Greatest Albums

[DrLudicrous]

5. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
This is one that I just recently heard and was amazed by it. It's hard to believe that it was written in 1972 but still sounds so unique. There's a lot of great albums from the 70's but when you hear them you know from the sound that it was from that era, it really doesn't seem that way to me with this one though.

4. The Verve - Urban Hymns
Probably not one of the best known albums but start to finish it's a great piece of work. It's odd that the song that got the most play time from the album (Bittersweet Symphony) is possibly the worst song on the album. Too bad they break up after this album.

3. Weezer - Pinkerton
A very underrated album, I actually didn't like it at first and traded it to a friend. I ended up buying it again later after hearing it more and it's become one of my favorite albums.

2. Ben Harper - Live From Mars
Not sure if this should be on the list since it's live recordings and technically not a studio album. But Ben Harper had to be on my list somewhere and all of his other albums are equally great to me. Also, I think he's more in his element live so it's fitting that he'd be represented by his live album. It's a two disc set with one disc featuring him with his band the Innocent Criminals (btw I thought that would be a great name for a supporters group, and it's becoming even more appropriate) and the second is him playing solo.

1. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
My personal favorite band and one of the first truly great albums that I remember hearing as a kid. I'm sure nostalgia is a big reason it's number one for me but it's still a great album.

There were a lot of great albums that had to be left off and if I thought about it more I'd probably end up changing my list. But this will do.

[nobius]

My top 5 albums in terms of my liking almost every song on the album:

Green Day - Dookie
5. Great sound and a great band. They went away for a while, but American Idiot brought them back with a vengeance.

Pat Green - Lucky Ones
4. This has my favorite Pat song, "One Thing." Every time I hear it, I feel happy. One day...

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
3. Very calming and a great album for relaxing.

Pearl Jam - Ten
2. The first rock band I ever identified with. They've lost me with their past few albums, but this one and Vs. rock.

1. U2 - Achtung Baby
Listened to the tape all the time in High School, and when my car got broken into and my stereo stolen, I drove around for a few months with a portable stereo on my front seat and either listened to what was on the radio or played this album. I can listen to this album any time and have used it on late-night road trips to stay up an extra hour longer.

[*rey*]

OK this is hard. so instead of going roger ebert (that is the fat guy that is still alive, correct?) i will pick MY 5 favorite of all time:

5. The Cure - Disintegration (1989)
ahhhh, 10th grade those were the good old days. i got turned on to this cd by a girl at waltrip high school, but since i was a metalhead/punk rocker back then there was a no way that i was going to admit liking a band whose lead singer wore makeup and was just a plain ole sissy. but now that i'm more mature this is a cd i still listen to over and over again.

Top Tracks - Plainsong, Pictures of You, Lovesong, Lullaby, Fascination Street

Favorite Lyric - "I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that i almost beleive that they're real" (Pictures of You)

4. The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
my father was a professional musician when i still lived in mexico for the first 5 years of my life. every musician friend's house we visited had this album in their collection. i would sit there and stare at the foldout ep cover all night long while they played this on the record player.

Top Tracks - ALL OF THEM

Favorite Lyric - "Picture yourself in boat on a river, With tangerine trees and marmalde skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes. Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head." (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds)

3. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
i bought this tape the first day it came out. i was in love with this girl that was just bad for me and i was bad for her, but we had a helluva time finding this out. me at my darkest, her actual boyfriend at the time pulled a gun on me and threathened to kill me. to this day don't know if the gun was real..i was drunk/high and it was dark. but i learned not to mess with other people's girlfriends/wives and that love can not only be uplifting/beautiful but also dark/destructive. did i mention that i also had a girlfriend at the time and i used to lie to her about being tired so i could go out with the girl that showed me what i imagine hell to be like. kids - drugs are bad....just say no, but this cd was alot of peoples strung-out album.

Top Tracks - Head Like a Hole, Something I can Never Have, Sin, That's what I Get

Favorite Lyric - "everywhere i look you're all i see. just a fading ********ing reminder of who i used to be." (Something I can Never Have)

2. Rage Against the Machine - (1992)
i grew up in a family where it was common to talk politics at the table. most of it was left of center and i even had a grandpa that was an outright communist. was totally for the continuation of land redistribution in Mexico, as one of my great-grandparents (his dad) had been given a land tract in Michocan after the mexican revolution. i never realized that what i believed at the time could be put to rock/rap music but it was and it was great.

Top Tracks - Kiiling in the Name, Bullet in the Head, Freedom

Favorite Lyric - "What does the billboard say Come and play, come and play
Forget about the movement, Anger is a gift" (Freedom)

1. Dos Minutos - Valentin Alsina (1994)
the argentinian "ramones", but they talked about things that i could relate from back home. futbol, beer, goverments being shit, girls, police brutality, barras bravas and more futbol. every song they sing reminds me of a chavo or chava that i knew back from old neighborhood in mexico. if you like punk rock and/or spanish rock let me and i can burn this cd for you because last time i checked its out print unless you go to south america.

Top Tracks - Novedades, Otra Mujer, Ya no Sos Igual

Favorite Lyric - "Carlos se vendio al barrio de Lanus,el barrio que lo vio crecer.
Ya no vino nunca mas por el bar de Fabian y se olvido de pelearse los domingos en la cancha.
Por la noche patrulla la ciudad molestando y levantando a los demas
Ya no sos igual, Sos un vigilante de la Federal, Sos buchon"

[Dre00]

4. The Verve - Urban Hymns
Probably not one of the best known albums but start to finish it's a great piece of work. It's odd that the song that got the most play time from the album (Bittersweet Symphony) is possibly the worst song on the album. Too bad they break up after this album.


I used to have that CD. Great CD. Not only did they break up but didn't the make absolutely nothing off of Bittersweet Symphony, if I remember correctly, because of a lawsuit with the Stones.

It would take me too long to think of 5 that I feel are worthy of being on my list so I'll just say that I'm a huge fan of Radiohead - The Bends. As I think of more, I'll mention them.

[FuBoy]

OK this is hard. so instead of going roger ebert (that is the fat guy that is still alive, correct?) i will pick MY 5 favorite of all time:

5. The Cure - Disintegration (1989)
ahhhh, 10th grade those were the good old days. i got turned on to this cd by a girl at waltrip high school, but since i was a metalhead/punk rocker back then there was a no way that i was going to admit liking a band whose lead singer wore makeup and was just a plain ole sissy. but now that i'm more mature this is a cd i still listen to over and over again.

Top Tracks - Plainsong, Pictures of You, Lovesong, Lullaby, Fascination Street

Favorite Lyric - "I've been looking so long at these pictures of you that i almost beleive that they're real" (Pictures of You)



Ahh. 10th grade. Working at Tradewinds Roller Rink and skating to Lullaby. Not to mention sitting behind Rey for half our classes and being in the same home room.

Rey, you did know that Johnny Tailgate went to Waltrip too, only like 10 years later...

[MBean]

Rush - 2112 and Farewell to Kings. Xanadu (from Farewell to Kings) best rock song ever... especially great live with crowd participation.

Ahh. 10th grade. Working at Tradewinds Roller Rink and skating to Lullaby. Not to mention sitting behind Rey for half our classes and being in the same home room.

I would have been in the 11th grade then... and I didn't admit to kindof liking The Cure either (the cool bands to like amongst us headbangers back then were Metallica and Megadeath... although I always found Megadeath a little lacking in the musical department). BTW... a couple years later... I was driving in from College Station and/or Huntsville to play roller hockey there at Tradewinds every weekend on a team called The Flaming Dogs. I guess you would have been long gone from the roller rink by then though?

[The Gribbler]

I dunno. I'd say I have like a top 5 of what I own.

Blur's Greatest Hits
Travis- The Man Who
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
U2 - The Joshua Tree
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow

[3VIL L33T]

What songs should play during a game???

Start?
Goal?
half?
PK?
Corner Kick?
Final?

[FCLouie]

Top five? That's actually harder for me to answer then you would think.
5 Jimi Hendrix - The Essential Jimi Hendrix All the Hendrix you need in one neat package.
4 ZZ Top - Tres Hombres Great album, had to have been the big break out for the home team.
3 AC/DC - Back in Black Back in '80, it ruled the high school. If it had Dirty Deeds, TNT and It's a Long Way to the Top it would be perfect.
2 Rush - A Farewell to Kings Closer To The Heart, Cygnus X-1 Book 1, the title track. It took me too long to buy it, I'm still kicking myself for not buying it right after 2112. Rush is by far my favorite group, and they're getting better every time I see them live.
1 Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance Bought it on my way to my first day delivering pizza. (I can still smell them when I listen to this in the car, 23 years later.) Killer stuff man. Totally wicked.

Others that end up in the top 5 from time to time:
Beatles - Revolver
Beatles - Let It Be
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Judas Priest - British Steel
Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Rush - Fly By Night
Rush - 2112
Rush - Moving Pictures
Van Halen - Van Halen I
Van Halen - Fair Warning
ZZ Top - Deguello

Songs? That would be a totally different story...

[Dre00]

And while this thread has a decided rock tone, I'm also a fan of rap (hence my nickname). Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle is one of the best rap CDs ever. A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory is a close second though.

[nobius]

What songs should play during a game???

None. Songs are evil unless sung by the crowd.

[*rey*]

And while this thread has a decided rock tone, I'm also a fan of rap (hence my nickname). Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle is one of the best rap CDs ever. A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory is a close second though.

We are going to have to a seperate thread for rap. Because I was tempted to put Public Enemy (Fear of a Black Planet) and NWA (Straight outta Compton) in my top 5. Not to mention Geto Boys....

[CeltTexan]

I've got bottles of whatever you like for those that placed Urban Hymns in their list. I have the cover from the CD in a 6 x 6 ft. Wall Mount...got it from Blockbuster Music (remember when they were around) when one was going out of business in 2000.

Pearl Jam-Ten is hands down my #1 as Urban Hymns is #1a (were futbol we can have ties in the table)

#2 Bush and Sixteen Stone...Everything Zen was our college futbol battle song

#3 is difficult but I would have to say By the Way by the Red Hots...like Kevin popinted out with Urban Hymns...just put it in and let it play. Core from STP was one that comes to mind also like this. A rare quality in modern rock. The Doors ahd this...so did Led Zepplin and CCR.

#4 Bleach from Nirvana was always on play for me back in the day. It was their first release back in '89 before anyone knew what grunge was

#5 G'N'R Use Your Illusion 1 and 2

[anderson]

For Dr. L:

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[mabeuf]

For Dr. L:

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[nobius]

I may have to do a Journey cover next time at the Mezz.

[DrLudicrous]

For Dr. L:

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It's true, deep down I'm a fan of crappy music.

[FigoTX]

Paris Hilton - :D Just kidding.

Nara Leao - Greatest hits- Awesome collection of bossa nova, mainly acoustic with her singing. Pure brilliance.

Kiss - The Elders - At that point in my life, my favorite group and the songs were very D&D.

Pearl Jam- Ten - One of the best all around albums EVER. Sadly enough, their only good album, IMO. They went from 'Music with some message' to 'Political brainwashing with background music'.

Bebel Gilberto - Tanto Tempo - Just awesome Nova Bossa, inspires by bossa nova with chill lounge music.

Esthero - Breath from Another - Every song is awesome, chill lounge.

Pink Floyd - Animals, Wish you were here, Darkside, The Wall - Waters and Gilmore at their best.

Led Zeppelin - IV - Come on, who didn't spend hours trying to figure out WTF "Stairway to Heaven" was all about? I think I knew at one point...

[El Naranja]

Wow...I'm gonna feel like a youngin' here...My list is going to be slightly more...ahh....new prehaps.

#5 - Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park This CD is just freakin' awesome and I never get tired of listening to it. Each song just makes me want to jump around and be happy about life sucking. It also makes me like the guy/gal next to me doing the same thing.

#4 - My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge This CD is a depressing CD with layers of joy over it. It makes me depressed one moment, then glad to still be here the next.

#3 - Bleach - Nirvana As someone mentioned before, Nirvana's first CD back in the day. I love this CD and listen to it non-stop for days on end, no problem.

#2 - Korn - Korn Makes me want to punch my father in the face every time I listen to this CD. Also makes me want to mosh and riot...just tear up everything. Live, this CD makes me want to trash the venue

#1 - Nevermind - Nirvana This CD is what got me attatched to music and helped me appreciate it for what it is. Their pain seems like my own everytime I listen to it. This CD changed everything and is certainly one of the best to come out over the past 20 years or so. A mainstay in my truck and people sometimes get tired of riddin' in my truck cause I listen to it all the time :D

[FigoTX]

#1 - Nevermind - Nirvana This CD is what got me attatched to music and helped me appreciate it for what it is. Their pain seems like my own everytime I listen to it. This CD changed everything and is certainly one of the best to come out over the past 20 years or so. A mainstay in my truck and people sometimes get tired of riddin' in my truck cause I listen to it all the time :D

Oh yeah! I forgot that one. Awesome album. Throw in some Mother Love Bone and Temple of the Dog. In retrospect, Cornell (Soundgarden) was the best of the grunge. Only, at the time, I was all Nirvana and Pearl Jam...until Tool and Rage Against the Machine. And Primus. Caca, I forgot all about Primus and Sausage, and I went to 6 or 7 of their shows.