# Your personal Best Of... albums **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2003, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956 "2003-02-23T12:02:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/21 "2003-02-24T21:33:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lisa-go-Blind \* > \*\* 12) Waiting for the Moon to Rise \*\* Oh crap! I meant that to be “The Wrong Girl”. Hey, I thought these lists were supposed to be 12 songs long…in that case, throw “Waiting for the Moon to Rise” back in there, along with about 60 other Belle and Seb songs…😃 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/22 "2003-02-24T21:42:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spooje \* > \*\ ***spooje’s Best of Deep Puple!** > > 1. Hush > 2. Speed King > 3. Black Night > 4. Burn > 5. Lazy > 6. Highway Star > 7. Woman from Tokyo > 8. No one came > 9. Sombody Stole my Guitar > 10. Hey Cisco! > 11. I’m Not Your Lover > 12. '69 > 13. Almost Human \*\* Not bad… but I’d counter with: 1. Hush 2. Speed King 3. Child in Time 4. Flight of the Rat 5. Black Knight 6. Rat Bat Blue 7. Highway Star 8. Fireball 9. Burn 10. Knocking at Your Back Door 11. Gypsy’s Kiss 12. Perfect Strangers ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/23 "2003-02-24T21:54:32Z")
A Baker’s Dozen of **Rush** : 1. YYZ 2. 2112 Overture/The Temples of Syrinx 3. Closer to the Heart 4. The Trees 5. Freewill 6. Tom Sawyer 7. Limelight 8. Fly by Night 9. Subdivisions 10. Show Don’t Tell 11. Red Barchetta 12. The Spirit of Radio 13. The Rhythm Method ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/24 "2003-02-24T22:09:51Z")
Best of ELP: 1. Take a Pebble 2. The 3 Fates 3. From the Beginning 4. Eruption 5. Stones of Years 6. Battlefield 7. Jersusalem 8. Toccata (by Ginastera) 9. Karn Evil 9: Third Impression 10. Keith Emerson’s Piano Concerto #1 11. Closer to Believing 12. Pirates Best of the Kinks: 1. You Really Got Me 2. Tired of Waiting for You 3. Last of the Steam-Powered Trains 4. Big Sky 5. Animal Farm 6. Victoria 7. Shangri-la 8. Arthur 9. Apeman 10. Rock and Roll Fantasy 11. Do It Again 12. Don’t Forget to Dance ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/25 "2003-02-24T22:53:52Z")
Best of Billy Joel: 1. Captain Jack 2. The Entertainer 3. Scenes From an Italian Restaurant 4. Only the Good Die Young 5. Stiletto 6. You May Be Right 7. A Matter of Trust 8. Baby Grand 9. Allentown 10. Leningrad 11. The Downeaster Alexa 12. And So It Goes Best Of Bruce Springsteen: 1. Rosalita 2. Jungleland 3. She’s the One 4. Thunder Road 5. Darkness On the Edge of Town 6. Pink Cadillac 7. Because the Night 8. Open All Night 9. I’m On Fire 10. One Step Up 11. Tougher Than the Rest 12. Human Touch Best of the Cars: 1. You’re All I’ve Got Tonight 2. Bye Bye Love 3. Candy-O 4. Let’s Go 5. Dangerous Type 6. Down Boys 7. Up and Down 8. Gimme Some Slack 9. Shake It Up 10. Think It Over 11. Magic 12. It’s Not the Night ---
**Author:** ![A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@A\_wizard\_song\_for\_thee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_wizard_song_for_thee)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/26 "2003-02-25T05:45:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dryga\_Yes \* > \*\*Best of the Velvet Underground\ > > 1. I’m Waiting for the Man > 2. What Goes On > 3. I Heard [Her] Call My Name > 4. All Tomorrow’s Parties > 5. Train Round the Bend > 6. Sunday Morning > 7. Foggy Notion > 8. Heroin > 9. Pale Blue Eyes > 10. I’m Sticking with You > 11. White Light/White Heat > 12. European Son > 13. Ride Into the Sun > 14. Sister Ray \*\* Ahem. “Sweet Jane”?! I mean, I get that you can’t put everything on there (though I think the only “Best of the Velvet Underground” would have to include at least all four studio albums and “Ride into the Sun”), but how can you leave off “Sweet Jane?” Personally, I’d’ve taken off “Train 'Round the Bend” and put in “Sweet Jane.” And I’d probably cut “I’m Sticking with You” and put on either “Oh! Sweet Nuthin’” or “Some Kinda Love,” just because there’s not enough of the third album on your list. Otherwise, bravo! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/27 "2003-02-25T05:56:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Best of King Crimson **astorian** , you forgot **Talk to the Wind**. At least I _hope_ you forgot it. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/28 "2003-02-25T06:11:32Z")
Best of Alice in Chains 1. Them Bones 2. No Excuses 3. I Stay Away 4. Rooster 5. Down in a Hole 6. Bleed the Freak 7. Angry Chair 8. Man in the Box 9. We Die Young 10. Would? 11. Sea of Sorrow 12. What the Hell Have I? Best of Metallica (2) 1. Battery 2. Master of Puppets 3. For Whom the Bell Tolls 4. Fade to Black 5. Enter Sandman 6. Nothing Else Matters 7. One 8. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 9. The Four Horsemen 10. Creeping Death 11. Stone Cold Crazy (Queen cover) 12. Seek and Destroy The first list is my 12 favorite AiC songs, while the second list is the 12 best Met songs. You will notice nothing from the “Load twins” appears, because those albums sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/29 "2003-02-25T07:04:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astorian \* > Best of Aerosmith > > 1. Dream On > 2. Walk This Way > 3. Sweet Emotion > 4. No More, No More > 5. Uncle Salty > 6. Back in the Saddle > 7. Sick as a Dog > 8. Lick and a Promise > 9. Get the Lead Out > 10. Draw the Line > 11. Jig Is Up > 12. Lightning Strikes In no particular order: **Sweet Emotion** w/Dazed and Confused & Peter Gunn, intro-Uncle Salty\* **Pink** **The Farm** **Janie’s Got a Gun** **Train Kept a Rollin’** **Come Together** **Dream On** \*\* **Livin’ On The Edge** **Love In An Elevator** **Same Old Song And Dance** **Walk This Way** **Taste of India** \*- as played often in 70’s tours \*\*- as heard at MTV’s 10th Anniversary show, with a full symphony orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen. I guess I like the darker, more bass-driven ones. ---
**Author:** ![Dryga\_Yes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Dryga\_Yes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryga_Yes)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/30 "2003-02-25T08:34:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by A wizard song for thee \* > \*\*Ahem. “Sweet Jane”?! I mean, I get that you can’t put everything on there (though I think the only “Best of the Velvet Underground” would have to include at least all four studio albums and “Ride into the Sun”), but how can you leave off “Sweet Jane?” Personally, I’d’ve taken off “Train 'Round the Bend” and put in “Sweet Jane.” And I’d probably cut “I’m Sticking with You” and put on either “Oh! Sweet Nuthin’” or “Some Kinda Love,” just because there’s not enough of the third album on your list. Otherwise, bravo! \*\* Just to defend my selection a bit - well, I wanted to put Sweet Jane on there, but I think it’s a pretty mediocre song as far as VU goes. It’s just that everyone else talks about it so much that made me want it there in the first place. But I didn’t feel like cutting a song I really love to put in a song that everyone else loves, so I left it out. 🙂 And if I replaced “I’m Sticking with You” with any other song longer than 2 minutes and 40 seconds it wouldn’t fit on a CD, so no dice. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/31 "2003-02-25T09:00:16Z")
Best of **U2** (in no order) 1. One 2. Where the Streets Have No Name 3. Acrobat 4. Mysterious Ways 5. Beautiful Day 6. The Fly 7. Mofo 8. Staring at the Sun 9. With or Without You 10. New Year’s Day 11. Miss Sarajevo 12. Sweetest Thing ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/32 "2003-02-25T14:09:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by koeeoaddi \* > \*\ ***astorian** , you forgot **Talk to the Wind**. At least I _hope_ you forgot it. \*\* Actually, there were a lot of songs I agonized over, but that wasn’t one of them. I’ve chosen to limit myself to 12 as a (ahem) “discipline,” and that usually means a lot of good stuff doesn’t make it. My nearest misses were “Satori in Tangiers,” “Cadence and Cascade,” “The Night Watch,” and “Easy Money.” - Best of the Byrds: 1. Mr. Tambourine Man 2. Feel a Whole Lot Better 3. The Bells of Rhymney 4. Chimes of Freedom 5. Eight Miles High 6. So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star 7. Wasn’t Born to Follow 8. Goin’ Back 9. Get To You 10. Change Is Now 11. Dolphin Smile 12. Love That Never Dies ---
**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:** [February 25, 2003, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/33 "2003-02-25T14:44:54Z")
Twelve favourite Genesis songs - although that would fill more than once CD: 1. Mad man moon 2. Carpet crawlers 3. Cinema show 4. The lamia 5. Dancing with the moonlit knight 6. Firth of Fifth 7. Ripples 8. Entangled 9. A trick of the tail 10. Land of confusion 11. Follow you follow me 12. Squonk ---
**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:** [February 25, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/34 "2003-02-25T14:47:05Z")
Twelve Queen greats: 1. Killer queen 2. Love of my life 3. You’re my best friend 4. Under pressure 5. Bohemian rhapsody 6. Who wants to live forever 7. Another one bites the dust 8. '39 9. Crazy little thing called love 10. Save me 11. Bicycle race 12. Now I’m here ---
**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:** [February 25, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/35 "2003-02-25T14:48:34Z")
The best of Simon and Garfunkel: 1. Sound of silence 2. Kathy’s song 3. For Emily 4. Scarborough fair 5. America 6. The boxer 7. Homeward bound 8. Mrs Robinson 9. I am a rock 10. The only living boy in New York 11. Old friends 12. Hazy shade of winter ---
**Author:** ![ravage2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@ravage2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ravage2)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/36 "2003-02-25T15:04:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gyan9 \* > \*\*Best of **U2** > > (in no order) > > 1. One > 2. Where the Streets Have No Name > 3. Acrobat > 4. Mysterious Ways > 5. Beautiful Day > 6. The Fly > 7. Mofo > 8. Staring at the Sun > 9. With or Without You > 10. New Year’s Day > 11. Miss Sarajevo > 12. Sweetest Thing \*\* **Best of U2 (2)** 1. Beautiful Day 2. Pride (in the name of love) 3. Where the streets have no name 4. Still haven’t found what I’m looking for 5. With or without you 6. Sunday Bloody Sunday 7. Walk on 8. One 9. Electrical storm 10. All I want is you 11. Mysterious ways 12. Desire Regarding my Metallica best of I’d probably take out Memory and put For Whom the Bell Tolls instead. I forgot about that one. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/37 "2003-02-25T15:08:16Z")
U2/Passengers - my view: 1. New years day 2. With or without you 3. Miss Serajevo 4. Pride 5. October 6. One 7. Sunday bloody Sunday 8. Bad 9. Still haven’t found what I’m looking for 10. Where the streets have no name 11. I will follow 12. Beautiful day ---
**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:** [February 25, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/38 "2003-02-25T15:12:56Z")
Beatles (controversial choice on #1) 1. She’s leaving home 2. A day in the life 3. Blackbird 4. Eleanor Rigby 5. Yesterday 6. Lucy in the sky with diamonds 7. The ballad of John and Yoko 8. Penny Lane 9. Strawberry fields forever 10. A hard day’s night 11. Lady madonna 12. Back in the USSR ---
**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:** [February 25, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/39 "2003-02-25T15:15:08Z")
Roxy Music, anyone? 1. Oh yeah 2. Take a chance on me 3. Virginia plain 4. Street life 5. Jealous guy 6. Dance away the heartache 7. Do the strand 8. More than this 9. Avalon 10. Love is the drug 11. Angel eyes 12. Pyamarama ---
**Author:** ![JeanLinen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@JeanLinen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeanLinen)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956/40 "2003-02-25T15:28:09Z")
Oasis 1. Rock and Roll Star 2. D’you Know What I Mean 3. Champagne Supernova 4. Idler’s Dream 5. Rockin Chair 6. Live Forever 7. Songbird 8. Some Might Say 9. Going Nowhere 10. To Be Someone (Jam song, I know) 11. Columbia 12. Don’t Look Back In Anger [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-personal-best-of-albums/156956.md?page=3)