In no particular order:

SOTT - Prince

Innervisions - Stevie

Journey through the secret life of plants - Stevie

Birth of the cool - Miles Davis

The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars - David Bowie

Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell

The Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

Bat out of Hell - Meatloaf

Brother in arms - Dire Straits

Blood on the tracks - Bob Dylan

some of my favorites:

Bruce Springsteen: Darkness on the edge of town
The Doors: L.A. Woman
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
Beck: Mellow Gold
Prince: Purple Rain
AC/DC: Let There be Rock
Public Enemy: Fear of a Black Planet
A Tribe Called Quest: The Low end Theory
Chris Isaak: Forever Blue
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: No more shall we part
Tom Waits: Closing Time

Prince - One Nite Alone...Live!
Prince - Sign 'O The Times
Prince - The Gold Experience
Prince - Purple Rain
Prince - 1999
Prince - Dirty Mind
Red Hot Chili Peppers - BloodSugarSexMagik
Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
John Frusciante - To Record Only Water For Ten Days
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
Pearl Jam - Ten
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Temple of the Dog - self-titled
Christopher Cross - self-titled
Sade - Love Deluxe
The Police - Synchronicity
Janet Jackson - janet.
Janet Jackson - All For You
Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite
Heart - Dog & Butterfly
Heart - Little Queen
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Audioslave - self-titled
Hall & Oats - Rock N' Soul Pt.1
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Michael Jackson- Thriller/Bad/Dangerous/HIStory

Prince- Purple Rain

Madonna- American Life



MattyJam! I'm dedicating this post to you- if it wasn't for you I wouldn't have become a Prince fan

MaggotBrain said:

And mine too.

automatic said:

Ooh, I love, love, LOVE that one too. The lead singer has a great voice and he writes good lyrics. Plus, he's kinda sexy.

And one can download videos from their FREE website FOR FREE.

Nice.

(Sexy Edit)
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(Free Edit)
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A lot of you have listed Prince And The Revolution: Purple Rain. Of course that one is on my list too - it was the album that got me seriously hooked on Prince (along with the Live Broadcast from Syracuse in '85.)

sawah said:

Don't tell anyone, but I like Michael Jackson too. He has done some great tunes that I've danced my butt off to at parties. I've got his albums and occassionally listen to his funky stuff. I can't stand his syrupy ballads, though, which is why none of his albums are on my all-time favorites list. Only albums that I love from start to finish make my list.

bananacologne said:

Thank you.

1. The Cranberries - No need to argue
2. Martin Grech - Open Heart Zoo
3. Depeche Mode - Violator
4. Radiohead - The Bends
5. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the key of life
6. U2 - All you can't leave behind
7. Scritti Polliti - Cupid and Phyche 85
8. INXS - Welcome to wherever you are
9. Black - Comedy
10. George Michael - Listen without vol 1
11. Aha - Minor Earth Major Sky
12. Tears For Fears - The hurting

Anyone who hasn't got Hounds of Love on their list must not know this Kate Bush' masterpiece.


There, I said it

Let's start with the three on my wall:

1. Sign O' The Times -- Prince: The greatest album of at least the last 20 years.

2. Talking Book -- Stevie Wonder: The perfect record.

3. Blowout Comb -- Digable Planets: Hip-hop's criminally neglected masterpiece.

and for the rest . . .

4. Purple Rain -- Prince: Made me a Prince fan for life. I played this record hundreds of times between 1984 and 1985 (when of course ATWIAD came out,and I proceeded to play THAT record hundreds of times b/w '85 and '86, and so on . . .)

5. Giant Steps -- John Coltrane

6. Genius of Modern Music Vol. II -- Thelonious Monk: My entry into true jazz fanhood.

7. Return of the Space Cowboy -- Jamiroquai

8. It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back -- Public Enemy: The greatest hip-hop album of all time.

9. Love Is Stronger Than Pride -- Sade

10. Parade -- Prince & The Revolution

11. A Decade of Steely Dan -- Steely Dan

12. Bitter -- Me'Shell Ndegeocello

13. Regatta D'Blanc -- The Police

14. A Charlie Brown Christmas -- Vince Guaraldi Trio

15. A Motown Christmas -- Various Artists

16. Jingle Bell Jazz -- Various (Columbia)

17. Songs of Freedom Vol. III -- Bob Marley

18. Al -- Al Green

19. Lovesexy -- Prince: One of the most inspiring Prince records ever.
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PANDURITO said:

scififilmnerd said:

great thread SCIfifilmnerd...i gotte really think here goes:
1.sarah vaughn-golden hits-mercury years
2.beatles-rubber soul
3.johnny guitar watson:hotter than tnt
4.stevie wonder:inner visions
4.stevie wonder- at the close of the century (box-set)
5.james brown-star time
6.james brown- foundations of funk 1964-69
7.prince-dirty mind
8.prince-second album
9.prince-1999
10.gregory issacs-night nurse
11. bob marley & wailers-songs of freedom (box set)
12.heptones-on top
13.dee clark-grestest hits
14 jerry butler-rhino greatest hits
15 chilites-letter to myself
16. chilties-lonely man
17.temptations-temptin' temptations
18.smokey and the miracles-from the beginning
19.the time-what time is it?
20 marvin gaye-what's going on
21.marving gaye-let's get it on
22.paul mccartney-run devil run & band on the run
23. lindsay buckingham-law and order
24.miles davis:walkin
25. miles davis & charlie parker-(i forgot the title!)
26. dizzy gillespie-the dizziest
27.funkadelic-maggot brain
28.jimi hendrix-are you experienced
electric ladyland & axis as bold as love
29.curtis mayfield-superfly
30. impressions-the never ending impressions
31.curtis & jerry butler & impressions -2 record set
32.isley brothers-the heat is on
live it up and go for your guns
33.miles davis-birth of the cool
34.hank ballard & midnighters-sexy ways
35.atlantic rhythm & blues-1947-74
36.the spaniels-goodnight sweetheart goodnight
37.derrick harriott-jamaican rock steady
38.steel pulse-caught you dancing & handsworth revolution
39.the shirelles-for collectors only
40.the coasters-50 coastin' classics
41.rhino smooth grooves-the 60's
42.cab calloway & orchestra-1940-41
43.bobby caldwell-what you won't do for love
44.the brunswick years-volume 1 and 2
45.earth wind and fire-gratitude

theres more ...but these come to mind right now!

hey i only got 3 female artists on my list!

Lemme add Dawn Silva - All My Funky Friends

Just got this, and yeah she's funky (though her 'friends' help her out a lot). Check it out!

youngca said:

Thank you, Youngca. And I've got to say that I am impressed by your list. It seems so... "musically intellectual". Nice.

PANDURITO said:

So you did and so it is. But like I said at the start of this thread, it isn't about what is the best musical quality (as judged intellectually) as much as it is what means the most to you (as judged emotionally).

I like Kate Bush, particularly her older stuff, which I remember hearing on the radio and at friends' when I was younger, but I have yet to actually buy any of her albums (except for the one with Prince guesting on it).
I know, but I'll get around to catching up on her eventually, I'm sure.

hmm at the moment it would go as this


Prince- Dirty Mind
Prince- 1999
Prince- Lovesexy
Prince- Parade
Prince- many other of his albums
Pm Dawn- Jesus Wept and Dearest Christion and Fucked Music
Jeff Buckley- Grace
Radiohead- Kid A
Radiohead- OK Computer
Phil Collins- But, Seriously
A Few Genesis Albums
Jimi Hendrix- New Rising Sun
Sigur Ros- ()
All of tonics albums
Beck- Sea Change
Paul McCartney- McCartney
Paul McCartney- Flowers in the dirt
Beatles- White album
Beatles- Outtakes collection sets
Beatles- Abbey Road
Beatles- Revolver
John Lennon- Imagine
John Lennon- Double Fantasy
George Harrison- All Things Must Pass
NIN- Further Down The Spiral
Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
George Michael- Listen Without Prejudice
Brian Mcknights first album
Macy Gray- ID
D'Angelo- His sophmore album
Jim O Rourkes last two albums
Coldplay- All of their released stuff
John Mayer- Heavir Things
Ben Folds- Rockin the suburbs
BabyFace- Face 2 Face
Vanilla Sky Soundtrack
Paul McCartney- Flaming Pie
Paul McCartney- Ram and also London Town

Thats all I can think of at the moment, Im missing like 50 or 60 more albums. I'll try to update it.

these are some of my all-time faves... i limited to one CD per artist.


Tori Amos - Boys for Pele

The Cure - Disintegration

Kate Bush - The Dreaming

Prince - Sign o' The Times

David Bowie - Low

Eurythmics - Savage

Pet Shop Boys - Very

Radiohead - OK Computer

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

The Beatles - Abbey Road

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Pearl Jam - vs.

U2 - Achtung Baby

Human Drama - The World Inside

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

Erasure - Wild!

Madonna - Like a Prayer

Rusted Root - When I Woke

Peter Gabriel - SO

The Police - Synchronicity

The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good

Siouxie & the Banshees - Peepshow

Phil Roy - Issues & Options

Rufus Wainwright - Poses

The Replacements - Let It Be

Laurie Anderson - Life on a String

Suede - Sci-Fi Lullabies

Nirvana - In Utero

I'm Still in Love with You--Al Green
Dirty Mind--Prince
Songs in the Key of Life--Stevie Wonder

Hum
- Real Ramona The Throwing Muses
- Secret Combination Randy Crawford
- Mobilis In Mobile L' Affaire Louis Trio
- Etienne Daho 1991's album
- Jill Jones
- Parade of course
- Eroica Wendy & Lisa
- Boomtown David & David
- Zazu Rosie Vela
- The Queen Is Dead The Smiths
- Doolitle, Bossa Nova The Pixies
- Together Alone, 4 Seasons In One Day (live bootleg) Crowded House
- A box set of the 1980-83 Hall & Oates albums
- Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
- Feline , La Folie ( both musical and nostalgic reasons) The Stranglers
- Tunnel Of Love , Bruce Springsteen
- one or two or 3 Serge Gainsbourg
- Regatta De Blanc Ghost In The Machine Synchronicity The Police
- Orange & Lemmon XTC
- Soul Mining The The
- Silvertone , Heart Shaped World , Forever Blue Chris Isaak
- the first Sunday album
- The Red album + Cosmic Thing The B52s
- the album with Killing Me Softly on it , Roberta Flack
...

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PRINCE- for you, sign of the times, RAVE...", 1 2 3"
david bowie- outside, blk.tie/white noise
bryan ferry- more than this
sundays- blind
grace jones- slave to the rhythm
me'shell ndegeocello- peace beyond passion
res- how i do
the cure- galore
morrissey- viva hate
bjork- post
kd lang- ingenue
annie lennox- medusa
wendy and lisa-(self titled)and eroica
...to name a few!!!
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silverjean said:

silverjean said:

I like Grace too. I've got Nightclubbing. It's a classic.

jn2 said:

I've got Randy's collection. I like it. It would be perfect for a romantic dinner. (Now if only I was havin' some of those...)

Sdldawn said:

That IS a very good album. In time, it just might end up on my list of all-time favorites as well.

Baby when you have the time
I wanna tell you what is on my mind
I gotta get it off cause it's so heavy
After what we did the other night
I wanna be with you for all my life
I'm so glad you're a freak like me

Not to mention:

You are relating to a psychopath
Your role model is in therapy
You must be real far gone
you're relating to a psychpath

GREAT lyrics. (And the music's good too.)

JonSnow said:

Should I oughta know this?
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scififilmnerd said:


Should I oughta know this?

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yes... it's brilliant. a 2-disc B-Sides collection from one of the best bands around... and some of their best songs are b-sides, like Europe is My Playground, My Insatiable One, My Dark Star and Modern Boys. Great stuff

At the moment, one of my latest discs to add to my all time favorites: Frank Zappa's "Ship Arriving too Late to Save a Drowning Witch". Such a fun and brilliant album.

- Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
- Janet Jackson - Control (1986)
- Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope (1997)
- Joan Armatrading - Me, Myself, I (1981)
- Joan Armatrading - The Key (1982)
- Joan Armatrading - Secret Secrets (1985)
- Meshell Ndegeocello - Plantation Lullabies (1993)
- Meshell Ndegeocello - Peace Beyond Passion (1996)
- Meshell Ndegeocello - Bitter (1999)
- Tori Fixx - The Mochasutra (2000)
- Grand Puba - 2000 (1995)
- Dionne Farris - Wild Seed -- Wild Flower (1993)
- No Doubt - Rock Steady (2001)
- Sade - Diamond Life (1984)
- Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded (1987)
- Queen Latifah - Black Reign (1993) I LOVE THIS ALBUM.
- Prince - 1999 (1982)
- Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)
- Michael Jackson - Bad (1987)
...there's more...