Your NUMBER ONE album of all time

[Fenris]

Okay, kiddies. This is it. This is the big one.

What is your NUMBER ONE album of all time?

Not 2. Not 3. One.

What is the one record in your collection that makes everything else pale in comparison?

I don't want lists. I don't want equivocation. I want title and artist. And why you think it's the greatest record ever.

Mine: "London Calling" by the Clash. To me, this is the best record ever made by anyone. Absolutely astonishing. There are so many genres represented on the album that it's hard to classify it. It transcends punk.

It is the divine record.

So 'fess up. What's your #1 album of all time? AND NO EQUIVOCATING, DAMMIT!

[coloradodem2005]

1. Led Zeppelin IV

Led Zeppelin is one of the greatest bands ever, and when I listen to that album, I am just in a whole different head space.

[LynneSin]

58. ewww.....IV is ok. Led Zeppelin II is the best

I couldn't live in a world without Led Zeppelin II, but if IV disappearred I'd be ok.

[xJlM]

62. And I would say the first Zeppelin album

Although the second and fourth albums had their moments, the first album marked a turning point in music (as far as I'm concerned). What compares to Dazed And Confused or How Many More Times?

Now I have to rearrange the cds in my changer, since you got me thinking of it!

[LynneSin]

111. LZI probably ranks high up there

but it doesn't have "What is and What Should Never Be", "Thank You" and my personal favorite of all time: "Ramble On"

Plus the rest of the album including Whole Lotta Love, Heart Breaker, Living Loving Maid, The Lemon Song, Moby Dick and another favorite of mine Bring it on Home all rule too.

Yep, LZII is the Album that ruleS

[Guaranteed]

66. Nahhh....Physical Graffiti is their best....nt

[HuckleB]

96. Yup. LZ II is the boss.

[Skittles]

2. Rainbow Rising

I just love it

[Whitacre D_WI]

53. Sorry, Skittles, "On Stage" kicks the ass of "Rainbow Rising."

n/t

[Jersey Devil]

3. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

It opened a whole new world. The Clash? You have to be kidding.

[ALago1]

5. I agree

n/t

[Iverson]

54. count me in

I dislike narrowing it down to one, but that's my choice.

[noonwitch]

104. Sgt. Pepper changed music forever

I have to agree

[NightTrain]

105. Yes, unfortunately.

n/t

[mlawson]

112. Yep, if you weren't there in 1967, you have no idea

what a sensation Sgt Peppers was. Back then, we had to wait for 2-3 weeks for the LPs to arrive in smaller cities. We could hear the album in its entirety on the big AM stations at night, but we had to wait, to get our own copy.

Everyone I KNEW bought a copy the first day or two. Cost $4.33, I remember, a small fortune in 1967 dollars.

I have worn out three copies. No CDs of that one!!!

[midnight armadillo]

4. the Dark Side of the Moon

'nuff said. Although Paul Simon's Graceland is a close second.

[HamstersFromHell]

10. Graceland would be good choice as well.

...and we even agree on the first choice.

[grannylib]

6. Fleetwood Mac "Mystery to Me"

This album takes me right back to my teen years, and is still one of my favorite "let's get nekkid" albums of all time!

[HamstersFromHell]

13. Oh, NOW you've done it!

I'll be singing "Hypnotised" the rest of the night....good album!

[grannylib]

29. Well if ya gotta have an earworm, you surely could have worse!!

[KFC]

7. Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

An album that can never be made (legally) again. Before sampling laws. Nearly every second of this album is great.

London Calling is pretty close.

[short bus president]

40. seconded

Paul's and Kool Keith's "Dr. Octagonecologyst" are the two albums that have spent the most time in my CD players.

[HamstersFromHell]

8. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

I love hearing it now just as much as I did when it was released.

[thebigidea]

9. The Velvet Underground & Nico

has cheered me up, fired me up, calmed me down, and straightened me out for years.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

12. That was my favorite album for 20 years or so-don't listen to it much now

I still think it's a classic. A lot of Nico songs are rainy day songs, I think.

[thebigidea]

16. especially "The Marble Index"

which is a rainy-day-that-leads-up-to-suicide-in-a-warm-bath sort of album.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

19. Did you see the documentary about Nico a few years back?

Called 'Nico Icon'. Depressing as hell...

[rumguy]

21. what was depressing about it?

Let me guess, she died strung out and alone?

[thebigidea]

36. yeah... that's a sad one - she's fun in the Warhol films at least...

especially in "Symphony of Sound" - her and the kid in better days, improvising (Nico plays guitar with drumsticks - decades before Sonic Youth!) until the police arrive at the factory.



uh oh! some ignored response up there - maybe I can turn that filter off now that GD is back to normal.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

84. La Dolce Vita-She was dazzling

I love that movie...

[mac56]

11. "With The Beatles"

It was a big tossup between this album, "Revolver", and "Rubber Soul". But I went with WTB for its sheer and total vitality. It knocks my socks off like no other Beatles album does, or any other album for that matter. "Money" is one of the great album-closing songs of all time.

[tridim]

14. Beck's 'Mutations'

I'm still amazed how many people have never heard this album. It's perfect.

[Fenris]

15. Terrific record

My favorite Beck record.

[CalebHayes]

17. Nirvana - Nevermind

Sublime - 40oz was pretty good too.

[rumguy]

18. Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan

[moof]

20. Bannana Wind - Jimmy Buffett

n/t

[smiley_glad_hands]

22. Nirvana---Nevermind

Why? Because it killed the Glamour Rock Big Hair bands of the eighties that were trying to mimic probably the best band of all times---Led Zeppelin

[Jim Sagle]

23. Tapestry - Carole King.

[mac56]

24. That's a great choice, JS.

Definitely one of my desert island discs.

[MaineDem]

64. Absolutely my choice, too (nt)

:)

[Insider]

25. donald byrd: a new perspective

(review By Richard C. Walls)

"Byrd's finest hour, an effectively soulful blend of jazz and gospel, complete with chorus. Contains the classic dirge 'Christo Redentor.'"

(my brother across the room says roberta flack: chapter two)

[madrchsod]

26. just picked up

"london calling" 33lp with only a couple of light scratches,paid 25 cents..no turntable!!
my number one would be-"luther allison, live in chicago" the most amazing blues performance i`ve ever heard. you can feel the joy of him playing the blues again in his hometown of chicago....

[Fenris]

28. No shit! London Calling *both* records? Or just one?

25 cents eh...damn!

[LynneSin]

59. I have London Calling on Vinyl

I got that about 20 years ago and it is a great album!

[mitchum]

27. Television "Marquee Moon"

I sleep to it...take it apart...put it back together...and I'm still not through

[Blue_State_Elitist]

30. Counting Crows

August and Everything After

[Spider Jerusalem]

31. Miles Davis, "Kind of Blue", AND/OR Coltrane's "A Love Supreme"(n/t)

[OneBlueSky]

47. beat me to it . . .

I'm not into Coltrane all that much yet, but I think "Kind of Blue" would have to be my all-time favorite, simply by virtue of how often I play it . . .

[GOPisEvil]

56. There ya go. "Kind Of Blue". Best. Album. Ever.

[GumboYaYa]

72. Kind of Blue for me too....

That's my Saturday morning music. There's no better way to ease into the weekend than listening to "Flamenco Sketches."

I also really like Dave Brubeck's, Time Out.

110. about time someone mentioned Coltrane

Jeez!

[greendog]

32. blonde on blonde

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
2. Pledging My Time
3. Visions of Johanna
4. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
5. I Want You
6. Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
7. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
8. Just Like a Woman
9. Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine
10. Temporary Like Achilles
11. Absolutely Sweet Marie
12. 4th Time Around
13. Obviously 5 Believers
14. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

2nd and 3rd would be "blood on the tracks" and "highway 61 revisited"

[Hogarth]

33. Quadrophenia, by The Who

n/t

[Doc_Technical]

109. The Who

Quadrophenia: Keith Moon on drums,
John Entwistle on bass; one of those,
"you had to have been there" albums.

I went back to my mother, I said
"I'm crazy ma, help me"
She said "I know how you feel son,
'cus it runs in the family"

[corporatewhore]

34. the complete recordings of Robert johnson (first and last albulm)

Old school way down inthe delta blues. All of Robert Johnsons songs are so raw gritty honest and haunting.
What can yousay about a guitarist who was the first to sell his soul to the devil to gain is musical genius

[NNN0LHI]

35. Jimi Hendrix: Axis: Bold As Love n/t

[CalebHayes]

38. Jimi - Live at Woodstock

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

52. I agree on Hendrix - he was a real revolutionary

and I think he impacted the music world as much as the Beatles, although received less credit. More than any musician of the late 60's, his art reflected his times. He redefined the electric guitar and, among his other guitar contributions, is the first true heavy metal guitarist. A host of guitarists, including Beck and Clapton, had a clear demarcation in their playing styles, after being exposed to Hendrix. But I disagree with the album. "Axis" was a masterpiece, but I think "Are You Experienced" is the one that broke new ground. The tune "Could This Be Love" is amazing; Hendrix conveys the feeling of falling water through his guitar. "Manic Depression" is one of the most innovative rock tunes ever written. The backward guitar solo in "Are You Experienced" sounded light years ahead of its time when the album came out.

[MyshkinCommaPrince]

37. Mekons Rock 'n' Roll

[ChoralScholar]

39. You guys will think i'm a nutbar....

For me, it's a tossup between

Damn Yankees' original self-titled album (I'll forgive them for Ted Nugent I suppose)
AND
Mariah Carey's original self=titled album, (back when she wore clothes)

both circa 1991

[Grassrooter]

41. Mine: Van Morrison's "Moondance".

n/t

[TrogL]

42. Pink Floyd - the Wall

Story of my life and a piece of history.

[DS1]

43. Aenima by TOOL

With 'The Downward Spiral' by NIN in a very close second, and Lateralus again by TOOL in third.

It's technically and compositionally groundbreaking, for me at least, and it's got Bill Hicks on it.

[sexybomber]

44. THE WHITE ALBUM

and not because i'm drunk or am named after paul mccarney, which i am. the white album is the greatest work of rock music ever created. simply. nuff said,

[Guaranteed]

67. You are correct, sir.

Best album ever made.

[Bill of Rights]

45. Kate Bush - Sensual World

Her eerie voice captures me.

[JCMach1]

49. Hounds of Love is her best though...

Just my opinion...

[CalebHayes]

46. No RATM?

[FDRrocks]

48. Tie. Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon"

Propagandi "Todays Empires, Tommorows Ashes" and 311 "Music"

[scottcsmith]

50. Joy Division, "Closer"

The album is devastating. It's almost unbearable to listen to due to the raw emotion. If someone were to ask me what having a psychotic episode is like (I have those, sometimes) I'd say "Play 'Closer.'"

Ian Curtis wasn't fucking around. Yes, The Cure and The Smiths released some depressing albums, but I think they were depressing more for the sake of being depressing. Ian Curtis was genuinely mentally ill, and anyone who has to deal with a mental illness will instantly recognize this. The last two songs are heartbreakingly beautiful.

[Andyjunction]

51. TOOL ænima

I second that motion.

[commander bunnypants]

55. Quadrophenia

The only album!!

DDQM

[Loonman]

57. Abbey Road - The Beatles

:)

[Quahog]

60. Hounds Of Love

This was really hard, there are lots of records that have huge emotional resonance for me because they are touchstones for certain times in my life (good and bad times). But "Hounds Of Love" has been in heavy rotation, first on my turntable, then cassette deck, and now CD player, for 18 years, and it sounds every bit as good as the first time I heard it. I've listened to it literally hundreds of times, and I still can't sing along with "The Big Sky" without getting goosebumps and a big lump in my throat. An amazing piece of work, every track utterly stunning.

I will always be in love with Kate Bush... she's my dream woman (don't tell my wife).

[Esurientes]

61. Degradation Trip

I have to put in a plug for Jerry Cantrell. This (in the double version) is the album I'd take to the proverbial desert island. It's got something for everyone. Country, metal, ballads, instrumentals...

[Shrek]

63. The Who. "Who's Next"

Undoubtedly the best album from best band ever. It is indisputable.

[Intelsucks]

74. Life is hard to imagine without that record.

n/t

[ErasureAcer]

65. Erasure's "Erasure"

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002HKE/qid=1071843627/sr=1-13/ref=sr_1_13/002-6881148-1309619?v=glance&s=music

[WoodrowFan]

68. Aerosmith-Double Live Bootleg (NT)

[Intelsucks]

71. I've Never Seen That One On Anyone's "List" Before...

Interesting pick. I haven't heard it in a long, long time.

[WoodrowFan]

89. It's been my fav for years

I'm a sucker for live albums and Aerosmith is one of my favorite groups. When I FINALLY got a CD player, it was the first CD I bought. I have it on now, can't ever listen to "Chip Away at the Stone" too many times!

Dark Side of the Moon was the second CD I bought and Cheap Trick "Like at Budokan" would be my number 3. Also considered Pink Floyd's "Animals"

[ArkDem]

69. Hold to a Dream - Newgrass Revival

.

[Intelsucks]

70. I Can't Do It! There's No Way I Can Pick Just One!

Hell, I couldn't even pick just one band.:silly:

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

73. Peter Gabriel: So

Spoke to me at a weird time in my life. Especially "Don't Give Up"

[Whitacre D_WI]

75. Pixies -- "Surfer Rosa"

Love's "Forever Changes" is probably a better record, but I have some serious emotional ties to "Surfer Rosa."

[terrya]

76. Pet Shop Boys Discography.

I love the Pet Shop Boys!

[RandomKoolzip]

77. The Minutemen, "Double Nickels on the Dime."

No equivocation necessary- this is the ONE.

[Whitacre D_WI]

78. Am I a bad person if I like "What Makes a Man Start Fires" better?

n/t

[RandomKoolzip]

79. Yes.

ironic n/t

[Whitacre D_WI]

81. "Corona" was used as the theme music to "Jackass."

I feel dirty when I listen to DNotD now.

[dolo amber]

82. Pffft

You're both clearly deranged as it is OBVIOUSLY My Bloody Valentine "Loveless"...although SOME people are so wholly cussworthy they don't even OWN a copy...tsk tsk...

:P

[Whitacre D_WI]

83. I had it on tape a long, long time ago.

I liked it. I lost it.

Picked up a copy over Thanksgiving on shiny new 180-gram vinyl. It's still good.

Not the best ever, but good.

[RandomKoolzip]

92. Ouch.....throw THAT in my face!

That was low, DA! I'm off to lick my wounds now, and possibly a low carb fudgicle, if there's any in the freezer......

[Intelsucks]

95. What about the other Minutemen records?

I've got Double Nickels on the Dime, but it's the only one I have. What are some other good ones from their catalog?:shrug:

[RandomKoolzip]

97. It's all good, except for....

"Project: Mersh" and "Three-Way Tie for Last," which were decidedly mediocre compared to their earlier stuff, and feature hilariously dated mid-80's production (the drums sound like shitty Springsteen drums). Unfortuneatly those two were the last before D. Boon died...supposedly they were gonna come back hard, but they never got the chance.

As Robert Christgau said at the time, "Shit...As if we needed ANOTHER reason to miss D. Boon. Shit."

After Double NIckels, get "What MAkes a MAn Start Fires." Or get "Post-Mersh, Vol. 1," since SST hasn't reissued their records in full.

[Intelsucks]

98. SST Records still presses vinyl don't they?

I still see the Husker Du records available on vinyl today... same label.

[chiburb]

80. Shawn Phillips: Second Contribution n/t

.

[mac56]

90. When I was in college in the 70s -

Every single person I knew owned that album. You could walk through the dorm and hear it coming out of someone's room at any time of the day or night.

Thanks for the memory.

[Zorro]

85. The Notorious Byrd Brothers

I'm showing my age.

But it's a landmark album, IMHO. Left Coast equivalent to Sgt. Pepper's.

[elcondor]

86. The Beatles: Rubber Soul

The album that got me interested in the Beatles and away from the pop dreck that's currently popular! I still remember when I heard "Norwegian Wood" for the first time. :-)

[Beaker]

87. Guadalcanal Diary- "Jamboree"

ask me again next week, and the answer will probably be different.

[Red_Storm]

88. Sketches Of Spain - Miles Davis

[HuckleB]

94. Rock on!

Many a night have a sat up into the wee hours with Sketches... many, many a night.

[Red_Storm]

99. me too !!!!!!!!!!!!! In A Silent Way also........late into the night....

[bearfan454]

91. The WHO - Quadrophenia

Dr. Jimmy and Mr. Jim

[HuckleB]

93. THE CLASH - LONDON CALLING

[trof]

100. 4 Freshmen and 5 Trombones

I knew you wouldn't like it.
;-)

[Screaming Lord Byron]

101. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless.

London Calling could be a close second, though.

[GregW]

102. RATM - Evil Empire

[NightTrain]

103. Marvin Gaye, "What's Going On"

I would've picked Elvis Presley's "The Sun Sessions," but that was a compilation released 20+ years after Elvis made those recordings. As such, I figured it wasn't really an album in the truest sense of the word.

So I picked "What's Going On," which expanded the boundaries of what a soul album could include (and not only because "Right On" sported a flute solo). The lyrics are heartfelt and humanistic, the production is flawless, Marvin's singing was as high-quality as ever, and the overall sound was floating-on-air ethereal. What's not to love?

[geniph]

106. Another vote for Peter Gabriel's So

VERY closely trailed by REM, Automatic For the People.

[toddzilla]

107. texas flood

Texas Flood- Stevie Ray Vaughan


It made me want to play, that's all the justification i need.

[heypunk]

108. Britney Spears: Oops I did it again

Britney Rules