Surfer Rosa - Pixies Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Horses - Patti Smith Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys Purple Rain -Prince and The Revolution
Arrival - Abba Hunky Dory - David Bowie Hamburger Concerto - Focus Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan Level 42 - Level 42
Camembert Electrique - Gong Jazzfunk - Incognito Scheherazade and Other Stories - Reniassance New Gold Dream - Simple Minds Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti - Squeeze
London Calling - The Clash Caught You - Steel Pulse Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello & The Attractions The Young Picnickers - The Pearlfishers Post to Wire - Richmond Fontaine
I just love the music threads and am still yet to whittle my favourite songs down in order to contribute to the desert island discs thread.
But what are your favourite music albums? I was thinking that we could all vote for our top five music albums and after a while I could present the results if we have enough and there are multiple votes for the same records.
I think the rules should be that if more than five are listed by one voter, the top five will be counted and no greatest hits compilations.
Over to anyone else who wants to vote while I think over what mine are...
I like your idea Addick in SW16. I'm just thinking we could play this like a knock out competition where albums are drawn against each other until there is only one left.
Stone Roses--Stone Roses The Light at the End of the Tunnel-The Damned The Best of OMD-OMD The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle-Sex Pistols Definitely Maybe-Oasis Urban Hymns-Verve
The River - Bruce Springsteen Aladdin Sane - David Bowie Transformer - Lou Reed Parallel Lines - Blondie Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon & Garfunkel
I have read that digital music has hastened the demise of listening to whole albums so it is interesting that many of you still seem to do this. I must admit I no longer often do, so these are the albums which seem timeless to me and where I wouldn't skip any tracks
1. Urban Hymns - The Verve 2. London, 1986 - Talk Talk 3. Here Come the Noisemakers - Bruce Hornsby 4.Moontan - Golden Earring 5. Lost in the Dream - The War on Drugs
and just behind them, Argus/Wishbone Ash, Saturday Morning Pictures/Stray, Caravanserai/Santana, and Who's Next.
The Band - The Band Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout Bryter Later - Nick Drake Born Sandy Devotional - The Triffids Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Albums. Now thats a word going out of fashion. Takes me back to when going to buy an album was a big event because of the cost. The excitement of walking home with it tucked under the arm. Those were the days so I make my selection from way back when. Piper at the Gates of Dawn- Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin 2 - Led Zeppelin Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Arthur Brown In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson. Then Play On - Fleetwood Mac
I just love the music threads and am still yet to whittle my favourite songs down in order to contribute to the desert island discs thread.
But what are your favourite music albums? I was thinking that we could all vote for our top five music albums and after a while I could present the results if we have enough and there are multiple votes for the same records.
I think the rules should be that if more than five are listed by one voter, the top five will be counted and no greatest hits compilations.
Over to anyone else who wants to vote while I think over what mine are...
I like your idea Addick in SW16. I'm just thinking we could play this like a knock out competition where albums are drawn against each other until there is only one left.
Ahh, so like an FA Cup style draw with albums facing each other 1v1 and people voting like we do for cover to cover?
Albums. Now thats a word going out of fashion. Takes me back to when going to buy an album was a big event because of the cost. The excitement of walking home with it tucked under the arm. Those were the days so I make my selection from way back when. Piper at the Gates of Dawn- Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin 2 - Led Zeppelin Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Arthur Brown In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson. Then Play On - Fleetwood Mac
Yep. Remember you spinning some of them on your folks' stereogram. Deep Purple in Rock didnt make the cut, then ? :-)
It changes a lot: Radiohead: Hail to the Thief Sufjan Stevens: Illinois Sigur Ros: Tak... Explosions in the Sky: The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place Olafur Arnalds (w/ Arnor Dan): For Now I Am Winter
Honorable mentions/albums that would have made the list in recent years: Morning Glory, The Masterplan, Kid A, Third Eye Blind (s/t), Howl (BRMC), The Last Broadcast, Wish you were Here, Asleep in the Back, Those Who Tell the Truth (EITS), Dark Side of the Moon, Pedestrian Verse, Forget the Night Ahead, Kveikur, Urban Hymns, Carrie and Lowell, The Avalanche (both Sufjan Stevens), 1989
I just love the music threads and am still yet to whittle my favourite songs down in order to contribute to the desert island discs thread.
But what are your favourite music albums? I was thinking that we could all vote for our top five music albums and after a while I could present the results if we have enough and there are multiple votes for the same records.
I think the rules should be that if more than five are listed by one voter, the top five will be counted and no greatest hits compilations.
Over to anyone else who wants to vote while I think over what mine are...
I like your idea Addick in SW16. I'm just thinking we could play this like a knock out competition where albums are drawn against each other until there is only one left.
Okay, I 'll continue to collect album names on here and will develop a knock out competition. I was determined that my geeky side wouldn't come out, but it's too late now.
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Rockin' the Fillmore. Humble Pie
One quiet night. Pat Metheny
Flying in a blue dream. Joe Satriani.
Alien love secrets. Steve Vai
Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Horses - Patti Smith
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
Purple Rain -Prince and The Revolution
Arrival - Abba
Hunky Dory - David Bowie
Hamburger Concerto - Focus
Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan
Level 42 - Level 42
Camembert Electrique - Gong
Jazzfunk - Incognito
Scheherazade and Other Stories - Reniassance
New Gold Dream - Simple Minds
Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti - Squeeze
Fisherman's Blues - Waterboys
Passenger - Lisa Hannigan
Gorgeous George - Edwyn Collins
Wrecking Ball - Emmylou Harris
Caught You - Steel Pulse
Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
The Young Picnickers - The Pearlfishers
Post to Wire - Richmond Fontaine
The animal years- Josh Ritter
Hunky Dory-Bowie
Heart of Saturday night- Tom Waits
As I sat sadly- Nick Cave
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Nervermind - Nirvana
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Screamadelica - Primal Scream
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Time & Tide - Split Enz
Black & White - The Stranglers
Different Kitchen - Buzzcocks
Mott - Mott the Hoople
so many more, but this will do for me
The Light at the End of the Tunnel-The Damned
The Best of OMD-OMD
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle-Sex Pistols
Definitely Maybe-Oasis
Urban Hymns-Verve
Loads more, so difficult to choose.
Aladdin Sane - David Bowie
Transformer - Lou Reed
Parallel Lines - Blondie
Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon & Garfunkel
1. Urban Hymns - The Verve
2. London, 1986 - Talk Talk
3. Here Come the Noisemakers - Bruce Hornsby
4.Moontan - Golden Earring
5. Lost in the Dream - The War on Drugs
and just behind them, Argus/Wishbone Ash, Saturday Morning Pictures/Stray, Caravanserai/Santana, and Who's Next.
Steve McQueen - Prefab Sprout
Bryter Later - Nick Drake
Born Sandy Devotional - The Triffids
Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Piper at the Gates of Dawn- Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin 2 - Led Zeppelin
Crazy World of Arthur Brown - Arthur Brown
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson.
Then Play On - Fleetwood Mac
Although I might have What's Going On, or a Stevie Wonder in there. And I'm partial to 3 ft High and Rising.
And African Dub Chapter 3 will be number one when I'm in that sort of a mood.
And Bowie's Low. Pet Sounds? (Definitely)
And the Ramones 1st album.
I actually don't think I could come up with a top 5.
Might try over next few days.
Dark Side of the Moon
Hotel California
Trick of the Tail
Rumours
Beatles - Sgt Pepper
Dylan - Highway 61
Stones - Exiles
Pavement - Crooked Rain
Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
And about 500 others.
Led Zeppelin 2 - Led Zeppelin
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Fire & Water - Free
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Document - REM
Let Me Come Over - Buffalo Tom
Low Life - New Order
Doolittle - The Pixies
But ask me tomorrow, I'll probably come up with a different five!
History - America.
Time Passages - Al Stewart.
Deadwing - Porcupine tree.
Circus - Argent
Gutter Ballet - Savatage
Radiohead: Hail to the Thief
Sufjan Stevens: Illinois
Sigur Ros: Tak...
Explosions in the Sky: The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
Olafur Arnalds (w/ Arnor Dan): For Now I Am Winter
Honorable mentions/albums that would have made the list in recent years:
Morning Glory, The Masterplan, Kid A, Third Eye Blind (s/t), Howl (BRMC), The Last Broadcast, Wish you were Here, Asleep in the Back, Those Who Tell the Truth (EITS), Dark Side of the Moon, Pedestrian Verse, Forget the Night Ahead, Kveikur, Urban Hymns, Carrie and Lowell, The Avalanche (both Sufjan Stevens), 1989
The Bends
Funeral
Daisies of the Galaxy
Nevermind
Grace by Jeff Buckley.