Your top 5 favorite albums/songs

[rab2591]

This has probably been done [many times] before, but just in case anyone has updated their tastes since the last "your favorites" thread:

What are your top 5 favorite albums and your top 5 favorite songs?

[Jason]

My lists change all the time but usually contain one or two Wishbone Ash albums/songs.

[GoogaMooga]

I'll just post a top two, that's easier...

1. Pet Sounds
2. SMiLE (67)

1. Be my Baby
2. Don't Worry Baby

[rab2591]

Well, might as well post mine....it does change constantly, but as of now:

Favorite Albums:

1. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
2. Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies
3. Brian Wilson Presents Smile - Brian Wilson
4. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
5. The Doors - The Doors

Runner Up: Boston - Boston

Favorite Songs:

1. 7th Symphony - Beethoven
2. L'estro Armonico Op. 3 (Concerto Grosso No. 10 in B Minor) - Vivaldi
3. In The Back Of My Mind (instrumental) - Beach Boys
4. Surf's up - Brian Wilson   
5. Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands - Bob Dylan

Runner Up: The Escapist - Coldplay
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And please respond to this! I'm always looking for new music and I know a lot of you have a wide range of tastes and I'd love to hear what you Beach Boys fanatics love to listen to!

[punkinhead]

Well, might as well post mine....it does change constantly, but as of now:

Favorite Albums:

1. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
2. Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies
3. Brian Wilson Presents Smile - Brian Wilson
4. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
5. The Doors - The Doors

Runner Up: Boston - Boston

Favorite Songs:

1. 7th Symphony - Beethoven
2. L'estro Armonico Op. 3 (Concerto Grosso No. 10 in B Minor) - Vivaldi
3. In The Back Of My Mind (instrumental) - Beach Boys
4. Surf's up - Brian Wilson   
5. Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands - Bob Dylan

Runner Up: The Escapist - Coldplay
______

And please respond to this! I'm always looking for new music and I know a lot of you have a wide range of tastes and I'd love to hear what you Beach Boys fanatics love to listen to!

interesting you chose In the Back the my Mind (backing track). It is rather good....heck, that whole side! Kiss Me baby's instrumental is killer too.

Since you wanna hear our wide variety of music, I'll not post any BB/BW as a favorite.
In no particular order:

Radiohead's OK Computer
Electric Light Orchestra's Out of the Blue
The Who's Tommy
George's All Things Must Pass
Klaatu's Sir Army Suit

[hypehat]

I'll not post any BB's/ too 'canon' choices either, as it'd probably be a fight between Pet Sounds, Smile, Friends, Surf's Up and Love You

Instead, here's a list I might well regret in a few days, but in no particular order.....

1) Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space
2) NEU! - NEU! 75
3) Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul/The Isaac Hayes Movement (impossible to pick between the record with the jaw-dropping 'By The Time I Get To Phoenix' or the record with the most rid-god-damn-diculous Beatles cover ever on it)
4) The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
5) Judee Sill - Heart Food/Judee Sill (Again, two records I can't decide between. Heart Food is better, but the selftitled is too damn good to not listen to. This woman is close to godlike in my eyes - Beautifully slack California voice, huge baroque arrangements, beautiful songs...)

[GoogaMooga]

1. Pet Sounds
2. SMiLE
3. ...Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes
4. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
5. A Christmas Gift for you

1. Be my Baby - Ronettes
2. Don't Worry Baby - Beach Boys
3. I Want to Hold Your Hand - Beatles
4. Why do Fools Fall in Love - Frankie Lymon & the Teen-agers
5. Teenage Kicks - Undertones

[Peter Reum]

This week:

Nat King Cole-Live at the Copa
Frank Sinatra-The Capitol Years
Louis Jordan-Best of
Phil Spector Christmas Album
The Who-Odds and Sods

[The Heartical Don]

This moment:

1. Pet Sounds
2. BWPS
3. 'Marquee Moon' - Television
4. 'Dub Housing' - Pere Ubu
5. 'Soundz From The Hotline' - Lee Perry and the Upsetters
6. 'Earth's Rightful Ruler' - Augustus Pablo
7. 'Of Rivers And Religion' - John Fahey
8. 'Goldberg Variations' - Angela Hewitt
9. 'Younger Than Yesterday' - The Byrds
10. 'The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady' - Charles Mingus

Singles:

1. 'God Only Knows'
2. 'Lady Friend' - The Byrds
3. 'I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down' - Elvis Costello
4. 'X-Offender' - Blondie
5. 'Hurricane' - Bob Dylan

[shelter]

Albums
1. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
2. The Beach Boys - Sunflower
3. Elliott Smith - XO
4. Brian Wilson - Smile
5. Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Feelings

Songs
1. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
2. Warm Sounds - Birds and Bees
3. France Gall - Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son
4. PhD - I Won't Let You Down
5. The Stranglers - Golden Brown

[punkinhead]

Well, might as well post mine....it does change constantly, but as of now:

Favorite Albums:

1. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
2. Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies
3. Brian Wilson Presents Smile - Brian Wilson
4. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
5. The Doors - The Doors

Runner Up: Boston - Boston

Favorite Songs:

1. 7th Symphony - Beethoven
2. L'estro Armonico Op. 3 (Concerto Grosso No. 10 in B Minor) - Vivaldi
3. In The Back Of My Mind (instrumental) - Beach Boys
4. Surf's up - Brian Wilson   
5. Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands - Bob Dylan

Runner Up: The Escapist - Coldplay
______

And please respond to this! I'm always looking for new music and I know a lot of you have a wide range of tastes and I'd love to hear what you Beach Boys fanatics love to listen to!

interesting you chose In the Back the my Mind (backing track). It is rather good....heck, that whole side! Kiss Me baby's instrumental is killer too.

Since you wanna hear our wide variety of music, I'll not post any BB/BW as a favorite.
In no particular order:

Radiohead's OK Computer
Electric Light Orchestra's Out of the Blue
The Who's Tommy
George's All Things Must Pass
Klaatu's Sir Army Suit

BTW, I'd like to mention a couple notes about these last two albums.
One, All Things must Pass is produced by Spector and his amazing Wall of Sound, a great follow up to all his singles from the 'Back to Mono' box set.
The other thing I'd like to mention is if you're a Beatles fan, do check out Klaatu, there's an interesting story behind their existence in which many were convinced this was the Beatles in the 70s, that's a pretty good testament. Their album 'Sir Amry Suit' just happens to be one of my fav albums by them. 

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Top 5 albums:

1. The Velvet Underground: 3rd Album
2. Big Star: 3rd/Sister Lovers
3. Bob Dylan: Desire
4. Dennis Wilson: Pacific Ocean Blue
5. The Beach Boys: Sunflower

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Top 5 songs:

1. Pale Blue Eyes: The Velvet Underground
2. Different Drum: Mike Nesmith (Stone Ponies version)
3. Surf's Up: The Beach Boys
4. Kate Bush: Man With The Child In His Eyes
5. Moonshine: Dennis Wilson

[Michael C.]

Long time visitor, first time poster. Here are my favourites, in no particular order:

Another Green World - Brian Eno
Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies
Marquee Moon - Television
Scott 4 - Scott Walker

Visions of Johanna - Bob Dylan
The Big Ship - Brian Eno
Marquee Moon - Television
Theme (Eternal Sunshine...) - Jon Brion
Halleluwah - CAN

[Jason]

Albums (no particular order)

The Beach Boys - Sunflower
Os Mutantes - Tudo Foi Feito Pelo Sol
The Moody Blues - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
Bruce Haack - The Electric Lucifer

Songs (no particular order)

Arnaldo Baptista - Navegar de Novo
Bill Holt - Dreamies Program Eleven
The Beach Boys - Kiss Me Baby
Bruce Haack - Blow Job
Serge Gainsbourg - La Noyee

[phirnis]

Nice to see some Serge Gainsbourg in here, lately I've been listening to his reggae albums almost nonstop.

[Jason]

Back when the board was first getting started there was a Gainsbourg thread on here (my own) that was, until the vocal credits thread overtook it, the thread with the most posts on the forum. It never really went anywhere after mid-2006. Problem is that a good English Gainsbourg forum is a hard thing to find...

[Alex]

My top 5 non-BBs albums and songs:
Albums:
Barenaked Ladies-Born On A Pirate Ship
She and Him-Volume 1
The Zombies-Odessey and Oracle
Flaming Lips-Yoshimi Batttles the Pink Robots
Love-Forever Changes

Songs:
Smokey Robinson-The Tracks of My Tears
Chuck Berry-Roll Over Beethoven
Elvis Presley-Blue Moon of Kentucky
Neko Case-Bowling Green
Barenaked Ladies-I Live With It Everyday

[Smile88]

1. Beach Boys - Smile
2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
3. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
4. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
5. Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine

1. Beach Boys - Surf's Up
2. Pink Floyd - Echoes
3. The Beach Boys - Til I Die
4. The Beatles - Happiness Is a Warm Gun
5. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

Way too hard..

[punkinhead]

1. Beach Boys - Smile
2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
3. Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
4. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
5. Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine

1. Beach Boys - Surf's Up
2. Pink Floyd - Echoes
3. The Beach Boys - Til I Die
4. The Beatles - Happiness Is a Warm Gun
5. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick

Way too hard..

I feel like Echoes is highly underrated...it's one of my favs of Floyd.
I love to play it for friends who only really know Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall (hard to believe, I know)...they always respond: "isn't this from Dark Side?" 

[Mike's Beard]

Albums

1) Surf's Up - Beach Boys
2) Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. - Genesis
3) White Album. - The Beatles
4) Ummagumma - Pink Floyd
5) Faith - The Cure

It'd take me about a year to compile my 5 fav songs!

[Smile88]

I feel like Echoes is highly underrated...it's one of my favs of Floyd.
I love to play it for friends who only really know Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall (hard to believe, I know)...they always respond: "isn't this from Dark Side?" 

Hehe. The long original Meddle version is amazing. But takes some listening. I find it hard to find people who like that music.

[All Golden 74]

Albums:

1. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
2. Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
3. John Fahey - The Voice Of The Turtle
4. The Stooges - Funhouse
5. Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman & Orchestra - Waves In The Ether

Singles:

1. Beach Boys - 'In My Room'
2. Beach Boys - 'Good Vibrations'
3. Albert Ayler - 'Truth Is Marching In'
4. Charlie Parker - "Ko Ko'
5. Link Wray - 'Rumble'

[Amazing Larry]

I feel like Echoes is highly underrated...it's one of my favs of Floyd.
I love to play it for friends who only really know Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall (hard to believe, I know)...they always respond: "isn't this from Dark Side?" 

Hehe. The long original Meddle version is amazing. But takes some listening. I find it hard to find people who like that music.

I'll eat my boot if that ain't their best song!

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

IMHO Echoes is Pink Floyd's ultimate accomplishment.

Some live versions kick a little more ass than the Meddle version. but still......