All time great/must have Albums

[Daryll]

I remember when I was young , there were Albums that you just have to have in your collection , so what are the all time great albums .

I would start by having.

Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge over troubled water

Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon

The Beatles - Sargent Peppers.

Daryll

[Charlie Brown]

The BEST of Aqua Timez

:sofa:

[simonp]

The Beatles - Sargent Peppers.



Is that the bootleg - I prefer Sgt. Peppers Lonley Heart's Club Band or even Sergeant Peppers :devil:

My choice(s)

U2 - The Joshua Tree
Depeche Mode - Violator

[Daryll]

And well you hide at the back of that sofa , shame on you Mr brown :D :D :D


Daryll

[andyw]

can't have this thread and not mention
thriller and bad

not in the same league but I loved a fine art of surfacing from boomtown rats

[funkymook]

Here's a few of my all time greats/must haves...

Bluesbreakers - John Mayall
Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis
Raw Power - Iggy And The Stooges
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground
Berlin - Lou Reed
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
A Northern Soul - The Verve

[Excalibur]

Strike me pink lads, I can't believe nobody's mentioned Bat out of Hell yet. :eek: :eek: Couple of venues I used to work, you could nearly play both sides of that and do half the night with it! :D :D Throw in some Quo, and you had a full evening. :D :D :D :D :D :D

When I ran as Highway Star, Deep Purple -Made in Japan was de rigeur.

Led Zep II and IV got a lot of play, and David Bowie -Aladdin Sane also did.

More later if I can remember.

[AndyC]

ELO Out of the Blue, Wings Over America & thin lizzy's Live & Dangerous were the albums you had to have still have them but they dont get played (too big to go in the sterio)

[funkymook]

I remember these being must haves in the 6th Form at school...

Frampton Comes Alive
Tubular Bells

[BeerFunk]

Referring to the OP, is it albums which were fashionable to own, or just the best albums around at the time?

[Megamix]

very few albums I played a lot, always been a singles follower but..

Ian Dury - New Boots & Panties
Crusaders - Street Life
George Benson - Breezin
Alessi Brothers - Alessi

whoops = my faves. Maybe Ian's was a classic

[Daryll]

Referring to the OP, is it albums which were fashionable to own, or just the best albums around at the time?

Bit of both really , even guys and gals who were into motown and main stream pop in the early days often had what IMHO was a classic , like what has been posted .

The Who - live at Leeds

Michael Jackson - Thriller

Led Zepplin ( 1 ,2 ,3 or 4 :D )

Abba - Gold

[funkymook]

very few albums I played a lot, always been a singles follower but..

Ian Dury - New Boots & Panties
Crusaders - Street Life
George Benson - Breezin
Alessi Brothers - Alessi

whoops = my faves. Maybe Ian's was a classic

New Boot & Panties - indeed a classic.
Many years ago I worked in a well known high street stores record department. One busy Saturday morning I heard the opening refrain of Plaistow Patricia on the shops system - it went
:Censored: :Censored: :Censored: :Censored: 'screeeeeeeeech'
as I dove across the counter and knocked the needle off the record!

[WWDJ]

I do like these kind of threads and I've asked this question to many friends

One additional stipulation of course is 'Best of' albums are not allowed and I am glad most of you are adhering to that :D

The fashion album of my day was Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

But we used to listen to all sorts ....

- Paul Simon - Graceland
- Pet Shop Boys - Actually
- Nirvana - Nevermind

But if you want a truly great album from me it has to be

The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation

It keeps me locked in from start to finish and there aren't many albums that do that as there is always a duff track somewhere.

[Mark Wild]

Here's 3 from me :D

-Big Audio Dynamite - Medicine Show
-INXS - Kick
-Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense

[simonp]

Abba - Gold

For Gods sake Daryll that's not a bloody studio album, it's a compilation!!!!!



- Pet Shop Boys - Actually

Wow - pretty left-field that one - good album on its own merits though

one I've just thought of, and i know it's relatively modern and not thought of as a Too Kool for Skool 'classic' but;

Moby - Play



-INXS - Kick

Great Album Marky

[Mark Wild]

- D'Angelo - Voodoo
- Public Enemey - Nation of millions
- Fugees - The Score
- Massive Attack - Blue Lines (Stonkin album!!!)

Soooo many great albums out there.......

- Air - Moon Safari
- Portishead - Sour Times

O.K I'll stop now :p

[funkymook]

Parallel Lines - Blondie. Every track is good, and there were lots of singles from it.


- Air - Moon Safari
- Portishead - Sour Times

O.K I'll stop now :p

No don't - I've got loads more too :D

[Mark Wild]

The Streets - Original Pirate Material :D

[leelive]

David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Neil Young - Freedom

[funkymook]

The Streets - Original Pirate Material :D

Now you can stop! :D

[Mark Wild]

Now you can stop! :D

Ian Brown - Music Of The Spheres
The Strokes - Is this it


:)

[funkymook]

One more before bed:

Exile on Main Street - Rolling Stones

Goodnight!

[Excalibur]

Ah. I appear to have misinterpreted the aim of the thread. I assumed we were talking about a disco environment, rather than personal. :o :o No problem, how about a much overlooked one, Fog on the Tyne-Lindisfarne?

Mr Wild, I was tempted to say that your musical taste was crap, but since that would be impolite, I'll settle for saying that it's totally at odds with mine apparently. :D

[paulg]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_worldwide

interesting link - some great albums on here that you wouldn't necessarily think about

[Mark Wild]

Ah. I appear to have misinterpreted the aim of the thread. I assumed we were talking about a disco environment, rather than personal. :o :o No problem, how about a much overlooked one, Fog on the Tyne-Lindisfarne?

Mr Wild, I was tempted to say that your musical taste was crap, but since that would be impolite, I'll settle for saying that it's totally at odds with mine apparently. :D

And then you post this I'm guessing a track from one of your all time great albums? Cheeky sod :p :D

YouTube - Lindisfarne - Fog on the Tyne

[funkymook]

And then you post this I'm guessing a track from one of your all time great albums? Cheeky sod :p :D
]

Mark - maybe you'd prefer the club version! :D

YouTube - gazza - fog on the tyne

[Mark Wild]

Mark - maybe you'd prefer the club version! :D

:lol:

[MBK]

Bat out of Hell - Meatloaf
War of The Worlds - Jeff Wayne
Band On the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings

[funkymook]

Band On the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings

One of Alans favourites...

YouTube - Alan Partridge about music (Very funny!)

[Corabar Steve]

The Pogues - Red Roses For Me
Madness - One Step Beyond
The Beatles - Help!
Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
The Ramones - Leave Home

[Daryll]

For Gods sake Daryll that's not a bloody studio album, it's a compilation!!!!!





And what difference does that make ??, it is still an Album , and judging by sales alone , a very popular one

[Kernow]

Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
The Shadows - 20 Golden Greats (now on CD as 50 Golden Greats !!):confused:
Vaious Artists - Charisma Disturbance

[Penfold42]

Music for the Jilted Generation - The Prodigy
Are Friends Electric - Tubeway Army
War of the Worlds
London Calling - The Clash
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Nevermind - Nirvana
Never Mind the B*******, Here's the Sex Pistols - The Sex Pistols
Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder

That will do for now.

[NKR]

A Very Modern One

Sigh no More - Mumford & Sons

It will be a classic.

[Charlie Brown]

A Very Modern One

Sigh no More - Mumford & Sons

It will be a classic.

:agree:

I picked that up from Play.com last night actually!

I hated them before but having heard them on the radio...I was amazed.

[funkymook]

Small Faces - Ogdens Nut Gone Flake

Saw Small Faces tribute band, The Small Fakers, do the whole album, they had Stanley Unwins son, John Unwin, narrating it.

[Charlie Brown]

Aha - Hunting High & Low.

Not sure why but I like it.

[juicylucy]

Is that the bootleg - I prefer Sgt. Peppers Lonley Heart's Club Band or even Sergeant Peppers :devil:

My choice(s)

U2 - The Joshua Tree
Depeche Mode - Violator
I much, much prefer Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, if you pick holes in other poster's spelling then you have to be squeaky clean yourself...lol. ;)