top X albums all time

[Guest converge241]

i know this has been done before, but its gone and im bored

 

my 100 (in order)

queensryche - operation mindcrime

nine inch nails - pretty hate machine

guns n roses - appetite for destrcution

the cure - pornography

nine inch nails - downward spiral

the cure - disintegration

kyuss- blues for a red sun

afghan wigs - gentlemen

radiohead-the bends

metallica-master of puppets

w.a.s.p. - the crimson idol

ratt - ratt n roll 8191

dokken - back for the attack

pink floyd- wish you were here

deftones- around the fur

radiohead-ok computer

marilyn manson - antichrist superstar

tesla - mechanical resonance

nine inch nails - broken

warrant- dog eat dog

garbage- garbage

def leppard - pyromania

pj harvey - rid of me

the cure- wish

depeche mode - violator

kyuss- welcome to sky valley

god lives underwater - empty

def leppard - slang

cold - cold

faith no more - angel dust

motley crue - shout at the devil

queenryche - empire

life of agony - river runs red

dj shadow - endtroducing

the verve - urban hymns

def leppard - hysteria

whitesnake -whitesnake

tesla-great radio controversey

portishead - dummy

korn - korn

pink floyd - the wall

pearl jam - ten

elastica - elastica

garbage- version 2.0

type o negative - bloody kisses

depeche mode - black celebration

radiohead-kid a

faith no more- king for a day

pantera - cowboys from hell

pop will eat itself- dos dedos mis amigos

temple of the dog - temple of the dog

glenn danzig - black aria

nine inch nails - the fragile

alice in chains - facelift

u.n.k.l.e. - psyence fiction

marilyn manson - holy wood

black sabbath - sabotage

saigon kick - saigon kick

grant lee buffalo - mighty joe moon

saigon kick - the lizard

stabbing westward - ungod

warrior soul - last decade dead century

afghan wigs - 1965

moby - everything is wrong

gravity kills - gravity kills

danzig - danzig II lucifuge

pj harvey - to bring you my love

aerosmith - greatest hits

moby - play

pantera - vulgar display of power

van halen - 1984

therapy? - infernal love

skid row - skid row

black sabbath - volume 4

led zeppelin - house of the holy

various - trainspotting soundtrack

toad the wet sprocket - coil

psykosonik - psykosonik

paw- dragline

days of the new - II

stabbing westward - whither blister burn peel

queensryche - rage for order

the smiths - meat is murder

iron maiden - fear of the dark

operation ivy- operation ivy

sister machine gun - burn

portishead - live

r.e.m. - new adventures in hi-fi

morphine - cure for pain

the cult - sonic temple

smashing pumpkins -mellon collie

scorpions - best of

gravediggaz - six feet deep

fear factory - demanufacture

oasis - whats the story (morning glory)

various - the crow soundtrack

beastie boys - hey ladies

the doves - lost souls

ruby - salt peter

clutch - clutch

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

No Sabbath s/t? I'm coming to your house with a wrench.

 

 

1. Black Sabbath-Self Titled

2. Black Sabbath-Paranoid

3. Tool-Lateralus

4. Rush-Moving Pictures

5. Acid Bath-When the Kite String Pops.

6. Pink Floyd-Meddle

7. Slayer-Divine Intervention

8. Type O Negative-World Coming Down

9. Pink Floyd-Ummagumma

10. Dying Fetus-Destroy the Opposition.

 

Gun to my head, and that's my top ten. The first five are pretty definite, the next five change now and again, past that, and it's pot luck.

[Guest Edwin MacPhisto]

There's only 9 that I can call an absolute lock:

 

1. U2 - Achtung Baby

2. The Beatles - Abbey Road

3. Prince - Sign O' The Times

4. The Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico

5. The Clash - London Calling

6. The Beatles - Revolver

7. Tool - Lateralus

8. U2 - The Joshua Tree

9. The Pixies - Doolittle

 

The other day I just sat down and typed out a list of favorite albums for the hell of it, and I got to 42 before I had to even stop to think. Aside from that top 9, it's always shifting, but I'd say that right now I'd go with Depeche Mode's Violator or Tom Waits' Rain Dogs to kill the top ten.

[Guest LooseCannon]

I find my constant reshuffling of these lists frustrating. Top 10 at the moment.

 

1. Pixies Doolittle

2. Bob Dylan Highway 61Revisited

3. Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde

4. Beatles Revolver

5. Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane over the Sea

6. Bob Dylan Bringing it all Back home

7. Bjork Post

8. Clinic Internal Wrangler

9. Pere Ubu Terminal Tower

10. Captain Beefheart Trout Mask Replica

[Guest Eyeball Kid]

Top 5 Album Covers Involving Women in Varying States of Undress:

 

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1.

 

I bought that Dwarves album on vinyl yesterday.

[Guest LooseCannon]

Where's ?

or am i misunderstanding the criteria?

 

 

hehe

[Guest Eyeball Kid]

I considered Small Change, but the stripper wasn't at the forefront of the picture. Sugar Ray--that album cover is the only good thing they've done--got the slot, instead.

[Guest LooseCannon]

makes sense.

 

Is this eligible?

 

[Guest Eyeball Kid]

Could be.

 

Ya know, I've been showing that Dwarves cover to everyone. I bought it at an indie record store in Orlando, where two of the guys from Interpol were doing an pre-show appearence (it was a good show, by the way). I got my picture taken with them, but I didn't think to try to get the album in there until after the fact.

[Guest LooseCannon]

I bet it's really sweet all blown up on vinyl. I just have it on a little dinky cd.

 

I've always found this one quite attractive too:

 

[Guest Edwin MacPhisto]

Scariest part of the Prince cover?

 

If you cut it off just a little above the waist, it could most definitely be an actual woman. Terror.

[Guest WrestlingDeacon]

Ok, let me educate your asses.

 

1) In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning by Frank Sinatra

2) Revolver by the Beatles

3) Exile on Main Street by the Rolling Stones

4) Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd

5) Moondance by Van Morrison

6) Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys

7) American Recordings I by Johnny Cash

8) What's Going on by Marvin Gaye

9) Graceland by Paul Simon

10) Headquarters by the Monkees

 

Best box sets go to Elvis Presley's Amazing Grace gospel set and Johnny Cash's Love, God and Murder

 

That could get reshifted and changed if I think harder later and expand a bit.

[Guest Eyeball Kid]

That Dwarves album reminds me, if a record's running time is under 30 minutes (this one lasting only 14), there's no reason to put it on two sides. Just sayin'.

[Guest Kinetic]

I'll do ten this time:

 

1. Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde

2. The Clash- London Calling

3. The Beatles- Abbey Road

4. The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds

5. Radiohead- OK Computer

6. Bob Dylan- Bringing It All Back Home

7. Velvet Underground- Velvet Underground & Nico

8. Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks

9. Elvis Costello- Get Happy!!

10. Neutral Milk Hotel- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

[Guest LooseCannon]

That Dwarves album reminds me, if a record's running time is under 30 minutes (this one lasting only 14), there's no reason to put it on two sides. Just sayin'.

Ah so you've actually listened to it too then. I'll be shocked if you do that another half-dozen times for the rest of your hopefully long and prosperous life.

 

sidenote: Kinetic's list reminds me that I always overlook VU for these threads.

[Guest Coffin Surfer]

Hmmmmm, I'd go with....

 

1. Flipper-Generic

Easly the dumbest or most brilliant recording in human history

 

2. Stooges-Fun House

So chaotic yet so tight and controlled.

 

3. At the Gates-Slaughter of the Soul

Probably the perfect mix of heaviness and melody

 

4. Gang of Four-Entertainment

Brings the funk and the punk like no one else.

 

5. Television-Marquee Moon

To me, this a perfect album.

 

6. Misfits-Walk Among Us

The best versions of most of their best songs.

 

7. Megadeth-Rust in Peace

My fav. thrash metal album, though Slayer-Reign in Blood could easily switch places with this.

 

8. Cynic-Focus

One of the most thought provoking albums I've ever heard.

 

9. Hot Water Music-Fuel for the Hate Game

Pure raw emotion that may never be duplicated in a studio again.

 

10. Turbonegro-Apocalypse Dudes

Words cannot describe the greatness of this album. Stupid fun with serious musicanship.

[Guest Eyeball Kid]

That Dwarves album reminds me, if a record's running time is under 30 minutes (this one lasting only 14), there's no reason to put it on two sides. Just sayin'.

Ah so you've actually listened to it too then. I'll be shocked if you do that another half-dozen times for the rest of your hopefully long and prosperous life.

Oh, yeah. It's a piece of shit. I kinda suspected it would be, which is why I opted out for the big ol' vinyl version and not the rinky dinky CD.

[Guest AzkulKazul]

1) At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul

2) Theory In Practice - The Armageddon Theories

3) Summoning - Stronghold

4) Behemoth - Satanica

5) Edge Of Sanity - Crimson

6) Death - Symbolic

7) Necrophagist - Onset Of Putrefaction

8) Spastic Ink - Ink Complete

9) Mekong Delta - Kaleidoscope

10) Neglected Fields - Mephisto Lettonica

[Guest Edwin MacPhisto]

Kinetic, what happened to all the Neil Young that was up there the last time we did one of these topics? Did you finally wise up and realize that Skynyrd were right to paste him with a most righteous diss?

 

Also, I think I want to slot in Andrew WK's album at number 10.

 

...Just kidding.

 

...Maybe.

[Guest Kinetic]

I still like Neil Young and I still think that Tonight's The Night is a pretty genius album, but I realize now that putting it at the #1 spot was an act of whimsy. It'd probably still make my top 20, though.

[Guest ElectricRaccoon]

20. They Might Be Giants - Apollo 18

19. Mike Watt - Contemplating the Engine Room

18. Primus - Frizzle Fry

17. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime

16. Sloan - Smeared

15. Rush - 2112

14. Beck - Odelay

13. Neil Young - Harvest

12. Leonard Cohen - I’m Your Man

11. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

10. The Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart

9. Beck - One Foot In The Grave

8. Neil Young - Tonight’s the Night

7. Rush - Permanent Waves

6. The Beta Band - Three EPs

5. Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five

4. Leonard Cohen - New Skin for the Old Ceremony

3. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

2. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps

1. Beck - Mutations

[Guest godthedog]

1. beatles, 'abbey road'

2. beatles, 'revolver'

3. beatles, white album

4. sarah mclachlan, 'fumbling towards ecstasy'

5. ween, 'the pod'

6. nirvana, 'in utero'

7. john lennon, 'plastic ono band'

8. velvet underground, grey album

9. michael jackson, 'off the wall'

10. velvet underground, 'loaded'

11. michael jackson, 'bad'

12. beastie boys, 'paul's boutique'

13. jeff buckley, 'grace'

14. velvet underground, 'velvet underground and nico'

 

my top 3 never change, & either 'fumbling towards ecstasy' or 'the pod' is always in the top 5. other than that, it's tentative.

[Guest LooseCannon]

That Dwarves album reminds me, if a record's running time is under 30 minutes (this one lasting only 14), there's no reason to put it on two sides. Just sayin'.

Ah so you've actually listened to it too then. I'll be shocked if you do that another half-dozen times for the rest of your hopefully long and prosperous life.

Oh, yeah. It's a piece of shit. I kinda suspected it would be, which is why I opted out for the big ol' vinyl version and not the rinky dinky CD.

You say that with your sophisticated tastes, and its no surprise. I bought that cd used when I was 16 and at the height of my punk phase, and even then I thought it was a piece of shit. Tells you how bad that album really is.

[HurriShane 0]

Here's some of my favorites

 

Social Distortion- Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell

NOFX-Pump up the Valium

Ramones- Too Tough to Die

Motorhead-Ace of Spades

Peligro-Welcome to America

Rancid- Out came the Wolves

Guns N Roses-Appetite for Destruction

Outkast-Stankonia