What's your favorite album of all time?

Kold

leincar wrote: »

1. Radiohead - The Bends(High And Dry, Fake Plastic Trees)

The Bends is an amazing album but in my opinion is probably Radiohead's 2nd worst album. 6 out of 7 would be in my top 20 albums ever though.

Earthhorse

Ruu wrote: »

Mike Oldfield-Tubular Bells II

Excellent choice.

Here's a version of Weightless (one of my favourites from the album) which has all the essential elements of the final version but is still quite different.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecG6RgqyDvA

Gonna plump for Stone Temple Pilots - Purple myself. The lyrics, man, the lyrics; the kind where you think "I thought I was the only one who thought that way" and at the same time incredibly original, evocative and imaginative. The band were really at their best on this album; they just really connect with each other and the whole thing flows from beginning to end.

Alanstrainor

All the talk of tubular bells made me take out the cd i got years ago and give it a listen, it really is great.

Royale with Cheese

The Beatles - Abbey Road. It's the sh*t

moe_sizlak

beatles = the white album
sex pistols = never mind the ********
fleetwood mac = rumours , i know that is seriously uncool but i like lots of music and it is a democrocy we live in
rolling stones = exile on main street
led zeplin = anything as there my favourite band of all time , there getting uncool too nowadays but i just rememberd this isnt the used to be cool thread
smiths = the queen is dead
micheal jackson = off the wall
stone roses = the stone roses
u2= achtung baby
the beach boys = pet sounds

amy winehouse = back to black
bit of a mixed bag i know

Dudess

leincar wrote: »

R.E.M. - Out Of Time

Defo the best REM album in my opinion.

Zaph wrote: »

Zaph is amazed to find himself in agreement with Pighead.

Star by Belly is a good album but nothing near as brilliant as the stuff Tanya Donnelly did with Throwing Muses and The Breeders. Speaking of which: Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona. One of the best albums EVAR!

grumpytrousers

god - lemme figure out the ten and then i'll put a gun to my head and nominate one...

Stones - Exile on Main St...it doesn't have 'gimme shelter' but it has more good tunes, being a double album than Let it Bleed
Lightning Seeds - Jollification. It's shiny happy simple indie pop. And it's got a strawberry on the cover. What's not to like!
Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour. Fancy playing a game of scrabble in front of an open fire with a laydee; this might be an ideal soundtrack.
Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels. It's worth the price of entry alone for 'Tell me when my light turns green'
The Clash - London Calling. And to think that Train in Vain was a hidden bloody track. Oh the wags...weren't they funny
The Beatles - Abbey Road. They could hardly speak to each other at the time they recorded this, but it didn't matter. They could still play, and just listen to that chord at 2:48 into 'You never give me your money'; you know, i don't know what sunrise sounds like, but i'll wager it's close to *that*
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane. This was a close one; Ziggy is good too, but this one slightly edges it. Oh - and while i'm here, i'm going to make a confession. Hunky Dory? Don't get it. Apart from Changes and Life on Mars, i can take it or leave it!
R.E.M. - Out of Time. I still get the goosebumps in a good way everytime i hear 'Half a world away'. And the rest of it is good too. It doesn't *seem* as overplayed as Automatic either. They sounded like they really were having fun at times on this!
Crowded House - Together Alone. Classic songwriting? Check. Neil Finn at the top of his game? Check. Horn Section and maori choir on closing track? Check. Honestly, why aren't more albums like this!
Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix. Any album with a song called 'Neil Jung' deserves some class of accolade. Especially as it probably didn't sell f*ck all

Just had a look thru my list and jesus - it's awful mainstream. I'm itching to put in a few oddball albums but they just wouldn't honestly make my top ten. They'd bubble under. These are the ones i keep coming back to, rightly or wrongly!

And, yeah, if you chucked me onto the desert Island with only one, i think i'd have to plump for Exile...if only cos you get such value for money out of it!

JimiTime

grumpytrousers wrote: »

. Oh - and while i'm here, i'm going to make a confession. Hunky Dory? Don't get it. Apart from Changes and Life on Mars, i can take it or leave it!

:eek::eek: 'Quicksand' is one of my fav songs ever!

grumpytrousers

JimiTime wrote: »

:eek::eek: 'Quicksand' is one of my fav songs ever!

yeah - it's okay. And the chorus of Oh You Pretty Things is great, and Kooks is pleasant...

like i say...it just doesn't do it for me as a package. I find myself getting restless with it...I can't relax listening to it like i can with AS...

Hey - Potato/Potahto...

JimiTime

grumpytrousers wrote: »

Hey - Potato/Potahto...

Indeed, its what makes music great!

Pighead

Dudess wrote: »

Star by Belly is a good album but nothing near as brilliant as the stuff Tanya Donnelly did with Throwing Muses and The Breeders. Speaking of which: Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona. One of the best albums EVAR!

Nah give me Star over Donnelly Breeders or Donnelly Throwing Muses anyday. A classic album from start to finish. And tunes that stick in your head forever!

Nailz

Happy Mondays "Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches", many polls regard it as one of the best albums of all time... It's just class, "Step On", "Kinky Afro", "Loose Fit", "Gods Cop" & "Bob's Yer Uncle" coming from the same album is just magnificent! Unbelievable infact!

Killaqueen!!!

leincar wrote: »

WORST ALBUM: Queen - Hot Space(Queen doing funk. Oh dear)

Ah here now, whatever about worst Queen album, but it's hardly the worst album of all time?! It was the 80s. We can forgive them if it's the 80s. And there's some great tracks on that album; Staying Power, Action this Day etc. sound good LIVE (not with the sh1tty drum machines they used recording). And not to mention the fantastic Under Pressure. I also like Cool Cat and thats typical Freddie

leincar

Killaqueen!!! wrote: »

Ah here now, whatever about worst Queen album, but it's hardly the worst album of all time?! It was the 80s. We can forgive them if it's the 80s. And there's some great tracks on that album; Staying Power, Action this Day etc. sound good LIVE (not with the sh1tty drum machines they used recording). And not to mention the fantastic Under Pressure. I also like Cool Cat and thats typical Freddie

On mature reflection and as a huge Queen fan I decided to re-visit my collection and sure enough I found worse. The worst of These would have to be The Thrills - Teenager.

Some relative with a major dislike of me gave it to me..

At Least Lord Frederick of Mercury's reputation is restored. No slight was intended.:)

Creature

Earthhorse wrote: »

Gonna plump for Stone Temple Pilots - Purple myself. The lyrics, man, the lyrics; the kind where you think "I thought I was the only one who thought that way" and at the same time incredibly original, evocative and imaginative. The band were really at their best on this album; they just really connect with each other and the whole thing flows from beginning to end.

Good choice.



Anyway If I had to choose one: Pearl Jam - Yield
It's just perfect really. It contains a diverse range of sounds, styles and beautifully written lyrics into a memorable cohesive package.
I know a lot of people don't rate this anywhere near as highly as the previous four albums, but everything about Yield just works for me, it just clicks. There's a song on there for every mood and occasion.

petals

Any Westlife album

Driver 8

R.E.M.-Automatic for the People
Bruce Springsteen-Born to Run/Nebraska
Prince-Sign O The Times
Radiohead-Ok Computer
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds-The Boatman's Call
Bob Dylan-Time Out of Mind
PJ Harvey-Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

homer2001

What a question? I was stumped. I choose Thin Lizzy's debut album Thin Lizzy because it's a work of pure genius a lot of hardcore Lizzy fans, especially those who aren't Irish, don't like it because this an album that is a modern version of Irish music its beautiful and that is why I love it so much.

I chose this album above anything by Whipping Boy/Kerbdog/Therapy? and many others as this is the only album that is constantly in my top 5 and therefore is my No. 1

Jim

The Shins - Oh, Inverted World

or

Al Stewart - Past, Present and Future

Stompbox

Rubber Soul
Let's Bottle Bohemia-The Thrills

kawaii

Curtis Mayfield: Superfly
Nick Drake: Pink Moon
Basil Poledouris: OST to Conan the Barbarian (best OST ever)

Krsnik87

Its a tie between every Beatles album

grumpytrousers wrote: »

The Beatles - Abbey Road. They could hardly speak to each other at the time they recorded this, but it didn't matter. They could still play, and just listen to that chord at 2:48 into 'You never give me your money'; you know, i don't know what sunrise sounds like, but i'll wager it's close to *that*
k. Honestly, why aren't more albums like this!

Well said!

meglome

Where to even start...(No particular order)

The Beatles - Revolver
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Most of them, cant choose
U2 - The Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby
Garbage - Garbage
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
Green Day - American Idiot
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Depeche Mode - Violator
Damien Rice - O
Bellx1 - Music in mouth
The Frames - Burn the maps
The Rolling Stones - Can't choose
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Placebo - Black Market Music
New Model Army - Thunder & Consolation
Whipping Boy - Heartworm
PJ Harvey - To bring you my love
The Pixies - Bossanova
Christ Moore - Ordinary Man
The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & the Lash

Actually there's too many I give up.

Xavi6

Sweet wrote: »

Rubber Soul
Let's Bottle Bohemia-The Thrills

:eek: Seriously?

dr.bollocko

Yeah I was going to let that one go because of sneaking it in after rubber soul, the safe one, but I have to say... the Thrills?
Really? Better than say..... The beach boys?
I just cannot credit it. For me, one thing I notice is that these greatest albums of all time tend to come from when most posters are going through the teen angst / alone in your bedroom with a spliff cos daddy hates you phase.

Do you think that depression ultimately decides most people's favourite albums?
Also, no mention of Rage Against the Machine, or Waiting for the sun by the Doors. Or The Jam. Or the Kinks, possibly the most ripped off band of them all in recent years.

grumpytrousers

ah yeah - but the Kinks, in fairness, were an amazing *singles* band; their albums have never really had the same level of affection in the hearts of listeners. I mean, the only one i can think of a name of is the Village Green Preservation society and that's it. All you need with the Kinks is a greatest hits package. Similarly with Madness. Similarly with Squeeze. There is, by the way,*nothing* wrong with being a good singles band; in fact, i wish there were more acts out there today that would bloody well concentrate on dominating radio airplay with clever, arty, slightly offbeat, catchy hummable melodys.

Too many angsty twats with beards and acoustic guitars out there for my liking....

humberklog

Noir desir - les visage des figueres.
Eric Satie - trois gymnopedes.
Frankie goes to hollywood - welcome to the pleasure dome.
Miles davis - Kind of Blue.
Kraftwerk - Autobahn.
Lambchop -Can't remember name of album but it's the one with the line 'sleeps with the fishes,dirty dishes'.
Gene Autry - Best of..
The streets - 1st album.
Sade - Diamond life.

HalloweenJack

Right now:

Station to Station by Bowie. I've been playing it to death lately.

djfitzerjnr

the killers - hot fuss
green day - american idiot
paddy casey - livin'

these albums practically swung me into the music i like.

Notorious

I couldn't pick just one:

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
Joy Division - Substance
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All/Sheik Yerbouti
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Rage Against the Machine - Battle of Los Angeles
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Doors - L.A. Woman

Just to name a few