# \* ALL TIME \* Favorite Album **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 17, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167 "2001-06-17T23:56:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sultan\_Kinkari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sultan\_Kinkari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sultan_Kinkari)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/1 "2001-06-17T23:56:57Z")
**Appetite for Destruction** , Guns n’Roses RULES: Preferably no compilations(boxed sets) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/2 "2001-06-18T00:17:31Z")
**The Beatles** The White Album. ---
**Author:** ![jaimest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaimest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaimest)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/3 "2001-06-18T00:24:06Z")
Abbey Road ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/4 "2001-06-18T00:30:18Z")
This is so hard… **Nevermind** by Nirvana. Every song is great. ---
**Author:** ![MrO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@MrO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrO)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/5 "2001-06-18T01:12:16Z")
\*\* Astral Weeks\*\*, by Van Morrison. Runners-up: \*\* Nighthawks at the Diner\*\*, Tom Waits \*\* Dark Side of the Moon\*\*, Pink Floyd \*\* Passion\*\*, Peter Gabriel \*\* Music from Twin Peaks\*\*, Angelo Badalamenti \*\* Abbey Road\*\*, Beatles (mostly sentimental reasons) ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/6 "2001-06-18T01:54:44Z")
**Sgt Peppers** …Beatles **Damn the Torpedos** …Tom Petty **Umma Gumma** …Floyd **John Barley Corn must die** …Traffic Anything else by Traffic ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/7 "2001-06-18T02:06:53Z")
**House of Pain** , Fine Malt Lyrics ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/8 "2001-06-18T02:10:05Z")
Van Morrison’s **Into the Music** ---
**Author:** ![ColonelMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@ColonelMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelMoose)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/9 "2001-06-18T06:10:41Z")
Well, if the Grateful Dead had actually followed through with their plan of releasing “Workingman’s Dead” and “American Beauty” as one double album, it’d definately get my vote. As it is, Am. Beauty is still up there. Otherwise, I’d nominate “Let it Bleed” by the Rolling Stones, and (to get slightly more obscure) “Hopeless Romantic” by the Bouncing Souls. Damn, I love the Souls. Oh, yeah, and everything that’s been nominated previously. M. ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/10 "2001-06-18T08:12:32Z")
Selling England by the pound - Genesis ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/11 "2001-06-18T10:14:37Z")
No, no! I can’t pick just _one_! I’ll narrow it down two. Best I can do. _Welcome to the Neighborhood_ by **Meatloaf** _Taboo_ by **Claudia Christian**. Although, I’m waiting for her new one to get here, and since each one’s been better than the last, well, who knows. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/12 "2001-06-18T10:30:23Z")
**Bloodletting** by Concrete Blonde It’s been my favourite album for over ten years, and it never fails to excite me. Every time I listen to it, I still feel something new. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/13 "2001-06-18T10:40:52Z")
**Permanent Waves** by Rush. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/14 "2001-06-18T10:49:40Z")
Don Henley–The End of the Innocence The Who–Who’s Next Led Zeppelin IV ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/15 "2001-06-18T10:53:46Z")
_Strange Days_, by **The Doors**. An absolute American classic, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/16 "2001-06-18T10:57:10Z")
Keith Jarrett’s Koln Concert (sorry, no idea how to get the umlaut on the o in Koln) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/17 "2001-06-18T11:04:20Z")
Choose the one that best fits your worldview: Beatles, _Revolver_ Oasis, _Definitely Maybe_ Depeche Mode, _Violator_ John Hartford, _Aereo-plain_ ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/18 "2001-06-18T11:09:09Z")
Metallica, Master of Puppets. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/19 "2001-06-18T12:27:29Z")
**Current 93** ’s _Thunder Perfect Mind_ ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2001, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167/20 "2001-06-18T12:51:55Z")
This is hard, as it changes every few years…I listened to **Sgt Pepper** all the time back in the mid-1970s, and **Let It Be** (Replacements version) in the mid-80s, but I NEVER put them on any more… I’d have to go with **Out of the Cool** by The Gil Evans Orchestra, circa 1961, which I’ve had in my collection in one format or another since 1978, and which still gets played every other month or so, even though I’ve memorized it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-time-favorite-album/69167.md?page=2)