Top 10 albums

[TylerD]

Yes I know these threads can be boring, but I've just created the Playlist in iTunes...so I guess we'll let Commudus decide.

Automatic for the People - REM
Destroy Rock and Roll - Mylo
Doolittle - Pixies
Funeral - The Arcade Fire
Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse
Hot Fuss - The Killers
Silent Alarm - Bloc Party
The Colour And The Shape - Foo Fighters
Thunding, Lightning, Strike - The Go! Team

Seems to be definite bias towards recent albums and American bands - don't know why.

[captZEEbo1]

yeah these are all really new...though most are pretty good, I wouldn't consider any (except automatic for the people or MAYBE funeral, but both are bit of a stretch) of these to make any definitive top 10 list.

[istewart]

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Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse
Hot Fuss - The Killers

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Gay.

[Yeti]

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Automatic for the People - REM
Hot Fuss - The Killers
The Colour And The Shape - Foo Fighters


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Good albums. Ignore the non-believers.

[Saddlepoint]

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Automatic for the People - REM
Hot Fuss - The Killers
The Colour And The Shape - Foo Fighters


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Good albums. Ignore the non-believers.

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There are still people who [censored] on AftP?

[istewart]

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Automatic for the People - REM
Hot Fuss - The Killers
The Colour And The Shape - Foo Fighters


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Good albums. Ignore the non-believers.

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There are still people who [censored] on AftP?

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[RollaJ]

ten
appetite for destruction
license to ill

[tbach24]

I still can't believe people think that the Killers are that good. They still just sound like an artificial 80's band to me.

[TylerD]

easily the best album of last year. easily.

[PITTM]

what am i missing? this sucks...

rj

[captZEEbo1]

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easily the best album of last year. easily.

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LOL! You suck at listening to music.
arcade fire, mirah, fiery furnaces, devendra banhart, go team!, joanna newsome, streets, kanye west, interpol, franz ferdinand, iron and wine, animal collective, dfa compilation #2, modest mouse...

all those are easily twice the album hot fuss is.

[miajag81]

Nice list except for The Killers. I really can't express in words how much I hate them.

[JaBlue]

I really like the colour and the shape too.

Other favorites of mine are:
Blood Brothers - Burn, Piano Island, Burn!
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol II
Bob Dylan - some compilation with 30 songs on it
Blues Brothers - The Definitive Collection
Jimi Hendrix - Are you Experienced
Kenny Rankin - Like a Seed
Kiss - Alive!
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom

[TheBlueMonster]

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Hot Fuss - The Killers

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half good, half bad. The posturing really annoys me after a while though.

[smokingrobot]

there are much better bands than the killers out there with the same kind of sound.

[smokingrobot]

i've tried and tried to listen to the blood brothers, i even saw them open up for cursive one time.

i just cant dig it for the life of me. and their stage antics drove me nuts. i thought you had to be in the rolling stones to act like mick jagger, but i guess not.

maybe its the selection of tracks i've heard...

i'll give it a go some other time only because i always hear such good things about them, but so far im not convinced.

[JaBlue]

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i've tried and tried to listen to the blood brothers, i even saw them open up for cursive one time.

i just cant dig it for the life of me. and their stage antics drove me nuts. i thought you had to be in the rolling stones to act like mick jagger, but i guess not.

maybe its the selection of tracks i've heard...

i'll give it a go some other time only because i always hear such good things about them, but so far im not convinced.

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I don't like anything they've done except for Burn, Piano Island Burn! If you heard the other CD, give B,PIB! a spin. There really are some great tracks on it.

And what were the blood brothers doing opening for cursive?! I found out about them, like a lot of other people, when they opened for AFI.

[smokingrobot]

um, this was like 2.5 years ago?

[JaBlue]

I'm just saying the Blood Brothers seem like a wierd fit for Cursive.

[ucfryan]

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easily the best album of last year. easily.

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Try Kanye Wests' College Dropout.

[smokingrobot]

yah it was. the other opener was eastern youth, who i thought were pretty cool considering i dont understand japanese.

but the crowd was definately an odd mix.

the weirdest line up i ever saw billed was grandaddy opening for get up kids. i always wondered if it was a misprint.

[Uglyowl]

Cut the crap.. the correct answer is:

Nirvana- Nevermind
Led Zepplin- IV
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Beastie Boys- License to Ill
Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction
Green Day- Dookie
Pearl Jam- Ten
Beatles- The Beatles
Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet

[xorbie]

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easily the best album of last year. easily.

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Try Kanye Wests' College Dropout.

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Didn't Shadows on the Sun come out in '04? Best rap album of that year, IMO.

[JaBlue]

Add

AFI - Black Sails in the Sunset

to my list

[Awesemo]

illmatic - nas
lost tapes - nas
me against the world - 2pac
all eyez on me - 2pac
deltron 3030
the places you've come to fear the most - dashboard confessional
the wall - pink floyd
the blueprint - jay z
peoples instinctive travels - a tribe called quest
the low end theory - a tribe called quest

[irishpint]

modest moues building nothing out of something and the moon and antartica are much better, as is blink 182, blink 182.

[zephed]

Is that your top ten list or did you pick that off of some publication?

Here's mine.

Led Zeppelin-Physical Grafitti
The White Stripes-De Stijl
Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here
The Rolling Stones-Beggar's Banquet
Jimi Hendrix-Are You Experienced?
Stone Temple Pilots-Purple
Van Halen-s/t
RHCP-Californication
Guns 'n Roses-Appetite for Destruction
The Sonics-Here are the Sonics

a couple could change.

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The Inner Mounting Flame
Birds of Fire
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
OK Computer
Band of Gypsys
Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
ATLiens
Aquemini

[irishpint]

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Is that your top ten list or did you pick that off of some publication?

Here's mine.

Led Zeppelin-Physical Grafitti- gross. why not houses of the holy?
The White Stripes-De Stijl - dont know it
Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here - gross, why not animals?
The Rolling Stones-Beggar's Banquet - gross
Jimi Hendrix-Are You Experienced? -good
Stone Temple Pilots-Purple - eh, the rest are so weak i'll take this
Van Halen-s/t - eh
RHCP-Californication - muy mal. why not take a good cd of theirs, like BSSM?
Guns 'n Roses-Appetite for Destruction - not for me
The Sonics-Here are the Sonics - dont know

a couple could change.

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Is that your top ten list or did you pick that off of some publication?

Here's mine.

Led Zeppelin-Physical Grafitti- gross. why not houses of the holy?
The White Stripes-De Stijl - dont know it
Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here - gross, why not animals?
The Rolling Stones-Beggar's Banquet - gross
Jimi Hendrix-Are You Experienced? -good
Stone Temple Pilots-Purple - eh, the rest are so weak i'll take this
Van Halen-s/t - eh
RHCP-Californication - muy mal. why not take a good cd of theirs, like BSSM?
Guns 'n Roses-Appetite for Destruction - not for me
The Sonics-Here are the Sonics - dont know

a couple could change.

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You obviously do not like rock 'n' roll music. Go away troll.

Anyone who says gross to Physical Grafitti or Wish You Were Here deserves to be banned. Commodus?

[wheelz]

have you heard silent alarm remixed? it's pretty good.

[Hamish McBagpipe]

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Original Pirate Material- The Streets

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Best non-Classic rock album in this thread. Too bad the follow-up stinx so bad.

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

I want to get involved, but I can't make a top 10 all time list...so top 10 of last year and top 10 of this year so far...This is my opinion...

1) Ratatat - S/T
2) The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
3) The Like Young - So Serious
4) Chin Up Chin Up - We Should Have Never Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers
5) Of Montreal - Satanic Panic in the Attic
6) Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
7) Erlend Oye - DJ Kicks
8) Arcade Fire - Funeral
9) The Futureheads - S/T
10) Scissor Sisters - S/T

Honorable Mentions - Streets - A Grand Don't Come for Free, Mirah - C'mon Miracle, Bing Ji Ling - Doodle Loot Doot Doodle A Doo

Top 10 of this year so far:

1) Out Hud - Let Us Never Speak of It Again
2) Cloud Cult - Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus
3) Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
4) Andrew Bird - ... &amp; the Mysterious Production of Eggs
5) Architecture in Helsinki - In Case We Die
6) Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
7) The Decemberists - Picaresque
8) The Kills - No Wow
9) Lucero - Nobody's Darlings
10) Of Montreal - Sunlandic Twins

HM: De Novo Dahl - Cats and Kittens, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - S/T, Beck - Guero

[trying2learn]

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Cut the crap.. the correct answer is:

Nirvana- Nevermind
Led Zepplin- IV
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Beastie Boys- License to Ill
Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction
Green Day- Dookie
Pearl Jam- Ten
Beatles- The Beatles
Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet

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This is pretty f'n good. The Bon Jovi selection is a bit odd...if you like that sound/era - I would have gone with Def Leppard - Hysteria in that spot...but neither are probably on par with the rest of this list.

[RollaJ]

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Cut the crap.. the correct answer is:

Nirvana- Nevermind
Led Zepplin- IV
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Beastie Boys- License to Ill
Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction
Green Day- Dookie
Pearl Jam- Ten
Beatles- The Beatles
Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet

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This is pretty f'n good. The Bon Jovi selection is a bit odd...if you like that sound/era - I would have gone with Def Leppard - Hysteria in that spot...but neither are probably on par with the rest of this list.

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Agreed, probably the best list of 10, Id swap in metallica -metallica instead of led zeplin who I never got into.... Ill keep the bon jovi (guilty pleasure)

[Yeti]

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Cut the crap.. the correct answer is:

Nirvana- Nevermind
Led Zepplin- IV
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Beastie Boys- License to Ill
Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction
Green Day- Dookie
Pearl Jam- Ten
Beatles- The Beatles
Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet

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This is pretty f'n good. The Bon Jovi selection is a bit odd...if you like that sound/era - I would have gone with Def Leppard - Hysteria in that spot...but neither are probably on par with the rest of this list.

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Agreed, probably the best list of 10, Id swap in metallica -metallica instead of led zeplin who I never got into.... Ill keep the bon jovi (guilty pleasure)

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Or just tag it on the end; we're after 10 albums, not nine.

[PITTM]

i dont know man, most of these albums have little or no appeal to me, i guess it took me awhile to make this list, since its kind of retarded to even do this anyways, but here it goes.

freddie king-texas cannonball
pink floyd-wish you were here
led zeppelin-houses of the holy
yes-the yes album
stevie ray vaighan-texas flood
steely dan-the royal scam
steel pulse-handsworth revolution
joe satriani-surfing with the alien
jimi hendrix-are you experienced?

it seems like everyone is really into modern rock/emo/brit pop so ill add one in that vein:

boy sets fire-the day the sun went out

evan sent me a killers song last night and after a few listens ive decided im neutral to disliking it. they show flashes of talent a couple times i guess, but whats the incentive to pretending youre british?

rj

[TylerD]

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modest moues building nothing out of something and the moon and antartica are much better, as is blink 182, blink 182.

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yea i almost put moon and antartica in instead of GNFPWLBN. that blink 182 is goodish, but IMO its a few strong opening tracks and a very mediocre middle/end.

as for The Killers being album of 2004, I'd forgot that The Go! Team and Arcade Fire were from 04 as I bought them in 05, so its the 3rd best album of 04.

[RollaJ]

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Cut the crap.. the correct answer is:

Nirvana- Nevermind
Led Zepplin- IV
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Beastie Boys- License to Ill
Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction
Green Day- Dookie
Pearl Jam- Ten
Beatles- The Beatles
Bon Jovi- Slippery When Wet

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This is pretty f'n good. The Bon Jovi selection is a bit odd...if you like that sound/era - I would have gone with Def Leppard - Hysteria in that spot...but neither are probably on par with the rest of this list.

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Agreed, probably the best list of 10, Id swap in metallica -metallica instead of led zeplin who I never got into.... Ill keep the bon jovi (guilty pleasure)

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Or just tag it on the end; we're after 10 albums, not nine.

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LOL, you must play g00t, youre a wiz with the math..... can I still drop zepplin though?...... maybe add GNR Lies?

[trying2learn]

no - g'n'r can't be on there twice...i'd put beach boys - pet sounds on there, and you have a seriously choice list.

[PITTM]

you've spelled led zeppelin twice, and spelled it wrong twice, in two different ways! get it together man.

rj

[RollaJ]

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you've spelled led zeppelin twice, and spelled it wrong twice, in two different ways! get it together man.

rj

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At least I spelled GNR right /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[kitaristi0]

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The Inner Mounting Flame
Birds of Fire
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
OK Computer
Band of Gypsys
Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
ATLiens
Aquemini

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YEAH! Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Here's my list, off the top of my head

Iron &amp; Wine - Creek Drank The Cradle
Beatles - White Album
Beatles - Sgt. Pepper
Beatles - Abbey Road
Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Damien Rice - O
Elliott Smith - Either/Or
BRMC - Take Them On, On Your Own
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith

Oh so many... DCFC - Transatlanticism etc. etc. etc.

[Emmitt2222]

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1) Sufjan Stevens - Illinois


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FYP. The fact that this mention gets so little attention is criminal. It is the best of the year so far.

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

I really hope you've heard the 2 albums I put above him before you made this post...

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1) Sufjan Stevens - Illinois


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FYP. The fact that this mention gets so little attention is criminal. It is the best of the year so far.

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[Macdaddy Warsaw]

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I really hope you've heard the 2 albums I put above him before you made this post...


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Also, it's gotten plenty of mention as well as critical acclaim...

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The Inner Mounting Flame
Birds of Fire
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
OK Computer
Band of Gypsys
Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
ATLiens
Aquemini

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YEAH! Mahavishnu Orchestra.

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This came out in the early 70's, right?

I dl'ed some songs based on your recommendations. I thought it was pretty good. It reminded me of Jeff Beck's Blow By Blow.

[Jack of Arcades]

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I really hope you've heard the 2 albums I put above him before you made this post...

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I had. They're good. They're not Sufjan.

I'll post my top ten later.

[Eurotrash]

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1) Sufjan Stevens - Illinois


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FYP. The fact that this mention gets so little attention is criminal. It is the best of the year so far.

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I swear I'll never understand the OOT musical tastes.


what's with all the [censored] hipsters riding the jock of this clown? after the brief amount of research that I've done on him, he seems to be nothing more than Dave Matthews with a banjo.

rock on.

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The Inner Mounting Flame
Birds of Fire
Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin III
OK Computer
Band of Gypsys
Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
ATLiens
Aquemini

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YEAH! Mahavishnu Orchestra.

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This came out in the early 70's, right?

I dl'ed some songs based on your recommendations. I thought it was pretty good. It reminded me of Jeff Beck's Blow By Blow.

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The Inner Mounting Flame - 1971
Birds of Fire - 1973

If you like Mahavishnu Orchestra, you'll probably also like:

solo albums by John McLaughlin
Miles Davis

[Jack of Arcades]

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1) Sufjan Stevens - Illinois


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FYP. The fact that this mention gets so little attention is criminal. It is the best of the year so far.

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I swear I'll never understand the OOT musical tastes.


what's with all the [censored] hipsters riding the jock of this clown? after the brief amount of research that I've done on him, he seems to be nothing more than Dave Matthews with a banjo.

rock on.

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WTF is it with people completely dismissing somebody after a "brief amount of research?"

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1) Sufjan Stevens - Illinois


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FYP. The fact that this mention gets so little attention is criminal. It is the best of the year so far.

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I swear I'll never understand the OOT musical tastes.


what's with all the [censored] hipsters riding the jock of this clown? after the brief amount of research that I've done on him, he seems to be nothing more than Dave Matthews with a banjo.

rock on.

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WTF is it with people completely dismissing somebody after a "brief amount of research?"

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I don't get the obsession over Sufjan either. I may give it another shot. I'm pretty sure my opinion won't change. It's just not my taste I guess.

[Jack of Arcades]

Here are my top 10 albums. Keep in my these are not my favorite albums of all time, but a list based on many things such as influence, accessibility, and longevity.

10. Built to Spill - Keep it Like a Secret
9. Dismemberment Plan - Emergency and I
8. The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
7. REM - Document
6. Radiohead - OK Computer
5. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
4. Elliot Smith - XO
3. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
2. Wilco - Yanke Hotel Foxtrot
1. The Beatles - Rubber Soul

I'm doing a top 10 favorites soon. I don't tend to do those because they vary so often, but I'll try.

[Jack of Arcades]

Top 10 Favorite Albums of All Time. Man, Sufjan feels weird on there

10. Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
9. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
8. Fuel - Sunburn
7. the Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
6. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
5. Elliott Smith - XO
4. Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust
3. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
2. Built to Spill - Keep it Like a Secret
1. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

[xorbie]

Nobody having listed De-Loused in the Comatorium yet sucks. That album is pure gold. Also, Low Level Owl: Volume II (Appleseed Cast) is a better pick than Funeral, for those who have that or anything similiar listed.

[dogsballs]

I remember reading somewhere (mebbe Q magazine) where they polled a ton of people in the music biz about their favourite albums and what influenced them the most. Marvin Gaye's What's Going On was far and away tyhe most often mentioned.