All-Time #1 Greatest Album

[hilrosepaul]

Pink Floyd - Echoes or Prince - Purple Rain

[Keith Whittaker]

Exile on ColdHarbour Lane - Alabama 3

[Steve Sub]

Originally Posted by nickb

Highway 61 Revisted by Bob Dylan

Originally Posted by DAFFY

"Pet Sounds" by the beach Boys.

Originally Posted by scapaman

revolver

Originally Posted by aclivity

Nirvana - Unplugged in New York.

Originally Posted by gwilson

Stanley Road by Mr Paul Weller for me.

Originally Posted by onthetrain

Van Morrison - Astral weeks

Originally Posted by Gavin Yates

The Who - Quadrophenia

All top-20 albums on my list, but if I could only pick one it would probably be John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton. Clapton at his searing best. The ultimate British blues-boom album. Set a standard that may never be beaten. Massively influential to Hendrix, Beck, Page, Green and a host of others.
Steve

[scapaman]

Originally Posted by aclivity

Nirvana - Unplugged in New York.

A singer at the very top of his game, a tragic epitaph. If I could only listen to one album for the rest of my life, that would be it.

but would he been as good if he`d not died?
bit like the beatles .

[aclivity]

Originally Posted by scapaman

but would he been as good if he`d not died?
bit like the beatles .

He would have found it hard to be as good again ... as I say, a performer right at the top of his game. Perhaps to be a truly great (genius) artist it may be necessary to flirt with insanity ... he flirted too much perhaps?

[Mark Chase]

There is no such thing as the perfect album. It all depend on you mood.


If your going through a divorce there is only one album. Vergal Sharky

Man I loved that album at the time.


If your in Love and its the 80s then George Michel and Faith

However if your in between emotional crises and just want to blow your own mind then Physical Graffiti by Led Zep takes some beating.

On the other hand if your feeling a bit edgy and with it, then The Gorilaz is awsum

The greatest album ever?????? Slightly pissed or high on a splif it has to be Kate bush and Hounds of Love.

Feeling all with it and 2000ish??? Arctic Monkeys is fantastic.

Feeling all posh? The Four Seasons (classical) is a f#ing epic piece of music.



See..... there is no greatest album.

ATB

Mark Chase

[outlaw13]

The Wedding Present 'Bizarro'. Probably not the best album in the world. Probably not the best album I own but it's top of my list because I can play it to death and still play it again the next day. Other albums I play to death and can't face listening to them again for years (just done that to the new Arcade Fire album).
The single Brassneck next to Teenage Kicks being my favourite single.

[Simon Rogerson]

The Stranglers - 'Rattus Norvegicus', or maybe the Pixies' 'Surfer Rosa', or maybe John Lee Hooker's 'Simply the Truth'.

I like the Beatles classics, but I can't listen to Sergeant Pepper. For me it has to be Revolver or Rubber Soul. Pet Sounds is often mentioned alongside these, but I just don't get it. I guess I missed that meeting.

Basically, I like skanky, dirty music with a bit of soul.

SR

[paramedic paul]

Originally Posted by Mark Griffith

Bat out of hell.. gets my vote.

Mark

FWIW Mark I have to agree with you totally, Bat Out Of Hell is the best album ever! Although i'm of the age that should like the Beatles I just don't get 'em! Meat Loaf is the Daddy and i'm glad i have tickets for his Birmingham Gig this year !!!!!!

[dave archer]

As Mark says very dificult to pick one because of differing moods, but if forced to then...

London Calling - The Clash

Closey rivalled by Stay Down - Two Lone Swordsmen

Dave.