Best Albums of ALL Time

[j-sh]

on wednesday I'm going on a 3 month trip to india and nepal
I'm planning to fill my 8gb ipod with purely classic and great albums
in the vein of dark side of the moon, pet sounds, ready to die, thriller

any suggestions?

[bass hertz]

this thread is created, what... every 2 weeks?

[hurlingdervish]

if you want to retreat into headspace for the trip on a trip of your own, get yourself some mars volta

deloused in the comatorium + francis the mute

[bandshell]

I can't resist threads like this.

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Slint - Spiderland
Pavement - Crooked rain, Crooked rain
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Elliott Smith - Either/Or
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
Neutral Milk Hotel - in The Aeroplane Over the Sea
Love - Forever Changes
The Beatles - Revolver
The BJM - Tepid Peppermint Wonderland - A Restrospective
Pixies - Doolittle
Neil Young - Harvest
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Radiohead - Kid A
GZA - Liquid Swords
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
Royal Trux - Cats and Dogs
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Joy Divison - Closer

[bass hertz]

The ORB - U.F. Orb
Front 242 - Tynarry for you
Aphex Twin - I care because you do
FrontLine Assembly - Neural Tactile Implant
Deep Dish - Junk Science
Meat Beat Manifesto - Satyricon
Consolidated - Play More Music
Wamdue Project - Resource toolbox vol 1
Stanton Warriors - stanton sessions vol 1
Burial - Untrue
U-Ziq - Lunatic Harness
Black Sabbath - born again
The Sword - age of winters
Rennie Pilgrem - explicit beats
Aphex Twin - selected ambient works vol 2
Suicidal Tendencies - how can I laugh tomorrow when i can even smile today
Renegade Roundwave - soundclash
Kiss - hotter than hell
Information Society - hack
Funki Porcini - love, pussycats, and carwrecks
Mogwai - mr. beast
The Gasman - the grand electric palace of variety
Boards Of Canada - geogadi
Plaid - double figure
N.W.A. - straight outta compton
Blackdog - bytes
Down - nola
kmfdm - money
Mad Professor - anti racist dub
Aphex Twin - chosen lords
Adam Freeland - on tour
Delerium - euphoric
OMD - dazzle ships
Coldcut - timber
DJ Shadow - entroducing
Herbie Hancock - sextant
ILS - soul trader
Plug - drum and bass for papa + plug ep's
Omni Trio -music for the next millenium
Motorhead - ace of spades
LTJ Bukem presents logical progression vol 1
Steve Hillage - live herald
Air - 10,000 hz legend
Synergy - semi-conductor release 2
Steve Reich - different trains
Hans Otte - book of sounds
Brian Eno - music for airports
Gas - nah und fern
Tangerine Dream - phaedra
Tresor Berlin - volume 3
Rush - grace under pressure
Neu! - White album
Ozric Tentecles - yum yum tree
System 7 - system 7.3/777
Chris Clark - clarence park
Tricky - ruff guide
MetalHeadz - platinum breaks vol 1
Omar Santana - tricked out
Chemical Brothers - exit planet dust
Depeche Mode - Violator
808 state - beautiful
The Cure - disentergration
A Tribe Called Quest - midnight marauders
808 state - utd state 90
Nine Inch Nails - the downward spiral
New Order - substance
Enigma - mcmxc a.d.
Mike Oldfield - tubular bells
The Melvins - houdini
Iron Maiden - somwhere in time
Guns n Roses - use your illusion 1 & 2
Pink Floyd - delicate sound of thunder





thats a good start

[domhunt]

Sunset Mission - Bohren & Der Club of Gore
Adrenalize - Def Leppard
Catch Thirty-Three - Meshuggah
Obzen - Meshuggah
Tyranny of Souls - Bruce Dickinson
Lucy Ford - Atmosphere
Headshots:Se7en - Atmosphere

[Ham]

I can't resist threads like this.
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

[collige]

Autechre - Tri Repetae++
Vex'd - Degenerate
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Plug - Drum 'n Bass for Papa/ Ep's 1-3
Outkast - SpeakerBoxxx/The Love Below
Bjork - Homogenic
Venetian Snares - Cavalcade of Glee...
Venetian Snares - Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding

And a personal favorite of mine:
CRICITAL CONDITION BAND (CCB) - CRITICAL CONDITION

Washington DC brockout!!!

[bandshell]

Fugazi - Repeater
Fugazi - The Argument

[bass hertz]

Outkast - SpeakerBoxxx/The Love Below

imho, worst thing they ever did.

[bandshell]

Outkast - SpeakerBoxxx/The Love Below

imho, worst thing they ever did.

All about "Atliens"

[collige]

Outkast - SpeakerBoxxx/The Love Below

imho, worst thing they ever did.

That album and Stankonia are a toss-up for their best in my book.

Idlewild on the other hand.......

[wubstep]

Black Sabbath - born again
A Tribe Called Quest - midnight marauders
The Melvins - houdini
Iron Maiden - somwhere in time
Guns n Roses - use your illusion 1 & 2
Pink Floyd - delicate sound of thunder

These are all ridiculous additions, not even the best albums by their respective artists.

I'm also shocked & appauled to be the first to mention;

Dr. Dre - 2001
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Led Zeppellin - IV
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon
2Pac - All Eyez on Me
Foreign Beggars - Asylum Agenga
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Capdown - Civil Disobidients
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops
Alice in Chains -Dirt
Eyehategod - Take As Needed For Pain
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Gojira - From Mars to Sirius
Neil Young - Harvest
Carcass - Heartwork (IMO)
Down - NOLA
Dead Prez - Let's Get Free
GZA - Liquid Swords
Decapitated - Nilhility
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol.1
Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain
Bob Marley - Legend
Damien Marley - Welcome to Jamrock

I've tried to cover all the genres I have knowledge of, get all this and you'll have a concise collection of;
Gangsta rap
Psych rock
Classic rock
Thrash
Doom
Sludge
Prog rock
UK hip hop
Grunge
Ska
Power Groove/Groove Metal
Deathrock
Technical metal
Folk
Grindcore
Stoner rock
Death metal
Political rap/hip hop
Reggae

[bass hertz]

Black Sabbath - born again
A Tribe Called Quest - midnight marauders
The Melvins - houdini
Iron Maiden - somwhere in time
Guns n Roses - use your illusion 1 & 2
Pink Floyd - delicate sound of thunder

These are all ridiculous additions, not even the best albums by their respective artists.

ohh lemme guess.. you choose
black sabbath - vol 4 or master of reality
a tribe called quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
iron maiden - number of the beast
guns and roses - appetite for destruction
pink floyd - dark side of the moon

those are good albums, but, they have been played to death and are overrated just because of popularity.

[domhunt]

Nah the best one by Maiden was Fear of the Dark

[bass hertz]

I'm also shocked & appauled to be the first to mention;

Down - NOLA

proof.

you didn't even read others posts.

[wubstep]

Black Sabbath - born again
A Tribe Called Quest - midnight marauders
The Melvins - houdini
Iron Maiden - somwhere in time
Guns n Roses - use your illusion 1 & 2
Pink Floyd - delicate sound of thunder

These are all ridiculous additions, not even the best albums by their respective artists.

ohh lemme guess.. you choose
black sabbath - vol 4 or master of reality
a tribe called quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
iron maiden - number of the beast
guns and roses - appetite for destruction
pink floyd - dark side of the moon

those are good albums, but, they have been played to death and are overrated just because of popularity.

No.

Also, he asked for the most classic albums, irrelevent to whether you've over played them or not.

[bandshell]

Black Sabbath - born again
A Tribe Called Quest - midnight marauders
The Melvins - houdini
Iron Maiden - somwhere in time
Guns n Roses - use your illusion 1 & 2
Pink Floyd - delicate sound of thunder

These are all ridiculous additions, not even the best albums by their respective artists.

ohh lemme guess.. you choose
black sabbath - vol 4 or master of reality
a tribe called quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
iron maiden - number of the beast
guns and roses - appetite for destruction
pink floyd - dark side of the moon

those are good albums, but, they have been played to death and are overrated just because of popularity.

No.

Also, he asked for the most classic albums, irrelevent to whether you've over played them or not.

I mentioned harvest, liquid swords and vulgar display of power.

[bass hertz]

Black Sabbath - born again
A Tribe Called Quest - midnight marauders
The Melvins - houdini
Iron Maiden - somwhere in time
Guns n Roses - use your illusion 1 & 2
Pink Floyd - delicate sound of thunder

These are all ridiculous additions, not even the best albums by their respective artists.

ohh lemme guess.. you choose
black sabbath - vol 4 or master of reality
a tribe called quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
iron maiden - number of the beast
guns and roses - appetite for destruction
pink floyd - dark side of the moon

those are good albums, but, they have been played to death and are overrated just because of popularity.

No.

Also, he asked for the most classic albums, irrelevent to whether you've over played them or not.

you're losing the point. it's all about taste. he asked our opinions and we gave it. you're saying my fucking opinions are wrong? they arent the "best" albums?

don't force your taste on others. make your list and keep your snobery to yourself.
son

[Jah Billah]

Consolidated - Play More Music

I reckon you should shut the fuck up and play more music!!!!