Top 5 favourite albums of all time

[rgs]

The 5 album box set of Bruce Springsteen live in concert from 1985/86.
Crusader by Chris De Burgh--Way before his Idiotic "Lady in Red" days.
Bat out of Hell by Meatloaf.
Hot August Night by Niall Diamond.

 

[backwoodsman]

Just 5 ? Hmmmm

Sheik Yerbouti - Frank Zappa
Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
Moonflower - Santana
Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield
Selling England - Genesis (Duke? Pah!)

And a couple more modern
American Idiot - Green Day
Dog House Music - Seasick Steve (recently came across him on Jools' Later. Brilliant)

 

[haplesshacker]

BWM.

I knew Duke would be seen by purists as popularist toot!!

Nice to see Ommadawn over the obvious Oldfield choice over TB.

 

[backwoodsman]

Can you guess how old I am from that lot??!! (Don't think it'll be too hard.)

Have fun with it.

Nearly forgot... 8 years younger than me

 

[haplesshacker]

I'm not yet 40, well, not quite yet.

Anyway, I've given the game away elsewhere on this forum regarding the age thing.

Thinking that my mid life is long over due.

As John Miles once sang ...............??

 

[viscount17]

In no particular order . .

Earschplittenloudenboomer - Steppenwolf

The Blues Brothers (soundtrack) - (wore out three tapes)

While my guitar gently weeps - 1

Road to Hell - Chris Rea

almost any Stevie Nicks

 

[haplesshacker]

V.

Help. I can't find 'Working On It' by Chris Rea anywhere. Did it make it onto an album?

 

[Revvic]

OK here we go...
1. Transformer - Lou Reed
2. American Idiot - Green Day
3. Any album you care to name - Johnny Cash (American IV if I'm pushed)
4. Galore - Kirsty MacColl
5. 3 - Peter Gabriel

Though current favouite is Mr Love and Justice - Billy Bragg

So many more...

 

[Revvic]

Oh hang on:

Rockin' the suburbs - Ben Folds
This is hardcore - Pulp
Fin de siecle - Divine Comedy

Also, any who dislikes James Blunt as much as I do should visit Mitch Benn on Myspace and click on the "I may just have to..." link in the music player - nearly soiled meself.

 

[madandra]

I thnk you are 39 as I am 38 and you opted for Duran Duran who's tide was going out when I was into my music.

 

[haplesshacker]

Okay so I gave it away, but that wasn't the point of the thread anyway. I was more interested what else was out there that people really liked.

I got into music quite seriously from the age of 7. The John Miles reference wasn't because of i-tunes, I used to play that track to death, much to my parents delight (not), especially as my father was paranoid about us kids touching his hi-fi kit.

Got brought up on a combination of The Stones, Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Bob Dylan and The Moody Blues. Though some of my first purchases a few years later were Games Without Frontiers and Turning Japenese.

Enough about me. I'm off to bed. Back to the thread.

 

[medwayjon]

Ian Dury & The Blockheads - New Boots & Panties

Had that on in the motor on the way in this morning.

 

[medwayjon]

Its getting silly now, how could I forget these classics,

Libertines - Up the bracket
Strokes - This is it
Coldplay - Rush of blood to the head
Kasabian - Kasabian
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the key of life
Phantom of the opera - OST (stage show)
The Stranglers - Greatest Hits

 

[viscount17]

hapless, yes it did (don't have it though).

New Light Through Old Windows (1988). It's also on disc 2 of The Works (both advertised on amazon)

you can get the lyrics and ringtone here: http://www.mp3lyrics.org/c/chris-rea/working-on-it/

 

[USER1999]

What, no Abba anyone?

 

[madandra]

*someone just ran into the room and 'bitch slapped' murphthemog*

 

[Tommo21]

Abbalong to glasgow, dear old glasgow toon.

 

[The23rdman]

Stone Roses 1st album anyone?

Definately in mine, Atticus. Along with:-

New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Pigeonhole
Black - Wonderful Life
New Order - Brotherhood
Martha Tilston - Of Milkmaids and Architects

But this list changes about a hundred times a day!

 

[The23rdman]

Really is hard to choose 5 but here goes:

1. The Wonderstuff: Eight Legged Groove Machine.
2. AC/DC: Back in Black
3. Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP.
4. The Cult: Electric
5. The Jesus and Mary Chain: Barbed Wire Kisses

So many more I could have included.

Great to see The 8 Legged Groove Machine in there, Greg

 

[HartleyHare]

for what it's worth, here is my top 5ish not in any particular order

Radiohead-OK COMPUTER
Muse-Showbiz
Arctic Monkeys-Whatever people say I am......
The Cranberries-No need to argue
Depeche Mode-Songs of faith and devotion
FGTH-Welcome to the pleasuredome
OOH and James-The best of (so many classic tunes on there it's unbelievable!!)