I stumbled across one of these threads in the archive and I found alot of people with similar favorites, so Im using this thread to see if I can scoop out any gems.

No order.

Smashing Pumpkins - MCIS
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
Hum - Downward is Heavenward
Pavement- Wowee Zowee
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Slowdive - Souvlaki
Sonic Youth - Murray Street
Grandaddy - Under the Western Freeway
12RODS - Split Personalities
Silver Jews - Bright Flight

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
Elliott Smith - S/T
The Who - Quadrophenia
The Who - The Who By Numbers
The Dresden Dolls - S/T
Gay Beast - Disrobics
Radiohead - Kid A
GYBE - Lift Yr Skinny Fists
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds

nirvana - in utero
radiohead - kid a
led zeppelin iv
sparklehorse - it's a wonderful life
queens of the stone age - songs for the deaf
smashing pumpkins - mellon collie and the infinite sadness
the fiery furnaces - gallowsbird's bark
modest mouse - the lonesome crowded west
interpol - turn on the bright lights
pixies - surfer rosa

mellon collie
siamese dream
adore
gish
machina II
life begins again
pisces iscariot
let it come down
earphoria
machina

i like diversity

Gish
Modest Mouse - This Is A Long Drive
3eb - Blue
REM - Reckoning
Tool - Lateralus
NIN - The Fragile
Brand New - The Devil and God
White Stripes - White Blood Cells
The Shins - Oh Inverted World
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

For these lists I like to stick to one album per artist.(otherwise only a couple artists would dominate.)

1. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

others not ranked.

Bjork - Homogenic
Bob Dylan - Highway 61
Rage Against The Machine - Battle for LA
At the drive in - In/Casino/Out
Two Gallants - What the Toll Tells
The Beatles - Revolver
Explosions in the sky - Earth is NOT a cold dead place
u2- The Joshua Tree
Radiohead - Ok Computer


that's very difficult for me.

YOU FAGGOTS DON'T LISTEN TO ANYTHING THAT WAS RELEASED BEFORE THE 1990s

except like a couple

Not necessarily in this order and the first five are really the only permanent members:

Modest Mouse - Moon and Antarctica
Radiohead - OK Computer
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
The Clash - London Calling
Fugazi - The Argument
Elliott Smith - Either/Or
Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Bright Eyes - I'm Awake It's Morning
R.E.M. - The Document

YOU FAGGOTS DON'T LISTEN TO ANYTHING THAT WAS RELEASED BEFORE THE 1990s

I was born in 1986.

In no particular order:

Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream
Sunny Day Real Estate- Diary
Helmet- Betty
For Love Not Lisa- Merge
Slowdive- Souvlaki
My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
Nine Inch Nails- The Downward Spiral
The Jim Carroll Band- Catholic Boy
The Cure- Disintegration
White Pony- Deftones

YOU FAGGOTS DON'T LISTEN TO ANYTHING THAT WAS RELEASED BEFORE THE 1990s
there was no music before 1990

duh

FALCO

smashing pumpkins- adore
the cure- wish
sleepytime gorilla museum- of natural history
sonic youth- evol
radiohead- amnesiac
joy division- closer
adorable- obsessively yours
ani difranco- dilate
hum- downward is heavenward
tori amos- from choirgirl hotel

faust
oxygene
white light/white heat
falco
nigger (best of 07)

These have stood the test of time:

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (/MCIS - for the sake of not mentioning several albums by the same artist)

Radiohead - The Bends (/Ok Computer/Kid A)

Jeff Buckley - Grace

Weezer - The Blue Album (Depends on the day whether I prefer this or Pinkerton. Today it's Blue)

Suede - Dog Man Star (/Coming Up/Sci-fi Lullabies - Richard Oakes > Bernard Butler IMO yet DMS is DMS)

Portishead - Portishead (/Dummy - Dummy seems to be the one enjoying the classic status out of the two, but to me the melancholic goodness of s/t owns all)

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (One hell of an album. Has not dated a day in 15 years. Solid from start to finish)

Tool - Ænima (/Lateralus - As with Weezer, it depends on the day which one I prefer. I'm amazed how It seems to be a hip thing to despise Tool around these boards. I doubt it has much to do with the music itself)

Elliott Smith - XO (/Either/Or)

Bill Hicks - Rant in E-Minor (Comedy instead of music, but the title said "top albums" and this is an album so what the heck. Great, great comedian)

The Microphones - The Glow Pt. II
Godspeed You Black emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Slint - Spiderland
Neutral milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Sonic Youth - Sister
Bob Dylan - The Freewheeln' Bob Dylan
Radiohead - Kid A
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Gang Of Four - Entertainment
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

No order. Such a bullshit list, so many bands I love missing. That's just what I thought of first really.

Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie/Pisces
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Bjork - Vespertine
Radiohead - Kid A
QOTSA - Songs for the Deaf
The Delgados - Hate/Universal Audio/The Great Eastern
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
The Unicorns - Who Will Cut our Hair when We're Gone?
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour/Rubber Soul
White Stripes - White Blood Cells

No particular order:

Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
The Beatles – The White Album
Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
David Bowie – Hunky Dory
Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
Aphex Twin – Richard D. James Album
The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground And Nico
Radiohead - Kid A
Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica
Bjork – Homogenic

In no order, and they'll probably change week to week.

Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane
Radiohead - Kid A
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
King Crimson - Red
Sigur Rós - ( )
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
Lost World - Awakening of the Elements
Devin Townsend - Synchestra

10. The Books - Lost & Safe
9. Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts Of The Great Highway
8. The Black Lips - Let It Bloom
7. Akron/Family - Akron/Family
6. Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
5. Comets On Fire - Blue Cathedral
4. Stooges - Fun House
3. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
2. Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
1. Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime

blah blah blsh

i'd probably actually swap a couple of those

sung tongs should be in there

Pavement- Wowee Zowee

wtf? great album, but both slanted and enchanted and crooked rain are superior imho.

No particular order:

Neutral milk hotel - In the aeroplane over the sea
Motorpsycho - Timothy's monster
Pavement - Slanted and enchanted
Olivia tremor control - Black foliage
The Kinks - Something else
Neil young - After the goldrush
Sonic youth - Daydream nation
Joy Division - Unknown pleasures
Pink floyd - Animals
Dinosaur jr - You're living all over me

that's quite a bunch of cliches thrown to a pile : /

sparklehorse - it's a wonderful life

Brilliance from beggining to end.. I love Sea of Teeth ( want this played at my funeral), and the title track :)

YOU FAGGOTS DON'T LISTEN TO ANYTHING THAT WAS RELEASED BEFORE THE 1990s

no order

Paul Simon - Paul Simon
Paul Simon - Graceland
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Smashing Pumpkins - MCIS
The Beatles - The White Album
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
R.E.M - Murmur
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run

Only like 4 of these would be dead locks on the top 10 if I were doing this seriously.

Failure-Fantastic Planet
The Violet Burning-Self Titled
SP-Siamese Dream
Starflyer 59-Fashion Focus
Silverchair-Diorama
Our Lady Peace-Happiness is not a fish that you can catch
PFR-Great Lengths
Self-Subliminal Plastic Motives
Weezer-Blue Album
Collective Soul-Dosage

Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison

Call me crazy, but I think I actually like the San Quentin show better. Just by a hair though.

Call me crazy, but I think I actually like the San Quentin show better. Just by a hair though.

I haven't listened to it quite as much. Both would be in a top 20 list for me, probably.

YOU FAGGOTS DON'T LISTEN TO ANYTHING THAT WAS RELEASED BEFORE THE 1990s
i was born in 1990

keine order

Jesus lizard – Shot
Swans – The Great annihilator
Leonard cohen – New Skin for the old ceremony
Pink Floyd – The final Cut
Bob Dylan – Blood on the tracks
Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
Wilco – A ghost is born
Gorecki – Symphony No. 3
Ex models – Other mathematics
Fela Kuti – Zombie

wtf? great album, but both slanted and enchanted and crooked rain are superior imho.

/
I just love wowee zowee, so much variety, ..like the Pavement White Album as they say.

On another note, Kid A is vastly over represented here. The other thread everyone liked Sgt. Peppers...meh oh well.

No order, different artists for sake of diversity:

Smashing Pumpkins - MCIS
Killing Joke - Extremities, Dirt And Various Repressed Emotions
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Biffy Clyro - Vertigo Of Bliss
My Vitriol - Finelines/Between the lines
Echo And The Bunnymen - Porcupine
The Cure - Disintegration
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Quicksand - Slip

keine order

Jesus lizard – Shot
Swans – The Great annihilator
Leonard cohen – New Skin for the old ceremony
Pink Floyd – The final Cut
Bob Dylan – Blood on the tracks
Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
Wilco – A ghost is born
Gorecki – Symphony No. 3
Ex models – Other mathematics
Fela Kuti – Zombie


the final cut :erm:

I don't see why Kid A is the best radiohead album let alone of the best albums of all time... it's got a lot of flaws.

Starflyer 59-Fashion Focus

Great album

Great band you mean.

1. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
2. The Who - Quadrophenia
3. Crosby, Stills, Nash - CSN
4. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
5. Foo Fighters - The Color and the Shape
6. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
7. Radiohead - OK Computer
8. The Beatles - Revolver
9. Starflyer59 - Gold
10. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
HM. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

I don't see why Kid A is the best radiohead album let alone of the best albums of all time... it's got a lot of flaws.

really its just hard to pick between kid a/amnesiac/ok computer/the bends. i generally waver between amnesiac and kid a being my favorite.

1. Joanna Newsom - Ys
2. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
3. Radiohead - Kid A
4. Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender
5. Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You
6. Bjork - Homogenic
7. Radiohead - Amnesiac
8. Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day
9. Joni Mitchell - Blue
10. Bjork - Post

pretty bad :/

really its just hard to pick between kid a/amnesiac/ok computer/the bends. i generally waver between amnesiac and kid a being my favorite.

I would go with Kid A over Amnesiac but both of them have some terrible songs on it.
They just lack consistency and sometimes they lack strong songwriting.

but hey to each his own. :)

1. Joanna Newsom - Ys

5. Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You



hell yeah


i agree with all the other albums too

you basically posted my list

I don't see why Kid A is the best radiohead album let alone of the best albums of all time... it's got a lot of flaws.

i think you are confusing "best" with "people's favorite"

9. Starflyer59 - Gold



I really struggled trying to decide between Gold and Fashion Focus...It doesn't get much better than Messed Up Over You.

Modern arty melodic rock wank will be the death of me!!!!!

Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
10 spot is vacant for the time being pending an internal review
My Morning Jacket - Z
Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Iron & Wine - The Shepard's Dog
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day

just reading this caused the song to get stuck in my head

Joni Mitchell - Blue


:love:

1. Joanna Newsom - Ys


This is getting closer and closer to the top of my decade list with every listen.

prabably in rainbows, bear vs shark terrorhawk, sonic youth goo, boris pink, manic street preachers holy bible, lou reed transformer, jose gonzalez in our nature, earlimart mentor, morrissey viva hate, elliott smith elliott smith
but mostly into my playlists right about now

No Order

Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane over the sea
Neil Young After the Goldrush
David Bowie Ziggy Stardust. . .
Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West
Belle and Sebastian If you're Feeling Sinister
Silver Jews The Natural Bridge
Palace Lost blues and other songs(even though its a compilation)
Built to Spill Perfect from Now on
The Flaming Lips Soft Bulletin
Olivia Tremor Control Dusk at Cubist Castle

Smashing - MCIS
Radiohead - Kid A
TOOL - Aenima
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Brian Eno - Another Day on Earth (sorry, Eno gets two entries)
U2 - War
Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
Led Zeppelin - IV
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
I Monster - Neveroddoreven

Radiohead - Kid A
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
The Who - Who's Next
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis Bold as Love
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
The White Stripes - Elephant
Nas - Illmatic
Wu Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa

Radiohead - OK Computer
Radiohead - Kid A
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Led Zeppelin - IV
Bjork - Homogenic
Madvillain - Madvillainy
The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I

I really struggled trying to decide between Gold and Fashion Focus...It doesn't get much better than Messed Up Over You.

Yes, I think the back end of Gold is what does it for me, starting with that song - it just skips to a whole other level. Fashion Focus is also phenomenal. Agreed - tough call.

meticulous and precisely calculated order:

1. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
2. Tool - Aenima
3. ISIS - Panopticon
4. Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F A Infin
6. Sunn O))) - Black One
7. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
8. Sonic Youth - Dirty
9. Faith No More - King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime
10. Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley

I don't see why Kid A is the best radiohead album let alone of the best albums of all time... it's got a lot of flaws.it actually doesn't

SP - Siamese Dream
Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstacy
Sponge - Rotting Pinata
Elliott Smith - Either/Or
Leonard Cohen - The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antartica
Tool - Aenima
Dave Matthews Band - Crash ( I cant help it, I'm from VA)
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Eric Clapton - Unplugged

begin making fun :(

the moon and antartica is fucking awesome, brady

Tool - Aenima


Totally wouldn't have picked you as a Tool fan. That album was only narrowly excluded from my own list.

I know! I havent really kept up on them recently... but man I used to play that album over and over. I even made up a dance to the opening track :blush:

god I wish I could still entertain myself by doing that shit

You did a dance to Stinkfist?

That's all kinds of awesome...

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The Mayor sure loves his new toy. This is the 4th thread in a row I open up to these.

it actually doesn't

whatever you say :p

Dave Matthews Band - Crash ( I cant help it, I'm from VA)


i almost said that as well... but i think i am just in love with two step more than anything

I know! I havent really kept up on them recently... but man I used to play that album over and over. I even made up a dance to the opening track :blush:

god I wish I could still entertain myself by doing that shit

In order to entertain myself i learnt the whole track on drums. excluding the silly little synth pad intro.

Devin Townsend - Synchestra

fuckin' devy fan in here?
awesome http://forums.netphoria.org/wwwboard/icons/icon14.gif

It's nice you like Murray Street. It's my favorite album by them too, and I can't remember anyone sharing this opinion. Glad that I've found one. :)

Nada Surf - Let Go
Versus - Secret Swingers
Hum - Downward Is Heavenward
The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray
Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
Pedro The Lion - Control
Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
Q & Not U - No Kill No Beep Beep
Poster Children - Junior Citizen
Dropkick Murphys - The Meanest of Times

Also:
The Ramones Anthology and Johnny Cash "Ten biggest Hits" ... Not real albums, but I love them.

these days

microphones - the glow pt. 2
velvet underground - white light white heat
bob dylan - blood on the tracks
sonic youth - bad moon rising
scott walker - tilt
xiu xiu - a promise
gowns - red state
r.e.m. - reckoning
radiohead - kid a
smiths - hatful of hollow

i think

Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
The Mars Volta - Deloused In The Comatorium
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind

These have stood the test of time:



Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine (One hell of an album. Has not dated a day in 15 years. Solid from start to finish)




"As we move into '92
Still in a room without a view"

why LZII? one of their weaker efforts

i like on evil empire "Vienow"

"Terror is the product you push!"

oh shit!

why LZII? one of their weaker efforts

Agreed, I always thought this was overrated too

I'm fingering myself

01. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
02. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
03. R.E.M. - Automatic For the People
04. Radiohead - Kid A
05. Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
06. Bob Dylan - Blood On the Tracks
07. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
08. Johnny Cash - Live at San Quentin
09. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
10. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out

i made a list but it was so boring i deleted it

Agreed, I always thought this was overrated too

even so, zeppelin is so good that everything through physical graffiti could be argued as being their best album because they all have such stellar tracks.

ive been listening to the microphones a lot of late, i dont give the glow pt 2 the proper recognition it deserves when mentioning my favorite albums. but still wouldnt be in my top 10 just yet.

even so, zeppelin is so good that everything through physical graffiti could be argued as being their best album because they all have such stellar tracks.

ive been listening to the microphones a lot of late, i dont give the glow pt 2 the proper recognition it deserves when mentioning my favorite albums. but still wouldnt be in my top 10 just yet.

Totally with you on the Zep call.

And The Glow Pt.II is an album I shouldn't start talking about or I'll wank on forever about how great it is. One of the best openings I think I've ever listened to and it's just awesome from then on.

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

I will never understand why Pink Moon is basically everyone's favourite Nick Drake album. To me Five Leaves Left is where it's at. Come to think of it, I should've *******d it on my list.

:edit: The same goes for LZ II. From the first four Zeppelin albums, I like it the least.

Billy (Music) - Midwest Index
Cave In - Antenna
Death By Stereo - If Looks Could Kill....
Elliott - False Cathedrals
Kid Kilowatt - Guitar Method
Left At Yale - S/T
Nemirah - Via Telepathy
Open Hand - The Dream
The Player Piano - S/T
Sharks Keep Moving - S/T

I will never understand why Pink Moon is basically everyone's favourite Nick Drake album. To me Five Leaves Left is where it's at. Come to think of it, I should've *******d it on my list.

Agreed.

maybe they enjoy listening to a man slowly reaching the end of his rope? its hard to pick, but i would probably go with Five Leaves Left as well.

how about Beck - Sea Change?

def in my top 10

why LZII? one of their weaker efforts

Really?

Well to me, it has quite possibly their best album opener (Whole Lotta Love) and closer (Bring It On Home), not to mention probably my favorite zep song of all time, Ramble On.

Every song on II is great though. I don't think there is a single weak track on it.

I don't think there is a single weak track on it.
I disagree. If Since I've Been Loving You had been on there instead of Whole Lotta Love, as originally intended, it would have been possibly the best LZ album.

fuckin' devy fan in here?
Indeed, though a recent one and I'm missing a lot of his albums. What's your favourite release?

how about Beck - Sea Change?

def in my top 10

Meh. . . It's a good album but there is better stuff in that genre like Elliot Smith and Nick Drake. Beck's best stuff is his crazier genre bending albums like Odelay and Midnight Vultures

the final cut :erm:

Yeah, for me it's deeply affecting. Raw and honest songwriting and performance.
I'm aware that it's widely derided.

...and take that look off your face.

Bush- Razorblade Suitcase
Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
Smashing Pumpkins - MCIS
Third Eye Blind - Self Titled
Weezer - Pinkerton
Coldplay - Parachutes
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Bloc Party - A weekend in the City
Thom Yorke - The eraser
The Back Horn - Ikiru Sainou

01. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
02. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
03. R.E.M. - Automatic For the People
04. Radiohead - Kid A
05. Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
06. Bob Dylan - Blood On the Tracks
07. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
08. Johnny Cash - Live at San Quentin
09. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
10. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out

i drew little hearts on my computer screen around this list with a crayon

by the way i think sea change is one of the most boring albums ever made. after the first two tracks it's just dull.

MCIS - SP
Kid A - Radiohead
Siamese Dream - SP
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Magical Mystery Tour - Beatles
Adore - SP
In Utero - Nirvana
Ok Computer - Radiohead
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
Binaural - Pearl Jam

by the way i think sea change is one of the most boring albums ever made. after the first two tracks it's just dull.

I think it's pretty nice, though I do have to be in the right mood to listen to it or else I put on something else after three or four songs.

Magical Mystery Tour - Beatles



Out of all the Beatles' material, why this one?