Is there an album that, no matter when you put it on, it just works?

[Taverner]

Is that album for me.

It always fits - whether I'm pissed off at the world, flying high or ready to crawl into my shell.

What's your album?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_apoJ0LLCk

[MadBadger]

1. Born to Run

[WCGreen]

28. Yep.....

[MrSlayer]

2. Reign in Blood

23 years and a million listens later, it is still as fresh and moving as it was on day one.

[RagAss]

3. St. Dominic's Preview.........van the man

[mix]

4. Nebraska - Springsteen

i also like that same Nirvana album

[EastTennesseeDem]

5. Yes

[BeachBaby]

6. Carole King's "Tapestry".

[seaker]

66. This is the first one I thought of

Next is Silk Degrees

[PBS Poll-435]

7. Madonna - Ray of Light

Each track flows through to the next.

Very ear-pleasing.

[Forkboy]

8. Two of them.

Wrong by Nomeansno



and Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables by the Dead Kennedys.

[vixengrl]

9. Wow--your pick would be one of mine.

"in the pines, in the pines,
where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night though."

Also, I like their version of "The Man Who Sold the World" better than Bowie's. I dunno. I think it's the voice Bowie does that song in, vs. Cobain's real straight read. And the guitar kills on that version. (That's one of my weird things, like where I like Gun's N Roses' "Live and Let Die" better than McCartney's because they seemed to work it harder.)

Also, Warren Zevon's "Sentimental Hygeine." "Reconsider Me" might be one of my favorite songs. If I'm out drinking though, I just load the jukebox with Rolling Stones ("Paint it Black", "Sympathy for the Devil" --I know--cliche, but I'm a *maudlin* drunk) and the Dead Milkmen.

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. Joy Division

Substance

[Sebastian Doyle]

11. Rolling Stones - Some Girls

I could listen to that record every day for the rest of my life, and never get tired of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPKbCRkMlUM

[nomorenomore08]

16. "You're a ragtag girl, you're the queen of porn..."

Probably one of the greatest disses on an ex in rock'n'roll history.

And I'll see that and raise you "Beast of Burden": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tRdBsnX4N4

[flvegan]

12. Paul's Boutique.

[Fuzz]

24. Good one.

[mainegreen]

13. Skinny Puppy : Too Dark Park or NIN's Downward Spiral.

Love them both to death.

[Juche]

14. The eels - electroshock blues

http://www.amazon.com/Electro-Shock-Blues-Eels/dp/B00000DF6N

[Sky Masterson]

40. I love the Eels!

Eels With Strings: Live at Town Hall is one that I've listened to a lot lately.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

43. I loved "Last Stop, This Town"

Great, great song.

[Juche]

44. The album has alot of good songs on it

Going to your funeral, PS you rock my world, Elizabeth on the Bathroom Floor


PS you rock my world is a really good song from that album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh8xq6Dv0Z0

[fizzgig]

15. this one

[RiffRandell]

17. Too Tough To Die.

Not a bad song on it.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

18. Kind of Blue.

The perfect all-purpose album.

[sarge43]

37. Second that

No matter how many times I listen to it I always hear something new.

[nomorenomore08]

19. Lately it's been Neil Young - 'Rust Never Sleeps'

First side acoustic, second side electric, all great stuff.

"My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY5x8pF512k&feature=related

"Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYV6PAckr5w&feature=related

And yes, this is the song(s) Cobain quoted in his suicide note... :(

[Initech]

20. For some strange reason AC/DC's "Back In Black" always does it for me.

It's like no matter what mood I'm in I can always put on songs on that album and be in a good mood.

And whenever I'm really pissed off I love to turn on some Rage Against The Machine.

[abq e streeter]

21. The Temptations--With a Lot Of Soul ( uh oh, showing my age)

[Iggo]

22. Yup. This one...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dHWRgcRBgnU/SLd-oVPuo4I/AAAAAAAAAKc/GIgaEsh_eQw/s320/Yngwie+Malmsteen+Rising+Force--f.jpg

[Fuzz]

23. The Cult - Love: That comes to mind

[flvegan]

26. Ooooh, THAT is a good one. I'd add Sonic Temple, too.

Special time of my life.

[Fuzz]

25. Maybe - U2 War

[no name no slogan]

27. Grant Lee Buffalo -- "Mighty Joe Moon"

A song for every mood and occasion. One of the great overlooked records of the 1990s, IMHO.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

30. great pick

I just chose them in the underrated albums thread

[flvegan]

29. I have to add Faith No More's "The Real Thing"

[Broken_Hero]

31. Yep,

Justice for All, Ride the Lightning, and Master of Puppets by Metallica, all do that for me.

As well as

ILL Nino-Revolutions

Life of Agony-Ugly, River Runs Red

[LostInAnomie]

32. Dr. Dre - The Chronic

Best rap album of all time.

[Richard Steele]

33. "Country Joe and the Fish: Live; Incredible"

Just ain't NO ONE who doesn't like that album.

[Tripper11]

34. For me it's always been Dark Side Of The Moon

I cannot tell you how many copies of this album I've gone through, vinyl, cassette, CD, digital, video(live performances)
It's a mainstay...works everytime, never ever gets boring.

[lazyriver]

55. Gotta agree. DSOTM defines what an album should be.

I too have purchased at least six incarnations of it over the years.

[enigmatic]

35. "The Days Of Wine And Roses"- The Dream Syndicate

Has never left my turntable/cassette deck/CD player/mp3 player in 26 years:

[Maccagirl]

36. Abbey Road

40 years on...still magical to me, but I guess you had to be there.

[Patiod]

60. I wore that one out - it was my brother's

and I wasn't supposed to be up in his room, playing his records.

[HughBeaumont]

38. The Isaac Hayes Movement.

Making my mood better since 1972.

[malta blue]

39. Into the Wild soundtrack be Eddie Vedder

Also Paul's Boutique by the Beastie Boys.

[Sky Masterson]

41. Pinkerton..Weezer

No matter what the mood I can find a song on the album to suit it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QworF88_tW0
Weezer - The Good Life

[Tommy_Carcetti]

42. Glad you asked. This will forever be my favorite album:

It took me through so many car trips, college, girlfriends, you name it. It hits me on a personal basis. Every song on that album is perfection to me (so much so that I can't even name my favorite because they are all great). I actually break my own rule when I listen to it and actually sing along (although only by myself).

[CrownPrinceBandar]

49. The last decent Corgan album..........

He quickly went to shit after. "Siamese Dream" takes me back to the year I lived in New Orleans. Rich stuff there.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

56. Well, I'll disagree with that, but.....

....there is no doubt that Siamese Dream is a masterpiece, so on that we can agree.

[AwakeAtLast]

45. System of a Down - Mezmerize

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kkCHUk87bYc/SHOxaNx_tmI/AAAAAAAAHeQ/4cKKe8tJsbc/s400/System+of+a+Down+-+Mezmerize+-+2005.jpg

[Bertha Venation]

46. Tapestry, Carole King n/t

[SecularMotion]

47. Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues

[MrCoffee]

48. Pixies - Surfer Rosa

[CrownPrinceBandar]

50. "Coundown to Ecstasy".............

Gotta love The Dan.



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[yellowdogintexas]

62. mine would be my Boxed Set of The Dan, actually nt

[Symarip]

51. Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen

Not my favorite band of all time, but most probably my favorite album.

[blockhead]

52. David + David

[Sky Masterson]

59. Wow.

I am amazed to see this album here.
I play it often on my Ipod.
Swallowed by the cracks.
Ain't so easy.


I wonder what ever happened to them?

[blockhead]

61. David Baerwald (the main singer)

"Bedtime Stories" and "here come the new folk underground" are both excellent albums, you should try them. "Triage" album is kinda iffy.

http://www.dbinfosource.com/splash.asp

[MissMillie]

53. Cowboy Junkies - "Lay it Down"

and The Blue Jays - "The Blue Jays"

(that's Justin Hayward and John Lodge of the Moody Blues

[ogneopasno]

54. I like yours -- also Paul's Boutique (Beastie Boys), Murmur (REM), No Depression (Uncle Tupelo).

[auntAgonist]

57. for me it's

k.d. lang's "Hymns of the 49th Parallel"

[Shell Beau]

58. Van Morrison--Moondance!

Always! Love love love that cd.

[Mudoria]

63. Thin Lizzy "Live and Dangerous", makes me feel 30 years younger (almost)

[blonndee]

64. OMG, before I opened the thread, yours is the album that came right to my mind.

Unplugged in NY always "works" for me, too.

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' Greatest Hits is another one.

[bluesbassman]

65. Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach

Not a rotten tune in the bushel!


1. Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More
2. Les Brers in A Minor
3. Melissa
4. Mountain Jam
5. One Way Out
6. Trouble No More
7. Stand Back
8. Blue Sky
9. Little Martha

[dana_b]

67. Quadrophenia

and Audioslave's first one.