Top 10 Albums

[projectMayhem]

What are everyone' top 10 favorite albums? The ones that you would take with you stranded on an island.

mine are (in no real order):

Transistor - 311
Waking the Fallen - Avenged Sevenfold
Balls of Fire - The Skatalites
Hello Rockview - Less Than Jake
Obsolete - Fear Factory
Duck and Cover - Mad Caddies
El Oso - Soul Coughing
Spiritual Machines - Our Lady Peace
The Best Of.. - The Specials
Tip - Finger Eleven

[Henry The Kid]

These are not in order, that would be damn near impossible... They are also subject to change on an hourly basis

The Beatles-Revolver
Radiohead-OK Computer
Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation
My Bloody Valentine-Loveless
Pixies-Doolittle
Talking Heads-Fear of Music
The Flaming Lips-The Soft Bulletin
Bob Dylan-Blonde on Blonde
Yes-Tales from Topographic Oceans
Led Zeppelin-III

[edmo]

radiohead's ok computer rocks my socks as do their other albums. yay for them!

and i only know one talking heads song, which i must say i love, and that would be psycho killer. ahhh.. such a fun, yayful song. is the rest of their stuff that good, Henry?

[Henry The Kid]

radiohead's ok computer rocks my socks as do their other albums. yay for them!

and i only know one talking heads song, which i must say i love, and that would be psycho killer. ahhh.. such a fun, yayful song. is the rest of their stuff that good, Henry?


Their sound changes rather frequently. I've long said that Psycho Killer is by far the most catchy song I have ever heard. However, their best stuff is slightly less accessible. Naive Melody, Once in a Lifetime, Heaven, Life During Wartime are all pretty good examples of their more obscure stuff, but I feel they do remain fun to listen to on all albums.

[Nikki]

In no order................

Radiohead - Pablo Honey
NIN - And all that could have been
U2 - any album
Christina Aguilera - Stripped
Linkin Park - Meteora
INXS - The Years 1979 - 1997
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Robbie Williams - Escapology
Lenny Kravitz - Greatest Hits
Silverchair - Freak Show

[MyRobotSuit]

Nikki??? How can you??? oh well :(

In no order my list, will change as always. Really trying hard not to put multiple radiohead albums in, "Kid A" really deserves to be there but for variety....


Radiohead - OK Computer
David Bowie - Heroes
Joy Division - Closer
Jeff Buckley - Grace
The Beatles - Revolver
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Burn
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Portishead - Dummy
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

Runner Ups ;)

Tool - Anima
Lou Reed - Transformer

[Nikki]

Nikki??? How can you??? oh well :(



What ya mean..........Minion.............so does this mean.........you don't want to be stranded on the island with me.........?.. :bawling:

[MyRobotSuit]

Well since you asked ;)



Christina AgMalaria - Stripped.

Nooooooooooooo. Aggggghhhhhhhhhhh!

NIN - And all that could have been

A live album, yeah ok, but come on? Pretty Hate Machine? The Downward Spiral? The Fragile? All great albums.

Linkin Park - Meteora

Headaches, Headaches.... I'd rather listen to Christina AgMalaria.

INXS - The Years 1979 - 1997
Lenny Kravitz - Greatest Hits

ok :indifferent:

I hate greatest hits albums, I like to listen to music as was intended and not compiled later on. Don't get me wrong, I think it's ok to sample a few tunes to see if you like the band but to say you like a band based just on their greatest hits baffles me. Agghhhh, well at least it worked for Queen. I only know three or four songs by INXS so maybe it was good for them, oh well. I'm not really bothered about these artists anyway.

Eminem - The Eminem Show

I have never been into Eminem, oh only that one one time when he sampled Dido's 'Thankyou' which was half good for 'Stan'.

Silverchair - Freak Show

:indifferent:

If you were to bring those albums then I couldn't. :(

(bring something better and I'll reconsider ;) )

[edmo]

Their sound changes rather frequently. I've long said that Psycho Killer is by far the most catchy song I have ever heard. However, their best stuff is slightly less accessible. Naive Melody, Once in a Lifetime, Heaven, Life During Wartime are all pretty good examples of their more obscure stuff, but I feel they do remain fun to listen to on all albums.

oo thanks, i will have to check those things out.

yay for you nikki, eminem rocks my socks.

[Monkeypunch]

My top ten albums:

1. The Ramones, Ramones
2. Nirvana, In Utero
3. The White Stripes, Elephant
4. Dead Milkmen, Bucky Fellini
5. Sex Pistols, Never Minid the Bollocks...
6. Cibo Matto, Viva La Woman
7. The Who, Tommy
8. Foo Fighters, The Colour and the Shape
9. Iggy and The Stooges, Raw Power
10. Soul Asylum, Grave Dancer's Union

This list changes a lot, except the first three, which are, in my opinion, the best albums ever recorded!

[Piddzilla]

10. Soul Asylum, Grave Dancer's Union



Woooooooowww... What a flashback!! You can't surf the good ole MoFo without getting a heart attack anymore??

[Monkeypunch]

Woooooooowww... What a flashback!! You can't surf the good ole MoFo without getting a heart attack anymore??

You don't like Soul Asylum?!? They were the first band I ever saw live, on the Grave Dancers Union Tour, so they are always gonna be one of my personal faves.

[Nikki]

Well since you asked ;)

If you were to bring those albums then I couldn't. :(

(bring something better and I'll reconsider ;) )

Bring something better................like what did you have in mind....

My best friend............. ;)

oooooooooops..............I mean 'My Best Friends Wedding" soundtrack...........:indifferent:



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[linespalsy]

What are everyone' top 10 favorite albums? The ones that you would take with you stranded on an island.

Obsolete - Fear Factory


if you have one of the versions of that album with bonus tracks it should have a decent [actually it's been too long since i've heard this album] cover of the awesome wiseblood song, 0-0 where evil dwells.

[linespalsy]

What are everyone' top 10 favorite albums? The ones that you would take with you stranded on an island.

Obsolete - Fear Factory


if you have one of the versions of that album with bonus tracks it should have a decent [actually it's been too long since i've heard this album] cover of the awesome wiseblood song, 0-0 where evil dwells.

long live the new flesh.

[projectMayhem]

Yeah that cd is awesome. When I first heard Edgecrusher turned up all the way, I was in awe. This cd has to be one the most technically well produced CD's ever.

[SystemicAnomaly]

these are the 10 favorite cds i own in no particular order:

Eminem The Eminem Show
Obie Trice Cheers
The Matrix Soundtrack
Limp Bizkit Significant Other
Linkin Park Hybrid Theory
Linkin Park Reanimation
Everclear So Much for the Afterglow
Marilyn Manson The Golden Age of Grotesque
Quarashi Jinx
50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin

[thevandal]

1. HIM - Deep Shodows and Brillient Highlights
2. HIM - And Love said no
3. HIM - Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666
4. HIM - Razorblade Romeace
5. HIM - Love Metal
6. Guns N' Roses - Appatite For Destruction
7. The Darkness - Permission to Land
8. AFI - Sing The Sorrow
9. Skid Row - ThickSkin
10. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusions 2

:) :) :) :D :) :) :) :)

[Fall-from-Grace]

my ten, in no order, baby.

Nightwish -"Oceanborn"
King Diamond -"house of god"
Battlelore -"Swords Song"
Opeth -"Blackwater Park"
Dream Theatre -"Scenes from a Memory"
Faith and the Muse -"Annwynn beneath the Waves"
Saviour Machine -"Legend Part 1"
Pink Floyd -"Dark Side of the Moon"
Porcupine Tree -"In Absentia"
To/Die/For -"Epilogue"

[Garrett]

Presence - Led Zeppelin
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Awake - Dream Theater
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
Tres Hombres - ZZ Top
Get Inside - Johnny A.
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Machine Head - Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Subject to change at random

[MyRobotSuit]

I thought I'd may as well update my list.

In no order...

01 - Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

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02 - Radiohead - O.K Computer

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03 - Mogwai - Rock Action

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04 - Sigur Ros - ( )

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05 - Beatles - Abbey Road

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06 - David Bowie - Low

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07 - Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth

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08 - Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde

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09 - Portishead - Dummy

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10 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were here

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[AboveTheClouds]

I'll list my top 10 for right now (In no order)

Led Zeppelin-Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin-Presence
Led Zeppelin-Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin-In through the out door
Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin-CODA
Led Zeppelin-Untitled(A.k.a Zoso album)
Led Zeppelin-The song remains the same(Soundtrack)
Led Zeppelin-Zeppelin III

[Stellar Legs]

1. Radiohead - Ok Computer
2. Sonic Youth - Washing Machine
3. Fugazi - Red Medicine
4. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Raise Your Skinny Fists Twoards the Sky Like Antennaes Towards Heaven
5. The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
6. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
7. Bjork - Vespertine
8. Echo and the Bunnymen - Songs to Learn and Sing
9. Jeff Buckley - Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk
10. At The Drive-In - In/Casino/Out

[AboveTheClouds]

GY!BE is awesome.

[Hondo333]

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10. MTV Unplugged in New York - Nirvana

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9. Arthur - Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire - The Kinks

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8. Whos Next - The who

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7. Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin

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6. London Calling - The Clash

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5. Lola versus Powerman and the Money-Go-Round, Part One - The Kinks

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4. Revolver - The Beatles

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3. Disintergration - The Cure

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2. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin

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1. Rubber Soul - The Beatles

NOTE: This was fo fu*king hard, The second i press post i will think of 5 i should have put instead of 5 here.

[gummo]

Nirvana-The Best of AKA the Black Album
Tool-Lateralus
Tool-Undertow
Metallica- The Black Album
Radiohead- The Bends
Nine Inch Nails-Pretty Hate Machine
Guns n Roses- Appetite For Destruction
Black Sabbath-Paranoid
Natural Born Killers Soundtrack
Rage Against The Machine-Self Titled
Rammstein-Sehnsucht

[AboveTheClouds]

My new top 10 would be (In no Order)

Led Zeppelin- Presence
Grimfist- Ghouls of Grandeur
Immortal- Blizzard Beasts
Death- Individual thought patterns
Pink Floyd- Piper at the gates of dawn
King Crimson- Red
Emperor- Live Emperial Ceremony
Leviathan- the 10th sub-level of suicide
Broken Bones- Death is imminent
Absu- Tara(Exhibit XI)

[Heartagram]

well here it goes.

1. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (cant wait for Frances the Mute)
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2. Massive Attack - 100th Window
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3. Sneaker Pimps - Bloodsport

4. HIM - Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights
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5. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
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6. DJ Shadow - Private Press
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7. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
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8. HIM - Razorblade Romance
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9. HIM - Love Metal
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10. HIM - Greatest Lovesongs vol. 666
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[Henry The Kid]

well here it goes.

1. The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium (cant wait for Frances the Mute)
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2. Massive Attack - 100th Window
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3. Sneaker Pimps - Bloodsport

4. HIM - Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights
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5. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
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6. DJ Shadow - Private Press
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7. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
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8. HIM - Razorblade Romance
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9. HIM - Love Metal
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10. HIM - Greatest Lovesongs vol. 666
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Does it not seem kind of silly to reuse one artist over and over on a list so small as 10?

Additionally, Deloused is probably the most disappointing LP to be released in recent years. I'm hoping they stop sucking by next LP.

And furthermore, you really like trip hop.

[SamsoniteDelilah]

Collective Soul - Collective Soul
Talking Heads - Little Creatures
Bob Mould - Workbook
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
Prince - Purple Rain
Eurythmics - Revenge
Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill
Yazz - Upstairs at Eric's
The Police - Synchronicity
Peter Gabriel - So

[Heartagram]

Originally Posted by Henry The Kid
Does it not seem kind of silly to reuse one artist over and over on a list so small as 10?

Additionally, Deloused is probably the most disappointing LP to be released in recent years. I'm hoping they stop sucking by next LP.

And furthermore, you really like trip hop.

It does not seem silly to reuse one artist over and over i am just simply showing my top 10 albums

Additionally, im sorry you think Deloused is disappointing I for one think it is the best album i have ever had the privelage of hearing.

And furthermore, yes i do like trip hop, what was your meaning in pointing this out?

[Henry The Kid]

Originally Posted by Henry The Kid
Does it not seem kind of silly to reuse one artist over and over on a list so small as 10?

Additionally, Deloused is probably the most disappointing LP to be released in recent years. I'm hoping they stop sucking by next LP.

And furthermore, you really like trip hop.

It does not seem silly to reuse one artist over and over i am just simply showing my top 10 albums

Additionally, im sorry you think Deloused is disappointing I for one think it is the best album i have ever had the privelage of hearing.

And furthermore, yes i do like trip hop, what was your meaning in pointing this out?


Okay. One, I don't like it when people are like, well that's YOUR opinion. Yes, yes it is my opinion. Did I ever say it wasn't? No. Defend your opinion. I only pointed that out so I could spark debate about the album. But I won't do that anymore. Because I'm a badass, and it seems that every person who likes that album says the same thing. Tremulant was an excellent EP, by the way. I'm not anti Mars Volta, I just think Deloused is halfassed unmelodic piece of ****.

And it is undeniably silly to mention one artist so many times, for multiple reasons. If I wanted to, I could name a top 10 list with just Bob Dylan and Radiohead albums, but I don't because it's pointless to reuse artists over and over, since there's so much great music out there. By reserving 4 spots of your list for just one band, you're successfully limiting recognition of a lot of other music you like probably an equal amount.

Also, relax. This is the internet. If you're going to get all jumpy every time anything is said to you, you might want to try heading over to Oregon or something. I'm still not convinced it exists outside of that old game, but if it does, I'd be forced to assume it's pretty nice there. And, they'd have oxen and stuff.

[Heartagram]

Well Congratulations.

[casa]

Okay. One, I don't like it when people are like, well that's YOUR opinion. Yes, yes it is my opinion. Did I ever say it wasn't? No. Defend your opinion. I only pointed that out so I could spark debate about the album. But I won't do that anymore. Because I'm a badass, and it seems that every person who likes that album says the same thing. Tremulant was an excellent EP, by the way. I'm not anti Mars Volta, I just think Deloused is halfassed unmelodic piece of ****.


personally i think both the albums had their vaults and strengths.
that being said i wouldnt say that either one of those were unmelodic pieces of feces.

[Henry The Kid]

Well Congratulations.

Is that a Photoshop picture tha you took from someone else? Oh, that's the pinnacle of internet cleverness. I guess I just got "pwned."

[Henry The Kid]

personally i think both the albums had their vaults and strengths.
that being said i wouldnt say that either one of those were unmelodic pieces of feces.

I'm still not convinced that Mars Volta can hold together an EP. Of the two branching bands from At the Drive In, I expected Sparta to be more of an EP leaning band, but it seemed to work opposite my expectations. Tremulant was short enough that I may never have realized that it was also unmelodic. But with Deloused, I can't even count how many times I wanted to skip songs because they devolved into such silliness towards the middle.

[Nitzer]

Buying music sucks. I made a promise to myself never to waste another penny on buying a music CD after I purchased "Hybrid Theory" by Linkin Park.

[casa]

I'm still not convinced that Mars Volta can hold together an EP. Of the two branching bands from At the Drive In, I expected Sparta to be more of an EP leaning band, but it seemed to work opposite my expectations. Tremulant was short enough that I may never have realized that it was also unmelodic. But with Deloused, I can't even count how many times I wanted to skip songs because they devolved into such silliness towards the middle.

lol yeah at times its kinda like santana hijacks the song outta nowhere,still appreciate their music though. btw saw sparta in concert awhile back, best show ive been to in a very very long time. there was one song in particular that they played that neither myself nor any of my freinds have been able to track down, anyways I digress.

[Hondo333]

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10. Bleach - Nirvana
Top Track: Negative Creep

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9. Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Top Track: Pocahontas

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9. His Best: 1947 to 1955 - Muddy Waters
Top Track: Louisiana Blues

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7. Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
Top Track: Rocks Off

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6. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
Top Track: Rock 'n Roll

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5. London Calling - The Clash
Top Track: Lost In The Supermarket

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4. Whos Next - The who
Top Track: Baba O'Reily

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3. Arthur - Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire - The Kinks
Top Track: Some Mothers Son

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2. Disintergration - The Cure
Top Track: Pictures of You

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1. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
Still miles ahead of every other album ever produced, Nothing even comes close to touching it.
Top Track: Norwegian Wood

[led_zeppelin]

Here is my top ten. . .man, I haven't posted for a long time.

This time in no particular order, my how times have changed.

1.Led Zeppelin-heck with it, all of them!
2.Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
3.Pink Floyd-the Wall live
4.Pink Floyd-Meddle
5.KISS-Alive
6.Deep Purple-Machine Head
7.Lynyrd Skynyrd-it's a mix cd
8.Black Sabbath-Symptoms of the Universe disk 1
9.Johnny Cash-16 Greatest Hits
10.Jimi Hendrix-the Best of Jimi Hendrix

runners up. . .
the Who-Greatest Hits
Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd-Animals

this was harder than I thought

[Garrett]

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10. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Top Track: Wish You Were Here

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9. Anthology - Chuck Berry
Top Track: You Never Can Tell

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8. Bo Diddley is a Gunslinger - Bo Diddley
Top Track: Sixteen Tons

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7. Cosmic Slop - Funkadelic
Top Track: Can't Stand the Strain

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6. Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
Top Track: 22 Acacia Avenue

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5. Weasels Ripped My Flesh - Frank Zappa
Top Track: My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama

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4. Safe As Milk - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Top Track: Zig Zag Wanderer

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3. Presence - Led Zeppelin
Top Track: Nobodys Fault But Mine

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2. Exile On Main St. - The Rolling Stones
Top Track: Tumbling Dice

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1. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
Top Track: 9th & Hennepin & Jockey Full of Bourbon

[undercoverlover]

in no particular order
1) Blink 182 - BLink 182 or enema of the state
2) Destiny's child - survivor
3) Keane - hopes and fears
4) Snow Patrol - final straw
5) Scissor sisters - scissor sisters
6) Dirty dancing soundtrack
7) No doubt - greatest hits
8) Eminem - The eminem show
9) RHCP - By the way
10) Linkin Park - hybrid theory/meteora

[Richard Hell]

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[AboveTheClouds]

As of this point in time

10.Black Sabbath - Volume 4
9.Sleep - Jerusalem
8.Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
7.Unearthly Trance - Into the Red
6.Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer
5.Electric Wizard - Let Us Prey
4.Goatsnake - Goatsnake 1
3.Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
2.Lord Gore - The Autophageous Orgy
1.Moss - Demo Tape of Doom

[trompelemonde]

Sonic Youth: Goo (or any)
Pixies: Trompe le Monde (or any)
Manics: The Holy Bible (or any of the early stuff)
Ryan Adams: Rock n Roll (or any)
Trail of Dead: Madonna (or any)
Millionaire: Outside the Simian Flock
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures (or Closer)
Richard Hell: Blank Generation
Television: Marquee Moon (or any)
The Rolling Stones: Exile on the Main Street
Nirvana: In Utero
Alice in Chains: Dirt
Anything with Mark Lanegan´s voice.

Basicly anyone who´s dead, dying or deadly depressive.

What´s up with this HIM thing? Are you Finnish or what?

[led_zeppelin]

I'm gonna add the Isley Brothers: Go for Your Guns to my runners up.

[Hondo333]

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5. Weasels Ripped My Flesh - Frank Zappa

That is a great album, Not as good as Where only in it for the money which is brilliant, Have you read his autobiography?,

[Rjoepenk]

My CD collection is ever growing but my favourites are these

10)The Beach Boys - Very Best Of
9)Travis - 12th Memory
8)Jimi Hendrix - Best Of
7)Enuff Z'Nuff - Favourites
6)Judas Priest - British Steel
5)Feeder - Echo Park
4)Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell
3)Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the moon
2)Stereophonics - Word Gets Around
1)Gun 'n' Roses - Apetite for destruction

The order of these can and does change depending on my mood and other albums might come into it as well. I'm a little pissed off at the moment.

[slipknotz10thmask]

heres my top 10...not in this order...

Slipknot-Volume 3: The Subliminal Verses (2004)
Slipknot-Iowa (2001)
Slipknot-Slipknot (1999)
Stone Sour-Stone Sour (2003)
Murderdolls-Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls (2002)
Lamb of God-As The Palaces Burn (2003)
Guns N Roses-Appetite For Destruction
Korn-Follow The Leader
System Of A Down-Toxicity
Def Lepard-The Vault (I think thats what its called)

[linespalsy]

Top Five are

1. Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - Hole
2. Einsturzende Neubauten (not sure how to add the umlauts) - 1/2 Mensch
3. Tom Waits - Blood Money
4. The Residents - Duck Stab
5. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash

Without repeating musicians the rest of my list is less consistent. Some good candidates would be:
Severed Heads - Come Visit the Big Biggot (with Dead Eyes Opened)
Yello - You Gotta say Yes to Another Excess
Suicide
100 Flowers - 100 Years of Pulchritude
Wire - Pink Flag
Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz-funk Greats
The Butthole Surfers - Brown Reason to Live
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Safe as Milk
Soma - the Inner Cinema
The Sparks - Propaganda
Black Flag - Damaged
Laibach - Opus Dei
Can - Tago Mago

... and like a hundred others that I can't be arsed to type out right now.

[Richard Hell]

Top Five are

1. Scraping Foetus off the Wheel - Hole
2. Einsturzende Neubauten (not sure how to add the umlauts) - 1/2 Mensch
3. Tom Waits - Blood Money
4. The Residents - Duck Stab
5. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash

Without repeating musicians the rest of my list is less consistent. Some good candidates would be:
Severed Heads - Come Visit the Big Biggot (with Dead Eyes Opened)
Yello - You Gotta say Yes to Another Excess
Suicide
100 Flowers - 100 Years of Pulchritude
Wire - Pink Flag
Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz-funk Greats
The Butthole Surfers - Brown Reason to Live
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Safe as Milk
Soma - the Inner Cinema
The Sparks - Propaganda
Black Flag - Damaged
Laibach - Opus Dei
Can - Tago Mago

... and like a hundred others that I can't be arsed to type out right now.

Damaged is definitely one of Black Flags best work

[Richard Hell]

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[IDigCereal]

This is far from being definitive, and it could change at any second. But for now, these are my ten favorites (limited to one per artist and in alphabetical order).
The Beatles- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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The Clash- London Calling
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Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde
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The Grateful Dead- American Beauty
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience- Axis: Bold As Love
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Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin
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Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
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Pixies- Surfer Rosa
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Radiohead- OK Computer
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The Velvet Underground- Velvet Underground and Nico
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My Ten Alternates (cheating...oh well): Creedence Clearwater Revival-Cosmo's Factory, Miles Davis- Kind of Blue, The Mothers of Invention- Freak Out!, Nirvana- Unplugged in New York,Pavement- Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow, Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation, Talking Heads- Stop Making Sense, Violent Femmes- Violent Femmes, and The Who- Who's Next.

[Strummer521]

I can't believe I haven't posted in this thread. Well I'll do so once I get a list together.

[AboveTheClouds]

I have a new top 10..

1. Katatonia - Tonights Decesion
2. The Pogues - Rum Sodomy and the Lash
3. Grief - .... And Man will Become the Hunted
4. Robin Black - Instant Classic
5. Gorillaz - Demon Days
6. Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
7. Xasthur - A Gateway Through Bloodstained Mirrors
8. Fatso Jetson - Cruel and Delicious
9. Immortal Technique - The Mixtapes
10. Dir En Grey - Gauze

[Thursday Next]

My top ten....

1. The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
2. Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails
3. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
4. Celebrity Skin - Hole
5. Coming Up - Suede
6. The Smiths - The Smiths
7. London Calling - The Clash
8. attack of the Grey Lantern - Mansun
9. OK Computer - Radiohead
10. Generation Terrorists - Manic Street Preachers

[Strummer521]

1. London Calling - The Clash
2. The White Album - The Beatles
3. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
4. Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
5. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
6. Legend - Bob Marley
7. Loaded - The Velvet Underground
8. Beggar's Banquet - The Rolling Stones
9. Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
10. Headhunters - Herbie Hancock

[shadymaggot]

The Marshall Mathers LP-Eminem
Antichrist Superstar-Marilyn Manson
American Idiot-Green Day
Razorblade Romance-HIM
Iowa-Slipknot
Vol.3 The Subliminal Verses-Slipknot
It's Dark and Hell Is Hot-DMX
Life After Death-The Notorious B.I.G.
Sea Change-Beck
Americana-The Offspring

[Black Dog]

1. BLONDE ON BLONDE - BOB DYLAN
2. RED ROSES FOR ME - THE POGUES
3. HAPPY/SAD - TIM BUCKLEY
4. KIND OF BLUE - MILES DAVIS
5. JUNKYARD - THE BIRTHDAY PARTY

All I could get. For now.

[Philmster]

OK, 10 of my fav albums, not my top 10, thats way too hard!!

I, Robot - Alan Parsons Project
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch - Frank Zappa
Space Ritual - Hawkwind
Blow by Blow - Jeff Beck
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
In the Court of the Crimson King (http://www.king-crimson-lyrics.com/albums/In-the-Court-of-the-Crimson-King.php) - King Crimson (http://www.king-crimson-lyrics.com)
Larks' Tongues In Aspic (http://www.king-crimson-lyrics.com/albums/Larks-Tounges-in-Aspic.php) - King Crimson (http://www.king-crimson-lyrics.com)
Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
Animals (http://www.pinkfloydnut.com/discography/Animals/) - Pink Floyd (http://ww.pinkfloydnut.com)
Frances the Mute (http://www.the-mars-volta-lyrics.com/albums/Frances-the-Mute.php) - The Mars Volta (http://www.the-mars-volta-lyrics.com/forum/index.php)

So many more that could be in that list! :)

[Shoggoth]

1. Somewhere In Time - Iron Maiden.
2. Powerslave - Iron Maiden.
3. Mourning Sun - Fields Of The Nephilim.
4. Tuonela - Amorphis.
5. Judgement - Anathema
6. Domination - Morbid Angel.
7. Morrow - Charon.
8. Legacy Of Kings - Hammerfall.
9. Lionheart - Saxon.
10. Still In The Grey Dying - Evenfall.

[Piddzilla]

1. Somewhere In Time - Iron Maiden.


The opening song, "Caught Somewhere In Time", is probably my favourite Maiden song.

[Yoda]

I'm going to pick four, in no particular order, which are more or less just a random sampling of my top 20, which I don't think I could ever whittle down properly.


Jagged Little Pill
Alanis Morissette, 1995
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Why: Pain can produce exquisite art, and Morissette's visceral jadedness is palpable, despite the fact that she was just 21 when it was released. If memory serves, this was the first album I ever bought with my own money. Six of the album's 12 tracks (not counting the album's one remix of sorts) went on to become successful singles.

Best track: Track 6, Forgiven. Not only the best song on the album, but probably the most overlooked. Received no radio airplay, as far as I can recall, and is virtually never mentioned among her best. Would've been a standout track on a less spectacularly dense album.


Joshua Tree
U2, 1987
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Why: Though the album is a bit front-loaded, every single one of the first four songs is downright fantastic. And no album has ever had an opening comparable to the 3-song punch of Where The Streets Have No Name, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, and With Or Without You. They were using sentence-long song titles when My Chemical Romance was still in black diapers. Opens like someone's greatest hits album.

Best track: It is and always will be I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, arguably among the Top Ten songs of all-time.


Kill The Moonlight
Spoon, 2002

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Why: The most well-rounded of Spoon's 5 full-length studio albums (they have a great many singles and EPs to their name, however), Kill The Moonlight is what Indie Rock sounds like when it's not actively trying to be different. Virtually every track has a distinct, constantly noticable beat, and the album is littered with little piano riffs that lend the tracks some additional elegance. This is little more than the Spoon representative for me, however; I could have just as easily chosen 2005's Gimme Fiction.

Best track: Impossible to choose. There are no stand-outs on an album that won't let you sit still. Put a gun to my head and I might choose track 4, Stay Don't Go. Ask the next day and it might be the upbeat The Way We Get By, or the largely instrumental Paper Tiger.


Conductor
The Comas, 2004

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Why: I know, I know; it's awfully recent to be on a list like this. But Conductor is unique in an industry increasingly devoid of originality.

Written largely by lead singer Andy Herod in an abandoned house on the beach in North Carolina, the album was inspired by his breakup with actress Michelle Williams (the one on Heath Ledger's arm at the Oscars) and repeated viewings of Dark City. Throw in a few choice substances, and you've got what can only be describe as sci-fi pop music. This album dabbles in many sounds, but somehow gives them all the same tint. From the Arabian-ish strings that open the album on The Science Of Your Mind to Moonrainbow, which could pass for a Mamas and the Papas B-Side, there really isn't anything like it.

Best track: Track 3, Tonight On The WB, is the most mainstream song on the album, and might be the best. Ultimately, though, the slower, haunting Dirty South is the one that stays with you, if you give it enough time to seep in.

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Other albums that deserve one of these spots, but are somewhat less interesting to talk about_: NIN's Pretty Hate Machine (Rezner hasn't topped it since), Michael Jackson's Thriller, Pink Floyd's The Wall, and many others.

[Shoggoth]

The opening song, "Caught Somewhere In Time", is probably my favourite Maiden song.

It is one of my favourite songs as well. I have a cover version by a band called Dungeon if you are interested in it PM me :D .

[Strummer521]

Best track: Track 3, Tonight On The WB, is the most mainstream song on the album, and might be the best.

I'm listening to that now, and if I heard it without knowing what it was, I might be tempted to think Pixies were making a comeback.

[Yoda]

I'm listening to that now, and if I heard it without knowing what it was, I might be tempted to think Pixies were making a comeback.
Definitely some similarities there; which is obviously very high praise.

It really is a remarkable album if you have the patience for it. The Comas have since signed with Vagrant and word is they'll have another album out in just a couple months. Conductor is, I believe, their third full-length studio album, and while their first two are nothing to sneeze at, it has more solid tracks than both of them combined. It's really a breakthrough effort in every sense of the word. I can't recommend it enough.

By the way: the album itself, if bought physically (rather than through iTunes or something) comes with a second disc containing a giant music video that plays over the entire album. It includes an extra track ("Bad Connexion") and looks like a bleak, dialogue-less episode of Aeon Flux at times. It's pretty bizarre, but its production values are also surprisingly good given that the band hasn't exactly broken into the mainstream yet.

[James_Sparrow]

Well here we go!! No Paticular order.

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^^^That's Tool's Lateralus

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[Purandara88]

Modern music only...

Burzum Hvis lyset tar oss
Summoning Oath Bound
The Chasm Deathcult for Eternity: The Triumph
Graveland Thousand Swords
Discharge Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing
Immortal Pure Holocaust
Demilich Nespithe
Dead Can Dance Aion
Sacramentum Far Away From the Sun
Amorphis The Karelian Isthmus

[Blister]

Demilich - Nespithe

:up:, pity there wasn't more to hear from them

[Lance McCool]

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Louder Than Bombs ~ The Smiths
Highway 61 Revisited ~ Bob Dylan
Illinois ~ Sufjan Stevens
Frances the Mute ~ The Mars Volta
The Queen is Dead ~ The Smiths
Velvet Underground & Nico ~ The Velvet Underground
Different Class ~ Pulp
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ~ The Beatles
The Bends ~ Radiohead
White Blood Cells ~ The White Stripes

[Blister]

In no particular order:

Buckethead - Population Override
Buckethead - The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock
Tool - 10,000 days
Spiral Architect - A Skeptics Universe
Cryptopsy - Whisper Supremacy
Death - Symbolic
Psycroptic - Symbol's of Failure
Psycroptic - The Scepter of the Ancients
Rusty Cooley - Rusty Cooley
Dream Theater - Images & Words

[diamondgeeza]

Don't really buy many albums, One i bought a while ago that's good is Kasabian
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[Piddzilla]

I thought I'd posted in this thread, but no....

This list will change in five minutes, guaranteed, but here's ten great ones:

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^^That's Antony & The Johnsons - "I am a Bird Now".

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[Tacitus]

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Thumbs up for the obvious, but double thumbs up for this gem. ;)

I doubt if a top 10 would be within my grasp, or anywhere near, but here's 10 which always seem to be regularly played in my house.

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

New Order - Technique

Van Morrison - St Dominic's Preview

The Pogues - If I should Fall From Grace With God

The Fatima Mansions - Valhalla Avenue

Sugar - Copper Blue

Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps

The Fall - Code: Selfish

The Radiators (From Space) - Ghostown

Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry

[Piddzilla]

Thumbs up for the obvious, but double thumbs up for this gem. ;)

You like it too?! Cool. I think it's probably the best album in a genre that has always been very focused on singles. All the songs are classics.

The Pogues - If I should Fall From Grace With God

Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps

Billy Bragg - Talking With The Taxman About Poetry

God, all those three albums should have been on my top ten. How could I forget Rust? It's my favourite Neil album. Oh, and "Unplugged" with him is probably my favourite Neil compilation/live album.

It's impossible to make lists like these because you always forget the best ones...

I just thought of

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and

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(Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers "Beware of the Dog")


Another couple of favourites....

"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" by Flaming Lips could easily fit in on that list as well....

[Piddzilla]

Ten Great Reggae Albums:

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The Congos "The Heart of the Congos"

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[adidasss]

give us a top ten swedish albums!

[Tacitus]

You like it too?! Cool. I think it's probably the best album in a genre that has always been very focused on singles. All the songs are classics.

Have you got the version in the picture (the one with Garvey's Ghost)? I can remember bartering for it in exchange for 3 or 4 CDs of complete tat (including a Chapterhouse album :D) in a record shop in Belfast on the day that the alcoholic store owner sold me a limited edition copy of Lou Reed & John Cale's Songs For Drella for the same price as the regular release. Funny the things you remember... :)



God, all those three albums should have been on my top ten. How could I forget Rust? It's my favourite Neil album. Oh, and "Unplugged" with him is probably my favourite Neil compilation/live album.

Have you heard Weld? That's gotta be my favourite Neil Young live album and I also remember it as the first record I bought when I moved to England in '91. ;)

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[Piddzilla]

give us a top ten swedish albums!

Hmm, one should think that of the members of this forum, I'm your man for that job - but I'm not even sure that I own ten great swedish albums. Not that there isn't any good swedish music out there, only during the time when I really bought a lot of new music, the swedish bands didn't interest me at all. Now I'm old and unhip.

Have you got the version in the picture (the one with Garvey's Ghost)? I can remember bartering for it in exchange for 3 or 4 CDs of complete tat (including a Chapterhouse album :D) in a record shop in Belfast on the day that the alcoholic store owner sold me a limited edition copy of Lou Reed & John Cale's Songs For Drella for the same price as the regular release. Funny the things you remember... :)

Yeah, I do own the version with both the original album and "Garvey's Ghost". I was referring to "Marcus Garvey" though, even if the dub version is excellent too.

Have you heard Weld? That's gotta be my favourite Neil Young live album and I also remember it as the first record I bought when I moved to England in '91. ;)

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Actually, no I haven't heard the entire album except for bits here and there. I would probably like it though since he was great around that time. I think it was around that time that I heard him for the first time, doing a new live version of "Hey, hey, my, my", probably from that very album.

[Othelo]

In no particular order:
1. Rush – Signals
2. Fugazi – In on the Kill Taker
3. Fishbone – Truth and Soul
4. Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
5. Sonic Youth – Sister
6. Pearl Jam – Ten
7. Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
8. Helmet – Betty
9. Naked Raygun – Understand?
10. Bad Religion – (tie) No Control/Generator

Any of the above can and will be substituted with one or more of the below at any time.

1. The Specials – Specials
2. U2 – The Unforgettable Fire
3. BDP- Criminal Minded
4. Big Black – Songs About ****ing
5. Chris Connelly – Phenobarb Babbalamb
6. Rage Against the Machine – The Battle of Los Angeles
7. Bullet LaVolta – Swandive
8. Cream – Best of
9. Primus – Frizzle Fry
10. The Cure – Kiss me, Kiss me, Kiss me
11. Dead Kennedys – Frankenchrist
12. Devo –Freedom of Choice
13. Melissa Etheredge – Brave and Crazy
14. Elvis Costello and The Attractions – Best of
15. Earth Wind and Fire – Serpentine Fire
16. Failure - Magnified
17. Nirvana – In Utero

[adidasss]

Hmm, one should think that of the members of this forum, I'm your man for that job - but I'm not even sure that I own ten great swedish albums. Not that there isn't any good swedish music out there, only during the time when I really bought a lot of new music, the swedish bands didn't interest me at all. Now I'm old and unhip.




you sure are buster...have you at least heard of these artists?
1.I'm from Barcelona - Let me introduce my friends
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2.The Knife - Deep Cuts
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3. Jose Gonzalez - Veneer
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4. Peter Bjorn and John - Writers Block
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5. Jens Lekman - Oh you're so silent Jens
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[shirble]

Hah, yeah, I've heard both I'm From barcelona and Jens Lekman. Barcelona seemed very decent but I'm really not a big fan of Jens Lekman. Though both of them seem pretty loved on Pitchfork, take from that what you will.

But yeah, off the top of my head all I think think of are The Sounds who you'll recognise from at least three commercials AND as background music from Laguna Beach (AKA the best show ever made)

Also, will do my list soon, just need to rummage through my files :)

[John McClane]

1.) Bad Religion - No Control
Favorite Track: I Want To Conquer The World
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2.) Dream Theater - Train of Thought
Favorite Track: Endless Sacrifice
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3.) Daysend - Severance
Favorite Track: Ignorance of Bliss
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4.) Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
Favorite Track: Hold At All Costs
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5.) Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First
Favorite Track: Atheist Peace
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6.) System of a Down Steal This Album!
Favorite Track: - Ego Brain
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/Stealthisalbum.jpg

7.) Rammstein - Herzeleid
Favorite Track: Laichzeit
http://www.wiretrip.org/music/albumart/Rammstein-Herzeleid.png

8.) Trapt - Trapt
Favorite Track: Made of Glass
http://www.lyrics.com/t/trapt/trapt.jpg

9.) Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Favorite Track: Powerslave
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10.) Nightwish - End of an Era
Favorite Track: The Kinslayer
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[Piddzilla]

you sure are buster...have you at least heard of these artists?
1.I'm from Barcelona - Let me introduce my friends
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2.The Knife - Deep Cuts
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3. Jose Gonzalez - Veneer
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4. Peter Bjorn and John - Writers Block
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5. Jens Lekman - Oh you're so silent Jens
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He he... Yeah of course. I even own the "Veneer" album and I have another one with Jens Lekman. I like The Knife a lot. I've only heard one track by I'm From Barcelona and nothing by Peter Bjorn and John.

Hah, yeah, I've heard both I'm From barcelona and Jens Lekman. Barcelona seemed very decent but I'm really not a big fan of Jens Lekman. Though both of them seem pretty loved on Pitchfork, take from that what you will.

But yeah, off the top of my head all I think think of are The Sounds who you'll recognise from at least three commercials AND as background music from Laguna Beach (AKA the best show ever made)

Also, will do my list soon, just need to rummage through my files :)

I can't stand The Sounds probably because their lyrics are rubbish. But they've made a few catchy tunes.

I thought of one band that I myself haven't heard enough of, but everytime I hear a song by them I always say that I've got to get everything they've ever done. Which is like two albums. Anyway, The Radio Dept. Fantastic...

oooooooohhhh... of course!

Logh! Check them out! Fantastic band...

Hmm... Well, The Hellacopters' first album, "Super****ty to the Max" is a swedish garage punk rock classic I guess. At least the fantastic opening track "Gotta Get Some Action Now".

Oh yeah... Bob Hund... Great band who sings in Swedish. They've made covers of Pere Ubu and The Stooges tracks. In Swedish. Apparently the guitarist in Blur loves them.

Then there's this young girl who writes, plays, records and produces everything herself: Laleh. She sings in English, Swedish and Farsi(?) too I think. Really talented girl...

And then there's Tough Alliance of course. Punks with Oasis-like attitude playing music that sounds like a mix between Pet Shop Boys and, well, Oasis. Check out their EP:s and their first album, The New School.

1.) Bad Religion - No Control
Favorite Track: I Want To Conquer The World


That song, my friend, used to be my favourite song for a while. Do you know that Greg Graffin has made a solo album? Singer/Songwriter style apparently.

[adidasss]

I'm from Barcelona - We're from Barcelona (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb21_w4uU1A) this video should crack a smile on even the grumpiest of faces...they're like my favourite band right now...ahh..them crazy, lovable sweds..:):)

[John McClane]

That song, my friend, used to be my favourite song for a while. Do you know that Greg Graffin has made a solo album? Singer/Songwriter style apparently.He's made two solo albums. And with the exception of two songs, they bombed horribly in my book. :sick:

I'm waiting for Daysend's as well as Bad Religion's new albums. They're both due out next year. Bad Religion should be releasing their album in spring as well as Daysend. I can't wait.

[shirble]

alrighty, here it goes

In no particular order!:

1.) Avey Tare and Panda Bear: Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished

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2.) The Fall: This Nation's Saving Grace

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3.) Herbert: Scale

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4.) Scout Niblett: Kidnapped By Neptune

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5.) Gramme: Pre-Release

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6.) Clinic: Internal Wrangler

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7.) Frankenixon: Depth Perception

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8.) Dilute: The Gypsy Valentine Curse

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9.) Essential Logic: Fanfare in the Garden

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10.) Out Hud: Let Us Never Speak Of It Again

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[Strummer521]

Wow shirble! that's such a hip list that I've never even heard of any of those albums.

[shirble]

Wow shirble! that's such a hip list that I've never even heard of any of those albums.

Aw, surely you've heard of The Fall at least, they've been skulking around for at least 25 years! Or something ridiculous like that.

As for the others, Avey Tare and Panda Bear are members of Animal Collective which you may have heard of, Spirit They've Gone was a side-project of theirs. That goes for Out Hud too, who are pretty much the same band as !!! (who again you may have possibly heard of, they were part of a group of bands who allegedly started the entire post-punk revival) but more electronica-ish.

Uhhm, Clinic you've probably heard before. Their stuff has been used for a few commercials and television shows.

[adidasss]

strummer don't listen to indie....he's all classical.....;)

[shirble]

Stravinsky is pretty badass. he's all "Tonal and modal counterpoint, bitches! Bring in da noise, bring in da Baroquian polyphonic chords!"

That's a direct quote.

[Piddzilla]

I've heard The Fall and Clinic and maybe Scout Niblett, at least I recognize the name. Can you tell me more about her/him/them/it? Us?

[linespalsy]

Here's my current top ten (changes every six months or so. for the closest thing to a permanent list see my earlier five):

1. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
2. Brian Eno - Another Green World
3. The Fall - Dragnet
4. De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead
5. Leaders of the New School - T.I.M.E.
6. GoGoGo Airheart - exitheuxa
7. Von LMO - Future Language
8. Athletico Spizz 80 - Do a Runner
9. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
10. YMO - Solid State Survivor

[Strummer521]

Aw, surely you've heard of The Fall at least, they've been skulking around for at least 25 years! Or something ridiculous like that.

As for the others, Avey Tare and Panda Bear are members of Animal Collective which you may have heard of, Spirit They've Gone was a side-project of theirs. That goes for Out Hud too, who are pretty much the same band as !!! (who again you may have possibly heard of, they were part of a group of bands who allegedly started the entire post-punk revival) but more electronica-ish.

Uhhm, Clinic you've probably heard before. Their stuff has been used for a few commercials and television shows.

I said I hadn't heard of the albums...not the bands. I was familiar with a few of them

[Strummer521]

strummer don't listen to indie

That's not true. I've been known to listen to Pavement from time to time, and I practically worship Belle & Sebastian. The same goes for Elliott Smith who was on an indie label for three albums (and a posthumous release). Sure I like plenty of other indie bands/musicians but those are the big three.

[Tacitus]

I'm dead happy that three people (ok, 2 and me) have albums by The Fall in their lists. They are, after all, the greatest band on the planet-ah...

...apart from New Order...

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41034000/jpg/_41034772_smith203.jpg

It's just like music when you reckon it up. It's like listening to Pavement, it's just The Fall in 1985, isn't it? They haven't got an original idea in their heads - Mark E Smith

[John McClane]

After a re-listening last night, I definitely need to remove Lacuna Coil's album and put this there.

9.) Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Favorite Track: Powerslave
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fi/thumb/e/ed/Powerslave.jpg/283px-Powerslave.jpg

[Othelo]

After a re-listening last night, I definitely need to remove Lacuna Coil's album and put this there.

9.) Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Favorite Track: Powerslave
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fi/thumb/e/ed/Powerslave.jpg/283px-Powerslave.jpg

Powerslave is one of the best metal albums of all time IMO. I was a HUGE Iron Maiden fan through high school; I literally wore out my (cassette) copy of Piece of Mind.

After looking at everybody else's top 10 its hard not to do some on the spot revisions of my own. Like many others have said, my tastes change from day to day.

[Othelo]

I'm dead happy that three people (ok, 2 and me) have albums by The Fall in their lists. They are, after all, the greatest band on the planet-ah...

...apart from New Order...

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41034000/jpg/_41034772_smith203.jpg

It's just like music when you reckon it up. It's like listening to Pavement, it's just The Fall in 1985, isn't it? They haven't got an original idea in their heads - Mark E Smith

I agree with The Fall, but New Order? :p

[John McClane]

Powerslave is one of the best metal albums of all time IMO.Right you are!! :) Lol.

I don't think I'll change my top ten for a while unless Bad Religion's or Daysend's new album kick some major freaking arse.

[shirble]

I've heard The Fall and Clinic and maybe Scout Niblett, at least I recognize the name. Can you tell me more about her/him/them/it? Us?

Sorry, about which? Scout Niblett or the whole lot of 'em?

[Tacitus]

I agree with The Fall, but New Order? :p

Mock ye not!

Then listen to Technique... ;)

[Othelo]

Mock ye not!

Then listen to Technique... ;)

;) I have and I really don't care for New Order in general. That being said I can see where people do, I just don't.

I would not dare mock someone who othewise has excellent taste. :p

Oops, I did it again. :D

[Piddzilla]

Sorry, about which? Scout Niblett or the whole lot of 'em?

The Scout.

[shirble]

The Scout.

Gotcha :)

Scout Niblett is a songstress hailing from England. I've heard her described as being similar to Cat Power but with Bjork-like weirdness. Which is possibly stretching it a bit. She is at least definitely as folkishly blues inspired as Cat Power but much more brash and experimental, and not quite as occupied with being melodic.

Which I find to be tricky with her; her second album, I thought, was near impossible to listen to for half of the tracks. It's all very stripped down and is mostly her belting out in front of a drumset, and too idiosyncratic and quirky, with lyrics like:

"I am an emergency vehicle
the magic I am presence
floods right through me
flooding my blood
bam bam here I am
bam bam here I am
thriving right in front of my eyes
thriving in front of my eyes
I am an emergency vehicle"

Some of it is absolutely loverly though, so check it out.

But yeah, Kidnapped By Neptune is all around very nice. It still has that bare feel to it, but rounds itself out with a lot of interesting chord and tempo changes mid-song and mixes electric with acoustic stuff quite a bit, the entire composition just seems so much smarter. It's still quirky and nice but much more polished.

[Strummer521]

It's just like music when you reckon it up. It's like listening to Pavement, it's just The Fall in 1985, isn't it? They haven't got an original idea in their heads - Mark E Smith

Whenever I've heard The Fall, they sounded like Richard Hell and the Voidoids without the energy and structure, or Pavement without the sense of melody. Pavement was never about original ideas anyway really. it was about surrealist whimsy (lyrically) and the excitement of bringing minimalism back to rock music. In something that has been as heavily explored as music has, how likely is it that someone will innovate greatly and remain sonically pleasing. Malkmus has charm...and that goes a long way.

[Piddzilla]

Gotcha :)

Scout Niblett is a songstress hailing from England. I've heard her described as being similar to Cat Power but with Bjork-like weirdness. Which is possibly stretching it a bit. She is at least definitely as folkishly blues inspired as Cat Power but much more brash and experimental, and not quite as occupied with being melodic.

Which I find to be tricky with her; her second album, I thought, was near impossible to listen to for half of the tracks. It's all very stripped down and is mostly her belting out in front of a drumset, and too idiosyncratic and quirky, with lyrics like:



Yeah, that's probably her. She's playing the drums herself no? I remember hearing her and thinking that the drummer had probably never even heard of drums before the day of the recording. But it certainly had its charm.

Whenever I've heard The Fall, they sounded like Richard Hell and the Voidoids without the energy and structure, or Pavement without the sense of melody. Pavement was never about original ideas anyway really. it was about surrealist whimsy (lyrically) and the excitement of bringing minimalism back to rock music. In something that has been as heavily explored as music has, how likely is it that someone will innovate greatly and remain sonically pleasing. Malkmus has charm...and that goes a long way.

Hmm.. Don't know if I would call Pavement minimalists. I've always thought Pavement were more about creating music based on the beauty in askew sounds. I think they are just bad to average musicians with some talent andd with pretty high ambitions, which is proven by the fact that their albums became more and more sophisticated along with their musicals skills improving.

And "Range Life" is still one of my favourite songs. :)

[Tacitus]

Whenever I've heard The Fall, they sounded like Richard Hell and the Voidoids without the energy and structure, or Pavement without the sense of melody.

I dunno if you've heard much Fall then. Steer yourself away from the trendy 80s albums and sample some of their 90s output, personally I think it's far superior - Code: Selfish, Shiftwork, Extricate or The Infotainment Scan for starters.

As to the lack of energy, structure or melody - that makes me smile. :)

[AmyLovesYou]

1. Led Zeppelin- Two
2. Toadies- Rubberneck
3. Our Lady Peace- Clumsy
4. Tom Petty-Full Moon fever
5. Tool-Aenima
6. Queens of the Stone Age- Songs for the Deaf
7. Red Hot Chilli Peppers- Blood Sugar Sex Magik
8. The Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
9. Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine
10. The White Stripes- Elephant

:)

[Strummer521]

I dunno if you've heard much Fall then. Steer yourself away from the trendy 80s albums and sample some of their 90s output, personally I think it's far superior - Code: Selfish, Shiftwork, Extricate or The Infotainment Scan for starters.

As to the lack of energy, structure or melody - that makes me smile. :)

Most of what I heard was from the early 80s. Maybe that explains my viewpoint.

[Strummer521]

Hmm.. Don't know if I would call Pavement minimalists. I've always thought Pavement were more about creating music based on the beauty in askew sounds. I think they are just bad to average musicians with some talent andd with pretty high ambitions, which is proven by the fact that their albums became more and more sophisticated along with their musicals skills improving.

Interesting perspective you have on that. I guess when I use the word minimalism, I attribute it to the fact that Pavement seemed to have such an obvious lack of technical skill, but conciously disregarded that and went ahead making music. I guess if Pavement had worked with a highly skilled producer who added more polish to their sound, they would have sounded more like pop-rock than stylized, off-center indie. I guess it's like the situation of Ringo Starr who is also sometimes referred to as a minimalist. He had very little skill at first and probably would have played better if he could (as evidenced by his later work in songs like "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "A Day in the Life"). And coinciding with your point Pidd...in the liner notes of the new edition of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Malkmus discusses the creation of each song with a complete lack of irony. Even to the extent of calling "Newark Wilder" a cabaret song. And of course there's an alt-country song ("Range Life"). They were so eager to experiment and expand their range to different genres that they couldn't even wait until they actually had the ability to do it. :) It reminds me of a quote of Johnny Ramone's, stating that when the Ramones formed, they considered themselves a bubblegum band. Anyway with the aforementioned songs and a Dave Brubeck tribute ("5-4 = Unity") it's clear that Pavement aren't really the slackers they appear to be on first listen. Anyway, this is really just a lengthy roundabout way of saying...you're right.

[Tacitus]

Most of what I heard was from the early 80s. Maybe that explains my viewpoint.

I'd say so. :)

You're far too au-fait with all things rockular to make a statement like that if you'd heard the amphetamine-fuelled mutant ska that The Fall later became, and still are to an extent. Heck, you can even dance to them....

....well, I do. ;)

EDIT - Sheesh, how could I forget this one. Majestic from beginning to end...

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/greenspagbol/B0000088JP.jpg

[Strummer521]

You're far too au-fait with all things rockular to make a statement like that if you'd heard the amphetamine-fuelled mutant ska that The Fall later became, and still are to an extent. Heck, you can even dance to them....

Ok...I'll track down one of their 90s albums.

[Strummer521]

the same band as !!! (who again you may have possibly heard of, they were part of a group of bands who allegedly started the entire post-punk revival)


One of the only exciting bands in the movement...and yet some other bands that we won't mention by name have garnered all the attention.

[Pyro Tramp]

Kyuss- Welcome to Sky Valley
At The Drive In- Relationship of Command
Black Sabbath- Master of Reality
Pink Floyd- The Wall/Wish You Were Here/Dark Side of the Moon
Faith No More- The Real Thing
Tool- Lateralus
Primus- Sailing the Sea of Cheese
Rage Against the Machine- RATM
Alice in Chains- Dirt
Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
Dream Theater- Train of Thought

[Antoine Lemonne]

1) Deep Purple - Stormbringer
2) Pink Floyd - The Wall
3) Celine Dion - On Ne Change Pas
4) Black Sabbath - The Best Of Black Sabbath
5) Metallica - Black Album
6) Barry White - My Everything
7) Kent - Vapen & Ammunition
8) Poets Of The Fall - Signs Of Life
9) Twoface - Sounds Of A Rude World
10) Savage Garden - Savage Garden

[Piddzilla]

7) Kent - Vapen & Ammunition


Well, well, well... :)

[Strummer521]

1) Deep Purple - Stormbringer
2) Pink Floyd - The Wall
3) Celine Dion - On Ne Change Pas
4) Black Sabbath - The Best Of Black Sabbath
5) Metallica - Black Album
6) Barry White - My Everything
7) Kent - Vapen & Ammunition
8) Poets Of The Fall - Signs Of Life
9) Twoface - Sounds Of A Rude World
10) Savage Garden - Savage Garden

"One of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn't belong." :)

[gummo]

1) Deep Purple - Stormbringer
2) Pink Floyd - The Wall
3) Celine Dion - On Ne Change Pas
4) Black Sabbath - The Best Of Black Sabbath
5) Metallica - Black Album
6) Barry White - My Everything
7) Kent - Vapen & Ammunition
8) Poets Of The Fall - Signs Of Life
9) Twoface - Sounds Of A Rude World
10) Savage Garden - Savage Garden


That's quite the mix there!

[NewDawnFades]

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
New Order - Substance
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Townes Van Zandt - Rear View Mirror
Leonard Cohen - New Skin for the Old Ceremony
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Television - Marquee Moon
Lou Reed - Transformer
The Doors - The Doors
Nick Drake - Pink Moon

[NewDawnFades]

I dunno if you've heard much Fall then. Steer yourself away from the trendy 80s albums and sample some of their 90s output, personally I think it's far superior - Code: Selfish, Shiftwork, Extricate or The Infotainment Scan for starters.

As to the lack of energy, structure or melody - that makes me smile. :)

The Fall are a great band!

[thegraduate]

Matisyahu - Live at Stubbs is the best!

[Poultry_man]

Dismember-indecent and obsene
Murderdolls-beond the vally of the murderdolls
Anarchos-A mind confused
The Amenta-Occasus
Blood duster-Blood duster
Dismember-Like an everflowing stream
Nox intempesa-Damnanus Dominum
Cradle of filth-Nymphetamine
Manntis-sleep in your grave
Six feet under-maximum violence
These are in no order

[ORO]

Here goes:

1. JOHN WESLEY HARDING (Bob Dylan; 1967)
2. THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON (Sly & The Family Stone; 1971)
3. BITCHES BREW (Miles Davis; 1969)
4. AT FOLSOM PRISON (Johnny Cash; 1968)
5. THE GILDED PALACE OF SIN (Flying Burrito Brothers; 1969)
6. MARQUEE MOON (Television; 1977)
7. DUSTY IN MEMPHIS (Dusty Springfield; 1969)
8. FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET (Public Enemy; 1990)
9. WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY (Mothers of Invention; 1968)
X. HAPPY/SAD (Tim Buckley; 1969)

Then...

I SEE A DARKNESS, UNKNOWN PLEASURES, MAGGOT BRAIN, DE STIJL, BLONDE ON BLONDE, BLUE VALENTINE, SIGN 'O' THE TIMES, ALL THINGS MUST PASS, AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE.

[Strummer521]

http://www.themusicarchive.com/intothemusic/albums/photos/astralweeks.jpg
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison

http://www.zero.co.nz/music/images/The%20Smiths%20-%20The%20Smiths.jpg
The Smiths - The Smiths

http://www.stevesbeatles.com/cds/album-covers/rubber_soul.jpg
Rubber Soul - The Beatles

http://www.entertainment.inuk.com/year/seventies/clash_clash.jpg
The Clash - The Clash

http://www.notes.co.il/david/user/marquee%20moon.bmp
Marquee Moon - Television

http://www.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2005/nov/nasoalmo/ramonescover.jpg
Ramones - The Ramones

http://ec3.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000029DD.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_V54149404_.jpg
Grace - Jeff Buckley

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00026WU8M.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan

http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/artd/amg/music/cover/2600167_canibus_200.jpg
Rip The Jacker - Canibus

http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/resources/images/smiith/smiith_rel_15.jpg
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith

[shirble]

poor jeff buckley

[adidasss]

Marquee moon is absolute, overrated garbage.

[Strummer521]

Marquee moon is absolute, overrated garbage.

Please elaborate.

[adidasss]

Please elaborate.
It sucks....a lot.

[shirble]

I think I remember disliking Television quite a bit, but sadly I can't even slightly remember. But I'm writing you something on all of that bloody music stuff, strummer! three finals to go! It will happen!

[Nexus]

1. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
2. OK Computer - Radiohead

The rest are in any order:

Close To The Edge - Yes
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
Closer - Joy Division
Phaedra - Tangerine Dream
The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
Lateralus - Tool
A Night At The Opera - Queen

Runner-Ups:

Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Melon Collie & The Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers
Superunknown - Soundgarden
Ten - Pearl Jam
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Mirage - Klaus Schulze
We're Only In It For The Money - Frank Zappa
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Disintegration - The Cure
Ride The Lightning - Metallica

[Strummer521]

It sucks....a lot.

That response doesn't even merit any argument. If you're not gonna take the time...then neither will I. Great album though :p.

[iluv2viddyfilms]

Buying music sucks. I made a promise to myself never to waste another penny on buying a music CD after I purchased "Hybrid Theory" by Linkin Park.

Was the CD that bad or was that the CD that happened to be the last one.

[honeykid]

I think it was that bad, viddy. If you read the post carefully you'll notice the words "Linkin Park". That's the giveaway. :D

[ChasingButterfly]

Electro-Shock Blues ~ Eels
Good News For People Who Love Bad News ~ Modest Mouse
The War on Errorism ~ NoFX
Nine Lives ~ Aerosmith
There is Nothing Left to Loose ~ Foo Fighters
Americana ~ The Offspring
Hypnotize ~ System of a Down
Hand Built By Robots ~ Newton Faulkner
Save The World, Get The Girl ~ The King Blues
Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV ~ Coheed and Cambria

[Gunny]

List in no particular order what you think are the 10 greatest albums of all-time.



Led Zeppelin 4 - Led Zeppelin
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Back In Black - AC/DC
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
King of the Delta Blues Singers - Robert Johnson

[DexterRiley]

why do you consider these the 10 best?

[Xanatos]

I don't know about the top 10 of all time, but here are my 10 favorite albums, also in no particular order
(Album - Artist)

OK Computer - Radiohead
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Blackwater Park - Opeth
The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me - Brand New
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Frances the Mute - The Mars Volta
Funeral - Arcade Fire
The Moon & Antarctica - Modest Mouse
Blast Tyrant - Clutch

[wintertriangles]

There's no such thing as a top 10 best anything of all time.
why do you consider these the 10 best? therefore this should be the point of the thread

[Xanatos]

Well the idea is that each person has their own idea of what they think the best 10 albums of all time are. Its every person's opinion, just like your top 10 favorite movies on your profile.

[MadMikeyD]

Anytime anyone makes a list of the "Top 10 Best," they really mean "My Top 10 Favorite." So here are my top 10 favorite albums, in no particular order:

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Monkees - Headquarters
Sawyer Brown - The Boys Are Back
Charlie Daniels Band - Live From Iraq
Sawyer Brown - The Hits Live
The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd.
Third Day - Revelation
Garth Brooks - Garth Brooks
Sawyer Brown - Mission Temple Fireworks Stand

[wintertriangles]

I think I’ll do something different within the general relevance of the thread but with a little more depth; a top 10 list of albums that shaped me as a writer and musician, as well as being records I feel are relevant in the progression of music. Order is extraneous. The interesting thing about this list is I don’t even rate most of these as 5/5, nor are they necessarily my favorite release by the bands.


Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
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It’s amazing how a simple alteration of instrumentation for every song can make an album sound fresh after 100 listens. This album seems to have been written by the duality of one person, and the musical dynamics hint at this, let alone the (very original) lyrics. The people that ignored this album as well as a bunch of the people that praise this album still haven’t really accessed the spiritual honesty and musical integrity such a young artist was able to produce. Utterly enchanting.


David Sylvian – Secrets Of The Beehive
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A true poet, David Sylvian is never a stagnant artist, but always enigmatic. This is the album that taught me about textures, as well as finding a happy medium between pretentiousness and stinging brilliance in lyrics. Mixing upbeat jazz into a string-based dirge of a record still doesn’t make sense unless you hear it, let alone the softest brass section I’ve ever heard on tape.


Antonio Vivaldi – Four Seasons
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Motifs, motifs, motifs. While the Four Seasons can be seen as a generic choice, there has never been a concept record before or after this dealing with an intangible theme that pulls it off at all. How Vivaldi managed to do so is beyond me but while introducing me to that in of itself, the concept of motifs and the way he managed to recreate them later on in the piece was stunning.


The Cure – The Head On The Door
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I do find it strange that I picked this over Disintegration. However, The Cure seemed to do a best of both worlds with this album, mixing upbeat material with some serious downers, and the dynamic between them makes both emotions stand out all the more. While it’s something so simple, I found it to be one of the most important things I ever learned.


Clint Mansell – The Fountain OST
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Besides Clint Mansell and Zbigniew Preisner, I rarely another composer in film match music with the visual, but I have to pass this credit to Mansell for I only recently discovered Preisner. The Fountain’s score, even if you’re gay and didn’t like the film, was undeniably powerful. Plus, the subtle addition of the post-rock band Mogwai made it stand even farther apart from other scores.


Koji Kondo – Ocarina Of Time OST
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This Zelda game got me into music, period. The music in this game changed the medium from that point on, and it just so happened to be really good music as well. It was very interesting as a little tyke to hear all sorts of different styles within one game that all made sense in the context of the story, so I consider that a strong characteristic.


Diabolical Masquerade – Death’s Design
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A metal-based score for a horror film that was never made. Again, the motifs are well-implemented, use of samples and sound effects is balanced, and the range of styles is just bizarre (very unique solos, tribal drums, jazz breaks, Egyptian scales, etc), but also covers a lot of ground as far as the history and use of horror scores. Ugh, and the leads Nystrom comes up with are scary infectious. One of my favorite albums ever made by far.


Moonspell – The Antidote
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This commendable band from Portugal is strangely consistent. They tend to change style and mood with each album but retain their thread of consciousness in a way only a truly honest band can, whether they do very light gothic rock or a supremely heavy and dark metal track. With The Antidote, they were basically in-between rock and metal, but did something distinctive. The album was written as prose by the author José Luís Peixoto, the lyrics, music, and novel having all the same concept. It’s possibly one of the earliest forms of a bi-medium product, at least to my knowledge.


Ulver – Svidd Neger OST
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Electronic classical music. What does that even mean? Ulver is easily the most eclectic band to ever exist (not even trying to exaggerate) and took yet another step in a different direction with their second OST, but this time utilizing classical instrumentation rather than purely electronic as they did with Lyckantropen Themes. Very beautiful work, and the combination of the electronic style with the score is strangely fluid, and actually helps to accentuate the bow work somehow.


Katatonia – Brave Murder Day
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Another band that doesn't repeat themselves. The concept of drone, repetition, and decay within music is a very hard task to execute. The importance of those elements is the implementation of them must be subtle enough to completely envelope the listener, almost as a form of control, and in this sense, combined with poetically dead lyrics, it’s one of the most depressing albums I’ve ever heard. Depression is underrated.

[TylerDurden99]

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Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads

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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols - The Sex Pistols

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Back In Black - AC/DC

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The Wall - Pink Floyd

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American Idiot - Green Day

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OK Computer - Radiohead

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Highway To Hell - AC/DC

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... And Justice For All - Metallica

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Appetite For Destruction - Gun's N Roses

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Nevermind - Nirvana

[TylerDurden99]

A more current list:

Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads)
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)
Stranded (Roxy Music)
Back In Black (AC/DC)
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (The Sex Pistols)
Warren Zevon (Warren Zevon)
Icehouse (Flowers)
Brothers In Arms (Dire Straits)
...And Justice For All (Metallica)
Bat Out Of Hell (Meat Loaf)

[TylerDurden99]

^ Love Angel Dust, featuring my favourite Faith No More song "Midlife Crisis".

[Watch_Tower]

The Slim Shady LP - Eminem
The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem
Recovery - Eminem
The Cool - Lupe Fiasco
Parachutes - Coldplay
What's the story, Morning Glory - Oasis
Catch Bull at Four - Cat Stevens/Yousuf Islam
Black and White - Wretch 32
Troubadour - K'naan

Some of my fave albums off the top of my head

[McConnaughay]

I don't really know how I feel about these kinds of things, I absolutely hate doing lists because I know that I am going to neglect something significantly prominent and find my own boot striking my ass for it later, but here it goes.

1. The Used (Self-Titled Album)
2. Tri-Polar (Sick Puppies)
3. The Eminem Show (Eminem)
4. Vulnerable (The Used)
5. The Wall (Pink Floyd)
6. Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces (Seether)
7. Recovery (Eminem)
8. Break the Cycle (Staind)
9. Nevermind (Nirvana)
10. Artwork (The Used)

[TylerDurden99]

An update, sort of reflecting my taste in music nowadays...

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
The Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
The Doors - The Doors
Aerosmith - Pump
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Cars - The Cars
Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks

And six more...

The Cure - Disintergration
Black Flag - Damaged
Hoodoo Gurus - Mars Need Guitars
David Bowie - Heroes
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Rosy Music - Stranded (it was hard to choose between this and Siren)

[Iroquois]

In alphabetical order, one album per artist, hardly permanent:

Children of God - Swans
Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Moving Pictures - Rush
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Remain in Light - Talking Heads
Ride the Lightning - Metallica
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
Tonight's the Night - Neil Young
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

[edwardc77]

In no particular order:
1:My Bloody Valentine-Loveless
2:Nas- Illmatic
3Daft Punk --Live 2007
4:The Beatles-Revolver
5:Nirvana-Nevermind
6:Beastie Boys-Paul's Boutique
7:J.Dilla-Donuts
8:Metallica- And Justice For All
9: John Coltrane-A Love Supreme
10:Minutemen-Double Nickels On The Dime

[linespalsy]

Been a while since I've done this (at least in this thread), here's a mix of more-or-less permanent fixtures and current obsessions:

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10. Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
9. Yello - Stella
8. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2
7. De La Soul Is Dead
6. Geinoh Yamashirogumi - Akira
5. The Fall - Room to Live
4. De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate
3. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
2. Michael Nyman - The Draughtsman's Contract
1. Foetus - Hole

Ran out of room for Kate Bush (The Kick Inside), Eunsturzende Neubauten (1/2 Mensch), Tom Waits (Frank's Wild Years and/or Blood Money, Severed Heads (Come Visit the Big Bigot) and some others.

[Mr Minio]

* No soundtracks
* No classical music
* No EPs

1. Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
2. Slowdive - Souvlaki
3. Agalloch - The Mantle
4. Alcest - Écailles de lune
5. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
6. Mr. Bungle - California
7. Mass of the Fermenting Dregs - Mass of the Fermenting Dregs
8. Opeth - Damnation
9. Ulver - Shadows of the Sun
10. Heroin and Your Veins - Dead People's Trails

No space for Sunset Mission nor Loveless. 10 is too few.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

This list isn't gonna be very accurate, because I tend not to listen to full albums, and when I do, it's usually because it's the band's newest album, and not because it's the most consistent.
I'm only including one album from each band, in no particular order:

21st Century Breakdown - Green Day
Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
Revolver - The Beatles
Audioslave - Audioslave
In Your Honor - Foo Fighters
Get Born - Jet
A Night at the Opera - Queen
The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Purple - Stone Temple Pilots
Tommy - The Who

[ThomasP]

1. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
2. Louis Armstrong - Greatest Hits
3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
4. OutKast - ATLiens
5. GZA - Liqiud Swords
6. Madvillain - Madvillainy
7. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
8. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
9. Death Grips - The Money Store
10. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

[Guaporense]

Only studio albums from popular music artists:

1. Helloween - Walls of Jericho
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2. Judas Priest - Painkiller
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/16/Judaspainkiller.JPG/220px-Judaspainkiller.JPG
3. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1c/Iron_Maiden_-_Powerslave.jpg/220px-Iron_Maiden_-_Powerslave.jpg
4. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/65/Sad_wings_of_destiny_cover.jpg/220px-Sad_wings_of_destiny_cover.jpg
5. Virgin Steele - The House of Atreus part 1
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/The_House_of_Atreus_Act_I.jpg/220px-The_House_of_Atreus_Act_I.jpg
6. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c0/Iron_Maiden_-_Seventh_Son_Of_A_Seventh_Son.jpg/220px-Iron_Maiden_-_Seventh_Son_Of_A_Seventh_Son.jpg
7. Metallica - Ride the Lighting
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/82/Metallica_-_Ride_the_Lightning_cover.jpg/220px-Metallica_-_Ride_the_Lightning_cover.jpg
8. Iron Savior - Unification
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/Iron_Savior_Unification.jpg/220px-Iron_Savior_Unification.jpg
9. Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dd/Pleasure_To_Kill.jpg/220px-Pleasure_To_Kill.jpg
10. Accept - Russian Roulette
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Russian_Roulette_%28album%29.jpg/220px-Russian_Roulette_%28album%29.jpg

I could add dozens of other albums I love as well but these are among those that I listen the most often. I posted the covers because I love the artwork done in heavy metal albums.

Country of origin of these albums:

Germany: 4
UK: 4
USA: 2

Genres: Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal and Proto-Death Metal (Pleasure to Kill)

To get to non-metal albums I would have to expand my favorites to a top 100 albums, there some Led Zeppelin, Yes, Beatles and Deep Purple would sneak in.

Interestingly, no Portuguese language albums are among my favorites. Also, notice the lack of Black Metal and Death Metal albums. That's because I liked some death metal and black metal but I don't love it as much as I love the classic bands such as Iron Maiden. While the extreme aggressiveness they attain is interesting overall nobody in these genres that I know has reached the level of artistic genius of bands such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Helloween and Metallica. I know, I am a man of conservative taste.

All these albums combine a certain sense of greatness and originality with thick instrumental-driven melodies and a certain dose of raw aggressiveness (what fundamentally differentiates heavy metal from classical music). Compositions tend to be complex in most of these albums (exceptions being Russian Roulette and Ride the Lightning).

[n3wt]

My Top Ten Albums, In alphabetical order.

I have chosen 1 album per band which is quite difficult for some bands.

1, Coal Chamber - Dark Days

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/Darkdays-coalchamber.jpg

2, DevilDriver - The Fury of Our Makers Hand

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/FuryOfOurMakersHand.jpg

3, Disturbed - Believe

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Disturbed_Believe.jpg

4, Five Finger Death Punch - War is the Answer

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/War_is_the_Answer_Album_Art.JPG

5, Korn - Follow the Leader

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Korn_follow_the_leader.jpg

6, Limpbizkit - Significant Other

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b8/Limp_Bizkit_Significant_Other.jpg

7, Metallica - Ride the Lightning

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Metallica_-_Ride_the_Lightning_cover.jpg

8, Rammstein - Mutter

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Mutter.jpg

9, Slipknot - Slipknot

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/44/Slipknot_-_Slipknot2.jpg

10, System of a Down - Toxicity

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/SystemofaDownToxicityalbumcover.jpg

[Miss Vicky]

1. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Southern Accents

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ogfpdHvsL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Favorite Song: I can't decide, so here's the big single instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JvF9vpqx8

2. Lindsey Buckingham: Gift of Screws

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41srPKrr48L._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Favorite Song: Time Precious Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_j7HbQgycE

3. Traveling Wilburys: Volume 1

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/615Qqm8caAL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Favorite Song: Tweeter and the Monkeyman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReQsRgQXgQY

4. Fleetwood Mac: The Dance

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51udZhMBcvL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Favorite Song: Go Insane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEmbLOhUdQU

5. Warren Zevon: The Wind

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510gWBovIML._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Favorite Song: Keep Me In Your Heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMTKb-pgxGI

6. Live: Throwing Copper

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51i51hjIDaL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Favorite Song: Lightning Crashes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsJ4O-nSveg

7. Mumford and Sons: Sigh No More

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TB-pyFnsL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Favorite Song: Winter Winds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_-nYA5BWDA

8. Jonny Lang: Wander This World

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61SWHm6QphL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Favorite Song: Still Rainin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn560Wesh-4

9. Nirvana: Unplugged in New York

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FtS7gMSvL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Favorite Song: Where Did You Sleep Last Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcXYz0gtJeM

10. Stabbing Westward: Wither Blister Burn + Peel

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61s1TkmRYWL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

Favorite Song: toss up between Shame and Sleep, so here's Shame

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsxaoXHe9Xc