Kraftwerk - Computer World Alan Parsons Project - ... pretty much every one they ever recorded Peter Gabriel - So among others of course.
Mine (in exact order): "Songs From The Big Chair" by Tears For Fears "Staring At The Sun" by Level 42 "Running In The Family" by Level 42 "The Joshua Tree" by U2 "Time's Up" by Living Colour "Music For The Masses" by Depeche Mode "Vs." by Pearl Jam "Big Thing" by Duran Duran "Issues" by KoRn "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" by Kanye West
Pink Floyd-The Wall Pink Floyd-Animals Kate Bush-The Kick Inside Danielle Dax-Dark Adapted Eye John Cale & Lou Reed-Songs For Drella Mahavishnu Orchestra-Between Nothingness And Eternity Tool-Aenima King Crimson-Discipline Peter Gabriel-Peter Gabriel 3 PJ Harvey-To Bring You My Love Sinead O'Connor-Lion and the Cobra Richard Thompson-Rumor and Sigh
In no order whatever: Rumours - Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac (self-titled, aka The White Album) The Joshua Tree - U2 The Unforgettable Fire - U2 Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits Love Over Gold - Dire Straits The Kick Inside - Kate Bush Lionheart - Kate Bush Tracy Chapman (self-titled) Broken English - Marianne Faithfull Parallel Lines - Blondie Revolver - The Beatles Monkey Grip (soundtrack) - Divinyls There are undoubtedly others but that will do for now.
Good choice. I nearly put that one down as well. I remember playing the tape so much, it started to wear out. It's a shame that her later albums never came anywhere close to being as successful.
In a Silent Way - Miles Davis Rivers I Have Known - Gary Bartz and the NTU Troop Revolver - The Beatles Rubber Soul - The Beatles What Color is Love - Terry Callier Occasional Rain - Terry Callier Sam Cooke's SAR Record's Story - compilation Wide Awake in Dreamland - Pat Benatar Remain In Light - Talking Heads Strong Persuader - Robert Cray Band Greatest Hits - Squeeze A Capella - Todd Rundgren What Up Dog? - Was (Not Was)
I find it very interesting how many folks (including myself) have a fairly wide variety of albums (and types of music) on their lists, yet U2's The Joshua Tree still shows up on so many of them (six lists in this thread, so far). What is it about this particular album that seems to have attracted so many people so strongly?
Even Vulture Culture? But yeah, they're one of only two bands that I have everything they did (not counting compilation releases). And I completely forgot an album... I used to play Concrete Blonde's Bloodletting a lot. A lot a lot. It was probably my favourite album in the early/mid-90s.
The Joshua Tree - U2 Achtung Baby - U2 Disintegration - The Cure Hot Fuss - The Killers VIVIsectVI - Skinny Puppy
It was an album that both defined the '80s and was yet counter to it. Just kidding, I dunno why. It could be just that it's an album that had major crossover appeal.
I have thousands of albums and my top 2-20 will shift and shake depending on mood and current influences. But the number one has been the same since I first heard it back in 1995. Sure I came to it 7 years late and only after being given the band's latest album, but since that day I have connected with it more than any albums I have listened to since. There are undoubtably better albums in context of musicianship, of lyricism, of influence, yet if I was to die in 60 minutes and I could listen to only one album again it would be this. And then I'd have 46 seconds to collect myself for Death It is my favourite Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime Hugo - Revolution Calling!
Top 5 The Better Life – Three Doors Down Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tan Dun & Yo-Yo Ma, Coco Lee Mad Season – Matchbox Twenty No Angel – Dido No Name Face – Lifehouse
Tapestry-Carole King Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road-Elton John Let It Be-The Beatles Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd Tattoo You-The Rolling Stones Live At Leeds-The Who Hot August Night-Neil Diamond Buddha and the Chocolate Box-Cat Stevens Gold-Lynrd Skynrd The River-Bruce Springsteen Candy-O-The Cars London Calling-The Clash Brushfire Fairytales- Jack Johnson Aja-Steely Dan Houses of the Holy, 2 and 4 by Led Zepplin Tubular Bells- Mike Oldfield ChangesOne-Bowie Destroyer-Kiss The Black Parade-My Chemical Romance August and Everything After-Counting Crows Mother's Milk-The Red Hot Chili Peppers The Jesus Christ Superstar-soundtrack The Wall-Pink Floyd Excitable Boy-Warren Zevon Upstairs At Erics- Yaz The Joshua Tree-U2. I actually saw the first and last shows on that tour...and I'm in one of the videos. Yup, that's me-that guy in the crowd in the tshirt.
In an aside, albums don't seem to matter as much in these days of iTunes and such. I like songs and can even name bands-but please don't ask me what the album was called. Probably one of the most modern ones to catch my eye was Hot Fuss. or Black Parade. But mostly its just songs these days.
There are still people out there (myself included) who like to listen to a whole album all the way through. If I put my mp3s on shuffle, I end up skipping and skipping until I get frustrated and pick an album to listen to.
Also: The soundtrack for 2001: A Space Odyssey Michael Stearns - Chronos Mannheim Steamroller's 1984 Christmas album
Hard to choose favourite ever, but these are classics can always listen to (though mood plays a part also): Back To Black Dark Side Of The Moon Kind Of Blue Off The Wall The Dreaming What's Going On (one of the greatest albums)