J.J. Cale:
Naturally
Really
Okie
Troubadour

Zappa/Mothers:
Freak Out!
Absolutely Free
Lumpy Gravy
We`re Only In It for the Money

How anyone not mentioned Reed:
Transformer
Berlin
Sally Can´t Dance
Metal Machine Music

Well, I don´t put Hendrix earlier cause I thought it was a kind of self-evident fact. Those four albums are the only ones released in his lifetime. Anyway all four are just dynamite!

Ramones

S/T
Leave Home
Rocket To Russia
Road to Ruin

Well, I think CCR-Pendulum are all terrific albums! Mardi Gras is poor, although Someday Never Comes, Sail Away, Door To Door & Sweet Hitch-hiker are great songs.

Road to Ruin is not a bad album, but really not in a level of those first three excellent albums.

What's this?

I searched for the image on Google, then for the title on Discogs, and then on a Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds bootlegs-focused site. And I found zilch. And you know what? I loved it. First time in a while that I come across something the interwebs can't answer. Let the mystery be. :)

I don't disagree, Road To Ruin isn't flawless as those first three albums but with really the exception of one song its still a great enough album that to not count it seems petty. For I Wanna Be Sedated alone the album is a worthy listen.

Predictably, this game has degenerated a bit, with some of y'alls posting crap by ENEMIES of ROCK & ROLL. But that's OK, as I still have awesome shit to mention.




Fairport Convention
What We Did On Our Holidays
Unhalfbricking
Liege And Lief
Full House

The four of them released within a year and a half, by the way. Unhalfbelievable.

Big Star
#1 Record
Radio City
Third/Sister Lovers

Cluster
Cluster [Cluster '71]
Cluster II
Zuckerzeit
Sowiesoso

Prince
Dirty Mind
Controversy
1999
Purple Rain

Another "slide the window if you want" case — all the way to Sign "☮" The Times, although as a whole Around The World In A Day is not as strong as the rest... Gotta give it another spin.

Sam Phillips
Fan Dance
A Boot And A Shoe
Don't Do Anything
Push Any Button

Technically, Cameras In The Sky goes between the last two (not to mention five EPs!), but what the hell, all sheer perfection.

Matthew Sweet
Girlfriend
Altered Beast
100% Fun

M. Ward
End Of Amnesia
Transfiguration Of Vincent
Transistor Radio

Judee Sill
Judee Sill
Heart Food
Dreams Come True (It has to count, no? Damn right it has to.)

St. Vincent
Marry Me
Actor
Strange Mercy
St. Vincent

This just for you, you mothfucin Steely Dan fan:

Rush:
2112
a Farewell to Kings
Hemispheres
Permanent Waves

Nice:
the Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack
Ars Longa, Vita Brevis
Nice
Five Bridges

Janis Ian:
First
...For all the seasons of your mind
the Secret Life of J. Eddy Fink
Who Really Cares

ZZ Top:
Tres Hombres
Fandango!
Tejas
Deguello

Red Hot Chili Peppers:
First
Freaky Styley
Upfit Mofo Party Plan
Mother´s Milk

And I have to tell you Rush rocks much harder than those Bush-copies you are so much in love.

If you don´t believe, listen this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjAlW4r9mAg

Björk:
Post
Homogenic
Vespertine
Medulla

Have to add these, because I think all those are at least decent albums. Vespertine & Medulla are only true great Björk albums.

 

Rafael Anton Irisarri – A Fragile Geography (Room40)

"this is full of longing and aching beauty, the music that’s so overwrought with emotion it hurts to listen to but it’s so glorious you can’t help it, his humble drones build to static squalls and I lose my fucking mind."

This album never stops sounding amazing. Almost 5 years later, it still gives me chills from start to finish.

Still with the album listing?

Yes, you can put Top albums also that way. First & Rio Grande are also really great albums, but the albums I most love are Tejas & Deguello, that´s the reason of my list. Maybe Fandango is the weakest one in those six (live side). And seventies Rush rules!

These are must:

the Band:
Music From Big Pink
the Band
Stage Fright
Cahoots

I have sometimes wondered am I the only Band-fan here? Because I think I am the only one who ever do mentions about them. Dylan is a hero to so many here, to me Band has always been much more important. Their second album is in the top20 of my alltime albums!

First of all, I'm not a dedicated fan of Steely Dan; I just think Pretzel Logic is excellent. Second, with the possible exceptions of Janis Ian and ZZ Top, these selections are dismal.

You are NOT. See this thread, you self-absorbed Finnish.

Yeah, this should belong in a different thread, but what the hell.

Buzzcocks (NOT "The" Buzzcocks, alright? Damn kids today...)
Spiral Scratch
Another Music In A Different Kitchen
Love Bites
A Different Kind Of Tension

Uncle Tupelo
No Depression
Still Feel Gone
March 16-20, 1992
Anodyne