What 10 Albums?

[threespires]

Roofless Toothless said:

Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
J.S.Bach - St Matthews Passion (Klemperer)
Schubert - Quintet in C (Tortelier & Casals)
Captain Beefheart - Troutmask Replica
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Love - Forever Changes
Beatles - Abbey Road

Some good one's there.

[anonymous-user]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Raygun said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I saw that show and was disappointed. £150 is cost me. But I was also lucky enough to see her at the London palladium in 1979 (aged 16, paid 75p for my ticket) and she was amazing. Special effects back then extended to spotlights on spinning bin lids, which surpassed all the hi tech nonsense on show at Hammersmith.

I got the feeling the shows she did a couple years ago were a far cry from her 79 shows, someone did say she avoided doing any early stuff because she couldn't hit the high notes anymore. I'm a strong believer that certain artists/bands need to be seen in their prime.

Indeed, saw Debbie Harry a couple of years back, came on stage walking like Mrs Overall. Voice has gone too.

Agreed Twig. I had a mate who see Zeppelin on various tours throughout the 70s and said they were past their best as far as live shows go when they did Knebworth in 79.

[Alex]

I've seen Adam Ant several times since he started touring again, and I'd say his live shows are better now than they were in the 80s.

He bounces around on stage, sings all the fan favourites, and has a great backing band. And he's 65!

[Patch1875]

Alex said:

I've seen Adam Ant several times since he started touring again, and I'd say his live shows are better now than they were in the 80s.

He bounces around on stage, sings all the fan favourites, and has a great backing band. And he's 65!

He’s great seen him last year.

[PMacanGTS]

In no particular order:

LA Woman - The Doors
Back in Black - AC/DC
Odelay - Beck
The Information - Beck
OK Computer - Radiohead
Soul Mining - The The
Brotherhood - New Order
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
Stories from the city, stories from the sea - PJ Harvey

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Patch1875 said:

Alex said:

I've seen Adam Ant several times since he started touring again, and I'd say his live shows are better now than they were in the 80s.

He bounces around on stage, sings all the fan favourites, and has a great backing band. And he's 65!

He’s great seen him last year.

Some artists buck the trend. I've seen Chrissie Hind (63 ish) and Grace Jones (must be 70) and both were fantastic.

Debbie Harry & Kate Bush....not so much. I'm told Rodd Stewart's voice is shot too.

[Roofless Toothless]

threespires said:

Roofless Toothless said:

Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues Singers
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
J.S.Bach - St Matthews Passion (Klemperer)
Schubert - Quintet in C (Tortelier & Casals)
Captain Beefheart - Troutmask Replica
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Miles Davis - Sketches Of Spain
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Love - Forever Changes
Beatles - Abbey Road

Some good one's there.

Actually, I regretted that as soon as I posted it. On second thoughts I would replace the last choice with Jack Bruce's Songs For A Tailor.

[Halmyre]

V8mate said:

Truly an impossible task. With well over 10,000 albums to hand, I'd struggle even to nominate my top 100.

I mean, just look at some of the classics which didn't make it through!

Atomic Kitten - Ladies Night
Blue - All Rise
Carly Rae Jepson - Kiss
Destiny's Child - Survivor
Girls Aloud - The Sound of Girls Aloud
Janet Jackson - Control
Kylie Minogue - Let's get to it
Lily Allen - Alright Still
Take That - Never Forget
Westlife - Westlife

I'd take those. If they don't encourage me to get off the island and return to civilisation, nothing will...

OK, joking aside:

David Gilmour: On an Island
Roxy Music: Stranded
Chris Rea: King of the Beach
The Beatles: Help!
The Rolling Stones: Emotional Rescue
The Beach Boys: Surf's Up
Procol Harum: A Salty Dog
Randy Newman: Sail Away
Grace Jones: Island Life
The Cure: Standing on a Beach/Staring at the Sea

[V8mate]

Halmyre said:

David Gilmour: On an Island
Roxy Music: Stranded
Chris Rea: King of the Beach
The Beatles: Help!
The Rolling Stones: Emotional Rescue
The Beach Boys: Surf's Up
Procol Harum: A Salty Dog
Randy Newman: Sail Away
Grace Jones: Island Life
The Cure: Standing on a Beach/Staring at the Sea

Nicely done.

I'd gladly take Hanoi Rocks' Back to Mystery City so that I could listen to Malibu Beach Nightmare every day

[The Hypno-Toad]

Raygun said:

Also the album Steve McQueen with that sublime track Bonny.

Bonny is simply one of the greatest pop songs ever written and I will fight anyone who says its not so.

[Crackie]

The Hypno-Toad said:

Raygun said:

Also the album Steve McQueen with that sublime track Bonny.

Bonny is simply one of the greatest pop songs ever written and I will fight anyone who says its not so.

/\

In no particular order

Joni Mitchell : Hejira
The Cult : Love
Pixies : Doolittle
David Sylvian : Gone to Earth
Blue Nile : Hats
The Cure : Kiss me, Kiss me, Kiss me.
Talk Talk : Colour of Spring
The Sundays : Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
Rush : Permanent Waves
Nightmares on Wax : Carboot Soul

and

Spear of Destiny : Grapes of Wrath

Edited by Crackie on Wednesday 13th November 15:38

[jackofall84]

Angels and Airwaves - Love pt 2
Blink182 - Enema of the State (Take off your Pants and Jacket and incredibly close alternative)
Oasis - The Masterplan
The Offspring - Americana
Green Day - Nimrod
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
Metallica - And justice for all
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Sum 41 - All Killer no Filler
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

[Matt_N]

1. The Prodigy - Music for the jilted generation
2. Renaissance Master’s Series - Satoshi Tomiie
3. Nirvana - Nevermind
4. Chemical Brothers - Come with us
5. Ministry of Sound - The Annual II
6. Essential Selection 98 (Purple Oranges)
7. Fat Boy Slim - Big Beach Boutique II
8. Slinky Planet - Tokyo
9. Fugees - The Score
10. Snoop Dog - Doggstyle

[AshVX220]

Evanescence - Fallen
30 Seconds to Mars - This is War
Bring Me the Horizon - That's the Spirit
AC/DC - Back in Black
Metallica - Black Album
Linkin Park - Meteora
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Jean Michel Jarre - Rendezvous
Five finger Death Punch - The Wrong Side of Heaven
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet

[TwigtheWonderkid]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Hunky Dory -Bowie
Alladin Sane - Bowie
Ziggy Stardust and TSFM- Bowie
Scary Monsters-Bowie
The Clash -First Album
NMTB - Sex Pistols
This Year's Model - Elvis Costello
Island Life- Grace Jones
Stop Making Sense- Talking Heads
Mixed Up - The Cure

Just realised I've left out Lou Reed's Transformer, so that's going to have to go in at the expense of the Talking Heads.

[marcosgt]

Toughy...

Assuming you can't take any greatest hit's albums?

If not, in no particular order:

ABC - Lexicon of Love
New Order - Low Life
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
The Clash - London Calling
Wings - Wings Over America
Beatles - The Beatles
Editors - The Back Room
The Beat - I just can't stop it.
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club

If so, I'd swap some out for these :

New Order : The Best Of New Order
Talking Heads : Sand in the Vaseline
The Police : Greatest Hits
The Beat : Greatest Hits
Beatles : Blue Album
Beatles : Red Album
The Clash : Clash on Broadway

M

Edited by marcosgt on Thursday 28th November 11:51

[CSLchappie]

Brilliant thread, and I suppose like many it took me a good while to come up with my list, even if there are some obvious choices. I’ve avoided complications and limited myself to only one album per artist (otherwise there’d be at least 3 other New Order albums)

New Order - Technique
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
Janes Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
Suede - Dog Man Star
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective
The Cure - Disintegration
Peter Gabriel - So
Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
OP8 - Slush

With the exception of Spirit of Eden, which I didn’t own until around 1993/94, all of the others I’ve bought in their year of release and still listen to reguarly. I’ve got a pretty expansive and diverse music collection from the 60’s all the way up to the present day and what was most interesting is that my choices all came from an 11 year period: adolescence to my early 20’s, I suppose the period of life where things make their greatest mark on you.

[rlw]

Joni Mitchell - Blue
Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark
Joni MItchell - For the roses
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Roy Harper - Stormcock
Roy Harper - Valentine
Robert Johnson - King of the delta blues singers
Eric Clapton - From the Cradle
Cream - Wheels of Fire
Led Zeppelin - 4 (or 2???)

an impossible task -

Edited by rlw on Saturday 30th November 18:41

[Voldemort]

Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Richard Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights
John Martyn - Solid Air
Queen - A Night At The Opera
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Stompin’ At The Savoy
Donald Fagan - The Nightfly
Bruce Springsteen - The River

[The Hypno-Toad]

Right, first of all I know I have no life. Seriously I know.

But I decided a couple of days ago to a project that wasn't car or work related and I settled on working out what was the most popular album ever on PH based on the answers to this thread.

So with the only real rule that if you posted more than 10 in one list I just counted down from the top and stopped at number 10 and after very close to 500 individual albums, here we go.

But first, some surprises. No love for these universally acclaimed "Classic Albums," or massive sellers. All of them received no nominations at all.

Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
The Clash - Sandinista
Bob Marley - Greatest Hits

Only one vote for:

Portishead - Dummy
Air - Moon Safari
Steely Dan - Aja
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Lou Reed - Transformer
Queen - Greatest Hits
U2 - War
Blondie - Parallel Lines
AC/DC - Powerage
Led Zeppelin - II
Who - Who's Next?
Velvet Underground & Nico
The Clash - the first album
U2 - Joshua Tree
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Marvin Gaye - Whats Going On?
Crowded House - Woodface
Foo Fighters - 1
Carole King - Tapestry
Kate Bush - The Sensual World
Van Morrison - Moondance
Paul Simon - Graceland
Miles Davies - Sketches Of Spain
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Which I guess shows that PHers have a more individual degree of taste than the herd and don't listen to what the critics think is 'right on.'

And the chart?

Not yet. Going to have some lunch first.