Best album ever

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Antony Moxey said:

Surely it's London Calling by The Clash, which also happens to be the best album cover ever with The Clash being the best band ever.

To misquote John Lennon, "it's not even the best album by The Clash."

The first album and Give Em Enough Rope are both superior imho.

[marcosgt]

Yes, except you're wrong!

M

[The Hypno-Toad]

spyder dryver said:

Whilst not being my personal "Best Ever" it does tick the boxes in terms of "universal appeal" IMHO.
Sound quality is second to none.
Quality musicians.
Steve Gadd
Michael McDonald
Victor Feldman
Jeff Porcaro
Tom Scott
etc...

Not forgetting a beautiful collection of perfectly crafted songs, of course.

What a staggeringly good call, sir. You are to be applauded. In fact I'm listening to it as I type this.

Its very hard to top that but here is my input.

Contenders.

ABC - Lexicon Of Love.

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes.

David Bowie - Station To Station.

The band who's name must not be spoken - Love Over Gold.

Prefab Sprout - Steve Mcqueen

Eg & Alice - 24 Years of Hunger.

The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The bks

Paul Simon - Graceland

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk

Podium

3.) Parallel Lines - Blondie

2.) Bellybutton - Jellyfish

Winner!

Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded.

And thanks spyder_dryver for getting me to listen Miss Jones tonight. In my current mood "Company" has nearly moved me to tears.

Edited by The Hypno-Toad on Saturday 27th May 09:50

[anonymous-user]

The Hypno-Toad said:

spyder dryver said:

Whilst not being my personal "Best Ever" it does tick the boxes in terms of "universal appeal" IMHO.
Sound quality is second to none.
Quality musicians.
Steve Gadd
Michael McDonald
Victor Feldman
Jeff Porcaro
Tom Scott
etc...

Not forgetting a beautiful collection of perfectly crafted songs, of course.

What a staggeringly good call, sir. You are to be applauded. In fact I'm listening to it as I type this.

Its very hard to top that but here is my input.

Contenders.

ABC - Lexicon Of Love.

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Forest Fire.

David Bowie - Station To Station.

The band who's name must not be spoken - Love Over Gold.

Prefab Sprout - Steve Mcqueen

Eg & Alice - 24 Years of Hunger.

The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The bks

Paul Simon - Graceland

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk

Podium

3.) Parallel Lines - Blondie

2.) Bellybutton - Jellyfish

Winner!

Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded.

And thanks spyder_dryver for getting me to listen Miss Jones tonight. In my current mood "Company" has nearly moved me to tears.

Some good calls here, love the first Rickie lee album but Pirates edges it imho, Steve Mcqueen by Prefab Sprout (just how good is that track Bonny?) Tusk (Sara one of the great songs) and Walking Wounded is an absolute gem along with the album Temperamental.

[Leggy]

Ozone said:

killingjoker said:

Using the above critera:

You beat me to it.

My other choices would be Vienna by Ultravox or Dare by the Human League

Actually, I could make a long list..........

So close. I'd go Replicas, Tubeway Army. Dare & Vienna awesome!

[NelsonM3]

I'm going to be liberal as I know a few in my collection that could easily be number one. Music is subjective after all.

Primal Scream - Screamadelica
The Stone Roses - Self Titled
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (although I prefer Tusk)
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Radiohead - OK Computer
Tom Petty - Wildflowers (my personal favourite?)

[Eddie Strohacker]

NelsonM3 said:

I'm going to be liberal as I know a few in my collection that could easily be number one. Music is subjective after all.

Primal Scream - Screamadelica
The Stone Roses - Self Titled
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (although I prefer Tusk)
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Radiohead - OK Computer
Tom Petty - Wildflowers (my personal favourite?)

Quality selection.

[Eddie Strohacker]

Apart from Tusk, which is Coke fuelled overblown cash n garbage

[anonymous-user]

Eddie Strohacker said:

Apart from Tusk, which is Coke fuelled overblown cash n garbage

Sara one the most haunting songs ever.

[Eddie Strohacker]

In your opinion. That's the point? The whole thing is subjective.

One man's paradise is another's nail down a blackboard.

[anonymous-user]

Couple for me

[anonymous-user]

Eddie Strohacker said:

In your opinion. That's the point? The whole thing is subjective.

One man's paradise is another's nail down a blackboard.

That certainly is!! Any of that Indie ste like the Stone Roses brings on a headache.

[mp3manager]

With lyrics like this, how can this not be the best album ever?



The bloated corpses of unsolved murders and old revolutions, pirouette and dance amongst the swirls and eddies in their final procession down the muddy river to the delta where they're thrown up by the surf onto sterile beaches or are trapped in the roots of mangrove cathedrals of the islands that gather in the bay.

These are the first arrivals on this new horizon that will be coveted by strangers who will deposit themselves on these shores to build towers to the heavens. The storm will come and the rains will fall and remove their dreams and hopes once again to the waters that surround them. And while they pray, the frogs will chant in the darkness.

[The Hypno-Toad]

Raygun said:

Some good calls here, love the first Rickie Lee album but Pirates edges it imho, Steve McQueen by Prefab Sprout (just how good is that track Bonny?), Tusk (Sara one of the great songs) and Walking Wounded is an absolute gem along with the album Temperamental.

Both Bonny and Sara are in my top ten songs.

Bonny is purely a sublime piece of work, just a wonderful sum-up of what its like to lose someone and you don't really know why. A song full of regret and wistful longing. Tom Smiths cover version however turns it into something far more mournful and dark. Its clear there that wherever she has gone, she's not coming back.

"Words don't hold you, broken soldiers......"

[Crackie]

The Hypno-Toad said:

very hard to top that but here is my input.

Contenders.

ABC - Lexicon Of Love.

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes.

David Bowie - Station To Station.

The band who's name must not be spoken - Love Over Gold.

Prefab Sprout - Steve Mcqueen

Eg & Alice - 24 Years of Hunger.

The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The bks

Paul Simon - Graceland

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk

Podium

3.) Parallel Lines - Blondie

2.) Bellybutton - Jellyfish

Winner!

Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded.

And thanks spyder_dryver for getting me to listen Miss Jones tonight. In my current mood "Company" has nearly moved me to tears.

Contenders.

Prince - Sign of the times

Joni Mitchell - Hejira

Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen

The Cure - Kiss me, Kiss me, Kiss me.

Rush - Moving pictures.

The Cult - Love

The Sundays - Reading, writing and arithmetic

Pretenders - Pretenders

Talk Talk - Colour of Spring

Podium

3) Genesis - The lamb lies down on Broadway

2) Blondie - Parallel lines

Winner!

1) Pink Floyd - Wish you were here.

Edited by Crackie on Monday 29th May 21:35

[spyder dryver]

The Hypno-Toad said:

And thanks spyder_dryver for getting me to listen Miss Jones tonight. In my current mood "Company" has nearly moved me to tears.

Edited by The Hypno-Toad on Saturday 27th May 09:50

Female vocal can do that, can't it. More to do with tone and timbre than with the lyrics I think.

This Julie Fowlis song, for instance. Beautiful. Voice of an angel etc...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsl7ruSE3DY

[fausTVR]

A couple more for the pot

[anonymous-user]

fausTVR said:

A couple more for the pot

It is a great album but I still like those first 3 better and with Never For Ever being my favourite.

[Konan]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Got be one of the holy trilogy. Take your pick.

I was just reading through to make sure Hunky Dory was in here.

'tis



I'd put Life on Mars forward as my favourite song ever too.

[Alex]

Unlike any other album you have listened to.