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well folks we all have a nice collection out there

just wondering what everyone's top 50 cds/records/tapes that you own?

with Q having their critique at best 100 albums of all time i thought we might have a go at what we thought are the best albums of all time?

1/ sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band
2/ pink floyd- dark side of the moon
3/ u2- achtung baby
4/ u2- the joshua tree
5/ radiohead- the bends
6/ moby- play
7/ radiohead- kid-A
8/ sting- the soul cages
9/ eurythmics- greatest hits
10/ radiohead- ok computer
11/ eric clapton- unplugged
12/ r.e.m- automatic for the people
13/ powderfinger- odyssey number 5
14/ crowded house- recurring dream
15/ Queen Greatest Hits I
16/ bruce springsteen- greatest hits
17/ the cranberries- everyone else is doing it...
18/ Visual Audio Sensory Theatre
19/ Queen- Greatest Hits II
20/ pearl jam- ten
21/ grace- jeff buckley
22/ dire straits- sultans of swing- best of dire straits
23/ portishead- dummy
29/ depeche mode- the singles 86>98
30/ david bowie- the singles collection
31/ u2- beautiful day single (b-sides 'summer rain'
32/ r.e.m- monster
33/ u2- melon- remixes for propaganda
34/ smashing pumpkins- siamese dream
35/ roxette- dont bore us get to the chorus- the best of roxette
36/ u2- best of 1980-90
37/ r.e.m- out of time
38/ smashing pumpkins- mellon collie and the infinite sadness
39/ radiohead- airbag- how am i driving?
40/ madonna- ray of light
41/ r.e.m- reveal
42/ joy division- best of
43/ massive attack- mezzazine
44/ saturday night fever soundtrack
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45/ pj harvey- stories from the city, stories from the sea
47/ madonna- the immaculate collection
48/ the who- who's next?
49/ depeche mode- the singles 81>85
50/ oasis- what's the story morning glory

missed out
nevermind- nirvana... hmm... nevermind
live- throwing copper
aphex twin- richard d james album
r.e.m- green
the best of new order

worst records owned
bryan adams "so far so good"
richard marx "greatest hits"
phil collins "greatest hits"
HAL- extremis- what was i thinking? oh yes.. GA

albums that lost their impact after a while
oasis 'definitely maybe'
oasis 'be here now'
coldplay 'parachutes'
u2 'all that you cant leave behind'
u2 'pop'
 
I can't name 10 right now
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, but here are my TOP 3 favorites:

1. U2 - Achtung Baby
2. Peter Gabriel - Us
3. Crowded House - Woodface


This month's favorites: Mercury Rev's new album "All is Dream" AND the new Sparklehorse.



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Originally posted by CrashedCarDriver:
11/ eric clapton- unplugged
how come, Aphex Twin's "Richard D. James Album" just missed out, but still the album 'most likely to make me snore' is at nr. 11 ?

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Essential Albums:

REM-New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Radiohead-The Bends
Lenny Kravitz-5
Collective Soul-Dosage
Live-Secret Shamadi

Any U2 album

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In no particular order:

Oasis- Definitely Maybe
Oasis- What's the Story Morning Glory
U2- Achtung Baby
U2- All That You Can't Leave Behind
U2- The Joshua Tree
U2- Zooropa
U2- Boy
Rage Against the Machine- Renegades
Van Morrison- The Best of
Elvis Costello- Brutal Youth
Foo Fighters- The Colour and the Shape
Garbage- Garbage
No Doubt- The Beacon Street Collection
Mighty Mighty Bosstones- Pay Attention
Live- Throwing Copper
Jewel- Pieces of You
Bob Dylan- Love and Theft
Coldplay- Parachutes
Weezer- The Green Album
58- Diet for a New America
Dave Matthews Band- Before these Crowded Streets
Tool- Lateralus
Tonic- Lemon Parade
Everclear- Sparkle and Fade
The Beastie Boys- Sounds of Science
Led Zeppelin- ZoSo
Led Zeppelin- Houses of the Holy
Red Hot Chili Peppers- Calfornication
Radiohead- Kid A
REM- Automatic for the People
Metallica- Ride the Lightning
Metallica- The black album
Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction
Guns N' Roses- Use Your Illusion 1 & 2
Green Day- Nimrod
The Beatles- Rubber Soul
Nirvana- In Utero
PJ Harvey- Stories From the City, Stories from the Sea
PJ Harvey- Rid of Me
Smashing Pumpkins- Machina/The Machines of God
Ozzy Osbourne- No More Tears
Stone Temple Pilots- Core
Stone Temple Pilots No. 4
Stone Temple Pilots- Shangrila-Dee-da
Stevie Nicks- Enchanted

Not quite 50

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I only own around 45 CD's total (didn't get any till 1996), so I'll list my top 15.

1. U2 - The Joshua Tree
2. U2 - Achtung Baby
3. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
4. U2 - Pop
5. Radiohead - OK Computer
6. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
7. The Wallflowers - Bringing Down The Horse
8. Oasis - Be Here Now
9. U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
10. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
11. Radiohead - The Bends
12. Collective Soul - Dosage
13. U2 - War
14. Radiohead - Kid A
15. matchbox twenty - mad season

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Originally posted by ericb:

And the worst albums I have:
Bon Jovi- Crush[This message has been edited by ericb (edited 09-16-2001).]
lol! I listed that on ebay the same day I bought it.
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"I know there are groups at the top of the charts that are hailed as the saviors of rock 'n' roll and all that, but they are amateurs. They don't know where the music comes from." ~Bob Dylan~

"What you don't have, you don't need it now. What you don't know, you can feel it somehow." ~U2~

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In no particular order...

Boy
October
War
under a blood red sky
joshua tree
rattle and hum
achtung baby
zooropa
pop
all that you can't leave behind
Ten- pearl jam
vs.- pearl jam
binaural- pearl jam
bootleg cd # 72, seattle- pearl jam
bootleg cd # 41, jones beach, ny- pearl jam
automatic for the people- r.e.m.
reveal- r.e.m.
are you experienced- jimi hendrix
greatest hits- the doors
greatest hits- tom petty & the heartbreakers
sticky fingers- rolling stones
hot rocks- rolling stones
blood on the tracks- bob dylan
sublime- sublime
house of pain- house of pain
dookie- green day
nimrod- green day
bloodsugarsexmagik- red hot chili peppers
californication- red hot chili peppers
extinction level event- busta rhymes
live in new york city- springsteen & e street
live rust- neil young & crazy horse
use your illusion 1- gnr
appetite for destruction- gnr
5- lenny kravitz
no. 4- stone temple pilots
shangriladida- stone temple pilots
graceland- paul simon
the concert in central park- simon &garfunkel
the cream of clapton- eric clapton
hell freezes over- eagles
roll with the new- chris rock (never said what kind of cd!)
odelay- beck
piano man- billy joel
the stranger- billy joel
abbey road- beatles
rubber soul- beatles
white album- beatles
sgt. peppers- beatles
duets- frank sinatra

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Dressing like your sister, living like a tart. They don't know what you're doing, babe it must be art. You're a headache... in a suitcase... You're a star.
 
no particular order:

U2 - achtung baby
U2 - joshua tree
U2 - all that you can't leave behind
U2 - war
U2 - zooropa
U2 - boy
the stone roses - stone roses
primal scream - screamadelica
fiona apple - tidal
led zepplin - III
led zepplin - IV
coldplay - parachutes
pj harvey - stories from the city
pj harvey - to bring you my love
red hot chilli peppers - bloodsugarsexmagic
doves - lost souls
bruce springsteen - darkness on the edge of town
paul simon - graceland
fleetwood mac - tusk
prince - purple rain
beatles - abbey road
beatles - white album
beatles - rubber soul
beatles - revolver
david bowie - changes
the police - synchronicity
sting - nothing like the sun
radiohead - ok computer
radiohead - the bends
radiohead - kid a
stevie wonder - songs in the key of life
the clash - london calling
van morrison - astral weeks
van morrison - moondance
beach boys - pet sounds
buena vista social club
rem - automatic for the people
smashing pumpkins - siamese dream
john lennon - imagine
portishead - dummy
elliot smith - either/or
oasis - what's the story(morning glory)
massive attack - blue lines
steele pulse - true democracy
jeff buckley - grace
rolling stones - let it bleed
micheal jackson - off the wall
janes addiction - janes addiction
queen - best of
dave matthews - crash
miles davis - bitches brew
miles davis - kind of blue
paul mccartney - flaming pie

ok, 3 over, sorry, but they're oh so good
 
I can't name 50 right now, but my personal top 10 favorites are:

1. Bruce Springsteen- Born To Run
2. U2- Achtung Baby
3. U2- Joshua Tree
4. Bruce Springsteen- Tunnel Of Love
5. Bruce Springsteen- Born In The USA
6. Billy Joel- Storm Front
7. U2- War
8. Bon Jovi- New Jersey
9. John Mellencamp- Scarecrow
10.No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom


And the worst albums I have:

Bruce Springsteen- The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Billy Joel- The Bridge
Bon Jovi- Crush
Madonna- Erotica
Bryan Adams- You Want It You Got It


[This message has been edited by ericb (edited 09-16-2001).]
 
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