I had Pet Sounds #1 and London Calling #2, so let's just say I am good with either.
Oh my goodness! I think I'm in love with you! This list makes me want to have an endless music listening vinyl session with you!!!I submitted my top 50, finally. Like I was telling Woob, I could be tweaking this list forever. So many great records that were bubbling under.
Anyway, here it is.
1Talking Heads Remain In Light 1980 2The Clash London Calling 1979 3Big Star #1 Record 1972 4Marvin Gaye What's Going On? 1971 5David Bowie Young Americans 1975 6Daft Punk Discovery 2001 7Prince Purple Rain 1984 8Bob Marley & The Wailers Exodus 1977 9Fleetwood Mac Rumors 1977 10The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers 1971 11The Beatles Revolver 1966 12The Cars The Cars 1978 13Funkadelic Maggot Brain 1971 14Duran Duran Rio 1982 15Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory 1970 16Amy Winehouse Back To Black 2006 17Neil Young After the Goldrush 1970 18David Bowie Station To Station 1976 19Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Damn The Torpedoes 1979 20Pulp Different Class 1995 21Serge Gainsbourg Histoire De Melody Nelson 1971 22Nirvana Nevermind 1991 23Depeche Mode Violator 1990 24Prince Sign O The Times 1987 25Elvis Costello This Year's Model 1978 26Portishead Dummy 1994 27Sly & The Family Stone There's A Riot Going On 1971 28White Stripes Elephant 2003 29Television Marquee Moon 1976 30Led Zeppelin II 1969 31Dusty Springfield Dusty In Memphis 1969 32The Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street 1972 33Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland 1968 34Iggy Pop Lust For Life 1977 35Curtis Mayfield Superfly 1972 36T Rex Electric Warrior 1971 37The Beatles Abbey Road 1970 38Rodriguez Cold Fact 1970 39Daft Punk Random Access Memory 2013 40Beastie Boys Ill Communication 1994 41The Smiths The Queen Is Dead 1986 42Fela Kuti Live With Ginger Baker 1971 43LCD Soundsystem Sounds of Silver 2007 44Radiohead Ok Computer 1997 45Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 46The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers 1975 47The Cure Disintegration 1989 48Tame Impala Currents 2015 49Gorillaz Plastic Beach 2010 50New Order Low Life 1984
Mine are:My rankings go:
1. Sticky Fingers
2. Beggars Banquet
3. Let It Bleed
4. Exile On Main Street
The only reason I put Exile on the bottom of their iconic 4 is because it's the one I've spent the least time with, which I know needs to be remedied.
Oh boy that sounds like a time sink lmao. I’ll perhaps give it a try, no promises but thanks for the invitation!@Ghost - I'd love you to list your top 50 albums of all-time here (and send them to @Woob_woob afterwards). Even if that's too much, send through your top 20 albums! I know you're a humungous fan of D'Angelo's Voodoo and Al Green's Call Me, so I'd love to see what else you love!!!
I was the same way. I had always heard that Exile was their strongest album all the way through but the overall lack of singles always lead me to one of their other albums. A few years ago I finally spent some time with Exile and it hit me much harder than I’d expected. My new found appreciation also sparked an interest in re-examining some of their other later albums specifically Goat Head Soup and Tattoo You both of which; while not at the same caliber as the big 4, I am now quite fond of.My rankings go:
1. Sticky Fingers
2. Beggars Banquet
3. Let It Bleed
4. Exile On Main Street
The only reason I put Exile on the bottom of their iconic 4 is because it's the one I've spent the least time with, which I know needs to be remedied.
Goats Head Soup still takes my top spot as favorite Stones' album, but it is hard to deny the flawlessness of Exile.I was the same way. I had always heard that Exile was their strongest album all the way through but the overall lack of singles always lead me to one of their other albums. A few years ago I finally spent some time with Exile and it hit me much harder than I’d expected. My new found appreciation also sparked an interest in re-examining some of their other later albums specifically Goat Head Soup and Tattoo You both of which; while not at the same caliber as the big 4, I am now quite fond of.
I could make a list again today and it would be pretty different, though with repeat themes. Come on, give it a shot.Some really nice lists here and a lot of albums I never heard. Also, congrats to all of you who participated. I can't make a list of my ten favourite album, it would be a different one everyday.
Exile is my favorite, probably because I spent so much time listening to it on a loop with Exile in Guyville when I was younger.Goats Head Soup still takes my top spot as favorite Stones' album, but it is hard to deny the flawlessness of Exile.
I use favorite and best interchangeably but I understand your differentiation.Exile is my favorite because it’s the one that really got me into the Stones after years of thinking Fingers was the only album worth listening to. I have a hard time saying Exiles is the best though, the production is such a mess.
I use favorite and best interchangeably but I understand your differentiation.
This is awesome. I planned on making a N&G Top 500 list (if nobody else does it first) and was just going to post the most popular song from each album represented UNLESS more people make their own top 50 playlist in which case I can add the overall consensus song. I know about half my favorite songs from my favorite albums were never singles.Inspired by @Tys1, I put together a playlist from my top 50, in ranked order.
Since Regina Spektor’s ‘Songs’ is not available anywhere, feel free to look up ‘Consequence of Sound’ and slot it in between Asobi Seksu and Fugazi.
Spotify link
Apple Music link
If anyone else has done something similar, please share!
I may have also done a playlist type thing.Inspired by @Tys1, I put together a playlist from my top 50, in ranked order.
Since Regina Spektor’s ‘Songs’ is not available anywhere, feel free to look up ‘Consequence of Sound’ and slot it in between Asobi Seksu and Fugazi.
Spotify link
Apple Music link
If anyone else has done something similar, please share!
# | Artist | Album | Genre | Year |
1 | Radiohead | OK Computer | Alternative / Rock | 1997 |
2 | Beck | Sea Change | Alternative / Rock | 2002 |
3 | Nine Inch Nails | The Downward Spiral | Industrial | 1994 |
4 | Fugees | The Score | Rap / Hip Hop | 1996 |
5 | Nas | Illmatic | Rap / Hip Hop | 1994 |
6 | Madvillain | Madvillainy | Rap / Hip Hop | 2004 |
7 | A Tribe Called Quest | Midnight Marauders | Rap / Hip Hop | 1993 |
8 | Massive Attack | Mezzanine | Leftfield, Trip Hop, Downtempo | 1998 |
9 | My Bloody Valentine | Loveless | Shoegaze, Alternative Rock | 1991 |
10 | Amon Tobin | Permutation | Leftfield, Drum n Bass, Future Jazz, Downtempo, Breaks | 1998 |
11 | Autechre | LP5 | Abstract, IDM, Experimental | 1998 |
12 | Boards Of Canada | Music Has The Right To Children | IDM, Ambient | 1998 |
13 | Slowdive | Souvlaki | Indie Rock, Shoegaze, Dream Pop | 1993 |
14 | Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes | Visions Of A New World | Fusion, Jazz-Funk | 1975 |
15 | The Prodigy | Music For The Jilted Generation | Breakbeat, Techno, Big Beat | 1994 |
16 | Cocteau Twins | Blue Bell Knoll | Indie Rock, Dream Pop, Ethereal | 1988 |
17 | Wu-Tang Clan | Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) | Rap / Hip Hop | 1993 |
18 | Portishead | Portishead | Downtempo, Trip Hop | 1997 |
19 | Goldfrapp | Felt Mountain | Leftfield, Future Jazz, Downtempo | 2000 |
20 | 2814 | 新しい日の誕生 | Ambient, Drone, Vaporwave | 2015 |
21 | Chris Clark | Body Riddle | Abstract, IDM | 2006 |
22 | Boards Of Canada | Geogaddi | Abstract, IDM, Ambient | 2002 |
23 | AIR | Talkie Walkie | Downtempo, Synth-pop | 2003 |
24 | School Of Seven Bells | Disconnect From Desire | Shoegaze, Ethereal, Indie Rock | 2010 |
25 | Sneaker Pimps | Becoming X | Trip Hop | 1996 |
26 | Stan Getz / Joao Gilberto Featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim | Getz / Gilberto | Bossa Nova, Latin Jazz | 1964 |
27 | Orbital | Snivilisation | Electronic / Techno | 1994 |
28 | Moby | Play | Breakbeat, Leftfield, Downtempo | 1999 |
29 | Fatboy Slim | You've Come A Long Way, Baby | Big Beat | 1998 |
30 | Garbage | Garbage | Alternative Rock, Pop Rock | 1995 |
31 | MGMT | Oracular Spectacular | Indie Rock | 2007 |
32 | Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Rap / Hip Hop | 2010 |
33 | Nine Inch Nails | The Fragile | Alternative Rock, Industrial, Ambient | 1999 |
34 | Tomas Dvorak | Machinarium Soundtrack | Experimental, Ambient, Video Game Music | 2009 |
35 | Björk | Homogenic | Electronic, Pop | 1997 |
36 | Kendrick Lamar | Good Kid, M.A.A.d City | Rap / Hip Hop | 2012 |
37 | Erykah Badu | Baduizm | RnB/Swing, Neo Soul | 1996 |
38 | Gang Starr | Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr | Rap / Hip Hop | 1999 |
39 | Radiohead | Amnesiac | Alternative Rock, Experimental | 2001 |
40 | M.I.A. (2) | Arular | Breakbeat, Ragga HipHop, Grime, Electro, Breaks | 2005 |
41 | M83 | Before The Dawn Heals Us | Electronic, Rock, Ambient, Shoegaze | 2005 |
42 | Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill | Hop Hop, RnB/Swing, Neo Soul | 1998 |
43 | SZA (2) | Ctrl | Contemporary R&B | 2017 |
44 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Fever To Tell | Indie Rock | 2003 |
45 | Talib Kweli & Madlib | Liberation | Rap / Hip Hop | 2006 |
46 | Beastie Boys | Hello Nasty | Rap / Hip Hop | 1998 |
47 | Gorillaz | Gorillaz | Leftfield, Alternative Rock, Lo-Fi, Trip Hop | 2001 |
48 | Blonde Redhead | Misery Is A Butterfly | Indie Rock | 2004 |
49 | Broadcast | Work And Non Work | Electronic, Indie Pop, Leftfield | 1997 |
50 | The Avalanches | Since I Left You | Electronic, Leftfield, Abstract | 2000 |