Top 10 Favourite Albums?

ShiverMeSideways · Sun 24/02/2008 19:43:45

As of late, I'm getting more and more curious as to what AGSers listen to these days, so I'm going to pose this following question: what are your top ten favourite albums you've listened to of all time? (or at least so far; according to how you like them, not according to quality)

Mine would be:

1) Pink Floyd - The Wall
2) Metallica - Master of Puppets
3) Nightwish - Oceanborn
4) Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
5) King Diamond - Abigail
6) Alice Cooper - Trash
7) Frank Zappa - You Are What You Is
8. Guns N'Roses - Use Your Illusion I
9) Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Pt. I
10) Mercyful Fate - Melissa

With other outstanding favorites including, but not limited to:

* Alice Cooper - Dragontown
* AC/DC - Back in Black
* Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists
* Gogol Bordello - Gypsy Punks (Underdog World Strike)
* Iron Maiden - Powerslave
* King Diamond - The Puppet Master
* Faith No More - The Real Thing
* Megadeth - United Abominations
* All the pre-Black Album Metallica records: Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, ...And Justice For All
* Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
* Anthrax - Fistful of Metal
* Apocalyptica - The Life Burns Tour (live album)
* Black Sabbath - Seventh Star
* Children of Bodom - Something Wild
* Deep Purple - Perfect Stranger
* Dio - Holy Diver
* Dream Theater - When Dream and Day Unite
* Dream Theater - Metropolis - Scenes From a Memory Pt. II
* Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
* Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
* Frank Zappa - Thing-Fish
* Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
* KISS - Love Gun
* Megadeth - The System Has Failed
* Motorhead - 1916
* Negură Bunget - Om
* Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
* Nine Inch Nails - Broken EP
* Nirvana - Bleach
* Paradise Lost - Gothic
* Paradise Lost - Host
* Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
* Pink Floyd - Animals
* Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
* Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe
* White Zombie - Astro Creep 2000
* Roger Waters - Radio K.A.O.S.
* Scorpions - Humanity Hour I
* Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks

Steel Drummer · Sun 24/02/2008 20:45:59

Haha... there are already "favourite music"-related threads... But what the heck.

In no order:

Red Hot Chili Peppers- Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Bob Marley- Exodus
Living Colour- Vivid
Herbie Hancock- Headhunters
Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane- Live at Carnegie Hall
Miles Davis- Kind Of Blue
Tears For Fears- Sowing the Seeds Of Love
Stevie Ray Vaughan- Texas Flood
The Police- Reggatta De Blanc
Jimi Hendrix- Axis: Bold As Love

Some other favourites:
Living Colour- Time's Up
Dizzy Gillespie- Live at Newport
Fishbone- Truth And Soul
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Mother's Milk
Steel Pulse- True Democracy
Ziggy Marley- Conscious Party
Matisyahu- Shake Off The Dust... Arise
Jimi Hendrix- Electric Ladyland
Bob Marley- Uprising
Bob Marley- Babylon By Bus
Santana- Abraxas
Burning Spear- Hail H.I.M.

Pet Terry · Mon 25/02/2008 19:36:41

Lately (in alphabetical order):

Bloodpit - Off the Hook
Brother Firetribe - False Metal
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Hardcore Superstar - Hardcore Superstar
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
KISS - KISS
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
QueensrÃ¿che - Operation: Mindcrime
Tarot - Spell of Iron
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

"Favourite favourites" (saying all time feels silly, because some of these are quite new) (again, in alphabetical order):

Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid
Brother Firetribe - False Metal
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
KISS - Alive!
Lordi - The Monsterican Dream
MÃ¶tley CrÃ¼e - Shout at the Devil
Skid Row - Skid Row
Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry
W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

Or something. Along those lines anyways.

Emerald · Mon 25/02/2008 19:58:33

Lots of metalheads around, it seems.

GarageGothic · Mon 25/02/2008 20:00:36

These aren't my all time favourite albums (but some of the would also be on that list), just some albums I've been listening to a lot lately. They're from my LP collection, so that's why there's no recent stuff.

The Clash - London Calling
The Smiths - The World Won't Listen
Lou Reed - Transformer
The Ramones - Rocket to Russia
The Replacements - Let It Be
Steppeulvene - Hip
Stiff Little Fingers - Hanx!
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
XTC - Waxworks (singles 1974-1982)
The Housemartins - The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death

Adamski · Mon 25/02/2008 20:30:45

Probably not a definitive list, and there never will be one as there's too much music in the world, but here's some that I'll never get tired of:

Steve Reich - Phases
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Aphex Twin - Drukqs
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Amon Tobin - Foley Room
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Radiohead - OK Computer
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Kraftwerk - Computer World

Tuomas · Mon 25/02/2008 20:35:57

10 is a bit hard, but ok.

1. Renaissance - A Song for All Seasons
2. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
3. Jethro Tull - Stand up
4. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
5. Jethro Tull - Songs From the Wood
6. Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
7. Rush - Permanent Waves
8. Wigwam - Being
9. Yes - Fragile
10. The Flower Kings - Flower Power

In no specific order. I had them once, but it changes, and I don't want to go there

ryanlandry · Mon 25/02/2008 20:39:55

Off the top of my head, what I've been listening to lately at least....

1)Anathema - A Fine Day To Exit
2)Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - And No More Shall We Part
3)Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding
4)Iron Maiden - Brave New World
5)Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
6)Concrete Blonde - Mexican Moon
7)Zep - Presence
8)Vintersorg - Visions From The Spiral Generator
9)Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In
10)Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin

and 300 more....but that's what's been rotating as of late

LimpingFish · Mon 25/02/2008 20:41:14

Ten albums I currently have on rotation:

Frank Zappa - The Man from Utopia
The Mothers of Invention - We're only in it for the Money
David Byrne - Rei Momo
Talking Heads - Naked
The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
Jethro Tull - Stand Up
Blue Ã–yster Cult - Secret Treaties
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
David Bowie - Heathen
Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards

With the odd...:

Johnny Cash - American Recordings
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
Cruzados - Cruzados
Blue Ã–yster Cult - Blue Ã–yster Cult
Frank Zappa - Sleep Dirt
The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out!
The Smiths - Singles
Uriah Heep - Salisbury
John Carpenter - Escape From New York OST
Goblin - Vol. 1-3
Phillip Lynott - The Phillip Lynott Album
Megadeth - Rust in Peace
Devo - Pioneers who got Scalped
Uriah Heep - Look at Yourself
Willie Nelson - Greatest Hits
Ennio Morricone - A Gun for Ringo

...for example.

ryanlandry · Mon 25/02/2008 20:57:11

ooooh, Heathen

That should probably have been on my list. "Sunday" is definitely in my top 5 favorite tunes (probably it's #1...).

mkennedy · Wed 18/03/2009 03:23:40

"Master of Puppets" by Metallica could be considered one of the greatest albums of all time in my opinion. "Ride the Lightning" and "Justice for All" Were pretty good to, haven't really listened to the first one enough to form a strong opinion.

"Piece of Mind" by "Iron Maiden" is another favorite of mine.

Ponch · Thu 19/03/2009 17:33:49

Ramones - The Ramones
Mojo Nixon - Bo-Day-Shus!!!
ZZ Top - Deguello
Motorhead - No Sleep Till Hammersmith
Basement 5 - 1965-1980
Johnny Cash - American IV
El Vez - Boxing With God
Ronnie Montrose - The Speed of Sound
Joe Satriani - Flying in a Blue Dream
Los Straitjackets - Encyclopedia Of Sound
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul

(My list goes to 11)

SpacePirateCaine · Thu 19/03/2009 23:47:43

10 ) Nu:Tone - Brave Nu World
9 ) Clazziquai Project - Pinch Your Soul
8 ) C-Mon & Kypski - Vinyl Voodoo
7 ) Hybrid - Morning Sci-Fi
6 ) Amon Tobin - Supermodified
5 ) C-Mon & Kypski - Where the Wild Things Are
4 ) Ferry Corsten - L.E.F.
3 ) The Herbaliser - Something Wicked This Way Comes
2 ) The Herbaliser - Blow Your Headphones
1 ) C-Mon & Kypski - Static Traveler

I know the list is a little top-heavy with C-Mon & Kypski and The Herbaliser, which edged out a lot of good albums, but I guess when you have to make a decision, some good music gets pushed out. I've also notice that my Top 10 is densely populated with Ninjatune label music.

Paper Carnival · Fri 20/03/2009 00:29:41

In no particular order....

Theocracy - Mirror of Souls
Saviour Machine - Saviour Machine II
Veni Domine - Material Sanctuary
Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
Symphony X - The Oddyssey
Sanctifica - Negative B
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
Opeth - Damnation
Gamma Ray - Powerplant
Gamma Ray - Land of the Free

There are more albums I like, some of which probably deserved to be in the list more than some of the above. But, these were the first ten I could think of.

Jakerpot · Fri 20/03/2009 01:44:38

here is my METAL list:
Not in order

Metallica - Master of Puppets
Iron Maiden - The Number of The Beast
Metallica - Ride the Lightening
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But who's buying?
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
AC/DC - For Those About to Rock
Black Sabbath - (Can't remember, the Iron Man one)
Ozzy Osbourne - (Can't remember too, the Crazy Train one

)
Slayer - Seasons in the Abyss
Megadeth - Symphony of Destruction