Your 5 Favourite albums

[~LadyLemon~]

1. The Joshua Tree: U2
2. London Calling: The Clash
3. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Wilco
4. Achtung Baby: U2
5. Quadrophenia: The Who

 

[pax]

Wow, this is difficult. All-time desert island...

Achtung Baby, U2
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill
Boys for Pele, Tori Amos
Automatic for the People, R.E.M.
The Sounds of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel

 

[stuTV]

The Beatles--Abbey Road
U2-Achtung Baby
Wilco-A Ghost is Born
Bob Dylan-The Freewheelin'...
Bob Dylan-Blonde on Blonde

 

[Mrs. Vedder]

1. Yield - Pearl Jam

2. The Joshua Tree - U2

3. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix

4. Achtung Baby - U2

5. Ten - Pearl Jam

 

[LPU2]

1. Achtung Baby - U2
2. Joshua Tree - U2
3. Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
4. March 16-20 - Uncle Tupelo
5. Trace - Son Volt

 

[lady lemonade]

1-U2 Achtung baby
2- Radiohead-OK Computer
3-U2- POP
4-Pulp- Different Classes
5- Jeff Buckley- Grace

Honorable mentions to Morrissey (Vauxhall and I), Flaming Lips (Yoshimi battles the pink robots), Interpol (Turn on the bright lights) and Hawksley Workman (Lover/Fighter)

 

[IWasBored]

hmmmmm

this is hard.


-the clash - london calling
-bruce springsteen - nebraska
-sinners & saints - the sky is falling
-the pogues - if i should fall from grace with god
-u2 - achtung baby

 

[fah]

It's difficult to narrow the list to just five:

Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Achtung Baby - U2
Avalon Sunset - Van Morrison
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy - Sarah McLachlan

 

[Kieran McConville]

in no order.

1. Mercury Rev - Deserters Songs
2. Radiohead - OK Computer
3. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
4. U2 - Achtung Baby
5. keeping my options open.

All of these, regardless of how infrequently I may in fact play them, are capable of giving nearly endless musical sustenance. I'd still probably be reaching for a pistol after the first decade or so on that desert island, though.

I have enjoyed the wonderful experience of selling my music collection to keep the eviction notice at bay, and in the couple years since then, the above albums are the only ones I bothered to re-acquire.

 

[Kieran McConville]

Ok, I reconsidered. Number 5 is the Velvet Underground & Nico.

 

[alexvilagosh]

Five albums, hmm, this shall be hard.

1) Pink Floyd - The Wall
I love everything about it. The songs, the story, everything. Amazing, nothing else even gets close.

2) Radiohead - OK Computer
Probably the best album ever, but without that amazing something that The Wall has. Nothing wrong with it at all though, and its a masterpiece.

3) U2 - The Joshua Tree
I like Zooropa better, but if I could only listen to one U2 album ever again this comes out easily on top.

4) Travis - The Man Who
People wonder how Travis were the biggest band in Britain at one point in time, but this is the reason. Not a wrong note, a very very good album.

5) Elliott Smith - Either/Or
This position was the hardest for me to decide, but I truly love this album. In fact, I think I'll put it on right now.

 

[AcrobatMan]

okcomputer - radiohead
joshua tree - U2
lightbulb sun - Porcupine Tree
morning glory - Oasis
division bell - pink floyd

 

[stray dog]

The Unforgettable Fire
Abbey Road
Houses of the Holy
Astral Weeks
Soundtrack from Saturday Night Fever

 

[lmjhitman]

U2 - Achtung Baby
Radiohead - The Bends
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

Whew! That was hard!!! I will, of course, change my mind as soon as I hit the 'Submit' button!

3) Pilate - Caught By the Window

Ah, I love Pilate. Good choice!

 

[financeguy]

(In no particular order)

U2 - The Unforgetable Fire

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

Any Kate Bush album, probably Hounds of Love

Suede - Dog Man Star

 

[alia612]

U2 - Achtung Baby
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
The Cure - Disintegration
The Replacements - Tim
Radiohead - The Bends

 

[dandy]

man, this is hard.

1. the unforgettable fire - U2

and, in no particular order:

from the choirgirl hotel - tori amos

rid of me - pj harvey

disintegration - the cure

**subject to change: broken - nine inch nails

(honourable mentions to liz phair's 'exile in guyville', radiohead's 'kid a', portishead's 'dummy', massive attack's 'mezzanine', the snatch soundtrack, and several other U2 discs)

to the person who picked kate bush.

 

[u2popmofo]

Dont hold me to this (no particular order, except with 'London Calling' on top) :


The Clash - 'London Calling'
U2 - 'Achtung Baby'
The Cure - 'Disintegration'
The Smiths - 'The Queen is Dead'
Radiohead - 'Ok Computer'

 

[patske]

Off course several U2 albums could be in the top 5..
But I am going for a non U2 top 5..

1. The stone Roses * The Stone Roses

2. Bob Dylan * Highway 61 Revisited

3. It depends.. One week it's The Smiths * Strangeways here we come and the other week it's Morrissey * Vauxhall and I

4. Love * Forever Changes

5. Dusty Springfield * Dusty in Memphis

 

[IWasBored]

the clash - london calling
bruce springsteen - nebraska
dropkick murphys - do or die
sinners & saints - the sky is falling
REM - life's rich pagent

 

[greenlight7-11]

R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Pearl Jam - Ten
U2 - Achtung Baby
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith & Devotion

 

[gav6519]

the who - whos next
u2 - the joshua tree
rem - automatic for the people
oasis - definitly maybe
radiohead - ok computer

 

[theedgefan]

u2 - achtung baby
bruce springsteen - the ghost of tom joad
bobby bandiera - is my father there?
southside johnny - going to jukesville
richie sambora - undiscovered soul

 

[LeafsNation]

1. AB- U2

2. Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 4

3. Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 3

4. U2 - JT

5. Oasis - Definitely Maybe

Honourable Mentions...AC/DC Backin Black, Coldplay - Parachutes,

 

[D'oh!]

Achtung Baby - U2

How to dismantle an atomic bomb - U2

Standing on the shoulder of giants - Oasis

Definetely Maybe - Oasis

A rush of blood to the head - Coldplay

 

[Berto87]

U2 -Achtung Baby
Johnny Cash-Unchained
David Bowie-Reality
Foor Fighters- The Color and The Shape
u2-Zooropa

 

[eviltwin]

decided to go for a non U2 top five...I can dream those albums anyway, won't need them on a desert island...

so here it goes:
Electric Ladyland- Hendrix in fine form, experimentation, straight (pop-)rock, miles ahead of the pack, 100 years ahead of his time, from Jazz to Blues (a lot further from normal rock than most current artist would dare to venture, when going for a Jazz feel or when in a bluesy mood) to hard Rock to whatever, this double album as it all

Load - Metallica dreams it all up again, I would like to stash a full Swedish lunchbox of metal for this Island journey, but with Load on replay, there is no Island, no waves crashing on the beach no stars in the damp, warm night (we were travelling to a subtropical island, right?) and certainly no Daiquiries, Cuba libres or Pina coladas...just JD straight, lockandload-reload-lockandloadagain. Perhaps u2 and 'tallica should exchange songs, U2 can cover The Outlaw Torn, the metallicats cover Do You Feel Loved...still wondering why they didn't do that on Garage Inc.

Ultra Zone - Steve Vai, with 'tallica there is no Island, with vai , the island is a dust particle spinning at 3E10 m/s around a neutron star in the constallation of Weird...my guitar wants to kill your mama, yeah right!?

Complete Recordings - Robert Johnson, makes everything made posts 1930 seem superfluous, glad everybody put music to tape regardless...you can always choose not to listen. Great bonus feature of these recordings is the feel of a fireplace in the background, poor recording quality, but who cares?

ok one more...aw shucks, I have to put in Achtung Baby, sorry...works well with the other four though.

 

[Jack In The Box]

I want to chage a bit:

U2 - Achtung Baby
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie...

 

[quesboc]

Achtung Baby - U2
OK Computer - Radiohead
Emergency & I - Dismemberment Plan
Change - Dismemberment Plan
Pop - U2