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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat is your favorite album? Not just a song, but the total album. Can be any genre or time. Mine is
Walleye
(43,657 posts)They just come to mind immediately, theres so many more
debm55
(54,922 posts)Goonch
(4,195 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)malthaussen
(18,373 posts)... took "the snot has caked against my pants" from "Live and Let Live" and used it in "Aqualung."
-- Mal
debm55
(54,922 posts)TexLaProgressive
(12,658 posts)Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Trails - Quick Silver Messenger Service
debm55
(54,922 posts)Joni Mitchell
debm55
(54,922 posts)FalloutShelter
(14,132 posts)Dark Side of the Moon- Pink Floyd
The Future- Leonard Cohen
debm55
(54,922 posts)EYESORE 9001
(29,414 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)JenniferJuniper
(4,567 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)electric_blue68
(25,577 posts)Jrose
(1,513 posts)Also...
- Bee Gees' 'Saturday Night Fever' (esp. How Deep is Your Love)
- Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' (esp. the title song)
- Stevie Wonder's 'Songs in the Key of Life' (All!)
debm55
(54,922 posts)ailsagirl
(24,287 posts)Last edited Fri Sep 22, 2023, 12:03 AM - Edit history (1)
Along with the Kinks and Dire Straits
debm55
(54,922 posts)madaboutharry
(42,025 posts)I first listened to it many years after it was recorded. I have never stopped loving it.
https://www.bobdylan.com/albums/bringing-it-all-back-home/
debm55
(54,922 posts)Trailrider1951
(3,561 posts)Jethro Tull's Songs from the Wood. I've played them to death over the last few decades.
How ya doing, Deb?
debm55
(54,922 posts)hlthe2b
(112,605 posts)The classic Natalie Cole album recording her late father's songs is another one: "Unforgettable."
Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"
Stevie Wonder: "Songs in the Key of Life"
Neil Young "Decades"
I'll be thinking of many many more all afternoon...
debm55
(54,922 posts)rsdsharp
(11,733 posts)Jim Croce I Got A Name
Simon and Garfunkel Sounds of Silence
Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards
Mary Chapin Carpenter Come On, Come On
Eagles Eagles
debm55
(54,922 posts)underpants
(194,545 posts)I currently have Saturation by Urge Overkill in my cars CD player.
debm55
(54,922 posts)WheelWalker
(9,379 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)WheelWalker
(9,379 posts)The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)Freddie
(10,039 posts)Paul McCartney & Wings
Imperial Bedroom - Elvis Costello
Songs In The Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
debm55
(54,922 posts)Stevie Wonder"
notemason
(572 posts)Meat Loaf
debm55
(54,922 posts)Elessar Zappa
(16,385 posts)Paranoid by Black Sabbath. Or Ride the Lightning by Metallica. Or Vulgar Display of Power by Pantera. Or Rubber Soul by the Beatles. Lmao I cant decide!!
debm55
(54,922 posts)grandmother got me for my birthday. It lasted all through HS and college.
Shermann
(9,002 posts)MichaelSoE
(1,576 posts)I still listen to that album at least once every other week - maybe more
Elessar Zappa
(16,385 posts)Actually, Frank Zappa has many excellent albums. And theres so many to choose from.
debm55
(54,922 posts)JoseBalow
(9,082 posts)She Said
beaglelover
(4,416 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(10,105 posts)Perfect from beginning to end.
beaglelover
(4,416 posts)because you have to listen to them in the correct order to get the full affect. The only song on that album that kind of works as a stand alone is Money.
debm55
(54,922 posts)rogerballard
(4,017 posts)Bill Gable- There Were Signs
Philip Glass- Songs from Liquid Days
Steely Dan- Pretzel Logic
ELO- A New World Record
Joni Mitchell- Court and Spark
Al Jarreau- L is for Lover
Men Without Hats- The Adventures of Women & Men Without Hate in the 21st Century
That's a start!
debm55
(54,922 posts)Bayard
(28,340 posts)Dave Matthews-- Crash
Don Henley --Inside Job
Paula Cole--This Fire
Peter Gabriel--So
Linda Ronstadt--The Very Best of Linda Ronstadt
Many, many more...
debm55
(54,922 posts)LastDemocratInSC
(4,203 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)WestMichRad
(2,881 posts)I love several of PMGs albums, but The Way Up is exquisite. The video of them playing it live (in Japan, I think) is just fantastic!
justaprogressive
(6,247 posts)Free Hand. album blew every other progressive band away...including Yes King Crimson ELP and Genesis

debm55
(54,922 posts)justaprogressive
(6,247 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...Dizzy Gillespie's Something Old, Something New and his Massey Hall Concert with Charlie Parker. Almost anything by Duke Ellington, but especially his Newport 1956 concert, with the famous tenor solo by Paul Gonsalves. And His Far East Suite, and Latin American Suite. Charles Mingus' The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. Eugene Ormandy's recording of Rhapsody in Blue, with Oscar Levant at the piano. John Williams' score to Attack of the Clones. (The film is lousy, but the music is sublime.) And 100 others off the top of my head...
debm55
(54,922 posts)malthaussen
(18,373 posts)... but I'd have to bite my tongue and not tell Diz that Joe Walcott was going to lose the fight that night.
-- Mal
OAITW r.2.0
(31,305 posts)Old and In the Way - Old and In the Way
Hot Tuna - Hesitation Blues
Wynton Marsalas - Standard Time - vol 1
Grateful Dead - Europe 72
A few of a lot.
debm55
(54,922 posts)walkingman
(10,254 posts)A really good album that I have fond memories from the early 70s. The band is from San Francisco and only had a couple of albums. I think the whole album is good ☮
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debm55
(54,922 posts)applegrove
(129,905 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)yellowdogintexas
(23,586 posts)Loggins and Messina Best of Friends
mentalsolstice
(4,639 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)Emile
(40,268 posts)Lunabell
(7,309 posts)Every song fantastic. And of course, The White Album.
Ptah
(33,990 posts)
debm55
(54,922 posts)Ptah
(33,990 posts)
debm55
(54,922 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)ailsagirl
(24,287 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)MichMan
(16,520 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,906 posts)If I had to be stuck on a deserted island with one albun?
The White Album by the Beatles because it has so many different kinds of music. Something for every mood.
debm55
(54,922 posts)Shermann
(9,002 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(4,818 posts)Janes is amazing.
Elessar Zappa
(16,385 posts)I love Janes Addiction.
GP6971
(37,546 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)LeftInTX
(34,013 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)all my albums warped. Had to be thrown out.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,405 posts)Also The Best of Iz.
IZ the Best of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Close to my heart through some personal connections.
I'd offer Bruce Cockburn's Humans album, though you can't go wrong with anything after his first album. I saw So by Peter Gabriel and Joni Mitchell's Blue on other posts, both terrific albums.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(28,405 posts)They go on tour, and often come to Santa Fe and perform at our Opera House. I am so fortunate and amazed to see them.
Actually, seeing any group you like in person is wonderful. Back in March I saw The High Kings, in Boulder, CO. Another group I really love.
debm55
(54,922 posts)jmowreader
(52,858 posts)Pink Floyd, The Wall
Iron Maiden, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
debm55
(54,922 posts)Penn State where you could buy used albums for one dollar. I bought some very old ones. Beatles included. The rest I bought at the Record Mart in town. The Wall was very good. Thank you for posting your albums.
jcgoldie
(12,046 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)inspiration on a
lot of musicians.
jcgoldie
(12,046 posts)There's a lot of other great ones. My favorites are from that early 70s fusion era. Indianola Mississippi Seeds is another great album he made in that period. His best known and greatest hits, however, are from the mid to late 50s sweet sixteen and everyday I have the Blues, etc.
Backseat Driver
(4,671 posts)1. Soundtrack from Lawrence of Arabia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_Arabia_(soundtrack)
2. Sinatra at the Sands - Frank (personal sentimental reasons)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinatra_at_the_Sands
3. Stoney End - Barbara Streisand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoney_End_(Barbra_Streisand_album)
4. Diana Ross and The Supremes - (think it was a Greatest Hits album)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(The_Supremes_album)
5. Graceland - Paul Simon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland_(album)
6. Tapestry - Carole King
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapestry_(Carole_King_album)
7. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumours_(album)
8. December - George Winston and A Winter's Solstice - Windham Hill Records
https://windhamhillrecords.com/2010/07/wh-1025-george-winston-https://www.awintersolstice.com/the-history
https://windhamhillrecords.com/2010/07/wh-1025-george-winston-december
I never got an allowance large enough to purchase many albums. Later, after marriage, I had other priorities. I still listen
to the radio and CDs/DVDs but rarely find a whole album by any single group or individual I'd confess to totally enjoyment every track. I'm not a dancer, and I like to hear music I enjoy (in many eclectic genres) in the background.
GReedDiamond
(5,509 posts)Matt Groening on Trout Mask Replica:
electric_blue68
(25,577 posts)Last edited Fri Sep 22, 2023, 02:28 PM - Edit history (2)
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I didn't even know! Oct 31! For the albums 30th Anniversary!
Deluxes bc
WN Dlx has the pivitol Lifehouse song ~
"Pure and Easy" on it!
(you can hear the opening of P&E at
the end of WN's The Song Is Over)
[Quadrophrenia, Tommy close choices]
AB Dlx wil have a lot of the B sides (Lady With The Spinning Head) and recorded but ?not officially issued songs (that I also love, and found online about 17 yrs ago?) like "Blow Your House Down"!
[NLOTH close choice]
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Well, if you're going to add more than 1 or 2 ... I'd add:
Springsteen - probably Darkness on the Edge of Town (w Born to Run, and Magic close choices)
The Patti Smith Group - probably Land (1975 - 2000) contains a lot of my favorites [single album probably Dream of Life]
Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
(Lucky for me I've seen all these bands multiple times!)
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Music albums (non songs)
.
Structures from Space - Steve Roach
a slowly changing set of a melody
Sonorous, deeply relaxing
Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards -
Steve Reich
A bright minimalist work Reminds me of Mid-Spring unfolding
debm55
(54,922 posts)electric_blue68
(25,577 posts)Then I went on to get the cassette, the CD, the Deluxe CD. 👍
Niagara
(11,361 posts)I'm positive this isn't all of them, only the ones right off the top of my head.
1. The Cars: The Cars, Shake It Up
2. Loverboy: Get Lucky, Keep It Up, Lovin' Every Minute of It
3. Rick Springfield: Hard to Hold, Working Class Dog
4. Def Leppard: Pyromania, Hysteria
5. AC/DC: Back to Black, The Razor's Edge
6. Billy Idol: Billy Idol, Rebel Yell
7. The Doors: The Doors, Absolutely Live, Soft Parade, L.A Woman, Waiting For The Sun
8. David Bowie: Hunky Dory, Low
9. Kings of Leon: Only By The Night
10. Ratt: 8191
debm55
(54,922 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(4,818 posts)Absolute Metal perfection.
Still untouched after 37 years.
Elessar Zappa
(16,385 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)Glorfindel
(10,172 posts)An indescribable mix of psychedelia and science fiction...I loved it instantly.
malthaussen
(18,373 posts)First album I ever owned.
-- Mal
consider_this
(2,847 posts)but that is one of many! Depending on mood, depending on genre choice, etc,
for example, VanHalen (1st album), Bach Violin Concertos (Pinchas Zukerman), many of what y'all have posted above. Too much good stuff - amen!
OneBlueDotS-Carolina
(1,480 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)OneBlueDotS-Carolina
(1,480 posts)Very close second...
ProfessorGAC
(75,671 posts)Fantastic live album by Yes, which is effectively a greatest hits up to that point. If not that, Reach The Beach by The Fixx, or Beat by King Crimson
Close to the top are Scary Monsters by Bowie, Little Creatures by Talking Heads, & Surfing With The Alien by Satriani.
debm55
(54,922 posts)aurora the great
(141 posts)I have more than a few that all rate equally to me. They represent different stages and ages in my life and all will have a place in my heart. Here are a couple Tapestry Carol King, Sweet Baby James, James Taylor Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd. Song of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen, Turnstile and The Stranger Billy Joel, Hotel California The Eagles, Bat out of Hell Meat Loaf, Making Movies Dire Straights, Achtung Baby U2 , Nevermind Nirvana, OK Computer Radiohead. Collective Soul and Dosage Collective Soul America Idiot , Green Day and I love the The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie, My Chemical Romance. and so on and so on, and so on. I am done!
Sorry for the list. All Apologies
debm55
(54,922 posts)albums sound like the stages of my life too. No need to apologize.
Generic Brad
(14,374 posts)Every note is perfection.
debm55
(54,922 posts)Coventina
(29,076 posts)U2: The Unforgettable Fire (I still hear new things, every time I listen)
The Smiths: Hatful of Hollow
Echo & the Bunnymen: Ocean Rain (An absolute masterpiece, start to finish)
INXS: The Swing (My heart aches every time I hear your voice, Michael)
R.E.M. : Life's Rich Pageant (It's a pistol hot cup of rhyme, y'all!)
The Cure: Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (I love all the Cure's albums, but this one....is a step above)
Madonna: Confessions on a Dance Floor (I don't care about the haters! I love Madonna, and her brilliant later work is ignored by a sexist and ageist music industry and society!)
XTC: Skylarking (Two musical and lyrical geniuses at the height of their powers)
Beethoven: Symphony #9 as recorded by Otto Klemplerer ( Werner Klemperer's - also known as Col. Klink - dad!) The single greatest musical achievement in human history.
TexasBushwhacker
(21,086 posts)Coventina
(29,076 posts)Upthevibe
(9,977 posts)I hadn't seen that. I didn't think I could love Tom Hanks more than I already did.....What a great segment!
Upthevibe
(9,977 posts)Great post!
OMG! I've never seen that. "Our Lips Are Sealed" is one of my favorite songs ever! And Tom Hanks even knew that Jane Wiedlin wrote it. He's the coolest of the cool!
TexasBushwhacker
(21,086 posts)It was during the COVID lockdown. That's why it's remote. Tom's shaved head is because was filming his part as Colonel Parker in "Elvis".
debm55
(54,922 posts)Celerity
(53,524 posts)(the best US and the best UK punk albums ever IMHO)
Minor Threat: American hardcore punk band from Washington, D.C. formed in 1980 and disbanded in 1983.
Minor Threat - Complete Discography (FULL ALBUM)
Label: Dischord Records DISCHORD 40, Dischord Records Dischord 40
Format: CD, Compilation, $9 From Dischord, Blue Cover
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Rock
Style: Hardcore, Punk





Cock Sparrer - Shock Troops (1983)
Cock Sparrer is an English punk rock band formed in 1972 in the East End of London. Although they have never enjoyed commercial success, they helped pave the way for the early '80s punk scene and the Oi! subgenre. Their songs have been covered by many punk, Oi!, and hardcore punk bands. Their style is influenced by pub rock, glam rock and raw 1960s beat music as delivered by bands like the Small Faces and The Who. Their lyrics mostly deal with topics related to the daily lives of working class people. Their name derives from their original name, Cock Sparrow, a Cockney term of familiarity.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_njW1vkI6NkKBSEc6BXOvtPBODnnbL764o (complete album playlist)
sample songs
Label: Razor Records (2) Raz 9, Razor Records (2) RAZ 9
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: UK
Released: 18 Nov 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk, Oi






debm55
(54,922 posts)songs. It's nice for me to step out of my genre. I thank you for that.
Aristus
(71,534 posts)
Although Chris de Burgh is Irish, he's hugely popular in Germany, which is where my Dad 'discovered' him on a business trip. He brought home some of his albums, including this one, and it made me a fan forever.
The music on the album reminds me of my own time in Germany, and makes me miss the place every time I listen.
debm55
(54,922 posts)Aristus
(71,534 posts)n/t
Celerity
(53,524 posts)great German industrial dance music from around the same time

Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM
Country: UK
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic
Style: Industrial, Synth-pop


Format: Vinyl, 12", Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: Europe
Released: 1985
Genre: Electronic, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Synth-pop



Goonch
(4,195 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)NNadir
(37,190 posts)Solstice, Ralph Towner.
debm55
(54,922 posts)a kennedy
(35,184 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)DFW
(59,678 posts)Beatles--Revolver
Byrds--Younger than Yesterday
Doors--Strange Days
Spirit--The Twelve Dreams of Doctor Sardonicus
Leo Kottke--either My Feet Are Smiling or Ice Water, hard to choose
Mark Knopfler--Sailing to Philadelphia or Dire Straits--On Any Street
Billy Joel--The Stranger
Wolverlei--Wind Tegen
Knut Kiesewetter--Leeder vun mien Fresenhof
Bonnie Raitt--Luck of the Draw
Steeleye Span--Now We Are Six
Pentangle--Cruel Sister
Bruce Hornsby--Scenes From The South Side, Harbor Lights, and Hot House
Ivan Goran Kovačić Folk Ensemble--Croatian Songs and Dances
Le Clou--Von Frankreich Nach Amerika
I listen to SO much music, there's no way I could pick just one album
debm55
(54,922 posts)CTyankee
(67,731 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)James and the the Tapestry albums. Saw them at the last concert a couple of years ago at the last concert at the Civic Arena. Not one bad song on her album.
CTyankee
(67,731 posts)in my car.
padfun
(1,886 posts)My all time favorite is Dark Side of the Moon but that was mentioned many times before.
debm55
(54,922 posts)GoodRaisin
(10,695 posts)because of Liz Reed and all the other timeless classics on that album.
debm55
(54,922 posts)sakabatou
(45,693 posts)debm55
(54,922 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(12,168 posts)And Dark Side Of The Moon, of course. Working Man's Dead.
debm55
(54,922 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(12,168 posts)It was nice to reminisce.
Tikki
(15,012 posts)and I find myself listening to LAlbum by CUIR (2022) and past favorites Order of Operation and Split Personalities ..by Ausmuteants (2014) more than often.
Tikki
debm55
(54,922 posts)catbyte
(38,561 posts)Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.

I'm a Michigander, what can I say? Bob is a Detroit deity, lol.
But then I also love Aja by Steely Dan and Making Movies by Dire Straits.
