So which are all y'all's favorite albums?

I am not talking justa Prince albums here, although you're welcome to include some. Nor am I talking about which you think are of the best musical quality.

I am talking about which albums meant the most to you. That you heard for months and months and kept returning to for years and years. In short, your personal favorites for whatever personal reason that you are welcome to share as well.

My all-time favorites include:

Olivia Newton-John: Physical - before Prince, this album stayed on my play for years. I got it while recuperating from operations in my feet, so's I couldn't walk. I could justa read and listen to this. Over and over.

Prince: 1999 - non-stop good tracks. Very influential on my impressionable, youthful, rebellious mind. It got me going on New Wave and things.

Prince: Lovesexy - At first, I was a little down on the spirituel content, because I used to be actively atheistic, but following the tour - which was THE greatest show on Earth, ever - it won me over. And it IS very much a "concert"-like sounding album. And as my own spirituality developed over the years, my love for this album grew likewise.

Chaka Khan: CK - because it is just such a deloverly romantic album.

Wendy & Lisa: Eroica - It's justa really good. "Don't Try To Tell Me" is really, like, about being gay, right?


There's more. I'll mebbe post some of them, too, but now I wanna hear about yours.
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scififilmnerd said:

it 2

1. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
2. Hex by Bark Psychosis
3. Under A Cherry Moon by Prince
4. Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub
5. Spirit of Eden by Talk Talk
6. Horsedrawn Wishes by Rollerskate Skinny
7. Ladies and Gentlemen... by Spiritualized
8. Selected Ambient Works Vol#1 by Aphex Twin
9. Trompe le Monde by The Pixies
10. Pink Moon by Nick Drake

garnis said:

get it right will ya?

Gay Dad: Leisure Noise - A "concept album" with a story about "recognizing" a person and not getting "recognized" in return which completely blew me away because I was in the midst of trying to recover from the exact same experience when I stumbled upon this - I got it to review it for a magazine - and I was, like, "OMG, I'm not crazy! Someone else went through the exact same thing".
Needless to say, this album holds a very special place in my heart.

(Spellcheck edit)
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garnis said:

- Gosh, I don't know a single one of these! (Except maybe Under A Cherry Moon - is that a bootleg or something?)

PANDURITO said:

Music - like beauty - is in the ear of the belistener!

And what's your faves? Too embarrassed to share?

scififilmnerd said:

If you read my post completely I say I love that album. I have almost all ONJ albums

PS: I don't believe beauty is in the ear

PS2(not the machine): We share lots of favourite artists

PS3: Yes, I feel embarrassed to mention some of my favourites

PANDURITO said:

G'head. We won't bite.

Here's a few.

Low - David Bowie
Vespertine - Bjork
Seventeen Seconds - The Cure
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
Exile In Guyville - Liz Phair
Maxinquaye - Tricky
Rid Of Me - PJ Harvey
Lover's Rock - Sade
American Life - Madonna
Achtung Baby! - U2

Milty said:

must not go...into...prince geek mode...

anyhow, here are my all-time faves:

phil collins, no jacket required (1985)

the three degrees, self-titled album (1973)

keith sweat, make it last forever (1987)

prince, dirty mind (1980)

spinners, mighty love (1974)

barry white, the man (1978)

ramones, self-titled debut album (1976)

michael jackson, got to be there (1971)

earth, wind & fire, head to the sky (1973)

blondie, autoamerican (1980)

beastie boys, licensed to ill (1986)

run dmc, raising hell (1986)

buzzcocks, another music in a different kitchen (1978)





...i got more but i don't wanna take up the whole thread.


got one year wrong edit
[This message was edited Thu Sep 11 19:40:24 PDT 2003 by Handclapsfingasnapz]

Here's a few more:

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Iggy Pop - The Idiot
Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
Ramones - self-titled
Eurythmics - In The Garden
Annie Lennox - Bare
New Order - Get Ready
The Smiths - Singles
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele

Michael Jackson - Thriller
Prince - Purple Rain
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Madonna - True Blue
BT - ESCM
Michelle Branch - The Spirit Room
Coldplay - Parachutes
Aqua - Aquarium

TRON said:

That's also among mine. "Until The End Of The World" and "So Cruel" are songs that I've never tired of and occassionally play still. I guess they justa really speak to me and my own experiences.
And "The Fly" rocks.

Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Hounds of Love
everything really

Eurythmics - Be yourself tonight

Lightning Seeds - Jollification

Kirsty McColl - Electric Landlady

Madonna - Erotica

REM - Automatic for the people

Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell I & II

New Order - Technique

PSB - Behaviour

Neneh Cherry - Homebrew

Dexys Midnight Runners - Don't Stand Me Down

Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
Blue Bell Knoll

Bjork - Debut

...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Gosh! There's a lot from before you were even born! Were you, like, listening to your parents' albums growing up?

I was! That's why Boney M.'s Love For Sale is among my all-time favorites. My mother played that a lot. Now I've got it myself and it just conjures up all kinds of deloverly memories of my childhood. Listening to it makes me feel... "home".

scififilmnerd said:

a mixture of that and listenin to radio shows that mostly dealt with old-skool soul and r & b.

PANDURITO said:

See, that wasn't so hard.

Although I think Madonna's Erotica is a tad over-produced, I agree that there is some good tracks on it, even though it's not on my list. Ray Of Light is because I experienced something very memorable to that one.

mike464 said:

Gosh, that's a Danish group. Very popular among my gay peers, but... I just couldn't get past the girl's lack of singing ability which is kinda weird considering that I kinda could with Mayte.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I remember Barry White well, although I don't have any albums with him. (And no, it's not because of his repeated presence on Ally McBeal.) My mother had a hits collection - yes, they did have those in the seventies as well - with a Barry White song on it. Gloria Gaynor played that same song at her recent concert in Copenhagen, but now I've forgotten it's title. )

scififilmnerd said:

I couldn't stand Barbie Girl when first came out but I have since come to love it and I like their second album "Aquarius". It's a shame the group have split-up now.

Abba: Abba (1975) - That was the very first album I bought myself. I still know all the songs by heart and hear it occassionally.

http://www.math.utah.edu/...lbums.html

NoDoubt-"Tragic kingdom"
The Pharcyde-"Bizzare ride 2 The Pharcyde"
Prince-(if i had to pick)"Parade/pr/sott/The truth"
Coldplay-"Parachutes"


im sure im missing a few right now but..'sokay

hmmm, lets see..
•Tom waits: Closing time, Black rider, Heart of saturdaynight, Blood money, bone machine, alice...

•Prince:ATWIAD, Parade, SOTT, lovesexy
•James Brown; the payback
•Janis joplin
•Purcel; Hail Bright cecilia
•Steve reich; drumming, music for 18 musicians.
•Aretha Franklin: amazing grace
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Moonbeam said:

You have a personal Top100!

David Bowie - Young Americans
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Prodigy - Dirtchamber Sessions
Public Enemy - Fear of a black planet
U2 - Zooropa
Rod Stewart - Absolutely Live
Mercury Rev - Deserters Song
Portishead - Live NYC
Beck - Odelay

'Songs In The Key Of Life' by Stevie Wonder (1976)
'A Funk Odyssey' by Jamiroquai (2001)
'Bad Girls' by Donna Summer (1979)
'Saturday Night Fever' soundtrack (1977)
'Street Songs' by Rick James (1981)
'Erotica' by Madonna (1992)
'Aja' by Steely Dan (1978)
'The Way I Feel' by Remy Shand (2002)
'The Long Run' by The Eagles (1979)
'Off The Wall' by Michael Jackson (1979)
'Borboletta' by Santana (1974)
'All N' All' by Earth Wind and Fire (1977)


Just some of the many albums that really move me,but there are many more.

Prince's one-word titled songs/Come album that never was - pulled together from various sources and collected on a tape - I listened to this a lot for years and years. Dunno if the track list is the correct May '93 one, but it worked for me:

Poem, Interactive, Come (Beaut. Exp. version), Endorphinmachine (pre Gold version), Peach, Space, Pheromone, Loose!, Papa, Race, Dark, Solo, Dolphin, Pope

and I added Zannalee (Gold Tour video version), What's My Name? and Strays Of The World just for good measure.

Those songs rock