12. Dusty Springfield: Simply...Dusty
13. Bobbie Gentry: An American quilt
14. Temptations: Best of the Temptations
15. The Story of Brunswick
16. Palace - Lost blues and other songs
17. George Jones - Spirit of country
18. Dave Godin's Deep soul treasures Vol 1
19. Tighten Up - Trojan Reggae classics 1968-74.
20. Tropicalia ou panis et circensis
strider
Just my thought at the moment:
1. Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation
2. Pavement-Slanted and Enchanted
3. Beatles-Revolver
4. Television-Marquee Moon
5. Elvis Costello-This Years Model
6. Feelies-Crazy Rhythms
7. XTC-English Settlement
8. Pixies-Surfer Rosa
9. Neil Young-On the Beach
10. Beach Boys-Pet Sounds
11. REM-Murmur
12. Talking Heads-'77
13. Yo La Tengo-Painful
14. Replacements-Tim
15. Rolling Stone-Exile on Main Street
16. Bob Dylan-Highway 61 Revisited
17. Wilco-Summerteeth
18. Built to Spill-Keep it Like a Secret
19. Gang of Four-Entertainment!
20. Flying Burrito Brothers-Gilded Palace of Sin
take5_D
28 things that changed my aesthetic (no particular order)
J.S. Bach: Kleine Praeludien und Fughetten (Urtext)
Leo Fender: Stratocaster/Telecaster
Greil Marcus: Mystery Train
Walter Benjamin: One-Way Street
Susan Sontag: ``Against Interpretation,'' ``Notes on Camp''
Thelonious Monk: ``Round Midnight,'' Genius of Modern Music
Beatles '65/Something New
Firesign Theatre: Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers/The Who Sell Out
Glenn Gould: The Goldberg Variations, The Glenn Gould Reader
Bob Dylan: Bringing it All Back Home
Noam Chomsky: Manufacturing Consent (film), assorted interviews
Tom Waits: Rain Dogs
Richard and Linda Thompson: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight/Henry the Human Fly
Allen Ginsberg: Holy Soul Jelly Roll
Voices and Visions (PBS series about 13 American poets)
Robert Hughes: Shock of the New (PBS series about modern art)
Robert Frank: The Americans/John Szarknowski, Looking at Photographs
Charles Mingus: Mingus, -a, -um
Martin Williams, The Smithsonian Collection of Jazz Piano
Charlie Parker: ``Confirmation,'' ``Ornithology'', ``Koko''
Roget's Thesaurus
Jim Woodring: Frank
Bill Watterson: Calvin and Hobbes
Scott McCloud: Understanding Comics
George Herriman (Patrick McConnell): Krazy Kat
Roland Barthes: Camera Lucida
Terry Gross: Fresh Air
lexis nexis (newspaper database)
terrapin
1 Cardiacs - All That Glitters Is A Mares Nest
2 Planet Gong - Live Floating Anarchy 1977
3 Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
4 Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
5 Brainticket - Cottonwoodhill
6 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces
7 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju
8 King Missile - Mystical Shit
9 David Bowie - Hunky Dory
10 Ween - The Pod
11 My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
12 Monster Magnet - Spine Of God
13 Shiina Ringo - Shouso Strip
14 Soft Boys - A Can Of Bees
15 Magazine - Secondhand Daylight
16 Penetration - Moving Targets
17 Faust - Faust IV
18 Black Box Recorder - Passionoia
19 Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
20 Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness And Charm
timeless melody
its hard to choose just 20 out of so many great albums, that's why I took so long to come out with this:
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
Exile On Main Street
Marquee Moon
The Stone Roses
Loveless
Screamadelica
Pet Sounds
Revolver
Forever Changes
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Blood On The Tracks
Pink Moon
Raw Power
Kick Out The Jams
Psychocandy
Suicide
Unknown Pleasures
Karma
Fifth Dimension
Spiderland
tipsy mcstagger
1 Forever Changes - Love
2 Automatic For the People - REM
3 Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
4 Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
5 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
6 Revolver - The Beatles
7 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
8 Rings Around the World - Super Furry Animals
9 Things Fall Apart - The Roots
10 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
11 Odelay - Beck
12 Radiator - Super Furry Animals
13 Brighten the Corners - Pavement
14 Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
15 Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
16 Ok Computer - Radiohead
17 Lapalco - Brendan Benson
18 Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev
19 New Adventures in Hi-Fi - REM
20 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
Oh dear. It all looks rather samey, and the rap choices tokenistic.
tokagetonosama
Alright, here goes --
1. Love - Forever Changes
2. Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
3. Beatles - Abbey Road
4. CSN - Crosby, Stills and Nash
5. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
6. Jimi Hendrix - Axis : Bold As Love
7. Incredible String Band - 5000 Spirits Or The Layers....
8. Fairport Convention - Full House
9. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
10.White Stripes - White Blood Cells
11.Beatles - Revolver
12.Paul McCartney - McCartney
13.Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
14.The Coral - The Coral
15.Pulp - This Is Hardcore
16.Flaming Lips - Yoshimi
17.Beach Boys - Friends
18.Family - Music In A Doll's House
19.Byrds - Ballad Of Easy Rider
20.Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Phew!
12xu2
1. Love - Forever Changes
2. Beatles - White Album
3. The Smiths - The Smiths
4. Nick Drake - Bryter Later
5. Clash - London Calling
6. Velvet Underground - Loaded
7. Van Morrison - Moondance
8. Big Star - Sister Lovers
9. The Who - Sell Out
10. Byrds - Notorious Byrd Bros.
11. Stooges - The Stooges
12. Wire - Chair's Missing
13. Television - Marquee Moon
14. REM - Out Of Time
15. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
16. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
17. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
18. Cosmic Rough Riders - Enjoy the Melodic Sunshine
19. Blur - Blur
20. Stranglers - Black and White
velvis
1. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
2. Van Morrison - Moondance
3. The Beatles - Abbey Road
4. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
5. The Band - Music From Big Pink
6. Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
7. Nick Lowe - The Impossible Bird
8. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
9. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
10. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
11. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
12. Elvis Presley - The Memphis Record
13. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
14. Bruce Springsteen - The River
15. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
16. Radiohead - OK Computer
17. Paul Simon - Graceland
18. R.E.M. Automatic For the People
19. Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
20. R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
vincent lavanga
Let the indecision commence!
1. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
2. Wedding Present - Seamonsters
3. Jeff Buckley - Grace
4. REM - New Adventures In HiFi
5. Young Gods - Only Heaven
6. Mercury Rev - All Is Dream
7. The Doors - The Doors
8. The Cure - Disintegration
9. Prince - Sign ‘O’ The Times
10. Jesus & Mary Chain - Honey’s Dead
11. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On?
12. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
13. Mercury Rev - Deserter’s Songs
14. Wedding Present - Bizarro
15. Dreadzone - Second Light
16. Bauhaus - Mask
17. Prince - Purple Rain
18. St Germain - Tourist
19. Janes Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
20. Blink - The End Is High
werewolf
I wasn't going to play but I'm on my own at work today and a bit bored so here's a top 20 list:
1 Dire Straights Brothers In Arms
2 Simply Red Picture Book
3 Sade Promise
4 Fleetwood Mac Tango In The Night
5 Sting Dream of the Blue Tortoise
6 Phil Collins Hello I Must Be Braindead
7 Peter Frampton Comes Alive
8 David Bowie Diamond Poodles
9 Meatloaf Bat Out Of Hell
10 Simple Minds Once Upon A Time
11 Jamie Cullum Pointless
12 Daniel O'Donell King of Rock and Roll
13 Def Leppard Hysterectomy
14 Best Disco Album in the World... Ever
15 Titanic OST
16 Clash Cut the Crap
17 U2 Joshua Tree (Jive Bunny Remixes)
18 Sisters of Mercy Some Girls Are Mistaken
19 Cult Cultosauros Erectos Enormos
20 Supertramp Breakfast In America
whoareyax
1.The Grateful Dead-American Beauty
2.John Mayall-Blues From Laurel Canyon
3.Fairport Convention-Full House
4.Charles Mingus-Ah Um
5.Nina Simone-High Priestess Of Soul
6.June Tabor-An Echo Of Hooves
7.Family-A Song For Me
8.Captain Beefheart-Ice Cream For Crow
9.Nick Drake-Five Leaves Left
10.John Coltrane-Lush Life
11.Neil Young-After The Goldrush
12.Nick Cave-The Boatman's Call
13.Johnny Cash-The Man Comes Around
14.John Hartford-Looks At Life
15.John Mayall-The Turning Point
16.Howling Wolf-The Real Folk Blues
17.Frank Zappa-Uncle Meat
18.Leonard Cohen-Songs Of Love And Hate
19.John Mayall-The Blues Alone
20.The Grateful Dead-Workingman's Dead
zong
1.Come Down- The Dandy Warhols
2.White Album- The Beatles
3.We're Only in it for the Money- Zappa/Mothers of Invention
4.Doolittle- The Pixies
5.The Queen is Dead- The Smiths
6.Ramones- The Ramones
7.Piper at the Gates of Dawn- The Pink Floyd
8.Brighten the Corners- Pavement
9.Trompe le Monde- The Pixies
10.Meat is Murder- the Smiths
11.Rattus Norvegicus- The Stranglers
12.Modern Life is Rubbish- Blur
13.The Great Escape- Blur
14.Freak Out- Zappa/Mothers of Invention
15.Easter- Pattis Smith Group
16.Pleasant Dreams- The Ramones
17.Back in the DHSS- Half Man Half Biscuit
18.The Holy Bible- Manic Street Preachers
19.Help- The Beatles
20.Safe as Milk- Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
These 6 just missed the cut in this order:
Exile on Main Street
All Things must Pass
Village Green Preservation Society
In Utero
Sound Dust (sterolab)
Cheap Thrills (Big Brother and the Holding company)
FOR5
Here goes:-
1) The Holy Bible-MANIC STREET PREACHERS
2) Closer -Joy Division
3) The Fat Of The Land-PRODIGY
4) Definitely Maybe-OASIS
5) Tommy-THE WHO
6) Marquee Moon-TELEVISION
7) Rubber Soul-THE BEATLES
8) Tumbleweed Connection-ELTON JOHN
9) S/T-RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
10) Murmur-R.E.M.
11) Exile On Main St.-THE ROLLING STONES
12) Fun House-THE STOOGES
13) Back In Black-AC/DC
14) Hour Of Bewilderbeast-BADLY DRAWN BOY
15) In Utero-NIRVANA
16) Rumours-FLEETWOOD MAC
17) OK Computer-RADIOHEAD
18) Physical Grafitti-LED ZEPPELIN
19) Pink Moon-NICK DRAKE
20) Live At Leeds-THE WHO
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Can - Tago Mago
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
Nick Cave - The Boatman's Call
Scott Walker - Scott 3
Patti Smith - Horses
The Stooges - The Stooges
Emmylou Harris - Pieces Of The Sky
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
Television - Marquee Moon
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
The Wedding Present - George Best
Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!
Husker Du - New Day Rising
Tim Buckley - Goodbye And Hello
John Cale - Helen Of Troy
The Gun Club - The Fire Of Love
I voted tactically. I love the classics by The Clash, Love, Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, etc as much as anyone else, but am confident they'll be placed highly without my votes anyway.
But I really want to see John Coltrane, Can and Captain Beefheart as high as possible in the final poll, so placed them on the top of my list.
Other than that, the places on my list are inter-changable, as I get equal pleasure from all of the albums I've mentioned.
marios
OK, here goes nothing:
My Top 20 (for now anyway)
1. Big Star - Radio City
2. Beatles - Please Please Me (WHAT? I happen to LOVE this)
3. Beatles - White Album (the only artists i will mention twice here)
4. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
5. The Kinks - Are The Village Green Preservation Society
6. The Band - The Band
7. Al Green - Call Me
8. Wilson Pickett - The Sound Of Wilson Pickett
9. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
10. Stooges - Funhouse
11. VU - The Velvet Underground (3rd)
12. Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots
13. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
14. Johnny Cash - At San Quentin (The Complete Concert)
15. Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis (is Sun Sessions a comp? I don't have it anyway)
16. Replacements - Let It Be
17. Love - Forever Changes
18. Galaxie 500 - On Fire
19. Television - Marquee Moon
20. The Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers
Whoooooooo! That has hard.
Albums that came pretty close:
Stooges - Raw Power
Stones - Sticky Fingers
Beatles - Revolver
Big Star - both of them
The Temptations - Cloud 9 + Psychedelic Soul + Puzzle People (if i was allowed the twofer i might have opted for this)
VU - first
Wilco - YHF
Dylan - Blood On The Tracks + Highway 61 Rev
SFA - Fuzzy Logic
Flying Burritos - GPoS
The Kinks - Arthur
The Band - debut
Aretha - i really wanted her in my Top 20 but until yesterday i only had her 30 Greatest Hits. Now i also have her Atlantic boxset but i haven't really played it yet so i don't want to include her on the basis of how much i generally love her songs (if i was including her though i guess i'd go with either I Never Loved... or Lady Soul)
Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Beach Boys - i was thinking Pet Sounds or Surf's Up but decided against them for now
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis/Live! or Superfly etc
Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You + Let's Get Together
Elliott Smith - XO
Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model + My Aim Is True
The Auteurs - New Wave
...and a hell of a lot more that i'm too bored to type right now - THANK GOD i hear yoy say? (these were just the titles on the first page of the piece of paper i have in front of me!)
Anyhoo...what is noticeable on this list is the underrepresentation of punk/post-punk (this type of music used to rule my Top Album lists), hip-hop (i like some albums but i wouldn't include them in my favourites of all time), no reggae (just not crazy about it) and 50s rock'n'roll (well, i'm mostly familiar with this music through comps to be honest). Oh, also i only included one jazz album (Roots & Blues) because i don't have that many and this happens to be the one i play the most.
I'm sure i'm forgetting sth but i'll shut up for now.
THANK GOD i hear you say?
marquis de scarsborough
1 The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
2 Radiator - Super Furry Animals
3 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
4 Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches - Happy Mondays
5 Forever Changes - Love
6 The Boy With The Arab Strap - Belle & Sebastian
7 Only Forever - Puressence
8 Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield
9 A Cast Of Thousands - Elbow
10 Grace - Jeff Buckley
11 Disintergration - The Cure
12 Doolittle - The Pixies
13 Dog Man Star - Suede
14 Ten - Pearl Jam
15 Dummy - Portishead
16 King - Belly
17 Agaetis Byrjun - Sigur Ros
18 Hatful Of Hollow - The Smiths
19 Some Friendly - The Charlatans
20 Return To The Last Chance Saloon - The Bluetones
martha
I wouldn’t presume to say what the best of all time are….but these are 20 of my favorite albums in some semblance of ranked order (most currently loved to slightly less loved):
1. Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen
2. Cure for Pain - Morphine
3. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
4. Your Funeral, My Trial - Nick Cave
5. Upstairs at Eric's - Yaz
6. Lowlife - New Order
7. The Specials - The Specials
8. All Mod Cons - The Jam
9. Script of the Bridge - The Chameleons
10. Floodland - Sisters of Mercy
11. Northern Light - Covenant
12. The Smiths - The Smiths
13. Seven Days in Sammystown - Wall of Voodoo
14. Bizarro - The Wedding Present
15. Violator - Depeche Mode
16. Darklands - The Jesus and Mary Chain
17. Different Class - Pulp
18. October Project - October Project
19. Pink Flag - Wire
20. Wild Is The Wind - Nina Simone
Should anyone care, this is what I submitted to Matty for Mojo's Top 100 of all time in February 2003. My tastes fluctuate slightly year by year...
Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Chameleons, The - Script of the Bridge
Wedding Present, The - Seamonsters
Jam, The - All Mod Cons
Kinks, The - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
Sisters Of Mercy, The - Floodland
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Talk Talk - The Color Of Spring
Depeche Mode - Violator
Cure, The - Disintegration
Smiths, The - The Queen Is Dead
They Might Be Giants - Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants
Anderson, Laurie - Live In New York
Cave, Nick - Your Funeral My Trial
X - Los Angeles / Wild Gift
Ramones - Ramones
Clash, The - London Calling
Specials, The - The Specials
(English) Beat, The - I Just Can't Stop It
Pulp - Different Class
Wire - Pink Flag
XTC - Apple Venus Vol. 1
Morphine - Cure For Pain
Jesus and Mary Chain, the - Psychocandy
Pogues, The - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash
the masked man
1. Joy Division - Closer
2. Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate
3. PiL - Metal Box
4. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
5. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
6. The Velvet Underground & Nico
7. Prince - Purple Rain
8. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
9. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
10. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
11. New Order - Technique
12. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
13. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
14. The Clash - London Calling
15. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
16. Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader
17. Kate Bush - The Hounds Of Love
18. Radiohead - OK Computer
19. XTC - Skylarking
20. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
matt wilson
Oh all right, but only because it's my birthday:
1-The Doors
2-Forever Changes-Love
3-Revolver-Beatles
4-The River-Springsteen
5-Every Picture Tells a Story-Rod
6-Let it Bleed-Stones
7-Sun Sessions-Elvis
8-Led Zeppelin 2
9-Tim-Replacements
10-Blonde on Blonde-Dylan
11-What's Goin' On-Marvin Gaye
12-London Calling-Clash
13-Notorious Byrd Bros.
14-After the Gold Rush-Neil Young
15-White Album-Beatles
16-Live at Leeds-Who
17-Electric Ladyland-Hendrix
18-The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
19-Pet Sounds-Beach Boys
20-Lady Soul-Aretha Franklin
Had I been able to use compilations it would have been a different list.
metronomous
1. Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones
2. White Album- Beatles
3. Marquee Moon - Television
4. Spooky Two - Spooky Tooth
5. Joy Of A Toy - Kevin Ayers
6. Another Green World - Brian Eno
7. Stranded - Roxy Music
8. Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt
9. Brilliant Trees - David Sylvian
10. Younger Than Yesterday - Byrds
11. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young
12. Hot Rats - Frank Zappa
13. Gravity - Fred Frith
14. Skeleton At The Feast - Gary Lucas
15. Exodus - Bob Marley
16. Then Play On - Fleetwood Mac
17. Odyssey - Terje Rypdal
18. Wheels Of Fire - Cream
19. The Velvet Underground with Nico
20. Low - David Bowie
microserf70
Very thrown-together, and I promised myself that I wouldn't do lengthy 'honourable mentions.'
1. Rheostatics - Whale Music
2. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
3. REM - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
4. Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
5. REM - Fables Of The Reconstruction
6. Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
7. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
8. The Roots - Things Fall Apart
9. Mogwai - Rock Action
10. The Delgados - The Great Eastern
11. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
12. REM - Automatic For The People
13. The Replacements - Let It Be
14. Fugazi - In On The Killtaker
15. Rufus Wainwright - Poses
16. Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - Furnace Room Lullaby
17. Neutral Milk Hotel - In An Aeroplane Over The Sea
18. The Appleseed Cast - Low Level Owl Volume 1
19. Duke Ellington - Money Jungle
20. Sloan - Between The Bridges
the modernist
I hope nothing I say will be used in evidence against me later. Oh well this is a top twenty...for today
1.Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk
2. Blue Lines - Massive Attack
3. In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
4. Station To Station - David Bowie
5. Revolver - The Beatles
6. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
7. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
8. Sunflower - The Beach Boys
9. Young, Gifted And Black - Aretha Franklin
10. The Clash - The Clash
11. Curtis - Curtis Mayfield
12. Forever Changes - Love
13. Stone Roses - Stone Roses
14. The White Album - The Beatles
15. Diamond Dogs _ David Bowie
16. If Only I Could Remember My Name - David Crosby
17. A Grand Love Story - Kid Loco
18. First Take - Roberta Flack
19. Carl and The Passions -The Beach Boys
20. Every Day - Cinematic Orchestra
moonie
1. Tom Waits-Raindogs
2. The Reivers-Saturday
3. The Beatles-Rubber Soul
4. Bob Dylan-Highway 61 Revisited
5. The Reivers-End of the Day
6. Gram Parsons-GP
7. Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound of Silence
8. REM-Murmur
9. John Prine-Bruised Orange
10. Teenage Fanclub-Songs from Northern Britain
11. The Jayhawks-Tomorrow the Green Grass
12. Son Volt-Trace
13. Tom Waits-Black Rider
14. Ride-Carnival of Light
15. Calexico-the Black Light
16. The Beatles-Sgt. Peppers
17. REM-Fables of the Reconstruction
18. The Byrds- Mr. Tambourine Man
19. James McMurtry-Where’d You Hide the Body
20. The Four Tops-Reach Out
moot
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
T Rex - Electric Warrior
Bjork - Homogenic
Super Furry Animals - Guerilla
Pavement - Terror Twilight
Boredoms - Super Ae
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
Life Rocks
The Icarus Line - Red and Black Attack EP
The Books - The Lemon of Pink
Big Black - Atomizer
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Radiohead - Kid A
Slint - Spiderland
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
The Birthday Party - Junkyard
Melt-Banana - Charlie
MOTT
1. Rolling Stones: 'Beggars Banquet'
2. Family: 'Music in a Doll's House'
3. My Bloody Valentine: 'Loveless'
4. Velvet Underground & Nico: Eponymous
5. Stone Roses: Eponymous
6. Beatles: 'Abbey Road'
7. Bob Dylan: 'Blonde on Blonde'
8. David Bowie: 'Ziggy Stardust'
9. Kinks: 'Village Green'
10. Who: 'Quadrophenia'
11. Love: 'Forever Changes'
12. Beach Boys: 'Surf's Up'
13. Jimi Hendrix: 'Are You Experienced'
13. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin 1
14: Pixies: 'Doolittle'
15. Prince: 'Sign 'o' the Times'
16. Stranglers: 'Rattus Norvegicus'
17. Joy Division: 'Closer'
18. Smiths: 'Hatful of Hollow'
19. John Cale: 'Paris 1919'
20. Jesus & Mary Chain: 'Psychocandy'
mozman
And here they are:
[1] The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
[2] My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
[3] Echo & The Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
[4] Air – Moon Safari
[5] Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue
[6] Happy Mondays – Pills ‘N’ Thrills & Bellyaches
[7] Shack – Waterpistol
[8] David Bowie – Low
[9] The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
[10] The Beatles – The Beatles ('White Album')
[11] U2 – The Joshua Tree
[12] Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
[13] Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
[14] John Martyn – Solid Air
[15] Primal Scream – Screamadelica
[16] The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
[17] The La’s – The La’s
[18] The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
[19] Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
[20] The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
mspecktor
Baron baby you're picking "All Things Must Pass" as number two is one reason among several you are in fact king.
Here is my list. I hate listing like this, and am gonna topweight my list for records I love that don't stand a chance...not to suggest records I'm picking don't deserve placement on a list like this, but I don't reckon I love number 20 any less than number 2. I'm gonna pitch hierarchy (and maybe plain old common sense) out the window.
1. Spacemen 3, "The Perfect Prescription"
2. Dr. Alimantado, "The Best Dressed Chicken In Town"
3. Opal "Early Recordings"
4. Lee Dorsey, "Yes We Can"
5. Spiritualized, "Lazer Guided Melodies"
6. Dennis Wilson, "Pacific Ocean Blue"
7. Green, "Elaine Mackenzie"
8. Donny Hathaway, "Live"
9. Underworld, "Dubnobasswithmyheadman"
10. The Gun Club, "Fire of Love"
11. v/a Nuggets II Box
12. David Crosby, "If I Could Only Remember My Name"
13. Talk Talk "Laughing Stock"
14. Eric B and Rakim, "Paid In Full"
15. Keith Hudson, "Playing It Cool and Playing It Right"
16. Susumu Yakota, "Sakura"
17. Sundial, "Other Way Out"
18. Michael Head + The Strands, "The Magical World Of..."
19. Curtis Mayfield, "Curtis Live!"
20. Crazy Horse s/t, Lisa Miller "Car Tape" (Tie)
There. Uh...there's 20 records that don't stand a flippin chance of ending up on a list like the one we'll arrive at. And it's a damn shame, since they'll all deserve it as much as the records that wnd up there.
nancy
I hate doing these lists as everytime is different.I don't even know what my Top 50 all time albums are really at all.But I'll try.So,my Top 20 albums right now in chronological order would be:
01]Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin(1969)[11]
02]Funhouse - The Stooges(1970)[9]
03]The Psychomodo - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel(1974)[15]
04]Horses - Patti Smith(1975)[13]
05]Low - David Bowie(1977) [12]
06]The Idiot - Iggy Pop(1977) [10]
07]Rocket To Russia - The Ramones(1977)[18]
08]The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu(1978][14]
09]Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division(1979) [1]
10]In The Flat Field - Bauhaus(1980) [4]
11]Seventeen Seconds - The Cure(1980) [5]
12]Red - Black Uhuru(1981)[16]
13]Computer World - Kraftwerk(1981) [8]
14]Ju Ju - Siouxsie & The Banshees(1981) [6]
15]First And Last And Always - The Sisters Of Mercy(1985)[2]
16]The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths(1986) [7]
17]Technique - New Order(1989) [3]
18]The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses(1989)[17]
19]Loveless - My Bloody Valentine(1991)[20]
20]Ten - Pearl Jam(1991)[19]
@Bleep43: The numbers in brackets after year release are the real placings.
nathan
Mine is a bit boring but all of these have meant a lot to me over the years.
1. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
2. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
3. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
4. The Replacements - Let It Be
5. DJ Shadow - Entroducing
6. The Beatles - Beatles For Sale
7. Beck - Odelay
8. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
9. Stone Roses - S/T
10. Ride - Going Blank Again
11. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
12. Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
13. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
14. Paul McCartney - McCartney
15. Jesus & Mary Chain - Honey's Dead
16. Paul Westerberg - Stereo
17. Lily's - Eccsame the Photon Band
18. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Master And Everyone
19. The Warlocks - Rise And Fall (US version)
20. Verve - A Storm In Heaven
oscar
I don't think this bears any resemblance to my 'true' list but it's the best I could come up with today. No Clash!!! No Roxy Music!!! Only One Costello!!! No Beach Boys!!! No Charlie Parker!!! No Ella Fitzgerald!!! No Sinatra!!! No Genesis!!! I think I need therapy.
(first list revised)
1. Neil Young - Everybody knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
2. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968)
3. Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedrooms (1982)
4. Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue (1977)
5. The Who - Quadrophenia (1973)
6. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going on (1971)
7. Bowie - hunky Dory (1971)
8. Beatles - Revolver (1966)
9. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (1969)
10. Leonard Cohen - The Songs of … (1968)
11. Nick Drake - 5 Leaves Left (1969)
12. Zombies - Odessey & Oracle (1968)
13. Neil Young - After the Goldrush (1970)
14. Big Star -# 1 Record (1972)
15. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)
16. Bob Dylan -Blood on the tracks (1975)
17. Iggy Pop - The Idiot (1977)
18. Smiths - Smiths (1984)
19. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (1991)
20. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (1996)
owen
1 A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
2 Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus
3 Two steps from the blues - Bobby Bland
4 The Heart of the Congos - The congos
5 Jack Johnson - Miles Davis
6 Highway 61 revisited - Bob dylan
7 36 Chambers - wu Tang clan
8 Never loved a man the way I love you - Aretha Franklin
9 Parallel lines - blondie
10 Diamond Dogs - Bowie
11 Out to lunch - Eric Dolphy
12 In the wee small hours - Frank Sinatra
13 Don't stand me down - Dexys
14 Liquid swords - GZA
15 sings the cole porter songbook - Ella Fitzgerald
16 The Genius sings the blues - Ray Charles
17 I want to see the bright lights tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson
18 His mother called him Bill - Duke ellington
19 Endroducing - DJ Shadow
20 Moments from this theatre live - Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham
paddy bateman
1 David Bowie Station to Station
2 Television Marquee Moon
3 REM Green
4 The Smths Hatful of Hollow
5 Four Tet Rounds
6 Nirvana In Utero
7 Leonard Cohen Im your man
8 Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
9 Radiohead OK Computer
10 American Music Club Mercury
11 Nirvana Unplugged in New York
12 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
13 Pearl Jam Ten
14 REM Document
15 The VU The VU and Nico
16 Bright Eyes Lifted or…….
17 Flaming Lips Yoshimi……..
18 10000 Maniacs In my Tribe
19 Radiohead Amnesiac
20 The Smths The Queen is dead
parker pi
1. Steely Dan - Royal Scam
2. Beatles - White Album
3. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
4. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond
5. Captain Beefheart - Clear Spot
6. King Crimson - Red
7. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
8. John Zorn - Spillane
9. Robert Wyatt - Schleep
10. Miles Davis - Pangea
11. Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life
12. John McLaughlin - My Goals Beyond
13. Beach Boys - Sunflower
14. Can - Tago Mago
15. Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
16. Squarepusher - Music is Rotted one Note
17. Pixies- Dolittle
18. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
19. Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
20. Soundgarden - Superunknown
pete
1.pet sounds - beach boys
2.exile on main street - rolling stones
3.the band
4.arthur... - the kinks
5.highway 61 - bob dylan
6.the beatles
7.electric ladyland - jimi hendrix
8.velvet underground and nico
9.revolver - the beatles
10.the basement tapes - bob dylan
11.music from big pink - the band
12.hunky dory - david bowie
13.nilsson sings newman - harry nilsson
14.tonights the night - neil young
15.franks wild years - tom waits
16.summerteeth - wilco
17.whats going on - marvin gaye
18.I should coco - supergrass
19.talking book - stevie wonder
20.superfly - curtis mayfield
pig bodine
Mingus--The Black Saint & the Sinner Lady
Miles Davis--In a Silent Way
John Coltrane--Meditations
Sly & the Faimly Stone--Stand
Wu Tang Clan--Enter the 36 Chambers
Minutemen Double Nickels On a Dime
Curtis Mayfield--Superfly
Main Source--Breaking Atoms
Eric Dolphy--Out To Lunch
My Bloody Valentine--Loveless
Funkadelic--Maggot Brain
Herbie Hancock--Empyrean Isles
Eric B & Rakim--Paid In Full
PiL--Metal Box
Frank Sinatra/Antonio Carlos Jobim--S/T
Black Sabbath--Masters Of Reality
Al Green Gets Next To You
Public Enemy--Fear Of a Black Planet
James Brown--Love Power Peace
Just realized this was only 19
Mott the Hoople--Brain Capers
piledriver
01. Revolver The Beatles
02. Hello - Status Quo
03. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
04. Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
05. Dog Of Two Head - Status Quo
06. Band On The Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
07. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
08. Abbey Road - The Beatles
09. A Question of Balance - Moody Blues
10. Tropical Brainstorm - Kirsty MacColl
11. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
12. Quadrophenia - The Who
13. Piledriver - Status Quo
14. Who's Next - The Who
15. The Wall - Pink Floyd
16. Absolutely - Madness
17. New Boots & Panties - Ian Dury & The Blockheads
18. My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello
19. Bring It On - Gomez
20. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
I can guarantee that at least 30% of those probably wouldn't be in my Top 20 if I did it next week, but as of this moment in time this will do.
POE
NOTE: Ignore my previous list from the voting. Thinking about it, I realize that while Son Volt, The Sundays & Beth Orton are good albums and my personal favs, they aren't 'great.' At the time I listened to them extensively, they were thought of as being 'great' but now my tastes have greatly changed.
Anyway....
1. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
2. Radiohead - OK Computer
3. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
4. Sigur Ros - Aegaetis Byrjun
5. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
6. Joni Mitchell - Blue
7. Roxy Music - Avalon
8. Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
9. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
10. David Bowie - Low
11. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
12. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
13. Can - Tago Mago
14. Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank The Cradle
15. Duncan Sheik - Phantom Moon
16. King Crimson - In The Court of Crimson King
17. The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
18. Elliott Smith - Figure 8
19. Liars - They Threw Us In A Trench & Stuck A Monument On Top
20. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
Prez
Right,as with others,this is Todays top 20,contents liable to change,but its as close as it gets:-
1) “The Imperial Bedroom” = Elvis Costello & The Attractions
2) “Rogue Waves” = Terry Reid
3) “Just Like that” = Toots & The Maytals
4) “Combat Rock” = The Clash
5) “Say it ‘aint so” = Murray Head
6) “Play for Today” = The Searchers
7) “Songs to remember” = Scritti Politti
8) “Silk Degrees” = Boz Scaggs
9) “Exodus” = Bob Marley & The Wailers
10) “The Undertones” = The Undertones
11) “An evening with…..Volume 2” = Big Bill Broonzy
12) “Listen without prejudice Vol.1” - George Michael
13) “New boots and panties” Ian Dury
14) “Into the music” = Van Morrison
15) “Days like this” = Van Morrison
16) “London Calling” = The Clash
17) “The Gift” = The Jam
18) “In my tribe” = 10000 Maniacs
19) “Sweet thing” = Georgie Fame & The blue flames
20) “Rumours” = Fleetwood Mac
Ray Bones
Right, I'll give this a go but the list will probably be different tomorrow.
1. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
2. Radiohead - OK Computer
3. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
4. The Band - The Band
5. Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
6. Pavement - Wowee Zowee
7. Elliot Smith - Either/Or
8. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
9. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
10. Ride - Nowhere
11. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
12. The Flying Burrito Brothers - Gilded Palace of Sin
13. JAMC - Darklands
14. Primal Scream - Vanishing Point
15. SFA - Radiator
16. Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man - Out of Season
17. MBV - Loveless
18. REM - New Adventures in HiFi
19. Supergrass - In It For The Money
20. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle
The Red Heifer
I've deleted my old list and written what you would call a "new one" :
1: Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Blood & Chocolate
2: Modest Mouse - The Moon And Antarctica
3: Phoenix - United
4:The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
5:Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
6: David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
7: Magnetic Fields - Holiday
8: Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Trust
9: Mars Volta - De-loused In The Comatorium
10: Weezer - Pinkerton
11: Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
11: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
12: White Stripes - White Blood Cells
13: Nirvana - In Utero
14: The Avalanches - Since I Left You
15: Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players - Vintage Slide Collection From Seattle Vol. 1
16: R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
17: The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
18: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
19: Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
20: Pollyanna - Hello Halo
the right summery profile
It's par for the course isn't it though Erik? Most of the posters here would have had their formative years somewhere between the periods 1975-1989, and so they associate "great" music with that period. It also leads to such bizzarre statements along the lines that the 80s were the greatest time for pop music ever, whereby they quote a number of indie singles which didn't sell. It's all history, and context isn't it? I'm struck by the lack of stuff outside the US/UK, but then I haven't helped the cause
Anyway, here would be my top 20 (plus 10)
1. David Bowie- Low
2. VU & Nico
3. Van Morrison- Astral Weeks
4. The Clash- London Calling
5. Dusty in Memphis
6. PE- Fear of A Black Planet
7. Crowded House- Together Alone
8. DJ Shadow- Endtroducing
9. Beck- Odelay
10. The Byrds- Mr Tambourine Man
11. The Bob Dylan Live 1966 "Royal Albert Hall" concert
12. Sly & The Family Stone- There's A Riot Goin' On
13. Grandaddy- The Sophtware Slump
14. Wire- Pink Flag
15. Massive Attack- Blue Lines
16. John Cale- Vintage Violence
17. Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
18. The Smiths- Hatful of Hollow
19. SFA- Radiator
20. Bob Marley- Live! 1974
+10
Spli Enz- Time & Tide
Elvis Costello- Imperial Bedroom
King Kapisi- Savage Thoughts (1999)
Che Fu- 2B S. Pacific (1998)
Beatles- Revolver
Outkast- Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Randy Newman- Sail Away
The Byrds- Younger Than Yesterday
Underworld- Dubnobasswithmyheadman
Neil Finn- One Nil.
riverman
Obviously you're all expecting my list to be full of crap but the question is... How bad will it be? Well I've tried to be as honest as I can even if it means taking out one or two sacred cows.
Here is my revised list, sorry.
The Beatles - Revolver
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Everything But The Girl - Eden
Portishead - Dummy
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
Belle and Sabastian - If you're feeling Sinister
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Marvin Gaye - What's going on?
Teardrop Explodes - Wilder
The Proclaimers - Sunshine on Leith
Arnold - Bahama
David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
Billy MacKenzie - Beyond the sun
Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
Martin Grech - Open Heart Zoo
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Damn this is a list of mighty fine music IMHO.
rob from halfords
1. If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You - Caravan
2. My Aim is True - Elvis Costello
3. Acquiring the Taste - Gentle Giant
4. Power in the Darkness - Tom Robinson
5. In Through the Out Door - Led Zeppelin
6. Your Arsenal - Morrissey
7. Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
8. Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
9. Let it Bleed - Rolling stones
10. How Dare You - 10 cc
11. Horses- Patti Smith
12. You're a big Boy Now - Lovin Spoonful
13. In Pain - Townes van Zandt
14. Big Cock - King Kurt
15. Love Gun- Kiss
16. Bad Reputation - Dirty White Boy
17. Dick Cheese - Hard Ons
18. Suck On This - Barbed Wire Dolls
19. Leisure Noise - Gay Dad
20. Red - King Crimson
rorschach
This was horrible. 25 would have been that bit easier. Whatever:
1. Piper ... - Pink Floyd
2. Lust For Life - Iggy
3. Dusty In Memphis - Dusty
4. Little Criminals - Randy Newman
5. Too-Rye-Ay - Dexys
6. The Velvet Underground With Nico
7. El Diablo En El Ojo - Tindersticks
8. Barrett - Syd Barrett
9. Beggars Banquet - The Stones
10. The Stooges - The Stooges
11. Histoire de Melody Nelson - Serge Gainsbourgh
12. 77 - Ash
13. The Modern Lovers
14. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young
15. East Side Story - Squeeze
16. Future Days - Can
17. The Big 3 - 60' Dolls
18. Black Monk Time - The Monks
19. Hypnotised - The Undertones
20. Unicorn - Tyranosaurus Rex
And, unbelievably, no space for:
Elvis, Beatles, Dylan, Bowie, Costello, Waits, Drake, Electric Prunes, Eno, Al Green, Kinks, Lambchop, Marley, Pixies, Pretty Things, Pulp, Sexsmith, QOTSA, Talking Heads, Temptations, Richard Thompson, White Stripes, Who, Yo La Tengo, Zombies, Roxy Music, Orbison, Cash, Clash, Coyne, T. Rex, Mitchell, Beefheart, Bush, 22 Pistepirkko, Stone Roses or Cale.
And I love them all. It's madness I tell you.
rory bellows
1 Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band : Clear Spot
2 The Damned : Machine Gun Etiquette
3 Tom Waits : Closing Time
4 UK Subs : Another Kind Of Blues
5 Gram Parsons : GP
6 Culture : Two Sevens Clash
7 Chumbawamba : Shhhhh...
8 Nirvana : Unplugged In NYC
9 Husker Du : Warehouse, Songs & Stories
10 Nick Drake : Way Too Blue
11 Ramones : Rocket To Russia
12 Television : Marquee Moon
13 Dr Feelgood : Stupidity
14 White Stripes : White Blood Cells
15 PIL : Second Edition / Metal Box
16 Buzzcocks : Another Music In A Different Kitchen
17 Stooges : Raw Power
18 Stooges : Stooges
19 Beck : Odelay
20 Sheryl Crow : Tuesday Nite Music Club
roygbiv
1 Rolling Stones- Exile On Main Street
2 The Byrds- The Notorious Byrd Brothers
3 Big Star- Radio City
4 The VU- White Light/White Heat
5 Jimi Hendrix- First Rays Of The New Rising Sun
6 David Bowie- Low
7 Belle & Sebastian- The Boy With The Arab Strap
8 Boards Of Canada- Music Has The Right To Children
9 Leonard Cohen- Songs Of
10 Gene Clark- No Other
11 Nick Drake - Pink Moon
12 Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin III
13 Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
14 Gram Parsons- Greivous Angel
15 The Magnetic Fields- 69 Love Songs
16 My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
17 Radiohead- OK Computer
18 Bruce Springsteen- Nebraska
19 DJ Shadow- Entroducing
20 The White Stripes- De Stijl
saint piran
1.unhalfbricking - fairport convention
2.smiley smile - beach boys
3.exile on main st - stones
4.abbey road - beatles
5.friends - beach boys
6.raw power - stooges
7.i say a little prayer - aretha
8.touch ' em with love - bobbie gentry
9.spanish dance troupe - gorkys zygotic mynci
10.soundtracks - can
11.imagine - john lennon
12.endtroducing - dj shadow
13.hunky dory - bowie
14.the beatles - beatles
15.liege & lief - fairport convention
16.closing time - tom waits
17.blue lines - massive attack
18.electric warrior - t.rex
19.paris es - francoise hardy
20.stone roses - stone roses
shagger dave
Here goes a whole lot of nothing:
1. Ramones- Rocket To Russia
2. Alice Cooper- Love It To Death
3. Swervedriver- Ejector Seat Reservation
4. Johnny Cash- At Folsom Prison
5. Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation Of Millions
6. The Clash- London Calling
7. Pixies- Surfer Rosa
8. Beatles- Rubber Soul
9. Husker Du- Zen Arcade
10. AC/DC- Highway To Hell
11. David Bowie- Low
12. Guided By Voices- Bee Thousand
13. Miles Davis- Miles Smiles
14. Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
15. Replacements- Tim
16. John Coltrane- Giant Steps
17. Bob Dylan- Blood On the Tracks
18. Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique
19. Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
20. REM- Murmer
shevin kields
1. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
2. Motorpsycho - Trust Us
3. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
4. dEUS - Worst Case Scenario
5. Pixies - Doolittle
6. Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun
7. Sonic Youth - Evol
8. The Breeders - Last Splash
9. The Lemonheads - Come On Feel...
10. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
11. Leonard Cohen - The Songs of...
12. Bob Dylan - Desire
13. Kyuss - ...And The Circus Leaves Town
14. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
15. Cat Power - You Are Free
16. Brendan Benson - Lapalco
17. Tool - Aenima
18. The Stooges - Fun House
19. Nick Cave - Tender Prey
20. Super Furry Animals - Guerrilla
sir hamon
Buggery Bollocks - have not had time, so the extremenly provisional, sure I missed something important list goes like this;
1) Richard Thompson - Shoot out the Lights
2) Kinks - Arthur
3) Velvet Underground - VU & Nico
4) Beatles - Abbey Road
5)Fairpport Convention - Leige and Leif
6) Neil Young - Tonights the Niight
7) Janis Joplin - Pearl
8) REM - Document
9) Eliza Carthey - Red
10) XTC - Apple Venus Pt 1
11) Rolling Stones - Let it bleed
12) Thea Gilmore - Rules for Jokers
13) Julian Cope - Fried
14) Patti Smith - Easter
15) Byrds - Younger then Yesterday
16) Arthur 2 stroke and the Chart commando's - Live at Banwells
17) Jethro Tull - Aqualung
18) Tom Waites - Alice
19) Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
20) Steve Earle - The Mountain
Wouldn't complain too much if I were stranded with them apples...
SlangKing
1. Stones- "Sticky Fingers"
2. The Modern Lovers- s/t
3. Wire- "Pink Flag"
4. Sonic Youth- "Daydream Nation"
5. Stooges- "Fun House"
6. Beatles- "White Album"
7. Zombies- "Odyssey and Oracle"
8. Neutral Milk Hotel- "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
9. Tribe Called Quest- "Low End Theory"
10. Kinks- "Face to Face"
11. Bob Dylan- "Bringing It All Back Home"
12. Pavement- "Wowee Zowee"
13. Pharcyde- "Bizarre Ride II..."
14. Yo La Tengo- "Painful"
15. REM- "Murmur"
16. De La Soul- "Buhloone Mindstate"
17. Guided by Voices- "Alien Lanes"
18. Silver Jews- "American Water"
19. Magnetic Fields- "69 Love Songs"
20. Talking Heads- "Fear of Music"
slightbreeze
1) MARQUEE MOON : TELEVISION
2) THIS YEARS MODEL : ELVIS COSTELLO
3) THE QUEEN IS DEAD : THE SMITHS
4) THE LAMB LIES DOWN : GENESIS
5) PET SOUNDS : THE BEACH BOYS
6) ZIGGY STARDUST : DAVID BOWIE
7) NON-STOP EROTIC CABARET : SOFT CELL
ON THE BEACH : NEIL YOUNG
9) YES ALBUM : YES
10) POWER, CORRUPTION AND LIES : NEW ORDER
11) FOR YOUR PLEASURE : ROXY MUSIC
12) COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY : STEELY DAN
13) CROSBY, STILLS & NASH : CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH
14) BLUE : JONI MITCHELL
15) SOMETHING/ANYTHING : TODD RUNDGREN
16) IS THIS IT? : THE STROKES
17) HORSES : PATTI SMITH
1 PAWN HEARTS : VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR
19) THE SOFT BULLETIN : FLAMING LIPS
20) FOXTROT : GENESIS
snarfyguy
At different times in my life, these have been my favorite albums. I wasn't sure whether to sort them by how much I liked them then or how much I like them now, so I just kind of threw it together.
1) Beatles - Revolver
2) Stones - Exile on Main Street
3) Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
4) Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico
5) Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
5) Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
6) The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
7) The Stooges - Fun House
Paul McCartney - Ram
9) Neil Young - Tonight’s the Night
10) Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk
11) Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
12) Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
14) Dylan - Bringing it all Back Home
15) Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
16) Pere Ubu - Dub Housing
17) Radiohead - Amnesiac
1 Big Star - Radio City
19) Suicide - Suicide
20) David Bowie - Low
snap dragon
1. Fennesz, Endless Summer
2. Laura Nyro, New York Tendaberry
3. Neil Young, On the Beach
4. Steel Pulse, Handsworth Revolution
5. Gillian Welch, Time the Revelator
6. Van Der Graaf Generator, Still Life
7. The Stooges, Fun House
8. DJ Shadow, Endtroducing
9. Boards of Canada, Music has the Right to Children
10. The Slits, Cut
11. Quicksilver Messenger Service, Happy Trails
12. James Brown, The Payback
13. Hüsker Dü, New Day Rising
14. Low, The Curtain Hits the Cast
15. Aretha Franklin, Lady Soul
16. Galaxie 500, Today
17. Múm, Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is Okay
18. Miles Davis, Get up with It
19. Patti Smith, Horses
20. Eric Dolphy, Out to Lunch
snowdog
Hey! To hell with that!!
I totally agree, of course. Some days, any one of my 20 (or one of many other albums) could sound like the best album in the world, but I've spend too long trying to massage this list into shape to not post it, so... geeky twats file here I come!!!
1. Yes - Close To The Edge
2. Rush - Moving Pictures
3. David Bowie - Heroes
4. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
5. Simple Minds - Sons & Fascination/Sister Feelings Call
(Not a twofer. As a thank-you to fans, Sons And Fascination was sold shrink-rapped with copies of Sister Feelings Call for the price of one album. There's nothing special about the packaging or presentation of this 'double album' offering - the two were just shrink-rapped together. A sticker was stuck on the sleeve of Sons And Fascination and this identifies the release as the limited edition double.")
6. Radiohead - The Bends
7. Björk - Homogenic
8. Tom Waits - (Who cares? Pick one! I'll say) Mule Variations
9. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
10. Japan - Tin Drum
11. Rickie Lee Jones - Flying Cowboys
12. Longpigs - Mobile Home
13. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
14. The Beatles - Abbey Road
15. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
16. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
17. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
18. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
19. Coldcut - Journeys by DJ
20. Orbital - Middle Of Nowhere
solarscope
1. blonde on blonde - bob dylan
2. pet sounds - the beach boys
3. forever changes - love
4. highway 61 revisited - bob dylan
5. this is my country - the impressions
6. bringing it all back home - bob dylan
7. the young mods forgotten story - the impressions
8. scott 4 - scott walker
9. save yourself - the make up
10. between the buttons (uk) - the rolling stones
11. begin - the millennium
12. funhouse - the stooges
13. what's going on - marvin gaye
14. the ballad of easy rider - the byrds
15. beggars banquet - the rolling stones
16. friends - the beach boys
17. gp - gram parsons
18. s/t - the velvet underground and nico
19. white light/white heat - the velvet underground
20. the payback - james brown
souphound
1. Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams (with bonus live tracks)
2. Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
3. Blue Rodeo - Five Days in July
4. Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert
5. Townes Van Zandt - Live at the Old Quarter
6. The Beatles - White Album
7. Leonard Cohen - Ten New Songs
8. John Prine - Bruised Orange
9. Neil Young - Harvest
10. Paul Simon - Graceland
11. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
12. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
13. Bruce Cockburn - Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws
14. Van Morrison - Avalon Sunset
15. The Tragically Hip - The Live between Us
16. AC/DC - Back in Black
17. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
18. Pink Floyd - Animals
19. Led Zeppelin - IV
20. ELO - New World Record
There's no accounting for taste.
sprcndctr
Oh screw it, this is going to be a very predictable list, but I want to contribute.
The Smiths The Queen is Dead
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
The Clash London Calling
The Pixies Doolittle
Radiohead The Bends
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico
Air Moon Safari
Sleater-Kinney All Hands on the Bad One
Peal Jam Ten
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II
David Bowie Ziggy Stardust
Quasi Featuring “Birds”
Jellyfish Bellybutton
Le Tigre Le Tigre
My Bloody Valentine Loveless
Blondie Parallel Lines
Joni Mitchell Blue
Sonic Youth Daydream Nation
The Jam Sound Affects
Elvis Costello Armed Forces
That's my alphabetically in order top 20 quickly placed in order of preference, so usual "could change tomorrow" crap applies. Although actually, I am quite liking that list.
spoon brother
1. Aretha Franklin - I never loved a man the way I love you
2. Bob Dylan - Bringing it all back home
3. The Beatles - The Beatles
4. Big Star - No.1 Record
5. Pavement - Crooked rain, crooked rain
6. Beach Boys - Pet sounds
7. The Velvet underground - The Velvet underground
8. Telvision - Marquee Moon
9. Sonic Youth - Evol
10. Motorpsycho - Trust Us
11. Kinks - Are the village green preservation society
12. Miles Davis - In a silent way
13. Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham - Moments from this theatre
14. Frank Sinatra - Watertown
15. Al Green - Gets next to you
16. Sparklehorse - Goodmorning spider
17. Byrds - Sweetheart of the rodeo
18. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
19. Jim O'rourke - Insignificance
20. Tom Waits - One from the heart
This list will be amended frequently in the near future.
I would take this list of 20 compilations over the albums anyday though.
1. Bob Dylan: Bootleg series 1-3
2. NUGGETS- Original artyfacts ...
3. Burt Bacharach - The look of love
4. James Brown - Star time
5. Elvis presley: Suspicious minds - Memphis 1969 anthology
6. Anthology of American Folk Music
7. NUGGETS II
8. Phil Spector: Back to mono
9. Brazil Classics 1: Beleza tropical
10. Ray Charles: The definitive Ray Charles
11. Wilson Pickett: A man and a half
12. Dusty Springfield: Simply...Dusty
13. Bobbie Gentry: An American quilt
14. Temptations: Best of the Temptations
15. The Story of Brunswick
16. Palace - Lost blues and other songs
17. George Jones - Spirit of country
18. Dave Godin's Deep soul treasures Vol 1
19. Tighten Up - Trojan Reggae classics 1968-74.
20. Tropicalia ou panis et circensis
strider
Just my thought at the moment:
1. Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation
2. Pavement-Slanted and Enchanted
3. Beatles-Revolver
4. Television-Marquee Moon
5. Elvis Costello-This Years Model
6. Feelies-Crazy Rhythms
7. XTC-English Settlement
8. Pixies-Surfer Rosa
9. Neil Young-On the Beach
10. Beach Boys-Pet Sounds
11. REM-Murmur
12. Talking Heads-'77
13. Yo La Tengo-Painful
14. Replacements-Tim
15. Rolling Stone-Exile on Main Street
16. Bob Dylan-Highway 61 Revisited
17. Wilco-Summerteeth
18. Built to Spill-Keep it Like a Secret
19. Gang of Four-Entertainment!
20. Flying Burrito Brothers-Gilded Palace of Sin
take5_D
28 things that changed my aesthetic (no particular order)
J.S. Bach: Kleine Praeludien und Fughetten (Urtext)
Leo Fender: Stratocaster/Telecaster
Greil Marcus: Mystery Train
Walter Benjamin: One-Way Street
Susan Sontag: ``Against Interpretation,'' ``Notes on Camp''
Thelonious Monk: ``Round Midnight,'' Genius of Modern Music
Beatles '65/Something New
Firesign Theatre: Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers/The Who Sell Out
Glenn Gould: The Goldberg Variations, The Glenn Gould Reader
Bob Dylan: Bringing it All Back Home
Noam Chomsky: Manufacturing Consent (film), assorted interviews
Tom Waits: Rain Dogs
Richard and Linda Thompson: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight/Henry the Human Fly
Allen Ginsberg: Holy Soul Jelly Roll
Voices and Visions (PBS series about 13 American poets)
Robert Hughes: Shock of the New (PBS series about modern art)
Robert Frank: The Americans/John Szarknowski, Looking at Photographs
Charles Mingus: Mingus, -a, -um
Martin Williams, The Smithsonian Collection of Jazz Piano
Charlie Parker: ``Confirmation,'' ``Ornithology'', ``Koko''
Roget's Thesaurus
Jim Woodring: Frank
Bill Watterson: Calvin and Hobbes
Scott McCloud: Understanding Comics
George Herriman (Patrick McConnell): Krazy Kat
Roland Barthes: Camera Lucida
Terry Gross: Fresh Air
lexis nexis (newspaper database)
terrapin
1 Cardiacs - All That Glitters Is A Mares Nest
2 Planet Gong - Live Floating Anarchy 1977
3 Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
4 Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
5 Brainticket - Cottonwoodhill
6 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces
7 Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju
8 King Missile - Mystical Shit
9 David Bowie - Hunky Dory
10 Ween - The Pod
11 My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
12 Monster Magnet - Spine Of God
13 Shiina Ringo - Shouso Strip
14 Soft Boys - A Can Of Bees
15 Magazine - Secondhand Daylight
16 Penetration - Moving Targets
17 Faust - Faust IV
18 Black Box Recorder - Passionoia
19 Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
20 Hawkwind - Quark, Strangeness And Charm
timeless melody
its hard to choose just 20 out of so many great albums, that's why I took so long to come out with this:
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
Exile On Main Street
Marquee Moon
The Stone Roses
Loveless
Screamadelica
Pet Sounds
Revolver
Forever Changes
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Blood On The Tracks
Pink Moon
Raw Power
Kick Out The Jams
Psychocandy
Suicide
Unknown Pleasures
Karma
Fifth Dimension
Spiderland
tipsy mcstagger
1 Forever Changes - Love
2 Automatic For the People - REM
3 Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
4 Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
5 Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
6 Revolver - The Beatles
7 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
8 Rings Around the World - Super Furry Animals
9 Things Fall Apart - The Roots
10 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back - Public Enemy
11 Odelay - Beck
12 Radiator - Super Furry Animals
13 Brighten the Corners - Pavement
14 Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
15 Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
16 Ok Computer - Radiohead
17 Lapalco - Brendan Benson
18 Deserter's Songs - Mercury Rev
19 New Adventures in Hi-Fi - REM
20 Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
Oh dear. It all looks rather samey, and the rap choices tokenistic.
tokagetonosama
Alright, here goes --
1. Love - Forever Changes
2. Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
3. Beatles - Abbey Road
4. CSN - Crosby, Stills and Nash
5. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
6. Jimi Hendrix - Axis : Bold As Love
7. Incredible String Band - 5000 Spirits Or The Layers....
8. Fairport Convention - Full House
9. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
10.White Stripes - White Blood Cells
11.Beatles - Revolver
12.Paul McCartney - McCartney
13.Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
14.The Coral - The Coral
15.Pulp - This Is Hardcore
16.Flaming Lips - Yoshimi
17.Beach Boys - Friends
18.Family - Music In A Doll's House
19.Byrds - Ballad Of Easy Rider
20.Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Phew!
12xu2
1. Love - Forever Changes
2. Beatles - White Album
3. The Smiths - The Smiths
4. Nick Drake - Bryter Later
5. Clash - London Calling
6. Velvet Underground - Loaded
7. Van Morrison - Moondance
8. Big Star - Sister Lovers
9. The Who - Sell Out
10. Byrds - Notorious Byrd Bros.
11. Stooges - The Stooges
12. Wire - Chair's Missing
13. Television - Marquee Moon
14. REM - Out Of Time
15. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
16. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
17. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
18. Cosmic Rough Riders - Enjoy the Melodic Sunshine
19. Blur - Blur
20. Stranglers - Black and White
velvis
1. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
2. Van Morrison - Moondance
3. The Beatles - Abbey Road
4. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
5. The Band - Music From Big Pink
6. Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
7. Nick Lowe - The Impossible Bird
8. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
9. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
10. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
11. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
12. Elvis Presley - The Memphis Record
13. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
14. Bruce Springsteen - The River
15. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
16. Radiohead - OK Computer
17. Paul Simon - Graceland
18. R.E.M. Automatic For the People
19. Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
20. R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
vincent lavanga
Let the indecision commence!
1. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
2. Wedding Present - Seamonsters
3. Jeff Buckley - Grace
4. REM - New Adventures In HiFi
5. Young Gods - Only Heaven
6. Mercury Rev - All Is Dream
7. The Doors - The Doors
8. The Cure - Disintegration
9. Prince - Sign ‘O’ The Times
10. Jesus & Mary Chain - Honey’s Dead
11. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On?
12. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
13. Mercury Rev - Deserter’s Songs
14. Wedding Present - Bizarro
15. Dreadzone - Second Light
16. Bauhaus - Mask
17. Prince - Purple Rain
18. St Germain - Tourist
19. Janes Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
20. Blink - The End Is High
werewolf
I wasn't going to play but I'm on my own at work today and a bit bored so here's a top 20 list:
1 Dire Straights Brothers In Arms
2 Simply Red Picture Book
3 Sade Promise
4 Fleetwood Mac Tango In The Night
5 Sting Dream of the Blue Tortoise
6 Phil Collins Hello I Must Be Braindead
7 Peter Frampton Comes Alive
8 David Bowie Diamond Poodles
9 Meatloaf Bat Out Of Hell
10 Simple Minds Once Upon A Time
11 Jamie Cullum Pointless
12 Daniel O'Donell King of Rock and Roll
13 Def Leppard Hysterectomy
14 Best Disco Album in the World... Ever
15 Titanic OST
16 Clash Cut the Crap
17 U2 Joshua Tree (Jive Bunny Remixes)
18 Sisters of Mercy Some Girls Are Mistaken
19 Cult Cultosauros Erectos Enormos
20 Supertramp Breakfast In America
whoareyax
1.The Grateful Dead-American Beauty
2.John Mayall-Blues From Laurel Canyon
3.Fairport Convention-Full House
4.Charles Mingus-Ah Um
5.Nina Simone-High Priestess Of Soul
6.June Tabor-An Echo Of Hooves
7.Family-A Song For Me
8.Captain Beefheart-Ice Cream For Crow
9.Nick Drake-Five Leaves Left
10.John Coltrane-Lush Life
11.Neil Young-After The Goldrush
12.Nick Cave-The Boatman's Call
13.Johnny Cash-The Man Comes Around
14.John Hartford-Looks At Life
15.John Mayall-The Turning Point
16.Howling Wolf-The Real Folk Blues
17.Frank Zappa-Uncle Meat
18.Leonard Cohen-Songs Of Love And Hate
19.John Mayall-The Blues Alone
20.The Grateful Dead-Workingman's Dead
zong
1.Come Down- The Dandy Warhols
2.White Album- The Beatles
3.We're Only in it for the Money- Zappa/Mothers of Invention
4.Doolittle- The Pixies
5.The Queen is Dead- The Smiths
6.Ramones- The Ramones
7.Piper at the Gates of Dawn- The Pink Floyd
8.Brighten the Corners- Pavement
9.Trompe le Monde- The Pixies
10.Meat is Murder- the Smiths
11.Rattus Norvegicus- The Stranglers
12.Modern Life is Rubbish- Blur
13.The Great Escape- Blur
14.Freak Out- Zappa/Mothers of Invention
15.Easter- Pattis Smith Group
16.Pleasant Dreams- The Ramones
17.Back in the DHSS- Half Man Half Biscuit
18.The Holy Bible- Manic Street Preachers
19.Help- The Beatles
20.Safe as Milk- Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
These 6 just missed the cut in this order:
Exile on Main Street
All Things must Pass
Village Green Preservation Society
In Utero
Sound Dust (sterolab)
Cheap Thrills (Big Brother and the Holding company)
FOR5
Here goes:-
1) The Holy Bible-MANIC STREET PREACHERS
2) Closer -Joy Division
3) The Fat Of The Land-PRODIGY
4) Definitely Maybe-OASIS
5) Tommy-THE WHO
6) Marquee Moon-TELEVISION
7) Rubber Soul-THE BEATLES
8) Tumbleweed Connection-ELTON JOHN
9) S/T-RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
10) Murmur-R.E.M.
11) Exile On Main St.-THE ROLLING STONES
12) Fun House-THE STOOGES
13) Back In Black-AC/DC
14) Hour Of Bewilderbeast-BADLY DRAWN BOY
15) In Utero-NIRVANA
16) Rumours-FLEETWOOD MAC
17) OK Computer-RADIOHEAD
18) Physical Grafitti-LED ZEPPELIN
19) Pink Moon-NICK DRAKE
20) Live At Leeds-THE WHO
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by Zong » 06 Apr 2004, 22:04
well until strider ruined it by giving the second vote to Slanted and Enchanted I thought i'd found an interesting statistic there.
Every Pavement album was voted for by 5 different posters once......except Slanted and Enchanted thanks to that ruining of a good statistic.
Every Pavement album was voted for by 5 different posters once......except Slanted and Enchanted thanks to that ruining of a good statistic.
Anyone could join in so I discarded my jeans
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by Colin The Cyberman » 04 May 2004, 00:37
River Man wrote:
Obviously you're all expecting my list to be full of crap but the question is... How bad will it be? Well I've tried to be as honest as I can even if it means taking out one or two sacred cows.
that invalidates your selection...
doesn't it?
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by Magilla » 04 May 2004, 08:19
Where am I? I voted too..."U2 routinely spent a year in the studio...I have a theory: if you put four monkeys in the studio for a year with Lanois and Eno and Lillywhite, they would make a pretty good record, too."
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by andymacandy » 04 May 2004, 13:41
Magilla wrote::cry: Where am I? I voted too...
So did I.We are obviously not worthy.
Bless the weather.......
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by take5_d_shorterer » 04 May 2004, 18:56
Andymacandy wrote:Magilla wrote::cry: Where am I? I voted too...
So did I.We are obviously not worthy.
andymac.,
What no Fairport or Thompson? And after all the nice things snowdog said about your compilation CD.
The list has been updated by the way. It's been over a month.
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by Thee Sulko Snotty Chops » 15 Aug 2004, 13:39
take5_D_shorterer wrote:baron
Here goes today's version. Subject to change. Would've preferred a top 50.
1. John Coltrane - A LOVE SUPREME
2. George Harrison - ALL THINGS MUST PASS
3. Rolling Stones - EXILE ON MAIN STREET
4. John Coltrane - GIANT STEPS
5. Beatles - HARD DAYS NIGHT
6. Jimi Hendrix Experience - ELECTRIC LADYLAND
7. My Bloody Valentine - LOVELESS
8. O.V. Wright - THE BOTTOM LINE
9. Big Star - RADIO CITY
10. Neil Young - ON THE BEACH
11. R.E.M. - MURMUR
12. Flying Burrito Brothers - GUILDED PALACE OF SIN
13. John Coltrane - COLTRANE'S SOUND
14. Al Green - CALL ME
15. Wire - CHAIRS MISSING
16. Sam Cooke - NIGHT BEAT
17. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - JAZZ SAMBA
18. Wire- PINK FLAG
19. Lord High Fixers - IS YOUR CLUB A SECRET WEAPON
20. Freakwater - OLD PAINT
Sadly, no room for LZ III, Elliott Smith XO, Black Sabbath Paranoid, Nirvana Nevermind and In Utero, Come's 11:11 or Gently Down The Stream, Beach Boys Today, Congos Heart of the Congos, Dr. Dre's The Chronic, Big Soul by the Original Sins, Joni Mitchell Court and Spark, Jayhawks Tomorrow the Green Grass, Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers, Sonic Youth Sister, Stone Roses, Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy, Ramones, Sonic Youth Sister, Beatles Rubber Soul, Curtis Mayfield Curtis, Galaxie 500 On Fire, Thelonious Monk Brilliant Corners, Sonny Rollins Saxophone Collossus and Tenor Madness, Bedhead, Buck Owens Sings Songs of Harlan Howard, Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon Walls and Bridges .... and on and on.
Of all the glaring omissions, the greatest is possibly Big Star's "Third/Sister Lovers." Thanks to Little Tommy Winter for the reminder.
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The G Experience! wrote:the Aretha has slightly generic blues thing going on, which is sometimes a problem in southern soul.
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