Greatest Albums of All Time

[oldtimer]

Yeah there is so much.  By sales dsotm is the top.  But sales are not the criteria for this little survey.  What are the criteria?  Our opinions of course.  Close to the Edge is every bit better and more musical than dsotm.  But pimply faced teenagers of the time didn't buy it as much because it wasn't as immediately accessible to their fragile little minds. (minds that were later to be warped by evil professors if they went to college)  (more listeners of Close to the Edge went to college than listeners of dsotm) (what do I have to base that on?  Nothing I just made it up as wishful thinking, knowing it is probably not true given my experiences with fellow collegiates)  The bottom line is enjoy the thread and see what your fellow forum members think, no matter how wrong they are.

[Zen Traveler]

1 hour ago, wvu80 said:

For something from the last century Queen's A Night at the Opera would be a solid pick.  Great songs make great albums.

How could this be true? I LOVED this album. 

[Zen Traveler]

I don't know why Jeff chose such a broad topic but given I don't listen to 2-channel anymore, the top of my list would one of two Talking Heads albums on multichannel--Remain in Light or Speaking in Tongues. I love the stones and could name a couple, but when you watch the concert videos it reminds you that there are too much to mention...Of course, Joshua Tree is a must insofar as albums are concerned and I would put John Lennon's Imagine up there as well....

[JohnJ]

The Yes Album.

[oldtimer]

4 minutes ago, Zen Traveler said:

I don't know why Jeff chose such a broad topic but given I don't listen to 2-channel anymore, the top of my list would one of two Talking Heads albums on multichannel--Remain in Light or Speaking in Tongues. I love the stones and could name a couple, but when you watch the concert videos it reminds you that there are too much to mention...Of course, Joshua Tree is a must insofar as albums are concerned and I would put John Lennon's Imagine up there as well....

I need the lp Remain in Light.  

[wvu80]

3 minutes ago, JohnJ said:

The Yes Album.

For Yes, I would go for Fragile.  Roundabout, you know. 

 

 

[oldtimer]

Close to the Edge is still the pinnacle.  Unless you are really hard core then Relayer is.

[JohnJ]

Love both. Stones Exile on......?

[Zen Traveler]

1 minute ago, oldtimer said:

I need the lp Remain in Light.  

Sorry. I only have the "upgraded" Dual Disk DVD-A audio copy. {Note: I know, right. :)) 

[Zen Traveler]

1 minute ago, Zen Traveler said:

Sorry. I only have the "upgraded" Dual Disk DVD-A audio copy. {Note: I know, right. :)) 

It's easy to imagine that David Byrne thought in multichannel. 😑

[Woofers and Tweeters]

44 minutes ago, oldtimer said:

Yeah there is so much. 

This^^^

 

There is too much and it depends on what one likes, the day of the week, what you ate that day and more. I like DSOTM, but WYWH is a great album too. Not much of a Queen fan in that the lyrics were too shallow, for me. Zeppelin: 3 is great, as is HotH, PG and they matured into ITTOD. Metallica had several offerings that went well from start to finish. A couple of Rush albums plowed deep enough and went well together. Although Tool had several great songs, there was no offering that I liked from start to finish. Godsmack, the album, Awake and Faceless are great at the gym.  Yes and Alan Parsons were okay, but give me Supertramp any day of the week over them. 

[Zen Traveler]

6 minutes ago, Woofers and Tweeters said:

Yes and Alan Parsons were okay, but give me Supertramp any day of the week over them. 

Yup. { Edit Note: Wait for the backlash after the hockey game,}

[Woofers and Tweeters]

22 minutes ago, oldtimer said:

I need the lp Remain in Light.

Yeah, like I need a Devo LP

[JohnJ]

I won't attack anybody for what they like!

I remember when that LP came out, and they can harmonize, also had me whistling their songs for a while back in the day

Highway to Hell had nary a bad tune on it either back then!

[Woofers and Tweeters]

30 minutes ago, Zen Traveler said:

I don't know why Jeff chose such a broad topic

Me either, but I like it. How many one hit wanderers are out there vs a group that can make a whole album be similar to one song?

[Woofers and Tweeters]

6 minutes ago, JohnJ said:

I won't attack anybody for what they like!

I remember when that LP came out, and they can harmonize, also had me whistling their songs for a while back in the day

I have enjoyed so much from getting a CD or album. I listen to it and love hearing the great songs the didn't get overplayed on the radio. 

[Derrick]

The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon are on another level in writing and composition. Breakfast in America is incredible as is Crime of the Century. One I listen to end to end, over and over again is Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours.

[Jeff Matthews]

1 hour ago, oldtimer said:

Close to the Edge is every bit better and more musical than dsotm.

Close to the Edge is not even in the same league as the Yes "Album," which I would also include as among the greatest of all albums.

[Jeff Matthews]

[Jeff Matthews]