Vote for your favourite album of all time!

[ssar]

Vote for your favourite album of all time!

http://www.abc.net.au/myfavouritealbum/

Dig out the vinyl, scan the CD collection and scroll through your MP3 player….and then tell us your favourite album.
We're asking everyone to vote for their favourite album of all time. The results will be tallied, and the top ten albums of all time - as voted by Australia - will be revealed in a 90 minute television epic to be aired in December.

etc.

Here’s my list:

Albums that changed my life the most (all in alphabetical order):

Top ten (I’ll vote for these):
AC/DC – High Voltage
Beastie Boys – Licenced to Ill
Def Leppard – Hysteria
Dio – Dream Evil
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Midnight Oil – 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
P.I.L. - Compact Disc
Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry

Honourable mentions:
Cypress Hill – Black Sunday
Janes Addiction – Nothing’s Shocking
Killing Joke – Night Time
The Angels – Liveline
The Cramps – A Date with Elvis
Tool - Aenima

Then there’s heaps of other great albums by many of the groups listed above, and including others like:
ABBA
Alice In Chains
Billy Joel
Black Sabbath
Bob Marley
Bodycount
Cindy Lauper
Dead Kennedys
Dire Straits
Fleetwood Mac
Guns ‘N Roses
Hunters & Collectors
Iron Maiden
Jimi Hendrix
Joe Satriani
John Denver
Kiss
Painters & Dockers
Pearl Jam
Pantera
Pink Floyd
Poison
Madonna
Neil Young
New Order
Nick Cave
Nirvana
R.E.M.
Radiohead
Rage aginst the machine
The B52's
The Beatles
The Clash
The Doors
The Orb
The Sex Pistols
The Sugarcubes
U2
Violent Femmes

Over-rated (none of the following deserve to be in such a list):
Eminem
Jeff Buckley
Oasis
Prince

[Kifle]

Over-rated (none of the following deserve to be in such a list):
Eminem
Jeff Buckley
Oasis
Prince

You listed AC/DC...you're opinion is no longer valid. At least those four "bands" there didn't use the same exact drum beat in every...single...song they wrote and actually, well, sing -- two things usually found in music groups.

[Thilindel]

Eminem's talent and intelligence can't be denied. My favorite, tho, is Def Leppard Hysteria. That, and High and Dry. Those albums were kinda old when I was growing up but they're still good.

[Corth]

Hrmm.. great albums in no particular order

GNR - Appetite for destruction
Albert King - Blues at sunrise; Funky london
God street wine - $1.99 romances
Led Zeppelin - I; II
Beatles - Sgt Pepper; White album; Let it be
Pink Floyd - Animals; Wish you were here
Primus - Sailing the seas of cheese
Buena Vista Social Club - soundtrack
Rancid - and out come the wolves
Temple of the dog - self titled
Nirvana - Nevermind
Pearl Jam - Ten
Grant Lee Buffalo - Mighty Joe Moon; Jubilee
Jimi Hendrix - best of
G. Love and Special Sauce - self titled.
CCR - best of
Grateful Dead - workingman's dead
Rolling stones - hot rocks (best of)
Phish - rift
Van Morrison - Moondance
Neil Young - Harvest


And of course there is the three song demo put out by Monkey Knuckle Brown (my former college band) which destroys any of that other stuff. :)

<a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UY6EC4ES">Mouse</a>
<a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YL7GQ359">Old World Gone</a>
<a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8BS1DE5B">Evil Shadow</a>


:)

edit: Forgot to mention Radiohead - OK Computer

[grundar]

You listed AC/DC...you're opinion is no longer valid. At least those four "bands" there didn't use the same exact drum beat in every...single...song they wrote and actually, well, sing -- two things usually found in music groups.

bashing on ac/dc? you deserve to die heathen!

.... seriously these prince fans need to suffer!

[ssar]

You listed AC/DC...you're opinion is no longer valid.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Ruxur]

great albums, in no particular order

sister hazel, fortress
Nickel Creek, why should the fire die?
Johnny Cash, live from fulsom prison
Aerosmith, Pump
AC/DC, high voltage
Pearl Jam, Ten
George Strait, Ocean Front Property
Ray Charles, modern sounds in country and western music
Willie Nelson, Red Headed Stranger
Kenny Rogers, The Gambler
Alabama, Mountain Music
Garth Brooks, No Fences, Sevens, Ropin the Wind, The Chase
Metallica, S & M with the San Francisco Symphony
Stevie Ray Vaughn, Texas Flood
BB King, My Kind of Blues
Dave Matthews Band, Under the Table and Dreaming

[Ashiwi]

Hrmmm, not sure which albums, but it would be a hard choice between albums from:

U2
David Bowie
Patsy Cline
Johnny Cash
Def Leppard
The Cure
Bob Seger (the old stuff)
CCR
Elton John (again, the old stuff)
Heart
Janis Joplin
Simon and Garfunkle
Ray Charles
Sly and the Family Stone (yes, that's exactly what I said)
Dean Martin
Tom Jones (yes, I really did say that, too)
Frank Sinatra
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Eric Clapton
Santana

While I'm not an avid fan of all of those, they all put out full albums that were consistently great to listen to.

Personal favorite full albums to listen to would have to include:

Cherry Poppin' Daddies: Zoot Suit Riot
David Bowie: Heathen
The soundtrack from "O Brother Where Art Thou"
Oingo Boingo: Best O' Boingo
Peter Murphy: Deep Ocean, Vast Sea

[alendar]

Willie Nelson, Red Headed Stranger

damn you are a redneck...

top five for me

Black Sabbath We Sold Our Souls (for Rock n Roll)
Willie Nelson, Red Headed Stranger
Metallica And Justice For All...
Beatles White Album
Steve Ray Vaughn The Sky is Crying

[Ruxur]

Willie Nelson, Red Headed Stranger

and yet, you list it too.

and btw, texas flood > the sky is crying

[Ruxur]

how could i forget bob seger and the silver bullet band, stranger in town

[Adriorn Darkcloak]

Rush > anything previously mentioned.

Ssar had some good groups, mainly Fleetwood and ABBA. And good going Ashiwi on picking Heart as one, excellent. I was gonna make fun of Maxler's hick selections, but he picked Seger, which made up for the rest, excellent musician/band. Although there were some very good picks, Corth had some of my favorites on his. Seeing Buena Vista there made my day Corth. If you wanna hear some excellent Cuban classical music, check out an album called 'Two Spheres', with piano by Felix Spengler.

Sadly he also had Neil Young, Phish and the Grateful Dead. I'm very grateful they're dead, thanks.

I didn't see:

The Guess Who
Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails
Yes
Peter Gabriel
Bruce Springsteen
Queen
INXS?
Mozart, Beethoven, Williams, Lecuona, etc..

I've also never understood what the big deal was with the Rolling Stones. Except for 2, MAYBE 3, songs, they fall into the same category as Steely Dan. I.E. complete poop.

Eminem's talent and intelligence can't be denied.

Yes, they can.

/Opinion Nazi

[Vaprak]

Sort of in order by album, but difficult to realy rank things.

Medle - Pink Floyd
Animals - Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
Umma Gumma Disc II - Pink Floyd
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Aenima - Tool
IV - Led Zeppelin
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix
Relics - Pink Floyd
Undertow - Tool
Lateralus - Tool
Deloused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta
Ten - Pearl Jam
Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails
10,000 Days - Tool
Core - Stone Temple Pilots
Guilt - Machines of Loving Grace
The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails
Nevermind - Nirvana
Where You Been? - Dinosaur Jr.
Master of Puppets - Metallica
...And Justice For All - Metallica
Rage Against the Machine
Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden
Rubberneck - Toadies
Peace Sells, But Who's Buyin' - Megadeath
White Album - Beatles
Appetite for Destruction - GNR
Vulgar Display of Power - Pantera
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
OK Computer - Radiohead

[Ashiwi]

I tried to pick groups that I knew had solid albums from first song to last. The kind of albums where every song on them is something that can be listened to over, and over, and over. There were even a couple of selections I didn't care for, myself, but I knew they had put out albums that were 100%. I stayed away from compilations (except in my personal favorites, which is why Oingo Boingo didn't make the list), and that's why I didn't include Queen, although I gave them consideration since they're one of my favorite all-time groups. INXS never even came to mind... and still doesn't, even though I liked them as a band; they were never strong enough to put out a full album without having at least one fast-forward dud on it. One group on your list I won't mention for personal reasons, Adriorn, in spite of the fact that I know they put out really solid music consistently that I was a great fan of for quite a few years.

Depeche Mode, however... I would add them to the list. I would even consider adding the Pet Shop Boys to the list, now that you made me think of that genre, since I know they had one rock-solid album back in the 80's. Oh, and maybe one Billy Joel album, although it slighty pains me to do so.

I tried to stay away from my real favorites, as they range a bit eclectic half the time. I should have added one of my Elvis Costello compliations to my personal list.

[Jhorr]

Great thread.

Here are my "desert island albums", in no particular order:

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
The Melvins - Stoner Witch
Pat Metheny - Travels
Rush - Exit ... Stage Left
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Bob Marley - Uprising
Bill Frisell - Blues Dream
The Beatles - White Album
The Beatles - Revolver
Radiohead - Kid A
Led Zeppelin - BBC Sessions
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Neil Young - Weld
Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks I
Kurt Rosenwinkel - Greatest Hits (Yet to be released)
Monique Haas - Miroirs, Jeux d'Eau, Gaspard de la Nuit

[Birile]

Lots of good music over the ages, here are some of my favorite artists, and some of their best albums if I can think of them and if I think they're chock full of great songs from first to last, as Ashiwi mentioned:

Fleetwood Mac (Rumours)
Joan Osborne (Relish)
Garbage (Garbage, Version 2.0, Beautiful Garbage)
Fiona Apple (Tidal--yes, I'm man enough to admit it)
Sarah McLachlan (Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Surfacing, hate her techno stuff she's done lately)
Bruce Robison (Wrapped)
Kelly Willis (can't mention Bruce w/o mentioning her, especially since her version of "Wrapped" is better--What I Deserve)
Depeche Mode (it's all good to me)

And my two favorite singing sisters:
Allison Moorer (everything, but especially Alabama Song and The Hardest Part)
Shelby Lynne (I Am Shelby Lynne)

And a bunch of other personal favorites who aren't as truly talented as these.