Top 5 Albums

[MOtorboat]

OK...there's all sorts of criteria...and just like John Cusack in Hi Fidelity, I could come up with Top 5 lists forever...but...Top 5 albums of all time...

Here's mine:
1. Beatles - Let it Be
2. Led Zeppelin - IV
3. Stone Temple Pilots - Core
4. Smashing Pumpkins - Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
5. Beatles - Beatles (White Album)

[aberdien]

1. The Beatles - Rubber Soul; Abbey Road (toss up)
2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here; Animals
3. Rush - A Farewell to Kings; 2112
4. Radiohead - OK Computer; Kid A
5. The White Stripes - De Stijl

Or you can go ahead and add a 90's alternative grunge rock band.

[SR]

1. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffitti
2. Rush - Chronicals
3. Metallica - ...And Justice For All
4. Metallica - Master of Puppets
5. I'm at a loss for my fifth favorite album...there are so many. The first four are albums I could listen to over and over without getting tired of them.

[Requiem / The Dagda]

These are all excellent albums, and a nice variety. . . I'll have to think a while.

[Requiem / The Dagda]

In no particular order:


Opeth - Blackwater Park
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Radiohead - OK Computer
Cult of Luna - Salvation
Dredg - El Cielo
Glassjaw - Worship & Tribute
Deftones - White Pony
Pearl Jam - Ten
Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies / Dirt
Buddy Guy - Damn Right I've Got the Blues
Tool - Lateralus


Those are just off the top of my head, those aren't the top of all time; but some of my favorites. I could never adequately give a top list because there are so many albums (millions) I haven't heard.

[SR]

Then I could make a top five albums list of what I'm currently listening to:

1. All That Remains - The Fall of Ideals
2. Parkway Drive - Killing With a Smile
3. Five Finger Death Punch - The Way of the Fist
4. I Killed the Prom Queen - Music for the Recently Deceased (with Micheal Crafter's lyrics, not Ed Butcher)
5. Parkway Drive - Horizons

[BroncoJoe]

You can't have this list without including the only album to ever be #1 on the billboard charts for 52 straight weeks, then another 12 after a one week slip to #2:

Rumors - Fleetwood Mac

[BroncoJoe]

Plus, their "White Album" was in the top 50 for something like 220 straight weeks.

Amazing.

[Requiem / The Dagda]

Plus, their "White Album" was in the top 50 for something like 220 straight weeks.

Amazing.

Has nothing on Dark Side of the Moon. Nah, FM is dope. :beer:

[BigDaddyBronco]

This is a pretty hard thing to do, but here is my shot...

1. The Joshua Tree - U2
2. OK Computer - Radiohead
3. Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix
4. Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
5. Nevermind - Nirvana

[str8jacket]

Just looking at my top played songs in iTunes its pretty evident.

Threat Signal~"Under Reprisal"
Godsmack~"IV"
All That Remains~"The Fall of Ideals" (Great taste SR)
As I Lay Dying~"An Ocean Between Us"
Devildriver~"The Last Kind Words"

[SR]

Just looking at my top played songs in iTunes its pretty evident.

Threat Signal~"Under Reprisal"
Godsmack~"IV"
All That Remains~"The Fall of Ideals" (Great taste SR)
As I Lay Dying~"An Ocean Between Us"
Devildriver~"The Last Kind Words"

Thanks. As I Lay Dying is good too, but sometimes their music is a little plain to me. Check out Parkway Drive and I Killed the Prom Queen. They're both from Australia and are killer. Parkway Drive makes me want to go kill something.

[str8jacket]

Thanks. As I Lay Dying is good too, but sometimes their music is a little plain to me. Check out Parkway Drive and I Killed the Prom Queen. They're both from Australia and are killer. Parkway Drive makes me want to go kill something.

I have some Parkway Drive and they arent bad, not sure what it was about I Killed The Prom Queen, never could really get into it.

I havent listened to much music in awhile though, Went through an episode where whenever I lifted I would blast some sort of metal :D

[aberdien]

Has nothing on Dark Side of the Moon. Nah, FM is dope. :beer:

I've always thought DSOTM was a little overrated, but it's still their 3rd best album IMO.

[Devilspawn]

De La Soul: Three Feet High And Rising.
Gangstarr: Daily Operation
Marvin Gaye: I Want You
EPMD: Unfinished Business
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth: Mecca And The Soul Brother
I'm cheating and taking Digable Planets' first album. :D

Hip Hop was my favorite genre, but most of it is garbage now. Those 5 are all pre or right at 1993, when rap went down hill. As for Marvin Gaye, I grew up on that CD so much that I know every little nick nack by heart. If Billy Joel has an anthology, I'm taking that too.

[MasterShake]

No particular order:

1. Smashing Pumpkins-Siamese Dream
2. Nine Inch Nails-The Downward Spiral
3. Stone Temple Pilots-Purple
4. Talking Heads-Sand in the Vasoline
5. Guns N' Roses-Use Your Illusion

[SR]

De La Soul: Three Feet High And Rising.
Gangstarr: Daily Operation
Marvin Gaye: I Want You
EPMD: Unfinished Business
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth: Mecca And The Soul Brother
I'm cheating and taking Digable Planets' first album. :D

Hip Hop was my favorite genre, but most of it is garbage now. Those 5 are all pre or right at 1993, when rap went down hill. As for Marvin Gaye, I grew up on that CD so much that I know every little nick nack by heart. If Billy Joel has an anthology, I'm taking that too.


As much as I hate the Raiders, we agree on two things; rap sucks these days, and Jenna Jameson is teh hotnezz.

[dogfish]

i can't even come close. . . for one thing, a lot of the older groups that i like (zeppelin and marley-- two of my very favorites-- in particular), i have so many greatest hits/compilations that i'm not always that familiar with the original albums. . . here are a few off the top of my head, though. . .

dela soul - stakes is high
blackalicious - blazing arrow
public enemy - fear of a black planet

best hip hop albums ever recorded, IMO


jimi hendrix - are you experienced?

jane's addiction - nothing's shocking

sublime - 40 oz. to freedom

the pixies - doolittle

pink floyd - meddle

(good album, but i think the wall gets too much hype-- this one is their best, IMO)


miles davis - bitches brew

funkadelic - maggotbrain and cosmic slop

material - hallucination engine

the orb - orb's adventures beyond the ultraworld

future sound of london - lifeforms EP

beatles - the white album

peter tosh - legalize it and wanted dread or alive

black uhuru - guess who's coming to dinner



alright, i'm gonna stop-- i could go on and on. . . and on. . . . and on. . . .


you get the point. . . .

[Den21vsBal19]

1) A Night At The Opera ~ Queen
2) Brothers in Arms ~ Dire Straits
3) Appetite for Destruction ~ Guns 'n' Roses
4) Hysteria ~ Def Leppard
5) Oxygene ~ Jean Michel Jarre

And an honourable mention, which would probably be my number 1 if it could be counted as a traditional album, is Jeff Wayne's Muscial Version of The War Of The Worlds, absoulely stunning piece of work

[Buff]

Sorry Mo, I can't narrow it to 5

Lateralus -- Tool
Appetite for Destruction -- Guns n Roses
Antichrist Superstar -- Marilyn Manson
The Downward Spiral -- Nine Inch Nails
Black Sails in the Sunset / Sing the Sorrow -- AFI
The Battle of Los Angeles -- Rage Against the Machine
Dark Side of the Moon -- Pink Floyd
MTV Unplugged -- Nirvana
Black Album/Self Titled -- Metallica

[MOtorboat]

Sorry Mo, I can't narrow it to 5

Lateralus -- Tool
Appetite for Destruction -- Guns n Roses
Antichrist Superstar -- Marilyn Manson
The Downward Spiral -- Nine Inch Nails
Black Sails in the Sunset / Sing the Sorrow -- AFI
The Battle of Los Angeles -- Rage Against the Machine
Dark Side of the Moon -- Pink Floyd
MTV Unplugged -- Nirvana
Black Album/Self Titled -- Metallica

Too bad!

DO IT!

NOW!

:coffee:

[Buff]

Too bad!

DO IT!

NOW!

:coffee:

FINE!

Lateralus -- Tool
Appetite for Destruction -- Guns n Roses
Antichrist Superstar -- Marilyn Manson
Sing the Sorrow -- AFI
MTV Unplugged -- Nirvana

[SR]

There is a Nirvana song that I love to play on Rock Band, but I can't remember the name of it.

[MOtorboat]

There is a Nirvana song that I love to play on Rock Band, but I can't remember the name of it.

Good luck with that :wave: And thanks for the useless info...



j/k SR...help me out a little, give me a couple of lyrics...

[MasterShake]

There is a Nirvana song that I love to play on Rock Band, but I can't remember the name of it.

"In Bloom"

[Broncospsycho77]

Man, that's gonna be tough... in no particular order...

Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix
IV - Led Zeppelin
Back in Black/ Razor's Edge (can't pick one) - AC/DC
Appetite For Destruction - Guns 'N Roses

I'll get back to you on the last one... maybe some Oasis or Nirvana or something... my favorites in the last few years:

Get Born - Jet
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Costello Music - The Fratellis
anything by Tenacious D
Buffalo Killers - Buffalo Killers

[SR]

"In Bloom"

Sure.

[Slick]

Really tough to do only a top 5 but I'll bite...

Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains-Buckethead on guitar, Bernie Worrel(Parlement Funkadelics)- Keyboard, Les Claypool bass. Absolutely incredible album IMO

Messer Chups- Crazy Price Freaky Russian electronic/surf music. love that album

Mad Season-Above not a bad song on the record

Band of Gypsies- Jimi Hendrix recorded live New Years eve 1969/1970 I beleive it was at the Fillmore East NYC. Any Hendrix fan owes it to themselves to possess this CD

Tool-AEnima I couldn't do a top 5 and not include the Toolband.

I feel bad for leaving off Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti- Rush Hemispheres or 2112- Ministry's Land of Rape and Honey- Slayer's South of Heaven or Reign in Blood- Danzig Self titled-Three of my favorite British bands Porcupine Tree, Ozric tentacles, Radiohead.

This list could change week to week

[Devilspawn]

How could I forget the best soundtrack of all time: Grease! And I hate musicals.

Also gotta throw some love to the Bee Gees. I don't know if Barry has his nuts tugged during sessions, but damn.

And ALL of my friends would kill me for saying this... but...




:listen: the best of Barry Manilow.

[aberdien]

Man, that's gonna be tough... in no particular order...

Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix
IV - Led Zeppelin
Back in Black/ Razor's Edge (can't pick one) - AC/DC
Appetite For Destruction - Guns 'N Roses

I'll get back to you on the last one... maybe some Oasis or Nirvana or something... my favorites in the last few years:

Get Born - Jet
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Costello Music - The Fratellis
anything by Tenacious D
Buffalo Killers - Buffalo Killers

Get Born is a great album.

[MOtorboat]

Get Born is a great album.

Perfect mix of garage band flair, power chord simplicity and rock star arrogance...seriously that was a perfect album...

[NameUsedBefore]

Dunno... so many albums. Here's a pretty random five groups whose albums I listen to somewhat religiously:

In Absentia/Deadwing/Stupid Dream/Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

Do You Like My Tight Sweater/Catalogue (Live) - Moloko

Aenima/Lateralus/10,000 Days - Tool

Female singers - Missy Higgins/Regina Spektor/Alicia Keys

New/old/random stuff - Damn near anything. Always striving to find more more more more more more music. :)


*I listen to Pink Floyd's Animals everytime I take a road-trip (which is often). I dunno, something about that album I just love for driving.

[aberdien]

Perfect mix of garage band flair, power chord simplicity and rock star arrogance...seriously that was a perfect album...

Ha, exactly.


*I listen to Pink Floyd's Animals everytime I take a road-trip (which is often). I dunno, something about that album I just love for driving.

I love Animals...my second favorite Pink Floyd album.

[DenverBronkHoes]

Pink Floyd - Dark Side
NOFX - Punk in Drublic
Men At Work - Cargo
Propagandhi - How to Clean Everything
Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose

[DenverBronkHoes]

it would be alot easier if u could separate them by type of music

[aberdien]

I'll do a top 5 most influential rock albums since i'm real bored...

1. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
2. Nirvana - Nevermind
3. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
5. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

[DenverBronkHoes]

sonic youth..... hell yea

[Broncospsycho77]

I'll do a top 5 most influential rock albums since i'm real bored...

1. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
2. Nirvana - Nevermind
3. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
5. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

I agree right up to the Sonic Youth... replace it with the Sex Pistols. IMO, they were way more influential. Just my :2cents:

[DenverBronkHoes]

Little info for the Floyd fans

theres a reggae band called The Easy Star All-Stars... they remake albums in Reggae rude boy style from famous bands... Well they did Dark Saide... its called "DUB SIDE OF THE MOON"

its very very cool .... if anyone wants its should be on torrent, but if not ill hook u up

[Bronco4ever]

Little info for the Floyd fans

theres a reggae band called The Easy Star All-Stars... they remake albums in Reggae rude boy style from famous bands... Well they did Dark Saide... its called "DUB SIDE OF THE MOON"

its very very cool .... if anyone wants its should be on torrent, but if not ill hook u up

I heard Dub Side also supposed to sync up better to the Wizard of Oz... :cool:

[DenverBronkHoes]

I heard Dub Side also supposed to sync up better to the Wizard of Oz... :cool:

get f out here!!


wow i need to try it.. i know it goes along perfectly with the Floyd album...

I remember doing the sync when i was like 16... eating acid and tryin it out... Its pretty amazing. No way in hell it wasnt planned. I did manage to get the sync with the movie on a bootlegged DVD from ebay.... its pretty interesting even today after i have watched it hundreds of times.

Floyd.... what a band... geniuses

[Bronco4ever]

get f out here!!


wow i need to try it.. i know it goes along perfectly with the Floyd album...

I remember doing the sync when i was like 16... eating acid and tryin it out... Its pretty amazing. No way in hell it wasnt planned. I did manage to get the sync with the movie on a bootlegged DVD from ebay.... its pretty interesting even today after i have watched it hundreds of times.

Floyd.... what a band... geniuses

You can watch the original one with PF on Youtube. I had to have watched it 10 times or so. I could talk about Dark Side of the Rainbow forever. There are so many crazy coincidences that it makes my head spin. Great stuff!

[DenverBronkHoes]

alot of good memories from my highschool years

[Thnikkaman]

My top 5 in reverse order: These are all albums that I can put in the cd player and listen from start to finish without skipping a song:

5. The Roots - Do You Want More ?!!!??!
4. Aceyalone - All Balls Don't Bounce
3. De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead
2. Denies the Days Demise - Daedelus
1. Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory

Honerable Mention:
Sublime - Sublime
Pharcyde - Bizzare Ride 2
The Nonce - World Ultimate
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
Pete Rock - Petestrumentals

[aberdien]

I agree right up to the Sonic Youth... replace it with the Sex Pistols. IMO, they were way more influential. Just my :2cents:

You can also make a case for Sex Pistols or The Clash to be there, but if you ask me Sonic Youth paved the way for nosie experimentation and bringing alternative to the mainstream.

But the Sex Pistols, even though I have never gotten into them, would definately have to be on the same level or right below.

[DallasChief]

Harvest - Neil Young
40 Oz To Freedom - Sublime
Add It Up - Violent Femmes
Purple Rain - Prince
Still I Rise - 2pac

[CoachChaz]

Can't limit it to 5, so, in no partuicular order...here are my top 10

Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche
Back In Black - AC/DC
Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Reign in Blood - Slayer
Appetite for Destruction - Guns-n-Roses
Screaming for Vengeance - Judas Priest
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Blizzard of Oz - Ozzy Osbourne
Holy Diver - Dio

[DenverBronkHoes]

holy monkey turds

violent femmes

[Rex]

Pump: Aerosmith
Ten: Pearl Jam
Core: Stone Temple Pilots
When the Sun Goes Down: Kenny Chesney
Greatest Hits II: Sawyer Brown

Hows that for a mix?

[MOtorboat]

Pump: Aerosmith
Ten: Pearl Jam
Core: Stone Temple Pilots
When the Sun Goes Down: Kenny Chesney
Greatest Hits II: Sawyer Brown

Hows that for a mix?

I like that mix...

[DenverBronkHoes]

freakin metalheads

no mention of Anthrax or SOD from anyone