OT...Listmania!...Favorite Albums

by PhattStairs on Feb 20, 2008 2:55 AM EST Comment 47 comments

Ok, so we've done favorite movies and favorite bands and others...so lets do favorite albums...

My All-Time Desert Island Top 5 (Etched in Stone):

U2 "Achtung Baby"
The Flaming Lips "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots"
The Beatles "Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Bob Dylan "The FreeWheelin' Bob Dylan"
Miles Davis "Kind of Blue"

Other Nice Additions:

Weezer "Weezer (Blue Album)"
Bruce Springsteen "Nebraska"
Seven Mary Three "Economy of Sound"
Pink Floyd "Division Bell"
Jimi Hendrix "Are You Experienced?"
Jeff Buckley "Grace"
U2 "The Joshua Tree"
The Beatles "Abbey Road"
Radiohead "In Rainbows"
Stevie Ray Vaughan "The Sky is Crying"
Willie Nelson "Teatro"
The Ramones "The Ramones"
Explosions in the Sky "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone"
The Strokes "First Impressions of Earth"
Phantom Planet "Phantom Planet"

Have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! I figure I'll find at least one album I've never heard of that is wonderful

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Achtung Baby might be my #1

as well

AB, Zooropa and Pop basically were the background music to my h.s. and college years

by royalsreview on Feb 20, 2008 3:03 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I have a strong bond with...

Pop...I've listened to that album maybe 100+ times

Don't be lonesome for your heroes. Be your own hero.

by PhattStairs on Feb 20, 2008 3:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Can we count "Greatest" compilations?

Some faves:

U2 "The Joshua Tree" and "Achtung Baby"
Weezer "Blue Album"
Pearl Jam "Ten"
Elvis Costello "Best of Elvis Costello"
Radiohead "Ok Computer"
Ben Folds Five "Whatever and Ever Amen"
Nirvana "Nevermind"
Arcade Fire "Funeral"
OK Go "Oh No"
Franz Ferdinand "Franz Ferdinand"
Led Zeppelin "Physical Graffiti"

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by RoyalsRetro on Feb 20, 2008 9:42 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Very Similar

U2's - Achtung Baby and Zooropa
Dandy Warhols - 13 Tales from Urban Bohemia AND Welcome to the Monkey House
311 - Grassroots
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Beatles - Abbey Road
Nirvana - Nevermind
Pearl Jam - 10
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bullocks, Here Come the Sex Pistols
Operation Ivy - Energy
Aja West - The Olympian (Check this guy out)
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero, Downward Spiral, Broken
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Joe Walsh - But Seriously Folks
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils (The Quilt Album)
Green Day - Dookie

FAVORITE ALBUM TITLE:
Joe Walsh - You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish

And off topic --- Did anyone see U2 with me in 1992 in either Ames (9/11/92, Cyclone Stadium) or KC (10/18/92, Arrowhead)?

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by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Feb 20, 2008 10:02 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

i was at arrowhead

I wanna know what love is, I want you to show me

by LeoBloom on Feb 20, 2008 2:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Sweet...

Damn it was cold that night.

I knew with as many U2 albums that are flying up on the list that someone else had to be at one of those. :)

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by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Feb 20, 2008 2:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

The Tuna Joke

Belongs to the lost era of REO.

I'm not getting older....oh, wait, yes I am....and slower.... and weaker. God, this is great!

by philofthenorth on Feb 22, 2008 2:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

My goodness, we have some alterna-lovers here

I tend to limit my musical selections to songs, singles, and album tracks. I can't remember the last full-length album I've actually listened to from front to end.

Listen to 96.5 (and maybe even some 98.9) and that's basically my soundtrack.

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by Royals Nation on Feb 20, 2008 11:10 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

This is tough

1.) U2: The Joshua Tree
2.) Jeff Buckley: Grace
3.) Radiohead: OK Computer or The Bends
4.) The Beatles: Rubber Soul or Revolver
5.) Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream
6.) REM: Murmur
7.) Matthew Sweet: Girlfriend
8.) Bruce Springsteen: Darkness on the Edge of Town
9.) The Jayhawks: Hollywood Town Hall
10.) Wilco: Summer Teeth
11.) Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
12.) John Coltrane: Blue Train
13.) Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
14.) Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde/Blood on the Tracks
15.) Neil Young: Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
16.) Over the Rhine: Ohio
17.) D'Angelo: Voodoo
18.) Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life
19.) Arcade Fire: Funeral
20.) Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks

OK, sorry for the long listI tried to keep it to one per artist and no compilations. Also in no particular order.

by lordbyronk on Feb 20, 2008 11:53 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I would totally borrow your ipod

Seems like a lot of us on this forum have similar tastes.

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by RoyalsRetro on Feb 20, 2008 11:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i think this could make a fine post

on the "things that white people like" blog that JQ told us about. U2, Ben Folds, etc...

by Gordon Roy on Feb 20, 2008 12:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

We do have similar tastes

after reading some of the other lists I'm kicking myself for forgeting albums I should've mentioned. Fun Post PStairs!

by lordbyronk on Feb 20, 2008 2:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I want to borrow your Ipod too

Lucinda Williams...right up there with Norah Jones... I have been playing Miles Davis a lot lately... "Kind of Blue" is spot on for my mood now.

by grudz69 on Feb 20, 2008 12:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Oooooooooo

Pumpkins :)

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by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Feb 20, 2008 2:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

damn...

forgot about Siamese Dream

Don't be lonesome for your heroes. Be your own hero.

by PhattStairs on Feb 20, 2008 2:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

A little younger

I decided to go with only albums that I directly own. There are a lot of good ones that I don't own, though.

Ben Folds -- Whatever and Ever Amen
The Killers -- Hot Fuss
The Clash -- London Calling
Weezer -- Blue album
Jimmy Eat World -- Bleed American

Honorable Mention:

The Raconteurs -- Broken Boy Soldiers
Franz Ferdinand -- Franz Ferdinand
Coldplay -- Parachutes

With the exception of The Clash, I'm clearly and unabashedly a child of the 90s and early 00s. Any of the above albums have a tendency to just stay in my CD player... as well as these recent additions:

Rilo Kiley -- Under the Blacklight
The Killers -- Sam's Town (would have been an honorable mention, along with some other Ben Folds stuff, but I kept to the one band/one album rule)
The Shins -- Wincing the Night Away

by powderbluepower on Feb 20, 2008 12:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I listen to 101 the Fox and old school rap

kinda wierd mix, but I like it.

by Hoch on Feb 20, 2008 12:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

me

Pearl Jam -- Ten
Radiohead -- OK Computer
Metallicas -- Master of Puppets

Hillman, you're on notice.

by FireBell on Feb 20, 2008 2:38 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

old school

Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
Beatles - Abbey Road
Paul Simon - Graceland
Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young - Deja Vu
soundtrack to "Stranger than Fiction"

Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed. - Emily Dickinson

by buddyball on Feb 20, 2008 2:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Totally worthy

Deja Vu and Graceland are totally worthy. So is Rhythym of the Saints by Paul Simon, in my opinion.

I thought of another old school album

Queen - News of the World

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by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Feb 20, 2008 2:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I enjoy graceland

But actually not the more hardcore African tracks on it.

by FlintHillsRoyal on Feb 20, 2008 6:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I Think They

Are the best part of it, and I consider it a truly inspired album. Divorcing Crazy Carrie was good for Paul's creativity. Marital bliss is not usually good for artists.

I'm not getting older....oh, wait, yes I am....and slower.... and weaker. God, this is great!

by philofthenorth on Feb 22, 2008 2:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i didn't know they were married

But now see that "Hearts and Bones" and "She Moves On" were about her. I love those two songs -- interesting to know the background on them.

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by marbotty on Feb 23, 2008 10:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Neil and more

I've had fun reading this stuff. Here's my comments/list stuff:

My favorites list would have a healthy dose of Neil Young. Hard to pick one album, though. I think Zuma is probably his most consistent studio electric album. I have a particular fondness for Trans (his early 80s techno album). Silver and Gold and American Stars & Bars are both underrated. People who like live acoustic Neil should pick up his Live at Massey Hall. Live Rust is still probably his best live album.

Interesting that everyone's picked Ten by Pearl Jam as their album. I think Ten's production sounds a little dated now, and I tend to like live versions of most of those songs better. For a studio album, my favorite is No Code, though any of the Live Bootleg series would be better if I could just pick one.

Dylan--the stuff mentioned above is good. I also like John Wesley Harding. His born-again Christian albums also have their moments. I like Saved.

If people pick Weezer, then I think Pinkerton's better than their first album (which is still quite good).

Rolling Stones--anything from '68-73 or so (Exile, etc.)
Jethro Tull--Aqualung, Songs from the Wood, others

More random/modern:
Pete Townshend's solo album Empty Glass
Frank Black -- Teenager of the Year
Built to Spill--You in Reverse (lots of other good albums, though)
Modest Mouse--Moon and Antarctica or Lonesome Crowded West
Drive-By Truckers--Decoration Day (among others)
The Weight-- Ten Mile Grace . A really good country rock album that nobody's heard of. I saw them open for the Drive-By Truckers once in Brooklyn. They were great.

by mikewormdog on Feb 20, 2008 3:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Townsend

I ahven't heard the Townsend album you mention, but I loved 'Psychoderelict'

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by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Feb 20, 2008 4:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Re: Weezer

It's not that I disagree with you, it's just that I don't actually own Pinkerton. That said, I think it's wonderful that Weezer is one of the few bands that can write a song about a hooker on marijuana and make it be a hit song (H*** Pipe).

by powderbluepower on Feb 20, 2008 4:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Agree

Pinkerton is the best Weezer album. Pearl Jam really all their records are pretty good (Vitalogy - has the best songs with some filler, Yield is a personal fave). There most recent may be their most consistent since Ten.

by lordbyronk on Feb 20, 2008 4:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Props

...for the BTS, I've been a fan of these guys for a long time and You in Reverse blew me away last year. They will be in town next month if anyone wants turned on to a great band.

Also Live at Massey Hall is amazing. Neil talks about writing all these new songs at a ranch he just bought and they are all songs you know well.

by wetleg on Feb 21, 2008 4:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

massey hall

Yeah, it's also got a couple songs from Time Fades Away, which is still unavailable on cd (I have it on vinyl but have no working turntable). "Journey Through the Past" is fantastic. I still wish a non-bootleg version of "Don't Be Denied" was somewhere on cd.

by mikewormdog on Feb 22, 2008 2:33 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

i listen to a fair amount of country

just because you can't ever escape it in rural kansas

but my all time favorite album is Steely Dan's Gaucho, with Aja a close second

I also enjoy Fagan's solo stuff. The Nightfly album is pure genius.

by FlintHillsRoyal on Feb 20, 2008 6:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Fagen is good

Kamakiriad comes to mind.

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by RoyalsFanInMarinerTown on Feb 20, 2008 7:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

yes, also very good

if these youngsters who like Norah Jones gave it a listen, they might be surprised

by FlintHillsRoyal on Feb 20, 2008 7:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

my 10

Neil Young - American Stars n Bars
Johnny Cash - American Recordings
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Leonard Cohen - New Skin for the Old Ceremony
Kinks - Village Green
Stones - Exile
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Leonard Nimoy - The Touch of Leonard Nimoy
Palace - Viva Last Blues
Oliver Nelson - Blues & the Abstract Truth

by joedevivre on Feb 21, 2008 10:12 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

no William Shatner?

Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed. - Emily Dickinson

by buddyball on Feb 21, 2008 1:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

shatner

no way, he's terrible!

I put the Nimoy in just to see if anyone was paying attention, although I do own it, and play it more often than I should.

by joedevivre on Feb 21, 2008 3:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

In no specific order

Chris Ledoux (R.I.P.) - American Cowboy (box set)
George Strait - Blue Clear Sky
O.A.R. - Any Time Now (College years)
Brooks & Dunn - Brand New Man
Kenny Chesney - Greatest Hits (2000)
Dispatch - Bang Bang (Another college thing)

Just a few that I can't do without

by MileHighKCfan on Feb 21, 2008 1:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

My Top 5...

I think if I was stuck on an island, I'd need a little bit of everything for different moods. So in no particular order:

Appetite for Destruction - Guns n'Roses
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Ten - Pearl Jam
The White Album - Beatles
No Need to Argue - The Cranberries

by TrueBlueinNYC on Feb 21, 2008 2:48 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

albums

My barometer are those albums I never get tired of listening to...

The Flaming Lips- Soft Bulletin
Built to Spill- You in Reverse
Pink Floyd- Obscured by Clouds
Arcade Fire- Funeral
Elliott Smith- Figure 8

..off the top of my head.

by wetleg on Feb 21, 2008 4:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Some great stuff listed in this thread

Here are some of my all-time favorites:

Slayer- Reign in Blood
Rudimentary Peni - Cacophony
Elvis Costello - Blood and Chocolate
Randy Newman - Bad Love
Okkervil River - Down The River of Golden Dreams
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Richard Buckner - Bloomed
Elliott Smith - Figure 8
Neurosis - Times of Grace
Willie Nelson - Crazy: The Demo Sessions
P.J. Harvey - Is This Desire?
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love
Weezer - Pinkerton
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
GZA - Liquid Swords
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
A Tribe Called Quest - Low-End Theory
Tool - Aenima
NOFX - So Long, and Thanks for all the Shoes
Rancid - Let's Go
Between the Buried and Me - Colors
Good Riddance - For God and Country
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand The Weather
Radiohead - Kid A
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
Nirvana - In Utero
Johnny Cash - American Recordings I-IV

by andrewmiller on Feb 22, 2008 11:05 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

richard buckner

Good call on him. I really like Since, too. Axis: Bold as love is great--my favorite Hendrix as well. Little Wing, Bold as Love, Castles Made of Sand, etc., are amazing.

by mikewormdog on Feb 22, 2008 2:29 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

"Surprise, Arizona"

That Buckner tune's in constant mental rotation since spring training started.

by andrewmiller on Feb 22, 2008 6:16 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

right on...

if I would redo my list it would have Siamese Dream and Aenima on it...I searched for a rap album to throw in since I do listen to a lot of rap, but I couldn't really justify the album because most rap albums are incongruent, mostly singles and a bunch of skits...Straight Outta Compton? Ready to Die? All Eyez on Me? some Public Enemy? Kanye?...the one album I think probably could go up there is The Chronic I would say

Don't be lonesome for your heroes. Be your own hero.

by PhattStairs on Feb 25, 2008 2:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

love the Reign in Blood mention...

I love that music, but the subject matter just ruins it for me...like Lamb of God...they destroy, but I can't really get into because of the lyrics...it would be cool to listen to Metal that didn't just talk about death death death satan satan satan...I did take your recommendation and have taken a liking to Between the Buried and Me and H.O.R.S.E. the Band

Don't be lonesome for your heroes. Be your own hero.

by PhattStairs on Feb 25, 2008 2:25 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I Seldom Listen

To a whole album since I have my music on my computer now; it's kind of a cave man MP3 setup involving over 50' of RCA cable/stereo headphone connection. I usually have a mix of old '60's and '70's "FM" music, be-bop, MPB (Brazilian Pop), old country ('40's through'70's), old R & B (especially New Orleans and Memphis) and alt country. There is no bad kind of music to me; good and bad music transcend categories.

I'm not getting older....oh, wait, yes I am....and slower.... and weaker. God, this is great!

by philofthenorth on Feb 22, 2008 2:56 PM EST reply actions 0 recs