Best Album/CD EVER

[cnorman18]

Just for laughs, how about we give some awards?

I propose a poll to determine the best rock/pop CD or album ever. Let's get some nominations in, say three to five each, and then I'll see if I can con somebody into doing a poll where we can each vote three (or five) times.

What I have in mind are the most innovative, groundbreaking or seminal albums or CDs ever, the ones that had the most impact on the music world. "Greatest Hits" albums and collections are OK, but I think the original works are more interesting.

Whaddaya say?

I'll start with my next post.

[cnorman18]

In no particular order:

The Beatles, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Paul Simon, Graceland

Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic Pillow

Moody Blues, Days of Future Passed

The Who, Tommy

Hey, I'm an old guy.

[bernee51]

Just for laughs, how about we give some awards?

I propose a poll to determine the best rock/pop CD or album ever. Let's get some nominations in, say three to five each, and then I'll see if I can con somebody into doing a poll where we can each vote three (or five) times.

What I have in mind are the most innovative, groundbreaking or seminal albums or CDs ever, the ones that had the most impact on the music world. "Greatest Hits" albums and collections are OK, but I think the original works are more interesting.

Whaddaya say?

I'll start with my next post.

Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd

Abbey Road The Beatles

Will the Circle be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Greetings from LA Tim Buckley

The Three Tenors Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti

I'm a slightly less older guy.

[JoeyKnothead]

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

The Wall - Pink Floyd

Radio KAOS - Roger Waters

The Wall, Live in Berlin - Roger Waters
I include Live in Berlin because it holds well on its own even against the original.

Ten - Pearl Jam

Dirt Track Date - Southern Culture on the Skids

Liquor in the Front - Reverend Horton Heat


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[Homicidal_Cherry53]

OK Computer - Radiohead

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Nevermind - Nirvana

Quadrophenia - The Who

Ten - Pearl Jam

[Evales]

Abbey Road - The Beatles
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
Thriller - Michael Jackson

Dark Side of the Moon and Abbey Raod repeated for justice.

[Fallibleone]

Do concept albums count? *eventually notices The Wall has already been nominated*. OK then, I'll go along with Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall and throw in Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. Did that make it over the pond? My sister who is 12 years my senior introduced me to it when I was 8, and it scared the living daylights out of me. When she moved out I hid her vinyl, which I hung onto and listened to obsessively until some time in my teens when she eventually noticed it was missing. So I then bought the cassette and later the CD. Now I have it on my Creative Zen, and also own the stage show on DVD.

[cnorman18]

Good point on concept albums. It reminded me of one of my favorites: Blows Against the Empire, Jefferson Starship. It won a Hugo, if I remember correctly, from the Science Fiction Writers of America. Weird scene; all these old guys in suits applauding as Paul Kantner, Jack Casady, Gracie and the whole crew of paisley-and-leather-fringe-clad hippies come down to accept the award. Great record. I had it on vinyl, B-track and cassette, that's how old I am. .

[McCulloch]

It is so difficult to keep it down to a few. Here is my pared down list:

1. Abraxas (1970) by Santana
   
2. Tapestry (1971) by Carole King
   
3. A Trick of the Tail (1976) by Genesis
   
4. Bridge over Troubled Water (1970) by Simon and Garfunkel
   
5. Born to Run (1975) by Bruce Springsteen
   
6. Jagged Little Pill (1995) by Alanis Morissette
   
7. American Idiot (2004) by Green Day
   
8. Fragile (1971) by Yes
   
9. Rumours (1977) by Fleetwood Mac
   
10. Hotel California (1976) by the Eagles
    
11. Time Out (1959) by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
    
12. All Things Must Pass (1970) by George Harrison
    
13. The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1950) by Benny Goodman
    

[JoeyKnothead]

Scary albums?

I have a Disney album called Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House.

When my son & nephews were younger, and they'd come to visit, I'd hafta sneak off to the shed to do my toking. If they ever came out bothering about, all I had to do was put that album on and they'd go running back to the house. LOL. Their mom's hated me for a good spell.