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10 greatest albums.... ever

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corona
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thought i'd make an indisputable list
no particular order. sorta compiled by having the list cover almost all music genres and mostly through influence, originality, and general goodness

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin

Exodus - Bob Marley & The Wailers

The Complete Recordings - Robert Johnson

Sex Machine - James Brown

London Calling - The Clash

We're Only In It For the Money - Frank Zappa

Workingman's Dead - Grateful Dead

The Chronic - Dr. Dre

Paranoid - Black Sabbath



May 3 2009 12:11AM
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987321654hgfd
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You put the chronic over Illmatic?
May 3 2009 12:14AM
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dmc12380
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dark side of the move
live at pompeii
shine on you crazy diamond
May 3 2009 12:15AM
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Mr.Panda
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for me, PERSONALLY i would take out The Grateful Dead album and replace it with Appetite for Destruction by Guns N Roses.
May 3 2009 12:15AM
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alh10
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yeahhh where dark side of the moon man?
May 3 2009 12:23AM
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corona
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yeah that could be considered a better album, but paranoid sorta covers that area. i would go so far to saying master of puppets is better than appetite for destruction, but again paranoid just kicks ass.. especially in influence
May 3 2009 12:24AM
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TheSpaceCowboy
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Here are mine.As of right now. no order.

NAS- Illmatic

Beastie Boys- Ill communication

The Cool Kids- The Bake Sale

Ghostface Killah and Trife Da God- Put it on the Line

Wu Tang Clan- Enter the WuTang

Jurassic 5- Feedback

Modest Mouse- Good News for People Who Like Bad News

Ol Dirty Bastards- Nigga Please

Ratatat- Classics

A Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Maruarders
May 3 2009 12:24AM
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TheSpaceCowboy
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and thats not even based on what music i like those are just all solid albums that you can listen threw
May 3 2009 12:25AM
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corona
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not there... as you can clearly see
every album on that list is better than it, more influential than it and more deserving. the only album it could replace would be sgt peppers and there is no way any other album can beat it
May 3 2009 12:25AM
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Mr.Panda
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yeah, ive always been a bigger fan of GnR...  i think it has to do with Axl's banshee wail.
May 3 2009 12:26AM
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corona
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beastie boys and wu tang clan are definitely worthy
May 3 2009 12:27AM
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dman1260
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physical graffiti is not zeppelins best album........how about zeppelin II
May 3 2009 12:28AM
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corona
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listen to them both, one after the other and no way you could say zeppelin II is better.. physical graffiti just flows so well, has no weak points, and just gets me all tingly every time i hear it.. although it is debatable whether its as influential as any other zeppelin album
May 3 2009 12:31AM
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dman1260
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i'm sorry, but i don't think you can beat Whole Lotta Love, What Is and Should Never Be, The Lemon Song, Ramble On, Moby Dick, etc. I mean, don't get me wrong, all Zeppelin CD's are awesome and Physical Graffiti has quite a few great ones, but the heavy hitters just don't stand up to Zeppelin II.
May 3 2009 12:36AM
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corona
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just in my time of dying and kashmir beat it hands down. then add on houses of the holy, custard pie, the rover etc... unbeatable
May 3 2009 12:40AM
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Bepo
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you NEED illmatic in there, no way you can put the chronic or any hip hop album over it
May 3 2009 12:40AM
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Totes_Magotes
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"When life gives you lemons, you paint that shit gold"  -  Atmosphere...  Hit it really big this year
May 3 2009 12:43AM
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corona
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yeaaa.. good fight between illmatic, straight outta compton, licence to ill, and the chronic for the rap/hip hop area
May 3 2009 12:46AM
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panojibber
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Where is the floyd? Of course for me thats personal preference because I obsess over floyd.

My top albums right now, in no particular order:

On an Island - David Gilmour

Mind Control - Stephen Marley

Into the Blue Again - The Album Leaf

Another Intensity - Gentleman (INCREDIBLE reggae album, look into it if you haven't)

Standard Bearer - Promoe

Deadwing - Porcupine Tree

Bermuda Mixtape - Collie Buddz

The Wall - Pink Floyd (This album is an EPIC. Should definitely be on there.)

Bang Bang - Dispatch

Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull (I like long songs, and 45 minutes definitely counts)

Not necessarily top 10 of all time, that can't be done as there is way too much good music out there, but these are my favorites right now.

May 3 2009 12:52AM
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dman1260
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i'm not a huge fan of either of the first two........i like the early zeppelin much better. Kashmir is much too reptitive and really lacks any great guitat or vocal work. Either way, I guess I am just a much bigger fan of the early, raw zeppelin.
May 3 2009 1:01AM
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low_fidelity
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Here is my opinion:


My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello

This Years Model - Elvis Costello

Forever Changes - Love

Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams

The Low End Theory -  Tribe Called Quest

Enter the Wu-Tang - The Wu-Tang Clan

The Sun Rises in the East - Jeru The Damaja

Merriweather Post-Pavillion - Animal Collective

Black Flag - Damaged
May 3 2009 1:15AM
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TimS
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All I will say is: where is the "Brothers in Arms" by Dire Straits???
May 3 2009 3:53AM
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Arabian.
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Are You Experienced? - Hendrix

Revolver - The Beatles

The Wall - Pink floyd

Highway 61 Revisited - Dylan

New Morning - Dylan

Let It Bleed - Stones

Live at Sin-e [Deluxe edition] - Jeff Buckley

The Velvet Underground and Nico - Velvet Underground

Merriweather Post Pavilion - A. Collective

Live at Pompeii - Pink flued.

May 3 2009 7:15AM
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Arabian.
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wow really? a Love and a collective fan good on ya.
May 3 2009 7:18AM
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ChrisSkisChronic
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In no particular order:
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin - Zep 4 (Zoso)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii 
Pink Floyd - The Wall
The Beatles - Revolver
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus
Steel Pulse - Babylon the Bandit
May 3 2009 10:59AM
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Ski.Ballet
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10 of the 100 that come to mind right now are, in no particular order:

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Revolver - Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's - Beatles
The Doors - The Doors
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Who's Next - The Who
Funeral - Arcade Fire

May 3 2009 2:33PM
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95959
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don't forget Ready to Die
May 3 2009 2:49PM
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Relish_man
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this is just my 2 cents but i think that Crack the Skye from Mastodon is a really good album. after listening to it 2 or 3 times, i cant stop listening to it and i think all the songs are pretty great.
May 3 2009 2:54PM
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PeeDuBzz
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Gold- Sublime.. gotta throw that in there
May 3 2009 3:16PM
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no_steeze
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amazing album, you can just listen to it over and over
same with We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
May 3 2009 3:33PM
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k-rob
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here's my all-time favourites:

NaS - Illmatic
Daft Punk - Alive 2007
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Bob Marley - Exodus
Collective Soul - Seven Year itch
Infected Mushroom - Converting Vegetarians
Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected
Mos Def - Black Star
Daft Punk - Discovery
U2 - The Joshua Tree

May 3 2009 3:38PM
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Mr.Panda
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my 10 favorites...  i dont listen to much rap so dont hate on me for being primarily rock

Mos Def - Black Star

Sean Paul - The Trinity

Reise Reise - Rammstein

Appetite for Destruction - Guns N Roses

Kill 'Em All - Metallica

Billy Talent II - Billy Talent

Paramour Sessions - Papa Roach

Saints of Los Angeles - Motley Crue

Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys

Process Of Belief - Bad Religion
May 3 2009 3:46PM
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Bloom.
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for real, how could you not include that
May 3 2009 4:00PM
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baethoven
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my vote is for zeppelin II on this one. classic zeppelin poons physical graffiti. but its still a good album.

May 3 2009 4:06PM
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BrewskiJr
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I remember hearing on the news like... a year ago that some independent study found Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon to be the greatest musical album ever to be produced. I guess it took them over a year and a half to come to the conclusion. Just throwing it out there
May 3 2009 4:19PM
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Ski.Ballet
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IMO it's the greatest album ever made. That's interesting/funny though.
May 3 2009 4:20PM
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JakeC
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why isnt there any biggie in here?
May 3 2009 4:41PM
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joey.
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^ I know

Ready To Die, Life After Death ... cmon guys...


I'd throw in Champion Sound - Jaylib

too many to choose from to pick a specific top 10
May 3 2009 4:50PM
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jibopoly23
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pink floyd-dark side of the moon

pinkfloyd-piper at the gates of dawn

syd barrett-the madcap laughs

beatles-sgt pep

eminem-slim shadylp

eminem-marshallmattherslp

xzibt-at the speed of life

dre-2001

slipknot-9.0live

linkin park-live in texas

May 3 2009 5:44PM
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Ski.Ballet
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hahahahahaha
May 3 2009 5:45PM
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Thenowhereman42
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Sgt. Pepper over Revolver or Rubber Soul?

and Exodus is like, no where even close to Burnin.


May 3 2009 5:48PM
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panojibber
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Silly thread poster, he thought he made an indisputable list!

May 3 2009 6:03PM
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Thenowhereman42
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Yeah other than Beatles and Marley I wouldn't have any of those bands even on my list.  Maybe Zep, maybe.
May 3 2009 6:10PM
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corona
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no way in hell is revolver or rubber soul better then sgt peppers or is burnin better then exodus. you've obviously never listened to any of the albums the whole way through if you think that.
May 3 2009 6:16PM
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corona
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scratch that last one, you've obviously never listened to any full album.
first off one of the criteria that i used is influence, this is why robert johnson id there... there is no artist more influential EVER to live more influential that him. he's influenced every single type of music you listen to today in some way or another. along the same lines, paranoid has more influence in metal and hard rock that any other album... every metal band, metallica, guns n roses, megadeath, etc, they are all influenced by black sabbath.  exodus is the pinnacle of reggae music and has influenced every single reggae artist after, workingmans dead is the defining album of the hippie movement and has therefore influenced an incredible amount of music, the chronic is debatably the best/most influential rap/hip hop album, that one was a close call, the others should speak for themselves. as i said, albums were picked on a basis to cover almost all genres of music mostly based on influence... give me a better list that does this
May 3 2009 6:24PM
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Alex_G
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its only 22 minutes long
May 3 2009 6:25PM
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jambone
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Illmatic, Californication, Plans (Death Cab), Workingman's Dead all need to be on there.
May 3 2009 7:02PM
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Thenowhereman42
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I'll admit I don' even know who Robert Johnson is.  I don't know who paranoid is.  Metallica, Megadeath, Guns n Roses, and Black Sabbath all suck.  Burnin vs. Exodus is just me probably, I had Exodus when I was like 10 years old and didn't get Burnin till highschool.  I just really love all the tracks on Burnin, and it's more stripped down I think than Exodus.  Regardless they're both great albums.  Exodus does have like all of his most reconizable songs minus Buffalo Soldier though so you probaby were right on that one.  Revolver is hands down the best Beatles album and I don't know how anyone could disagree.  The B side on that album has more genious than all of Sgt. Pepper.  Everything Dre did after NWA wasn't that good IMO, he's a good producer but he was never that good at rapping, which is why on the NWA tracks he's not featured as much as everyone else, although I am glad that album came out because I'm down with the Snoop.

I was going to do a list but I got like 2 albums in and my brain just exploded with possibilities.  It would take me like an hour and then no one will have heard of like half the bands anyway,  but I might do one when I get off work.
May 3 2009 7:02PM
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Thenowhereman42
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lol I just sounded like a dick thinking paraoid was a band
May 3 2009 7:11PM
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corona
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I disagree. It was comparing Revolver and Sgt Peppers, it took me about 3 hours but Sgt Pepper came out on top. revolvers top couple songs may beat sgt peppers top, but revolver has a couple weak songs, sgt pepper does not. and a day in the life ending sgt peppers just seals the deal, tomorrow never knows is kinda a weak song for the beatles. and sgt peppers brings effects like reverb out that really werent popular before making it more creative and inspirational than revolver. it wins
May 3 2009 7:36PM
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TotallyTrevor
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hahaha, i used to be the biggest sum 41 fan, that was a good cd though
May 3 2009 8:13PM
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