Favourite 10 albums (outside of The Cure)

[Sussex]

6.Queen: Greatest Hits

AWESOME!!! 

Stunning! No objection!

[scatcat]

3. Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones, LTD.--The Monkees

HAHA!!   hey , hey, we're the Monkees! 

showing your true colours iwannashagsimon!! 

I'll get back to thinking about my list..  it is sooo hard.. tigermilk!!   

[japanesebaby]

come on, 20 is just getting wayyy too easy... it loses meaning.

so make it three! what are the three ones that matter most?

No it isn't!  There are artists I didn't list on either list that I would have liked to. And there are other albums from artists listed that I also like just as much as the ones listed.  Not easy chosing just one.

it is... think of it this way: your house is on fire, you can only grab 3 things with you while you run out and all the rest of it WILL burn - what three things will you take?
try the same with "what 20 things you would take?" and surely you'd start grabbing all kinds of not so important things with you. the smaller the number, the more it matters.

(or at least should matter. i do admit that in a burning house situation i might panic and grab something really silly, like yesterday's newspaper, toothbrush and an umbrella. :-P
so maybe it's a really question of easy/difficult: maybe what i meant was that it's somehow more interesting to read through other people's lists when they are really focused - long lists are a lot less profiled somehow.
at least for me it's that way.

by the way i'm sitll not sure what three albums i'd pick. but i'd leave the umbrella, definitely.)

[japanesebaby]

it is... think of it this way: your house is on fire, you can only grab 3 things with you while you run out and all the rest of it WILL burn - what three things will you take?

sorry this is off-topic, but it reminded me of this:
(and sorry it's horrible out of synch, i really don't know why. the original is fine... this is why i hate youtube & co. - one reason why i hate them. anyway.)

2001-10-26 le reservoir interview "your house is burning down..."

[scatcat]

okay .. here is my list :
(in no specific order)

1. Fleetwood mac  - Rumours
2. Powderfinger - Odyssey Number Five
3. Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos
4. Alex Lloyd  - Black The Sun
5. Van Morrison - Moondance
6. Skyhooks - Living In The 70's
7. The Beatles - Sgt Peppers
8. Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
9. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
10.David Bowie - let's Dance

[r1ghteousone]

wow - i'm surprised how similar peoples tastes are on here

picking just 20 is hard though...

1. 1999 - Prince
2. Sign 'O' The Times - Prince
3. Purple Rain - Prince (i'm a purple-freak, what can i say? lol)
4. Juju - Siouxsie & the Banshees
5. Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
6. Floodland - Sisters of Mercy
7. Peter Gabriel 3 - Peter Gabriel
8. Homogenic - Bjork
9. Telekon - Gary Numan
10. Ocean Rain - Echo & the Bunnymen
11. Killing Joke/Debut - Killing Joke
12. Scary Monsters - David Bowie
13. Head Over Heels - Cocteau Twins
14. Into the Labyrinth - Dead Can Dance
15. The Nephilim - Fields of the Nephilim
16. Promise - Gene Loves Jezebel
17. Ten - Pearl Jam
18. Darkness on the Egde of town - Bruce Springsteen
19. Blue - Joni Mitchell
20. New Gold Dream - Simple Minds

no particular order there really...would probably change within a week too

[Cure Freak]

in no order
1. Violator-Depeche Mode
2. Black Celebration-Depeche Mode
3. Closer-Joy Division
4. Blonde On Blonde-Bob Dylan
5. Highway 61 Revisited- Bob Dylan
6. The Four Seasons-Vivaldi(Israel Philharmonic Orchestra)
7.Sleeping With Ghosts-Placebo
8.Bauhaus-Rest In Peace: The Final Concert
9.Greatest Hits-Eurythmics
10. The Baroque Album-John Williams(classical guitarist, not the composer)

[rubcure]

6.Queen: Greatest Hits

AWESOME!!! 

Stunning! No objection!

Yeah Sussex!!!

also... (good ones Cure Freak)

in no order
1. Violator-Depeche Mode
2. Black Celebration-Depeche Mode
3. Closer-Joy Division
4. Blonde On Blonde-Bob Dylan
5. Highway 61 Revisited- Bob Dylan
6. The Four Seasons-Vivaldi(Israel Philharmonic Orchestra)
7.Sleeping With Ghosts-Placebo
8.Bauhaus-Rest In Peace: The Final Concert
9.Greates Hits-Eurthmics
10. The Baroque Album-John Williams(classical guitarist, not the composer)

[Hero]

This is so hard! So in no particular order...

1. The Horrors - Strange House
2. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Juju
3. The Birthday Party - Junkyard
4. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
5. Sonic Youth - Confusion is Sex
6. Joy Division - Closer
7. IAMX - The Alternative
8. Robots in Disguise - Get RiD
9. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig
10. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

[Cure Freak]

thanks rubcure.
like your list also.

[KingOfSomeIsland]

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Amazing album, These songs are so amazingly crafted from start to finish, every single track has something to love about it.

Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists
Choosing just one album from these guys was torture their first 5 albums are all gems. This is the definitive Manics album though, Motorcycle Emptiness and Little Baby Nothing are unbeatable.

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
The same goes for this one, I had an extremely difficult time choosing between this and Boys for Pele. This one is better for the simple fact that it doesnt have any weak tracks wheras BFP has 2 or 3.

Pulp - This is Hardcore
Another tough choice, this and Different Class are both totally solid from start to finish, but this one has a wayyyyyy better opener.

The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
This one gets a hands down victory. No matter how many half-assed reunion albums these guys put out this will always be their masterwork.

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
These guys have too many albums, too many great albums, and crap albums. You gotta love Sonic Youth tho.

Talulah Gosh - Backwash
Best twee pop album ever, a shame they only ever released one before fading into obscurity.

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
No explanation needed.

The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
I actually hated this one at first but it grew on me insanely, Its the deepest and most original White Stripes album, very underrated.

Neil Young - Harvest
I decided not to put any live albums on my list otherwise Weld wouldve definitely taken this spot. Its a truly classic album

Honorable Mentions:
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Dave Matthews Band - Crash
Desaparcedos - Read Music, Speak Spanish
The Elected - Sun Sun Sun
The Indelicates - American Demo
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
REM - Reckoner
Radiohead - OK Computer
U2 - The Joshua Tree

[~*CherryRed*~]

Looking through others lists, I notice that Kate Bush appears a fair bit!!! Nice to see! I'm doing another list!!

1.  The Dissociatives - Self Titled (Daniel Johns from Silverchair fame)
2.  A-ha - Hunting High and Low
3.  Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
4.  Nightmare Before Christmas Soundtrack (Danny Elfman composer, I'm such a kid!)
5.  Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
6.  Eurythmics - Touch
7.  Sioux. & The Banshees - Superstition
8.  Adam Ant - Wonderful
9.  Dropkick Murphy's - Do Or Die
10. Rammstein - Sehnsucht
11. NOFX - Heavy Petting Zoo
12. Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
13. The Beatles - Revolver
14. Micheal jackson - Thriller
15. Suggs - Three Pyramids Club
16. Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power
17. Operation Ivy - Energy
18. Kate Bush - The Dreaming (suspended in gaffa.... LOVE IT!)
19. Nirvana - Nevermind
20. Ozzy - No More Tears

[Sussex]

19. Nirvana - Nevermind

Nice pick CherryRed especially this one. Great album.I adore Kurt Cobain.He's brilliant.

[~*CherryRed*~]

19. Nirvana - Nevermind

Nice pick CherryRed especially this one. Great album.I adore Kurt Cobain.He's brilliant.

Oh yeah, how could I not have included this LP in my first list?????? I recall when it hit the airwaves, WOW, what a box about the ears this was! I really reckon that this album was as exciting if not more so (as it was closer to my 'generation') than the Sex Pistols LP back in the 70's... for getting teens 'angry' again anyways! Glad you like it to! I wonder how Mr Cobain would be (musically) nowadays had he lived on?!

Now, bloody entertain me!!!! (hehehe)

[revolt]

My 10 favourite albums FROM THE 80's, outside The Cure, would probably be the following (in alphabetic order):

Cocteau Twins: Victorialand
Echo & The Bunnymen: Heaven Up Here
Einstuerzende Neubauten: Haus der Luege
Joy Division: Closer
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Your Funeral My Trial
Simple Minds: Empires and Dance
Sonic Youth: Evol
Tom Waits: Swordfishtrombones
U2: The Unforgettable Fire
Young Gods: L' Eau Rouge