It’s nice to see some Caravan in a top 20 list.
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I’m sure I found this as difficult as everyone else to get my list down to just 20. Anyway here goes, in no particular order:
THE BEACH BOYS: Pet Sounds (1966)
THE BEATLES: “White Album” (1968)
TODD RUNDGREN: Something/Anything (1972)
DAVID BOWIE: The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars (1972)
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND: Clear Spot (1972)
ROXY MUSIC: Roxy Music (1972)
TALKING HEADS: Stop Making Sense (1984)
RADIOHEAD: OK Computer (1997)
CROWDED HOUSE : Together Alone (1993)
NILS LOFGREN: Cry Tough (1976)
RY COODER: Borderline (1980)
ALLMAN BROS: The Fillmore Concerts (1992)
AMON DUUL 2: Tanze der Lemminge (1971)
THE BLUE NILE: Hats (1989)
FACES: A Nod is as Good as a Wink…… (1971)
PETER GABRIEL: So (1986)
THE PRETTY THINGS: Parachute (1970)
SUPERTRAMP: Crime of the Century (1974)
UFO: Strangers in the Night (1979)
WISHBONE ASH: Argus (1972)
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Ah the Faces, that was a great album nods as good as a wink.
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Amon Duul II, Todd Rundgren and Beefheart - outstanding stuff.
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Today’s list:
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
XTC - Apple Venus Volume 1
George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice
Philip Glass - Mishima
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded
Bjork - Selmasongs
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
Beatles - Abbey Road
Radiohead - Kid A
The The - Mind Bomb
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Ryan Adams - Demolition
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie and Lowell
Brian Wilson - Smile
Daniel Lanois - Acadie
Paddy McAloon - I Trawl the Megahertz
My white vinyl version of I Trawl the Megahertz arrived today!
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A great list.
Sorry to be the Bearer of bad news. Apparently The white vinyl of Trawl the Megahertz is dish-warped with a pressing fault on Side 1 - these have now been withdrawn by Rough Trade. The black vinyl seems to have been pressed off-centre - lots of videos around with woozy strings and pitch-issues.*
*Copy and pasted from another forum.
The Velvet Underground - Matrix box set
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Iggy Pop - Raw Power
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
A Certain Ratio - Sextet
Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Jesus and Mary Chain - Psycho Candy
Fugees - The Score
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of…
Massiva Attack - Blue Lines
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Nick Cave - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Neil Young - Live at the Fillmore East
Lambchop - Is a Woman
Wilco - A Ghost is Born
Leonard Cohen - You Want it Darker
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Primal Scream -Vanishing Point
Art Ensemble of Chicago - The Complete Live in Japan
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So the 2nd posting of a couple of albums from different directions. The rock part, I could have chosen other albums from the band as well. But this one I like a lot given Since I have Been Loving You…
This is for me the reference for the Noctures of Chopin - I own a lot of versions, but tend for return back to this version every now and then…
These guys gave modern jazz a push into a complete other direction and have inspired a massive amount of other jazz acts. This album is a testomony of their electricity when playing live…
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Ouch! Fortunately, it looks/sounds to be an extremely minor warp and I got to sit back and read the liner notes! I haven’t done that in a long time. Also, Tidal finally has the album.
I will add another album to make it all better:
Fleet Foxes self titled album
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Fascinating, but also a little predictable. Setting aside the classical contributions (I have a few of the more popular, but not really my thing) there are quite a few albums which make it onto a lot of the lists, many of which I would describe as ‘show off the kit"s capabilities’ as much as they might be a good listen. I must confess to enjoying albums that do both at the same time, and I have difficulty nowadays in listening to poorly recorded specimens even though I might love the music itself. Am I in a minority?
On topic, I’m still working on my Top 20 but finding it almost impossible to distill 3.5k down to twenty! Looking at my most played doesn’t really help, simply because the newest acquisitions always get the most airplay for a while. I’ll continue to work on it!
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Hi to all of you, just a further update one week later. Last post counted is n. 127 (and excluding just for the time being BertBird that is still building his list, do not worry you will not be left behind… 
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Several significant changes with the first 3 position now firmier than before and interesting new entries. During the last week diversity really increased a lot…
Have a good weekend
Alessandro
| 1 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (1969) | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Pink Floyd | The Wall (1979) | 8 |
| 3 | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) | 7 |
| 4 | Miles Davis | Kind Of Blue | 6 |
| The Beatles | White Album (1968) | 6 | |
| 5 | Steely Dan | Aja 1977 | 5 |
| Joni Mitchell | Hejira | 5 | |
| David Bowie | Hunky Dory | 5 | |
| Led Zeppelin | IV (1971) | 5 | |
| Simple Minds | New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (1982) | 5 | |
| Talk Talk | Spirit of Eden (1988) | 5 | |
| Prefab Sprout | Steve Mc Queen 1985 | 5 | |
| Donald Fagen | The Nightfly 1982 | 5 | |
| David Bowie | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 5 | |
| Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here | 5 | |
| 6 | Dire Straits | Dire Straits (1978) | 4 |
| Paul Simon | Graceland | 4 | |
| Peter Gabriel | So | 4 | |
| Cowboy Junkies | The Trinity Session | 4 | |
| 7 | Santana | Abraxas | 3 |
| Miles Davis | Bitches Brew | 3 | |
| Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | 3 | |
| Elton John | Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy | 3 | |
| Yes | Close to the Edge | 3 | |
| Supertramp | Crime of the Century (1974) | 3 | |
| Echo & The Bunnymen | Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain | 3 | |
| Radiohead | Kid A | 3 | |
| Leftfield | Leftism | 3 | |
| Fairport Convention | Liege and Lief | 3 | |
| Pink Floyd | Meddle | 3 | |
| Radiohead | OK Computer (1997) | 3 | |
| Paul McCartney | Ram | 3 | |
| Rickie Lee Jones | Ricki Lee Jones | 3 | |
| Genesis | Selling England by the Pound (1974) | 3 | |
| The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | 3 | |
| Cannonball Adderley | Somethin’ Else | 3 | |
| Talk Talk | The Colour of Spring (1986) | 3 | |
| The Smiths | The Queen is Dead | 3 | |
| Yes | The Yes Album (1971) | 3 | |
| Lou Reed | Transformer | 3 | |
| Joy Division | Unknown Pleasures 1979 | 3 | |
| Depeche Mode | Violator | 3 | |
| Marvin Gaye | Whats going on | 3 | |
| The Rolling Stones | Sticky Fingers | 3 |
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20 artists, but more than 20 albums as you can get a lot of music on a memory stick…In no particular order
Bruce Springsteen
The River
The Wild, The Innocent and The E St Shuffle
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Nebraska
Born To Run
Tunnel Of Love
Elvis Costello
Imperial Bedroom
King Of America
Painted From Memory
My Aim is True
This years model
Armed Forces
Miles Davis
Jack Johnson
Round about Midnight
Kind of Blue
On The Corner
Bitches Brew
John Hiatt Bring the Family
Little Steven Men Without Women
Bob Dylan
Blonde on Blonde
Blood on the Tracks
Highway 61 Revisted
Bringing it all back home
John Wesley Harding
Desire
Beatles
Please Please Me
Revolver
Rubber Soul
Abbey Road
White Album
Tom Petty
Damm the torpedoes
Hard Promises
Tom Petty
Wildflowers
David Bowie
Black-star
Ziggy Stardust
Station to station
Young Americans
Tom Waits
Blue Valentine
Closing Time
Small Change
Heartattack and vine
Ryan Adams
Heartbreaker
New York New York
Radiohead
The Bends
Ok computer
Kid A
John Coltrane / Johnny Hartman
John Coltrane
A Love Supreme
Blue Train
Giant Steps
Crescent
My favourite things
John Grant Queen of Denmark
Johnny Cash American Recordings Boxset
Josh Rouse
1972
Dressed up like Nebraska
Nashville
The Bathers Kelvingrove Baby
Van Morrison
Astral weeks
Moondance
Beautiful Version
St Dominic’s Preview
Wilco
summerteeth
A Ghost is Born
Being There
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
I’m seeing lots of different interpretations of 20 here. I think those who have been a little flexible in their interpretation really ought to exercise some self discipline and stick to twenty!
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…that would be of help…thank you Clive
I own 29 of the latest list from Mojo65 listed above and fully endorse those as primary choices, but in an effort to diverge a little, here’s a list of albums that I find myself constantly coming back to and have been doing so for a very long time, so they’ve stood the test of time. A bit 70’s tastic, but a hopefully good 20 without including too much really obvious stuff.
Kevin
Gerry Rafferty - City to City
Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading
Eagles - One of These Nights
John Mayer - Continuum
Brad Paisley - Time Well Wasted
Keith Urban - Be Here
Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
Van Morrison - The Best of Van Morrison Vol.1
Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour 74’
Robert Cray - False Accusations
Steely Dan - Greatest Hits
Squeeze - Argybargy
K.D. Lang - Ingenue
Loudon Wainwright III - History
Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
10cc - Sheet Music
Jimi Hendrix - Best of Jimi Hendrix
Peter Skellern - A String of Pearls
Art Garfunkel - Breakaway
Are you the second moderator?
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What we really need is a badge for being flexible
Mike
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too much moderation kills the pleasure and engagement in the forum.
It became more and more frequent that members take the place of Richard. Is it a so serious matter that a member posted more than 20 albums, or that i had posted a photo which is not mine on the photos thread?
Seriously, this forum is first for fun, sharing, leisure…we are not in a school or at work.
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It’s hardly a matter for moderators - it’s a discussion, you can all work it out for yourselves.
Ironically, I am forum moderator and I chose 21 favourite albums because it would appear that I cannot count very well.
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Richard that puts you on the blacklist… I guess it’s time for intruducing other badges for people who didn’t answer the question or needed moderation…
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