Hard to recommend without knowing your musical tastes. For me:
Just about every Beatles album, espcially "Abbey Road," "Sgt. Peppers," "and Rubber Soul." Bruce Springteen "Born to Run" and "The Wild the Innocent the E Street Shuffle." The Travelling Wilbury's "Handle with Care." Norah Jones "Come Away with Me." The Dixie Chicks, "Fly." "O Brother Where Art Thou?" Sountrack Forrest Gump Soundtrack "American Idiot" Green Day "Pet Sounds" Beach Boys "The Stranger" Billy Joel
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours, Tusk Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams, the Wild Heart Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run Adele - 21 Florence and the Machine - Lungs, Ceremonials
Those are the albums I can put on and know I won't touch my iPod until they are over.
Radiohead- OK Computer U2- Joshua Tree, Achtung Baby, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb Coldplay- A Rush of Blood to the Head Arcade Fire- The Suburbs Beatles- White Album (disc 1) PJ Harvey- Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea Dave Matthews Band- Live from Red Rocks* Bruce Springsteen- Live from 1975-1985*; Born to Run Ben Folds Five- Whatever and ever Amen Oasis- Whats the Story Morning Glory? The Who- Tommy Led Zeppelin- IV Fleetwood Mac- Rumours Madonna- The Immaculate Collection* Adele- 21 Dixie Chicks- Home
Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces Squeeze - Singles 45s and Under DreamGirls - original broadway soundtrack David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust Garth Brooks - The Hits James Ingram - The Hits: Power of Great Music Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues Barry Manilow - Live 1977 Martina McBride - Greatest Hits
Favorite album of all time is Phish--Billy Breathes
Other favorites: Phish--Farmhouse, The Story of the Ghost and if I am going to really let my freak flag fly here I will add their 12/31/1995 show from Madison Square Garden. Epic. The Beatles--Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper Radiohead--In Rainbows Led Zeppelin--Houses of the Holy, IV Pink Floyd--Dark Side of the Moon Rush--Moving Pictures
My two favorites are compilation CDs...does that count? I don't have iTunes or an iDevice, so I've basically just gone back and forth between these two albums for the last 5ish years, lol.
Barenaked Ladies - Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001
Non-Stop 90's Rock
If I'm feeling a bit gangster, then I put in Nas - God's Son.
My favorite albums that I listen to all the time and like every single song:
Postal Service - Give Up Fiest - The Reminder Sia - Some People Have Real Problems Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes Ben Folds Five - Whatever and ever amen Ben Folds Five - The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner Fiona Apple - When the Pawn Fiona Apple - Tidal
Most other albums I love but don't listen to as much nor like every.single.song
My #1 desert island disc is probably Old 97s, Too Far To Care.
Other contenders: Counting Crows, August and Everything After Ben Folds Five, s/t Kathleen Edwards, Asking for Flowers Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town The Weakerthans, Reunion Tour Son Volt, Trace My Morning Jacket, At Dawn and It Still Moves Okkervil River, Down the River of Golden Dreams
I don't really have "all-time faves," since I tend to listen to something to death, then get sick of it, lol. So in 5 years, these may very well annoy me But the following I've loved long enough to call true favorites, but not long enough to have ODed on them.
Death Cab - Plans Arcade Fire - Funeral Guster - Lost and Gone Forever Decembrists - The King Is Dead Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
It varies because my taste in music is all over the place, but these are my go tos: Clarity by Jimmy Eat World More Adventurous by Rilo Kiley Give Up by The Postal Services The Killers by The Killers Enema of the State by Blink 182 Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge by My Chemical Romance The All American Rejects by The All American Rejects
I forgot Clarity and More Adventurous!
And I have to admit I like Enema of the state more than my former music snob would allow.
DMB- Before these crowded streets Radiohead- OK computer Billy Joel- Piano man Carole King- Tapestry Natalie Cole- Unforgettable Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the moon
Any and all Pearl Jam, especially No Code and Yield Eddie Vedder- Ukelele Songs and the Into the Wild Soundtrack The Gaslight Anthem- The 59 Sound and Sink or Swim The Killers- Sam's Town The Strokes- Is This It Rancid- And Out Come the Wolves Muse- The Resistance (I have their new album, but haven't listened yet, I am sure it's a winner though)
Blind Melon - Nico (seriously like the most underrated band ever). Seriously. This one.
Also: Poe - Haunted Any of the Fiona Apple albums Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar Nine Inch Nails - Broken and Pretty Hate Machine Beatles - Sgt Pepper I like Led Zeppelin III - I know that one is not as popular.
Post by fortnightlily on Jan 5, 2013 12:53:42 GMT -5
Others have already mentioned some of my favorites, so I'll leave those out. My music taste is also all over the place.
- Throwing Copper by Live - Infinity on High by Fall Out Boy - The Suburbs by Arcade Fire - Scenes from a Memory by Dream Theater - Taking The Long Way by The Dixie Chicks - Fear of a Blank Planet by Porcupine Tree - All At Once by The Airborne Toxic Event - Strict Joy (The Deluxe Edition) by The Swell Season