5 Albums You Couldn't Live Without

[kariatari]

Mine:

The Joshua Tree - U2
OK Computer - Radiohead
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Live at Leeds - The Who
Bachelor No. 2 - Aimee Mann

[rwenos]

1. I Know I'm Old, But . . .

1. Beatles White Album
2. Santana Abraxas
3. Dave Brubeck, Take Five
4. Jimi Hendrix, Are you Experienced?
5. Beatles, Sgt. Pepper

[Kire]

3. I better hide this thread

otherwise, I'm going to be shelling out 9.99 at iTunes everytime somebody posts

[Wheelie_Alex]

2. I don't know about living without, but ...

I could live the rest of my life without hearing "Hotel California" again.

[kariatari]

7. holy crap. somebody else shares my views on this!

dunno why, but i just never really got into the eagles.

[LowerManhattanite]

8. Went to Baskin Robbins the other night...

...and Hotel California was on. In spite of having to hear 20-plus shaggy-haired, black t-shirted fellow music classmates feebly try to pluck out that solo on cheap-*ssed school-bought acoustics, and in spite of hearing it every 19 minutes on WABC-77 in 1977, ad yes...in spite of being tortured by hearing it sung at a karaoke bar in Aspen by a drunken opera tenor...

I hadn't heard the song in maybe a year or so. That guitar solo came and dammned if I didn't find myself bopping along to it. Give the "devil" it's due---as overexposed as the song may be, it is as perfect a piece of ersatz rock/pop that's ever been made. If you get away from the song for awhile and then have it sneak up on you, it's damned fine. Guess I'd been out of the Eagles loop for awhile, 'cause "I Cant Tell You Why" came on next and damned if that wistful little number didn't pack a little wallop as well.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder I guess. :)

[FunBobbyMucha]

27. I love the Gypsy Kings' version.

It was on the Electra/Asylum Records anniversary tribute back in the 90's, and can be heard, mucho appropriately, as Jesus licks his purple ball in Big Lebowski.

[Leilani]

15. Someone said

the Eagles rock music is for people who don t like rock music.

[donheld]

16. Eagles

i got sooooo sick of the eagles in the late 70's i still can't listen to them. especially hotel california

[otohara]

4. me, me, me..

Kiko - Los Lobos
Greatest Hits - Marvin Gaye
Exile on Coldharbour Lane - A3
Girls, Girls, Girls - Elvis Costello
Turbulent Indigo - Joni Mitchell

[LowerManhattanite]

5. If I HAD to narrow it down to five...

1.) The Beatles "Revolver"
2.) Aretha Franklin's "Amazing Grace'
3.) Charlie Parker "With Strings"
4.) Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (Self-titled first album)
5.) The Stylistics (Self-titled first album)

6.) and the bonus lotto number...Elvis Costello & Burt Bacaharach "Painted From Memory"

[noahmijo]

6. Oh man that's tough okay

1. The Metropolis pt. 2 - Dream Theater
2. Images and Words - Dream Theater
3. Twilight in Olympus - Symphony X
4. Van Halen (first album)
5. Steve Vai-Passion and Warfare

That's just THIS week though...I need more of top 1,000 list heh.

[enigmatic]

9. Well, it's not 5....

But here's my top 10, in no order:

New Day Rising- Husker Du
The Days Of Wine And Roses- The Dream Syndicate
Murmur- R.E.M.
Anodyne- Uncle Tupelo
Devotion+Doubt- Richard Buckner
Cuba- The Silos
California- American Music Club
Songs Of Love: Live- Mark Eitzel
Lost Son- Richmond Fontaine
You And Your Sister- The Vulgar Boatmen

[richmwill]

10. My varied tastes

1. "Night At The Opera"- Queen
2. "Never Mind The Bollocks"- Sex Pistols
3. "In Utero"- Nirvana
4. "Greatest Hits"- 2Pac
5. "Greatest Hits Live"- Ramones

[blackcat77]

11. This is always a toughie and it's different every time...

Abbey Road -- Beatles
Just for Love -- Quicksilver
Blows Against the Empire -- Jefferson Starship
Led Zeppelin -- I
Yessongs -- Yes

[Lovecrafty]

12. Here are mine

Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner
Morphine - Cure for Pain
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond
Type O Negative - October Rust
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4

[tarkus]

44. And I didn't think anyone liked later Mahavishnu stuff... NM

[pbg]

13. 5

Kate Bush-The Dreaming
John Lee Hooker-Graveyard Blues
Yes-Tales from Topographic Oceans
Leo Kottke-the armadillo album
Stanley Clarke-School Days

next 5:

Loreena McKennitt-the Visit
Mahavishnu Orchestra-Birds of Fire
Beach Boys-Pet Sounds
Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run
Nine Inch Nails-The Downward Spiral

[CalebHayes]

14. The Cure anyone?

[sasquatch]

17. Here's mine

Metallica-"And justice for all"
Motorhead-"No Remorse"
Jimi Hendrix-"Are you expeienced"
Lead Belly-"Where did you sleep last night"
Johnny Cash-

[WindRavenX]

18. mine:

1. Joshua Tree- U2
2. A Rush of Blood To The Head- Coldplay
3. The Rising- Bruce Springsteen
4. Seachange- Beck
5. Californication- Red Hot Chili Peppers

[maveric]

19. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison

Tonights the Night - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

The White Album - The Beatles

Led Zepplin I

Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust... - Bowie

[AverageJoe]

20. Okay

Pet Sounds / The Beach Boys
Nighthawks at the Diner / Waits
At My Window / Townes Van Zandt
Born to Run / The Boss
Pacific Ocean Blue / Dennis Wilson

[non sociopath skin]

21. Off the top of my head ...

Kate and Anna McGarrigle - Dancer With Bruised Knees
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Robert Crumb and his Cheap Suit Serenaders - Chasin' Rainbows
Ry Cooder - Jazz
Fats Domino - Greatest Hits

and bubbling under:

Gillian Welch: Time (The Revelator)

The Skin

[auburngrad82]

22. My Picks

Marvin Gaye- What's Goin' On?
The Boss- Born To Run
Sex Pistols- Never Mind The Bollocks
Willie Nelson- Red Headed Stranger
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

[AVID]

23. here . .

1. Hillery duff - metamorphosis
2. Ashley Simpson - new CD
3. Justin timberlake- jt
4. jump - do ya
5. Hanson - new stuff

edit: help! bigskydem userID taken hostage by house of tweens!!!

[bowens43]

24. It's not easy to pick 5 but here goes

(not in any particular order)

1. Jefferson Airplane - Blows against the Empire
2. The Grateful Dead - American Beauty
3. Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
4. The Doors - Wierd Scenes Inside the Gold Mine
5. Springsteen - Born to Run

I need more than five

6. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

[LynneSin]

25. My List:

1. Led Zeppelin II
   
2. Queen - Night at the Opera
   
3. Yes - The Yes Album
   
4. Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue
   
5. Yo-Yo Ma - Simply Baroque (gets all my Bach fix nicely
   

the second 5 would be:

1. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
   
2. U2 - Greatest HIts 1980-1990
   
3. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
   
4. Pearl Jam - Ten
   
5. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Nation
   

[stranger_with_candy]

26. Top 5

James - Laid
Live - Throwing Copper
Travis - The Man Who
Cranberries - No Need to Argue
Gavin DeGraw - Chariot

Runners up:
Lifehouse - No Name Face
Coldplay - Parachutes
R.E.M. - Eponymous

and many others to choose from but James tops the list.

[FunBobbyMucha]

28. Lovin' the High Fidelity-ness of this thread

so here goes:

Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits.
The Replacements' "Tim."
REM's "Automatic For the People."
The White Album.
The Clash "London Calling."


then...

Nirvana "Nevermind."
The Jam "Setting Sons."
Junior Brown "12 Shades of Brown."
Marvin Gaye "Let's Get it On."
Neil Young "Rust Never Sleeps."

[redqueen]

29. Tough

Trespass - Genesis
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
Peter Gabriel (Melt) - Peter Gabriel
Security - Peter Gabriel
SO - Peter Gabriel

Looks like I have no room for anyone else, but if that's the way it's gotta be...

[tarkus]

45. You don't need room for anyone else when you've got P. Gabe NM

[redqueen]

54. My sentiments exactly!

:hi:

[Commendatori]

30. Mine won't come as much of a surprise

Blue Oyster Cult - Workshop of Telescopes (yes, I'm selecting a collection; you're limiting me to five after all)

Rush - All the World's a Stage

Van Halen's first album

The largest Nazareth collection currently in existence, whether it be called "Greatest Hits..," "Best of..." or whatever

The largest available collection of Aerosmith's pre-pop era

[southpaw]

31. Hmmmm... let's see now...

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Ten - Pearl Jam
Fortress - Sister Hazel
Rock Spectacle - Bare Naked Ladies
Soul To Soul - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

that list will change within the hour, to be sure...

Other essentials include:

Living Under June - Jann Arden
Close to the Edge - Yes
Empire - Queensryche

[peacefreak]

32. Five,

Pieces of the Sky--Emmylou Harris
Blue--Joni Mitchell
Blood on the Tracks--Bob Dylan
Kind of Blue--Miles Davis
Poetic Champions Compose--Van Morrison

[Khephra]

33. mine

Marilyn Manson -- Holy Wood

Ministry -- Psalm 69

NIN - Downward Spiral

PJ Harvey - Dry

Tool -- Aenima

Sonic Youth -- Daydream Nation

[Screaming Lord Byron]

34. I don't like music.

I don't own any CD's.

[tigereye]

37. wise guy

you just can't pick just five, no?

[Cats Against Frist]

35. Five is Rough

Tool -- Aenima
Jethro Tull -- Thick as a Brick
Frank Zappa -- Joe's Garage
Phish -- Junta
Stravinsky, Digital Master Series -- Seattle Symphony -- Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) & Puicinella.

This is today. It could change, tomorrow.

[MissMillie]

36. Aimee Mann, but

I pick "Whatever"

also

Days of Future Passed - Moody Blues
Hats - The Blue Nile
Cover Girl - Shawn Colvin
The Trinity Sessions - Cowboy Junkies

[tigereye]

38. hard question as always

A.
Television - Marquee Moon
Clash - London Calling
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Diesel and Dust- Midnight Oil
Bach - without Bach, no music

B.
Sarah Vaughn - any without an orchestra
Billy Bragg-Worker's Playtime
Robyn Hitchcock - Globe of Frogs
Velvet Underground - Live MCMXCII
Don Cherry - Multikulti

[JSJ]

50. robyn hitchcock...hmmm, good n/t

[tigereye]

52. can't live without Robyn

Actually I meant to say Element of Light, but I like a lot of his albums, including Soft Boys stuff.

[HEyHEY]

39. Joshua Tree is for sure on my list

And also Fully Completely by the hip
The essential animals
More Hot rocks
SGT. Pepper

[Magrittes Pipe]

40. Just FIVE?

Christ, I'd probably rather die.

Well, lessee...

Love Forever Changes
Pixies Surfer Rosa
Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane over the Sea
Skip James The Complete Early Recordings (Yeah, it's a comp. Deal.)
The Stooges Fun House

That said, I don't think I could live without Trane's A Love Supreme, Dylan's Blood on the Tracks, Histoire de Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg, Wire's Pink Flag, or The Room Isn't Big Enough by Ego Summit.

Not to mention the Harry Smith-collected Anthology of American Folk Music.

[Merrick]

41. These encompass the whole emotional spectrum, I think

Tool - Aenema
The Cure - Disentegration
Neurosis - Times of Grace
Modest Mouse - This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick

[maxrandb]

42. My Five

Quadrophenia - The Who
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
John Prine Greatest Hits - John Prine
Welcome to the Club - Ian Hinter Live

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

43. What? So nobody here likes Dan Fogelberg?

...runs away cackling maniacally.

[JSJ]

49. i like him- but what's he done lately?

white album, chicago 1,2, rumour and sigh, peaches and regalia, exile on main street. Could be a different five tommorow.

[Jose McGillicutty]

66. my father listens to dan fogelberg

it wasn't nearly as bad as him playing dan fogelberg covers to try to get me to fall asleep. oh the torment.

:puke:

[tarkus]

46. Prog Rock and Jazz masterpieces, every one...

Yes- Close to the Edge
Jethro Tull- Heavy Horses
Charlie Parker collection (yes, cheating)
Johnny Smith and Stan Getz- Moonlight in Vermont
Dream Theater- Images and Words

That was a very tough list, and far from inclusive. No Metallica, Tool, Tori Amos, Bach, or King Crimson, but some sacrifices must be made.

[AntiCoup2K4]

47. How the Hell do you limit the list to 5 albums??

Beatles - White Album
Rolling Stones - Brussels Affair (yes, it's a bootleg)
U2 - Mountains & Deserts (87 tour)
Van Halen - my own compilation of the first 6 albums (no way I can limit myself to just ONE of their studio albums. They're too damn short!)
Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols.

[Donkeyboy75]

48. There are probably 25 I couldn't live without, but here's five that pop

into my head now.

Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Odessa - The Handsome Family
Key Lime Pie - Camper Van Beethoven
Is This It - The Strokes
Ritual de lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction

[Tikki]

51. My vinyl treasurers....

"Los Angeles"......X

"I Fought the Law/KRLA King of the Wheels".....Bobby Fuller Four

"Give 'Em Enough Rope".......The Clash

"Ramones".....The Ramones

"Double Nickels on the Dime"...The Minutemen




special mentions:
"Fire of Love"...The Gun Club
"Primordial Ooze Flavored"....The Unclaimed
"This Year's Model"...Elvis Costello and the Attractions
"Electric Music For The Mind and Body"...Country Joe and the Fish

[jpgray]

53. More than five, but here are a few

Can - Future Days
Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
The Fall - Slates EP
Stooges - Fun House
Soft Machine - Volume Two

[dolo amber]

55. As always with these threads

ask me in 5 minutes it'd probably be 5 different ones.


My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants OR Dubnobasswithmyheadman (I'd have to just close my eyes and grab one.)

Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen OR Congregation. Same thing.

Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Sonic Youth - Evol

[toddaa]

56. Just 5? I'd die

First things I grab in a fire

Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
David S. Ware - Dao
Autechre - LP5
Ornette Coleman - At the Golden Circle (cheating, both volumes)
Tim Berne's Bloodcount - Unwound

Next things I grab

David S. Ware - Wisdom of Uncertainty
Peter Brotzmann Octet - Machine Gun
Autechre - DRAFT 7.30
Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy
Tim Berne's Science Friction - The Sublime And

[skygazer]

57. Easy

Pink Floyd - The Wall
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Animals
Pink Floyd - tough call between The Final Cut and Meddle

[tarkus]

61. Pick up The Final Cut, it's probably their best. NM

[Richardo]

58. OK

Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
Beatles - White Album
Don Ellis - Tears of Joy
Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks - Strike it Rich
'77 - Talking Heads

[Twillig]

59. Mine,

In no particular order:

Aerosmith Toys in the Attic
Cure Kiss me, Kiss me, Kiss me
U2 Unforgettable Fire
Jeff Beck Wired
Beck Odelay
Hanson Middle of Nowhere ( I make no apologies whatsoever! They're the cure to The Cure)

[mac56]

60. Five?

"Revolver" - The Beatles
"Something/Anything" - Todd Rundgren
"Rock Awhile" - Lamont Cranston Band
"Heat Treatment" - Graham Parker and the Rumour
"Beat & Torn" - The Spongetones

[Strawman]

62. These come to mind for me although I'd prefer a mix CD

Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Goober and the Peas - The Complete Works of Goober and the Peas
Lou Reed - Berlin
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book

[AngryOldDem]

63. My Five (Subject to Change Hourly)

1. Abbey Road -- The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds -- The Beach Boys
3. Bookends -- Simon and Garfunkel
4. Hot August Night -- Neil Diamond
5. The Stranger -- Billy Joel

[jus_the_facts]

64. Masters o'Reality~Sabbath....Wish You Were Here~Pink Floyd....

....Essentials~Jimi Hendrix....Box Set~Zeppelin.....The Hits I and II~Prince :headbang:

[guitar man]

65. Wow, just 5

Flash Terry-Mr. Bluesman (Tulsa folks will understand this one)

Tower of Power-The Warner Years

Asleep At The Wheel- Served Live

Little Feat- Waiting for Colombus

JJ Cale- The Very Best of JJ Cale

Bonus album*

The Meters-Very Best Of

[Deja Q]

67. Great post idea! Here's my 5...

* Volume 2 - Garbage
* Good Stuff - The B-52's
* The Definitive Collection - ABBA
* Volume 3: The Leisure Hive - Doctor Who at the Radiophonic Workshop
* Headquaters - The Monkees

[MrSlayer]

68. Reign in Blood by Slayer always tops the list.

Beggar's Banquet - Rolling Stones
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Ritual de lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction
Master of Puppets - Metallica

[DemWitch]

69. Like air I'd have to have

1. Enigma MCMXC a.d.
2. Pink Floyd Animals
3. Enigma Le roi es mort. Vive le roi!
4. Titanic Soundtrack
5. Meatloaf Back into Hell

next 5

6. Pink Floyd Dark side of the moon
7. Chicane Far from the maddening crowd
8. Chicane Beyond the sun
9. Enigma The Screen behind the mirror
10. Meatloaf Welcome to the neighborhood