Favourite albums?

[mank!]

Post your list here.

1. Nick Drake - Pink Moon (1972)
2. Joy Division - Closer (1980)
3. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)
4. The Smiths - The Smiths (1984)
5. Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)
6. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted (1992)
7. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (1975)
8. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986)
9. The Cure - Disintegration (1980)
10. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (2002)
11. Pixies - Doolittle (1989)
12. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (1982)
13. Bjork - Debut (1993)
14. Sonic Youth - Dirty (1992)
15. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible (1994)
16. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)
17. Blur - 13 (1999)
18. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)
19. Martin Carthy - Martin Carthy (1965)
20. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (1975)

It used to be ten. But then I realised there were some albums I couldn't leave off, so I had to make it a top twenty. I was tempted to do a top fifty but I thought that would take geekiness to an entirely new level and I'm not quite ready for that yet.

 

[Limbonic]

1. DMX - Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood
2. Dr. dre - 2001
3. Burzum - Filosofem
4. Notorious B.I.G - Born Again
5. Enigma - Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi
6. Satyricon - Dark medieval times
7. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
8. Cradle of filth - Dusk and her embrace
9. Limbonic Art - In abhorrence dementia
10. Ice Cube - War & peace vol 1.
12. Velvet acid christ - Twisted thought generator
13. Morgana Lefay - Sanctified
14. Morbid Angel - Covenant
15. Cypress Hill - Temples of boom
16. Summoning - Dol Guldur
17. Obie trice - cheers
18 Pantera - Cowboys from hell
19. Raison d´être - Within the depths of silence and formations
20. Johnny Cash - American III: solitary man

That´s my top 20.

 

[shanks]

Wooh, tough one.

1. Opeth - Morningrise [1996]
2. Katatonia - Brave Murder Day [1996]
3. At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul [1995]
4. Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery [1995]
5. Metallica - Master Of Puppets [1986]
6. In Flames - Colony [1999]
7. The Crown - Crowned In Terror [2002]
8. Ebony Tears - Tortura Insomniae [1998]
9. Weeping Willows - Broken Promise Land [1997]
10. Opeth - Blackwater Park [2001]
11. Ulver - Bergtatt [1994]
12. Nasum - Helvete [2003]
13. Neurosis - A Sun That Never Sets [2001]
14. The Haunted - The Haunted Made Me Do It [2000]
15. Entombed - Uprising [2000]
16. Slayer - South Of Heaven [1988]
17. Edge Of Sanity - Crimson II [2003]
18. Eternal Tears Of Sorrow - A Virgin And A Whore [2002]
19. Death - The Sound Of Perseverance [1998]
20. Anathema - A Natural Disaster [2003]

Something like that, this will probably bug the shit out of me in a week when I realized all the albums I missed. Alot of nostalgia involved too.

 

[Mobius]

Hehe tough thread...

1. Bal Sagoth - Battle Magic
2. Bathtub Shitter - Lifetime Shitlist
3. Bloodbath - Resurrection Through Carnage
4. Brutal Truth - Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses
5. Cradle of Filth - Midian
6. Dan Swano - Moontower
7. Diablo - Eternium
8. Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
9. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
10. Dimmu Borgir - Spiritual Black Dimensions
11. Dimmu Borgir - For All Tid
12. Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast
13. Finntroll - Jaktens Tid
14. Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness
15. Immortal - Blizzard Beasts
16. Marduk - La Grande Dance Macabre
17. Metallica - St Anger
18. Soilwork - Figure Number Five
19. The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
20. Zyklon - Aeon

 

[JBP|]

1. Julian Cope - Saint Julian
2. The Stone Roses - The Second Coming
3. The Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Loose
4. Mother Earth - The People Tree
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
6. Beck - Midnight Vulters
7. Supergrass - In It For The Money
8. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
9. Pulp - Different Class
10. The Damned - Live At Shepperton
11. Madonna - Music
12. The Beatles - 1667-1970
13. U2 - Achtung Baby
14. Terrorvision - Regular Urban Survivors
15. The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
16. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
17. Black Grape - It's Great When Your Straight...Yeah
18. Air - Moon Safari
19. Morcheeba - Big Calm
20. David Bowie - Hunky Dory


a bit tricky but i think ive got most of my bases coverd there

 

[Aoami]

bjork - debut
bjork - homogenic
bjork - post
the libertines - up the bracket
oasis - whats the story morning glory
the coral - the coral
badly drawn boy - hour of the bewilderbeast
blur - best of
dexy's midnight runners - searching for the young soul rebels
radiohead - hail to the theif
radiohead - the bends
the sugarcubes - Life's too good
the clash - london calling
the jam - sound of the jam
the la's - the la's
the smiths - the queen is dead
tricky - maxinquaye
billy bragg - back to basics
Specials - Specials
The Stranglers - La Folie

 

[mank!]

Do you listen to anything but metal shanks/Mobius?

 

[shanks]

Do you listen to anything but metal shanks/Mobius?

Weeping Willows and Anathema aint really metal in my book. But sure I do, I just tend to get bored and move on alot faster with other genres but you can find anime soundtracks, classical and alot of soundtracks in my archive. It's not something im willing to rate as my favourite albums though.

Weeping Willows actually sounds like it was made by some big band singer from the 50's-60's, Elvis springs to mind at times. It's quirky but I dunno, I love his voice. Guess it's kinda wierd to find it in a list consisting alot of metal but that's the power of having memories to songs I guess.

 

[shanks]

Weepings Willows Review (scroll down)
http://entertainment.msn.com/album/?album=616735

Anathema
http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=5247

 

[mank!]

I suppose the variety of sub-genres within metal gives you the variety. Looking back at my list, it looks quite varied to me but to others it looks like I listen to nothing but rock/indie. Which is pretty true.

Blackwater Park > Morningrise

 

[Gat_Decor]

1. The sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next
2. Ultravox - Vienna
3. Gary Numan - Living Ornaments '79
4. Gary Numan - Living Ornaments '80
5. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
6. Ian Anderson - Walk into Light
7. Jethro Tull - Under Wraps
8. Deep Purple - 24 Carat Purple
9. X-Ray Specs - Germ Free Adolescents
10. Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East

Could only come up with 10 atm, in no particular order (might review it later) most of my stuff as i've mentioned b4 is on 12" vinyl so i don't have too many albums

 

[kosh]

to many favourites to chose from so heres the first 20 that came into my head

in no particular order :

1. Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell (1977)
2. Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell 2 (1993)
3. SkidRow - SkidRow (1989)
4. Def Lepard - Retro Active (1993)
5. Def Lepard - Adrenalize (1992)
6. Def Lepard - Vault (1995)
7. Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith (1999)
8. Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet (1986)
9. Bon Jovi - New Jersey (1999)
10. Queen - Greatest Hits 2 (1991)
11. Queen - Greatest Hits 3 (1999)
12. Sting - Brand New Day (1999)
13. Nirvana - NeverMind (1991)
14. Guns And Roses - Appetite For Destruction (1987)
15. Therapy - Troublegum (1994)
16. Billy Idol - Cyberpunk (1993)
17. Status Quo - Rocking All Over The Years (1990)
18. Manic Street Preachers - Gold Against The Soul (1993)
19 .Faith No More - Angel Dust (1992)
20. En Vouge - Funky Divas (1992)

yes i do have Queens Greatest Hits 1 aswell (thanks JBP for the reminder)

 

[Sydrik]

At the risk of getting torrents of abuse.....

1. Coldplay - Parachutes
2. Aerosmith - 9 lives
3. Savage Garden
4. RHCP - By the Way
5. Queen - The Platinum Collection
6. Dido - No Angel
7. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
8. Fugees - Refugee Camp
9. David Gray - White Ladder
10. Black Sabbath - The Collection

The order is more mood dependant....... and whether or not koshie is online! koshie = anger, anger = pain, pain = the dark siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide... mmmm

 

[harebear]

6. Dido - No Angel
7. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP

Eminem, baaad Always read Dido as dildo aswell ;d Will do this thang when im back!

 

[Bodhi]

This is my freestyle best albums list. I don't know how many there are going to be, or what order they are going to be in. But they'll all be there.

Faith No More - Angel Dust (all time fave)
Faith No More - King For a Day, Fool For a Lifetime
Presidents of the USA - Presidents of the USA
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
N*E*R*D - In Search Of
N*E*R*D - Fly or Die
Muse - Showbiz
Muse - Absolution
Radiohead - OK Computer
Rob Dougan - Furious Angels
U2 - Achtung Baby
U2 - Zooropa
U2 - Pop
Chilled Euphoria (compilation albums count dammit)
Concorde Dawn - Uprising
Andy C - Nightlife
Ed Rush and Optical - Wormhole
Cake - Fashion Nugget
Therapy? - Infernal Love
Earth vs The Wildhearts
The Wildhearts - P.H.U.Q
The Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre
Reel Big Fish - Favourite Noise
Audioslave - Audioslave
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Take a Break
Beastie Boys - Sounds of Science
Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
Massive Attack - All 4 albums
Prodigy - Experience
Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
Outkast - The Love Below
Genesis - From Genesis to Revelation
Genesis - Second's Out
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon/Meddle/The Wall/The Division Bell (controversial)
Jurassic 5 LP
DJ Format - Music for the Mature B-Boy
Will Smith - Big Willie Style D)
Led Zepplin - Remasters
Tricky - Blowback
Feeder - Echo Park
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape/One by One
Oasis - What's the Story/The Masterplan/Be Here Now
Three Colours Red - Pure


That'll do for now. There's a shitload of albums there already. I'm sure I've forgotten some tho, so I'll add them as i remember them.

 

[mank!]

Did you just list every album you own or something?

 

[Bodhi]

Nah I've got like 400+ now, those are just the ones i can listen to all the way through without skipping a track. I don't have a top 10 as such, just a lot of favourites. And Angel Dust, which owns all.

 

[Frizz]

Cba listing all the albums i've ever liked, so i'll stick with just afew:

Nirvana - Nevermind
Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Morcheeba - Big Calm
Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night
Oasis - Be Here Now
Eminem - The Eminem Show
Rob Dougan - Furious Angels

 

[Aoami]

Tricky - Blowback

How could i forget Blowback? I even put another Tricky album on there an' all :|

 

[Yoni]

Morcheeba - Big Calm
Morcheeba - Frangments of Freedom
Morcheeba - Charango
Muse - Absolution
Muse - Showbiz
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
The Doors - Waiting for the Sun
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Foo Fighters - One by One
The Stranglers - No More Heros
The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus
Radiohead - The Bends
Radiohead - Pablo Honey
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
Mother Earth - The People Tree
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

 

[Mobius]

Do you listen to anything but metal shanks/Mobius?

Look at my 2nd last choice .
To be honest I didn't even like music until about a year and a half ago. All my mates were into rap and crap like that, which totally didn't appeal to me. Its quite difficult to find a genre of music that suits you because of the same crap you see on television. I think someone sent me Marduk - Death Sex Ejaculation for a joke on IRC, and from there I just began to listen to more stuff.
I didn't own a single album or mp3 (Not counting christmas presents). Its only recently I started to listen to Metal and I really enjoy it.

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Pointless task, too many good albums to choose from, would actually take about a year to decide with any accuracy.

 

[Misleath]

This is a list of my favourite albums. Some I don't listen to anymore but they still affected me so much that they deserve to be on this list. I also haven't included more than one album from each artist.

Bright Eyes - Fevers and Mirrors
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green river
Dark Tranquility - Projector
Hidden Cameras - The smell of our own
Interpol - Turn on the bright lights
In Flames - The jester race
Lars Winnerback - Kom
Levellers - Levelling the land
Manic Street Preachers - Generation terrorists
Muse - Origin of symmetry
Nirvana - Nevermind
Oasis - What's the story morning glory
Opeth - Blackwater park
Radiohead - Ok computer
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon collie and the infinite sadness
The Smiths - The queen is dead
Type O Negative - October rust

 

[Misleath]

mank, think that you might actually like Weeping Willows, really good swedish band. The singer is a very big fan of Morrissey and they often play Smiths covers during their concerts. I recommend their first album: Broken Promise Land

 

[Ethiraseth]

Blackwater Park > Morningrise

Morningrise > all

1. Opeth - Morningrise (the perfect metal album imho)
2. Elend - Winds devouring Men (really great band, much darker than any black metal band can ever be)
3. Ayreon - Into the electric castle
4. Die verbannten kinder eva's - come heavy sleep
5. Metallica - Master of Puppets (got to have Metallica)
6. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
7. Summoning - Nightshade Forests
8. Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
9. Transatlantic - Bridge across forever
10. Ancient Rites - Dim Carcosa
11. Bob Marley - Legend (uncle bob is nice for some relaxation)
12. Dan Swano - Moontower
13. Ice Ages - This Killing Emptiness
14. Karnataka - Delicate Flame of Desire
15. Nightingale - The Breathing Shadow

 

[Derric]

In no particular order, and will prolly look different next week. ;o

Alice In Chains - Dirt
Neurosis - The Eye Of Every Storm
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Meshuggah - Chaosphere
Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
Faith No More - King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime
Tool - Aenima
Tool - Lateralus
Tool - Opiate
Tool - Undertow
Pearl Jam - Ten
Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon
A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
At The Gates - Slaughter Of The Soul
Bloodbath - Ressurection Through Carnage

And some I've forgot

 

[shanks]

I suppose the variety of sub-genres within metal gives you the variety. Looking back at my list, it looks quite varied to me but to others it looks like I listen to nothing but rock/indie. Which is pretty true.

Well it's mostly variations of death and thrash, throw in some alternative pop, an oldschool black metal disc, the simply put best album the grindcore genre has up until now has produced, some kind of sludgy slow metal from Neurosis and to top it off with some relaxing prog/atmospheric rock from Anathema.

 

[Thrung]

Best album ever is STILL "Slaughter of the soul" by At the Gates.. :4o

 

[maxi]

Hmm. Some of these lists sadden me a little, Best Ofs...


1. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
2. Tindersticks - I
3. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
4. The Velvet Undgeround & Nico
5. The Beatles - Revolver
6. Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
7. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
8. Pixies - Surfa Rosa
9. The Magnetic Fields - Get Lost
10. Jesus & Mary Chain - Psycho Candy
11. Smog - Knock Knock
12. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
13. Orange Juice - You Cant Hide Your Love Forever
14. Felt - Poem Of the River
15. Morrissey - Vauxhall & I
16. Tindersticks - Curtains
17. Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
18. Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription
19. David Bowie - Low
20. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde


A note on Tindersticks....their first 3 albums (I, II, and Curtains respectively_ are all on about the same level of magnificence as each other, so it's impossible to decide which album to put where. One day i may like Curtains more than I and II and the next i might like II and so on. Honestly there's very little between them. Amazing band.

 

[maxi]

infact everything they have ever recorded(that i have heard) is brilliant or better.