favorite album(s) of all time?

[bringahorseinhere?]

guess I'm dumb....... and I tried to search it....

do we have a 'favourite album' thread going already?"

in which case, what thread is it under.... Ta

RickB

[Niko]

There is one from a while back, but it's a little different. Here are the ones that are closest to my heart; the five I would pick if I had to live with only five albums for the rest of my life.

The Band: Live at The Academy of Music
The Beatles: The Beatles
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Love: Forever Changes
The Zombies: Odyssey and Oracle

[Ovi]

First 10 that come to my mind, with the risk that tomorrow I might give you a completely different list:

The Band - Music From Big Pink
Bob Dylan - Live '66 at the "Royal Albert Hall"
Stooges - Fun House
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection
Supremes - Ultimate Collection
Neutral Milk Hotel - In An Aeroplane Over The Sea
Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
Lou Reed - Berlin
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Ramones - Road to Ruin

[bringahorseinhere?]

umm yeah me too.....lol.... here is a few of mine...

sunflower - BB
white mansions - various
bat out of hell - the 'meat'
neck and neck - mark knopfler and chet atkins
Pet Sounds - BB
the hits - garth brooks

RickB

[bluesno1fann]

Surf's Up - The Beach Boys
Sunflower - The Beach Boys
20/20 - The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys In Concert - The Beach Boys
Pacific Ocean Blue - Dennis Wilson

And as for non-Beach Boys:
Monkey Grip - Bill Wyman
Bill Wyman - Bill Wyman
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd
A Saucerful Of Secrets - Pink Floyd
The Wall - Pink Floyd
The Final Cut - Pink Floyd
The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett
Barrett - Syd Barrett
Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
The Doors - The Doors
Aftermath - The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones

[rab2591]

My desert island 5 at the moment:

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
The Doors - The Doors
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends (yah go f*** yourselves)

[peerke]

Here's my list for those who quit living in the past: twenty great albums since the new millenium:
2000   Emmylou Harris – Red Dirt Girl
2000   John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters
2002   Beck - Sea Change
2002   Damien Rice - O
2002   Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
2002   White Stripes – Elephant
2003   Kelly Joe Phelps - Slingshot Professionals
2004   Brian Wilson - Presents SMiLE
2005   Jim Byrnes - House of Refuge
2005   Josh Rouse - Nashville
2005   Richard Hawley - Cole's Corner
2006   Bonnie Prince Billy - The Letting Go
2006   Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
2007   Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
2007   Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
2008   Chris Eckman – The Last Side of the Mountain
2008   Various Artists - Take Me to the River:  A Southern Soul Story 1961-1977
2010   Dylan Leblanc - Paupers Field
2010   Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs - God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise
2011   Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest

[Niko]

Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends (yah go f*** yourselves)

I wasn't going to say anything   

[Vega-Table Man]

These are the ones I always come back to:

Skylarking, XTC
Revolver, The Beatles
The Beatles, The Beatles
Veedon Fleece, Van Morrison
Hats, The Blue Nile
King of America, The Costello Show (featuring Elvis Costello)
Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan
Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys
Smiley Smile, The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys Love You, The Beach Boys
The Queen is Dead, The Smiths
Forever Changes, Love

[Andrew G. Doe]

Excluding the obvious...

What's Going On Marvin Gaye
Odessey & Oracle Zombies
Close To The Edge Yes
Hergest Ridge Mike Oldfield
Foxtrot Genesis
Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf
Grave New World Strawbs
Whos Next Who
Revolver Beatles
LA Woman Doors
Crosby Stills & Nash
If I Could Only Remember My Name David Crosby
Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd
Olias Of Sunhillow Jon Anderson
The Magic Garden 5th Dimension
Madman Across The Water Elton John
Bookends Simon & Garfunkel
Talking Book Stevie Wonder
American Idiot Green Day

PS: I'm knocked out that anyone else even knows of White Mansions, let alone likes it !

[halblaineisgood]

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[pixletwin]

Mellon Chollie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
Combat Rock - The Clash
Live In Italy - Cecilia Bartoli
Shepherd Moons - Enya
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
Dark Side of the Moon/Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd
Time (The Revelator) - Gillian Welch
Hot! - The Squirrel Nut Zippers
My Favorite Things - John Coltrane

A host of others equally as good.

[halblaineisgood]

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[JK]

There is one from a while back, but it's a little different. Here are the ones that are closest to my heart; the five I would pick if I had to live with only five albums for the rest of my life.

The Band: Live at The Academy of Music
The Beatles: The Beatles
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Love: Forever Changes
The Zombies: Odyssey and Oracle

Like the idea of just five. I would then choose one each by my four idols and a fifth by the flavour of the month (to be chosen at the last moment).

Right now these would be:

Surf's Up----The Beach Boys
The Unforgettable Fire----U2
Exile----Gary Numan
Trout Mask Replica----Captain Beefheart
Kissing To Be Clever----Culture Club

[Orange Crate Art]

Beach Boys: Smiley Smile, Smile Sessions, Friends, Pet Sounds, Sunflower, Love You, Surfs Up, Summer Days
Uncle Meat: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention
Loaded: Velvet Underground
Notorious Byrd Brothers: The Byrds
Stand Up: Jethro Tull
Black Sabbath self titled debut
School's Out & Killer: Alice Cooper
Vincebus Eruptum: Blue Cheer
Rocket To Russia: Ramones
Mirage: Meat Puppets
Trout Mask Replica: Captain Beefheart

[Moon Dawg]

Here's my list for those who quit living in the past: twenty great albums since the new millenium:
2000   Emmylou Harris – Red Dirt Girl
2000   John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters
2002   Beck - Sea Change
2002   Damien Rice - O
2002   Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
2002   White Stripes – Elephant
2003   Kelly Joe Phelps - Slingshot Professionals
2004   Brian Wilson - Presents SMiLE
2005   Jim Byrnes - House of Refuge
2005   Josh Rouse - Nashville
2005   Richard Hawley - Cole's Corner
2006   Bonnie Prince Billy - The Letting Go
2006   Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas
2007   Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
2007   Wilco – Sky Blue Sky
2008   Chris Eckman – The Last Side of the Mountain
2008   Various Artists - Take Me to the River:  A Southern Soul Story 1961-1977
2010   Dylan Leblanc - Paupers Field
2010   Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs - God Willin’ & the Creek Don’t Rise
2011   Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest

 Gillian Welch is a good choice for 2011. I'm somewhat partial to 2001's Time (The Revelator).

[Sheriff John Stone]

The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy
Sparks - Kimono My House
Kiss - Kiss
Ray Manzarek - The Golden Scarab
The New York Dolls - The New York Dolls
The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus
Lou Reed - Transformer
Slade - Slayed
Frank Sinatra - The Main Event: Live
Ramones - Ramones
Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny And Mutation
Perry Como: Sings Merry Christmas Music

[halblaineisgood]

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[rab2591]

Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends (yah go f*** yourselves)

I wasn't going to say anything   

[shelter]

1. The Beach Boys - Sunflower (1970)
2. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
3. Elliott Smith - XO (1998)
4. No Use For A Name - More Betterness! (1999)
5. Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Feelings (1998)
6. The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle (1968)
7. The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions (2011)
8. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
9. The Beach Boys - Friends (1968)
10. Green Day - Dookie (1994)
11. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication (1994)
12. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk (1989)
13. Shelter - Attaining The Supreme (1993)
14. Nirvana - In Utero (1993)
15. Zoli Band - Zoli Band (2000)
16. NOFX - Punk In Drublic (1994)
17. Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today (1989)
18. Ignite - Call On My Brothers (1995)
19. Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire (1996)
20. The Doors - The Soft Parade (1969)

[halblaineisgood]

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[rab2591]

3. Elliott Smith - XO (1998)

Damnit, I forgot Elliott.

Same.

Also want to add Kind of Blue (Miles) and Blue Train (Coltrane) to my list.

[EgoHanger1966]

Nice to see The Zombies making so many of your lists. I can't say I'm surprised, they really had an upswing in awareness these past few years. I'm getting the chance to see Colin solo next month, super psyched.

[Summertime Blooz]

There is one from a while back, but it's a little different. Here are the ones that are closest to my heart; the five I would pick if I had to live with only five albums for the rest of my life.

The Zombies: Odyssey and Oracle

This Will Be Our Year was featured as the closing theme for this week's episode of Mad Men. They make so many cool music choices on that show.

[Gabo]

My three faves:

1. of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
2. The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
3. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

I only listen to albums when I'm in my car. I usually just listen to individual tracks I enjoy.