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[Fsgdjv]

I'm a bit bored. and I realised that making lists is probably the best thing to do when you're bored. We already had a top 10 favourite albums list, but that was a while ago, and I also thought that we still don't have a top 50 albums list, so why not have it now?

Anyways, here is mine, I have many albums with the same bands since some deserve to have lots of albums here, allthough I did try to spread things out a bit, I could easily have made a top 20 of only Opeth, Katatonia, Ulver and Agalloch Albums, but that would be a bit boring. Anyways, make your lists however you want (just be sure to actually make some lists!). I made mine suit my current mood today.

I actually found out that I would like to have at least 150 others on this list, but it's still quite a good summary.

1. Ulver - Nattens Madrigal
2. Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
3. Opeth - Blackwater Park
4. Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
5. Opeth - Still Life
6. Ulver - Bergtatt
7. Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
8. Agalloch - The Mantle
9. Comus - First Utterance
10. Edge of Sanity - Crimson
11. Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
12. Isis - Oceanic
13. Sigur Rós - ()
14. Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
15. Morbid Angel - Domination
16. Ulver - Perdition City
17. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
18. Opeth - Morningrise
19. Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters
20. Agalloch - Of Stone, Wind And Pillor
21. Bloodbath - Unblessing the Purity
22. Ulver - Kveldssanger
23. Novembers Doom - To Welcome The Fade
24. Explosions in the Sky - How strange, Innocence
25. Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw
26. Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
27. Anathema - Alternative 4
28. Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
29. Katatonia - Dance of December Souls
30. Camel - The Snow Goose
31. Cult of Luna - Somewhere Along The Highway
32. Novembre - Materia
33. At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
34. Opeth - Damnation
35. Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
36. Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
37. Tool - Lateralus
38. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
39. Katatonia - Discouraged Ones
40. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
41. Vintersorg - Till Fjälls
42. Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre Monde
43. Isis - Sgnl>05
44. Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars
45. Opeth - Orchid
46. Entombed - Clandestine
47. Yes - Close to the Edge
48. Explosions in the SKy - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
49. The Crown - Deathrace King
50. Jan Johansson - Jazz på Svenska

(I get quite scared when I read this list, I didn't think my taste was that stale, but I guess it is. Hmmrph..)

This post has been edited by Fsgdjv: May 23 2008, 10:05 PM

[The Uncreator]

This of course has no order, with the exception of #1 and 2.

01. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
02. Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death
03. Iced Earth - Framing Armageddon
04. Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden
05. Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
06. Nightwish - Once
07. Epica - The Divine Conspiracy
08. Warrel Dane - Praises To The War Machine
09. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
10. Nevermore - Dead Heart In A Dead World
11. Dream Theater - Systematic Chaos
12. Dream Theater - Score
13. Jag Panzer - Casting The Stones
14. Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth
15. Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond
16. Three Inches Of Blood - Fire Up The Blades
17. Aletheian - Dying Vine
18. Opeth - Blackwater Park
19. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
20. Coheed And Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV
21. Coheed And Cambria - No World For Tomorrow
22. Rhapsody Of Fire - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands I
23. Rhapsody Of Fire - Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II
24. Judas Priest - Painkiller
25. Judas Priest - Stained Class
26. Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution
27. Porcupine Tree - Blank Planet
28. Children Of Bodom - Are You Dead Yet?
29. Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper
30. Wintersun - Wintersun
31. Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness
32. Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
33. Amorphis - Tales Of A Thousand Lakes
34. Amorphis - Silent Waters
35. Arsis - We Are The Nightmare
36. Trivium - The Crusade
37. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
38. King Diamond - Give Me Your Soul...Please
39. King Diamond - Abigail
40. Mercyful Fate - Melissa
41. Death - Human
42. Death - Spiritual Healing
43. Baroness - The Red Album
44. Amon Amarth - With Oden On Our Side
45. Storm Warrior - Northern Rage
46. Hammerfall - Crimson Thunder
47. Steve Vai - Alive In An Ultra World
48. Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny Of Souls
49. Avantasia - The Scarecrow
50. Vainglory - Vainglory


Well that list could change 50 times in a second though

[Nemanja Filipovi...]

wow ,50..I dont know 50 albums
my favorite is Audioslave-Audioslave

This post has been edited by Nemanja Filipovic: May 24 2008, 02:18 PM

[Ivan Milenkovic]

Come on.... 50? who's gonna write that much or remember those albums?

[Fsgdjv]

Dude, 50 records is nothing. Sure, it's impossible to make a perfect top 50 list, but it's easy to jsut write down 50 albums you love, and no it's not hard to remember. I thought you guys were musicians, and therefore also people who listened to music.

[The Uncreator]

Come on.... 50? who's gonna write that much or remember those albums?

Once you start it gets easy

Only took me like 7-8 minutes

[rokchik]

Ok it was a slow day at the office today and this is the list I came up with. Some new, some old and certainly not complete. I'm sure I missed many but I decided to list alphabetical.

1. AC/DC - Back in Black
2. Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
3. Anthrax - Among the Living
4. Audioslave - Audioslave
5. Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
6. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
7. Black Stone Cherry - Black Stone Cherry
8. Blue Rodeo - Five Days in July
9. Bob Marley - Legend
10. Bob Marley - Exudos
11. The Clash - London Calling
12. Coldplay - Parachutes
13. Dave Matthews Band - Crash
14. David Bowie - The Rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust...
15. Eminem -The Marshall Mathers LP
16. Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
17. Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies
18. Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
19. Incubus - Morning View
20. Johnny Cash - Live at Folsom
21. Led Zeppelin - II
22. Led Zeppelin - III
23. Marilyn Manson - Lest We Forget
24. Metallica - ...And Justice for All
25. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead before the Ship Even Sank
26. Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
27. Muse - Absolution
28. Neil Young - Decade
29. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
30. Nirvana - Unplugged In New York
31. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
32. Oasis - What's the Story Morning Glory
33. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz
34. The Parlor Mob - And You Were a Crow
35. Pearl Jam - Ten
36. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
37. The Prodigy - Fat of the land
38. Radiohead - The Bends
39. Radiohead - Ok Computer
40. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
41. Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles
42. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
43. Rob Zombie - Hillbilly Deluxe
44. Rolling Stones - Forty Licks
45. Soundgarden - Superunknown
46. The Tragically Hip - Day for Night
47. The Tragically Hip - Road Apples
48. The Tragically Hip - Up to Here
49. U2 - The Joshua Tree
50. The Who - Who's Next

[tonymiro]

My 50 - but in no particular order - would be:

1) Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
2) UK - UK
3) Thin Lizzy - Live
4) Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
5) The Who - Live in Leeds
6) Pat Metheny - Pat Metheny Group
7) Allan Holdsworth - Atavachron
8) Emily Remler - Cat Walk
9) Steely Dan - Aja
10) Scorpions - In Trance
11) Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards
12) Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
13) Robin Trower - Long Misty Days
14) Bob Marley/Wailers - Catch a Fire
15) Bob Marley - Exodus
16) Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
17) John Coltrane - Ascension
18) John Coltrane - Love Supreme
19) John Coltrane - Transition
20) Craig Armstrong - The Space Between Us
21) Scott Walker - Scott II
22) Scott Walker - Tilt
23) Scott Walker - Scott III
24) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Good Son
25) Mahavishnu - Birds of Fire
26) Mahavishnu - Inner Mounting Flame
27) Lee Perry/The Upsetter - Return of the Super Ape
28) Lee Perry/The Upsetter - Return of the Super Ape II
29) Michael Brecker - Tales from the Hudson
30) Miles Davis - B*****s Brew
31) John McLaughlin - Extrapolation
32) John Mclaughlin - Live-Evil
33) John Mclaughlin - My Goal's Beyond
34) Allan Holdsworth - Sand
35) Alek Makachik - Sic
36) Weather Repory - Birdland
37) Paco de Lucia - Fuente y Caudal
38) Ojos de Brujo - Bari
39) Charles Mingus - Epitaph
40) Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow
41) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
42) Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert
43) Igor Stravinsky - Rite of Spring
44) Karlheinze Stockhausen - Stimmung
45) Olivier Messiaen - Quatuor por la Fin de Temps
46) Olivier Messiaen - Turangalila
47) Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
48) Sonic Youth - Goo
49) Fugazi - Steady Diet of Nothing
50) Big Black - Atomiser

Biggest problem was stopping at 50 . A bit of an eclectic list but that's me for ya

Cheers,
Tony

This post has been edited by tonymiro: May 25 2008, 10:18 AM

[mattacuk]

Wow! Some awsome lists there,Impressive stuff. I dont think I listen to enough bands to make a list

[rokchik]

My 50 - but in no particular order - would be:

1) Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
2) UK - UK
3) Thin Lizzy - Live
4) Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
5) The Who - Live in Leeds
6) Pat Metheny - Pat Metheny Group
7) Allan Holdsworth - Atavachron
8) Emily Remler - Cat Walk
9) Steely Dan - Aja
10) Scorpions - In Trance
11) Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards
12) Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs
13) Robin Trower - Long Misty Days
14) Bob Marley/Wailers - Catch a Fire
15) Bob Marley - Exodus
16) Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
17) John Coltrane - Ascension
18) John Coltrane - Love Supreme
19) John Coltrane - Transition
20) Craig Armstrong - The Space Between Us
21) Scott Walker - Scott II
22) Scott Walker - Tilt
23) Scott Walker - Scott III
24) Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Good Son
25) Mahavishnu - Birds of Fire
26) Mahavishnu - Inner Mounting Flame
27) Lee Perry/The Upsetter - Return of the Super Ape
28) Lee Perry/The Upsetter - Return of the Super Ape II
29) Michael Brecker - Tales from the Hudson
30) Miles Davis - B*****s Brew
31) John McLaughlin - Extrapolation
32) John Mclaughlin - Live-Evil
33) John Mclaughlin - My Goal's Beyond
34) Allan Holdsworth - Sand
35) Alek Makachik - Sic
36) Weather Repory - Birdland
37) Paco de Lucia - Fuente y Caudal
38) Ojos de Brujo - Bari
39) Charles Mingus - Epitaph
40) Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow
41) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
42) Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert
43) Igor Stravinsky - Rite of Spring
44) Karlheinze Stockhausen - Stimmung
45) Olivier Messiaen - Quatuor por la Fin de Temps
46) Olivier Messiaen - Turangalila
47) Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
48) Sonic Youth - Goo
49) Fugazi - Steady Diet of Nothing
50) Big Black - Atomiser

Biggest problem was stopping at 50 . A bit of an eclectic list but that's me for ya

Cheers,
Tony

Great list Tony Some amazing bands there including one of the best Jazz Fusion bands ever, for me anyways, in Weather Report. Jaco Pastorius is such an outstanding bass player. One of the greatest ever if not the greatest. I'm surprised he's not brought up more but it may be due to his style. But I thought Birdland was a song on the "Heavy Weather" album? I didn't realize they had an album by the same name.

rok

[tonymiro]

...
But I thought Birdland was a song on the "Heavy Weather" album? I didn't realize they had an album by the same name.

rok

You're 100% right there Rok - oops - comes from doing the list without looking at the lps . There was a live bootleg called Birdland - but not great recording quality as I recall so Heavy Weather gets my vote and is the one I meant .

BTW - Pastorius's 'Portrait of Tracy' (on the lp 'Jaco Pastorius') is a beautiful track and maybe a must for anyone who wants to learn how to use harmonics in their playing . Apart from Pastorius, Wayne Shorter was also blindingly good on the Heavy Weather lp imo.

Cheers,
Tony

[shellshock1911]

1: Dream Theater- Images and Words
2: Dream Theater- Train of Thought
3: Dream Theater- Awake
4: Dream Theater- Systematic Chaos
5: Dream Theater- Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From a Memory
6: Dream Theater- Octavarium
7: Dream Theater- Falling Into Infinity
8: Dream Theater- Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
9: Opeth- My Arms Your Hearse
10: Between the Buried and Me: Colors
11: John Petrucci- Suspended Animation
12: James LaBrie- Elements of Persuasion
13: Liquid Tension Experiment: LTE 1
14: Liquid Tension Experiment: LTE 2

Those are the only albums I have listened to for the past 6 months, so I guess they are my favorites.

This post has been edited by shellshock1911: May 26 2008, 01:51 PM

[rokchik]

You're 100% right there Rok - oops - comes from doing the list without looking at the lps . There was a live bootleg called Birdland - but not great recording quality as I recall so Heavy Weather gets my vote and is the one I meant .

BTW - Pastorius's 'Portrait of Tracy' (on the lp 'Jaco Pastorius') is a beautiful track and maybe a must for anyone who wants to learn how to use harmonics in their playing . Apart from Pastorius, Wayne Shorter was also blindingly good on the Heavy Weather lp imo.

Cheers,
Tony

You had me all excited there for a minute when I thought they had another album I didn't know about

A friend turned me on to Weather Report a few years ago. I think they are fantastic. I don't listen to a lot of Jazz or Jazz fusion but there is just something about those guys. And yes Shorter was great on the Heavy Weather LP. I think that's my favorite by them actually. Shorter is just a great Sax player and I really enjoy some of his stuff with Miles Davis as well. Also didn't he do something with Steely Dan?

[tonymiro]

Yes Shorter sessioned on Steely Dan's Aja Rok.

Also if you get the chance and haven't come across them then check out some of his solo lp's like Atlantis, High Life and Alegria. All great stuff .

BTW - it's Shorter on soprano sax on Davis's B*****s Brew lp as well ; great example of modal playing imo.
Cheers,
Tony

[Gus]

I will only risk ordering the first 3 positions. After that I completely lose the ability of ordering things

1) Engenheiros do Hawaii - Filmes de Guerra Canções de Amor
2) Pearl Jam - Ten
3) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV

For the rest I will just list alphabetical as rokchik (which by the way seems to have some correlation of taste with me )
Aerosmith - Big Ones
Alanis Morissete - Jagged little Pill
Alice In Chains - MTV Unplugged
Audioslave - Audioslave
Barão Vermelho - Balada
Bon Jovi - Crossroad
Bon Jovi - These days
Capital Inicial - O Melhor do Capital Inicial
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing the very best of Dire Straits
Evanescene - Fallen
Engenheiros do Hawaii - A Revolta dos Dandis
Engenheiros do Hawaii - O Papa é Pop
Engenheiros do Hawaii - Simples de Coração
Engenheiros do Hawaii - Tchau Radar
Engenheiros do Hawaii - Várias Variáveis
Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Guns N Roses - Use your Illusion I
Guns N Roses - Use your Illusion II
Legião Urbana - Dois
Legião Urbana - O Descobrimento do Brasil
Legião Urbana - As Quatro Estações
Legião Urbana - V
Lenny Kravitz - Greatest Hits
Metallica - ...And Justice for All
Metallica - Metallica (black album)
Metallica - ...And Justice for All
Natiruts - Nativus
Nickelback - Silver side up
Nirvana - Nevermind
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
Mamonas Assassinas - Mamonas Assassinas
Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
O Rappa - Rappa Mundi
Os Paralamas do Sucesso - Vamo Bate lata
Queen - Greatest hits
Queen - Greatest hits 2
Raimundos - Raimundos
Raimundos - Só no Forevis
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
Skank - Calango
The Calling - Camino Palmero
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue
The Offspring - Smash
TitãS - Um
TitãS - Dois
U2 - The Joshua Tree
U2 - All that you can't leave

This post has been edited by Gus: May 27 2008, 08:00 PM

[Gabriel Leopardi]

ufff too much cds to remember now... but I'll take some time to make the list.

[Old School Rocke...]

50 man this is hard cause usually the only cd's I buy are greastest hits albums so I dont know the what the original album is.

But anyway well let see I've had alot of albums but I went through a lame phase IMO of Billy Talent and Sum41 typpe bands which now sound terrible to me and now just last year I really got deep into Classic rock. But here goes.

1.AeroSmith - Gold Disk 1&2 (greatest hits album)
2.Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
3.Led Zeppelin - Mothership Disk 1&2
4.Creedance Clearwater Revival (another greatest hits)
5.Boston - Boston
6.Jimmy Hendirx - The Hendrix Exeperience
7.Van Halen - Van Halen (this should be # 2 or 3)
8.GNR - Use Your Illusion II
9.The Who - Ultimate Collection
10.Eric Clapton - The Cream Of Clapton
11.Journey - Greatest hits
12.Iron Maiden - Peace Of Mind
13.GNR - Apetite for Destruction
14.GNR - Use Your Illusion I

Wow I cant think of any others at the moment Oh yeah and I have a pile of old LP Vinels and a Turn-Table at home but I havent had time to listen to the albums so im sure il have alot more later. But like I say I've only gotten into Classic's and my Cash flow isnt that good so yeah sorry for the short list.

[rokchik]

Oh cool Tony I had not realized Shorter played on that album... just didn't put the two together for some reason and I'll certainly check out the solo stuff. Thanks for the suggestions

And Gus you are right we do have similar tastes in music, I always knew you were a cool guy The Cranberries, Lenny Kravitz, Queen, Dire Staits and many more on your list are so amazing. I could probably easily do another list of 50. I'm actually seeing Lenny in concert this October. Can't wait. I'm also gonna check out some of the bands on your list as I haven't heard of many of them.

rok

[Henry Dietzel]

Ok not sure if I'll make all 50 but here we go

1) Beatles-White Album
2) Led Zeppelin-Madison Square Garden soundtrack (song remains the same)
3) RHCP- Blood sugar sex magic
4) Jimi Hendrix- Rainbow Bridge
5) Metallica-Master of Puppets
6) Beatles- Abbey Road
7) Pink Floyd-Wish you were here
8) Guns and Roses-Appetite
9) Faith No More-King for a day
10) Rolling Stones-Let it bleed
11) Nirvana-Nevermind
12) Queens of the Stone Age- Restricted
13) Rage against the machine-Rage against the machine
14) Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger
15) Alice in Chains-Facelift
16) Stevie Ray Vaughan-Austin City Limits
17) Megadeth-Countdown
18) Grateful Dead-Dicks picks
19) COB-Hatecrew Deathroll
20) Soundgarden-Superunknown
21) Rolling Stones-Sticky fingers
22) Motley Crue-Dr. Feelgood
23) NIN-Downward spiral
24) System of a down-System of a down
25) Prince-Purple rain (go ahead laugh)
26) David Bowie-Diamond dogs
27) Ludacris.....J/K making sure you're paying attention
27) Faith no More-Epic
28) Jethro Tull-Aqualung
29) Metallica- Ride the lightning
30) Radiohead-In rainbows
31) Allman Brothers-Fillmore East
32) ELO-Face the music
33) Beck-Mellow gold
34) Doobie Brothers-Best of the Doobies
35) Foo fighters-One by One
36) Motorhead-Ace of spades
37) Stevie Wonder-Definitive years
38) Ozzy-Diary of a madman
39) STP-Core
40) Anthrax-Among the living(efilnikcufecin)
41) James Brown-I got the feelin
42) Eazy E-Straight outta compton
43) Queen-greatest ("I want to ride my bike")
44) Velvet Revolver-Contraband
45) Steely Dan-the best of
46) Eric Johnson-Ah Via Musicom
47) CSNY-Deja vu
48) Diecast-Tearing Down your blue skies
49) Ozzy-No more tears
50) Pearl Jam-Ten

Ok that wasn't too bad

This post has been edited by Hammerin Hank: May 29 2008, 06:44 PM

[Juan M. Valero]

1: Dream Theater- Images and Words
2: Dream Theater- Train of Thought
3: Dream Theater- Awake
4: Dream Theater- Systematic Chaos
5: Dream Theater- Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From a Memory
6: Dream Theater- Octavarium
7: Dream Theater- Falling Into Infinity
8: Dream Theater- Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
9: Opeth- My Arms Your Hearse
10: Between the Buried and Me: Colors
11: John Petrucci- Suspended Animation
12: James LaBrie- Elements of Persuasion
13: Liquid Tension Experiment: LTE 1
14: Liquid Tension Experiment: LTE 2

Those are the only albums I have listened to for the past 6 months, so I guess they are my favorites.

hehehe, great list mate !!! XD What happened with "Change of seasons" ??