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post #1 of 44
2/18/10 at 12:26am
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What are yours? In no particular order, mine are as follows:

Billy Joel: 52nd Street
Queen: A Night At The Opera
Yes: The Yes Album
Kansas: Leftoverture
Boston: Self titled
Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Van Halen: Self titled
Seal: 2nd Album
Adam and the Ants: Kings of the Wild frontier
Dream Theater: Images and Words

Honorable mentions: Styx:The Grand Illusion, Maroon 5: Songs About Jane, Jellyfish: Spilt Milk, Gentle Giant: Octopus
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post #2 of 44
2/18/10 at 12:48am
Like with perfume lists, this can change daily, since I have hundreds of favorite albums
I love Adam Ant, Jellyfish, Gentle Giant and Queen btw.

Beatles - Revolver
Soundgarden Superunknown
Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes
Patrick Wolf - Wind in the Wires
Peter Hammill - ph7
Kate Bush - The Dreaming (and the Ninth Wave)
Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood
Depeche Mode - Violator
Smiths - The Queen is Dead

Havent' even scratched the surface yet
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post #3 of 44
2/18/10 at 1:27am
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Iggy Pop - Raw Power
Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (perhaps the most underrated rock album evah)
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
The Replacements - Let It Be
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
The Velvet Underground - VU And Nico
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
Nick Drake - Pink Moon

So, so many more
Pavement, Bowie, Clash, Oasis, Dylan, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Guided By Voices, Camper Van Beethoven, Uncle Tupelo, The Kinks, The Who, Libertines, etc...
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post #4 of 44
2/18/10 at 5:13am
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Here are some of my faves:

The Velvet Underground & Nico (Self-titled)
The Stone Roses (Self-titled)
Morrissey - Suedehead
Joy Division - Closer
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
Lou Reed - Transformer
Radiohead - The Bends
Kula Shaker - K
Pulp - Different Class
Iggy Pop - American Caesar


A good handful of Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Smiths, Lou Reed albums would have easily made the list as well.

EDIT: Oh yeah I missed out The Cure... I'm a fan of many of their albums...
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post #5 of 44
2/18/10 at 5:30am
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post #6 of 44
2/18/10 at 8:11am
Only rock? Boooo
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post #7 of 44
2/18/10 at 8:35am
Ohhhh that's tough.

IMO...and I know I'm missing some obvious ones...

1. Beatles - Abbey Road
2. Radiohead - OK Computer
3. Derek and the Dominos - Leyla and Other Assorted Love Songs
4. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
5. Led Zeppelin III
6. Stevie Ray Vaughan - The Sky is Crying
7. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
8. U2 - Achtung Baby
9. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
10. Wilco - The Album (yes, very recent, but it's good enough to make the top 10). Yankee Hotel Foxtrot would probably be #11.
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post #8 of 44
2/18/10 at 8:57am
These aren't necessarily the best of each group (and may I point out that I'm trying to diversify and not repeat any one group, but I've got to go with two Led albums) but they are the albums that affected me the most.

Led Zeppelin (self-titled first album)
+1 Led Zeppelin III
Pearl Jam 10
Rush Signals
Queensryche Empire
+1 Stevie Ray Vaughn The Sky is Crying
Metallica Ride the Lightning
Guns N Roses Use Your Illusion II
Theatre of Tragedy Aegis
+1 Depeche Mode Violator

Phew, ten. This is hard! Songs, or groups in general, would be much easier for me (as would broadening the spectrum beyond rock).

editing to +1 a couple and to change up my SRV; couldn't think of that title this morning!
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post #9 of 44
2/18/10 at 11:06am
1. Stones: Let It Bleed
2. U2: Unforgettable Fire
3. Roxy Music: Avalon
4. Patti Smith: Wave
5. Bruce Springsteen: Greetings from Asbury Park
6. Stones: Beggar's Banquet
7. New York Dolls: self-named
8. Beatles: Sargeant Pepper
9. Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced?
10. Stones (again and always): A Bigger Bang
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post #10 of 44
2/18/10 at 12:50pm
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Svperstar
Slipknot - Iowa
Tina Turner - Private Dancer
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Genesis - We Can't Dance
Sam Brown - Stop!
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post #11 of 44
2/18/10 at 2:58pm
Elton John - Crocadile Rock
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Supertramp - Breakfast in America
Blondie - Parallel Lines
David Bowie - Heroes
Whitesnake - Slide it In
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Metallica - Black Album
The Clash - London Calling
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post #12 of 44
2/18/10 at 4:47pm
U2: Unforgettable Fire
Tool: Aenima
Radiohead: OK Computer
Sex Pistols: Never mind...
REM: Green
Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited
Pink Floyd: Wish you were Here
Black Sabbath: Paranoid
Hendrix: Are you Experienced
Guns N Roses: Appetite for Destruction

man, there isn't enough room in ten... :P
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post #13 of 44
2/18/10 at 6:51pm
I guess I could do this

Sigur Rós - Takk
Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde
Dave Matthews - Live at Luther College
The White Birch - Star is Just a Sun
Blueneck - Scars of the Midwest
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
Deftones - White Pony
Korn - Issues
System of a Down - Toxicity
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post #14 of 44
2/18/10 at 8:15pm
1. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
2. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
3. Faith No More - Angel Dust
4. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
5. Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')
6. Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love
7. The Misfits - Walk Among Us
8. GWAR - America Must Be Destroyed
9. The Clash - Sandinista!
10. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
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post #15 of 44
2/18/10 at 10:53pm
Hex Enduction Hour - The Fall
Pink Flag - Wire
Metal Box - Public Image Limited
Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground
Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
Fork Songs - Tall Dwarfs
Jump On In - DQE
The Big Huge - The Incredible String Band
Los Angeles - X
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post #16 of 44
2/18/10 at 11:59pm
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1. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
2. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
3. Faith No More - Angel Dust
4. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
5. Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')
6. Mötley Crüe - Too Fast For Love
7. The Misfits - Walk Among Us
8. GWAR - America Must Be Destroyed
9. The Clash - Sandinista!
10. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

I feel pretty awful having excluded Zappa.

I would put Sheik Yerbouti and Tinseltown Rebellion against anything
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post #17 of 44
2/19/10 at 2:29am
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Hex Enduction Hour - The Fall
Pink Flag - Wire
Metal Box - Public Image Limited
Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground
Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
Fork Songs - Tall Dwarfs
Jump On In - DQE
The Big Huge - The Incredible String Band
Los Angeles - X

Excellent. The Kinks are so underrated. And Incredible String Band nearly forgotten beyond music freaks. A shame. Thanks also for reminding me of Fork Songs, I haven't heard that one in years (hope I can find it among my clutter). Love PIL too. And just realized I didn't have Wall of Voodoo on my list. Dark Continent & Call of the West are definitive statements of "America noir."
So much good music...
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post #18 of 44
2/19/10 at 6:42am
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I feel pretty awful having excluded Zappa.

Shame on you!
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post #19 of 44
2/19/10 at 8:55am
In no particular order . . . late 60s / 70s only.

1. Supertramp - Crime of the Century
2. The Yes Album
3. Elton - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
4. Led Zep II
5. The first Beatles album that springs to mind.
6. Cream - Disreali Gears
7. Hendrix - the one with Purple Haze & Hey Joe on it.
8. Procul Harum - A Salty Dog (may have been a live one)
9. Bowie - Hunky Dory
10. Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
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post #20 of 44
2/19/10 at 9:43am
+1 Queen- A Night At The Opera
+1 Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
U2- The Joshua Tree
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Seal - Debut Album
Led Zeppelin IV album
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Prince- Purple Rain
Sinead O'Connor - The Lion and The Cobra

Honorary mention - Billy Idol - Rebel Yell

Now who's an 80s child !
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post #21 of 44
2/19/10 at 9:59am
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Led Zeppelin (self-titled first album)

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Led Zep II

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Led Zeppelin III

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Led Zeppelin IV album

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Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy

Just wanted to point this out.
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post #22 of 44
2/19/10 at 11:02am
In no particular order, all non-greatest hits albums by The Doors, Queen, T.Rex, Roxy Music
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post #23 of 44
2/19/10 at 11:12am
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The Doors

I c a n n o t believe I missed them out. Good one KR!
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post #24 of 44
2/19/10 at 12:52pm
Jimi Hendrix shows up a lot in these lists. Despite his ferocious guitar work he had a soothing, nonchalant way of singing. And he hated his voice!

Here's a superb quality (visually speaking) clip which was recently unearthed. Really great because it also touches on the London Swinging 60s fashion trends. Jimi shows up at the 2 minute mark. Too bad the PA system had to be driven to distortion. Lots of technical limitations back then.

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post #25 of 44
2/19/10 at 1:22pm
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Just wanted to point this out.

*LOL* We all love Led Zeppelin .
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post #26 of 44
2/19/10 at 11:37pm
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Just wanted to point this out.

+1 on Purple Rain, +1 On Led Zeppelin IV.
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post #27 of 44
2/19/10 at 11:38pm
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Shame on you!

Can I interest you in a pair of zircon-encrusted tweezers?
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post #28 of 44
2/19/10 at 11:39pm
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Am I alone in that, upon reading other people's lists, my list has expanded to a top 25?
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post #29 of 44
2/19/10 at 11:58pm
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Am I alone in that, upon reading other people's lists, my list has expanded to a top 25?

Yes ! SO tempted to expand it !
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post #30 of 44
2/20/10 at 9:48am
Let's do it, man!

Rush Moving Pictures
Black Sabbath (self titled)
Ozzy Osbourne No More Tears
Stevie Ray Vaughn Couldn't Stand the Weather

Getting there....
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post #31 of 44
2/20/10 at 11:55am
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Can I interest you in a pair of zircon-encrusted tweezers?

Let me sterilize them, gimme your lighter.
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post #32 of 44
2/20/10 at 10:03pm
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Let me sterilize them, gimme your lighter.

MY BROTHER! :lol:
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post #33 of 44
2/22/10 at 8:01pm
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Just wanted to point this out.

Adding Physical Graffiti.

Its my favorite from Led Zeppelin and its definitely one of the greatest rock albums ever IMO.

Now who is going to add Presence...?
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post #34 of 44
2/23/10 at 5:43pm
Argh, got halfway through the list and unwittingly used this tab to look up an album on Wikipedia. So let's try it again. These are my favorite albums to listen to, not perhaps the "best" but the ones I enjoy the most. (Does that make sense?)

SRV - Couldn't Stand The Weather (An outstanding album with a lot of happy memories attached.)
Live - The Distance To Here (I'd take it over Throwing Copper, sue me.)
Joe Satriani - Crystal Planet (Hat tip to Strange Beautiful Music and Live In SF.)
MUSE - Absolution (Pushing the envelope in it's time.)
Linkin Park & Jay-Z - Collision Course (And I said Muse pushed the envelope? Jeez.)
Evanescence - Fallen (Perhaps the most divisive artist on this list, but you don't have to be original to be catchy.)
Eric Clapton - Unplugged (Some of this list may not be of comparative quality but I'd put this one up against anything.)
M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us (I've never claimed my musical tastes were particularly normal.)
AC/DC - Back In Black (As solid end-to-end as any classic rock album.)
N.E.R.D. - Fly Or Die (Give Pharrell of 'Neptunes' fame a rock band and this is what you get.)

Broad, eclectic, or just plain wrong, I stand by these 10.
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2/23/10 at 6:24pm
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In no particular order...

Guns & Roses - Appetite for Destruction
AC/DC - Back to Black
Van Halen - 1984
Faith No More - The Real Thing
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Helmet - Helmet
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Soundgarden - Superunknown
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post #36 of 44
2/23/10 at 7:04pm
It's interesting, I listen to a ton of rock but I'm at a loss to name specific albums, as I don't often listen to music that way.

As a good example, Origin Of Symmetry is my favorite Muse album, but I can't remember the last time I actually sat down and listened to the entire album, it just has the highest concentration of my all-time favorite Muse songs.
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post #37 of 44
2/23/10 at 8:17pm
Some items in this category:

"Grand Prix" by Teenage Fanclub
"Filligree and Shadow" by This Mortal Coil
"A Wizard, A True Star" by Todd Rundgren
"Sandinista" by The Clash
"New Values" by Iggy Pop
"Love Bomb" by The Tubes
"Low" by David Bowie
"Ambient 4" by Brian Eno
"Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" by Joni Mitchell
"Some Girls" Rolling Stones

I could add many others to this list. Fun thread. Thanks!
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post #38 of 44
2/23/10 at 8:37pm
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Eric Clapton - Unplugged

+1

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Van Halen - 1984
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

+1

Also adding Van Hagar Balance. You cannot tell me The Seventh Seal is not rockin'. If you can you need to revisit the school of hard rock.

Oh, and ajmc, yes, Presence is a great album, the hardest rocking album Zeppelin made. Achilles' Last Stand is killer. And which disc of Physical Graffiti do you prefer?
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post #39 of 44
2/23/10 at 10:15pm
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In no particular order...

Guns & Roses - Appetite for Destruction
AC/DC - Back to Black
Van Halen - 1984
Faith No More - The Real Thing
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Helmet - Helmet
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Soundgarden - Superunknown

Your list does not lead me to believe Manilow would get an honorable mention.

Some good titles here.
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post #40 of 44
2/23/10 at 11:00pm
Eh, what the hell, I'll make a list of what I listen to most in complete album form. In no order:

Fire Of Love - The Gun Club
Origin Of Symmetry - Muse
Yanqui U.X.O. - God Speed You Black Emperor
Veni Vidi Vicious - The Hives
The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Keep Me On Your Mean Side - The Kills
White Stripes ( eponymous )
Black Monk Chant - The Monks
Visitations - Clinic
Too Much Sleep - Bongwater

This isn't a list of my favorite rock, just the albums I find myself listening to most often.
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post #41 of 44
2/24/10 at 12:08am
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Prince- Purple Rain

Oh God yes ... this will replace Sam Brown in my list!

'Honey I know, I know, I know times are changing!'
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post #42 of 44
2/24/10 at 10:57am
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Oh, and ajmc, yes, Presence is a great album, the hardest rocking album Zeppelin made. Achilles' Last Stand is killer. And which disc of Physical Graffiti do you prefer?


I really can't pick a favorite because i love them all.
Some of my favorite songs are:

In My Time of Dying
Trampled Under Foot
Kashmir
In the Light
Ten Years Gone (i love the lyrics just as much as the music)
Night Flight
The Wanton Song

Actually i love them all! The only exceptions are Black Country Women and Boogie with Stu
I would not miss these two.

I agree, Achilles' Last Stand is killer. It just might be their best song!
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post #43 of 44
2/24/10 at 5:49pm
Off the top of my head in no order...

Closer - Joy Division
No Control - Bad Religion
False Cathedrals - Elliott
Do You Know Who You Are? - Texas Is The Reason
Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground
Milo Goes To College - Descendents
In The Flat Field - Bauhaus
American Football - American Football
Diary - Sunny Day Real Estate
Skylarking - XTC

and so so many more...
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post #44 of 44
2/24/10 at 10:56pm
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Off the top of my head in no order...

Closer - Joy Division
No Control - Bad Religion
False Cathedrals - Elliott
Do You Know Who You Are? - Texas Is The Reason
Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground
Milo Goes To College - Descendents
In The Flat Field - Bauhaus
American Football - American Football
Diary - Sunny Day Real Estate
Skylarking - XTC

and so so many more...

If you like XTC, I assume you like Elvis Costello, Squeeze, and Jellyfish. If you've not heard Jellyfish, check them out. They have that nice melodic sense, as well as that sort of "bounce" to some of their music.
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