What's your favorite album of all time?

Declan A Walsh

Dudess wrote: »

Declan A Walsh:
Ooh nice! You seem like me!

Adored it at the time. Now I think some of the stuff on it is a bit dated, but there are some utterly superb numbers - e.g. Idiot Country, Get The Message (what a song - I read Johnny Marr saying it was the piece of work he was most proud of, and that's saying something) and Soviet.

Sublime.

Yep, some great songs.

Oh yeah! I like you a lot!

Have to admit I only have a best-of by Floyd - some songs I think are amazing, some a bit pretentious. And I've nothing at all by the Blue Nile. But anything I've heard by them is incredible.

If you do have similar music tastes to me and you believe Violator is sublime, I am confident that you will be very taken with "A Walk Across The Rooftops" by The Blue Nile. It passes what I would call "The Shiver up The Spine" test!

Have a listen to snippets on YouTube:
"Tinseltown in The Rain" -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhiQ-a8CkPY

"Stay" -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bev4H57si2E

"Easter Parade" - (amatuerish live recording, but still....)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c9bfpPAZIE

Dudess

Cheers. Yeah I know Tinseltown In the Rain. It's just beautiful.

Pighead

IanCurtis wrote: »

Suede - Sci-Fi Lullabies

Good choice son. Suede were ridiculously good for a few years back in the 90's. To throw out a double album of B-Sides which bettered most bands proper albums showed just how good they were.

Belly- Star
Spiritualized: LAGWAFIS
James: Laid
Muse: Absolution
The Pale: Heres one we made earlier (Although I haven't heard this album in about 12 years at this stage, lost my copy and have found it impossible to find since)
Damien Rice: O

IanCurtis

Pighead wrote: »

Good choice son. . . . .James: Laid

Touché

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfJW5vkzLFY

Bubs101

1 Wilco-Hotel Yankee Foxtrot
2 Ryan Adams-Heartbreaker
3 Wilco-Being There
4 Kiss-Al!ve 1
5 Bright Eyes -Fevers and Mirrors

MooseJam

anything by westlife

Jay P

Dirt from Alice in Chains or Ten froom Pearl Jam. Depends on if i'm happy or sad.

If I'm in between it's dark side of the moon.

Dudess

MooseJam wrote: »

anything by westlife

+1

Jelly 292

i am,im happy beeacuse Pink Floyd (besides all the crap) rok

Xavi6

Such a tough decision. Can't possibly choose just one.

Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
King Adora - Vibrate You
Stereophonics - Performance & Cocktails
Idlewild - The Remote Part
Bon Jovi - Crossroads
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth
Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails Red Wine
Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Arcade Fire - Funeral
AFI - Sing The Sorrow
Green Day - Nimrod
Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre

Sh*t that's a long list! I just can't pick only one.

Edit: Balls, I forgot Interpol - 'Turn On The Bright Lights'

Jelly 292

Xavi6 wrote: »

Such a tough decision. Can't possibly choose just one.

Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
King Adora - Vibrate You
Stereophonics - Performance & Cocktails
Idlewild - The Remote Part
Bon Jovi - Crossroads
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth
Eskimo Joe - Black Fingernails Red Wine
Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Arcade Fire - Funeral
AFI - Sing The Sorrow
Green Day - Nimrod
Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre

Sh*t that's a long list! I just can't pick only one.

longer,faster bigger more, that way I is man

bricktop27

the one album that no matter what form im in no matter who is around me and the one album im always sayin hey listen to this part has to be dark side of the moon by the mighty floyd such a album each song can mean so much to you and class guitar playing

kaki

If I could only pick one album, it'd be Jeff Buckley's Grace. Never get's old.

Although Kaki King's stuff is absolutely, mindblowingly amazing...but then I'd need to choose another 2/3 albums.

Yeah. Grace.

Kold

Radiohead - Amnesiac


Aurgasms all the way (except for Morning Bell/Amnesiac maybe)

RastaRed

Cant just pick one album

1. Bob Marley&The Wailers-Exodus
2. The Stone Roses-The Stone Roses
3. Kings Of Leon- Because Of The Times
4. Oasis- Definately Maybe
5. The Verve- Urban Hymns
6. Primal Scream- Screamadelica
7. U2- The Joshua Tree
8. The Killers-Hot Fuss
9. Badly Drawn Boy-The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast
10. Happy Mondays- Pills, Thrills N Bellyaches

dream brother

What! No best of [insert artist here]!!!

love - forever changes would be top of the list, after that though....
radiohead - ok computer.....although I have a feeling In Rainbows will be up there over time
CSN&Y - Deja vu
bob dylan - highway 51
Peal jam - ten & VS
Led Zepplin - I
Lou Reed - Transformer
Jeff Buckley -Grace
The band - the last waltz
stevie wonder - hotter than july
Neil Young - harvest, just for the neddle and the damage done
man there too many!!

Dudess

Screamadelica, gotta include that too.

JJ

Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Dudess

And Unknown Pleasures. Gah, I just can't limit myself!

Hermy

If I had to pick just one album it would have to be David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive - dark, haunting, beautiful. I was hooked from the start.

Then the mad scramble for second place would include:
Tom Waits - Swordfish Trombone
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
The Stunning - Paradise in the Picture House
Nirvana - Nevermind
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Air - Moon Safari
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Ahex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II

Howard the Duck

Pixies - Doolittle

Jeffrey Lewis - it's the ones who've cracked that the light shines through

Pulp - Different Class


I know there are tons more but i'm saying them for now

Darren R

+1 a great album

Darren R

Top 5


1 whats the story....Oasis
2 Get Born Jet
3Tattoo Rory Gallagher
4The fine art of self destruction .... Jesse Malin
5Word gets around.......Stereophonics

cashback

REM - Automatic For The People
Pixies - Doolittle
Doves - The Last Broadcast
Interpol -Turn on the Bright Lights
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
Bjork - Debut

First albums that come to mind!

Jack Sheehan

Neil Young- Tonight's the night

deemy

that question is impossible to answer. it all depends on the mood i am in.
live and dangerous is def in top 10 maybe 5.
pearl jam ten
old stuff from fleetwoodmac maybe rumours(:o)
stone temple pilots core
I love snow patrols eyes open. almost every track a hit imo.
too many more to mention
oh if im in party mood anything by stevie wonder(only have his greatest hits so i guess that doesn't count).
and paul okenfolds perfecto fluro ( cringe again)

AckwelFoley

Dr Dre.

The Chronic

Wishbone Ash

There are so many but if I really had to chose one......

leincar

I'm really sorry I've tried but the closest I can get to my favourite album is 20 of them. After some time agonising I've whittled it down to 10 in no particular order. For all of them I've included a reason.

1. Radiohead - The Bends(High And Dry, Fake Plastic Trees)
2. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks!(Woke em all up! Pretty Vacant)
3. Queen - A Day At The Races(Millionaire Waltz, Freddie at his best)
4. Rush - Moving Pictures(The thinking person's rock music!!!)
5. Big Country - The Crossing(The best debut album)
6. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Beford The Ship Even Sank.(Stonking)
7. The Clash -(If only for the album cover)
8. Metallica - Black Album(Melodic menace)
9. Bruce Hornsby & The Range(I know, i know guilty pleasure)
10a. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska(Dark and brooding. A bit like meself!!)
10b. R.E.M. - Out Of Time(Near Wild Heaven, Texarkana)

Crap,that was 11.

Best live: Green Day - Bullet In A Bible
Best Compilation: Manic Street Preachers - Forever Delayed
Worst live album: R.E.M. Live(The one from the Point)
WORST ALBUM: Queen - Hot Space(Queen doing funk. Oh dear)

Now I need a lie down I'm all conflicted!!!!

Zaph

Pighead wrote: »

Belly- Star

Zaph is amazed to find himself in agreement with Pighead.