Here is an interesting formula used to determine the top albums of all time. Other than George Michael being on the list I can at least agree that the list is of some good albums.
Now I know I recently had a post on how lists of these sorts are so polarizing. Well with that all tossed aside here are my top 20 favorite albums in no real order.
The Who- Quadrophenia
Dag Nasty- Can I Say
Minus The Bear- Highly Refined Pirates
My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
Public Enemy- It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
The Police- Outlandos d'Amour
X- Under The Big Black Sun
Rush- Moving Pictures
Marvin Gaye- What's going On?
Grateful Dead- American Beauty
Flaming Lips- Soft Bulletin
Dinosaur Jr.- You're Living All Over Me
Cheap Trick- In Color
Brant Bjork- Brant Bjork and The Operators
Drive Like Jehu- Yank Crime
Black Sabbath- Paranoid
Black Flag- Damaged
Big Drill Car- CD Type Thing
Bad Brains-I Against I
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead- Sources Tags And Codes
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okay. i'll take a crack at it m'self. less polarizing that way, right?
(in no particular order. oh, and don't hesitate to make fun of any lameness of taste on my part ... i'm used to it.)
Patti Smith - Horses
Frank Black - Teenager of the Year
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Neutral Milk Hotel - Aeroplane Over the Sea
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Sparks - Kimono My House
Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
X - Los Angeles/Wild Gift (y'know how they're both on one cd like that?)
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Charles Mingus - Blues and Roots
Henryk Górecki - Symphony No. 3, Op. 36
Philip Glass - Songs from Liquid Days
dang. that's only sixteen. oh well.
Thanks for playing. And I am far beyond making fun of any music anyone likes. I have plenty of guilty pleasures and I'm not really that guilty about them.
Jeff, you asked for it so, being me I gave you my 25 with the cheesy iTunes store commentary. I swear if you asked me tomorrow, I'd give you a different list. Without further ado.
1. Alice In Chains – Dirt – An album about addiction. Makes you feel like you walked out of a crack house.
2. … And You Will Know Us BY The Trail of Dead – Source Tags & Codes – If there’s a studio album that can capture the energy of a live performance this is it.
3. Black Flag – Damaged – The sound of the streets before we listened to hip-hop.
4. Black Sabbath – Paranoid – A band on fire. War Pigs is timeless. Planet Caravan is surprising
5. Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction – Where did this come from? I didn’t know when it came out. I do know now.
6. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme – I try not to use the word genius. It’s overused. But this is genius.
7. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin – I love them all. I chose this one because it’s the closest to their roots. Not that I don’t really believe that Robert Plant digs The Lord of the Rings.
8. Metallica – Ride The Lightning – Even dirtbags need heroes. Not a bad song in the bunch. Die by my hand!
9. N.W. A. – Straight Outta Compton – These guys would have been Black Flag - if they played punk.
10. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral – A total buzzkill. And I mean that in a good way. It sonically delicious.
11. Nirvana – Nevermind – Is this album overrated? Probably. Is it awesome? No doubt.
12. The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die – It just grooves and touches your inner mack daddy. An MC with skills riding Puffy’s samples for all they are worth.
13. Pixies – Doolittle – I could have picked any one of the first three albums. This one is probably the best from top to bottom.
14. The Police – Ghost In The Machine – My favorite album by my first favorite band.
15. Portishead – Dummy – I’d never heard anything like. And to be honest, I haven’t heard anything like it since.
16. The Pretenders – Learning To Crawl – An odd choice. But it really is a great album. I promise. Give it a listen.
17. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back – Back when hip-hop was about more than bling and bitches. PE always made you think.
18. Queens Of The Stone Age – Songs For The Deaf – I don’t know how these guys are the biggest band on earth. This is the most even thing they’ve made.
19. Slayer –God Hates Us All – 42 minutes of fury. Sometimes being ground breaking is overrated. Sometimes you just need to master your craft.
20. Sleater-Kinney – The Woods – Let me be sexist for a moment. These chicks rock. And this album rocks more than any other chick album.
21. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream – A perfect album for a perfect time of my life.
22. Sonic Youth – Sonic Nurse – Noise rock is cool. Sonic Youth pulling to together a melodic album is a surprise. I could listen to it any time.
23. The Stooges – Fun House – Raw Rock n’ Roll. How many people have ripped this off? Might as well lisen to the real deal.
24. Van Halen – Van Halen – Sounds like junior high. The soundtrack for stinky fingers and bare breasts.
25. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) – RZA produced. A plethora of quality MCs. An alternate to taking one of the many great solo albums to come after. This. RZA, GZA, Method Man, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Ghostface Killa. Wow.
Jeff,
If I compiled this list next week it probably would be at least 50% different.
Some artists didn't make the list despite my owning their entire discography like Led Zeppelin, Thin Lizzy, The Roots, Tom Waits, Pavement, Boredoms, etc.
AC/DC Powerage 1978
Al Green Call Me 1973
Avengers Avengers 1983
Black Angels Passover 2006
Booker T & The MGs Melting Pot 1971
Congos Heart Of The Congos 1977
Eric B & Rakim Follow The Leader 1988
Exodus Bonded By Blood 1985
Funkadelic Funkadelic 1970
Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul 1969
Lush Lovelife 1996
Motorhead Another Perfect Day 1983
N.E.R.D. In Seach Of N.E.R.D. 2002
Ornette Coleman Empty Foxhole 1966
P.J. Harvey To Bring You My Love
1995
Primal Scream Screamadelica 1991
Public Enemy It Takes A Nation Of
Millions 1988
Queens Of The Stone Age R 2000
Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street 1972
Sahara Hotnights Kiss & Tell 2004
Slant 6 Soda Pop Rip Off 1994
Slayer Hell Awaits 1985
Sun Ra Space Is The Place 1973
Thin White Rope Sack Full Of Silver
1990
Unwound Repetition 2006
Well that makes 3 of 4 who made lists that have but one album in common:
Public Enemy- Nation of Millions.
Interesting.
I'm glad you made your list.
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