The Greatest Album Of All Time

[BBQ Platypus]

is that adjusted for inflation?

I'll adjust YOU for inflation!!!

[Nunyerbiz]

My greatest albums of all time, subject to change and sans any fancy album cover graphic linking:
(in no particular order and in no way THE greatest albums of all time, just my personal favorites)

Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Metallica - Master of Puppets
The Cure - Distintegration
Dr. Dre - The Chronic

Those are the five I go to the deserted isle with if I had to choose.

[scottrkrv]

I enjoy Bowie, but I really don't think any of his albums qualify as the greatest of all time. I humbly suggest:

Yep.
Who's Next is one, if not THE, best, especially the "revised" version.

[IronPigeon]

This is a great album. Psychadelic! I love that cover too.

[BBQ Platypus]

I enjoy Bowie, but I really don't think any of his albums qualify as the greatest of all time. I humbly suggest:

Yep.
Who's Next is one, if not THE, best, especially the "revised" version.

Word.  That album is 73h r0x0rz.

[stirrell]

It is actually three albums that have been released in one compilation. in my opinion, Michael Nesmith is quite underrated.



A couple obscure albums that I absolutely love:



Songs: Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co.



September 67 - Lucky Shoe

I would also agree with Pink Floyd's Dark Side and would also add that I don't think any band was as consistently great as The Beatles. My favorite Beatles album is probably Revolver but they are all incredible.

[zaxxon25]

Some amazing picks here, love the diversity and quality of choices.  From Todd Rundgren to Prefab Sprout to My Bloody Valentine, impressive!

My personal (and very difficult) picks by decade:


1960s, The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle


1970s, Big Star - #1 Record


1980s, Kate Bush - The Dreaming


1990s, American Music Club - Mercury


2000s, The Avalanches - Since I Left You

[mrbasehart]

I think I'll throw in some of my picks here:

[pyro]

was thinking about rifftrax references and it brought me to Tom Waits and then I saw this thread, couldn't resist 

[Night Goat]

Kyuss: Sky Valley

Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger


I keep coming back to these two CDs. I can't decide which one I like better.

[pyro]

It's really that good?  I've been meaning to check it out for years now after a friend told me about them and a couple years ago I got an SBD of one of their shows which was great (and then a radio performance which wasn't as great)

[Steve-O]

It's really that good?  I've been meaning to check it out for years now after a friend told me about them and a couple years ago I got an SBD of one of their shows which was great (and then a radio performance which wasn't as great)

It's pretty damned great.  "Aeroplane" is one of those love-it-or-hate-it albums.  I sure know a lot of people who love it, though.

[pyro]

It's really that good?  I've been meaning to check it out for years now after a friend told me about them and a couple years ago I got an SBD of one of their shows which was great (and then a radio performance which wasn't as great)

It's pretty damned great.  "Aeroplane" is one of those love-it-or-hate-it albums.  I sure know a lot of people who love it, though.

I wouldn't doubt that, the show I did like had some cool drumming whatevers (obviously a huge technical knowledge here) and there were one or 2 songs with just the singer and guitarist and of course the trumpet player(maybe trombone?)

[Conor]

Listen to the first ten seconds and see if you're intrigued.  I definitely was won over almost instantly, which almost never happens, but the time the first two lines were sung.  I imagine there is overlap between Waits fans and Neutral Milk Hotel, though I couldn't explain why.  This video could also probably help convince you:


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[pyro]

I have that song on the bootleg I have and still like it... First song on the bootleg though, which sold me instantly too, was "Oh Comedy" which for the most part is only vocals/guitar I think

Could be the voice that overlaps them...  That and their unconventional sound.  Those are 2 major parts of Tom Waits obviously.  Probably part of the reason that there's a huge overlap in Les Claypool and Tom Waits fans too

edit - BY THE WAY, I keep forgetting, any idea which of the guys sang "Downtown Train" during Daredevil?