Your Favourite 50 Albums

magma69

Bit of an experimental thread where people are invited to post their favourite 50 albums.

Now obviously this is going to take some time so how about if people post them over time (editing their original list) and update the thread with posts explaining their picks. Maybe when they discovered the album, what they enjoyed so much about it etc. They don't have to be in any order of preference, picking 50 albums is enough work. I've not given it much thought yet but I'll lash out a few certs for me right now.

In no order:

1. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
2. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
3. GZA - Liquid Swords
4. The Beatles - Revolver
5. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper
6. Love - Forever Changes
7. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
9. RJD2 - Deadringer
10. Arcade Fire - Funeral
11. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
12. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

I'll add more over time. That's enough for now.

endacl

I predict thread will be a short list of long lists...

magma69

Dark Side of the Moon is my favourite album. IMO is as close to perfection an album can possibly be. The songs flow into each other seamlessly and despite the variety of sounds throughout the album it still feels one long uniform piece of music and not a collection of songs which is important for me.

From ground breaking electronic On The Run flowing into a soulful vocal improvisation over a piano driven song in The Great Gig in the Sky moving through the earthy funky sound of Money and other sounds, it still has a certain tone throughout hidden in there for me.

Lyrically it's one of the best I've heard also. 'Time' is a particular favourite of mine lyrically. Just sums up the insecurities people have about how they have spent their time and wondering if it could have been better spent etc. There's themes running throughout the album too. Particularly the theme of insanity which accompanies the psychedelic sound of the music perfectly imo.

Ok that's my thoughts on one of the albums. I'll post more thoughts on other picks over time.

magma69

endacl wrote: »

I predict thread will be a short list of long lists...

And pointless replies.........

NIMAN

magma69 wrote: »

And pointless replies.........

Sorry, gotta agree with him/her. 50 is a wil' big list of albums.

Top 10 maybe?

Birneybau

magma69 wrote: »

And pointless replies.........

So, basically it's a private thread?

galljga1

magma69 wrote: »

Bit of an experimental thread where people are invited to post their favourite 50 albums.

Now obviously this is going to take some time so how about if people post them over time (editing their original list) and update the thread with posts explaining their picks. Maybe when they discovered the album, what they enjoyed so much about it etc. They don't have to be in any order of preference, picking 50 albums is enough work. I've not given it much thought yet but I'll lash out a few certs for me right now.

In no order:

1. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
2. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
3. GZA - Liquid Swords
4. The Beatles - Revolver
5. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper
6. Love - Forever Changes
7. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
9. RJD2 - Deadringer
10. Arcade Fire - Funeral
11. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
12. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

I'll add more over time. That's enough for now.

I have 8 of the above, of which 5 would probably be in my top 50 most days, depending on my humour.

You have just made me put on Forever Changes for the first time in a long time. I was one year old when it was released. Having older siblings has some advantages. I'll give Nick Drake a spin later on.

Will work on a list. Not something that can easily be spat out.

endacl

NIMAN wrote: »

Sorry, gotta agree with him/her. 50 is a wil' big list of albums.

Top 10 maybe?

Him, as it happens.

Anyway. Back on topic!

iamstop

Since my GTA 5 install is taking FOREVER I'll name a few in no order

Leftfield - Leftism
Leftfield - Rhythm and Stealth
Ice Cube - Predator
Public Enemy - It takes a million
BDP - Sex and Violence
BDP - Criminal Minded
Judgement Night OST
Menace II Society OST
Crossroads (Ralph Matchio one) OST
Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 2
Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Souls For Rock And Rock
Nirvana - Nevermind
Oasis - What's the Story
Prodigy - Gilted Generation
Prodigy - Fat Of The Land
Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
Chemical Brothers- Surrender
Daft Punk - Homework
Bjork - Debut
Bjork - Post
Bjork - Vespertine
Boards of Canada - Music has the right to Children
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
DJ Shadow - Entroducing
Cannibal Ox - Cold Blue Vein
The Goats - Tricks of the Shade
Blur - Park Life
Led Zeppelin - House of The Holy
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
The Who - Tommy
Bob Marley - Exodus
Damien Marley - Welcome to Jamrock
Kraftwerk - The Mix
Deltron 3030 - 3030
J Dilla - Donuts
Jaylib - Champion Sound
Syl Johnson - Is it because I'm black?
Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun
Jimmy Castor Bunch - Butt Of Course
Johnny Guitar Watson - A Real Mother For Ya
The JBs - Pass the Peas
James Brown - Black Caesar
James Brown - Sex Machine
Parliament - Gloryhallastoopid
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Funkadelic - Funkadelic
Funkadelic - On Nation Under a Groove
Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock
Theivery Corporation - The Richest Man In Babylon
Rae and Christian - Northern Sulphuric Soul
DJ Krush - Krush
DJ Krush - MiLight
DJ Krush - Kakusie
DJ Cam - Substances
ODB - Return to the 36 Chambers
Method Man - Tical
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
Gza - Liquid Swords
Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Wu Tang Clan - The W
Gravediggaz - Niggamortis
Tricky - Maxinequaye
Tricky - Pre-Millenium Tension
Lovage - Music to make love to your old lady by
Bob James - One
Bob James - Two
Bob James - Three
Mandrill - Mandrill Is
Cymande - Second Time Round
Weather Report - Black Market

Ugh, there is still 3Gbs of updates to D/L, not sure I'm gonna get to play it at all tonight. :-(

iamstop

Also,

Kruder nad Dorfmeister - K&D Sessions
Plaid - Restproof Clockwork
Plaid - Not for Threes
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
Jane's Addiction - Ritual DeLo Habitual
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Gun's N Roses - Lies
Gun's N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Gun's N Roses - Use Your Illusion I
Gun's N Roses - Use Your Illusion II
O.C. - Word Life
Biggie Smalls - Ready To Die
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Dr. Dre - 2001
The Goodie Mob - Soul Food
The Beatnuts - Stone Crazy
Dr. Dooom - First Come First Served
Black Elvis - Lost In Space
Kool Keith - Dr. Nogatco
Kool Keith - Sex Style
Kool Keith - Sex Style Unreleased
Kutmasta Kurt - Masters of Illusion

and more...

Anesthetize

I'm not going to put these in order, I'm just going to list 50 albums I love off the top of my head. I'll try to keep it one album per artist.

The Cure - Disintegration
Slowdive - Souvlaki
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Carissa's Wierd - Songs About Leaving
Bathory - Blood Fire Death
Belle and Sebastian - The Boy With the Arab Strap
M83 - Saturdays = Youth
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun
Anathema - Judgement
Depeche Mode - Violator
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Joy Division - Closer
Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
Pixies - Doolittle
Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics...
Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of This Country
Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
The Field Mice - Snowball
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Bjork - Homogenic
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Pulp - Different Class
Hüsker Dü - Candy Apple Grey
The Replacements - Let It Be
Yo La Tengo - Painful
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
The Radio Dept. - Lesser Matters
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Galaxie 500 - On Fire
My Vitriol - Finelines
The Sundays - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
The Gathering – Souvenirs
Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha
Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica
Swirlies – They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons
The Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy
Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Las Vegas
At the Drive-In – Relationship of Command
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
The Chameleons – Script of the Bridge
Jeff Buckley - Grace
X – Los Angeles
Wipers - Youth of America
Portishead – Dummy
Jimmy Eat World – Clarity
Boards of Canada – Geogaddi

6am7f9zxrsjvnb

Here's a dozen..

Darkness on the edge of town
Definitely maybe
Horsedrawn wishes
Grand Prix
Loveless
The Queen is dead
Automatic for the people
Achtung Baby
Hurry up,we're dreaming
Psychocandy
The Stone Roses
The La's

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Here's a dozen..

Darkness on the edge of town
Definitely maybe
Horsedrawn wishes
Grand Prix
Loveless
The Queen is dead
Automatic for the people
Achtung Baby
Hurry up,we're dreaming
Psychocandy
The Stone Roses
The La's

Rothko

In rough order:

From A Basement On The Hill - Elliott Smith
The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Revolver - The Beatles
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
On The Beach - Neil Young
Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Raw Power - The Stooges
Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
Doolittle - Pixies
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
You're Living All Over Me - Dinosaur Jr.
Double Nickels On The Dime - Minutemen
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Giant Steps - John Coltrane
Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
Low - David Bowie
Vol. 4 - Black Sabbath
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Let It Be - The Replacements
Zen Arcade - Husker Du
Closer - Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
Tonight's The Night - Neil Young
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Forever Changes - Love
The Doors - The Doors
Either/Or - Elliott Smith
Lonerism - Tame Impala
Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
The La's - The La's
Niandra Lades And Usually Just A T-Shirt - John Frusciante
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
Tago Mago - Can
Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
Illmatic - Nas
The Clash - The Clash
Leave Home - The Ramones
Marquee Moon - Television

50 seems a bit much, but I'll try and come up with a top ten:

The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
Cat Power - Moon Pix
The Knife - Silent Shout
Björk - Homogenic
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
Arcade Fire - either Funeral or The Suburbs, I constantly change my mind as to which I love more!

Irish_rat

These would be a few of mine

The Smiths - Meat is Murder
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Joy Division - Closer
The Beatles - Revolver
The Cure - 17 Seconds
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Pixies - Doolittle
Nirvana - Nevermind
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Neil Young - Harvest
Rush - 2112
Radiohead - Kid A
Arctic Monkeys - WPSIA, TWIN

GLaDOS

I was bored, so here you are, top 50 albums. Actually surprisingly hard to narrow it down to 50!

65daysofstatic - Wild Light
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
Ahab - The Giant
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Other Side
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
Camel - Music Inspired by The Snow Goose
Camel - Mirage
Casualties of Cool - Casualties of Cool
Devin Townsend Project - Addicted
Devin Townsend Project - Ki
Devin Townsend Project - Ghost
Dream Theater - Images and Words
Dream Theater - Metropolis part 2: Scenes from a Memory
Dream Theater - Train of Thought
Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
God is an Astronaut - All is Violent, All is Bright
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# ∞
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Katatonia - Dead End Kings
Kingston Wall - II
Mastodon - Leviathan
Megadeth - Rust in Piece
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Opeth - Still Life
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Pelican - Australasia
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Porcupine Tree - Signify
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
Rammstein - Mutter
Rush - Moving Pictures
Rush - A Farewell to Kings
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun
Steven Wilson - The Raven that Refused to Sing and Other Stories
Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion
This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain
Tool - Aenima
Tool - Lateralus
Tool - 10,000 Days
Truckfighters - Gravity X
Wishbone Ash - Argus


Decade count
2010's = 9
2000's = 19
1990's = 10
1980's = 5
1970's = 7

Guess I'm more biased towards modern music.

rohan.madhavan

Liquid Spirit by Gregory Porter is incredible! On the other side of the spectrum, the album "Under Pressure" by Logic is insanely good

iomega

Here are a few, in no order.......


Elastica - elastica
Steely Dan - Aja
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to tell
Pixies - Doolittle
Aphex Twin - Richard D James
Suede - Dogmanstar
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Joni Mitchell - The hissing of summer lawns
The Smiths - Meat is Murder
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
MBV - Loveless
Metallica - basically everything they recorded in the 80's
Pixies - everything (except the new one)
Nirvana - Nevermind
Portishead - Dummy
John Martyn - Solid Air
Yes - Close to the edge
Garbage - Garbage
Prefuse 73 - Extinguished outakes
DJ Shadow - Entroducing...
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the holy
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom
Sleeper - The It girl
Queen - Sheer heart attack
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
The Doors - Strange Days
Pantera - Vulgar display of power
Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy
Beach House - Bloom
Ducktails - The Flower Lane
Amon Tobin - Supermodified
Isaac Hayes - Hot buttered soul
Jane's Addiction - Ritual DeLo Habitual


Loads more I can't think of

wendell borton

a lot of them have been mentioned so here's a few more...

Southern Rock Opera - Drive by Truckers
JJ72-JJ72
Second helping -l ynard Skynard
Generation terrorists - manic st. preachers
faithless street - whiskeytown
the suburbs - arcade fire
relationship of command - at the drive in
ragged glory-neil young
performance and cocktails - sterophonics

magma69

iamstop wrote: »

Since my GTA 5 install is taking FOREVER I'll name a few in no order

Leftfield - Leftism
Leftfield - Rhythm and Stealth
Ice Cube - Predator
Public Enemy - It takes a million
BDP - Sex and Violence
BDP - Criminal Minded
Judgement Night OST
Menace II Society OST
Crossroads (Ralph Matchio one) OST
Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 2
Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Souls For Rock And Rock
Nirvana - Nevermind
Oasis - What's the Story
Prodigy - Gilted Generation
Prodigy - Fat Of The Land
Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
Chemical Brothers- Surrender
Daft Punk - Homework
Bjork - Debut
Bjork - Post
Bjork - Vespertine
Boards of Canada - Music has the right to Children
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
DJ Shadow - Entroducing
Cannibal Ox - Cold Blue Vein
The Goats - Tricks of the Shade
Blur - Park Life
Led Zeppelin - House of The Holy
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
The Who - Tommy
Bob Marley - Exodus
Damien Marley - Welcome to Jamrock
Kraftwerk - The Mix
Deltron 3030 - 3030
J Dilla - Donuts
Jaylib - Champion Sound
Syl Johnson - Is it because I'm black?
Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun
Jimmy Castor Bunch - Butt Of Course
Johnny Guitar Watson - A Real Mother For Ya
The JBs - Pass the Peas
James Brown - Black Caesar
James Brown - Sex Machine
Parliament - Gloryhallastoopid
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Funkadelic - Funkadelic
Funkadelic - On Nation Under a Groove
Incredible Bongo Band - Bongo Rock
Theivery Corporation - The Richest Man In Babylon
Rae and Christian - Northern Sulphuric Soul
DJ Krush - Krush
DJ Krush - MiLight
DJ Krush - Kakusie
DJ Cam - Substances
ODB - Return to the 36 Chambers
Method Man - Tical
Ghostface Killah - Ironman
Gza - Liquid Swords
Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers
Wu Tang Clan - The W
Gravediggaz - Niggamortis
Tricky - Maxinequaye
Tricky - Pre-Millenium Tension
Lovage - Music to make love to your old lady by
Bob James - One
Bob James - Two
Bob James - Three
Mandrill - Mandrill Is
Cymande - Second Time Round
Weather Report - Black Market

Ugh, there is still 3Gbs of updates to D/L, not sure I'm gonna get to play it at all tonight. :-(

Is it downloaded yet? :P

That's a really good list. Definitely a few there that will make it into mine. Bob Marley - Exodus is the seminal reggae album imo. I'd have Bjork too, but my favourite would be Homogenic. Very interesting blend of electronic sounds with orchestral sweeps with Bjork's achingly beautiful vocals, it really hits home for me. Joga is a stand out track for me. Great video too, directed by Michel Gondry.

Very interesting picks in the likes of Mandrill and Lovage. Judgement Night was an awesome hip hop/rock mash up and a sweet movie to boot!