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I'd like to nominate Davis Bowie's 1972 masterpiece Aladdin Sane as the single best album of all time, the song writing, emotional content and performances are second to none.



Now I'm not deluded enough to think anyone will agree with me on this one, so feel free to suggest your own.

Dookie by Green Day is my personal favorite, but for "greatest" it's got to be Sgt. Peppers, Abbey Road, or Revolver...

The Doors, "LA Woman"

The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street.

Rob

No way to answer this question. If you have a heart, it changes every once on a while. That being said, Exile on Main Street is up there. So is The King is Dead by The Decemberists, Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, Funeral, by arcade Fire, etc., ect., etc.

Whatever my "favorite album" is ceases to be my favorite as I eventually listen to it to much.

^Always had a hard time trying to get into Kind of Blue actually.

On the other hand, I don't listen to a lot of jazz, so I don't think I know how to appreciate it yet, if you know what I mean.

Led Zeppenlin II
Sergeant Pepper's
Dark Side of the Moon



Impossible to choose one. Even if I did it would be for personal reasons and not a best overall.

Get off the fence you pussies, make a choice and link to your favourite track (or not), this ain't a court of law I'll not hold you to a transient call, and remember, if you choose not to decide you still have had a choice.

Van Halen II

Some of my other top choices, all with personal attachments.

Rubber Soul : Beetles- my mom's UK version on vinyl
The Clash - The Clash
Never mind the Bollocks it's the Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols
Live From Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Billy Idol - Billy Idol
Bob Dylan Unplugged - Bob Dylan
O - Damien Rice
Diesel and Dust - Midnight Oil
Ixnay on the Hombe - Offspring
Sticky Fingers, Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Voodoo Lounge - Rolling Stones
Final Straw - Snow Patrol
Love the Cup - Sons and Daughters
Highland Farewell - Steve McDonald
The stooges - The Stooges
The Who Greatest Hits - The Who
Honkey Tonk Man - THe Essential Johnny Horton

Rob

Fuck dat.....I'm gonna lay it down. Slippery when wet, Bon Jovi.

I'm not ashamed.

Althought there isn't such a thing as the "greatest album of all time", here are my favourites:

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
White Album - The Beatles
The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin 4
Appetite for Destruction - Guns N Roses
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Morning Glory - Oasis
Close to the Edge - Yes

Uhh, I've never been able to get into Pink Floyd. I turn the station whenever they come on.

Robspierre wrote:Some of my other top choices, all with personal attachments.

The Who Greatest Hits - The Who

Rob

Hmmmm. Good list Robbo, until ya threw in a greatest hits album. I usually buy greatest hits albums of bands I like, but I doubt I could sign off on naming an album made to fill Space (and wallets) between real releases on my best of list. Desert island, maybe, but not bet albums evar.

Crysknife wrote:Fuck dat.....I'm gonna lay it down. Slippery when wet, Bon Jovi.

I'm not ashamed.

Dude, you totally forgot about Faster Pussycat. And Poison.

SadisticCynic wrote:^Always had a hard time trying to get into Kind of Blue actually.

On the other hand, I don't listen to a lot of jazz, so I don't think I know how to appreciate it yet, if you know what I mean.

I grew up listening to a lot of it because my dad was so into it. There's definitely better choices for jazz novices. I'm kind of surprised that you aren't into it. You strike me as someone who would like it and get a lot from it.

Omphalos wrote:

Crysknife wrote:Fuck dat.....I'm gonna lay it down. Slippery when wet, Bon Jovi.

I'm not ashamed.

Dude, you totally forgot about Faster Pussycat. And Poison.

Nope, listen to them almost every day. House of pain is in my daily playlist. Poison, they are fun. We do some cover songs in my band.

Omphalos wrote:No way to answer this question. If you have a heart, it changes every once on a while.

I'm young and weird enough to avoid the music threads, but I do appreciate a good album the listens well as an album rather than a collection of tracks. I want to preface this with the fact that the album, a collection of songs by an artist or group, is a very recent concept, historically. I listen to a lot of classical, and a majority of what isn't, my iTunes is best-of's rather than albums. Here then, are some of my selections of "I can listen to this whole album straight through without skipping.

Didn't we have a discussion about the "concept album" around here not long ago?

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but I do appreciate a good album the listens well as an album rather than a collection of tracks.

I almost universally prefer it this way. I don't think it needs to be a concept album to do this either.

Omphalos wrote:

SadisticCynic wrote:^Always had a hard time trying to get into Kind of Blue actually.

On the other hand, I don't listen to a lot of jazz, so I don't think I know how to appreciate it yet, if you know what I mean.

I grew up listening to a lot of it because my dad was so into it. There's definitely better choices for jazz novices. I'm kind of surprised that you aren't into it. You strike me as someone who would like it and get a lot from it.

The only two jazz albums I own at the moment are Kind of Blue, and Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet. I find the latter much easier to get into; I guess it's just a bit catchier is all. I do listen to the Miles Davis one, just not as often.

Dave Brubeck is a lot easier to get into. During that phase of his career, Miles Davis remade the face of jazz every time he put an album out, and most still have not caught up with him. You should try Stan Getz too. The stuff he did with Joachim Gilberto is very good, IMHO.

Omphalos wrote:

Robspierre wrote:Some of my other top choices, all with personal attachments.

The Who Greatest Hits - The Who

Rob

Hmmmm. Good list Robbo, until ya threw in a greatest hits album. I usually buy greatest hits albums of bands I like, but I doubt I could sign off on naming an album made to fill Space (and wallets) between real releases on my best of list. Desert island, maybe, but not bet albums evar.

I agree Omph, but notice the personal attachments, that is why I said the Greatest Hits as opposed to Live at Leeds, it just happens to have a stronger emotional element, for me, than the others even if they are better albums.

Rob

Willie Nelson, The Red-headed Stranger



game over

Robspierre wrote:

Omphalos wrote:

Robspierre wrote:Some of my other top choices, all with personal attachments.

The Who Greatest Hits - The Who

Rob

Hmmmm. Good list Robbo, until ya threw in a greatest hits album. I usually buy greatest hits albums of bands I like, but I doubt I could sign off on naming an album made to fill Space (and wallets) between real releases on my best of list. Desert island, maybe, but not bet albums evar.

I agree Omph, but notice the personal attachments, that is why I said the Greatest Hits as opposed to Live at Leeds, it just happens to have a stronger emotional element, for me, than the others even if they are better albums.

Rob

Ahp. Gotcha.

Seems like a pretty personal topic.

If mass appeal is a factor, I'd vote for Dark Side of the Moon. Talk about a 40 year old album that has aged well.

Of personal interest, I'd say U2's Unforgettable Fire. Maybe Whiskeytown's Starngers Almanac, Uncle Tupelo's Anodyne or The Decemberist's The Crane Wife. Sorry, no head bangin' here.