Your Top 20 Albums!

I'd go for, in order of preference:

1) 'Hunky Dory' David Bowie
2) 'Hatful of Hollow' The Smiths
3) 'The World Won't Listen' The Smiths
4) 'The Paul Simon Songbook' Paul Simon
5) 'Ziggy Stardust' David Bowie
6) 'Blood on the Tracks' Bob Dylan
7) 'The Queen is Dead' The Smiths
8 ) 'Viva Hate' Morrissey
9) 'Replicas' Tubeway Army/Gary Numan
10) 'Bringing it All Back Home' Bob Dylan
11) 'Liege & Lief' Fairport Convention
12) 'Sladest' Slade
13) 'Meat is Murder' The Smiths
14) 'Aladdin Sane' David Bowie
15) 'Transformer' Lou Reed
16) 'The Age of Consent' Bronski Beat
17) 'Surrealistic Pillow' Jefferson Airplane
18 ) 'I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight' Richard & Linda Thompson
19) 'Caravan Tonight' Steven Grossman
20) 'Rufus Wainwright' Rufus Wainwright

In no particular order:

The Last Broadcast, Doves
Everything Must Go, Manic Street Preachers
Freak Out!, The Mothers Of Invention
Girlfriend, Matthew Sweet
Appetite For Destruction, Guns n' Roses
Exile On Coldharbour Lane, Alabama 3
Copper Blue, Sugar
This Is The Day, This Is The Hour, This Is This!, Pop Will Eat Itself
The Rising, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
You've Come A Long Way, Baby, Fatboy Slim
Hypocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury, Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy
The Real Thing, Faith No More
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, The Flaming Lips
Different Class, Pulp
IV, Led Zeppelin
Vs, Pearl Jam
Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd
News Of The World, Queen
Drugs, God And The New Republic, Warrior Soul
The Blues Brothers soundtrack

These are in no order and reflect my changing tastes in music.

Frigg - Oasis
Genesis - Trick of the Tail
Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Brand X - Moroccan Roll
Lal & Mike Waterson - Bright Phoebus
Kris Drever - Black Water
Bellowhead - Burlesque
Moussu T e lei Jouvents - Forever Polida
Peter Gabriel - 4
Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings
Tim van Eyken - Stiffs, Lovers, Holymen, Thieves
Eliza Carthy - Rough Music
Spiers & Boden - Bellow
Fairground Attraction - The First of a Million Kisses
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Buggles - The Age of Plastic
Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Abba - Arrival
Yes - Fragile

In no order at all:

1. Metallica- Black Album
2. Metallica- Master of Puppets
3. Alice In Chains- Facelift
4. Megadeth- Rust in Peace
5. Testament- Low
6. Beatles- Sgt. Pepper
7. led Zeppelin- 1
8. led Zeppelin- 2
9. Sex Pistols- Never Mind the...
10. Greenday: American Idiot
11. Nirvana- Nevermind
12. Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction
13. Aerosmith: Toys in the Attic
14. Queens of the Stoneage- Songs for the Deaf
15. Local H- Pack up the Cats
16. ELO- New World's Record
17. Traveling Wilburys- Vol. 1
18. Styx- Paradise Theater
19. Velvet Revolver- Contraband
20. Incubus- Make Yourself

I'm sure later I'll think this list is all wrong, I love music too much, but these in my opinion are all top quality albums from start to finish.

This is so difficult. I'm sure the following list isn't really my definitive favourite 20 albums. Although I'm also sure that some of them would be in the real list. I just love music too much, also, I listen to it practically all day most days so there is a hell of a lot to chose from......This isn't in any particular order although number 1 probably is number 1.

1. Doctor who series 3 soundtrack
2. Doctor Who series 4 soundtrack
3. Behaviour - Pet Shop Boys
4. Introspective - Pet Shop Boys
5. Four Calander Cafe - Cocteau Twins
6. Treasure - Cocteau Twins
7. Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting
8. Mercury Falling - Sting
9. The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
10. Original Musiquarium Vol ! - Stevie Wonder
11. Disintegration - The Cure
12. The broadway album - Barbra Streisand
13. One Voice - Barbra
14. Les Miserables - Original London cast recording
15. The Bairns - Rachel Unthank and the Winterset
16. Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue/American in Paris/Piano Concerto in F (its as cheapo Naxos CD, don't know who the orchestra were)
17. The art of the recorder - Academy of St Martin in the fields + Michala Petrie
18. Requiem for a Tower - Corner Stone Cues
19. Pirates 3 soundtrack - Hans Zimmer
20. At First Light - Silje Nergaard

1.

Not so much "Top 20 Albums" as "20 albums I could play to death and not get bored with". In alphabetical order:

The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles - Revolver
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Blur - Park Life
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Bob Dylan - Desire
Cream - Disraeli Gears
The Eels - Beautiful Freak
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Nirvana - Nevermind
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pulp - Different Class
Simon and Garfunkel - The Concert in Central Park
The Lord of the Rings soundtracks
Pulp Fiction soundtrack

Off the top of my head, in no order, and doubtless missing some of my all-time fave-raves...

The Divine Comedy - Promenade
Okkervil River - The Stage Names
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Suede - Dog Man Star
Lambchop - Is A Woman
Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Joy Division - Closer
The Strokes - Is This It
The Beatles - Revolver
The La's - The La's
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
The Fall - I Am Kurious, Oranj
Radiohead - Kid A
Sparklehorse - Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
The Clash - The Clash
British Sea Power - The Decline Of British Sea Power
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
Silver Jews - Tanglewood Numbers

Going between my gut feeling and iPod song ratings, it's something like:

1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
   
2. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
   
3. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
   
4. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
   
5. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
   
6. The Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One
   
7. Paul Simon - Graceland
   
8. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
   
9. Whipping Boy - Heartworm
   
10. Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
    
11. The Olivia Tremor Control - Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle
    
12. The Mission - Children
    
13. Of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse
    
14. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
    
15. Fields of the Nephilim - Elizium
    
16. Embrace - The Good Will Out
    
17. Suede - Coming Up
    
18. Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
    
19. Muse - Absolution
    
20. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

That was very very difficult. On another hour, this list would include albums by All About Eve, Antony & the Johnsons, the Cardigans, Chumbawamba, the Cranberries, Eurythmics, Feeder, Idlewild, Mansun, Morrissey, Mr Fox, Joanna Newsom, Pentangle, the Rasmus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Serart, Sigur Ros, Snow Patrol, Steeleye Span, Stereophonics and the Verve at the very least, not to mention more from Neutral Milk Hotel, Smashing Pumpkins and the Smiths. Very hard indeed!

not in order

liberty belle and the black diamond express- the go betweens
steve mcqueen- prefab sprout
viva dead ponies- the fatima mansions
in the aeroplane over the sea- neutral milk hotel
technique-new order
hounds of love- kate bush
abbatoir blues/the lyre of orpheus- nick cave and the bad seeds
under the black light- rilo kiley
another green world- brian eno
floating into the night- julee cruise
foxbase alpha- saint etienne
talking heads- remain in light
rum, sodomy and the lash- the pogues
lost horizons-lemon jelly
the the- soul mining
aimee mann- bachelor no.2
lizphair- whip smart
the avalanches- since i left you
roxy music- country life
pixies-surfer rosa

No particular order, not including live albums or compilations...

THE DAMNED - Machine Gun Etiquette
MOTORHEAD - Another Perfect Day
HANOI ROCKS - Back To Mystery City
CRAZYHEAD - Desert Orchid
UNCLE SAM - Letters From London
D.A.D. - No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims
DEAD BOYS - Young, Loud & Snotty
THE BABYSITTERS - s/t
JUDAS PRIEST - Killing Machine
KING KURT - Ooh Walla Walla
SISTERS OF MERCY - Floodland
LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH - s/t
AC/DC - Powerage
ANTI NOWHERE LEAGUE - We Are...The League
THE CRAMPS - A Date With Elvis
RADIO BIRDMAN - Radios Appear
THE STOOGES - Funhouse
NEW YORK DOLLS - s/t
DEAD KENNEDYS - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
NEW MODEL ARMY - Thunder & Consolation

20 and a half favourite albums

The Beatles - Revolver
The Beatles - Let It Be (Naked)
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Catch A Fire
The Clash - The Clash
Curtis Mayfield - Roots
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Hank Williams III - Straight To Hell
Ian Dury and the Blockheads - New Boots And Panties
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life (first half)
James - Laid
John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
Johnny Cash - American Recordings III - Solitary Man
The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
Madness - One Step Beyond
Neil Young - On The Beach
Scratch and the Upsetters - Super Ape
Sir John Betjamin - Late Flowering Lust
The Specials - The Specials
Vivian Stansyll - Teddy Boys Don't Knit
Wreckless Eric - The Donovan Of Trash

stanmore wrote:
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life (first half)

What's wrong with the other half? Some great stuff there.

In no particular order (as it changes weekly) and I'm assumeing we're allowed live albums too...

Muse - Absolution
Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers
The Cult - Sonic Temple
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Yes - Yessongs
Ocean Colour Scene - Moseley Shoals
ZZ Top - Eliminator
Joy Division - Closer (Substance if we're allowed compilations)
Hawkwind - Space Ritual
Manic Street Preachers (again) - Generation Terrorists
Muse (again) - Origin of Symmetry
Muse (again again) - Showbiz
Led Zeppelin - IV
The Killers - Hot Fuss
The Cooper Temple Clause - See This Through and Leave
Pulp - Different Class
Pink Floyd (again) - Dark Side of the Moon
Levellers - Headlights, White Lines and Black Tar Rivers
Muse (again, again, again) HAARP
Foo Fighters - In Your Honor

I reserve the right to change this.

In no order at all:

Chronicle of the Black Sword - Hawkwind
Piece of Mind - Iron Maiden
Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap) - AC/DC
Fugazi - Marillion
Ace of Spades - Motorhead
Demon Daze - Gorrillaz
Invaders Must Die - The Prodigy
A Kind of Magic - Queen
Operation: Mindcrime - Queensryche
Presto - Rush
Tattooed Millionarre - Bruce Dickinson
Vision Thing - Sisters of Mercy
The White Room - The KLF
Nighthawks at the Diner - Tom Waits
Mule Variations - Tom Waits
War of the Worlds - Jeff Wayne
Anthems - Laibach
The Virgin Queen - The Mediaeval Babes

Ooh this is a tricky one so I'm going to play the "only one LP by each artist" rule...

In no particular order (and this'll change next week)...

Love - Forever Changes
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna....
Prince - Parade
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
M.I.A. - Kala
Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha
Patrick Wolf - Wind In The Wires
Super Furry Animals - Radiator
Nas - Illmatic
Half Man Half Biscuit - Achtung Bono
T.Rex - Electric Warrior
Shonen Knife - Let's Knife
Horrors - Primary Colours
GZA - Liquid Swords
Stooges - S/T
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
Pixies - Surfer Rosa

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Dave Webb wrote:
Vision Thing - Sisters of Mercy

That very very nearly got on to my list. Need to give it another listen sometime.

Milkman Dan wrote:Ooh this is a tricky one so I'm going to play the "only one LP by each artist" rule...

In no particular order (and this'll change next week)...

Love - Forever Changes
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melody Nelson
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna....
Prince - Parade
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
M.I.A. - Kala
Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha
Patrick Wolf - Wind In The Wires
Super Furry Animals - Radiator
Nas - Illmatic
Half Man Half Biscuit - Achtung Bono
T.Rex - Electric Warrior
Shonen Knife - Let's Knife
Horrors - Primary Colours
GZA - Liquid Swords
Stooges - S/T
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
Pixies - Surfer Rosa

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Johnstone McGuckian wrote:

Dave Webb wrote:
Vision Thing - Sisters of Mercy

That very very nearly got on to my list. Need to give it another listen sometime.

It was a toughie - the Sisters had to be on the list, but which album to select? Floodland? Some Girls Wander By Mistake? A Slight Case of Overbombing? Aaaaargh!

In no order:

The Beatles - Revolver
The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money
Vivian Stanshall - Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead
Vivian Stanshall - Teddy Boys Don't Knit
Super Furry Animals - Guerrilla
Abba - Arrival
The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun
Can - Tago Mago
Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
Captain Beefheart - Lick My Decals Off Baby
The Soft Machine - Volume One
The Fall - This Nations Saving Grace
Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Kevin Ayers - Joy Of A Toy
Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
Group 1850 - Agemo's Trip to Mother Earth
YaHoWha 13 - Penetration : An Aquarian Symphony
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Paul Giovanni / Various - The Wicker Man Soundtrack

Ask me in a few hours and it would probably be a totally different list!

Dave Webb wrote:

Johnstone McGuckian wrote:

Dave Webb wrote:
Vision Thing - Sisters of Mercy

That very very nearly got on to my list. Need to give it another listen sometime.

It was a toughie - the Sisters had to be on the list, but which album to select? Floodland? Some Girls Wander By Mistake? A Slight Case of Overbombing? Aaaaargh!

I'v only heard 1 and a bit. Vision Thing as a whole and then whatever had "Temple of Love" on it. All brilliant stuff though.