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What do you think is the greatest album ever made? Personally I think any of the next 6 would be my choice as greatest album ever:


Ok Computer - Radiohead
Revolver - The Beatles
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
The Joshua Tree - U2
Nevermind - Nirvana
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground

Kent - Hagnesta Hill, or Kent - Du och jag döden, or Kent - Vapen och ammunition, or Marit Bergman - Baby Dry Your Eye, even if I do like her "I Think It's a Rainbow."

Agaetis Byrjun - Sigor Rós.

Baby One More Time by Britney Spears

One of the following:

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band - The Beatles

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

The Wall - Pink Floyd

Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits

I can't choose between them...

Exactly how popular does it have to be?

Exactly how popular does it have to be?

As unpopular or as popular as you want.....by popular music I mean any type of music that is not considered classical.

pah. we all know that most albums have only one good song on thems.

1) Tool, Aenima

2) Metallica, Master of Puppets

3) Talking Heads, Speaking in Tongues

4) Black Sabbath, Paranoid

5) Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti

This list of my top five is subject to change without notice according to my mood.

pah. we all know that most albums have only one good song on thems.

Most albums by most average acts....however, the best albums are full with great songs and it is those albums that can be considered the greatest.

Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Highway 61 - Bob Dylan
Tommy - The Who
Elephant - White Stripes
The Joshua Tree - U2
Nevermind - Nirvana
10 - Pearl Jam
Abbey Road - Beatles
Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones

Im missing some imortant ones, i know

1) Tool, Aenima

2) Metallica, Master of Puppets

3) Talking Heads, Speaking in Tongues

4) Black Sabbath, Paranoid

5) Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti

This list subject to change without notice according to my mood.

Physical Graffiti...damn I forgot to add that to my list:eek:

pah. we all know that most albums have only one good song on thems.

I'd go so far as to say that most albums don't even have one good song on them.

Rob Zombie-"American Music Made to Strip By"
Rob Zombie-"The Sinister Urge"
White Zombie-"Astro Creep: 2000"
Slayer- "Seasons in the Abyss"
Alice Cooper- "Welcome to my Nightmare"
Black Sabbath-"Master of Reality"
Iron Maiden- "Killers"
Motorhead- "Rock and Roll"
Dio-"Holy Diver"
Testament-"The New Order"

Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Highway 61 - Bob Dylan
Tommy - The Who
Elephant - White Stripes
The Joshua Tree - U2
Nevermind - Nirvana
10 - Pearl Jam
Abbey Road - Beatles
Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones

Im missing some imortant ones, i know

Add in Ok Computer and I'll be happy :D

As unpopular or as popular as you want.....by popular music I mean any type of music that is not considered classical.

Well, my favourite is "Inhuman Rampage" by Dragonforce, although I have listened to it too much lately - I don't want to make myself sick of it.

Endtroducing by DJ Shadow is quite spiffing.

Tommy.

1. Darkside of the Moon- Pink Floyd
2. The Wall - Pink Floyd
3. Dookie- Green Day
4. Master of Puppets- Metallica
5.Nevermind- Nirvana
6. Paranoid- Black Sabbath
7. Machine Head- Deep Purple
8. The Number of the Beast- Iron Maiden
9. Dirt- Alice in Chains
10. Ten- Pearl Jam (no pun intended)
11. The White Album- The Beatles
12. Lateralus- Tool
13. Animals- Pink Floyd
14. Ride the Lightning- Metallica
15. Warning- Green Day
16. Californication- Red Hot Chili Peppers
17. OK Computer- Radiohead
18. The Colour and the Shape- Foo Fighters
19. Ramones- Ramones
20. Powerslave- Iron Maiden

Sports by Huey Lewis and the News. Am I being sarcastic? WHO KNOWS?

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Harvest - Neil Young
Who's Next - The Who


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One of these

The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Low - David Bowie
Ramones - Ramones

what period? what genre? define popular... please.

It shouldn't take 23 posts to have "Pet Sounds" mentioned.

Top Ten:

All Hallow's EP - A.F.I.
We Sold Our Soul For Rock'n'Roll - Black Sabbath
Far Beyond Driven - Pantera
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? - Bad Religion
Legacy of Brutality - Misfits
Reign In Blood - Slayer
Frail Words Collapse - As I Lay Dying
As The Palaces Burn - Lamb of God
Morningrise - Opeth
White Light, White Heat, White Trash - Social Distortion

*runs in to act all pretentious and critique everyone's lists*


Ok Computer - Radiohead

Good album, but I think it's given too much credit.

Revolver - The Beatles
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
The Joshua Tree - U2

Meh.

Nevermind - Nirvana

In Utero was better.

The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground

It's decent.

pah. we all know that most albums have only one good song on thems.

You listen to the wrong music, then. :p

1) Tool, Aenima

Probably their best. Great album.

2) Metallica, Master of Puppets

I find it a bit boring. In my opinion, Candlemass' albums Epicus Doomicus Metallicus and Nightfall (from the same era) are better than anything the thrash bands did. I would still say Slayer's Reign in Blood is better than MoP, though, but not by much.

3) Talking Heads, Speaking in Tongues

I haven't heard it. Probably should.

4) Black Sabbath, Paranoid

Yeah, a classic, although I prefer their first album.

5) Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti


Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin

Nobody ever mentions their first album either...


Elephant - White Stripes

Nah, no way. I don't have anything against them, but I wouldn't put them anywhere near a "greatest" list. The Black Keys do what they do better.

10 - Pearl Jam

It's alright.

Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones

Bores the hell out of me. I really don't get the acclaim behind this one.

9. Dirt- Alice in Chains

Underappreciated, this one.


16. Californication- Red Hot Chili Peppers

As much as I hate them, it's an OK album, but BSSM was better.

Wow. I could put together one hell of a list. Some of which has already been said. But instead, I'm going to challenge myself to pick one.

Kind of Blue, Miles Davis.


Whew! *wipes brow* That was tough!

I reckon it's impossible to choose the greatest album. In my collection, the CD that I can listen to the most without get sick of, would probably be Tool's Aenima.

This one:
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what period? what genre? define popular... please.

Any genre as long as it is not classical music e.g. Rock, metal, rap etc. Any period in the 20th or 21st centuries.

Sports by Huey Lewis and the News. Am I being sarcastic? WHO KNOWS?

Or are you just a fan of American Psycho?

1) Nirvana - Nevermind
2) The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
3) Metallica - Metallica
4) Local H - As Good As Dead
5) Jack Off Jill - Clear Hearts Grey Flowers
6) The Gits - Frenching the Bully
7) Motörhead - Overkill
8) Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium
9) The Melvins - Houdini
10) The Plasmatics - Coup d'Etat

A few that should be mentioned for their influence:
The Pixies - Doolittle
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Sonic Youth - Sister

Carol King - Tapestry

1) Nirvana - Nevermind
2) The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
3) Metallica - Metallica
4) Local H - As Good As Dead
5) Jack Off Jill - Clear Hearts Grey Flowers
6) The Gits - Frenching the Bully
7) Motörhead - Overkill
8) Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium
9) The Melvins - Houdini
10) The Plasmatics - Coup d'Etat

A few that should be mentioned for their influence:
The Pixies - Doolittle
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Sonic Youth - Sister

Surely you should have put the Dead Kennedys first? ;)

Surely you should have put the Dead Kennedys first? ;)Lol. You'd think so, but...I think the other members of the Dead Kennedys dragged the band down to some degree.

Slippery When Wet-Bon Jovi
:fluffle:

Slippery When Wet-Bon Jovi
:fluffle:

I live in New Jersey and am ashamed that Bon Jovi came from here. We were doing so well. We gave the world Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughn, and Bruce Springsteen. Then along comes Bon Jovi and ruins our reputation forever.

Surely you should have put the Dead Kennedys first? ;)
Yeah, that confused me a bit...
I live in New Jersey and am ashamed that Bon Jovi came from here.

Seconded.
(Well, I don't live there anymore... Devils still rock, though.)

Unsure what you mean by "greatest"... some of my personal favourites..."War of the Worlds" - Jeff Wayne, "Into The Electric Castle - Ayreon", "Dark Side of the Moon" - Pink Floyd, and "A Night at the Opera" - Queen. I'm sure theres plenty more I'd nominate but I can't be bothered thinking :)

Oh, and

4. The Joshua Tree - U2


*stabs Purple Android* *despises U2*

I see someone already posted the Spicegirls...

3. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
4. The Joshua Tree - U2


Bob Dylan? U2? You lose. LOL

If we're defining greatest as "non-classical album I never get tired of listening to," I'd have to go with Godsmack's The Other Side. I like Godsmack, I like acoustic, and I can sing it. The best of all worlds.

It's a Tie between Revolver and Highway 61 revisited from those listed.

Doolittle is a close second.

Of course, My list of best albums is way different, you'd have something like Jethro Tull- Aqualung up top, followed by The Beatles-Abbey Road, and then K.T. Tunstall-Eye to the Telescope following third
Runner's up would sample R.E.M., More Beatles and Jethro Tull, some Bob Schneider, Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan for flavor.

Runner's up would sample R.E.M.An R.E.M. sample album would be phenomenal, but that's cheating. :p

James Brown's Ski Party.

Nah, no way. I don't have anything against them, but I wouldn't put them anywhere near a "greatest" list. The Black Keys do what they do better.
Yay for The Black Keys :)

An R.E.M. sample album would be phenomenal, but that's cheating. :p

Oh... Fine, Then we'll just use an R.E.M. album that provides a good sample of what they do, Like... I dunno, Eponymous or or something later maybe Out of Time? I dunno, I can't remember all the R.E.M. albums right now.

Oh... Fine, Then we'll just use an R.E.M. album that provides a good sample of what they do, Like... I dunno, Eponymous or or something later maybe Out of Time? I dunno, I can't remember all the R.E.M. albums right now.For whatever reason, Automatic For the People seems to be the most popular.

Wow. I could put together one hell of a list. Some of which has already been said. But instead, I'm going to challenge myself to pick one.

Kind of Blue, Miles Davis.


Whew! *wipes brow* That was tough!
There are many reasons that you rule, this is just one of them...

I'll add-
Giant Steps John Coltrane (or Love Supreme)
Now's the Time Charlie Parker
Ah Hum Charles Mingus
Money Jungle Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach
Out of the Cool Gil Evans
etc. really...

Albums that I have had for a really long time that I don't get tired of so I don't care of you like them or think they're over rated, so there-
Wish You Where Here Pink Floyd (though I've had Darkside of the Moon since high school and I still like it, there's just something touching about Wish You Where Here)
Ferociously Stoned Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Solid Sender Sex Mob
Ruby Vroom Soul Coughing
Highway Cafe of the Damned Austin Lounge Lizards
Flood They Might Be Giants
Voodoo Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Crazy People Music Branford Marsalis
Cocktails in the Cantina Evil Genius Orchestra
6 and 12 String Guitar (the Armadillo Album) Leo Kottke
Dead City Radio William S. Burroughs

I should stop...no one ever cares what I listen to anyway...

I guess I'm having difficulty defining popular music. Many of the choices that have been made just don't fit into the "pop" category IMO. For example: Kind of Blue and Court of the Crimson King pop music? We going to throw in Lizst, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky into this mix?

I heard that if you locked Chuck Norris and Vin Diesel in a recording studio for a year, the greatest album ever would come out. It would sweep all music awards shows. However, when asked about this, they said "music awards are pure crap" and ate knives to show their seriousness.

Otherwise, Tool's Lateralus.

Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols by The Sex Pistols (and Glen Matlock)

or perhaps...

First Issue by Public Image Ltd.

I don't know about "greatest", but here's a top 10 in random order . . .

Master of Puppets - Metallica
Nevermind - Nirvana
You Are Free - Cat Power
Angel Dust - Faith No More
Screeching Weasel - Screeching Weasel
Celtic Hotel - Battlefield Band
Reise, Reise - Rammstein
Dirt - Alice in Chains
Rust in Peace - Megadeth
Straylight Run - Straylight Run

I guess I'm having difficulty defining popular music. Many of the choices that have been made just don't fit into the "pop" category IMO. For example: Kind of Blue and Court of the Crimson King pop music? We going to throw in Lizst, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky into this mix?

He said anything that wasn't 'classical,' using the quote marks to avoid quibbles about the classical period of compositional western music, and further limited it to 20th and 21st century music. So I'm left to presume that it leaves out Cage, Glass, Britten, etc since those would be in a 'classical' section of a music store, the standard definition non-musicians/non music snobby people use.

hmm...

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
Abbey Road - Beatles
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground
Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears
Meat is Murder - The Smiths

There are many reasons that you rule, this is just one of them...

I'll add-
Giant Steps John Coltrane (or Love Supreme)
Now's the Time Charlie Parker
Ah Hum Charles Mingus
Money Jungle Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach
Out of the Cool Gil Evans
etc. really...

Albums that I have had for a really long time that I don't get tired of so I don't care of you like them or think they're over rated, so there-
Wish You Where Here Pink Floyd (though I've had Darkside of the Moon since high school and I still like it, there's just something touching about Wish You Where Here)
Ferociously Stoned Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Solid Sender Sex Mob
Ruby Vroom Soul Coughing
Highway Cafe of the Damned Austin Lounge Lizards
Flood They Might Be Giants
Voodoo Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Crazy People Music Branford Marsalis
Cocktails in the Cantina Evil Genius Orchestra
6 and 12 String Guitar (the Armadillo Album) Leo Kottke
Dead City Radio William S. Burroughs

I should stop...no one ever cares what I listen to anyway...

Never stop. :)

I guess I'm having difficulty defining popular music. Many of the choices that have been made just don't fit into the "pop" category IMO. For example: Kind of Blue and Court of the Crimson King pop music? We going to throw in Lizst, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky into this mix?

Kind of Blue is triple platinum. #12 on Rolling Stone's Greatest Albums of All Time list. Arguably the most important jazz album ever made. How much more popular does it need to be?

Origin Of Symmetry by Muse - Their rendition of Feeling Good is great.
Showbiz by Muse - Overdue is one of the best songs on here
Absolution by Muse- Just one word: Hysteria
Black Holes And Revelations by Muse- Knights of Cydonia is an instant classic

As you can see I'm a big Muse fan :D

I guess I'm having difficulty defining popular music. Many of the choices that have been made just don't fit into the "pop" category IMO. For example: Kind of Blue and Court of the Crimson King pop music? We going to throw in Lizst, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky into this mix?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music

Or are you just a fan of American Psycho?


I liked American Psycho, but it's not why I own and cherish that album.

Oh... Fine, Then we'll just use an R.E.M. album that provides a good sample of what they do, Like... I dunno, Eponymous or or something later maybe Out of Time? I dunno, I can't remember all the R.E.M. albums right now.

Chronic Town
Murmur
Reckoning
Reconstruction of the Fables
Lifes Rich Pageant
Dead Letter Office
Document
Eponymous
Green
Out of Time
Automatic for the People
Monster
New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Up
Reveal
Around the Sun
In Time
And I Feel Fine...The IRS Years

And I own 'em all.

I'd say that New Adventures in Hi-Fi is my favourite. Reconstruction of the Fables second, and Automatic for the People third.

Currently, it's "Jeunesse" of METISSE (Oh what to do, to-do-to-do-to-do). It's freely DLable. (http://www.jamendo.com/de/album/438/)