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You're favourite album? or best album?. 2 Different questions. Some albums we're revolutionary and without them certain types of music wouldn't exist, but you might not necessarily like them.

Interesting point, but ultimately it's very difficult to put aside personal preference - however I think the "lynch-pin" albums, the revolutionary ones, are kinda obvious... Sgt Peppers, Dark Side of the Moon, Dare, Nevermind... to name a few.

As for favourite, well that is the same as my answer to favourite single - it changes depending on mood, there are far too many good albums to just have one - but the usual suspects are...

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Surfer Rosa - Pixies

The Real Thing - Faith No More

Disintergration - The Cure

Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury - Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

The Lexicon of Love - ABC

Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth

Technique - New Order

Grace - Jeff Buckley

Loveless - My Bloody Valentine

Dummy - Portishead

All the above I have listened to and thought, "this is my favourite album" at one time or another.

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Metallica - Master of Puppets

RJD2 - Deadringer

Iron Maiden - Brave New World

Dio - Holy Diver

Metallica - Black Album (Metallica Metallica)

Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

Radiohead - The Bends

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This is a list I came up with a few months ago. A few would be far higher now (notably number 18 which would be in the top 5 probably) but other than that, this is roughly about right for me.

1. Underworld - Beaucoup Fish

2. Hot Chip - The Warning

3. We Are Scientists - With Love And Squalor

4. RJD2 - Deadringer

5. Jurassic 5 - Power In Numbers

6. The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales of Urban Bohemia

7. Wolfmother - Wolfmother

8. Hot Chip - Coming On Strong

9. System of a Down - System of a Down

10. The Cribs - Mens Needs, Womens Needs, Whatever

11. Good Shoes - Think Before You Speak

12. Mclusky - Mclusky Does Dallas

13. Rage Against The Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles

14. Roni Size Reprazent - New Forms

15. Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger

16. Howling Bells - Howling Bells

17. The Boxer Rebellion - Exits

18. Fujiya and Miyagi - Transparent Things

19. Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants

20. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come Find Yourself

21. The Cooper Temple Clause - See This Through And Leave

22. Future of the Left - Curses

23. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf

24. System of a Down - Toxicity

25. The Dandy Warhols - Dandys Rule OK!

26. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Tepid Peppermint Wonderland

27. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

28. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock n Roll

29. Radiohead - In Rainbows

30. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

31. Oasis - Definitely Maybe

32. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R

33. Portishead - Dummy

34. Leftfield - Leftism

35. The Roots - Phrenology

36. Elastica - Elastica

37. Beck - Odelay

38. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions

39. Supergrass - I Should Coco

40. High Contrast - High Society

41. At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command

42. Propellerheads - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll

43. The Coral - The Coral

44. Daft Punk - Homework

45. Jurassic 5 - Jayou

46. Mr Scruff - Keep It Unreal

47. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

48. Leftfield - Rhythm and Stealth

49. Bob Marley - Legend

50. The Libertines - Up The Bracket

51. The Clash - London Calling

52. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

53. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill

54. Weezer - The Blue Album

55. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

56. Mr Scruff - Trouser Jazz

57. Muse - Origin of Symmetry

58. The Streets - Original Pirate Material

59. The Roots - Things Fall Apart

60. DJ Shadow - The Private Press

61. Rage Against The Machine - Renegades

62. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders

63. Air - Moon Safari

64. DJ Format - Music For The Mature B-Boy

65. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

66. The Cribs - The New Fellas

67. Nirvana - Nevermind

68. Blackalicious - Nia

69. Shy Child - Noise Won't Stop

70. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell

71. The Postal Service - Give Up

72. Lords of the Underground - Here Come The Lords

73. Radiohead - The Bends

74. People Under The Stairs - O.S.T.

75. Matthew - Everybody Down

76. Basement Jaxx - Remedy

77. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela

78. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape

79. Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E.

80. De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising

81. The Mules - Save Your Face

82. Shibusashirazu Orchestra - Shiba-Hata

83. RJD2 - Since We Last Spoke

84. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

85. Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band - A Special Album

86. Quantic Soul Orchestra - Stampede

87. The Chemical Brothers - Surrender

88. Ugly Duckling - Journey To Anywhere

89. Clinic - Walking With Thee

90. Felix Da Housecat - Kittenz and Thee Glitz

91. Tom Vek - We Have Sound

92. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells

93. Stereophonics - Word Gets Around

94. Primal Scream - Xtrmntr

95. Kings of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood

96. Quantic - An Announcement To Answer

97. The Whitest Boy Alive - Dreams

98. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.

99. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication

100. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

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Metallica - Black Album (Metallica Metallica)

Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

Radiohead - The Bends

Its heavenly... Was considering it but I thought Master of Puppets beat it just for Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

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I tried to show restraint and Fez just wades in... :rolleyes:

Good list though, I probably own about 70% of those albums :thumbup:

(Actuyally just counted and it's 38%, but ones I've got tracks off of and/or mean to get at some time takes it nearer 70 :doh: )

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Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures - The lyrics are so strong, the guitar and bass are so simple yet ridiculously effective, the drums are fantastic, perfection in my opinion. Oh yeah and the album artwork is brilliant too.

Stone Roses - Stone Roses - The album of anthems.

Sigur Rós - Takk... - So beautiful.

Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks - AHHHHHHH amazing lol

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's - Has to be on everyone's list really.

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This is a list I came up with a few months ago. A few would be far higher now (notably number 18 which would be in the top 5 probably) but other than that, this is roughly about right for me.

1. Underworld - Beaucoup Fish

2. Hot Chip - The Warning

3. We Are Scientists - With Love And Squalor

4. RJD2 - Deadringer

5. Jurassic 5 - Power In Numbers

6. The Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales of Urban Bohemia

7. Wolfmother - Wolfmother

8. Hot Chip - Coming On Strong

9. System of a Down - System of a Down

10. The Cribs - Mens Needs, Womens Needs, Whatever

11. Good Shoes - Think Before You Speak

12. Mclusky - Mclusky Does Dallas

13. Rage Against The Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles

14. Roni Size Reprazent - New Forms

15. Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger

16. Howling Bells - Howling Bells

17. The Boxer Rebellion - Exits

18. Fujiya and Miyagi - Transparent Things

19. Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants

20. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come Find Yourself

21. The Cooper Temple Clause - See This Through And Leave

22. Future of the Left - Curses

23. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf

24. System of a Down - Toxicity

25. The Dandy Warhols - Dandys Rule OK!

26. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Tepid Peppermint Wonderland

27. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver

28. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock n Roll

29. Radiohead - In Rainbows

30. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

31. Oasis - Definitely Maybe

32. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R

33. Portishead - Dummy

34. Leftfield - Leftism

35. The Roots - Phrenology

36. Elastica - Elastica

37. Beck - Odelay

38. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions

39. Supergrass - I Should Coco

40. High Contrast - High Society

41. At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command

42. Propellerheads - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll

43. The Coral - The Coral

44. Daft Punk - Homework

45. Jurassic 5 - Jayou

46. Mr Scruff - Keep It Unreal

47. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

48. Leftfield - Rhythm and Stealth

49. Bob Marley - Legend

50. The Libertines - Up The Bracket

51. The Clash - London Calling

52. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

53. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill

54. Weezer - The Blue Album

55. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

56. Mr Scruff - Trouser Jazz

57. Muse - Origin of Symmetry

58. The Streets - Original Pirate Material

59. The Roots - Things Fall Apart

60. DJ Shadow - The Private Press

61. Rage Against The Machine - Renegades

62. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders

63. Air - Moon Safari

64. DJ Format - Music For The Mature B-Boy

65. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

66. The Cribs - The New Fellas

67. Nirvana - Nevermind

68. Blackalicious - Nia

69. Shy Child - Noise Won't Stop

70. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell

71. The Postal Service - Give Up

72. Lords of the Underground - Here Come The Lords

73. Radiohead - The Bends

74. People Under The Stairs - O.S.T.

75. Matthew - Everybody Down

76. Basement Jaxx - Remedy

77. Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela

78. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape

79. Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E.

80. De La Soul - Three Feet High and Rising

81. The Mules - Save Your Face

82. Shibusashirazu Orchestra - Shiba-Hata

83. RJD2 - Since We Last Spoke

84. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

85. Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band - A Special Album

86. Quantic Soul Orchestra - Stampede

87. The Chemical Brothers - Surrender

88. Ugly Duckling - Journey To Anywhere

89. Clinic - Walking With Thee

90. Felix Da Housecat - Kittenz and Thee Glitz

91. Tom Vek - We Have Sound

92. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells

93. Stereophonics - Word Gets Around

94. Primal Scream - Xtrmntr

95. Kings of Leon - Youth and Young Manhood

96. Quantic - An Announcement To Answer

97. The Whitest Boy Alive - Dreams

98. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.

99. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication

100. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

I was going to say ABC's-The Lexicon of Love. But I don't think I'll bother now. :blush:

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Fez you nutter.

I own 28 of those albums... plus a few that I've since lost.

Anyway here's my top 5:

Portishead - Dummy

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

The Roots - Things Fall Apart

Radiohead - OK Computer

LTJ Bukem - Logical Progression

Probably. I dunno really. It changes all the time. Apart from Portishead obviously. :wub: :wub: :wub:

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Interesting point, but ultimately it's very difficult to put aside personal preference - however I think the "lynch-pin" albums, the revolutionary ones, are kinda obvious... Sgt Peppers, Dark Side of the Moon, Dare, Nevermind... to name a few.

As for favourite, well that is the same as my answer to favourite single - it changes depending on mood, there are far too many good albums to just have one - but the usual suspects are...

Screamadelica - Primal Scream

Surfer Rosa - Pixies

The Real Thing - Faith No More

Disintergration - The Cure

Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury - Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

The Lexicon of Love - ABC

Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth

Technique - New Order

Grace - Jeff Buckley

Loveless - My Bloody Valentine

Dummy - Portishead

All the above I have listened to and thought, "this is my favourite album" at one time or another.

Love your music taste fella .... I also adore:-

Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan

Way To Blue - Miles Davis

Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk

Gone To Earth - David Sylvian

Automatic For The People - REM

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I was going to say ABC's-The Lexicon of Love. But I don't think I'll bother now. :blush:

Yup, Fez seriously lets the side down down for not having that in a top 100

Fez you nutter.

I own 28 of those albums... plus a few that I've since lost.

Anyway here's my top 5:

Portishead - Dummy

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

The Roots - Things Fall Apart

Radiohead - OK Computer

LTJ Bukem - Logical Progression

Probably. I dunno really. It changes all the time. Apart from Portishead obviously. :wub: :wub: :wub:

Nice call mon anglais amis as always! :thumbup:

Nirvana - Nevermind

Led Zeppelin - II

Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland

Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Metallica - Metallica (Black Album)

:doh: forgot Pet Sounds! A true classic! But Slippery When Wet? Seriously... well I suppose u gotta have c*ckrock in there somewhere...

Love your music taste fella .... I also adore:-

Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan

Way To Blue - Miles Davis

Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk

Gone To Earth - David Sylvian

Automatic For The People - REM

I thank you! Spirit of Eden... an ambient masterpiece!

All of which goes to show, just can't pick ONE! :nono:

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Yup, Fez seriously lets the side down down for not having that in a top 100

Nice call mon anglais amis as always! :thumbup:

:doh: forgot Pet Sounds! A true classic! But Slippery When Wet? Seriously... well I suppose u gotta have c*ckrock in there somewhere...

I thank you! Spirit of Eden... an ambient masterpiece!

All of which goes to show, just can pick ONE! :nono:

Favourites are favourites and I could write a fair old list.

Though I believe a truly great album is uncompromising.

Very few artists deliver an album with ten to thirteen tracks that potentially all of them could be released. They save the great tracks as they see them and spread them over a few albums.

This means that works of genius are rare, most albums have four or five tracks you want in your collection, hence itunes success at 74p a track. (or whatever it is at the moment)

There are a few hundred classic artists like Bowie, Beatles, Dylan, Metallica, The Stone Roses....(I could go on all day) that have produced iconic, powerful music over sometimes a sustained period, even decades, though very few with an album of ten plus solid tracks.

I think I've grown in and out of this album several times. Love them/him or hate them it really does stand out for me. Foxes talk members, on the above criteria, I suggest,

Nivarna - Nevermind.

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Very few artists deliver an album with ten to thirteen tracks that potentially all of them could be released. They save the great tracks as they see them and spread them over a few albums.

Personally that's not my idea of a truly great album. And to be honest I disagree that bands "save up" their great tracks and spread them over a few albums. Some might I suppose.

A truly great album is one that could be considered a musical journey with each track telling a different story and complimenting each other perfectly. A truly great album may have tracks that could be considered weak compared to others by the same band. However it's their place in the album and the way they "fit" with the other songs that makes the difference.

Dark Side of the Moon is probably the greatest ever example of a musical journey. Some may say there isn't a weak track but Pink Floyd weren't thinking about what songs could be released when they wrote it. That album listens more like one epic song as opposed to a set of individual tracks and that's why it is rightly considered such a classic.

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Nirvana - Nevermind

Led Zeppelin - II

Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland

Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Metallica - Metallica (Black Album)

I agree with them 3!!

Although Kings of Leon and Oasis would get a shout for "Youth and Young Manhood" and "Definetly Maybe" Respectively!!

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There is no one album - but here's ten that no one would normally consider putting hear because you've probably not heard them.

ELO - Out of the Blue

Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

Damned - Damned Damned Damned

The Beat - Just Can't Stop It

Johnny Cash - Falsom Prison

Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain

Buzzcocks - Another Music in a Different Kitchen

Christy Moore - Ride On

Lemonheads - Shame About Ray

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