Originally posted by icantwriteBeirut - Gulag Orkestar
See in my book to be a good album all the songs on the album have to be top notch, if there's even one song on an album I don't like it ruins it for me. With that in mind my top albums are:
Mutter by Rammstein
The Fat of the Land by Prodigy
One by One by the Foo Fighters
What are yours?
Kings of Leon - Because of the Times
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Bonobo - Days to Come
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With the premise that there can't be a bad song...
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis Sextet.
A Love Supreme - Coltrane
Brilliant Corners - Monk
A bow to the RHP rockers
Abby Road - Beatles
Allman Bros Live at the Filmore East
Rory Gallagher Live in Europe
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Three Friends - Gentle Giant
Small Change - Tom Waits
Sonny Side Up--Dizzie Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt
Cornbread--Lee Morgan
Pray Naked--the 77's
Revolver--the Beatles
Beyond Nature--Phil Keaggy
A Liturgy, A Legacy, and a Ragamuffin Band--Rich Mullins
OK Computer--Radiohead
The Boat Ashore--Michael Roe
Jesus Freak--dcTalk
Ten--Pearl Jam
Live at the Quick--Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Motorcycle--Daniel Amos
The Joshua Tree--U2
Originally posted by icantwriteOne By One is probably my least favorite Foo Fighters album. Their first three efforts are much better, in my opinion.
See in my book to be a good album all the songs on the album have to be top notch, if there's even one song on an album I don't like it ruins it for me. With that in mind my top albums are:
Mutter by Rammstein
The Fat of the Land by Prodigy
One by One by the Foo Fighters
What are yours?
Mine would be:
Nirvana - In Utero
Guster - Keep it Together
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II
Meat Puppets - Huevos
Alkaline Trio - Crimson
Neil Young - Harvest
Neil Young - Mirror Ball
Yes - The Ladder
the chronic 2001-dr. dre
all eyez on me-2pac
art of war-bone thugs n harmony
elect the dead-serj tankian
astro-creep 2000-white zombie
antichrist superstar-marilyn manson
love all of rob zombie's new stuff; 9 of 10 songs i would say are worthy of radio play to this day; sorry if my stuff seems a little new i havent been around for all the old "classics" and all that good stuff.
Oh there are quite a few. These are 25, but with more time I could think of more, I 'm sure
DSotM--Pink Floyd
The Who--Who's Next
Abbey Road--Beatles
Hotel California--Eagles
Amused to Death--R Waters
Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only the Piano Player--Elton John
Untitled--Led Zeppelin
Some Girls--Rolling Stones
Wish You Were Here--Pink Floyd
Aqualung--Jethro Tull
Back in Black--AC/DC
Tapestry--C King
Magical Mystery Tour--Beatles
Exile on Main Street--Rolling Stones
The Wall--Pink Floyd
Houses of the Holy--Led Zeppelin
Folsom Prison Blues--Johnny Cash
Rumours--Fleetwood Mac
Paranoid--Black Sabbath
Boston--Boston
Wanted: The Outlaws--Waylon Jennings, et. al.
Lobo--Calumet
Chicago 7--Chicago
Around the World with Three Dog Night--3 Dog Night
Soundtrack to Heavy Metal--various artists
Originally posted by icantwrite1. Bon Iver: For Emma, Forever Ago
See in my book to be a good album all the songs on the album have to be top notch, if there's even one song on an album I don't like it ruins it for me. With that in mind my top albums are:
Mutter by Rammstein
The Fat of the Land by Prodigy
One by One by the Foo Fighters
What are yours?
2. Midlake: The Trials of Van Occupanther
3. Arcade Fire: Funeral
4. The Orb: The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
5. Hum: You'd Prefer an Astronaut
6. Robyn Hitchcock: Invisible Hitchcock
7. Robyn Hitchcock: I Often Dream of Trains
8. The Soft Boys: Underwater Moonlight
9. Fugazi: Repeater
10. The Who: Who's Next
etc.
In no particular order, with no claims to exhaustiveness, the only criterion being that I've listened to all of these scores of times and am still mesmerised by them:
Leonard Cohen -- "Songs of Love and Hate"
Phish -- "Junta"
Frank Zappa -- "Zoot Allures"
Broken Social Scene -- "You Forgot it In People"
Pharoah Sanders -- "Karma"
Grateful Dead -- "Live/Dead"
Television -- "Marquee Moon"
Arcade Fire -- "Funeral"
Portishead - 'Dummy'
Stereolab - 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup'
Mogwai - 'Happy Songs for Happy People'
Mum - 'go go smear the poison ivy'
Beirut - 'The Gulag Orkestar'
Tortoise - 'Millions Now Living Will Never Die'
The Velvet Underground and Nico - 'The Velvet Underground and Nico'
Pixies - 'Doolittle'
Add N to (X) - 'Add Insult to Injury'
Sigur Ros - 'Hvarf/Heim'
Originally posted by NemesioAll I know is, the most indespsible song on Zoot Allures is, "Disco Boy." I'd prefer both Over-Nite Sensation and Apostrophe ('😉 to Zoot Allures, if we're talking albums having the highest majority of great songs. My personal favorite Zappa album would probably be Sheik Yerbouti. It's difficult, though, with Zappa, because he's so avant-garde, to judge which album of his is superior to the others. Some of his work is straight forward rock, having a natural appeal, while the rest is entirely experimental or offensive, or both. If a person is capable of appreciating such a wide variety, then one of his albums may stand out from the rest. But honestly, the best Zappa album, since we're talking albums having nothing but great songs wall to wall, would have to be Strictly Commercial, which is a 'best of' type compilation released after he died.
How does it compare to Zappa's 'Over-Nite Sensation' or 'Apostrophe?'