What's the Best Album of All Time?

DJ Shadow – Endtroducing

Ask me again tomorrow.

Yep – forgot about that. Still sounds brilliant

Oo can I also add evil empire by ratge against the machine and queens first 4albums

Very difficult, love everybody liking Portishead.

But for me has to be The KLF White Room. Just love that album.

For me it would have to be, "AC/DC – Back in Black"

Sorry to buck the trends. My vote goes to Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted.

Here's my support FWIW:

http://www.blender.com/guide/68970/100-greatest-indie-rock-albums-ever-151-1.html

Lou Reed… Transformer

Is an inspired piece of work, with Lou ably assisted by Bowie and Mick Ronson.

Ooohhh I like these threads!

The best for me is:
Iron Maiden – Live After Death!

Close contenders:
The Offspring – Smash
Within Temptation – The Heart of Everything
Metallica – S&M
Smashing Pumpkins – Any really… 😉
and hundreds more actually.

So yeah – Maiden 🙂

Jawbreaker – Dear You
AVAIL – Over the James
Samiam – Clumsy
The Slackers – Redlight
Sublime – self titled.
Guns N Roses – Appetite for Destruction.

I'm not wrong 😀

Bowie – Scary Monsters and Super Creeps

mmmmmmmm of all time? I can't pick one as it depends what mood i'm in, but I always like hearing the following

Elvis Sun Sessions.
VU & Nico
De la Soul- 3ft High and rising.
Clash – London Calling
Pistols- NMtB
Tricky – Maxinequaye
the The- Soul Mining
Tom Waits- Island Years

In no particular order:

Shoot out the lights – Richard and Linda Thompson
Desire – Bob Dylan
Songs of leonard Cohen
Liege and Lief – Fairport Convention
The Hissing of Summer Lawns – Joni Mitchell
London calling – the Clash
Swordfishtrombones – Tom Waits

Blue Lines – massive Attack (great, but not quite great enough?)

Cypress Hill – Black Sunday

AC/DC – High Voltage

The Stone Roses

Pearl Jam – Ten

Nirvana Unplugged

Just never get sick of any of these – of course I could say the same about Meat Loaf – Bat out of Hell – now there's an album!!

I love threads like this! You might as well ask what's your favourite band?

There are some albums on there that the world would have been better off without (imo).

Best album ever would have to be one so ground breaking or popular that it had untouchable iconic status.

Is "best" measured by being most popular?
If so Jacko wins!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_worldwide

Or is best the most critically aclaimed?
http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/

I think we need to know what exctly the question is here people!

verve-bitter sweet symphony
best of u2
whats the story morning glory
killers
kings of leon
currently liking glasvegas
they are my favorites but its only my opinion 8)

My favourite albums of all time, not necessarily the best:

Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
Primal Scream – Screamadelica
Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
Beatles – Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love
Led Zeppelin – "4 Symbols"
Love – Forever Changes
Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
Nick Drake – Pink Moon
Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield Again
Radiohead – The Bends
Shed Seven – Change Giver
Massive Attack – Blue Lines
Pixies – Doolittle
Morrissey – Bona Drag
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
John Martyn – Solid Air
The The – Soul Mining
Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
Beatles – Revolver
Waterboys – Fisherman's Blues

Best is measured by the number of times you get that feeling and your head feels funny. It's always going to be a personal thing.

Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden is mine. It will never be bettered. Partly because it's a work of incredible genius and powerful emotion. But it also played such a major role in my youth I cannot imagine ever being parted from it. I have albums that surpass it in different ways, but none are close to being so special.

The cure "disintegration" + 1

Slayer – reign in blood

Faith No More – Angel Dust

Oooh, good thread.

Personally, right now:

Little Feat – Dixie Chicken.
Here and Now – Fantasy Shift/All over the show.
Van Morrison – St Dominic's Preview.
Blyth Power – A Little Touch of Harry in the Night.
Culture Shock – Onwards and Upwards.

My Top 20, in order:

Hawkwind – Space Ritual
Stooges – Funhouse
Led Zeppelin – IV
13th Floor Elevators – Easter Everywhere
Ash Ra Tempel – Schwingungen
Current 93 – Thunder Perfect Mind
Silver Apples – Contact
Gong – You
Comus – First Utterance
Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
Jerusalem – Sleep
The Magic Carpathians Project – Ethnocore 2 Nytu
Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
Brain Donor – Love Peace & ****
Brian Jonestown Massacre – Give It Back!
Motorhead – Ace of Spades
Melvins – Bullhead
Conflict – The Ungovernable Force
Dungen – Stadsvandringar
Orthodox – Gran Poder

Here and Now – Fantasy Shift/All over the show.

Awesome! I love Here & Now, their stint with Daevid Allen as Planet Gong nearly made the top 20 above for Live 1977 🙂

underrated, but QOTSA – era vulgaris is really good in my opinion ..
muse – origin of symmetry

🙂

really good

Is that actually how you feel about the "Best Album of All Time" ?

Awesome! I love Here & Now, their stint with Daevid Allen as Planet Gong nearly made the top 20 above for Live 1977

Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Hubba-Dubba.

Funny how many on here can't read?? 🙄

I don't think there can ever be a best album ever because there will always be a weak track.

My personal vote would be – Wish You Were Here or Achtung Baby.

No weak track on my number one matey.

edit. Nope, not a weak track at all. Maybe thats why it still reigns after all these years (for me).
Ether
Natural's Not In It
Not Great Men
Damaged Goods
Return The Gift
Guns Before Butter
I Found That Essence Rare
Glass
Contract
At Home (He's A Tourist)
5.45
Love Like Anthrax

Lot of good stuff on here STW, could have a pretty good Dads disco.

Hard to argue with Blue Lines and Stone Roses, Leftism and Dubno….etc.

No mention of Ziggy Stardust? Start to finish every song an absolute stunner.

Pink Floyd – Dark side of the moon
Yes – Close to the edge

These 2 had the biggest influence on my musical taste

Libertines – Up the Bracket
Nuggets – (Mega garage band compilation)
Primal Scream – Screamadelica
Royksopp – Melody AM
Rolling Stones – Out of our heads
Sex Pistols – NMTB

Forgot the best Pixies – Surfa Rosa

The Decline Of British Sea Power. Simply brilliant.

Mr Woppit/Heathen Woods, you are indeed gentlemen of taste.

Believe Fantasy Shift is now available on CD & Here & Now are touring again, with Steffi Sharpstrings back on guitar.
Might finally, after shouting ourselves hoarse for it at every one of their gigs we ever went to, get 'Telly Song' played live 😀

Seen many, many good live bands, but none come within a mile of Here & Now.

Amongst these:

Aphex Twin, Ambient Works Vol 1.
John Coltrane, A Love Supreme.
Radiohead, In Rainbows.
Bill Withers, Still Bill.
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Deja Vu
Public Enemy, Nation of Millions.
Tribe Called Quest, Midnight Marauders.
Jeru the Damaja, Sun rises in the East
Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers.
Michael Jackson, Off the wall.
Beatles, Revolver.

best track of all time??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN9-K0aZXRg

or what bout sm aussie hip hop?

Seen many, many good live bands, but none come within a mile of Here & Now.

I'd rate Gong pretty highly too and -fzzzkt!- I missed them in Sheffield on Monday as I thought they were touring *next* month. Doh and double doh! Still, I have a workmate who's seeing them in Brighton on Sunday and he's said he'll tell me how good they are. Which is thoughtful of him…

Marchin Already – Ocean Colour Scene
or
Stone Roses – Stone Roses
or
Dig Out Your Soul – Oasis (yes, thats not a typo)
or
Guide to Better Living – Grinspoon (f*cking brilliant)
or
can't remember the name of the album – The Zutons

Easiest question in a long time

End of thread.
dont listen to it much these days, but its still the best album ever.

Some good stuff here, some plagiaristic outrages too mind you (like Oasis for one…)

Just amazed that no-one's mentioned Guns N Roses… "Appetite For Destruction" is an awesome album, whether you're a metalhead or a normal human being

Best: Beach Boys – Pet Sounds.

Contenders:
Primal Scream – Screamadelica.
Best of Bob Marley (if best ofs count)
Smiths – Queen is Dead
Clash – London Calling
Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am Thats What I'm Not

BEST ALBUM : Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon

Best electronic : Leftfield – Leftism

Best hard rock : Guns n' Roses – Appetite For Destruction

Best Soul: Marvin Gaye – Whats Going On

Best funk : Stevie Wonder – Innervisons

Best hip-hop: Dr Dre – 2001

Best Classical: Elgar – Enigma Variations

Best Easy listening: Carole King – Tapestry

Best folk: Neil Young – Harvest

Best ambient: Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjun

Best acoustic: Damien Rice – O

Best Jazz – Bob James – 1