Hey Barry, I have that on vinyl too. One problem is that when I went to play it (years ago) the second disc was gone. I must have stuck it in the sleeve of one of my other 400+ albums.

True that Johnny and Edgar are likely remembered as albinos. Interesting how they were brothers but their musical tastes were different, at least in their respective recordings.

Lots of great albums mentioned, but there are two that I must have on my list:

Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run". Not a bad song on the album. Rock/poetry/storytelling all wrapped up in one incredible album.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Pronounced". Ok, I am from the South, but ya gotta show some love for "Freebird". In the mid-70s, NO ONE wanted to follow the band on stage. They absolutely blew people away.

"Freebird" is a truly great song, no doubt about it.

Like most of you, I listen to a wide variety of music. My ten favorites in no order is as follows:

Headquarters - The Monkees
Dirty Deeds - ACDC
Fair Warning - Van Halen
Out of the Cellar - Ratt
Rubber Soul - Beatles
Flowers - Rolling Stones
The Doors - The Doors
Crosby Stills & Nash - Crosby Stills Nash
Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue
Boston - Boston

Great thread! I love seeing the lists of varied genres. That indicates a true music fan.

Here's mine, in no particular order:

Slayer - Reign in Blood
Smoking Popes - Born to Quit
Saturday Night Fever - Soundtrack
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Turbonegro - Apocalypse Dudes
Danzig - Danzig (S/T)
Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down
Johnny Cash - American Recordings
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night soundtrack

It couldn't have been any later, Barry. I believe the Boston Tea Party gave up the ghost in 71. Johnny helped resurrect Muddy Waters career, too. "I'm Ready" and "Hard Again" are two of Muddy's best. Johnny also had a great album on Alligator called Nothin' But the Blues" that contains some of his finest slide work.


Another great album from the Boston area from the Tea Party era is "Blow Your Face Out...Live (recorded loud to be played loud) from J Geils......Woober Goober with the Green Teeth..........:D

1971 sounds about right Mike. I lived in Boston from Sep 69 to Mar 72, so I probably caught the tail end of the Tea Party. Saw some great concerts there, including the Grateful Dead and Taj Mahal, among many others.

Todd- You're are the closest to any list I would make, but I would add...

Live in New York- Frank Zappa

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Dreamboat Annie & Little Queen by Heart

Anne Wilson is one of the great rock singers!

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I would throw in:

"Fear of Music"- Talking Heads
"Big Science"- Laurie Anderson

I am pretty close to this list too.....great stuff. Believe it or not, I might put a Zach Brown album in there now..they are that good....

Here are mine - a lot are the same as some of, you but a few different ones!

1- ACDC - Back in Black
2 - Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
3 - Guns & Roses Appetite for destruction
4 - Metallica - Master of puppets
5 - U2 - Joshua Tree
6 - Nirvana -nevermind
7 - counting crows - august and everything after
8 - Scorpions - Love at First Sting
9 - white lion - pride
10 - billy joel - glass houses

Alot of albums come to mind in my top ten but Rage Against the Machine's Bombtrack is my favorite. The anger gets me pumped!

I feel compelled to add three other artists, but I haven't decided on favorite albums:

Bonny Raitt
ZZ Top
Eva Cassidy

A Wishbone Ash fan. Saw then 5 or 6 times in 73-76 when the Turner brothers were with them. Argus and DSOTM are my 2 favorite albums of all time. Never can decide which is the best.

Traveled with the Tubes in 78 when I was dating Katie Bevin one of their dancers. Ended the tour at the Palidium in NY. Partied with Todd Rungren, The Ramones, Sex Pistols etc. The Tubes were going to do a Europe Tour after and Faye fell and broke his ankle. Cancelled it. Ahh the memories.

I just found this thread. I love these kind of discussions. Here is my list. I do have a very eclectic taste in music.

1. Quadrophenia - The Who
I truly think this is the greatest album of all time - Townsend's masterpiece.

2. Dovark's "New World Symphony" - Von Dohnanyi w/Cleveland Symphony
This is amazing. If you don't listen to classical, try this piece. It is something to hear.

3. His Best: Chess 50th Anniversary Collection - Howlin' Wolf
Easily, my favorite blues singer.

4. Tarkus - Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Probably my first favorite album for a long period of time.

5. Little Creatures - Talking Heads
David Byrne is quite a singer/song writer.

6. Blow By Blow - Jeff Beck
Ever seen Jeff Beck live? Wow!

7. Heartbeat City - The Cars
I had to put a Cars album in here. I do think this is their best.

8. Never Been Rocked Enough - Delbert McClinton
If you aren't familiar with Delbert, listen to a few of these songs on YouTube.

9. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
Especially, the first disc.

10. Compact Command Performances - The Four Tops
I know it's a compilation, but how can you ignore Levi Stubbs when you are talking greatest anything in music?

Cy

1- Led Zeppelin IV (Led Zeppelin)
2- Sgt. Pepper (Beatles)
3- Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
4- Darkness on the Edge of Town (Bruce Springsteen)
5- Aqualung (Jethro Tull)
6- Abbey Road (Beatles)
7- Who's Next (The Who)
8- More Songs About Buildings and Food (Talking Heads)
9- Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones)
10- Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits)

I'm real close to yours

1- Born To Run
2- Abbey Road
3- Dark Side Of The Moon
4- Led Zeppelin 4
5- Who's Next
6- Revolver
7- Sgt. Pepper's
8- Let It Bleed
9- Highway 61 Revisited
10- The Velvet Underground & Nico

We pretty much agree. Other than a couple that I chose that are more recent, we have the same groups. We just disagree on which one of their albums we prefer.

Holy bleep! I read through the pages on this thread, and thought "I'll throw in Dvorak New World Symphony as performed by the Cleveland Orchestra. Then someone else posts exactly that! Holy bleep again!

Here is my list, in no particular order:

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Tool - Lateralus
Moody Blues - This is the Moody Blues
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker
Credence Clearwater Revival - Cosmos Factory
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Amazing - Gentle Stream
The Beatles - Revolver
Cleveland Orchestra - From the New World (Dvorak)

Honorable Mention: Tumbleweed Connection (Elton); Everything else by the Beatles & Pink Floyd; Physical Graffiti (Zep); Ten (PJ); Yes (Yes); Pearl (Janis); Rust Never Sleeps/Harvest (Neil Young); Kid A (Radiohead)

Excuse me while I resurrect this thread for everyone who missed it the last time. I can get it down to 20 if I limit it to the rock genre, broadly defined.

Ok Computer -- Radiohead
Abbey Road -- The Beatles
Little Earthquakes -- Tori Amos
The Wall -- Pink Floyd
Takk -- Sigur Ros
Aqualung -- Jethro Tull
Wincing the Night Away -- The Shins
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road -- Elton John
Animals -- Pink Floyd
Lateralus -- Tool
The Beatles -- The Beatles
Physical Graffiti -- Led Zeppelin
Boys for Pele -- Tori Amos
Aenima -- Tool
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness -- Smashing Pumpkins
Ten -- Pearl Jam
The Bends -- Radiohead
Wish You Were Here -- Pink Floyd
Funeral -- Arcade Fire
Begin to Hope -- Regina Spektor

You an I have very similar tastes. My wife is a Tori Amos fan. I haven't listened to much of Arcade Fire, but I will have to take a closer look now.

When I was dating my now wife, she couldn't understand how I enjoyed Sigur Ros so much as their lyrics are either Icelandic or made up. She then accompanied me to a show during Hvarf/Heim and she completely flipped her script. Hoppípolla was played at our wedding.

Your list is pretty close. I might swap The Bends for In Rainbows, White Album for Revolver, and add Death Cab's Transatlanticism somewhere but that's about it. If you'd have told me I'd spend my 1,000th post 10 years ago talking about Sigur Ros I'd laugh at you, but here we are.

Happy Collecting

Steven Finley

Since this thread was bumped I guess I'll join in.

Holy Diver is number one for sure, but I am not sure on the others.

1.Holy Diver- Dio
Master of Puppets-Metallica
Ride The Lightning- Metallica
Moving Pictures- Rush
Dark Side of The Moon- Pink Floyd
2112-Rush
Out of Step-Minor Threat
Bad Brains-Bad Brains
Minor Threat-Minor Threat
Reign in Blood-Slayer

Honorable Mention: Alive Or Just Breathing- Killswitch Engage, Master of the Moon- Dio, Souls of Black-Testament, Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd, Define The Great Line- Underoath Unknown Pleasures- Joy Division

Trying not to put much thought into this, otherwise I'd be here forever


1. Motorhead - Overkill
2. Alice in Chains - Dirt
3. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
4. Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
5. The Doors - The Doors
6. Led Zeppelin - I
7. Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
8. Deep Purple - Machine Head
9. Nirvana - Live and Unplugged
10. Testament - Practice What You Preach

Any Marshall Tucker fans?
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Mine for what it's worth:

1. Operation Mindcrime - Queensryche
2. Tribute - Ozzy/Randy
3. Diary of a Madman - Ozzy/Randy
4. Blizzard of Ozz - Ozzy/Randy
5. Rust In Peace - Megadeth
6. Peace Sells - Megadeth
7. Master of Puppets - Metallica
8. Overkill - Motorhead
9. Dookie - Green Day
10. Tragically Hip - Day For Night

1-6 in cement, 7-10 depending on my mood.

Yep, Can't you see!

Marshall Tucker-The Best of
Pink Floyd- The Wall
Neil Young-Rust Never Sleeps
Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti
Aerosmith-Toys in the Attic
Fleetwood Mac-Rumors
Black Sabbath-Heaven and Hell
Scorpions- World wide Live
Eagles-Hotel California
Lynyrd Skynrd- Gold and Platinum
Lynyrd Skynrd-Street Survivors

I can currently think of a lot more but that's a good start.

Here's the 10 that come to mind first, and some more bubbling under:

- Exile on Main St. - The Rolling Stones
- A Tribute to Jack Johnson - Miles Davis
- Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
- The Shape of Jazz to Come - Ornette Coleman
- Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
- Odessey & Oracle - The Zombies
- Complete Communion - Don Cherry
- Sign O' The Times - Prince
- Muswell Hillbillies - The Kinks
- Rocket to Russia - The Ramones

Bubbling Under
Til Shiloh - Buju Banton ... The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground ... Who's Next - The Who ... Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk ... Roast Fish, Collie Weed, & Corn Bread - Lee Scratch Perry ... Monk's Music - Thelonious Monk ... Sandinista! - The Clash ... What's Going On - Marvin Gaye ... Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart ... Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy ... Stand! - Sly & the Family Stone ... A Love Supreme - John Coltrane ... Illmatic - Nas ... Acid - Ray Barretto ... San Francisco - Bobby Hutcherson ... Heaven Tonight - Cheap Trick ... Up for the Down Stroke - Parliament ... Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret - Soft Cell

Nice to see Blizzard of Oz make someones list. :D

Loads of good choices posted already, and too hard to choose.

Maybe add in somewhere
- Billy Squier Don't say no
Blue Oyster Cult -Fire of unknown origin
Jim Croce- Greatest hits

Steve B

One I forgot to mention and I'm sure will leave a lot of head scratching. If I had two Wagners I'd give one to someone if they honestly knew who this band was.


Truckfighters - Gravity X

I was listening to Queen's "A Night At The Opera" last night on vinyl (yes vinyl), and that one is creeping ever so closely to my top 10.

Good stuff. They didn't make my list, but my son's middle name is Mercury. I figure that counts for something.

That counts :) My son's name is Jude if that tells you something about me and The Beatles :)

"Jude" himself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQs1Ynq0rlk

I wanted to name my daughter Anastasia, but that was vetoed by my wife (decidedly not a Tori Amos fan). I'm guessing that might not have been a problem for you.

Not a problem at all. As soon as I suggested it, my wife said "that's it". She's a fan too :)

Our son's name is also Jude. Our new born daughter is Lyla taken from Oasis.

Great minds think alike I suppose.

Can't forget this one.

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2 Albums getting very close to my original top 10 list, Joe Walsh "The Smoker You Drink The Player You Get" and Warren Zevon`s "Excitable Boy". Keep em coming boys........................!

right they played in gainesville and i saw them a few times...Less than Jake also performed and Sister Hazel which is a group people know im sure