Ilov80s
Footballguy
Their Learning to Crawl album is great too
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Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 1. The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd (13 Viewers)
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Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
@Ilov80s I had to give up on the Bon Iver album. Really not my thing. Perhaps that Talking Heads album? I like their stuff, but have never listened to an album.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
No tap outs!!! 
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Come and make me!No tap outs!!!
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
A couple more of @Mt. Man 's albums
Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
I never listened to much of the 70s Aerosmith for some reason. I like them well enough, just not enough to seek out yet I guess. I really dug this one top to bottom and there were a few tracks that I REALLY liked. I knew Same Old... and Train Kept a Rollin' and those were also stand out tracks. The first great surprise was Lord of the Thighs with that opening hip hop/Walk This Way-esque beat. Loved the groove throughout this song and the guitars were great. Wouldn't have guessed by the title I would have liked that one glancing at the track list. Woman of the World was the next one that I have revisted a few times. Love the gear shift at the 3:30 mark and it sounded like some Little Feat for a bit there, then another great solo before whipping out the harmonica. My favorite song on the album. I also really dug how Tyler's voice sounded on Seasons of Wither and how it blended with the meandering, dreamy guitars. Another album I will happily listen to again, and I will seek out a couple more 70s Aerosmith albums. I know I have heard Toys in the Attic a few times, but I don't think I've sat down and listened to anything else.
Genesis - Duke
This was the one on the list that I was LEAST confident that I hadn't heard. I had Invisible Touch as a youngster and loved that album but didn't try any older Genesis until later. I liked it more than I had thought - I probably avoided it mostly because of Collins' solo work, especially the Disney soundtrack years. But they kept showing up on prog lists, so... I also listened to a few more albums after @Yo Mama did them for MAD31 part one, which is why I thought I had heard Trick of the Tail, so I went with Duke. The sound was familiar, but I know I listened to and loved Abacab after his countdown, but these songs didn't sound overly familiar. Another album that I really liked top to bottom!! Once I hit it, of course I knew Misunderstanding, I just didn't recognize it by title on first scan. By that time, I was already hooked on the album as well. Behind the Lines is a fantastic album and grabbed me instantly. I hear my favorite drummers talk about Phil Collins all the time - especially Brann from Mastodon who also now sings on tracks while he plays. His great drumming is on full display during this song, but also is the musicianship of the rest of the band. Another track that stood out to me at the start of the album was Man of Our Times - I liked the synth on this one. I realize more and more how much I like keys in my metal and prog. Of course they saved the best for last with me and Duke's Travels/Duke's End was a great way to close out the album and made me want to hit replay right away. I will be honest and say that I didn't love a couple of the slower songs quite as much, but not enough to make me not listen to the album again. I will definitely listen to this one yet again, and it inspired me to bump them up the deep dive list and want to revisit other albums to make my own playlist as I go.
Extra Credit:
I also did a Metal After Dark listen of Dio's Dream Evil and a random Dream Theater album.
I had already heard a few songs from Night Evil because of Mt. Man's MAD31, and liked all 3 of those. A few other stand outs for me were the opener Night People (I was singing "Night Evil" ), Naked in the Rain, and Faces In the Window. I think Sunset Superman was the only track I didn't love (great solo, but don't like the repitition of the chorus), but other than that a great metal album with some ripping guitars.
As for Dream Theater, I have tried before and James' vocals often impedes my enjoyment. After talking to Mt. Man, and looking at album covers, I realized I have listened to 4 of the first 5 albums from them as well as Octavarium. I couldn't remember other albums he mentioned, and was too lazy to look, so I just did it the old fashioned way - by what the album title was and what the cover art looked like. I landed on Train of Thought for my listen and that was another great ride that surprised me a bit. I am reading now that it was purposely written to be heavier, so I chose wisely. Yes, the vocals still don't click with me, but with other bands I have learned to get over that more if I think the music is good enough to stick with (King Diamond, Death, etc.. ) Mostly full of 10min+ songs, and like Opeth most felt like 8 songs in one. I liked the album start to finish, but my 3 favorites were: As I Am, This Dying Soul, and Stream of Consciousness. Definitely liked it enough to soften my stance on them and be willing to go back and listen to albums again for another honest relisten. I don't think they will ever be a core listen as I tend to lean more to the deeper vocals in metal, but I was glad took the chance last night.
ETA: I will get to SRV and Alice Cooper this weekend
Aerosmith - Get Your Wings
I never listened to much of the 70s Aerosmith for some reason. I like them well enough, just not enough to seek out yet I guess. I really dug this one top to bottom and there were a few tracks that I REALLY liked. I knew Same Old... and Train Kept a Rollin' and those were also stand out tracks. The first great surprise was Lord of the Thighs with that opening hip hop/Walk This Way-esque beat. Loved the groove throughout this song and the guitars were great. Wouldn't have guessed by the title I would have liked that one glancing at the track list. Woman of the World was the next one that I have revisted a few times. Love the gear shift at the 3:30 mark and it sounded like some Little Feat for a bit there, then another great solo before whipping out the harmonica. My favorite song on the album. I also really dug how Tyler's voice sounded on Seasons of Wither and how it blended with the meandering, dreamy guitars. Another album I will happily listen to again, and I will seek out a couple more 70s Aerosmith albums. I know I have heard Toys in the Attic a few times, but I don't think I've sat down and listened to anything else.
Genesis - Duke
This was the one on the list that I was LEAST confident that I hadn't heard. I had Invisible Touch as a youngster and loved that album but didn't try any older Genesis until later. I liked it more than I had thought - I probably avoided it mostly because of Collins' solo work, especially the Disney soundtrack years. But they kept showing up on prog lists, so... I also listened to a few more albums after @Yo Mama did them for MAD31 part one, which is why I thought I had heard Trick of the Tail, so I went with Duke. The sound was familiar, but I know I listened to and loved Abacab after his countdown, but these songs didn't sound overly familiar. Another album that I really liked top to bottom!! Once I hit it, of course I knew Misunderstanding, I just didn't recognize it by title on first scan. By that time, I was already hooked on the album as well. Behind the Lines is a fantastic album and grabbed me instantly. I hear my favorite drummers talk about Phil Collins all the time - especially Brann from Mastodon who also now sings on tracks while he plays. His great drumming is on full display during this song, but also is the musicianship of the rest of the band. Another track that stood out to me at the start of the album was Man of Our Times - I liked the synth on this one. I realize more and more how much I like keys in my metal and prog. Of course they saved the best for last with me and Duke's Travels/Duke's End was a great way to close out the album and made me want to hit replay right away. I will be honest and say that I didn't love a couple of the slower songs quite as much, but not enough to make me not listen to the album again. I will definitely listen to this one yet again, and it inspired me to bump them up the deep dive list and want to revisit other albums to make my own playlist as I go.
Extra Credit:
I also did a Metal After Dark listen of Dio's Dream Evil and a random Dream Theater album.
I had already heard a few songs from Night Evil because of Mt. Man's MAD31, and liked all 3 of those. A few other stand outs for me were the opener Night People (I was singing "Night Evil" ), Naked in the Rain, and Faces In the Window. I think Sunset Superman was the only track I didn't love (great solo, but don't like the repitition of the chorus), but other than that a great metal album with some ripping guitars.
As for Dream Theater, I have tried before and James' vocals often impedes my enjoyment. After talking to Mt. Man, and looking at album covers, I realized I have listened to 4 of the first 5 albums from them as well as Octavarium. I couldn't remember other albums he mentioned, and was too lazy to look, so I just did it the old fashioned way - by what the album title was and what the cover art looked like. I landed on Train of Thought for my listen and that was another great ride that surprised me a bit. I am reading now that it was purposely written to be heavier, so I chose wisely. Yes, the vocals still don't click with me, but with other bands I have learned to get over that more if I think the music is good enough to stick with (King Diamond, Death, etc.. ) Mostly full of 10min+ songs, and like Opeth most felt like 8 songs in one. I liked the album start to finish, but my 3 favorites were: As I Am, This Dying Soul, and Stream of Consciousness. Definitely liked it enough to soften my stance on them and be willing to go back and listen to albums again for another honest relisten. I don't think they will ever be a core listen as I tend to lean more to the deeper vocals in metal, but I was glad took the chance last night.
ETA: I will get to SRV and Alice Cooper this weekend
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Oh yeah I thought perhaps you would be too familiar. Stop Making Sense is great.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
The first four Aerosmith albums — self-titled, Get Your Wings, Toys in the Attic and Rocks — are all great. It gets really dicey from them after that until 1987 because of Steven Tyler’s heroin addiction and other drama.
Juxtatarot
Footballguy
I have two albums ranked that I was surprised didn't make the cut. This was one of them. Fantastic album, IMO, although, like all music, not for everyone.
rockaction
Footballguy
Off The Wall >>>> Thriller
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
May I recommend Honkin' On Bobo? Mr R had it on his list. It's different in that it's straight up blues/blues rock.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Hmmm... There doesn't seem to be an emoji for armpit farts.
rockaction
Footballguy
Hmmm... There doesn't seem to be an emoji for armpit farts.
I am shamed by the silence
TripItUp
Footballguy
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Three ballads in a row on side 2 was not a good sequencing choice. But otherwise this is a great example of radio-friendly prog.
simey
Footballguy
I saw them a couple NYE's ago in Raleigh. They wore white tuxedos. Markus King opened for them, and it was fun. My sister has gone to a Greensboro NYE show. They play about every other year at the Merlefest, which I go to every year. Their shows are a lot of fun, and filled with high energy, but they slow it down on some songs, too. I thought it was nice of them to play at Officer Horan's funeral this past January. He was the officer that was shot and killed responding to a call at a Food Lion last December. Two days before Christmas. He was an AB fan, and they came and sang In the Garden. The funeral was televised locally just like Officer Nix's the year before. I love In The Garden, and they usually play it at their shows. My grandmother loved that song, and it was one of the songs sung by three old ladies from her church at her graveside funeral, and they were so off-key. I had to try really hard to keep my laughter contained, and I knew my grandmother's spirit was laughing. I wouldn't have wanted it any other way, because it helped wash away the sadness, and turn the tears into smiles.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Shame you did not submit to give it points then.
rockaction
Footballguy
Sometimes Def Leppard is a way to clandestinely rip on the unelevated middle class. Other times, it’s a big screw you to Mutt Lange and his ultra processed music. Listening to it gives you diabetes
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I hate the production of Hysteria so much that it will never be ranked highly by me no matter the quality of the songs.
rockaction
Footballguy
Same reason to completely loathe Shania Twain’s ‘90s stuff. Dumb lyrics, overprocessed guitar (with twang). Just wretched. Forget this guy.
kupcho1
Footballguy
Can you remind us where you had Thriller ranked?
TIA
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I like Trip's shtick of not participating with a list then coming in after and telling us what we did wrong.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Upstairs at Eric’s - Yaz
I forgot just how fun this album was. It’s definitely music to move to.
“Don’t Go” was a hit and it gets the album off to a great start. It’s not groundbreaking as electronic music was around for at least a decade before this album but it does sound “different”. It’s poppy dance music yet manages to still have some despair to it.
It almost lost me with “In My Room” but “Only You” brings it right back to that familiar sound. The familiar sound is my only criticism as the album was a bit repetitive at times.
Still, an album I’ll throw on once in a while as a pick me up.
I forgot just how fun this album was. It’s definitely music to move to.
“Don’t Go” was a hit and it gets the album off to a great start. It’s not groundbreaking as electronic music was around for at least a decade before this album but it does sound “different”. It’s poppy dance music yet manages to still have some despair to it.
It almost lost me with “In My Room” but “Only You” brings it right back to that familiar sound. The familiar sound is my only criticism as the album was a bit repetitive at times.
Still, an album I’ll throw on once in a while as a pick me up.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Tell us why Thriller is so much better than each of the 33 albums above it?
And 34th album of all time and out of 1,700 albums that were submitted hardly seems disrespectful. But not everyone can tell when they’re being disrespectful, I suppose.
TripItUp
Footballguy
truly cringeworthy lyrics and probably my least favorite song on the album
TripItUp
Footballguy
Fair, fair.
TripItUp
Footballguy
I like Trip's shtick of not participating with a list then coming in after and telling us what we did wrong.
I mean, we are here to "discuss."
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Those first 4 albums compromise most of my favorite songs by them. Never could get into their later stuff, with a couple exceptions.
TripItUp
Footballguy
Yeah, was just too busy to do this correctly and didn't want to come in half ***...fair criticism.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Of course, I just find the people with strong opinions but don't submit lists entertaining.I like Trip's shtick of not participating with a list then coming in after and telling us what we did wrong.
I mean, we are here to "discuss."
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Thanks. Also this was people’s favorite albums, not a ranking of greatness necessarily.
Personally I do like Thriller a lot and realize its impact, lived through it being a phenomenon. There’s no doubt it’s great. It wasn’t one of my personal 70 favorites though. It just wasn’t important enough to me.
Tau837
Footballguy
This is a favorites list. For me, I think it is a great album. But it's not one of my favorites... I probably haven't listened to any songs from the album in years, much less the entire album.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I doubt Trip is rockin' Thriller on the daily, either. Maybe I'm wrong though.
Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
In My Room is a glaring weak spot
Tau837
Footballguy
I was slammed during the work week this week. Here is my top 70 list:
I believe I had the most matches with others, so my list might be viewed as the chalkiest. I am not able to participate in the album listening swap, but I offer these as albums as great ones that many here may not have heard, for those inclined to listen:
- Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
- Ten - Pearl Jam
- Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
- Wildflowers - Tom Petty
- Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
- Under the Table and Dreaming - Dave Matthews Band
- In Your Honor - Foo Fighters
- Who's Next - Who
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Beatles
- Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
- Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
- Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
- Just One Night - Eric Clapton
- Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
- Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix
- Nevermind - Nirvana
- Hotel California - Eagles
- Appetite for Destruction - Guns N Roses
- Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
- Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones
- Vs. - Pearl Jam
- Physical Grafitti - Led Zeppelin
- The Wall - Pink Floyd
- Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin
- Back in Black - AC/DC
- Van Halen - Van Halen
- The Cars - Cars
- Joshua Tree - U2
- Purple Rain - Prince
- Live at Luther College - Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
- Stop Making Sense - Talking Heads
- Unplugged - Eric Clapton
- Animals - Pink Floyd
- Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
- The White Album - Beatles
- Skin and Bones - Foo Fighters
- Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty
- Some Girls - Rolling Stones
- Making Movies - Dire Straits
- OK Computer - Radiohead
- (What's the Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
- Ride the Lightning - Metallica
- Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me - Cure
- Under a Blood Red Sky - U2
- Morning View - Incubus
- Electric - Cult
- 90125 - Yes
- Reanimation - Linkin Park
- All Eyez On Me - 2Pac
- The Chronic - Dr. Dre
- 1999 - Prince
- Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters
- Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
- Metallica - Metallica
- Murmur - R.E.M.
- Audioslave - Audioslave
- A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
- Eagles Live - Eagles
- Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 - Dave Matthews Band
- Pyromania - Def Leppard
- Songs in the Attic - Billy Joel
- Dire Straits - Dire Straits
- Listen Like Thieves - INXS
- Don't Tell a Soul - Replacements
- Synchronicity - Police
- Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
- Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
- Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track - Various Artists
- Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys
- Moving Pictures - Rush
I believe I had the most matches with others, so my list might be viewed as the chalkiest. I am not able to participate in the album listening swap, but I offer these as albums as great ones that many here may not have heard, for those inclined to listen:
- Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
- Reanimation - Linkin Park
- Under the Table and Dreaming - Dave Matthews Band
- Live at Luther College - Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds
- Live at Red Rocks 8.15.95 - Dave Matthews Band
- In Your Honor - Foo Fighters
- Skin and Bones [Live] - Foo Fighters
- Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace - Foo Fighters
- Electric - Cult
- Audioslave - Audioslave
- Don't Tell a Soul - Replacements
- Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
This is probably my favorite Aerosmith album. Most of the songs on it have been recorded by a lot of artists with some classic versions, but in many cases I like the Aerosmith take as well as any of them.
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
well that joke didn't land.
It's pretty good. I like the sound of it. I don't always love his vocals especially when he screams. The album would be much better without those songs.
I asked you to listen to one cover and you wanted me to listen to a whole album!
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
I listen to Thriller and Billie Jean fairly often, though admittedly most of that is because it comes on the radio/in stores-mostly Billie Jean. I do like to watch the Thriller video from time to time.
UncleZen
Footballguy
I am also one that didn't submit a list and very critical because AIC's "Dirt" was not ranked. I will say though, I have never listened to any Radiohead songs other than "Creep" but based on the rankings here, I listened to OK Computer today. It was actually good. I liked the trippiness of it. Just one listen through so not sure I have a favorite yet. Subterranean Homesick Alien is the only one that stands out right now. Now I challenge someone that hasn't listed to "Dirt" to give it a shot.
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titusbramble
Footballguy
Just gone and listened to a couple of the five albums that I suggested that were unlisted in full. Deltron 3030 remains magnificent, while I was surprised at how many singles were on The Coral, along with confusing the hidden track on the album for one of the additional tracks (Sheriff John Brown) on the Skeleton Key EP. Both are fantastic, I just got them mixed up
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Couldn't Stand the Weather was my least favorites of the homework, but that doesn't mean I didn't like it. It was a good listen, but more than the others SRV is a background artist for me, not headphones if that makes sense. Of course I new the title track from the radio and Voodoo Child from Under Siege. Short album and my favorites were the title track, Cold Shot, and Tin Pan Alley. What a talent we lost here.
Alice Cooper - Love it to Death is another great 70s album I seem to have passed over, or at least didn't really remember from listening to a bit of Cooper several years ago. I'm Eighteen I knew from Guitar Hero again, and I think Dwight I had heard in one of the drafts. Killer and School's out felt way more familiar than this album when I looked at it. Yet again I dug all the songs top to bottom. My favorites were the opener Caught in a Dream, the 9min Black Juju (sounded like an evil version of The Doors), and the grooves of Is It My Body. I would definitely listen to this one again too.
Thanks again, @Mt. Man
Alice Cooper - Love it to Death is another great 70s album I seem to have passed over, or at least didn't really remember from listening to a bit of Cooper several years ago. I'm Eighteen I knew from Guitar Hero again, and I think Dwight I had heard in one of the drafts. Killer and School's out felt way more familiar than this album when I looked at it. Yet again I dug all the songs top to bottom. My favorites were the opener Caught in a Dream, the 9min Black Juju (sounded like an evil version of The Doors), and the grooves of Is It My Body. I would definitely listen to this one again too.
Thanks again, @Mt. Man
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
Was anyone brave enough to listen to any of the 22 albums that I listed that you haven't heard yet?
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I love Dirt and it was on my list but didn’t survive cutdown. Probably a mistake.
rockaction
Footballguy
I’m going to try not to Thumper Rule this and I think I’ll be able to. I saw AIC live in ‘91 and had Dirt and loved grunge but just didn’t like them that much in the end. Their lyrics began to strike me as maudlin and too funereal and his voice isn’t my speed. Jerry Cantrell is great but even the music isn’t up my alley. I liked them for a month my senior year of high school, but then rarely reached for them. So yeah, just a differing opinion. I do not mind hearing them on the radio at all. Just won’t reach for them.
