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Title: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Pete on January 08, 2012, 07:13:32 PM
Mine are:

Where Are All The Nice Girls - Any Trouble
Live! - Bob Marley and the Wailers
Sgt Pepper - Beatles
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
Led Zepplin II - Led Zepplin
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Greatest Hits (1981) - Queen
Some Girls - Rolling Stones
Family Album - Stoneground
Who's Next - The Who

Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: therealjr on January 08, 2012, 07:41:37 PM
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Brothers in arms -  Dire Straits
Parallel lines -  Blondie
No jacket required-  Phil Collins
True -  Spandau Ballet
Running in the family -  Level 42
Genesis -  Genesis
Jarreau -  Al Jarreau
Rumours -  Fleetwood Mac
4 symbols - Led Zepplin (I'd put Mothership but someone will say we can't have compillation albums)
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Pete on January 08, 2012, 07:46:01 PM
Errr... I've got a greatest hits in my list.

Just a list of your top 10 albums is all :)

BTW - how did I miss Thriller? Doh...  >:(
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Slacker on January 08, 2012, 07:48:14 PM
Purists tend to say no compilations and no live albums (unless all songs are new)
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Pete on January 08, 2012, 07:49:01 PM
Good job we're not purists then - LOL  :P
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Slacker on January 08, 2012, 08:16:54 PM
Been to "The other place" to jog my memory.

Interestingly Pete's list is vastly different from before but Jon's (almost exclusively 80s) list has not changed.

Not coming up with a definitive list yet but here are some on my shortlist:

There is a recent trend for groups to play live versions of their most iconic albums in full and these 3 have impressed me:

Wishbone Ash  - Argus

Strawbs - Hero & Heroine

Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley Schoals

Some long time favourites:

Springsteen - Born To Run

Pulp - Different Class

REM - Automatic For The people

Al Stewart - past, Prenent & Future

Some more recent:

Tiny Dancers - Free School Milk

Richard Hawley - Lady's bridge

Midlake - The Courage of Others

John Grant - Queen of Denmark

Griffin House - The Learner

There really should be something by The Who or the Rolling Stones but which?

Difficult, requires more thought.
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: ~Aitch~ on January 09, 2012, 12:57:15 AM
Queen - The Platinum Collection
Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell
Kinks - You really got me
Dolly Parton - The very best of
Dr. Hook - Completely Hooked
Thin Lizzy - Greatest Hits
Stones - Forty Licks
Glen Miller - In the Mood
Barry Manilow - The best of
AndrĂ© Rieu (drool, swoon  :-*) Moonlight Serenade
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Slacker on January 09, 2012, 06:41:17 AM
If we are including greatest his albums my list would be completely different but if those are the rules may just as well put ipod playlists in. Let's have some guidelines.
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: k4blades on January 09, 2012, 08:48:40 AM
This is my list from the other place....

Fast Car, Tracy Chapman
Bat Out of Hell, Meatloaf
The Wall, Pink Flloyd (Many prefer DSOTM but not me)
Thriller, Michael Jackson (Could easily have been Off The Wall)
Pablo Honey, Radiohead (Could have been any of theirs.)
Secret World, Live Peter Gabriel
The Best of Sade for those special moments LOL
The Very Best of Gene Pitney
Whats The Story. Morning Glory or anything by Oasis.
Parallel Lines, Blondie (or any others of theirs)
Stoosh, Skunk Anansie
Automatic For the People, REM
Gold ABBA, well why not.
Grease, The Soundtrack....don't laugh, we all bloody well sing along to it....don't we.
Raintown, Deacon Blue

And thats not including anything by Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Stereophonics, Elvis P, Elvis C,........

Recent additions would include 21 by Adele and The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow.
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Alsatian on January 09, 2012, 10:59:01 AM
Let's have some guidelines.

Typical 'politician'!!  ;)
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: ~Aitch~ on January 09, 2012, 01:12:39 PM
If we are including greatest his albums my list would be completely different but if those are the rules may just as well put ipod playlists in. Let's have some guidelines.

I think that a moderator should be notified ..... unless you balance it with a list of greatest hers albums ;)
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Pete on January 09, 2012, 01:14:29 PM
I'll PM him Aitch - usually works... lol

 :D
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Slacker on January 09, 2012, 05:38:43 PM
Fellow music snobs, sorry highways officers, are horrified at the suggestion of including Greatest Hits in a best album debate.

It's just a lazy choice and bares no connection with  particular act at a particular time period, some are even compiled by record labels without the consent of the acts involved.

For instance the Beatles Blue & Red albums contain many more familiar songs than the likes of classic albums such as Revolver and Sgt Pepper.

Obviously this Forum is about freedom of speech but without sensible guidelines I'm going to spit the dummy and take my ball home on this topic.
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Pete on January 09, 2012, 05:45:54 PM
All I did was ask what your fave top ten albums were, 'kin' 'ell Slacker.

We don't need no stinkin' guidelines!
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Fly on January 09, 2012, 05:50:13 PM
My top ten albums are all compilation albums.

Most albums are half filled with crap any way.

Ok, some Queen albums.
Alanis Morrisette, Jagged Little Pill
That's 10 for now  :D

Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: ~Aitch~ on January 09, 2012, 06:24:28 PM
As a bear of very little brain, can I just clarify that "Fellow Music Snobs" means the same as a group of judgemental tossers who think that their taste in music is better than anybody elses?      Just asking.

Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Pete on January 09, 2012, 06:38:50 PM
I'm guessing that's a fail then Slacker...

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Slacker on January 09, 2012, 07:24:43 PM
it has the potential to be an interesting discussion and find me some different music to try.
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Alsatian on January 09, 2012, 07:28:56 PM
Obviously this Forum is about freedom of speech but without sensible guidelines I'm going to spit the dummy and take my ball home on this topic.

Na na na na nah nah!!!  :'(
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Slacker on January 09, 2012, 08:27:12 PM
As a bear of very little brain, can I just clarify that "Fellow Music Snobs" means the same as a group of judgemental tossers who think that their taste in music is better than anybody elses?      Just asking.

Not criticising anyone's taste just the concept.

Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Slacker on January 09, 2012, 08:30:13 PM
btw Stoneground & Any Trouble are not acts that I am familiar wit soi probably need searching for to have a listen
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: therealjr on January 09, 2012, 10:56:18 PM
What's the difference between a compilation album and a live one where the group/artist plays the majority of their hits?
For example I could have easily put Led Zep's 'The Song Remains The Same' which depending on which way you look at it is either a compilation album, a live album or even a sound track to a film!!
Title: Re: Your Fave Top 10 Albums of All Time
Post by: Slacker on January 10, 2012, 06:44:03 AM
The 3 I mentioned are not live albums they are concerts I have been to years after the albums came out where they have (for the first part of the set) played the album through in the original track order (though OCS have recently brought out a live version which included Moseley Shoals and the rest of the concert)

If you search online for best albums of the year, decade, century etc they will generally exclude compilations. various artists and live albums of old material.