100 best albums of all time

[Rich]

Killing time in Target with the wife and I found yet another 100 best albums of all time list. There must have been about 10,463 of these lists over the years and in everyone of them the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" is always in the top ten. That is one of lifes biggest mysteries to me. I cannot think of a more mediocre band in the world than the Beach Boys. And the only Led Zeppelin album to make the list came in around 79th. I realize these lists are all about personal taste but there are still millions of fans listening to Led Zeppelin and probably about 12 people who ever heard of "Pet Sounds".

[thekinetic]

One of top five on my list is The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the Circle Be Unbroken aka "The Circle Album". Aside from that I can't really think of many whole albums I like, mabey Bod Dylan - Blond on Blonde.

[moss20]

Back in Black

Destroyer

Hysteria

Afterburner

[SHMIV]

Zz top- Tejas

Tom Waits- Small Change

Eagles of Death Metal- Death by Sexy

Southern Culture on the Skids- Dirt Track Date

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[graybeard321]

It's more of an age thing, those of us old farts who grew up in the 60's have heard and enjoyed the beach boys.

[smltooner]

Eagles - Hotel California
Tom Waits - Nighthawks At The Diner
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Blvd.
The Band - The Last Waltz
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

Not in any particular order

[scott9050]

Appetite for Destruction better be high on the list.

[Reverenddel]

I concur, it's a very objective list. Led Zepplin SHOULD be higher.

My personal lists if I were on an island, and only had say 10 CD/Albums:
Alice in Chains -Jar of Flies
Cake -Fashion Nugget
Conan The Barbarian - Soundtrack
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
King, B.B. - Greatest Hits
Poe - Hello
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Robbins, Marty - Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs
Southern Culture On The Skids - Plastic Seat Sweat
Williams, Hank -20 Classic Hits

[Rich]

Damn. Props to forum members. Some surprising but great picks. My favorites will change by the day but here are some must haves for me. In no order.

Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues
Neil Young - Tonights the Night
Tegan and Sara - This Business of Art
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Pearl Jam - Ten
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison

[PhantomPhixer]

Wow that would be fun to try to come up with a top 100. Seems like a logical gauge would be number of 'hits' per album. Do bands today have knockout albums, where almost every song on it became a hit?

"Back in my day" *hitches up pants, leans on cane* "albums had more substance."

Back in Black
Boston (1 & 2)
Hysteria
Thriller (gag)
Breakfast in America
Appetite for Destruction
Moving Pictures
Dark Side of the Moon
The Wall
Eliminator
Zeppelin IV

etc.

[OakRidgeStars]

Top 20: In no particular order...

The Allman Brothers - A Decade of Hits 1969-1979
Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From The Road
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits
B.B. King - Complete Collection
Aerosmith - Pump
Led Zeppelin - The Complete Led Zeppelin
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
Black Sabbath - Past Lives
Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
The Cult - High Octane
Eric Clapton - 24 Nights
Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Was (Not Was) - What Up, Dog?
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Live at Carnegie Hall
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Live Alive
Sting - Nothing Like The Sun
Stone Temple Pilots - Thank You
Supertramp - Classic Vol. 9
The Smithereens - 11

[PhantomPhixer]

"Best of's" is cheating....

[Reverenddel]

Dunno, Phantom,

Some of the "Best of" albums become instutions in their own right... Like the Eagles "Greatest Hits 1 & 2".

Or Queen's "Classic and Greatest Hits".

They sell more than all the other albums combined, and kids today STILL listen to them.

[thekinetic]

I concur, it's a very objective list. Led Zepplin SHOULD be higher.

My personal lists if I were on an island, and only had say 10 CD/Albums:
Alice in Chains -Jar of Flies
Cake -Fashion Nugget
Conan The Barbarian - Soundtrack
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
King, B.B. - Greatest Hits
Poe - Hello
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Robbins, Marty - Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs
Southern Culture On The Skids - Plastic Seat Sweat
Williams, Hank -20 Classic Hits

Dang sounds like the playlist on my mp3 player!

[SpanishInquisition]

Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon (never left Billboards top 200 album chart until they changed the tally method (and later changed it back). It would have far more than the 842 weeks on that chart that it currently has.)

The Police- Synchronicity

The Alan Parsons Project- Turn of a Friendly Card.

The Electric Light Orchestra- Out of the Blue

Fleetwood Mac- The Dance (This is worth buying simply for Lindsey Buckingham's performance of "Big Love" is well worth it!)

[PhantomPhixer]

Dunno, Phantom,

Some of the "Best of" albums become instutions in their own right... Like the Eagles "Greatest Hits 1 & 2".

Or Queen's "Classic and Greatest Hits".

Haha, I have both of those in my collection, and others like Bee Gees and Abba, truth be told. Styx, Charlie Daniels, etc. particularly for some of the bands that had their hits spread across many albums.

[AppleaDay]

Greg Allman - Laid Back
Everybody I grew up with had a copy of The Lost Boys soundtrack
Buffet has to be in there somewhere, especially if we're allowed "best of" albums.
Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet
Living Color - Vivid
Enigma - MCMXC
U2- The Joshua Tree
Van Morrison - How Long Has This Been Going On
Seal - Seal
Norah Jones - Come Away with Me
Loreena McKennit - The Mask and Mirror
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

[GeneFrenkle]

Neil Diamond - Hot August Night
Blue Oyster Cult - Imaginos, etc.
Meat Loaf - Bat outta hell, etc
.38 Special - Flashback
ABBA - Greatest Hits
Bellamy Brothers - The Best Of
Carpenters - Love Songs
War
Roger Waters - Radio KAOS
Van Halen - VH1/2, etc
Jackson Browne
Molly Hatchet
Rush
Toto
Todd Rundgren
Toy Matinee

I have to stop there... Too many.

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[Reverenddel]

It's all a matter of mood. You can like Goth, and Country, sometimes at the same time (Sometimes the same song if it's Rob Zombie)

But you generally lean to one particular type regularly.

I like things with "one-two" beats... (shrugs) Dunno why.

[TacticalMom]

I concur, it's a very objective list. Led Zepplin SHOULD be higher.

My personal lists if I were on an island, and only had say 10 CD/Albums:
Alice in Chains -Jar of Flies
Cake -Fashion Nugget
Conan The Barbarian - Soundtrack
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
King, B.B. - Greatest Hits
Poe - Hello
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Robbins, Marty - Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs
Southern Culture On The Skids - Plastic Seat Sweat
Williams, Hank -20 Classic Hits

Holly crap Rev, Poe - Hello I love that album. Every time you put something up. I like your music tastes.

I don't have the faculties or drive to put up my all time favorites right now but great album Rev.

For me music is a journey. It has to have a good bass beat, something to build off of, it has to have some complexity Up beats, (e.g. the beat is on the and, of 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and), it has to tell a story either in words or in instrumental sounds. (I used to be a concert cellist) =) Music is very near and dear to me.