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Author:  BigRedLedbetter [ Wed August 26, 2015 7:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Top 25 Favorite Albums of All Time
Lament wrote:
Off the top of my head, and far from definitive (following the one album per artist rule)...

Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Sex Pistols - Nevermind the bollocks here's the SEX PISTOLS
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
U2 - Zooropa
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things
Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
Nicky Wire - I Killed the Zeitgeist
Sly & the Family Stone - Stand!
Prince - Sign "O" the Times
The Clash - London Calling
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasty
Elastica - Elastica
Simple Minds - Empires & Dance
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
The Who - Quadrophenia
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
Marina & the Diamonds - The Family Jewels


Good work, lament!
Author:  Lament [ Wed August 26, 2015 7:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Top 25 Favorite Albums of All Time
I was gonna redo it, but there probably isn't enough change to warrant doing so (I have to imagine the above list is in no particular order after the first spot). I might put The Electric Lady on it, which probably still seemed to new include when I made that list.
Author:  BigRedLedbetter [ Wed August 26, 2015 7:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Top 25 Favorite Albums of All Time
I added a couple to my honorable mentions. I only including one per artist/band which made it easier.
Author:  swan [ Wed August 26, 2015 8:13 pm ]
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1. Radiohead - OK Computer
2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
3. Pearl Jam - No Code
4. Tool - Lateralus
5. The Beatles - Abbey Road
6. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
7. The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies
8. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
9. Phish - Billy Breathes
10. The Police - Synchronicity
11. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
12. The Clash - London Calling
13. Neil Young - Harvest
14. Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow
15. Portishead - Dummy
16. PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
17. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
18. Beck - Midnite Vultures
19. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
20. Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers
21. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
22. Cake - Fashion Nugget
23. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
24. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged
25. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
Author:  Dev [ Thu August 27, 2015 1:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Top 25 Favorite Albums of All Time
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Lament wrote:
LV has to redo his list to include Kanye West now.

Quite a bit changed, actually.

1. Kanye West - Yeezus
2. Acid Bath - Paegan Terrorism Tactics
3. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
4. Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
5. Melvins - Lysol
6. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
7. Strapping Young Lad - City
8. Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops
9. Pearl Jam - Vs.
10. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
11. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
12. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People
13. Gojira - The Way of All Flesh
14. Raw Radar War - ==
15. Burzum - Filosofem
16. Pearl Jam - Ten
17. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
18. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
19. Melvins - Eggnog
20. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
21. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream
22. Crowbar - Broken Glass
23. High on Fire - Blessed Black Wings
24. Melvins - (A) Senile Animal
25. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief

I had a lot of trouble ranking this time. And it could probably change at any time. It's really only the top six that are cemented.


A Senile Animal is my fav Melvins album. I think a lot of people rank it fairly highly actually.
Author:  matt reeder [ Thu August 27, 2015 3:50 am ]
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Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
The Beatles - The Beatles (s/t, aka The White Album)
Beck - Sea Change
Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
The Clash - London Calling
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
The Cure - Wish
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
Nirvana - In Utero
Paul Simon - Graceland
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
R.E.M. - Murmur
Radiohead - The Bends
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Soundgarden - Superunknown
The Thermals - The Body, The Blood, The Machine
Titus Andronicus - The Airing Of Grievances
U2 - Achtung Baby
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers

That was almost impossible, so I ended up just choosing one album per band I really love.

Honorable Mention: 5 Albums That Just Missed The Cut
* Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
* Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold, Dead Place
* Sigur Ros - ( )
* Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
* Weezer - Weezer (blue album)

Honorable Mention: Greatest Hits / Best-Ofs that I listen to more than any albums of that particular artist:
* Buzzcocks - Operator's Manual
* Minor Threat - The Complete Discography
* Mudhoney - March To Fuzz
* Pavement - Quarantine The Past
* Tupac - Greatest Hits
Author:  BigRedLedbetter [ Thu August 27, 2015 6:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Top 25 Favorite Albums of All Time
Sea Change is sooooooooooo good!
Author:  evenslow [ Sat August 29, 2015 7:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Top 25 Favorite Albums of All Time
One per artist... I'm pretty sure about my top 5...

1. The Beatles | White Album
2. Pearl Jam | Vitalogy
3. Fleetwood Mac | Tusk
4. Stevie Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life
5. Elvis Costello | Get Happy!!

And the rest, in no particular order...

Michael Jackson | Off the Wall
Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel...
Ryan Adams | Love is Hell
Bruce Springsteen | Darkness on the Edge of Town
The Clash | London Calling
Prince | Purple Rain
Led Zeppelin | Physical Graffiti
Al Green | I'm Still in Love With You
The Black Crowes | Southern Harmony & Musical Companion
The Who | Who's Next
U2 | Achtung Baby
D'Angelo | Voodoo
Outkast | Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Jeff Buckley | Grace
David Bowie | Station to Station
Big Star | #1 Record
Spoon | Kill the Moonlight
Kanye West | Graduation
Midlake | The Trials of Van Occupanther
The Strokes | Is This It

If I could do more than one per artist, I would add almost every Beatles record, more Led Zep, a few Pearl Jams, another Stevie and another Fiona and another Ryan.
Author:  BigRedLedbetter [ Sat August 29, 2015 7:21 pm ]
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Thumbs up for the Big Star. See, this is why I hate makes lists. Like I love to try but I left off Big Star. Which makes me sad.
Author:  LoathedVermin72 [ Thu December 07, 2017 3:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Top 25 Favorite Albums of All Time
I needed to do another update.

1. Kanye West – Yeezus
2. Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
3. At the Drive-In – Relationship of Command
4. Daughters – Daughters
5. Acid Bath – Paegan Terrorism Tactics
6. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
7. The Dillinger Escape Plan – Under the Running Board
8. Glassjaw – Worship and Tribute
9. Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights
10. Steely Dan – Katy Lied
11. Melvins – Lysol
12. Electric Wizard – Dopethrone
13. Strapping Young Lad – City
14. The Drones – I See Seaweed
15. DJ Shadow – Endtroducing.....
16. Burzum – Filosofem
17. Broken Social Scene – You Forgot It in People
18. Pearl Jam – Vs.
19. Queens of the Stone Age – Era Vulgaris
20. Gojira – The Way of All Flesh
21. Radiohead – Hail to the Thief
22. High on Fire – Blessed Black Wings
23. Beastmilk – Climax
24. Deftones – Saturday Night Wrist
25. Helmet – Betty
26. Kitty – Frostbite
27. The Stooges – Raw Power
28. Dax Riggs – Say Goodnight to the World
29. Led Zeppelin – Presence
30. Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.
Author:  BootsToAsses [ Sun December 10, 2017 2:23 pm ]
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This is hard. In no order, I've only numbered them to make sure I don't go over 25 :lol:

1. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
2. Pearl Jam - Binaural
3. R.E.M. - Monster
4. Bruce Springsteeen - Magic
5. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into The Great Wide Open
6. London Grammar - Truth is a Beautiful Thing
7. St. Vincent - Masseduction
8. Pearl Jam - Yield
9. Bob Dylan - Street Legal
10. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Echo
11. The Gaslight Anthem - Get Hurt
12. Bob Dylan - Oh, Mercy
13. R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now
14. Kings Of Leon - Because of the Times
15. Traveling Wilburys - Volume 1
16. The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
17. Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
18. Bob Dylan - "Love & Theft"
19. Adele - 25
20. Neil Young - Harvest Moon
21. My Morning Jacket - Z
22. Tom Petty - Wildflowers
23. Pearl Jam - Self titled
24. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
25. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
Author:  chewm [ Sun December 10, 2017 8:42 pm ]
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Not really sure about the order but here it is.

1. The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
2. Pearl Jam - Yield
3. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
4. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
5. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
6. REM - Automatic for the People
7. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
8. The Rutabega - Brother the Lights Don't Work
9. Built to Spill - Keep It Like A Secret
10. Sleater Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One
11. The Beatles - Revolver
12. Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
13. Pixies - Doolittle
14. The National - Boxer
15. Hop Along - Painted Shut
16. Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid
17. Silkworm - Lifestyle
18. Liz Phair - Exile In Guysville
19. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
20. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
21. REM - Reckoning
22. Sleater Kinney - The Woods
23. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
24. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
25. Radiohead - In Rainbows
Author:  coptheriotact [ Sun December 10, 2017 10:31 pm ]
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
David Bowie - Low
Pearl Jam - Riot Act
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - And No More Shall We Part
Neil Young - On The Beach
Something For Kate - Echolalia
Soundgarden - Down On The Upside
Metallica - Load
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Pearl Jam - Yield
RHCP - One Hot Minute
The Strokes - Is This It?
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On
Lost Animal - Ex Tropical
Kings Of Leon - Youth & Young Manhood
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
John Frusciante - The Empyrean
Madrugada - Industrial Silence
Days Of The New - II
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Incubus - A Crow Left Of The Murder
Simple Minds - Sons & Fascination
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Thank God For Mental Illness
Deadsy - Commencement

Ive found that this list doesn't really give much indication of what I listen to as a whole anymore, as Ive found so much great music in the last 5 or so years, but struggle to add them to an "All-Time" list.
Author:  coptheriotact [ Sun December 10, 2017 11:56 pm ]
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So far Ive listened to these albums I hadn't heard from these lists, with mixed to good results. :)

Steely Dan – Katy Lied
Acid Bath – Paegan Terrorism Tactics
The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
D'angelo - Voodoo
James - Laid
Meat Beat Manifesto - Satyricon
Elastica - Elastica
Thelonios Monk - Solo Monk
Author:  Higgs [ Mon December 11, 2017 5:08 pm ]
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One per artist, in year released order.

Thelonious Monk Quartet - With John Coletrane at Carnegie Hall (1957)
Bruce Springsteen - Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ (1973)
Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel (1974)
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks (1975)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
ACDC - Powerage (1978)
The Rolling Stones - Some Girls (1978)
The Violent Femmes - The Violent Femmes (1983)
Midnight Oil - Red Sails in the Sunset (1984)
Prince - Purple Rain (1984)
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984)
Paul Kelly - Gossip (1986)
Hunters & Collectors - Human Frailty (1986)
Weddings Parties Anything - Roaring Days (1988)
Billy Bragg - Workers Playtime (1988)
Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992)
Pearl Jam - Yield (1998)
Powderfinger - Odyssey # 5 (2000)
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People (2002)
The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2002)
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)
The National - High Violet (2010)
Nick Cave - Push the Sky Away (2013)
Endless Boogie - Long Island (2013)
Camp Cope - Camp Cope (2016)

I'm absolutely a child of the 1980s, and apparently the 60's didn't exist.
Author:  epilogue [ Mon December 11, 2017 5:27 pm ]
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Revised and no longer limited to one per artist:

1. Bone Machine - Tom Waits
2. Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
3. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
4. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
5. The Beatles (The White Album) - The Beatles
6. Riot Act - Pearl Jam
7. The Shepherd's Dog - Iron and Wine
8. Ten - Pearl Jam
9. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
10. Blood Money - Tom Waits
11. Home - Dixie Chicks
12. In Utero - Nirvana
13. Black Sheep - Martin Sexton
14. Strange Mercy - St. Vincent
15. Hunky Dory - David Bowie
16. What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World - The Decemberists
17. In The Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
18. Mule Variations - Tom Waits
19. Her Majesty the Decemberists - The Decemberists
20. Cease to Begin - Band of Horses
21. What We Lose In The Fire We Gain in the Flood - The Mynabirds
22. Actor - St. Vincent
23. The Crane Wife - The Decemberists
24. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
25. OK Computer - Radiohead
Author:  Peeps [ Tue December 12, 2017 1:39 am ]
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sponge - rotting pinata
u2 - achtung baby
gorillaz - demon days
faith no more - angle dust
aerosmith - live bootleg
kiss - destroyer
iron maiden - number of the beast
judas priest - turbo lover
the cars - candy o
guns and roses - user your illusion II
smashing pumpkins - melon collie and the infinite sadness
pearl jam - yield
alice in chains - face lift
sound garden - super unknown
fleetwood mac - rumors
rolling stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request
bon jovi - slippery when wet
slick rick - the great adventures of slick rick
cheap trick - dream police
Golden Earring - cut
INXS - shabooh shoobah or kick
Def leppard - hysteria
Van Halen - 1984
Duran Duran - rio
Prince - purple rain
Author:  joostone [ Wed December 13, 2017 4:23 pm ]
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Always hard to name the 'best', but the following made the biggest impact in my life:
One per artist, no order:

Pearl Jam - No Code
Led Zeppelin - III
REM - New Adventures in HI-FI
Radiohead - OK Computer
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Beatles - Sg Pepper
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
The Who - Live At Leeds
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Zappa - Overnite Sensation
Television- Marque Moon
U2 - Achtung Baby
Mad Season - Above
Mark Lanegan - Whiskey for the Holy Ghost
Soundgarden - Superunknown
QOTSA - Songs for the Deaf
RHCP - Blood, Sugar, Sex, Magic
Nirvana - In Utero
RATM - RATM
Beck - Sea Change
My Morning Jacket - Z
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
St Vincent - Strange Mercy
PJ Harvey - Stories from the city
Manic Street Preachers - Holy Bible
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
the Meters - Rejuvenation
Sly - There's a Riot going one
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Buzzcocks - Singles going steady
Sleater Kinney - The Woods
Magnetic Fields - 69 love songs
Author:  epilogue [ Tue October 06, 2020 8:27 pm ]
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Time to revisit (one per artist):

1. Bone Machine - Tom Waits
2. Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
3. The Beatles (White Album) - The Beatles
4. DAMN. - Kendrick Lamar
5. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
6. The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
7. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
8. OK Computer - Radiohead
9. 3 - HoneyHoney
10. Hunky Dory - David Bowie

11. What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World - The Decemberists
12. No Fences - Garth Brooks
13. Strange Mercy - St. Vincent
14. In Utero - Nirvana
15. The Shepherd's Dog - Iron and Wine
16. Haunted - POE
17. Wildflowers - Tom Petty
18. From the Choirgirl Hotel - Tori Amos
19. Home - Dixie Chicks
20. Black Sheep - Martin Sexton

21. In The Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
22. I Put A Spell On You - Nina Simone
23. What We Lose in the Fire, We Gain in the Flood - The Mynabirds
24. Euphoria Mourning - Chris Cornell
25. Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts - Kula Shaker
Author:  VinylGuy [ Tue October 06, 2020 8:34 pm ]
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Kinda impossible to put my favs from all time, but i can maybe manage to put those who made an impact. But its always changing really.
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