Favorite, most satisfying Album thread

[Mustakrakish]

I thought that maybe it's time for another "Favorite Album" thread. I don't see any fresh ones here so...

What's your favorite, most satisfying top 3 albums (or 1 album)?
Not albums with one song that you like very much, but albums, in which you GLADLY listen to EVERY song without skipping. Albums that you might listen several times in a row even. So it doesn't necessarily have your "favorite song ever". Even your favorite band might not get on the list by those criteria. For example my favorite bands Metallica and Muse don't get on the list. "Greatest Hits" albums won't do!

My top 3

1. "Pleasure Man" - Gunther
2. "Primavera Anticipada" (Spanish version) - Laura Pausini
3. "With Oden On Our Side" - Amon Amarth

 

[madviking]

"Siamese Dream", Smashing Pumpkins

 

[Cutlass]

Rumors - Fleetwood Mac
Garbage - Garbage.

 

[Berzerker]

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd (except "Money")
LeftOverture - Kansas
Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf
Crime of the Century - Supertramp
World's Apart - Saga
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

 

[Integral]

Tool - Lateralus (2001)
Royksopp - Junior (2009)

 

[civver_764]

1. Tool - Ænima (1996)

Spoiler :

Probably the closest thing to a perfect album I've yet heard.

2. Stone Temple Pilots - Core (1992)

Spoiler :

I mean I don't know what else to say other than I thoroughly enjoy every song on here. It's like heroin without the bad side effects.

3. Incubus - Make Yourself (1999)

Spoiler :

Pretty much tied with the above, just depends on my mood.

I could list hundreds of honorable mentions as well

 

[sophie]

Grateful Dead - Europe '72
The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies
The Kinks - Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
The Band - The Band
Eric Clapton - At His Best (Vinyl Only)

Those are my favorites right now.

 

[Kawzmo191]

The White Stripes - De Stijl (1999) - Probably the best synthesis of delta blues, brechtian cabaret and the beatles you can't buy.

The Beatles - Beatles for Sale (1964) - The best of the early Beatles. They make their move from just doing enough to pay the bills between the tours, to really taking the effort of making something bigger than the here and now. Innovation at it's simplest, the songs aren't groundbreaking in the scale of production, but in the things that count, like composition and lyrics.

Deep Purple - In Rock (1970) - The birth of speed metal.

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1969) - Zeppelin still hanging on to that "this could fall apart at any second vibe", but Page is starting to get his feet wet in the production style that he's now loved/reviled for.

Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii (1971) - I know it's a movie, but damnit, it would make a fine album. Recorded to no audience amongst the ruins of Pompeii, in the city's amphitheatre (happiness bonus)

 

[downtown]

Rumors - Fleetwood Mac

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

Folks, I have nothing left to add. These two are some of the finest complete albums in Rock history. Born to Run is a freakin' masterpiece people.

 

[sophie]

The Beatles - Beatles for Sale (1964) - The best of the early Beatles. They make their move from just doing enough to pay the bills between the tours, to really taking the effort of making something bigger than the here and now. Innovation at it's simplest, the songs aren't groundbreaking in the scale of production, but in the things that count, like composition and lyrics.

Funny, because it's considered by many beatles fans to be their worst album. I don't mind it though, it was for a long time my favorite as well.

 

[Skwink]

Retrospective-Eric Burdon and the Animals.

Big Ones-Aerosmith (mainly for Livin on the Edge)

 

[Huayna Capac357]

The Beatles - Abbey Road

or

Nirvana - Nevermind

 

[Dachs]

Michelle Branch - The Spirit Room

Die Ärzte - Runter mit den Spendierhosen, Unsichtbarer!

Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (fudging here, though)

 

[Berzerker]

Folks, I have nothing left to add. These two are some of the finest complete albums in Rock history. Born to Run is a freakin' masterpiece people.

it was a ninja edit

Rumours is good too, definitely solid from start to end and in my top 10

Hold Your Fire by Rush would also make my top 10... Not really a fan favorite but I like the "techno" Rush of the early to mid 80s and that album just sounds so good with nice headphones, especially Tai Shan.

thats 8, 2 more

Infinity - Journey ??? Thats a good one
Something by Yes, but what?
Boston, self titled... Yeah... Peace of Mind...

 

[sophie]

Derek and the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (fudging here, though)

Another great album. I put down Eric Clapton at his Best basically because it's a double LP of Eric Clapton's best songs off of his eponymous first solo album, Blind Faith, and Layla

 

[Heretic_Cata]

So why isn't this in A&E ?

 

[JohnRM]

I couldn't even begin to go over the numerous albums I've listened to over the years, so I will just remark on the most recent one that comes to mind.

The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls

 

[Wilks johnson]

I have been enjoying "Rage Against The Machine" from 1992 recently. I usually don't listen to music this "heavy" nor do I listen to rap, but I seem to be enjoying the band.

 

[holy king]

Slime - Schweineherbst

 

[fishmonger]

Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled album.