10 Best Albums of All-Time

[SmokyBurgess]

I would throw in:

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

[Cy2009]

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

[Sean]

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)

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Sean

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

[Sean]

Originally Posted by rats60

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.

[Centauri]

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)

[darwinbulldog]

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