Your Favorite Albums

[DistrictCyclone]

Damn right!! :yes: I'd still rather put something on the turntable than listen to it from the computer.

Amen. I'm a little ****** that vinyl is making a comeback, because so many albums are being reissued from digital masters, which kindof defeats the purpose...that wasn't something I had to check for a few years back, but now you've got to be careful when buying albums (especially online) if you're looking for a pressing made from analog tapes. Two notable reissue series that were made from remastered analog reels are the three "proper" Hendrix LPs and the Neil Young Archives collection; very solid mixes in both cases.

 

[Rabbuk]

10 bucks says lw cannot actually play an instrument. Kinda like he can't actually skateboard.

 

[DistrictCyclone]

If there is any album that should be considered as an exception to your compilation rule, I think it's Legend. Bob Marley's albums are excellent but contain more tracks that are roots reggae and generally not as enjoyable to those who aren't reggae enthusiasts. Legend brought great reggae to the masses without getting all UB40-ish to do so. I respect you guys being purists but Legend remains on my list. This is coming from a guy who still owns 1411 vinyl albums, and only one of which is a compilation; Legend.

I had some toolbag tell me that Legend was **** and that the "real" Marley fans loathe it because those songs are a huge departure from his ska/roots stuff from early in his career.

I laughed him off pretty hard; Legend is an incredible collection of songs.

 

[Cy Hard]

My favorite growing up 311-Grassroots

 

[Pitt_Clone]

"Slow Show" is one of my favorite songs ever. Does Matt sound vaguely like Springsteen to you?

Ooh I love that one too. I think Start A War is my favorite on that album. I've never thought of the Springsteen comparison before, but now that you say that I can see what you mean.

 

[isukendall]

Damn right!! :yes: I'd still rather put something on the turntable than listen to it from the computer.

I don't think they've released Berlin - Love Life on computer yet :wink:

Completely agree on vinyl.

 

[BMFClone]

Here is the top 10:

Led Zeppelin - IV
Beatles - Abbey Road
Beatles - Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold As Love
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
Doors - LA Woman
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Eagles - Hotel California
Boston - Boston
Johnny Cash - Live at Folsom Prison

-- End Thread

 

[ShopTalk]

I agree with the whole rock > rap thing

Oh you just got rep and a like on that.

 

[ShopTalk]

No Van Halen - Van Halen, VH II, Women & Children first, Balance, etc?
No Rush - 2112, Farewell to Kings or Hemispheres?
No Ozzy Diary of a Madman? Don't they play Crazy Train intro at many FB stadiums on Saturdays?
No Kiss fanatics yet saying Alive or Destroyer?
No SRV? At all?
No Scorpions Blackout, Love at First Sting, Love Drive?
No Queen?
Kansas?
Alice Cooper, Cry of Love, Bad Company, Cars, Cheap Trick, Cranberries, Dokken, Eric Johnson, Beethoven, Hayden, Warren Zevon, Tesla, Styx, Pat Benetar, No Doubt, etc?

My Flying V avatar is ashamed I tell you. Ashamed.

And they even teach classical music at ISU....really? Well, it is 200+ years old, so there's that...

What are they teaching children about music these days? Shakes head....

Edit: If you're counting artists only, I'm at 23, so here's a couple more: Supertramp, Jethro Tull (Aqualung). I could go on for a while here folks. Guess I must be from an alternate musical universe.:no:

 

[Clonehomer]

No Van Halen - Van Halen, VH II, Women & Children first, Balance, etc?
No Rush - 2112, Farewell to Kings or Hemispheres?
No Ozzy Diary of a Madman? Don't they play Crazy Train intro at many FB stadiums on Saturdays?
No Kiss fanatics yet saying Alive or Destroyer?
No SRV? At all?
No Scorpions Blackout, Love at First Sting, Love Drive?
No Queen?
Kansas?
Alice Cooper, Cry of Love, Bad Company, Cars, Cheap Trick, Cranberries, Dokken, Eric Johnson, Beethoven, Hayden, Warren Zevon, Tesla, Styx, Pat Benetar, No Doubt, etc?

My Flying V avatar is ashamed I tell you. Ashamed.

And they even teach classical music at ISU....really? Well, it is 200+ years old, so there's that...

What are they teaching children about music these days? Shakes head....

Edit: If you're counting artists only, I'm at 23, so here's a couple more: Supertramp, Jethro Tull (Aqualung). I could go on for a while here folks. Guess I must be from an alternate musical universe.

If you're going to list everything you own is it really a favorites list? At some point you need to narrow that thing down.

 

[bringmagicback]

Cross Canadian Rag Weed: Live from Tulsa and Dre :Chronic 2001 and GNR appetite for destruction

 

[CLONECONES]

No Van Halen - Van Halen, VH II, Women & Children first, Balance, etc?
No Rush - 2112, Farewell to Kings or Hemispheres?
No Ozzy Diary of a Madman? Don't they play Crazy Train intro at many FB stadiums on Saturdays?
No Kiss fanatics yet saying Alive or Destroyer?
No SRV? At all?
No Scorpions Blackout, Love at First Sting, Love Drive?
No Queen?
Kansas?
Alice Cooper, Cry of Love, Bad Company, Cars, Cheap Trick, Cranberries, Dokken, Eric Johnson, Beethoven, Hayden, Warren Zevon, Tesla, Styx, Pat Benetar, No Doubt, etc?

My Flying V avatar is ashamed I tell you. Ashamed.

And they even teach classical music at ISU....really? Well, it is 200+ years old, so there's that...

What are they teaching children about music these days? Shakes head....

Edit: If you're counting artists only, I'm at 23, so here's a couple more: Supertramp, Jethro Tull (Aqualung). I could go on for a while here folks. Guess I must be from an alternate musical universe.:no:

let me help you down from your extremely tall horse

it's a quick list of people's favorite albums - not TOP 25 ALBUMS OF ALL OF MUSICAL HISTORY

 

[Blackhawk6515]

Pasting list posted in other thread from Al_4_State:

http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/off-topic/159103-new-benjamin-gibbard-album-3.html

1. "Sticky Fingers" The Rolling Stones
2. "Full Moon Fever" Tom Petty
3. "Born to Run" Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
4. "Decoration Day" Drive-By Truckers
5. "Vitalogy" Pearl Jam
6. "Blood Sugar Sex Magick" Red Hot Chili Peppers
7. "Boys & Girls in America" The Hold Steady
8. "Appetite For Destruction" Guns N' Roses
9. "Let It Bleed" The Rolling Stones
10. "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" Wilco
11. "The Colour & The Shape" Foo Fighters
12. "Ooh La La" The Faces
13. "Trace" Son Volt
14. "The Devil You Know" Todd Snider
15. "Let It Be" The Replacements
16. "The Dirty South" Drive-By Truckers
17. "Zuma" Neil Young & Crazy Horse
18. "Exile On Main Street" The Rolling Stones
19. "Stranger's Almanac" Whiskeytown
20. "August & Everything After" The Counting Crows
21. "Shake Your Money Maker" The Black Crowes
22. "Led Zeppelin II" Led Zeppelin
23. "Darkness On The Edge of Town" Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
24. "Nobody's Darlings" Lucero
25. "Live at Leeds" The Who

1 to 25 I can not disagree with any album on this list. Good one all around.

 

[flynnhicks03]

Some really good stuff in this thread. Some of the posts, however, remind of the "Friends" episode where they were answering trivia questions about each other:

"What does Rachel say is her favorite movie? 'Dangerous Liaisons'"
"What is Rachel's actual favorite movie? 'Weekend at Bernie's'"

 

[CRcyclone6]

KISS Alive II, Alive is really good but II is better

 

[oldman]

Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Any Led Zeppelin
Any Pink Floyd
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Neil Young - After The Goldrush, Rust Never Sleeps, Harvest
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
Keith Richards - Talk Is Cheap
AC/DC - Back In Black
Eric Clapton - Crossroads
RL Burnside - *** Pocket Full of Whiskey, Mr Wizard
Van Morrison - Philosophers Stone
John Lee Hooker - Real Folk Blues
Alvin Lee and Ten Years After - Pure Blues
ZZ Top - Fandango, One Foot in the Blues
Alice Cooper - Killer
Kiss - Alive
Yes - Yessongs, The Yes Album, Fragile

and many others.

 

[Al_4_State]

I had some toolbag tell me that Legend was **** and that the "real" Marley fans loathe it because those songs are a huge departure from his ska/roots stuff from early in his career.

I laughed him off pretty hard; Legend is an incredible collection of songs.

I'm with you. I could see where it wouldn't be that interesting to a hardcore reggae fan, but the bottom line is that there aren't that many hardcore reggae fans, and Legend was able to bring those styles and ideas to the masses almost solely due to the fact that Bob Marley is an incredible songwriter, and those were some of his best songs.

 

[ShopTalk]

If you're going to list everything you own is it really a favorites list? At some point you need to narrow that thing down.

Not even close to everything I own, just saying what about all of these?

let me help you down from your extremely tall horse

it's a quick list of people's favorite albums - not TOP 25 ALBUMS OF ALL OF MUSICAL HISTORY

I can't help it if I have good taste. :smile:

OK, 25 albums:

1. Rush - Farewell to Kings
2. Rush - Hemispheres
3. Rush - Permanent Waves
4. Andy Timmons - Spoken and The Unspoken
5. Andy Timmons - That was Then, This Is Now
6. Rush - Retrospective III (1989 - 2008)
7. Rush - Moving Pictures
8. Andy Timmons Band - Resolution
9. Bad Company - Desolation Angels
10. Rush - Snakes & Arrows
11. Bad Company - Burnin Sky
12. Warren Zevon - Life'll Kill Ya
13. Eric Johnson - Tones
14. Rush - 2112
15. Cheap Trick - The Essential Cheap Trick
16. Eric Johnson - Tones
17. Tesla - Mechanical Resonance
18. Boston - Boston
19. Rush - Chronicles
20. Rush - Snakes & Arrows Live!
21. AC/DC - High Voltage
22. Eric Johnson - Ah Via Musicom
23. Van Halen - Van Halen
24. Van Halen - II
25. AC/DC - Highway to Hell

 

[DistrictCyclone]

KISS Alive II, Alive is really good but II is better

Is this a joke?

 

[Cyclonic1]

1. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
2. Bat out of Hell - Meatloaf
3. Greatest Hits - Buddy Holly
4. Stay the Night - Jane Oliver