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  • 10-31-2005, 09:26 AM
    Hawkeye
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by dean_martin
    Kraftwerk - Radioactivity

    I feel the same about Autobahn.

    But my all-time best complete album would have to be Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. I was a freshman in college when it was released and being on a lagging-edge budget I had a stereo system which included an 8-Track player. My roomate picked up the tape downtown and then for pretty much the rest of the school year it was played almost non-stop. In fact our weekend ritual was to pop in the tape after our last class on Friday and let it play on repeat mode until we left for class on Monday morning. We did this virtually every weekend from the fall of '75 until mid May of '76. To this day I can only think of it as one long piece.
  • 10-31-2005, 01:44 PM
    Mr MidFi
    Most of the ones I was going to mention have already been mentioned by others (most notably "Trick of the Tail" and "Dark Side of the Moon").

    I also feel the same way these days about Wilco's YHF and Being There. And The Notwist's "Neon Golden." And American Idiot.
  • 10-31-2005, 02:40 PM
    opt80
    Warren Zevon S/T
    Luke Doucet Broken
    Dave Alvin Out in California
    Richmond Fontaine The Fitzgerald
    Susie Arioli Band Learning To Smile Again
    John Dee Graham The Great Battle
    Clive Gregson & Christine Collister Change In The Weather
    Chas Guay & Christine Forgeron S\T


    Alan
  • 10-31-2005, 02:58 PM
    Davey
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by opt80
    Richmond Fontaine The Fitzgerald

    How ya liking that one Alan? Pretty nice, huh? Some of my buddies around here don't seem to appreciate it like me, but I'm totally sold, and it definitely can play all the way through once or twice or more at my house (well, provided I'm alone, that is ;)).
  • 10-31-2005, 03:27 PM
    Troy
    Some great all the way thru titles listed already like World is a Ghetto and English Settlement. Couple of DID's for me for sure.

    Coming up with albums with NO fair or worse tracks is tougher than it sounds.

    Some of mineses:
    Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
    The Yes Album
    Mosquitoes- Stan Ridgway
    Honky Chateau- Elton John
    The Sky Moves Sideways (single CD version) Porcupine Tree
    Aqualung- Jethro Tull
    Psychodots
    California- Mr. Bungle
    Big Express- XTC
  • 10-31-2005, 04:17 PM
    Javier
    jetrho tull thick as a brick and passion play.
    Yes fragile and close to the edge.
    Pink Floyd Animals final cut and DSOTM
    Rush moving pictures,2112,
    Andreas wolleinveider under the tree
    Opeth ghost reveries
    Porcupine tree deadwing
    Bjork vespertine
    Bethoven 5th
    Rachmaninof 2nd piano concerto
    Elton Jhon GYBR
    cat stevens mona bone jackon
    al Dimeola orange and blue
    Spock beard kidness of strangers
    genesis wind and whutering,tresspas,selling england

    And some others of course
  • 11-01-2005, 04:33 PM
    opt80
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Davey
    How ya liking that one Alan? Pretty nice, huh? Some of my buddies around here don't seem to appreciate it like me, but I'm totally sold, and it definitely can play all the way through once or twice or more at my house (well, provided I'm alone, that is ;)).



    Davey,
    Yep it is a good one,Do you like The Magnolia Electric Co.? Same type of music,though MEC may be edgier

    Alan
  • 11-03-2005, 04:45 PM
    daviethek
    my fav. complete records
    Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
    Dan Hicks - Last train to Hicksville
    Hendrix - Band of Gypsys
    Simon- Graceland
    Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing At Baxters ( the American Sgt Peppers )
    Tower of Power - Back to Oakland
    Lambert Hendrix & Ross - Best of (CBS)
  • 11-03-2005, 04:58 PM
    Swish
    There are so many really....
    that I can't begin to make a deserving list, but I'll try.

    World Party - Goodbye Jumbo
    Los Lobos - Kiko
    Pavement - Crooked Rain x 2
    The Who - Who's Next
    Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
    Radiohead - Ok, Computer
    Neil Young - Harvest

    Ok, that's a short list, now I hafta do some thinkin' and come up with more.

    Swish
  • 11-03-2005, 05:12 PM
    rockecat
    Lot of great albums some I know some I don't. I will definetely be checking out some of the ones I don't. My wife had a great idea for our next favorite how about the longest song
    you know the one you just don't want to end I can think of a few and we can include
    EP's that should be very interesting. :cool:
  • 11-03-2005, 06:58 PM
    SlumpBuster
    Two albums instantly came to mind. Bernd already got The Stone Roses, but I can't believe no one has mentioned Definitely Maybe by Oasis. My favorite quote about Oasis goes something like "For a brief moment in the mid-nineties, the biggest band in the world was also the best band in the world."
  • 11-03-2005, 08:44 PM
    SoundGuyDave
    Pink Floyd - The Wall
    Wilco - A Ghost is born
    Foo Fighters - Colour and the Shape
  • 11-06-2005, 09:35 AM
    daviethek
    what about the tower
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Worf101
    Oh ohh... can I play?

    1. "What's Going On?" Marvin Gaye - Complete masterpiece from beginning to end.

    2. "The World is a Ghetto" - War

    3. "Hot Buttered Soul" - Issac Hayes

    4. "Gonna Take a Miracle" - Laura Nyro

    5. "Mothership Connection" - Parliment

    6. "Superfly" - Curtis Mayfield.

    7. "Sign of the times" - Prince.

    8. "Free Will" - Gil Scott Heron

    9. "The Last Poets" - The Last Poets

    10. "Love Power Peace" - James Brown Amsterdam Live

    Da Worfster


    Judging from you list, just curious how you feel about Tower of Power. To this date, one of the cleanest and coolest concerts I have ever seen ( 33 years ago, ouch! ) dk
  • 11-06-2005, 11:50 AM
    dingus
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Dave_G
    ....
    Split Enz - Time & Tide
    ....

    a truly fantastic album, in my top 10 as well.


    Woodface by Crowded House tops my list.
  • 11-07-2005, 01:22 PM
    3db
    Hmmm...Mine would be

    Led Zeppelin 1,
    PinkFloyd Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall
    Yes Fragile
    Cars Candy O
    The Knack "Get The Knack*
    Supertramp Crime of the Century
    Styx Grand Illusion
    Tom Petty & the Heart Breakers "Dam the Torpedoes"
    The Doors "LA Woman"
    The Kinks "Misfit"
  • 11-07-2005, 02:26 PM
    thepogue
    K...gotta jump aboard
    Boston - Boston

    Areosmith - Get your Wings

    Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune

    Kiss - Alive 1

    Zappa - Joes Garage

    CSN&Y - DéjÃ* Vu

    Floyd - The Wall


    ok ok....I need to stop

    Pogue
  • 11-07-2005, 02:30 PM
    3db
    why stop when your on a roll?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by thepogue
    Boston - Boston

    Areosmith - Get your Wings

    Blue Oyster Cult - Agents of Fortune

    Kiss - Alive 1

    Zappa - Joes Garage

    CSN&Y - Déj�* Vu

    Floyd - The Wall


    ok ok....I need to stop

    Pogue


    Damm how could I miss Boston
  • 11-07-2005, 02:35 PM
    thepogue
    did I win somfinn?
    lol...I'm sure there 100's we could both miss...but hey...as long as someone mentions it!!...I was really glad to see the split enz here....one of me favs!!

    Pogue
  • 11-07-2005, 10:40 PM
    C-Z
    Lots of gooduns already listed. Here's some of mine that come to mind.

    Ten Years After - A Space In Time
    The Who - Who's Next
    Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
    Nektar - Remember the Future
    Montrose - S/T
    Jethro Tull - Stand Up & Thick as as Brick
    Mark Knopfler - Golden Heart
    Dire Straits - Love Over Gold & Brothers in Arms
    Supertramp - Crime of the Century
    Black Sabbath - S/T
    Floyd - DSOTM & WYWH
    Yes - The Yes Album
    Jan Garbarek & the Hilliard Ensemble - Officium
    Rush - Moving Pictures
    Kevin Gilbert - Thud
    Tom Waits - Heart Attack and Vine

    Can't think of any more right now - too lazy to look at my albums and cds

    CZ
  • 11-08-2005, 07:07 AM
    shokhead
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by thepogue
    lol...I'm sure there 100's we could both miss...but hey...as long as someone mentions it!!...I was really glad to see the split enz here....one of me favs!!

    Pogue

    I think they are coming out with a remastered Boston.
  • 11-08-2005, 11:52 AM
    Lifes-A-Blast
    Tower of Power
    Re: Tower of Power- the year 1973 , Masonic Temple - Detroit Mich TOP was the warm up to one Cheech & Chong. Great show needless to say the bong headers booing them off the stage after abour 30 minutes of playing . from that point on always a fan .
    BTW the bongheaders wound up doing 2 ovations worth of buzz humor that night.
    What is Hip????
  • 11-09-2005, 09:42 AM
    thepogue
    I wanna grab a MoFi of Bostons first on vinyl
    I was really bummed first time i heard it on CD..etchy big time..I'd love to hear the re-masters

    Pogue

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by shokhead
    I think they are coming out with a remastered Boston.

  • 11-11-2005, 05:12 AM
    20to20K
    All the way through...
    1. Steely Dan - Aja
    2. Santana - Abraxous
    3. Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
    4. Earth, Wind and Fire - All n All
    5. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
    6. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
    7. Pat Metheny - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
    8. U2 - The Joshua Tree
    9. Peter Tosh - Legalize It
    10.Weather Report - Black Market
  • 11-11-2005, 08:50 AM
    swicken
    Spaced Out: The Best of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner

    Best. Album. Ever.
  • 11-11-2005, 09:09 AM
    Dusty Chalk
    Well now, that's just silly.