Can you list your Top Ten Albums

[Mr. Not]

1. Rush - Caress of Steel

2. Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans

3. Electric Light Orchestra - ELO 2

4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery

5. Rush - A Farewell to Kings

6. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde

7. Dream Theater - Metropolis pt 2: Scenes from a Memory

8. Love - Forever Changes

9. Angra - Rebirth

10. Sonata Arctica - Winterheart's Guild

 

 

I could do honorable mentions, but there would be a lot. Tell me when we're going to do a top 25

 

And I don't even think this is priority, quite.. I squeezed albums in there which have impacted me at one point but today wouldn't fare up against unlisted albums. So in other words, my ranking criteria is my history and experiences with the albums. Example: today I enjoy listening to Close to the Edge, Going for the One, Fragile, Relayer, and The Yes Album over Winterheart's Guild... But WHG is there because it was my favorite album by far two years ago, and I have great memories associated with it. On top of that, the album changed my perspective (as many albums do), so that factors in too.

[greyfriar]

Rush - Moving Pictures

 

VDGG - Still Life

 

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's...

 

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood

 

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

 

Pink Floyd - Animals

 

The Who - Quadrophenia

 

Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream

 

Mike Oldfield - Incantations

 

Eloy - Ocean

 

It's sooo hard to pick just 10 - but these are the 'masterpieces' for me

[VarianStar]

1. Gene Loves Jezebel ~ "Immigrant"

2. Skinny Puppy ~ "Too Dark Park"

3. The Alarm ~ "Declaration"

4. Rush ~ "Vapor Trails"

5. Godflesh ~ "Pure"

6. The Sisters of Mercy ~ "First and Last and Always"

7. Guided By Voices ~ "Propeller"

8. Sky Cries Mary ~ "This Timeless Turning"

9. David Bowie ~ "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars"

10. Bauhaus ~ "The Sky's Gone Out"

[ghostworks]

QUOTE (VarianStar @ May 18 2011, 07:59 AM)

8. Sky Cries Mary ~ "This Timeless Turning"

 

every time I saw them live (once on the Inner Experience tour, twice on the Timeless tour) it was phenomenal

 

after (literally) attending 1,000's of shows, SCM remain among my very favorite live experiences to date

[LeaveMyThingAlone]

QUOTE (Ted Barchetta @ May 17 2011, 11:15 PM)

8. Paul Simon - Graceland

Good one!

[Your_Lion]

[LeaveMyThingAlone]

I have literally gotten thousands of requests for my list and I have to give the people what they want so here you go:

 

1. Permanent Waves-Rush

2. Hemispheres-Rush

3. Moving Pictures-Rush

4. Counterparts-Rush

5. Wish You Were Here-The Floyd

6. Appetite for Destruction Gn'R

7. American Idiot-Green Day

8. Dark Side of the Moon-The Floyd

9. Metallica-Master of Puppets

10. Metallica-Ride the Lightning

[HigherWater]

My Forever List:

 

1. Signals- Rush

 

2. Number of the Beast- Iron Maiden

 

3. Who's Next-- The Who

 

4. Season's End- Marillion

 

5. Piece of Mind- Iron Maiden

 

6. Farewell To Kings- Rush

 

7. Clutching at Straws- Marillion

 

8. Scenes From a Memory- Dream Theater

 

9. Power Windows- Rush

 

10. Powerslave- Iron Maiden

 

 

[Tommy Sawyer]

Hemispheres - Rush

Moving Pictures - Rush

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Animals - Pink Floyd

Close to the Edge - Yes

Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin

Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

Teaser and the Firecat - Cat Stevens

Pieces of Eight - Styx

 

I probably missed some, but this is a pretty good representation of my music collection.