Top 10 all-time CDs?

[nehemiah]

what are your favorite CDs of all times? or "albums" for the older folks. :)

1. arcade fire: funeral
2. the replacements: tim
3. the smiths: the queen is dead
4. dinosaur jr: you're living all over me
5. the strokes: is this it
6. built to spill: there's nothing wrong with love
7. john lennon: plastic ono band
8. neil young: tonight's the night
9. the stooges: fun house
10. wilco: summerteeth

[twosheds]

Very loosely ranked. And I'm going a bit for diversity.

Led Zeppelin - III (Brilliant mix of blues, folk and rock)
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Yes - Close To The Edge (Best symphonic rock recording)
Led Zeppelin - I (for the raw power alone)
Pink Floyd - Animals
Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
The Who - Who's Next (Best album by one of the most important rock bands)
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame (Jazz-Rock. Weee!)
Gentle Giant - Octopus (Hard Rock mixed with Jazz and Renaissance music. Works very well)
Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff

[Woody]

Here's mine.... yeah I'm a Full Blown Redneck:


Vulgar Display of Power - Pantera
Reign in Blood - Slayer
18 XXX Hits - David Allan Coe
Killing is my Business - Megadeth
Ride the Lightning - Metallica
42 Greatest Hits - Kenny Rogers
Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
Staring at the Divine - Alabama Thunderp ussy
Down: NOLA
The Essential Lynyrd Skynyrd

[Mouldsie]

I don't have the authority to do such a list because I am young and picky with my taste but my list would definately have Dr. Dre - Chronic 2001.

[nehemiah]

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame (Jazz-Rock. Weee!)Billy Cobham :rockon:

[Jro]

OutKast - Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below
Kanye West - the college dropout
Dave Matthews Band - Some Devil
Eminem - The marshall mathers LP
Matchbox 20 - Yourself or Someone Like You
Nas - Illmatic

All those are my classics.

[PUCKER]

Def Leppard - Hysteria
Aerosmith - O Yeah (2 cds)
Keane - Hopes And Fears
Nickelback - Silver Side Up
Armaggedon Soiundtrack
Nickelback - The Long Road
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Def Leppard - Vault
Journey - Greatest Hits
Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack

[35Pete]

Call me a musical snob but you people listen to untalented crap. :D The number 1 CD of all time if "Still Life Talking" by The Pat Metheny Group.

[35Pete]

Billy Cobham :rockon:
Great percussionist!

[nehemiah]

Call me a musical snob but you people listen to untalented crap. The number 1 CD of all time if "Still Life Talking" by The Pat Metheny Group.jazz fan, eh?

[twosheds]

Billy Cobham :rockon:

Indeed. And John McLaughlin. :rockon:

[35Pete]

Twosheds and nehemiah know where the talent lies.

[35Pete]

Scofield, Brandon Marsellus, and Coltrane.

[35Pete]

Al Dimeola, Lyle Mays, Craig Chacico, Jean Lucaponte

[Woody]

I listen to Four Play... that's about the extent of my Jazz library. :niterider

[twosheds]

Twosheds and nehemiah know where the talent lies.

Progessive Rock? :D

[nehemiah]

Indeed. And John McLaughlin.you want to hear the best stuff john mclaughlin ever did?

check out the tony williams lifetime: emergency!
http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/product.aspx?ob=prd&src=list&pid=10429

billy cobham was certainly a genius but tony williams was god-like. he pushes mclaughlin like never before or since. best drummer ever. :rockon:

[35Pete]

Tony Williams is incredible! :toast:

[rob on the job]

I don't know if I could cobble together an airtight Top 10, and most everybody else's picks look solid, but I think one CD that should be added is "Legend," the compilation of Bob Marley's greatest hits.

That is the one reggae album that everyone seems to own.

[nehemiah]

I don't know if I could cobble together an airtight Top 10, and most everybody else's picks look solid, but I think one CD that should be added is "Legend," the compilation of Bob Marley's greatest hits.

That is the one reggae album that everyone seems to own.true. you could put any of bob marley's albums on that list. we need a bob marley smilie.

[rob on the job]

true. you could put any of bob marley's albums on that list. we need a bob marley smilie.

Irie, irie. :fumer:

[nehemiah]

Irie, irie. :fumer:d'oh! missed that one :rofl:

[nehemiah]

The number 1 CD of all time if "Still Life Talking" by The Pat Metheny Group.i'm not such a big fan of metheny or jazz guitar in general. have you heard metheny's "Trio 99 -> 00", though? i really dug that one.

[35Pete]

i'm not such a big fan of metheny or jazz guitar in general. have you heard metheny's "Trio 99 -> 00", though? i really dug that one.
Yes. I have that album. Metheny is my favorite musician.

[nehemiah]

Yes. I have that album. Metheny is my favorite musician.you get to see any live jazz down there in FLA? that's where its at, IMO.

[35Pete]

you get to see any live jazz down there in FLA? that's where its at, IMO.
From time to time I do. In the winter it is great to check it out outdoors.

[coastal]

I like Woody's reference to David Allen Coe...

Rob's mention of Marley... except I love Babylon by Bus.

Jro's mention of Eminem.

shiva's love of ministry... I have Psalm 69 and A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste.

neh's mention of neil Young... Golden Harvest is a great album, but Southern Man has to be one of my all-time favorite jams.

twoshed's mention of The Who... truly a great album

as far as soundtracks are concerned... I have two... Singles and Kill Bill I and II

[eSabre]

1. Goo Goo Dolls - "A Boy Named Goo"
2. Goo Goo Dolls - "Superstar Car Wash"
3. Goo Goo Dolls - "Hold Me Up"
4. Goo Goo Dolls - "Dizzy Up the Girl"
5. Goo Goo Dolls - "Jed"
6. Gob - "Foot in Mouth Disease"
7. Gob - "The World According to..."
8. The Replacements - "Tim"
9. The Offspring - "Americana"
10. Goo Goo Dolls - "Gutterflower"

Missed the cut: Goo Goo Dolls - "Goo Goo Dolls"; Treble Charger - "Detox"

[Mouldsie]

Alright, if Jro can make one, so can I.


In no particular order

Kanye West - College Dropout
Dre Dre - Chronic 2001
Eminem - Marshal Mathers LP
Nas - Street's Disciple
Outkast - Stankonia
Jay-Z - The Black Album
Common - Be (instant classic)
N.W.A. - Greatest Hits
Tupac - Pick One
Talib Kweli - Quality

[JayHall93]

Def Leppard - Hysteria . has to be included. Damn near every song became a single

Michael Jackson - Thriller. whether or not he is a molester, this is one great album.

Beastie Boys - License to Ill. revolutionized rap music; also made white people like it

[BanditsRock11]

All I know is that eSabre really meant his #1 is

N'Sync- Celeberty.

[njsue]

Your leaving out Jon Bonjovi "Slippery when wet"