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10 albums everyone should own

10...difficult, but these spring to mind..

Jackson Browne...The next voice you hear
Bowie...Aladdin Sane
Cocteau Twins...Heaven or Las Vegas
Fagen...Nightfly
Steely Dan...Gaucho
Genesis...Selling England by the pound
Zeppelin...Physical grafitti
John Mayer...Heavier Things
Dead Can Dance... Into the Labyrinth.
Van Halen ..First album.
 
slint - spiderland
radiohead - ok comp
big black - atomizer
new order - power, corruption and lies
sonic youth - goo
talk talk - spirit of eden
dan deacon - spiderman of the rings
my bloody valentine - loveless
boo radleys - giant steps
lali puna - faking the books
 
This is more 'some records l have enjoyed' rather than 'albums everyone should own' :

Steve Gibbons : The Dylan Project 2
Alkan : Concerto for Solo Piano by Marc-Andre Hamelin
Alkan : Piano Works by Ronald Smith
Du Pre etc : Beethoven Piano Trios :'Archduke' and 'Ghost'
Spohr : Octet and Nonet.
Songs from A.E. Houseman's 'A Shropshire Lad' (Trew, Vignoles) Meridian.
Kalkbrenner:Grand Septuor & Grand Quintetto
Handel : Coronation Anthems KCC etc
E. Presley : Complete 50's masters
Paul Ansell's No. 9 : Live at Sun
ARS : Dog days
Linda Ronstadt :prisoner in disguise/ Merry Little Christmas
Maria Muldaur : same title (includes the gem 'Midnight at the oasis')
John Martyn: Apprentice/ Sapphire
Ruby Braff : Music for the still of the night
Jim Hall : Concierto
Phil Robson : Screenwash
Chet Baker : Broken Wing
Tommy Flanagan Trio :Overseas
Horace Silver Quintet : Songs for my father
Bobby Hackett :Live at the Roosevelt Grill vol.1-4
Humbler : live by Danny Gatton & Robert Gordon
Ian Matthews : Journeys from Gospel Oak
Firefall : same title/Elan
Little Feat : Time loves a hero
M. Davis : Kind of blue
Flying Burrito Brothers: same title, third album with Rick Roberts.
Modern Jazz Quartet: Lonely woman
Poco : Indian Summer/Cantamos
Jerry Lee Lewis : Another Place Another time (first Smash label country record )

I've exceeded 10 l'm afraid.
Roy
 
can I add elephant by white stripes to my list - just got it - wow its good!

Of course you can. On vinyl?

My 10

Led Zep 1
Aerosmith - Get your wings
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Sheryl Crow - Wildflower
The Crusaders - Pass the plate
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Art Blakey - Moanin
Bob Marley - Catch a Fire
Curtis Mayfield - Roots
The Smiths - Louder than bombs.
 
Well our moderator had 20..
Aqualung - Tull
Echoes - Floyd (for the infatuation all those years ago)
Solid Air - John Martyn
Led Zeppelin 1 (greatest rock debut album) but hurts to not mention 2,4 and PG.
Foxtrot - Genesis or Gabriel Best of
This is the Sea - Waterboys
Best of - Clapton/Cream
Best of - Dire Straits
Best of - Doors
Best of - Roxy Music
Best of - Steely Dan
Best of - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Automatic for the People - REM
The Boatmans Call - Nick Cave (the only artist who gets better with age)
I'm Alive - Jackson Browne
Oh Mercy - Dylan
Astral Weeks or No Guru - Van
Songs from the Rain - Hothouse Flowers
Ancient Heart - Tanita Tikaram (great debut : what happened next ?)
Ten New Songs - Leonard Cohen (what a come-back !)
The Trinity Session - Cowboy Junkies
In Rainbows - Radiohead (my son assures me it is a classic)
Trouble - Ray LaMontaigne (my daughter assures etc)
Surfacing - Sarah McLachlan (for the sheer beauty) or Annie Lennox Best
Tea or Teaser - Cat Stevens
After the Goldrush - Neil Young or a best of
Nebraska - The Boss (recognition for a lifetime of great music and the FU to Bush)
The jazz os another '20'...
 
All the following on black stuff only : -

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (funky man)
Siomon & Garfunkel - Bookends (this album has nothing to do with drugs)
Joni Mitchell - Blue (A desert island disc)
Jackson Browne - Running on Empty (The best live album ever)
Tom Waits - Closing Time (Tom's best)
Steely Dan - Aja (It don't get much better than this)
Bod Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited/Bringing it all Back Home ( Mr Dylan's best year for albums)
Al Stewart - Year of the Cat (Sublime)
Neil Young - After the Goldrush (Neil at his best)
Massive Attack - Mezzanine ( MA's best)
John Martyn - One World (John at his best)
 
1. Pink Floyd - DSOTM
2. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
3. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
4. Pixies - Surfer Rosa (or Doolittle)
5. The Smiths - The Smiths
6. Echo And The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
7. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
8. TV On the Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain
9. Hawkwind - Doremifasolaitido
10. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
 
1, Jackson Browne - Late for the sky ( or one of the other early ones)
2, Springsteen - Darkness on the edge of town
3, Warren Zevon - self titled
4, Fleetwood mac - Rumours
5, John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters
6, Terry Allen - Lubbock (on everything)
7, Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
8, Bowie - Hunky Dory
9, Casey Chambers - The Captain
10, Carole King - Tapestry
 
nah CD not vinyl - sounds pretty good though on the plastic spinner

good choice re the art blakey - moanin is excellent
 
1. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
2. Cream - Goodbye
3. The Who - Live At Leeds
4. Led Zeppelin - IV
5. Little Feat - The Last Record Album
6. Steely Dan - Aja
7. The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops
8. Genesis - Foxtrot
9. Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
10. Alison Krauss & Union Station - So Long / So Wrong (aha!)
 
Buddy Guy – Sweet Tea
Howlin’ Wolf – Moanin’ in The Moonlight
Shelley Manne – At The Blackhawk
Tom Waits – Mule Variations
Spinal Tap – Break Like The Wind
Little Feat - Sailin’ Shoes
Lyle Lovett – Joshua Judges Ruth
Paul Simon – Graceland
Van Morrison – No Guru No Method No Teacher
Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks
 
not in any order of preference

1. Half Man Half Biscuit - Back in The DSS
2. Orange Juice - Rip It Up
3. Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
4. Van Dyke Parks - Jump!
5. Getz/Gilberto
6. Talking Heads - 77
7. Pink Floyd - Relics
8. Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther
9. Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
10. The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse
 
Trying to make a list without mentioning John Martyn, but obviously, everything he has ever done, plus -

M Ward The Transfiguration Of Vincent
Tom Waits Blue Valentine
Coleman Hawkins The Hawk Flies High
Joe Bonamassa Sloe Gin
Holly Cole Temptation
John Butler Trio Sunrise Over Sea
Joan As Police Woman Real Life
Gregson And Collister Home And Away
Eric Clapton From The Cradle
Rory Gallagher Wheels Within Wheels
 
If I got washed up on a desert island with a record player, an electricity supply and a Queen record I'd still use it as a frisbee.
 
Off the top of my head and not including Jazz and Classical

The Smiths - Strangeways here we come (far better than Queen is dead IMO)
Van Morrison - Moondance
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Skip James - Complete Early Recordings
Bob Marley and The Wailers - Catch a Fire
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - B Sides and Rarities
Neil Young - Decade
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
Kate Bush - Sensual World
 


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