1) Sgt. Pepper
2) Rubber Soul
3) Tommy
4) Exile on Main Street
5) Abbey Road
Thank god for the British invasion that started it all!!!
Songs in the Key of Life -- Stevie Wonder
Aja -- Steely Dan
The White Album -- Beatles
Kind of Blue -- Miles Davis
Diamonds and Rust -- Joan Baez
In no particular order
AC/DC Back in Black
Bruce Hornsby and the Range The way it is
Jimmy Buffet Son of a Sailor
The Cure Pornography
The Fixx Reach the Beach
Puzzle - Dada
Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf
Blood Like Lemonade - Morcheeba
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
MCMXC a.D. - Enigma
no particular order, but I can get through all of these albums on most attempts
If by favorite you mean "what do I listen to most", then the answer would be classical - Beethoven's 9th, 5th and 6th. Bach's Organ Works (Michael Murray's version of Toccata and Fugue in D Minor - absolutely mind blowing) , The Four Seasons and I'll toss in Eine Kleine Nachtmusick and the Overture from Carmen.
As far as "somewhat" popular music -
Butt Rockin' - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Johnny Clegg and Savuka - African Shadow Man
Hugh Masakela - I am Not Afraid
Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto - Jazz Samba
Supernatural - Santana (Corazon Espinado - Wow!!!)
For me, most popular albums don't hold up to repeated listening. Some notable exceptions, The Who - Who's Next, Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, James Gang - Yer' Album, Queen - Greatest Hits
I know - I'm old, but I do listen to popular radio when I am out driving around, I just don't hear much that tickles my cojones musically.
Red is the color of sex and signs that say Do Not Enter
The best thing to hear in the middle of the night - Lick Me
no particular order:
purple rain -prince
the black album -jay z
mama's gun -erykah badu
songs about jane -maroon 5
jagged little pill -alanis morisette
honorable mentions:
demon days -gorillaz
baduizm -erykah badu
supa dupa fly -missy elliot
fat of the land -the prodigy
man on the moon -kid cudi
back to black -amy winehouse
Bruce Springsteen - The River
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Bad Company
Shanai Twain - Come On Over
The Doors Greatest Hits
The Beatles, (THE WHITE ALBUM) by THE BEATLES.
Five Leaves Left by NICK DRAKE
English Settlement by XTC
Wilder by THE TEARDROP EXPLODES
East Of Eden by EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL
xx SF
GOLDFISH QUESTION...
(I can offer another five RIGHT NOW!!!!!)
Drive - Bela Fleck
Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones
Achtung Baby - U2
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
Thriller
Jagged Little Pill
Purple Rain
Foreigner 4
Hysteria
At least for today.
Pink Floyd------Wish You Were Here
Eagles-----Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975
Simon and Garfunkel-------A Bridge Over Troubled Water
Queen-----A Night at the Opera
Joe Satriani---Is There Love in Space?
Tim - The Replacements
Let it Bleed - The Rolling Stones
Beautiful Maladies - Tom Waits
Who's Next - The Who
Armed Forces - Elvis Costello
Ask me tomorrow and I'll give another equally good list...
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane, 1st album I ever purchased
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
The Royal Scam - Steely Dan
Abraxas - Santana
Projections - Blues Project
Honorable mention - Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon&Garfunkel. Album girlfriend and I first made love to
Guns N Roses- Appitite for Destruction
Shinedown's- Sounds of Madness
Meat Loaf's- Bat Out of Hell
AC/DC's- Back In Black
Pink Floyd's- The Wall
Rush...... Moving Pictures... Had Tom Sawyer, Limelight and Yyz.....
Pink Floyd... Dark Side Of The Moon
Def Leppard .... Hysteria
Alter Bridge..... Blackbird
Beatles..... White Album
Wouldn't you rather have a nice cup of tea?
Top 5 of the 60s:
5. Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
4. Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
3. The Association - Birthday
2. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (I)
1. Pretty Things - SF Sorrow
(Honorable mention to the Beatles, whose entire catalog from Revolver through Abbey Road is amazing, and I couldn't choose between them)
Top 5 of the 70s:
5. Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
4. UFO - Flying: One Hour Space Rock
3. The Allman Brothers - Live at Fillmore East
2. Santana - Abraxas
1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
(Honorable mention to Neil Young who had a long string of consistently great records Between 1969 and 1979)
Top 5 of the 80s:
5. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Melt)
4. Prince - Music from the motion picture, Purple Rain
3. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
2. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
1. Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Radio
(Honorable mention to... No one. The 80s for the most part were a shitty decade for music).
Top 5 of the 90s:
5. Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart
4. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
3. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
2. Radiohead - OK Computer
1. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
(This was hard to narrow to 5. Ask me tomorrow, and I'd probably create a completely different list)
Top 5 of the 00s:
5. Sam Roberts - We Were Born in a Flame
4. Badly Drawn Boy - In the Hour of the Bewilderbeast
3. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place
2. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
1. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
(Another difficult decade to nail down to a list of 5. Honorable mention to The Kingsbury Manx).
Top 5 of the 10s (so far):
5. Amen Dunes - Love
4. Parquet Courts - Light Up Gold
3. Dan Deacon - America
2. Quiet Company - We are all where we belong
1. Candy Claws - Hidden Lands
(A lot of people claim music today sucks, but they're not looking hard enough. There's still a lot of great bands producing a lot of great music).
Don't believe everything that you read.
1. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
2. Pearl Jam - Ten
3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
4. Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like a Wheel
5. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
My taste in music is very eclectic and what I say today may not be tomorrow. These are the first 5 that pop in my head.
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
Meatloaf Bat out of Hall
Godsmack Voodoo
Charlie Daniels band greatest hits
Carol King Tapestry
I LOVE topics like this!
1-5 not in any particular order, because it depends on my mood
1. The Beatles - Revolver (UK version)
2. Pink Floyd - The Wall
3. John Lennon - Double Fantasy (sorry, not Yoko's songs)
4. Paul McCartney - Band On The Run
5. Elton John - Good-bye Yellow Brick Road
6. The Beatles - Abby Road
7. The Rolling Stones - High Tides and Green Grass
8. The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
9. The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
10. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
11. Led Zeplin - Stairway to Heaven
12. The Beatles - White Album
13. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
14. Johnny Cash - The Man in Black (Definitive Collection)
15. Genesis - Genesis
16. Jim Croce - Life and Times
17. The Rolling Stones - Through the Past, Darkly
my head is exploding! I can't limit my musical faves...
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