Top 5 Albums in your personal collection -

[Dwayne From Minden]

All genres open - only thing not allowed is a greatest hits compilations and movie soundtracks -

Mine -

1) Fleetwood Mac - RUMORS
2) The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
3) Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
4) Bob Marley & the Wailers - Legend
T5) John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
T5) RUSH - Moving Pictures

I might should have made this a top 10 - because I have several albums that are right on the cusp of a top 5

Big Country - The Crossing
Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell
Dwight Yoakam - dwightyoakamacoustic.net
Boston - Boston
Cheap Trick - Live at Bodakan

[sik-m-boi]

1. abbey road- the beatles
2. core- stone temple pilots
3. flood- they might be giants
4. caravan- the kronos quartet (it's a string quartet...i'm a dork)
5. the sound track to "swingers"

[Champ967]

sikm -- They Might Be Giants!!! Awesome!!!

Dwayne ... If you give me 10, I'll end up doing 20. So allow me to just stick with 5 for now.

Here's mine...

U2 - Joshua Tree (the anthem of my life)
Clash - London Calling (punk's zenith - where the 70s meets the 80s)
Beatles – Rubber Soul (do I have to pick ONE Beatles record?)
Pearl Jam – 10 (can anyone under 30 not hear the opening riff from "Alive" without obediently banging your head?)
Beethoven – Symph. No.9 (still the masterpiece of western civilization)

[DocMarvin362]

1. PRIMUS - Suck on this
2. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
3. Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming
4. Metallca - Black album
5. Creed - My Own Prison

TMBG!!! HOLY HELL!!! Forgot about that album... that's 4b.

[Cool Hand Clyde]

"Live From Austin" by Delbert McClinton

[sik-m-boi]

sikm -- They Might Be Giants!!! Awesome!!!...

those guys don't get the respect they deserve...they're great musicians and songwriters. i forgot all about "london calling" that's a great album...move kronos and swinger down a spot...that's a solid 4 on my list.

[Dawgbitten]

mine in no particular order:

1. Audioslave- Audioslave. Patiently awaiting their new one.

2. Rolling Stones- 40 licks. 40 of the best rock songs by a real rock band.

3. Nirvana-Nirvana & Unplugged. first one is all of their best on one album. second is just unique and cool listening.

4. Rage against the Machine- Rage against the machine. F**# you I won't do what you tell me. Enough said.

5. Cowboy Mouth- Word of Mouth & Are you with me. Every damn song just kicks ass on both albums.

[Cool Hand Clyde]

I was gonna add Cowboy Mouth to my list but didn't know which album to include.


I'll also add "Unplugged" by Eric Clapton.

[Dwayne From Minden]

Cowboy Mouth - Are you with me. Every damn song just kicks ass.

Debated on this one for a while -

Also debated on Rod Stewart's - Unplugged & Seated

[dhussdawg]

STP legit choice sikm

Despite what Champes might think of me: Joshua Tree is probably in my top 5. CCR's greatest hits, no. 1. Beatles-Abbey Road, no. 2. U2, Johua Tree, no. 3. Nickel and Dime, the grassroots style one, no. 4. Sister Hazel, Fortress, no. 5.

[Champ967]

If I were to make a seperate top 5 list for driving albums -- ie those best-suited for an open stretch of interstate.

Cowboy Mouth - Are You With Me?
Refreshments - Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (save the poltical commentary, please)
Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
U2 - Joshua Tree (yes, again)

[sik-m-boi]

the second stp and a perfect circle-13th step (as odd as that may sound...to those familiar with acp) are two of my favorite driving albums.

[Dawgbitten]

How can I forget. One of my all time favorites: Red Hot Chili Peppers- By the way. Californication is good as well.

[AustinDawg]

I know you said no Greatest Hits albums, but some greatest hits albums were such stand alone great albums that they became more famous that the originals. Case in point: The Eagles 1971-1975. Also, those of us that ARE old enough to remember album rock will also know that often times, a single would be released in connection to an album but not included on the album. THe only way to have the single would be to buy the single itself (which you can't get anymore) or hope it makes its way to the greatest hits. Look at the Beatles. Here is a list of SOME of the Beatles songs that were not included on a Long Play album:

-Hey Jude
-Revolution
-We Can Work it Out
-Don't Let Me Down
-I Wanna Hold Your Hand
-I Feel Fine
-Day Tripper
-Paperback Writer

That being said, here is my list:

Top 5 Altogether:

1. White Album
2. Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975
3. Abbey Road
4. Best of Joe Pass
5. Getz/Gilberto

Top 5 Road Trip Albums:

1. Dark Side of the Moon
2. Negotiations and Love Songs (Paul Simon)
3. Hotel California
4. Don Williams 20 Greatest
5. Abbey Road/White Album (Some great things defy classification)

[DawgyNWindow]

Rush - 2112
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Pat Boone - In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy