ok Fishes - your top 10 albums of all time - no compilations!
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Mescalito
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I've probably already done this, but like everyone else, my top 10 is a very moveable feast
Love - Forever Changes
Velvet Underground With Nico - Velvet Underground With Nico
Television - Marquee Moon
Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights
Elliot Smith - Either Or
Inge Thompson - Shipwrecks & Static
Grateful Dead - Live/Dead
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
R.E.M. - Murmur
John Stewart - California Bloodlines
Love - Forever Changes
Velvet Underground With Nico - Velvet Underground With Nico
Television - Marquee Moon
Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights
Elliot Smith - Either Or
Inge Thompson - Shipwrecks & Static
Grateful Dead - Live/Dead
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
R.E.M. - Murmur
John Stewart - California Bloodlines
Joe Hutch
Mate of the bloke
I've already done it too. Basically all you need is the first three Iggy & The Stooges albums and the four 'proper' Velvets albums, plus 'This Leaden Pall' by Half Man Half Biscuit and 'Forever Changes' by Love. That's nine, so just add in another to make up the numbers.
Mescalito
pfm Member
johnfromnorwich
even my wife noticed the dif..
Well the obvious omission for the #10 spot is is the Velvets Live 1969 with Lou Reed set. I'd say that was essential. But then there's no room for any Miles Davis. This is why I don't bother with top 10s.
Robert J
Active Member
Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Wire - Chairs Missing
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
The Clash - London Calling
The Fall - Grotesque (After the Gramme)
Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe
The Replacements - Let It Be
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Wire - Chairs Missing
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
The Clash - London Calling
The Fall - Grotesque (After the Gramme)
Swell Maps - Jane From Occupied Europe
The Replacements - Let It Be
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Ok, I'll play. In no particular order except for the first three:
Band of Gypsies – Hendrix
Electric Ladyland – Hendrix
Anthem of the Sun – Dead
American Beauty – Dead
LA Woman – Doors
Everybody Knows this is Nowhwere – Neil Young
Forever Changes – Love
Future Days – Can
Untitled – Byrds
Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
Band of Gypsies – Hendrix
Electric Ladyland – Hendrix
Anthem of the Sun – Dead
American Beauty – Dead
LA Woman – Doors
Everybody Knows this is Nowhwere – Neil Young
Forever Changes – Love
Future Days – Can
Untitled – Byrds
Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
oceanobsession
pfm Member
1. paul simon stil crazy after all these years
2. band on the run wings
3. stranglers aural sculpters
4. gaugho steely dan
5. free free
6. the doors Morrison hotel
7. roxy music roxy music first album
8. fugazi marillian
9. camel moonmadness
10. jethro tull this was
2. band on the run wings
3. stranglers aural sculpters
4. gaugho steely dan
5. free free
6. the doors Morrison hotel
7. roxy music roxy music first album
8. fugazi marillian
9. camel moonmadness
10. jethro tull this was
merlin
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What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
One Night Stand - Sam Cooke
Signing Off - UB40
Live - Bob Marley
Ella & Louis - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Winter in America - Gil Scott Heron
Lush Life - John Coltrane
Blue - Joni Michell
Cookin' - Miles Davis Quintet
Sign o the Times - Prince
One Night Stand - Sam Cooke
Signing Off - UB40
Live - Bob Marley
Ella & Louis - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Winter in America - Gil Scott Heron
Lush Life - John Coltrane
Blue - Joni Michell
Cookin' - Miles Davis Quintet
Sign o the Times - Prince
darrenyeats
pfm Member
Nick Drake and PF - yes.
Checking out Cinematic Orchestra on Spotify - hmm, nice late night stuff methinks.
Cassius one sounds interesting from the clips I could get earlier ... though it's not a major genre for me. See if I can stream the whole thing from somewhere (not on Spotify).
Tony L
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I'll have another go - I've done this before somewhere, but some will have changed:
Bach - Solo violin sonatas and partitas. I'd need to think about which violinist, but this would have to be in any top ten.
T. Rex - Electric Warrior. Not the first album I bought (that was The Slider), but this one is marginally better, i.e. just about the perfect pop record.
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures. I picked this last time, and I'll pick it again next time. It just has to be there. Just a perfect album (music, playlisting, artwork, legend, everything).
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. The sound of Meols, Hoylake & West Kirby in the late '70s. The realisation that music could be a local thing. Stands up well too, it's a fun album. Obviously one needs an original with the fancy die-cut Peter Saville sleeve.
Gil Scott-Heron. Pieces Of A Man. What needs to be said said with exceptional eloquence. A giant of an album.
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew. Impossible to pick a single Miles album and I'm sure you bastards won't let me take my 71xCD complete Columbia Albums box, and BB is a gift that seems to keep on giving - there's something kind of dark and impenetrable always with new things to be heard.
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On. I just think it has to be here, there is something very special about it.
Boo Radleys - Giant Steps. An album that I missed the significance of at the time as I was kind of too close to understand what it was (I knew them). Reevaluating it a couple of years back really shocked me - it's a bloody amazing album!
Stockhausen - Hymnen. It's just a masterpiece. The more I understand about how he did it the more in awe I am. It is an astonishing thing, just insane.
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come. As I suspected, one Miles Davis album just isn't enough, and I love this one, but I want the remastered CD out of the 71xCD box as the cut/edit in Drad Dog on the original LP version pisses me right off (and loses a great solo).
Damn, that means I've no Mingus, Monk, Hubbard, Krautrock and a whole shedload of other stuff that I obviously need.
Bach - Solo violin sonatas and partitas. I'd need to think about which violinist, but this would have to be in any top ten.
T. Rex - Electric Warrior. Not the first album I bought (that was The Slider), but this one is marginally better, i.e. just about the perfect pop record.
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures. I picked this last time, and I'll pick it again next time. It just has to be there. Just a perfect album (music, playlisting, artwork, legend, everything).
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. The sound of Meols, Hoylake & West Kirby in the late '70s. The realisation that music could be a local thing. Stands up well too, it's a fun album. Obviously one needs an original with the fancy die-cut Peter Saville sleeve.
Gil Scott-Heron. Pieces Of A Man. What needs to be said said with exceptional eloquence. A giant of an album.
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew. Impossible to pick a single Miles album and I'm sure you bastards won't let me take my 71xCD complete Columbia Albums box, and BB is a gift that seems to keep on giving - there's something kind of dark and impenetrable always with new things to be heard.
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On. I just think it has to be here, there is something very special about it.
Boo Radleys - Giant Steps. An album that I missed the significance of at the time as I was kind of too close to understand what it was (I knew them). Reevaluating it a couple of years back really shocked me - it's a bloody amazing album!
Stockhausen - Hymnen. It's just a masterpiece. The more I understand about how he did it the more in awe I am. It is an astonishing thing, just insane.
Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come. As I suspected, one Miles Davis album just isn't enough, and I love this one, but I want the remastered CD out of the 71xCD box as the cut/edit in Drad Dog on the original LP version pisses me right off (and loses a great solo).
Damn, that means I've no Mingus, Monk, Hubbard, Krautrock and a whole shedload of other stuff that I obviously need.
darrenyeats
pfm Member
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
XX - The XX
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
The Warning - Hot Chip
Graceland - Paul Simon
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Scheherazade - Rimsky-Korsakov
Nevermind - Nirvana
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
XX - The XX
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
The Warning - Hot Chip
Graceland - Paul Simon
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Scheherazade - Rimsky-Korsakov
Nevermind - Nirvana
Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Minstrel SE
These go to eleven
Its an impossible task really as you would need a huge list with a constantly changing running order.
For me music isnt about charts. Its about hearing a John Peel show or uncut/mojo cd and thinking thats a stunningly good track. Its about hearing a beautiful religious choral piece even though Im an atheist. Its about having thousands of cds and delving into them for a nice surprise. Its about having so much good music that you cant play it all.
As a white boy living in this area, the main influences on my life have been Joy Division, The Smiths, Happy Mondays and The Fall.
I wont struggle to do a list. Something from Bob Dylan and The Doors would be there. Leonard Cohens live in London and Old Ideas gets a fair bit of play. How can you list just one Smiths or Fall album in a top ten?
Ive just looked at my rack and the Sundays reading writing and arithmetic is one favourite.
There isnt much mentioned in this thread that I havent heard.
Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in space
For me music isnt about charts. Its about hearing a John Peel show or uncut/mojo cd and thinking thats a stunningly good track. Its about hearing a beautiful religious choral piece even though Im an atheist. Its about having thousands of cds and delving into them for a nice surprise. Its about having so much good music that you cant play it all.
As a white boy living in this area, the main influences on my life have been Joy Division, The Smiths, Happy Mondays and The Fall.
I wont struggle to do a list. Something from Bob Dylan and The Doors would be there. Leonard Cohens live in London and Old Ideas gets a fair bit of play. How can you list just one Smiths or Fall album in a top ten?
Ive just looked at my rack and the Sundays reading writing and arithmetic is one favourite.
There isnt much mentioned in this thread that I havent heard.
Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in space
herb
brain's right hemisphere
I quickly walked into my music room and immediately picked out:
Beefheart Trout Mask Replica
Tippett Symphony No 3
Coltrane Stellar Regions
Surman How Many clouds can you See?
John Mayall Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
Schoenberg Gurre Lieder - Abbado
Monk Criss-Cross
Bach Harpsichord Concertos - Pinnock
Stockhausen Momente
Mike Westbrook Mama Chicago
Bruckner Symphony No 8
Damn that's 11.
Beefheart Trout Mask Replica
Tippett Symphony No 3
Coltrane Stellar Regions
Surman How Many clouds can you See?
John Mayall Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
Schoenberg Gurre Lieder - Abbado
Monk Criss-Cross
Bach Harpsichord Concertos - Pinnock
Stockhausen Momente
Mike Westbrook Mama Chicago
Bruckner Symphony No 8
Damn that's 11.
I'll have a go:
The lamb lies down on Broadway- Genesis
Anybody Out There- Burlap to Cashmere
Laser Love- After the Fire
Revolution- YFriday
A night at the opera- Queen
Blue Album- Beatles- can I have this?
Red Album- Beatles- got to be allowed this as half the songs weren't on an original album
90125- Yes
Only Visiting this Planet- Larry Norman
Miss Saigon- Original Score (i.e. Lea Salonga et al)
Hmm I reckon I could choose 10 different albums and possibly prefer those….
The lamb lies down on Broadway- Genesis
Anybody Out There- Burlap to Cashmere
Laser Love- After the Fire
Revolution- YFriday
A night at the opera- Queen
Blue Album- Beatles- can I have this?
Red Album- Beatles- got to be allowed this as half the songs weren't on an original album
90125- Yes
Only Visiting this Planet- Larry Norman
Miss Saigon- Original Score (i.e. Lea Salonga et al)
Hmm I reckon I could choose 10 different albums and possibly prefer those….
Robn
pfm Member
Changing all the time but here's some constants:
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Gong - You
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
Kate Bush - Aerial
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Joy Division - Closer
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of
The Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
I'm so 20th Century
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Gong - You
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
Kate Bush - Aerial
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Joy Division - Closer
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of
The Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
I'm so 20th Century
1964meb
pfm Member