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  • foodboy
    foodboy Posts: 988
    absolutely a ridiculous question
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    foodboy said:

    absolutely a ridiculous question

    Never heard of that one?

    No, really though, good input foodboy!
    Your contribution is admirable!
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  • ski-bum
    ski-bum Boston Posts: 1,024
    rgambs said:

    foodboy said:

    absolutely a ridiculous question

    Never heard of that one?

    No, really though, good input foodboy!
    Your contribution is admirable!
    I wish we had a "like" button.
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  • foodboy
    foodboy Posts: 988
    it is way too subjective. like what is the best painting ever
  • FrankY59
    FrankY59 Posts: 1,052
    PJ - Ten
    Tool - Lateralus
    QOTSA - Like Clockwork
  • Loyola20
    Loyola20 Illinois Posts: 93
    The Mothers of Invention

    Freak Out

    Album that started it all for me .....
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  • pljam
    pljam Posts: 387
    PEARL JAM -TEN
    PEARL JAM -V's
    PEARL JAM -YIELD
    PINK FLOYD -WISH YOU WERE HERE
    PINK FLOYD -DARKSIDE OF THE MOON
    PINK FLOYD -THE WALL
    BAD COMPANY -BAD CO
    GUNS N ROSES -APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
    U.F.O -STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT
    VANHALAN -VANHALAN
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    rummy said:

    I always find this site a fun/interesting diversion: https://www.besteveralbums.com/topratedstats.php?o=album
    Beware: You'll get hooked and on it for a good chunk of time. At least it has some stats to back up its rankings, however.

    That list is garbage... Radiohead has 3 of the Top 11 albums of all time, all ranked ahead of Bob Dylan's first entry???
  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    rummy said:

    I always find this site a fun/interesting diversion: https://www.besteveralbums.com/topratedstats.php?o=album
    Beware: You'll get hooked and on it for a good chunk of time. At least it has some stats to back up its rankings, however.

    This list is semi-problematic.

    121 Beggars Banquet
    122 Quadrophenia
    125 All Things Must Pass
    127 Bridge Over Troubled Water
    128 Rust Never Sleeps

    I remember "alternative" rock stations playing the "top 10" songs of the week. How do you quantify alternative-ness? My first guess wouldn't be a popularity contest.

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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,597
    So many over the years. These are some that come to mind. Each one for a while (some longer than others) I couldn't stop listening to. I wouldn't argue that any of them is the greatest album of all time but for a time each one was my #1.

    Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
    Counting Crows - August And Everything After
    Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
    Aerosmith - Pump
    Pearl Jam - Ten
    Pearl Jam - Vs.
    Alice in Chains - Jar Of Flies
    R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
    Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
    The Eagles - Hotel California
    Eric Clapton - Unplugged
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  • Gibson
    Gibson Chicago Posts: 2,671
    I think all my favs have been said:

    U2 - Achtung, Baby!
    The Verve - Urban Hymns
    Radiohead - OK Computer
    DMB - Crash
    Counting Crows - August and Everything After

    And then the best:
    Floyd, Zeppelin, Beatles, Stones, Who all have top 5 of all time records.
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  • TJ25487
    TJ25487 Posts: 1,501
    I got one for ya! Beach Boys Pet Sounds. Look it up!
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    my2hands said:

    rummy said:

    I always find this site a fun/interesting diversion: https://www.besteveralbums.com/topratedstats.php?o=album
    Beware: You'll get hooked and on it for a good chunk of time. At least it has some stats to back up its rankings, however.

    That list is garbage... Radiohead has 3 of the Top 11 albums of all time, all ranked ahead of Bob Dylan's first entry???
    I think the rankings are based on various "best of" list that have been published over the years. I could be wrong but I think there's a lot of British influence on it. Also, I think the ordering of the albums should be like this: https://www.besteveralbums.com/overall.php?rank=1#227
    This might not make you feel better, however, as it now puts OK Computer at #1 (now ahead of Dark Side of The Moon).
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,661
    TJ25487 said:

    I got one for ya! Beach Boys Pet Sounds. Look it up!

    An excellent choice! "Pet Sounds" deserves a ton of recognition. One of the greatest ever.
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  • jp307677
    jp307677 Boston Posts: 417
    edited April 2017
    Beastie Boys: Ill Communication
    Pearl Jam: Yield
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  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,619
    Mad Season - Above
    PJ - Ten and Vs
    Tupac - All Eyez On Me
    The Beatles - Let It Be... Naked (not many songs come close to Dont Let Me Down imo)

    These come to mind the quickest. Im sure there are other contenders that I am just not thinking of currently.
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  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,924
    Just one is gonna be Master Of Puppets for me
  • ikiT
    ikiT USA Posts: 11,059
    Aerosmith Rocks
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    foodboy said:

    it is way too subjective. like what is the best painting ever

    I was going on the "what would you take to a deserted island" criteria that the OP mentioned.
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  • bloodwhore
    bloodwhore Posts: 50
    Magnolia Electric Co - Songs: Ohia
    Come Feel Me Tremble - Paul Westerberg
    Ocean Beach - Red House Painters

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