OT What is your top ten cds/records/albulms to listen to?

[Orion Bailey]

Simply and easy, though maybe not so easy to answer, but the question is easy.

What is your top ten albums of all time to listen to. Can you even put such a list together?
After quick thought, mine would be the list below, but Im sure I am missing something somewhere that might bump the list down...

1) Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
2) Nothing Shocking by Janes Addiction
3) The Nylon Curtain by Billy Joel
4) AudioSlave by AudioSlave
5) ZeppelinII by Led Zeppelin
6) Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
7) Teenage Dream by Katy Perry (I'm sure I'll feel the heat on this one, lol)
8) XOXO by Elliott Smith
9) Ten by Pearl Jam
10) Chronic by Dr. Dre

Your turn!

 

[Minstrel]

No particular order. And the list would probably change if I made it a month from now, because there are other albums I consider just about as good.

Psychocandy by Jesus & Mary Chain
Radio City by Big Star
Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub
Doolittle by The Pixies
OK Computer by Radiohead
Andorra by Caribou
Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground (...and Nico!)
On Trade Winds by Air France

 

[riverman]

1. Kind of Blue ...Miles Davis
2. Revolver....Beatles
3. East Bay Grease....Tower of Power
4. Best of Al Green....Al Green
5. Hot Dawg...David Grisman Quintet
6. Songs from the woods...Oregon
7. Temple of Low Men...Crowded House
8, Sparkle....Aretha Franklin
9. Bueno Vista Social Club....Ry Cooder and the Cuban Allstars
10. Rock the World....3rd World...(best reggae album ever recorded)
11. Any Beethoven concerto conducted by Anton Bruckner
12. Zuzu Man...Dr John
13. Rain Dogs...Tom Waits
14, Washington Square.....Steve Earle
15. Live in Volare.....Earth Wind and Fire
16. Apostrophe....Frank Zappa
17. Are you experienced...Jimi Hendrix
18. The Wall.....Pink Floyd
19. Blue....Joni Mitchell
20. Songs for Swingin' Lovers....Frank Sinatra

 

[riverman]

Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub

I picked up a Teenage Fanclub CD at a bargain store and loved it...

 

[SlyPokerDog]

6. Songs from the woods...Oregon

I took a few bass lessons from Glen Moore. One time my lesson was cut short when Chick Corea showed up to his house with a short case of beer.

 

[riverman]

I took a few bass lessons from Glen Moore. One time my lesson was cut short when Chick Corea showed up to his house with a short case of beer.

I'm a huge Ralph Towner fan...saw his trio and got to sit about 4 ft from the band back in the day....amazing talent...I loved Oregon....Glen was a guy who really impressed me on bass as well...funny how few people in Oregon know of these guys.

 

[bulls_with_booz]

Hard for me to make a top 10 but here's 4 that would be on it

Brand New - Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon
Nujabes - Modal Soul
Madvillain - Madvillainy

 

[bulls_with_booz]

It's hard for me to be objective too like I can't say Man On The Moon is better than say Nevermind by Nirvana but it means more to me and I have more of a connection to it. I listen to a lot of music that's better...but it isn't, if you get me, lol.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I like albums that are consistent, that you can listen to without waiting for that one song or that you don't have to skip through weak songs. People don't listen to albums any more, really, in the age of Spotify.

Here's a related question I had. Name the best back-to-back albums by the same artist. It seems pretty common for a great album to be followed with a fairly weak one (e.g., The Clash followed by Give 'em Enough Rope before coming back with London Calling), but there are exceptions. These spring to mind:

Beatles: Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper (the very rare back-to-back-to-back)
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks, Moondance (that latter one would be a "greatest hits" for most artists)
Neil Young: After the Gold Rush, Harvest
Bowie: Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust. (Cooler Kids would go for the Berlin Trilogy.)
Talking Heads: Fear of Music, Remain in Light (but really there isn't a weak album, although I'm not a huge fan of True Stories)
Pogues: Red Roses for Me, Rum Sodomy and the Lash
Public Enemy: Yo! Bum Rush The Show, It Takes a Nation of Millions...
Pixies: Surfer Rosa, Doolittle (after that it went steeply downhill)

I'm drawing a blank, which is as much a sign of my age as the albums listed above.

 

[BigGameDamian]

I took a few bass lessons from Glen Moore. One time my lesson was cut short when Chick Corea showed up to his house with a short case of beer.

Hammer Don't Hurt Em?

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

1. STP Core
2. Alice in Chains Dirt
3. Pearl Jam Ten
4. Soil Scars
5. Public Enemy Apocalypse 91
6. Bad Religion Stranger than Fiction
7. Operator Soul Crusher
8. Any Johnny Cash greatest hits
9. System of a Down Steal this Album
10. ZZ Top Eliminator

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I left out any Chris Cornell, ask this a week ago and shit's different

 

[Orion Bailey]

No particular order. And the list would probably change if I made it a month from now, because there are other albums I consider just about as good.

Psychocandy by Jesus & Mary Chain
Radio City by Big Star
Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub
Doolittle by The Pixies
OK Computer by Radiohead
Andorra by Caribou
Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground (...and Nico!)
On Trade Winds by Air France

Ok Computer came in at 11. I couldnt bump any of the others. but a damned good one. Green from Radiohead is in my top 20 too.

1. Kind of Blue ...Miles Davis
2. Revolver....Beatles
3. East Bay Grease....Tower of Power
4. Best of Al Green....Al Green
5. Hot Dawg...David Grisman Quintet
6. Songs from the woods...Oregon
7. Temple of Low Men...Crowded House
8, Sparkle....Aretha Franklin
9. Bueno Vista Social Club....Ry Cooder and the Cuban Allstars
10. Rock the World....3rd World...(best reggae album ever recorded)
11. Any Beethoven concerto conducted by Anton Bruckner
12. Zuzu Man...Dr John
13. Rain Dogs...Tom Waits
14, Washington Square.....Steve Earle
15. Live in Volare.....Earth Wind and Fire
16. Apostrophe....Frank Zappa
17. Are you experienced...Jimi Hendrix
18. The Wall.....Pink Floyd
19. Blue....Joni Mitchell
20. Songs for Swingin' Lovers....Frank Sinatra

I like albums that are consistent, that you can listen to without waiting for that one song or that you don't have to skip through weak songs. People don't listen to albums any more, really, in the age of Spotify.

Here's a related question I had. Name the best back-to-back albums by the same artist. It seems pretty common for a great album to be followed with a fairly weak one (e.g., The Clash followed by Give 'em Enough Rope before coming back with London Calling), but there are exceptions. These spring to mind:

Beatles: Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper (the very rare back-to-back-to-back)
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks, Moondance (that latter one would be a "greatest hits" for most artists)
Neil Young: After the Gold Rush, Harvest
Bowie: Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust. (Cooler Kids would go for the Berlin Trilogy.)
Talking Heads: Fear of Music, Remain in Light (but really there isn't a weak album, although I'm not a huge fan of True Stories)
Pogues: Red Roses for Me, Rum Sodomy and the Lash
Public Enemy: Yo! Bum Rush The Show, It Takes a Nation of Millions...
Pixies: Surfer Rosa, Doolittle (after that it went steeply downhill)

I'm drawing a blank, which is as much a sign of my age as the albums listed above.

Gez. I need to completely redo my list now. see? I knew it. How the hell could I forget about the Beatles? Revolver, Rubber Soul and The White Album are all in my top 20 for sure and im willing to bet, they will make the top ten once I revise my list after I get more clues as to who else I forgot.

1. STP Core
2. Alice in Chains Dirt
3. Pearl Jam Ten
4. Soil Scars
5. Public Enemy Apocalypse 91
6. Bad Religion Stranger than Fiction
7. Operator Soul Crusher
8. Any Johnny Cash greatest hits
9. System of a Down Steal this Album
10. ZZ Top Eliminator

STP has two albums in my top 20, but I couldnt get either of them to crack the top ten. wait. Man. I forgot all bout thier reunion album in 2010. That is in my top ten. I need to revise. I constantly listen to that all the way through.

AIC Jar Of Flies almost made it, but just not enough material on the album to make the cut.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Here are some albums that fit my "consistent" criterion:

Belle & Sebastian - If you're feeling sinister
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - How I long to feel that summer in my heart
Portishead - Dummy
Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man - Out of Season
Microdisney - Crooked Mile
Lloyd Cole - Mainstream (the underappreciated third album)
The Triffids - Calenture
The Divine Comedy - Promenade
Babybird - The Happiest Man Alive
The Bhundu Boys - Shabini (now contained within The Shed Sessions)
Sigur Ros - Ágætis byrjun
Arvo Pärt - Te Deum
Andrew Bird - Break it yourself
Vampire Weekend - any of their albums

If I had to pick one for my desert island it would probably be the Shed Sessions. Always picks me up, despite the tragic history of the Bhundu Boys.

I've mellowed in my old age. Songs about Fucking by Big Black no longer makes the list.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Here are some albums that fit my "consistent" criterion:

Belle & Sebastian - If you're feeling sinister
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - How I long to feel that summer in my heart
Portishead - Dummy
Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man - Out of Season
Microdisney - Crooked Mile
Lloyd Cole - Mainstream (the underappreciated third album)
The Triffids - Calenture
The Divine Comedy - Promenade
Babybird - The Happiest Man Alive
The Bhundu Boys - Shabini (now contained within The Shed Sessions)
Sigur Ros - Ágætis byrjun
Arvo Pärt - Te Deum
Andrew Bird - Break it yourself
Vampire Weekend - any of their albums

If I had to pick one for my desert island it would probably be the Shed Sessions. Always picks me up, despite the tragic history of the Bhundu Boys.

I've mellowed in my old age. Songs about Fucking by Big Black no longer makes the list.

Wow. Portishead is the one one Ive ever even heard of.
@Rastapopoulos , where you at again?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Here's a related question I had. Name the best back-to-back albums by the same artist. It seems pretty common for a great album to be followed with a fairly weak one (e.g., The Clash followed by Give 'em Enough Rope before coming back with London Calling), but there are exceptions. These spring to mind:

DUH - how could I miss out Elvis Costello? The most prolific and consistent musician? Basically his first 15 albums (up to and including Brutal Youth) minus Goodbye Cruel World and possibly Almost Blue just because it's covers.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Ok Computer came in at 11. I couldnt bump any of the others. but a damned good one. Green from Radiohead is in my top 20 too.





Gez. I need to completely redo my list now. see? I knew it. How the hell could I forget about the Beatles? Revolver, Rubber Soul and The White Album are all in my top 20 for sure and im willing to bet, they will make the top ten once I revise my list after I get more clues as to who else I forgot.


STP has two albums in my top 20, but I couldnt get either of them to crack the top ten. wait. Man. I forgot all bout thier reunion album in 2010. That is in my top ten. I need to revise. I constantly listen to that all the way through.

AIC Jar Of Flies almost made it, but just not enough material on the album to make the cut.

I listened to Dirt for an entire train trip from Wyoming to Portland. I get bored more easily now that I'm old but I remember riding the train and sitting with some beautiful blond girl who was round like the Blue girl from Willy Wonka.

I thought about trying to get her in the bathroom with me but we'd have got stuck.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Wow. Portishead is the one one Ive ever even heard of.
@Rastapopoulos , where you at again?

I live inside my own heart.
If you like Portishead, try Out of Season (Beth Gibbons is the singer of Portishead).

 

[Orion Bailey]

I live inside my own heart.
If you like Portishead, try Out of Season (Beth Gibbons is the singer of Portishead).

WTF? hahaha.
You live in Prince's heart?

 

[Minstrel]

Pixies: Surfer Rosa, Doolittle (after that it went steeply downhill)

Huh, I'm surprised that you think Bossanova was "steeply" worse than Doolittle or Surfer Rosa. I think all three albums are phenomenal.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

4. Best of Al Green....Al Green

That's cheating!

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Huh, I'm surprised that you think Bossanova was "steeply" worse than Doolittle or Surfer Rosa. I think all three albums are phenomenal.

It's cuz I'm super-cool.

Pixies was the best concert I ever went to. Can't remember if it was '88 or '89, but it was Bristol (UK) and I saw Black Francis sitting in the middle of a park beforehand buried in a comic book. I seriously feared for my life when they were playing Tame.

 

[bulls_with_booz]

I'll throw some more out there I could see making my top 10

Foo Fighters self titled
Tool Lateralus
Mad Season Above
Nirvana In Utero
Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral
Weezer - Blue Album
Big Pun - Capital Punishment
Biggie Smalls - Ready To Die
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Kanye West - Graduation
Kanye West - MBDTF
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
M83 - Hurry Up We're Dreaming

 

[ripcityboy]

1. The Who - Who's Next
2. The Stooges - Fun House
3. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
4. Alice in Chains - Dirt
5. Captain Beefhesrt & The Magic Band - Clear Spot
6. Raphael Saadiq - Instant Vintage
7. Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash
8. Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74
9. Curtis Mayfield - Live!
10. Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Psychocandy by Jesus & Mary Chain

Did you see that the Brothers Reid are currently on speaking terms again?


William was super-chubby for a while, but seems to have slimmed down again.

 

[Orion Bailey]

That's cheating!

Yep. Read below

1. The Who - Who's Next
2. The Stooges - Fun House
3. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
4. Alice in Chains - Dirt
5. Captain Beefhesrt & The Magic Band - Clear Spot
6. Raphael Saadiq - Instant Vintage
7. Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash
8. Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74
9. Curtis Mayfield - Live!
10. Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything

I should have said so and I even thought about it, but I was thinking of only true albums. Otherwise my list would be filled with the best of's. That and live albums don't count because they are compilations of songs from many albums 99% of the time.

Otherwise my list would be something like this....

A Decade of Steely Dan
Tom Petty's Greatest Hits
The Who's Greatest Hits
The Best of..Al Green
Etc
Etc
Etc.

Its cheating.

 

[ripcityboy]

Yep. Read below


I should have said so and I even thought about it, but I was thinking of only true albums. Otherwise my list would be filled with the best of's. That and live albums don't count because they are compilations of songs from many albums 99% of the time.

Otherwise my list would be something like this....

A Decade of Steely Dan
Tom Petty's Greatest Hits
The Who's Greatest Hits
The Best of..Al Green
Etc
Etc
Etc.

Its cheating.

Best ofs.... are for Rolling Stone Album Lists.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Best of.... are for Rolling Stone Album Lists.

People rate Exile on Main Street...

 

[ripcityboy]

People rate Exile on Main Street...

Always thought that was overrated. I'm more into Goat's Head Soup. Dancing With Mr. D, 100 Years Ago, Heart Breaker, Angie, Starfucker.... For some reason it doesn't get the love it deserves.

 

[Minstrel]

Did you see that the Brothers Reid are currently on speaking terms again?


William was super-chubby for a while, but seems to have slimmed down again.

I hadn't heard about this (the new music, not the weight loss--though not that either). I'll definitely need to check out the album--the song sounded great. JAMC are one of the bands that I consider incapable of writing a bad song, by and large.