Your top 10 albums of all time

Bend The Light said:
Just listening to "See Me, Feel Me" from "Tommy"...that's a cracking album. Can we not have a 50 best albums thread, please???
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Tell me about it. I missed off Joy Division and New Order!
 
Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
Ultravox - Ha! Ha! Ha!
Hawkwind - Warrior on The Edge of Time
Blondie - Parallel Lines
Led Zeppelin III
Colourbox
Blue Nile - Hats
Boot Hill Foot Tappers - Ain't That Far From Boot Hill
 
Hot Space......Queen ( there's a reason why my name is Coolcat )
Hanging on a string.....Loose Ends
Goodbye Manhattan.....Pieces of a Dream
Back for More....Cool Million
Sands of Time.....SOS Band
Living all Alone.....Phyllis Hyman
Obsession.... Bob James
Breezin....George Benson
Between the Sheets....Fourplay
100 and Rising....Incognito
 
onomatopoeia said:
OMG someone else has actually heard of them! :eek:

Saw them at Hammersmith Odeon when they toured Empire, they played the whole of Operation Mindcrime start to finish :D
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I went to see Queensryche support Bon Jovi in '86 ... thought the drummer was going to end up in the crowd the crazy loon!!!

If I had a top ten of albums, they'd nearly all have been mentioned ... even the more obscure ones such as Copper Blue are in this thread (y)


I'll add these then:

The Delgados - Great Eastern
Interpol - Interpol
Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World
Neil Young - Harvest
The Charlatans - Tellin Stories
Anthrax - Among The Living
Wonderstuff - Hup
The Levellers - Levelling The Land
Y&T - Black Tiger
Beck - Odelay

Bands such as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Beatles, U2, Elbow ... to name a few would periodically get in this list somewhere too!
 
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new2me said:
I went to see Queensryche support Bon Jovi in '86 ... thought the drummer was going to end up in the crowd the crazy loon!!!

If I had a top ten of albums, they'd nearly all have been mentioned ... even the more obscure ones such as Copper Blue are in this thread (y)

I'll add these then:

The Delgados - Great Eastern
Interpol - Interpol
Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World
Neil Young - Harvest
The Charlatans - Tellin Stories
Anthrax - Among The Living
Wonderstuff - Hup
The Levellers - Levelling The Land
Y&T - Black Tiger
Beck - Odelay

Bands such as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Beatles, U2, Elbow ... to name a few would periodically get in this list somewhere too!
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I nearly added Hup to my list too. It's just too hard to pick 10.
 
I've an idea if anyone's interested. How about we have a random draw of names in this thread and pair up people who then have to pick an album for their partner from their own top ten. They then have to promise to buy it and give it a good go. We might be able to share some stuff people would never listen too.
 
That sounds like an interesting idea :D would be up for it, always like finding new music
 
Let's see how many takers we get when the rest of the world wakes up.
 
I rarely buy anything for myself, never mind other people :D
 
new2me said:
I rarely buy anything for myself, never mind other people :D
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You don't buy it for them, you suggest an album to buy. ;)
 
I've an idea if anyone's interested. How about we have a random draw of names in this thread and pair up people who then have to pick an album for their partner from their own top ten. They then have to promise to buy it and give it a good go. We might be able to share some stuff people would never listen too.
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To be honest tried listening to all types of music, but still only like rock/heavy rock/metal so count me out thanks.

Started off buying Deep Purple's Black Night when I was about 13 and forty years later still only enjoy rock

Just can't beat a pounding drum and bass driven tune interspersed with wailing guitar culminating in the classic long winding down end, even better with some random feedback thrown in for good measure
 
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tijuana taxi said:
To be honest tried listening to all types of music, but still only like rock/heavy rock/metal so count me out thanks.

Started off buying Deep Purple's Black Night when I was about 13 and forty years later still only enjoy rock

Just can't beat a pounding drum and bass driven tune interspersed with wailing guitar culminating in the classic long winding down end, even better with some random feedback thrown in for good measure
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Interesting, because I was the same. But over the last 10 years or so (I'm 42 now) my tastes became much wider...but one thing remains...a song/tune needs to have some loud bits, some quiet bits, some stirring bits, some gentle bits, and some harsh bits...true of most rock songs, and also true of a lot of classical, and Operatic work. I am no way a classical music buff - I can't tell my brahms from my lidzt, but I know what I like when I hear it.

Always worth trying something new...take a few posts above, they mention Gotye - making Mirrors. I LOVE the "somebody that I used to know" track as it fits much of the criteria I mention above, but I couldn't get on with the rest of the album. but I did try. :)
 
The23rdman said:
I've an idea if anyone's interested. How about we have a random draw of names in this thread and pair up people who then have to pick an album for their partner from their own top ten. They then have to promise to buy it and give it a good go. We might be able to share some stuff people would never listen too.
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In my world sharing is for things you don't like! :p :LOL:



Bruce Springsteen - The Wild The Innocent and the East Street Shuffle
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
The Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor – Paul Tortelier with the LPO conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
Miles Davis - The Birth of the Cool
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisted
The Band - The Last Waltz
Buddy Holly and The Crickets - The Chirping Crickets -
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water
The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
Brinsley Schwarz - Nervous on the Road

[10 Albums by 10 different artists, with a crossover cheat or 2 in there ;) In reality I could probably choose 10 Van the Man albums]
 
Bend The Light said:
Interesting, because I was the same. But over the last 10 years or so (I'm 42 now) my tastes became much wider...but one thing remains...a song/tune needs to have some loud bits, some quiet bits, some stirring bits, some gentle bits, and some harsh bits...true of most rock songs, and also true of a lot of classical, and Operatic work. I am no way a classical music buff - I can't tell my brahms from my lidzt, but I know what I like when I hear it.

Always worth trying something new...take a few posts above, they mention Gotye - making Mirrors. I LOVE the "somebody that I used to know" track as it fits much of the criteria I mention above, but I couldn't get on with the rest of the album. but I did try. :)
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That last bit hits a note with me. I love loads of music, different genres etc
But an album can have several tracks on them and you may only like the odd one, two or three.
 
The Beatles - White Album
Santana - Abraxas
The Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
The Who - Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Moody Blues - Days of Future Past
Journey - Escape
Bread - The Best of Bread
Foreigner - No End in Sight. The Very Best of Foreigner
REO Speedwagon - The Hits
 
clairewadey said:
I listen to almost every type of music and not embarrassed to like 'popular' stuff. Hate music snobs!



Metallica - S & M (Recently bought a second copy as I'd played it to death!)
Adele - 21
Lauren Pritchard - Wasted in Jackson
Slipknot - The Subliminal Verses
The Prodigy - The Singles (cheating by picking a greatest hits album)
Michael Jackson - Dangerous
Evanescence - Fallen
Take That - Progress Live (reminds me of seeing them at Wembley)
Caro Emerald - Deleted scenes from the cutting room floor
Florence and the Machine - Lungs
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I've only just discovered Caro Emerald. She's great!
 
Bowie- Scary ~Monsters
pink floyd - Dsotm
pink floyd Animals
Tangerine dream - All of them
Elo -All of them
dave gilmour - Rattle that lock
Motorhead- Bad magic
Roger waters - Amused to death
Hawkwind levitation.

Ande loads, loads more.
 
Off the top of my head:

Metallica - Black Album

REM - Automatic For the People

Alice in Chains - Unplugged

Eels - Beautiful Freak

Michael Jackson - Bad

Madonna - Like a Prayer

Elton John - Madman Across the Water

The Levellers - Levelling the Land

Nirvana - Nevermind

3 Doors Down - Seventeen Days
 
This was definitely a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. In no particular order:

Florence and the Machine - Lungs
Lana del Rey - Ultraviolence
White Lies - To Lose Your Life
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid m.A.A.d City
The Killers - Hot Fuss
The Weeknd - Echoes of Silence
Ben Howard - Every Kingdom
Donald Glover - Camp
Editors - An End Has a Start
Justin Timberlake - 20/20

Honorary Mention: Joy Division - The Best of Joy Division (i know, compilation, that's why it's only an Honorary mention)
 
Too hard...

In no order:

The Stranglers - Black and White (listening to it right now...)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
Amanda Ghost - Ghost Stories
Beck - Mutations
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - 1992: The Love Album
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
Scorpions - Love at First Sting
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

And some individual tracks for which the albums wouldn't make the list above:

U96 - Out of Wilhemsburg - Das Boot 2001 (Radio Edit)
Amy Macdonald - This is the Life - Run
Beth Hart / Joe Bonamassa - Don't Explain - Sinner's Prayer
Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass & Will You
Interpol - Our Love to Admire - Pioneer to the Falls
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom - Don't Speak
 
Some great selections above. My wife and I have been discussing our top 10's as a result of me reading this thread so I though I'd put mine up. It'll change tomorrow though...........

Depeche Mode - Violator

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions

Gypsy - Soundtracks (Not the musical)

Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Daniel Avery - Drone Logic

Public Enemy - Yo, Bum Rush the Show

Hard Knocks - School of Hard Knocks

Radiohead - OK Computer

Atoms for Peace - Amok

Nightmares on Wax - Carboot Soul

I'd like to add virtually anything with Chris Cornell but I'd never be able to decide which album is my favourite.
 
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Crowded House - Temple of Low Men
Crowded House - Together Alone
Neil Finn - Try Whistling This
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Muse - Black Holes & Revelations

Final one is hard to pick. Select one from;
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
U2 - Achtung Baby
Levellers - Levelling The Land / Levellers
Bajofondo Tangoclub - Presente
 
Quite a peculiar mix if I'm honest. These are some of the few where I like every track on the album.

Sting - ...Nothing like the Sun
Sting - Ten Summoners Tales
Thompson Twins - Into the Gap
Huey Lewis & The News - Fore!
Vangelis - Voices
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Norah Jones - Not too Late
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
Deacon Blue - When the World Knows Your Name
 
In no particular order:

U2-Unforgettable fire
Faithless- Reverence
Led Zeppelin- II
Soul II soul - Volume III just right
The who-Who's next
Bob Marley & the wailers - Exodus
Tears for fears- Songs from the big chair
David Bowie-Scary monsters
Pink floyd - Darkside of the moon
Fleetwood Mac- Tusk
 
Tracy Chapmen - Tracy Chapman
The Joshua Tree - U2
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Rum Sodomy and the Lash - The Pogues
Don't Shoot me I'm only the piano player - Elton John
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John
Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf

Tens not enough really, and tomorrow it might be a different list :)
 
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