Favourite Albums

[thedonal]

I absolutely love Dream Theater. What I liked about Octavarium was that it isn't quite as heavy as some of the others- it's a bit more diverse and mixed/produced to have wider appeal- Panic Attack seems to have real Muse leanings, whereas Octavarium really takes after Shine On You Crazy Diamond (at the start, anyway!).

Train Of Though, however, is so heavy that I have to keep the CD on a reinforced table!!! Some of those riffs would sit nicely on a Sabbath album- and are the reason I'd like to get a 7 string guitar at some point. Deep, deep chugging...

Anyone listened to any Patrick Rondat? French guitarist- in the Classical metal fusion, but also quite melodic - his album Rape of the Earth is great.

[Treacle]

Nick Drake = Bryter Layter
Aphex Twin = Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Cable = When Animals Attack
Cardiacs = All That Glitters Is A Mares Nest
Dr. Octagon = Ecologist
Mogwai = Young Team
Orbital = Snivilisation
Pearl Jam = Ten
Autechre = Amber
Baby Bird = Bad Shave
Bark Psychosis = Independency
Blur = Modern Life Is Rubbish
Public Image Ltd = The Greatest Hits So Far


Sorry couldnt decide on my top three. Still left alot out as well.

[fizzwheel]

Nick Drake = Bryter Layter
Aphex Twin = Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Blur = Modern Life Is Rubbish


Now there is a man with taste :cool: :thumbsup:

Prefer Pink Moon myself, to Bryter Later though.

[Jabba]

I'd say 42?

Close enough :(

Memories of shared bags of chips with first g/friend....... in Disley, so not a million miles from you :D

[chazzyb]

Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
Zappa's a sort of love him or hate him sort of character. Picked this album because I've consistently listened to it over the years and never get tired of it.


Really! I must have listen again soon. I bought a vinyl copy a year or so, in a charity shop and I'm not sure I've played it yet. My only real FZ exposure has been a 'best of' CD which I absolutely lurve. No-one else in the family does tho'...

[xlewdx]

Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life.
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Aerosmith - Permanet Vacation

Honorary mentions

Billy Joel - Piano Man
Bon Jovi - Slipery When Wet
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Prince - Sign of the Times

[Law]

Singles in no order and no doubt

Billie Jean - Michael Jackson (Quincy jones at his finest)
Rappers Delight - Sugar hill gang (Still the best ever rap record)
I found Lovin - Fatback Band (Arms in the air 80's soul weekender classic...not arf!)
Insomnia - Faithless (Possibly the best dance record in the world ever)

If we're doing songs as well. Favourites definitely are (in no particular order):

Beautiful Day - 3 Colours Red
Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine
You Know You're Right - Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
High - Feeder
At Your Funeral - Saves The Day
Three Simple Words - Finch

Forgot to add Street Spirit (Fade Out) - Radiohead

[fizzwheel]

At Your Funeral - Saves The Day


And I thought I was the ony person who had heard of them :cool:

[hovis]

IRON MAIDEN - LIVE AFTER DEATH

SLAYER - DECADE OF AGGRESION

METALLICA - KILL EM ALL

:smt035

[Jester666]

In no particular order

The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden

Absolution - Muse

The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance (Yes I know I'm over 12 Years old but I like it!!)

Honourable mentions to;

...And Justice For All - Metallica
1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky
Murder Ballads - Nick Cave
Ace of Spades - Motorhead
DSOTM - Pink Floyd
Last Decade, Dead Century - Warrior Soul
The Almighty - The Almighty
All the early AC/DC albums up to & including For Those About To Rock.

ROCK ON!!
Tchaikovsky was a headbanger!!!:smt035 :smt096

[Heed]

The Wildhearts - The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Towers Of London - Blood, Sweat and Towers
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

[Sevorg]

1. Fox Base Alpha - St Etienne
2. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
3. Screamadelica - Primal Scream

.........sorry need to add a fourth

4. Blue Lines - Massive Attack

.........oh there are so many more!

5. Loaded - The Velvet Underground

and so on...

and so on...:smt020

[grh1904]

OK I'll give this one a go:-:smt020

U2 - Best of 80-90
The Happy Mondays - Pills n Thrills n belly aches:notworthy:
The Jam - Snap

erm,:confused: The Stone Roses - the Second Coming,
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - 1984-1989,
Squeeze - Singles (45's and under),

maybe,:scratch: Alanis Morisette - Jagged Little pill,
Fine Young Cannibals - The finest,
The Eagles - the Best of the Eagles,

OK, lets start a new thread "my top 10 favourite albums".........

[Razor]

LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening

Eels - Hombre Lobo: 12 songs of desire

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

[Bri w]

Jethro Tull - Too old for rock 'n' roll, too young to die

The ultimate biker's album.

Tangerine Dream - anything by them

Turn the lights out and the volume up.

Genesis - Seconds out

Its a double live album - is that cheating? Fav track, Supper's ready

[garynortheast]

1. Yr Hwntws - Yr Hwntws
2. Joni Mitchell - Blue
3. Never Mind The Bocs - Never Mind The Bocs

[STRAMASHER]

The Aliens - Astronomy For Dogs

Meat Beat Manifesto - Satyricon

Rainbow - Rising

Front 242 - Off

The Cult - Love



Be happy just to listen to these 5 continuously.

[Viney]

At the moment...

Amy Winehouse - Back to black
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever you say i am thats what im not
Kylie - Aphrodite

[dizzyblonde]

At the moment

The best of Aphrodites Child.

[Binky]

Erm, well i'd have to say...




...The Best of The Beatles.




Ahaaaaaa

[maviczap]

Genesis - Seconds out
Its a double live album - is that cheating? Fav track, Supper's ready

Sorry Bri, that's not the best track, Dance on a Volcano is the best.

If you've ever seen the film of this album the drum duel/duet between Phil Collins & Chester Thompson is amazing. I can't resist playing the air drums, even if I'm driving!

But I'll +1 with you on this as one of my all time fav albums

Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run, my no1

U2 - The Unforgettable Fire

[Milky Bar Kid]

I just read through the whole of this thread, some brilliant albums mentioned.

Really difficult for me to pick but I would say they are as follows:

AC/DC - Back in Black

Evanescence - Fallen

Florence and the Machine - Lungs

[kellyjo]

Muse - Origins

Radiohead - OK Computer

Velvet Underground - VU

Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

[thedonal]

Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
The Beatles- Revolver
Led Zeppelin- IV

[keithd]

Too hard to have an all time favorite as taste changes frequently with mood/situations etc

one's i frequently return to are

AC/DC - Back in Black
Pulp - Different Class
Oasis - Definately Maybe
Queens of the Stoneage - Songs for the Deaf
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
Pink Floyd - DSOM

[Binky]

Right, jumping on the badwagon. Five is a push to narrow down, but in true High Fidelity style it's all about top fives. :cool: In no order...

Pearl Jam - Ten

The Beatles - Revolver (Rubber Soul close second)

Radiohead - In Rainbows

Led Zeppelin - IV (I and II close second)

The Stone Roses - Stone Roses

[CheGuevara]

Any by the Tragically Hip, but I listen to Yer Favourites most often because, well it has all my favourites :)

Any by The Reverend Horton Heat

Johhny Cash - At Folsom Prison and the American albums.

Luther Wright and the Wrongs - Rebuild the Wall - a complete cover of Pink Floyd's The Wall done entirely in country bluegrass. Absolutely brilliant:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e2etT1Gtrw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CECEj6hJPkk

The soundtrack to The Big Night.

[Viney]

Too hard to have an all time favorite as taste changes frequently with mood/situations etc

one's i frequently return to are

AC/DC - Back in Black
Pulp - Different Class
Oasis - Definately Maybe
Queens of the Stoneage - Songs for the Deaf
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
Pink Floyd - DSOMDude! One of if not the greatest rap album ever

[keithd]

Dude! One of if not the greatest rap album ever

word

[keithd]

oh and forgot

Airbourne Toxic Event - Airbourne Toxic Event

awesomeness!

[metalhead19]

In no particular order

Bob Marley - Legend Remastered
Devildriver - The Last Kind Words
Pantera - Reinventing Hell
System of a Down - toxicity
BFMV - The Poison.

[Sid Squid]

Too hard to have an all time favorite as taste changes frequently with mood/situations etc

Too true, but some constants are:

The Damned, MGE

Pink Floyd DSOM

Led Zep II