Your Five Must Have Albums

[Oh, Gee!!]

For me, in no particular order:

Beastie Boys: Check Your Head

De La Soul: Stakes is High

Sublime: 40oz to Freedom

Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks

Bob Dylan: Time Out of Mind

[resistanze]

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Burnin'
Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
RATM - RATM
Michael Jackson - HIStory
Outkast - Aquemini

I hate picking albums, I usually just make my own mixes of the artists' work. No way I could actually pick only one Outkast or Marley album.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

For me, in no particular order:

Beastie Boys: Check Your Head

De La Soul: Stakes is High

Sublime: 40oz to Freedom

Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks

Bob Dylan: Time Out of Mind

You take Stakes is High over 3ft high and rising or De La Soul is Dead? Interesting.

Off the top of my head, I'd have to say:

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
OK Computer - Radiohead
Zooropa - U2
Midnight Marauders - ATCQ
Endtroducing - DJ Shadow

However, 5 albums is far too few... ;)

[Stringer_Bell]

Fantastic Planet - Failure
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear
Thriller - Michael Jackson
OK Computer - Radiohead

I also might feel like substituting a collection of Radiohead B-sides (Kid-A era and before) or Dr. Dre "The Chronic."

[IronMaxipad]

Fuck only 5? I think it would be easier choosing top 5 for each genre.

[PakiDan]

De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead
The Smiths - Louder than Bombs
Erasure - Three Ring Circus
The Sex Pistols - The Great rock N Roll Swindle
Angels and Airwaves - We Don't Need to Whisper

[IronMexican]

OK Computer
Kid A
The Bends
In Rainbows
Dirt

[IronMexican]

I need dadrock in there though.

[InRareForm]

Cunninlynguists - A Piece of Strange

Incubus - Make Yourself

Rage Against Machine - Battle of Los Angeles

Jay z - The Blueprint

Atmosphere - You can't imagine how much fun we are having

[Leetonidas]

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Led Zeppellin IV - Led Zeppelin
Break the Cycle - Staind
Revolutionary Vol. 2 - Immortal Technique

[jaffies]

I'm assuming no compilations or 'Best Of's, so the list would be a little different:

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http://dkpresents.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/sex_pistolsnever_mind_the_bollocksfrontal.jpg

I'd include a Louis Prima and Keely Smith album, but they are mostly compilations.

[IronMaxipad]

Rancid - ...And out come the Wolves
The Clash - London Calling
Bad Brains - Bad Brains
Operation Ivy - Energy
Sublime - 40 oz. to Freedom
The Specials - Stereo-Typical A's, B's, and Rarities
Bob Marley - Songs of Freedom
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
Ramones - Ramones
Minor Threat - Complete Discography
Gang of Four - Solid Gold, Another Day, Another Dollar
Fugazi - 13 Songs
Bad Religion - Suffer and No Control and Against the Grain


If you like punk/ska all must haves :toast

[Dinamita]

Vicente Fernandez - Historia de un Idolo
Mana - Donde Jugaran Los Ninos
Los Tigeres Del Norte -Jefe de Jefes
Junaes - Mi Sangre
Daddy Yankee - Barrio Fino

[Oh, Gee!!]

You take Stakes is High over 3ft high and rising or De La Soul is Dead? Interesting.

I know, it just sounds better lyrically & production-wise than the previous albums imho.

[leemajors]

Stakes is High is their best imo as well. They have better singles on other albums than probably any on SiH, but that's just a damn good album and each track is perfectly placed and sequenced. I couldn't pare down to 5 albums, but I could probably do a couple gigs of mp3s. iPods have spoiled me, I can carry all my essentials in my pocket.

[monosylab1k]

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/3/3c/20061229145506!Rubberneck_album_cover.jpg

[Fermixalot]

Between the Buried and Me-Colors
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Scale the Summit-Carving Desert Canyons
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Cynic-Traced in Air
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The Mars Volta- De-loused in the Comatorium
http://geordierussell.instone.net/Jukebox/Img/M/Mars%20Volta%20-%20De-Loused%20In%20The%20Comatorium.jpg

Death-Symbolic
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e3/Symbolic_Album.jpg

Some damn good picks in here too. :toast

[mojorizen7]

Only 5....too hard. I'll name these first. :hat
Led Zeppelin I
http://jandemessemaeker.net/music/albumcovers/Led%20Zeppelin-Led%20Zeppelin.jpg
Soundgarden-"Superunknown"
http://www.myteenageangst.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/soundgarden_superunknown.jpg
U2-"Unforgettable Fire"
http://u2albumreview.com/images/The_Unforgettable_Fire_album.png
Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsies-"Live at the Filmore"
http://listeningroom.lohudblogs.com/files/2009/12/hendrix-band-of-gypsies.jpg
Pink Floyd-"Animals"
http://dkpresents.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/pink_floyd-animals-frontal.jpg

[Xylus]

I'll probably end up changing one of these if I think of something better...


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[redraiderinfiji]

Pink Floyd - dark side of the moon
The Killers - sam's town
Led Zep - Led zep I
Eminem - (cant remember the name of the album, but it was his 2nd release)
String Cheese Incident (any live album)

[Thunder Dan]

OK Computer-Radiohead
No Code- Pearl Jam
Exile on Main Street- The Rolling Stones
Rubber Factory- The Black Keys
Rumors- Fleetwood Mac

[redzero]

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Ladies_And_Gentlemen_We_Are_Floating_In_Space-cd.jpg
http://thechicagoartblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/radio_head_-_ok_computer_-_front.jpg

http://boardofhifive.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/beatles_abbey-road.jpg
http://waywardwinos.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/moon.jpg

[smeagol]

Final Cut - Pink Floyd
Synchonicity - The Police
Thriller - MJ
So - Peter Gabriel
The White Album - The Beatles

[mookie2001]

so far ruffandreadyallstars and ohgee are tied for the best list with two points a piece

[exstatic]

Beatles - Abbey Road
Pink Floyd - DSOTM
Peter Gabriel - So
U2 - Joshua Tree
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

Honorable mention:
SRV - Texas Flood

[Mr. Peabody]

Beatles - Abbey Road
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

[leo_d]

Queen: the game
U2: achtung baby
Guns and roses: use your ilusion 2
Ac/Dc: back in black

[benefactor]

The Eagles - Hotel California
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999/Eternal
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Eightball & MJG - On Top of the World

Honorable Mention: UGK - Ridin' Dirty

My picks were based on music that was a big part of my life during different periods. There are many more but these are the ones that were most influential.

[baseline bum]

I'll only name my top 3; 4 and on I can't make clear-cut choices, but my top 3 are easy:

1)Dvorak's 9th Symphony (From the New World) by George Szell and the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
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2) Beethoven's 9th Symphony (Choral) by Bernard Haitink and the London Symphony Orchestra
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51PHBPC8KEL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

(I know a lot of people consider Furtwangler the gold standard for the 9th, but the vocals in this version above are mind-blowing and make it my favorite)

3) Racmaninoff's 3rd Concerto by Vladimir Horowitz
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515uPOTBucL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Nas-Illmatic
Pink Floyd-Meddle
Animal Collective-MPP
Herbie Hancock-Headhunters
John Coltrane-Blue Train

[JamStone]

Really tough, so I cheated and split it into non-hip hop and hip hop so I could list 10 albums. I tried to mention a few that weren't already mentioned:

Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
Original Musiquarium I by Stevie Wonder
Taj Mahal (self titled album)
Midnite Vultures by Beck
Ozomatli (self titled album)


Ready to Die by The Notorious B.I.G.
Bizarre Ride II by The Pharcyde
The Score by The Fugees
Foundation by Brand Nubian
Uptown Saturday Night by Camp Lo

[DAF86]

"Echoes"- Pink Floyd
"Whitology"- The Beattles
"El ultimo concierto"- Soda Stereo
"Almendra"- Almendra
"Seru Giran"- Seru Giran

[baseline bum]

Foundation by Brand Nubian

:tu I love Brand Nubian. Very underrated crew.

[Mixability]

Beasties - Paul's Boutique
RATM - Evil Empire
MJ - Thriller
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton

[Leetonidas]

"Echoes"- Pink Floyd
"Whitology"- The Beattles
"El ultimo concierto"- Soda Stereo
"Almendra"- Almendra
"Seru Giran"- Seru Giran

Echoes is a song on Meddle brah

[Leetonidas]

hurr durr

[mookie2001]

mixability
ruffandreadyallstars
ohgee

tied at 2

[J.T.]

Fuck five albums. Pick five songs.

[IronMexican]

Fuck five albums. Pick five songs.

Just pick 5 songs off of Bleach and Nevermind. Make sure Smells Like Teen Spirit is one. It's the most best song of the 90's. VH1 said so.

[mookie2001]

ironmex youve paid your dues as a non spurs poster but radiohead is weak



now we all know theyre no slim shady lp but still

[IronMexican]

what dues?

[mardigan]

Arcade Fire- Funeral
Yes- Close To the Edge
Ennio Morricone- The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Soundtrack
Neutral Milk Hotel- In The Airplane Over the Sea
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis- Assassination Of Jesse James Soundtrack

[MookieCrew]

if the anti neocon neocons at rollling stone give your album a good review, that means guaranteed scoffage from the mookie crew.

we know this

[MookieCrew]

what dues?

yew just kent due tings like det...

[IronMexican]

Why is there two mookie crews? the lower case one joined like way earlier.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

if the anti neocon neocons at rollling stone give your album a good review, that means guaranteed scoffage from the mookie crew.

we know this

not true
you've been a pretty weak troll lately :sleep

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Why is there two mookie crews? the lower case one joined like way earlier.

cuz theres alot of people on here who jack off to us

[MookieCrew]

not true
you've been a pretty weak troll lately :sleep

crofl i don't appreciate the mookie crew on mookie crew violence, rememba det one time a certain person put a certain gun in a certain face?

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Echoes is a song on Meddle brah

Its also their 2001 "Best of" album

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Butthole Surfers - Independent Worm Saloon
NOFX - Punk In Drublic
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92

[Oh, Gee!!]

some good albums in this thread that i already have, and some others that i need to get.

[redzero]

ironmex youve paid your dues as a non spurs poster but radiohead is weak



now we all know theyre no slim shady lp but still

Fuck Eminem up his stupid ass.

[Duff McCartney]

The Killers - sam's town

By far one of the most under rated albums to come out in recent years.

My list:

White Album - Beatles
Urban Hymns - The Verve
Appetite for Destruction - Guns N Roses
Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
Be Here Now - Oasis

[whottt]

It's hard to pick 5 rock albums. If I was picking greatest hits or 5 albums worth of songs it would look a lot different. For now I'll say:

Blue Oyster Cult - Fire of Unknown Origin
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
The Police - Outlandos D'amour
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I

I know Wish You Were Here, Fire of Unknown Origin and Magical Mystery Tour would be on any list I make. Trying to pick the others is tough.

[smeagol]

Forgot Hysteria, Def Leppard

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Actually I have to add Only Built 4 Cuban Linx to my list

[mookie2001]

if roman empire added the chef, then its

ruffandreadyallstars
ohgee
mixibility
spursromanempire

tied at 2

1993 exoticness

[Sense]

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[DAF86]

Echoes is a song on Meddle brah

Echoes is the compilation of Floyd's greatest hits.

[Medvedenko]

Dirt: Alice In Chains
Ire Works: Dillinger Escape Plan
The Devil and God are raging inside me: Brand New
Anitchrist Superstar: Marilyn Manson
The Fragile: NIN

Just a few....too many to include.

[Oh, Gee!!]

this thread is making me feel guilty for being a little light on Pink Floyd albums.

[leemajors]

Echoes is a song on Meddle brah

It's much better on Live at Pompeii brah

[CuckingFunt]

Five? Only five?? That's rough. If I absolutely, positively, gun to my head, HAD TO live with only five albums... I'm going with these:

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And I actually think those are pretty fixed/solid. I can think of countless others that I would miss if I had to let them go, but I can't think of anything off the top of my head that would break into that top five.

[oh crap]

I like that list, funt. all would be contenders on my list with the exception of purple rain.

[Fermixalot]

Midnight Marauders is legendary. Track after track of lyrical badassery.

"My style's kind of phat reminiscent of a whale."

[Bullet Tooth Tony]

311 - Transistor
Radiohead - Ok Computer
RedHotChiliPepers - Californication
Queens of the Stoneage - Rated R
Nin - The Fragile

[Capt Bringdown]

Easter Everywhere - 13th Floor Elevators
The Gilded Palace of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers
Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim
The Best of the Colpix Years - Nina Simone
The Wayward Bus/Distant Plastic Trees - Magnetic Fields

[benefactor]

Forgot Hysteria, Def Leppard
Hysteria over Pyromania?

[DBryant88]

Van Halen-Van Halen
Def Leppard-Pyromania
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
Jethro Tull-Aqualung
Van Halen-1984

[mookie_crew]

1. http://musica.programasfull.com/wp-content/uploads/the_marshall_mathers_lp.jpg
best rap album ever
2. http://upload.worldofplayers.de/files/KCAPTrnmQwxnSCreed%20Human%20Clay.jpg

crofl i still rememba det one time cbf and mookie caught eyes while listening to with arms wide open.

3. Any nickelback album. that shit makes us bat shit crazy

4.
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5. http://carloscorrea.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/a-rush.jpg

det piano riff in clocks is unbelievable. it's one of the best songs ever

[mrsmaalox]

I liked the idea someone had about listing the top 5 in each genre, as this is waay too hard to narrow down

Showcase--Patsy Cline

Moondance--Van Morrison

Disraeli Gears--Cream

The Nightfly--Donald Fagen

Ethiopiques--Mulatu Astatke

The only static entry would be Van Morrison, any other day my picks would include The Pretenders, The James Gang, SRV, Tracy Chapman, Marvin Gaye, Neil Young, Dwight Yoakum, Peter Gabriel, lots of Steely Dan, etc, etc, etc. Hell maybe make it top 100.

[mookie2001]

I don't get it... Creed and nickleback? Nobody likes them


Where's the joke?

[DAF86]

this thread is making me feel guilty for being a little light on Pink Floyd albums.

Arguably the best band ever.

[lebomb]

Sting- Nothing like the Sun
OutKast- Aquemini
Kem- Kem
George Michael- Faith
Public Enemy- anything from them