The Official TNP List of Best Albums Ever

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Here's the point:We're compiling a list of our favorite albums so that if anyone ever gets bored or needs some new music to check out, they can come peruse the list and see what their friends recommend.

So...post your favorite music albums here. And feel free to review them, if you like.


Example:

Relatively unknown...

Haha Sound - Broadcast
Neon Golden - The Notwist
Her Majesty - The Decemberists
It's A Wonderful Life - Sparklehorse
On Avery Island - Neutral Milk Hotel
Mass Romantic - The New Pornographers
Hate - The Delgados

Classic faves...

Meddle - Pink Floyd
The Division Bell - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Singles Going Steady - the Buzzcocks
Wave of Mutilation: Best Of - Pixies
Different Class - Pulp
Electric Warrior - T. Rex
Ramones - Ramones
Rubber Soul - Beatles
The Best of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen
Their Satanic Majesties Request - The Rolling Stones
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Live at the Fillmore East - Jimi Hendrix and the Band of Gypsies
Solitary Man - Johnny Cash
Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
Starsailor - Tim Buckley (Jeff Buckley's dad...)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
Marquee Moon - Television
The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths

Random...

Oh, Inverted World - The Shins
If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian
The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Meditations - John Coltrane
Odyssey & Oracle - The Zombies
Live at Sin-e - Jeff Buckley
The Grace EPs - Jeff Buckley
Liege and Leaf - The Fairport Convention
The Shaggs - The Shaggs
Psychocandy - The Jesus and Mary Chain
Legends of the 21st Century - Jack Kerouac
Sell-Out - The Who
Fifth Demension - The Byrds
Dark Magus Miles Davis
H'art Songs - Moondog
Bleeker and MacDougal - Fred Neil
Radio Ethiopia - Patti Smith Group
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus
All the Pretty Little Horses - Current 93
The Blow-Up - Television
God Bless Tiny Tim - Tiny Tim
Perfect Prescription - Spacemen 3
Music From Big Pink - The Band
Tilt - Scott Walker
Mobile Safari - The Pastels
Agents of Fortune - Blue Oyster Cult
Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
 
Shania Twain-"Up!"
Liz Phair-Self Titled
Jo Dee Messina-"Burn"
Faith Hill-"Faith"
Bob and Tom-"Camel Toe"
Lewis Black-"Rules of Enragement" and ""End of the Universe"
 
October - U2
Clor - Clor
Spring Session M - Missing Persons
Disintegration - The Cure

HALEN III

:lol: I'm the only person in the world to not mind it
 
Why has no-one thought of this before?????

God bless you iggie :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :kiss: :fish:


Daft Punk ~ Discovery

John Coltrane ~ A Love Supreme

Aphex Twin ~ Selected Ambient Works '85-92 and Selected Ambient Works vol. 2

Led Zeppelin ~ Led Zeppelin III

Pink Floyd ~ Dark Side of the Moon

Underworld ~ dubnobasswithmyheadman

Fu Manchu ~ California Crossing

Plastikman ~ Sheet One and Musik

LFO ~ Advance

Orbital ~ Orbital II

The Orb ~ UFOrb

DJ Shadow ~ Endtroducing

Gang of Four ~ Entertainment

Wire ~ Pink Flag, Chairs Missing and 154

Shellac ~ At Action Park

Mogwai ~ Come on Die Young

Slint ~ Spiderland

Telefunken vs. Flying Saucer Attack ~ Distant Stations

Biosphere ~ Dropsonde

Fennesz ~ Venice


...somebody stop me!
 
Pink Floyd - The Wall
The Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks
Nirvana - In Utero
The Who - Who's Next
Michael Jackson - Thriller
 
Elliott Smith - Either/Or and From a Basement on a Hill
Iggy Pop - American Caesar and Lust for Life
Sarah Harmer - You Were Here and I am a Mountain
Rage Against the Machine - Battle of Los Angeles
PJ Harvey - Uh Huh Her and Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore
Velvet Underground - Banana album and White Light/White Heat
 
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
Ministry - Psalm 69
The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
U2 - The Unforgetable Fire
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
King's X Gretchen goes to Nebraska
 
Best of Both Worlds-Van Halen
Rick's Pick-The Black Crowes
Back in Black-AC/DC
20th Centruy Legends-Steppenwolf
Remasters-Led Zeppelin
George Thorogood and the Destroyers-GT and the Destroyers

They're not in order really.
 
What a cornucopia of amazing albums that have already been listed.
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A couple that come to mind:

The Bends - Radiohead
Eponymous - R.E.M.
Five Days in July - Blue Rodeo
Smeared - Sloan
Back to Basics - Billy Bragg

I'm sure I'll be back. :lol:
 
How are The Delgados and Broadcast relatively unknown? :eyeroll:

also noticed you cheated with the Pixies an' all, Miss "I clearly can't be bothered to list all of their albums"!

Album playback of the new Mogwai album on Thursday!!!! :D
 
Snow patrol - Final straw
The get up kids - Something to write home about
Jimmy Eat World - Futures
The reindeer section - Son of evil reindeer
Elliot Smith - XO
Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress and The Life Pursuit
Gyroscope - Are you involved?
 
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

2 Skinnee J's - Sexy Karate, Supermercado!

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication

Nirvana - Nevermind, In Utero, Bleach

Soundgarden - Superunknown

Pearl Jam - Ten

Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies, Dirt

Stone Temple Pilots - Core

Tool - Undertow

A Perfect Circle Mer de Noms

The Reverend Horton Heat - The Full Custom Gospel Sounds of . . .


I find it hard to believe I'm the only one who would choose grunge over air . . . :no:
 
Nova Sardonikker:
How are The Delgados and Broadcast relatively unknown?  :eyeroll:

also noticed you cheated with the Pixies an' all, Miss "I clearly can't be bothered to list all of their albums"!

Album playback of the new Mogwai album on Thursday!!!!  :D
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:P None of my friends know Broadcast or The Delgados. But I fixed that problem. You...you....British-type.

And I'll cheat with the Pixies if I feel like it.

Additions:

Either/Or - Elliott Smith
Central Reservation - Beth Orton
The London Suede - Suede
Know Your Onion (single) - The Shins
Relics - Pink Floyd
Human Amusements at Hourly Rates - Guided By Voices
 
NO. :P I still haven't said Saucerful of Secrets, or Atom Heart Mother, More, Ummagumma, Obscured By Clouds, The Final Cut, Delicate Sound of Thunder, the Zabriskie Point soundtrack, A Nice Pair, A Collection of Great Dance Songs, Works, or Pulse or Echoes.
 
Well....you have now... :P Anyway, I was joking, but that is a lot of Floyd for one thread.
Hey Byardkuria, I already mentioned In Utero. See? In TNP, people still don't listen to me.
 
@ Cak - Can't exactly throw any sort of postulate out with only 1 data point, sir. In any case, as good as In Utero was, if you want to talk pure grungosity, it was thoroughly trounced by Incesticide.


And I forgot - Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Forever

EDIT - flannel beard
 
This is getting to be quite the list but there is one group I can not believe has been passed over so far:

The Beatles - White Album

also:

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (without it there would be no metal)
David Bowie - Changes
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Uriah Heap - Magicians Birthday
The Eagles - Hotel California
 
In the reins by Iron & Wine
Alienating our Audience by Mindless Self Indulgence
You'll Rebel to Anything by Mindless Self Indulgence
The Woods by Sleater-Kinney

I'll think of some more, but those stick out.
 
@ Byard - if you wanna talk grunge, I can't believe you haven't mentioned Superfuzz Bigmuff and Early Singles by Mudhoney - probably the finest exponent of its genre ever, and released before the term was even thought of...

Also, I can't recommend Tournament of Hearts by the Constantines highly enough, I've only just heard of these guys, and they are amazing. I could describe it is Indie with an Alt.Country twang, but basically? It's just decent rock music.

Other things I've been listening to recently include You Are Free by Cat Power (wow, I'm smiling and feeling sad at the same time type music) and Destroyer by Low is just teh r0xxx0r!!!
 
I may repeat some of the suggestions made already, but I really cannot be bothered to read what has come before.


The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
Vs - Pearl Jam (It's better than Ten, and I don't care)
( ) - Sigur Ros
The Moon and Antarctica - Modest Mouse
Our Endless Numbered Days - Iron & Wine
Either/Or - Elliott Smith
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
Murder Ballads Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Attak - KMFDM
Parklife - Blur
The Libertines - The Libertines
Comfort Eagle - Cake
Funeral - Arcade Fire
Yanqui U.X.O. - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Fever to Tell - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Bossanova - The Pixies
Pod - The Breeders
 
azazel:
Mogwai - Ten Rapid and Mogwai, fears satan!
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HA! Fear Satan's an EP.

ummm,

Come on Die Young, Rock Action, Happy Songs for Happy People, and Mr Beast (from which Glasgow Megasnake is a fucking killer, both on record but especially live - and if you haven't caught them live ever, or on their recent tour, then, errrrr. shame on you! Go and invent time machine NOW!!! and take me with you so I can see them again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again...) all by Mogwai


Edit: Forgot Mogwai Young Team
 
You f**kin' knows it.


Yeah, I forget that too, but then it is a remix album, albeit one of the best remix album's ever!!!!!!!


does EP+6 count? x-mas steps is on it...
 
flemingovia:
What is that "dark side of the moon" you speak of?
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Pink Floyd and... The Dark Side of the Moon

Now for my recommendations, I notice a disturbing trend to vocal albums, so I'm going to recommend

2001: A Space Odessey
 
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
New Order - Technique
Lionrock - An Instinct for Detection
Orbital - Insides
The Orb - Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
Curve - Pubic Fruit
Brian Eno - Music for Airports
The Future Sound of London - Accelerator
Hybrid - Wide Angle
Leftfield - Leftism
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Royskopp - Melody AM
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
 
Nova Sardonikker:
azazel:
Mogwai - Ten Rapid and Mogwai, fears satan!
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HA! Fear Satan's an EP.

ummm,

Come on Die Young, Rock Action, Happy Songs for Happy People, and Mr Beast (from which Glasgow Megasnake is a fucking killer, both on record but especially live - and if you haven't caught them live ever, or on their recent tour, then, errrrr. shame on you! Go and invent time machine NOW!!! and take me with you so I can see them again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again...) all by Mogwai


Edit: Forgot Mogwai Young Team
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If you heart Mogwai so much, you've got to get Neon Golden by The Notwist. Seriously, I am a huge Mogwai fan, but I'd pick the Notwist over them any day. They're...dare I say...better? No, just different. In a better sort of way. ;)
 
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