Top 10 albums.

[Threeshifter]

I am not going to assign numbers or designate value differentiation but I will list 10 albums that I really like.

Jimi Hendrix, Radio One
R.L. Burnside, Ass Pocket of Whiskey
Frank Zappa, Shut Up n Play Yur Guitar Vol.1-3
Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battle the Pink Robots
Charles Mingus, 3 or 4 Shades of Blues
Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks
Bo Diddley, 500% More Man
The Who, Live at Leeds
Billy Bragg and Wilco playing Woody Guthrie songs vol. 1
Pixies, Not Surferosa but the one with the monkey on the cover

[Mark 88/M5 Houston]

Robbie and Tom, I couldn't agree more with your sentiments on Alison Krauss. She is an earthbound angel with a voice that is surely pleasing to God's ear.

[RetiredDoc]

Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
Dusty in Memphis - Dusty Springfield
Surfing - The Ventures
A Song Will Rise - Peter, Paul, and Mary
Woodstock - 3-record (remember those petrochemical things?) set
12 x 5 - Rolling Stones
Gold Buckle - Chris LeDoux
Super Hits - Marty Robbins
Pure Country - George Strart
The Hits - Garth Brooks

[Rich in WI]

I have a hard time just coming up with 10. From time to time the 10 shift between probably 100 albums. Here's my current patch in no order:

Frank Zappa: Apostrophe / Overnight Sensation (double CD of two albums)
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme
John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana: Love Devotion Surrender
Black Sabbath: Black Sabath or Paranoid
Iron Maiden: Live After Death
King Diamond: Abigail
Radiohead: Kid A
Outkast: Stankonia
John Spencer Blues Explosion: Orange
John McLaughlin: Extrapolation

But there are really tons more. Here are some groups that have albums that could make my top 10 at any point:
Anything with John McLaughlin
Miles Davis (especially his cool period)
Yes
King Crimson
Sonic Youth
Most any Frank Zappa (my favoritest guitar player along with John McLaughlin)
Franz Ferdinand (their big hit album)
Roxy Music
Rony Size
Charles Mingus
Metallica
Little Feat (none of the crap that didn't have Lloyd George)
Allman Brothers
The Who
The Beatles
Television
Southern Culture on the Skids
AC/DC
Chick Corea (not all of it)

That's enough for now.

Rich

[Brian in TN]

Ahhhh lessee here. In no particular order....

METALLICA
SLAYER
SLIPKNOT
LAMB OF GOD
BEASTIE BOYS
JUDAS PRIEST
S.O.D.
KORN
ROB/WHITE ZOMBIE
MARILYN MANSON

and DEVO, just to make it spicy.

[Tammer in Philly]

[QUOTE="5er Quest"]Radiohead - Hail to the Theif (these guys are new....aren't they???)[/QUOTE]

Only compared with your other stuff ... hee hee! Radiohead has been around since '93 or '94-ish with Pablo Honey. I saw them live for the first time in '95 (opening for REM on the Monster/The Bends tour). Since then, I've purchased each of their albums on the release date. :-) There aren't many bands that I'll buy without a careful listen. In fact, with "A Ghost is Born," Wilco just knocked themselves off that short list. It just can't live up to the earlier stuff, though many of the individual songs are great.

Anyone here a Dispatch fan? I was kinda bummed that they split up.

-tammer

[Evan#2 Seattle]

Hmmm....

not in order, but here goes...

Fugazi - Repeater + 3 songs
Murder City Devils - In Name and Blood
the Suicide File - Twilight
Comeback Kid - Turn it Around
The Blood Brothers - March On Electric Children
Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit
Against Me - Reinventing Axl Rose
Vaux - There Must Be Some Way to Stop Them
Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster
Dave Brubeck - Time Out

eclectic, no?

To make it that much better, I saw Flogging Molly last weekend, went to a psychbilly/rockabilly brawl here in Seattle on Saturday, and saw the Locust last night. When I say eclectic, i mean it.


[Edit by Evan#2 Seattle on [TIME]1109057909[/TIME]]

[Al Canuck]

Wow, I can't believe someone beat me to the Fugazi punch. I would take 13 Songs over Repeater though.

Others?

Bad Religion - Damn, so many to choose, but the nod will go to Stranger than Fiction

Beastie Boys - License to Ill

The Smiths - Louder than Bombs

Stone Roses - The Complete Stone Roses

Inspiral Carpets - Revenge of the Goldfish

Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go

Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste

The Clash - London Calling

Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bullocks

Skinny Puppy - Spasmolitic

I think that's 10, in no particular order. Newer stuff I'm enjoying lately?

Interpol - Antics

The Strokes - Is this It

The Music - self titled

Going to see The Music on March 8. They're playing with another great band called Kasabian. Should be a good show.

Al

[5er Quest]

[QUOTE="Mark 88/M5 Houston"]Robbie and Tom, I couldn't agree more with your sentiments on Alison Krauss. She is an earthbound angel with a voice that is surely pleasing to God's ear.[/QUOTE]

Excellently said!

[5er Quest]

[QUOTE="5er Quest"]Radiohead - Hail to the Theif (these guys are new....aren't they???)[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Tammer in Philly"]Only compared with your other stuff ... hee hee! Radiohead has been around since '93 or '94-ish with Pablo Honey. I saw them live for the first time in '95 (opening for REM on the Monster/The Bends tour). Since then, I've purchased each of their albums on the release date. :-) There aren't many bands that I'll buy without a careful listen. In fact, with "A Ghost is Born," Wilco just knocked themselves off that short list. It just can't live up to the earlier stuff, though many of the individual songs are great.

Anyone here a Dispatch fan? I was kinda bummed that they split up.

-tammer[/QUOTE]

Touche', Tammer! I'm the kind of guy who wears white underwear, white t-shirts under a charcoal grey suit, drinks Bass Ale and Vodka only, insists on white soap.... just a bit of a classic (or relic, whatever way you look at it). I'm so square that there's more music on this list than I recognize.

However, I do get off on CRANKIN' a song called "Fools" on Van Halen's Women and Children First cd. And with ShawnD, I jump at the chance to bang out some "Exciter" from Judas Priest....but that's all old stuff, too. ~z~

I'm lame and I know it!

[pdx 528e]

My current top ten, in no particular order:

Ween - The Mollusk
The Shins - Chutes too Narrow
Floater - Glyph
Bob Marley - Legend
Grandaddy - the Sophtware Slump
The Beatles - White album
Pink Floyd - Echoes
The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
The Cure - Disintegration
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step

I need some new stuff, anyone listen to internet radio? I've been enjoying radio paradise which is on itunes and winamp.

[Tammer in Philly]

[QUOTE="Al Canuck"]Inspiral Carpets - Revenge of the Goldfish[/QUOTE]

Al,

Good call on the Inspiral Carpets! I may have to dust that one off, probably haven't listened to that album in 2 years. I also forgot to mention Rachael Yamagata's "Happenstance."

-tammer

[booker]

[QUOTE="pdx 528e"]Ween - The Mollusk[/QUOTE]

I was wondering if anyone else listens to Ween. They are one of my favorite bands. I can't believe I didn't put them in my first list. I was just listening to Quebec on the way home from school. Good band, and they put on a great show!

[Rich in WI]

I've just been introduced to Ween. A buddy of mine got me a CD and knowing I like Frank Zappa thought they were just the ticket. I agree! Great band and with a sense of humor to boot!

Rich

[XtannerXm535iX]

Depeche Mode - Singles (Greatest Hits)
The Used - The Used **they're from utah, wooh**
Senses Fail - From the Depths of Dreams
Alkaline Trio - (any)
Anberlin - Blue Prints for the Black Market
Underoath - They're Only Chasing Safety
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
Brand New - (any)
Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want to Be
Postal Service - Give Up

[stuartinmn]

It's pretty easy to see the difference in ages in this bunch by looking at the music selections.... I must be about the same age as C.R., that's a pretty good list.

[Al Canuck]

[QUOTE="stuart in mn"]It's pretty easy to see the difference in ages in this bunch by looking at the music selections.... I must be about the same age as C.R., that's a pretty good list.[/QUOTE]

I think there is some truth in that, but things are not always what they seem. I "suspect" I am somewhere around the same age as Tammer, based on the Inpiral Carpets, and the fact that they were not around too long, but I could be wrong.

Care to hazard at a guess at my age, based on my musical selections? Anyone?

Al

[Guest]

C.R's list is a very nice selection of truely classic Rock-n-Roll, although somewhat mainstream.

I'm in the same age group as C.R., but Ithink he has a couple of years on me and I'm 47 years young !!!

So far I haven't seen any mention of the more obscure artists of the '70s -'80s, well except mention of Little Feat (and I agree, without Lowell George, God Rest his Soul, it isn't Little Feat). So here's a eclectic list of some of my more obscure and not so obscure artist's /bands and their VINYL albums I have in my collection.

Shawn Phillips - Rumplestiltskins Resolve

Alan Parson's Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Jeff Wayne's - War of the Worlds

Jesse Colin Young - Song for Juli

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - 4-Way Street

The Allman Brothers Band - Live at the Filmore East

Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills

Beautiful Day - It's a Beautiful Day

Super Tramp - Crime of the Century

Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Rick Wakeman - Return to the Centre of the Earth

Bob Welch - French Kiss

The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me

Emerson Lake and Palmer - Works Vol. 1

[C.R. Krieger]

C.R's list is a very nice selection of truely classic Rock-n-Roll, although somewhat mainstream.

Well, it might be 'mainstream' now. It wasn't then, if you'll recall some of the crap that was topping the charts back then. Remember that the highest official Billboard charting for The Who was a #9 for "I Can See For Miles" (that hacked-up version of "Won't Get Fooled Again" only hit #15)! Of course, I didn't pick them based on their popularity (Patty Smyth & Mott, for sure!) but because these are things I've enjoyed enough to literally wear out in their vinyl or tape forms.

I'm in the same age group as C.R., but I think he has a couple of years on me and I'm 47 years young !!!

Yep; we're both 'Boomers', only I'm into my third year of AARP membership.

So far I haven't seen any mention of the more obscure artists of the '70s -'80s, well except mention of Little Feat (and I agree, without Lowell George, God Rest his Soul, it isn't Little Feat).

Well, heck, I've got lots of weird and eclectic! I've got everything from from Cher, Wilson Phillips, and The Bangles to ZZ Top & Aerosmith. Of course, I figured real Rock & Roll died right around 1974. Everything else since then that I like has been a fluke.

Alan Parson's Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Jesse Colin Young - Song for Juli

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - 4-Way Street

The Allman Brothers Band - Live at the Filmore East

Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills

Beautiful Day - It's a Beautiful Day

Super Tramp - Crime of the Century

Rick Wakeman - Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Rick Wakeman - Return to the Centre of the Earth

Bob Welch - French Kiss

The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me

Emerson Lake and Palmer - Works Vol. 1

Whoa! Talk about mainstream!

[canyoncarver]

mannnnnnnnnn..!! all i can say is there some excellent listening in the realm.

i wont even venture to try my top ten as theyre so prone to change with my 47 year olds taste.

right now i'm listening to a live bbc broadcast of the doobie brothers........on the way home it was judas priest live.

later i may wind down by playing a bit of strauss at a couple hundred watts.

and dont forget the old school stufff....patsy cline, some doo wop, or even ted nugents stranglehold, and van halens eruption...........

rock on e28ers...!!

[Cacatfish]

Yeah, my wife recently turned me on to Allison Krauss. Very sweet music! We are going to see them up here at the LBC sometime in March (or is it April?). My tastes in music change quick and I dont have a large collection, but what I can recall right now:

Cowboy Junkies: 200 miles and Trinity Sessions
Bob Marley: Live (great version of Trenchtown Rock!)
Allison Krauss: New Favorite
Norah Jones: Come Away with Me
Mozart: First Symphony
Alpha Blondy: Jerusalem
Greg Brown: (Assorted)
MC Solaar: (Any)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers: Blood Sugar and Freaky Styly
Dixie Chicks: Live (another one my wife got me hooked on)
Shawn Mullins: pre-"Rockaby" stuff

Funny all this talk of Smashing Pumpkins. I dont listen to them anymore but used to really dig "Gish", especially the first few songs. Great pre-surf amp music!
I am pretty under exposed as far as music variety, especially contemporary stuff. A goal is to get more plugged in and expand my music horizons sometime soon.

[William]

some really good musical taste happening on the board.

seriously...

for the new folks who don't know me that well

please take a look at:

http://www.skippingstonesrecords.com

http://www.superfallingstars.com

http://www.76percent.com

just some stuff that I am involved in - more or less.

( buy a superfallingstars cd *hint hint* )

[William]

[QUOTE="William"]some really good musical taste happening on the board.

seriously...

for the new folks who don't know me that well

please take a look at:

http://www.skippingstonesrecords.com

http://www.superfallingstars.com

http://www.76percent.com

just some stuff that I am involved in - more or less.

( buy a superfallingstars cd *hint hint* )[/QUOTE]

and to see what I might be listening to right now at the computer:
http://www.last.fm/user/superfallingstars

by the way - audioscrobbler and last.fm are great online music services - you may wanna check em out.

[Tammer in Philly]

[QUOTE="Al Canuck"]I "suspect" I am somewhere around the same age as Tammer, based on the Inpiral Carpets, and the fact that they were not around too long, but I could be wrong.[/QUOTE]

I'll bite, Al. Most of the stuff you listed is late 70s to early 90s, so I'll hazard a guess that you were in college around '93 or so and are therefore 34. How'd I do?

-tammer <--24, but finds some good old stuff every now and then

[Al Canuck]

[QUOTE="Al Canuck"]I "suspect" I am somewhere around the same age as Tammer, based on the Inpiral Carpets, and the fact that they were not around too long, but I could be wrong.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Tammer in Philly"]I'll bite, Al. Most of the stuff you listed is late 70s to early 90s, so I'll hazard a guess that you were in college around '93 or so and are therefore 34. How'd I do?

-tammer <--24, but finds some good old stuff every now and then [/QUOTE]

You did pretty good, but not perfect. The late 70's stuff was my version of your "finding good old stuff". I fall right between your age, and the 34 years old you picked. I'm 29. In your defense, my brother is 32, and turned me on to some of the newer stuff.

Al