Music: Your top-25 albums

[LemmyUlanov55]

Top 25, that's pretty hard..
(no order)

1. Darkthrone – Transilvanian Hunger
2. Tom Waits – Bone Machine
3. Björk – Vespertine
4. Darkspace - I
5. Portishead - Third
6. Lunar Aurora – Ars moriendi
7. Woven Hand - Mosaic
8. Joanna Newsom – The milk-eyed mender
9. CocoRosie – The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn
10. Ulver - Kveldssanger
11. Motörhead - Overkill
12. Tricky – A ruff guide
13. Marilyn Manson – Mechanical animals
14. Daniel Norgren - Buck
15. Metallica – Kill ‘em all
16. 16 Horsepower – Secret south
17. Tool - Aenima
18. Gemma Ray – Down baby down
19. Soap&Skin – Lovetune for vacuum
20. Ministry – Psalm 69
21. Sepultura - Arise
22. Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss
23. Juliette & The Licks – Four on the floor
24. Neil Young – Dead Man (Soundtrack)
25. Antimatter – Lights Out

 

[Roo Returns]

The only thing worse than rap vs metal is when the two of them fused. :Shudder:

Tribe is such a good group. I also think De La Soul are a little underappreciated overall in the hip hop community. Maybe not hard enough? Well, also they're real old at this point so I could be way off.

There was some cool rap metal in the mid-late 90s. I really liked downset. Some consider them rap/hardcore. Poor band was always compared to Rage Against The Machine especially because both were from LA and political although downset was heavier, Rage was funkier/groovier. Stuck Mojo was a good band for several years. And then bands like Korn and Limp Bizkit had some really cool elements at times. Loved Fieldy's bass playing, and Wes Borland is a really talented dude. Fred Durst unfortunately gave the band their persona.

As for De La Soul, it's funny I've spent plenty of time on the West Coast over the last few years and no one there ever got into them except hardcore hip hop fans. I think they were more of an East Coast thing. Part of the reason (I believe at least) is because they're associated with the whole late 80s/very early 90s scene and also the infamous delay of their second album plus how dark it was (De La Soul Is Dead) kinda halted their commercial momentum. That album is loved by critics but never really struck the right chord with the public. It's a fantastic album.

Tribe didn't put out their first album until 1990 and also The Low End Theory (1991) and also Midnight Marauders (1993) were more of a 90s thing and had hits like Scenario and Award Tour which still get played on radio and in bars to this day.

 

[plank]

maybe just a couple more

201. Steppenwolf - s/t(1968)
202. BR5-49 - s/t(1996)
203. Courtney Marie Andrews - Honest Life(2017)
204. Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like a Wheel(1974)
205. Bonnie Raitt - Streetlights(1974)
206. John Hiatt - Slow Turning(1988)
207. The Smithereens - 11(1989)
208. Porno for Pyros - Good God's Urge(1996)
209. Urge Overkill - Saturation(1993)
210. Cowboy Junkies - Lay It Down(1996)
211. Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills(1968)
212. Green on Red - Gas Food Lodging(1985)
213. The Mavericks - s/t(2003)
214. Supertramp - Breakfast in America(1979)
215. Camper Van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie(1989)
216. Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs - God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise(2010)
217. American Analog Set - From Our Living Room to Yours(1997)
218. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy(1978)
219. Richard Thompson - Rumor and Sigh(1991)
220. The Black Keys - El Camino(2011)
221. Big Star - Radio City(1974)
222. J.J. Cale - To Tulsa and Back(2004)
223. Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry(1981)
224. Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil(1983)
225. Immigrant Union - Anyway(2014)
226. Insiders - Ghost on the Beach(1987)
227. Bad Company - s/t(1974)
228. Free - Fire and Water(1970)
229. The Damnations Tx - Half Mad Moon(1998)
230. Marty Stuart - Way Out West(2017)
231. Cake - Fashion Nugget(1996)
232. The Sea and Cake - s/t(1994)
233. Jeffrey Foucault - Miles from the Lightning(2001)
234. Frog Holler - Idiots(2001)
235. Ron Wood - I've Got My Own Album To Do(1974)
236. The Gourds - Haymaker!(2009)
237. Live - Throwing Copper(1994)
238. Joni Mitchell - Hejira(1976)
239. Michelle Shocked - Arkansas Traveler(1992)
240. Paul Simon - You're the One(2000)
241. Mark Knopfler - Shangri-La(2004)
242. Trummors - Headlands(2017)
243. Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen - Lost in the Ozone(1971)
244. New Riders of the Purple Sage - s/t(1971)
245. Jim and Jennie and the Pinetops - Rivers Roll On By(2005)
246. Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs(1959)
247. Rumble Club - The Gambler's Regret(2007)
248. Cigar Store Indians - El Baile de la Cobra(1998)
249. The Amazing Royal Crowns - s/t(1997)
250. Velvet Revolver - Contraband(2004)
251. Metallica - Black Album(1991)
252. Mudcrutch - s/t(2008)
253. Puddle of Mudd - Come Clean(2001)
254. Sinead O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got(1990)
255. Tim O'Connor - Run Over By Love(1997)
256. Lambchop - How I Quit Smoking(1996)
257. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls(2012)
258. The Feelies - Only Life(1988)
259. The Duke Spirit - Neptune(2008)
260. Hudson Bell - When the Sun is the Moon(2005)
261. Ry Cooder - Boomer's Story(1972)
262. Back Door Slam - Roll Away(2007)
263. Jakob Dylan - Seeing Things(2008)
264. Joan Osbourne - Relish(1995)
265. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville(1993)
266. Bob Mould - Black Sheets of Rain(1990)
267. The Dexateens - Red Dust Rising(2005)
268. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm(2009)
269. Motorhead - Ace of Spades(1980)
270. The Volebeats - Solitude(1999)
271. Willard Grant Conspiracy - Mojave(1999)
272. The Walkmen - Lisbon(2010)
273. Collective Soul - s/t(1995)
274. Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer's Union(1992)
275. The Blues Brothers - Briefcase Full of Blues(1978)
276. Vanderbuilte - Going Home(2007)
277. The Waterboys - This is the Sea(1985)
278. Freakwater - Old Paint(1995)
279. Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs(2011)
280. Elliott Smith - Either/Or(1997)
281. Foreigner - 4(1981)
282. Gob Iron - Death Songs for the Living(2006)
283. Hard Working Americans - s/t(2014)
284. The Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime(1984)
285. The Coke Dares - Feelin' Up(2008)
286. JD McPherson - Signs & Signifiers(2008)
287. Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley(1974)
288. Sixty Acres - Good Ethel(2000)
289. The Backsliders - Throwin' Rocks at the Moon(1997)
290. The Little Willies - s/t(2006)
291. Wanda Jackson - s/t(1958)
292. The Godfathers - Birth, School, Work, Death(1988)
291. The Knitters - The Modern Sounds of the Knitters(2005)
292. Strand of Oaks - Heal(2014)
293. Wrinkle Neck Mules - Wicks Have Met(2007)
294. Bryan Adams - Cuts Like a Knife(1983)
295. The Replacements - All Shook Down(1990)
296. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Song(1998)
297. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin(1999)
298. Robert Cray - Strong Persuader(1986)
299. Nada Surf - Let Go(2002)
300. Blue Stingrays - Surf-N-Burn(1997)

 

[Pavelski2112]

Thanks Pavelski! I'm really lucky in that I had friends who were into a lot of different stuff growing up and music was also very accessible here in NY with the library system and a zillion concert venues in the 90s. Also bands and artists used to be like hockey players where we'd each have a favorite and learn the stats, and always talk about them in MS and HS. Plus we all played in bands.

I looked over my list and realized that I totally forgot Sabbath and Pantera such will happen when you go hurry up.

There's a big generational gap in my family, so my siblings and cousins were around my age (early 20s) in the late-80s/early-90s. They got me into a lot of what I really enjoy at a very young age.

 

[Takeo]

Maybe in particular order?

Counting Crows - August & Everything After
Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
Pearl Jam - Vs.
Pearl Jam - Yield
Jimmy Eat World - Futures
Guster - Parachute
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea
Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
U2 - War
U2 - Achtung Baby
Candlebox - Candlebox
Tool - AEnima
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
The Used - The Used
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
REM - Monster
Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Bush - Sixteen Stone
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
The Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim
Flaw - Endangered Species
Joy Division - Closer

 

[Behn Wilson]

1.UFO - Strangers In The Night
2.Mercyful Fate - Melissa
3.Slayer - Reign In Blood
4.Metallica - Master of Puppets
5.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
6.Iron Maiden - Run To The Hills
7.Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss
8.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
9.Metallica - Kill Em All
10.Deep Purple - Machine Head
11.Megadeth - Rust In Piece
12.Venom - Black Metal
13.Metallica Ride The Lightning
14.AC/DC - Highway To Hell
15.Scorpions - Love Drive
16.Testament - The Legacy
17.Exodus - Bonded By Blood
18.Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East
19.Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
20.Saxon - Strong Arm Of The Law
21.Judas Priest - British Steel
22.Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
23.Overkill - Feel The Fire
24.Morbid Angel - Altars Of Madness
25.Death - Scream Bloody Gore

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Another obligatory OCD update after clicking with Atlantis

5.0+ (Untouchable Masterpiece)
1. Interstellar Space by John Coltrane
2. Lick My Decals Off Baby by Captain Beefheart
3. White Light White Heat (Mono) by The Velvet Underground
4. The Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel by Miles Davis Quintet
5. Bootleg 4: Live 1966 by Bob Dylan
6. Fourth World Vol. 1 Possible Musics by Jon Hassel
7. Atlantis by Sun Ra
8. Live at the It Club by Thelonious Monk
9. Future Days by Can
10. Three Ragas by Ravi Shankar
11. ******es Brew by Miles Davis
12. Revolver (Mono) by The Beatles
13. Point of Departure by Andrew Hill

5.0 (Masterpiece)
14. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
15. The Velvet Underground and Nico (Mono) by The Velvet Underground
16. Closer by Joy Division
17. The Ascension by Glenn Branca
18. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
20. Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart
19. Tago Mago by Can
21. Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 by Martha Argerich
22. Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon
23. Faust by Faust
24. The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings by Bill Evans Trio
25. The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings by John Coltrane
26. Live w/ Ginger Baker by Fela Kuti
27. Outside the Dream Syndicate by Tony Conrad
28. Bach: Goldberg Variations (1981) by Glenn Gould
29. After Bathing at Baxter's by Jefferson Airplane
30. Out to Lunch by Eric Dolphy
31. Unit Structures by Cecil Taylor
32. The Velvet Underground (Closet Mix) by The Velvet Underground
33. Ambient 4 On Land by Brian Eno
34. Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) by Brian Eno
35. The Black Saint and Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus
36. Music For 18 Musicians by Steve Reich
37. Third by Soft Machine
38. Ambient 3 Days of Radiance by Laraaji
39. Rock Bottom by Robert Wyatt
40. Free Jazz by Ornette Coleman
41. The Magic City by Sun Ra
42. Spiritual Unity by Albert Ayler
43. Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
44. Debussy: Preludes by Arturo Michelangeli
45. The Clash UK by The Clash

4.5 (Brilliant)
46. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
47. Freak Out! by The Mothers of Invention
48. Neu! by Neu!
49. Faust IV by Faust
50. Neu!75 by Neu!
51. Scientist Meets the Space Invaders by Scientist
52. Complete Jazz at Massey Hall by The Quintet
53. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Mono) by The Beatles
54. Songs of Love and Hate by Leonard Cohen
55. Marquee Moon by Television
56. Starsailor by Tim Buckley
57. 154 by Wire
58. The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
59. Rubber Soul (Mono) by The Beatles
60. Ege Bamyasi by Can
61. Hot Rats by Frank Zappa
62. Fun House by The Stooges
63. Confusion by Fela Kuti
64. Black Monk Time by The Monks
65. Entertainment! by Gang of Four
66. Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh
67. Second Edition by Public Image Ltd.
68. The Shape of Jazz to Come by Ornette Coleman
69. Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
70. The Modern Dance by Pere Ubu
71. Bach: Goldberg Variations by Claudio Arrau
72. Loveless (Alternate) by My Bloody Valentine
73. Here Come the Warm Jets by Brian Eno
74. Gentleman by Fela Kuti

That list's filling out reeeeal nice.

Have you ever checked out the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD?

It's a really thoughtful, well-written book covering the discographies of all the major artists in the music from 1917 to present. Dixieland, swing, bebop, free playing, and everything in between. It introduced me to a bunch of stuff I never would have been exposed to otherwise. My copy's a wreck after all the times I've gone through it front to back looking for something new, and I think you'd get a lot out of it.

 

[Shareefruck]

That list's filling out reeeeal nice.

Have you ever checked out the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD?

It's a really thoughtful, well-written book covering the discographies of all the major artists in the music from 1917 to present. Dixieland, swing, bebop, free playing, and everything in between. It introduced me to a bunch of stuff I never would have been exposed to otherwise. My copy's a wreck after all the times I've gone through it front to back looking for something new, and I think you'd get a lot out of it.

Awesome, thanks-- I'll look to pick up a copy.

I've never gotten the hang of using any resource beyond word of mouth from you guys and best of lists on the internet.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Awesome, thanks-- I'll look to pick up a copy.

I've never gotten the hang of using any resource beyond word of mouth from you guys and best of lists on the internet.

No prob. Hope you get something out of it.

Message boards and best-of lists are usually how I get my listening ideas too, but this was an easy read...and I'm not an avid reader by any stretch. It's like Wikipedia in the way you go to look up one item but end up wasting a couple hours.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

That list's filling out reeeeal nice. Have you ever checked out the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD?...

I'm sure both of you (Shareefruck also) already know about all these albums, but they're pretty good for any jazz fans here.

1. Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
2. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
3. Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus
4. Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk
5. Time Out - Dave Brubeck
6. The Blues & The Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson
7. The Incredible Jazz Guitar - Wes Montgomery
8. Song For My Father - Horace Silver
9. Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy
10. The Shape Of Jazz To Come - Ornette Coleman
11. Virtuoso - Joe Pass
12. Giant Steps - John Coltrane
13. In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
14. Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley
15. Idle Moments - Grant Green
16. *****es Brew - Miles Davis
17. Sax Colossus - Sonny Rollins
18. Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter
19. Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra
20. Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
21. Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis
22. Black Codes (From The Underground) - Wynton Marsalis
23. Conference Of The Birds - Dave Holland
24. Monk's Dream - Thelonius Monk
25. Bright Size Life - Pat Metheny

 

[Butchered]

Hm. I have a hard time ranking, so this is just in alphabetical order. Bolded are favorites though.

2pac - All Eyez On Me
36 Crazyfists - A Snow Capped Romance
Alexisonfire - "Watch Out!"
Avenged Sevenfold - Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
Big Punisher - Capital Punishment
Cannibal Corpse - Bloodthirst
Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Counterparts - The Difference Between Hell and Home
Dead Prez - Let's Get Free
Deftones - Around the Fur
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Glassjaw - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence
Gorguts - Colored Sands
Haste - The Mercury Lift
Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design
Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Purity Ring - Another Eternity
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
System of a Down - Self Titled
Underoath - They're Only Chasing Safety
Zao - Self Titled

 

[cupcrazyman]

Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon
Eric Clapton-Unplugged
Pink Floyd-The Wall
Beastie Boys-Licensed To Ill
U2-Rattle & Hum
Beatles-Sgt.Pepper
Tragically Hip-Fully Completely
Van Halen-5150
Who-Who Are You
AC/DC- Back In Black
Def Leppard-Pyromania
Police-Syncronicity
J.Geils Band- Freeze Frame
ZZTop-Eliminator
Bob Marley-Legend
Doors-The Doors
Beatles-1962-1966
Guess Who-Greatest Hits
Michael Jackson-Thriller
Beatles- 1
Bruce Springsteen-Born In the U.S.A.
Madonna-Immaculate Collection
Grease-Soundtrack
U2-Joshua Tree

 

[Butchered]

Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon
Eric Clapton-Unplugged
Pink Floyd-The Wall
Beastie Boys-Licensed To Ill
U2-Rattle & Hum
Beatles-Sgt.Pepper
Tragically Hip-Fully Completely
Van Halen-5150
Who-Who Are You
AC/DC- Back In Black
Def Leppard-Pyromania
Police-Syncronicity
J.Geils Band- Freeze Frame
ZZTop-Eliminator
Bob Marley-Legend
Doors-The Doors
Beatles-1962-1966
Guess Who-Greatest Hits
Michael Jackson-Thriller
Beatles- 1
Bruce Springsteen-Born In the U.S.A.
Madonna-Immaculate Collection
Grease-Soundtrack
U2-Joshua Tree

That is such a good soundtrack.

 

[Shareefruck]

I'm sure both of you (Shareefruck also) already know about all these albums, but they're pretty good for any jazz fans here.

1. Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
2. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
3. Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus
4. Brilliant Corners - Thelonious Monk
5. Time Out - Dave Brubeck
6. The Blues & The Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson
7. The Incredible Jazz Guitar - Wes Montgomery
8. Song For My Father - Horace Silver
9. Out To Lunch - Eric Dolphy
10. The Shape Of Jazz To Come - Ornette Coleman
11. Virtuoso - Joe Pass
12. Giant Steps - John Coltrane
13. In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
14. Somethin' Else - Cannonball Adderley
15. Idle Moments - Grant Green
16. *****es Brew - Miles Davis
17. Sax Colossus - Sonny Rollins
18. Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter
19. Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra
20. Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
21. Birth Of The Cool - Miles Davis
22. Black Codes (From The Underground) - Wynton Marsalis
23. Conference Of The Birds - Dave Holland
24. Monk's Dream - Thelonius Monk
25. Bright Size Life - Pat Metheny

Donkey Shade.

I still really struggle with the more traditional side of jazz, to be honest. I sort of clicked with the Fusion/Free Jazz/Avant Garde-ish stuff first and now I'm working my way backwards, which is kind of the opposite of the way this kind of thing usually goes. This list should be useful for that.

 

[plank]

Maybe just a couple more

301. Willie Nile - s/t(1980)
302. Galaxie 500 - Today(1988)
303. The Mamas and the Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears(1966)
304. Doyle Bramhall ll and Smokestack - Welcome(2001)
305. Charlie Daniels - Honey in the Rock(1973)
306. Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown(1974)
307. Stray Cats - Rumble in Brixton(2004)
308. Gillian Welch - Time(The Revelator)2001
309. Guns N' Roses - G N' R Lies(1988)
310. The Sonics - Here are the Sonics!!!(1965)
311. Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves(1998)
312. Gene Clark - No Other(1974)
313. Chuck Prophet - No Other Love(2002)
314. The Magic Words - Junk Train(2014)
315. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow(1967)
316. Tha La's - s/t(1990)
317. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Behind the Music(2001)
318. Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic(2005)
319. The Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray(1992)
320. Kings of Leon - Because of the Times(2007)
321. John Fogerty - Centerfield(1985)
322. Widespread Panic - s/t(1991)
323. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black(2006)
324. Booker T. - Potato Hole(2009)
325. The Surfaris - Wipe Out(1963)
326. The Madeira - Sandstorm(2006)
327. Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle(1976)
328. The Cult - Love(1985)
329. Jackson C. Frank - s/t(1965)
330. Bob Weir - Blue Mountain(2016)
331. Bedhead - What Fun Life Was(1994)
332. The Mountain Goats - Full Force Galesburg(1997)
333. John Lee Hooker & Canned Heat - Hooker 'n Heat(1971)
334. The Folk Implosion - One Part Lullaby(1999)
335. World Party - Goodbye Jumbo(1990)
336. Todd Snider - The Devil You Know(2006)
337. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking(1988)
338. Grand Funk - We're an American Band(1973)
339. Natalie Merchant - The House Carpenter's Daughter(2003)
340. Norah Jones - Come Away With Me(2002)
341. The Cranberries - To the Faithful Departed(1996)
342. UFO - Lights Out(1977)
343. Temple of the Dog - s/t(1991)
344. Tool - Lateralus(2001)
345. A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms(2000)
346. Everclear - Sparkle and Fade(1995)
347. The Breeders - Last Splash(1993)
348. The Highwaymen - Highwayman(1985)
349. The Flatlanders - Hills and Valleys(2009)
350. Alphadiabetic - ZZYZX(2010)

 

[Belieber]

If only people knew just how much Exile on Main Street by the Rolling Stones influenced music. It has been influential in everything from rock to country to grunge to hip hop.

 

[Silentjury]

1. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
2. Weezer - Pinkerton
3. Converge - Jane Doe
4. Weezer - The Blue Album
5. Thursday - Full Collapse
6. Thrice - The Illusion of Safety
7. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
8. Sigur Ros - ()
9. Mineral - The Power of Failing
10. Joy Division - Closer
11. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
12. Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill
13. Deftones - White Pony
14. Planes Mistaken for Stars - Mercy
15. Lucero - 1372 Overton Park
16. The Promise Ring - Wood/Water
17. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
18. The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site
19. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine
20. The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers
21. Blink 182 - Dude Ranch
22. Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
23. The Appleseed Cast - The End of the Ring Wars
24. At the Drive In - Relationship of Command
25. Miles Davis - *****es Brew

 

[plank]

351. Louis - Freak Show Revenge(2007)
352. Regia - The Art of Navigation(1999)
353. Roxy Music - Avalon(1982)
354. The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin(1969)
355. The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - Trouble is...(1997)
356. Gregg Allman - Low Country Blues(2011)
357. Buckingham Nicks - s/t(1973)
358. Albert Hammond Jr. - Yours to Keep(2006)
359. The Strokes - Is This It(2001)
360. Meat Puppets - ll(1984)
361. The V-Roys - Just Add Ice(1996)
362. Palominos - Egos(2009)
363. Montrose -s/t(1973)
364. The English Beat - Special Beat Service(1982)
365. Hillbilly Hellcats - Our Brand(1998)
366. The Hillbilly Gypsies - One Foot in the Gravy(2006)
367. Cross Canadian Ragweed - Soul Gravy(2004)
368. Lucero - That Much Further West(2003)
369. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash(1985)
370. The Chieftains - Another Country(1992)
371. Spoon - Kill the Moonlight(2002)
372. Tom Russell - Blood and Candle Smoke(2009)
373. Tom Waits - Mule Variations(1999)
374. Alison Krauss and Union Station - Live(2002)
375. The Mel-Tones - Surf Sensation(2004)
376. The Aqua Velvets - Surfmania(1995)
377. Donovan - Sunshine Superman(1966)
378. The Hangdogs - East of Yesterday(1998)
379. Hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut(1995)
380. Dwight Yoakam - This Time(1993)
381. Tift Merritt - Bramble Rose(2002)
382. Red House Painters - Old Ramon(2001)
383. Slobberbone - Barrel Chested(1997)
384. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion- Orange(1994)
385. Butter 08 - s/t(1996)
386. The Chop Tops - Triple Dueces(2006)
387. Steve Winwood - Back in the High Life(1986)
388. Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting(1990)
389. The Atkinsons - American Gothic(2007)
390. Junior Kimbrough - Sad Days, Lonely Nights(1994)
391. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel(1973)
392. Green Day - American Idiot(2004)
393. Ted Nugent - s/t(1975)
394. Gary Clark Jr. - The Bright Lights EP(2011)
395. Blackfoot - Strikes(1979)
396. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile(1974)
397. Buddy Guy - Damn Right, I've Got the Blues(1991)
398. The Freddy Jones Band - Waiting for the Night(1993)
399. Poi Dog Pondering - Pomegranate(1995)
400. Birds of Chicago - Real Midnight(2016)

That's All Folks!

400 albums from 400 different bands. Some artists are represented more than once but under different names. Example: George Harrison(The Beatles, solo and with the Traveling Wilburys).

 

[Aladyyn]

1 per artist for variety's sake

1. Converge - Jane Doe
2. Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb
3. Laura Stevenson - Wheel
4. Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother
5. Lenka Dusilová - Baromantika
6. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
7. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
8. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
9. Progres 2 - Dialog s Vesmírem
10. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
11. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
12. Battle of Mice - A Day of Nights
13. The Chariot - One Wing
14. Portishead - Dummy
15. The Gathering - Nighttime Birds
16. Persefone - Core
17. Bathory - Blood Fire Death
18. Destroyer 666 - Unchain the Wolves
19. Ghost Brigade - Until Fear No Longer Defines Us
20. Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
21. Sonata Arctica - Unia
22. Protest the Hero - Kezia
23. The Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium
24. Omnia - Crone of War
25. King Diamond - Abigail

 

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Hm. I have a hard time ranking, so this is just in alphabetical order. Bolded are favorites though.

2pac - All Eyez On Me
36 Crazyfists - A Snow Capped Romance
Alexisonfire - "Watch Out!"
Avenged Sevenfold - Sounding the Seventh Trumpet
Big Punisher - Capital Punishment
Cannibal Corpse - Bloodthirst
Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Counterparts - The Difference Between Hell and Home
Dead Prez - Let's Get Free
Deftones - Around the Fur
Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse
Glassjaw - Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence
Gorguts - Colored Sands
Haste - The Mercury Lift
Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design
Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Purity Ring - Another Eternity
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
System of a Down - Self Titled
Underoath - They're Only Chasing Safety
Zao - Self Titled

Yes! Haste's Mercury Lift is one of the most underrated albums even within the hardcore scene itself. Such a great album. As for Zao, I prefer Liberate, FoG, and WBaFBR all over Self-Titled, but I'm not going to knock anyone that puts any Zao on their list. Also love Jedi Mind Tricks, great list.

 

[Central PA Hawk Fan]

1. Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
2. Weezer - Pinkerton
3. Converge - Jane Doe
4. Weezer - The Blue Album
5. Thursday - Full Collapse
6. Thrice - The Illusion of Safety
7. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
8. Sigur Ros - ()
9. Mineral - The Power of Failing
10. Joy Division - Closer
11. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
12. Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill
13. Deftones - White Pony
14. Planes Mistaken for Stars - Mercy
15. Lucero - 1372 Overton Park
16. The Promise Ring - Wood/Water
17. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
18. The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site
19. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine
20. The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers
21. Blink 182 - Dude Ranch
22. Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
23. The Appleseed Cast - The End of the Ring Wars
24. At the Drive In - Relationship of Command
25. Miles Davis - *****es Brew

I think all the bolded would be in consideration for my list, glad to see some Appleseed Cast love, and if someone references them, its not usually End of the Ring Wars, but I love that album to death. Probably my favorite 90's emo record, better than SDRE's Diary IMO.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

If only people knew just how much Exile on Main Street by the Rolling Stones influenced music. It has been influential in everything from rock to country to grunge to hip hop.

Agreed. I don't want to just post my top 25 Blues albums, because I want to be a little bit more sociable and user friendly so I'll go mostly rock/popular music in no order and bold my favorites.

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles

2. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys

3. Revolver, The Beatles

4. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan

5. Rubber Soul, The Beatles

6. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye

7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones

8. London Calling, The Clash

9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan

10. The Beatles ("The White Album"), The Beatles

11. The Sun Sessions, Elvis Presley

12. Kind of Blue, Miles Davis

13. Velvet Underground and Nico, The Velvet Underground

14. Abbey Road, The Beatles

15. Are You Experienced?, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

16. Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan

17. Nevermind, Nirvana

18. Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen

19. Astral Weeks, Van Morrison

20. The Joshua Tree, U2

21. The Great Twenty-Eight, Chuck Berry

22. Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon

23. Innervisions, Stevie Wonder

24. Live at the Apollo (1963), James Brown

25. Rumours, Fleetwood Mac

 

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Favorite studio albums: no limits per band, no live albums, no "best of" comps.


1. The Who - Quadrophenia
2. The Who - Who's Next
3. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
4. Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co.
5. Richmond Fontaine - Thirteen Cities
6. Richmond Fontaine - Winnemucca
7. The Beatles - Abbey Road
8. Neil Young - After the Goldrush
9. The Band - s/t
10. Led Zeppelin - II
11. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
12. Son Volt - Straightaways
13. Son Volt - Trace
14. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Darkness on the Edge of Town
15. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Born to Run
16. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
17. Richmond Fontaine - We Used to Think the Freeway Sounded Like a River
18. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
19. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
20. U2 - The Joshua Tree
21. Wilco - Summerteeth
22. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
23. Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues
24. Johnny Cash - Unchained
25. Van Morrison - Moondance
26. Magnolia Electric Co. - Nashville Moon
27. Magnolia Electric Co. - What Comes After the Blues
28. The Who - Odds and Sods
29. Grateful Dead - American Beauty
30. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
31. Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain
32. The Who - Sings My Generation
33. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
34. The Beatles - White Album
35. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
36. The Cars - s/t
37. Pearl Jam - Yield
38. Cracker - Kerosene Hat
39. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
40. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
41. Van Halen - Fair Warning
42. AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
43. Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
44. Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20, 1992
45. Neil Young - On the Beach
46. The Band - Music from Big Pink
47. Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard
48. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
49. Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead
50. Eagles - Hotel California
51. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
52. Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
53. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
54. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
55. Pink Floyd - The Wall
56. The Beatles - Revolver
57. The Kinks - Lola Versus the Powerman and the Moneygoround
58. Pete Townshend - All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes
59. Pete Townshend - Empty Glass
60. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
61. Richmond Fontaine - Obliteration by Time
62. Richmond Fontaine - The Fitzgerald
63. John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
64. James McMurtry - Saint Mary of the Woods
65. James McMurtry - Where'd You Hide the Body
66. Lyle Lovett - The Road to Ensenada
67. Lyle Lovett - Step Inside this House
68. R.E.M. - Document
69. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
70. CSNY - Deja Vu
71. Jason Isbell - Southeastern
72. Drive-by Truckers - The Dirty South
73. Magnolia Electric Co. - Josephine
74. The Doors - s/t
75. Dire Straits - Making Movies
76. Ass Ponys - Mr. Superlove
77. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
78. Van Halen - s/t
79. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Long After Dark
80. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
81. The Who - The Who Sell Out
82. Pearl Jam - Ten
83. Nirvana - Nevermind
84. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
85. Songs: Ohia - Ghost Tropic
86. Songs: Ohia - Axxess & Ace
87. The Who - Tommy
88. The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
89. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
90. Magnolia Electric Co. - Fading Trails
91. Phosphoresent - Here's to Taking it Easy
92. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmos Factory
93. Joe Walsh - So What
94. Joe Walsh - But Seriously Folks
95. John Cougar Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
96. The Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream
97. Pink Floyd - Animals
98. Led Zeppelin - III
99. Wilco - Being There
100. Los Straitjackets - Viva! Los Straitjackets

 

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