Favorite albums

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this should be an interesting reflection of individual personalities and tastes. list say 5 or 10 favorite albums of all time, or even one.

here’s mine for starters, though i may have to edit a couple as i might change my mind a couple of times.

radiohead - the bends
metallica - master of puppets
nine inch nails - the downward spiral
miles davis - kind of blue
pink floyd - the wall
nirvana - in utero
u2 - the joshua tree
foo fighters - there is nothing left to lose
tool - aenima
new order - substance
led zeppelin - IV

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Albums are tough, but here are a few of mine

Exile on Main Street - Rolling Stones

Time Out - Dave Brubeck

Ten - Pearl Jam

Physical Graffitti - Led Zep

Anodyne - Uncle Tupelo

Moondance - Van Morrison

Revolver - Beatles

edit: forgot a few

Appettite for Destruction - GnR

Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones

Blonde on Blonde and/or Bringing it All Back Home - Dylan

Hmmmm… pretty heavy on the classic rock there

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Janes Addiction - all but Strays

Pretty much all Peter Gabriel

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult - Sexplosion, I see Good Spirits I see bad Sprits

Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible thing to Taste
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4

Tommy

Workingman’s Dead

White Album

The Doors

Eat a Peach
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5

Nirvana - Nevermind

Guns n Roses - Apetite for Destruction

Dr. Dre - The Chronic

Metallica - …and Justice for All

Metallica - Metallica (The black album)

Israel Kamakawiwo’ole - Alone in IZ world

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire

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Dire Straits - Dire Straits (first album)
Dave Brubek - Time Out
NIN - Downward Spiral
Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool
Pi soundtrack
Nelly Furtado - Folklore
Beatles - Abbey Road; White Album (Savoy Truffle, wow)
Led Zep - all (does that count?) (When the Levee Breaks, love that drum backbeat)
Stones - Sticky Fingers
Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon/Animals
Talking Heads - Sand in the Vaseline (Life during wartime)
Cake - Fashion Nugget (Italian Leather Sofa)
Any Crystal Method
The Clash - Combat Rock
White Stripes - Elephant
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That’s a pretty nice list there
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Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Sgt Peppers - Beatles
Who’s Next - The Who
Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
Tommy - The Who
Doors - Strange Days
CSNY - Live
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This is hard. But here’s a list, mostly stuff 10+ years old. What can say, college was a good time and these are the soundtrack to those years for me (except for the few newer ones). With bands like Pearl Jam and DMB its hard to pick a favorite album…kj Pearl Jam- vs Foo Fighters- One by One Coldplay- Rush of Blood Jack Johnson- Brushfire Fairytales Brad- Interiors Dave Matthews Band- Before These Crowded Sreets Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory The Police- Synchronicity Sting- Ten Sumner’s Tales Alice in Chains- Dirt

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Why do I think I am the only old school rap/funk freak on this board.

Rappers Delight- sugar Hill Gang

Purple Rain- Prince

Nasty Girl- Vanity Six

1999- Prince

Don’t flame me for this one: Thriller- Micheal Jackson

Sound track from “Breakin”

BTW- I have at least one of these album names wrong. I am currently replacing a lot of this but one song at a time instead of albums. Downloads rule.

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smashing pumpkins - siamese dream

2Pac - Greatest Hits

Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire

Talib Kweli - The Beautiful Struggle

Anthony Hamilton - Commin’ From Where I’m From

Dashboard Confessional - A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar

311 - 311

If you cant tell from the selection, I wasn’t very old in the 80’s…

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a real window into the soul, sorta:

  • the Clash: London Calling
  • Pearl Jam: 10
  • Johnny Cash: American Recordings I
  • U2: Achtung Baby
  • the Smiths: the Smiths
  • Metallica: Master of Puppets
  • REM: Document
  • Nirvana: Nevermind
  • Bob Mould: Black Sheets of Rain
  • Bob Marley: Legend
  • Morrissey: Viva Hate
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The Beatles - The White Album
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Neil Young - Harvest
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Nirvana - Nevermind
Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
The Verve - Urban Hyms
Coldplay - Rush of Blood to the Head
Leftfield - Leftism
Groove Armada - Vertigo
Massive Attack - Bliue Lines
Jay-Z - The Black Album

Shit, there are too many good ones - I could go on for days.

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Solid Top Five:

The Who - Qudrophenia

Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.

The Clash - London Calling

Talking Heads - Fear of Music

Hendrix - Electric Ladyland

Six through Ten move around …

U2 - (realize there are more than one U2 … there is U2 - War; USA2 - Joshua Tree; Uro2 - Actung Baby; and U2K - ATYCLB)

Santana - Abraxas

Miles - Kind of Blue *or *Bitches Brew (depends on the day)

Van Halen - Women and Children First

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Stevie Ray Vaughn - Texas Flood

Buddy Guy - Damn Right I Got the Blues

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe

Many, many more …

Top Ten Bootlegs …

The Who - Toronto, 1982-12-18 (last show of 1st Farewell Tour)

Grateful Dead - Philadelphia, 1978-05-13 (my 1st Dead show)

Phish - IT 2003-08-02, Loring AFB

Phish - 1984-12-01 (oldest known Phish boot)

Phish - 1994-10-31 (The White Album)

Talking Heads - Boston, 1979-08-08

Jimmy Buffett - 2000-11-04, East Hampton (a RARE “Margaritaville-Free” Performance)

Zappa - 1976-10-24, Boston

Trey Anastasio - 2003-05-31, Warfield Theater, SF (w/ Carlos Santana)

Bob Marley - 1980-09-23 Pittsburgh (his last show)

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A monumental, almost impossible task for me…but I’ll throw in 5 that haven’t been listed yet:

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

I Do Not Wan’t What I Haven’t Got - Sinead O’Connor

Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - The Cure

The Stone Roses - Stone Roses

Back in Black - AC/DC
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What the hell…I’ll play:

“Day for Night” - Tragically Hip

“Pale Sun, Crescent Moon” - Cowboy Junkies

“Aja” - Steely Dan

“Animals” - Pink Floyd

“Hard Again” - Muddy Waters

“Live Alive” - SRV

“Highway 61 Revisited” - Dylan

“Blood On the Tracks” - Dylan

“Nothing’s Shocking” - Jane’s Addiction

“Steal Your Face” - Grateful Dead

…better stop before I get carried away…

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I’m down with Prince. Purple Rain is awesome. I knew all the words to Darling Nikki before I knew what they meant!

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Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

Living in New Jersey, I’m morally obilgated to leave that one out.

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Anybody else finding all these lists depressingly one-dimensional? Silly Wizard, Best of Celtic Nots, Not Music O Brother, Where Art Thou, soundtrack Antonin Dvorak, New World Symphony Robert Cray, Strong Persuader

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Oh god yes, Cowboy Junkies and the Hip! I knew I forgot some albums! I like Music @ Work and the same CJ album you have listed. Awesome stuff.