What are your favourite albums?

[Sister Rose]

In this age of disposable music, where songs pass through the charts so quickly, i was wondering do people still listen to albums all the way through and enjoy most songs on it, if not all the songs? If so then what are your favourite albums?

Here's some of mine, in no particular order....


Little Creatures - Talking Heads
Naked - Talking Heads
Vauxhall and I - Morrissey
Black Tie, White Noise - David Bowie
Play - Moby
Ray Of light - Madonna
Joshua Tree - U2
The Emancipation Of Mimi - Mariah Carey
Feelings - David Byrne
Jesus Wept - PM Dawn
Talk On Corners - The Corrs
Home - The Corrs
Universal Mother - Sinead O' Conner
Never For Ever - Kate Bush
The Sensual World - Kate Bush
A Funk Odyssey - Jamiroquai
Parallel Lines - Blondie
The Greatest - Ian Brown
The Essential Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex pistols - Sex Pistols
Debut - Bjork
Justified - Justin Timberlake
Alphabet City - ABC
Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos
The Globe Sessions - Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
Strange Days - The Doors
Catch A Fire - Bob Marley

[keano]

Your Arsenal - Moz
Darklands- Jesus andMary chain
Closer- Joy Division
Silent Alarm- Bloc Party

[Worm]

The Fall "This Nation's Saving Grace"
Saint Etienne "Foxbase Alpha"
Electronic
M.I.A. "Kala"
The Go-Betweens "Tallulah"
My Bloody Valentine "Loveless"
Radiohead "OK Computer"
New Order "Power, Corruption & Lies"
Joy Division "Closer"
Public Enemy "It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back"
The Jam "Sound Affects"
U2 "The Joshua Tree"
Echo & The Bunnymen "Heaven Up Here"
The Beautiful South "Choke"
The Clash "London Calling"
Death In Vegas "Scorpio Rising"
A Tribe Called Quest "Low-End Theory"
Depeche Mode "Black Celebration"
James "Gold Mother"
Prodigy "The Fat of The Land"
David Bowie "Ziggy Stardust"
Eric B. & Rakim "Paid In Full"
Morrissey "Viva Hate"
Massive Attack "Mezzanine"

[j0wled]

That is not PM Dawn's best work, I'm sorry.

[Sister Rose]

That is not PM Dawn's best work, I'm sorry.

Maybe not, but its a personal fave.

[columbula]

Original Albums:
1. The Smiths - Meat is Murder/Louder than Bombs/The Smiths/Meat is Murder/Strangeways...*cheating*
2. Shiina Ringo - 無罪モラトリアム (Muzai Moratorium)/KZK
3. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
4. Faye Wong - 將愛 (Jang Ai)/Fable
5. LUNA SEA - Image
6. Depeche Mode - Violator
7. Momoe Yamaguchi - 不死鳥伝説 (Pheonix Densetsu)
8. The Phantom of the Opera - Original Cast Recording
9. Baby V.O.X - Boyish Story
10. Alizée - Psychédélices
11. Perfume - GAME
12. Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
13. Jaurim - 戀人 (Yeoin)
14. Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
15. MALICE MIZER - Voyage
16. Ayumi Hamasaki - LOVEppears
17. Radiohead - OK Computer
18. Mozart - Requiem
19. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
20. System of a Down - Toxicity

Best of albums:
1. Namie Amuro - 181920
2. Chiyo Okumura - Coquettish BOMB
3. Jun Hoonhee - Best
4. The Supremes - Gold
5. Kelly Chen - Red
6. ABBA - Gold
7. THE BACK HORN - Best
8. Joy Division - The Best of Joy Division
9. Nanase Aikawa - Red
10. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection

... something like that. It kinda makes me sad though... there were a lot of albums I wanted to put on there because they had such an impact on my life, but I realized I couldn't really listen to them all the way through. I just put a select few songs on repeat and forgot about the rest. (No Doubt's Return of Saturn, the movie version of Evita, Franz Ferdinand's first album, and GO!GO!7188's Best of .)

[yesitis]

morrissey - southpaw grammar
bob dylan - bringing it all back home
slayer - seasons in the abyss
nas - illmatic
beastie boys - check your head
mahavishnu orchestra - the inner mounting flame
portishead - dummy
nick drake - five leaves left
antony and the johnsons - self titled
belle and sebastian - if you're feeling sinister
refused - the shape of punk to come
the flaming lips - the soft bulletin
laura cantrell - not the tremblin' kind
the beatles - rubber soul
mr bungle - disoc volante
husker du - zen arcade
the stooges - raw power
warren zevon - excitable boy
dillinger escape plan - calculating infinity
wu tang clan - enter the wu tang (36 chambers)
roxy music - for your pleasure
funkadelic - maggot brain

[Zinc Alloy]

T Rex - The Slider
David Bowie - .......Ziggy Stardust........
Prince - Around The World In A Day
Manic Street Preachers - Send Away The Tigers
Green Day - American Idiot
Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Tygertailz - Bezerk

[Petro$]

A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
Bad Religion – Stranger Than Fiction
Depeche Mode – Violator
Element Of Crime – Weisses Papier
Fields of the Nephilim - The Nephilim
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasure Dome
Herbert Grönemeyer - Anders
Iron Maiden - Live After Death
Metallica – Master of Puppets
New Model Army - Thunder and Consolation
New Order – Substance
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peepshow
The Damned – Phantasmagoria
The Meteors - In Heaven
The Mission - God's Own Medicine
The Police - Synchronicity
The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always
Tiger Army - Music From Regions Beyond
U2 – Joshua Tree

[Kewpie]

The Fall "This Nation's Saving Grace"
Saint Etienne "Foxbase Alpha"
Electronic
M.I.A. "Kala"
The Go-Betweens "Tallulah"
My Bloody Valentine "Loveless"
Radiohead "OK Computer"
New Order "Power, Corruption & Lies"
Joy Division "Closer"
Public Enemy "It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back"
The Jam "Sound Affects"
U2 "The Joshua Tree"
Echo & The Bunnymen "Heaven Up Here"
The Beautiful South "Choke"
The Clash "London Calling"
Death In Vegas "Scorpio Rising"
A Tribe Called Quest "Low-End Theory"
Depeche Mode "Black Celebration"
James "Gold Mother"
Prodigy "The Fat of The Land"
David Bowie "Ziggy Stardust"
Eric B. & Rakim "Paid In Full"
Morrissey "Viva Hate"
Massive Attack "Mezzanine"

I like most of your choice.

Original Albums:
1. The Smiths - Meat is Murder/Louder than Bombs/The Smiths/Meat is Murder/Strangeways...*cheating*
2. Shiina Ringo - 無罪モラトリアム (Muzai Moratorium)/KZK
3. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
4. Faye Wong - 將愛 (Jang Ai)/Fable
5. LUNA SEA - Image
6. Depeche Mode - Violator
7. Momoe Yamaguchi - 不死鳥伝説 (Pheonix Densetsu)
8. The Phantom of the Opera - Original Cast Recording
9. Baby V.O.X - Boyish Story
10. Alizée - Psychédélices
11. Perfume - GAME
12. Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
13. Jaurim - 戀人 (Yeoin)
14. Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
15. MALICE MIZER - Voyage
16. Ayumi Hamasaki - LOVEppears
17. Radiohead - OK Computer
18. Mozart - Requiem
19. Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
20. System of a Down - Toxicity

Best of albums:
1. Namie Amuro - 181920
2. Chiyo Okumura - Coquettish BOMB
3. Jun Hoonhee - Best
4. The Supremes - Gold
5. Kelly Chen - Red
6. ABBA - Gold
7. THE BACK HORN - Best
8. Joy Division - The Best of Joy Division
9. Nanase Aikawa - Red
10. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection

... something like that. It kinda makes me sad though... there were a lot of albums I wanted to put on there because they had such an impact on my life, but I realized I couldn't really listen to them all the way through. I just put a select few songs on repeat and forgot about the rest. (No Doubt's Return of Saturn, the movie version of Evita, Franz Ferdinand's first album, and GO!GO!7188's Best of .)

Very weird mix indeed.
How did you discover Japanese pop music?

If you like Chiyo Okumura, you might like Hikkie's mum Keiko Fuji.

[Morning Star]

I have a fear that this thread will turn into a "look at my obscure and eclectic tastes" pissing match, but here I go...

The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
Morrissey - Your Arsenal
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions
Atari Teenage Riot - Burn! Berlin, Burn!
Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
The Clash - The Clash
Bjork - Debut
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good
New Order - Substance 1987

[columbula]

Very weird mix indeed.
How did you discover Japanese pop music?

If you like Chiyo Okumura, you might like Hikkie's mum Keiko Fuji.

I started getting into it about 7 years ago. As an early teenager people who dressed up in costumes appealed to me so after getting into Ziggy Stardust and the movie Velvet Goldmine I found Visual kei. (with MALICE MIZER, X Japan, Dir en grey, etc..)
After getting out of those bands (the music in that genre really degraded after 2002 or so.) I got into regular Japanese pop music, and through various ways I first found Momoe Yamaguchi in 2003-ish. After finding out just how much she released in such a short amount of time (32 singles, 22 albums in 8 years) I bought a CD and started to find more older artists like Chiyo Okumura.
I've gotten into really old people like early Misora Hibari, Namiki Michiko and The Peanuts, but nothing beats the 60s for me. That's one of the reasons why I started liking Morrissey as much as I do. He and Johnny Marr connected over a Marvelettes single, which is awesome.

[Kewpie]

I started getting into it about 7 years ago. As an early teenager people who dressed up in costumes appealed to me so after getting into Ziggy Stardust and the movie Velvet Goldmine I found Visual kei. (with MALICE MIZER, X Japan, Dir en grey, etc..)
After getting out of those bands (the music in that genre really degraded after 2002 or so.) I got into regular Japanese pop music, and through various ways I first found Momoe Yamaguchi in 2003-ish. After finding out just how much she released in such a short amount of time (32 singles, 22 albums in 8 years) I bought a CD and started to find more older artists like Chiyo Okumura.
I've gotten into really old people like early Misora Hibari, Namiki Michiko and The Peanuts, but nothing beats the 60s for me. That's one of the reasons why I started liking Morrissey as much as I do. He and Johnny Marr connected over a Marvelettes single, which is awesome.

Very interesting to know about how you discovered Japanese pop music.
I remember Momoe Yamaguchi phenomenon very well, watched her farewell concert on live TV.
Like USA and UK, 60s Japanese pop has many gems.

[morrisseychic]

The Smiths - Louder than Bombs
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
The Cure - Wish
Duran Duran- Notorious
Nirvana- In Utero
Beck - Odelay
Morrissey - Your Arsenal
New Order- Substance
Depeche Mode - Songs of Faith and Devotion
R.E.M - Green
R.E.M - Accelerate
Sunny Day Real Estate- Diary
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Crowded House - Crowded House
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Quicksand - Manic Compression
Samashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dreams
Inxs - Kick
Weezer - Blue Album
Electronic - Electronic
U2 - The Joshua Tree
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here we Come

[oye terence]

In no order...

Versus - Secret Swingers
Heavenly - Le Jardin De
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Morrissey -Vauxhall and I
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
Trashcan Sinatras - I've seen Everything
Dinosaur Jr - You're Living Allover Me
Luna - Penthouse
The Sundays - Blind
New Order - Low-Life
Belle and Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
Gene - Olympian
Suede - Coming up
Joy division - Unknown Pleasures
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love songs
The Magnetic fields - Get Lost
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come

Something like that,anyways.

[someofusisturningnasty]

In no particular order...

The Aliens- Luna
RHCP- Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Ataxia- Automatic Writing
Morrissey- Viva Hate
David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust
Pink Floyd- Dark Side Of The Moon
Radiohead- OK Computer
Smiths- The Queen Is Dead
RHCP- Mothers Milk
Jeff Buckley- Grace
The Beatles- Sgt. Pepper
Neil Young- Harvest
Leonard Cohen- Songs of Love & Hate
Stone Roses- Stone Roses
Moby- Play
Joy Division- Closer
The Verve- Urban Hymns
Soundgarden- Badmotorfinger
Oasis- What's The Story (Morning Glory)?
Alice In Chains- Dirt
Morrissey- Vauxhall & I

[The_Draize_Train]

New Wave/Indie/Alternative:

White Town - Women In Technology
U2 - The Joshua Tree
The Spinanes - Manos
The Psychedelic Furs - All of This and Nothing
The Ocean Blue - The Ocean Blue
The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
The Cure - Standing On A Beach - The B-Sides
The Cult - Love
The Church - Starfish
The Beautiful South - 0898
Teenage Fanclub - A Catholic Education
Suede - Naked
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Kaleidoscope
Ride - Today Forever
Roxy Music - More Than This
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
New Order - Technique
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - God Fodder
Mylene Farmer - Anamorphosee
Morrissey - 'Bona Drag'
Men At Work - Contraband
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Kitchens Of Distinction - Strange Free World
Julian Cope - Floored Genious
Joy Division - Closer
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Jellyfish - Bellybutton
Grant Lee Phillips - Nineteeneighties
Fury In The Slaughterhouse - Brilliant Thieves
Dream Syndicate - The Days Of Wine And Roses
David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees
David Sylvian - Secrets Of The Beehive
Cutting Crew - Broadcast
Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over
Bryan Ferry - Boys And Girls
Big Country - The Crossing
Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm
A-Ha - East Of The Sun West Of The Moon
A-Ha - Lifelines


Rock:

Tina Turner - Simply The Best
Steve Winwood - The Finer Things
Rick Springfield - Rick Springfield's Greatest Hits
Kinks - The Ultimate Collection
Lenny Kravitz - Greatest Hits
Hall & Oates - The Essential Collection
Gipsy Kings - Tierra Gitana
Bryan Adams - So Far So Good
Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is



Metal:

Whitesnake - Greatest Hits
White Lion - Big Game
Shark Island - Law Of The Order
Ratt - Dancing Undercover
Loudness - Thunder In The East
Kiss - Alive II
EZO - Fire Fire (1989)
Dokken - The Very Best Of Dokken
Death Angel - Act III
Dangerous Toys - Dangerous Toys
Britny Fox - Boys In Heat
Badlands - Dusk
Ace Frehley - Frehley's Comet


Classic Rock:

The Byrds - Greatest Hits
Rush - The Spirit Of Radio
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Journey - The Essential Journey
Heart - Greatest Hits
Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits


Fave "Oldies" Artists:

Sam Cooke
Ritchie Valens
Ricky Nelson
Santo & Johnny
Jim Reeves
Herman's Hermits
Everly Brothers
Dave Clark Five
Buddy Holly



Thanks!

[markdizz]

The Smiths - Meat is Murder
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
New Found Glory - Sticks and Stones
Glassjaw - Everything you ever wanted to hear about silence
The Gaslight Anthem - the 59' Sound
Hopesfall - The Satellite Years
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
Brand New - Deja Entendu

[LegalTender]

These are some of them...I realized that a lot of my favorite albums from last year or a couple of years ago I don't like as much anymore now : (.

Belly - STAR

The Pixies - Bossanova

The Pixies - Trompe Le Monde

Blondie - Parallel Lines (I used to be obsessed with all 5 of their first albums...)

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Cocteau Twins - Treasure

Kate Bush - The Kick Inside

PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me

PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk

Pretenders - Pretenders

Roxy Music - Roxy Music

Donna Summer - Bad Girls

Pet Shop Boys - Very

Eurythmics - In The Garden

Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kaleidoscope

Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I May See

L7 - Bricks Are Heavy

Elastica - Elastica


I was looking at my Rate Your Music profile, and a lot of albums I give really high ratings to I wouldn't really say are some of my favorite albums.

[Fulham Road Lights]

Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Morrissey - Vauxhall & I
Morrissey - Maladjusted
Morrissey - Southpaw Grammar
Depeche Mode - Violator
New Order - Low-Life
New Order - Brotherhood
Joy Division - Closer
The Cure - Disintegration
The Cure - Pornography
dredg - El Cielo
Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
Idlewild - The Remote Part
Sigur Ros - ()
Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vio Spilum Endalaust
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Drever, McCusker, Woomble - Before The Ruin