Your top ten albums of all time

[jinn77]

Just wanna get a feel for what music my fellow interferers are inspired by. Yes U2 can be included, here are mine.

1-Achtung Baby- U2
2-Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea- PJ Harvey
3-In Search Of- N.E.R.D
4-Only Forever- Puressence (I really frickin recommend this album)
5-Pop-U2
6-Bows & Arrows- The Walkmen
7-Zooropa- U2
8-Audioslave-Audioslave
9-By the Way-Red Hot Chilli Peppers
10- The Joshua Tree- U2

 

[Nisse]

The Joshua Tree - U2
The Unforgettable Fire - U2
Boy - U2
War - U2
Pop - U2
Ten - Pearl Jam
Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
Vs - Pearl Jam
Violator - Depeche Mode
Ultra - Depeche Mode

 

[pgv]

(in no order)
boy - u2
htdaab - u2
rattle and hum - u2
zooropa - u2
war - u2
london calling - the clash
hounds of love - kate bush
ringleader of the tormentors - morrissey
nevermind - nirvana
blood sugar sex magik - red hot chili peppers

 

[JulioArca]

In no order:
Kiss Me x3 The Cure
Pop
Achtung Baby
Zooropa
Joshua Tree
Disintegration The Cure
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea- PJ Harvey
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits
Let Love In Nick Cave
Henrys Dream Nick Cave

 

[theu2fly]

1. The Beatles - Abbey Road
2. U2 - The Joshua Tree
3. Radiohead - OK Computer
4. Pilate - Caught By The Window
5. South - With The Tides
6. BLOC Party - Silent Alarm
7. Coldplay - Parachutes
8. KEANE - Hopes And Fears
9. Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie
10. Depeche Mode - Exciter

 

[Tennis05]

1) Joshua Tree
2) Achtung Baby
3) HTDAAB
4) All that you can't leave behind
5) Radiohead- Ok Computer
6) Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks
7) Simon & Garfunkel- Bookends
8) The Beatles- Abbey Road
9) Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin I
9) Neil Young- Harvest
10) The Clash- London Calling

 

[Ifeelnumb84]

1. Achtung Baby
2. The Unforgettable Fire
3. Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd
4. London Calling, The Clash
5. The Joshua Tree
6. Regatta de Blanc, The Police
7. Zooropa
8. OK Computer, Radiohead
9. War
10. Franz Ferdinand, Franz Ferdinand

 

[xaviMF22]

1)Kid A---Radiohead
2)Achtung Baby --u2
3)OK Computer -Radiohead
4)Zooropa-u2
5)Animals--Pink Floyd
6)The Bends - Radiohead
7)Dark Side of the Moon --Pink Floyd
8)Meddle - Pink Floyd
9)Amnesiac --Radiohead
10)A Rush of blood...Coldplay

 

[Snowlock]

The Joshua Tree - U2
Don't Tell A Soul - The Replacements
Trace - Son Volt
Superstar Car Wash - The Goo Goo Dolls
Nothing Like The Sun - Sting
The Rhythm Of The Saints - Paul Simon
A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
Hysteria - Def Leppard
Shake Your Money Maker - The Black Crowes
Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty

 

[ozeeko]

in no order:

The Joshua Tree - U2
Achtung Baby - U2
The Beatles - White Album
Surfer Rosa - The Pixies
Violator - Depeche Mode
Strange Days - The Doors
Aenima - Tool
Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos

 

[00Kevin]

1.Abbey Road-The Beatles
2.Achtung Baby-U2
3.The White Album-The Beatles
4.Revolver-The Beatles
5.The Joshua Tree-U2
6.Ok Computer-Radiohead
7.The Unforgettable Fire-U2
8.Sticky Fingers-The Rolling Stones
9.Who's Next-The Who
10.The Bends-Radiohead

 

[U2Man]

1.Abbey Road-The Beatles
2.Achtung Baby-U2
3.The White Album-The Beatles
4.Revolver-The Beatles
5.The Joshua Tree-U2
6.Ok Computer-Radiohead
7.The Unforgettable Fire-U2
8.Sticky Fingers-The Rolling Stones
9.Who's Next-The Who
10.The Bends-Radiohead

You've got fine taste in music, Kevin

 

[BVS]

Let's see today it would be(without repeating artist):

1. Achtung Baby - U2
2. Love is Hell - Ryan Adams
3. Automatic for the People - REM
4. Mighty Joe Moon - Grant Lee Buffalo
5. OK Computer - Radiohead
6. Seven - James
7. No Code - Pearl Jam
8. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O'Connor
9. Grace - Jeff Buckley
10. Unchained - Johnny Cash

 

[monke]

1.-Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
2.-Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
3.-Joshua Tree - u2
4.-BloodSugarSexMagik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
5.-London Calling - The Clash
6.-Achtung Baby - u2
7.-Unforgettable Fire - u2
8.-OK Computer - Radiohead
9.-Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
10.-Boy - u2

 

[LMP]

1. U2 - Achtung Baby
2. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
3. The Beatles - Revolver
4. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
5. U2 - The Joshua Tree
6. David Bowie - Sound and Vision
7. Michael Jackson - Thriller
8. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
9. Radiohead - The Bends
10. Pink Floyd - The Wall

Honorable Mentions:
* The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
* The Beatles - Abbey Road
* David Bowie - Hunky Dory
* Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth
* R.E.M. - Automatic for the People

 

[Iskra]

Achtung Baby - U2
Us - Peter Gabriel
Post - Bjork
Songs of Faith and Devotion - Depeche Mode
Best of - New Order
7 Worlds Collide - Neil Finn
By the Way - RHCP
Laid - James
OK Computer - Radiohead
Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos

So many contenders....

 

[Axver]

With repeats:

1. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
2. U2 - The Joshua Tree
3. Dream Theater - Awake
4. Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
5. Anathema - Judgement
6. Dream Theater - Images And Words
7. Crowded House - Together Alone
8. Passengers - Original Soundtracks 1
9. Agalloch - Pale Folklore
10. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

As there are only two repeats, if they were removed, the following two would also make the list:

11. Pure Reason Revolution - The Dark Third
12. Split Enz - True Colours

That said, only the top seven is solid and the others were just chosen on the spur of the moment.

 

[u2popmofo]

I'm too lazy and indecisive to rank these, and they could all be different tomorrow. I also hate including an artist more than once:


The Clash - 'London Calling'
U2 - 'Achtung Baby'
The Cure - 'Disintegration'
Idlewild - '100 Broken Windows'
Radiohead - 'OK Computer'
Interpol - 'Turn On the Bright Lights'
Manic Street Preachers - 'The Holy Bible'
AFI - 'Black Sails In the Sunset'
The Shins - 'Chutes Too Narrow'
My Bloody Valentine - 'Loveless'



EDIT: It's weird, but looking at these albums I can remember specific periods of my life that were almost defined by nearly each of them in some way. I certainly have memories for each one.

 

[BonoIsMyMuse]

Achtung Baby--U2
Kind of Blue--Miles Davis
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road--Lucinda Williams
Come on Pilgrim--The Pixies
Let It Bleed--The Rolling Stones
The Velvet Underground & Nico--The Velvet Underground & Nico
Being There--Wilco
Blue--Joni Mitchell
Before the Flood--Bob Dylan & The Band
Best of the Song Books--Ella Fitzgerald

 

[Salome]

almost in a sort of order, but not quite

Brian Wilson - Smile
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
U2 - Unforgettable Fire
R.E.M. - Out of Time
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes
The Shins - Chutes to Narrow
Ryan Adams - Gold

I have this feeling I would change half the list tomorrow

 

[vaz02]

No order:

Joshua tree - u2
Acthung baby - u2
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
the untitled album - led zeppelin
zooropa - u2
pink floyd - the wall
Physical Graffiti - led zeppelin
pop - u2
white ladder - david gray

 

[Bono's shades]

1. U2 - The Joshua Tree
2. Jeff Buckley - Grace
3. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
4. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
5. U2 - Achtung Baby
6. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
7. R.E.M. - Green
8. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
9. U2 - War
10. The Beatles - The White Album

 

[AtomicBono]

no repeats, in order sort of:

U2 - Pop
Radiohead - Kid A
Dredg - El Cielo
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
Bright Eyes - Lifted or the Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
Alien Ant Farm - ANThology
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Joseph Arthur - Our Shadows Will Remain
The Beatles - Let it Be... Naked

honorable mentions to Achtung Baby, Joshua Tree, Zooropa, All That You Can't Leave Behind, Dredg's Catch Without Arms, Alien Ant Farm's Up in the Attic and truANT, Radiohead's The Bends, Bloc Party's Silent Alarm, Tool's Lateralus, The Beatles (The White Album), Humanistic by Abandoned Pools...I could go on and on

 

[VertigoGal]

off the top of my head..

Aimee Mann- Lost in Space
Van Morrison- Astral Weeks
Beck- Sea Change
Elliott Smith- XO
The Beatles- Rubber Soul
Santana- Abraxas
The Velvet Underground- Self titled
U2- Achtung Baby
Arcade Fire- Funeral
Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks

 

[I'm Ready]

no order

blood on the tracks-bob dylan
blonde on blonde-bob dylan
highway 61 revisited-bob dylan
bringing it all back home-bob dylan
born to run-bruce springsteen
the wild, the innocent, the e-street shuffle-bruce springsteen
quadrophenia-the who
let it bleed-the rolling stones
ok computer-radiohead

honorable mentions

who's next-the who
kid a-radiohead

 

[HeartlandGirl]

If I had to pick ten CDs only for the rest of my life, these are what I'd go with today.

Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals - Cold Roses
Placebo - Sleeping with Ghosts
AFI - Sing the Sorrow
Radiohead - Kid A
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk
U2 - Zooropa
Armin Van Buuren - Shivers
Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

 

[phillyfan26]

1. U2 - The Joshua Tree
2. U2 - Achtung Baby
3. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
4. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
5. The Beatles - White Album
6. U2 - Zooropa
7. JET - Get Born
8. U2 - War
9. U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
10. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Honorable Mention
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
U2 - Boy
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

And ... The Only Greatest Hits Album I Will Mention (Promise)
Chicago's Greatest Hits

 

[00Kevin]

You've got fine taste in music, Kevin

Thanks

 

[Jack In The Box]

just because I can't sleep

no order, just one for band/artist, and probably this will change in 5 minutes

Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (Godspeed You! Black Emperor)
The Fall of Math (65daysofstatic)
Achtung Baby (U2)
Kid A (Radiohead)
Love is Hell (Ryan Adams)
Grapes from the Estate (Oren Ambarchi)
Dirty (Sonic Youth)
Yankee Hotel Foxtrol (Wilco)
I Am A Bird Now (Antony and the Johnsons)
Funeral (The Arcade Fire)

Honorable mentions:
Amélie soundtrack (Yann Tiersen)
Domestica (Cursive)
Our Endless Numbered Days (Iron & Wine)
Asleep in the Back (Elbow)
Rings Around the World (Super Furry Animals)
Enjoy Eternal Bliss (Yndi Halda)
Ágætis Byrjun (Sigur Ros)
Dongs of Sevotion (Smog)
Eingya (Helios)
The Dead Texan (The Dead Texan)

 

[elevation2u]

I'm sure I'm forgetting loads of good stuff

Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Cold Roses - Ryan Adams
The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen
Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan
Ghost In The Machine - The Police
The World Won't Listen - The Smiths
Pop - U2
Proxima Estacion - Manu Chao
Kid A - Radiohead
I'm Wide Awake It's Morning - Bright Eyes

honorable mentions:
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Illinoise- Sufjan Stevens
This Year's Model - Elvis Costello
Live at Hammersmith Odeon London 1975- Bruce Springsteen
Entroducing - DJ Shadow
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Marquee Moon - Television
Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
White Album - Beatles
Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
Before & After Science - Brian Eno
Amnesiac - Radiohead
The Freewheelin... - Bobby D
Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
Debut - Bjork
Musciforthemorningafetr - Pete Yorn
Funeral - Arcade Fire
Resigned - Michael Penn
Murmur - REM
Graceland - Paul Simon
Californication - RHCP


yada yada yada....