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InnerRebellion

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Not of all time... but these are my favorite albums.



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TeeBs said:
Hospice by The Antlers

Came to say this.


To be a "best album" the judgement must be made on listening to, from start to end, the power of the album.

Nothing I've ever listened to comes close to this, created as a tribute to his late wife, and her battle with cancer. Simply stunning.
 

Leadfinger

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It's lucky for you I keep a list handy for just such an occasion... although this version of the list is sadly out of date it will do for now.

1. Blonde On Blonde (Bob Dylan, 1966)
2. Revolver (The Beatles, 1966)
3. Red (King Crimson, 1974)
4. London Calling (The Clash, 1979)
5. Parklife (Blur, 1994)
6. Rubber Soul (The Beatles, 1965)
7. Remain In Light (Talking Heads, 1980)
8. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan, 1965)
9. Daydream Nation (Sonic Youth, 1988)
10. Fear of a Black Planet (Public Enemy, 1990)
11. The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground, 1967)
12. Powerslave (Iron Maiden, 1984)
13. Paul?s Boutique (The Beastie Boys, 1989)
14. ...And Justice For All (Metallica, 1988)
15. Merriweather Post Pavilion (Animal Collective, 2009)
16. Discovery (Daft Punk, 2001)
17. Ramones (The Ramones, 1976)
18. Selling England By The Pound (Genesis, 1973)
19. Van Halen (Van Halen, 1978)
20. Machine Head (Deep Purple, 1972)
21. Supreme Clientele (Ghostface Killah, 2000)
22. Who?s Next (The Who, 1971)
23. Elephant (The White Stripes, 2003)
24. Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd, 1973)
25. It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back (Public Enemy, 1988)
26. Rust In Peace (Megadeth, 1990)
27. Low (David Bowie, 1977)
28. Ride the Lightning (Metallica, 1984)
29. A Christmas Gift For You (Various Artists, 1963)
30. Forever Changes (Love, 1967)
31. Larks? Tongues In Aspic (King Crimson, 1973)
32. The Blueprint (Jay-Z, 2001)
33. Abbey Road (The Beatles, 1969)
34. Endtroducing.... (DJ Shadow, 1996)
35. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath, 1973)
36. Sgt Pepper?s Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles, 1967)
37. The Stone Roses (The Stone Roses, 1989)
38. Let It Bleed (The Rolling Stones, 1969)
39. Funeral (Arcade Fire, 2004)
40. Madvillainy (Madvillain, 2004)
41. Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys, 1966)
42. What?s Going On (Marvin Gaye, 1971)
43. Transformer (Lou Reed, 1972)
44. Off the Wall (Michael Jackson, 1979)
45. In the Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson, 1969)
46. Dusty In Memphis (Dusty Springfield, 1969)
47. Holy Diver (Dio, 1983)
48. Parallel Lines (Blondie, 1976)
49. Saturday Night Fever (Various Artists, 1977)
50. Eldorado (Electric Light Orchestra, 1974)
Excellent selection here!
 

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Probably going to be the only hip hop albums seen on this post :p

Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique



A straight up classic album in hip hop. Almost brought a tear to my eye hearing that the place burned down last week.

And Canibus- Rip The Jacker



Never has an album in hip hop been so ahead of it's time than this masterpiece of lyrics based on philosophy, science, metaphysics, and all over instrumentals inspired by Spanish guitar, Gregorian vocalists, and Classical music. All done at an extremely high vernacular.
 

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wow! 100 posts and no-one mentioned rush! moving pictures and 2112 are rock at it's best. also machine head by deep purple and sabotage by black sabbath. whenever a track from one these albums comes up randomly on my mp3 player, i am compelled to start that album from the beginning.
 

vrbtny

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Pear Jam: Ten.

It was the first album I ever owned that didn't have a song I don't like.

Also, Pearl Jam.
It takes a entire page and a half to get to pearl Jam?!?! And that's the only mention they get!(At time of writing)

ESCAPIST, I AM DISAPPOINT.

[small]Anyway, rage aside[/small]

Bow, before the magnificents of Grand Unification by Fightstar!!!


^^Case and Point^^

All Americans, go youtube it now! They are the greatest English band that you never got.
 

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Fairly disgusted that people list daft punk more than Led Zeppelin but that is a rant for another time.
1.Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin
2.The Black Crowes-Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
3.Stevie Ray Vaughan-Texas Flood
4.Andy Timmons-Ear-X-tacy
5.The Rolling Stones-Exile on Main Street
 

Zeriah

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No way I can pick a single album. These are my favorite albums over the course of my life.

Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
Powerslave - Iron Maiden
Blackwater Park - Opeth
Painkiller - Judas Priest
Rust in Peace - Megadeth
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Crime Slunk Scene - Buckethead
Slaughter of the Soul - At the Gates
The Jester Race - In Flames
Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Pornography - The Cure
Rain in Blood - Slayer
Toxicity - System of a Down
 

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My Top 5 are:
Sam's Town-The Killers
Blueprint 3-Jay-Z
Graduation-Kanye West
Plastic Beach-Gorilaz
Little Creatures- Talking Heads
 

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I really love Rubber Soul by The Beatles. I also like Sgt. Pepper, and I also like Revolver as well, but there's something special about Rubber Soul that I'm still not even sure what it is. All the songs are just so different from each other, and yet, none of them ever feel out of place from the album. It goes from a nice ballad that I'm pretty sure everyone in the world likes, called "In My Life", and then it goes over to a French-esque song "Michelle" I'll admit, I don't like every song on that album, but in the end, all of the songs I like, I really, really, like!

Also, Frampton Comes Alive! Seriously, that album has NO BAD SONG AT ALL. All of the songs are great, and the album has so much energy in it as well. Well, it's a live album, so that might be the reason why, but the energy never drops down. The sad thing is, is that Frampton not only has good songs from that album, but also from other albums as well, and radio stations only bother to play the 3 singles from Comes Alive. Ok, maybe I'll over look the fact that none of his other albums get any air time on public radio if they'd play any thing else from "Frampton Comes Alive" Seriously, the opener "Something's Happening" with other really cool rock songs like "Plain Shame", "Money" and he even covers "Jumping Jack Flash" by the Stones. How do people miss this?

Well, these are the two off the top of my head!
 

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My personal favourite album is Flood, by They Might Be Giants, but I don't know as I'd find many people who agree.