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Title: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Allhallowsday on February 22, 2012, 02:27:32 AM
For me, the best MICHAEL JACKSON is Off The Wall
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f6/Off_the_wall.jpg)

MICHAEL made at least a few very interesting records... this is when record people were buzzing 'bout MICHAEL... Thriller was down the road and unexpected, but Off The Wall was hot first.  Even what's dated about it is charming.

Pick one by anyone you want to talk about.  


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Mofo Rising on February 22, 2012, 04:22:28 AM
Alice in Chains, Dirt.

(http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/photosizer/upload/aliceinchainsdirtcover.jpeg)

There's a lot to like about Facelift, but it's sort of the primordial stew that was later perfected in Dirt. Alice in Chains has always been associated with the grunge wave, but they've always been more metal than anything. Dirt is where they really cemented their sound into solid pop songs (I'm using "pop" as synonymous with well constructed) with sinister leanings.

It could be argued that they became more accomplished musicians and song-writers in their later releases, but this record is the first chance they got to really strut their stuff. In many non-musical ways it's similar to Faith No More's "Angel Dust." Both powerhouse albums in which the bands really got to shoot for the stands and succeeded.


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Flick James on February 22, 2012, 11:57:15 AM
Alice in Chains, Dirt.

([url]http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/photosizer/upload/aliceinchainsdirtcover.jpeg[/url])

There's a lot to like about Facelift, but it's sort of the primordial stew that was later perfected in Dirt. Alice in Chains has always been associated with the grunge wave, but they've always been more metal than anything. Dirt is where they really cemented their sound into solid pop songs (I'm using "pop" as synonymous with well constructed) with sinister leanings.

It could be argued that they became more accomplished musicians and song-writers in their later releases, but this record is the first chance they got to really strut their stuff. In many non-musical ways it's similar to Faith No More's "Angel Dust." Both powerhouse albums in which the bands really got to shoot for the stands and succeeded.


Yeah, Dirt is far and away my favorite AIC album. Everything about it is a standout to me, from writing to playing to production. It is also very dense in the amount of quality material on it. It's their heaviest album too, not a single acoustic instrument on it if I remember. It's their only album where I won't skip tracks on.


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: voltron on February 22, 2012, 01:23:35 PM
(http://i434.photobucket.com/albums/qq64/voltron_014/200px-Laughing_stock.jpg)

Talk Talk's material has always been excellent - they never put out a bad album. But when they moved away form their earlier synthpop sound and began experimenting musically, they really hit their stride. The album Spirit of Eden was the beginning of their transformation into post rock, but when they released Laughing Stock they absolutely NAILED it! A lot of musicians say this is one of the best albums of all time, and it's easy to see why. Brilliant beyond words.


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: tracy on February 22, 2012, 01:43:26 PM
This is the best Beatles album...IMO

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/50/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band.jpg/220px-Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band.jpg)

Wings best album...

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d0/Paul_McCartney_%26_Wings_-_Band_on_the_Run.jpg/220px-Paul_McCartney_%26_Wings_-_Band_on_the_Run.jpg)

The best RUSH album...

(http://image.lyricspond.com/image/r/artist-rush/album-a-farewell-to-kings/cd-cover.jpg)

The best Heart album..

(http://chuckbrown.com/media/albumcovers/heart-dreamboat-annie.jpg)



Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: zombie no.one on February 22, 2012, 02:00:36 PM
(http://www.purerockradio.net/requests/pictures/Annihilator-Never,-Neverland.jpg)
this is easily the best Annihilator album IMO. no other ones I've heard even come close. a very tight, sharp, hook-filled metal album.

edit - just realised the cover is very similar to that Alice In Chains album. (and Annihilator's first album is called Alice In Hell !)


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Flick James on February 22, 2012, 02:18:00 PM
Some here may know I'm a big Elvis Costello fan. Picking a best album is pretty much an impossibility. If I had the screws put to me and told I could only listen to one EC album for the rest of my life? Still damn-near impossible, but I guess I would go with:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/Trustelviscostello.jpg)

Tom Waits is the same deal. If love the different stages in his career almost equally for different reasons, but if I had to pick one album:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/46/TomWaitsRainDogs.jpg)

Incidentally, many people think that Tom Waits is the man on the cover, but the picture is actually one taken by Swedish photographer Anders Petersen in the 60's.


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Allhallowsday on February 22, 2012, 09:32:48 PM
I seriously doubt there are any terrible ELVIS PRESLEY records, but I think ELVIS is the best.  It's his second album and it's tough to pass over the first Elvis Presley which is landmark... but... I have to give it to ELVIS PRESLEY ELVIS
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff259/allhallowsday/ELVISPRESLEYELVIS.jpg)


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: HappyGilmore on February 22, 2012, 09:50:27 PM
(http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii314/igot-candy/Korn_-_Follow_The_Leader.jpg)
Follow The Leader, by KoRn.  Korn had released two albums previously, and both combined elements of hard rock, heavy metal, grunge, and rap.  This album was a landmark for them, combining all three in such a way, it helped usher in an era of "Nu-Metal", which really helped bring back heavy metal to the MTV generation of the '90s, at a time when all they had was teenybopper pop and rap.  Love them or not, they helped launch groups like Limp Bizkit, Staind, Papa Roach, Linkin Park, etc.  Millions of teens related to it, each song on the album was great, and I don't think any album since this one has sold as many copies (Follow the Leader sold around 5 Million in the US, back when Napster and online downloading was just starting.)  Each Korn album since has seen a slight decline in quality.  Plus, it scored a bunch of nominations at various awards ceremonies, winning quite a few.

(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r92/yimiii/clash.jpg)
London Calling by The Clash.

I don't even know where to start with this one.  I'd put it up there as one of the top ten best rock albums of all-time, honestly.


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: FatFreddysCat on March 04, 2012, 05:49:30 PM
Warrior Soul - SALUTATIONS FROM THE GHETTO NATION (1992)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5rpCVzpuEw

I love this band and this album in particular. SALUTATIONS... is the soundtrack to a youth rebellion/uprising that disappointingly never took place. Every track on this album makes me want to punch someone.

I wrote a gushingly in-depth fanboy article about this disc on my blog some time ago, y'all can check it out here if you want: http://fatfreddyscat.hubpages.com/hub/Retro-Metal-Rant-Warrior-Soul

Or if you don't, suffice to say that this album freakin' rules. Nuff said.


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: crackers on March 14, 2012, 03:46:46 PM
The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us

(http://blog.rhapsody.com/the_cramps_songs_the_lord_taught_us-1980.jpg)

L7 - Bricks Are Heavy

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-roxkxo3C_Ls/TiRVqFk4S6I/AAAAAAAAAK8/aqbrIYRhCTI/s1600/L7_-_Bricks_Are_Heavy.jpg)

Reverend Horton Heat - Liquor In Front

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pPd4TtUMp1A/ST60Yvl74xI/AAAAAAAAA8A/tQjgn63cGck/s1600/portada.jpg)


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Hammock Rider on March 15, 2012, 05:18:17 PM
For Van Morrison , right now, it's Keep it Simple.  It just reflects very well where i'm at in my life right now.

(http://30daysout.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/front.jpg)


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: HappyGilmore on March 15, 2012, 09:01:35 PM
(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm290/cdArt_Covers/Weezer---The-Red-Album.jpg)
This is Weezer's third self-titled album, but I think they're sixth overall.  I'd say it's the best one they've written.

(http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x162/jellybelly13-20/Pink%20Floyd/Pink_Floyd_Wish_You_Were_Here.jpg)
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd.  So many great ones to choose from: Dark Side, Animals, Piper, Wall.  Ultimately, I love this one beginning to end.


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Frank81 on March 15, 2012, 09:57:35 PM
The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us

([url]http://blog.rhapsody.com/the_cramps_songs_the_lord_taught_us-1980.jpg[/url])



 :thumbup:  R.I.P. Lux Interior.. :bluesad: I remember seeing them at the now defunct Punk Mecca CBGB's way back in the 70's.. what a great time... The version of  'Surfing Bird' they did made one throb in strobe light  blue, those  were the days. :drink: :smile: My pick for their best was their  'Gravest Hits' album.

(http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/300x300/63356807.png)



Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Frank81 on March 15, 2012, 10:05:50 PM
THE WHO.. QUADROPHENIA :smile:


(http://images.wikia.com/lyricwiki/images/3/30/The_Who_-_Quadrophenia.jpg)

I'll never  forget this  album, it was  playing 'Love Reign On Me' on my cassette player the day I kissed my first girlfriend under the boardwalk at Coney Island, Brooklyn, NYC one rainly afternoon in the fall of '76 in the rain....and the same song was on my car radio, the day I ran into the Nursing home and was  told my mother was dead and I ran up the stairs and found her gone... lot of emotion with this album.



Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Allhallowsday on March 17, 2012, 03:31:00 PM
THE STOOGES Fun House 
([url]http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff259/allhallowsday/STOOGESFUNHOUSE.jpg[/url]) 

THE STOOGES had three albums, not counting bootlegs and later releases.  They're all excellent, but Fun House is their greatest achievement, and still stands as one of the toughest records ever produced.  It's probably my favorite ROCK record.

Crank it:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U7lfbada-Y[/url]


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: alandhopewell on March 21, 2012, 12:55:56 PM
     The best solo album by Todd Rundgren....

(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bcvYsVDnL._SL500_AA300_.jpg)

     It showcases such a wide range of his abilities, and has probably his best ballad, ever....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjeBZba7-6o


      The best Utopia album....

(http://img.noiset.com/images/album/utopia-ra-cover-54959.jpeg)

     The initial effort by this incarnation of Utopia, each of the four artists performs brilliantly, on pieces written by each member.



     



Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Flick James on March 21, 2012, 02:39:28 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/Fire_Of_Unknown_origin.jpg)

No. For me the best Blue Oyster Cult album is not Agents of Fortune, or any of the others that tend to rank higher than Fire of Unknown Origin on most people's lists. Fire is the only BOC album I actually have. Throughout the entire career of BOC, it seems like their albums have one, maybe two listenable songs on each album, the rest being filler material I could do without. I’ve tried to listen to the older BOC albums and, except for an occasional track, I can barely remember anything. BOC is largely an overrated band in my opinion, but this album I like quite a bit. Most of the album is solid.


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Sleepyskull on March 21, 2012, 11:59:35 PM
([url]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/Fire_Of_Unknown_origin.jpg[/url])

No. For me the best Blue Oyster Cult album is not Agents of Fortune, or any of the others that tend to rank higher than Fire of Unknown Origin on most people's lists. Fire is the only BOC album I actually have. Throughout the entire career of BOC, it seems like their albums have one, maybe two listenable songs on each album, the rest being filler material I could do without. I’ve tried to listen to the older BOC albums and, except for an occasional track, I can barely remember anything. BOC is largely an overrated band in my opinion, but this album I like quite a bit. Most of the album is solid.


1. I am HUGE BOC fan, but I completely understand about the feeling of filler songs. It took me a while to get into them, precisely for that reason.

2. Agents of Fortune is overrated, Fire of Unknown Origin is definitely one of their best. I can't pick a personal favorite or best though.



Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: akiratubo on March 22, 2012, 07:37:54 PM
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/518/zztopafterbl.jpg)

ZZ Top hit it out of the park with Afterburner.  It is the perfect blend of "real" rock and synth-music.  Every track on it is infinitely listenable.


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Frank81 on March 22, 2012, 10:33:47 PM
([url]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/Fire_Of_Unknown_origin.jpg[/url])

No. For me the best Blue Oyster Cult album is not Agents of Fortune, or any of the others that tend to rank higher than Fire of Unknown Origin on most people's lists. Fire is the only BOC album I actually have. Throughout the entire career of BOC, it seems like their albums have one, maybe two listenable songs on each album, the rest being filler material I could do without. I’ve tried to listen to the older BOC albums and, except for an occasional track, I can barely remember anything. BOC is largely an overrated band in my opinion, but this album I like quite a bit. Most of the album is solid.


It always reminds  me of the late  70's, wearing a  leather jacket and hanging out with buddies  on a cold evening outside, 'Don't Fear The Reaper', made famous in the first Halloween movie also comes  to mind. BOC, started out as local  NYC/Long Island  boys, got so big, remember seeing them on the 'Black and Blue' tour with the late, great Dio filling in for OZZY with Sabbath and the Cult complete with a  fire breathing Godzilla at NYC MSG. They finally came back down to earth and now play small venues again, albeit, with very few of their original members. They sometimes went by the name Soft White Belly? I'm not too sure, after all, if you remember the 70's, you weren't there in the first place?  :bouncegiggle:Still, there was a time they did take the big stage.


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Allhallowsday on March 23, 2012, 04:47:04 PM
([url]http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/518/zztopafterbl.jpg[/url])

ZZ Top hit it out of the park with Afterburner.  It is the perfect blend of "real" rock and synth-music.  Every track on it is infinitely listenable.
I like Eliminator better. 


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: zombie no.one on March 24, 2012, 01:45:50 PM
Fandango is my favourite zz top album (that I've heard), I didn't really like the addition of synths into their music...


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Allhallowsday on March 28, 2012, 10:53:33 PM
DAVID BOWIE Low 
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff259/allhallowsday/LOW.jpg)


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: crackers on March 29, 2012, 07:05:33 AM
The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us

([url]http://blog.rhapsody.com/the_cramps_songs_the_lord_taught_us-1980.jpg[/url])



 :thumbup:  R.I.P. Lux Interior.. :bluesad: I remember seeing them at the now defunct Punk Mecca CBGB's way back in the 70's.. what a great time... The version of  'Surfing Bird' they did made one throb in strobe light  blue, those  were the days. :drink: :smile: My pick for their best was their  'Gravest Hits' album.

([url]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/300x300/63356807.png[/url])

You are very lucky. I never got to see them live.



Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Frank81 on March 29, 2012, 10:12:16 AM
The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us

([url]http://blog.rhapsody.com/the_cramps_songs_the_lord_taught_us-1980.jpg[/url])



 :thumbup:  R.I.P. Lux Interior.. :bluesad: I remember seeing them at the now defunct Punk Mecca CBGB's way back in the 70's.. what a great time... The version of  'Surfing Bird' they did made one throb in strobe light  blue, those  were the days. :drink: :smile: My pick for their best was their  'Gravest Hits' album.

([url]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/300x300/63356807.png[/url])

You are very lucky. I never got to see them live.




Younger people often say it to me, lucky I saw Zeppelin, Flloyd, etc... Eh, just means I'm older.. guess I was lucky to have lived in the tail end of  the end of movies, music, I'll agree that todays  movies and music really, really, are awful.


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Frank81 on March 29, 2012, 10:16:51 AM
The Clash ... London Calling..
 It was  tough to pick one, I was a huge fan, even saw them at BONDS.. another time and place.
(http://www.alexandruvita.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/The-Clash-London-Calling-.jpg)


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: crackers on March 29, 2012, 10:28:57 AM
The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us

([url]http://blog.rhapsody.com/the_cramps_songs_the_lord_taught_us-1980.jpg[/url])



 :thumbup:  R.I.P. Lux Interior.. :bluesad: I remember seeing them at the now defunct Punk Mecca CBGB's way back in the 70's.. what a great time... The version of  'Surfing Bird' they did made one throb in strobe light  blue, those  were the days. :drink: :smile: My pick for their best was their  'Gravest Hits' album.

([url]http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/300x300/63356807.png[/url])

You are very lucky. I never got to see them live.




Younger people often say it to me, lucky I saw Zeppelin, Flloyd, etc... Eh, just means I'm older.. guess I was lucky to have lived in the tail end of  the end of movies, music, I'll agree that todays  movies and music really, really, are awful.


Very true.
I nearly saw them at their last London show but it sold out. I headed down to the show hoping to get a ticket, but I only had £70 to my name and the touts were selling tickets for £200. The face price was only £25. SCUMBAGS


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Allhallowsday on March 29, 2012, 05:56:40 PM
I liked Bad Music for Bad People best, it's the one I owned; a compilation, of course.   :cheers:
(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/13/1c/9936793509a0de0a53f38110.L.jpg) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPOVmWzeqEo


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Allhallowsday on June 07, 2012, 08:24:12 PM
I like ELVIS COSTELLO's early albums best, with one exception.  I think this is his best: 
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff259/allhallowsday/ELVISCOSTELLOKingofAmerica-1.jpg)


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: HappyGilmore on June 07, 2012, 08:44:16 PM
12 Golden Country Greats by Ween is, in my opinion, Ween's best work.

Although, Ween never disappoints, so it's hard to pick a "BEST" one...


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: The Burgomaster on June 11, 2012, 03:30:11 PM
Some here may know I'm a big Elvis Costello fan. Picking a best album is pretty much an impossibility. If I had the screws put to me and told I could only listen to one EC album for the rest of my life? Still damn-near impossible, but I guess I would go with:

([url]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/Trustelviscostello.jpg[/url])



I'm a huge Elvis fan!  It's tough to pick a single album as his best, but I'd have to go with MY AIM IS TRUE.  I'm also a big fan of KING OF AMERICA.



Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Venomx73 on June 12, 2012, 07:33:03 AM
(http://www.midlandmemorabilia.co.uk/IMAGES/heman%20record.JPG)
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Story record 1983 VINYL.

Hey. It's true. It was my favorite. (best)


Title: Re: Their best record...??? PICK ONE
Post by: Allhallowsday on June 15, 2012, 08:30:36 PM
DAVID BOWIE Low  
([url]http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff259/allhallowsday/LOW.jpg[/url])
Nobody had anything to say about Low...  :bouncegiggle:   :bluesad:  It's my favorite of his, and I had owned a lot of them on vinyl, but most of them were kinda crappy... I was lucky, I had a few good ones like Scary Monsters and Lodger and Changes One but I also had Young Americans and Tonight and Space Oddity...(one good song) same with the others if you were lucky...  or whatever the hell they were called...

I love ROXY MUSIC's first album best of their's, but I guess there isn't one I don't like.  
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff259/allhallowsday/ROXYMUSIC.jpg)