Best albums of all time

OK, it's impossible to pick absolute top favorites.  But to start with, here are a few of what I consider to be all time classic albums.

John Lennon, Imagine - everybody knows the title song, but many don't realize that the album is awesome. Stand-out tracks: How, Gimme Some Truth, Jealous Guy, Crippled Inside, Oh My Love, Oh Yoko.





Beatles, Abbey Road - the fab four spent the entire summer of 1969 polishing off their final (and I'd argue, finest) album.  Stand-out tracks include: Here Comes the Sun, Something, Because, Octopus's Garden, Come Together, You Never Give Me Your Money.

Probably not all-time classics, but two of my favourites:

Levellers - Levelling The Land



Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust

For the reason that no album before it ever sounded like this and many after tried to sound this good

The BEATLES.....REVOLVER

Sgt Peppers gets more plaudits but this was better

The BEATLES clean up actually. Revolver Rubber Soul Peppers and the White album are all truly classic

thanks for those tips, ayrton......I must look those albums out (in btjunkie)

yes Brian, nobody comes close to the Beatles.  Revolver and the White Album were superb.  I always advise folks who are starting out on the Beatles trail, to avoid buying Sgt Pepper as their first purchase.   Much better to start with nearly any other fab four album.   

I was lucky enough to spend 12 hours, in a recording session, in the famous studio 2 at abbey road, a few years back.  I even recently found the ten minutes of crappy video that I took.  I tell you, it is awesome to spend time in that studio and reflect that on these wooden tiles, the classic tracks that the world loves, were recorded.

Maybe not the best albums of all time. But a few of my best albums of all time, off the top of my head...

Genesis - Invisible Touch



Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon



REM - Automatic For The People



Sasha & John Digweed - Northern Exposure

Personal favs of mine include.

CCR Chronicles. I know it's a greatest hits but you just can't get sick of listening to it.

Pink Floyd - The Delicate Sound Of Thunder. A live album but still one of my favs

Led Zep - IV. Need anything be said?

NIN - The Fragile. An album based on the end of the world, there is something so spooky about the music and lyrics you keep listening looking for hidden meanings.

Stone Roses - Stone Roses!!

A lot of Pink Floyd coming up here! They're probably my favourite group of all time, The Wall was brilliant.

Im more of a new music person so my favourite albums are

One day remains - Alter Bridge
Blackbird - Alter Bridge (not one bad song in both AB albums)
Chariot - Gavin DeGraw
Audioslave - Audioslave

But also:

Nevermind - Nirvanna
The joshua tree - U2
Hotel California - The Eagles
Elvis Presly - Elvis Presly
Thriller - MJ

Im forgetting someone.... o yes

Another 700miles - 3doors down

Thats all i can think of ATM, and yes i do love music incase anyone hasnt noticed :

A couple more:

Beth Orton - Central Reservation (one of my very favourite albums)



Stereophonics - Performance and Cocktails

very good call RedKenny  re Genesis - Invisible Touch

I must dig that one out - think it's here somewhere....haven't heard it in decades.

Gonna have to google for many of the others re magill and aryton! Beth Orton is totally new to me. 

Beth Orton is totally new to me. 

Well worth the effort IMHO. A truly classic album, only brilliant songs on it, been around a while too. I actually only tried listening to her stuff because she does some vocals on some of my favourite Chemical Brothers songs, most notably "Where Do I Begin" on their 2nd album, "Dig Your Own Hole".

presently on her wikipedia page, mate.

gonna laod up btjunkie tonight and see if I can get that album.

I do like the sound of the album....review on wiki says many tracks are acoustic based and melancholy....I like the sound of that.

and also says that "several tracks were also produced by Ben Watt of Everything But The Girl."    I LOVE Everything But The Girl.....so this sounds like something I'd like.  Thanks for the tip.

presently on her wikipedia page, mate.

gonna laod up btjunkie tonight and see if I can get that album.

I do like the sound of the album....review on wiki says many tracks are acoustic based and melancholy....I like the sound of that.

and also says that "several tracks were also produced by Ben Watt of Everything But The Girl."    I LOVE Everything But The Girl.....so this sounds like something I;d like.  Thanks for the tip.

I haven't got the album in front of me, but I seem to remember she thanks Ben Harper in the small print as well... I'll look later. If that isn't a seal of quality then I don't know what is!

I LOVE Everything But The Girl. Good call!

And yeah, Invisible Touch is a timeless classic for me mate. Make sure you dig it out soon!

Gavin Degraw is very easy to listen to see he is.

Alter Bridge is more of an aquired taste because they have some metal aspects to alot of songs but some of their work is simply beautiful. I mean just listen to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=FEwBZegmcXc

I haven't got the album in front of me, but I seem to remember she thanks Ben Harper in the small print as well... I'll look later. If that isn't a seal of quality then I don't know what is!

that is a seal of quality!  I am on youtube at present, found some of her stuff and gonna listen to it tonight.

I LOVE Everything But The Girl. Good call!

And yeah, Invisible Touch is a timeless classic for me mate. Make sure you dig it out soon!

Definitely Kenny.  I had forgotten about that classic. 

And Everything About the Girl - great to see a fellow fan of theirs!  I think I must have nearly all their albums.   

good track, magill, thanks for posting the video.  New artist to me...I must google. 

My top three albums are Boys and Girls:

1. Oasis - Definetly maybe best album ever in my opinion.
2. Miles Davis -  Kind of Blue..... Im not the biggest jazz fan but this is simply a stunning piece of improvisation. It is perfection and also very soothing to the ears,
3. The Beatles - Revolver

Love - Forever changes is one which I think deserves a mention also.

Definetly maybe is top top class

1. The Joshua Tree - U2

2. Ray Of Light - Madonna

3. Thriller - Michael Jackson

I've got so many to be honest, that I found it hard to choose, but these are three of my favourites

My favourite albums are , Up The Bracket by The Libertines , Deffinatley Maybe by Oasis , The Colour and the shape by the Foo Fighters and Sgt. peppers ... by The Beatles.

Quite varied ,

Some of the greatest albums ever are (in no order of preference):
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Shine Eyed Mister Zen - Kellie Joe Phelps
Love Ire & Song - Frank Turner
Black Album - Metallica
Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow
Music for the Mature B-Boy - DJ Formatt
Takk - Sigur Ros
One Step Ahead of The Spider - MC 900ft Jesus
Endtroducing..... - DJ Shadow

Best albums in no order are:

Definately Maybe/Be Here Now/What's the story Morning Glory/The Masterplan/Heathen Chemsitry/Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants/Don't Believe The Truth/Familiar to Millions/Stop The Clocks and any other album I've missed by Oasis.

Others are

Snap! by the Jam.
Quadrophenia soundtrack by the Who
All Mod Cons by the Jam
Stone Roses by Stone Roses
Ultimate Collection by Kinks
Ultimate Collection by Small Faces
Hats off to the Buskers by the View
Urban Hymns by the Verve
Automatic for the People by R.E.M
Over The Counter Culture by Ordinary Boys
We Live and Die in these Towns by the Enemy
Hit Parade by Paul Weller
Sean Kingston by Sean Kingston
Eyes Open by Snow Patrol
Dreamboats and Petticoats by various artists
McVicar soundtrack by the Who
Ultimate Collection by The Who
Wicked Man's Chest by Passenger

That's quite a fair bit of my collection, although there's a few I didn't put on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBZDTK9Yhko

Title trrack of the best album of all time ! IMO

Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf

From Rolling Stone Magazine top 100 all time albums

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles

2. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys

3. Revolver, The Beatles

4. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan

5. Rubber Soul, The Beatles

6. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye

7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones

8. London Calling, The Clash

9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan

10. The Beatles ("The White Album"), The Beatles

11. The Sun Sessions, Elvis Presley

12. Kind of Blue, Miles Davis

13. Velvet Underground and Nico, The Velvet Underground

14. Abbey Road, The Beatles

15. Are You Experienced?, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

16. Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan

17. Nevermind, Nirvana

18. Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen

19. Astral Weeks, Van Morrison

20. Thriller, Michael Jackson

21. The Great Twenty-Eight, Chuck Berry

22. Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon

23. Innervisions, Stevie Wonder

24. Live at the Apollo (1963), James Brown

25. Rumours, Fleetwood Mac

26. The Joshua Tree, U2

27. King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 1, Robert Johnson

28. Who's Next, The Who

29. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin

30. Blue, Joni Mitchell

31. Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan

32. Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones

33. Ramones, Ramones

34. Music From Big Pink, The Band

35. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie

36. Tapestry, Carole King

37. Hotel California, The Eagles

38. The Anthology, 1947 - 1972, Muddy Waters

39. Please Please Me, The Beatles

40. Forever Changes, Love

41. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, The Sex Pistols

42. The Doors, The Doors

43. The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd

44. Horses, Patti Smith

45. The Band, The Band

46. Legend, Bob Marley and the Wailers

47. A Love Supreme, John Coltrane

48. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy

49. At Fillmore East, The Allman Brothers Band

50. Here's Little Richard, Little Richard

51. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel

52. Greatest Hits, Al Green

53. The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings, 1952 - 1959, Ray Charles

54. Electric Ladyland, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

55. Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley

56. Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder

57. Beggars Banquet, The Rolling Stones

58. Trout Mask Replica, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band

59. Meet the Beatles, The Beatles

60. Greatest Hits, Sly and the Family Stone

61. Appetite for Destruction, Guns n' Roses

62. Achtung Baby, U2

63. Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones

64. Phil Spector, Back to Mono (1958 - 1969), Various Artists

65. Moondance, Van Morrison

66. Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin

67. The Stranger, Billy Joel

68. Off the Wall, Michael Jackson

69. Superfly, Curtis Mayfield

70. Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin

71. After the Gold Rush, Neil Young

72. Purple Rain, Prince

73. Back in Black, AC/DC

74. Otis Blue, Otis Redding

75. Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin

76. Imagine, John Lennon

77. The Clash, The Clash

78. Harvest, Neil Young

79. Star Time, James Brown

80. Odessey and Oracle, The Zombies

81. Graceland, Paul Simon

82. Axis: Bold as Love, The Jimi Hendrix Experience

83. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, Aretha Franklin

84. Lady Soul, Aretha Franklin

85. Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen

86. Let It Be, The Beatles

87. The Wall, Pink Floyd

88. At Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash

89. Dusty in Memphis, Dusty Springfield

90. Talking Book, Stevie Wonder

91. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John

92. 20 Golden Greats, Buddy Holly

93. Sign 'o' the Times, Prince

94. Bitches Brew, Miles Davis

95. Green River, Creedence Clearwater Revival

96. Tommy, The Who

97. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan

98. This Year's Model, Elvis Costello

99. There's a Riot Goin' On, Sly and the Family Stone

100. In the Wee Small Hours, Frank Sinatra

Not that I particularly like his music, but Thriller Michael Jackson because of its popularity,
Nevermind - Nirvana is good,
Appetite for Destruction Guns N Roses,
Back In Black AC/DC