The "Your Top 10 influential albums ever" thread

[adriansr_martin]

Ok...so what do YOU think are the 10 most influential albums EVER! These albums helped form the basis of today's music - what do you think they are!

Mine in no particular order

1 Never mind the bollocks - Sex Pistols
2 London Calling - The Clash
3 The White album - The Beatles
4 Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
5 Joshua Tree - U2
6 Highway 61 - Bob Dylan
7 Thriller - Michael Jackson
8 What's going on - Marvin Gaye
9 Straight outta compton - NWA
10 Blues breakers - John Mayall with Eric Clapton

 

[Popmartijn]

I'm not really mentioning the 10 most influential albums ever for the whole music scene, but these 10 were the most influential for me. Also, in no particular order:

1. U2 - Rattle And Hum
2. Spearhead - Home
3. Lou Reed - Magic And Loss
4. Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
5. Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Trust
6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
7. Bob Marley - Songs Of Freedom
8. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
9. Urban Dance Squad - Beograd Live
10. Tröckener Kecks - >TK

 

[Mullen4Prez]

I think I'll go with my fav albums

1. U2 October
2. REM best of rem in time
3. Bell X1 music in mouth
4. U2 Achtung baby
5. Coldplay a rush of blood to the head
6. Placebo sleeping with the ghosts
7. U2 HTDAAB
8. R.E.M Automatic For the People
9. Snow Patrol Final Straw
10. Queen Hot Space

 

[BrownEyedBoy]

Queen - Greatest Hits (Because that ignited my passion for this band)
Nirvana - Unplugged in New York (Because this band got me into playing guitar)
U2 - Pop (got me into the best band in the world)
G3 - Live (Because it got me into practicing more in the vein of virtuoso guitar playing)
Alejandro Sanz - Más

 

[jimmmm]

1. Low - Bowie
2. Achtung Baby - U2
3. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
4. Hatful Of Hollow - The Smiths
5. The Kick Inside - Kate Bush
6. Never Mind The Bollocks... - The Sex Pistols
7. The Joshua Tree - U2
8. Stationtostation - Bowie
9. The Idiot - Iggy Pop
10. Love Bites - The Buzzcocks

 

[TheFly84138]

The Velvet Underground and Nico-The Velvet Underground
Nevermind the Bullocks-The Sex Pistols
Pet Sounds-Beach Boys
Rubber Soul-The Beatles
Ramones-Ramones
Master of Puppets-Metallica
Ok Computer-Radiohead
Slanted and Enchanted-Pavement
Remain in Light-Talking Heads
Bringing It All Back Home-Bob Dylan

 

[Basstrap]

Woody Guthrie - Dustbowl Ballads

 

[WinnieThePoo]

1.A Night At The Opera - Queen

2. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd

3.Joshua Tree- U2

4. Pulp Fiction soundtrack -

5.OK Computer / Fat Of The Land

6.Revolver - The Beatles

7.Nirvana - nevermind

8.faith no more - angel dust

 

[rjhbonovox]

Spinal Tap - Break Like The Wind has to be the most influential album of all time! Also worth a nod of appreciation is Des O' Connors Greatest Hits.

 

[Nube Gris]

Achtung Baby-U2
The Joshua Tree-U2
Every Breath You Take/The Singles-The Police
London Calling-The Clash
Desintegration-The Cure
Violator-Depeche Mode
New Yersey-Bon Jovi
Brothers In Arms-Dire Straits
Making Movies-Dire Straits
Under a Blood Red Sky-U2
The Road-The Kinks

11

 

[00Kevin]

1.Sgt. Peppers-The Bealtes
2.Who's Next-The Who
3.The White Album-The Beatles
4.Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd
5.The Joshua Tree-U2
6.Let it Bleed-The Rolling Stones
7.Born to Run-Bruce Springsteen
8.Blood on the Tracks-Bob Dlyan
9.Revolver-The Beatles
10.Highway 61 Revisited-Bob Dylan

 

[JOFO]

1.Sgt. Peppers-The Bealtes
2.Who's Next-The Who
3.The White Album-The Beatles
4.Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd
5.The Joshua Tree-U2
6.Let it Bleed-The Rolling Stones
7.Born to Run-Bruce Springsteen
8.Blood on the Tracks-Bob Dlyan
9.Revolver-The Beatles
10.Highway 61 Revisited-Bob Dylan

this is probably the most accurate list, although I think you've gotta list "Bitches Brew" by Miles Davis, Led Zeppelin 4, and "Are You Experienced" by Hendrix in there somehow.

 

[Bono's shades]

MOST INFLUENTIAL ON MODERN MUSIC
Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
Led Zeppelin - Led Zep II
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
The Ramones - The Ramones
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Nirvana - Nevermind
Radiohead - OK Computer

MOST INFLUENTIAL ON ME PERSONALLY
The Beatles - pick any album - I heard them all growing up!
Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park
The Police - Synchronicity
Prince - Purple Rain
Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
U2 - The Joshua Tree
U2 - Achtung Baby
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around

 

[I'm Ready]

Most influental over all:

1.Sgt Peppers-beatles
2.Abbey Road-beatles
3.Highway 61 Revisited-Dylan
4.Tommy-The Who
5.London Calling-Clash
6.Are You Experienced-Jimi Hendrix
7.Who's Next-The Who
8.Born to Run-Springsteen
9.Everybody Knows this is Knowhere-Neil Young
10.Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust-Bowie

Most Influental on Me:

1.Blonde on Blonde-Dylan
2.Hwy 61-Dylan
3.Blood on the Tracks-Dylan
4.Bringin it all Back Home-Dylan
5.Quadrophenia-The Who
6.Who's Next-The Who
7.Wild, Innocent, E-Street Shuffle-Springsteen
8.Are You Experienced?-Hendrix
9.Achtung Baby-U2
10.War-U2

EDIT:Forgot to Mention that Velvet Underground and Nico isnt necessarily influental because not alot of people heard it when it was released

 

[Dionisius]

U2: Achtung Baby
U2: Joshua Tree
The Cure: Disintegration
Alanis Morrissette: Jagged Little Pill
R.E.M: Automatic for the People
The Police: Message in the Box
Smashing Pumpkins: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
CHAGE&ASKA: Very Best Roll Over 20 Years
The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
Matchbox Twenty: Yourself or Someone Like You

 

[JOFO]

Matchbox Twenty: Yourself or Someone Like You

 

[Dionisius]

 

[Aygo]

U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
REM - Automatic For The People
Madonna - American Life
Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St.
Coldplay - X&Y
Depeche Mode - Violator
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
U2 - Achtung Baby
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Led Zepplin- Led Zepplin II

 

[TheFly84138]

EDIT:Forgot to Mention that Velvet Underground and Nico isnt necessarily influental because not alot of people heard it when it was released [/B][/QUOTE]


But it is because pretty much any songwriter since that album has somehow had Lou Reed's influence on them.

 

[Zoots]

U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb

I fail to see the influence of this album on the world of music.

 

[rjhbonovox]

I fail to see the influence of this album on the world of music.

Probably an example of what not to release!

 

[Aygo]

I fail to see the influence of this album on the world of music

Well, I'm not even going to discuss that... I see that you're one of those HTDAAB bashers here, so I prefer not to comment it...

 

[Zoots]

Well, I'm not even going to discuss that... I see that you're one of those HTDAAB bashers here, so I prefer not to comment it...

Haha... hey, I'm not an HTDAAB basher. I just don't see how a relatively new and U2-by-numbers album like this one could be so influential. But to each his own.

 

[jacobus]

1 The White Album - Beatles
2 Never Mind The Bollocks - Sex Pistols
3 Electric Warrior - T. Rex
4 Sun Sessions- Elvis Presley
5 Achtung Baby- U2
6 Songs For The Deaf - Queens Of The Stone Age
7 Nevermind - Nirvana
8 Are You Experienced? - Jimmy Hendrix
9 Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
10 Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground + Nico

 

[nickypiemcg]

U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
REM - Automatic For The People
Madonna - American Life
Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St.
Coldplay - X&Y
Depeche Mode - Violator
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
U2 - Achtung Baby
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Led Zepplin- Led Zepplin II

How long as X&Y been out for? About 2 months or something? So in that time it has become one of your top ten most influential albums? I suppose I could say the same about HTDAAB. Has that album really been out long enough to play that big a part in your life?