HTF's Best Albums List (1 Viewer)

[AnthonyC]

Five Essential Albums from the Last 4½ Decades (not necessarily the five best)

1960s
1. The Beatles (White Album) - The Beatles
2. Abbey Road - The Beatles
3. Revolver - The Beatles
4. A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles
5. Rubber Soul - The Beatles

1970s
1. Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings
2. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
3. Imagine - John Lennon
4. Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
5. A Night at the Opera - Queen

1980s
1. The Game - Queen
2. Cloud 9 - George Harrison
3. Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears
4. Hunting High and Low - A-Ha
5. Tug of War - Paul McCartney

1990s
1. Purple - Stone Temple Pilots
2. Odelay - Beck
3. Bad Hair Day - "Weird Al" Yankovic
4. Nevermind - Nirvana
5. The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters

2000s
1. In Your Honor - Foo Fighters
2. Guero - Beck
3. Contraband - Velvet Revolver
4. Songs for Silverman - Ben Folds
5. Waiting for My Rocket to Come - Jason Mraz

 

[dberthia]

Gear Daddies: Billy’s Live Bait
Klaatu: Hope
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Del Amitri: Change Everything
Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run
Jellyfish: Bellybutton / Spilt Milk
Dire Straits: Dire Straits
Brian Wilson: Smile
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
The Beatles: Revolver
Crowded House: Temple of Low Men
Oasis: (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
Cherry Twister: At Home With Cherry Twister
Bruce Springsteen: Born in the USA
Hootie and the Blowfish: Cracked Rear View
The Posies: Dear 23
Fountains of Wayne: Utopia Parkway
Crash Test Dummies: God Shuffled His Feet
Darden Smith: Little Victories
Crowded House: Woodface
New Radicals: Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too
Pete Yorn: musicforthemorningafter
Cheap Trick: One On One
The Decemberists: Picaresque
The Outfield: Play Deep
XTC: Skylarking
Wilco: Summerteeth
The La’s: The La’s
The Autumn Leaves: Treats & Treasures
The Replacements: All Shook Down
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO): Out of the Blue
The Smithereens: Green Thoughts
R.E.M.: Out of Time
Beck: Sea Change
Barenaked Ladies: Stunt
AC/DC: Back in Black
The Honeydogs: 10,000 Years
Sarah Brightman: Dive
William Shatner: Has Been
Midnight Oil: Blue Sky Mining
The Apples In Stereo: Tone Soul Evolution
The New Pornographers: Twin Cinema
David Gray: White Ladder
Coldplay: A Rush of Blood to the Head
XTC: Oranges and Lemons / Nonsuch
Pink Floyd: The Wall
John Hiatt: Slow Turning / Walk On

Further explanations here.

 

[Aaron Silverman]

Wow, talk about resurrecting an old thread!

A few of my faves that I didn't notice in the other lists (not that I looked very closely):

• Rush - A Farewell To Kings, Hemispheres, Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures
• Dream Theater - Images & Words, Six Degrees of Inner Separation, Train of Thought
• Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Powerslave
• Mr. So & So - Compendium
• The Who - Who's Next (I even have the 6-disc Lifehouse set!)
• Yes - The Yes Album, Close To The Edge
• Metallica - Master of Puppets, And Justice For All
• Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance, Sad Wings Of Destiny
• Pain Of Salvation - I'll have to think about which are my faves.
• Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Also requires more consideration than I'm motivated to give right now.
• Without Face - Astronomicon
• T-Ride - T-Ride

 

[Ben_Williams]

Here are some of my recent purchases that I feel are outstanding:

The Beatles - Love (DVD-A)
Sigur Ros - Takk
Depeche Mode - Violator (SACD)
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion (SACD)
Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses (SACD)
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward (SACD)
Keane - Hopes and Fears (SACD)
Ladytron - Witching Hour
I am X - The Alternative

Rock on!

 

[Rob_D]

Studio:

Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
The Who – Who’s Next
Pink Floyd – Animals
Yes – Fragile
Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
The Beatles - Revolver
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Déjà vu
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love
Aerosmith – Rocks
Judas Priest – British Steel
Blue Öyster Cult – Secret Treaties
Iron Maiden - Killers
Neil Young With Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
AC/DC – Back In Black
Black Sabbath – Heaven And Hell
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III
The Beatles – Abbey Road
The Doors – The Doors
Slayer – Reign In Blood
Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast
Queensryche – Operation: Mindcrime
The Rolling Stones – Beggar’s Banquet
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Rush - Moving Pictures
Dio – Holy Diver
Metallica – Ride The Lightning
The Doors – Strange Days


Live:

The Who - Live At Leeds
The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
Deep Purple - Made In Japan
UFO - Strangers In The Night
Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won

 

[kamyiu]

i can't believe nobody's mentioned my bloody valentine's loveless

 

[Aaron Silverman]

I can't believe Rob D. is a Maiden fan and left Live After Death off his list of the greatest live albums!

 

[Rob_D]

Aaron,

I've never been a big fan of Live After Death. I'd rank Beast Over Hammersmith (from Eddie's Archive) a lot higher.

Anyhow, 6 through 10 of my top live albums would be:

Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East
The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya Yas Out
Thin Lizzy - Live And Dangerous!
Jimi Hendrix - Live At The Fillmore East
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From The Road

 

[RobertW]

these are all albums I like, I believe they are all rewarding listens. whether they are important in the development of the genre is a subjective opinion.

first, i'll start with my list of ten favorite all-time that i submitted earlier this summer to a radio station contest. bear in mind that i have a severe aversion to the "classic-rock" worship of the same old hoary chestnuts, plus an unadulterated devotion to the "80's as a musical decade.

in no particular order:

Tim - The Replacements
Nowhere to Here - Blue Rodeo
Cuba - The Silos
Fruit of Life - The Wild Colonials
London Calling - The Clash
Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys
Reckoning - REM
Being There - Wilco
Ocean Rain - Echo and the Bunnymen

every one of these except the Blue Rodeo rates at least 4 1/2 stars on AMG.

to these i will add:

Kind of Blue-Miles Davis
3rd self-titled(the meltface album)-Peter Gabriel
No More Shall We Part-Nick Cave
Jubilee-Grant Lee Buffalo
Imperial Bedroom-Elvis Costello
Remain in Light-Talking Heads
Stealing Fire-Bruce Cockburn
Peggy Suicide-Julian Cope
Special Beat Service-The English Beat
Bring The Family-John Hiatt
Power Corruption and Lies-New Order
Men Without Women-Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul
The Joshua Tree-U2
Marquee Moon-Television
Real Time-Richard Lloyd
Glorious Fool-John Martyn
See How We Are-X
Scarecrow-John Mellencamp
Into the Music-Van Morrison
Mosely Shoals-Ocean Colour Scene
Sound Affects-The Jam
Doolittle-Pixies
self-titled-Robbie Robertson
Avalon-Roxy Music
Hatful of Hollow-The Smiths
Grave Dancers Union-Soul Asylum
Soul Mining-The The

 

[Aaron_J]

Just a few of my favorites:

Bela Fleck - Live at the Quick
Dave Brubeck - On Time
The Cars - Greatest Hits
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories
Bobby McFerrin and Chick Corea - Play
Rush - Fly By Night and Moving Pictures
Minibosses - Live at the Middle East

 

[L8NVR]

My top 3

Roy Orbison - Mystery girl
Meatloaf - Bat out of hell
David Wilcox - Breakfast at the circus

 

[Ben LG]

Tell me about it, I didnt even remember starting this thread. Also removed a couple albums from original post due to shame (:cough: linkin park)

Recent purchases I thought were great:

Keane - Under the Iron Sea
The Cranberries - Treasure Box: The Complete Sessions, 1991-1999
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Depeche Mode - The Best Of
Depeche Mode - 101

Favorites:

The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
The Cardigans - Gran Turismo
Natalie Imbruglia - White Lillies Island