The best 10 albums ever made ACCORDING TO YOU!

pjpjpaul

"What do you think are the 10 best albums ever made?  Not necessarily your 10 favorite, but the best 10 records based on influence on music, songwriting, composition, musicianship, and impact of soul/feeling/expression on listeners"

1 Berry Is On Top by Chuck Berry (influenced Keith Richards, Brian Wilson and countless others)

2 Elvis Presley- Elvis Presley (his influence was enormous. Springsteen, Petty, and many more loved his music/style/image)

3 Kind of Blue- Miles Davis (his impact was felt not only in the jazz community but people like Duane Allman also held him in high esteem for his virtuosic improvisational skills)

4 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- The Beatles (as far as pure cultural impact this may be close to the top. So many artists and bands were influenced by it and music changed because of it.)

5 The Dark Side of The Moon- Pink Floyd (It is a unique sonic experience that remains unmatched in terms of its ability to be simultaneously  complex musically and lyrically simple.)

6 Thriller- Michael Jackson (this album was so popular its influence on music and culture can still be heard in music by artists like Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars).

7 Straight Outta Compton- NWA (this album cemented Gangsta Rap as a legitimate and commercially viable form of art. It was violent and volatile but also charismatic. It influenced countless hit records in the 80s, 90s, 2000s, and today).

8 King of the Delta Blues Singers - Robert Johnson (although it's cultural impact was delayed a bit many bands and artists have consider Johnson a crucial influence and the British blues explosion in the 60s definitely owes him and other originators a debt of gratitude).

9 Lady Soul- Aretha Franklin (she was/is a diva deserving of her own category. Her voice has so much soul and her impact on music cannot be denied.)

10 Nevermind- Nirvana (This album and really several others as well helped define a generation with a new sound, new image, and new ways of looking at the world. Gone were the hair bands of old. Kurt was the antithesis of a rock star and yet thurst into the role and the results were tragic but the art he left in his wake will forever inspire others).

Honorable Mentions-

The Band- The Band (Americana/folk rock)
The Velvet Underground and Nico- The Velvet Underground (art rock/alternative)
American Beauty- The Grateful Dead (jam bands) 
Ramones- Ramones (punk rock) 
Is This It- The Strokes (rock/"garage rock revival")
Kid A- Radiohead (art rock/electronic/experimental)
Paranoid- Black Sabbath (metal)
Loveless- My Bloody Valentine (shoegaze)
Unknown Pleasures- Joy Division (post-punk)
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience (blues rock/psychedelic rock)
The Stooges- The Stooges (proto punk)
What's Going On- Marvin Gaye (soul)
Master of Puppets - Metallica (metal)
Run DMC- Run DMC (hip-hop)
Blue- Join Mitchell (singer/songwriter)
Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen (rock) 
Appetite for Destruction- Guns N' Roses (hard rock) 
Back In Black- Ac/DC (hard rock) 
London Calling- The Clash (punk/rock/ska...)
Highway 61 Revisited- Bob Dylan (folk rock)
Live at Folsom Prison- Johnny Cash (country)
Doolittle- Pixies (indie rock)
Murmur- R.E.M. (college rock/indie/alternative rock)
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot- Wilco (indie rock)
Daydream Nation- Sonic Youth (indie/alternative/experimental)
Tommy- The Who (rock)
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (pop/baroque pop/experimental pop)
Rumors- Fleetwood Mac (Pop Rock)
Dummy- Portishead (trip-hop)
Violator- Depeche Mode (synthpop)
The Downward Spiral- Nine Inch Nails (industrial)...
Sweetheart of the Rodeo- The Byrds (country rock)
Graceland- Paul Simon (world music) 
Exodus- Bob Marley (Reggae)
The Best of Muddy Waters- Muddy Waters (Blues)

Lots of others I'm forgetting here just so many great albums that have defined genres and culture at different times. 

Gibson

Edited below.

brianlux

pjpjpaul said:

"What do you think are the 10 best albums ever made?  Not necessarily your 10 favorite, but the best 10 records based on influence on music, songwriting, composition, musicianship, and impact of soul/feeling/expression on listeners"

1 Berry Is On Top by Chuck Berry (influenced Keith Richards, Brian Wilson and countless others)

2 Elvis Presley- Elvis Presley (his influence was enormous. Springsteen, Petty, and many more loved his music/style/image)

3 Kind of Blue- Miles Davis (his impact was felt not only in the jazz community but people like Duane Allman also held him in high esteem for his virtuosic improvisational skills)

4 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- The Beatles (as far as pure cultural impact this may be close to the top. So many artists and bands were influenced by it and music changed because of it.)

5 The Dark Side of The Moon- Pink Floyd (It is a unique sonic experience that remains unmatched in terms of its ability to be simultaneously  complex musically and lyrically simple.)

6 Thriller- Michael Jackson (this album was so popular its influence on music and culture can still be heard in music by artists like Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars).

7 Straight Outta Compton- NWA (this album cemented Gangsta Rap as a legitimate and commercially viable form of art. It was violent and volatile but also charismatic. It influenced countless hit records in the 80s, 90s, 2000s, and today).

8 King of the Delta Blues Singers - Robert Johnson (although it's cultural impact was delayed a bit many bands and artists have consider Johnson a crucial influence and the British blues explosion in the 60s definitely owes him and other originators a debt of gratitude).

9 Lady Soul- Aretha Franklin (she was/is a diva deserving of her own category. Her voice has so much soul and her impact on music cannot be denied.)

10 Nevermind- Nirvana (This album and really several others as well helped define a generation with a new sound, new image, and new ways of looking at the world. Gone were the hair bands of old. Kurt was the antithesis of a rock star and yet thurst into the role and the results were tragic but the art he left in his wake will forever inspire others).

Honorable Mentions-

The Band- The Band (Americana/folk rock)
The Velvet Underground and Nico- The Velvet Underground (art rock/alternative)
American Beauty- The Grateful Dead (jam bands) 
Ramones- Ramones (punk rock) 
Is This It- The Strokes (rock/"garage rock revival")
Kid A- Radiohead (art rock/electronic/experimental)
Paranoid- Black Sabbath (metal)
Loveless- My Bloody Valentine (shoegaze)
Unknown Pleasures- Joy Division (post-punk)
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience (blues rock/psychedelic rock)
The Stooges- The Stooges (proto punk)
What's Going On- Marvin Gaye (soul)
Master of Puppets - Metallica (metal)
Run DMC- Run DMC (hip-hop)
Blue- Join Mitchell (singer/songwriter)
Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen (rock) 
Appetite for Destruction- Guns N' Roses (hard rock) 
Back In Black- Ac/DC (hard rock) 
London Calling- The Clash (punk/rock/ska...)
Highway 61 Revisited- Bob Dylan (folk rock)
Live at Folsom Prison- Johnny Cash (country)
Doolittle- Pixies (indie rock)
Murmur- R.E.M. (college rock/indie/alternative rock)
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot- Wilco (indie rock)
Daydream Nation- Sonic Youth (indie/alternative/experimental)
Tommy- The Who (rock)
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (pop/baroque pop/experimental pop)
Rumors- Fleetwood Mac (Pop Rock)
Dummy- Portishead (trip-hop)
Violator- Depeche Mode (synthpop)
The Downward Spiral- Nine Inch Nails (industrial)...
Sweetheart of the Rodeo- The Byrds (country rock)
Graceland- Paul Simon (world music) 


Lots of others I'm forgetting here just so many great albums that have defined genres and culture at different times. 

Lots of great albums there.  Berry and Presley for sure.  From the "influence" angle, it would be hard not to include something by Muddy Waters, but a specific album of Muddy's would be a tough choice as his influence stems mostly from singles.

pjpjpaul

brianlux said:

pjpjpaul said:

"What do you think are the 10 best albums ever made?  Not necessarily your 10 favorite, but the best 10 records based on influence on music, songwriting, composition, musicianship, and impact of soul/feeling/expression on listeners"

1 Berry Is On Top by Chuck Berry (influenced Keith Richards, Brian Wilson and countless others)

2 Elvis Presley- Elvis Presley (his influence was enormous. Springsteen, Petty, and many more loved his music/style/image)

3 Kind of Blue- Miles Davis (his impact was felt not only in the jazz community but people like Duane Allman also held him in high esteem for his virtuosic improvisational skills)

4 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- The Beatles (as far as pure cultural impact this may be close to the top. So many artists and bands were influenced by it and music changed because of it.)

5 The Dark Side of The Moon- Pink Floyd (It is a unique sonic experience that remains unmatched in terms of its ability to be simultaneously  complex musically and lyrically simple.)

6 Thriller- Michael Jackson (this album was so popular its influence on music and culture can still be heard in music by artists like Justin Timberlake and Bruno Mars).

7 Straight Outta Compton- NWA (this album cemented Gangsta Rap as a legitimate and commercially viable form of art. It was violent and volatile but also charismatic. It influenced countless hit records in the 80s, 90s, 2000s, and today).

8 King of the Delta Blues Singers - Robert Johnson (although it's cultural impact was delayed a bit many bands and artists have consider Johnson a crucial influence and the British blues explosion in the 60s definitely owes him and other originators a debt of gratitude).

9 Lady Soul- Aretha Franklin (she was/is a diva deserving of her own category. Her voice has so much soul and her impact on music cannot be denied.)

10 Nevermind- Nirvana (This album and really several others as well helped define a generation with a new sound, new image, and new ways of looking at the world. Gone were the hair bands of old. Kurt was the antithesis of a rock star and yet thurst into the role and the results were tragic but the art he left in his wake will forever inspire others).

Honorable Mentions-

The Band- The Band (Americana/folk rock)
The Velvet Underground and Nico- The Velvet Underground (art rock/alternative)
American Beauty- The Grateful Dead (jam bands) 
Ramones- Ramones (punk rock) 
Is This It- The Strokes (rock/"garage rock revival")
Kid A- Radiohead (art rock/electronic/experimental)
Paranoid- Black Sabbath (metal)
Loveless- My Bloody Valentine (shoegaze)
Unknown Pleasures- Joy Division (post-punk)
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience (blues rock/psychedelic rock)
The Stooges- The Stooges (proto punk)
What's Going On- Marvin Gaye (soul)
Master of Puppets - Metallica (metal)
Run DMC- Run DMC (hip-hop)
Blue- Join Mitchell (singer/songwriter)
Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen (rock) 
Appetite for Destruction- Guns N' Roses (hard rock) 
Back In Black- Ac/DC (hard rock) 
London Calling- The Clash (punk/rock/ska...)
Highway 61 Revisited- Bob Dylan (folk rock)
Live at Folsom Prison- Johnny Cash (country)
Doolittle- Pixies (indie rock)
Murmur- R.E.M. (college rock/indie/alternative rock)
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot- Wilco (indie rock)
Daydream Nation- Sonic Youth (indie/alternative/experimental)
Tommy- The Who (rock)
Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (pop/baroque pop/experimental pop)
Rumors- Fleetwood Mac (Pop Rock)
Dummy- Portishead (trip-hop)
Violator- Depeche Mode (synthpop)
The Downward Spiral- Nine Inch Nails (industrial)...
Sweetheart of the Rodeo- The Byrds (country rock)
Graceland- Paul Simon (world music) 


Lots of others I'm forgetting here just so many great albums that have defined genres and culture at different times. 

Lots of great albums there.  Berry and Presley for sure.  From the "influence" angle, it would be hard not to include something by Muddy Waters, but a specific album of Muddy's would be a tough choice as his influence stems mostly from singles.

I added his "Best of" to the honorable Mentions due to the fact that it's probably the one that influenced people the most in the 60s. 

tbergs

My current choices accounting for different genres of music I frequently listen to.

1. Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (was going to go with Coltrane for my jazz pick, but I like this one more) 
2. Elvis Presley - Since albums weren't really what made him a big deal I can't find one to choose from besides his number 1's, but his influence was huge.
3. The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers/Revolver (Their sound just evolved so much around this time)
4. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy (everything you could want from LZ)
5. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (Another hard choice, but overall this album is excellent and spawned an epic tour)
6. Metallica - Master of Puppets (while it wasn't until the Black album that I discovered them, this is the magnum opus)
7. The Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (classic and ahead of it's time)
8. Dr. Dre - The Chronic (I enjoy Snoop, 2Pac, Biggie, et. all, but this was the beginning)
9. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger (Jesus Christ Pose!)
10. Michael Jackson - Thriller (what a pop masterpiece)

cp3iverson

Some said RHCP “By the Way”.  I dont like the title track but man what an incredible album. 

pjpjpaul

cp3iverson said:

Some said RHCP “By the Way”.  I dont like the title track but man what an incredible album. 

I love the song "This Is The Place" and feel it is vastly underrated. 

dankind

pjpjpaul said:

cp3iverson said:

Some said RHCP “By the Way”.  I dont like the title track but man what an incredible album. 

I love the song "This Is The Place" and feel it is vastly underrated. 

"Don't Forget Me" FTW!!!

cp3iverson

dankind said:

pjpjpaul said:

cp3iverson said:

Some said RHCP “By the Way”.  I dont like the title track but man what an incredible album. 

I love the song "This Is The Place" and feel it is vastly underrated. 

"Don't Forget Me" FTW!!!

Tear.  Venice Queen.  Beautiful album. Dark, good harmonies.  Really underrated

tempo_n_groove

cp3iverson said:

dankind said:

pjpjpaul said:

cp3iverson said:

Some said RHCP “By the Way”.  I dont like the title track but man what an incredible album. 

I love the song "This Is The Place" and feel it is vastly underrated. 

"Don't Forget Me" FTW!!!

Tear.  Venice Queen.  Beautiful album. Dark, good harmonies.  Really underrated

Small random story.  My Uncle was an LAPD beat cop(brother of the one whom wrote to Manson) and he had a book w paroles in it that they picked up in the area and he was one of these people.  Anthony Keitser, occupation Musician.  My uncle told us that everyone in that book would be either dead or in prison.  My sister went and grabber her latest episode of Spin w them on the cover.  My uncle didn't believe it.  He must have seen some things...
Pic was circa 1984.  Magazine was 96.

Gibson

I'm excluding live albums, and counting double albums as one. In my limited musical experience, and in no order:

U2 - Achtung! Baby (this would be #1, without hesitation for me)
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Oasis - Morning Glory
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
Led Zeppelin - IV 
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple

Cornell's Songbook would make the cut if I counted live albums.

rgambs

Gibson said:

I'm excluding live albums, and counting double albums as one. In my limited musical experience, and in no order:

U2 - Achtung! Baby (this would be #1, without hesitation for me)
Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Oasis - Morning Glory
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
Led Zeppelin - IV 
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Stone Temple Pilots - Purple

Cornell's Songbook would make the cut if I counted live albums.

Not able to rank it top 10 in good conscience, but August and Everything After is one hell of an album!

Edved82

This is an unspeakably difficult task but here goes (in no order):

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

Neil Young - On The Beach

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock

Soundgarden - Superunknown

Tool - Lateralus

Pearl Jam - No Code

Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska

Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory

U2 - Achtung Baby

pledgeagrievance

Pearl Jam - Yield
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
My Morning Jacket - Evil urges
Neil Young - Live at Massey Hall
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Beta Band - The Three EPs
The Beatles - White Album 
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Pearl Jam - No Code

rgambs

rgambs said:

Harvest- Neil Young

Ten or Vs- Pearl Jam

Led Zeppelin- take your pick

Have to think about more

Of course almost every Beatles album is worthy as well...
Have to add Jethro Tull- Aqualung.  Brilliant album.

F Me In The Brain

To heck with the need to be snootchy bootchy about what the music did, meant, blah.

Looking at many lists, there is no fucking way everyone else is using the highbrow radar on their picks.

That stated, this is what I type up this evening -- in a metal mood, would be very different tomorrow:

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

Metallica - Master of Puppets

Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

AC'DC - Back in Black

Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love

NIN - Pretty Hate Machine

Whitesnake - Whitesnake

Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

goldrush

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Neil Young - Harvest
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Joakim Thåström - Skebokvarnsv. 209
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Leonard Cohen - I'm your man
ABBA - The Visitors
The Doors - Waiting for the Sun or Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hil
Nirvana - Nevermind

Now, morning meeting at work so can't think about it more. This I guess is more favorite albums than "best albums". Who cares.

Stories From The City... is a perfect album

brianlux

Edved82 said:

This is an unspeakably difficult task but here goes (in no order):

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

Neil Young - On The Beach

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock

Soundgarden - Superunknown

Tool - Lateralus

Pearl Jam - No Code

Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska

Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory

U2 - Achtung Baby

Oh, but it's so fun to watch people sweat. lol!

Good list!

brianlux

F Me In The Brain said:

To heck with the need to be snootchy bootchy about what the music did, meant, blah.

Looking at many lists, there is no fucking way everyone else is using the highbrow radar on their picks.

That stated, this is what I type up this evening -- in a metal mood, would be very different tomorrow:

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

Metallica - Master of Puppets

Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

AC'DC - Back in Black

Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love

NIN - Pretty Hate Machine

Whitesnake - Whitesnake

Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

I should have asked for two lists:

"The 10 best Snoochy Bootchy Albums EVER"

and...

"Sod Off You Boor, These are the Best 10 Ever... Says ME!"

The Committee for Proper Listings will review your list and contact you when they have made a decision.  Thank you for your entry.

pjpjpaul

brianlux said:

F Me In The Brain said:

To heck with the need to be snootchy bootchy about what the music did, meant, blah.

Looking at many lists, there is no fucking way everyone else is using the highbrow radar on their picks.

That stated, this is what I type up this evening -- in a metal mood, would be very different tomorrow:

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

Metallica - Master of Puppets

Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

AC'DC - Back in Black

Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love

NIN - Pretty Hate Machine

Whitesnake - Whitesnake

Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

I should have asked for two lists:

"The 10 best Snoochy Bootchy Albums EVER"

and...

"Sod Off You Boor, These are the Best 10 Ever... Says ME!"

The Committee for Proper Listings will review your list and contact you when they have made a decision.  Thank you for your entry.

I have tix to see John Cleese in October. Really hope it doesn't get canceled. I saw him and Eric Idle a few years ago and it was hilarious. I love Monty Python. 

Loujoe

brianlux said:

F Me In The Brain said:

To heck with the need to be snootchy bootchy about what the music did, meant, blah.

Looking at many lists, there is no fucking way everyone else is using the highbrow radar on their picks.

That stated, this is what I type up this evening -- in a metal mood, would be very different tomorrow:

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

Metallica - Master of Puppets

Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

AC'DC - Back in Black

Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love

NIN - Pretty Hate Machine

Whitesnake - Whitesnake

Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

I should have asked for two lists:

"The 10 best Snoochy Bootchy Albums EVER"

and...

"Sod Off You Boor, These are the Best 10 Ever... Says ME!"

The Committee for Proper Listings will review your list and contact you when they have made a decision.  Thank you for your entry.

I don't recognize the dude in the upper right. Behind the scenes writer?

tempo_n_groove

F Me In The Brain said:

To heck with the need to be snootchy bootchy about what the music did, meant, blah.

Looking at many lists, there is no fucking way everyone else is using the highbrow radar on their picks.

That stated, this is what I type up this evening -- in a metal mood, would be very different tomorrow:

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

Metallica - Master of Puppets

Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

AC'DC - Back in Black

Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love

NIN - Pretty Hate Machine

Whitesnake - Whitesnake

Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

I'm curious about the DK album.  Why that one?  I picked Frankenchrist because there isn't a bad song on the whole thing and they were at their top for that one.

F Me In The Brain

tempo_n_groove said:

F Me In The Brain said:

To heck with the need to be snootchy bootchy about what the music did, meant, blah.

Looking at many lists, there is no fucking way everyone else is using the highbrow radar on their picks.

That stated, this is what I type up this evening -- in a metal mood, would be very different tomorrow:

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

Metallica - Master of Puppets

Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

AC'DC - Back in Black

Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love

NIN - Pretty Hate Machine

Whitesnake - Whitesnake

Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

I'm curious about the DK album.  Why that one?  I picked Frankenchrist because there isn't a bad song on the whole thing and they were at their top for that one.

It is sort of a cheat, right?  It is a compilation/rarities record.

The reason this rings the loudest for me is simply that it was my intro to DK's music after learning about them during the PMRC bullshit.  Bought it when it first came out, remember picking the cassette and falling in love with it on the first play through.  I was not into Hardcore Punk, at all, and it was amazing.  My buddies thought it was fucked up, which only made me love it more.  Think I was in 7th or 8th grade.  Angry little fucker and this blew me up.

tempo_n_groove

F Me In The Brain said:

tempo_n_groove said:

F Me In The Brain said:

To heck with the need to be snootchy bootchy about what the music did, meant, blah.

Looking at many lists, there is no fucking way everyone else is using the highbrow radar on their picks.

That stated, this is what I type up this evening -- in a metal mood, would be very different tomorrow:

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

Metallica - Master of Puppets

Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

AC'DC - Back in Black

Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love

NIN - Pretty Hate Machine

Whitesnake - Whitesnake

Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

I'm curious about the DK album.  Why that one?  I picked Frankenchrist because there isn't a bad song on the whole thing and they were at their top for that one.

It is sort of a cheat, right?  It is a compilation/rarities record.

The reason this rings the loudest for me is simply that it was my intro to DK's music after learning about them during the PMRC bullshit.  Bought it when it first came out, remember picking the cassette and falling in love with it on the first play through.  I was not into Hardcore Punk, at all, and it was amazing.  My buddies thought it was fucked up, which only made me love it more.  Think I was in 7th or 8th grade.  Angry little fucker and this blew me up.

Cool cool.  Same reason I loved them.  It was fast and angry.  I was picking up any hardcore album I could find around the time this came out too.

First one I bought from them was In God We Trust Inc.  LOVED that album but when I got to Frankenchrist, man.  That album was just the best to me and like you said, the PMRC hearings, Oprah, it was all amazing.

Thanks for telling me/us.

brianlux

pjpjpaul said:

brianlux said:

F Me In The Brain said:

To heck with the need to be snootchy bootchy about what the music did, meant, blah.

Looking at many lists, there is no fucking way everyone else is using the highbrow radar on their picks.

That stated, this is what I type up this evening -- in a metal mood, would be very different tomorrow:

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

Metallica - Master of Puppets

Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

AC'DC - Back in Black

Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love

NIN - Pretty Hate Machine

Whitesnake - Whitesnake

Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

I should have asked for two lists:

"The 10 best Snoochy Bootchy Albums EVER"

and...

"Sod Off You Boor, These are the Best 10 Ever... Says ME!"

The Committee for Proper Listings will review your list and contact you when they have made a decision.  Thank you for your entry.

I have tix to see John Cleese in October. Really hope it doesn't get canceled. I saw him and Eric Idle a few years ago and it was hilarious. I love Monty Python. 

Very cool!  I hope he keeps the date.

dankind

Loujoe said:

brianlux said:

F Me In The Brain said:

To heck with the need to be snootchy bootchy about what the music did, meant, blah.

Looking at many lists, there is no fucking way everyone else is using the highbrow radar on their picks.

That stated, this is what I type up this evening -- in a metal mood, would be very different tomorrow:

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance

Metallica - Master of Puppets

Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction

AC'DC - Back in Black

Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love

NIN - Pretty Hate Machine

Whitesnake - Whitesnake

Dead Kennedys - Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death

I should have asked for two lists:

"The 10 best Snoochy Bootchy Albums EVER"

and...

"Sod Off You Boor, These are the Best 10 Ever... Says ME!"

The Committee for Proper Listings will review your list and contact you when they have made a decision.  Thank you for your entry.

I don't recognize the dude in the upper right. Behind the scenes writer?

Some cheeky American animator. 

Loujoe

Ahh the guy who drops the boot on everyone and crushes them. I bet he likes to take pictures...nudge nudge, you know what I mean...riiiiiight right. 
Now for something completely different.

brianlux

Loujoe said:

Ahh the guy who drops the boot on everyone and crushes them. I bet he likes to take pictures...nudge nudge, you know what I mean...riiiiiight right. 
Now for something completely different.

adhooper

This weekend is the 50th anniversary of this gem.

helplessdancer

love/loved gregg's old band a real lot. musical hero, of mine.. 1st set and 2nd set were the 2 discs for me    back where it all began. and a nice first post i might add!

also... i'm completely amazed that a new band can come along, to my old ears, and be a real contender for this category.

every song on billy's new cd(home 2019) is killer. no filler. that doesn't happen enough, for me.

this tells me that my list can change every year, because i haven finished listening to everything yet 

quad should be on everyone's list.