I apologize, but all this talk about Stevie made me want to start this up again(I also wanted to see how much the lists have changed in a month so, once again, what are your 20 all time favorite albums?

Mine are: (In no special order)

Are You Experienced?-Hendrix
Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band/Beatles
Led Zeppelin 4
Maybe Tomorrow/Jackson Five
Wide River-The Keynotes
Curtis- Curtis Mayfield
Ziggy Stardust-Bowie
Innervisions-Stevie Wonder
Free Your Mind and your Ass will follow-Funkadelic
Destroyer-Kiss
The Wall-Pink Floyd
Stand!-Sly and the Family Stone
Electric Warrior-T-Rex
Paranoid-Black Sabbath
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Magical Mystery Tour-The Beatles
Saturday Night Fever
Mothership Connection-Parliament
Axis;Bold As Love-Hendrix
1999-Prince

Favorites?

Sign O' The Times -- Prince
Blowout Comb -- Digable Planets
Talking Book -- Stevie Wonder
Giant Steps -- John Coltrane
Speak No Evil -- Wayne Shorter
Return of the Space Cowboy -- Jamiroquai
Parade -- Prince & The Revolution
It Takes a Nation of Millions. . . -- Public Enemy
A Charlie Brown Christmas (orig. sdtk) -- Vince Guaraldi Trio
A Motown Christmas -- Various
Bitter -- Me'Shell Ndegeocello
Ghost In The Machine -- The Police
Lovesexy -- Prince
Purple Rain -- Prince
Shaft -- Isaac Hayes
Stronger Than Pride -- Sade
Sea Change -- Beck
simple things -- Zero 7
Aja -- Steely Dan
Passion: Soundtrack to "The Last Temptation of Christ" -- Peter Gabriel
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no order

Red Hot Chili Peppers- BloodSugarSexMagic
Pince- Purple Rain
Prince- 1999
White Zombie- Asro-Creep 2000
Republica- Self-titled
Pearl Jam- Ten
A Perfect Circle- Mer de Noms
Prince- Graffiti Bridge not all but most of it

The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials
Love - Forever Changes
Brian Eno - Before and After Science
High Llamas - Hawaii
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Neu! - Neu!
Can - Future Days
John Cale - Paris 1919
Scott Walker - Scott 4
Scott Walker - Tilt
Wire - Pink Flags
Wire - Chairs Missing
The Feelies - the Good Earth
Yo La Tengo - Painful
Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express
Pete Shelley - Homosapien
Undertones - Undertones
Flying Burrito Brothers - Gilded Palace of Sin
John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band

this is difficult bordering on impossible. but here's today's list:

low - bowie
sign o the times - prince
ok computer - radiohead
rooty - basement jaxx
discovery - daft punk
dewdrops in the garden - deee-lite
hunky dory - bowie
are you experienced? - hendrix
xanadu - soundtrack
goo - sonic youth
home of the brave - laurie anderson
disintegration - the cure
the sky's gone out - bauhaus
earth sun moon - love & rockets
O+> - prince & the npg
sumday - grandaddy
strictly platinum - princess superstar
life in the usa and canada - bj snowden
apocalypse '91: the enemy strikes black - public enemy
parade - prince and the revsketeers

Anxiety said:

I know- my list changes from week to week!

1. Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
2. Janet Jackson - Control (1986)
3. Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (1997)
4. Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)
5. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall (1979)
6. Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
7. Sade - Promise (1985)
8. Tori Fixx - The Mochasutra (2000)
9. Meshell Ndegeocello - Bitter (1999)
10. Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993)
11. Grand Puba - 2000 (1995)
12. Billy Lawrence - One Might Say (1994)
13. Joan Armatrading - The Key (1982)
14. Madonna - Madonna (1982)
15. Meshell Ndegeocello - Plantation Lullabies (1993)
16. Joan Armatrading - Secret Secrets (1985)
17. Anastacia - Freak of Nature (2002)
18. Kelis - Kaleidoscope (1999)
19. Chic - Risqué (1979)
20. JJ Fad - Supersonic: The Compact Disc (1988)

Argh. As Anxiety said, very difficult (partly because I have to run back and forth between the computer in the bedroom and CDs in the living room ). There's no order to these

Jesus Christ Superstar - Original Soundtrack Recording (full 2-disc set)
Dummy - Portishead
Complete Recordings - Robert Johnson
All n All - Earth, Wind & Fire
Sign O The Times - Prince
Purple Rain - Prince
Extension of a Man - Donny Hathaway
Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
The Lion + The Cobra - Sinéad O'Connor
Live It Up - The Isley Brothers
3 + 3 - The Isley Brothers
Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
Thriller - Michael Jackson
Her All-Time Greatest Hits - Dionne Warwick (it's kind of a cheat putting a greatest hits, but this one really is great!)
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Moon Safari - Air
Supa Dupa Fly - Missy Elliott
Fear of a Black Hat - Public Enemy
Bloodletting - Concrete Blonde

and one to grow on...

Dusty in Memphis - Dusty Springfield

Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Bee Gees - Main Course
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Radiohead - Kid A
Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
The Beatles - Revolver
Prince - Sign O' The Times
Led Zeppelin - IV
David Bowie - Low
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele
Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Steely Dan - Aja
Blur - 13
George Michael - Older
Bjork - Homogenic
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
D'Angelo - Voodoo
Portishead - Dummy

How can anybody boil it down to just 20?

Here are a few of my favourites:

The Who: My Generation
The Beatles: Revolver
Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde
The Kinks: The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
The Velvet Underground: Loaded
Led Zeppelin: 3
John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band
David Bowie: Hunky Dory
The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
Black Sabbath: Vol. 4
Alice Cooper: Billion Dollar Babies
Kiss: Alive!
Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
Marvin Gaye: Here My Dear
The Clash: London Calling
Nick Lowe: Jesus Of Cool
Prince: Dirty Mind
The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses
Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream
Oasis: What's The Story Morning Glory
Manic Street Preachers: Everything Must Go
Radiohead: OK Computer
Hedwig And The Angry Inch (Soundtrack)

I think I went a little over but this is too hard!

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NWF's favorite albums list as of July 2004.

rialb said:[quote]

Nick Lowe: Jesus Of Cool
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Very good choice, I think...wish I'd thought of it.

aw shit, i knew this would happen - throw this into my list and throw out somethin' ya don't like:

tender prey - nick cave & the bad seeds

gotta have me some nick on the list.

these lists change every time I do them, but here's 20 OF my favorites


1. ok computer - radiohead

2. disintegration - the cure

3. boys for pele - tori amos

4. abbey road - the beatles

5. aladdin sane - david bowie

6. hounds of love - kate bush

7. very - pet shop boys

8. rust never sleeps - neil young & crazy horse

9. savage - eurythmics

10. achtung baby - u2

11. sign o' the times - prince

12. so - peter gabriel

13. car wheels on a gravel road - lucinda williams

14. ritual de lo habitual - jane's addiction

15. pink moon - nick drake

16. vs. - pearl jam

17. the world inside - human drama

18. issues + options - phil roy

19. the number of the beast - iron maiden

20. moving pictures - rush

The hissing of summer lawns---Joni Mitchell

Hejira---Joni Mitchell

The hounds of love---Kate Bush

Vespertine---Bjork

Aja---Steely Dan

Raindogs---Tom Waits

Sign o' the times---Prince

Faith and courage---Sinead O'conner

The rainbow children---Prince

Peace beyond passion---Me'Shell N.

Seachange---Beck

Court and spark---Joni Mitchell

Blue---Joni Mitchell

4 track demos---P.J. Harvey

Stories from the city...---P.J. Harvey

Happy/Sad----Tim Buckley

The miseducation of Lauren Hill---Lauren Hill

Innervisions---Stevie Wonder

Horses---Patti Smith

Girlbros.---Wendy and Lisa

1. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
2. Marvin Gaye - Here My Dear
3. D'Angelo - Voodoo
4. Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
5. Common - Electric Circus
6. The Roots - The Tipping Point
7. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
8. Prince - 1999
9. The Isley Brothers - 3+3
10. Parliament - The Motor Booty Affair
11. Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway - eponymous
12. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
13. Cannonball Adderley - Mercy Mercy Mercy Live at the Club
14. Jay Dee - Welcome 2 Detroit
15. Brand New Heavies - Brother Sister
16. Rufus - Masterjam
16. Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh
17. Sly and the Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On
18. Tony Toni Tone - House of Music
19. Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale
20. Prince - Sign O' The Times

thanks2joniandu said:

OOH dang, good choice!!!

see, making these lists ain't fair.

in alphabetical order:
chet baker - storyville 1954
the beatles - abbey road
david bowie - aladdin sane
kate bush - hounds of love
james brown - sex machine
the clash - london calling
john coltrane - giant steps
elvis costello -get happy
the cure - the head on the door
miles davis - kind of blue
duke ellington - live at newport
bill evans - sunday at the village vanguard
joe jackson - night and day
led zeppelin - physical grafitti
pat metheny - secret story
thelonious monk - misterioso
parliament - mothership connecton
prince - controversy
wayne shoter - adam's apple
squeeze - east side story
frank zappa - uncle meat


nwf said: pylon - hits. boy that takes me back to 688 in the early 80's


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[This message was edited Tue Jul 27 21:22:05 2004 by medoc2003]

see http://www.prince.org/msg/8/103950.

this month's choices: i'll name 10.

10. George Michael ~ "Patience"

9. Tasmin Archer ~ "Great Expectations"

8. Linkin Park ~ "Hybrid Theory"

7. Tori Amos ~ "Little Earthquakes"

6. Madonna ~ "American Life"

5. Madonna ~ "Music"

4. Kylie Minogue ~ "Impossible Princess"

3. Sarah Mclachlan ~ "Surfacing"

2. Crystal Lewis ~ "Fearless"

1. Björk ~ "Vespertine"

medoc2003 said:

Cool!

Anxiety said:

Where on earth are the Heads in your list!?

GangstaFam said:

That reminds me. I hadn't included any Talking Heads on mine either. And I'm their biggest fan.

I'm terrible at comparing one artist to another. I just don't like doing it. But I can put any artist's catelogue in order. So I'ma just gonna list roughly 20 artists that I really dig, and my favorite offering from each. Otherwise, folks like Prince and Bowie would be too dominant. So...

Prince - Lovesexy (although Sign would normally be right near the top)
Bowie - LOW (probably my favorite album)
Bjork - Vespertine (maybe my favorite album)
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
New Order - Get Ready (if I don't count collections or EP's, I'd have to go with this)
The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs (so I included a collection)
PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele
Madonna - American Life, Ray Of Light, Erotica...take your pick
Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie
Roxy Music - Roxy Music
Tricky - Pre-Millennium Tension
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
Joni Mitchell - Song to a Seagull
Sade - Lover's Rock
U2 - Achtung Baby
Ramones - Ramones
Blondie - Blondie
Talking Heads - Sand In The Vaseline...another collection
Eurythmics/Annie Lennox - In The Garden
Depeche Mode - Violator probably
and Franz Ferdinand!!!
[This message was edited Wed Jul 28 2:35:48 2004 by GangstaFam]

GangstaFam said:

Good list.

NWF said:

Thanks!

And thanks for hipping me to Gang Of Four. Entertainment rocks!

I only really included artists that I have a lot of stuff by. There's a lot of stuff I left out.

GangstaFam said:

Uh, did I turn you on to Gang of Four.

Oh well, If I did then great.

NWF said:

Well kinda. I had been eyeing them for awhile. But you pushed me over the edge and made me get it.

I'm not who I appear to be.