Your top 50 albnums of all time

[DB_Cooper]

I put this together in a half-hour in reponse to a friend's terrible, terrible, truly awful top ten list on Facebook. Post your own, or just rip mine apart, if you like. I included no comps, and limited each artist to a maximum of two albums.

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Beck - Odelay
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Can - Future Days
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
Cypress Hill - S/T
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Edan - Beauty and the Beat
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
Ike Turner and Kings of Rhythym - A Black Man's Soul
James Brown - Black Caesar
James Brown - Live at the Apollo
LCD Soundsystem - S/T
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Love - Forever Changes
Main Source - Breaking Atoms
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas
MF Doom - Operation: Doomsday
Modern Lovers - S/T
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
Mulatu Atatke - Mulatu of Ethiopia
Nas - Illmatic
Pixies - Doolittle
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Rocket From the Tombs - The Day the Earth Met Rocket From the Tombs
Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!
Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Television - Marquee Moon
The Chocolate Watchband - The Inner Mystique
The Clash - London Calling
The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina
The Ramones - Rocket to Russia
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
The Stooges - Fun House
The Velvet Underground - Loaded
The Velvet Underground and Nico - S/T
The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle
Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers

 

[Bon Vivant]

I don't have any albnums. :WHYMUSTICRY:

 

[parallax]

Tough to do from a phone, but I'll take a crack at this next time I'm on the LT.





Nice list, btw!

 

[DB_Cooper]

Bon Vivant said:I don't have any albnums. :WHYMUSTICRY:




Ha! I'm pissed they never released Mclusky Do Dallas on vinyl.





I will also accept a list of your top 50 rackords or vynils.

 

[HarveyCanal]

Did this quick, so surely I'm missing things. I stuck to one album per artist...





DB_Cooper said:





A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory


Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (instead of Check Your Head or Ill Communication)


Black Sabbath - Master of Reality (instead of Paranoid)


Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction


James Brown - Black Caesar


Led Zeppelin - III (instead of Houses of the Holy or Physical Graffiti)


Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?


Nas - Illmatic


Pixies - Surfer Rosa


Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh (instead of Stand! or Dance to the Music)


Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger


The Clash - London Calling


The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed


Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers




Dr. Dre - The Chronic


Joe Jackson - Look Sharp


Bob Marley - Natty Dread


Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love


The Beatles - Rubber Soul


Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here


Parliament - Motor Booty Affair


Nirvana - Bleach


Screaming Trees - Buzz Factory


Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted


My Bloody Valentine - Loveless


Portishead - Dummy


Van Halen - Van Halen


Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation


EPMD - Strictly Business


Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You


John Coltrane - A Love Supreme


Minutemen - Double Nickels on a Dime


De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising


Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak


Grateful Dead - American Beauty


Fishbone - Truth and Soul


Cymande - Cymande


Stevie Wonder - Inner Visions


Mac Mall - Illegal Business


JT tha Bigga Figga - Playaz N tha Game


UGK - Ridin Dirty


Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted


Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick


Smashing Pumpkins - Gish


Sade - Love Deluxe


The Replacements - Hootenanny


Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information


Mudhoney - Mudhoney


Red Hot Chili Peppers - Bloodsugarsexmajic


The Meters - Fire on the Bayou

 

[DB_Cooper]

HarveyCanal said:


Bob Marley


Jimi Hendrix Experience


The Beatles


EPMD


Minutemen


Thin Lizzy







All of these just missed the cut for me.

 

[HarveyCanal]

I tried to include Kendrick Lamar's album, but I just had to replace it with:





The Replacements.





A couple other albums from high school are sorely missing as well: The Cult - Love and TSOL - Change Today.





But whatever, I now gotta walk away from my list.

 

[skel]

No Kinks on the DB list?





Colour me shook

 

[DB_Cooper]

skel said:No Kinks on the DB list?





Colour me shook




They're one of my favorite bands, but they never put out a seminal album, in my opinion. Folks touting Village Green are grasping at straws because they so desperately want there to be one "THE ALBUM" by the Kinks, but the truth is, I listen to the Ultimate Kinks Collection more often than any single album.

 

[DJ_Enki]

Wow, this is gonna be tough. OK, straight off the top of the dome (meaning I'm sure I'll leave off some obvious ones and feel stupid about it later) and in no particular order:





PE -- Nation of Millions


Ice Cube -- Death Certificate


Ice Cube -- AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted


Main Source -- Breaking Atoms


Gang Starr -- Daily Operation


Gang Starr -- Step in the Arena


Cypress Hill -- Cypress Hill


EPMD -- Business as Usual


De La Soul -- Buhloone Mind State


De La Soul -- De La Soul Is Dead


The Meters -- Look Ka Py Py


The Meters -- The Meters


Ramsey Lewis -- Maiden Voyage


Kool G Rap -- Wanted: Dead or Alive


The Beatnuts -- The Beatnuts


Pete Rock & CL Smooth -- Mecca and the Soul Brother


Beastie Boys -- Paul's Boutique


Del the Funky Homosapien -- No Need for Alarm


Casual -- Fear Itself


James Brown -- The Payback


James Brown -- Jungle Groove


Scarface -- Mr. Scarface Is Back


Geto Boys -- We Can't Be Stopped


The D.O.C. -- No One Can Do It Better


NWA -- Straight Outta Compton


Dr. Dre -- The Chronic


Digital Underground -- Sex Packets


Digital Underground -- Sons of the P


Steady B -- Let the Hustlers Play


Tuff Crew -- Back to Wreck Shop


Eric B & Rakim -- Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em


A Tribe Called Quest -- The Low End Theory


A Tribe Called Quest -- Midnight Marauders


Metallica -- Ride the Lightning


Liz Phair -- Whip-Smart


Parliament -- Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome


BT Express -- Do It Til You're Satisfied


Cymande -- Cymande


Roy Ayers -- Red, Black, and Green


Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud -- Girls I Got 'Em Locked


Violent Femmes -- Violent Femmes


LL Cool J -- Mama Said Knock You Out


The JBs -- Doing it to Death


BDP -- Sex & Violence


KRS-One -- Return of the Boom Bap


Donald Austin -- Crazy Legs


Common Sense -- Resurrection


Run-DMC -- Raising Hell


X-Clan -- To the East Blackwards


The Pharcyde -- Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde

 

[DB_Cooper]

DJ_Enki said:X-Clan -- To the East Blackwards







VAINGLORIOUS

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adj.


1. Characterized by or exhibiting excessive vanity; boastful.

 

[LaserWolf]

I don't think I could do a top 50.


If I did 2 records that never get mentioned I would include are:


Test Dept with the South Wales Striking Miners Choir


Lily Tchiumba Angola.

 

[batmon]

rite now.....





Off The Wall ??? Michael Jackson


Penicillin on Wax ??? Tim Dog


Critical BeatDown ??? UltraMagnetic MC???s


Crazy Noise ??? Stezo


The Funky Technician ??? Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth


Get It Together ??? The Jackson 5


Let???s Get It On - Marvin Gaye


Promise - Sade


The World According To???.- Terrence Trent D???Arby


The Urban Hang Suite ??? Maxwell





Around The World In A Day ??? Prince & The Revolution


Back To Tha House - Lo-Key?


The Headhunters ??? Herbie Hancock


Graham Central Station ??? Graham Central Station


Peoples Instinctive Travel and the Paths of Rhythm ??? ATCQ


Showdown ??? Albert Collins,Robert Cray, & Johnny Copeland


Superfly ??? Curtis Mayfield


Electric Ladyland ??? The Jimi Hendrix Experience


Word Power ??? Divine Styler featuring The Scheme Team


DJ Quik ??? Rhythm-Al-Ism





First Come First Served - Dr. Dooom


Gratitude ??? Earth, Wind & Fire


Connected ??? The Family Stand


Composite Truth ??? Mandrill


Take A Look Around ??? MasteRace


Living Like Hustlers - Above The Law


Wall to Wall ??? Rene & Angela


Caught Up ??? Millie Jackson


Living All Alone ??? Phyllis Hyman


Natalie Live ??? Natalie Cole





Angel ??? The Ohio Players


The Majesty of The Blues ??? Wynton Marsalis


Too Hot To Stop - The Bar-Kays


Tracy Chapman ??? Tracy Chapman


Straight Out The Jungle ??? The Jungle Brothers


TP-2.COM ??? R.Kelly


Muddy Waters ??? Redman


That Nigger???s Crazy ??? Richard Pryor


Strong Persuader ??? Robert Cray


Playgrounds ??? The Children of Zoom





Mr. Scarface Is Back - Scarface


The Good, The Bad, The Ugly - Mob Style


Stand - Sly & The Family Stone


Amazing Grace - Aretha Franklin


Shaft - Issac Hayes


Brother, Brother, Brother - The Isley Brothers


Yo Bum Rush The Show - Public Enemy


Kut Klose - Kut Klose


The Man Machine - Kraftwerk


Futureworld - Trans Am

 

[LaserWolf]

Surprised to see the Robert Cray's. I'm a fan from way back.


There is a Japanese P-Vine lp with nice early stuff and stuff with Floyd Dixon.


The Phone Booth album might be better than the 2 you listed.





Albert Collins has many lps better than Showdown. You might like the Imperial stuff.





Johnny Copeland also has nice stuff from before Showdown.





Here is one you might like by Frankie Lee from about the same time and groove as what you are listening to.


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[batmon]

LaserWolf said:Surprised to see the Robert Cray's. I'm a fan from way back.


There is a Japanese P-Vine lp with nice early stuff and stuff with Floyd Dixon.


The Phone Booth album might be better than the 2 you listed.





Albert Collins has many lps better than Showdown. You might like the Imperial stuff.





Johnny Copeland also has nice stuff from before Showdown.





Here is one you might like by Frankie Lee from about the same time and groove as what you are listening to.


[media]//www.youtube.com/embed/1DyA7qq7V7w[/media]




Showdown has a nice balance of different vocals and guitars. Its a group effort.





And its mid 80's past the older dudes "prime", so im sure both of them have better banger ALBNUMS.

 

[yuichi]

batmon said:rite now.....





The Headhunters ??? Herbie Hancock


I Don't know exactly what it is about Man-Child, but that is my favorite Herbie fusion era record. Headhunters was of course the first one i heard.





Caught Up ??? Millie Jackson


Listened to this front to back when I was like 23 or 4, and thought "damn, that was a great album". I don't know where my copy went. Need to get that back





Brother, Brother, Brother - The Isley Brothers


Another good one front to back. I think it was Hcrink that hipped me to this one on one of the boards.




Pretty impressed, yall can come up with 50 or close to that though. I know I'm not the only one that was thinking about a "NOT SS 100, but in MY top 100 mindgarden". This is a great start.

 

[batmon]

yuichi said:batmon said:rite now.....





The Headhunters ??? Herbie Hancock


I Don't know exactly what it is about Man-Child, but that is my favorite Herbie fusion era record. Headhunters was of course the first one i heard.





Caught Up ??? Millie Jackson


Listened to this front to back when I was like 23 or 4, and thought "damn, that was a great album". I don't know where my copy went. Need to get that back





Brother, Brother, Brother - The Isley Brothers


Another good one front to back. I think it was Hcrink that hipped me to this one on one of the boards.




Pretty impressed, yall can come up with 50 or close to that though. I know I'm not the only one that was thinking about a "NOT SS 100, but in MY top 100 mindgarden". This is a great start.




Im looking forward to yo list.

 

[Bon Vivant]

DB_Cooper saidJ_Enki said:X-Clan -- To the East Blackwards







VAINGLORIOUS

vain??glo??ri??ous (vn-gl??r-s, -glr-)


adj.


1. Characterized by or exhibiting excessive vanity; boastful.




With a KEY! Sisssyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

 

[LaserWolf]

Listening to this right now. Top 50 for sure.

 

[Rockadelic]

Robert Cray is to the Blues what Olive Garden is to Italian Cuisine