Top 10 albums

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For some reason, there aren’t too many music threads posted in here–tis all movie and television stuff (bah!). Since music tends to be one of the only things I care about, I am curious to see what all of you like.

So, let’s see your top ten favorite albums.

Only rule: No “Greatest Hits” or other compilations.

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OOOOO! OOOOO!!! ME FIRST!!!

  1. The Clash-The Clash (UK version)

  2. The dB’s-Stands for deciBels

  3. Morrissey-Your Arsenal

  4. The Clash-London Calling

  5. Elliot Smith- Either/Or

  6. Big Star-Radio City

  7. Richard Hell and the Voidoids-Blank Generation

  8. Husker Du-New Day Rising

  9. Sleater-Kinney-All Hands on the Bad One

  10. Nick Drake-Bryter Layter

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Mine’s all pop/rock stuff, but here ya goes (not necessarily in this order of preference):

  1. *Out of the Blue * - ELO
  2. *Plastic Letters * - Blondie
  3. *Time * - ELO
  4. *The Kick Inside * - Kate Bush
  5. *Love Stinks * - The J. Geils Band
  6. *Band on the Run * - Paul McCartney & Wings
  7. *52nd Street * - Billy Joel
  8. *ABBA * - ABBA
  9. *Abbey Road * - The Beatles
  10. *A New World Record * - ELO
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A daring pick … most sources I have read prefer the US version of the album, which had a couple of ringers added. Or is it that you disqualified the US version on the basis of those changes?

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Ohhhhh…Desert Island Discs…

(In no particular order)

  1. Live At Carnegie Hall - Renaissance

  2. *Born To Run * - Bruce Springsteen

  3. Beethoven Symphony #9 - Berlin Philharmonic/Von Kakajan 1972

  4. *Pet Sounds * - Beach Boys

  5. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

  6. Hearts of Stone - Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes

  7. Avalon - Roxy Music

  8. *Come On Come On * - Mary Chapin Carpenter

  9. *Time In * - Dave Brubeck Quartet

  10. Changes day to day, minute to minute.

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  1. von Karajan, dammit! :smack:
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I just think the original flowed better. For the US release, four great songs were taken off and replaced by one great song (White Man in Hammersmith Palais), three good songs and one, my opinion, kinda crappy song (Jail Guitar Doors). It makes for more of a “cut and paste” effect, I think.

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In no particular order

Holy Modal Rounders - Have Moicy

Bela Fleck & Flecktones - 3 Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest

Eva Cassidy - Live At Blues Alley

Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights

Wild Tchoupitoulas

Miles Davis - In A Silent Way

John Hartford - Nobody Knows What You Do

Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey

John Prine - (self titled)

Peter Rowan - (self titled)

Of course ten minutes from now I would probably pick ten different ones.

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With attempts at order:

  1. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
  2. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
  3. Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses [1986, as seen on In a Doghouse]
  4. X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
  5. Belle and Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap
  6. Songs: Ohia - Didn’t It Rain
  7. Belle and Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister
  8. Wire - Chairs Missing
  9. Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain
  10. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

If compilations counted, I’d probably have Singles Going Steady by The Buzzcocks and The Way of the Vaselines up there.

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With attempts at order:

  1. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
  2. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
  3. Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses [1986, as seen on In a Doghouse]
  4. X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
  5. Belle and Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap
  6. Songs: Ohia - Didn’t It Rain
  7. Belle and Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister
  8. Wire - Chairs Missing
  9. Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain
  10. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

If compilations counted, I’d probably have Singles Going Steady by The Buzzcocks and The Way of The Vaselines by The Vaselines up there.

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Abby Road - The Beatles

The Stranger - Billy Joel

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

The Last Record Album - Little Feat

Mozart’s 40th & 41st Symphony - St. Martins in the Fields

Honky Chateau - Elton John

Some Girls - Rolling Stones

Eat a Peach - Allman Brothers Band

Blind Faith - Blind Faith

Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra

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In no order…
15. Revolver - Beatles
3. A Wizard/A True Star - Todd Rundgren
5. Aereoplane - John Hartford
11.Greatest Hits - Sly and the Family Stone It’s on Rolling Stone’s top 10…
8. 99th Floor - Moving Sidewalks
10. Box Set - Robert Johnson I know… “no compilations”… it’s a FAV… deal with it. :smiley:
14. This Is The Moody Blues - Moody Blues Another compilation, but the way they cut these tracks together is better than anything they did in their first 5 albums…
2. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
12. Who’s Next - Who

  1. Are You Experienced? - Jimi
  2. Band Of Gypsies - Jimi
  3. Van Halen - Van Halen
  4. Sgt. Pepper - Beatles
  5. Physical Grafitti - Led Zep
  6. B.L.T. - Robin Trower
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and Animals - Pink Floyd

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  1. Bloodletting - Concrete Blonde
  2. Everything - The Bangles
  3. Abbey Road - The Beatles
  4. What’s the Story Morning Glory - Oasis
  5. Lost Souls - Doves
  6. Dummy - Portishead
  7. The Bends - Radiohead
  8. Central Reservation - Beth Orton
  9. Grace - Jeff Buckley
  10. The Good Son - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Controversial, even by my own standards - I mean, the Bangles ahead of The Beatles? “The Bends” as the best Radiohead album?? No B-52’s??? But there you go.

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In no particular order:

Alison Krauss & Union Station - New Favorite
Grateful Dead - Reckoning
Pink Floyd - Animals
Crosby, Stills & Nash - So Far
The Band - Northern Lights, Southern Cross
Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Black Crowes - Southern Harmony & Musical Companion

Honorable Mention:

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Led Zeppelin - Zep II
Mark Knopfler - Sailing to Philadelphia
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love
Phish - Rift

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Albums I can listen to from start to end, without skipping. (no particular order)

  1. So- Peter Gabriel
  2. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band- The Beatles
  3. Rumours- Fleetwood Mac
  4. The Bends- Radiohead
  5. The Wall- Pink Floyd
  6. Dark Side of the Moon- Pink Floyd
  7. Texas Flood- Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
  8. II- Led Zeppelin
  9. Who’s Next- The Who
  10. Sister Sweetly- Big Head Todd & The Monsters

God, could I get any more in the middle of the road? I disgust myself.

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  1. The Beatles- Revolver
  2. Guns-n-Roses- Appetite for Destruction
  3. Prince- Sign O’ the Times
  4. The Rolling Stones- Exile on Main Street
  5. Blondie- Parallel Lines
  6. Guns-n-Roses- Use Your Illusion I & II
  7. Talking Heads- Remain in Light
  8. The Beatles- The White Album
  9. Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti
  10. NRBQ- Live at Yankee Stadium
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In no particular order

Beatles - Abbey Road
Beatles - White Album
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St
Kinks - Arthur
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Supergrass - Supergrass
Carol King - Tapestry
Joy Division - Still
Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
NWA - Straight outta compton

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Again, no particular order:

Shellac - Terraform
Led Zep - IV
Afghan Whigs - Congregation
Beautiful South - Welcome to…
Nirvana - In Utero
Janes Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Nick Cave - Henry’s Dream (although any Nick Cave album would suffice, They all rock)
Radiohead - Kid A
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack

Honourable mentions go to Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted, any of Tom Waits’, and the Stone Roses 1st album. Plus about 57 more.

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Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother
Beatles – Abbey Road
Lyle Lovett – Live in Texas
The Who – Live at Leeds
Led Zeppelin (their first album)
Bonzo Dog Band – Urban Spaceman
Queen – A Night at the Opera
Flash and the Pan – Lights in the Night
Otis Taylor – White African
A Chorus Line

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Oof. Ten is tough, man!

Queen, Jazz
Steely Dan, Aja
Parliament, Mothership Connection
Tom Waits, Blue Valentine
Gordon Lightfoot, Sundown
Simon and Garfunkel, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
Miles Davis Quintet, Relaxin’
Pat Martino, Live at Yoshi’s
Bruce Dickinson, The Chemical Wedding
Kiss, Destroyer
And too many gahdamn honorable mentions to mention. :smiley: