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What are you favorite albums of all time?
Here's mine:

25. Lets Get It! Thug Motivation 101 by Young Jeezy
24. Black Dialogue by Perceptionists
23. The Minstrel Show by Little Brother
22. The Ownerz By Gang Starr
21. The Infamous by Mobb Deep
20. Dedication Vol. 2 by Lil Wayne
19. Quality by Talib Kweli
18. After the Music Stops by Lecrae
17. Servants In Heaven, Kings In Hell by Jedi Mind Trick
16. The Chronis by Dr. Dre
15. 3:16 by Murs & 9th Wonder
14. Revolutionary Vol. 2 by Immortal Technique
13. Illmatic by Nas
12. Labor Days by Aesop Rock
11. Both Sides of the Brain by Del The Funky Homosapien
10. History in the Making by J.R. Writer
09. Makaveli: The 7 Day Theory by 2Pac
08. Until The End of Time by 2Pac
07. Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg
06. Enter the 36 Chambers by Wu-Tang Clan
05. The Mouse and the Mask by Danger Doom
04. The Beautiful Struggle by Talib Kweli
03. Violent By Design by Jedi Mind Tricks
02. Legacy of Blood by Jedi Mind Tricks
01. All Eyez On Me by 2Pac

Barely missed the cut- Speakerboxxx by Big Boi, Coming From Where I Am From by Anthony Hamilton, Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A. , The Marshal Mathers LP by Eminem, Murray's Revenge by Murs & 9th Wonder.

hmmm...

It'd be impossible for me to order these without spending like two weeks listening to them:

Pink Floyd:
Wish You Were Here
Animals

Radiohead:
The Bends
OK Computer
Kid A
Hail to the Theif

Led Zeppelin:
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
Houses of the Holy

The Flaming Lips:
The Soft Bulletin

Modest Mouse:
The Moon And Antarctica
Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Okkervil River:
Black Sheep Boy

Muse:
Showbiz
Origin of Symmetry

The Who:
Who's Next?

The Shins:
Oh, Inverted World
Chutes Too Narrow

Etc etc etc.

There's way more that I'm sure I'm not thinking of, plus a ton of bands that have put out tons of music that I love but have failed indelivering one consistantly awesome record (R.E.M., U2, and Pearl Jam come to mind).

Nice list Ryan
Your's actually inspired mine a bit...

50 Naughty By Nature by Naughty By Nature
49 Genocide & Juice by The Coup
48 Don't Go Against The Grain by GP WU
47 Dirty Weaponry by Killarmy
46 RZA As Bobby Digital In Stereo by RZA
45 The True Meaning by Cormega
44 The Healing by Strange Fruit Project
43 The Last Shall Be First by Sunz Of Man
42 Final Tic by Crucial Conflict
41 Pieces Of A Man by AZ
40 Food & Liquor by Lupe Fiasco
39 E 1999 Eternal by Bone Thugs N Harmony
38 Magnificent City by Aceyalone
37 ATliens by Outkast
36 The Chronic by Dr. Dre
35 Regulate....G Funk Era by Warren G
34 Black Magic by Swollen Members
33 Felt 2: A Tribute To Lisa Bonet by Slug & Murs
32 Servants In Heaven, Kings In Hell by Jedi Mind Tricks
31 Get In Where You Fit In by Too Short
30 Darkwater by Wade Waters
29 The Infamous by Mobb Deep
28 Double Or Nothing by Erick Sermon
27 Things Fall Apart by The Roots
26 3:16 by Murs & 9th Wonder
25 The Score by The Fugees
24 Black Dialogue by Perceptionists
23 YoYoYoYoYo by Spank Rock
22 Life Is...Too Short by Too Short
21 Be by Common
20 Doe Or Die by AZ
19 College Dropout by Kanye West
18 Blackout! by Methodman & Redman
17 Paid In Full by Eric B & Rakim
16 The Swarm, Vol. 1 by Wu Tang Killa Bees
15 Wu Tang Forever by Wu Tang Clan
14 Me Against The World by 2Pac
13 Supreme Clientele by Ghostface Killah
12 Illmatic by Nas
11 Blacksmith: The Movement by Talib Kweli
10 Doggystyle by Snoop Dogg
9 Enter the 36 Chambers by Wu-Tang Clan
8 Ready To Die by The Notorious BIG
7 Southernplayalisticcadilacmusic by Outkast
6 The Beautiful Struggle by Talib Kweli
5 Tical by Method Man
4 All Eyez On Me by 2Pac
3 Makaveli: The 7 Day Theory by 2Pac
2 Life After Death by The Notorious BIG
1 Uptown Saturday Night by Camp Lo

Not in any specific order:

Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails
Ride the Lightning - Metallica
Kill 'Em All - Metallica
Master of Puppets - Metallica
Peace Sells...But Who's Buying - Megadeth
Ghost Reveries - Opeth
Powerslave - Iron Maiden
Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
Brave New World - Iron Maiden
Piece of Mind - Iron Maiden
Balls to the Wall - Accept
Meal Heart - Accept
Restless and Wild - Accept
Painkiller - Judas Priest
Screaming for Vengeance - Judas Priest
Defenders of the Faith - Judas Priest
Boston - Boston
ZZ Top - Eliminator
Cream - Disreali Gears

I'll post more later.

I don't buy a lot cd's (only vinyls, i'm a dj) so i'll make a vinyl and a cd top 10:

CD/Album Top 10
1. Booka Shade - Movements (2006)
2. VA - Dave Clarke Presents Rarities & Remixes (2006)
3. Miss Kittin - I Com (2004)
4. Nathan Fake - Drowning in a Sea of Love (2006)
5. Faithless - Reverence (1996)
6. James Holden - Idiots Are Winning (2006)
7. Faithless - Outrospective (2001)
8. VA - Reservoir Dogs Soundtrack of the Motion Picture (1992)
9. Moby - Destroy Rock & Roll (2003)
10. Kraak & Smaak - Boogie Angst (2006)

Vinyl/EP/LP Top 10
1. Franz Ferdinand - Remixes EP (2006)
2. Depeche Mode - Darkest Star (Holden Remixes/2006)
3. Wally Lopez - Voila (2003)
4. Mathew Jonson - Return of the Zombie Bikers (2005)
5. Gregor Salto - Bacardi Batbeats EP (2005)
6. Aphex Twin - Windowlicker (1999)
7. Man With Guitar - Man With Guitar (2003)
8. Enzyme X - Opbokken/Post Traumatic Fuck Up (2002)
9. Blur - Song 2 (Brass Monkey Remixes/2005)
10. Unknown (DJ Promo) - If i Had A R&B Bitch (2000)

1. The Band - Music From Big Pink
2. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
3. Black Sabbath - First 6 albums
4. Neil Young - everything from the 70's
5. Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa
6. Kyuss - ...And the Circus leaves town
7. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
8. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
9. Moby Grape - Wow
10. The Misfits - Static Age

Edited by yyo, 31 March 2007 - 07:15 PM.

1. Dire Straits: Sultans of Swing, The Very Best Of Dire Straits
2. The Beautiful South: Carry On Up The Charts
3. The Feeling: 12 Stops and Home
4. Franz Ferdinand: You Could Have Had It So Much Better
5. Blur: The Best of Blur

10. Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory
9. Rise Against- The Sufferer and the Witness
8. Nickelback- The Long Road
7. All That Remains- The Fall of Ideas
6. (+44)- When Your Heart Stops Beating
5. Slipknot- Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses
4. Fall Out Boy- Infinity on High
3. Three Days Grace- One X
2. Linkin Park- Meteora
1. My Chemical Romance- The Black Parade

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15. "The Bends" by Radiohead (1995)
14. "Joyful Rebellion" by K-Os (2004)
13. "People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm" by A Tribe Called Quest (1990)
12. "The Eraser" by Thom Yorke (2006)
11. "Do You Want More?!!!??!" by The Roots (1994)
10. "Atlantis: Hymns for Disco" by K-Os (2006)
9. "Let It Die" by Fiest (2005)
8. "I Might Be Wrong EP" by Radiohead (2001)
7. "A Rush of Blood to the Head" by Coldplay (2002)
6. "MTV Unplugged Vol. 2" by Lauryn Hill (2002)
5. "Hail to the Theif" by Radiohead (2003)
4. "Sometimes" by City & Colour (2005)
3. "OK Computer" by Radiohead (1997)
2. "00:01 First EP" by Kamau (2003)
1. "Exit" by K-Os (2002)

Here are my 42 favorites of this current period in time. Why 42? Why not.

1.Radiohead - OK Computer
2.The Beatles – Revolver
3.The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
4.Radiohead - Kid A
5.Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
6.Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
7.Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
8.The Beatles - Abbey Road
9.The Slip – alivelectric
10.Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it in People
11.My Morning Jacket – Z
12.Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
13.Do Make Say Think - & Yet & Yet
14.My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
15.The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
16.Yo La Tengo - And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
17.Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
18.Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
19.Built to Spill - Keep It Like A Secret
20.Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn
21.Mogwai - Rock Action
22.Pixies - Surfer Rosa
23.Wilco - A Ghost is Born
24.The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
25.TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
26.Beck – Odelay
27.Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
28.Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People
29.Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
30.Red House Painters - Red House Painters [I]
31.Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
32.Radiohead - Amnesiac
33.John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
34.DJ Shadow – Endtroducing
35.Red House Painters - Ocean Beach
36.Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth
37.Manitoba - Up in Flames
38.Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
39.Radiohead – The Bends
40.Sigur Ros – Takk
41.Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Pig Lib
42.Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs

There are probably a couple I forgot and a couple that I placed stupidly. Ask me again tomorrow and it'd be different. This is too hard. Lists are stupid.

1. Gorillaz - Demon Days (2005)
2. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
3. Coldplay - Parachutes (2000)
4. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
5. Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
6. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
7. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (1972)
8. Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)
9. Blur - Parklife (1994)
10. The Clash - London Calling (1979)
11. Radiohead - Ok Computer (1997)
12. Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
13. Beck - Odelay (1996)
14. The Beatles - Revolver (1966)
15. U2 - Pop (1997)
16. Nirvana - Nevermind (1991)
17. Björk - Post (1995)
18. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
19. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998)
20. Prince - Sign O' The Times (1987)
21. Air - Moon Safari (1998)
22. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head (2002)
23. Beck - Guero (2005)
24. Sigur Rós - Agaetis Byrjun (1999)
25. Muse - Origin Of Symmetry (2001)

But 11-25 pretty much depend on the mood I'm in.

Autolux--Future Perfect
Seater-Kinney--The Woods
The Blood Brothers--Burn Piano Island, Burn
Yeah Yeah Yeahs--Fever to Tell
Damien Jurado--Rehearsals for Departure
The Pipettes--We are the Pipettes
Asobi Seksu--Citrus
Dizzee Rascal--Boy in da Corner
Beach Boys--Pet Sounds
Faraquet--View from this Tower
Wilco--Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Portishead--Dummy
Band of Horses--Everything all the Time
My Morning Jacket--Z, It Still Moves
At the Drive In--Relationship of Command
Mars Volta--Deloused in the Comatorium
Rilo Kiley--Execution of All Things

Those are of no order and off the top of my head. Just some albums that I can pop in and be pleased everytime I hear them.

in alphabetical order!

arsis - united in regret
black sabbath - any of the first five, really.
electric wizard - dopethrone
high on fire - blessed black wings
isis - oceanic
kyuss - blues for the red sun
led zeppelin - led zeppelin I
mastodon - remission
monster magnet - spine of god
old man gloom - christmas
ted leo and the pharmacists - the tyranny of distance

In no particular order

Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
Funeral for a Friend - Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation
Saosin - Saosin
LostProphets - Fake Sound of Progress
AFI - Sing the Sorrow
Funeral for a Friend - Hours
UnderOath - They're only Chasing Safety
Story of the Year - In the Wake of Determination
Taking Back Sunday - Where you Want to be
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans
Chiodos - All's Well that End's Well

1. BLACK HOLES AND REVELATIONS (2006) - Muse

2. ABSOLUTION (2003) - Muse

3. HAIL TO THE THIEF (2003) - Radiohead

4. ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY (2001) - Muse

5. STARS OF CCTV (2005) - Hard-fi

6. FRANZ FERDINAND (2004) - Franz Ferdinand

7. NO ANGEL (1999) - Dido

6. OK COMPUTER (1997) - Radiohead

8. UNDER THE IRON SEA (2006) - Keane

9. RETURN TO COOKIE MOUNTAIN (2006) - TV On The Radio

10. SHOW YOUR BONES (2006) - The Yeah Yeah Yeah's

11. IMAGO (2006) - The Butterfly Effect

12. SHOWBIZ (1999) - Muse

13. HOPES AND FEARS (2004) - Keane

14. X&Y (2005) - Coldplay

15. AND THE GLASS HANDED KITES (2005) - Mew

16. SEE THIS THROUGH AND LEAVE (2004) - The Cooper Temple Clause

17. DE-LOUSED IN THE COMATORIUM (2001?) - The Mars Volta

18. KID A (2001?) - Radiohead

19. LIFE FOR RENT (2004) - Dido

20. EMPIRE (2006) - Kasabian

21. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE (1992) - Rage Against The Machine

Not exactly in order, but you get the idea. And yes, there are 21.

Edited by jon, 03 February 2007 - 06:56 PM.

Absolution #2? God... I think it's the weakest of the four Muse albums by a long shot.

Maybe that's just me though...

Ride6

Ahh...I don't know how good this will be, i'm sure i'll forget some albums, etc.

1. OK Computer - Radiohead
2. Kid A - Radiohead
3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
4. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
5. Funeral - The Arcade Fire
6. The Bends - Radiohead
7. Disintegration - The Cure
8. Heroes - David Bowie
9. The Moon And Antarctica - Modest Mouse
10. Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol
11. Amnesiac - Radiohead
12. The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips
13. If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle and Sebastian
14. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
15. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
16. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
17. Remain In Light - Talking Heads
18. Red House Painters - Red House Painters
19. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven - Godspeed! You Black Emperor
20. Something About Airplanes - Death Cab For Cutie

That's without jazz. i wanted to put in Kind Of Blue or A Love Supreme but figured i would be called pretentious if i did so.

Yeah, I'm not happy with my list. oh well

Edited by postit, 03 February 2007 - 11:51 PM.

1. Machine Head- The Blackening (it seriously is godly)
2. All That Remains- Fall of Ideals
3. Machine Head- Burn My Eyes
4. Killswitch Engage- Alive or Just Breathing
5. 36 Crazyfists- Bitterness The Star

There are more but theres my top 5 for the moment.

I wanted to put in Kind Of Blue or A Love Supreme but figured i would be called pretentious if i did so.

Yeah, I'm not happy with my list. oh well

That is insane. Don't be concerned with how other people perceive you. Do what you want, then you'll be happy.

That's without jazz. i wanted to put in Kind Of Blue or A Love Supreme but figured i would be called pretentious if i did so.

Those were both on my list. It's not so much pretentious as it is good taste.