Favourite 25 Albums

[jaycee]

A while ago there was a thread about your ten favourite albums. Of course, ten was too restrictive! So a top 25 may ease the case... also, I've been purchasing quite a few albums lately, and they're all awesome (well, almost all of them... Say You Will doesn't cut it for me I'm afraid), so I felt compelled to update my favourites. So here's my list (note the occasional equal values):

1. Days Of Future Passed - Moody Blues
I hope everyone owns this by now. If not, I'll buy it and force it upon you! ;)
1. Avalon - Roxy Music
Quite possibly the best new wave album ever created!
3. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
We all know why.
4. Tango In The Night - Fleetwood Mac
I'm an 80s man... inasmuch as I love 80s music best, although I was born in '89.
5. Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham
Remember, I'm an 80s man at heart! :D
6. Soul Cages - Sting
While his other albums were great, Sting really shined through on this one! Sadly, he wrote this masterpiece as a result of his father's death - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sting_%28musician%29#1990s.
7. Boys And Girls - Bryan Ferry
Another excellent new wave album, developed by a creative master! (And, yes, I love Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music's earlier stuff too!)
8. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
I expect I'll actually prefer Wish You Were Here to this, because "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is my favourite song (along with "Wild West Hero" by ELO).
9. I, Robot - The Alan Parsons Project
This one I bought rather recently. If you like Dark Side Of The Moon, this is doubtlessly for you! But not because it sounds like a copy of it! :distress: It's just that, like the above album, it stretches the ideas about what music and albums should sound and be like... the same goes for the next album.
10. Tales Of Mystery And Imagination - The Alan Parsons Project
Technically, I haven't really listened to this album - I've listened to all of the songs from it on YouTube. But I'm getting it as a birthday present, so... :blob2: Also, "(The System Of) Doctor Tarr And Professor Fether" is a candidate for my favourite song of all time!
11. The Turn Of A Friendly Card - The Alan Parsons Project
Yeah, I'm a fan of them! How did you know?
12. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
I own all of their other studio albums, but this is the best! Although my favourite song of theirs (and nearly all time favourite song) is "Sultans Of Swing" from Dire Straits (eponymous).
13. Out Of The Cradle - Lindsey Buckingham
Always with the new musical directions... that's why you're my favourite artist, Lindsey!
14. American Pie - Don McLean
I actually adore "American Pie" the least on the album. While it's a fabulous song, he pretty much perfected his easy listening songs to my taste. That said, "Everybody Loves Me Baby", a rockier song, is my favourite of his, so... :shrug:
14. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
"Fast Car", just like the rest of the album, is simply beautiful. What else is there to say?
16. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
I wonder how Ledgies would say this is their favourite FM album? Or, indeed, album? :shrug:
17. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
The album that started it all... the Rumours era, that is! :laugh:
18. Mirage - Fleetwood Mac
"...and you will fly like some little wing, straight back to the sun... the dream was never over, the dream has just begun... the dream has just begun..."
19. A New World Record - ELO
I expect I'll actually prefer Out Of The Blue to this, because "Wild West Hero" is my favourite song (along with "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" by Pink Floyd).
20. The Soft Parade - The Doors
Yes, their album that is usually disliked by fans! Personally, I love the extra brass and string instruments... they added a finish to their music their other albums lacked, imo.
21. Mystery To Me - Fleetwood Mac
I pretty much love every track on this album! (Or at least that's how I remember it...)
22. Heroes Are Hard To Find - Fleetwood Mac
Before there was Lindsey Buckingham, there was Bob Welch! (Or was it secretly Mick and John steering the creativity of the band?)
23. The Wild Heart - Stevie Nicks
I personally found Timespace a bit hard to get into, and I thought that I perhaps didn't like Stevie's solo songs that much... then I bought this... and I now realise that Timespace was simply poorly compiled, imo. Anyway, I love this album! And Stevie too!
24. No Angel - Dido
One of the few recent artists (well, 1999's close enough!) I listen to. Others include Norah Jones, Michael Buble, Jet, and John Mayer (well, all their earlier work anyway).
25. Life For Rent - Dido
Another beautiful album from her indeed! :)

And that wraps up this particular list! Of course the order is pretty subjective - if I were to have the patience to compile it again, especially after listening to all the albums again, it could come out looking rather different... in any case, while it took much longer to compile than the top ten, the end result is more satisfying and complete! :) Anyway, good luck with your list! :wavey:

[bluefox4000]

Oh lord....I'll be back in a while......LOL:lol:

Mick

[KarmaContestant]

I started with a list of 45, and had to narrow it down. This was hard!

**Edit - Also, I should say, because it's important, that while these are my 25 favorite albums, ever, they are not necessarily representative of the 25 albums I'd want to listen to forever, to the exclusion of all else. I've heard each of these so many times that I know every word and note by heart. I haven't figured out yet whether 'favorite' and 'most familar' are really synonymous in this particular situation. Ok, rambling...

Bloodletting - Concrete Blonde
Boomerang - The Creatures
Black Celebration - Depeche Mode
Confessions On A Dance Floor - Madonna
The Day I Turned To Glass - Honeycut
Diva - Annie Lennox
Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple
Far - Regina Spektor
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood - Neko Case
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy - Sarah McLacklan
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O'Connor
Juju - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Kasabian - Kasabian
Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Etheridge
Our Time In Eden - 10,000 Maniacs
Parachutes - Coldplay
Portishead - Portishead
Rock A Little - Stevie Nicks
Scarlet's Walk - Tori Amos
Shades - Nina Storey
So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star
Sounds Like This - Eric Hutchinson
Undiscovered - James Morrison
Out Of The Woods - Tracey Thorn
You - Jessie Baylin

[bluefox4000]

Ok and this is in no order

1. The white Album-The Beatles
2. A day the Races-Queen
3. Rumors -Fleetwood Mac
4. Animals-Pink Floyd
5. Face Value-Phil Collins
6. Music from Big Pink-The band
7. The future-Leonard Cohen
8. A Trick of the Tail-Genesis
9. Out of the Cradle-Lindsey Buckingham
10.Katy Lied-Steely Dan
11. On the Border-The Eagles
12. Led zeppelin1- Zeppelin
13-Peter Gabriel-Melt
14. Abbey Road-The Beatles
15 Bat Out of Hell II-Meat Loaf
16.Unplugged-Eric Clapton
17.BBC Sessions-Jimi Hendrix
18. Amused to Death-Roger Waters
19-Days of Future Past-The Moody Blues
20. Gift of Screws-Lindsey Buckingham
21. Gate to the Minds Eye-Thomas Dolby
22. Gaucho-Steely Dan
23. Stunt-The Barenaked Ladies
24. Queen 1-Queen
25. The Final Cut-Pink Floyd

Mick

[TrueFaith77]

One per artist? Or just THE 25.

[Sleepless-Child]

Tusk-Fleetwood Mac
Rumours-Fleetwood Mac
OOTC-Lindsey Buckingham
Bella Donna-Stevie Nicks
Abbey Road-The Beatles
Sgt Peppers-The Beatles
Parallel Lines-Blondie
Plastic Letters-Blondie
The Velvet Underground and Nico-.
Tea for the Tillerman-Cat Stevens
Curtains-John Frusciante
Led Zeppelin 1-.
Wish you were here-Pink Floyd
Blood Sugar Sex Magik-Red Hot Chili Peppers
Automatic Writing-Ataxia
It's alive-The Ramones
Arizona Dream soundtrack-Goran Bregovic/Iggy Pop
The Divine Comedy-Milla Jovovich
The Doors-.
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road-Elton John
Breakfast in America-Supertramp
Bridge over troubled water-Simond and Garfunkel
Kosovka Djevojka-Bijelo Dugme
Use Your Illusion II-Guns n' Roses
Arrival-ABBA :D

[TrueFaith77]

Click HERE (http://rateyourmusic.com/list/johndemetry/25_favourite_albums_of_all_time_/) for an illustrated list.

The 25 Best/Favourite Albums of All Time (http://rateyourmusic.com/list/johndemetry/25_favourite_albums_of_all_time_/)
(one per artist)

1. Tusk (1979), Fleetwood Mac
2. Siren (1975), Roxy Music
3. Rubber Soul (1965), The Beatles
4. Bad Girls (1979), Donna Summer
5. Remain In Light (1980), Talking Heads
6. Very (1993), Pet Shop Boys
7. Fear of a Black Planet (1990), Public Enemy
8. Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985), Scritti Politti
9. You Are The Quarry (2004), Morrissey
10. Sticky Fingers (1971), The Rolling Stones
11. Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk (1991), Son of Bazerk
12. Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols (1977), Sex Pistols
13. Perhaps (1985), The Associates
14. Strangeways, Here We Come (1987), The Smiths
15. Hounds of Love (1985), Kate Bush
16. Armed Forces (1979), Elvis Costello
17. Raise the Pressure (1996), Electronic
18. O(+> (1992), Prince
19. Blood on the Dance Floor (1997), Michael Jackson
20. You're All I Need (1968), Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
21. Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978), Bruce Springsteen
22. Playing With a Different Sex (1981), Au Pairs
23. Brotherhood (1986), New Order
24. Take It Off (1981), Chic
25. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (1976), Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band

[StreetAngel95]

1. Say You Will - Fleetwood Mac - MY VERY FIRST CD. EVER. I WAS 8 :)
2. Buckingham Nicks - Buckingham Nicks
3. Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
4. The Royal Scam - Steely Dan
5. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
6. Trouble in Shangri-La - Stevie Nicks
7. Parallel Lines - Blondie
8. Out of the Cradle - Lindsey Buckingham
9. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
10. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
11. Bella Donna - Stevie Nicks
12. Frampton Comes Alive! - Peter Frampton
13. Eye To the Telescope - KT Tunstall - THIS GIRL IS A FRIGGIN GENIUS
14. Captain and Me - The Doobie Brothers
15. Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
16. Two Against Nature - Steely Dan - JUST LISTENED TO THE ALBUM IN ITS ENTIRETY - NOW I CAN REMEMBER WHY IT WAS SO WORTHY OF A GRAMMY
17. Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty
18. Kamakiriad - Donald Fagen
19. Tango in the Night - Fleetwood Mac
20. Gaucho - Steely Dan
21. Street Angel - Stevie Nicks - DON'T HATE! I FREAKING LOVE THIS ALBUM!!!!!
22. Whatcha Gonna Do For Me - Chaka Khan - WHO DOESN'T LOVE HER?!
23. Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police
24. The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters
25. Celebrity Skin - Hole


now, i know a lot of people will complain that i didn't put the Beatles in there, but i can be the first to tell you that i think they are such an overrated band...sorry!

[bluefox4000]

now, i know a lot of people will complain that i didn't put the Beatles in there, but i can be the first to tell you that i think they are such an overrated band...sorry!

OHHHHH Miranda you just stabbed me in my heart. I love the Beatles. Just kidding years ago I would have down your throat . now i tend to agree even though I still love them

Mick

[ButterCookie]

now, i know a lot of people will complain that i didn't put the Beatles in there, but i can be the first to tell you that i think they are such an overrated band...sorry!

I dun like them either. Not because they're overrated, because I don't like the music. You're not alone! :lol:

[tilthefirefades]

Basically in no order, except for the top ten, definitely in order.

1. Fleetwood Mac-Say You Will
Thrown Down, Miranda, Say Goodbye, RTTG, Destiny Rules....nuff said.
2. Stevie Nicks-Trouble In Shangri-La
Love Changes, Sorcerer, POTU, TFFT, Fall From Grace, Candlebright...ya know.
3. Jewel-Pieces Of You
Acoustic perfection.
4. Brand New-The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
Too much emotion and skill packed onto one disc. Must have for everyone.
5. The Academy Is...-Almost Here
:D
6. Janet Jackson-The Velvet Rope
R&B perfection.
7. Taking Back Sunday-Tell All Your Friends
Gotta love teenage angst.
8. The Smiths-The Queen Is Dead
Bigmouth Strikes Again, There is a Light..., The Boy with the thorn.........:nod:
9. Placebo-Without You I'm Nothing
Almost overcame FM a few months ago, then I came to my senses.
10. Cute Is What We Aim For-The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch
My high school years on one album.
11. Brand New-Deja Entendu
Sic Transit Gloria, The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot, Jaws Theme Swimming....:]
12. Stevie Nicks-Bella Donna
13. Fleetwood Mac-Mirage
14. Tom Petty-Damn the Torpedoes
15. Mariah Carey-The Emancipation of Mimi
16. Playradioplay!-The Frequency EP
17. Interpol-Antics
18. Alanis Morissette-Jagged Little Pill
19. The Killers-Hot Fuss
Andy You're a Star, Change Your Mind...
20. Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon
If I had a nickel for every time I've listened to this album sober, I would be a very poor man indeed ;)
21. Madonna-Ray of Light
22. AFI-Decemberunderground
The Interview is their best song ever.
23. Brand New-Your Favorite Weapon
Yes, there should be 3 Brand New albums on my list, they are that damn good.
24. The Smiths-Strangeways, Here We Come
A rush and a push and this album is amazing.
25. Chiodos-Bone Palace Ballet

[StreetAngel95]

Basically in no order, except for the top ten, definitely in order.

1. Fleetwood Mac-Say You Will
Thrown Down, Miranda, Say Goodbye, RTTG, Destiny Rules....nuff said.
2. Stevie Nicks-Trouble In Shangri-La
Love Changes, Sorcerer, POTU, TFFT, Fall From Grace, Candlebright...ya know.
5. The Academy Is...-Almost Here
:D
10. Cute Is What We Aim For-The Same Old Blood Rush With A New Touch
My high school years on one album.
14. Tom Petty-Damn the Torpedoes
18. Alanis Morissette-Jagged Little Pill


oh i could just kiss you for these!!!!! Especially the first two!!!!! Not a lot of people would say SYW is their favorite!!!!!!:xoxo::xoxo:

[DefDumbandBlond]

In no particular order...........

1. Stevie Nicks - Trouble in Shangri-La
2. Blondie - No Exit
3. David Bowie - Never Let Me Down
4. Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night
5. Deborah Harry - Def, Dumb & Blonde (hence my username :D )
6. Iggy Pop - Blah Blah Blah
7. The Gun Club - Mother Juno
8. Ramones - Halfway To Sanity
9. Grace Slick - Welcome To The Wrecking Ball
10. Christine McVie - Christine McVie
11. Heart - Heart
12. Missing Persons - Spring Session M
13. Stevie Nicks - The Wild Heart
14. Blondie - The Curse Of Blondie
15. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
16. The Gun Club - Miami
17. Heart - Brigade
18. The Stooges - Raw Power
19. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
20. The B-52's - Funplex
21. Stevie Nicks - The Other Side Of The Mirror
22. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
23. Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will
24. Deborah Harry - Debravation
25. Blondie - Eat To The Beat

[tilthefirefades]

oh i could just kiss you for these!!!!! Especially the first two!!!!! Not a lot of people would say SYW is their favorite!!!!!!:xoxo::xoxo:

You like CIWWAF and TAI???? And I saw you mention Paramore on another thread. :D:blob2::xoxo:

Yes, we are probably the only two that SYW so much!

[StreetAngel95]

You like CIWWAF and TAI???? And I saw you mention Paramore on another thread. :D:blob2::xoxo:

Yes, we are probably the only two that SYW so much!

yes yes yes yes yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i also enjoy Mayday Parade and We The Kings <3

[tilthefirefades]

yes yes yes yes yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i also enjoy Mayday Parade and We The Kings <3

:thumbsup:.....:)......:(

Let's just leave it at Paramore and SYW :laugh::nod:

[StreetAngel95]

aw....okay....LOL

[tilthefirefades]

aw....okay....LOL

Haha sorry, but I saw both bands live and they disappointed me. I will say though that Mayday Parade is the better of the two, and has some very good songs.

[StreetAngel95]

Haha sorry, but I saw both bands live and they disappointed me. I will say though that Mayday Parade is the better of the two, and has some very good songs.

oh well that's encouraging! Yeah - "When I Get Home You're So Dead" has been on repeat for a looong time!

[jaycee]

I've just remembered another two fantastic albums, so I have to make adjustments (sorry Dido! :sorry:):
24. Graceland - Paul Simon
I remember repeatedly telling my mum and stepdad to listen to this masterpiece on the plane back from New Zealand (I listened to it on the way there - it was about the only album I could see that interested me, except for an ABBA compilation, out of desperation! :laugh:). Unfortunately, they never did... :rolleyes:
25. Tea For The Tillerman - Cat Stevens
While I still have yet to figure out what the album's title track is about, this is a superb album from a favourite artist of mine! :D

[Travis]

In my early teens when I was really getting into music there were albums that I listened to quite often. I guess you could say they are favorites since these were the artists that I listened to the most. By the mid 1990’s through the present, it is very rare that I find a full CD by artists that I love. As I’ve mentioned before in other related topics, these days I’m more into buying singles and making my own play list. There are only 2 CDs that come to mind in the past few years that I can honestly say I listen to in their entirety and that I enjoy, they are Miguel Migs “Those Things” (2007) and Shakira “She Wolf” (2009), oh and of course all of Kylie Minogue's releases in the 2000's :D

The list below is the albums / CDs I grew up listening to the most.

1981 – Olivia Newton-John / Physical
1983 – Stevie Nicks / The Wild Heart
1984 – Tina Turner / Private Dancer
1984 – Sheila E. / The Glamorous Life
1984 – Madonna / Like A Virgin
1985 – Lone Justice / Lone Justice
1985 – Heart / Heart
1985 – Pat Benatar / Seven The Hard Way
1985 – Stevie Nicks / Rock A Little
1986 – Bangles / Different Light
1986 – Lone Justice / Shelter
1987 – Belinda Carlisle / Heaven On Earth
1987 – Fleetwood Mac / Tango In The Night
1987 – Heart / Bad Animals
1989 – Madonna / Like A Prayer
1989 – Stevie Nicks / The Other Side Of The Mirror
1989 – Bangles / Everything
1989 – Bonnie Raitt / Nick Of Time
1990 – Mariah Carey / Mariah Carey
1991 – Paula Abdul / Spellbound
1991 – Belinda Carlisle / Live Your Life Be Free
1992 – Madonna / Erotica
1992 – Sade / Love Deluxe
1993 – RuPaul / Supermodel Of The World
1993 – Salt N Pepa / Very Necessary

[Silver Springs]

This isn't in any particular order because I'm not into ranking my music so extensively. And I find it difficult to say why alot of the time, because it's such a personal and emotional thing for me. I tend to over involve myself to the point of crying with the artist, getting angry with them and all over the rainbow and back again.


Fleetwood Mac - A tie between Tusk and Tango In The Night
Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane
Melanie Safka - Madrugada
R.E.M. - Around The Sun
Tori Amos - Under The Pink
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstacy
The Beach Boys - Surfs Up
Loudon Wainwright III - Last Man On Earth
Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic
Buckingham Nicks - Buckingham Nicks
Patti Smith - Land
Alanis Morissette - I simply cannot decide between Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie and Feast On Scraps. They both got me through Highschool
Eva Cassidy - Live At Blues Alley
Counting Crows - This Desert Life
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople
Eric Clapton - Journeyman
Mumford And Sons - Sigh No More
Eurythmics - Peace
Rufus Wainwright - Want One
4 Non Blondes - Bigger, Better, Faster, More
Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecat
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Eagles - The Long Run

[tilthefirefades]

Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstacy

[/LIST]

Amazing album!!

[Silver Springs]

Amazing album!!

I love Sarah McLachlan. Actually, to be honest with you, I kind of have a platonic girl crush on her too hehe. She's just so amazing. I wish she'd work more with Stevie Nicks. The music that would come out of that duet would blow my mind lol.

[tilthefirefades]

I love Sarah McLachlan. Actually, to be honest with you, I kind of have a platonic girl crush on her too hehe. She's just so amazing. I wish she'd work more with Stevie Nicks. The music that would come out of that duet would blow my mind lol.

Oh I know!! Sarah has an impeccable voice, and her music is just...amazing. Afterglow is my favorite though. Only because of Answer, which is damn near perfect.

[jaycee]

Ah, I remember this thread! :laugh: I've listened to so many new albums since... a fair few of my original entries would be shifted off a list of 25 now, and a few have been rediscovered (so to speak) and bumped up the list.
Just for the sake of it, I'll briefly write a top ten here (any more and I'll be hopelessly unable to demarcate):
1. Days Of Future Passed - The Moody Blues
2. In Search Of The Lost Chord - The Moody Blues
2. On The Threshold Of A Dream - The Moody Blues
2. To Our Children's Children's Children - The Moody Blues
5. Revolver - The Beatles
5. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
5. Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles*
8. Eldorado - Electric Light Orchestra
9. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
10. Go Insane - Lindsey Buckingham

*The 11 track album, technically a compilation.

[Kayli]

1. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
2. Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3. The White Album - The Beatles
4. IV - Led Zeppelin
5. Hotel California - The Eagles
6. Blue - Joni Mitchell
7. The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
8. Bella Donna - Stevie Nicks
9. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
10. Greatest Hits - Bob Dylan
11. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
12. Morrison Hotel - The Doors
13. Agents of Fortune - Blue Oyster Cult
14. 49 Licks - Rolling Stones
15. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
16. II - Led Zeppelin
17. Abbey Road - The Beatles
18. Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
19. The Wild Heart - Stevie Nicks
20. So Far - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
21. The Essential Paul Simon
22. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band
23. One - Pearl Jam
24. The Smiths - The Smiths
25. Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel

That was.....hard :nod:

[The Chain]

The B-52s - The B-52s
Lindsey Buckingham - Law & Order
Lindsey Buckingham - original Gift of Screws, intended for '01 version
The Cranberries- Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can't We?
The Cure - Disintegration
Bob Dylan - tie between New Morning & Planet Waves.. same era, same feel anyway, however Planet Waves is stellar because it features The Band as Bob's session musicians.
Electric President- Sleep Well
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes
The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Fleetwood Mac- Say You Will
Gorillaz - Gorillaz
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Kaya
Stevie Nicks - The Wild Heart, Trouble In Shangri-la tie
Tom Petty - Wildflowers
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Radiohead - In Rainbows
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
The Rolling Stones - Some Girls

[Zombie]

In NO particular order:

Elton John - Live in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Strapping Young Lad - City

The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card

Tool - Ænema

Fear Factory - Demanufacture

Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops

The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - No More Shall We Part

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk

Sunshine Blind - Love the Sky to Death

Tori Amos - Boys for Pele

Aphrodite's Child - 666

Tool - Undertow

Slayer - Reign in Blood

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In

Opeth - Blackwater Park

DIO - Holy Diver

Testament - Souls of Black

Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel

Testament - The Legacy

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Dead Can Dance - Toward the Within

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms

Devin Townsend - Infinity

Nine Inch Nails - Broken - NIN was one of the first bands I got into on my own, separate from my mom's classic rock influences, and I will never forget the way Broken made her go absolutely berzerk, "THAT'S NOT MUSIC! THAT'S JUST NOISE!" Turns out I really like noise, Ma! Yay! Broken is not the best NIN album, technically-speaking - that is probably The Downward Spiral - but the nostalgic rush I get when I listen to it can't be beat.

I could keep going with this. It is maybe sad. ;)

[Hawkeye]

IN the order they appear. Lindsey should be proud, that number one has not changed in abput 8 years

Fleetwood Mac- Tusk
Neil Young- Tonights the Night
Tom Petty- Wildflowers
Beatles- White Album
Neil Young- Greendale
Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
Stevie Nicks- The Wild Heart
Led Zeppelin- Physical Grafiti
Lindsey Buckingham- Gift of Screws
Neil Young- Rust Never Sleeps
Fleetwood Mac- Mystery to Me
Stevie Nicks- Bella Donna
Neil Young- Ragged Glory
Tom Petty- Long After Dark
Beatles- Abbey Road
Beatles- Let It Be
Fleetwoo Mac- Fleetwood Mac
Neil Young- Chrome Dreams II
Tom Petty- Mojo
Tom Petty- Into the Great Wide Open
Doobie Brothers- Toulhouse Street
ACDC- Back in Black
Jethro Tull- Benefit
CSNY- Deja Vu
Neil Young- Prarie Wind

[moon]

Hi there! I restart this thread (the last message was from 2010).
I read the last comments in another thread, so I decided to search for something like this.
Well, here's my list! In no particular order

- Out Of The Cradle (Lindsey Buckingham)
- Crime Of The Century (Supertramp)
- The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
- Eve (The Alan Parsons Project)
- Blue (Simply Red)
- Bare Trees (Fleetwood Mac)
- Mirage (Fleetwood Mac)
- Famous Last Words (Supertramp)
- Faith (Goerge Michael)
- Genesis (Genesis)
- Paris (Supertramp)
- Older (George Michael)
- Get in touch with yourself (Swing Out Sister)
- Synchronized (Jamiroquai)
- Discovery (ELO)
- Crystal Visions, the Very Best (Stevie Nicks)
- Go Insane (Lindsey Buckingham)
- Holding back the river (Wet Wet Wet)
- Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield)
- High on the happy side (Wet Wet Wet)
- Stars (Simply Red)
- Californication (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- In and Out of Consciousness (Robbie Williams)
- The Dance (Fleetwood Mac)
- Live 1980 (Fleetwood Mac)

Regards!

[TrueFaith77]

Click HERE (http://rateyourmusic.com/list/johndemetry/25_favourite_albums_of_all_time_/) for an illustrated list.

The 25 Best/Favourite Albums of All Time (http://rateyourmusic.com/list/johndemetry/25_favourite_albums_of_all_time_/)
(one per artist)

1. Tusk (1979), Fleetwood Mac
2. Siren (1975), Roxy Music
3. Rubber Soul (1965), The Beatles
4. Bad Girls (1979), Donna Summer
5. Remain In Light (1980), Talking Heads
6. Very (1993), Pet Shop Boys
7. Fear of a Black Planet (1990), Public Enemy
8. Cupid & Psyche 85 (1985), Scritti Politti
9. You Are The Quarry (2004), Morrissey
10. Sticky Fingers (1971), The Rolling Stones
11. Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk (1991), Son of Bazerk
12. Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols (1977), Sex Pistols
13. Perhaps (1985), The Associates
14. Strangeways, Here We Come (1987), The Smiths
15. Hounds of Love (1985), Kate Bush
16. Armed Forces (1979), Elvis Costello
17. Raise the Pressure (1996), Electronic
18. O(+> (1992), Prince
19. Blood on the Dance Floor (1997), Michael Jackson
20. You're All I Need (1968), Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
21. Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978), Bruce Springsteen
22. Playing With a Different Sex (1981), Au Pairs
23. Brotherhood (1986), New Order
24. Take It Off (1981), Chic
25. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (1976), Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band

Mine remain the same. :D

[Macfanforever]

Wow I need time to think about this.As I know Stevie/FM are on top.Probably the rest is country classics.

[MacFan92]

In Alphabetical Order By Artist:
1. In The Meantime- Christine McVie
Retirement never sounded so awesome.
2. Home- Dixie Chicks
I'm a huge Dixie Chicks fan. I think Home is the best country record of all time, and probably my second all time favorite.
3. Taking The Long Way- Dixie Chicks
4. The Open Door- Evanescence
I loved Evanescence so much in middle school lol.
5. Fleetwood Mac- Fleetwood Mac
The perfect summer album.
6. Rumours- Fleetwood Mac
Yes, I listen to the re-release with Silver Springs on it.
7. Tusk- Fleetwood Mac
Perhaps the single greatest album of all time.
8. Lungs- Florence & The Machine
9. Ceremonials- Florence & The Machine
I love this album so much. It's quickly approaching Tusk for my all time favorite.
10. Torches- Foster The People
11. American Idiot- Green Day
12. Live Through This- Hole
I love the raw intensity of this album.
13. Celebrity Skin- Hole
Conversely, I love the polished pop sound of this one.
14. Hybrid Theory- Linkin Park
15. Van Lear Rose- Loretta Lynn
Can you tell I like female country singers? Lol.
16. Revolution- Miranda Lambert
My favorite country artist besides the Dixie Chicks.
17. Four The Record- Miranda Lambert
Love this album. Saw Miranda live back in March, she rocks!
18. Nevermind- Nirvana
19. In Utero- Nirvana
20. Final Fantasy VII Official Soundtrack- Nobuo Uematsu
Love, love, love the Final Fantasy series, especially VII-X. I think this is the best video game score of all time, with the possible exception of Final Fantasy X. Aerith's Theme is one of my favorite pieces to play on the piano.
21. Hell On Heels- Pistol Annies
22. Body Talk- Robyn
Not huge into dance music, but I love this record.
23. Born To Fly- Sara Evans
24. Bella Donna- Stevie Nicks
It has only been in the last 4 months that I've come to appreciate the awesomeness that is How Still My Love. Now I think it's one of her greatest songs.
25. In Your Dreams- Stevie Nicks
The kind of album that can only be made by someone with great creativity, spirit, and life experience. A true gem.

[Dodfather]

I love Sarah McLachlan. Actually, to be honest with you, I kind of have a platonic girl crush on her too hehe. She's just so amazing. I wish she'd work more with Stevie Nicks. The music that would come out of that duet would blow my mind lol.

So pleased to see some love for Sarah on here! I've been listening to her a lot lately Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Surfacing, Mirrorball, Afterglow and Closer (Best Of) - brilliant.

oh and of course all of Kylie Minogue's releases in the 2000's :D





Travis - I will get you listening to pre-2000 Kylie! :p

Here's my list, in no particular order:

Counting Crows - August and Everything After (1993)
(VERY tough to choose between this and Recovering The Satellites (1996) but since it's one per artists I went for their debut.
Ryan Adams - Gold (2001)
Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (1998)
Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis (1969)
Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne (1972)
Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2 or, The Last Remains Of The Dodo (2000)
Deacon Blue - Raintown (1987)
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love (1985)
Cranberries - No Need To Argue (1994)
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (1995)
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1979)
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna (1981)
Emmylou Harris - Pieces Of The Sky (1975)
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (1970)
Judee Sill - Judee Sill (1971)
Madonna - Like A Prayer (1990)
Pearl Jam - Ten (1991)
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily (1995)
Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline (1969)
The Go-Go's - Beauty and The Beat (1981)
Bonnie Raitt - Takin' My Time (1972)
Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions (1998)
Miranda Lambert - Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2007) - Feels a bit recent but I love it!
Alison Krauss and Union Station - Live (2002)
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark (1974)
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA (1984)
(stellar album unfortunately lumped together with a title track that becomes cheesy in light of continual misunderstanding)
Steve Earle - I Feel Alright (1995)
Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)

There we are. I'm sure it will change tomorrow but I really