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Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
The Prodigy - The Day is My Enemy
Ghost - Prequelle
The Offspring - Smash
Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton

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Jeez... This is a challenge.

I'm just going to do what others have done and list 10 that come to mind, in no particular order:

Pink Floyd - The Wall 

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 

Prince - Purple Rain

Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden

Michael Jackson - Bad

Garth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Pearl Jam - Yield

The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album) 

Michael Jackson - HIStory

 

 

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1. Nirvana - Nevermind

2. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

3. Nirvana - In Utero

4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

5. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced

6. The Prodigy - Fat of the Land

7. Cypress Hill - Temples of Boom

8. Michael Jackson - Bad

9. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication

10. Iggy Pop - Raw Power

 

Honorable mentions:

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85 - 92

The Beatles - Let It Be

Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi

Oasis - What's The Story (Morning Glory?)

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

Metallica - Black Album

Radiohead - Ok Computer

 

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MC5- Kick Out The Jams

The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

The Doors - LA Woman

Nirvana - Nevermind

The Sex Pistols - Nevermind The Bollocks

REM - Automatic For The People

Motörhead - No Sleep Till Hammersmith

The Pogues - If I should fall from Grace with God

The Stooges - Raw Power

 

 

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I literally don't even know how to answer this question. I'm not sure I could pick my favorite album of all time, let alone my top 10 :lol: I'll just throw stuff out there that springs to mind I guess.

 

Alphabetical order by artist: 
1. Powerage - AC/DC
2. Tattooed Millionaire - Bruce Dickinson
3. Raw Power - Iggy & The Stooges
4. Somewhere In Time - Iron Maiden
5. Pay Attention - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
6. Willis - The Pietasters
7. Rising - Rainbow
8. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
9. Grace Under Pressure - Rush
10. Back To Oakland - Tower Of Power
 

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This is one of the hardest questions ever haha. But I'm going to try and name 10 in no particular order:

Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust etc. - Bowie

Abbey Road - The Beatles

2001 - Dr. Dre

Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones

Ten - Pearl Jam

Demon Dayz - Gorillaz

Illmatic - Nas

The Wall - Pink Floyd

EDIT: Man I see you guys naming some really great albums as well, I feel like I left out so much good stuff. But these albums helped me through a lot.

 

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Tori Amos - Boys for Pele

The Cure  - Disintegration

Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion

PJ Harvey - To bring you my love

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

Pearl Jam - Ten

Portishead - Dummy

Air - Moon Safari

Interpol - Our Love to admire

Radiohead - Ok Computer

 

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Why are people calling Raw Power and the Stooges S/T Iggy albums? 

Raw Power is Iggy and The Stooges and the two before that is arguably the greatest rock band to come out of America..The Stooges. (and no Iggy and the Stooges and The Stooges are not the same. Once Ron is on Bass instead of guitar, it's a completely different band.)

Lust For Life and The Idiot are Iggy Pop albums. 

 

If they are really your favorite albums, maybe learn about what you apparently love so much.

 

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3 hours ago, lilacmess said:

Tori Amos - Boys for Pele

The Cure  - Disintegration

Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion

PJ Harvey - To bring you my love

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

Pearl Jam - Ten

Portishead - Dummy

Air - Moon Safari

Interpol - Our Love to admire

Radiohead - Ok Computer

 

It's cool that you mention Air, I had never heard of them until I was watching MTVC and a song called Sexy Boy came on.  I really liked it, the melody was hypnotizing. 

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More favorite 10 then necessarily best 10 ever, but anyway:

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing

Judas Priest - Painkiller

Butch Walker - Sycamore Meadows

Crowded House - Together Alone

Jellyfish - Spilt Milk

Swans - White Light from the Mouth of Infinity

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

Hurt - Vol. 1

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me

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On 11/29/2019 at 3:04 PM, RussTCB said:

Jeez... This is a challenge.

I'm just going to do what others have done and list 10 that come to mind, in no particular order:

Pink Floyd - The Wall 

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 

Prince - Purple Rain

Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden

Michael Jackson - Bad

Garth Brooks - Ropin' The Wind

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Pearl Jam - Yield

The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album) 

Michael Jackson - HIStory

Slight update to my list:

Pink Floyd - The Wall 

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 

Prince - Purple Rain

Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden

Michael Jackson - Bad

Portishead - Portishead 

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Pearl Jam - Yield

The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album) 

Michael Jackson - HIStory

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My top 15 in no particular order

 

Powerage - AC/DC

Ten - Pearl Jam

Dark Side of The Moon - Pink Floyd

Appetite for Destruction - Guns N Roses 

Exile on Main St. - The Rolling Stones 

A Trick of the Tail - Genesis

Chinese Democracy - Guns N Roses 

The Joshua Tree - U2

As You Were - Liam Gallagher 

Contraband - Velvet Revolver 

Drones - Muse

Innuendo - Queen

Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin 

Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

Back in Black - AC/DC 

 

Honorable mentions:

Highway to Hell (AC/DC), UYI II (Guns N Roses), Animals (Pink Floyd), The Unforgettable Fire (U2), Kid A (Radio head), Ghost Stories (Coldplay), A Rush of Blood to the Head (Coldplay), A Day At The Races (Queen) 

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This is impossible. I can't do a shortlist. Here's my longlist. 

 

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon / Wish You Were Here

Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. / Sticky Fingers / Let It Bleed / Beggars Banquet (the greatest run of albums in history) 

Beatles - Rubber Soul / Revolver / Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandDavid Bowie - Ziggy Stardust / Hunky Dory

Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde / Highway 61 Revisited

Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man

Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1

Roy Orbison - Black And White Night

Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker

AC/DC - Back In Black

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Deja Vu 

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys / Green River

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine 

Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory

Nirvana - Unplugged In New York 

Pearl Jam - Ten

Metallica - Master Of Puppets

Eagles - Hotel California

Queen - A Night At The Opera

Bruce Sptingsteen - Born To Run 

Neil Young - Harvest

U2 - The Joshua Tree

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This is tough...but my 10 favorite/most listened to over the years ( I was born in 1981):

1. AC/DC: Back in Black

2. Guns n Roses: Appetite for Destruction

3. Metallica: Metallica (Black Album)

4. Nirvana: Nevermind

5. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Chronicle, Vol. 1

6. Hank Williams, Jr.: Greatest Hits

7. 2Pac: All Eyez on Me

8. Love/Hate: Blackout in the Red Room

9. Stone Temple Pilots: Purple

10. Snoop Doggy Dogg: Doggystyle

 

5 Honorable Mentions:

1.  Lynyrd Skynyrd: Second Helping

2.  Sublime: Sublime

3. Michael Jackson: Thrilller

4. DMX: It's Dark and Hell is Hot

5. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin II

 

 

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Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city

Childish Gambino - Because the Internet 

White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1

Halsey - Badlands

Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold as Love

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

Aerosmith - Get Your Wings

Mushroomhead - Mushroomhead

Mushroomhead - The Righteous & The Butterfly

The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness 

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No GNR, and limited to 1 album per artist.

The Doors - Strange Days

Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power

Hank Williams - Gold

Nirvana - In Utero

AC/DC - Highway To Hell

Kid Rock - Devil Without A Cause

Velvet Revolver - Contraband

Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP

Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

Aerosmith - Rocks

 

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mostly I listen to music out of habit, and in my car. When I'm driving, there HAS to be music playing, it's mandatory. It's mostly "exile on main street"; that one can pretty much play on rotation, it's almost background music.

I'm not sure I like any album "as such" though. I'm not really sure what it means. Every album that I like, there are many songs that I dont like. And even the songs that I do like, I'm just sick and tired of them by overplaying.

Most of these classic songs, that everyone puts on their top 10 lists, I'm so fucking tired of them to the point of hating them. Still, there are bits and pieces in these songs that stay great. bohemian rhapsody starts nice, with the little piano intro, but the opera section is annoying as fuck. so do I like the song? Yes and no. I definately like the piano section.

When it comes to music, I'm increasingly of the opinion that I don't like "albums", but rather "performances". Even within songs, it could be isolated parts I come back to. Like the solo of "sad sad sad" by the stones. I'm not much fan of the vocals, but the solo is epic. So does that make me like the song, or the solo? If even I don't like whole songs note for note, imagine how much harder it is for me to like whole albums front to back. In that sense, I dont like any album. I'm sick and tired of "welcome to the jungle", but I like the appetite album or so I keep telling myself. But really, when it comes to appetite, I'm mostly a fan of the rhythm section and the rhythm guitar and some slash riffs. And the fun lyric here and there. I don't like "everything" about it.

So there are musical moments on various albums, that I like. They feature on albums that I have to play as a means to get to my favorite moments. "rocks" by aerosmith is another one of these albums. When I'm listening to that one, I'm not enjoying it with undivided excitement. There are annoying moments on it, but rats in the cellar comes on and then I remember why I like it so much.

with elvis, with his earlier albums, these are "mood setters". Most of the time I'm not even fully aware of what is playing, but I'm enjoying the ride as background music, and it makes me feel upbeat.

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My 2nd attempt, in no order:

Miles Davis - Birth of Cool

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Alabama Shakes - Sound and Colour

Tom Petty - Wildflowers

Amelia Curran - They Promised You Mercy

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Jack Elliot w Darroll Adams - Roll on Buddy

Kate Bush - Ariels

Jeff Beck - There and Back

Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

 

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On 12/4/2019 at 10:34 AM, RussTCB said:

Slight update to my list:

Pink Floyd - The Wall 

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 

Prince - Purple Rain

Elvis As Recorded At Madison Square Garden

Michael Jackson - Bad

Portishead - Portishead 

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Pearl Jam - Yield

The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album) 

Michael Jackson - HIStory

Garth was ousted by Portishead, good.😄 Now if you had replaced Elvis that would've been sacrilege. 

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at the moment this is my favorite album. I only discovered this recently, but it's music is the soundtrack of my youth. There was this barbecue one summer in the early 90s, and this girl I loved was there and it was magical. A warm summer evening, lots of people, music, food and laughter. I have video of that event, and all these songs were playing. Turns out, after a bit of research, they played this album. So this albums represents that evening, and manages to bring back all those feelings. Perhaps my favorite album of all time, and I only just discovered it. Absolutely rocking front to back, with a couple of epic ballads for good measure. if heaven exists, they have this album playing there.

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another one I just discovered. Awesome rhythm guitar, tasty licks all throughout. I can see why this is beavis's favorite band.

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it's hard to pick one stones album. they're all good. But this one is my go to stones album. some tasty guitar licks by keith and great tone. I think, keith never sounded better.

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one of the best lead / rhythm guitar albums I can think of. Great dual play between the rhythm and lead guitar section. "rats in the cellar" alone is worth the price of admission, but all the songs are great.

5.

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I always come back to this one for it's madness and power. this is the van gogh of rock music. Awesomely disturbing guitar noise.

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this albums has all sorts of tasty power chords which I love to play all the time. a great collection of songs, and awesome guitar tone.

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my introduction to metal. this album has perhaps my favorite lyrics.

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this is my first elvis album, containing mostly 50s hits and the better 60s and 70s material, and some live versions. My introduction to elvis, and I think the best collection of his songs ever made. 60 songs on 2 cds, and everything is there. A great influence on my guitar playing.

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Here we have Queen at their absolute commercial peak. my favorite queen album by a long shot. A good example of 80's pop/rock, containing some irresistable songs like "pain is so close to pleasure" and "friends will be friends". It's easy to overlook the great use of 80s synthesisers / guitar tone and the cheesy blockbuster movie talk will seem a bit weird at first, but it all contributes to an awesome listening experience. 

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I can't help it, I had to include another stones record. By this point, I think I'm coming to the realisation that keith is my favorite rhythm guitar player. His guitar tone combined with his unusual timing is simply irresistable. I still find it shocking how this album contains so many songs, and they're all good.

 

 

 

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