Greatest Albums

[Buff124]

Good list by the way. The only things I'd change are taking Queen out (they bring me out in hives) and swapping Dont Stand me Down for Young Soul Rebels...

[abdoujaparov]

dexy's coz it was everything else that year was megamerde. it shone like a diamond in the cack

[Buff124]

not a bad year really 1980....

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Knew I'd regret that one

the chance to use 'megamerde' in a sentence overwhelmed my critical faculties

Edited November 15, 2012 by Buff124

[Ed209]

don't know if its been mentioned, but gotta go for

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions

[thefaultinourstars]

Forgive me for any repeats, but if I limit my list to the last 15 years (Just for the sake of variety):

Whatever People Say I am, Thats what I'm Not: Arctic Monkeys (Could be any of Arctics albums to be fair)

Franz Ferdinand: Franz Ferdinand

The XX: The XX

Midnight Organ Fight:Frightened Rabbit

In Rainbows: Radiohead

Is This It: The Strokes

Dig Out Your Soul: Oasis (Controversial)

Origin of Symmetry: Muse

Demon Days: Gorillaz

Wasting Light: Foo Fighters

West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum: Kasabian

Because of the Times: Kings of Leon

Heathen: David Bowie

[ian_sw]

Oh yeah wish I'd put Demon Days by Gorillaz on mine, played that over and over when i first got it still go back to it now and it sounds fresh ... Great call !!!

[plaskins]

Don't think these have had a mention yet:

Pulp - Different Class

Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

[Leggins]

Tracy Chapman- Tracy Chapman

Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing

[Chinaski_]

Slint - Spiderland

[captain futility]

i don't think any of my favourites appear in any 'greatest' list, but they're a huge part of my life:

please to see the king - steeleye span

once again - barclay james harvest

talk talk talk - the psychedelic furs

fiction - the comsat angels

the blurred crusade - the church

crazy rhythms - the feelies

throwing muses - throwing muses

the medicine show - the dream syndicate

submarine bells - the chills

workbook - bob mould

[grumpyhack]

OK, it's a compilation but deserves a special mention.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rock_Machine_Turns_You_On

The first budget priced compilation - I think it cost 19/6 (just under a pound in old money) and reflected the amazing roster then on the CBS label - Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen and also introduced people to various other artists who weren't quite so well known.

For single artist albums I'd go for Fairport Convention's What We Did on Our Holidays and Liege and Leaf for Sandi Denni's beautiful voice, Love's Forever Changes and pretty well anything by Van Morrison,

[Aby]

Underworld - Dubnoplacewithmyheadman

mint

[abdoujaparov]

Underworld - Dubnoplacebasswithmyheadman

mint

[Aby]

typo!

[whisty]

Who's gonna go back through and compile the Efestivals Glastonbury forum Top Albums list then?

In alphabetical order please

[jimmyt]

Who's gonna go back through and compile the Efestivals Glastonbury forum Top Albums list then?

In alphabetical order please

[jimmyt]

Sortable spreadsheet with date of release and genre would be even better!

[TheSeventhOne]

These are the ones that spring to mind initially, but I've no doubt missed some obvious belters:

Prince – Purple Rain

Sigur Rós – Ágætis Byrjun

Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath

Radiohead – In Rainbows

Deftones – White Pony

Talking Heads – Remain in Light

Swans – Children of God

Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Public Image Ltd. – Metal Box

Killing Joke – Killing Joke

Daft Punk – Discovery

Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life

Napalm Death – Scum

[Ed209]

More in my top list that I don't think they've been mentioned so far

Chemical Brothers - Dig your own hole

The Prodigy - Experience

QotSA - Songs for the deaf

Jimi Hendrix = Electric Ladyland

[Bobs]

I know i'll get crucified for this, but....

Arctic Monkeys - Suck It And See

Maximo Park - Our Earthly Pleasures

Don't get me wrong, there must be a good 100+ songs i love more, but in terms of listening to an album, start to finish and thinking, 'i love every track', it's this.

[danbailey80]

you're going to get the same concensus pretty much whatever list you look at. Not many wildcards in there.

I reckon you'd be better off asking everyone on here to recommend one album to you. There's a prety broad mix of people here and tastes, reckon that'd be a good bet

1 album, and you can't name an album if someone else has already named it. Also preferably not a really obvious choice,

[Mardy]

Great idea...

Afghan Whigs - Black Love

Afghan Whigs – Crime Scene Part One

[dingbat2]

Favourite albums are so subjective, its rarely about the quality of the music, it's about what music affected you at that time and since, and why it affected you, so I will go for

Kraftwerk - autobahn (also my favourite song)

Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan

Zoolook - jean Michel Jarre

Not great albums I suspect in many people's books, but it was my first memory of music in my youth and remind me of a great childhood. I was, and am a very lucky boy, bless my dad, I miss him loads

[abdoujaparov]

Favourite albums are so subjective, its rarely about the quality of the music, it's about what music affected you at that time and since, and why it affected you, so I will go for

Kraftwerk - autobahn (also my favourite song)

Pleasure Principle - Gary Numan

Zoolook - jean Michel Jarre

Not great albums I suspect in many people's books, but it was my first memory of music in my youth and remind me of a great childhood. I was, and am a very lucky boy, bless my dad, I miss him loads

[abdoujaparov]

important..?

fact!

hate that... 'fact!'