TOP 10 RECORDS OF ALL TIME

[mwt.]

here's my list, in order:

1. fleetwood mac-rumours
2. pink floyd-the final cut
3. tom waits-closing time
4. the spent poets-(self-titled)
5. beastie boys-paul's boutique
6. elvis presley-aloha from hawaii via satellite
7. fishbone-truth + soul
8. johnny cash-the columbia years (1958-1986)
9. de la soul-3 ft. high and rising
10. tori amos-little earthquakes

[amboy]

the violent femmes - violent femmes
low-life - new order
3 ft. high and rising - de la soul
the stone roses - the stone roses
blue lines - massive attack
low end theory - a tribe called quest
the k and d sessions - kruder and dorfmeister
a book of human language - aceyalone
the avalanches - since i left you
bodily functions - herbert

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honorable mentions
----------------------------

dear 23 - the posies
nevermind - nirvana
gish - smashing pumpkins
of the heart, of the soul, and of the cross: the utopian experience: pm dawn
strangeways here we come - the smiths
bizarre ryde II - pharcyde
ha - talvin singh
rafi's revenge - asian dub foundation
faraway trains passing by in the night - ulrich schnauss

[m1]

not in any particular order:

1. U2 - Joshua Tree
2. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
3. Duncan Sheik - Duncan Sheik
4. Radiohead - The Bends
5. Big Head Todd & the Monsters - Sister Sweetly
6. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea
7. Lenny Kravitz - Mama Said
8. RUN D.M.C. - Raising Hell
9. Prince - The Hits 2
10. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out (Take Five)


... wish i could include more.


m1

[FirstOfMany]

you guys are scaring me...

[nikel]

this exercise sucks!

1. goldberg variations - j.s. bach, played by glenn gould
2. the clash - london calling
3. the pixies - doolittle
4. the jam - all mod cons
5. the velvet underground and nico
6. rockers (soundtrack)
7. van morrison - moondance
8. john coltrane and johnny hartman
9. the jayhawks - hollywood town hall
10. michael jackson - off the wall

[falcor]

it does suck doesn't it. again, in installments.

...and out come the wolves - rancid
achtung baby! - u2
i break chairs - damien jurado & gathered in song
something to write home about - the getup kids
a different light - the bangles

[jinzoningen]

1. Jimi Hendrix- Radio One
2. Jane's Addiction- Nothing's Shocking
3. Tool- Undertow
4. Run DMC- Raising Hell
5. Rage Against The Machine- Rage Against The Machine
6. Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
7. Guns N' Roses- Appetite For Destruction
8. Tenacious D- Tenacious D
9. Kalapana- The Best of Kalapana, Vol. 1
10. The Buck Pets- The Buck Pets
10a. Nirvana- Bleach
10b. Faith No More- The Real Thing
10c. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk

[flipdangelo]

okay:

grace-jeff buckley
starsailor-tim buckley
brown sugar-d'angelo
chocolate and cheese-ween
bleach-nirvana
soundtrack to purple rain-prince
innervisions-stevie wonder
shadows and light-joni mitchell
viva! la woman-cibo matto
the way i feel-remy shand

of course, this is the 10 today, it'll prolly change tomorrow.

[mobs]

guns n roses- appetite for destruction
black flag-damaged
santana-abraxas
slayer-south of heaven
Kiss-Alive

[/dev/null]

Originally posted by nikel
this exercise sucks!

1. goldberg variations - j.s. bach, played by glenn gould
2. the clash - london calling
3. the pixies - doolittle
4. the jam - all mod cons
5. the velvet underground and nico
6. rockers (soundtrack)
7. van morrison - moondance
8. john coltrane and johnny hartman
9. the jayhawks - hollywood town hall
10. michael jackson - off the wall

I thought Sound Affects was better thatn All Mod Cons...

[nikel]

Originally posted by /dev/null
I thought Sound Affects was better thatn All Mod Cons...
it is very good, i just personally didn't find it as memorable, besides its big hit. have you heard this is the modern world? interesting version of "in the midnight hour".

[kimchi_girl]

1) The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
2) Primal Scream - Screamadelica
3) Radiohead - O.K. Computer
4) The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
5) Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
6) Marc Bolan - Electric Warrior
7) Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
8) Suede - Suede
9) Massive Attack - Mezzanine
10) Portishead - Portishead

Honorable mentions go to..

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
De La Soul - Three Feet High & Rising
Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap
Blur - Parklife
David Bowie - Heroes
And of course, anything Anthony Wong....
^_^

[kimchi_girl]

Originally posted by bjorktress
as albums i think these work especially well, although best artists overall is a different story.

in no order:

pavement: slanted & enchanted
nine inch nails: pretty hate machine
the cure: disintegration
g. love & special sauce: self-titled
dj shadow: entroducing
moby: play
beck: odelay
air: moon safari
david bowie: the rise & fall of ziggy stardust
bjork: homogenic

and in soundtracks:

lock, stock & 2 smoking barrels
six string samurai
fight club
requiem for a dream
snatch
lolita
rent
pulp fiction
velvet goldmine
harold & maude

Damn! I forgot "Moon Safari". "Odelay" and "Homogenic" are also up there as well... Ten is just so very very hard...

[blink]

in no particular order,

1. Ride - Nowhere
2. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
3. Portishead - Portishead
4. The Verve - Storm In Heaven
5. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
6. Red House Painters - Red House Painters (aka rollecoaster album)
7. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
8. Dinosaur Jr - Where You Been
9. Sugar - Copper Blue
10. Motorpsycho - Timothy's Monster

1. The Stone Roses- Second coming
2. The Smiths- The queen is dead
3. Morrissey- Vauxhall and I
4. Badly Drawn Boy- The Hour of Bewilderbeast
5. Velvet underground and Nico
6. Primal Scream- Screamadelica
7. Saint Etienne- good humor
8. Tindersticks- Simple pleasures
9. Belle & Sebastian- The boy with the arab strap
10. Bertrand- The Sssound of Mmmusic

are my top 10 today.

[Charlie]

i'll play along. in no particular order...

"the white album" -- the beatles
"songs in the key of life" -- stevie wonder
"what's going on" -- marvin gaye
"midnight marauders" -- a tribe called quest
"catch a fire" -- bob marley
"beggars banquet" -- the rolling stones
"bizarre ride II the pharcyde" -- the pharcyde
"led zeppelin II" -- led zeppelin
"a love supreme" -- john coltrane
"bitches brew" -- miles davis

*note this list does not include multiple albums by an individual artist (i.e. stevie wonder or the beatles). gotta give other artists a chance.

Damn, I forgot all the great soul albums.

[cabbagechild]

Originally posted by nikel
1. goldberg variations - j.s. bach, played by glenn gould

[Eric Nakamura]

I thought this was going to be a thread about world records.

lemme try

1) My Bloody Valentine Loveless
2) Lost in Translation soundtrack
3) Mastodon Leviathan
4) Rush Exit Stage Left
5) Van Halen s/t
6) The Cars s/t
7) Sonic Youth goo
8) Jawbreaker Dear You
9) DJ Shadow Endtroducing
10) Cocteau Twins Heaven of Las Vegas

[static]

ten is tough...off the top of my head and in no order...

my bloody valentine > loveless
kate bush > hounds of love
neko case > furnace room lullaby
king crimson > discipline
mono > under the pipal tree
mogwai > happy music for happy people
tool > lateralus
radiohead > ok computer
pixies > doolittle
godspeed you black emperor > lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven

[golivar]

pixies - doolittle
zombies - odessey & oracle
public enemy - it takes a nation of millions...
my bloody valentine - loveless
fugazi - first LP
clash - london calling
lemonheads - creator
quicksand - slip
U2 - joshua tree
swiz - hell yes i cheated

[RailroadEarth]

Originally posted by Eric Nakamura

8) Jawbreaker Dear You

[/B]

Yes. JAWBREAKER. :heart: :heart:

[ironmonqui]

the Jesus Lizard - HEAD / PURE (combo re-release, technically, but hey this is it. or you could substitute the LASH colletion)

Pink Floyd: Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Faith No More: Angel Dust

Ween - The Molusk

Nick Drake - five leaves left

fania | sopi

aPhex twIn: drUkqs (anyone else even like this one? I know I'm kinda alone on this one, but I will not repent)

DEVO: a mix tape I have yet to accomplish from "Q: Are We Not Men?/ A: We Are DEVO"; Freedom Of Choice; DEVO HARDCORE and some live stuff (if you don't know, it's because, ok, they're not quite a great "album band" but hey fuck...)

Mr. Bungle: either the mr bungle album or Disco Volante

Gipsy Kings -like something from the mid-late 90's, 'cause, like I don't speak spanish, but that shit is HAWT!!! (tip for the next time you got some fancy latin flavor wooing to do...)

[randall fairbrook]

here is a list..if i sat down and thought for a while i would change a lot of these,.....but this will do for now...


bauhaus - the sky's gone out

belle and sebastian - if you're feeling sinister

the notorious b.i.g. - ready to die

cowboy junkies - the trinity sessions

echo and the bunnymen - ocean rain

joni mitchell - blue

the smiths - the smiths

new order - power, corruption & lies

prince - purple rain

the violent femmes - violent femmes

[randall fairbrook]

Originally posted by ironmonqui
...

Gipsy Kings -like something from the mid-late 90's, 'cause, like I don't speak spanish, but that shit is HAWT!!! (tip for the next time you got some fancy latin flavor wooing to do...)

not sure if you would like it but try "dose" by the latin playboys.....kind of gypsy kings meet los lobos meets portishead meets my dick.....i think it has some lobos members in it too...not your traditional gipsy kings sound though...

[ersatz01]

i want to play too...

1. New Order - Technique
2. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
3. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
4. ATCQ - Low End Theory
5. Radiohead - OK Computer
6. Beatles - Sgt. Pepper
7. Joy Division - Closer
8. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
9. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
10. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

['jim]

I hate the "all time" thing, but here are ten HUGE albums in no order

-Beatles - White Album
-Slayer - Decade of Aggression
-Bjork - Debut
-John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
-Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
-Dave Brubeck - Take Five
-DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
-Clash - London Calling
-Ramones - Rocket to Russia
-Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

[ironmonqui]

Originally posted by randall fairbrook


not sure if you would like it but try "dose" by the latin playboys.....kind of gypsy kings meet los lobos meets portishead meets my dick.....i think it has some lobos members in it too...not your traditional gipsy kings sound though...

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[mwt.]

haha! i forgot i started this thread. i actually have some updating to do!

[Thirty Nine]

1.The Smiths `Strangeways, Here We Come`
*Yes, better than `Queen`, it was decided in the last five years!

2.Green Day `Nimrod`

3.Oasis `What`s The Story? (Morning Glory)`

4.The Zombies `Odyssey And Oracle`

5.Enemies `Seize The Day`

6.Fifteen `Swain`s First Bike Ride`

7.The Rentals `Seven More Minutes`

8.Chemical Brothers `Surrender`

9.Nirvana `In Utero`

10.The Postal Service `Give Up`

[tonybricker]

I will take a stab at it, not in order

pixies- "doolittle"
bedhead- "what fun life was"
glaxie 500- "on fire"
portishead- "portishead"
aceyalone- " a book of human language"
orbital- "insides"
big star- "#1 record/radio city"
isis- "celestial"
iron & wine' "the creek drank the cradle"
op ivy- "energy"

nwa straight out of compton
ll cool j bigger and deffer
xbxrx gop ist minee
dr. dre the chronic
misfits legacy of brutality
beck mellow gold
bestie boys paul's boutique
slayer seasons in the abyss
melt banana charlie
butter 08-self titled

not in this order

[magicboy]

my two cents, also no order...

-the microphones - "the glow pt. 2"
-radiohead - "ok computer"
-aphex twin - "richard d. james album"
-dj shadow - "endtroducing"
-dismemberment plan - "emergency and i"
-stars of the lid - "the tired sounds of..."
-death cab for cutie - "we have the facts and we're voting yes"
-múm - "finally we are no-one"
-weezer - "pinkerton"
-godspeed you black emperor! - "lift yr. skinny fists like antennas to heaven"

damn I really love the 1st halo benders cd and weezer's pinkerton. I need to think about this more deeply.

[BOON]

All 3 of Thievery Corporations
DJ Shadow - Entroducing
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Strokes - Room on Fire
Norah Jones - Come Away with Me
Morcheeba - Big Calm
Sade - Love Deluxe
Thunderball - Scorpio Rising
RHCP - By the Way / BSSM
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Pulp Fiction
Esthero - Breathe from Another
Danko Jones - My Love is Bold
Air - Premier Symptons
Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader....for now

[Lars2.0]

1.Kevin Rowland - My Beauty


A few smiths albums

Best of Burt Bacharach

Dexy's

Reakwon - only built for cuban links.

Uum, umm...

Prince phillip mitchell.

Kahimi Karie - I am a kitten.

Misfits - Black Christmas

Ramones - best of ?

[Thirty Nine]

1.The Postal Service "Give Up" (Sub Pop)

2.The Smiths "Strangeways, here we come" (Rough Trade)

3.Enemies "Seize The Day" (Lookout!)

4.The Zombies "Odyssey And Oracle" (Ace/Big Beat)

5.A Tribe Called Quest "Low End Theory" (Jive)

6.Fairport Convention "Lieg And Lief"

7.Green Day "American Idiot"

8.Big Star "Radio City"

9.Oasis "Definitely Maybe"

10.Nirvana "In Utero"

[randall fairbrook]

the cure - three imaginary boys

the notorious b.i.g. - ready to die

tracy chapman - tracy chapman

the smiths - the smiths

new order - substance

taj mahal - giant steps/de ole folks at home

the cocteau twins - garlands

john coltrane - a love supreme - 2 disc special edition

belle and sebastian - if you're feeling sinister

dr octagon - ocagonecologyst

d'angelo - voodoo

joni mitchell - blue

bauhaus - the sky's gone out

david bowie - hunky dory

echo and the bunnymen - ocean rain

[TyroneShoelaces]

Just like everyone else, these picks of mine are in no real order and these are just my favorite jams.....

=Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children

=Bjork - Homogenic

=Nirvana - Unplugged

=Telefon Tel Aviv - Fahrenheit Fair Enough

=Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus

=Cex - Role Model

=DJ Shadow - Endtroducing

=The Misfits - Static Age

=Fiona Apple - Tidal

=Goodfellas - Soundtrack To Motion Picture

[Vahn Roi]

Isan - Trois Gymnopedies
Nybbl - The Path From a Point is in the Shape of a Heart
Wisp - NRTHNDR
Isan - Plans Drawn in Pencil
Velapene Screen - Medical Breaths
The Remote Viewer - Walsh Ambrose
AZ-Rotator - The Science of Chance
Air Inspector & Aarktica - Ocean EP
Wisp - Honor Beats

[joetron2030]

My current top 10 in no particular order and only because they're the albums that had a permanent influence on my taste in music that I thought of today:

Husker Du "New Day Rising"
The Smiths "The Queen Is Dead"
The Wedding Present "Bizarro"
REM "Life's Rich Pageant"
Public Enemy "It Takes a Nation of Millions..."
NWA "Straight Out of Compton"
Suicidal Tendencies "self-titled"
Paris "The Devil Made Me Do It"
Pavement "Slanted and Enchanted"
Polvo "Today's Active Lifestyles"

Many more that should be listed. But here's 10 for now.

[megalomaniac]

in no particular order:

jay chou - ba du kong jian ( the eight dimensions)
dr dre - 2001
eminem - marshall mathers lp
the beatles - abbey road
U2 - the joshua tree
k-os - joyful rebellion
jay-z - the black album
50 cent - get rich or die trying
sergio mendes - timeless
jack johnson - in between dreams

[tumult]

I could never break it down to 10, but this list is pretty good.


Originally posted by Charlie
i'll play along. in no particular order...

"the white album" -- the beatles
"songs in the key of life" -- stevie wonder
"what's going on" -- marvin gaye
"midnight marauders" -- a tribe called quest
"catch a fire" -- bob marley
"beggars banquet" -- the rolling stones
"bizarre ride II the pharcyde" -- the pharcyde
"led zeppelin II" -- led zeppelin
"a love supreme" -- john coltrane
"bitches brew" -- miles davis

*note this list does not include multiple albums by an individual artist (i.e. stevie wonder or the beatles). gotta give other artists a chance.