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You top 10 (ish) favourite albums.

My first stab (excluding classical) would be:

Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound of Thunder
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
Metallica - S&M
Marillion - Clutching at Straws (or Seasons End)
Chris Rea - Road to Hell
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Aha - Headlines and Deadlines
Peter Frampton - Frampton comes alive
Bryan Adams - Reckless
Joe Satriani - The Extremist
Steve Vai - Passion and Warfae
 
Pink Floyd - the wall
Led zep - II
Led zep - IV
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells ( 1973 version)
Emerson Lake and Palmer - Pictures at an exhibition.
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge over troubled water
Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park
Rick Wakeman - Journey to the center of the earth
Rod Stewart - Every Pictures tells a story
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust

(Bugger thats 10. I was just getting into the swing of this :D)
 
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the *******s here's the Sex Pistols
Replicas - Tubeway Army
Air - Moon Safari
Herbert von Karajan - Symphony No. 9, Beethoven
Kraftwerk - Computer World
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
Chicane - Behind the Sun
Bent - Programmed to Love
Various Artists - A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector
 
not in order

rhcp - blood sugar sex magic
pearl jam - ten
bush - sixteen stone
Counting Crows -August and Everything After
Audioslave - Audioslave
White Lies - to lose my life
Live - Throwing Copper
RATM - Rage against the machine
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Faith no more - Angel Dust
 
in no particular order....


Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Megadeth - So Far, So Good...So What!
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Offspring - Smash
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Public Enemy - Yo! Bum Rush The Show
Clutch - Blast Tyrant
Michael Jackson - Thriller
 
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Animals
Thin Lizzy - Live and dangerous
Metallica - Ride the lightning
Led Zep - IV
Led Zep - II
Metallica - Load
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Rainbow - Rainbow Rising

Bit of a 70's rocker. So many more I could have picked but according to itunes these are my most listened to.
 
Therapy? - Trouble Gum
Metallica - Master of puppets
The Wildhearts - Earth V's the Wildhearts
The Fuzztones - Lysergic Emanations
New Model Army - Thunder and Consolation
New Model Army - The Ghost of Cain
The Foo Fighters - The Colour and The Shape
The Cult - Love
The Cult - Dreamtime
Pearl Jam - Ten
 
No particular order.
ELO - Out of The Blue
UFO - No Place to Run
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Peter Gabriel - (1st album)
Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch
Jeff Wayne - War of the Worlds
AC/DC - Back in Black
Cozy Powell - Tilt
ELO - A New World Record
Pink Floyd - Pulse
 
Rising-Rainbow out on its own as number one, then in no particular order

Heaven and Hell-Black Sabbath
Machine Head-Deep Purple
The Number Of The Beast-Iron Maiden
Argus-Wishbone Ash
Unleashed In The East-Judas Priest
Highway To Hell-AC/DC
Appetite For Destruction-Guns N Roses
The Crossing-Big Country
Born To Run-Bruce Springsteen
 
In no particular order

Radiohead - The Bends
Alison Krauss & Union Station - New Favorite
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
Soundgarden - Superunkown
The The - Infected
Peter Gabriel - So
Mozart - Great Mass in C minor - John Elliot Gardner
Ralph Vaughn Williams - Tallis Fantasia - Neville Mariner
Placebo - Meds
Lamb - Lamb

A bit of a mixture, but these represent my favourites from the genres I tend to listen to.
 
In no particular order.

Nick Lowe - The Convincer
Dire Straits - Alchemy Live
Michelle Shocked - Short Sharp Shock
Notting Hillbillies - Missing Presumed Having A Good Time
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl
Elvis Presley - Back In Memphis
Elvis Presley - Elvis Is Back
Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Bee Gees - One Night Only
Starsailor - Love Is Here
 
no particular order

led zep physical graffiti
rush moving pictures
rush a show of hands
mike oldfield 5 miles out
enya shepherd moons
enya watermark
pink floyd pulse
david gilmour remember that night
genesis then there were three
phil collins hits ( pretty much anything he's done )
 
This changes daily, and in no particular order ...

Ricochet - Tangerine Dream
Encore - Tangerine Dream
Logos - Tangerine Dream
Siren - Redshift
Ether - Redshift
Arcturus - Arc
Music for 18 musicians - Steve Reich
Liege and Lief - Fairport Convention
Real to reel - Marillion, for the towering rendition of Forgotten sons
Number of the beast - Iron Maiden

The first six above might give the hint I am quite fond of the sound of the old Moog modulars and the 960 module.

Ten that didn't quite make it:
Suzanne Vega (eponymous first album)
Hounds of love - Kate Bush
Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche
Selling England by the pound - Genesis
Live at Hammersmith volumes 1&2 - The Enid
Sheer heart attack - Queen
Assasin - Mark Shreeve
I want to see the bright lights tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Home and away - Clive Gregson & Christine Collister
Moonwind - Wavestar
Pressure points (live) - Camel

Ok, maybe that's a few more than 10 :naughty:
 
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
Jeff Wayne - War of the Worlds
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Dire Straits - Alchemy
Alan Parsons Project - Turn of a Friendly Card
The Beatles - With the Beatles
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Peter Gabriel - So
U2 - The Joshua Tree
 
  • Massive Attack - Mezzanine
  • Massive Attack - 100th Window
  • Audioslave - Audioslave
  • Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
  • Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
  • Radiohead - Ok Computer
  • Radiohead - In Rainbows
  • Muse - Origin of Symmetry
  • Lodger - HiFi High, Lights Down Low
  • The Decemberists - Picaresque

Though they don't contain some of my all time favourite tracks, those are the albums that I still listen through start to finish.
 
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fabs said:
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
Jeff Wayne - War of the Worlds
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Dire Straits - Alchemy
Alan Parsons Project - Turn of a Friendly Card
The Beatles - With the Beatles
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Peter Gabriel - So
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Click to expand...

Oh, and an honourable mention for REM - Automatic for the People
 
Many of those above would get on there - just one to add

Appetite for destruction - Guns and Roses
 
In no particular order:

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Emerson Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Mark Knopfler - Kill To Get Crimson
Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
Supertramp - Crisis What Crisis
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Lehnerd Skinnerd
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Neil Diamond - Tap Root Manuscript
Queen - A Night At The Opera

Methinks this shows my age :)
 
Some great suggestions coming up. Plenty I wish I had thought of (Joshua Tree for example) plus plenty I haven't heard of. Some of them I will have to investigate.
 
War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne
Axix Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix
Cricklewood Green - Ten years After
Tomorrow Belongs To Me - Sensational Alex Harvey Band
The Yes Album - Yes
Songs from The Wood - Jethro Tull
Swing When We're Winning - Robbie Williams
Blood On Tracks - Bob Dylan
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Stupidity - Dr Feelgood
 
Oh wow there's so many on here I've not heard for ages - really need to up date my music collection with some of the oldies that I've had in years gone by.

I'm not sure I could stick to just 10
 
No particular order, I could never rank these!

Green Day - Dookie
Alkaline Trio - From Here to Infirmary
Alkaline Trio - Crimson
Iron Maiden - Dance of Death
John Mayer - Continuum
Sonny Landreth - From The Reach
Goo Goo Dolls - Gutterflower
Vintage Trouble - Bomb Shelter Sessions
Shakira - Laundry Service
Shakira - Oral Fixation volume 1
 
we seem to have quite alot of prog rock fans its right up my street,
my top ten are

pink floyd -pulse
eagles - hotal california
eric clapton -24 nights
gary moore -blues and ballards
the who - quadraphenia
rod stewart - unplugged and seated
amy winehouse - back to black
hall and oates - greatest hits
Dire Straits - Alchemy
stray cats - greatest hits (any rockabilly music)
 
Magma, Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
Manual Gottersching, E2- E4
King Crimson, In the Wake of Poseidon.
Can, Tago Mago
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Trout Mask Replica.
Brainticket, Cottonwood Hill
Phillip Glass, Akhnaten
Mike Oldfield, The Songs of Distant Earth
David Sylvian Brilliant Trees
Velvet Underground and Nico, Debut album of the same name.
 
Well I suppose anything by Bolan, but here is a good example of my likes reduced to ten.
The last one has some great tracks, and some I don't like, but should represent other compilations too, as this has no Lynard Skynard, Golden Earing or David Bowie on it.
 Electric Warrior T,Rex
 Never Mind The Horlicks Sex Pistols
 The Clash The Clash
 Gibson Brothers Greatist Hits Gibson Brothers
 The Complete John’s Children John’s Children
 5 Miles Out Mike Oldfield
 Bio Chuck Berry
 Makin’ Movies Dire Straits
 The Children Of Rarn Suite Marc Bolan with Viscionti arrangement
 World's Best Dad: 40 Ultimate Rock Classics
 
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What's all this Pink Floyd stuff BTW?...... BOF's



















:exit: :p
 
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
BT - ESCM
Crystal Castles - II
The Decemberists - Picaresque
Four Tet - Rounds
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# Infinity
Leftfield - Leftism
The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun

Tough leaving some out....top quality albums all of them though.
 
This is hard!

DJ Shadow - Entroducing
David Holmes - Let's Get Killed
Portishead debut album
Turin Brakes - Ether Song
Martha Tilston - Of Milkmaids and Architects
Metallica - Black album
Stone Roses debut
New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Pigeonhole
Goldie - Timeless
Tricky - Maxinquaye
 
Here's mine.....

Black Sunday: Cypress Hill
100% Colombian: Fun Lovin' Criminals
Hand Built By Robots: Newton Faulkner
Timeless: Goldie
Use Your Illusion 1: Guns n' Roses
Significant Other: Limp Bizkit
The Fat of the Land: The Prodigy
Black Album: Metallica
Are You Gonna Go My Way: Lenny Kravitz
Superunknown: Soundgarden

A couple of "nearly made its" are The Great Southern Trendkill by Pantera, and P.H.U.Q by the Wildhearts.....oh, and Renegades by Rage Against The Machine!! (y)
 
surely you can't have compilation albums in this list!! That goes against the whole point of an album
 
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