Dam, the other half keeps reminding me that I shouldn’t do 2 things at once. Apparently it’s a bloke thing. Thanks for pointing out my error. Missed the e in Abbey Rd as well.
Seems my list went missing so I’ll try again without the errors.
My top 20 (again, this time without the mistakes) probably starts like this, it isn’t in any order and likely to change.
Hunky Dory-Bowie
New York-Lou Reed
Abbey Road-The Beatles
Mad Man Across the Water-Elton John
Crisis What Crisis-Supertramp
Harvest-Neil Young
Wish You Were Here-Pink Floyd
Ziggy Stardust-Bowie
Dark Black-Kristina Train
Apple Venus, pt 1-XTC
Hard Days Night-The Beatles
Rickie Lee Jones-Rickie Lee Jones
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1-Midnight Oil
Oceans Apart-The Go Betweens
Some Girls-The Rolling Stones
Desire- Dylan
Tubular Bells-Mike Oldfield
Let’s Get it On-Marvin Gaye
Cold Fact-Rodriguez
Dusty in Memphis-Dusty Springfield
I can think of at least another 10 or so I could add or substitute
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Twenty of my favorites from the past five years, in alphabetical order:
Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Beck - Morning Phase
David Bowie - Blackstar
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away
Christine and the Queens - Chris
The Horrors - V
Iggy Pop - Post Pop Depression
Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
Hamilton Leithauser - Black Hours
Low - Double Negative
Israel Nash - Lifted
Pugwash - Play This Intimately etc
Radiohead - A Moon-Shaped Pool
Spoon - Hot Thoughts
Tame Impala - Currents
Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The City
Ryley Walker - Primrose Green
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
Jonathan Wilson - Fanfare
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You could get banned with such a progressive and modern selection 
@bhoyo excellent picks especially Jonathan Wilson and Ryley Walker but as above not having Dark Side or Abbey Road in your Top 20 what are you some sort of radical. 
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Hey Andy, that’s how rumours get started! 
I will make every effort to get back in line, Dave 
Please make no effort whatsoever. And why aren’t you watching the game?
Tomorrow morning for me. Although, whisper it, I’ll be paying more attention to Manchester Utd v Liverpool than to Celtic.
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1971 was THE year for great albums. What a chart - nice to see that I have 15 out of the top 20.
Interesting that Meddle is on the Starline label?
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Is it possible that the Zeppelin album is number one through presales as it is just listed as “New” ?
I don’t think such a relaxed listing would happen in print today.
Could it be that the fourth Led Zeppelin album didn’t have a name. Although ‘we’ refer to it as Led Zep IV or the four symbols and I’ve heard it referred to as the Runes. I think it was officially untitled so I guess the chart listing makes sense in this respect.
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The Jim Reeves is a classic. And who could forget, um, Frank Pourcel?
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Wow Blackmass - that list is not a million miles from mine. Don’t know your number 18 so going to check the band and album out.
Big Black will knock your socks off.
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Many years ago there was a Q magazine article on Robert Plant’s record collection and he had the Big Black album.
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Hi everybody, here comes the latest chart after two quiet weeks with some significant contributions and a total number of entries that slightly exceed 1000 for the first time (1011). Out of 20 positions only 11 have more than one vote while only 4 positions are clearly defined.
Have a good weekend, here it is:
| 1 | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Miles Davis | Kind Of Blue | 12 |
| 3 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (1969) | 11 |
| 4 | Pink Floyd | The Wall (1979) | 10 |
| 5 | David Bowie | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 8 |
| Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here | 8 | |
| 6 | The Beatles | White Album (1968) | 7 |
| 7 | David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 6 |
| Dire Straits | Dire Straits (1978) | 6 | |
| Joni Mitchell | Hejira | 6 | |
| Led Zeppelin | IV (1971) | 6 | |
| Paul Simon | Graceland | 6 | |
| Talk Talk | Spirit of Eden (1988) | 6 | |
| The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | 6 | |
| 8 | Bob Dylan | Blood On The Tracks | 5 |
| Cannonball Adderley | Somethin’ Else | 5 | |
| Cowboy Junkies | The Trinity Session | 5 | |
| Donald Fagen | The Nightfly (1982) | 5 | |
| Miles Davis | Bitches Brew | 5 | |
| Peter Gabriel | So | 5 | |
| Prefab Sprout | Steve Mc Queen (1985) | 5 | |
| Radiohead | The Bends | 5 | |
| Rickie Lee Jones | Rickie Lee Jones | 5 | |
| Simple Minds | New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (1982) | 5 | |
| Steely Dan | Aja (1977) | 5 | |
| Yes | The Yes Album (1971) | 5 | |
| 9 | Fleetwood Mac | Rumours (1977) | 4 |
| Genesis | Selling England by the Pound (1974) | 4 | |
| Leftfield | Leftism | 4 | |
| Lou Reed | Transformer | 4 | |
| Marvin Gaye | Whats going on | 4 | |
| Radiohead | Kid A | 4 | |
| Radiohead | OK Computer (1997) | 4 | |
| Supertramp | Crime of the Century (1974) | 4 | |
| The Rolling Stones | Sticky Fingers | 4 | |
| The Who | Quadrophenia | 4 | |
| The Who | Who’s Next (1971) | 4 | |
| Dusty Springfield | Dusty In Memphis | 4 | |
| 10 | Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | 3 |
| Bob Dylan | Blonde on Blonde | 3 | |
| Caravan | In The Land Of The Grey and Pink | 3 | |
| Christine and the Queens | Chris | 3 | |
| David Bowie | Black Star | 3 | |
| David Bowie | Station To Station | 3 | |
| Deep Purple | Made in Japan | 3 | |
| Depeche Mode | Violator | 3 | |
| Echo & The Bunnymen | Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain | 3 | |
| Elton John | Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy | 3 | |
| Elton John | Madman Across the Water | 3 | |
| Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach | Painted From Memory (1998) | 3 | |
| Fairport Convention | Liege and Lief | 3 | |
| Fairport Convention | Unhalfbricking | 3 | |
| Jennifer Warnes | Famous Blue Raincoat | 3 | |
| John Coltrane | Blue Train | 3 | |
| Joy Division | Unknown Pleasures 1979 | 3 | |
| King Crimson | In the Court of the Crimson King (An Observation by King Crimson) | 3 | |
| Led Zeppelin II | Led Zeppelin II | 3 | |
| Massive Attack | Blue Lines | 3 | |
| Oliver Nelson | Oliver Nelson - The Blues And The Abstract Truth | 3 | |
| Paul McCartney | Ram | 3 | |
| Pink Floyd | Animals (1977) | 3 | |
| Pink Floyd | Meddle | 3 | |
| Santana | Abraxas | 3 | |
| Supertramp | Crisis? What Crisis? | 3 | |
| Talk Talk | The Colour of Spring (1986) | 3 | |
| The Beatles | Revolver | 3 | |
| The Beatles | Rubber Soul | 3 | |
| The Doors | L.A. Woman | 3 | |
| The Smiths | The Queen is Dead | 3 | |
| The Stone Roses | The Stone Roses | 3 | |
| Van Morrison | Moondance | 3 | |
| Wilco | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001) | 3 | |
| WISHBONE ASH | Argus (1972) | 3 | |
| XTC | Apple Venus Volume 1 | 3 | |
| Yes | Close to the Edge | 3 |
Alessandro
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What a question! This will be very hard as some of my favourite albums I have over listened and don’t play so much now BUT they are simply sublime when I do play them. The list is not in order!
Pearl Jam - Ten
Deftones - White Pony
Metallica - …And Justice For All
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Metallica - St. Anger
Metallica - Load
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Sepultura - Arise
Miles Davis - My Funny Valentine
Nirvana - Unplugged New York MTV
Neil Young - Live At Massey Hall
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Guns ‘N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Sonny Rollins - Saxaphone Colossus
King Crimson - In The Court Of A Crimson King
Sons Of Kemet - Your Queen Is A Reptile
System Of A Down - System Of A Down
Neil Young - Hawks & Doves
Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
Sepultura - Chaos AD
I started this reply the day the thread started. This should be an indication of the toughness of this task.
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Interesting the G’nR isn’t more popular generally…