What Are Your Top 10 Albums?

[SunnyDaze]

All too often in this hobby, we become overwhelmed by how cool we think our gear is and we forget why our gear exists in the first place; to play the greatest tunes ever laid down.

Not counting greatest hits compilations, soundtracks, and the like, what are your top 10 albums of all time? Granted, this list changes often for most everyone, but, it's just for fun, so why not? Plus some of us might discover some new tuneage by reading what others like.

I'll start off with my top 10:

1 - The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (Stereo)
2 - Yes - The Yes Album
3 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (Early '72 Mix)
4 - The Band - Music From Big Pink
5 - Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
6 - Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
7 - The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
8 - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
9 - Supertramp - Breakfast in America
10 - Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill

[Slim-Shaddy]

Ok, I'll give it a shot. I don't think I'll ever have a definitive top 10, but these are just 10 of my most listened to... really in no particular order.

1: Genesis-Selling England by the Pound
2: Supertramp-Crime of the Century
3: Pink Floyd-Wish you were here
4: Led Zeppelin- II
5: Elton John-Tumbleweed Connection
6: Radiohead-Kid A
7: Steely Dan- Gaucho
8: Weezer-Red
9: War-The World is a Ghetto
10: Tears for Fears-Sowing the Seeds of Love

This list will probably change within 5 minutes.

[SunnyDaze]

Gaucho is FIRE. That album is absolutely top notch.

[ST-Rider]

This list seems to always be in flux, but here goes:

1: Sign O The Times - Prince
2: Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
3: The Sermon - Jimmy Smith
4: Paul's Boutique - The Beastie Boys
5: The Magnificent Void - Steve Roach
6: Listening Tree - Tim Exile
7: Blade Runner Soundtrack - Vangelis
8: The Prayer Cycle 2 - Jonathan Elias
9: Music is a Rotted One Note - Squarepusher
10: Joe's Garage - Frank Zappa

[SunnyDaze]

Paul's Boutique is an amazing work!

[ST-Rider]

Paul's Boutique is an amazing work!

Yeah, that's the pinnacle of sample based work. It's so dense. It reminds me of Lovesexy by Prince, another dense smorgasbord of sound.

[MacGeek]

All right, here goes and not necessarily in order:

1) Steely Dan-Aja
2) The Doobie Brothers-Toulouse Street
3) The Sheffield Track Record
4) Michael Jackson-Off the Wall
5) Grover Washington Jr.-Winelight
6) Joe Sample-Carmel
7) Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops-Round-Up
Dave Grusin-The Gershwin Collection
9) Tower of Power-Direct
10) Loggins and Messina-Full Sail

Can I add about 20 or 30 more?

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

It changes all the time...

1. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
3. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
4. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
5. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
6. CSNY - Deja Vu
7. Steely Dan - Aja
8. Paul Simon - Graceland
9. Doobie Brothers - Captain and Me
10. Beach Boys - Smile

[geoffr]

Beach Boys "Surf's Up"
Beatles "White " album
Stones "Sticky Fingers"
Dead "American Beauty"
Zappa "One Size Fits All"
Dave Van Ronk "Someone Else, Not Me"
Who "Quadraphenia"
CSN "Crosby, Stills, and Nash"
Leonard Cohen "The Future"
Allman Bros. "Live at the Filmore"
Tom Waits "Bone Machine"

[rgpit]

Man ... Only ten? Here are ten

1.    Beggar's Banquet               Rolling Stones
2.    Exploring The Scene      The Poll Winners
3.    Chester and Lester              Chet Atkins and Les Paul
4.    Portraits                         Clark Terry
5.    Santana                         Santana
6.    Dark Side of the Moon      Pink Floyd
7.    The Dance                  Fleetwood Mac
8.    Walking in Space              Quincy Jones
9.    Happy Trails                 Quicksilver Messenger Service
10.    L.A. Woman                             The Doors

[Reverend]

Drive Like Jehu - "Yank Crime"
Cows - "Sexy Pee Story"
Fugazi - "13 Songs"
Zeni Geva - "Trance Europe Experience"
Rocket from the Crypt - "Scream, Dracula, Scream!"
Bad Brains - "Bad Brains"
Billy Cobham - "Spectrum"
New Bomb Turks - "Destroy - Oh - Boy"
Buddy Rich/Max Roach - "Rich vs. Roach"
Pavement - "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain"

[SunnyDaze]

Man ... Only ten?

1.    Beggar's Banquet               Rolling Stones

Ron, that's a FANTASTIC album. One of the greatest album covers ever as well.

Also, have you ever heard the Early '72 version of DSOTM? Tom, Ed, and myself all agree that it's better than the Alan Parsons release we're all familiar with.

[Sir Thrift-a-Lot]

I'm fond of the AP quad mix.

[SunnyDaze]

I've never heard it.

The Early '72 has a lot of significant differences. No Clare Torry non-lexical solo, a lot of the sound effects are different, etc...

I'd love to hear the quad mix, do I need a quad receiver / amp / stylus?

[rgpit]

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Ron, that's a FANTASTIC album. One of the greatest album covers ever as well.

Also, have you ever heard the Early '72 version of DSOTM? Tom, Ed, and myself all agree that it's better than the Alan Parsons release we're all familiar with.
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I don't think I've heard it.