That is 2 people with Cowboy Junkies and that is simply NOT ALLOWED.
C.W. Stoneking!! the man has REAL TASTE.
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… and there will almost certainly be a 3rd when I get round to compiling my list!
Make that 4. 
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Loving the Gong Expresso. Thanks for the recommendations Dave.
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Today’s top 25 - in no particular order, just as they came to mind.
I cheated a bit by lifting ten from my post in the Desert Island Discs thread.
Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby
Amy Winehouse - Amy OST
Amy Winehouse - At the BBC
Julia Fordham - Falling Forwards
Mozart - Requiem /AAM, Hogwood
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
John Coltrane - The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same (original version)
Richard Strauss - Four Last Songs / Norman
Yes - The Yes Album
Yes - Close to the Edge
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame
Pat Metheny Group - Offramp
Charles Mingus - Ah Um
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
Ornette Coleman Trio - Live at the Golden Circle, Stockholm (vols. 1&2)
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Caravan - Cunning Stunts
The Who - Who’s Next
Emily Remler - Firefly
Mal Waldron - The Quest
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious in Action
Duke Ellington - Far East Suite
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
And if I had to rescue just one from a burning building, today it would be the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
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I’m really pleased you’re enjoying it, it’s an absolutely cracking album.
Ok…Here’re are my best albums in no particular order
Sons of Kemet - My Queen is a Reptile
Gomez - Bring in on
Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
Pink Floyd- The Wall
Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
Prince - Sign “o” The Times
Rolling Stones - Beggars’ Banquet
Oasis - (What’s the story) Morning Glory?
Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Fire Cat
Radiohead - Ok Computer
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged
The Who - Who’s Next
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
GoGo Penguins - v2.0
The Eagles - Hotel California
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Johnny Cash - American IV
The Clash - London Calling
Faithless - Reverence
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Paul Simon - Graceland
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Noah and the Whale - First Day of Spring
The War on Drugs - Live Drugs.
There. I’ve done it. Boy that was hard. And it might even change by tomorrow😁
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In no particular order and missing so many, would probably be completely different tomorrow:
Kate Bush:
The Kick Inside
Lionheart
Never for Ever
Hounds of Love
The Dreaming
(5)
The Human League:
Dare
(6)
Carol Kidd:
Nice Work
(7)
ABC:
Lexicon of Love
Lexicon of Love 2
(9)
Spandau Ballet:
True
Parade
(11)
Pet Shop Boys:
Please
(12)
Toyah:
Anthem
The Changeling
(13)
Rammstein:
Mutter
Rammstein
(15)
Sade:
Diamond Life
(16)
The Carpenters:
Greatest Hits of any kind
(17)
Pink Floyd:
The Wall
(18)
Genesis:
Selling England by the Pound
Nursery Cryme
(20)
Marillion:
Script for a Jester’s Tear
Fugazi
Clutching at Straws
F.E.A.R. (on BluRay not vinyl or download)
(24)
London Grammar:
If You Wait
(25)
Others:
Many by TFF, Japan, Duran Duran, Siouxsie, Soft Cell, Clannad.
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Are familiar with most of the groups and like your list because it’s eclectic
I am not doing a list at the moment - i just want to freak everybody out by saying
it would start with the first 7 Albums by the Moody Blues - who did not get on to any ones list.
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Jeff Buckley - Grace
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By the Way
REM - Automatic for the People
Ryan Adams - Love is Hell
Ocean Colour Scene - B Sides, Freerides
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
Jack Johnson - On and On
Leftfield - Leftism
Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Dire Straits - Communique
Paul Simon - Graceland
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Marvin Gaye - What’s Goin On
Oasis - Whats the Story
Radiohead - OK Computer
Kings of Leon - Only By Night
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am…
Eric Clapton - Unplugged
U2 - Achtung Baby
Gogo Penguin - v2.0
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Nirvana - Nevermind
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I think we have the same tastes in music in a lot of ways!
My head aches just thinking about this! I’m completely in awe of all those able to distil 25 from, in my case, almost 5,000 candidates (and I know many of you have far more).
I’m afraid I’ll just have to ‘lurk’, and garner a little listening inspiration here and there.
Sorry, it’s not a question of time, I just can’t grade to the degree of granularity that would be required! I find it almost impossible to pick my ‘favourite’ Stones, Beatles, Floyd, Crimson etc. albums, which is why I end up owning virtually all of them!
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Exactly! It’s partly what drove the post; to see if you couldn’t distill such a difficult and personal thing from hundreds, if not thousands, of works into this. I think that’s why so many qualify the list by stating, ‘today’, or ‘might be different tomorrow’. The other part is curiosity…I really am interested in what everyones’ tastes are, and learn a TON along the way. There are some crazy-experienced music people on here.
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This a fantastic thread and thank you for everyone who has responded with their choices so far. I am still thinking it through but will deliver the goods in due course along with the familiar caveats of others.
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Great thread. After a few days consideration here’s my list:
- David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
- David Bowie - Young Americans
- Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
- Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
- Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
- The Clash - London Calling
- ELO - Out Of The Blue
- Grateful Dead - Terrapin Station
- The House Of Love - The House Of Love
- Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
- Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus
- Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
- Pink Floyd - Animals
- Pink Floyd - Meddle
- Queen - A Night At The Opera
- Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
- Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell
- Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
- Bach - Goldberg Variations (Schiff)
- Bach - St. Matthew Passion (Gardiner)
- Bach - Mass in B Minor (Gardiner)
- Beethoven - Complete Piano Sonatas (Brendel)*
- Mozart Requiem (Karajan)
- Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
- Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Actually I reckon that on any given day only about five of these would change - most of these are definitive in my view and would still be on the list.
*Perhaps a bit of a cheat going for the complete piano sonatas but if I had to choose just one it would be No. 29 - the mighty Hammerklavier!
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So tough and I’m sure I’ll disagree with myself tomorrow, but here goes in no order of preference,
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Tori Amos - Boys for Pele
Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Janette Mason - D’Ranged (if you haven’t heard this give it a go, could be a random find)
Peter Gabriel - You Scratch My Back, I’ll scratch yours (limited edition both albums in one!)
London Grammar- If you wait
Daughter - If you leave
Bob Moses - Days Gone By
KRUDER & DORFMEISTER - The K&D Sessions
Damien Rice - O
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream
Lo Moon - Lo Moon
Talk Talk - Colour of Spring
Latin Quarter - Modern Times
Radiohead - The Bends
The Cure - Disintegration
Massive Attack vs Mad Professor - No Protection
Red House Painters - Rollercoaster
Wild Beasts - Present Tense
The XX - The XX
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Nice curveball. Awesome choice!!
Recent discovery for me this year and don’t know how it ever passed me by, rarely off the deck, knew it had to be in the 25 when it’s one of the albums I’ve bought a spare of …
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