Your top ten albums of all time

[An Cat Gav]

1:Achtung Baby
2:The Joshua Tree
3:EVERYTHING ELSE BY U2
4:Low- David Bowie
5:Mezzanine-Massive Attack
6:Moon Safari-Air
7:OK Computer- Radiohead
8:In Utero-Nirvana
9The White Album - The Beatles
10:bLOOD ON THE tRACKS- Bob Dylan

 

[PookaMacP]

1. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan [quite simply the best album made by a long shot]
2. Kid A - Radiohead [genius]
3. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones [the only Stones album that really comes up to the mark in my opinion, and a classic]
4. IV - Led Zeppelin [forget the cliches, this, from Black Dog to When The Levee Breaks, is a legendary album]
5. The Fitzgerald - Richmond Fontaine [an understated lyrical masterpiece from a great band]
6. Blood On The Tracks (original New York pressing) - Bob Dylan [I know this is cheating slightly, but the earlier versions are far superior]
7. Is This It - The Strokes [derivative or not - a great album]
8. Achtung Baby - U2 [their (only?) masterpiece]
9. The Freewheelin' - Bob Dylan [his acoustic masterpiece]
10. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd [sheer brilliance]

And honorable mentions go to....
'The "Indie" Classic':
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

'I'll see in another year if I still think it's great and then declare it a classic'
Funeral - Arcade Fire
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

'The Rival to Acthung Baby'
Zooropa - U2

'The Album I drift in and out of thinking is great [and so probably isn't quite]
Love Is Hell - Ryan Adams

 

[PookaMacP]

1. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan [quite simply the best album made by a long shot]

Ha! My apologies for that typo - obviously I don't mean to term Bob Dylan 'a long shot'. Of course I should have said, best album ever made by a long way.

 

[HeartlandGirl]

I'm pleasantly surprised at how many people have listed Ryan Adams albums.

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Not really in order, except for 1, and it is rather narrowly confined to mid-90s British rock but oh well.

1. Blur - Parklife
2. U2 - Achtung Baby
3. Radiohead - OK Computer
4. The Clash - London Calling
5. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
6. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
7. The Verve - Urban Hymns
8. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
9. Pulp - Different Class
10. REM - Automatic For The People

 

[Stefan]

1. Achtung Baby - U2
2. Ok Computer - Radiohead
3. The Unforgettable Fire - U2
4. The Joshua Tree - U2
5. The Dark Side of the moon - Pink Floyd
6. No Need to Argue - The Cranberries
7. Parachutes - Coldplay
8. The Second you Sleep - Saybia
9. Kid A - Radiohead
10. Unplugged in New York - Nirvana

 

[Exit thru Wire]

U2 - Achtung Baby, Zooropa, JT...etc
Muse - Showbiz
*Muse - Origin of Symmetry*
Muse - Absolution
*Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream*
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie + the Infinite Sadness
The Verve - A Storm In Heaven
Editors - The Back Room
Radiohead - Kid A

 

[lazarus]

Achtung Baby
The White Album
Pavement, Wowee Zowee
Sugar, Copper Blue
The Pixies, Doolittle
The Replacements, Pleased to Meet Me
Afghan Whigs, Black Love
Steely Dan, Countdown to Ecstasy
New Order, Brotherhood
R.E.M., Lifes Rich Pageant

Can't believe I didn't include any Bob Dylan or Prince (both in my top 5 artists), but none of their individual albums have as many great tracks as the ones above, which are all pretty close to fillerless to these ears (except for The White Album).

 

[gherman]

U2-Achtung Baby
Coldplay-Rush of Blood to the Head
Dave Matthews Band-Crash
Jack Johnson-On and On
U2-How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb
The Beatles-Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles-Revolver
The Beatles-The White Album
Pink Floyd-The Wall
David Gray-White Ladder

 

[Jack In The Box]

omg!, no Interpol, Explosions in the Sky or Sufjan Stevens on my list, I scare myself

 

[elevation2u]

ooohh I forgot to add Devendra Banhart
!!

talk about scary

 

[LyricalDrug]

1. Led Zeppelin IV
2. Abbey Road
3. Blonde on Blonde
4. Sticky Fingers
5. Who's Next
6. Achtung Baby
7. Led Zeppelin 2
8. Sgt. Pepper's
9. Pet Sounds
10. Dark Side of the Moon

 

[love_u2_adam]

1. u2- achtung baby
2. the clash- London calling
3.pink Floyd- the wall
4.interpol- antics
5. Janis Joplin- pearl
6.the killers- hot fuss
7.u2- zooropa
8. queen- a night at the opera
9.supertramp-breakfast in america
10.u2-pop

 

[HeartlandGirl]

omg!, no Interpol, Explosions in the Sky or Sufjan Stevens on my list, I scare myself

I put My Chemical Romance on mine...

OMG!!!!11!!!1 I'm SO EMOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!111111111!!@

 

[Jack In The Box]

hey! I quite like "Three Cheers..."
but sometimes I'm so emo too

 

[TranceEnding]

oh noooooooo! This is too hard a question! So I might cheat a bit

U2 - Achtung Baby
U2 - Unforgettable Fire
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Depeche Mode - Violater
Lloyd Cole & the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
the Tea Party - Edges of Twilight
the Waterboys - this Is the Sea
Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy
Patti Smith - Trampin'

awwww ..
and every single album/CD by the Church especially 'Priest=Aura'

 

[POP-ROMANCER]

u2 - achtung baby
u2 - pop
the kinks - muswell hillbillies
the kinks - preservation act 2
oasis - definetely maybe
oasis - don't believe the truth
radiohead - amnesiac
supergrass - i should coco
the beatles - abbey road
robbie williams - escapology

in no order

 

[djerdap]

1. U2 - Achtung Baby
2. Pearl Jam - Ten
3. The Cure - Disintegration
4. Radiohead - OK Computer
5. Led Zeppelin IV
6. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
7. Pixies - Doolittle
8. Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
9. Depeche Mode - Violator
10.New Order - Get Ready

 

[Bug]

1. Welcome to the Infant Freebase -The Soundtrack of Our Lives
2. The Clash -The Clash
3. Boy -U2
4. Innuendo -Queen
5. Sgt. Pepper's -Beatles
6. Station to Station -David Bowie
7. Global A Go-Go -Joe Strummer
8. Don't Believe the Truth -Oasis
9. Animals -Pink Floyd
10. Comfort Eagle -CAKE

 

[HeartlandGirl]

hey! I quite like "Three Cheers..."
but sometimes I'm so emo too

I was surprised that I added it to my list, but man, I love that album front to back, regardless of genre.

 

[loverippedaway]

1)Achtung Baby
2)Disintigration-The Cure
3)Violator-Depeche Mode
4)Joshua Tree-U2
5)Pornography-The Cure
6)Wish-The Cure
7)Turn on the Bright Lights-Interpol
8)Substance-New Order
9)Songs of Faith and Devotion-Depeche Mode
10)Pop-U2

 

[Achtung Joshua!]

1) TEN - Pearl Jam
2) The Joshua Tree - U2
3) Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
4) VS - Pearl Jam
5) Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden
6) Dirt - Alice in Chains
7) Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
8) Superunkown - Soundgarden
9) Core - Stone Temple Pilots
10) Purple - Stone Temple Pilots

 

[LemonMelon]

Only 1 album per artist allowed from me...in no particular order...

U2 - Zooropa
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Radiohead - OK Computer
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
David Bowie - Station To Station
Beatles - Abbey Road
REM - Automatic For The People
Aerosmith - Pump
Steely Dan - Aja

 

[vivalapopedge]

U2-Achtung Baby
Fiona Apple-When the Pawn...
Bright Eyes-I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Bruce Springsteen-Born to Run
The Beatles-Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Rilo Kiley-More Adventurous
R.E.M.-Automatic for the People
Oasis-Definitely Maybe
No Doubt-Beacon Street Collection
Arcade Fire-Wake Up




I feel satisfied with this list

 

[Aygo]

Automatic For The People - REM
Achtung Baby - U2
Heathen Chemistry - Oasis
Computer World - Kraftwerk
Violator - Depeche Mode
Californication - RHCP
American Life - Madonna
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2
X&Y - Coldplay
Sgt. Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

 

[Princey]

No order here folks, but my best 10 albums are:

Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Pop - U2
Achtung Baby- U2
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Funeral - Arcade Fire
The Bends - Radiohead
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Solitary Man III - Johnny Cash
Nirvana - Unplugged in New York

 

[vivalapopedge]

I just realized I put the wrong thing down for Arcade Fire, for some reason my head wasn't thinking and I put "Wake Up" down instead of Funeral. You know what I meant

 

[Harry Vest]

The Who - Quadrophenia
The Clash - London Calling
U2 - October
Soundtrack - Phantom Of The Paradise
Budgie - Best Of Budgie
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
The Who - Who's Next
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
The Gunshy - No Man's Blues
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia

 

[FitzChivalry]

so, so hard. so without straining my brain too much . . . off the top of my head (and in no particular order):

1. The Joshua Tree - U2
2. Boy - U2
3. Beaucoup Fish - Underworld
4. Under The Pink - Tori Amos
5. Yield - Pearl Jam
6. OK Computer - Radiohead
7. Different Class - Pulp
8. Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses
9. Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
10. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis

 

[GibsonGirl]

You know, my top ten changes so many times. It'll probably be different again in a few weeks. Anyway, mine:

1. Pink Floyd - Animals
2. Radiohead - Kid A
3. Queen - A Night At The Opera
4. Radiohead - OK Computer
5. Echo And The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
6. U2 - Achtung Baby
7. Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
9. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
10. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Honourable mentions include:

The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Modest Mouse - The Moon And Antarctica
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
The Clash - London Calling
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm