What are your favorite albums?

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I didn't see a post like this anywhere, so if there is, if a mod could just merge it into that one, that'd be pretty slick. But if not, here we go. 

 

Top 5? Top 10? Top 100? Whatever it may be, what are your all-time favorites?

 

I'm going to get a bit excessive and post my 100 favorites. 

 

01. The Velvet Underground and Nico. The Velvet Underground.

02. Ultraviolence. Lana Del Rey. 

03. Animals. Pink Floyd.

04. Revolver. The Beatles.

05. Led Zeppelin IV. Led Zeppelin.

06. Nina Simone Sings the Blues. Nina Simone.

07. Siamese Dream. The Smashing Pumpkins.

08. Hounds of Love. Kate Bush.

09. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Neutral Milk Hotel.

10. After the Gold Rush. Neil Young.

 

11. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Kanye West.

12. Rain Dogs. Tom Waits.

13. The Cars. The Cars.

14. The Graduate. Simon and Garfunkel.

15. White Album. The Beatles.

16. ​The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan.

17. Either/Or. Elliott Smith.

18. Pet Sounds. The Beach Boys.

19. American IV: The Man Comes Around. Johnny Cash.

20. ​Nevermind. Nirvana.

 

21. Pink Moon. Nick Drake.

22. The Smiths. The Smiths.

23. Kind of Blue. Miles Davis.

24. Born to Die: The Paradise Edition. Lana Del Rey.

25. The Velvet Underground. The Velvet Underground.

26. Straight Outta Compton. N.W.A.

27. Illinois. Sufjan Stevens.

28. Blue. Joni Mitchell.

29. There's a Riot Goin' On. Sly & the Family Stone.

30. Blue Album. Weezer.

 

 

31. Love and Rockets. Love and Rockets.

32. Frances the Mute. The Mars Volta.

33. Let It Bleed. ​The Rolling Stones.

34. Demon Days. ​Gorillaz.

35. The Wall. Pink Floyd.

36. Illmatic. Nas.

37. Power, Corruption & Lies. New Order. 

38. ​Starsailor. Tim Buckley.

39. The Dark Side of the Moon. Pink Floyd.

40. Dummy. Portishead.

 

41. Days of Future Passed. The Moody Blues.

42. Blood on the Tracks. Bob Dylan.

43. Unknown Pleasures. Joy Division.

44. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots. The Flaming Lips.

45. Remain in Light. Talking Heads.

46. OK Computer. Radiohead.

47. Faith. ​George Michael.

48. Transformer. Lou Reed.

49. Queen of Denmark. John Grant.

50. Fragile. Yes.

 

51. Americana. The Offspring.

52. Modern Vampires of the City. Vampire Weekend.

53. Boots. Nancy Sinatra. 

54. The Idiot. Iggy Pop.

55. Ocean Rain. Echo & the Bunnymen.

56. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Beatles.

57. ​A Flock of Seagulls. A Flock of Seagulls.

58. Is This It. The Strokes.

59. The Seer. Swans.

60. What's Going On. Marvin Gaye.

 

61. The Downward Spiral. Nine Inch Nails.

62. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Elton John.

63. Funeral. Arcade Fire.

64. The Infamous. ​Mobb Deep.

65. Back to Black. Amy Winehouse.

66. ​Isn't Anything. My Bloody Valentine.

67. Alopecia. Why?.

68. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. The Smashing Pumpkins.

69. Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. blink-182.

70. Tea for the Tillerman. Cat Stevens.

 

71. ​Dookie. Green Day.

72. Too Bright. Perfume Genius.

73. Mezermize. System of a Down.

74. Daydream Nation. Sonic Youth.

75. Purple Rain. ​Prince and the Revolution. 

76. Goon. Tobias Jesso Jr.

77. She's So Unusual. Cyndi Lauper.

78. Young Liars. TV on the Radio. 

79. In the Court of the Crimson King. King Crimson.

80. The Blueprint. Jay-Z.

 

81. (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. Oasis.

82. Fairytale. Donovan.

83. Sweet Baby James. James Taylor.

84. Black Holes and Revelations. Muse.

85. Strange Days. The Doors.

86. Post. Björk.

87. Disintegration. The Cure.

88. Get Rich or Die Tryin'. 50 Cent.

89. Psychocandy. The Jesus and Mary Chain.

90. Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz. Miley Cyrus.

 

91. The Virgin Suicides. Air.

92. Letting Off the Happiness. ​Bright Eyes.

93. Goblin. Tyler, the Creator.

94. Under Construction. Missy Elliott.

95. Metallica. Metallica

96. FutureSex/LoveSounds. Justin Timberlake.

97. Dead Man's Bones. Dead Man's Bones.

98. Buddy Holly. Buddy Holly.

99. Treats. Sleigh Bells.

100. Like a Prayer. Madonna.

 

Whew. 

[reesedelrey 576]

Butterfly - Mariah Carey

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Omg I was thinking of making my top 100 favorite albums of all time sometime this year

 

Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Nirvana, The Smiths, Sufjan Stevens, Rolling Stones, Radiohead, The Strokes, Arcade FIre, Blink 182, System of a Dawn, Muse, Metallica?!?!?!??!?!!?!??! finally someone with good fucking taste !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I like your taste by cmon no Sex Pistols??

 

 

I'll list mine as far as I can go. In no order.

 

David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bullocks Here's the Sex Pistols

Pink Floyd - The Wall

Ben Howard - I Forget Where We Were

Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg

David Bowie - Station to Station

Lana del Rey - Ultraviolence

All the Velvet Underground Albums except Squeeze.

Lou Reed - Transformer

Lou Reed - Berlin

Kanye West - Yeezus

Dr. Dre - The Chronic

The Notorious BIG - Ready to Die

NWA - Straight Outta Compton

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division - Closer

David Bowie - Aladdin Sane

Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster

Britney Spears - Blackout

The Shangri-Las - Essential Recording

Little Richard - Any Album

David Bowie - Low

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed

The Rolling Stones - Out of our Heads

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

The Doors - The Doors

The Doors - LA Woman

Keaton Henson - Birthdays

The 1975 - The 1975

Nas - Illmatic

Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen - The River

Nirvana - In Utero

The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come

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I didn't see a post like this anywhere, so if there is, if a mod could just merge it into that one, that'd be pretty slick. But if not, here we go. 

 

 

02. Ultraviolence. Lana Del Rey. 

05. Led Zeppelin IV. Led Zeppelin.

06. Nina Simone Sings the Blues. Nina Simone.

 

11. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. Kanye West.

13. The Cars. The Cars.

 

20. ​Nevermind. Nirvana.

24. Born to Die: The Paradise Edition. Lana Del Rey.

26. Straight Outta Compton. N.W.A.

 

36. Illmatic. Nas.

 

63. Funeral. Arcade Fire.

 

80. The Blueprint. Jay-Z.

88. Get Rich or Die Tryin'. 50 Cent.

 

93. Goblin. Tyler, the Creator.

94. Under Construction. Missy Elliott.

96. FutureSex/LoveSounds. Justin Timberlake.

i am LIVING 

ill do mine soon

[longtimeman 9,011]

There's some good taste on display in this thread 

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I don't have much musical knowledge at all actually, I only listen to a few artists for years But the albums I love, I love them for life.

 

1. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence

2. CocoRosie - Noah's Ark

3. Marina And The Diamonds - The Family Jewels

CocoRosie - The Adventures Of Ghosthorse And Stillborn

Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon + Sirens + YLM + FTE

Damien Saez - Messina triple album (Messine, Les Echoués, Sur Les Quais)

Lorde - Pure Heroine

Marina And The Diamonds - Electra Heart

Booba - 0.9 + Temps Mort

Klub Des Loosers - La Fin De L'Espèce

Cat Power - The Covers Record

Muse - Origin Of Symmetry + Resistance + Black Holes And Revelations

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die + Paradise Edition

CocoRosie - Heartache City + La Maison De Mon Rêve

TR/ST - TRST + Joyland

Orelsan - Perdu D'Avance + Le Chant Des Sirènes

Eminem - The Eminem Show + The Marshall Mathers EP

Damien Saez - Varsovie + L'Alhambra + Paris triple album

Stromae - Racine Carrée

Cocoon - Where The Oceans End

Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow

Carla Bruni - Quelqu'un M'a Dit

Fun. - Some Nights

Green Day - American Idiot

Sum 41 - Screaming Bloody Murder

Jackson Novem - Drawing Blanks (I'm dead serious this isn't shade)

Manu Chao - Clandestino

Les Misérables

Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day

Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amélie Poulain soundtrack

Sex Pistols - Nevermind The Bullocks Here's The Sex Pistols

I can't not include all Lana's unreleased, which are all better than most of her albums imho

 

 

Apart from that I usually only like up to 5 songs from different albums from a lot of artists and almost all genres apart from metal! I mostly like pop, French hip hop, folk and a bit of rock and I used to be a supermassive Muse and Saez fan, I'll add more and more as I remember them

[luminom 3,286]

my top 5 is (in no specific order)

 

Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey

Homogenic - Björk

Too Bright - Perfume Genius

Kin - iamamiwhoami

Lana Del Ray - Lana Del Rey

[WaitForLife 5,250]

Top 10:

 

1. Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby

2. Colbie Caillat - Gypsy Heart

3. JoJo - The High Road

4. Rihanna - ANTi

5. Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION

 

6. Taylor Swift - Speak Now

7. Kesha - Warrior

8. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence

9. Demi Lovato - Unbroken

10. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger

[Trash Magic 28,472]

The only albums I would ever need to listen to

 

Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night

Coldplay - Parachutes

David Gray - White Ladder

Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence

Lissie - Catching A Tiger

Adele - 21

Beyoncé - 4

Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly!

Norah Jones - The Fall

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

 

classics only

[Jack 2,920]

The only albums I would ever need to listen to

 

Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night

Coldplay - Parachutes

David Gray - White Ladder

Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence

Lissie - Catching A Tiger

Adele - 21

Beyoncé - 4

Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly!

Norah Jones - The Fall

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

 

classics only

You missing a few and you know which ones....

Speak now....

Rumours....

JN3

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my ultimate, favourite album of all time will always be Blackout by Britney. my other favourites (in no particular order) are:

 

dangerous woman - ariana

beyonce - beyonce

4 - beyonce

lemonade - beyonce

b'day - beyonce

i am sasha fierce - beyonce

in the zone - britney

britney - britney

...baby one more time - britney

oops! i did it again - britney

femme fatale - britney

circus - britney

britney & kevin: chaotic - britney

kiss - carly rae jepsen

emotion - carly rae jepsen

emotion: side b - carly rae jepsen

night swim - josef salvat

animal - kesha

cannibal - kesha

warrior - kesha

the fame - gaga

the fame monster - gaga

born this way - gaga

artpop - gaga

kylie - kylie

enjoy yourself - kylie

rhythm of love - kylie

let's get to it - kylie

kylie minogue - kylie

impossible princess - kylie

light years - kylie

fever - kylie

body language - kylie

x - kylie

aphrodite - kylie

the abbey road sessions - kylie

kiss me once - kylie

lana del ray - lana

ultraviolence - lana

born to die - lana

paradise - lana

honeymoon - lana

i never learn - lykke li

wounded rhymes - lykke li

like a prayer - madonna

the family jewels - marina and the diamonds

electra heart - marina and the diamonds

froot - marina and the diamonds

the pinkprint - nicki minaj

music of the sun - rihanna

good girl gone bad: reloaded - rihanna

rated r - rihanna

loud - rihanna

talk that talk - rihanna

unapologetic - rihanna

anti - rihanna

night time, my time - sky ferreira

 

my top 10 would be:

1. Blackout

2. Kylie Minogue

3. Lana Del Ray/Ultraviolence

4. Body Language/Impossible Princess

5. Glory

6. In the Zone

7. Night Time, My Time

8. The Family Jewels/Electra Heart

9. ARTPOP

10. B'Day/EMOTION: SIDE B

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ALL MY DEMONS GREETING ME AS A FRIEND

(it's out in 3 weeks, but chill, i already have the whole album, and it's really good and it might be my favorite of all time)

 

 

 

 

other mentionable albums:

E•MO•TION

Queen of the Clouds

Born This Way

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Pure Heroine

The Family Jewels

Electra Heart

Animal + Cannibal

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Frank by Amy Winehouse

Goddess by BANKS

Ultraviolence by Lana Del Rey

The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga

Night Time, My Time by Sky Ferreira

Vespertine by Björk

True Romance by Charli XCX

Visions by Grimes

 

(in no particular order)

[thatsomason 1,202]

Frank by Amy Winehouse

Goddess by BANKS

Ultraviolence by Lana Del Rey

The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga

Night Time, My Time by Sky Ferreira

Vespertine by Björk

True Romance by Charli XCX

Visions by Grimes

 

(in no particular order)

yes queen

[GodBlessMe 2,141]

My top 25: 

 

I decided to only name an artist once because otherwise i would have to list every 70's Joni Mitchell album (except Ladies Of The Canyon which is not that good) and every Nico album as well.

 

1) Nico - Drama Of Exile

2) Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence

3) Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen

4) Patti Smith - Horses

5) The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico

6) Joni Mitchell - For The Roses

7) Bob Dylan - Street Legal

8) Cat Power - Moon Pix 

9) Marianne Faithfull - Broken English

10) Laurie Anderson - Big Science

 

11) Lou Reed - Berlin

12) St. Vincent - Actor

13) Kate Bush - The Dreaming

14) PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

15) David Bowie - Blackstar

16) Tom Waits - Small Change

17) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads

19) John Cale - Music For A New Society

20) Nina Simone - Pastel Blues

 

21) Britney Spears - Blackout 

22) Daniel Johnston - 1990 

23) Björk - Vespertine

24) Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness

25) Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

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in no particular order:

 

lana del rey - ultraviolence

lana del rey - born to die + paradise

melanie martinez - cry baby

halsey - badlands

lorde - pure heroine

arctic monkeys - favourite worst nightmare

acrtic monkeys - am

florence and the machine - lungs

marina and the diamonds - electra heart

banks - goddess 

fka twigs - lp1

the neighbourhood - i love you.

 

i also like a lot of stuff, but if i had to think about albums that i entirely like this is what i think of 

[National Anthem 9,906]

Born This Way by Lady Gaga will likely always be my favorite album. Others at the top of my list:

 

every other Gaga album

all main LDR albums

True Romance - Charli XCX

Electra Heart - Marina and The Diamonds

Vespertine - Björk

COLLXTION I - Allie X

Bloom - Beach House

LP1 - FKA twigs

E•MO•TION - Carly Rae Jepsen

Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez

Pure Heroine - Lorde

[thatsomason 1,202]

In no particular order, just off my phone contents:

Vespertine - Björk

Ultraviolence - LDR

Depression Cherry - Beach House

EP1 - FKA twigs

Xen - Arca

Excavation - The Haxan Cloak

The Epic - Kamasi Washington

Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

Night Time, My Time - Sky Ferreira

I Never Learn - Lykke Li

Grimes - Visions

Tame Impala - Currents

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no particular order

 

Born to Die - Lana Del Rey

Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey

Honeymoon - Lana Del Rey

Lana Del Ray AKA Lizy Grant

Good kid M.A.A.d City - Kendrick Lamar

ANTI - Rihanna

Blurryface - twenty one pilots

19 - Adele

21 - Adele

The Lateness of the Hour - Alex Clare

Broke With Expensive Taste - Azealia Banks

Elephunk - The Black Eyed Peas

Ready For The Weekend - Calvin Harris

Fiesta De Boi Bumba - Carrapicho

Breakfast - Chiddy Bang

Because The internet - Childish Gambino

Compton - Dr. Dre

Lights/Bright Lights - Ellie Goulding

We Fall - Emile Hayne

The Score - Fugees

These Things Happen - G-Eazy

Watch The Throne - Jay-Z/Kanye West

Tribute - John Newman

FutureSex/LoveSound - Justin Timberlake

The 20/20 Experience Pt.1 - Justin Timberlake

PRISM - Katy Perry

Vows - Kimbra

Lenka - Lenka

Pure Heroine - Lorde

The Language of My World - Macklemore

The Family Jewels - Marina and the Diamonds

Electra Heart - Marina and the Diamonds

FROOT - Marina and the Diamonds

Cry Baby - Melanie Martinez

Oxymoron - ScHoolboy Q

Unbreakable Smile - Tori Kelly

Unknown Memory - Yung Lean