The Top 75 Albums of All Time

Since Rolling Stone and SPIN can't make up their minds as to what the best albums of all time are (they called several albums terrible yet come back years later and say they're god's gift to man), I decided to make my own list. These are, in my opinion, the 50 greatest albums of all time. They go in order of Album, Artist, and the best song on the album:

1. Siamese Dream
   Smashing Pumpkins
   Cherub Rock (tough call)
   
   
2. De-Loused In The Comatorium
   The Mars Volta
   This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed
   
   
3. OK Computer
   Radiohead
   Paranoid Android
   
   
4. Relationship Of Command
   At The Drive-In
   Rolodex Propaganda
   
   
5. With Teeth
   Nine Inch Nails
   Right Where It Belongs
   
   
6. Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop
   Stone Temple Pilots
   Ride The Cliché (also tough to call)
   
   
7. The White Album
   The Beatles
   Helter Skelter
   
   
8. ÆNIMA
   Tool
   Ænima
   
   
9. Nevermind
   Nirvana
   Territorial Pissings
   
   
10. Clumsy
    Our Lady Peace
    Automatic Flowers
    
    
11. Mechanical Animals
    Marilyn Manson
    Coma White
    
    
12. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
    David Bowie
    Suffragette City
    
    
13. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
    Smashing Pumpkins
    Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans
    
    
14. Trilogy
    Emerson Lake & Palmer
    Trilogy
    
    
15. Hair: Debatable
    Atom & His Package
    If You Own The Washington Redskins, You’re A C***
    
    
16. Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
    Dead Kennedys
    California Über Alles
    
    
17. Raw Power
    Iggy & The Stooges
    Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell
    
    
18. Dirt
    Alice In Chains
    Down In a Hole
    
    
19. Sparkle And Fade
    Everclear
    Heroin Girl
    
    
20. Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
    Eels
    Trouble With Dreams
    
    
21. Portrait of an American Family
    Marilyn Manson
    Lunchbox
    
    
22. Weezer (Blue Album)
    Weezer
    Surf Wax America
    
    
23. The Wall
    Pink Floyd
    Comfortably Numb
    
    
24. Led Zeppelin I
    Led Zeppelin
    Good Times Bad Times
    
    
25. Just The Best Party
    World/Inferno Friendship Society
    The Naughty Little Rat Makes New Friends
    
    
26. Very Proud Of Ya
    A.F.I.
    Perfect Fit
    
    
27. Whatever & Ever Amen
    Ben Folds Five
    One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces
    
    
28. Welcome To The Monkey House
    The Dandy Warhols
    The Last High
    
    
29. Electro-Shock Blues
    Eels
    Elizabeth On The Bathroom Floor
    
    
30. Best Of The Doors
    The Doors
    Hello, I Love You
    
    
31. Ritual De Lo Habitual
    Jane's Addiction
    Stop
    
    
32. The Downward Spiral
    Nine Inch Nails
    Hurt
    
    
33. Electric Version
    The New Pornographers
    Loose Translation
    
    
34. Blood Sugar Sex Magik
    Red Hot Chili Peppers
    The Righteous & The Wicked
    
    
35. Chutes Too Narrow
    The Shins
    So Says I
    
    
36. Porcelain
    Sparta
    Death In The Family
    
    
37. Hearts of Oak
    Ted Leo/Pharmacists
    Tell Balgeary, Balgury Is Dead
    
    
38. Tommy
    The Who
    [I]Pinball Wizard
    
    
39. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
    The Flaming Lips
    Fight Test
    
    
40. Origin Of Symmetry
    Muse
    New Born
    
    
41. Infiltrate.Destroy.Rebuild
    CKY
    Sink Into The Underground
    
    
42. Show Us Your Demons
    Dirt Bike Annie
    Not An Eagle Scout
    
    
43. Runners High
    The Pillows
    Wake Up, Frenzy
    
    
44. Chronicle, Vol. 1
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Down On The Corner
    
    
45. The Dresden Dolls
    The Dresden Dolls
    Half Jack
    
    
46. Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
    Metric
    I.O.U.
    
    
47. Zoo Hypothesis
    TUB RING
    We Are The Righteous
    
    
48. Superunkown
    Soundgarden
    Spoonman
    
    
49. Pinkerton
    Weezer
    El Scorcho
    
    
50. Rubberneck
    The Toadies
    Possum Kingdom
    
    

Start disagreeing...now

They forgot Moskau by Dschingis Khan

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Originally posted by Ace of Spades They forgot Moskau by Dschingis Khan

muahah ytmnd.

Scott, I agree w/ at least 50% of everything on there.

The rest I either haven't heard, or disagree with.

And by "greatest", are we measuring pure awesomness? or should we take into account context, like the cultural / musical impact of an album.

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Originally posted by Zopwx2 And by "greatest", are we measuring pure awesomness? or should we take into account context, like the cultural / musical impact of an album.

Both. I've listened to every album on there at least 10 times within the past 10 years (a couple of them over 100, which sounds sad, but I always have music playing in the background). I listen carefully to the lyrics, the structure of each song (sometimes taking into account whether or not it's a simple chord structure or something totally complex that only Ford himself can play on his holy guitar), etc. Plus, in my opinion, ever song on that list kicks total ass.

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Originally posted by Zopwx2 Scott, I agree w/ at least 50% of everything on there. The rest I either haven't heard, or disagree with. And by "greatest", are we measuring pure awesomness? or should we take into account context, like the cultural / musical impact of an album.

Pretty much my thoughts as well.

P.S. Funhouse is the best Stooges album. And I thought I was the only person alive under 30 who likes CCR.

Scotty...

Mad props for the inclusion of Our Lady Peace's Clumsy album...very underrated (nowadays)...in fact, at this moment, its in my car cd player....very impressive my friend. Props to you for Including STP's much overlooked Tiny Music album as well. However, where is STP's debut, Core? Who can forget about the greatness of that.

The biggest, most reprehensible thing you couldve done, however, you ACTUALLY did. For that, you MUST be shot, dragged around the square by horses, and hung, naked, so the peasants can vomit, defecate, spit, and relieve themselves on you.

Where, oh where, is Guns N Roses? Where is "Appetite for Destruction"? And where is "Use Your Illusion Vol. 1"???

Heinous, my friend.

Also, where is Pearl Jam's "Ten" album??

Dont worry, Ill scrutinize some more later.

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Originally posted by StevieV019 Mad props for the inclusion of Our Lady Peace's Clumsy album...very underrated (nowadays)...in fact, at this moment, its in my car cd player....very impressive my friend.

Indeed. OLP is an amazing band. Automatic Flowers is one of my favorite songs of all time. However, I'm not too fond of their latest album...

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Originally posted by StevieV019 Props to you for Including STP's much overlooked Tiny Music album as well. However, where is STP's debut, Core? Who can forget about the greatness of that.

Don't get me wrong. Core has it's great share of songs (specifically Dead & Bloated, Plush, Sex Type Thing and Wicked Garden), but, like Purple (the album after it), it's filled with songs that are mediocre in between the really good songs.

The same goes for the highly underrated Shangri-La Dee Da and No. 4. Great albums, but there's a fair amount of things between the meat of the albums that don't seem to catch my attention.

But STP still remains as one of the greatest bands ever...

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Originally posted by StevieV019 The biggest, most reprehensible thing you couldve done, however, you ACTUALLY did. For that, you MUST be shot, dragged around the square by horses, and hung, naked, so the peasants can vomit, defecate, spit, and relieve themselves on you. Where, oh where, is Guns N Roses? Where is "Appetite for Destruction"? And where is "Use Your Illusion Vol. 1"??? Heinous, my friend.

(I'll probobly be killed and/or raped for saying this, but...meh)

I HATE Axl Rose's voice. Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate. I respect Duff McKagan as a bassist (since he is a great bassist) and Slash is one of my favorite guitarists of all time. However, the only reason I own Appetite for Destruction and the Use Your Illusion 1&2 cds just because my ex was mad at me for not having them. In fact, November Rain is one of my least favorite songs of all time. So there

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Originally posted by StevieV019 Also, where is Pearl Jam's "Ten" album??

Jeremy and Evenflow were the only two songs I liked off of it. Everything else from Pearl Jam that I've heard (with the excpetion of the amazing song "Do The Evolution" from Yield) doesn't grab me.

I'm surprised nobody caught that Metallica and Pantera aren't on the list...

I too am tired of the magazines picking over used albums/songs/bands/singers for there list, or choosing new albums/songs/bands/singers and calling them great when there actually mediocre or too redundant to stand the test of time. You have to wonder who is accualy picking those lists because most of those people don't know what true classics are or what good songs/albums are half the time. But, those lists are made to be agreed and dissargreed with....it's just a matter of choice I guess.

Most of the list I agree with....

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Siamese Dream Smashing Pumpkins Cherub Rock (tough call) OK Computer Radiohead Paranoid Android Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop Stone Temple Pilots Ride The Cliché (also tough to call) The White Album The Beatles Helter Skelter ÆNIMA Tool Ænima Nevermind Nirvana Territorial Pissings Clumsy Our Lady Peace Automatic Flowers The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars David Bowie Suffragette City Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness Smashing Pumpkins Porcelina Of The Vast Oceans Raw Power Iggy & The Stooges Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell Dirt Alice In Chains Down In a Hole Sparkle And Fade Everclear Heroin Girl The Wall Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb Led Zeppelin I Led Zeppelin Good Times Bad Times Best Of The Doors The Doors Hello, I Love You Ritual De Lo Habitual Jane's Addiction Stop The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails Hurt Blood Sugar Sex Magik Red Hot Chili Peppers The Righteous & The Wicked Tommy The Who Pinball Wizard Runners High The Pillows Wake Up, Frenzy Chronicle, Vol. 1 Creedence Clearwater Revival Down On The Corner Superunkown Soundgarden Spoonman Rubberneck The Toadies Possum Kingdom

(There is a possibility that I forgot some of the other songs names or what they sound like or never heard them or I have never herd of the band before.)

Although, I also dissagree some of your list too...Where's Vs. (Pearl Jam), Pretty Hate Machine (NIN), and Kill'em all/ride the lightning/Master of puppets/...and justice for all/Black album (older Metallica)? Other then that and a few bands I have never herd of, it's a pretty good list ......

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Originally posted by Bleedthrough quote: Originally posted by StevieV019 Mad props for the inclusion of Our Lady Peace's Clumsy album...very underrated (nowadays)...in fact, at this moment, its in my car cd player....very impressive my friend. Indeed. OLP is an amazing band. Automatic Flowers is one of my favorite songs of all time. However, I'm not too fond of their latest album... quote: Originally posted by StevieV019 Props to you for Including STP's much overlooked Tiny Music album as well. However, where is STP's debut, Core? Who can forget about the greatness of that. Don't get me wrong. Core has it's great share of songs (specifically Dead & Bloated, Plush, Sex Type Thing and Wicked Garden), but, like Purple (the album after it), it's filled with songs that are mediocre in between the really good songs. The same goes for the highly underrated Shangri-La Dee Da and No. 4. Great albums, but there's a fair amount of things between the meat of the albums that don't seem to catch my attention. But STP still remains as one of the greatest bands ever... quote: Originally posted by StevieV019 The biggest, most reprehensible thing you couldve done, however, you ACTUALLY did. For that, you MUST be shot, dragged around the square by horses, and hung, naked, so the peasants can vomit, defecate, spit, and relieve themselves on you. Where, oh where, is Guns N Roses? Where is "Appetite for Destruction"? And where is "Use Your Illusion Vol. 1"??? Heinous, my friend. (I'll probobly be killed and/or raped for saying this, but...meh) I HATE Axl Rose's voice. Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate Hate. I respect Duff McKagan as a bassist (since he is a great bassist) and Slash is one of my favorite guitarists of all time. However, the only reason I own Appetite for Destruction and the Use Your Illusion 1&2 cds just because my ex was mad at me for not having them. In fact, November Rain is one of my least favorite songs of all time. So there quote: Originally posted by StevieV019 Also, where is Pearl Jam's "Ten" album?? Jeremy and Evenflow were the only two songs I liked off of it. Everything else from Pearl Jam that I've heard (with the excpetion of the amazing song "Do The Evolution" from Yield) doesn't grab me. I'm surprised nobody caught that Metallica and Pantera aren't on the list...

Yeah..I figured there'd be enough Metallica fans mad about it...so I didnt mention them.

Sorry to hear you loathe Axl's voice as much as you do. I guess I can understand it...but at the same time, GNR took rock n roll by storm and turned it on its head. I guess you're going by personal opinion (which is fine) and how the album sounds, as opposed to its position in rock history. (I dont think anybody can dispute GNR's influence at the height of their popularity...) I still think Appetite and Use Your Illusion belongs up there...but to each their own.

Im surprised you didnt like Pearl Jam's "Black"...such a great song, in my opinion. Totally captured me. "Even Flow" has a pretty catching sound as well..but its all good.

I can agree with the following wholeheartedly:
#2,4,6,10,13,22,23,24,34, and 48.

Now, of couse this is just my opinion, but...

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Originally posted by Green_Bird Although, I also dissagree some of your list too...Where's Vs. (Pearl Jam), Pretty Hate Machine (NIN), and Kill'em all/ride the lightning/Master of puppets/...and justice for all/Black album (older Metallica)? Other then that and a few bands I have never herd of, it's a pretty good list ......

-I don't like anything by Pearl Jam except a few songs from Ten and Do The Evolution

-Pretty Hate Machine was good, but not great. Listen to With Teeth and you too will realize that it's the best album ever made.

-Epic metal pisses me off. Mettallica's old guitar solos kick ass, but they make up the majority of the song, where as the lyrics take a hit. And the lyrics are all dark and gloomy and become somewhat generic. The Black Album was almost on there but not quite (along with NIN's the Fragile, the AIC Unplugged album, the New Pornographers' Mass Romantic, several Ted Leo/RX albums, and some other things).

And I'm not too fond of Pantera. Dimebag was a kick ass guitarist, but I didn't really care for the music. Cowboys from Hell is the only album that stands out to me, and I really wish it was Phil Anselmo that was shot instead (have you heard Superjoint Ritual? Pretty much all of their songs start off with "1,2,1 2 3 4!" What a piece of crap!)

Other famous bands, in my eyes, that should have never gotten a record deal: Dave Matthews Band, Phish (shut up, hippies, though Trey's solo act is amazing), Good Charlotte, Rancid, Op Ivy, Less Than Jake, and the Used. Remember, this is just my opinion. Feel free to take the time to create your own top 50 list.

Suffragette City is not the best song on Ziggy Stardust.

Lady Stardust and Five Years ftw.

I actually changed the whole thing. I was too lazy to put it into text format to post on here, so I just made an IMIX that you can get to via ITUNES:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZSto...ix?id=182803800

Keep in mind, it's missing a few albums (such as stuff from Led Zep, The Beatles, etc.) because they're not on ITUNES, but w/e.

Oh, and best album ever is still Siamese Dream, in my opinion.

Wait a minute.

You don't have any War up there.

The hell?

And he has Nirvana on the list so it's automatically negated no matter what.

Beatles beat out by At the Drive In and Mars Volta...hahahhahahahahhaa etc. I have bias towards Smashing Pumpkins sure, but..number one is pushing it, I think.

Wait a minute. I don't even remember what Cherub Rock sounds like. That's the "who wants some honey" one...yeah, I liked Disarm better.

Paranoid Android I'll agree with since..I haven't heard that album.

Ride the Cliche's a very good one but..hell I even like Lady Picture Show.

..why in god's name is there a Tool album this far up the list. Aenima of course is the best off that album.

Nirvana is awful and people only like it so much because Cobain died

...why is a Marilyn Manson album this far, as well? You don't like Axl Rose's voice but you like his? Coma White is good but come on, New Model No.15 is so catchy.

Hahaha good, David Bowie. Some real music.

Smashing Pumpkins..double disc set and you choose Porcelina? I dunno, I always preferred Thirty Three, but I know Billy Corgan got all uppity about making that a single.

Oh wow, Alice in Chains. I prefer Jar of Flies even though it's not a..true album. Dirt is very good BUT I can't really pick a favorite off of it, hard to pick favorites from them. I'll say Rain When I Die and Junkhead are pretty awesome though.

Everclear...oh god I hate that band, wish the guy would have dyed his goatee white

POAFF..? Yeah um, that album is crap..Manson sounds like an amateur on that thing, probably because he was taking things too seriously back then.

Hahaha Weezer..they're alright, well one or two of their songs are.

Pink Floyd..yeah they're overrated but I still enjoy their drug music. You must like really slow stuff though.

Zeppelin..yeah, I don't like Robert Plant's voice

Hahahahhaa Ben Folds, I haven't heard about them in so long. He did well for a dork at the piano.

The Doors...and it's a Best Of. *shakes head*

Jane's Addiction...I liked them in the late 80's, but after that..I'll pass.

Chili Peppers were good back in the Magik days, I'll agree there.

ONOS The Who.

..but hey cool, CCR.

Wow, Soundgarden is really far down. I prefer The Day I Tried to Live

..The Toadies? People still listen to them?

I so wish I could forward this to Dr Thorpe.

It's really a stupid little list from a year ago that I generated from listening patterns and the like. I still hold the opinion that Siamese Dream is one of the greatest albums ever made, but Abbey Road is pretty much tied with it.

And Nirvana is one of the best bands of the 90's. Better than more than 90% of the emo or metal sh** out today.

Of course, this is all personal preference and the like.

Wow! 75, Ummm I can name my top three. i'll try and add some more I suppose.

1.Samaels Ceremony and Rebellion. Classics in the Black Metal genre.

2.In Flames the Jester Race and Lunar Strain. Classic in the Melodic Death Metal world, and every metalcore band owes something to them, well Modern Metalcore.

3.Emperors In the Nightside Eclipse. Another classic in the Black Metal genre. I am the Black Wizards is a song any fan of Black Metal can name by heart.

4. Slayers Reign in Blood. Considered a classic in the Thrash Metal genre. It also influenced the emerging American Death Metal scene, and Black Metal as well.

I can't really comment, on the ones listed above, as I can't for the life of me recall ever listening to them. None on the main stream Black Metal either, That's right Dimmu Borgir, I'm lookin at you.

I just have a burning hatred for Nirvana since they get all this credit because Cobain died at a convenient time. Mumbling into a microphone really shouldn't get people that far in life.

Yes, Nirvana is better than Linkin Park, since Nirvana has Heart Shaped Box and Linkin Park has...nothing. Hell I don't even know what they play on the Top 40 stations anymore, I despise radio but am waiting patiently for Casino Royale's theme sung by Chris Cornell to be on the radio come October.

Cobain was a great songwriter. He couldn't really play the guitar for sh**. But, hell, Elliot Smith and Bright Eyes pretty much mumbled and cried through their entire albums, and they're recognized as amazing artists as well.

And I hate Chris Cornell with a passion. Kim Thayil is awesome, though.

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Originally posted by TanookiJoe quote: Originally posted by Zopwx2 Scott, I agree w/ at least 50% of everything on there. The rest I either haven't heard, or disagree with. And by "greatest", are we measuring pure awesomness? or should we take into account context, like the cultural / musical impact of an album. Pretty much my thoughts as well. P.S. Funhouse is the best Stooges album. And I thought I was the only person alive under 30 who likes CCR.

Most of the poeple I know round here love CCR.

CCR FTW

New Top Ten:

10 - The Stooges - Funhouse
9 - Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music
8 - Radiohead - OK Computer
7 - Modest Mouse - The Lonseo
6 - The Who - Who's Next
5 - Nirvana - Nevermind
4 - Pink Floyd - Animals
3 - The Beatles - Abbey Road
2 - The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
1 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

It'll change back and forth as time goes by.