Top 5 Albums

[Santa2512]

OK, following on from the track question,  

Here's your chance to show the forum your truley diverse musical tastes.

What are your top 5 albums,   we all have them,, some will be  true legends,  

Others unque to you!

Either way it give us all an idea of what your musical tastes are...

For me

In no particular order

Dare -                                     The Human league 

War of the worlds -                 Jeff Wayne

Vienna -                                 Ultravox 

The golden age of wireless -  Thomas Dolby

Penthouse & pavement -       Heaven 17

:santa:

 

[ips]

Ooh i like it, no particular order.

Thick as a brick - jethro tull

safe as milk - captain beefheart

Angels egg - gong

time out - Dave brubeck

adagio for strings - barber (new York philarmonic recording)

 

[teepee1234]

M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

The Wall - Pink Floyd

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

Trick of the Tail - Genesis

Scratch My Back - Peter Gabriel

A Momentary Lapse of Reason - Pink Floyd

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Foxtrot - Genesis

Real Life - Simple Minds

Urban Hymns - The Verve

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

(sorry Santa, no way to choose just 5!!) 

 

[Iggy]

So - Peter Gabriel

Ricochet - Tangerine Dream

Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis

Under the iron sea - Keane

Viva la vida - Coldplay

Showing my age.

 

[Gene Holmes]

I will stick to 5, but this is going to take some time to work out.

Another bloody week lost. :fie:

 

[Sian]

Making Movies by Dire Straights

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

40 Licks by Rolling Stones

30 No 1 Hits by Elvis

1 by The Beatles

Parallel Lines by Blondie

Bridge over Troubles Water by Simon & Garfunkel

Sounds of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel

I can't count sorry.

Sx

 

[Gene Holmes]

Picking the top five is almost impossible.

So here are the first five that came to mind, and that I have been playing most recently.

Dark side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

Live at Drury lane - Monty Python

Disraeli Gears - Cream

New Gold Dream - Simple Minds

Roll Em Smoke Em Put Another Line out - Patto

 

[no.1topdog]

I will stick to 5, but this is going to take some time to work out.

Another bloody week lost. :fie:

Still thinking about it!! :biggrin:   There's just soooo many!  But 5 he said so 5 he will get. (Later!)

 

[Gene Holmes]

Still thinking about it!! :biggrin:   There's just soooo many!  But 5 he said so 5 he will get. (Later!)

Rules is rules.

and rules are there to be broken  :nyam:   :nyam:

 

[Gene Holmes]

 

[no.1topdog]

Rules is rules.

and rules are there to be broken  :nyam:   :nyam:

You don't want to be breaking Santa's rules this close to Christmas!! 

I've been a good boy I have!  xD

 

[sibaldib]

Today's choice:

Imagine - John Lennon

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Electric Warrior - T Rex

Mud on the Tires - Brad Paisley

Tomorrow - who knows?

 

[ExSCA]

Very difficult question to answer - but here goes (in no particular order):

• Serge Gainsbourg - Le Histoire de Melody Nelson
• Leonard Cohen - I'm your man
• Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
• The Czars - Sorry I made you cry
• No Regrets - The Best of Scott Walker and the Walker Brothers (this is a cheat - condensing about 7 albums into one)

 

[Tim]

The Final Cut - Pink Floyd

Dire Straits - Dire Straits

Lady's Bridge - Richard Hawley

The Trinity Sessions - Cowboy Junkies

Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin

In no particular order

And all on and played on vinyl

 

[jwpzx9r]

Ok

In no particular order

Blonde on Blonde - no need to say

Go - Dexter Gordon

The Doors - The Doors

Moondance - Van Morrison

Automatic for the People - R.E.M

But then again I could have so easily said

Stanley Road - Paul Weller

The Stranglers - The Stranglers

Eliminator - ZZ Top

Graceland - Paul Simon

New Boots and Panties Ian Dury & the Blockheads

 

[timps]

These are 5 that always get played on my Ipod.

Ask me again next month and the list would change, but considering I have seen AC/DC countless times they would always get an album on the list.

If You Want Blood You've Got It - AC/DC

Back in Black - AC/DC

Forty Licks - Rolling Stones 

Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

 

[Sian]

These are 5 that always get played on my Ipod.

Ask me again next month and the list would change, but considering I have seen AC/DC countless times they would always get an album on the list.

If You Want Blood You've Got It - AC/DC

Back in Black - AC/DC

Forty Licks - Rolling Stones 

Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

Timps we share two

 

[Santa2512]

Very difficult question to answer - but here goes (in no particular order):

• Serge Gainsbourg - Le Histoire de Melody Nelson
• Leonard Cohen - I'm your man
• Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
• The Czars - Sorry I made you cry
• No Regrets - The Best of Scott Walker and the Walker Brothers (this is a cheat - condensing about 7 albums into one)

Some left field choices there Matt,

Leonard Cohen  Only in small doses for me ..

Depeche mode,  Nice !

Mart

 

[no.1topdog]

After much brain searching, my list of 5.

Close as you get - Gary Moore

A hard road - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers featuring Peter Green

The Wall - Pink Floyd

All through the city - Dr Feelgood featuring Wilko Johnson

Irish Tour '74 - Rory Gallagher

There are many others that should be in here, but my brain would explode if I think about it further.  :crazy: