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  • Ten best albums of all time
  • CountZero
    Full Member

    So I had to compile an additional ten, ‘cos ten wasn’t enough:
    Portishead – Dummy
    Talk Talk – It’s My Life
    Maria McKee – Life Is Sweet
    Eddie Reader – Driftwood
    ‘Til Tuesday – Coming Up Close
    XTC – Apple Venus
    Yes – Close To The Edge
    Arcade Fire – Funeral
    David Byrne & Brian Eno – My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
    Gerry Rafferty – City To City

    There are still others I could include, maybe go to a top fifty… 😀

    drofluf
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    [list]What’s surprised me is that I’ve liked at least 2 or 3 of the albums from everybody’s post. So here’s mine in no order and I’m not counting

    The National ~ Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers
    Miles Davis ~ Kind of Blue
    Joni Mitchell ~ Blue
    Neil Young ~ Everybody Knows his is Nowhere
    Lana del Ray ~ Born to Die
    Van Morrison ~ Astral Weeks
    Fleetwood Mac ~ Rumours
    The Wilderness of Manitoba ~ When You Left the Fire
    Lanterns on the Lake ~ Gracious Tide Take Me Home
    Blonde on Blonde ~ Bob Dylan
    Low ~ Things We Lost in the Fire
    Rolling Sones ~ Sticky Fingers
    R.E.M. ~ Murmur

    Mooly
    Free Member

    That was fairly difficult. when can we list 20?

    Leftfield – Leftism
    Orbital – Snivilisation
    LCD sound system – “ ”
    Amy Winehouse – Back to black
    Chemical Brothers – Exit planet dust
    Rage against the machine “ self title”
    Jimi Hendrix – Experience
    Arctic Monkeys – Whatever people say I am …..
    PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
    Nirvana – Nevermind
    Bowie – The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and …..

    mikey74
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    Iron Maiden – Live After Death
    The Allman Brothers – Live at Fillmore East
    Black Sabbath – Masters of Reality
    Neurosis – Through Silver in Blood
    Metallica – Ride the Lightning
    Slayer – Reign in Blood
    Alice in Chains – Dirt
    Neil Young – Decade (sorry to have a comp, but if we can have live albums, then why not?)
    Mastodon – Crack the Skye
    Poison Idea – Feel the Darkness

    I strictly limited myself to one album per band (otherwise Powerslave by Iron Maiden would have been in there too) and I am sure there are others that could go in there, but this is off the top of my head.

    vickypea
    Free Member

    Here’s ten from me:

    The Offspring – Smash
    Green Day – American Idiot
    Nirvana – Nevermind
    The Smiths – Hatful of Hollow
    The The – infected
    U2 – The Joshua Tree
    Big Country – The Crossing
    Alter Bridge – AB III
    The Union – Sirens Song
    George Dalaras & Dimitra Galani in concert (an obscure Greek album but it is one of my favourites!)

    Lastly, this is a newly released first album that I can see making it into my top 10 one day:
    The Virginmarys – King of Conflict

    athgray
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    The Verve-A Northern Soul
    Lo Fi Allstars-How to Operate With A Blown Mind
    Orbital-Brown Album
    Radiohead-Kid A
    Happy Mondays-Pills, Thrills and Bellyaches
    Kruder & Dorfmeister-The K&D Sessions
    Goldie-Timeless
    Jurassic 5-Power in Numbers
    The Prodigy-Music For The Jilted Generation
    John Coltrane-Blue Train

    I would like to include some legendary blues however much of artist material is on “Best Of” compilations. Don’t know if I can count these.

    angeldust
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    Off the top of my head….

    FNM – Angeldust
    Metallica – Master of Puppets
    Slayer – Seasons in the Abyss
    MSP – Holy Bible
    Nivana – Nevermind
    Alice in Chains – Alice in Chains
    Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
    Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
    Queens of the Stone Age – Rated R
    Garbage – Garbage

    sargey
    Full Member

    No ac dc?Blimey!

    gmex619
    Free Member

    Hmm… tricky one..

    Nirvana-Live at Reading
    Magnum-Vigilante
    Eminem-Infinite
    Dope-American Apathy
    Living Colour-Everything is Possible
    Lynard Skynard-The Essential Collection
    The Game-The Documentary
    HIM-And Love Said No
    ACDC-Highway to Hell
    Slash-Slash

    jimster
    Free Member

    Need to change one of mine to include –

    Frootful – Colours

    mr-potatohead
    Free Member

    Here’s mine, would be different on a different day-

    Talking heads- stop making sense
    John coltrane -blue train
    Little axe- slow fuse
    Toni childs- union
    Jimi Hendrix-electric ladyland
    Terry Callier – live
    Tom Waits Small change
    Lightning Hopkins- blues for mr charlie
    Talking heads -stop making sense
    Etta James-tell mamma

    retro83
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    Faithless – Reverence
    Prodigy – Fat Of The Land
    Dusty Springfield – Dusty in Memphis
    Cunninlinguists – SouthernUnderground
    Laura Marling – Alas I Cannot Swim
    Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
    Leftfield – Rhythm & Stealth
    Eminem – Marshall Mathers LP
    Massive Attack – Mezzanine
    Steel Panther – Feel The Steel 8)

    kimbers
    Full Member

    I forgot Nine Inch Nails Downward Spiral

    pootle
    Free Member

    Stone Roses – Stone Roses
    Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap
    Andrew Bird – Noble Beast
    Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of the Moon
    Tindersticks – Tindersticks 2
    Sufjan Stevens – Illinois
    Paul Simon – Graceland
    Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
    Radiohead – Kid A
    Chas & Dave – Job Lot

    DezB
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    What’s surprised me is that I’ve liked at least 2 or 3 of the albums from everybody’s post.

    Indeed, and just cos I enjoyed reading them, this is my Top 10 from other posters’ top 10s:
    Pixies – Doolittle
    Portishead – Dummy
    Beatles – White Album
    Bjork – Post
    The Clash – London Calling
    smashing pumpkins – siamese dream
    Echo and the Bunnymen – Crocodiles
    LCD Soundsystem – This is happening
    There’s a Riot Goin’ On – Sly & The Family Stone
    Lo Fi Allstars-How to Operate With A Blown Mind

    Plus all of deadlydarcy’s choices, of course.

    ti_pin_man
    Free Member

    Tommy Bolin – Teaser
    Metallica – Black album
    Tool – Undertow
    GNR – appetite
    Van Halen – Van Halen
    Incubus – Morning View
    Journey – Escape
    Linkin Park – Hybrid
    Gorecki
    Neil Diamond – Rainbows

    the word for the day children is eclectic.

    DezB
    Free Member

    Metallica – Black album
    Tool – Undertow
    GNR – appetite
    Van Halen – Van Halen
    Incubus – Morning View
    Journey – Escape
    Linkin Park – Hybrid

    eclectic

    Not really though, eh?

    clubber
    Free Member

    I want to know where plumber’s got to and why he’s not yet posted his own top 10 🙂

    Pawsy_Bear
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    1. Wish you where here – Pink Floyd
    2. Made in Japan – Deep Purple
    3. Bat out of Hell – Meat Loaf
    4. Blood on the tracks – Bob Dylan
    5. Different Class – Pulp
    6. The Doors – Doors
    7. The Joshua Tree – U2
    8. Rainbow Rising – Rainbow
    9. Rumours – Fleetwood Mac
    10. Tubular bells – Mike Oldfield

    deadlydarcy
    Free Member

    He’s busy checking albums that have never been on a radio 1 or radio 2 playlist. 🙂

    EDIT: @ le clubbeur

    petergee
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    Do all mountain bikers have incredibly good taste? It appears so doesn’t it? Must be all that fresh air. Here’s my ten…no particular order…subject to change:
    Nada Surf – Let Go
    Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
    The Ramones – It’s Alive
    Television – Marquee Moon
    Doves – Lost Souls
    Stephen Duffy – Music In Colour
    Neil Young – Harvest
    The Smiths – Meat Is Murder
    R.E.M. – Reckoning
    The Velvet Underground & Nico

    clubber
    Free Member

    I suspect you may have just hit the nail on the head O’Darc 😉

    senorj
    Full Member

    I forgot to mention ….another 10.
    Nirvana – Nevermind
    Doves – Lost Souls
    Ride – Going Blank Again
    Fugazi – 13 Songs
    Soulwax – Nite Versions
    Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de lo Habitual
    Super Furry Animals – Phantom Power
    Big Country – The Crossing
    The Cult -Love
    My Bloody valentine – Loveless

    DezB
    Free Member

    I want to know where plumber’s got to and why he’s not yet posted his own top 10

    You musta missed it, it was just before mine
    http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/ten-best-albums-of-all-time#post-4935483

    deluded
    Free Member

    Depeche Mode – Violator
    Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses
    Leftfield – Leftism
    Massive Attack – Blue Lines
    The Prodigy – Fat of the Land
    New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
    Front 242 – Tyranny (For You)
    Front Line Assembly – Tactical Neural Implant
    The Smiths – Strangeways, Here We Come
    Sisters of Mercy – A Slight Case of Overbombing (compilation album)

    Wait there I can’t decide. I need to put these in there somewhere!

    Yazoo – Upstairs at Eric’s
    Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

    edlong
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    @All The Nirvana fans:

    I do get why Nevermind keeps appearing, but give “In Utero” another listen. It’s a grower.

    petergee
    Free Member

    Well I did say subject to change…just spotted these above:
    Townes VanZandt – Live at the Old Quarter
    The FLaming Lips – Soft Bulletin
    Springsteen – Darkness on the end of town
    Gosh.

    petergee
    Free Member

    edlong – frances farmer will have her revenge on seattle. oh yes she will.

    smokey_jo
    Full Member

    Some here that might not have been listed before and probably a bit too Americana for this place:-)

    Hayes Carll KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)
    That Petrol Emotion – Chemicrazy
    The Travelling Wilburys – The Travelling Wilburys
    Vintage Trouble – The Bomb Shelter Sessions
    The Black Crowes – The Southern Harmony & Blues Companion
    Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
    Ryan Adams – Gold
    Teenage Fanclub – Four Thousand Seven Hundred And Sixty-Six Seconds
    Paulo Nutini – These Streets
    Amy Winehouse – Back to Black

    DezB
    Free Member

    It’s a grower.

    😆 Useful tip for a 20 year old album!

    emsz
    Free Member

    So many minor chords…. LOL

    edlong
    Free Member

    Useful tip for a 20 year old album!

    Many’s the time I’ve gone back to albums I didn’t “get” first time around, only to discover years later that I really like them.

    ThurmanMerman
    Free Member

    deluded – Member
    Depeche Mode – Violator

    Oh yes indeed. Their finest hour.

    That Petrol Emotion – Chemicrazy

    Good shout, that, too. Soundtrack to my student days. Sounds a bit dated now, though, IMHO.

    pnewbery1966
    Free Member

    in no particular order
    New Model Army – Thunder and consolidation
    U2 – Joshua Tree
    AC/DC – Back in Black
    Portishead – Dummy
    Radiohead – OK Computer
    Prodigy Fat – of the Land
    Massive Attack – Mezzanine
    Led Zep – IV
    Japan – Gentlemen take Polaroids
    Pearl Jam – Ten
    Pink Floyd – Darkside of the Moon

    dingabell
    Free Member

    Awesome shout for That Petrol Emotion!
    Here goes:
    Carter USM – 101 Damnations.
    Kasabian – Kasabian.
    PWEI – The Looks Or The Lifestyle.
    IAMX – (pick any of their albums).
    Pink Floyd – The Wall
    Hybrid – Disappear Here.
    The Prodigy – Fat Of The Land.
    Doves – The Last Broadcast.
    Arcade Fire – The Suburbs.
    That Petrol Emotion – Detonate My Dreams.

    Harris
    Free Member

    Here goes…

    The Afghan Whigs – Gentlemen
    At The Drive In – Relationship Of Command
    Pavement – Wowee Zowee
    Two Lone Swordsmen – Stay Down
    P J Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
    Mogwai – Young Team
    LCD Soundsystem – Debut
    The Longcut – A Call And Response
    The Streets – A Grand Don’t Come For Free
    Soulwax – Nite Versions

    I’m going to get all Spinal Tap and include Doves – Lost Souls.

    joepose
    Free Member

    Again no particular order 🙂

    The Wall – Floyd
    Toxicity- Systm of a down
    NMTB – Sex pistols
    Moving Pictures – Rush
    The Bends – Radiohead
    In An Aeroplane Over the Sea – Neutral milk hotel
    The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem
    Technical Ecstacy – Black sabbath
    The Beginning – Black eyed peas
    Pump – Aerosmith

    jimpy
    Free Member

    I think the smiths may have the highest number of different albums mentioned and I can make it 5

    so in no particular order:-

    the smiths – the smiths
    dinosaur jr – green mind
    pixies – doolittle
    radiohead – the bends
    t-rex -electric warrior
    air – moon safari
    velvet underground and nico
    bob Dylan – bring it all back home
    stone roses – stone roses
    teenage fanclub – a catholic education

    donks
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    Leftfield : leftism
    Janes addiction: ritual
    Janes addiction: nothing shocking
    Spiritualised: live at Albert hall
    Smashing pumpkins : Siamese dream
    Pixies: surfa rosa
    Belle and Sebastian: boy with the Arab strap
    Smiths: queen is dead
    Beta band: 3 eps
    Bob Marley: trench town rock

    DezB
    Free Member

    Sounds a bit dated now, though, IMHO

    Like 99% of the albums mentioned in this thread!

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