| Freddie-B 19.11.2003 14:12 |
What's your 10 favourite albums of all time? Don't be ashamed. 1. Revolver-The Beatles. Despite the inclusion of Yellow Submarine, one is inclined to forgive the band for this misdemeanour, as it does at least remind us that they were only human beings. From the boundless joy of Got To Get You Into My Life and And Your Bird Can Sing, to the psychedelic ground-breaker Tomorrow Never Dies and the beauty and imagery of Here There and Everywhere and Eleanor Rigby, coupled in with the cynicism of She Said She Said and Taxman, the album is a lyrical and musical delight from start to finish. 2. But Seriously-Phil Collins Often slagged off nowadays, I don't think anyone could listen to this album and tell me that Collins isn't an absolutely superb craftsman. The songs are flawless, with perhaps the exception of Another Day In Paradise, this is a fast-moving, thought-provoking, but above all enjoyable collection, and was the latest and best of his 80s work, without a doubt. 3. I've Been Expecting You-Robbie Williams. Although "Sing When You're Winning" is undoubtedly a better album, the songs are better, the production is better, the whole air of the thing is better, this is the album when our artist first starts to sound like Robbie Williams, and that means a lot. With a noticeable step up in class from the first offering, the album only tails off during the final two tracks. Soft love songs like Heaven From Here and Grace (a moving ballad to his unborn child) counter balance heavy rockers like Karma Killer and mainstream pop like Millennium and Strong. The ballads reign supreme here, as on all his albums, but the collection as a whole is a classy, slick testament to his escaping from Take That and becoming a star in his own right. 4. Billy Joel-An Innocent Man Again, flawless. The title track is still one of my favourite songs of all time, and the other songs are classic pop masterpieces, taking time to borrow from the classics (on This Night) and incorporate things like jazz sax extraordinaire on Christy Lee. 5. Eminem-The Marshall Mathers LP Although The Eminem Show is perhaps a more mature effort, here is Mathers doing what he does best, being utterly offensive with a smile on his face. Some of the lyrics contained in this album are mortifyingly unpleasant, and yet always bring a smile to my face, at the thought of his sarcastic grin delivering them. Despite the poppy single "The Real Slim Shady", this album is driven by anger and rage, and a furious determination to be his own man, and rule the world-and is all the better for it. Complete with hilarious sketches and a genuine brilliance at his work, this is perhaps his definitive album. After all, the Slim Shady LP was written on the outside of the Rap Game, and the Eminem show was written on top of it, but in this effort, he has to really draw on everything he has to show that he deserves his spot as the most influential rapper in the world-and he does it with aplomb. 6. Michael Jackson-Bad Thriller might have sold more copies than any other, Off The Wall might be his big breakthrough, and Dangerous might signal the beginning of the end, but for me, this is his masterpiece. Although Thriller is an album of epic songs coupled in with a few suspect offerings, Bad explores new musical ideas (Liberian Girl, Speed Demon) and doesn't have a weak moment on it. Jackson's genius as a performer and as a songwriter (which is only really evident on this album for the first time) is allowed to shine as never before, and he is old enough to know his game, but not old enough yet to have been destroyed by it. There are hints of things to come in songs like Man In The Mirror, a message to change the world, but unlike Heal The World or Earth Song, it does not chide-it merely encourages, and is an uplifting anthem. Smooth Criminal is fairly untouched as a dance classic, and the whole album resounds with a class that Thriller, to me, lacked. 7. Stevie Wonde |
| Robin 19.11.2003 14:29 |
Not in any particular order: 1.Let it Be 2.Sheer Heart Attack 3.Night at the Opera 4.52nd Street-Billy Joel 5.The Stranger-BJ 6.Born to Run 7.The Wildlife Concert- John Denver 8.Allied Forces- Triumph 9.Abbey Road 10.All of the classic showtune albums. |
| Sonja 19.11.2003 14:30 |
That's hard... I'll give it a try though. 1. The Clash - London Calling I think this is a masterpiece, the Clash's finest hour as many say. I have all of The Clash's album and London Calling is just one of the best pieces of music ever. Brilliant! 2.U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind Some may disagree but I think U2 seem to get better and better. I love this album! 3. U2 - Achtung Baby It's a classic! To be honest, I don't know if ATYCLB is really better than this one. I can't decide... 5. Muse - Absolution I really like the first 2 albums as well, but this 3rd one beats them all. They've grown and their music's much better. I can't believe they're still so young. But so talented! 6. The Verve - Urban Hymns Richard Ashcroft rules! The Verve was still better than Richard Solo. Bitter Sweet Harmony. The Drugs Don't Work. Awesome! 7. Queen - Innuendo & News Of The World Love'em both, I can't decide which one I like better. Innuendo I suppose. 8. Blur - The Great Escape It was their best one by far. All the rest is crap! 9. Beatles - Please Please Me Or Revolver. Or Rubber Soul. I don't know!! 10. Hmmm... I don't know. I'd say Michael Jackson - Bad |
| Flashman 19.11.2003 14:38 |
Phil Collins and Justin Timberlake, Freddie-B? Are you mental? You'll be saying Sting is good next. |
| bleeding heart show 19.11.2003 15:01 |
1-News of the world 2-Absolution 3-The invisable band 4-Permission to land 5-Ok computer 6-Amnesiac 7-With out you i'm nothing 8-History for sale 9-Stabbing westward 10-Innuendo |
| Wayne Gretzky 19.11.2003 15:03 |
Top 7: 1) Queen - A Day At The Races 2) Police - Reggatta De Blanc 3) Queen - Sheer Heart Attack 4) Queen - Queen II 5) Police - Outlandos De Amor 6) Queen - A Night At The Opera 7) Darkness - Permission To Land |
| deleted user 19.11.2003 15:25 |
News Of The World-Queen 2 a.m. Paradise Cafe-Barry Manilow Somewhere In Time-Iron Maiden Piece Of Mind-Iron Maiden Sheer Heart Attack-Queen Operation Mindcrime-Queensryche This Ones For You-Barry Manilow Barry Manilow 2-Barry Manilow Made In Heaven-Queen A Day At The Races-Queen |
| *the Time Guardian* 19.11.2003 16:16 |
Heey! What's wrong with Phil & Sting? They're great |
| MexQueenFM 19.11.2003 16:25 |
i couldn't list 10 albums |
| Virtuoso 19.11.2003 17:32 |
1)Led Zeppelin-LZ II and IV 2)Pink Floyd-Darkside of the moon 3)Radiohead-Ok Computer 4)Yngwie Malmsteen-Rising Force 5)Doors-Doors 6)Queen-A Night At The Opera 7)Jimi Hendrix-Are you experienced? 8)Ozzy Osbourne-Blizzard of Ozz 9)Steve Vai-Passion And Warfare 10)Dio-Holy Diver |
| Mr.Jingles 19.11.2003 17:40 |
1. The Wall, Pink Floyd 2. Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles 3. Queen II, Queen 4. The Black Album, Metallica 5. Apetite For Destruction, Guns N' Roses 6. Michael Jackson, Dangerous 7. Led Zeppelin, Houses Of The Holy 8. Get A Grip, Aerosmith 9. Nevermind, Nirvana 10. All That You Can't Leave Behind, U2 P.S. Freddie B... good choices there, but Robbie Williams and Justin Timberlake??... tsk, tsk, tsk. At least I'd suggest to take off the Justin Timberlake album, and put Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall", since "Justified" is nothing but a rip-off from that album. |
| Penetration_Guru 19.11.2003 17:47 |
OK, no compilations, and in no order Queen II Pump Dr Feelgood Black Album The River Eliminator Highway To Hell Backstreet Symphony 1984 Brothers In Arms |
| Holly2003 19.11.2003 17:57 |
Not the 10 best ever, whatever that means, but 10 I would recommend to those whose cd collections consist only of Queen: LIVE RUST - neal young EXIT STAGE LEFT - rush LIVE AFTER DEATH - iron maiden NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS - sex pistols LET THERE BE ROCK - ac/dc AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE - rem HEAVEN & HELL - black sabbath THE DOORS - the doors LIVE & DANGEROUS - thin lizzy UNLEASHED IN THE EAST - judas priest |
| Matti 19.11.2003 18:00 |
I couldn't pick 10 either. |
| ogre t raylot 20.11.2003 06:00 |
In no particular order Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones Dense production, with songs ranging from Blues/Country and Gospel, it's everything Rock 'N' Roll SHOULD be - filthy, greasy, loud and uplifting. You hear something new every time you play it. - Axl Rose used this album as a blueprint for Guns 'n' Roses. Pet Sounds - Beach Boys Lusious arrangements, Adult love songs - inspired The Beatles to make Sgt Pepper, Macca rates it as the best album ever, enough said... Skylarking - XTC A continuation of their previous Dukes of Stratosphear foray into psychedelia, The remaster includes the b-side Dear God, Andy Partridge = Genius. On The Beach - Neil Young Part of the 'Doom' trilogy - recently re-issued after being unavailable for the best part of two decades, sounds like it was recorded yesterday. You're all just pissing in the wind. A Day At The Races An era when they recorded proper albums, rather than a couple of singles and padded them out with dross. DATR - All killer, no filler. Revolver - The Beatles If only for the fact it contains Tomorrow Never Knows. Experimentation coupled with top tunes. Transendental Blues - Steve Earle Once described as a poor man's Springsteen - This blows that out foolish description of the water, where Springsteen continues to plow the same plodding-rock furrow, Steve tackles rock, bluegrass, country with great aplomb, Jonathan's Song (Over Yonder) reaffirming his commitment against the Death penalty. Apple Venus Vol. 1 - XTC Imagine The Beatles crossed with The Kinks produced and arranged by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, exceptional. Bachelor No.2 (or The Last Remains of the Dodo) - Aimee Mann Well crafted melancholic pop songs. Mobilize - Grant Lee Phillips. The creation of One man who produced, wrote and played every instrument on this album, stand-out track Love's A Mystery. The Gods make sure We ALL get a taste. |
| Mr Coolest Cat 20.11.2003 09:09 |
(1) Queen II -- Queen (2) Dark side of the moon-- Pink Floyd (3) Out of the Blue-- ELO (4) A night at the opera-- Queen (5) Escape-- Journey (6) Asia-- Asia (7) Even in the quietest moments-- Supertramp (8) Sheer heart attack-- Queen (9) Time-- ELO (10) Innuendo-- Queen |
| Fenderek 20.11.2003 09:14 |
1. METALLICA- "Master Of Puppets" 2. PINK FLOYD- "The Wall" 3. QUEEN- "Sheer Heart Attack" 4. QUEEN- "A Night At the Opera" 5. METALLICA- "Ride The Lightning" 6. DREAM THEATER- "Scenes From A Memory" 7. QUEEN- "Queen II" 8. BLACK SABBATH- "Paranoid" 9. BLACK SABBATH- "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" 10. PEARL JAM- "Ten" Was supposed to be in a partcular order, but then I would never post it; couldn't decide... So it's not particular one... |
| Saffron Caribou 20.11.2003 09:20 |
1. Innuendo - Queen. 2. Toxicity - System of a Down 3. Permission to Land - The Darkness 4. Appetite for Destruction - Guns n Roses. 5. Sgt. Pepper - The Beatles 6. Pearl - Janis Joplin 7. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - RHCP 8. Aladdin Sane - David Bowie 9. Queen 2 - Queen 10. Magical History Tour - The Beatles. |
| willem-jan 8923 20.11.2003 09:25 |
No order & at this moment: Metallica - Master of Puppets Metallica - Ride the lightning Queen - I & II Iron Maiden - Powerslave Black Sabbath - Live eviL Dream Theater - Once in a livetime Iced Earth - Alive in Athens Queens of the stone age - Songs for the deaf After Forever - Deceipher |
| *the Time Guardian* 20.11.2003 10:53 |
* Queen "Sheer Heart Attack" * Phil Collins "Hello, I Must Be Going" * Gary Moore "Wild Frontier" * A-Ha "Hunting High and Low" * Metallica "Metallica" a.k.a. "The Black Album" * Duran Duran "Rio" * The Beautiful South "Carry on Up The Charts – The Best of The Beautiful South" * Ruja "Rujavisioon" * Metro Luminal "Ainult Rottidele" * Metro Luminal "1" |
| look what they've done to claudi.... 20.11.2003 11:41 |
tricky question, but here are some that come to my mind now... queen - queen queen - queen II the cure - disintegration sheryl crow - tuesday night music club crowded house - woodface holger biege - die schönsten balladen joan osborne - relish monty python - sings paul simon - shining like a national guitar - greatest hits the ark - we are the ark |
| Freddie-B 20.11.2003 15:48 |
Ah yes, Sheryl Crow-The Globe Sessions was v.close to making my list. |
| Brandon 20.11.2003 22:29 |
I love Sheryl. |
| Freddie-B 21.11.2003 10:47 |
She's not as famous as she ought to be, do you know what I mean? There ought to be more fuss made of her, I think. |
| Brandon 21.11.2003 12:18 |
Yeah, I bought her GH album yesterday because Best Buy had it on sale. I have TGS and her self-titled and they're both brilliant. I loved her concert on CMT with Willie Nelson and have noticed that, as of ;ate, she has been getting a bit more recognization especially in the country sector.Though I will admit to thinking her new song with Kid Rock is... annoying? |
| deleted user 21.11.2003 13:15 |
(not in any specific order) 1. Ziggy Stardust -David Bowie 2. Let's Dance -David Bowie 3. Heathen -David Bowie 4. Classic Queen -Queen 5. Greatest Hits -Queen 6. Rio -Duran Duran 7. Greatest Hits -Journey 8. Cocky -Kid Rock 9. Big Ones -Aerosmith 10. 0304 -Jewel |
| emmalouise 27.11.2003 04:17 |
WELL I HAVE ONLY GOT A TOP 4 SO HERE I GO 1-BLUE-ALL RISE 2-BLUE-ONE LOVE 3-BLUE-GUILTY AND I SUPPOSE BLUE AGAIN SEEIN AS ALL YOU GEEKS ARE STILL STUCK IN THE 70'S BLUE RULE QUEEN AND ALL THE OTHER OLD STUFF DRAWL :) |
| Brian_Mays_Wig 28.11.2003 04:18 |
Queen Innuendo Queen Queen Metallica Kill em All White Zombie Astro Creep 2000 System of a Down Toxcity Queen II Roger Taylor Electric Fire Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Joe Satriani Surfing With The Alien Queen Hot Space |
| Spisso 28.11.2003 10:35 |
1 - Queen - Innuendo 2 - Queen - Made In Heaven 3 - Queen - A Day At The Races 4 - Dream Theater - Images And Words 5 - Queen - Greatest Hits II 6 - Dream Theater - Live At The Marquee 7 - Queen - News Of The World 8 - Dream Theater - A Change Of Seasons 9 - Deep Purple - Made In Japan 10 - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon |