best album of all time

[Andy Mac]

I always think of them as the desert island albums, and the list swaps around...which ones could you take if that's all you could listen to.

1/something by Van Morrison, not a Best of, maybe 'Common One', classical almost.
2/Johnny Winter 'Nothin' but the Blues"
3/ Dire Straits self titled, their first one and the best debut of all time!
4/ Pink Floyd 'Wish you were here'
5/ Red Hot Chilli Peppers 'Californication'

but where's Paul Kelly, KD Lang, Corey Harris, Harry Manx....?:eek:

Good question ss!

[Lignum]

My five Desert Island disks -

Greatest hits - All Green
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
Rocket to Russia - Ramons
Bitches Brew - Milles Davis
Music from big Pink - The Band


Apologies to -

Live at the Apolo - James Brown
Wheels of Fire - Cream
Nebraska - Bruce Sprinsteen
American Beauty - Gratefull Dead
Cosmos Factory - Creedence

[boban]

The Cult - Best of the Cult
ACDC - Back in Black
Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Neil Diamond - Greatest Hits
Noiseworks - Noiseworks (the first album)

[RufflyRustic]

I'm with Major Panic - Pink Floyd and Dark Side of the Moon - great album that, very inspirational for a bit of poetry and a bit of artwork to go with the poetry. Must dig out that album tonight for a listen.

My second choice is Queen - all their 80's and 90's releases and not as many of their 70's releases.

[Zed]

WHAT A SUBJECTIVE QUESTION!!! impossible to define universally but mine are currently listed as :

dark side of the moon - P Floyd
machine head - Deep purple
Hot rats, Make a jazz Noise here, Zoot Allures, Apostrophe, YCDTOSA V 1-6, Grand Wazoo - Zappa
Best of Cold Chisel (technically not an album... but...)
honeymoon is over - cruel sea


In fact anyone who is serious about thier music and hasnt heard it - I suggest you listen to Hot Rats - it is a truely awesome album.

I bet no-one lists Rogue Traders (are you paying attention Harry72?? )

[Felder]

Has anyone heard the latest "Rogue Traders" album? Instant classic! What a great band! Sorry Zed.

Californication is a good album but I prefer Blood Sugar Sex Magik from RHCP.
And the Honeymoon Is Over was good but I preferred Three Legged Dog from The Cruel Sea.

My personal favourite though is 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 from Midnight Oil.

So many more to list..........so I won't.

But Pink Floyd would be up there, as well as Led Zep, but sorry Ruffly - Queen doesn't come close in my book

[Bodgy]

Let it Bleed, closely followed by Dark Side of the Moon.

Bit of Trivia. Remember about 10 years ago, all these 70 and 80 bands suddenly leapt out of retirement and hit the road again? Apparently a lot of them used a Seppo investment adviser who got a bit up himself, and blew the lot on some 'highly speculative' investments and then shot thru.

Oops, there goes the super!

Hence dust off the glad rags, have a shave (or not) and hit the road - due to overwhelming demand, of course.

[RufflyRustic]

From memory, Queen did a song about their manager who did something like that to them - Death on Two Legs.

Felder, no problems. I can't stand Red Hot Chilli Peppers and especially Californication.


Cheers
RR

[Slavo]

Grace- Jeff Buckley
Head Injuries - Midnight Oil
You got me a girls bike you idiot - Bodyjar (only because it's the funniest album title)

[TassieKiwi]

Hooooey!

"How do the angels get to sleep when the Devil leaves the porch light on?

and

"...I bet she's still a virgin, but it's only twenty-five to nine....

Tom Waits' genius.

Johnny Cash, Waylon And Willie
Most of Mark Knopfler's stuff, and Dire Straits'
Floyd
Jackson Browne - Lives in the Balance
Van the Man
Some of Guns'n'roses, RHCP, Van Halen, Cheap Trick, Meatloaf
Chisel
Love at the Greek
Jon Lee Hooker
Get Rythym - Ry Cooder (Okinawa!)
Pogues
and...







John Denver. RIP John, you did some good.

[Shannon]

So many albulms...... so little space to wite them down.

From reading the thread I feel it is very subjective, but mostly I think it depends on the age of the individual and generally the music that sticks with them is from between mid teens to mid 20's. On the whole whether we like it or not we end up having an "era" of music where we sit. Some embrace that, others (like me) try to not be boxed, but I still end up with the same 10 or so albulms in my classics lists and they all reside around the grunge era of the 90's.

You see i'm like Felder, I like RHCP, but to me blood sugar sex migik is heaps better than californication. I was in year 11 in 1990 when it came out in Aus.

My father intro'd me to Tom Waits too, but I like some of his newer stuff better, not real new but sordfishtrombone, raindogs, and bone machine are standouts for me.

OK albulms - as at time of writing, music means a lot to me so I change this list quite regularly. No particular order.

Foo fighters - The colour and the shape
Metallica - Load (purists will lynch me, but the new direction was cool)
U2 - Actung baby - again totally new direction and groundbreaking
Nirvana - smells like teen spirit
Bruce springsteen - born in the usa

I could go on and on and on..... these are standouts for me because they were in a lifechanging period, I would also say that at the moment they would not be considered "classics" like some of the previos names, but also most of those are 70's albums and therefore have had an extra 20 or so years to earn the title. We'll check back in a decade to see how I'm fairing

[ss_11000]

Has anyone heard the latest "Rogue Traders" album? Instant classic! What a great band! Sorry Zed.

Californication is a good album but I prefer Blood Sugar Sex Magik from RHCP.
And the Honeymoon Is Over was good but I preferred Three Legged Dog from The Cruel Sea.

My personal favourite though is 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 from Midnight Oil.

So many more to list..........so I won't.

But Pink Floyd would be up there, as well as Led Zep, but sorry Ruffly - Queen doesn't come close in my book

gots to get that rhcp album.

greenie coming to you- midnite oil used to be my fave band

[ss_11000]

So many albulms...... so little space to wite them down.

From reading the thread I feel it is very subjective, but mostly I think it depends on the age of the individual and generally the music that sticks with them is from between mid teens to mid 20's. On the whole whether we like it or not we end up having an "era" of music where we sit. Some embrace that, others (like me) try to not be boxed, but I still end up with the same 10 or so albulms in my classics lists and they all reside around the grunge era of the 90's.

You see i'm like Felder, I like RHCP, but to me blood sugar sex migik is heaps better than californication. I was in year 11 in 1990 when it came out in Aus.

My father intro'd me to Tom Waits too, but I like some of his newer stuff better, not real new but sordfishtrombone, raindogs, and bone machine are standouts for me.

OK albulms - as at time of writing, music means a lot to me so I change this list quite regularly. No particular order.

Foo fighters - The colour and the shape
Metallica - Load (purists will lynch me, but the new direction was cool)
U2 - Actung baby - again totally new direction and groundbreaking
Nirvana - smells like teen spirit
Bruce springsteen - born in the usa

I could go on and on and on..... these are standouts for me because they were in a lifechanging period, I would also say that at the moment they would not be considered "classics" like some of the previos names, but also most of those are 70's albums and therefore have had an extra 20 or so years to earn the title. We'll check back in a decade to see how I'm fairing

slts is a mad song

[Grunt]

Lookit the dates. My sister rests her case

All it does is show her age. If she was born 10 years earlier, there would be more 60's albums from the Beatles, Stones etc.
10 years later and it would have been The Smiths, Talking Heads ...

Grunt

Are you referring to the Quadrophenia soundtrack album

or the double gatefold rock opera album with the booklet in the middle ?

The orginal album, not the soundtrack. I've got the movie on DVD. Not a great movie but still good for a listen with the sound up.

[namtrak]

My addition to your assignment:

A Brief History..... The Waifs
The Big Dont Argue ......Weddings Parties Anything
Rum Sodomy and the Lash..... The Pogues
Greatest Hits.......Hunters and Collectors
Living Eyes........Radio Birdman
anything by Paul Kelly
O brother where art thou
Take your pick of any Triple Hottest 100


in the CD at the moment

Greatest Hits..........Johhny Cash
Something by.........Jack Johnson
She will have her way..........songs of Neil Finn by a bunch of sheilas
and the Ben Lee album.