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Dr Fate

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23. Too many to list.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013, 01:08 AM

Jun 2013

This week I am digging a Townes Van Vandt live lp I found in the bargain bin. Also, the 3rd Gun Club LP.

All time faves? mebbe Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits or a Cramps one? depends on the week. Love the 2nd Buff. Springfield in mono for instance...

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What is the greatest album you've ever heard? [View all] Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 OP

Phil Collins/Genesis............ No Jacket Required. nt aaaaaa5a Jun 2013 #1

Herbie Mann at the Village Gate. 1964 OffWithTheirHeads Jun 2013 #2

Agree on Dark Side zappaman Jun 2013 #3

Loveless would be pretty high up for me as well. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #5

Thirded. It would certainly be in my top 40-50, easily. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #63

I wish I could forget what Dark Side of the Moon sounds like. Frank Cannon Jun 2013 #97

How did that album change your life, Frank ? In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #98

I have it in 5.1 zappaman Jun 2013 #99

Pink FLoyd - The Wall TrogL Jun 2013 #4

I'm a p-rock girl but agree. RiffRandell Jun 2013 #34

Depeche Mode - Violator. REM - Fables of the Reconstruction. Liberal Veteran Jun 2013 #6

I certainly like the first two choices you picked. TexasTowelie Jun 2013 #26

Maynard Ferguson Live at Jimmy's Hotler Jun 2013 #7

I'll go with Blood on the Tracks mokawanis Jun 2013 #8

I can listen to Brown Dirt Cowboy tavernier Jun 2013 #9

There's no such thing. LWolf Jun 2013 #10

My pipi_k Jun 2013 #12

Led Zeppelin IV Llewlladdwr Jun 2013 #11

Madman Across the Water, and/or Bertha Venation Jun 2013 #13

Tapestry ohiosmith Jun 2013 #14

Strangers in the Night by UFO sadbear Jun 2013 #15

"Bloodletting" by Concrete Blonde. Aristus Jun 2013 #16

Yes! Loved it the first time I heard it Spike89 Jun 2013 #28

Have you heard TuxedoKat Jun 2013 #40

Pearl Jam- Ten. Rage Against The Machine- RATM, Pixies- Surfer Rosa NightWatcher Jun 2013 #17

DSotM, Boston, Abraxas, from the Mars Hotel, Led Zep (1) KG Jun 2013 #18

Asakusa Jinta AsahinaKimi Jun 2013 #19

As far as the first one to REALLY blow me away hearing it the first time: Van Halen ( debut album ) Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #20

While I wouldn't give any VH album a perfect 10/10, I've listened to and loved them since preschool. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #47

I wasn't giving it a perfect 10, or said it's the best Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #66

I enjoy the full spectrum, from softest (Simon & Garfunkel) to hardest (thrash and death metal). nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #67

Kind of Blue Mr.Bill Jun 2013 #21

Yes, yes, and yes tishaLA Jun 2013 #92

Yessongs is my favorite but chknltl Jun 2013 #22

Yessongs was the first I ever bought. Squinch Jun 2013 #72

Too many to list. Dr Fate Jun 2013 #23

Shit, I don't know... maybe 'Blonde on Blonde'? nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #24

Forgot 'Zeppelin I' and 'The Queen Is Dead' (Smiths)! nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #25

zz top datasuspect Jun 2013 #27

For pure musical awe...Butterfield Blues Band's East-West Spike89 Jun 2013 #29

Still have East-West LP. And Do the Twist With Ray Charles! Eleanors38 Jun 2013 #93

It's curious you mention OK Computer and In Rainbows... Hong Kong Cavalier Jun 2013 #30

Glad you posted this - it's interesting. ok_cpu Jun 2013 #90

still going with the cure's disintegration fizzgig Jun 2013 #31

'Disintegration' is great. Probably their/his best album. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #48

Forgot about Disintegration! zappaman Jun 2013 #51

"Kind of Blue," Miles Davis WilliamPitt Jun 2013 #32

I'd have to agree... First Speaker Jun 2013 #35

Bodeans, Live at the Pabst.... mike_c Jun 2013 #33

I don't think I know any Bodeans other than "Good Things." Song suggestions, perhaps? nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #50

You might have heard this one ... Fadeaway: Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #60

Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out! Initech Jun 2013 #36

Nobody will agree with mine...Bad Girls by Donna Summer and So by Peter Gabriel...nt joeybee12 Jun 2013 #37

So is still a great album! rppper Jun 2013 #53

I'd put So on the list. Squinch Jun 2013 #73

Reign in Blood. MrSlayer Jun 2013 #38

One of the best metal albums ever for sure. I nearly wore out the CD when I was 15/16. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #54

Shit, I gotta choose just ONE? Taverner Jun 2013 #39

Nothing wrong any of those choices. You have taste! nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #55

Subject to change and ridicule Flashmann Jun 2013 #41

Ice Water by Leo Kottke, but VERY closely followed by a twenty way tie including: DFW Jun 2013 #42

We're on the same wavelength Zorro Jun 2013 #70

Armadillo was groundbreaking DFW Jun 2013 #71

the first Boston album..... lastlib Jun 2013 #43

Physical Graffiti by Led Zep duuser5822 Jun 2013 #44

Agreed on sublime! rppper Jun 2013 #49

Nochance of picking greatest but OriginalGeek Jun 2013 #45

Morbid Angel, Bathory, Entombed, Pestilence, Terrorizer, ND, Death, Maiden, GZA, Motorhead... nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #56

Here are the ones I listen to all the time Elton/Lana Del Rey/ plus... graham4anything Jun 2013 #46

"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is great. And some other good choices like Cash, Willie Nelson, S&G. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #57

Class Clown, by George Carlin Auggie Jun 2013 #52

Shit piss fuck cunt cocksucker motherfucker and tits Initech Jun 2013 #82

bo diddly is a gunslinger madrchsod Jun 2013 #58

"Yeah yeah yeah uh huh!" Tom Ripley Jun 2013 #59

Love this one: "Goodbye, Jumbo" by World Party Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #61

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band OmahaBlueDog Jun 2013 #62

Kind of Blue, Jazz Samba, Maynard and many more. BlueJazz Jun 2013 #64

This is a hard one to beat... MrMickeysMom Jun 2013 #65

The Who- Quadrophenia Doc_Technical Jun 2013 #68

in no particular order: opiate69 Jun 2013 #69

Good choices! 'Sabotage' and 'Diary' are underrated. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #83

I'm going to say this and duck: Tom Waits, Heart of Saturday Night. Squinch Jun 2013 #74

Tom Traubert's Blues and The Piano must be drinking both in character. graham4anything Jun 2013 #76

Love! likesmountains 52 Jun 2013 #78

yeah, good choice -- I remember the day I bought that as well fishwax Jun 2013 #96

or this likesmountains 52 Jun 2013 #79

OK Computer or "Lolita Nation" by Game Theory underpants Jun 2013 #75

This one is my favorite .... dawg Jun 2013 #77

Astral Weeks. Van Morrison vanlassie Jun 2013 #80

good choice fishwax Jun 2013 #95

Its a two way tie for me... Broken_Hero Jun 2013 #81

The Rutles - Finchley Road Kennah Jun 2013 #84

The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film Art_from_Ark Jun 2013 #85

Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms burnodo Jun 2013 #86

Many good ones mentioned so I will add a few YeahSureRight Jun 2013 #87

Who's Next Orsino Jun 2013 #88

Can't Buy A Thrill PassingFair Jun 2013 #89

I am occasionally re-blown away by Joni Mitchell's Blue. vanlassie Jun 2013 #91

I'll say the Sunset Tree, by the Mountain Goats, because nobody else has fishwax Jun 2013 #94