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[The Sane Psycho]

I'll be doing a top 10, but you don't have to follow that. You could just post a top 5, or go all out and list your top 100 if you'd like. Anyways, here's my list.

10. Hum- You'd Prefer An Astronaut
9. Soundgarden- Superunknown
8. Saves The Day- Through Being Cool
7. The Get Up Kids- Something To Write Home About
6. The Pixies- Surfer Rosa
5. Alice In Chains- Dirt
4. Sunny Day Real Estate- Diary
3. Nirvana- In Utero
2. Weezer- The Blue Album
1. Weezer- Pinkerton

If it were only the vanilla versions of the Blue Album and Pinkerton, they'd be equal, but the bonus tracks on the deluxe edition of Pinkerton push me to rank it slightly higher than Blue, although that deluxe version has great bonus tracks too.

 

[Amory]

Idk that I can put them in order.

Alexisonfire - Watch Out!
Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Brand New - Science Fiction
Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
Circa Survive - On Letting Go
Underoath - They're Only Chasing Safety
Funeral for a Friend - Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation

Edit: I'd put Radiohead - Hail to the Thief on there too.

 

[cruets]

weezer-blue album
new order-technique
lush-split
def leppard-hysteria
madonna-music
suede-suede
pulp-different class
blur-modern life is rubbish
chemical brothers-exit planet dust
the prodigy-fat of the land

 

[Makariel]

Not in any particular order:

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time in The West
Garbage - Version 2.0
Muse - Origins of Symmetry
Muse - The 2nd Law
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel
Rodrigo y Gabriela - Rodrigo y Gabriela
Blur - Modern Life is Rubbish
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
X Japan - Art of Life
Run DMC - Raising Hell

 

[Snoopycat]

Jimmy Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions
Muddy Waters - Hard Again
Lee Scratch Perry - Super Ape
Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
The Faces - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Massive Attack - Mezzanine

 

[00stevenm]

Low
Ziggy Stardust

 

[prag16]

First of all, The Offspring, RHCP, and Sum 41 would make up the majority of my top 20. Impossible for me to pick individual albums as my favorites, even among their newer post-hype entries. As for other bands, in no particular order...

Fuel - Sunburn
Green Day - American Idiot
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily
Rage Against the Machine - Self titled
Disturbed - The Sickness
Breaking Benjamin - Phobia
Alice In Chains - Dirt
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade

 

[Catphish]

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Nothing else comes close.

 

[TTOOLL]

Tool - Aenima, Lateralus, 10.000 Days, Undertow
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon, The Division Bell
Alice in Chains - Dirt, Facelift
Groove Armada - Black Light
Deftones - White Pony, Diamond Eyes
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Tears for Fears - Songs from the big chair
U2 - Joshua Tree
Machine Head - The Blackening
Night Moves - Pennied Days
Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
Radiohead - Ok Computer, The Bends, In Rainbows
Faith no More - The Real Thing, Angel Dust, King for Day...

Man, so many...I might come back and edit later. These are all 10/10 albums for me.

 

[DiscoJer]

The Who - Quadrophenia, Tommy, Who's Next
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
School of Fish - School of Fish
A Flock of Seaguls - A Flock of Seagulls
Messiah - 21st Century Jesus
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
Blue Oyster Cult - Imaginos, Fire of Unknown Origin
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Styx - The Grand Illusion
Boston - Boston
Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult - Confessions of a Knife
Billy Squier - Don't Say No
Jim Hendrix - Are You Experienced?

 

[camelCase]

Huh, I was gonna put Pinkerton too.

Return of the boom bap, KRS
36 chambers, wu tang
Blue album, weezer
Super tight - UGK
Help, beatles
Monks Music, thelonious monk
Live at the village vanguard, sonny Rollins &wilbur ware

 

[doliver]

Pink Floyd - Animals
Vangelis - Direct
Beatles - Rubber Soul
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP

 

[TwiztidElf]

Butthole Surfers - Indépendant Worm Saloon
Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
^ I can't decide which of these two is my favourite album of all time.

Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Wu Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers
BodyCount - BodyCount
Jedi Mind Tricks - Legacy of Blood
Ice T - The Iceberg

Spoiler

Insane Clown Posse - Riddlebox
/please don't hate me (and I'm not a Juggalo ffs)

 

[Orpheum]

In no particular order:

Rammstein: (although i like all albums, those are my favorites)

-Mutter
-Reise, Reise

Cradle of Filth: (introduction to the Band)

-Midian

Dimmu Borgir: (introduction to the Band)

-Enthrone Darkness Triumphant

Finsterforst: (They had a huge impact on my own Band when we first started due to this Album)

-Weltenkraft

Mechina: (currently favorite Band)

-Empyrean
-Progenitor
-Tyrannical ressurection

I would name my own Band but self advertisement isn't allowed

 

[DonJimbo]

Metallica Chris de burgh Scorpions Scooter etc

 

[crobb991]

this is a hard one for me as i love so many different albums.

10) Steel Panther, All You Can You Eat
9) Slash, Apocalyptic Love
8) Status Quo, Aquostic versions 1 and 2.
7) Iron Maiden, The Book of Souls.
6) Nightwish, Dark Passion Play.
5) Jon Bon Jovi, Destination Anywhere.
4) Rammstein, Mutter.
3) Avenged Sevenfold, Nightmare.
2) Bon Jovi, Lost Highway
1) Bon Jovi, This House is not for sale

 

[gappvembe]

My favorite from my favorite bands in order.

1 - KISS - Crazy Nights
2 - Def Leppard - Slang
3 - Robert Plant - Manic Nirvana
4 - The Darkness - Permission To Land (or it might be The Last Of Our Kind)
5 - Avantasia - The Scarecrow (or Ghostlights)
6 - Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus

 

[pramod]

Pet Shop Boys - Discography: The Complete Singles Collection
Hall and Oates - Rock n Soul Part 1
The Best of James Bond 30th Anniversary Collection

 

[Fanthomas]

Not in any particular order, limited to 1 album per band.

Slayer - Reign in Blood
Paradise Lost - The Plague Within
Burzum - Filosofem
Slipknot - Iowa
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Meshuggah - Obzen
The Haunted - Self-titled.
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Hatebreed - Perseverance

 

[Bitanator]

My favorite from my favorite bands in order.

1 - KISS - Crazy Nights
2 - Def Leppard - Slang

Interesting choices, why those particularly?

 

[mr2xxx]

Did my Top 20 for Hip Hop, no particular order.

Snoop-Doggystyle
Nas- It Was Written
Biggie- Life After Death
Biggie- Ready to Die
Kendrick- Section 80
Kendrick- Good Kid M.A.A.D City
Dre- 2001
2Pac- All Eyez on Me
2Pac- Makaveli
Kanye- Late Registration
OutKast- ATLiens
OutKast- Aquamini
Wu-Tang- 36 Chambers
Ice Cube- The Predator
Lupe Fiasco- The Cool
Jay Z- Blueprint
Mobb Deep- Murda Muzik
Camp Lo- Uptown Saturday Night
Dogg Pound- Dog Food
The Game- The Documentary

 

[prag16]

Not in any particular order, limited to 1 album per band.

Slayer - Reign in Blood
Paradise Lost - The Plague Within
Burzum - Filosofem
Slipknot - Iowa
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Meshuggah - Obzen
The Haunted - Self-titled.
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Hatebreed - Perseverance

No joking around on this list.

Nobody else so far is this hardcore.

I like some of this stuff, and seeing bands like this live is awesome. Meshuggah and Chimaera were outstanding live when I saw them. Thought for general listening, I can handle it for long haha. Not hardcore enough.

 

[zerotol]

Rolling Stones - beggars banquet, let it bleed, sticky fingers, exile on Main Street, some girls, hot rocks compilation

Velvet Underground - their whole catalog

Jawbreaker - unfun

Karp - suplex

Motown - collection

Metallica - puppets

Television- marquee moon

The early Wu tang solo albums

Dylan - rolling thunder revue

 

[synchronicity]

Hall and Oates - Rock n Soul Part 1

Yes! One of my all-time favorites. Thought I'd be the only one to mention it if I did my list. I love that album. (i'm old)

 

[gappvembe]

Interesting choices, why those particularly?

It's had to pin down really. Crazy Nights just clicks with me. I wasn't around in the 70s or aware of KISS in the 80s, became a fan in 96 when they were everywhere with the reunion. So I got to hear the back catalogue basically random as I purchased the albums. The energy, the sound it just resonated with me. My second favorite album of there's is Hot In The Shade (which was the follow up). As far as production goes, I was thinking the best sound was the two new tracks off of Smashes, Thrashes & Hits, which was released right between those two albums. So I guess it has something to do with the time period. Don't get me wrong, I love KISS from all eras.

As far as slang goes, I think because of how different it is. There is an emotional attachment too. Again, I love all of Ded Leppard's stuff, minus the first album... And that is just because of production reason.

 

[Fanthomas]

No joking around on this list.

Nobody else so far is this hardcore.

I like some of this stuff, and seeing bands like this live is awesome. Meshuggah and Chimaera were outstanding live when I saw them. Thought for general listening, I can handle it for long haha. Not hardcore enough.

I've listened to them so many times they've almost lost all power. When I'm really fucked up, I immerse myself to the sound of bands like Portal. It's not for the faint of heart.

 

[Platinumstorm]

I struggle with doing these lists because my interests change, and my taste varies significantly with my environment.

Putting together a quick list...

Bon Iver - Bon Iver
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Lorde - Pure Heroine
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Gregory Alan Isakov - This Empty Northern Hemisphere
Childish Gambino - Camp
Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
Outkast - Speakerboxxx LB

Up and Coming:
First Aid Kit - Stay Gold

 

[sadaiyappan]

Some music I like:
Justice
Adele
Coldplay
Linkin Park
Jay Z
Wu Tang Clan
Mia
Mariah Carey

 

[Bitanator]

It's had to pin down really. Crazy Nights just clicks with me. I wasn't around in the 70s or aware of KISS in the 80s, became a fan in 96 when they were everywhere with the reunion. So I got to hear the back catalogue basically random as I purchased the albums. The energy, the sound it just resonated with me. My second favorite album of there's is Hot In The Shade (which was the follow up). As far as production goes, I was thinking the best sound was the two new tracks off of Smashes, Thrashes & Hits, which was released right between those two albums. So I guess it has something to do with the time period. Don't get me wrong, I love KISS from all eras.

As far as slang goes, I think because of how different it is. There is an emotional attachment too. Again, I love all of Ded Leppard's stuff, minus the first album... And that is just because of production reason.

They are two of my all time favorite bands so it was interesting to see somebody rank those underrated that high. Thanks for the response

 

[gappvembe]

They are two of my all time favorite bands so it was interesting to see somebody rank those underrated that high. Thanks for the response

What about your list... Now I'm curious to know.

 

[harrisk954]

You will be able to tell my age from this list! Tough to choose... but some of them are:

1) Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
2) Beatles - Sgt. Peppers
3) Billy Joel - The Stranger
4) Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell
5) Styx - Paradise Theater
6) Rush - Moving Pictures
7) The Who - Who's Next
8) Jimmy Buffet - Songs You Know By Heart

 

[synchronicity]

I've listened to them so many times they've almost lost all power. When I'm really fucked up, I immerse myself to the sound of bands like Portal. It's not for the faint of heart.

At the risk of sound old, I don't know how anyone could derive any pleasure of any kind from listening to that. Different strokes of course, but listening to that for more than a minute would be cruel and unusual punishment for me.

 

[prag16]

I've listened to them so many times they've almost lost all power. When I'm really fucked up, I immerse myself to the sound of bands like Portal. It's not for the faint of heart.

Holy shit. Just got around to watching this. I've heard music like this before. It's not necessarily for me... a little too... "busy"... And I'm never really one for the growling vocals, the majority of the time. The amount of growl somebody like David Draiman or Rob Zombie employ is more my speed.

But dude, what in the ever living FUCK is that cuckoo clock headgear?? I can't get past it. I can't look away. What in the hell is going on here? I am absolutely baffled...

 

[Fanthomas]

At the risk of sound old, I don't know how anyone could derive any pleasure of any kind from listening to that. Different strokes of course, but listening to that for more than a minute would be cruel and unusual punishment for me.

Funny, that's exactly how I feel when I listen to any modern "top 10" song, it's like nails to a chalkboard or worse, excessive handling of styrofoam. I've always loved extreme music. It's like beauty through chaos, if that makes any sense.

But dude, what in the ever living FUCK is that cuckoo clock headgear?? I can't get past it. I can't look away. What in the hell is going on here? I am absolutely baffled...

It got your attention didn't it? I'd say mission accomplished. They're all about esoteric themes so I guess that's part of it.

 

[The Sane Psycho]

Funny, that's exactly how I feel when I listen to any modern "top 10" song, it's like nails to a chalkboard or worse, excessive handling of styrofoam. I've always loved extreme music. It's like beauty through chaos, if that makes any sense.

Speaking of extreme music, do you like Anal Cunt? In my eyes, It Just Gets Worse is a grindcore masterpiece. Sure, they had no technical proficiency, and they really had a raw, noisy sound, but that just adds to the savage charm. Oh, and It Just Gets Worse is incredibly offensive. Just look at this track listing: https://www.discogs.com/AC-It-Just-Gets-Worse/release/463917

The full album is up on YouTube too:

 

[Fanthomas]

Speaking of extreme music, do you like Anal Cunt? In my eyes, It Just Gets Worse is a grindcore masterpiece. Sure, they had no technical proficiency, and they really had a raw, noisy sound, but that just adds to the savage charm. Oh, and It Just Gets Worse is incredibly offensive. Just look at this track listing: https://www.discogs.com/AC-It-Just-Gets-Worse/release/463917

The full album is up on YouTube too:

I've never been a fan of grindcore. It's too extreme, even for me haha. I'm more drawn towards different fuses of death and black metal, e.g. Deathspell Omega.

 

[synchronicity]

Funny, that's exactly how I feel when I listen to any modern "top 10" song, it's like nails to a chalkboard or worse, excessive handling of styrofoam. I've always loved extreme music. It's like beauty through chaos, if that makes any sense.

Sure, I can appreciate that conceptually. I still can't listen to it.

 

[PedroPanache]

Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour/Very
David Bowie - Lodger
Nicole Atkins - Neptune City
Super Furry Animals - Radiator
Blur - Blur
Grandaddy - Sumday
Guillemots - Through The Window Pane
Hot Chip - One Life Stand
Blade Runner OST

 

[CheeseNubs]

im not doing a top anything and these are just off the top of my head:

Brockhampton - Saturation II
Death Grips - Jenny Death
Blink182 - Dude Ranch/Enema of the State/Self-Titled
65daysofstatic - One Time for All Time
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Angels & Airwaves - Dream Walker
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid MAAD City
Ice Cube - The Predator
Carissa's Wierd - Songs About Leaving
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Goes Numb

 

[CheeseNubs]

Did my Top 20 for Hip Hop, no particular order.

Snoop-Doggystyle
Nas- It Was Written
Biggie- Life After Death
Biggie- Ready to Die
Kendrick- Section 80
Kendrick- Good Kid M.A.A.D City
Dre- 2001
2Pac- All Eyez on Me
2Pac- Makaveli
Kanye- Late Registration
OutKast- ATLiens
OutKast- Aquamini
Wu-Tang- 36 Chambers
Ice Cube- The Predator
Lupe Fiasco- The Cool
Jay Z- Blueprint
Mobb Deep- Murda Muzik
Camp Lo- Uptown Saturday Night
Dogg Pound- Dog Food
The Game- The Documentary

what'd you think of The Documentary 2 and 2.5?

 

[Dark Star]

Tool - Aenima, Lateralus, 10.000 Days,
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Alice in Chains - Dirt,
Deftones - White Pony

 

[Lionel Richie]

Tough one OP. I'll post my current top 10:

10- Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
9- Agalloch - The Mantle
8- Neurosis - A Sun That Never Sets
7- Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
6- Yes - Close to the Edge
5- Ulver - Bergtatt: Et Eeventyr I 5 Capitler
4- Opeth - Ghost Reveries
3- Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
2- Moonsorrow - Verisakeet
1- Iron Maiden - Powerslave

 

[OH-MyCar]

Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
Vanity 6 & Appolonia 6 - Self Titled (tie)
Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
The Knife - Silent Shout
The Glove - Blue Sunshine
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
Beach House - Bloom
Bjork - Vespertine
Kanye - Yeezus
David Bowie - Outside
Kate Bush - The Sensual World

 

[Bitanator]

What about your list... Now I'm curious to know.

I'd have to list my top 10 metal albums as a top 10 general album list might prove to hard to think of now.

Razor - Evil invaders
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Type O Negative - Wolrd Coming Down
Saxon - Denim and leather
Bruce Dickinson- Chemical wedding
Overkill - Years of Decay
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Metal Church - The Dark

 

[OmNomMonster]

I honestly have to pick at least 20 because I spend way to much time listening to music. This isn't really any specific order either.

Breaking Benjamin - Phobia
Times of Grace - The Hymn of a Broken Man
Thy Art is Murder - Reign of Darkness
Shadow of the Colossus - Shadow of the Colossus
Sylosis - Conclusion of an Age
Gojira - Magma
Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God
Tool - 10,000 Days
Solution .45 - Nightmares in the Waking State, Pt. 1 and 2 (No real preference between the two)
Serpentine Dominion - Serpentine Dominion
Lamb of God - Resolution
After The Burial - Dig Deep
In Dread Response - From The Oceanic Graves
Sybreed - God is An Automaton
Lorna Shore - Flesh Coffin
Soilwork - The Panic Broadcast
Mad At Gravity - Resonance
Arch Enemy - War Eternal
Blue Stahli - The Devil
At the rate it's going Light The Torch's new album will probably get added to this list

 

[Oddspeak]

Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness
Saltillo - Ganglion
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Beck - Sea Change
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein
Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion
Chronic Future - This and of That
Death Grips - Bottomless Pit (hard to choose between this and The Money Store)
Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
Mastodon - Blood Mountain
Ween - Quebec

It's a big clusterfuck of genres, but I've put many hours into each of these.

 

[Ahiru77]

Pop
1. Thriller
2. BAD
3. Dangerous

Rock
1. Hybrid Theory
2. Meteora
3. Out of Ashes

Soul
1. The Bodyguard (the good side)
2. Talking Book
3. Songs in the key of life

 

[Artistic]

The Infamous is still probably #1 for me. The outro track might have been a little rushed, but it's truly a flawless album for the most part.

 

[brap]

No order

Misfits - Static Age
Underoath - They're Only Chasing Safety
Blink-182 - Enema of the State
Slipknot - Slipknot
Biggie - Ready To Die
A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
CKY - Volume 1
Attack Attack! - Someday Came Suddenly
Atreyu - The Curse
The Sexingtons - Courtesy Lick

 

[Nicktendo86]

I'll be doing a top 10, but you don't have to follow that. You could just post a top 5, or go all out and list your top 100 if you'd like. Anyways, here's my list.

10. Hum- You'd Prefer An Astronaut
9. Soundgarden- Superunknown
8. Saves The Day- Through Being Cool
7. The Get Up Kids- Something To Write Home About
6. The Pixies- Surfer Rosa
5. Alice In Chains- Dirt
4. Sunny Day Real Estate- Diary
3. Nirvana- In Utero
2. Weezer- The Blue Album
1. Weezer- Pinkerton

If it were only the vanilla versions of the Blue Album and Pinkerton, they'd be equal, but the bonus tracks on the deluxe edition of Pinkerton push me to rank it slightly higher than Blue, although that deluxe version has great bonus tracks too.

I like the cut of your jib OP.