Top 10 Albums of All Time

[Hitman Horton]

Originally Posted by bipbop13

I would expect nothing less.

[Bronson13]

Okay I slept on it and I think I have my actual Top 20.

1. The Beatles- Abbey Road
2. The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
3. The Beatles- Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
4. The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground and Nico
5. Nirvana- Nevermind
6. The Beatles- Revolver
7. The Beatles- The Beatles (The White Album)
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Stadium Arcadium
9. Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
10. John Lennon- John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
11. The Beatles- Magical Mystery Tour
12. Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited
13. The Beatles- Rubber Soul
14. Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti
15. Kendrick Lamar- Damn
16. Nirvana- In Utero
17. Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water
18. The Beach Boys- Smile
19. The Beatles- Let It Be
20. Kanye West- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

And this is subject to change. As you can see it changed from my previous lists. Thoughts on this one?

[Hitman Horton]

I could never create a top ten or twenty list of my favourite albums. It's impossible. These are ten albums I can turn to any time and enjoy them. My list already has two changes from when I originally wrote it out five minutes ago. Here they are in no particular order along with a bit about why I like them.

1. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Beethoven's Last Night. An amazing story told by way of amazing music. Fate comes to Beethoven to tell him he will die tonight. He spends the night looking back at his life. A very brief description.

2. Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock N Roll While everyone else was singing about partying and getting laid, Dee Snider had something to say. I Am (I'm Me) changed my life forever. I promised myself if I ever met him, I'd thank him for those words. A promise I've fulfilled.

3. Kiss - Destroyer A real departure for them at the time. That's why I like it. Beth was a massive hit but there's a whole lot more to this album than that.

4. Donna Lewis - Now In A Minute Just a girl and her synthesizer and it's captivating. She sings so quietly at times she's almost whispering. Everybody can relate to the song "Silent World." Check it out.

5. Cyndi Lauper - Hat Full Of Stars Not one of her best known albums but it's my favourite. A lot of music and a lot of variety. Her voice is one of the best and she can sing pretty much any style. She proves it here.

6. Amanda Marshall - Everybody's Got A Story Powerful singer-songwriter from Canada. Songs about love, friendships breaking up over a man, racism approached in a very different way, a drunken night out etc. Great stories.

7. Guns 'N Roses - Appetite For Destruction. Right in the middle of the Glam era came this album that rocked the world and achieved a legendary status that it definitely deserves.

8. Alice Cooper - From The Inside Alice entered a psychiatric hospital to get sober. This album, co-written by Bernie Taupen, was the result. Alice says each song is about a different person he met "on the inside." There is not another album like it out there.

9. Metallica - Metallica I'm on the "love it" side of this debate. The songs are better written and the production is top notch. There's a reason it still sells today.

10. Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA From the title track to My Hometown this album is amazing. That's really all I need to say.

[stvn1974]

01 Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
02 Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
03 Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
04 Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
05 Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
06 The Velvet Underground and Nico
07 The Beatles - Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
08 The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
09 Neil Young - On The Beach
10 The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat

11 Slayer - Reign In Blood
12 Metallica - Ride The Lightning
13 Metallica - Master Of Puppets
14 Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
15 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
16 Black Sabbath - Sabotage
17 Led Zeppelin - Presence
18 Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
19 King Crimson - Lizard
20 Yes - Fragile
21 Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
22 Yes - The Yes Album
23 King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
24 Pink Floyd - Animals
25 The Beatles - Abbey Road

[Steelmaker]

This is in no particular order and I really tried to limit it to one album per artist. However this is a pretty accurate list of what I would consider my top 10 favorite albums.

[Hitman Horton]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

This is in no particular order and I really tried to limit it to one album per artist. However this is a pretty accurate list of what I would consider my top 10 favorite albums.

Awesome list. I own every one of those too.

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by Hitman Horton

Awesome list. I own every one of those too.

Thanks. Yeah honestly, there are several others I could easily substitute. I could easily do an 11-20, which would probably easier for me than 1-10.

[Vampire Hotel]

1. The Replacements - Tim
2. The Afghan Whigs - Black Love
3. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
4. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
5. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
6. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
7. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
8. The Clash - London Calling
9. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
10. Tricky - Maxinquaye

[evilive]

I've never really put much time and thought into my top 10 albums. Mostly due to the fact that my music tastes have always shifted around, but settled mostly in punk. So I guess this is a rough list of some albums I enjoy from different genres.

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[Show spoiler]Middle Class -Homeland
Belgrado -Obraz
X -Under the Big Black Sun
The Gun Club -Miami
Saccharine Trust -Paganicons
Siouxsie and the Banshees -Juju
The Flesh Eaters -A Minute To Pray, A Second To Die
Napalm Death -Scum
Danzig -Danzig 4p
Johnny Cash -At Folsom Prison

[HotRats]

Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Lou Reed - Berlin
Roger Waters - Amused To Death
Zappa - Joe's Garage
Roky Erickson - The Evil One
Joe Hisaishi - Kikujiro
Judie Tzuke - Shoot The Moon
ELO - Out Of The Blue
Ashra - Blackouts

[Slob]

My ten favorite. I do not consider them the ten best.

Mott The Hoople-All The Young Dudes
Blue Oyster Cult-Tyranny and Mutation
Neil Young-Harvest
Who-Quadrophenia
Genesis-Trick of the Tail
Nazareth-Rampant
Led Zeppelin-Houses of the Holy
Rolling Stones-Goats Head Soup
Humble Pie-Smokin'
T Rex-Electric Warrior

and one to grow on
Rory Gallagher-Tattoo

[C.A. Hall]

I'm 100% certain about the top 3, but the rest may or may not be true.

1. my bloody valentine - loveless
2. cocteau twins - treasure
3. danny brown - atrocity exhibition
a tribe called quest - the low end theory
joy division - unknown pleasures
scott walker - the drift
sonic youth - washing machine
the beach boys - pet sounds
the notorious b.i.g. - ready to die
the velvet underground - the velvet underground & nico

[Bronson13]

Originally Posted by C.A. Hall

I'm 100% certain about the top 3, but the rest may or may not be true.

1. my bloody valentine - loveless
2. cocteau twins - treasure
3. danny brown - atrocity exhibition
a tribe called quest - the low end theory
joy division - unknown pleasures
scott walker - the drift
sonic youth - washing machine
the beach boys - pet sounds
the notorious b.i.g. - ready to die
the velvet underground - the velvet underground & nico

How great is Pet Sounds?!? When I first listened to it I was in literal shock at how good it was. When it was over I just sat there for 10 minutes in amazement.

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by Bronson13

How great is Pet Sounds?!? When I first listened to it I was in literal shock at how good it was. When it was over I just sat there for 10 minutes in amazement.

A truly ahead of it's time album! Amazing that it was released to middling reviews at the time. The public just wasn't ready for that record! They were expecting Little Deuce Coup part 2.

[Bronson13]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

A truly ahead of it's time album! Amazing that it was released to middling reviews at the time. The public just wasn't ready for that record! They were expecting Little Deuce Coup part 2.

Exactly before I listened to it all I knew by The Beach Boys was Surfin USA and I Get Around. You know stuff like that.

That is Brian Wilson’s album. It’s just a shame that worthless member by the name of Mike Love just wanted to stick with the surf formula and didn’t want to experiment like Brian did. Then the Beatles just passed them up and the rest was history. It’s a shame Smile never got released in 67. I truly believe if Brian Wilson got his way The Beach Boys would be a top 3 band of all time instead of a top 15 band. Unfortunate.

[C.A. Hall]

ALTERNATE

bjork - vespertine
brian eno - before and after science
burzum - hvis lyset tar oss
grouper - dragging a dead deer up a hill
john carpenter - halloween
nas - illmatic
ol' dirty bastard - return to the 36 chambers
sunn o))) - black one
talking heads - remain in light
westside gunn - supreme blientele

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by Bronson13

Exactly before I listened to it all I knew by The Beach Boys was Surfin USA and I Get Around. You know stuff like that.

That is Brian Wilson’s album. It’s just a shame that worthless member by the name of Mike Love just wanted to stick with the surf formula and didn’t want to experiment like Brian did. Then the Beatles just passed them up and the rest was history. It’s a shame Smile never got released in 67. I truly believe if Brian Wilson got his way The Beach Boys would be a top 3 band of all time instead of a top 15 band. Unfortunate.

Smile is inferior to Pet Sounds, but oh my god, Brian Wilson's vocals on "Surfs Up" makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up!

[Bronson13]

Originally Posted by Steelmaker

Smile is inferior to Pet Sounds, but oh my god, Brian Wilson's vocals on "Surfs Up" makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up!

Oh I agree but it would have been another legendary album in their discography. Now they literally only have one legendary album and a couple of good albums and ALOT of duds unfortunately.

[Levon]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

01 Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
02 Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
03 Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
04 Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
05 Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
06 The Velvet Underground and Nico
07 The Beatles - Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
08 The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
09 Neil Young - On The Beach
10 The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat

11 Slayer - Reign In Blood
12 Metallica - Ride The Lightning
13 Metallica - Master Of Puppets
14 Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
15 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
16 Black Sabbath - Sabotage
17 Led Zeppelin - Presence
18 Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
19 King Crimson - Lizard
20 Yes - Fragile
21 Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
22 Yes - The Yes Album
23 King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
24 Pink Floyd - Animals
25 The Beatles - Abbey Road

With you being such a huge Dylan fan I would have expected to see a few Band albums in there.

[stvn1974]

Originally Posted by Levon

With you being such a huge Dylan fan I would have expected to see a few Band albums in there.

I love the Basement Tapes and the first two The Band albums. If I expanded my list to 50 it would include those three albums and a whole lotta Grateful Dead.