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Hello there. 


 


 We all listen to a bit of music while we play this game, so I'm wondering what would be your top 10 albums of all time. I know there will be different cultures and tastes, which will make this thread interesting.


 


Before I post my personal selection, let me say that, although I am a rock fan, my musical tastes cover a broad spectrum. 10 albums is not really enough to cover my tastes, but I chose that number because it's one that most of us can recognise and adhere to. 


 


Here is my selection.


 


P.S. these are in no particular order.


 


Deep Purple              Fireball


Pink Floyd                The Wall


Black Sabbath          Black Sabbath


The Specials             The Specials


Public Enemy           It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back


Mark Lanegan         Field Songs


The Prodigy             Fat Of The Land


Screaming Trees       Sweet Oblivion


The Smiths               The Queen Is Dead


 


and the surprise entry, a more modern album.


Mumford and Sons  Babel


 


 


I wish I had offered  'top 20' because I could easilly fit 20 albums in this OP. 


 


Now let's see yours.


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i need to wait before others post.. :D


mine is total opposite of everythin =)


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My top 10 (order not accidental):

1. Masterplan - Masterplan

2. Hammerfall - Crimson Thunder

3. Overkill - Ironbound

4. Helloween - The Dark Ride

5. Metallica - Metallica

6. Alice In Chains - Black Gives Way to Blue

7. Machine Head - Unto The Locust

8. Pink Floyd - The Wall

9. Sabaton - The Art of War

10. Pearl Jam - Ten

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These are not my absolute top 10, they are not in any specific order. I could probably triple this list easy.

Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Metallica - ...And Justice For All

In Flames - Soundtrack To Your Escape

Kamelot - The Black Halo

Sonata Arctica - Silence

Aina - Days Of Rising Doom

Kent - Vapen & Ammunition

Avenged Sevenfold - City Of Evil

Bobaflex - Apologize For Nothing

Pendulum - In Silico

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The Stranglers - Peaches

Plaid - Double Figure

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children/ Entire discography and clones

Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (Only album I use)

Radiohead - Kid A

Led Zeppelin - Remasters

Royksopp - Melody AM

The Beloved - Blissed Out

Mercury Rev - All Is Dream/Deserters Songs (Can't choose, both are too similar to seperate)

The Levellers - Levelling the Land

The Prodigy - Experience Expanded

REM - Reveal

Zero 7 - When it Falls/Simple Things (Can't choose)

Lone - Can't Decide

Siriusmo - Can't decide yet, huge discography and he's impressive.

Mum - Finally we are no one (I keep going back)

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden/Killers (just the first two albums)

Pink Floyd - Animals

More than 10 there.I'd probably leave out the more commercial ones. I would probably add Ochre, Tycho, Kelpe, Bola, Ulrich Schnauss and some really good recent discoveries too but that'll do.

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Marvin Gaye: What's Going On?


Nirvana: Nevermind


Pearl Jam: Ten


Metallica: ....And Justice For All


Depeche Mode: Violator


U2: Achtung Baby


Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland


R.H.C.P.: Blood Sugar Sex Magik


The Prodigy: The Fat of The Land


The Cure: Disintegration


 


And Sooooo On

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In no particular order, and limiting myself to a single album from each band.

 

Korpiklaani - Manala
Sabaton - Carolus Rex

Hammerfall -  Renegade

Amon Amarth - Surtur Rising

Finntroll - Jaktens Tid

Týr - By the Light of the Northern Star

Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind

Manowar - Warriors of the World

Falkenbach - Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty

Kiuas - Lustdriven

 

Definitely not Top Ten, but I just wanted to post more than just a couple of bands. :P

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Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace
Simon and Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme

Green Day - Warning

Jack Johnson - To The Sea

Panic! at the Disco - Pretty. Odd.
Fall Out Boy - Take This To Your Grave
Coldplay - X & Y
Weird Al Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood
Scroobius Pip - The Logic of Chance
Linkin Park - Meteora

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Rush - Moving Pictures


 


Black Sabbath - Mob Rules


 


Badlands - Badlands


 


Flotsam and Jetsam - When The Storm Comes Down


 


Anthrax - Among The Living 


 


Ozzy - The Ultimate Sin


 


Saxon - Strong Arm of the Law


 


Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys, PT. 2


 


Queensryche - The Warning


 


Lizzy Borden - The Murderess Metal Road Show

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So many good albums, hehe. I think I can only pick 5 as a top set though - these are albums that I can listen to every track again and again and again while never ever getting bored. Oldest was a '97 release, it's all electronic stuff but I suppose that's where my taste mainly lies.


 


1. Chicane - Far from the Maddening Crowds


Trance album released in '97, beautiful collection of spacey chillout songs.


 


2. Phaeleh - Tides


Technically it's dubstep, but not what you'd recognise it as. Goes a lot further back to the roots of the genre as it is today.


 


3. Justice - Cross


Synthpop, lots of really innovative songs & samples.


 


4. Tritonal - Piercing the Quiet


A very dancefloor-oriented trance album, but it's awesome... :3


 


5. Zomby - With Love


Massive set of tracks covering a huge range of styles, really IMO it's two albums :D


 


And two honourable mentions to a couple of very good albums that only came out within the last week, and I'm yet to see whether or not they'll stand the test of CheseTime though it's looking promising :P


CHVRCHES - The Bones of What you Believe


Synthpop again, some really awesome tracks. "Tether" and "Gun" are great.


 


Camo & Krooked - Zeitgeist


DnB album, bit of a wildcard but it has a lot of class.


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Picking Best-of albums seems like a cop out, but sometimes it's the only way to get your favourites condensed :P I will avoid where I can.

I'm not really a music fan per say, I enjoy music as a background thing rather than as something to specifically listen to, so in just about all of these cases I had to look up the album name.

 

Alphabetical order of band name:

 

Dream Theater - umm, I'd have to take 2 of these, but I don't know which ones, just so many awesome tunes! I guess I could 'cheat' and take one Dream Theater and one Liquid Tension Experiment ;)

Evanescence - Fallen [though there are a couple of songs I really like on Evanescence]

Feeder - The Singles [First compilation >.<]

Foo Fighters - In Your Honour [though damnit, that doesn't include Monkey Wrench and Everlong :P ]

Gun's & Roses - Greatest Hits [Could fill a list of 10 with just them easily enough, impressed I managed to keep it to just two compilations]

Linkin Park - Meteora

Lost Prophets - Start Something

Monster Magnet - Monolithic Baby!

Stereophonics - Performance and Cocktails

 

Random bonus track: if I was on Desert Island Discs, one of my discs would be Zadok The Priest. I've not listened to many different versions, but the one by the London Philharmonic Choir is pretty good.

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1. Chicane - Far from the Maddening Crowds

Trance album released in '97, beautiful collection of spacey chillout songs.

 

Hey Chicane went hand in hand with Ayla in my opinion. You can double your enjoyment :D 

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Hey Chicane went hand in hand with Ayla in my opinion. You can double your enjoyment :D  Linky

 

Ooh nice... enjoyment = doubled :D

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Hmm...only 10..thats tough..but ill give it a go.


 


No particular order..more based on mood


 


Slayer - Dead tie between God Hates Us All and Reign in Blood -  really which arm do I cut off? (R.I.P. Jeff  - Jan 31 1964 - May 2, 2013  You will be missed)


 


Joe Satriani - Flying in a Blue Dream


 


Metallica  - The Black Album


 


Loreena McKinnet - The Mask and  Mirror


 


SOD - Speak English or Die


 


King Diamond - Them


 


Pantera  - Far Beyond Driven or The Great Southern Trendkill - again which arm do I cut off?


 


TOOL - Aenima


 


Seether - Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces


 


Chevelle - Wonder Whats Next


 


OK I cant do it 10 isn't enough so Ill put some other notable Mentions here -


Arch Enemy(yes its a Female Vocalist) - Doomsday Machine,


Fear Factory -  Demanufacture,


Slipknot - The Subliminal Verses


Lamb Of God - Sacrament


Limp Bizkit - Significant Other


Dream Theatre - Octavarium


Iron Maiden - Powerslave


Metal Church - Metal Church


 


Slayer - really anything they do is just great - Hell Awaits to World Painted Blood - its all great. Not a single song I don't really enjoy.


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Cool thread; some good choices so far.


 


In no particular order:


 


Bob Dylan                            Bringing It All Back Home


Bruce Sprinsgteen               Darkness On The Edge Of Town


Fleetwood Mac                    Rumours


Amanda Palmer                   Who Killed Amanda Palmer?


Pulp                                     His & Hers


Sex Psitols                          Never Mind The Bollocks


Eminem                               Marshall Mathers LP


RHCP                                  Blood Sugar Sex Magik


Soft Cell                               Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret


Velvet Underground & Nico (The 'Banana Album'; it doesn't have a title)       


 


For a bonus choice: Bob Marley Rastaman Vibration

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The freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan


Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens


Songs from a room - Leonard Cohen


New skin for an old ceremony - Leonard Cohen


Come away with me - Norah Jones


After the gold rush - Neil Young


Life for rent - Dido


American V: A Hundred Highways - Johnny Cash


Wish you were here - Pink Floyd


Love songs - Elton John

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Avenged Sevenfold -  Avenged Sevenfold


Three Days Grace - One X


In Flames - Sounds of a playground fading


Soilwork - Stabbing the drama


Shinedown - Sound of madness


Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare


Soilwork - Figure number five


In Flames - A sense of purpose


 


No order, just some albums that I think are good and love to listen to.


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lets see...


 


tool: undertow


ministry: mind is a terrible thing to taste


bob marley: legend


led zeppelin: 2 and physical graffiti


pink Floyd: animals and wish you were here


alice in chains: mtv unplugged


allman brothers band : eat a peach


garbage: garbage


 


that's enough for now....


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Only 10? Rough. I will choose as if i'm being placed on a deserted island tomorrow, and I am allowed to take 10 albums and a playing device with me.

Tool - Aenima
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile 
Gojira - The Way of all Flesh
Deftones - Around the Fur
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Ministry - Psalm 69
Glassjaw - Everything you Ever Wanted to Know About Silence
At the Drive In - Relationship of Command
Incubus - SCIENCE

 

 

SOD - Speak English or Die

An album that helped form my musical palate in my earlier years. Quickly, a few others were:
Van Halen - Van Halen
Metallica - ...And Justice
Guns N Roses - Appetite
Nirvana - Nevermind
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Wu-Tang Clan - 36 Chambers

These (and many others) might not have made it onto the island with me, but they all hold a special place in my heart.


 

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Mr. Bungle. - California


Faith no More - Angel Dust


Fantomas - Amenaza al mundo


(this pretty much opened my ears to more diverse music)


Frank Zappa - Live in new York 1 & 2


Frank Zappa - You cant do that on Stage anymore 1 to 6 (its 6 double CDs, but I count it as one)


Parliament - Motor Booty Affair.


Pink Floyd - Wish you were here.


Frank Zappa - Overnite sensation / apostrophe.


Fantomas - Directors Cut.


George Clinton - Computer Games.


 


I gree with others that 10 albums is too little, but I belive those are the ones I played on loop for the longest periods of time, wich doesnt mean that they are what I consider the best albums musically, just the ones that appealed to me the most at the times when I discovered them.


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There were a few others which could have made it into my list.


 


Slayer Reign In Blood


PJ Harvey Dry


Stereo MC's Connected


Dead Can Dance Wake


Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Let Love In


Massive Attack Blue Lines


 


There;s a bunch more but I'm tired from work and quite simply cannot be arsed to type them all in.


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