10 Albums that you can't live without.

[owsleyking]

I was talking with an old friend last week and we were discussing the advance from albums to 8-tracks,cassettes and into CD's and the discussion turned into albums we had bought on all (or most) of the mediums. We decided that these were albums that we just could not live without and would upgrade to the next level as well. Mine were (in no particular order):

 

Physical Graffiti...Led Zeppelin

Quadrophenia.....The Who

On Time...Grand Funk Railroad

Tres Hombres...ZZ Top

Moonflower...Santana

Layla...Derek and the Dominoes

Eat a Peach...Allman Brothers

Axis Bold as Love...Jimi Hendrix

Abbey Road...The Beatles

Paranoid...Black Sabbath

 

I would be interested to hear yours.

[Jim Schue]

I think I can do this. Earlier list requests of "Name your one ..." or "Name your five desert albums" were avoided by me, simply because I can't narrow it down.

 

 

I think I can come up with a top 25 for this ...

[mcpapa]

Who's Next - The Who

IV - Led Zeppelin

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

Hot Rocks 1964-1971, Rolling Stones

Live, Alison Krauss

What's Going On, Marvin Gaye

Les Miserables - Original Cast

Thriller, Michael Jackson

Layla, Derek and the Dominoes

1962-1966; 1967-1970, The Beatles (I cheated, so sue me)

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

I've got to preface with a couple of things:

1. My selection of "can't life without" albums is a COMPLETELY random mix. So goes my taste in music. Well, actually, I guess my musical taste isn't random...it's just good
   
2. There are a couple of "best of" albums on here...but both of them were compilations of singles that were released in the pre-album era.
   

In No Particular Order:

Bob Dylan - A Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Whiskeytown – Strangers Almanac

Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker

John Lee Hooker – The Best Of John Lee Hooker

Muddy Waters - Electric Mud

Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska

Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago

Sam Cooke - The Best Of Sam Cooke

Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Otis Redding – Pain In My Heart

Flaming Lips – Soft Bulletin

Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers

Neil Young – Live Rust

 

(Sorry...I just couldn't make it down to ten.)

[History]

The Stones Sticky Fingers may be the most underrated album ever. Exile On Main Street Rocks too..........

 

CWB I am always impressed with your musical tastes...a little off center, but never out of bounds!

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

By the way...my list was largely taken from a paring down of this list. Some of my music geek buddies and I sent around a long string of emails to each other and did this. Honestly, it took an inordinate amount of time, but it's kind of a biography of my musical taste.

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

The Stones Sticky Fingers may be the most underrated album ever. Exile On Main Street Rocks too..........

 

CWB I am always impressed with your musical tastes...a little off center, but never out of bounds!

 

Haha, many thanks.

[Gunner11]

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles

Magical Mystery Tour - Beatles

Help! - Beatles

40 Licks - Rolling Stones

Who's Next - The Who

IV - Led Zeppelin

Ten - Pearl Jam

Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins

Pablo Honey - Radiohead

Appetite for Destrucion - Guns and Roses

[Da champ]

1. Stranger In Town - Bob Seger

2. Live Bullet- Bob Seger

3. Hotel California- Eagles

4. Straight Shooter_ Bad Company

5. No Fences- garth Brooks

6. Kiss Alive II

7. Gary Allan's Greatest Hits

8. Beatles 1962-1966

9. Elvis Aloha from Hawaii

10. Meet Me In Margaritaville- Jimmy Buffett

 

I'm sure they'll be more the longer I think about it...

[swamprat]

1. Always Never the Same - Kansas and the London Symphony Orchestra

2. Tales of Mystery and Imagination - The Alan Parsons Project

3. Greatest Stories Live - Harry Chapin

4. The Nylon Curtain - Billy Joel

5. Corner Stone - Styx

6. New World Record - ELO

7. Monolith - Kansas

8. Eldorado - ELO

9. Audio Visions - Kansas

10. Song for America - Kansas

 

Probably not the popular stuff, but it's what I like and if these were the only albums left on the planet, I'd be a happy man. These are in order, BTW.

[Jumper_Dad]

Van Halen - Van Halen

Kiss - Alive II

Eagles - Live

Jimmy Buffett - Feeding Frenzy

Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around

Apologetix - The Hits, New and Used

Eric Clapton - Time Pieces

Soundtrack - "The Lost Boys"

-----------just for "People are Strange" and "Good time tonight" INXS w/ Jimmy Barnes

Garth Brooks - Double Live

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will the circle be unbroken and Will the circle be unbroken volume II

[5wide]

Pearl Jam - Vs.

Tool - Aenima

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker

Scott Miller & The Commonwealth - Thus Always To Tyrants

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Live At Luther College

Nirvana - Unplugged

Led Zeppelin - IV

Metallica - Master Of Puppets

 

How about eight?

[RockPride]

Mine are goofy.....but are as follows

 

Rent Soundtrack

Worship 24:7

Barenaked Ladies : Rock Spectacle

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds Live at Luther College

Zac Brown Band

Bob Marley Legend

[Colonels_Wear_Blue]

Pearl Jam - Vs.

Tool - Aenima

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker

Scott Miller & The Commonwealth - Thus Always To Tyrants

Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Live At Luther College

Nirvana - Unplugged

Led Zeppelin - IV

Metallica - Master Of Puppets

 

How about eight?

 

Darn right! :ylsuper:

 

I'm listening to it right now.

[owsleyking]

I think I can do this. Earlier list requests of "Name your one ..." or "Name your five desert albums" were avoided by me, simply because I can't narrow it down.

 

 

I think I can come up with a top 25 for this ...

 

:clap: Looking at some of these lists here,I see several I could have easily included in a top 25 as well. The Stones' 'Exile on Main Street' and 'Sticky Fingers' being two of them.