What is your top 10 all time favorate albums? (UPDATE!!!.... If 10 ... too few, give us more titles!!!) =}

Yes, a much better graphic than their silly vinyl cover for GH #2. Yes, damn it, you're right. I got them backwards. Sheesh, you'd think the memory of the 2nd CD I ever bought would stick with me.

Tough to put just 10 on a list, and even harder to say that one is better than the other, but Green Day's American Idiot is my favorite of all time, so here goes:

1 - Green Day - American Idiot

2 - Ramones - Mania

3 - X - Los Angeles

4 - Smiths - Louder than Bombs

5 - Sublime - Sublime

6 - Beatles - Abbey Road

7 - Pretenders - The Singles

8 - Bob Marley - Legend

9 - Carole King - Tapestry

10 - Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection

But I reserve the right for one honorable mention:

11 - Jimmy Buffet. Love his music in general, but I don't think he ever really made one great album. Seems to me there is at least one "less than perfect" song on each album, sort of filler material.

Ah, since you've expanded it I can now add a few...hundred. ;)

Judas Priest - British Steel

Elton John - 11-17-70 through Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Billy Joel - An Innocent Man

The Beatles - The White Album & Abbey Road

Bruce Springsteen - Born in The USA

Megadeth - Capital Punishment

John Lennon - Double Fantasy (we lost him too young)

GNR = Appetite for Destruction

The Police - Synchronicity

Still way too many more. Like you I have way too many CDs, although I have moved away to digital purchases with redundant backup. Good posting. :)

DW,

Hey goooorgeous, your article inspired mine, I don't know how to clip it to yours. I need to be edumacated. Mmmm, Bon Jovi. Billy Joel. ELO.

No particular order:

• The Best of Eddie Cochran
• Beatles - Meet the Beatles
• Nirvana - Nevermind
• Led Zeppelin Debut Album
• Beatles - Abbey Road
• The Who - Live at Leeds
• The Who - Who's Next
• Santana - Abraxas
• Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror
• Janis Joplin - Greatest Hits

"Live at Leeds" I forgot about that. Possibly the best live rock'n'roll album ever.

Apparently it was even better if you were there...so says my Uncle who was there and had the concert Tee.

That's a tough one...I mean, to pick the best ten, when I've been listening to music fairly closely for over 40 years, but here goes:

1. Made In Japan, Deep Purple (best live album ever)

2. Cosmos Factory, CCR (I love IHITTGV)

3. On Stage, Rainbow (with my all-time favorite song, Catch the Rainbow)

4. Still Got The Blues, Gary Moore (great, unheralded guitarist)

5. FM Live, Climax Blues Band (best party tune of all time: Goin' To New York)

6. Bridge Of Sighs, Robin Trower (Too Rolling Stoned...great tune!)

7. Secret Treaties, Blue Oyster Cult (those guys are still doing concerts!)

8. The Best Of Foghat, Foghat (filled with great tunes, from Slow Ride to Stone Blue)

9. Get Your Wings, Aerosmith (for just one song: Train Kept A Rollin'!)

10. Tie, Past, Present, And Future, and Modern Times, both Al Stewart (because I can't choose between them)

There it is. Pretty challenging to get the best ten...and I obviously missed a few! Thanks for this thread!

1. Barbara Streisand/Barry Gibb- Guilty

2. Stevie Wonder-Songs In The Key Of Life

3. Beatles--Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart's Club Band

4. Phil Collins-Serious Hits Live

5.Tom Petty- Full Moon Fever

6. Anita Baker--Rapture

7. The Isley Brothers----The Heat Is On

8. Eagles----Hotel California

9. Commodores---Caught In The Act

10. Helen Reddy's Greatest Hits

11. Inxs- Need You Tonight/Mediate

12. Lee Oskar- Lee Oskar

13. Dire Straits---Sultan's Of Swing

14. Bob Segar--Against The Wind

15. ELO-Electric Light Orchestra: Evil Woman

16. Santana' Greatest Hits 1974

17. Santana---Supernatural

DragonWoman

proteus: Glad to see Helen Reddy there... I wore out the album (33) and then sat on the record accidentally and broke it. Was glad when I found it on cd

I laughed soooo hard at you cause I wore out mine as well (Ruby Red Dress); however didn't break it! I never thought to get a Cd....Sometimes too much wax between my ears & brain.. Don't use plain ole common sense sometimes. :)

Tubular Bells - I haven't thought of that in years - Wow, good memories.

Mmm..Slave, Kleer, and Vaughan Mason == old disco records. Classic and definitely worth listening too all the way through ^_^

My parents told me it was likely that I was conceived to Tubular Bells ~_^

I love Everclear, but have to go with "Sparkle and Fade" over "So Much for the Afterglow."

Tubular Bells? Going for a nap now ... then I'll come back and think of some.

Tubular Bells?

But that's the soundtrack to The Exorcist!

I think it's kind of creepy to have been conceived to the soundtrack from The Exorcist.

Ayomen, aren't you sort of freaked out about that?

I see a fair number of people naming The Beatles in there somewhere.

Fine. Check this out: Did you know there is one public domain live recording of the Fab Four out there that is so good you won't believe your ears?

Oh, yes...and if you are a Beatle fan, you have to hear it. They recorded a four-song set for Swedish radio in front of a small, polite audience a couple of months before they went to America. The lineup: 'I Saw Her Standing There', 'Money', 'You Really Got a Hold on Me' (cover of Smokey Robinson) and 'Roll Over Beethoven'.

Beatles Live on Swedish Radio

Hope that link works. I haven't put up a new podcast in a while. (laughs)

Expanded - oh thank you!!!!

Elton John - Tubleweed Connection & Love Songs

Genesis - Everything except We Can't Dance (I think)

Bad Company - Bad Company

Movie Soundtracks: A Star is Born, City of Angels

Supertramp - Breakfast in America

Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman, Buddha and the Chocolate Box

Beatles - White Album, Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, Let It Be

Cheap Trick - at Budokan

Dan Fogelberg - Pheonix

Billy Joel - The Stranger, Piano Man, An Innocent Man, 52nd Street

[oops - my error - this should've been a reply to your post #6.4 below]

DW: try this to jog your memory - Prince's most popular albums other than Purple Rain were:

1999

Around the World In A Day

Parade

Sign o' the Times

Musicology

Bzzzz ... I'm sorry - there is nothing behind door #2 .

sorry ... I couldn't resist <grin>. 'Sign' was released in 1987. The controversial name change (to what eventually became known as the Love Symbol) came about in 1993, during negotiations related to the release of his 17th album, 'The Gold Experience' (released in 1995).

Okay, soundtracks:

Trainspotting. Best. One. Ever.

I'm pretty sure I'm the only person in the entire world who thinks U2's best album is "Pop."

madvargv (#5)

Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence

That is one of my super favorite songs: "Hello darkness, my ole friend; I've come to talk with you again!!" Love it. Do you remember the movie, "The Graduate" w/Dustin Hoffman & Ann Bancroft? Simon & Garfunkel's songs was the soundtrack for that movie. Ahh, such memories. :)))

I just got my hands on Tumbleweed Connection last week, brilliant album!

"The Hardline According to..." was outstanding. Too bad he couldn't/wouldn't provide a decent followup.

Mmmm, Alan Parsons. Great music to get sto...great music.

neenie... I agree... with your first thought.

Nothing like listening to "A Dream Within A Dream" while under the infl... er, I mean, while meditating. Yeah, meditating... that's the ticket.

Dragon woman(6.4)

Prince's Albums; The ones I have.....

*Dirty Mind

*Controversy

*Love Sexy

Emancipation

1999

*Batman

*Sign Of The times

Musicology

Diamonds & Pearls

DragonWagon

Open It! Open! You are going to enjoy! Iam excited for you. I know, I'm silly! :))

ATB,

I struggle with Portishead's Dummy. It's truly brilliant, and a landmark trip-hop album. But, on one day it can take me down emotionally to an uncomfortable point, and then a month later I think to myself it's the most brilliant and beautiful recording ever.

Must indulge on Beatles: Revolver

Yes I agree!

DW, can we make like a top 50 albums, or something? I'm a big music fan of domestic and Asian R&B, jazz, and hip hop and 10 just ain't gonna cut it.....

It's tough, really, to mention something like B-Tribe's (Barcelona Tribe of Soulsters) "Fiesta Fatale" in a list with Elton John and Green Day!

I'll stop with my 11 for now...cause I could probably list a top 100 favorites.

Jace, I love Exile in Guyville.

There is a song called "**** and Run", and I can't understand the all of the lyrics in the bridge. Is she singing, "unfettered and sofas" or "unbuttered and sodas", or what? I've wondered for years and years and would appreciate your help!

I like Mitchell's Miles of Aisles, but prefer Court and Spark, and I feel like "Hissing of Summer Lawns" is way under-rated.

F*** and Run is my favorite Liz Phair song. She's saying "letters and sodas", the kinds of "stupid old @!$%#" that she wants out of a relationship. Love letters and malt shop kinda stuff.

Also, Court and Spark is great, too. I think I prefer Miles of Aisles because I got an old copy of it on vinyl when I was in high school and it was my first exposure to Joni Mitchell. Sentimental factor, plus it has a lot of her greatest hits on it.

Jace, yep, **** and Run is the best song on the album, but the entire album is great!

Thanks for the answer! So, she is saying she is tired/bored "of letters and sodas." I thought she might be saying "sodas", but I was hearing "unfettered" instead of "of letters" I guess.

Yes, I remember those high school vinyls. I received a copy of the BeeGees Trafalgar one year, and although I don't have the vinyl anymore, I have the CD and I love it. It's trash, I know, but I love it.

Actually, she's saying that what she WANTS from a relationship is "all that stupid old @!$%#" (ie, love letters and 2 straws in 1 soda). She wants a guy to woo her. But instead, all she gets is F*** and Run, time and again.

Jace, okay, I see.

I have a hard time with some lyrics in particular, and for some reason the lyrics to most of this song.

Some of Brooks' work grated my nerves at first, and then I got to listening to her. Most of it was very relevant to my day-to-day get'r'dones, so I took to it after that.

I've seen lots of concerts, but missed out on Skid Row. I've worn them out several times. I should have remembered to include Blackfoot---Train, Train in that list, but I forgot.

Nope. I can't name @!$%#! I am a loser. I love music but don't really remember albums or song name. Also album names are becoming extinct because it is so easy to just download the song you like....if you can remember the name. lol

I also forgot to mention

Journey

Chicago

I love all those sappy lovey dovey ballads.

Boy this is hard.

Frampton Comes Alive

Dave Mason - 26 Letters, 12 Notes

Annie Lennox - Diva

Michael Buble - It's Time

If it's Journey, it has to be Infinity.

"More than a woman"

I love that song!

Except Ambrosia never did that song. Tavares and The Bee Gees both did it.

Didn't Billy Joel have a song with that title also or is it Always a Woman? I think it's Always a Woman. Anyway, I love it too! I love the piano. Everything Billy Joel does is awesome but I actually KNOW some of the titles:

Always a Woman?

Piano Man

Shameless

You May be Right

Only the Good Die Young (whew!)

River of Dreams

what's the name of the one that goes....

Whoo oooo ooo ooo for the longest tiiiiimeee? Is it called The Longest Time? I think so. I love that song too!

Always a Woman and The Longest Time are both correct titles. Good stuff.

Does anyone the Outfield and the album Play Deep? I love every song on that album.

I believe you may be thinking of You're The Only Woman...

Not overit,

Yes, with their turn at one hit wonderdom - Our Love

Yep, that's them. They also had, "All the Love" and "Say it isn't So".

mad, you sure do know your music!

I have worn out more than on cassette of that album.

not over it,

I'm a bit of a music aficionado. I have 6000 songs on my hard drive, was raised with it (my father sang with Dion & The Belmonts way back when in NYC) and have an incredible memory for it as well. Thanks for the compliment.

At work we play the "Who sings it" game. You are not allowed to ask unless you know the answer. I bet you would kick our butt's. I am not that good but I am getting better. We listen to a station that plays all 70's, 80's and a little bit of current music. I had no idea how many Journey songs there were!

I've been a member of several forums, chat channels, rooms, etc over the years (and at work) and I was always the go to guy for music. In one IRC channel we would play a variation on that game by typing in one part of a line of lyrics and folks guessing. Some of it is because I love obscure facts and really odd bits of news concerning music. Don't know them all, but every piece I pick up stays forever, or until I lose my mind as I age. :)

By the way, I apologize. It's Your Love, which I know, but I didn't hit the key hard enough. Broke my own rule about proof reading as spell check won't catch a misspelled word that is a genuine word. Sorry.

By the way, I apologize. It's Your Love,

No worries. I am amiliar with the song. lol :0

You should try to get on one of those game shows like "Don't Forget the Lyrics", you could be rich!

toolband -

I remember it! I just saw the video for "All The Love In The World" on VH1 last weekend!

That's funny. My 10 year old son watches their video's on You Tube all the time. I am afraid I am contaminating my poor kids. My 13 year old sings Billy Joel songs at Karaoke. People always look at him twice...he sings Piano Man like a pro.

I think I was reading that you are a Tool fan, right? My 10 year old also like Tool. He is the weirdest kid I have ever met, in a good way. He absolutely loves every kind of music, even show tunes.

neenie1991(17.4)

Peter Frampton Comes Alive is great! That 2 album set is just marvelous. Buddy Miles Live (Down By The River) is another great one. Did anyone mention: BeeGees---Spirits Having Flown? Yall are causing me to go through all the dust accumulated in my small closet to listen to my "albums" all over again. I love music of all kind.

I played Jesus And Judas in Superstar. Once with Constantine Maroulis. He played Simon.

One of my nicknames in high school was Rizzo. :)

OK! All above, check this out: I was born in 1949(60 next month .......Yes! That's what I said). Anyway, as a teenager everyone where I lived was only listening to a black radio station. I was listening to other stations that played: Rolling Stones, Paul Revere & The Raiders, The Beatles, Jan & Dean, Paul Anka, Four Seasons, Helen Reddy, ELO, Frankie Avalon; etc: I would be jumping in my bed with a broom playing the guitar because I loved the guitar in all the Beatles & Paul Revere songs. My parents(that's 2 peoples!) would ask me, "What is yo problem!" I'd answer, "I do not have a problem, I just love Rock 'n' Roll!! For the longest they felt I was a strange kid; but no matter, I had my own little transistor radio and I was in Four Seasons heaven. Believe me, I still play my broom stick guitar, I just don't play it on my bed; however I have added shades. I gave myself so many nick-names, I do not remember not one. :))

I have seen Tool live, first on 10/24/2006 (three weeks after Aenima's release) and around 13-15 times since. I think the wife and I are going to check them out at the All Points West festival in NYC this September, but we will also see them when they hit my neighborhood. Maybe I'll see you there.

When I was 16, I wore out my Vol. 4 cassette by consistently rewinding and replaying "St. Vitus Dance" on my way to school. It was the heaviest song I'd ever heard and I loved freaking out all the square kids as I pulled into the parking lot. I didn't realize until I replaced all my Sabbath with CDs that I'd actually warped the tape so much that it was playing at like 2/3 speed (and somedays I wish I still had the "slow" version). Good times.

Waitaminute....

Josh Groban and Pearl Jam?!?

Talk about eclectic.

Live albums? Okay:

X- Live at The Whiskey

Did Steely Dan make 'Hey Nineteen? Also did James Taylor make 'Cats In the Cradle'?

Cats is a beautiful song. I apologize for my enthusiasm; its just that this seed is bringing back sooo many great memories. I feel like I am actually at a concert. By the way, someone above stated they went to a Queens concert. I envy you...I never got to see them in concert. By the time I realized I loved the group, the lead singer had passed away. That is one concert I truly regret missing.

Steel made 19 but not sure on the other song a this minute. If I can remember I'll let you know or someone else will help.

Old age is a bear but it's also a disease I hope everyone gets.

Old age is a bear but it's also a disease I hope everyone gets.

@Tony

Yea Ya Right!! That is one disease I don't run away from :)

:)

"Cats in the Cradle"was Harry Chapin's original, but I dont know if Taylor ever covered it.

Did you know JT did the backup vocals and played banjo on Neil Young's "Old Man"?

looselucy

"Cats in the Cradle"was Harry Chapin's original,

Thanks for that info. I guess I will be visiting the Amazon site :)