What are your Ten must have albums?

[cygnusx1]

What are your Ten must have albums?
I'll begin, my top fav albums are .......


1.A Night At The Opera .....Queen
2.Going For The One.....Yes
3.L .....Steve Hillage
4.Permanent Waves.....Rush
5.Moving Pictures ......Rush
6.Metropolis ...Scenes From a Memory...Dream Theater
7.Led Zep II ....Led Zeppelin
8.Animals....Pink Floyd
9.Crime of The Century....Supertramp
10.Tubular Bells....Mike Oldfield.

 

[oldrooster]

1) Dream Theater - Metropolis (Scenes from a memory)
2) Squeeze - Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti
3) Dream Theater - Falling Into Infinity
4) Dubstar - Goodbye
5) Beautiful South - 0898
6) China Crisis - Working With Fire and Steel
7) Rush - Power Windows
8) The Jelly Jam - The Jelly Jam
9) Supertramp - Paris
10) The Doobie Brothers - What Were Once Vices are Now Habits

 

[Faranor]

U2 - The Joshua Tree
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Radiohead - OK Computer
Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Kruder and Dorfmeister - DJ Sessions
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Nirvana - Nevermind
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Led Zeppelin IV

This ain't my ultimate top ten album list, but it's ten albums which I think everyone should own...

 

[horuhe00]

1.) Akira Soundtrack
2.) Metallica S&M
3.) The Jackal Soundtrack
4.) Evangelion Addition
5.) Evangelion EOE
6.) Beasty Boys Grand Royal
7.) Hillary Hahn plays Bach
8.) Moby Play
9.) Classical Thunder
10.) The Verve

 

[ps139]

My ten, unordered:

-Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
-DJ Tiesto, Magik III: Far from Earth
-Phish, A Live One
-Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II
-Sublime, 40 ounces to Freedom
-Bob Marley, Legend
-Phish, Billy Breathes
-Creedence Clearwater Revival, Greatest Hits
-Edelman & Jones, The Last of the Mohicans soundtrack
-Ennio Morricone, The Good, the Bad & The Ugly soundtrack

 

[KristianJ]

U2 - The Joshua Tree
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Radiohead - OK Computer
Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Kruder and Dorfmeister - DJ Sessions
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Nirvana - Nevermind
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Led Zeppelin IV

This ain't my ultimate top ten album list, but it's ten albums which I think everyone should own...

Nice list, Faranor!

I'll have one up here eventually...

 

[nadroj1985]

^^ Greatest Hits albums and movie soundtracks? Pitiful, ps139...

Here's some of mine, which are completely subject to change, most likely when I hear an album I think is better than these 10...

Radiohead- OK Computer (1997)
Miles Davis- Kind of Blue (1959)
The Velvet Underground- White Light/White Heat (1968)
The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
Patti Smith- Horses (1975)
Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1996)
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation (1988)
John Coltrane- A Love Supreme (1964)
Van Morrison- Astral Weeks (1968)
Pere Ubu- The Modern Dance (1977)

And an honorable mention to Miles Davis' In a Silent Way (1969), which is growing on me and might crack this top 10 sometime.

 

[cygnusx1]

^^ Greatest Hits albums and movie soundtracks? Pitiful, ps139...

Here's some of mine, which are completely subject to change, most likely when I hear an album I think is better than these 10...

Radiohead- OK Computer (1997)
Miles Davis- Kind of Blue (1959)
The Velvet Underground- White Light/White Heat (1968)
The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
Patti Smith- Horses (1975)
Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1996)
Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation (1988)
John Coltrane- A Love Supreme (1964)
Van Morrison- Astral Weeks (1968)
Pere Ubu- The Modern Dance (1977)

And an honorable mention to Miles Davis' In a Silent Way (1969), which is growing on me and might crack this top 10 sometime.

Van Morrison Astral Weeks...........fantastic........."right on time,right on time...

 

[oldrooster]

Van Morrison Astral Weeks...........fantastic........."right on time,right on time...

I would have to include Van Morrison's "Moondance" as well....

 

[cygnusx1]

I would have to include Van Morrison's "Moondance" as well....

Yes,Absolutely,I love all Van The Man's music.........

"We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic
Hark, now hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic"

 

[cygnusx1]

My ten, unordered:

-Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
-DJ Tiesto, Magik III: Far from Earth
-Phish, A Live One
-Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin II
-Sublime, 40 ounces to Freedom
-Bob Marley, Legend
-Phish, Billy Breathes
-Creedence Clearwater Revival, Greatest Hits
-Edelman & Jones, The Last of the Mohicans soundtrack
-Ennio Morricone, The Good, the Bad & The Ugly soundtrack

Ennio Morricone, The Good, the Bad & The Ugly soundtrack

I love his music for the great film 'The Mission', it's so beautiful I went straight out and bought it.

 

[oldrooster]

Yes,Absolutely,I love all Van The Man's music.........

"We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic
Hark, now hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic"

That is such a great song....

 

[absolutely_lost_86]

Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
Nirvana - Nevermind
AC/DC - Back In Black
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live In Hyde Park
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Bon Jovi - Crossroads
Metallica - Master of Puppets

 

[ps139]

^^ Greatest Hits albums and movie soundtracks? Pitiful, ps139... .

Hahhha I knew I'd probably take some flack for that.

Name me a better Creedence album. (Which will be easy since I dont know any). Name me one that is better than the greatest hits. Its one of my most listened to CDs.

Last of the Mohicans soundtrack is some of the prettiest music I've ever heard. Its not your average "motley collection of pop songs" soundtrack.

And Morricone's work on the GBU soundtrack is just mind blowing. It can stand on its own as one of the top 10 albums. Beautiful, moving music.


Actually the one CD I have that is my #1 "must-have" is not listed here because its not your average CD. When I get more time (Im at work now) I'll reveal its secret identity. But I think it is the best CD ever made, but I doubt anyone here has heard it. (Except Cosmic Charlie ) Keep waiting in suspense

 

[welshkarl]

In no particular order!
I'm your man - Leonard Cohen
Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell
Melody AM - Royksopp
Orginal Pirate Material - The Streets
Parellel Lines - Blondie
Upstairs at Erics - Yazoo
Station to Station - Bowie
Blue Lines - Massive Attack
Viva Hate - Morrisey
Replicas - Tubeway Army

 

[Z500]

in no particular order:

Godflesh - Streetcleaner
Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines
Deicide - Deicide
Death - Leprosy
Static-X - Machine
Bolt Thrower - Mercenary
Cryptopsy - Blasphemy Made Flesh
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Metallica - Master of Puppets

off the top of my head

 

[nadroj1985]

Props to cygnus and the rooster for liking Van Morrison. Moondance is a great album too (and "Into the Mystic" is my favorite off that one, or maybe "Caravan"), but Astral Weeks is much better IMO.

And I was just messin' with you, Bill. That CCR greatest hits album is really something (it's called "Chronicle, Vol. 1" right?); I think it might be the best greatest hits album of all time. They are a singles band, so they are the perfect band for the greatest hits treatment.

 

[stonetoflesh]

My must-have albums?

Steve Hillage-- Rainbow Dome Musick
Shpongle-- Are You Shpongled?
Gong-- You or Angel's Egg (can't decide)
Pink Floyd-- Obscured By Clouds
Tortoise-- Millions Now Living Will Never Die (Japanese release)
Can-- Future Days
Ben Harper-- Fight For Your Mind
David Hykes & The Harmonic Choir-- Hearing Solar Winds
Genesis-- The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

hmmm, it's so hard to choose 10; I'll just leave it at 9 for now and maybe I'll think of another one later...

 

[nadroj1985]

I've been meaning to get a few Can albums sometime, but I always forget when I'm at the record store, it seems like.



....And now I am going to look up Shpongle, just because their name sounds so cool

 

[stonetoflesh]

I've been meaning to get a few Can albums sometime, but I always forget when I'm at the record store, it seems like.

They're excellent... I'd recommend Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi, or Future Days to start.

....And now I am going to look up Shpongle, just because their name sounds so cool

It is a wacky name, isn't it?