Your top 50 albnums of all time
DB_Cooper
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I put this together in a half-hour in reponse to a friend's terrible, terrible, truly awful top ten list on Facebook. Post your own, or just rip mine apart, if you like. I included no comps, and limited each artist to a maximum of two albums.
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Beck - Odelay
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Can - Future Days
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
Cypress Hill - S/T
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Edan - Beauty and the Beat
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
Ike Turner and Kings of Rhythym - A Black Man's Soul
James Brown - Black Caesar
James Brown - Live at the Apollo
LCD Soundsystem - S/T
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Love - Forever Changes
Main Source - Breaking Atoms
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas
MF Doom - Operation: Doomsday
Modern Lovers - S/T
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
Mulatu Atatke - Mulatu of Ethiopia
Nas - Illmatic
Pixies - Doolittle
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Rocket From the Tombs - The Day the Earth Met Rocket From the Tombs
Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!
Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Television - Marquee Moon
The Chocolate Watchband - The Inner Mystique
The Clash - London Calling
The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina
The Ramones - Rocket to Russia
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
The Stooges - Fun House
The Velvet Underground - Loaded
The Velvet Underground and Nico - S/T
The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle
Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Beck - Odelay
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Can - Ege Bamyasi
Can - Future Days
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
Cypress Hill - S/T
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Edan - Beauty and the Beat
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
Ike Turner and Kings of Rhythym - A Black Man's Soul
James Brown - Black Caesar
James Brown - Live at the Apollo
LCD Soundsystem - S/T
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Love - Forever Changes
Main Source - Breaking Atoms
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas
MF Doom - Operation: Doomsday
Modern Lovers - S/T
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
Mulatu Atatke - Mulatu of Ethiopia
Nas - Illmatic
Pixies - Doolittle
Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Rocket From the Tombs - The Day the Earth Met Rocket From the Tombs
Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!
Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Television - Marquee Moon
The Chocolate Watchband - The Inner Mystique
The Clash - London Calling
The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina
The Ramones - Rocket to Russia
The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
The Stooges - Fun House
The Velvet Underground - Loaded
The Velvet Underground and Nico - S/T
The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle
Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers
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Nice list, btw!
Ha! I'm pissed they never released Mclusky Do Dallas on vinyl.
I will also accept a list of your top 50 rackords or vynils.
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp
Bob Marley - Natty Dread
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Parliament - Motor Booty Affair
Nirvana - Bleach
Screaming Trees - Buzz Factory
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Portishead - Dummy
Van Halen - Van Halen
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
EPMD - Strictly Business
Al Green - I'm Still in Love with You
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Minutemen - Double Nickels on a Dime
De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Fishbone - Truth and Soul
Cymande - Cymande
Stevie Wonder - Inner Visions
Mac Mall - Illegal Business
JT tha Bigga Figga - Playaz N tha Game
UGK - Ridin Dirty
Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
Sade - Love Deluxe
The Replacements - Hootenanny
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
Mudhoney - Mudhoney
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Bloodsugarsexmajic
The Meters - Fire on the Bayou
All of these just missed the cut for me.
The Replacements.
A couple other albums from high school are sorely missing as well: The Cult - Love and TSOL - Change Today.
But whatever, I now gotta walk away from my list.
Colour me shook
They're one of my favorite bands, but they never put out a seminal album, in my opinion. Folks touting Village Green are grasping at straws because they so desperately want there to be one "THE ALBUM" by the Kinks, but the truth is, I listen to the Ultimate Kinks Collection more often than any single album.
PE -- Nation of Millions
Ice Cube -- Death Certificate
Ice Cube -- AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Main Source -- Breaking Atoms
Gang Starr -- Daily Operation
Gang Starr -- Step in the Arena
Cypress Hill -- Cypress Hill
EPMD -- Business as Usual
De La Soul -- Buhloone Mind State
De La Soul -- De La Soul Is Dead
The Meters -- Look Ka Py Py
The Meters -- The Meters
Ramsey Lewis -- Maiden Voyage
Kool G Rap -- Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Beatnuts -- The Beatnuts
Pete Rock & CL Smooth -- Mecca and the Soul Brother
Beastie Boys -- Paul's Boutique
Del the Funky Homosapien -- No Need for Alarm
Casual -- Fear Itself
James Brown -- The Payback
James Brown -- Jungle Groove
Scarface -- Mr. Scarface Is Back
Geto Boys -- We Can't Be Stopped
The D.O.C. -- No One Can Do It Better
NWA -- Straight Outta Compton
Dr. Dre -- The Chronic
Digital Underground -- Sex Packets
Digital Underground -- Sons of the P
Steady B -- Let the Hustlers Play
Tuff Crew -- Back to Wreck Shop
Eric B & Rakim -- Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
A Tribe Called Quest -- The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest -- Midnight Marauders
Metallica -- Ride the Lightning
Liz Phair -- Whip-Smart
Parliament -- Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome
BT Express -- Do It Til You're Satisfied
Cymande -- Cymande
Roy Ayers -- Red, Black, and Green
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud -- Girls I Got 'Em Locked
Violent Femmes -- Violent Femmes
LL Cool J -- Mama Said Knock You Out
The JBs -- Doing it to Death
BDP -- Sex & Violence
KRS-One -- Return of the Boom Bap
Donald Austin -- Crazy Legs
Common Sense -- Resurrection
Run-DMC -- Raising Hell
X-Clan -- To the East Blackwards
The Pharcyde -- Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
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If I did 2 records that never get mentioned I would include are:
Test Dept with the South Wales Striking Miners Choir
Lily Tchiumba Angola.
Off The Wall ??? Michael Jackson
Penicillin on Wax ??? Tim Dog
Critical BeatDown ??? UltraMagnetic MC???s
Crazy Noise ??? Stezo
The Funky Technician ??? Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth
Get It Together ??? The Jackson 5
Let???s Get It On - Marvin Gaye
Promise - Sade
The World According To???.- Terrence Trent D???Arby
The Urban Hang Suite ??? Maxwell
Around The World In A Day ??? Prince & The Revolution
Back To Tha House - Lo-Key?
The Headhunters ??? Herbie Hancock
Graham Central Station ??? Graham Central Station
Peoples Instinctive Travel and the Paths of Rhythm ??? ATCQ
Showdown ??? Albert Collins,Robert Cray, & Johnny Copeland
Superfly ??? Curtis Mayfield
Electric Ladyland ??? The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Word Power ??? Divine Styler featuring The Scheme Team
DJ Quik ??? Rhythm-Al-Ism
First Come First Served - Dr. Dooom
Gratitude ??? Earth, Wind & Fire
Connected ??? The Family Stand
Composite Truth ??? Mandrill
Take A Look Around ??? MasteRace
Living Like Hustlers - Above The Law
Wall to Wall ??? Rene & Angela
Caught Up ??? Millie Jackson
Living All Alone ??? Phyllis Hyman
Natalie Live ??? Natalie Cole
Angel ??? The Ohio Players
The Majesty of The Blues ??? Wynton Marsalis
Too Hot To Stop - The Bar-Kays
Tracy Chapman ??? Tracy Chapman
Straight Out The Jungle ??? The Jungle Brothers
TP-2.COM ??? R.Kelly
Muddy Waters ??? Redman
That Nigger???s Crazy ??? Richard Pryor
Strong Persuader ??? Robert Cray
Playgrounds ??? The Children of Zoom
Mr. Scarface Is Back - Scarface
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly - Mob Style
Stand - Sly & The Family Stone
Amazing Grace - Aretha Franklin
Shaft - Issac Hayes
Brother, Brother, Brother - The Isley Brothers
Yo Bum Rush The Show - Public Enemy
Kut Klose - Kut Klose
The Man Machine - Kraftwerk
Futureworld - Trans Am
There is a Japanese P-Vine lp with nice early stuff and stuff with Floyd Dixon.
The Phone Booth album might be better than the 2 you listed.
Albert Collins has many lps better than Showdown. You might like the Imperial stuff.
Johnny Copeland also has nice stuff from before Showdown.
Here is one you might like by Frankie Lee from about the same time and groove as what you are listening to.
Showdown has a nice balance of different vocals and guitars. Its a group effort.
And its mid 80's past the older dudes "prime", so im sure both of them have better banger ALBNUMS.
Pretty impressed, yall can come up with 50 or close to that though. I know I'm not the only one that was thinking about a "NOT SS 100, but in MY top 100 mindgarden". This is a great start.
Im looking forward to yo list.
With a KEY! Sisssyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
Cray gets a bad rap for a number of reasons. One, his voice is smooth and soulful, not gruff and raw the way many people like their blues. Two, he rarely plays shuffles. Three, his seminal catalog is from the 80s, which means lots of compression and a production slickness. Four, ballads, lots of ballads.
Last time I saw him was a few years ago at the Waterfront Blues Festival. After days of flashy guitar players shredding he did a show closing set of nothing but ballads.
I saw him many, many times before he hit it big. Down and dirty in smokey clubs, but still no shuffles.
He is a great, understated guitarist, I have seen him play behind John Lee Hooker, Jr Wells and Buddy Guy and many others.
I understand why people think he is blues lite, but they are wrong.
Here is an example of why so many people hate him, and why I think he is great.
1. Wolfgang Dauner???s Et Cetera ??? ???Live???
2. Allen Toussaint ??? ???Southern Nights???
3. Bill Withers: ???+Justments???
4. Steve Kuhn - "S/T" on Cobblestone
5. Jorge Ben ??? ???Africa-Brasil???
6. Earth Wind and Fire ??? ???S/T???
7. Brian Auger ??? ???Second Wind???: although this album has numerous and serious deficiencies (like god awful lyrics and questionable lead guitar work) I love it anyways. robbie mcintosh murders the drum kit.
8. Sonic Youth ??? ???Sister???: but Daydream is a close second.
9. Steely Dan ???Gaucho???:
10. Embryo: ???Rocksession???
11. Freddie Hubbard ??? ???Red Clay???: although First Light follows not that far behind). So what if it is CTI.
12. Steel Pulse ??????True Democracy???
13. Michael Franks ???the Art of Tea???
14. Sly Stone ???Fresh: this was discussed recently and I decided to revisit. It edges out ???Riot??? for me based on the production and drums alone.
15. Max Roach - "Members Don't Git Weary"
16. Pat Martino ??? ???Desperado???: my favourite prestige record and pat is in his toppest form
17. McDonald and Giles
18. Bob Seger ??? ???Ramblin Gamblin Man???: It took a lot of prodding by fellow strutteurs to get me to even Czech this out. I just thought of him as being the dude who sang the refrain ???like a rock??? in those older ford ads. I now make it a habit of picking up a copy every time I come across a cheap one just so I can give it to friends.
19. Lenny Breau and Chet Atkins- ???Standard Brands???
20. Cortijo and His Time Machine ??? Strutteur recommended and hooked this up some years ago and I just love the bugged out, electronic vibe. Sui Generis.
21. Isley Brothers ??? ???Go for Your Guns???
22. Fugazi ??? ???Repeater???
23. Bemibem
24. Sergio Mendes ??? ???Stillness???
25. Bruce Cockburn ??? ???Humans???: the best of his 80???s travelogue, inner city Toronto sound. If you don???t know this record, pick it up for a dollar or two.
26. Gil Scott-Heron ??? ???Real Eyes???, but I dig everything from his Arista period. ???combinations??? is my favourite GSH track, I think.
27. Minnie Ripperton ??? ???Adventures in Paradise???
28. Oliver Nelson ??? ???Stolen Moments???
29. Johnny Hammond ??? ???Gears???: was trying to think of my favourite mizell bros record and this might be it. I know it???s another WoF 95 pick but hey, I???m a little dude.
30. Jeff Beck ??? ???Blow by Blow???
31. Ahmad Jamal ??? ???The Awakening??? or ???Jamal Plays Jamal???
32. Mandrill ??? ???Just Outside of Town???
33. Leon Thomas ??? ???Blues and the Soulful Truth???. Is it racist to love a ???China Doll????
34. Frank Foster ??? ???The Loud Minority???: my favourite Mainstream release.
35. Joni Mitchell- ???Heijra???
36. Talking Heads ??? ???Remain in Light???: not sure how this missed the soulstrut 100.
37. Parliament ??? ???Funkentelechy???: edges out ???Mothership Connection??? by a nose (d???void of funk)
38. Catalyst ??? ???Perception??? ??? although I think all of their albums are worth seeking out, there is something even extra special about this one, it may be the addition of doc pat Gleeson (who does a much better job than he did on those herbie albums)
39. Fela ??? ???Shakara???
40. Curtis Mayfield ??? ???Back to the World???
41. Leonard Cohen: ???I???m You???re Man???
42. .Piano Choir ??? ???Handscapes 2???: I enjoy ???summit??? or ???conclave??? jazz albums but instead of being a cutting contest, these dudes really listening to each other closely and playing real real nice. check out ???power of a smile??? or ???Barbara ann???. too bad the first volume was recorded so poorly.
43. John Coltrane ??? ???Coltrane??? (the blue one on impulse): I like all his stuff until the mid to late 60???s free period but this is the one for me. ???Soul Eyes??? was a gateway drug.
44. James Brown ??? ???Payback???
45. Annette Peacock ??? ???Perfect Release???: another mindgarten pick
46. Jimi Hendrix ??? ???Band of Gypsies???
47. Stooges- ???Fun House???
48. Marvin Gaye ??? ???What???s Going on???
49. Sade- Love Deluxe
50. Eddie Harris ??? Silver Cycles
I got False Accusations on wax. Sonny is my shit. Where should i go next....on wax if possible?
Led Zeppelin Physical Graphite
JJ Cale Troupadour
Pharcyde Bizarre Ride
EPMD Strictly Business
Pumpkins Siamese Dreams
Mobb Deep- The Infamous
Check Your Head
Paul's Boutique
Tribe Midnight Marauders
Massive Attack protection
Azymuth S/t
Marcos Valle Provisao Do Tempo
Bohannon Stop and Go
Little Beaver Party Down
Curtis Mayfield Curtis
Bill Withers Still Bill
Sylvia Striplin Give Me Your Love
Al Johnson Peaceful
Lou Courtney In Need of Love
Magnum Fully loaded
Palmieri Harlem River Drive
24 Carat Black
Hugh Masekela I Am Not Afraid
Alice Coltrane Ptah the El Daoud
Pharoah Sanders Thembi
Gil Scott Heron First Minute of a new day
Roy Ayers Virgo Red
JB's Breakin Bread
Can Future Days
Gregory James Edition Prophest of Soul
Gainsbourg Histoire de Melody Nelson
Larry T and Family
Grant Green Idle Moments
Duke Pearson The Phantom
Leon Spencer Where I'm Comin From
Willie Dynamite
Gregory Isaacs Cool Ruler
Marvin Gaye What's Goin On
Shuggie Otis Inspiration Information
Lyman Woodard Org
Os Ipanemas
Milton Wright Friends and buddies
Mike Kirkland Hang On In There
Leo's Sunship
Weldon Irvine Sinbad
Lonnie Liston Smith Expansions
Feddie Hubbard Red Clay
Blue Mitchell Bantu Village
Horace Silver Song For My Father
Pedro Ruy Blas Dolores
Erasmo Carlos Sonhos E Memorias
Bad Influence from 1983. (think you will like more than False Accusations.)
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark 1988. (This is slicker, more soulful, Memphis Horns, think it will work for you too.)
Both should be easy to find on vinyl.
The next one was Midnight Stroll, not as good, then I stopped paying close attention as there was no more vinyl.
The 2 earliest ones, Who's Been Talking (Tomato) and LA Blues All Night Long (Japanese only) may be bluesier than what you are looking for.
I followed the ONE album per artist rule as well. Only took me about 15min. Only 30 albums though. A lot of sentimental picks that have held up over time.
Dj Krush ??? Kakusei (illest shit i heard at the time)
Jurrassic 5 ??? Quality Control (The backpack throwback, accessible gateway into indie label shit)
Ozomatli- s/t
RJD2- Deadringer
Groove Armada ??? Goodbye Country (hello nightclub)
Tortoise ??? Milliions now living
Common ??? Like Water for chocolate
Gang Starr ??? Moment of Truth
Jay-z ??? The Black Album (Reasonable Doubt a close second)
Kanye West ??? Graduation
ATCQ ??? Midnight Marauders
The Beach Boys ??? Pet Sounds (a perfect album)
Beatles ??? Sergeant Peppers (A day in the life.....)
One of Juju ??? African rhythms
Parliament ??? Funkentelechy vs the Placebo Syndrome (I see you Crabmongerfunk! one of my fav records)
Herbie Hancock ??? Man-Child (listened to it again today; still great)
Ohio Players ??? Fire (one of the first records I bought)
Lee Perry ??? Super Ape
Les Mccann ??? Talk to the People
Leroy Vinnegar ??? Glass of Water (SS NOT 100, but a perfect Rhodes album. )
Barbara and Ernie ??? Prelude to???( Iron_Money DISCUSS???.)
Alice Coltrane ??? Journey into Sachidananda (blew my mind I first heard it)
Joe Bataan ??? Singin??? some soul
Al Green ??? I???m still in love with you
Nite Liters- Analysis
Harold Budd ??? Pavilion of Dreams (one of the illest)
Marc Moulin - Placebo Sessions (cheating??? but I listened to that 2LP so many damn times)
Milt Jackson - Olinga (butter; SS NOT 100)
Funkadelic - S/T (fairly recently; and it is growing on me with every listen)
Mr. Children ??? Bolero (J-Pop/Rock. Philosophical and adolescent heart-breaking lyrics with Elvis Costello-like melodies)
Somewhat in alpha order...
David Axelrod "Songs of Experience"
The Beach Boys ???Pet Sounds???
The Beach Boys ???Smile???
Beastie Boys ???Paul???s Boutique???
The Beatles ???Revolver???
The Beatles ???Sgt. Pepper???s???
Colin Blunstone ???One Year???
Boards of Canada ???Music Has the Right to Children???
James Brown ???In The Jungle Groove???
Can ???Tago Mago???
Can ???Ege Bamyasi???
John Coltrane ???Impressions???
John Coltrane ???A Love Supreme???
The Congos ???Heart of The Congos???
David Crosby ???If Only I Could Remember My Name??????
D???Angelo ???Voodoo???
Miles Davis ???Kind of Blue???
Miles Davis ???In a Silent Way???
DJ Shadow ???Entroducing???
Bob Dylan ???Highway 61 Revisited???
Marvin Gaye ???What???s Going On???
Marvin Gaye ???Here, My Dear???
Joao Gilberto ???Joao Gilberto??? (White Album)
Donny Hathaway ???Everything is Everything???
Isaac Hayes ???Hot Buttered Soul???
Jimi Hendrix ???Axis: Bold as Love???
Heptones ???On Top???
The Impressions ???This is My Country???
Michael Jackson ???Off the Wall???
John Lennon ???Plastic Ono Band???
Love ???Forever Changes???
Curtis Mayfield ???There???s No Place Like America Today???
Freddie McGregor ???Bobby Babylon???
My Bloody Valentine ???Loveless???
Nas ???Illmatic???
Shuggie Otis ???Inspiration Information???
Lee ???Scratch??? Perry ???Roast Fish, Collie Weed, & Corn Bread???
Pink Floyd ???Piper at the Gates of Dawn???
Radiohead ???OK Computer???
Gil Scott-Heron ???Pieces of a Man???
Sly & the Family Stone ???There???s a Riot Going On???
Elliott Smith ???Either/Or???
Steely Dan ???Aja???
Gabor Szabo ???Dreams???
Talk Talk ???Laughing Stock???
A Tribe Called Quest ???The Low End Theory???
Marcos Valle ???Previsao Do Tempo???
Arthur Verocai ???Arthur Verocai???
The Zombies ???Odessey & Oracle???
Bill Withers ???Still Bill???
. Stevie Wonder ???Innervisions???
. Stevie Wonder ???Songs in the Key of Life???
Probably my favorite Curtis record. Pulled it out just now and forgot how good it is.
the Curtis Live! backlash has begun.