Your Top 10 Favorite Albums of All Time

[ChrisPitch]

That\'s right. Seeing as how this is a forum about music, it makes sense to have a thread where we list our favorite albums, and if we wish, discuss why.

A few rules: they must be listed in order and with no honorable mentions. Those are the parameters of this thread. Yes, it\'s hard to cram 10 albums out of hundreds into a definitive list, but for me, that was part of the fun of this challenge and a testament to the strength of each album. Of course, there\'s the contrary approach of just loving music and not needing to rank your favorite bands amongst each other. That\'s more than fair. Feel free to discuss that approach in another thread.

As far as the criteria with which we judge the albums themselves, well, that\'s clearly up to us individually. Personally, I took into account every aspect I could think of. At some point in my life, each of these albums was listened to constantly for a variety of reasons. Therefore, it is my honor to list my top 10 favorite albums of all time, which may very well be a different a year from now.

I really hope that EVERYONE who reads this thread will post their list. And if anyone knows about a similar thread that was started a while back and needs to be merged, please point it out. I looked and couldn\'t find one. Oh, and just to be official, Breakfast albums are absolutely in play. So...

CHRIS PITCH\'S TOP 10 ALBUMS OF ALL TIME

1. Rift, Phish
2. Vitalogy, Pearl Jam
3. Vs., Pearl Jam
4. Junta, Phish
5. OK Computer, Radiohead
6. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy
7. The Bends, Radiohead
8. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco
9. Slanted and Enchated, Pavement
10. Quality Control, Jurassic 5

[SlimPickens]

Tough stuff there.  My initial list of all time favorite albums had 26 entries.  And each removal was like killing a puppy.

1. Derek and the Dominos "Layla and other assorted love songs"
2. The Black Crowes "Amorica"
3. Pearl Jam "Vs"
4. Fugazi "13 Songs"
5. Bob Dylan "Nashville Skyline"
6. The Grateful Dead "Hundred Year Hall"
7. Led Zeppelin "Houses of the Holy"
8. Allman Brothers "Beginnings"
9. Phish "Picture of Nectar"
10. Blind Melon "Blind Melon""

[Todd]

Yikes, this could take a year!!!! I have about 60 favorites! Gonna have to do some SER :hscratch:!!!!!

[delfunk1]

1) Pink Floyd “Dark Side of The Moon”
2) John Coltrane “A Love Supreme”
3) Beatles “Rubber Soul”
4) Stevie Wonder “Innervisions”
5) Radiohead “OK Computer”
6) Jimi Hendrix “Axis Bold As Love”
7) Miles Davis “Kind of Blue
Frank Zappa “One Size Fits All”
9) Tower of Power  “Tower of Power”
10) Marvin Gaye “Live at the London Palladium”

[Powerslave]

1. "First Rays of the New Rising Sun" Jimi Hendrix
2. "Blue" Weezer
3. "Blood Sugar Sex Magic" Red Hot Chili Peppers
4. "Kind of Blue" Miles Davis
5. "Animals" Pink Floyd
6. "Standin on the Verge of Gettin it On" Funkadelic
7. "Loaded" Velvet Underground
8. "Badmotorfinger" Soundgarden
9. "Rubber Soul" Beatles
10. "Houses of the Holy" Led Zeppelin

[Drew_Kingsley]

Painfully whittled from a list of 18.

10. Madman Across the Water (Elton John)
09. Sheer Heart Attack (Queen)
08. American IV: The Man Comes Around (Johnny Cash)
07. Ænima (Tool)
06. Birds of Fire (Mahavishnu Orchestra)
05. Master of Reality (Black Sabbath)
04. Animals (Pink Floyd)
03. Moondance (Van Morrison)
02. Countdown to Ecstasy (Steely Dan)
01. The Grand Wazoo (Frank Zappa)

Honorably Mentioned Live Albums: Alchemy (Dire Straits) and Band of Gypsys (Jimi Hendrix)

[FreeSpirit]

I\'ve got many different "top 10 albums" depending on the category(i.e., dancing, working, live shows).  for my ultimate top 10 list, I chose my "best road trip" selections... cd\'s you can listen to for entire car rides to, say, Providence, RI :biggrin:

1.  Mothership Connection - Pfunk
2.  Blood on the Tracks - Dylan
3.  Gone Wandering - Jackie Greene
4.  Fashion Nugget - Cake
5.  Under the Table & Dreaming - DMB
6.  Soup - Blind Melon
7.  Rarities & Oddities - Grateful Dead
8.  New Favorite - Alison Krauss & Union Station
9.  Self-titled - Nickel Creek
10. Self-titled - Sublime

[derickw]

pretty much my most played cd\'s..... if i listen to cd\'s

1. With out a Net- the Grateful Dead
2. 40 oz to Freedom- Sublime
3. Picture of Nectar- Phish
4. Music- 311
5. the Best of NYC Trance
6. Natural Mystic- Marley
7. Rowdy Dudy- DBB
8. Adrenaline- Deftones
9. Make Some Noise- Liquid Soul
10. Plasma- Trey A Band

[Me!]

no way I can pick out ten albums, but I will think about this one and see what i can come up with

[wildcoyote]

I look at this and I can\'t believe some the albums I left off.  
1. Exile On Main Street - Rolling Stones
2. Blood SUgar Sex Magic - RHCP
3. Pure Rock Fury- Clutch
4. Axis Bold As Love- Hendrix
5. Dirt- Alice In Chains
6. Maggot Brain- Funkadelic
7. Sublime- Sublime
8. We\'ve Been Had Again- Huffamoose
9. Out Of Exile- Audioslave
10. Load- Metallica (seriously, maybe not top 10, but I\'m forever defending this album)

Some favorites from other\'s lists: Blind Melon, Animals, 100 Year Hall, W/o a Net, Master of Reality, Amorica (another album I find myself defending alot)

[Me!]

Ok, this list isn\'t perfect but it\'s somtheing I threw together

1. Fight For Your Mind- Ben Harper
2.When The Man Comes Around (American IV)- Johnny Cash
3. Blazing Arrow- Blackalicious
4. Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine
5. Sublime- Sublime
6. Frizzle Fry- Primus
7. Story of the Ghost- Phish
8. Traveling Wilburys- Traveling Wilburys
9. Sea Changes- Beck
10. Tenacious D- Tenacious D


There\'s so many more that could have been included on this list.
some of which are:
Oh Mercy- Bob Dylan
Axis Bold as Love- Jimi Hedrix
Wildflowers- Tom Petty
Sgt. Pepper or Ruber Soul- The Beatles
Anything in the Johnny Cash catalogue
Do You Want More?!!!??! - The Roots


I know I\'m forgetting shit, I listen to such a broad range of shit, I\'m leaving things out so maybe I\'ll add more should have been includeds later

[Blackieshamps]

1. Robbin\' the Hood - Sublime
2. Midnight Marauders - A Tribe Called Quest
3. Blood Sugar Sex Magic - RHCP
4. Overnite Sensation - Frank Zappa
5. Aquemini - Outkast
6. King Tubby meets the Rockers Uptown - Augustus Pablo
7. Meddle - Pink Floyd
8. Abbey Road - The Beatles
9. The Spotlight Kid - Captain Beefheart
10.The Dance of Death and Other Plantation Favorites - John Fahey

first ones of the top of the head.  looks okay right now tho.

[FrankZappa]

#1 is the *perfect* album imo. All else will forever be second to this masterpiece. This was hard and I might have forgotten a few.

1 Rush - 2112
2 Rachmoninov - Piano concerto 3
3 Frank Zappa - Freak out!
4 Dave Brubeck - Time out
5 Ornet Coleman  - Free Jazz
6 Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
7 Radiohead - Amnesiac
8 Igor Stravinski - Petruskia / Rite of Spring
9 Metallica - ...And Justice for All
10 Pearl Jam - No code

(From Memory) Christines list. Might be a little out of order but I\'m certain about the first few:
1 Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
2 Pearl Jam - Ten
3 Pearl Jam - No Code
4 Pearl Jam - Binaural
5 Pearl Jam - VS
6 Pearl Jam - Yeild
7 Pearl Jam - Vitology
8 Pearl Jam - Lost Dogs
9 Pearl Jam - Live on two legs
10 Pearl Jam - Riot Act

[FrankZappa]

A few rules: they must be listed in order and with no honorable mentions. Those are the parameters of this thread.

Honorably Mentioned Live Albums: Alchemy (Dire Straits) and Band of Gypsys (Jimi Hendrix)

Some favorites from other\'s lists: Blind Melon, Animals, 100 Year Hall, W/o a Net, Master of Reality, Amorica (another album I find myself defending alot)

There\'s so many more that could have been included on this list.
some of which are:
Oh Mercy- Bob Dylan
Axis Bold as Love- Jimi Hedrix
Wildflowers- Tom Petty
Sgt. Pepper or Ruber Soul- The Beatles
Anything in the Johnny Cash catalogue
Do You Want More?!!!??! - The Roots

:slap: :no:

[Me!]

^^dude your assuming we actually pay attention here on .info, what is this your first day here?

I didn\'t actually read the entire first post, just the idea behind it, but really 10!?!?!  no way I can make a list with only ten albums