Top Five Albums of your Favourite Artists

[Ram-Man]

Paul Simon

1. Graceland
2. So Beautiful or So What
3. Surprise
4. Stranger to Stranger
5. The Rhythm of the Saints

 

[cs61]

Radiohead

1. Kid A
2. OK Computer
3. In Rainbows
4. The Bends
5. Hail to the Thief

 

[albert12]

Bob Dylan

1. Oh Mercy
2. Desire
3. Blood on the Tracks
4. Infidels
5. Blonde on Blonde

 

[Dragz]

Dragon:
Body and the Beat
Bondi Road
Dreams of Ordinary Men
O'Zambezi
Live One

You all sing along to a bunch of the songs from those Albums in the pub. Admit it.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Van Morrison

Astral Weeks
Moondance
Blowin your mind
Veedon Fleece
Tupelo Honey


Nina Simone

Nina Simone Sings the Blues
I Put a Spell on You
High Priestess of Soul
Silk & Soul
Here Comes the Sun

Iggy and The Stooges

Funhouse
Raw Power
The Stooges
Metalic KO
Lust for Life


Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

The Boatman's Call
Skeleton Tree
Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
Tender Prey
Push The Sky Away

 

[Johnny Ryall]

RATM

1. The Battle of Los Angeles
2. Rage Against the Machine
3. Evil Empire
4. Renegades
5. *Prophets of Rage (to make it up to 5)


Beastie Boys

1. Paul's Boutique
2. Hello Nasty
3. Ill Communication
4. Licensed to Ill
5. To the 5 Boroughs

 

[hawker11]

Pearl Jam:
1) Yield
2) Vs
3) No Code
4) Ten
5) Vitalogy

Gigaton and Backspacer unlucky.

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

Elliott Smith
essentially impossible and changes every couple of months but

1). Either/Or
2). Roman Candle
3). Figure 8
4). XO
5). S/T

 

[Steven Tyler]

In memory of Eddie:

Van Halen

1: For Unlawful Carnel Knowledge
2: 5150
3: 1984
4: Balance
5: OU812

 

[Bestevaer]

AC/DC
Back in black
TNT
High Voltage
For Those About To Rock
Dirty Deeds

Really enjoyed Rock or Bust also

 

[hawkheart]

Simple Minds
Sons and Fascination
Sister Feelings Call
Empires and Dance
New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84
Sparkle in the Rain

 

[moginie]

Simple Minds
Sons and Fascination
Sister Feelings Call
Empires and Dance
New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84
Sparkle in the Rain

Surprised Street Fighting Years isn't there, but I may be biased.

This Is Your Land still has that visceral impact on me after all these years.

 

[Nathan Detroit]

this is an awesome thread. The variety of entries is outstanding. I have two bands I'd like to see added to the mix, but there's absolutely no way I could narrow either down to five albums, especially if you included live albums.
Rush had 19 studio and 11 live and I doubt I could pick five from the just the live let alone the studio.
Jethro Tull made 21 studio and 9 live. At least I think I could narrow it to studio albums, but seeing them live was better than any of those too.

Thanks for a GREAT thread!!!

 

[The hands of stone]

The Police

5. Zenyatta Mondatta
4. Outlandos d'Amour
3. Ghost in the Machine
2. Regatta de Blanc
1. Synchronicity

Yes , great thread !

 

[moginie]

The Police

5. Zenyatta Mondatta
4. Outlandos d'Amour
3. Ghost in the Machine
2. Regatta de Blanc
1. Synchronicity

Yes , great thread !

Yep. Pay that order.

 

[Crock]

Jethro Tull made 21 studio and 9 live. At least I think I could narrow it to studio albums, but seeing them live was better than any of those too.

Thanks for a GREAT thread!!!

Well in my opinion, the first two are easy to pick
1. Thick as a brick
2. Aqualung

 

[WireHawk]

There are two outstanding artists for me:

Brian Eno
1:Ambient4:On Land
2:The Shutov Assembly
3:Another Green World
4:Here Come The Warm Jets
5:Taking Tiger Mountain(By Strategy)

Wire
1:154
2:Chairs Missing
3:A Bell Is A Cup(Until It Is Struck)
4ink Flag
5:Send

 

[eldorado]

Jethro Tull made 21 studio and 9 live. At least I think I could narrow it to studio albums, but seeing them live was better than any of those too.

Thanks for a GREAT thread!!!

I'll try...

1. Benefit
2. Aqualung
3. Thick as a Brick
4. Stand Up
5. Warchild

 

[Rhayader]

I'll try...

1. Benefit
2. Aqualung
3. Thick as a Brick
4. Stand Up
5. Warchild

No love for Songs From The Wood?

 

[eldorado]

No love for Songs From The Wood?

Lots of love for all of them...except Under Wraps.

ok, 6-10

6. Songs From the Wood
7. Minstrel in the Gallery
8. Crest of a Knave
9. Broadsword and the Beast.
10. Heavy Horses

 

[Blackhawk42]

Parkway Drive only have 6 albums, so i'll just omit everybodys least favourite and rank them from best to least best.

1. Horizons
2. Killing With A Smile
3. Ire
4. Atlas
5. Deep Blue

All epic in their own way though.

 

[The hands of stone]

Billy Idol
1- Rebel Yell ( Eyes without a face one of the great underrated songs )
2- Generation X
3- Whiplash Smile
4- Charmed Life
5- Kiss me deadly

 

[moginie]

There are two outstanding artists for me:

Brian Eno
1:Ambient4:On Land
2:The Shutov Assembly
3:Another Green World
4:Here Come The Warm Jets
5:Taking Tiger Mountain(By Strategy)

Wire
1:154
2:Chairs Missing
3:A Bell Is A Cup(Until It Is Struck)
4ink Flag
5:Send

Have you heard Mixing Colours that Brian Eno did with his brother Roger? Excellent stuff.

 

[WireHawk]

Have you heard Mixing Colours that Brian Eno did with his brother Roger? Excellent stuff.

Yes I have. Wonderful music. As far as collaborations go, Eno's albums with Harold Budd
are two of the best albums I've ever heard.

 

[Rhayader]

So a lot of my go-to bands didn't make it to 5 albums, but these two did. Lists subject to change, ask me again tomorrow:

Opeth:
Morningrise
Ghost Reveries
Watershed
My Arms, Your Hearse
Pale Communion

King Crimson:
Red
Islands
Discipline
In the Court of the Crimson King
Larks' Tongues in Aspic

I was tempted to do a John Zorn list, but it's way too much work. I could do a Miles Davis one, but it will basically consist of his 70s fusion/electric albums, so that's not very fun.