Reading this thread just makes me realise how many great albums my collection lacks! I don't even want to attempt to pick 20 because I know I'll regret most of my choices after a day and I'll end up changing it on a daily basis

20. Avicii- True

19. Black Eyed Peas- Monkey Business

18. Kanye West- Late Registration

17.Tinie Tempah- Demonstration

16.Egypt Central- Egypt Central

15.All That Remains- The Fall Of Ideals

14.Calvin Harris- 18 Months

13.Breaking Benjamin- Phobia

12.Evanescene- Fallen

11.Shinedown- The Sound Of Madness

10.David Guetta- Nothing But The Beat

9.Kid Rock- Devil Without A Cause

8.Skillet- Awake

7.Fit For Rivals- Steady Damage

6.Falling Up- Captiva

5.Alter Bridge- Blackbird

4.Hollywood Undead- Notes From The Underground

3.Woodkid- The Golden Age

2.Evans Blue- Graveyard Of Empires

1.Thousand Foot Krutch- The End Is Where We Begin

1. Linkin park - hybrid theory

2. Limp bizkit -chocolate starfish

3.cristina perri -love strong

4. Foster the people -torches

5. Jamie t - panic prevention

6. Jamie t - kings and queens

7. Blink 182 - take of you pants and jacket

8. Slip knot - Iowa

9. Lily Allen - alright still

10. Fabriclive 37 - caspa & Rusko

11. NERD - in search of

12. Robbie Williams - swing when your winning

13. Robbie Williams - escapology

14. James blunt - back to bedlam

15. Oxide and neutrino - 2 steps ahead

16. Franz ferdinand- franz ferdinand

17. Eminem - Marshall mathers

18. Dr dre - 2001

19. Dizzee rascal - boy in da corner

20 - the klaxons - myths of the near future

A few rules with this one: first, you can only pick one album from any one artist/group & secondly, you can't pick a best of etc. & third, where stumped between a choice of two or possibly three really good or great albums from the same artist/band try to pick the album which you feel is the most "self-contained" statement/

Would you like to read the rules, then have another try?

A few rules with this one: first, you can only pick one album from any one artist/group & secondly, you can't pick a best of etc. & third, where stumped between a choice of two or possibly three really good or great albums from the same artist/band try to pick the album which you feel is the most "self-contained" statement/

Would you like to read the rules, then have another try?

Moi are you talking to me? the post you have written doesn't disclose the username its aimed at!

Not sure on a top 20 but Michael Jackson's Thriller is the single greatest album ever made in my opinion.

Pink Floyd Animals. And to think there was a chance CFC almost played in that iconic power station. I want CFC to remain in Da Bridge, but I would have gladly accepted Battersea Power Station

Well, on November 10th I for one shall be sitting, digit poised and a member of the IT literate set alongside, in front of the magic box of wires ready to download The Endless River. The fruit of my loins is dragging me into modernity, but I must admit the Sonos gifted to me is a jolly good piece of kit.

I dare say this particular album will be my personal number 1 well into next year, unless Floyd disappoint which I can't imagine they will.

Moi are you talking to me? the post you have written doesn't disclose the username its aimed at!

At a rough guess her post was aimed at anyone who has ignored the rules by posting more than one album by the same artist.

Mixture of favourite albums, crossing genres and eras and in no particular order!

1 Pink Floyd - dark side of the moon

2 Rolling Stones - beggars banquet

3 Beatles - Sergeant Peppers

4 Chase and status - no more idols

5 Sigur ros - Agaetis Byrjun

6 The Doors - self titled

7 Velvet underground and nico

8 Metallica - S&M live album

9 Dustin Kensrue - Please come home

10 George Harrison - All things must pass

11 Thrice - the artist in the ambulance

12 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

13 Sikth - trees are dead and dried out

14 Every time I die - the big dirty

15 Blink 182 - Enema of the state

16 Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

17 Joni Mitchell - blue

18 Killswitch engage - alive or just breathing

19 Rage against the machine - self titled

20 Michael Jackson - Thriller

Edited November 5, 201411 yr by midnight_rambler

Well, on November 10th I for one shall be sitting, digit poised and a member of the IT literate set alongside, in front of the magic box of wires ready to download The Endless River. The fruit of my loins is dragging me into modernity, but I must admit the Sonos gifted to me is a jolly good piece of kit.

I dare say this particular album will be my personal number 1 well into next year, unless Floyd disappoint which I can't imagine they will.

I'm looking forward to it also- heard one or two sound bites that sounded very plain though :(

1 tool undertow

2 QOTSA Rated R

3 A perfect circle mer de noms

4 earthtone 9 arctangent

5 oceansize efflorence

6 failure fantastic planet

7 social distortion  white heat white lights white trash

8 black rebel motorcycle club baby 81

9 anthrax sounds of white noise

10 alexisonfire  crisis

11 stp purple

12 at the drive in relationship in comand

13 clutch blast tyrant

14 deftones around the fur

15 down ST

16 wintersleep ST

17 kyuss welcome to sky valley

18 Nick Cave  Henry's dream

19 Ours Precious

20 radiohead  ok computer

 

 

A lot of you have low standards for music.

1 tool undertow

2 QOTSA Rated R

3 A perfect circle mer de noms

4 earthtone 9 arctangent

5 oceansize efflorence

6 failure fantastic planet

7 social distortion  white heat white lights white trash

8 black rebel motorcycle club baby 81

9 anthrax sounds of white noise

10 alexisonfire  crisis

11 stp purple

12 at the drive in relationship in comand

13 clutch blast tyrant

14 deftones around the fur

15 down ST

16 wintersleep ST

17 kyuss welcome to sky valley

18 Nick Cave  Henry's dream

19 Ours Precious

20 radiohead  ok computer

 

 

A lot of you have low standards for music.

 

 

Says the man who has posted something which the majority of which just looks like a load of random letters!!!!

Anyone who is a fan of Clutch has no place to comment on other people's musical taste. 

They're a fun band. I mean they're no musical genius like limp bisket

Erm, bit of mixed bag this, so bare with me;

 

 

(in no particular order).

 

 

1. Pink Floyd: The Wall

2. Duran Duran: Rio

3. U2: Achtung Baby

4. Kajagoogoo: White Feathers

5. John Barry: The Living Daylights

6. John Barry: On Her Majesty's Secret Service

7. Depeche Mode: Music For The Masses

8. Def Leppard: Hysteria

9. Alphaville: Forever Young

10: Human League: Dare

11. Tears For Fears: Songs From The Big Chair

12. Ultravox: Lament

13: Ultravox: Vienna

 

 

Can't really think of many more, but still, an unusual taste in music, for a 30 year old lad.

Edited November 16, 201411 yr by Seven Times

Erm, bit of mixed bag this, so bare with me;

 

 

(in no particular order).

 

 

1. Pink Floyd: The Wall

2. Duran Duran: Rio

3. U2: Achtung Baby

4. Kajagoogoo: White Feathers

5. John Barry: The Living Daylights

6. John Barry: On Her Majesty's Secret Service

7. Depeche Mode: Music For The Masses

8. Def Leppard: Hysteria

9. Alphaville: Forever Young

10: Human League: Dare

11. Tears For Fears: Songs From The Big Chair

12. Ultravox: Lament

13: Ultravox: Vienna

 

 

Can't really think of many more, but still, an unusual taste in music, for a 30 year old lad.

Yes. Unusual is one word for putting Kajagoogoo and Pink Floyd on the same list! I can't imagine that's been done before.

Edited November 16, 201411 yr by Backbiter

lol, I remember on the way to the FA Cup final against Pompey, me and my two mates listening to that Kajagoogoo album, I think that's why I keep listening to it now, was such a surreal trip.

Wow guys, this forum's musical tastes have impressed me. Good stuff.

I'd love to try post my 20 but I have no idea on the order; how do you compare Bob Marley with The Smiths, or The Specials with Joy Division? It would take me all day. I do know my number one album however, London Calling (The Clash)... in my opinion the greatest record of all time.

No need to rank them. Just list your top 20, with only one alnum allowed by any artist, and no greatest hits collections.

I haven't found the time to do mine yet, either.

1. Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune

2. Led Zep - IV

3. Smashing Pumpkins - Adore

4. Joshua Redman - Elastic

5. Me'shell NdegeOcello - Peace Beyond Passion

6. Joni Mitchell - Shadows and Light

7. Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne

8. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly

9.Weather Report - Night Passage

10.David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust

11.Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams

12.John Abercrombie - Currents Events

13.Bobby Watson - Post Motown Bop

14.Kate Bush - Never for Ever

15.Rush - Hemispheres

16.ZZ Top - Tres Hombres

17. Deep Purple - Come Taste the Band

18. Glenn Hughes - First Underground Nuclear Kitchen

19. Aerosmith - Pump

20. David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees 

Ok, this is going to drive me nuts trying to pick just 20 albums, so I'll make it easier for myself by not even attempting to put them in any other order than alphabetical.

 

The Adverts - "Cast of Thousands"

Arcade Fire - "Funeral"

Beirut - "The Rip Tide"

Andrew Bird - "Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production of Eggs"

David Bowie - "Hunky Dory"

Kate Bush - "Hounds of Love"

Clash - "London Calling"

Desmond Dekker & The Aces - "007 (Shanty Town)"

Nick Drake - "Bryter Layter"

Faith No More - "King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime"

Grandaddy - "The Sophtware Slump"

Madness - "One Step Beyond"

Modest Mouse - "The Moon & Antarctica"

The National - "Alligator"

Neutral Milk Hotel - "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"

Pixies - "Doolittle"

Sonic Youth - "Daydream Nation"

The Specials - "Specials"

Toots & The Maytals - "Sweet and Dandy"

Tom Waits - "Rain Dogs"

 

Argh... So many good bands/artists had to be left out AND great albums by artists/bands who did make it to the list.

OK I'll have a go

 

1. The Who - Quadrophenia (without a doubt)

2. The Allman Brothers - Live at the Fillmore East

3. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

4. The Clash - London Calling

5. The Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk

6. XTC - Drums and Wires

7. Led Zeppelin IV

8. Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys

9. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

10 Bob Marley - Babylon by Bus

11 Bruce Springsteen - The River

12 Mott the Hoople - Live

13. The English Beat - Special Beat Service

14. John Coltrane - Africa

15. Aimee Mann - Lost In Space

16. Sting - The Soul Cages 

17. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

18. Alice in Chains - Dirt

19. Joe Jackson - Look Sharp

20. Gregg Allman - Laid Back

Here goes!

Give 'em enough rope  -  Clash

Live and Dangerous  -  Thin Lizzy

Billion Dollar Babies  -  Alice Cooper

Crime of the Century  -  Supertramp

Dark Side Of The Moon  -  Pink Floyd

One More From The Road  -  Lynryd Skynrd

All Mod Cons  -  Jam

This Years Model  -  Elvis Costello

Some Girls  -  Stones

Ska N B  -  Bad Manners

Live At Montreux  -  Gary Moore

Californication  -  Red Hot Chillies

Gold Against The Soul  -  Manic Street Preachers

Gabrielle  -  Gabrielle

Use Your Illusion 2  -  Guns and Roses

Labour Of Love  -  UB40

Four Seasons  -  Vivaldi

Black Parade  -  My Chemical Romance

Jailbreak  -  Lizzy

I Just Can't Stop It  -  The Beat

 

In no order and by tomorrow half of those could easily be subbed! ( quickly dons tin helmet and settles down in trench!)

Note to self;

Don't forget in rainbows when you get round to doing this.