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What an awesome response. Its cool to see the different albums that have stuck with people over the years. Thanks to everyone that has shared their favorite tunes and to those that haven’t, come and share dammit. Below are everyone’s top 20 so far.

greyhawk says:

October 10th, 2007 at 7:57 pm

 

Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Blind Faith Blind Faith
Derek and the Dominoes Layla and other Assorted Love Songs
Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited
The Dillards Tribute to the American Duck
Earl Scruggs Revue Live on Austin City limits
Johnny Cash Live at Folsom Prison
The Clash London Calling
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Bruce Springsteen Born to Run
Traffic On the Road
The Greatful Dead American Beauty
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Texas Flood
ZZ Top Tres Hombres
James Brown Live at the Apollo
Rolling Stones Let it Bleed
The Bangles All Over the Place
The Doors Morrison Hotel
Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo’s Factory
Cream Disraeli Gears

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Evolver says:

October 10th, 2007 at 8:23 pm

 

Hmmm.. my faves do change frequently; however, Astral Weeks, London Calling and quite a few mentioned above are in there (Devo! I used to empty rooms out with that one, before other people were READY for it!). Here’s a few not already mentioned:

Television- Marquee Moon
Stevie Wonder- Songs in the Key of Life
Outkast- Speakerboxx/The Love Below (which is like a rap Key of Life)
David Byrne- Rei Momo (incredible, endlessly inspired)
Talking Heads- Fear of Music

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animaux says:

October 10th, 2007 at 8:55 pm

 

Except for #1 in no particular order, and there may be more than 20 (so sue me):

Black Sabbath – Paranoid (the greatest album of them all)
Pink Floyd – D.S.O.T.M. or W.Y.W.H.
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
The Doors – The Doors
AC/DC – High Voltage
Alice Cooper – Killer or Billion Dollas Babies
Deep Purple – Made In Japan
Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery
Blind Faith
Cream – Disraeli Gears
Metallica – Master Of Puppets
John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band
Judas Priest – Hell Bent For Leather or British Steel
Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
Paul Simon – Graceland
Van Halen – Van Halen
Tool – any
The Who – Live At Leeds (remastered 2-cd set)
Ted Nugent – Ted Nugent
Slade – Alive! or Slayed?
Rush – All The World’s A Stage
The Beatles – Abbey Road
Ten Years After – Rock & Roll Music to the World
Neil Young – Decade

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chezdan9 says:

October 11th, 2007 at 8:06 am

 

ELO – Out of the Blue
Genesis – Wind and Wuthering/Duke (tie)
Jethro Tull – Aqualung
Spock’s Beard – V
Crowded House – Woodface
Beatles – Rubber Soul/Revolver (tie)
Grandaddy – The Sophtware Slump
Radiohead – OK Computer
Level 42 – World Machine
The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
Richard Thompson – Shoot Out the Lights
Ben Folds Five – Whatever and Ever Amen
The Radar Bros. – …And the Surrounding Mountains
Kevin Gilbert – The Shaming of the True
Wilco – Summerteeth
Kansas – Leftoverture
Duster – Contemporary Movement
Pat Metheny – …Wichita Falls
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
Steely Dan – The Royal Scam/Katy Lied (tie)

…is that 20? Jeez, I just rattled those off without even thinking about it. I could *easily* do another 20.

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Chicago Jim says:

October 11th, 2007 at 11:40 am

 

That is a tough call but here are the first ones that pop into my mind:

REM – Murmur
New Order – Power, Corruption and Lies
Bruce Cockburn – Humans
Toad The Wet Sproket – Pale
The Samples – No Room
Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend
U2 – The Joshua Tree (and Under a Blood Red Sky)
The Cure – Head on a Door
The Police – Reggatta de Blanc
Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Beatles – Sgt Peppers

9 more later…

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tsakshaug says:

October 11th, 2007 at 12:36 pm

 

Pet Sounds -Beach Boys
Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings -ohn Prine
Blond on Blond -Bob Dylan
Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon
Traveling Willburys
Pearl- Janice Joplin
Waiting for Columbus- Little Feat
Revolver -Beatles
Blue Train- John Coltrain
Come on Come on - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Aja -Steely Dan
Live at Filmore East -Allman Brothers
Chicago Transit Authority
Easy - Cowboy Mouth
Running on Empty -Jackson Browne
Guilded Palace of Sin -Flying Burrito Brothers
Sweethearts of the Rodeo -Byrds
Blue Kentucky Girl -Emmylou Harris
Zuma -Neil Young
The Last Waltz -The Band

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FritzDaCat says:

October 11th, 2007 at 1:11 pm

 

Yes – Fragile
Jefferson Airplane – Surealistic Pillow
Frank Zappa – Hot Rats
Buffalo Springfield
Garbage
Edgar Winter – They Only Come Out at Night
Prince – Purple Rain
The Doors – Absolutely Live
Heart – Dreamboat Annie
Supertramp – Breakfast in America
Steely Dan – Aja
Frank Zappa – Overnight Sensation
Led Zeppelin I
Tom Petty – Damn the Torpedoes
The Police – Ghost in the Machine
Styx – Grand Illusion
Jim Croce – Life and Times
Journey – Evolution
Cream – Disraeli Gears
Bob Segar – Night Moves

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quisp_quake says:

October 11th, 2007 at 2:38 pm

 

Love-Forever Changes
Stooges-Funhouse
Velvet Underground & Nico
Kraftwerk-The Man Machine
Butthole Surfers-Locust Abortion Technician
Talkingheads-Remain In Light
David Bowie-Low
Simply Saucer-Cyborgs Revisited
Funkadelic-Free Your Mind
Hawkwind-Space Ritual
Beatles-White Album
Pink Floyd-Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Ramones-It’s Alive
Spacemen 3-The Perfect Prescription
Devo-Duty Now for the Future
Cynics-Rock & Roll
Stooges-Raw Power
Joy Division-Unknown Pleasures
James Brown-Roots of a Revolution
Roxy Music-For Your Pleasure

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beachbreak says:

October 11th, 2007 at 2:47 pm

 

In no particular order and trying not to be redundant:

Marshall Crenshaw – Marshall Crenshaw
The La’s – The La’s
Donald Fagen – The Nightfly
Joni Mitchell – Blue
Rickie Lee Jones – Flying Cowboys
The Byrds – Eight Miles High
Cream – Fresh Cream
Joe Jackson – Night and Day
Buffalo Springfield – Again
Paul Butterfield Blues Band – East/West
Beatles – Hard Days Night
Beatles – Yesterday and Today
John Mayall & The Blues Breakers w/ Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced?
Getz/Gilberto – featuring Antonio Carlos Jobim
Yusef Lateef – Eastern Sounds
Paul Simon – Graceland
John Coltrane – My Favorite Things
The Mamas & the Papas – If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic

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idealistferret says:

October 11th, 2007 at 5:02 pm

 

Hmm…I like a lot of songs from albums, but it’s rare that I ever listen to an album all the way through. Here’s what I could come up with:
Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
The Postal Service – Give Up
Paula Cole – This Fire
Something Corporate – Leaving Through the Window

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VenusInFurs says:

October 11th, 2007 at 6:25 pm

 

In no particular order:

The Beatles – Revolver
The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico
Pink Floyd – Animals
Marianne Faithfull – Broken English
Frank Sinatra – …Sings For Only The Lonely
Spiritualized – Let It Come Down
Nick Drake – Bryter Layter
Nico – Desertshore
Tindersticks – Tindersticks II
Elbow – Asleep In The Back
The Verve – A Northern Soul
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
Joy Division – Closer
Hole – Live Through This
Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin I
Blur – Modern Life Is Rubbish
PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street

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Buzzcook says:

October 11th, 2007 at 6:49 pm

 

Beatles 1
Cream Disraeli Gears
Miles Davis Kind of Blue
Frank Zappa Apostrophe
Tom Waits Small Change
Led Zeppelin IV
Benny Goodman Live at Carnegie Hall
Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland
Paul Whiteman Rhapsody in Blue
Dave Brubeck Take Five
Creedence Clearwater Revival Willie and the Poor Boys
Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Talking Heads Stop Making Sense
Eurythmics Sweet Dreams
The Clash London Calling
Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited
Nirvana Nevermind
Michael Jackson Thriller
Johnny Cash Live at Folsum Prison
Ludwig van Beethoven Ninth Symphony

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jdm333 says:

October 11th, 2007 at 6:50 pm

 

great titles so far,

here are mine, in no particular order

forever changes-love
joshua tree-u2
francis albert sinatra & antonio carlos jobim
physical graffiti-led zeppelin
smile-brian wilson
white album/abbey road (tie)-beatles
blood on the tracks-bob dylan
we’re only in it for the money-frank zappa
stardust-willie nelson
magnetic south-mike nesmith
68 comeback special-elvis
katy lied-steely dan
tales from topographic oceans-yes
strawberry jam-animal collective
rehearsals for retirement-phil ochs
song cycle-van dyke parks
american beauty-grateful dead
camofleur-gastr del sol
melvin-lysol
mastodon-leviathan

yikes, that was tough

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CaptainFisheye says:

October 11th, 2007 at 7:12 pm

 

In no particular order:

Pink Floyd – Meddle
Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (mono mix)
The Beatles – Abby Road
Yes – Close To The Edge
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Hawkwind – Warrior on the Edge Of Time
The Roots – Game Theory
Jimi Hendrix – Rainbow Bridge
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick
King Crimson – Larks’ Tongues In Aspic
King Crimson – ProjeKct X
Frank Zappa – Roxy and Elsewhere
Frank Zappa – The Best Band You’ve Never Heard In Your Life
Frank Zappa … well, this could keep going. Moving on…
ELP – Pictures At An Exhibition
Genesis – Foxtrot
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III
Roger Waters – Radio KAOS
David Crosby – If I Could Only Remember My Name…

Hmmm… Looks like I just dated myself.
Note: The above should be listened to on vinyl. The lo-fi CD copies just don’t cut it! Unfortunately ProjeKct X and Best Band are only available in the lo-fi CD format.