What's your favorite album of all time?

carchaeologist

Notorious wrote: »

I couldn't pick just one:

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
Joy Division - Substance
Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All/Sheik Yerbouti
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Doors - L.A. Woman

All great albums,(sheik yerbouti gets better with every listen)but id add,
joy division-unknown pleasures(will never get bored with listening to it!)
gary numan-telekon
gary numan-sacrifice live 94(my cd player has nearly burned through it)
rory gallagher-fresh evidence(particularly ghost blues)
thin lizzy-vagabonds of the western world
thin lizzy-black rose

gernon

Eagles Hotel California

berliner

Daniel O'Donnell ......A nice cup of tea
Westlife.................More copies than xerox
U2.........................Live from Richmond Park
Miles Davis ..............A kind of blue

Can you spot the fake?

Citizen_Erased

berliner wrote: »

Daniel O'Donnell ......A nice cup of tea
Westlife.................More copies than xerox
U2.........................Live from Richmond Park
Miles Davis ..............A kind of blue

Can you spot the fake?

Ach sure it's simple , who could ever listen to that egotistic drivel bono spouts

Can't say I have an on going favourite album of all time but Graduation by Kanye West is absolutely breath taking and might hold the title for me for a long time.

Stompbox

Xavi6 wrote: »

:eek: Seriously?

Ha! Different strokes for different folks, just felt it was a fantastic albu8m both lyrically and musically accomplished, alot of their criticism is unjust and stems from some public vendetta against Deasys voice. Having said that, their latest album was a steaming turd.

On the note of strokes, 'Is This It' was a fine album and I'l always have a soft spot for Pet Sounds.

And technically the question did ask for my favourte album of all time.

Jimmy Apollo

I don't think Dylan has been mentioned here nearly enough and because I saw somebody with Highway 51 in their list, I'll throw out Blonde on Blonde. Just amazing! And the line "And I, I never took much, I never asked for you crutch, now don't ask for mine" is one of the great kiss off's in music. Was it for a certain Beatle John?

Waxing the Gaza

Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy

OPENROAD

Gary Barlow - Twelve Months Eleven Days.

Smegball

Led Zeppelin 4
Nirvana - Nevermind
Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
The Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Daft Punk - Discovery
Justice - Cross

To name a few

Saibh

favourite album is radiohead - ok computer

also play

muse - black holes and relevations
damian rice - o

another one was jennifer warnes - famous blue raincoat (on tape) haven't listen to it for a long time.


might try and get some of the albums listed in this thread

JeanH

Scary Monsters - David Bowie - standout tracks include Teenage Wildlife, Up the Hill Backwards and Ashes to Ashes

Diamond Dogs - David Bowie - now this is one that I've been mad about lately. It's based on the 1984 Orwellian idea. Pretence obsessed and paranoia-filled. The trio that is 'Sweet Thing', 'Candidate' and 'Sweet Thing (Reprise)' is a must. The lyrics are just beautiful.

Dudess

Saibh wrote: »

another one was jennifer warnes - famous blue raincoat (on tape) haven't listen to it for a long time.

Oh yeah, "Jenny does Lenny"! I like her version of First We Take Manhattan.

hotredhead

Born To Run -Bruce Springsteen

dougal

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

The most beautiful noise ever made!

Slash/ED

In no real order, and I can't shorten it down...

David Bowie - Rise and fall...Could use many Bowie albums here, Diamond Dogs running it the closest, but this one just pips it. Possibly my favourite of all time. Whoever it was said Hunky Dory is overrated...I actually agree. Not even close to here beyond the stunning Life On Mars?
Pixies - Doolittle or Surfer Rosa, can't decide, Gigantic alone nearly wins it for Surfer...
Nirvana - In Utero or Last Valentine, a bootleg I got of a gig in France with a version of where did you sleep last night that'd blow your mind...
Sex Pistols - Never mind the bollocks
Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
Whipping Boy - Heartwarm
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Oasis - What's the story or definitely maybe...Can never decide...
Pulp - Different Class
Dropkick Murphys - Warriors Code
Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous
Radiohead - OK Computer
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde, but I really love Desire too, if only for Hurricane
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico, Loaded is great too though
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Beatles - Could list nearly 100 albums here! Two pip it though, depends entirely on mood but it'd be between Abbey Road and The White Album
Spandau Ballet - True
And the soundtrack to Pulp Fiction...I just find it addicting! So many great songs...So I'm throwing it in!

Probably loads I'm forgetting too...

Dr. Nick

Dakness on the Edge of Town

BurnsCarpenter

Either:
Gentlemen by The Afghan Whigs or
Alien Lanes by Guided by Voices.

eamon234

Finding it hard to narrow it down too - funny, I'm seeing a lot of classic albums in posts that I liked growing up but I don't listen to them anymore so I'm not including them!

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Frou Frou - Details
Ben Folds - Rockin' The Suburbs
Jim White - Wrong Eyed Jesus
The Blue Nile - Walk Across the Rooftops
Madreblu - Necessita
Shriekback - Big Night Music

Dr.Slurm

Sufjan Stevens: Illinois or any of Mastodon's.

RandolphEsq

Darkside of the Moon or Daft Punk - Discovery

musicmatty

Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon.

KnifeWRENCH

It's difficult to pick but my all time favourite has to be :
Smashing Pumpkins - Adore.
So many brilliant songs there, and as much as I love Mellon Collie and Siamese Dream, Adore is still the one I find myself listening to most.

The rest of my top 10 would look like this (in no particular order):
Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot (not strictly a studio album, but still fantastic)
Sonic Youth - Goo
Garbage - beautifulgarbage
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
Bjork - Homogenic
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat
White Stripes - Icky Thump

stephen_b

therapy? : infernal love
manic street preachers : holy bible
whipping boy : heartworm
thursday : full collapse
idlewild : 100 broken windows
kerbdog : on the turn

im a blank after that,many more no doubt.

holton

New Order - Substance 1987
Joy Division - Substance
Breeders - Last Splash
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Pearl Jam - Ten
U2 - Boy
White Stripes - Elephant
The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash

Leftfield - Leftism
Larry Heard - Loosefingers
Air - Moon Safari
(plus many other dance albums)

Best Live Album:
Deep Purple - Made in Japan

A good mixture there!

Froot

If I were scoring the albums I would say the closest to a 10/10 would be "Yanqui U.X.O" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

Again, like most people I'm sure, there are buckets of albums that they would like to put on this list. Heres a few:

Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys

Down On The Upside - Soundgarden

Welcome To Sky Valley - Kyuss

Blues Is My Soul - John Lee Hooker

100% Columbian - Fun Lovin' Criminals

Evil Empire - Rage Against The Machine

Harvest - Neil Young

Willy And The Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater

Bawlers - Tom Waits (Disc 2 from Orphans:Brawlers, Bawlers And Bastards)

St Bill

Moon Safari - Air
The Bends - Radiohead
Going by how many times I played them when I got them

Icaras

Froot wrote: »

If I were scoring the albums I would say the closest to a 10/10 would be "Yanqui U.X.O" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

Fantastic call on Godspeed - great album.

Mine would be
Kings of Leon - aha shake heartbreak

surprised we havent seen nirvana and bob dylan mtv live albums both very good live albums

Fanny Cradock

Mercy... That's a big question. I couldn't possibly give a single answer it. So here is a list, in no particular order, of some of the albums that I would include amongst my favourites.


*What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
*Moon Safari - Air
*Vespertine - Bjork
*Grace - Jeff Buckley
*Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
*The Software Slump - Grandaddy
*Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (Symphony No. 3) - Henryk Gorecki
*The Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
*The Trials of Van Occupanther - Midlake
*Illinois - Sufjan Stevens
*American IV - Johnny Cash
*Live - Donny Hathaway


Honourable mentions:

*Neon Golden - The Notwist
*23 - Blonde Redhead
*Kid A - Radiohead (Haven't given In Rainbows a decent chance yet)
*Orphans - Tom Waits
*Alice - Tom Waits (You probably guessed that I'm a fan)
*Programmed to Love - Bent
*Frengers - Mew
*The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave
*Involver - Sasha
*The Boy With the Arab Strap - Belle and Sebastian
*Destroyer's Rubies - Destroyer
*Challengers - The New Pornographers
*Animals - Pink Floyd
*Fox Confessor Brings the Flood - Neko Case
*Graceland - Paul Simon

Oh, man! I keep editing this post and adding to the list. Must stop...

Anyway, I have seen The Blue Nile's Walk Across the Rooftops and Depeche Mode's Violator mentioned a few times. Must check them out!

Blisterman

Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Van Halen - Van Halen
Kanye West - Late Registration
Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Michael Jackson - Thriller

JC 2K3

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

It's weird, I feel like I should be one of those people with such a love for music and expansive taste that I'd be listing 5/10 albums like most people. However, I just can't get past the utter brilliance of this album. It's raw, but intricately constructed. It's not overtly experimental, yet is awash with layer upon layer of fantastically unique sounds and textures. It doesn't try to be smart, it's not pretentious, yet it sounds so effortlessly intellectual and insightful. The dissonance and guitar noise might sound a bit bleak at first, but after a few listens you begin to appreciate just how genuinely beautiful what you're hearing is. Totally unmanufactured, compromised by nothing, it feels so real, so modern... Sheer brilliance....


Oh, and glad to see Happy Mondays being mentioned, been listening to PTaB a lot these days due to the good weather . Fantastic album.