Top 25 Albums To Make You A Music Buff

[Calm Like A Bomb]

I thought of the idea the other day when reading a t.v guide which had the top 25 movies you must see to make you a film buff. This made me think what 25 albums would you need to own or have listened to to make you a music buff.

The task is simple if you wish to take part. Just name you're all time top 25 albums that you think would make you a music buff. August 28th i'll go through everybody's lists and find the 25 albums that were listed more than others and then we'll have our list.

The rules are that you can only name 2 albums by the same band or artist and that the list should be of 25 albums no more no less.

You don't need to own the album to add it to your list.

Edited July 28, 2006 by Calm Like A Bomb

[Ridin' the Nightrain]

Dio - Holy Diver

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Oasis - What's the Story Morning Glory

Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III

Muse - Origin Of Symmetry

Opeth - Orchid

Opeth - Damnation

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun

Rage Against The Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles

Tool - Lateralus

Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion 2

Woods of Ypres - Pursuit of the Sun and Allure of the Earth

Agalloch - The Mantle

Neurosis - The Eye Of Every Storm

Isis - Oceanic

ACDC - Back in Black

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Sunn 0))) - Black One

Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime

Drudkh - Forgotten Legends

Death - Symbolic

That's in no order. If you've heard all of those albums, you're a music buff in my eyes as that's rather varied.

[Guest Sweet_Emotion]

1. Michael jackson - Thriller

2. AC/DC - Back in Black

3. Madonna - Like a Prayer

4. Michael Jackson - Dangerous

5. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

6. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

7. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde

8. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

9. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

10. Hotel California - The Eagles

11. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend

12. Prince - Sign O' the Times

13. Prince - Parade

14. Marvin Gaye - What's goin' On

15. Kiss - Alive

16. Metallica - Master of Puppets

17. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814

18. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

19. Alannis Morrisette - Jagged Littel Pill

20. Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell

21. Johnny Cash - American Recordings

22. Definitely Maybe - Oasis

23. I do not want what i haven't got - Sinead O'Connor

24. Spice Girls - Spice

25. Spice Girls - Spiceworld

[Zint]

a music buff?

or a rock and roll buff?

[Morten..]

1.Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction

2.Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

3.Pink Floyd - The Wall

4.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

5.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

6.Metallica - Black Album

7.Metallica - Ride The Lightning

8.Pearl Jam - Ten

9.Prince - Purple Rain

10.Prince - Sign 'O' the Times

11.Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

12.Rolling Stones - Exile on main st.

13.Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

14.Queen - A Night At The Opera

15.AC/DC - Back in Black

16.AC/DC - Highway to Hell

17.Aerosmith - Rocks

18.The Doors - The Doors

19.Tool - Lateralus

20.The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

21.The Beatles - White Album

22.Black Sabbath - Paranoid

23.Deep Purple - Machine Head

24.Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast

25.Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power

Edited July 29, 2006 by Morten..

[lagofala]

a music buff?

or a rock and roll buff?

precicely...the lists don't include opera , bubblegum pop, jazz, swing..etc

considering the amount of music genres there are i would say that it immpossible to claim to be a music buff by just listenig to 25 albums alone

[Almost Famous]

a music buff?

or a rock and roll buff?

Whats the topic title say?

What do all the replys imply except for one...?

[adnan]

This list is in order, making it my top 25 as well:

1. Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited

2. The Rolling Stones- Exile on Main Street

3. Aerosmith- Rocks

4. Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks

5. Prince- Purple Rain

6. Eric Clapton- 461 Ocean Boulevard

7. Bob Marley- Natty Dread

8. New York Dolls- New York Dolls

9. The Grateful Dead- American Beauty

10. Howlin' Wolf- Howlin' Wolf (1962 Chess)

11. UB40- Present Arms in Dub

12. The Rolling Stones- Goat's Head Soup

13. Prince- Sign O' The Times

14. The Doors- L.A. Woman

15. New York Dolls- Too Much Too Soon

16. Oasis- Definitely Maybe

17. Aerosmith- Toys in the Attic

18. UB40- Rat in the Kitchen

19. Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon

20. Nine Inch Nails- The Downward Spiral

21. Guns N' Roses- Use Your Illusion I

22. Oasis- What's the Story (Morning Glory)?

23. L.A. Guns- Waking the Dead

24. Green Day- Dookie

25. Eric Clapton- From the Cradle

[GMG_Rules]

Yes, Virginia - The Dresden Dolls

Stadium Arcadium - RHCP

Cuts Across The Land - The Duke Spirit

#1 Record - Big Star

Nevermind - Nirvana

Swag - Gilby Clarke

Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon

The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails

Dookie - Green Day

UYI 1 - GNR

UYI 2 - GNR

The Dresden Dolls (Self-titled)

In Utero - Nirvana

De Stijl - The White Stripes

White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

One X - Three Days Grace

With_Teeth - NiN

Dizzy Up The Girl - Goo Goo Dolls

High Voltage - AC/DC

Ten - Pearl Jam

Dirt - Alice In Chains

Vitalogy - Pearl Jam

The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

The Wall - Pink Floyd

A Night at The Opera - Queen

I have way to much free time

Edited July 29, 2006 by GMG_Rules

[adnan]

You don't like Aerosmith?

[adnan]

You don't like Aerosmith?

I HATE Aerosmith.

Why? To think you hate the greatest american rock band of all time.

Understandable if you hate the 80's Aerosmith, but the 70's records? Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Don't you know that Slash learned guitar by listening to 'Rocks'?

[Midnight Rambler]

1. The Beatles: revolver

2. The Beatles: sgt pepper

3. The Beatles: the white album

4. The rolling stones: let it bleed

5. The rolling stones: exile on maint st

6. Love: forever changes

7. MC5: kick out the jams

8. Pink floyd: piper at the gates of dawn

9. Neil young: after the gold rush

10. Led zeppelin: IV

11. Pink floyd: dark side of the moon.

12. David Bowie: hunky dory

13. Captain beefheart: safe as milk

14. The beach boys: pet sounds

15. The flying burrito bros: the gilded palace of sin

16. David bowie: rise and fall of ziggy stardust

17. The sex pistols: never mind the bollocks

18. The clash: london calling

19. The smiths: the queen is dead

20. The pixies: doolittle

21. The stone roses: self titled

22. Oasis: definately mabye

23. Ryan adams: heartbreaker

24. The velvet underground and nico.

25. Guns n roses: appetite for destruction.

These are the first 25 that i can think of, im probably missing shit loads out, and theres loads more you could add, but if i saw these records in someones collection, id think of them as a 'music buff'.

[keenly]

purple rain

1999

sign of the times

are you experienced

zeppelin 1-4

Electric ladyland

AFD

use your illusions 1 & 2

definately maybe

what's the stroy

around the world in a day

parade

by the way

bloodsugarsexmagic

axis bold as love

The gold experience

That's all for now

[Chuckle-Bros]

The Buff Meadways

[Marky]

You don't like Aerosmith?

I HATE Aerosmith.

midnight rambler: you have 3 beatles albums! only 2 albums from each artist allowed

Oasis-Definately Maybe

Oasis-(What's The Story) Morning Glory

Guns N Roses-Appetite Destruction

Guns N Roses-Use Your Illusion I

Aerosmith-Rocks

Aerosmith-Pump

Bon Jovi-Slippery When Wet

Bon Jovi-New Jersey

Def Leppard-Hysteria

Def lappard-The Vault

Queen-Greatest Hits I

Queen-Night At The Opera

Red Hot Chili Peppers-Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers-Stadium Arcadium

Pink Floyd-The Wall

Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon

Stone Temple Pilots-Purple

Green Day-American Idiot

Rolling Stones-Forty Licks

Izzy Stradlin-Ride ON

Free-Fire And Water

Metallica-Master Of Puppets

U2-Rattle And Hum

The Who-Greatest Hits

The Eagles-Very Best Of

[J.T]

1.Appetite For Destruction - Guns N`Roses

2.Blind Melon - Blind Melon

3.Rocket To Russia - Ramones

4.Gn`r Lies - Guns N`Roses

5.Soup - Blind Melon

6.Use Your illusion 1

7.Use Your Illusion 2

8.So Alone - Johnny Thunders

9.Mommy`s Little Monster - Social Distortion

10.Nico - Blind Melon

11.One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This - New York Dolls

12.L.A.M.F - Johnny Thunders

13.One More From The Road - Lynyrd Skynyrd

14.Overkill - Motörhead

15.High Visibility - Hellacopters

16.And Out Come The Wolves - Rancid

17.Inflammable Material - Stiff Little Fingers

18.Johnny Cash - Live At San Quentin

19.Strangers In The Night - UFO

20.Roadrunner - Hurriganes

21.Darkness Forever - Turbonegro

22.Ridin`The Tiger - Gluecifer

23.Live And Dangerous - Thin Lizzy

24.Do Or Die - Dropkick Murphys

25.Countdown To Extinction - Megadeth

[Lithium]

The Rolling Stones - Some Girls

The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed

Nirvana - Bleach

Nirvana - Nevermind

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

Aerosmith - Toys In the Attic

Aerosmith - Get a Grip

Blind Melon - Blind Melon

Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Pink Floyd - The Wall

The Ramones - Leave Home

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Black Sabbath - Master of Reality

Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love

Janis Joplin - Pearl

The Doors - Morrison Hotel

The Doors - LA Woman

Metallica - ...And Justice For All

Metallica - Ride the Lightning

The Beatles - Rubber Soul

The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden - Killers

[metallic ko]

Don't you know that Slash learned guitar by listening to 'Rocks'?

Actually, he learn't how to play guitar by listening to a Ramones album.

[Guest Ohdistortedsmile1789]

Don't you know that Slash learned guitar by listening to 'Rocks'?

Actually, he learn't how to play guitar by listening to a Ramones album.

Road to Ruin.

[adnan]

Don't you know that Slash learned guitar by listening to 'Rocks'?

Actually, he learn't how to play guitar by listening to a Ramones album.

Road to Ruin.

Well, I phrased that wrong, should've said: "Rocks made him want to play guitar",

My big awakening happened when I was fourteen. I'd been trying to get into this older girl's pants for a while, and she finally let me come over to her house. We hung out, smoked some pot and listened to Aerosmith's Rocks. It hit me like a fucking ton of bricks. I sat there listening to it over and over, and totally blew off this girl. I remember riding my bike back to my grandma's house knowing that my life had changed. Now I identified with something.

The key to Rocks is the first two songs -- "Back in the Saddle" and "Last Child." That combination just ripped my head off. But my favorite song on the record has always been "Nobody's Fault," which is the second song on the B side. Aerosmith had an aggressive, psychotic, drugged-out vibe, but at the same time they had a Stones-y blues thing going on. There was just nothing cooler than Aerosmith coming out of America at that point. What else was there? Foghat?

When I was learning to play the guitar, Aerosmith gave me the shove. I identified with Joe Perry's image, both visually and soundwise. He was streamlined in a way that reminded me of Keith Richards, was always wasted and had a careless guitar style that was really cool. But I was also totally into Brad Whitford's guitar solos, and he had a more direct influence on the way I play than anybody realizes. And anyone who sings needs to be exposed to Steven Tyler.