Music: Rank An Artist's Discography

[frisco]

Pick an artist, probably one you like and are familiar with, and rank their albums in order of preference. Feel free to include live, compilations, soundtracks or whatever you deem best.

I'll do R.E.M. No live or compilations but including the Man On The Moon soundtrack.

R.E.M.
1) Life's Rich Pageant
2) Automatic For The People
3) Out Of Time
4) Fables Of The Reconstruction
5) Murmur
6) New Adventures In Hi-Fi
7) Reckoning
8) Document
9) Green
10) Reveal
11) Monster
12) Around The Sun
13) Collapse Into Now
14) Accelerate
15) Up
16) Man On The Moon

The top three could go in any order but they are clearly the top three for myself. From #4-11 it is very close and bunched. The last five are good but there's a drop after #11.

My Best-Carey

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[plank]

Courtney Marie Andrews

1. Honest Life 10/10
2. On My Page 9/10
3. May Your Kindness Remain 9/10
4. Leuven Letters 8.5/10
5. Old Flowers 8.5/10
6. No One's Slate is Clean 8/10
7. Loose Future 8/10
8. For One I Knew 6.5/10
9. Painter's Hands and a Seventh Son 6/10
10. Urban Myths 5.5/10

 

[Ceremony]

Vs.
Ten
Binaural
Gigaton
No Code
Vitalogy
Pearl Jam
Riot Act
Yield
Lightning Bolt
Backspacer

I'll leave the bootlegs to someone else.

 

[Teemu]

Arctic Monkeys

Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not
Favourite Worst Nightmare
Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino
Suck It and See
The Car
Humbug
A.M

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

Bruce Springsteen

1. Born to Run
2. Darkness on the Edge of Town
3. Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
4. The River
5. Nebraska

Those have been the big 5 for me

6. Wrecking Ball
7. Born in the U.S.A.
8. Magic

BITU is semi overrated for its popularity while the other two are 2000s gems

9. The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
10. The Ghost of Tom Joad
11. Letter To You
12. Tunnel of Love
13. Western Stars
14. The Rising
15. High Hopes
16. Working on a Dream

These albums have some songs I like though others I don't care about at all. It seems like some other fans are bigger on Tunnel of Love than me.

17. Devils & Dust
18. Lucky Town

I think after trying listening to these ones a few times I never really went back.

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

The Killers

1. Sam's Town
2. Day & Age
3. Battle Born
4. Sawdust
5. Imploding the Mirage
6. Wonderful Wonderful
7. Hot Fuss
8. Pressure Machine

 

[Ceremony]

The Killers

1. Sam's Town
2. Day & Age
3. Battle Born
4. Imploding the Mirage
5. Wonderful Wonderful
6. Hot Fuss
7. Pressure Machine

Alternatively...

Pressure Machine
Sam's Town
Hot Fuss
Imploding the Mirage
Day & Age
Sawdust
Wonderful Wonderful
Battle Born

 

[Hivemind]

Repulsion

1. Horrified

 

[Say Hey Kid]

I'll do my top 11.

1. Exile on Main St.
2. Sticky Fingers
3. Let It Bleed
4. Beggars Banquet
5. Some Girls
6. Goat's Head Soup
7. Aftermath
8. It's Only Rock n Roll
9. Tattoo You
10. Out of Our Heads
11. Hackney Diamonds (2023)

 

[tTheVeganWoofMate]

The Doors

The Doors
Strange Days
LA Woman
Morrison Hotel
Waiting For the Sun
Soft Parade

 

[VMBM]

The You-know-who:

Abbey Road
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles (aka The White Album)
Rubber Soul
Let It Be
Help!
A Hard Day's Night
Beatles for Sale
Please Please Me
With the Beatles

(I left out Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine.)

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Neil Young: My top 10, excluding his live performances like Live at Massey Hall and Live at the Filmore which would otherwise be in my top 10.

After the Goldrush
On the Beach
Tonight’s the Night
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
Harvest
Rust Never Sleeps
Zuma
Time Fades Away
Harvest Moon
Freedom

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Avenged Sevenfold:

1) Hail to the King
2) Nightmare
3) City of Evil
4) The Stage
5) Diamonds in the Rough
6) Avenged Sevenfold
7) Waking the Fallen
8) Life Is But A Dream...
9) Sounding the Seventh Trumpet

 

[Babe Ruth]

Soundgarden studio albums, in order of my subjective ranking, followed by chronological release order #.

1. Louder than Love (2)
2. Badmotorfinger (3)
3. Superunknown (4)
4. Ultramega OK (1)
5. Down on the Upside (5)
6. King Animal (6)

 

[Hippasus]

Summoning

Dol Guldur
Oath Bound
Stronghold
Old Mornings Dawn
Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame
Minas Morgul
Nightshade Forests
Lost Tales
Lugburz

 

[Hippasus]

Dead Can Dance

Spleen and Ideal
Within the Realm of a Dying Sun
Dead Can Dance / Garden of the Arcane Delights
Aion
The Serpent's Egg
Into the Labyrinth
Spiritchaser

 

[Hammettf2b]

Metallica

Master Of Puppets
Ride The Lightning
...And Justice For All
Black album
Kill 'em All
Hardwired to Self Destruct
Load
Death Magnetic
Re Load
72 Seasons
St. Anger

Left out live albums and Garage Days/Lulu

 

[Cas]

Judas Priest

Unleashed in the East
Stained Class
Sad Wings of Destiny
Painkiller
Sin After Sin
Killing Machine
Defenders of the Faith
British Steel
Invincible Shield
Priest Live
Screaming for Vengeance
Rocka Rolla
Turbo
Firepower
Ram It Down
Angel of Retribution
Redeemer of Souls
Point of Entry
98 Live Meltdown/Live in London (they're basically the same album)
Jugulator
Nostradamus
5 Souls
Demolition

 

[Hockey Outsider]

Iron Maiden

• Powerslave
• Somewhere in Time
• The X Factor
• Brave New World
• The Final Frontier
• Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
• Senjutsu
• Piece of Mind
• Iron Maiden
• Killers
• Virtual XI
• A Matter of Life and Death
• The Number of the Beast
• Dance of Death
• The Book of Souls
• Fear of the Dark
• No Prayer for the Dying

King Crimson (up to the 1980's)

• Red
• Larks Tongue in Aspic
• Discipline
• In the Court of the Crimson King
• Absent Lovers (if we're counting live albums)
• Islands
• In The Wake of Poseidon
• Starless and Bible Black
• Beat
• Three of a Perfect Pair
• Lizard

Led Zeppelin

• I
• IV
• II
• Houses of the Holy
• III
• Physical Grafitti
• Prescence
• In Through the Out Door

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Mike Patton
(really it's an impossible task, too diverse - the film scores are all pretty interesting and I had a real hard time fitting them in - I left a few albums off because I didn't remember them enough or his participation was of too little importance - I'm sure I'd change it around any other day)

Disco Volante (Mr. Bungle)
The Director's Cut (Fantômas)
Pranzo Oltranzista
Fantômas (Fantômas)
Elegy (Zorn)
Mr. Bungle (Mr. Bungle)
California (Mr. Bungle)
Suicide Is Painless (Void Manes and hepa.Titus)
Angel Dust (Faith No More)
Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By (Lovage)
Irony Is a Dead Scene (Dillinger Escape Plan)
Necroscape (Tetema)
Suspended Animation (Fantômas)
Adult Themes for Voice
A Perfect Place
Hemophiliac (Hemophiliac)
King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime (Faith No More)
Romances (Kaada/Patton)
Bacteria Cult (Kaada/Patton)
The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny (Mr. Bungle)
She (Maldoror)
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Mondo Cane
Peeping Tom (Peeping Tom)
The Real Thing (Faith No More)
Nervemen (Nevermen)
Crank: High Voltage
Weird Little Boy (Weird Little Boy)
Mit Gas (Tomahawk)
Geocidal (Tetema)
Dead Cross (Dead Cross)
Oddfellows (Tomahawk)
1922
General Patton vs. The Executioners (General Patton vs. The Executioners)
Tomahawk (Tomahawk)
Delirium Cordia (Fantômas)
Album of the Year (Faith No More)
Anonymous (Tomahawk)
II (Dead Cross)
Tonic Immobility (Tomahawk)
Corpse Flower (Patton/Vannier)
The Place Beyond the Pines
Sol Invictus (Faith No More)

 

[Mikeaveli]

The Beach Boys

Ranking 27 studio albums, one bootleg, and one compilation.

10/10:
The Smile Sessions
Pet Sounds

9/10:
Smiley Smile
Sunflower

8/10:
The Beach Boys Today!
Surf's Up
Adult/Child
Friends

7/10:
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!!)
Wild Honey

6/10:
20/20
Surfer Girl

5/10:
The Beach Boys Love You
All Summer Long
Holland
Carl and the Passions - "So Tough"

4/10:
Shut Down Volume 2
Little Deuce Coupe
That's Why God Made The Radio
15 Big Ones
M.I.U. Album
L.A. (Light Album)

3/10:
Surfin' Safari
Surfin' U.S.A.
Beach Boys' Party

2/10:
The Beach Boys
Keepin' The Summer Alive

1/10:
Still Cruisin'
Summer In Paradise

 

[Babe Ruth]

Metallica

Master Of Puppets
Ride The Lightning
...And Justice For All
Black album
Kill 'em All
Hardwired to Self Destruct
Load
Death Magnetic
Re Load
72 Seasons
St. Anger

Left out live albums and Garage Days/Lulu

Good list..
I think mine would be,
1- Justice..
2- Black
3- Puppets

Some of the later albums I've never heard (& probably won't) , so can't offer a fair assessment. I did see them on their St. Anger tour at the Forum. This was years after the Lakers had vacated it & moved to Staples. So I kinda wanted to experience the defunct Forum. I don't remember any St Anger songs they played, but it was an otherwise good set, Godsmack opened.

 

[Hammettf2b]

Good list..
I think mine would be,
1- Justice..
2- Black
3- Puppets

Some of the later albums I've never heard (& probably won't) , so can't offer a fair assessment. I did see them on their St. Anger tour at the Forum. This was years after the Lakers had vacated it & moved to Staples. So I kinda wanted to experience the defunct Forum. I don't remember any St Anger songs they played, but it was an otherwise good set, Godsmack opened.

I was there! Think they played 2 songs from St Anger. Was also the live debut of Dyers Eve!

 

[Unholy Diver]

Dio

Holy Diver
Last in Line
Killing the Dragon
Sacred Heart
Dream Evil
Master of the Moon
Magica
Lock up the Wolves
Strange Highways
Angry Machines

Warren Zevon

Excitable Boy
Warren Zevon
Life'll Kill Ya
Learning to flinch
Sentimental Hygiene
Mr. Bad Example
The Envoy
My Ride's Here
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
The Wind
Stand in the fire
Mutineer
Wanted Dead or Alive
Transverse City

 

[Jumptheshark]

Acdc

All of bon Scott's stuff
bib
For those about rock
Razers edge
Then everything else

With
Flick of the switch
Fly on the wall.

With flick the band later admitted they should have not gone back in the studio right after finishing their tour. Johnson voice was shot