Okay, it's Labor Day Weekend & it's late & I'm bored. So here is my list. In no particular order.

1. Tool Aenima
2. Tool Undertow
3. Tool 10,000 Days
4. Deftones White Pony
5. Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
6. Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral
7. Pink Floyd The Wall
8. A Perfect Circle Thirteenth Step
9. Queens of the Stone Age Rated R
10. The Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream

Honorable Mention:
Alice In Chains Dirt
Radiohead OK Computer

For the record Tool is above & beyond my favorite band of all time. I'm sure most of you realized that from my choices. So let's see your list.

No particular order:

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Marillion - Clutching at Straws
Marillion - Brave
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
Robert Plant - The Principle of Moments
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Peter Tosh - Mama Africa
Bob Marley - Babylon by Bus

off the top of me head..

culture : trust me
sex pistols : never mind..
the the : infected
man parrish : man parrish LP
The fall : any but I am kurious oranj is a good 'en

some of my fav tunes (NOT LP) ever are :

1. Baby ford - Flowers
2. Koto - Visitors
3. Depeche Mode - Only when I lose myself
4. Spritualized - Think I'm in love chemical brothers mix
5. James - Come home - Weatherall mix
6. Sidecut DB - Vital Rise
7. Mike Dunn - Magic feet
8. Risque rhythm team - The jackin zone

Aaahhh so hard! Especially cause I define 'Favorite Album' so strictly, ok here's a go NO ORDER, that'd make it harder.

-Purple Rain, Prince
-Initium, Samhain
-Great Love Sound, Raveonettes
-Raw Power, Iggy & the Stooges
-Rocket to Russia, The Ramones
-I Get Wet, Andrew W.K. [so what!?!]
-Highway to Hell, AC/DC
-LAMF, Johnny Thunders
-Melissa, Mercyful Fate
-Walk Among Us, Misfits

Problem is, is some of my favorite artists don't make this because it's best 'Albums' and a lot of them had only singles to be later compiled into Best Ofs, which I don't count as albums. So here's some bests that just didn't get on the list due to that: Little Richard, Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly also the Ronettes.

Here's 9 of mine

The yummy fur - sexy world
The Fall - This nations Saving Grace (LP not CD!)
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi battles the Pink Robots
The Rolling Stones - Between the buttons
The Rolling Stones - Metamorphosis
The Pixies - Doolittle
Quasi - Featuring 'Birds'
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
リズムであそぼう　　(Japanese kids music... my daughter's a bad influence on me! I'm becoming a tad partial to the winnie the pooh soundtrack too... )

I am gonna go ahead and show my age here, no order:

-Mission of Burma "Vs."
-Big Black "Atomizer"
-Butthole Surfers "Hairway to Steven"
-Scratch Acid "Scratch Acid" EP , Not an Lp but screw it.
-Einsturzende Neubauten "1/2 Mensch"
-Wire "Pink Flag"
-Misfits "Walk Among Us"
-Rudimentary Peni "Death Church"
-Frank Sinatra "At the Sands with Count Basie"
-Metallica "Ride the Lightening"

This is too hard as I could on and on, moods change so favorites change but these are all timers for me.

One of my favorite pet projects... pruning top 10 lists. As of September 2007...

Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Cornelius - Fantasma
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
Thelonious Monk - Underground
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
Johnny Cash - American IV
Shellac - At Action Park
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Zombies - Odessy and Oracle

In no real order:

Fugees - The Score
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Strung Out - Twisted by Design
Unearth - The Oncoming Storm
Bloodhound Gang - One Fierce Beer Coaster
Chemical Brothers - Brother's Gonna Work It Out
Beatles - The White Album
Easy Star All-Stars - Dub Side of the Moon
R.A.T.M - Evil Empire

This was tougher than i thought...

G'N'R-Appetite for Destruction
Metallica-Master of Puppets
De. Dre-The Chronic
Prince-Purple Rain
Marilyn Manson-Antichrist Superstar
NIN-The Downward Spiral
Black Sabbath-Paranoid
Korn-Korn
Kiss-Double Platinum
The Misfits-Earth A.D.

in no particular order
my top ten:

angels of light - how i loved you
babyland - outlive your enemies
el-p - fantastic damage
einsturzende neubauten - tabula rasa
alec empire - intelligence and sacrifice
chemlab - burnout at the hydrogen bar
techno animal - brotherhood of the bomb
pig - sinsation
cannibal ox - cold vein
scraping foetus off the wheel - nail

I totally <3 these records.

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Radiohead - The Bends
Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun
The Smiths - The Smiths
Gang of Four - Entertainment
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

x10

I just decided to stop because I realized that most of us would just reapeat the same albums I would also have been sitting here all day adding and adding. most of these arent even albums...
These were the first 15 i could think of. I didnt even add the band from my avatar..I suck

as of 9/03/07
vincent gallo - when
ramones - leave home
kontaattaque/tragatelo - split cassette
king geedorah - take me to your leader
big business- here come the waterworks
operation ivy - energy
edan - beauty and the beat
los crudos - discography
campfire girls - little wolverine ep
buzzcocks - a different kind of tension

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Bad Brains - I against I
John Coltraine - Love Supreme
The Beatles - White Album
The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
Portishead - Dummy
Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions

just 2 comments first:
Dixie over Satiate?
No one should ever say a bad word about AWK.

As opposed to all time favourites, these are always ones that can be put on no matter what (in no order)-
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
Clash - Give them Enough Rope
AC/DC - Back in Black
Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today
Conflict - Ungovernable Force
Whiskey & Co - Night Life
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Those Unknown - s/t
Pogues - Red Roses for Me
The Trouble - Nobody Laughs Anymore

oh god.... this is going to change in about 5 minutes...

This is a horrible mean evil thread!!!


edit: Paul's Boutique is a good one!!!
I'm never gonna stop...

Awesome! I've had a really hard time turning people on to that album for some reason. My favorite underground hip hop album of the past few years.

man a lot of you have some awesome lists!

10 of my favorites at the moment. i can listen to these pretty much any time
in no particular order:

radiohead - OK computer
jesus and mary chain - darklands
and you will know us by the trail of dead - source tags and codes
david bowie - rise and fall of ziggy stardust
velvet underground - velvet underground
sonic youth - daydream nation
beatles - abbey road
joy division - closer
pixies - doolittle
smashing pumpkins - siamese dream

both great albums but Dixie is non-stop the whole way. Avail shows in mid-90s was like attending church in virginia. I'm sure that if Tim Barry run for Mayor here he would win.

AWK is a guily pleasure and put on a great live show. merch dude was a touring member of death and had the tardy brothers(obituary) in the band. wow.

the trouble is band that I unfortuntely never got to see. Love that album.

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
New Order -Substance 87
The Wedding Present - Seamonsters
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Bennie K - japanarhythm
Velvet Underground - THE BEST OF THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (Words And Music Of Lou Reed)
Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
The Pixies - Trompe le Monde
Dead Can Dance - Dead Can Dance

This was not easy. After Bennie K, I decided to list albums to make the group of ten a little more well rounded. They are all still favorites but from Bennie K down, I could have put in other bands like Sonic Youth, The Ramones, The Clash, Echo and the Bunnymen, Liz Phair, Sowelu, move,...blah, blah, blah.....the list goes on and on and on...

This is more of a "currently" list than an "ever" list.

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Radiohead - OK Computer
Blonde Redhead - Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons
Menomena - I am the Fun Blame Monster

Funny enough, I saw Avail IN a church in like 94 or 95...


Ugh! tell me about it!
I turned down the chance to go to a gig in Boston they were playing, and the club they were meant to play another time closed down just before.
I guess somethings are better imagined... (at least that's what I tell myself).
I think that they were one of the most under-appreciated bands of the time.

Yeah, this is more of a "right this minute" list, but here goes . . .
Stooges - Funhouse
Birthday Party - Junkyard
Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, & Thyme
Rush - All The World's A Stage
Echo & The Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
John Coltrane - Ole Coltrane
Ramones - Ramones
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash

Radiohead - OK Computer
David Bowie - Rise and fall of ziggy stardust
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Radiohead - Kid A
The Cure - Pornography
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
Lou Reed - Transformer
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Portishead - Dummy

in no particular order....

butthole surfers "hairway to steven"
beastie boys "paul's boutique"
black flag "slip it in"
pixies "surferosa/come on pilgrim"
grace jones "compass point sessions"
the cure "singles-staring at the sea"
eric b & rakim "paid in full"
breeders "pod"
circle jerks "golden shower of hits"
frank zappa "one size fits all"
jimi hendrix "electric ladyland"
metallica "ride the lightning"
reinforced "above the law"
guy called gerald "black secret technology"
orb "u.f.orb"

ok,,,that is more than ten,,,but i could keep going....

had to add one more,,,bad brains "i against i"