If you could only have 10 Albums on your iPod...

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What would those albums be? If you're not totally lazy... why?
 

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What would those albums be? If you're not totally lazy... why?

Pink Floyd - The Wall
http://music.yahoo.com/release/46303
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
http://music.yahoo.com/release/46304
[The Wall is Part I, The Final Cut is Part II - few people know that The Final Cut is Part II...and they are quite possibly the two best albums of all time...The Final Cut was done in holophonic sound...it's amazing]
Billy Bragg - Back to Basics [it's original, raw Billy Bragg at his finest]
http://music.yahoo.com/release/156421
Billy Bragg - William Bloke [one of the best albums about fatherhood and growing older]
http://music.yahoo.com/release/156411
The Who - The Who by numbers [one of their very best]
http://music.yahoo.com/release/99747
Jethro Tull - Aqualung [I have always loved it]
http://music.yahoo.com/release/13051
Repo Man - Original Soundtrack [one of the best compiliation punk albums around]
http://music.yahoo.com/release/39017
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes - Have a ball [who'd have thought John Denver was good in punk style?]
http://music.yahoo.com/release/108135
Peter Gabriel - Shaking the Tree [this album will get you laid]
http://music.yahoo.com/release/180006
Prince - Purple Rain [just a classic]
http://music.yahoo.com/release/47895
 
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1. Led Zeppelin - I ....Classic

2. Led Zeppelin - II ....Classic

3. Led Zeppelin - III ....Classic

4. Led Zeppelin - IV ....Brilliance needs no explanation.

5. Metallica - Black Influenced as a young lad.

6. Pink Floyd - Darkside Of The Moon Classic.

7. Daft Punk - Homework One of the best Tech Albums back in the day. Still impresses me.

8. Beastie Boys - License To Ill Beasties.

9. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP

10. Toss up: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik vs. The Offspring - Smash These 2 albums bring me back to High School as no other.

Honorable Mention: Nirvana - Nevermind
 
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1) Ben Folds Five - Self-Titled
2) The Get Up Kids - Four Minute Mile
3) Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
4) The Beatles - White Album (Anthology, if that counts)
5) Brand New - Your Favorite Weapon
6) Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
7) Saves The Day - Stay What You Are
8) Radiohead - Kid A
9) Catch 22 - Keasbey Nights
10) Ben Folds Five- Whatever and Ever, Amen
 

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Tough one... :)

1.) "Haunted" by Poe
My brother introduced me to this one... Poe had always been at the edge of my musical awareness ever since her songs "Hello" and "Angry Johnny" from her first album made minor splashes on radio in the late 90s, but her second album Haunted got by me entirely for several years. That us, until my brother popped in into my CD player on a short road trip and told me I was going to listen to it. I've been grateful ever since... highly creative pop/rock with touches of electronica scattered about, with some Spanish flamenco flavoring on one song for good measure. It's also a concept album, with scattered recordings from her deceased father, who was a somewhat accomplished documentary filmmaker and public speaker in his day, and all the scattered recordings, lyrics and songs are all tied up together as an attempt at one last conversation between Poe and her father. The relationship they had was quite complex and conflicted, ranging from the sweetness of the final track "If You Were Here" to the almost gleeful viciousness of another song where she snarls, "I'm not a virgin anymore. Just thought you should know," and every possible emotion in between. If you only check out one album from my list, just trust me and make it this one.

2.) "When The Pawn..." by Fiona Apple
I'll spare you the full album title, which is actually an 8-line poem. ;) I'm a sucker for a well-played piano, and this girl can flat-out play. She's also the only songwriter I know who can toss in words like "desideratum" into her lyrics without sounding forced AND while still fitting the established rhythm and rhyme schemes. The lyrics are all intensely personal but just guarded enough to give you something to think about, and the musical arrangements are unique and eclectic. The only thing that sounds like a Fiona Apple album is another Fiona Apple album, and this is her best.

3.) "Spiritual Machines" by Our Lady Peace
Another concept album, this time about the very concept of life and what it is that seperates people from the things that people create, especially as we inch closer and closer to cloning and artificial intelligence and robots. These guys always swing for the fences with their brand of epic rock, and with this album they finally managed to hit a home run.

4.) "Start Something" by Lostprophets
These guys often get criticized as being too derivative, but on this album they managed to borrow a lot of the best qualities of a bunch of other alternative bands without also picking up their weaknesses, and combined it into a very consistent set of hard-rockin' good songs. Think Hoobastank's pop/rock catchiness minus the commercial calculation, plus Evanescence's darker goth edge minus the hokey tendency to take themselves WAY too seriously. Yeah it's derivative, but who cares when it sounds this good?

5.) "A Crow Left Of The Murder" by Incubus
By far the most intelligent alternative band out there, and this has been their most intelligent and challenging album yet. This is where they took the experimentation of their breakout album Make Yourself, combined it with the straightforward pop-edged songwriting from their next album Morning View, and put it all together. This is the album they've been trying to make for years, and they finally pulled it off. And they have yet another album coming out in November, so I'm looking forward to that one. :)

6.) "The Colour And The Shape" by Foo Fighters
"Monkey Wrench," "Everlong" and "My Hero" are all off this album, and they weren't even the best songs. This whole album crackles with energy and is just damn FUN to hear.

7.) Disc 2 from the "Best Of" CD by Seal
I own all 4 of Seal's studio albums and enjoy them all, but when Seal put together his "Best Of" CD a couple of years ago, he jumped back into the studio with long-time producer Trevor Horn and recorded acoustic versions of most of his radio hits and a scattering of his best album tracks. "Crazy" takes on a whole new life this way, "Waiting For You" comes off as a lot more playful than the studio version, and the previously lifeless "Colour" finally gets some much-needed color to match the title. All of these re-dos were put together with just as much care (perhaps more so!) than the original studio versions, and they truly shine.

8.) "Dulcinea" by Toad The Wet Sprocket
A haunting and soulful album from one of my favorite groups. I still get chills sometimes when I hear "Windmills"...

9.) "Room For Squares" by John Mayer
This album came out during a rather uncertain time in my life. The topics are so ordinary and everyday, but the songwriting and lyrics are so catchy and uplifting, and Mayer plays the hell out of his guitar. A great example of where it all comes together is his song "My Stupid Mouth," where saying one wrong thing changes everything: "We bit our lips / She looked out the window, rolling tiny balls of napkin paper / I played a quick game of chess with the salt and pepper shakers / And I could see clearly, an indelible line was drawn / Between what was good, what just slipped out, and what went wrong."

10.) "Rockin' The Suburbs" by Ben Folds
After his band Ben Folds Five broke up, Ben Folds went solo and put together an incredible batch of tunes. He was still the same smart-ass slacker that he was in the 90s, but he was getting older, more mature, and he actually (*gasp!*) got married and started a family! So this was his last chance to be his old self, and he took full advantage. He also showed himself to be a formidable musician. Everyone already knew he was a virtuoso on the piano, but I had no idea that he could also play guitar, bass, drums and even a violin until I checked the album credits and saw that virtually all of the instrumentation was played by Ben Folds himself seperately, then produced and layered together over his own vocals later in the studio. The results are stunning. They're also damn fun to listen to; hey, it IS Ben Folds. :)

Honorable Mentions:
"One By One" by Agents Of Good Roots
"Lemon Parade" by Tonic
"Meteora" by Linkin Park
"Tragic Kingdom" by No Doubt
"Before These Crowded Streets" by The Dave Matthews Band
"Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I Am Not" - by Arctic Monkeys
 

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Led Zeppelin III
The Beatles Revolver
Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
Stone Temple Pilots: Tiny Music...
Alice In Chains Dirt
Motley Crue Dr. Feelgood
Ryan Adams Rock N Roll
Jay Z The Black Album
Sublime 40 Oz. To Freedom
Gin Blossoms New Miserable Experience
 

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1 - 4, Led Zeppelin's first four albums
5 & 6. Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin
7. Mettalica Master of Puppets
8. Mettalica Black Album
9. Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman
10. Motley Crue Shout At the Devil
 

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Wow, this might be the only one that is not completely full of rock music. But, here it goes. I need variety if I can only have 10, which makes me wonder how others can have 10 metal albums. It must be a cultural thing, but I get dizzy when I try to headbang. And in no particular order, here they are:

Santana - Sacred Fire

Jimi Hendrix - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Buena Vista Social Club - Self Titled

Rocky - the Soundtrack (no other CD motivates me as much when I work out)

NWA - Straight Out of Compton (greatest rap album ever)

Dj Irene - Progressive Dance Mix #1 (I grew up with techno/house music)

Michael Jackson - The Singles (I know, but regardless, his music in the 80s kicked ass)

GnR - Appetite for Destruction (the album which got me somewhat into metal, but like I said, I get dizzy)

Barry White - Greatest Hits (Does this need an explanation? "I'm going to make love to ya woman!")

Tito Puente - Grandes Exitos (I need something to dance to with a hip-wavin' woman)
 
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1. Beatles Rubber Soul
2. Beach Boys Pet Sounds
3. Frank Sinatra Songs for Swinging Lovers
4. U2 The Joshua Tree
5. U2 War
6. Living Colour Vivid
7. Best of the Eagles Vol 1
8. Best of the Eagles Vol 2
9. Police Synchronicity
10. Clash Combat Rock
 

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tool undertow
disturbed the sickness
chevelle point #1
outkast atliens
Goodie mob still standing
tupac me against the world
alice in chains dirt
nas ill matic
mobb deep servival of the fittest
lost boys lex coups benz in no order good thing the ipod holds more thats a tough question
 

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Good choices... although some of you are wound so tight with continuous rock! LOL!
 

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Prince= Sign of the Times
Run DMC= Raising Hell
Biggie Small= Ready to Die
Chicago Greastest Hits
Quincy Jones= Dude
Michael Jackson= Thriller
Aerosmith=Pump
Sting=Fields of Gold
New Edition=Greatest Hits
Boomerang Soundtrack.
 
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In no particular order:

August and Everything After - Counting Crows
Nevermind - Nirvana
Continuum - John Mayer
Figure 8 - Elliott Smith
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
Whatever and Ever Amen - Ben Folds Five
Sublime - ......Sublime
Hot Fuss - The Killers

I can only think of eight.. a lot of the bands I listen to havn't released any one amazing album, but have consistently had one or two good songs on each, like U2.. I listen to the Wolfe Tones a good deal, so they should be up there, but I honestly don't know of any of their albums, I just download individual songs from iTunes.
 

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Good choices... although some of you are wound so tight with continuous rock! LOL!

Well, I yam what I yam. And that's all that I yam.

I'm feeling the Zepplin love here. That's my favorite band. Oddly enough, IV falls way down on my preference list. I'll only include 2 Zeps for the sake of variety. Picking the two will be tough. Let's see, in no particular order:

Led Zepplin II-Bluesy and grungy. The quinessential early Zep. Zep I created hard rock. II perfected it.

Led Zepplin III-A very underrated album which offers up examples of the "light and shade" that Page has used to describe Zep's music. The folksy feel to this album is a nice change up. It was hard keeping Houses of the Holy off this list.

Pink Floyd Animals-My favorite Floyd Album. Not well known by non-fans due to 10+ minute songs that never get radio play.

Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here-I added this one because Shine on You Crazy Diamond is among my two or three favorite songs of all time.

Prince Purple Rain-This doesn't really fit when looking at my list, but it's just a great album full of good songs.

U2 Achtung Baby-I probably prefer Joshua Tree, but wanted to go in a different direction. Even Better Than... and One back to back is one of the best 1-2 punches on any album I listen to.

Gettysburg Soundtrack-This is here for sentimental reasons. It was my Dad's favorite movie and we played this in the background at his funeral visitation. Plus, I like the music.

Beach Boys Pet Sounds-Beach Boys are a guilty pleasure for me. And this was their best work. Without which, we'd have never gotten Sgt. Pepper.

Guns N Roses Appetite for DestructionGreatest. Hard Rock. Album. Ever. Even if Axl is a bit looney. Paradise City, My Michelle, Rocket Queen, etc... there isn't a song on this album that I don't love.

America's Greatest Hits For some reason, my wife and I always play this disc when travelling. Lighter and folksy. It would give me something mellow to listen to on that island.
 

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1.Hank Williams Jr. - The Complete Hank Williams Jr
2.Charlie Daniels - Greatest Hits vol.1
3.Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From The Road
4.Guns and Roses- Appetite for Destruction
5.Metallica- and Justice for All
6.Motley Crue - Dr.Feelgood
7.Def Leppard- Vault- Greatest Hits 80-95
8.Staind- The Singles: 1996-2006
9.Tom Petty- Greatest Hits 1993
10.Toby Keith- Shock'n y'all

no particular order !
 

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1.Hank Williams Jr. - The Complete Hank Williams Jr
2.Charlie Daniels - Greatest Hits vol.1
3.Lynyrd Skynyrd - One More From The Road
4.Guns and Roses- Appetite for Destruction
5.Metallica- and Justice for All
6.Motley Crue - Dr.Feelgood
7.Def Leppard- Vault- Greatest Hits 80-95
8.Staind- The Singles: 1996-2006
9.Tom Petty- Greatest Hits 1993
10.Toby Keith- Shock'n y'all

no particular order !

No Rick James?
 

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1. AC/DC - Back in Black

2-3. Depeche Mode - Greatest Hits 86-98

4. Hank Williams Sr. - Greatest Hits

5. David Alan Coe - Greatest Hits

6. Joe Walsh - Greatest Hits

7. Otis Redding - Greatest Hits

8. Muddy Waters - The essential Muddy Waters

9. AC/DC - The Razors Edge

10. Pat Green - George's Bar
 

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Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here-I added this one because Shine on You Crazy Diamond is among my two or three favorite songs of all time.

I almost put this in my top10...it's a tremendous album. A work of Art...nothing less.
 
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10. Backstreet Boys
9. New Kids oon the Block
8. NKOTB
7. 98 Degrees
6. Aaron Carter
5. O-Town
4. Hillary Duff
3. Christina Aquilera
2. Jessica Simpson
1. Britney Spears

Huh?, this isn't a USC board? Oh, nevermind.
 

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10. Backstreet Boys
9. New Kids oon the Block
8. NKOTB
7. 98 Degrees
6. Aaron Carter
5. O-Town
4. Hillary Duff
3. Christina Aquilera
2. Jessica Simpson
1. Britney Spears

Huh?, this isn't a USC board? Oh, nevermind.

Now there's a guy with some style.
 
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No disrespect to anyone's musical tastes or lists but The Heisman for this thread goes to Vince for "outstanding" and "most valuable" effort.
He even went above and beyond with an honorable mention list.
Now that, ladies and gentlemen, is dedication worthy of "The Thread Heisman".
 

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1. Abbey Road by The Beatles
2. Pinkerton by Weezer
3. Dusty in Memphis by Dusty Springfield
4. Soviet Kitsch by Regina Spektor
5. Is This It? by The Strokes
6. The Moon and Antarctica by Modest Mouse
7. Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
8. Unplugged in New York by Nirvana
9. Aenima by Tool
10. The Best of Simon and Garfunkel
 

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1. Abbey Road by The Beatles
2. Pinkerton by Weezer
3. Dusty in Memphis by Dusty Springfield
4. Soviet Kitsch by Regina Spektor
5. Is This It? by The Strokes
6. The Moon and Antarctica by Modest Mouse
7. Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
8. Unplugged in New York by Nirvana
9. Aenima by Tool
10. The Best of Simon and Garfunkel

Quality first post. Welcome.
 

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No disrespect to anyone's musical tastes or lists but The Heisman for this thread goes to Vince for "outstanding" and "most valuable" effort.
He even went above and beyond with an honorable mention list.
Now that, ladies and gentlemen, is dedication worthy of "The Thread Heisman".

The Thread What?

And don't tell me you actually read all of my post. I didn't even read all of my post. ;)
 
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todd rundgren something/anything
beatles rubber soul
woody shaw night music
traffic last exit
rolling stones sticky fingers
genesis the lamb lies down on broadway
diana krall all for you
john coltrane a love supreme
jonh lennon /plastic ono band
rem eponymous
 
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These are not in Order...

Police - Synchronicity
Van Halen - 5150
Jay Z - The Blueprint
Metallica - S&M
Hall & Oates - Rock & Soul (part 1)
Garth Brooks - The Hits
Rolling Stones - Forty Licks
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk 2003 Remastered Version
Eminem - Curtain Call
Almost Famous - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
 

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1-Guns n roses-Appetite for destruction
2-Guns n roses-Use your illusions 1
3-Guns n roses-Use your illusions 2
4-Guns n roses-Lies
5-Guns n roses-Chinese Democracy
6-Guns n roses-Greatest hits
7-Guns n roses-Spagetti incident
8-Guns n roses-Live like a sucide
9-Interview with the vampire soundtrack with Guns n rose cover of "Sympathy for the devil"
10-End of days soundtrack with Guns n roses song "oh my god"
 
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