Top 5 no-skip albums - your personal list (1 Viewer)

[mr. furley]

all this top movies, top books, etc. chat had me wondering what great albums i might be missing out on. those that you put on and play straight through. no skips. no letdowns. just a straight through, start to finish, must listen.

looking for some new recommendation that may be new to me (and others)

GO

 

[KarmaPolice]

I will think of more, but on brand i will start with:

Lord Huron - Strange Trails

 

[SWC]

rolling stones let it bleed take that to the bank bromigos

 

[Harry Frogfish]

I would just like to thank you for not making it one of those top 192 songs from '81.

Tom Petty's Damn the Torpedos would come to mind. I'll have to think and forget for the rest of the day for the other four.

 

[Ilov80s]

Van Morrison- Astral Weeks
The Cars- self titled
Aretha- I’ve Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Vampire Weekend- Only God Was Above Us
The Supremes- Where Did Our Love Go


Those are just real quick off the top of my head

 

[FarFromHome]

Metallica. And Justice for All. It's been my workout album for decades. Start with Blackened. Feel the burn. Just a classic overall.

 

[BrutalPenguin]

The Black Crowes - Shake your money maker
Nine inch nails - Pretty hate machine

 

[Gally]

Almost everything skipped on my turntable. I might have had a bad needle or something.

 

[Judge Smails]

Boston’s first album

 

[The Gator]

TOOL - Ænima

 

[Tecumseh]

Live- Throwing Copper
Pearl Jam- 10
NIN- Pretty Hate Machine

 

[Don Quixote]

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
The White Stripes - Elephant
T. Rex - Electric Warrior
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

 

[SWC]

august and everything after by counting crows is pretty excellent take that to the bank brohans

 

[Dr. Octopus]

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie

Yankee Foxtrot Hotel - Wilco

Abbey Road - The Beatles

The Dirty South - Drive-By Truckers

Talking Book - Stevie Wonder

 

[Ron Swanson]

Southeastern - Jason Isbell

 

[SWC]

Southeastern - Jason Isbell

one of my all time favorites really helped when i went sober post heart attack take that to the bank brohan

 

[BlackCrowes]

Blink-182 Enema of the State

 

[Hastur]

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
The Clash - London Calling
The Police - Synchronicity

Can't think of any others off the top of my head right now.

 

[SWC]

don henley the end of the innocence is pretty damned good start to end take that to the bank brochachos

 

[Chaos34]

Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, Wish You Were Here, The Wall and Aja

 

[Mookie]

Allman Brothers - Brothers and Sisters
Peter Gabriel - So
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Another vote for Aja - what a great album.

 

[SWC]

Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, Wish You Were Here, The Wall and Aja

aja is absolutley classic take that to the bank bromigo

 

[nirad3]

The Police - Singles (kind of shouldn't count, but whatev)

Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience

Michael Jackson - Thriller

Pearl Jam - Ten

Tool - Undertow

 

[Ron Swanson]

Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy - The Refreshments

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

Rush - 2112
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Led Zeppelin II
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York

Other Rush albums also have to be played in order, but not ones most people care about.
I second many of the above listed in the thread, including the several Beatles and U2 albums mentioned.

 

[Desert_Power]

Eat The Elephant - A Perfect Circle

I Love You So ****ing Much - Glass Animals

OK Computer - Radiohead

Animals - Pink Floyd

Master of Puppets - Metallica

 

[Bob Loblaw]

In no particular order, also assuming studio albums only:

DMB - Under the Table and Dreaming
DMB - Crash
DMB - Before These Crowded Streets
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Ice Cube - Death Certificate

Newer material: Kendrick Lamar - GNX

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

The Who - Who's Next

The Cure - Disintegration

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

Radiohead - The Bends

 

[Jaysus]

I have an 18+ hour playlist of albums with songs I don't skip! They are not necessarily in order, but here on the first 5 on the list:

Jeff Rosenstock - WORRY.
Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Tool - Undertow
The Beatles - Abbey Road

 

[The Gator]

TOOL - Ænima

Lorde - Pure Heroine

 

[Dr. Octopus]

The Police - Synchronicity

This would fit if it wasn't for Mother.

 

[Navin Johnson]

Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

 

[Skipdog77]

The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

Just musical perfection, all the way down to the Time Will Tell cover at the end of the record.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

Just musical perfection, all the way down to the Time Will Tell cover at the end of the record.

I remember how blown away I was the first time I heard this record - the back up singers are so on point throughout and it just jams.

 

[Skipdog77]

The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

Just musical perfection, all the way down to the Time Will Tell cover at the end of the record.

I remember how blown away I was the first time I heard this record - the back up singers are so on point throughout and it just jams.

Add in Marc Ford's guitar leads and solos, Eddie Harsch's brilliance on the Hammond B3, Chris Robinson's voice being in top form, and the fact that the whole thing was recorded in like, 8 days...just stellar.

 

[El Floppo]

Pearl Jam- 10
Radiohead- Ok Computer
Parquet Courts- WIDE AWAKE!
IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistance
Kraftwerk- Trans Europe Express
LCD Soundsystem- Sounds of Silver

 

[Psychopav]

King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska
Paul Simon - Graceland
Wham! - Make it Big
U2 - All that You Can't Leave Behind
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

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Eric Clapton - From the Cradle

if we need to remove one, it would have to be the U2 album because it's got a weak song on there that I skip sometimes.

 

[mr. furley]

loving the variety so far. even within an individual's list.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I've given you guys too many chances and you've all failed.

Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band

 

[Hastur]

The Police - Synchronicity

This would fit if it wasn't for Mother.

It is a silly song, and I don't normally skip it.

It would be perfect if they replaced it with "Be My Girl - Sally"

 

[Leroy Hoard]

It's a great question but some of the above posts mention a cut or two that might make it harder to say. When I copied albums onto tape I almost always skipped something. Dark Side of the Moon was one that was hard to skip through though because the songs ran into each other so well.

 

[urbanhack]

NIN - Downward Spiral
Chemical Brothers - Surrender
STP - Core
LCD Soundsystem- Sounds of Silver
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger

listening to albums has been killed by streaming and algos. Too many to list and many favorites already listed

 

[Todem]

Ok I will play (I have so many to be honest)

1. Permanent Waves - Rush
2. Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree
3. Operation Mind Crime - Queensryche
4. Led Zeppelin II
5. Dream Theater - Scenes From Memory Part II

I could easily list another 2 dozen.

 

[mr. furley]

2. Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

wait... what?

isn't this some sort of infringement?

 

[SWC]

bruce hornsby and the range scenes from the southside is pretty excellent start to finish and i met him at a bar in virginia half a lifetime ago and he was awesome and had beers with me take that to the bank bromigo

 

[Statorama]

Pearl Jam- 10

Glad to see a lot of love for this one, it was one of the first full albums I really connected with, and in some ways changed the way I listened to music going forward.

Great choice.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Incubus-Morning View

 

[Andy Dufresne]

The Cult - Sonic Temple
The Who - Who's Next
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Def Leppard - Pyromania
Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever

Bonus 5: Ratt - Out of the Cellar, Van Halen - 1984, Metallica - Master of Puppets, Peter Gabriel - Us, Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz

 

[mr. furley]

please to be posting YOUR personal top 5, regardless of whether someone else has already posted the same record

 

[Jayrod]

Pearl Jam - Ten
Radiohead - The Bends
Taylor Swift - 1989
Poor Old Lu - A Picture of the 8th Wonder
Radiohead - In Rainbows