Top 5 albums of all time & why?

Stone Roses
Green
The Queen is Dead
Never mind the Bollocks
Ok Computer

Probably in that order.

Also rans
Achtung Baby
Funeral
The Bends
Exile on Main Street
Gentlemen
 
"Prodigy - music for the jilted generation was an absolute masterclass........ "

Agreed. All of my children love 'smack my ***** up'. Thanks to an inspired lie from yours truly, they think the lyrics are 'smell my picture'. I don't know how long I can preserve their innocence...........
 
Miles Davis - Kind of blue.
Primal Scream - Screamdelica.
Otis Spann w/ Peter Green - The biggest thing since colossus.
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles.
Stone Roses - The Stone Roses.


Of all time. For now, end of discussion ;-)
 
My top five would be:

1. This is the Sea -The Waterboys
2. OK Computer -Radiohead
3. The Wall -Pink Floyd
4. Achtung Baby-U2
5. Revolver -The Beatles

Honorable mentions to
Automatic for the People-REM
Odelay-Beck
If you want blood,You've got it-AC/DC
Astral Weeks- Van Morrison
Five leaves left-Nick Drake

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I think my list would have to include some greatest hits and compilation albums as I tend to listen to them more, as I re-buy my old albums on CD.

But off the top of my head.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Blues
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
Van Halen - Van Halen
Led Zeppelin's - BBC Sessions
G'n'R - Appetite For Destruction
Loudness - Live Loud Alive (Loudness In Tokyo)


Whats a "Top" album? Theres a bunch of other albums I'd like to include. Hard to know to list your favourite album, albums you know are classic's, well constructed etc. Theres always similar threads on these forums.

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MOB said:
"Prodigy - music for the jilted generation was an absolute masterclass........ "

Agreed. All of my children love 'smack my ***** up'. Thanks to an inspired lie from yours truly, they think the lyrics are 'smell my picture'. I don't know how long I can preserve their innocence...........
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Smack My ***** Up wasn't on Music For A Jilted Generation!

Cool video though.........
 
Jock04 said:
ahhh...these threads usually mean I'm in for a musical evening & Mrs Jock can hog the Sky remote!
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and that's just what happened!
Thanks to the random button on my Zen, I also now offer the following:

Lynyrd Skynyrd - pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerd. Classic American Rock.

Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed. Hard to pick the Stones best album, but for today this one, with Gimme Shelter, You can't always get what you want & Midnight Rambler does it for me.

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms. Just full of great songs, probably the album that really established CD as a music medium. Stunning production.
 
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Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms. Just full of great songs, probably the album that really established CD as a music medium. Stunning production.
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Desperately over played though. Ruined it for me.
 
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Just out of interest Jock - are you a 'headphones' man or a 'blast it through the speakers' man? Have never got into the headphones thing myself.
 
Hi Caveat,

I'm very much a speakers man!

Since I like it cranked up, I have to bow to common courtesy occassionaly & stick the bins on if Mrs Jock wants to watch the telly.

But since our musical tastes aren't totally aligned, I tend to wait till she's out & give it some ooomph then! Nothing beats a room filled with crystal clear quality music in my book.

Oh, have to admit though- I still remember (cos I'm old enough!) the new-found pleasure of listening to Dark Side of the Moon & Led Zep 2 on the headphones & hearing-almost feeling- the music swarm round your head!
happy days (daze):)
 
Top 5 and even top 20 would change all the time for me but currently and in no particular order.

Deep Purple - Made in Japan (at their very best)
Johnny Cash - Legacy (Just because it has all the great songs on it)
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. (What rock is all about in my opinion - Raw, unsanitised and downright great fun. Big Balls is a classic)
Aslan - Made in Dublin (Classic Christy, great songs)
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous.
 
Caveat said:
Just out of interest Jock - are you a 'headphones' man or a 'blast it through the speakers' man? Have never got into the headphones thing myself.
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A few kids helps develop an interest in "phones" and hiding the HiFi.
 
A Tonic for The Troops - Boomtown Rats
Purple Rain - Prince
Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
Substance - Joy Division
Road To Ruin - Ramones
Anything by Sonic Death Monkey (Japanese import, original release ONLY) - I used to work with a guy in the band, sounds like some of you guys did too . . .

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Sooo happy to see so many people listing Zep in this !! Must be an older crowd. Most people my age (early 30s) don't know them apart from Stairway. Have to say that I love the BBC Sessions CD but my fave Studio one is Led Zep III. Love the Accoustic-ness of it.


Soo,
LZ III
AC/DC - Let There Be Rock (1st one I bought so my fave)
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast.
Nirvana - Nevermind
Metallica - Black Album
Green Day - Dookie
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
and
and
and

I could go on....
 
Caveat

Slightly off topic, but since we share similar tastes in music and how we listen to it.....and indeed the lack of kids to stop us listening to it!..........

are/were you much of a concert-goer?

I'm lucky enough to have attended literally hundreds over the years, including all the real big names that I wanted to see.
You?
 
Plenty I would like to have seen but didn't - and am unlikely now to have the chance (e.g. Zeppelin, Pink Floyd etc) but then again I wasn't old enough

Am much less of a gig-goer these days. About 20 years ago I went to everything I could, mostly metal gigs, but also Stones, Queen, Bowie...

I would still make the effort these days if it was something special - e.g. I'm a big Bowie fan and would probably still catch him - did so in the point a couple of years ago. Saw Smashing Pumpkins and Radiohead in relatively recent times(!) Also, Metallica last summer & there are a few more obscure bands I haven't seen and would definitely go to if they played here e.g. Killing Joke, Voivod, King Crimson (whatever incarnation they may take!)

You say literally hundreds? Any unusual examples?

(maybe we should PM this particular tangent!)
 
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Sooo happy to see so many people listing Zep in this !! Must be an older crowd. ......
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I think its because often people find music they like then find other similar music by association, influences etc. Also they listen to their friends music, and often their friends might be listening to their older siblings music etc. Eventually they trace it back to the source. Pretty much any music journey of rock is going to pass Zep on the way at some point on their way to Robert Johnson.

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are/were you much of a concert-goer?
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Used to go to gigs all the time - saw loads of my favs over the years.
Iron Maiden, Slayer, Janes Addiction, Orbital (loads of times!), New Model Army, The Wedding Present, Anthrax, Mega City 4, NIN, Acid Reign, The Mission, Underworld, Ozric Tentacles, Eat Static, Subhumans.

Man, i've seen so many i just can't remember 1/2 of them. And all different genres too. Started off with metal/punk then got into the acid house stuff and then back to good old noisy guitars which is where i'm at now. Who knows what tomorrow will bring!
 
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