top 10 albums of your lifetime.

[meursault]

i believe we did this on the old forum ... so here's another topic revival.

you don't have to number them if you don't want to.

saves the day - in reverie
the anniversary - your majesty
death cab for cutie - the photo album/we have the facts
radiohead - kid A
wilco - Yankee hotel foxtrot
dr. dog - easy beat
of montreal - the sunlandic twins
sufjan stevens - illinois
gatsby's american dream - ribbons and sugar
the flaming lips - the soft bulletin

pretty solid. i know i'm leaving some out that i love but the limit is 10!
edit: replaced sunny day real estate with gatsby.

what are your faves
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At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
Sufjan Stevens - Come on Feel the Illinoise
Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
The Elected - Me First
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
Nightmare of You - Nightmare of You
Saves the Day - Stay What You Are
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance
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[Randy]

Well you raise an interesting question with your wording (although I can't be sure if you meant to) of favorite vs. best. I always use movies as an example of favorite vs. best, "Singin' in the Rain" as my favorite of all time vs. "8 1/2" as best movie ever made. I like to think I can appreciate something above feeling its appeal, and as such, I think I could come up with two pretty different lists.

So I'll try!

Best:

1. Elliott Smith - from a basement on the hill
2. The Smiths - Louder than Bombs
3. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
4. Weezer - Pinkerton
5. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
6. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
7. The Roots - Things Fall Apart
8. The Strokes - Room on Fire
9. Wilco - Being There
10. The Crystal Method - Vegas

Favorite:

1. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
2. Wilco - Being There
3. Let's Go Bowling - Freeway Lanes
4. Wilco - A.M.
5. The Strokes - Room on Fire
6. The Postal Service - Give Up
7. Elliott Smith - from a basement on the hill
8. Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
9. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
10. hum - You'd Prefer an Astronaut

Oh yeah, I don't want to derail the thread before it gets going, either, I just think it's a nice discussion that could take place here!
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[meursault]

AH! forgot pinkerton. son of a bitch.

but yeah, i understand the best vs. favorite argument. and frank, it's just called "illinois".
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[Justin]

These are the ten albums which have done more to influence my musical tastes than anything else I've ever listened to. Therefore, they're the ten I consider to be the most influental of my lifetime.

The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
Weezer - Pinkerton
Beck - Odelay
They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
Saves the Day - Through Being Cool
Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
Less Than Jake - Pezcore
NOFX - Punk in Drublic
Q and not U - No Kill No Beep Beep
Catch 22 - Keasbey Mornings


Those are my favorites. I refuse to acknowledge something I don't like as the 'best' in any subjective medium so I'm not doing another list.
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[Adam]

[Rusty Cooledge]

Top Ten Albums of My Lifetime? Hmm, well, I'm gonna make two lists just in case I interpret this incorrectly. One will be the cds that were just big in my life at one point or another and to this day make me "mark out" of nostalgia. The other list will be my top ten favorite albums in general. First, nostalgia.

Rancid: "...And out come the Wolves."
AFI: "The Art of Drowning."
The Offspring: "Americana"
Linkin Park: "Hybrid Theory"
CKY: Volume 1
Tiger Army: Power of Moonlight
Smashmouth: Fush Yu Mang
Tenacious D: S/T
Papa Roach: Infest
Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP

What the fuck are you laughing at.

Now my lifetime favorites, as of the last couple years anyway.

Cursive: The Ugly Organ
Mars Volta: Deloused in the Comatorium
The Offspring: Smash
Hot Water Music: Caution
Motion City Soundtrack: Commit this to Memory
The Ataris: Blue Skies, Broken Hearts... Next 12 Exits
Rise Against: Revolutions Per Minute
The Matches: E Von Dawhl Killed The Locals
Alkaline Trio: Good Mourning
Bouncing Souls: Anchors Aweigh
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[David]

1 ozzy osbourne- randy rhodes tribute
2 metallica- master of puppets
3 modest mouse- good news[..]
4 mushroomhead- xiii
5 qotsa-songs for the deaf
6 audioslave- out of exile
7 bls- 1919 eternal
8 dillinger escape plan- miss machine
9 soad- self titled
10 pantera- vulgar display of power

note: i dont like getting made fun of.

[Stainfellow]

Eventually I'll start posting more regularly

Anyway, In no particular order (and yeah, I kinda cheated)...

Pavement: Slanted & Enchanted
Pavement: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Pixies: Doolittle
Nirvana: Nevermind
Nirvana: In Utero
Smashing Pumpkins: Meloncholy and the Infinite Sadness
Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream
White Stripes: Elephant
Pearl Jam: Vitalogy
Green Day: Nimrod
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[Logan]

Somewhat in order:

Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Pearl Jam - No Code
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
Elliott Smith - Figure 8
Pearl Jam - Vs.
Wilco - Summerteeth
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[Daniel]

[joshua]

[meursault]

no, you!
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[Daniel]

I don't "get" video games.
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[meursault]

i can't believe i forgot neutral milk hotel & the arcade fire ... but i can't choose two to take out. i guess maybe funeral would replace your majesty. MAYBE.
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[K-Funk All-Star]

Oh, why not. In no particular order:

1. Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
2. Weezer - the Blue album
3. John Mayer - Heavier Things
4. Beck - Odelay
5. Jets to Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary
6. Barenaked Ladies - Rock Spectacle
7. Henry Rollins - Think Tank (I figure spoken word counts, right?)
8. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
9. They Might Be Giants - Flood
10. Van Halen - OU812

If spoken word does not count, I will gladly substitute any other Barenaked Ladies album, especially "Everything to Everyone."
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[Sgt_Pompous]

1. Peter Gabriel - Up
2. Jethro Tull - Crest of a Knave
3. Counting Crows - August and Everything After
4. Grateful Dead - In The Dark
5. Phish - Hoist
6. Peter Gabriel - Passion
7. Modest Mouse - Moon and Antarctica
8. The String Cheese Incident - Untying the Not
9. Genesis - Calling All Stations
10. David Bowie - Heathen

*no real order
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[Arcade Fire]

Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Pearl Jam - Ten
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart
Weezer - Weezer (blue)
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation

Those are just my favorites though.
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[Kyle]