My list:

Revolver (The Beatles, 1966)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles, 1967)
Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles, 1967)
Astral Weeks (Van Morrison, 1968)
The Beatles (The Beatles, 1968)
Yellow Submarine (The Beatles, 1969)
Abbey Road (The Beatles, 1969)
Hunky Dory (David Bowie, 1971)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (David Bowie, 1972)
Aladdin Sane (David Bowie, 1973)
Pin Ups (David Bowie, 1973)
Bat out of Hell (Meatloaf, 1977)
News of the World (Queen, 1977)
Off the Wall (Michael Jackson, 1979)
Thriller (Michael Jackson, 1982)
Purple Rain (Prince and the Revolution, 1984)
Parade (Prince and the Revolution, 1986)
Sign 'O' the Times (Prince, 1987)
Lovesexy (Prince, 1988)
The Gold Experience (, 1994)

I've got a top 300 list.

1. Pirates – Rickie Lee Jones
2. Blue – Joni Mitchell
3. Parade – Prince and the Revolution
4. On The Beach – Neil Young
5. Eli and the Thirteenth Confession – Laura Nyro
6. Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
7. Horses – Patti Smith
8. Hounds Of Love – Kate Bush
9. Boys For Pele – Tori Amos
10. Purple Rain – Prince and the Revolution
11. For The Roses – Joni Mitchell
12. What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
13. There’s A Riot Going On – Sly And The Family Stone
14. Rickie Lee Jones – Rickie Lee Jones
15. Bryter Layter – Nick Drake
16. In Utero - Nirvana
17. Mighty Joe Moon – Grant Lee Buffalo
18. When The Pawn… - Fiona Apple
19. The Forgotten Arm – Aimee Mann
20. This Is Farewell - The Fairways
[Edited 10/4/07 6:32am]

in no particular order:

Michael Jackson-Bad
Michael Jackson-Thriller
Janet Jackson-Rhythm Nation
Janet Jackson-janet.
Madonna-Like a Virgin
Madonna-Confessions on a Dancefloor
Mariah Carey-Butterfly
Brandy-Full Moon
Jacksons-Destiny
Jacksons-Triumph
Jody Watley
Steve Winwood-Back In the High Life
Lionel Richie-Can't Slow Down
Prince-Hits 1
Prince-Hits 2
Nelly Furtado-Loose
Beyonce-B'Day
Destiny's Child-Writings on the Wall
TLC-CrazySexyCool
TLC-Fanmail

alphastreet said:

Funky little list!

1. Prince And The Revolution - Parade (1986)
2. Christian Death - Catastrophe Ballet (1984)
3. Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain (1984)
4. Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)
5. Goldfrapp - Supernature (2006)
6. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes (1992)
7. The Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland (1987)
8. Siouxsie And The Banshees - Tinderbox (1986)
9. The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes (2006)
10. The Cure - The Head On The Door (1985)
11. Deadsy - Commencement (1999 version)
12. Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
13. Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (1997)
14. Prince - Dirty Mind (1980)
15. The B-52's - Cosmic Thing (1989)
16. Hole - Live Through This (1994)
17. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
18. Shakira - Dónde Están Los Ladrones? (1998)
19. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love (1995)
20. Type O Negative - October Rust (1996)

The Beatles - The Beatles
k.d. lang - Ingenue
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Queen - Greatest Hits
Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Going On
Doves - Lost Souls
Doves - The Last Broadcast
Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
Prince - 1999
Prince & The Revolution - Parade
Prince - Lovesexy
Prince - Sign 'O' The Times
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Madonna - Like A Prayer
Carpenters - Close To You
Dionne Warwick - Sings The Bacharach & David Songbook
Patsy Cline - The Best Of
ABBA - Gold
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister

I know there's some greatest hits compilations in the list, but these are the twenty albums I return to over and over again.

Without thinking..here's what comes to mind

-Sign O The Times
-Purple Rain
-Blue (Joni Micthell)
-Car Wheels On a Gravel Road (Lucinda Williams)
-Lucinda Williams (Lucinda Williams)
-Wrecking Ball (Emmylou Harris)
-GP/Grevious Angel (Gram Parsons)
-Madonna (Madonna)
-Mellon Collie & Infinite Sadness (Smashing Pumpkins)
-Fumbling Towards Ecstacy (Sarah McLauchlan)
-Surfacing (Sarah McLachlan)
-This Fire (Paula Cole)
-Tapestry (Carole King)
-Rubber Soul (Beatles)
-Lady Soul (Aretha Franklin)
-Tigerlilly (Natalie Merchant)
-Velvet Rope (Janet Jackson)
-OK Computer (Radiohead)
-I Am Shelby Lynne (Shelby Lynne)
-Heartbreaker (Ryan Adams)

OH MY GOD...IM NOT DONE YET!!!!!

Honorable Mention
-Live in San Quinten (Johnny Cash)
-Horses (Patti Smith)
-Joshua Tree (U2)
-Rush of Blood To The Head (Coldplay)
-Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones)
...

sextonseven said:

you rock.

...

well, If has to be only 20...

In no particular order (that's too hard):






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Prince Sign O The Times
Bruce Springsteen The Wild The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle
Stevie Wonder Talking Book
Prince 1999
Sly And The Family Stone There's A Riot
Joni Mitchell The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Stevie Wonder Innervisions
Bruce Springsteen Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Prince Lovesexy
Prince The Black Album
The Cure Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
The Beatles Sgt Peppers
Todd Rundgren A Wizard A True Star
David Bowie Station To Station
Roxy Music Avalon
New Order Technique
Daft Punk Discovery
Bruce Springsteen The River
Stevie Wonder Songs in The Key of Life
Radiohead OK Computer

My Top Twenty would includ these but not in this order

The Gold Experience (Prince)
Diamonds & Pearls (Prince)
Purple Rain (Prince)
The Velvet Rope (Janet)
Rhythem Nation (Janet)
Make Yourself (Incubus)
Death of the Party (Kudu)
Ooooohh On the TLC Tip (TLC)
Very Proud of Ya (AFI)
Trgic Kingdom (No Doubt)
Bad (MJ)
Hybrid Theory (Linkin Park)
Honky Dory (David Bowie)
Santana (Santana)
Bedtime Stories (Madonna)
Grandes Exitos (Shakira)
BloodSugarSexMagik (RHCP)
Version 2.0 (Garbage)
At Last (Etta James)
Diamond life (Sade)
Love Deluxe (Sade)
Baduizum (Erykah Badu)
Spice World (Spice Girls)
Pretty Hate Machine (NIN)
Superstition (Siouxsie)
What Time is it? (the Time)
The Witching Hour (Ladytron)
Ultra Blue (Utada Hikaru)
Toni Braxton (Toni Braxton)
Urban Hang Suite (Maxwell)

01 Tori Fixx / The Mochasutra (2000)
02 Backroom Matches / Sota! (2002)
03 Les Rythmes Digitales / Darkdancer. (1999)
04 The Presets / Beams (2006)
05 soce, the elemental wizard / I'm In My Own World (aka Dream de la Dream) (2003)
06 Alana Davis / Surrender Dorothy (2005)
07 Jay-Jay Johanson / Rush (2005)
08 Tori Fixx / The Black.Out Trilogy (2004)
09 Lucky Soul / The Great Unwanted (2007)
10 Technotronic / Pump Up The Jam: The Album (1989)
11 Lost Boyz / Legal Drug Money (1996)
12 Grand National / Kicking The National Habit (2006)
13 Darin / Break The News (2006)
14 Clor / Clor (2005)
15 Van She / Van She (2006)
16 Infadels / We Are Not The Infadels (2006)
17 bent / Ariels (2004)
18 Thomilla / Freeze (2004)
19 The Robocop Kraus / Living With Other People (2003)
20 Miss Money / Hookah: Confessions of an R&B Hook Writer (2005)

1) Innervisions(Stevie)
2) Songs in the Key of Life(Stevie)
3) 1999(Prince)
4) Purple Rain(Prince)
5) Superfly(Curtis Mayfield)
6) What's Goin' On?(Marvin)
7) Dirt(Alice in Chains)
8) Superunknown(Soundgarden)
9) That's the Way...(Earth, Wind & Fire)
10) Honey(Ohio Players)
11) Off the Wall(Michael Jackson)
12) Street Songs(Rick James)
13) Straight from the Heart(Patrice Rushen)
14) 36 Chambers(Wu-Tang Clan)
15) It Takes a Nation...(Public Enemy)
16) Follow the Leader(Korn)
17) Secrets(Toni Braxton)
18) The Chronic(Dr. Dre)
19) Electric Ladyland(Jimi Hendrix)
20) Badmotorfinger(Soundgarden)

Mara said:

I've always wondered...Where do you buy your music???

Mara said:

No Janet?

Mara said:

That is a tight little album.

GangstaFam said:

It's the oldest album on that list. And I thought mine was too modern.

It's always changing. This is a list I did for a poll I participated in about a year ago, and if I was to revisit it now, there would definitely be some renovations - Smog and Opal would move up, and Grant Mclennan and one of those Scott Walker albums would take a hike, probably.

1 ) Cale, John - Paris 1919
2 ) Fall, The - Hex Enduction Hour
3 ) Dylan, Bob - Blonde on Blonde
4 ) Wire - Pink Flag
5 ) Fall, The - This Nation's Saving Grace
6 ) Love - Forever Changes
7 ) Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
8 ) Can - Future Days
9 ) Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
10 ) McLennan, Grant - Horsebreaker Star
11 ) Bryars, Gavin - Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
12 ) Fall, The - Grotesque
13 ) Clark, Gene - No Other
14 ) Kinks, The - Village Green Preservation Society
15 ) Feelies, The - Only Life
16 ) Walker, Scott - Tilt
17 ) High Llamas - Hawaii
18 ) Can - Tago Mago
19 ) Fall, The - Slates
20 ) Walker, Scott - 2

Moonbeam said:

Post it, smarty-pants!

paligap said:[quote]...

well, If has to be only 20...

Hey paligap,

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off the top of my head, a very commercial list for me -

Thriller - Michael Jackson
Dangerous - Michael Jackson
Bad - Michael Jackson
History - Michael Jackson
Off the wall - Michael Jackson
Songs in the key of life - Stevie Wonder
Hotter than july - Stevie Wonder
Sign of the times - Prince
Gold - Prince
Purple rain - Prince
Batman - Prince
Destiny - The Jacksons
Triumph - The Jacksons
Abc - The Jackson 5
Ben - Michael Jackson
Got to be there - Michael Jackson
Rhythm nation 1814 - Janet Jackson
What's the story morning glory - Oasis
Definitely maybe - Oasis
Appetite for destruction - Guns N' Roses

damosuzuki said:

You're the only other person here other than Anx that I see mention them. They're fucking great.

GangstaFam said:

damosuzuki and Anx are like the biggest music snobs on the org so that's no surprise.

GangstaFam said:

I think there's a few others I've seen name-dropping them over the years. Shapeshifter's a fan, I'm reasonably sure.

I think they're just one of the great bands of all time - fun, weird, rhythmic and ugly in the way I like. You described them perfectly once, actually - crackers, I wish I could remember the exact phrase you used. I might have to try tracing that thread down...

damosuzuki said:

Oh yes, I think I know what you're talking about.

sextonseven said:

They certainly have a high pedigree, but I don't think of them as snobs, per se. It takes a certain level of arrogance for that.

I'll call them connoisseurs.

This is tough but here we go.
1. Michael Jackson-Thriller
2. Public Enemy-It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
3. Stevie Wonder-Hotter Than July
4. Prince-Diamonds and Pearls
5. Janet Jackson-Rhythm Nation 1814
6. Stevie Wonder-Songs In The Key Of Life
7. Prince-Sign 'O' The Times
8. Earth, Wind & Fire-That's The Way Of The World
9. N.W.A-Straight Outta Compton
10. Michael Jackson-Off The Wall
11. The Isley Brothers-The Heat Is On
12. Prince-Purple Rain
13. Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffiti
14. Parliament-Mothership Connection
15. George Michael-Faith
16. The Time-What Time Is It?
17. The Isley Brothers-Go For Your Guns
18. Genesis-Invisible Touch
19. Rick James-Street Songs
20. Run-DMC-Raising Hell
Whew! That was tough.

sextonseven said:

pfft...I've never heard of 1/2 the stuff you post. Take those Jackson family albums off you're list and I figure you're left with a favourites list every bit as snobby as mine.

GangstaFam said:

You're too kind, really.

Honestly (not to make this about me or anything) I think I've got pretty standard musical tastes for the most part. Three of my top four acts are Dylan, the Stones and the Beatles - not that radical, really. I'm not trying to blow smoke or anything when I say that I think you and Sextonseven have more exotic tastes than I.
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