[AndBibleBlack]

I love music! I love it! From the heartbroken ballads of Frank Sinatra in the fifties to the snarl of The White Stripes in the now I'll listen to anything (genre-wise that is). However I find myself an oddity, for I prefer the experience of a complete album rather than single songs. Some of the greatest music ever has been hidden, kept away from single releases or greatest hits compilations and to be honest there's something to be said for an experience that flows from beggining to end as well as a good album does. So I got to thinking "Surely I'm not the only one around these parts who feels the same" and so ladies and gentlemen and other folks what are your favourite albums? The list can be as long as 5, 10, 33, 500, 8923 or whatever you see fit.

Before we get to MY fantastic list let us lay down a few ground rules.

1. No greatest hits compilations. They don't count. They're compilations after all, not albums. For the purpose of this list it's only soundtracks, live albums and studio albums that make the cut.
2. Double LPs count as one album. You can't have Exile On Main Street Disc 2 for example.
3. Be sure to include the artists name as well. If you just put Let It Be we won't know if it's the one by The Beatles or by The Replacements.

Oh... and while this isn't necessary including the year of its initial will make your list look prettier. Just a reccomendation. Now? For my list.

1. Revolver (The Beatles, 1966, Pop)
2. Red (King Crimson, 1974, Prog)
3. London Calling (The Clash, 1979, Punk)
4. Rubber Soul (The Beatles, 1965, Rock)
5. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan, 1965, Rock)
6. Powerslave (Iron Maiden, 1984, Metal)
7. Remain In Light (Talking Heads, 1980, Rock)
8. Parklife (Blur, 1994, Alternative)
9. Paul’s Boutique (The Beastie Boys, 1989, Rap)
10. The Velvet Underground & Nico (The Velvet Underground, 1967, Alternative)
11. Forever Changes (Love, 1967, Rock)
12. Elephant (The White Stripes, 2003, Alternative)
13. Ramones (The Ramones, 1976, Punk)
14. Van Halen (Van Halen, 1978, Rock)
15. ...And Justice For All (Metallica, 1988, Metal)
16. A Christmas Gift For You (Various Artists, 1963, Pop)
17. Endtroducing... (DJ Shadow, 1996, Electronic)
18. Who’s Next (The Who, 1971, Rock)
19. Rust In Peace (Megadeth, 1990, Metal)
20. Eldorado (Electric Light Orchestra, 1974, Rock)
21. The Stone Roses (The Stone Roses, 1989, Alternative)
22. Blonde On Blonde (Bob Dylan, 1966, Rock)
23. Machine Head (Deep Purple, 1972, Rock)
24. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles, 1967, Rock)
25. What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye, 1971, Soul)
26. Ride the Lightning (Metallica, 1984, Metal)
27. Transformer (Lou Reed, 1972, Rock)
28. Low (David Bowie, 1977, Rock)
29. Funeral (Arcade Fire, 2004, Alternative)
30. Fresh Cream (Cream, 1966, Blues)
31. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath, 1973, Metal)
32. Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys, 1966, Rock)
33. Check Your Head (The Beastie Boys, 1992, Rap)
34. Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd, 1973, Prog)
35. Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (King Crimson, 1973, Prog)
36. Off the Wall (Michael Jackson, 1979, Pop)
37. The Blueprint (Jay-Z, 2001, Rap)
38. Rocket To Russia (The Ramones, Punk, 1977)
39. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (Frank Sinatra, 1955, Easy Listening)
40. Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles, 1967, Pop)
41. Holy Diver (Dio, 1983, Metal)
42. The Queen Is Dead (The Smiths, 1986, Alternative)
43. Parallel Lines (Blondie, 1978, Rock)
44. In the Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson, 1969, Prog)
45. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Public Enemy, 1988, Rap)
46. Daydream Nation (Sonic Youth, 1988, Alternative)
47. The Doors (The Doors, 1967, Rock)
48. Dusty In Memphis (Dusty Springfield, 1969, R&B )
49. Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie, 1972, Rock)
50. Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (Derek & The Dominoes, 1970, Rock)

Yeah it's long as all hell but even as it stands I've left out some truley awesome releases. So enough about me (for now ) let's hear it from you guys.

[Sway]

Quite a list! I definitely have more modern tastes, perhaps as a product of my parents not listening to much of the music of their generation growing up, so my favorites likely will never look like a music magazine's 100 greatest albums of all time list, but eh. I like The Stones, The Kinks, Dylan, The Sonics, Hendrix, and what The Fuzztones do a lot, but not so much in a "favorite albums" capacity. I'm also very picky, so I tend to do artist mixes rather than albums, but, if these are the rules...

Not ranked in any order, just what I saw scrolling through my music that struck me. For all I know I could switch out pretty much everything except for like six albums.

1. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes (2001)
2. Elephant - The White Stripes (2003)
3. Rubber Factory - The Black Keys (2004)
4. The Big Come Up - The Black Keys (2002)
5. Stankonia - Outkast (2000)
6. Wolfmother - Wolfmother (2006)
7. Colorblind - Robert Randolph & The Family Band (2006)
8. A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey - R.L. Burnside (1996)
9. Nevermind - Nirvana (1991)
10. Ritual - Jape (2008)
11. Devil's Music - Teddybears (2010)
12. Whip It On - The Raveonettes (2002)
13. Get Born - Jet (2003)
14. Highly Evolved - The Vines (2002)
15. Winning Days - The Vines (2004)
16. Dual Mono - The Greenhornes (2002)
17. The Black Arts of Black Horse - Black Horse (2008)
18. Black Bone Child - Black Bone Child (2008)
19. Sea Of Cowards - The Dead Weather (2010)
20. Peace Love Death Metal - Eagles of Death Metal (2004)
21. Demon Days - Gorillaz (2005)
22. Welcome To The Monkey House - The Dandy Warhols (2003)
23. Baby 81 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (2007)
24. Beat The Devil's Tattoo - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (2010)
25. Kill The Moonlight - Spoon (2002)

You might enjoy our music discussion topic, AndBibleBlack.

[Kvitne]

I searched through this page and found no Paul Simon. This is an issue.

1. Graceland - Paul Simon

I might add more later, but I hope you've all seen the error of your ways.

[Master of AFTER]

Hmm, the inability to post various artist compilations eliminates about two-thirds of my CD collection. Oh well, here's a sampling of what's left, limited to my top 25 most-played albums for brevity:

01. Hypnotica - Benny Benassi
02. Paper Tigers - Caesars
03. Celldweller - Celldweller
04. Discovery - Daft Punk
05. Homework - Daft Punk
06. For Lack of a Better Name - Deadmau5
07. In Silico - Deepsky
08. New Traditionalists - Devo
09. Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
10. In Your Honor - Foo Fighters
11. Demon Days - Gorillaz
12. Secrets Are Sinister - Longwave
13. Business as Usual - Men at Work
14. We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank - Modest Mouse
15. Strength In Numbers - The Music
16. Once - Nightwish
17. In Silico - Pendulum
18. Melody A.M. - Royksopp
19. Airdrawndagger - Sasha
20. Love At First Sting - Scorpions
21. Libertad - Velvet Revolver
22. Don't Look Now - Way Out West
23. Who's Next - The Who
24. Antenna - ZZ Top
25. Eliminator - ZZ Top


EDIT: I realized that Led Zeppelin's "Mothership" is technically a greatest hits compilation, so I swapped it for something by another band since that's the only full LZ album I own.

[menolly]

These are in no order, and they change sometimes~
<3

Rocket To Russia - The Ramones
London Calling - The Clash
White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
Tommy - The Who
Romborama - The Bloody Beetroots
Plastic Surgery Disasters - Dead Kennedys
Discovery - Daft Punk
Silent Alarm - Bloc Party
Our Love To Admire - Interpol
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 - Coheed and Cambria

[Abscondant]

I make music myself and i actually draw inspiration from most of these

Holy Diver- Dio
Rise Against- The Sufferer and the Witness
Metallica- Master Of Puppets
Blink 182- Take Off Your Pants And Jacket
The Cure- Disintegration
The Clash- The Clash U.K.
Rise Against- Appeal To Reason
Rise Against- Revolutions Per Minute
Rise Against- Siren Song Of The Counter Culture
Rise Against- The Unraveling
Girugamesh- NOW
My Chemical Romance- Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge
The Misfits- American Psycho
Motley Crue- Shout At The Devil
Black Veil Brides- We Stitch These Wounds
The Casualties- We Are All We Have
Angels And Airwaves- LOVE
Bullet For My Valentine- The Poison
Senses Fail- Still Searching
Sum 41- All Killer No Filler
The GazettE- Stacked Rubbish
Iron Maiden- Number of the Beast
Hit The Lights- Skip School, Start Fights
The Gaslight Anthem- American Slang
Flogging Molly- Drunken Lullabies
Rage Against The Machine- Renegades

[Red]

A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window - Cardiacs
Songs for Ships and Irons - Cardiacs
Sing to God - Cardiacs
Sea Nymphs - Cardiacs
Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Mr. Drake - Cardiacs
Space Oddity - David Bowie
The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
Low - David Bowie
Outside - David Bowie
50 Dead Dogs - David Bowie
The Aquabats vs. The Floating Eye of Death! - The Aquabats
Myths, Legends, and Other Amazing Adventures, Vol. 2 - The Aquabats
Charge!! - The Aquabats
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
Lincoln - They Might Be Giants
Apollo 18 - They Might Be Giants
John Henry - They Might Be Giants
Introduce Yourself - Faith No More
The Real Thing - Faith No More
Angel Dust - Faith No More
King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime - Faith No More
Adventures - T-Square
Blood Music - T-Square
Truth 21c - T-Square
Guero - Beck
Modern Guilt - Beck
Ill Communication - Beastie Boys
As The Dark Wave Swells - The Bambi Molesters
Doolittle - The Pixies
Surfer Rosa - The Pixies
The Protomen - The Protomen
Act 2: The Father of Death - The Protomen
Everything Goes Wrong - Vivian Girls
Xaphan - Secret Chiefs 3
Proof of Concept - KBB
Four Corner's Sky - KBB
Lost and Found - KBB
Dreaming of Revenge - Kaki King
...Until We Felt Red - Kaki King
All The Hype Money Can Buy - Five Iron Frenzy
Quantity is Job - Five Iron Frenzy
The End is Near - Five Iron Frenzy
Ragin', Full On - fIREHOSE
Exivious - Exivious
Blur - Blur
Our Mother the Mountain - Townes Van Zandt
Something Else By The Kinks - The Kinks
Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire - The Kinks
Love is Here - Starsailor
On the Outside - Starsailor
Silence is Easy - Starsailor
Vinonaamakasio - Shogun Kunitoki
Prof. Wolfff - Prof. Wolfff
Modal Soul - Nujabes
Metaphorical Music - Nujabes
Turnabout Orchestra - Noriyuki Iwadare
Turnabout Jazz - Noriyuki Iwadare
An Anxious Object - mouse on the keys
Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
Yes - Yes
The Yes Album - Yes
Time and a Word - Yes
The LP of Devastation - Duane and BrandO
A Happy Accident - Exit Mindbomb
IV - Taipuva Luotisuora
Moving Pictures - Rush
In The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
In The Wake of Poseidon - King Crimson
Starless and Bible Black - King Crimson
Red - King Crimson
Discipline - King Crimson
Three of a Perfect Pair - King Crimson
A Livingroom Hush - Jaga Jazzist
Evening Star - Fripp and Eno
Weasels Ripped My Flesh - Frank Zappa
Apostrophe - Frank Zappa
Waka Jawaka - Frank Zappa
Electric Tears - Buckethead
Bermuda Triangle -Buckethead
Day of the Robot - Buckethead
Monsters and Robots - Buckethead
Maahan - Alamaailman Vasarat
Vasaraasia - Alamaailman Vasarat
Electric Rendezvous - Al Di Meola
Elegant Gypsy - Al Di Meola
Eloy - Eloy
Colours - Eloy
Mercator Projected - East of Eden
Get Out of My Yard - Paul Gilbert
Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar - Paul Gilbert

There's probably more.

[Sway]

Fairly unrelated, but Red, is your Nujabes collection organized very well? I have had the worst time getting his stuff properly tagged for like years.

[Red]

I'm pretty sure, yeah.