My interests are a bit varied. Here are my 10, in random order.

> Miles Davis, Kind of Blue - the greatest jazz album of all time; I love the beginning to So What

> ZZTop, Fandango - a true Texas rockin' album, the b-side recorded live is lots of fun

> Joe Ely, Live at Liberty Lunch - what a show he put on for years, David Grissom's guitar solo work on Row of Dominoes is just terrific

> REM, Murmur - such a change for rock & roll, just when we needed it; no lyrics, just cool mumbles

> Hiromi, Brain - absolutely creative jazz piano, she's amazing

> Clash, London Calling - deservedly one of the greatest rock albums of all time, varies punk to rock to ska to you name it

> Terry Callier, Time Peace - after years of artistry he creates this masterpiece of social awareness and vibes

> Pharoah Sanders, Message from Home - he's always mixed unconventional sounds with his blasting sax, here he brings in African rhythms and even rap

> Henry Kaiser & David Lindley, A World Out of Time - they went to Madagascar and hit the clubs, recording the best of the local artists; mix of traditional and modern, so cool

> Jean-Luc Ponty, Taste for Passion - a bit fusion-y but an ethereal sound of jazz that I enjoy

I've given this some thought and still can't decide. Could maybe narrow it down to 50 or 30.

maroon barchetta said:

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I've given this some thought and still can't decide. Could maybe narrow it down to 50 or 30.

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I agree, I still haven't been able to get going here.

LIke, with Snowdog's list (or not like), I would want to put just one Rush album on there, but which one? Same with Floyd. Today, since it's the 45th anniversary, and I love it, I would go with Animals. But over the Wall or Dark Side? And then with The Beatles, forget it. Same with one Stones record.

Zep is marginally easier, going with Physical Graffiti.

Tough to put anything in from this century that eclipses the above artists, though the last thing I dialed up on Spotify was Kids by MGMT, and before that The Strokes. But not putting their Is This It over say, Aerosmith's Rocks album or Appetite for Destruction. Whole other level. Well, I would consider putting QOTSA's Songs for the Deaf, that thing smokes, beginning to end.

If it's the albums I have listened to all the way through the most times, that I just couldn't stop listening to when I got them, it's a little easier but still a crowded field.

It was a near coin flip for me on which QOTSA album to include, went with Lullabies to Paralyze over Songs for the Deaf. I don't think you can go wrong with either, and my preference likely changes depending on when you ask me the question!

Kind of in order. Maybe.
Favorite albums to turn on & listen the whole way through.
Led Zeppelin II
Pink Floyd- Animals
Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy
Pink Floyd- The Final Cut
Led Zeppelin IV
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd- The Wall
Led Zeppelin- Presence
Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti
Robert Earl Keen- Live at the Ryman (do live albums count? if not, A Bigger Piece of Sky or Gingo Honeymoon)
Shoot. If live albums count, I have to find a spot for
Led Zeppelin- How the West Was Won

As someone who spent high school and college in the 70s I've got to go with Frampton Comes Alive. I think everyone I knew back in the day had that double album. In retrospect it was incredibly overrated.

Clearly an outlier here:

In no order

Purple Rain
Erotica
Violator
Soundtrack of Magnolia (Aimee Mann)
Medusa
Listen Without Prejudice
Play

INXS - Kick
GnR - Appetite
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Black Crowes - Shake Your Moneymaker
Rush - Moving Pictures
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Boston - Boston
Van Halen - Van Halen
Prince - Sign O The Times
Beastie Boys - License to Ill

Aust Ag said:

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maroon barchetta said:

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I've given this some thought and still can't decide. Could maybe narrow it down to 50 or 30.

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I agree, I still haven't been able to get going here.

LIke, with Snowdog's list (or not like), I would want to put just one Rush album on there, but which one? Same with Floyd. Today, since it's the 45th anniversary, and I love it, I would go with Animals. But over the Wall or Dark Side? And then with The Beatles, forget it. Same with one Stones record.

Zep is marginally easier, going with Physical Graffiti.

Tough to put anything in from this century that eclipses the above artists, though the last thing I dialed up on Spotify was Kids by MGMT, and before that The Strokes. But not putting their Is This It over say, Aerosmith's Rocks album or Appetite for Destruction. Whole other level. Well, I would consider putting QOTSA's Songs for the Deaf, that thing smokes, beginning to end.

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Give rankingengine.pubmeeple.com a try. Make your album list, then the site presents them 2 at a time. Pick your favorite between the two. After several dozen comparisons, you've got a fully ranked list. Easy peasy, no cost.

Oh cool, that's a neat mechanism.

Nirvana - Nevermind
Jars of Clay - If I Left the Zoo
Led Zeppelin IV
The Clash - London Calling
Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
Alice in Chains - Dirt
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Blink 182 - Enema of the State
Led Zeppelin II

*Honorable Mention*
Led Zeppelin (one)
Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin III
Physical Graffiti

This was the "top of my head list." Somehow didn't even include:

Dark Side of the Moon
Petty - Full Moon Fever
Joshua Tree
Metallica (can't decide which)
The Clash - Combat Rock
Beatles - Please Please Me

Ag 11 said:

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Kind of in order. Maybe.
Favorite albums to turn on & listen the whole way through.
Led Zeppelin II
Pink Floyd- Animals
Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy
Pink Floyd- The Final Cut
Led Zeppelin IV
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd- The Wall
Led Zeppelin- Presence
Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti
Robert Earl Keen- Live at the Ryman (do live albums count? if not, A Bigger Piece of Sky or Gingo Honeymoon)
Shoot. If live albums count, I have to find a spot for
Led Zeppelin- How the West Was Won

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Did we just become best friends?

Man, so hard to stick to 10. There are some that are great feats in album making, in terms of sound, studio experimentation, and cohesiveness. An album like Boston's debut is nearly flawless in all of those aspects, but it isn't one I put on all the time and listen all the way through.

So going with ones that I come back to time and time again and listen through the whole way:

OK Computer-Radiohead
Kid A-Radiohead
Alive 2007-Daft Punk
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea-Neutral Milk Hotel
Abbey Road
Endtroducing-DJ Shadow
Sunday at the Village Vanguard-Bill Evans
It's a Shame about Ray-Lemonheads
Maiden Voyage-Herbie Hancock
Yield-Pearl Jam (slept on this album for 20 years, just recently got into it, IMO them at their very best)


Wait: Wildflowers-Tom Petty and Stop Making Sense-Talking Heads have to be on there too. That's ok if your top ten has twelve.

Sure, I'll bump a thread from 2.5 years ago

The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me - Brand New
MmHmm - Relient K
Psalms II - Shane and Shane
Yourself or Someone Like You - Matchbox Twenty
Lost in the Sound of Separation - Underoath
Light Grenades - Incubus
Double Live - Garth Brooks
My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy - Kanye
Unplugged - Nirvana
blink-182 - blink-182

Interesting that you aren't the first one on this thread to put Light Grenades. Curious why yall rank that over Morning View, A Crow Left of the Murder, or Make Yourself.

My current list:

1. Abbey Road - The Beatles
2. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
3. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
4. Animals - Pink Floyd
5. Fair Warning - Van Halen
6. Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution
7. IV - Led Zeppelin
8. Amorica - The Black Crowes
9. Dirt - Alice In Chains
10. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks

1. Kill Em All - Metallica
2. Master of Puppets -Metallica
3. Cowboys from Hell- Pantera
4. Reputation- Taylor Swift
5. 1989 - Taylor Swift
6. Midnights - Taylor Swift
7. Lover - Taylor Swift
8. TTPD - Taylor Swift
9. The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
10. Painkiller - Judas Priest

Kill 'Em All is my favorite Metallica album.

Know Your Enemy said:

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My current list:

1. Abbey Road - The Beatles
2. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
3. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
4. Animals - Pink Floyd
5. Fair Warning - Van Halen
6. Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution
7. IV - Led Zeppelin
8. Amorica - The Black Crowes
9. Dirt - Alice In Chains
10. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks

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Cliff.Booth said:

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When Taylor does a Metallica cover album you're going to lose your mind.

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I'm a big fan of metal Taylor covers

I prevail set that trend with blank space. I think a few metal heads would actually like them out a lot.

Lathspell said:

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Interesting that you aren't the first one on this thread to put Light Grenades. Curious why yall rank that over Morning View, A Crow Left of the Murder, or Make Yourself.

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Literally every Incubus album (well, Science through Light Grenades) are within tenths of points to me. I guess I like the cohesion of LG more? Or it's the flavor of the week

Aggie Therapist said:

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Cliff.Booth said:

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When Taylor does a Metallica cover album you're going to lose your mind.

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I'm a big fan of metal Taylor covers

I prevail set that trend with blank space. I think a few metal heads would actually like them out a lot.

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Our Last Night's cover of Blank Space is perfect.
All of Alex Melton's covers are perfect

I'm a huge Alex Melton fan.

His reharmonizing of songs is incredible. Not to mention his "If Fade to Black was performed by Blink-182" type of videos