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What Are Your 5 Favorite Albums Of All Time?

Reply #75 – 2002-09-08 22:43:16

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Live - Throwing Copper

wtg, Garf!

Live - Secret Samadhi (some might have figured )
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets
New Model Army - Thunder & Consolation
Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
Toad The Wet Sprocket - Coil

honorable mentions:

The Clash - London Calling
Better than Ezra - Friction, Baby
Pearl Jam - Binaural
Matthew Good Band - Beautiful Midnight
(+ some more DMB and Live albums )

ah heck, i love 'em all

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Reply #76 – 2002-09-08 22:44:24

My favourite albums:

1) ZzZzZzZ: "WMA IST DEATH"
2) Frank Klemm: "Petri Net Stimulation"
3) Roberto Amorim: "AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" (a-ha cover songs)
4) Everwicked: "Oh My God!"
5) JohnMK: "I am attracted to myself"

:B

Ruairi

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Reply #77 – 2002-09-08 23:03:47

I have to agree with Mvdb.

And you don't have to be a genius to understand that things like taste change constantly, so my top 5 list would be different even now when you oppose it to my last posting . Not to mention my taste a few years ago.

So, chill out, and post your top 5 if you like...

Cheers,

Mijo.

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Reply #78 – 2002-09-08 23:55:43

Johann Sebastian Bach - Variations Goldberg BWV 988 - Glenn Gould (1981)
Johann Sebastian Bach - Variations Goldberg BWV 988 - Céline Frisch (2002)
Gustav Mahler - Symphonie No.6 - Pierre Boulez (1995)
Jean-Baptiste Lully - Phaeton - Les Musiciens du Louvre, dir. Marc Minkowski
Iron Maiden

- Piece of Mind

And many, many others....

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Reply #79 – 2002-09-09 02:57:40

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I have to agree with Mvdb.

And you don't have to be a genius to understand that things like taste change constantly, so my top 5 list would be different even now when you oppose it to my last posting . Not to mention my taste a few years ago.

So, chill out, and post your top 5 if you like...

Cheers,

Mijo.

Currently listening ...

Ethno/OST: Crna macka, beli macor
Chill Out: Space Night 5

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Reply #80 – 2002-09-09 08:13:24

Now this is a hard hard question.
I'll restrict it to 'popular' music, and to CDs which I already own.

* Plaid - Double Figure
* Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
* Radiohead - either The Bends or OK Computer
* The Who - Who's Next
* The Beatles - 1967-1970

My choice will probably be different next year . Part of the problem is finding an album which is consistently good. I love Lamb, Fridge, Massive Attack, et cetera, but all of their albums have fairly mediocre sections.

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Reply #81 – 2002-09-09 12:17:44

Dear god, even restricting this to stuff I own is impossible

Jeff Buckley - Grace
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Orbital - Brown Album
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Radiohead - OK Computer

Honourable mentions

Autechre - Tri Repetae
Boards of Canada - Music has the right to have children
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the head
Depeche Mode - Violator
Plaid - Double Figure
Rachmaninov - The Symphonies (Ashkenazy, Previn and LSO)
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
Radiohead - The Bends
The Cinematic Orchestra - Every day

Arghhhh and so many more... what about Lamb, Leftfield, Massive Attack, Coltrane.... overload, overload, imploding, argggghh

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Reply #82 – 2002-09-09 13:03:53

Looks like no one listens to the blues around here...

In no order:

BB King Let the good times roll (BB King plays the music of Louis Jourdan)
The Blues Brothers OST
Bruce Springsteen Live 1975-1985
Dire Straits Dire Straits
Paolo Conte Concerti

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Reply #83 – 2002-09-09 15:00:14

I don't know how, but I neglected to include:

"The Doors" - Doors
"Loaded" - Velvet Underground
"Blood on the Tracks" - Bob Dylan
'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" - David Bowie
"Burnin'" - Wailers

(it should have been a "top 10" list, anyways ;-)

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Reply #84 – 2002-09-09 20:36:04

Oh the blues are great. Anything by Lightnin Hopkins can be on my list.

Also anything by
Miles Davis
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Herbie Hancock
Coltrane
BB King
Al Green
Marvin Gaye
Curtis Mayfield

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Reply #85 – 2002-09-09 21:02:41

i knew i couldn't decide on 5 top albums. so i guess i'll continue commenting..
(take it or leave it )

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Cradle Of Filth - Dusk..... And Her Embrace (plain good)

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (well mastered, great sound)

Don't forget 'The Gathering', 'My dying bride' & 'Theater of Tragedy'!

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Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

i also like the band 'Samael'.

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Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery
Gentle Giant - Octopus

i wonder how come no1 had mentioned King Crimson ('Red', for instance) or Camel ('The snow goose' is probably the best)

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Temple Of The Dog - Temple Of The Dog (1991)
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes (1992)

Facelift by Alice In Chains is a also a great album.

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Live - Throwing Copper
U2 - Achtung Baby

nice

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Slayer - Reign In Blood

i would vote for 'Seasons in the Abyss'.

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6) Dream Theater - Awake

Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Anthrax - The Sound Of White Noise (one of the best production jobs on a metal cd. Dave Jerden produced this and also Nothing's Shocking)

i also bought 'porno for pyros' and David Navarro's solo album. but they were pretty disappointing
anyway, at least we got 'Nothing's Shocking' (+ "Ritual")

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Stevie Ray Vaughan

a legend guitarist !
hi ! how could it be that no1 had mentioned Eric Clapton & 'Cream'..

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Reply #86 – 2002-09-09 21:22:19

Very difficult to decide, picked some from different genres:

Aerosmith - Pump
Blues Company - Vintage
Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds of Science
The Best of The Temptations
Queen - News of the World

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Reply #87 – 2002-09-09 22:00:28

Not easy to mention only five albuns, but...

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Miles Davis - Miles Ahead
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Dave Brubeck - Time Out

LIF

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Reply #88 – 2002-09-09 22:18:01

Hello everyone, this is my first post here...

Mike Oldfield Amarok
Orbital Live recordings
Bruce Springsteen Live 1975-1985
U2 The Joshua Tree
Kraftwerk The mix

Just my €0.02.

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Reply #89 – 2002-09-09 22:20:15

Pixies - Surfer Rosa
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
The Birthday Pary - Junkyard
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

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Reply #90 – 2002-09-09 22:47:50

Quote from: DSPguru,Sep 9 2002 - 01:02 PM

Quote from: _Shorty,Sep 8 2002 - 09:58 PM
Slayer - Reign In Blood

i would vote for 'Seasons in the Abyss'.

Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Anthrax - The Sound Of White Noise (one of the best production jobs on a metal cd. Dave Jerden produced this and also Nothing's Shocking)

i also bought 'porno for pyros' and David Navarro's solo album. but they were pretty disappointing
anyway, at least we got 'Nothing's Shocking' (+ "Ritual")
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I like Seasons In The Abyss quite a bit too, but I never tire of Reign In Blood. As for Jane's Addiction etc, I love almost everything Perry Farrell's done. The Porno For Pyros stuff does have a little different feel to it than the Jane's Addiction stuff does, but they're still very similar. Perhaps you'll like it now if you give them another chance, still has that 'Perry' feel to it. All great albums:

PSI Com - PSI Com - 1985 (1500 copies on vinyl only) Re-released by XXX Records in 1993
Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction - 1987 (live recording)
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking - 1988 (Perhaps my fave album by anyone)
Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual - 1990
Porno For Pyros - Porno For Pyros - 1993
Porno For Pyros - Good God's Urge - 1996
Jane's Addiction - Kettle Whistle - 1997
Perry Farrell - Song Yet To Be Sung - 2001

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Reply #91 – 2002-09-09 23:11:24

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Don't forget 'The Gathering', 'My dying bride' & 'Theater of Tragedy'!

i also like the band 'Samael'.

Indeed those bands should not be forgotten. Theatre of Tragedy's Aégis has somewhat of a permanent position in my heart

And now that you've mentioned it, pretty much everything from Samael rules. Ceremony of Opposites, Passage and Eternal are very good albums indeed.

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Reply #92 – 2002-09-09 23:42:02

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NWA - Straight Outta Compton

Btw, have you heard CWA's Straight Outta Grozny?-)

http://www.exile.ru/song/chechenetz.html

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Reply #93 – 2002-09-09 23:49:53

Scorpions - Taken By Force/Blackout/World Wide Live
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Van Halen - Van Halen/1984/5150
Boston - Don't Look Back
Metallica - Master Of Puppets/Ride The Lightning
Kansas - Leftoverture
Saga - The Works (Compilation)
Tesla - Five Man Acoustic Jam
MeatLoaf - Bat Out Of Hell 1
Styx - Caught In The Act (Live)
REO Speedwagon - High Infidelity/Wheels Are Turning

damn it those are more than five, ohhh well, just a few of some i like

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Reply #94 – 2002-09-09 23:51:42

Hi All....I loving more music styles and only 5 albums select is the hard!!!!

Rock
1.Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon

Classic
2.Bedrich Smetana - My Country

Electronic
3.Vangelis - Antarctica
4.OFF - Organisation For Fun

Disco&Dance
5.Ricchi e Poveri - Greatest Hits

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Reply #95 – 2002-09-10 01:15:04

Queen - A night at the Opera
Led Zeppelin - IV
Queensrÿche - Operation: Mindcrime
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & the Infinite Sadness
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Nirvana - In Utero

hmm, that makes six...

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Reply #96 – 2002-09-10 01:50:31

the smashing pumpkins - siamese dream
dj tiësto - magik six
the chemical brothers - surrender
wynton marsalis - carnaval
nirvana - mtv unplugged in new york

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Reply #97 – 2002-09-10 01:58:40

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comments..

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3) Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Gish is better.

blasphemy!

siamese dream is the best one... altho i do have them all (yes purchased them all!)

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Reply #98 – 2002-09-10 03:28:23

This list changes about every 3 months, as is typical with any hopeless lover of music.

The Chameleons UK - Script of the Bridge
Jeff Buckley - Grace
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Marillion - Clutching At Straws
Runrig - Amazing Things
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Slowdive - Souvlaki
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden

Oops. Over 5. Bah, 5 is insane!

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Reply #99 – 2002-09-10 03:29:24

Hrmm.. it's pretty much impossible to name my top 5 albums, so I'll name top 5 bands instead:

- Emperor
- Immortal
- Dissection

(The great 3... who really got me interested in extreme metal... I recently went to see Immortal in San Fransisco a couple months back and they put on the best show I'd ever seen.. it was simply awesome.)

- Aphex Twin
- Autechre
- Acid Bath
- Arcturus

(yeah, that's 7, not 5.. so deal with it )

Other stuff that's really damn good:

- Ulver
- (any of Garm's other work)
- Bola
- Plaid
- Katatonia
- Lustmord
- Skinny Puppy
- I, Parasite
- Android Lust
- Solefald
- Summoning
- Abigor
- Korova/Korovakill
- Thorns
- Dismal Euphony (except their latest)
- Death
- Suffocation
- Cryptopsy
- Nile
- Soilwork
- Einherjer
- Borknagar
- Nevermore
- Novembers Doom
- Children of Bodom
- Old Man's Child
- Bal-Sagoth
- Opeth
- Zyklon
- Myrkskog
- Dodheimsgard
- Thyrfing
- Mithotyn
- Windir
- At The Gates
- The Crown
- Ebony Tears

Other stuff I would have mentioned if it were not for the bands doing/saying some annoyingly stupid things these days:

- Dimmu Borgir (the whole commercialization of their style and attitude is becoming annoying, plus they pulled a no show in San Fransisco twice when I went to go see them.. grr . All up to PEM are mostly good albums though.. and PEM absolutely kicks ass if for nothing else than the drumming (the rest of the album sadly gets old fast, even with Simen on backing vocals (favorite metal vocalist)). Nick Barker is simply awesome, probably my favorite drummer. Other favorite metal drummers: Trym (emperor), Gene Hoglan, Richard Christy, Pete Sandoval, "The Dude from Nile" - can't recall his name atm)
- Cradle of Filth (Up to Midian is mostly good, Cruelty is probably my favorite. Their latest EP's have been sucking hard, and they said they want to go for a "simpler" style... wtf?)
- In Flames (Up to Colony is mostly good. Latest albums suck (boring and repetitious.. mostly rehashes of Colony-style) and now touring with Slipknot == wtf?)
- Covenant (of Norway) (Was good up to Nexus Polaris.. wtf happened?)

I'm not really certain if the bands I listed first are my favorites for sure, but they seem to be the bands I listen to the most consistently, and whose albums I tend to enjoy with the most regularity. As for the other bands, they are just some of my other favorites. There are way more, but these are just some that come to mind upon writing this.

There's quite a bit of electronic music I listen to that I didn't list. I guess that's kind of odd, but the truth of the matter is that I've listened to metal longer and tend to enjoy more metal than electronic music I guess.

As for reasons why I don't list specific albums, most of the time if I really like an artist, I like all their albums.. and it usually depends on my mood as to which album of theirs I'd prefer to listen to at a given time.

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