what is your TOP 5 ALBUMS OF ALL TME?
April 19th 2008 10:54
earlier this year i was asked to consider my TOP 5 ALBUMS OF ALL TIME
it was a more difficult task than it first appeared but this is what i eventually came up with. . .
1. Soundgarden - Superunknown
2. Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
3. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
4. Custard - Loverama
5. T.O.O.L - Aenima
there are hundreds of bands and singers i admire, and individual songs i love, but a whole album that is outstanding from beginning til end is much more rare . . . still i think a top 20 would be easier to decide on, theres so many fabulous albums ive missed out
i know everybody has different and unique musical tastes so I was wondering what my fellow Orblers would consider to be their Top 5 favourite albums of all time . . . and why?
i have been browsing lists by Rolling Stone and Time magazine and many individual blogs and i think its quite fascinating how different peoples opinions can be . . .
so what are your TOP 5 ALBUMS OF ALL TIME?
and i wonder if any two people in the whole world would pick the same five?
it was a more difficult task than it first appeared but this is what i eventually came up with. . .
1. Soundgarden - Superunknown
2. Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals
3. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
4. Custard - Loverama
5. T.O.O.L - Aenima
there are hundreds of bands and singers i admire, and individual songs i love, but a whole album that is outstanding from beginning til end is much more rare . . . still i think a top 20 would be easier to decide on, theres so many fabulous albums ive missed out
i know everybody has different and unique musical tastes so I was wondering what my fellow Orblers would consider to be their Top 5 favourite albums of all time . . . and why?
i have been browsing lists by Rolling Stone and Time magazine and many individual blogs and i think its quite fascinating how different peoples opinions can be . . .
so what are your TOP 5 ALBUMS OF ALL TIME?
and i wonder if any two people in the whole world would pick the same five?
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Comment by the world of gaye
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Number 1. What's going on - Marvin Gaye
2. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
3. Greatest hits - Aretha Franklin
4. Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
5. The Kick Inside - Kate Bush
Okay a lot of you won't know these albums but I know what I'm talking about !!
Comment by Morgan Bell
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i knew i could count on your comprehensive musical knowledge!
i like all of those artists but i particularly LOVE bowie, although i personally enjoyed his most recent album Reality the most of any of his work . . . i have a best of bowie i keep in my car . . . fabulous taste gaye, thanks for responding
Comment by RubySoho
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2. Paul Kelly: Post
3. Better Than Ezra: Deluxe
4. Radiohead
5. David Grey: White Ladder
But Morgan, Soundgarden? Talking Heads? Are you sure you're Gen Y?
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Comment by Morgan Bell
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nothing gets past you!
im the weirdest Gen Y person ever!
im nearly 27 but i hit my musical peak from ages 13 - 17 haha rock music was a major interest for me then and i studied all the bands big time (yeah i had no friends)
so i probably have more in common with Gen X
paul kelly is such a wonderful story-teller, and radiohead were such innovators
thanks for the comment
Comment by Optomistic Opportunism
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I definitely agree with your Superunknown choice, and I'm 25! Saw them at BDO.. was that 1996?! It was certainly all ages back then.
One must not underestimate the wisdom of gen y, Ruby.
Taking over this year!
Opto
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yes i think that was jan 1997, i saw them on the same tour when they came to newcastle entertainment centre with You Am I and The Fauves . . . i was 15 and my dad took mercy on me and my obsession and took me, i think he lost part of his hearing that night!
now opto, wheres you top 5 list?
i recommend writing the same thing as ruby if youre looking for a fiesty australian wife!
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wiki Big Day Out lineups
manson was at the big day out in 99 but i didnt see him there i saw him in 2003 i think . . . the friend i went with spent the whole night at the bar but i had one of my top concert experiences ever
ive never ever been to the big day out . . . something about the daytime just puts me off haha
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What was I thinking?
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those festivals are just so confusing!
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Comment by Geoff Egan
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There is so much good stuff.
Led Zeppllin - III
Nirvana - Nevermind
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Radiohead - OK Computer
Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction.
hmm...there seems to be a general theme there. Also Morgan, if you love Tool then I'm sure you're already into Cog. But if not give them a listen, they are excellent, and there new album is easily my favourite release of this year.
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ahhh Zeppelin . . . classic cool!
RHCP and Nirvana are another couple of my favourites
i dont own any COG but "favourite release of the year" is a fantastic recommendation . . . i think you may have convinced me to look into it . . . thanks for the advice!
Comment by Cheryl J
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Legend – Bob Marley
Mezzanine – Massive Attack
Original Musiquarium - Stevie Wonder
Medicine Man - Bobby McFerrin
PS: If all you know about Bobby McFerrin is the horribly annoying Don't Worry Be Happy song, you should give this album a listen it's beautiful and NOTHING like that song.
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ooo bob marley, very cool - and thats the album with all the best songs on it - buffalo soldier, no woman no cry - so good!
im curious about this bobby mcferrin now . . .
oh hey if you were gunna pick a beatles album which one would it be? im a huge fan of rubber soul . . . it nearly snuck into my top 5 . . .
Comment by Niki
2. Marvin Gaye - camn't decide.. OK, What's Going On
3.Talk Talk - The Colour of Spring
4. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
5. Portishead - Dummy
I am currently celebrating managing to get tickets for Massive Attack at the Royal Festival Hall!! (14th and 20th June 08)
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you sound like a really relaxed kind of chick, that is a wonderful mellow collection . . . i might have to go and buy a copy of Mezzanine now it has appeared on two peoples TOP 5 . . . Massive Attack have an amazing sound, featured in a few films too . . . enjoy the concert(s)!
Comment by sandeye
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I would say:
1. Madelia - Madelia
2. Sleepwalker - Astral
3. Young and the Guestlist - paradise Boys
4. Love is a Hero - Keith Varon
5. Mayday! - Shades of Day
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thanks for sharing your list though, they must be decent albums if theyve made someones TOP 5 . . . i will have to stop being so musically lazy and get out and investigate something different . . . your list sounds like a great place to start!
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1. Plantation Lullabies - Me'Shell Ndegeocello (1993)
2. Fabrique - Fashion (1982)
3. A Secret Wish - Propaganda (1985)
4. Headhunters - Herbie Hancock (1973)
5. Blade Runner Original Soundtrack - Vangelis (1982)
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thanks for your contribution!
it is extremely hard to narrow down your favourites to JUST five!
i had to go and do a wiki search on every one of the artists on your list because as usual your knowledge of the arts is far wider than mine lol
but im wondering, are you originally european or of european descent?
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Comment by Bryn
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Yeah, my mother is half English-half German, my dad's a Kiwi. I was born and raised in New Zealand, but have lived in Australia for ten years.
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Comment by Optomistic Opportunism
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As a fifth gen Australian, I couldn't survive without the euro, latin, asian, hell even canadian influence on my taste on everything from (ahem) to food to music and movies.
Here's to anyone open minded and living in Bondi.
Cheers
>clink<
*burp*
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*raises glass*
yes cheers to bondi!
im very impressed with anyone who has broad tastes, i wish mine were broader . . . im working on it!
well done breaking free of the stereotype!
Comment by Optomistic Opportunism
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1. Amel Larrieux - Infinite Possibilities
2. The Roots - Illadelph Halflife
3. Pearl Jam - vs
4. Cocoa Brovaz - The Rude Awakening
5. Les Nubians - Princesses Nubiennes
And while these guys are performing at my one-off attempt at promotion (whether the gig fails or not, it will be one off), Oasis will be in the VIP section - frozen in time since they made Whats the story Morning glory.
Ruby, if you agree, I am single and on the lookout - so drop a man a line sometime ya??
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Is Loverama the one with 'I got a new apartment ba-beh"?
Miss those guys... and You Am I in their Sound as Ever stages... you can catch me crying while listening to Berlinchair. Not too sure why... PTS?
Comment by Morgan Bell
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same band, different album, but generally all their songs sounded much the same . . . Loverama had:
Girls Like That (Don't Go For Guys Like Us)
Ringo (I Feel Like)
Almost Like a song
Ruby offered to marry anyway who picked the same albums as her so i was just suggesting if you were looking for a bride you may want to copy the list! lol
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