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

[nirad3]

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

Throwing Copper are the two albums that came to the top of my head and someone already mentioned Throwing Copper.

Ah, yeah that'd be my #6... might actually overtake Thriller on my list.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

sublime - 40oz to freedom
Everclear - sparkle and fade
Bob Marley - Legend
ben harper and the innocent criminals - Live from Mars
Pennywise - unknown road

I had to take Farside - Rigged off the list for Bob

 

[northern exposure]

The Who - Who's Next
The Replacements- Tim
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit- Reunions
REM -Automatic For The People
Badfinger - Straight Up

Bonus pick:
David and David - Boomtown. A local music store had a fire and was having a "smoke damage" sale. I bought quite a few CDs, so the salesperson added this one to my stack at no charge. I had no idea what to expect and was surprised I listened all the way through without the urge to skip any song.

 

[Psychopav]

Oops forgot one

Meatloaf - Bat out of Hell

 

[Major]

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

Appreciate the recommendation as I didn't know they had a new album. After one listen I tend to agree. I kind of lost touch with their newer stuff as I thought they missed Rostam but this album is

Speaking of Rostam, his album with Hamilton (from The Walkmen) is another unskippable: https://youtu.be/K9FILAkKinQ?si=1-4712I5Xndf805Z

 

[BassNBrew]

Rush - Moving Pictures
Rush - 2112
Rush - Permanent Waves
Rush - Rush

and just to be different

Queensryche - Empire

 

[Major]

I feel like alot of people don't listen to albums anymore with the move to digital music. I'm still a full album guy. That said I'm going to add a few newer albums I think are great all the way through to maybe get a little renewed appreciation of the full album experience and these great artists.

On that same note, I miss looking through friends CD folders and instantly judging them. Now everyone can claim to be a music savant. It used to be you had to seek good music and invest in your music portfolio. Now it's just at the tip of your thumb which makes many appreciate it less.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I feel like alot of people don't listen to albums anymore with the move to digital music. I'm still a full album guy.

I started doing this last year my spotify playlists. Gives texture and context listening to the tracks in their intended order.

Why would you need to create a playlist on Spotify to listen to an album that's on Spotify?

 

[skol asylum]

I feel like alot of people don't listen to albums anymore with the move to digital music. I'm still a full album guy. That said I'm going to add a few newer albums I think are great all the way through to maybe get a little renewed appreciation of the full album experience and these great artists.

On that same note, I miss looking through friends CD folders and instantly judging them. Now everyone can claim to be a music savant. It used to be you had to seek good music and invest in your music portfolio. Now it's just at the tip of your thumb which makes many appreciate it less.

Sounds like fantasy football and the ability for anyone to have the latest at their fingertips.

 

[Todem]

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

sorry about that. Morning View and Throwing Copper are the two albums that came to the top of my head and someone already mentioned Throwing Copper.
I don't really remember listening to that many full albums and when I listen on youtube I either listen to specific tracks or just let it auto play to various albums. So when I was out tonight I kinda thought about what cds I had as a kid that I liked that I THINK I did listen to the full album so other than Morning View and Throwing Copper the 3 that came to mind are

Hybrid Theory-Linkin Park
Jagged Little Pill-Alanis Morissette
No Doubt-Tragic Kingdom

*though I reserve the right to change my answers once I look through my list of cds

As a bonus The Greyest of Blue Skies-Finger Eleven

For something newer that I HAVEN'T listened to the whole thing (this thread has inspired me to do that tonight) but I like a lot of the songs on it: Phobia-Breaking Benjamin

I actually love The Distance To Here more than Throwing Copper these days. Throwing Copper is great......Distance to Here was their pinnacle creatively, sonically etc.

Morning View is perfect and then the down trend began (I do like A Crow Left of the Murder but everything after that is meh).

 

[nirad3]

sublime - 40oz to freedom

Bob Marley - Legend

Dangit, not sure how I forgot about these. I might need to re-look at my list. These two were on permanent repeat during college.

 

[Psychopav]

sublime - 40oz to freedom

Bob Marley - Legend

Dangit, not sure how I forgot about these. I might need to re-look at my list. These two were on permanent repeat during college.

Are we doing greatest hits albums too? I might have to redo my list again again.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Yeah Legend is a top tier if we are doing compilations.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

sublime - 40oz to freedom

Bob Marley - Legend

Dangit, not sure how I forgot about these. I might need to re-look at my list. These two were on permanent repeat during college.

Are we doing greatest hits albums too? I might have to redo my list again again.

I just assumed we could

 

[The Gator]

TOOL - Ænima

Lorde - Pure Heroine

Alice in Chains - Dirt

A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory

 

[strykerpks]

Phunk Junkeez - Injected

 

[Todem]

Rush - Moving Pictures
Rush - 2112
Rush - Permanent Waves
Rush - Rush

and just to be different

Queensryche - Empire

Let's f ****ing go!!!!


Rush has so many perfect records it is hard to choose just one.

Moving Pictures
Hemispheres
Signals
Power Windows
Grace Under Pressure

Anyway........here is another 10 because....why not?

1. Van Halen 1
2. AC/DC Back in Black
3. Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
4. Black Crowes Amorica
5. Dio Holy Diver
6. Iron Maiden Piece of Mind
7. Pearl Jam 10
8. Van Halen 5150
9. Led Zeppelin IV
10. Candlebox Into The Sun (this album is seriously amazing guys...check it out)

 

[Psychopav]

And now for something completely different...

If I were a member of Van Halen and had a pickup truck, my vanity plate would read "Van Haulin".

 

[BobbyLayne]

I feel like alot of people don't listen to albums anymore with the move to digital music. I'm still a full album guy.

I started doing this last year my spotify playlists. Gives texture and context listening to the tracks in their intended order.

Why would you need to create a playlist on Spotify to listen to an album that's on Spotify?

I have playlists in a lot of different formats.

I often create playlists of an artist’s entire discography. Or maybe it will be the 3 or 4 albums I like best. The songs are already in sequence, maybe I listen on shuffle, maybe I go straight through. I got in the habit of doing the latter & just listening straight through in order instead of randomly.

---

One day last summer I was mindlessly making up a discography playlist for Miles Davis whilst sailing around the harbor on a friends J30. Like all day drinking beers, shooting the breeze, click add to playlist, autosave, rinse & repeat.

Next day I realized I had a 1600 song playlist that is 190 hours 38 minutes long. Do not recommend.

 

[Brony]

So of the albums that have no duds, here's my five favorite at the moment

Nation of Language - Introduction, Presence
INXS - Shabooh Shoobah
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Sun Kil Moon - Tiny Cities
Romy - MidAir

 

[Klimtology]

Just about anything from RUSH Fly By Night to Signals.

 

[mr. furley]

sublime - 40oz to freedom

Bob Marley - Legend

Dangit, not sure how I forgot about these. I might need to re-look at my list. These two were on permanent repeat during college.

Are we doing greatest hits albums too? I might have to redo my list again again.

it's whatever you want. top 5 no-skip records. i don't even care if it's a Sesame Street album you listened to in the 70s.

 

[SayChowda]

Phunk Junkeez - Injected

Wow. Saw them open for 311 in the summer of 95. Forgot about them.

 

[Psychopav]

sublime - 40oz to freedom

Bob Marley - Legend

Dangit, not sure how I forgot about these. I might need to re-look at my list. These two were on permanent repeat during college.

Are we doing greatest hits albums too? I might have to redo my list again again.

it's whatever you want. top 5 no-skip records. i don't even care if it's a Sesame Street album you listened to in the 70s.

Then you can add Marley to my list.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I feel like alot of people don't listen to albums anymore with the move to digital music. I'm still a full album guy. That said I'm going to add a few newer albums I think are great all the way through to maybe get a little renewed appreciation of the full album experience and these great artists.

Also I just don't like ranking things. No order or top whatever. Just great music.

On the Intricate Inner Workings of the System

The Bug Club · Album · 2024 · 11 songs

open.spotify.com

Cartoon Darkness

Amyl and The Sniffers · Album · 2024 · 13 songs

open.spotify.com

Letter to Self

SPRINTS · Album · 2024 · 11 songs

open.spotify.com

Wet Leg

Wet Leg · Album · 2022 · 12 songs

open.spotify.com

I like all those bands a lot... and still found myself skipping over most of the songs on those albums.

Like I said, Spotify and other streamers have ruined the album experience for most. Remember when you had to pay for your music and you listened to the same cassette, CD or whatever all the way through over and over? That's how I grew up listening to music. I still enjoy that experience. I still also like to use the Al Gore Rhythm and let Spotify mix it up and lead me to similar artists to the stuff I like. And when I find something I really like maybe give the full album a few spins.

I think great bands are still putting out top-to-bottom great albums.

spotify has allowed bands with some great songs to put those out too... but that doesn't help make a great album. those 4 bands you listed are bands in my regular spotify rotation- big fan of all of them- but I've been underwhelmed when listening to those albums front to back. tbh, nothing has really changed since vinyl- there were always bands like that that I loved... where the albums were uneven relative to a few stand out songs. the advantage is now I don't have to bother with the rest of it the way I did with vinyl, cassette and even CDs.

When I was thinking about it I was thinking not much has changed on that front since we could start making our own mixes. Instead of handing somebody a mix, I make a playlist. My personal preferred listening is about 80% albums and playlists and other stuff mixed in. I also gravitate to bands who do concept albums or at least are trying to make an album that flows vs. just front loading hit or that have a greatest hits feel to them. I agree that is more and more common with the change in tech and the public's consumption as well.

 

[landrys hat]

Television - Marquee Moon
Velvet Underground - Loaded
Pixies - Doolittle
Hum - Downward is Heavenward
Failure - Fantastic Planet

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

a bunch, besides - with albums I don't remember anybody actually trying picking up the tone arm and trying to put it to the next song.

Elton John - Madman Across The Water
Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection
Elton John - Honky Chateau

Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything
Todd Rundgren - Todd

Yes - Yessongs

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Any Elton John fans here?

 

[Mister CIA]

sublime - 40oz to freedom

Bob Marley - Legend

Dangit, not sure how I forgot about these. I might need to re-look at my list. These two were on permanent repeat during college.

Are we doing greatest hits albums too? I might have to redo my list again again.

it's whatever you want. top 5 no-skip records. i don't even care if it's a Sesame Street album you listened to in the 70s.

Sesame Street

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

 

[Ilov80s]

Any Elton John fans here?

I would guess Blinky is.

 

[Ghost Rider]

2. Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

wait... what?

isn't this some sort of infringement?

This album is one of the best progressive rock albums of our time.

Hands down.

Without a doubt.

2. Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

wait... what?

isn't this some sort of infringement?

This album is one of the best progressive rock albums of our time.

Hands down.

that may be but didn't Public Enemy sue them blind for this?

For what, their album sort of sounding like theirs? Good luck with that. What's next, King Crimson sues Taylor Swift because she her 2012 album has the same name as their 1974 album (Red)?

 

[Ghost Rider]

Anyway, I could do a lot of these, but I will take it to the next level and list 5 a decade for each since the 70s...

70s
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Boston - Boston
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust...
Rush - 2112
Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties

80s
Rush - Moving Pictures
Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
U2 - The Joshua Tree
INXS - Kick
XTC - Black Sea

90s
Dream Theater - Awake
Radiohead - OK Computer
Dave Matthews Band - Before These Crowded Streets
Queensryche - Promised Land
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People

00s
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Transatlantic - The Whirlwind
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Death Cab for Cutie - Plans

10s
Neal Morse Band - The Similitude of a Dream
Storm Corrosion - Storm Corrosion
Flying Colors - Flying Colors
Lana Del Rey - Norman ... Rockwell
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

20s
Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department
Styx - Crash of the Crown
Steven Wilson - The Harmony Codex
The Flaming Lips - American Head
Tears for Fears - The Tipping Point

 

[Manster]

Not gonna do super obvious ones like Dark Side or Master of Puppets...

Tom Petty-Wildflowers
Modest Mouse-The Lonesome Crowded West
Screaming Trees-Uncle Anesthesia
Cake-Prolonging the Magic
Mark Lanegan-Blues Funeral

 

[AAABatteries]

Rush - Moving Pictures
Rush - 2112
Rush - Permanent Waves
Rush - Rush

and just to be different

Queensryche - Empire

Just reading your post is more than I ever want to hear from Rush.

 

[Manster]

Now for a heavy 5....

Black Sabbath-Master of Reality
Megadeth-Peace Sells......But who's buying?
Pantera-Cowboys from Hell
Type O Negative-Bloody Kisses
Metallica-Kill em All

 

[Barry2]

Arcade fire Funeral
The Clash
Wire Pink flag
REM Murmur
Crash test dummies The ghosts that haunt mt

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Stevie Wonder's run from 1971 through 1985 will never be matched. He had zero clunkers and most of those songs would be career highs for lesser mortals.

 

[mr. furley]

2. Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

wait... what?

isn't this some sort of infringement?

This album is one of the best progressive rock albums of our time.

Hands down.

Without a doubt.

2. Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

wait... what?

isn't this some sort of infringement?

This album is one of the best progressive rock albums of our time.

Hands down.

that may be but didn't Public Enemy sue them blind for this?

For what, their album sort of sounding like theirs? Good luck with that. What's next, King Crimson sues Taylor Swift because she her 2012 album has the same name as their 1974 album (Red)?

IT'S LITERALLY THE NAME OF A PUBLIC ENEMY ALBUM RELEASED IN 1990

 

[Jaysus]

2. Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

wait... what?

isn't this some sort of infringement?

This album is one of the best progressive rock albums of our time.

Hands down.

Without a doubt.

2. Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

wait... what?

isn't this some sort of infringement?

This album is one of the best progressive rock albums of our time.

Hands down.

that may be but didn't Public Enemy sue them blind for this?

For what, their album sort of sounding like theirs? Good luck with that. What's next, King Crimson sues Taylor Swift because she her 2012 album has the same name as their 1974 album (Red)?

IT'S LITERALLY THE NAME OF A PUBLIC ENEMY ALBUM RELEASED IN 1990

What the hell is a public enema anyway?

 

[The Gator]

TOOL - Ænima
Lorde - Pure Heroine
Alice in Chains - Dirt
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
The Black Keys - Brothers.

 

[Todem]

2. Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

wait... what?

isn't this some sort of infringement?

This album is one of the best progressive rock albums of our time.

Hands down.

Without a doubt.

2. Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

wait... what?

isn't this some sort of infringement?

This album is one of the best progressive rock albums of our time.

Hands down.

that may be but didn't Public Enemy sue them blind for this?

For what, their album sort of sounding like theirs? Good luck with that. What's next, King Crimson sues Taylor Swift because she her 2012 album has the same name as their 1974 album (Red)?

IT'S LITERALLY THE NAME OF A PUBLIC ENEMY ALBUM RELEASED IN 1990

Obviously it’s not trademarked or copyrighted.

 

[Todem]

Any Elton John fans here?

Meh…..1970’s Elton yes…..anything beyond….one giant fart noise save for I guess That’s Why They Call it The Blues.

 

[KarmaPolice]

2. Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

wait... what?

isn't this some sort of infringement?

This album is one of the best progressive rock albums of our time.

Hands down.

Without a doubt.

2. Fear of a Blank Planet - Porcupine Tree

wait... what?

isn't this some sort of infringement?

This album is one of the best progressive rock albums of our time.

Hands down.

that may be but didn't Public Enemy sue them blind for this?

For what, their album sort of sounding like theirs? Good luck with that. What's next, King Crimson sues Taylor Swift because she her 2012 album has the same name as their 1974 album (Red)?

IT'S LITERALLY THE NAME OF A PUBLIC ENEMY ALBUM RELEASED IN 1990

One letter different in the title.

It's more like Queen and Vanilla Ice.

 

[Rattle and Hum]

Manchester Orchestra - The Million Masks of God

 

[pecorino]

Shocked and happy to see Marillion's Misplaced Childhood and also Satriani's Flying in a Blue Dream represented. Great albums.

XTC: Apple Venus Volume 1 (and, really, Volume 2 as well)
They Might Be Giants: Flood
Yes: Relayer
Elvis Costello: Punch the Clock
Phish: Live Phish 4/3/1998 from Nassau Coliseum

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

My shtick is that is has to be this century

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Japandroids - Post-Nothing
Run The Jewels - I, II, or IV
Mogwai - Mr. Beast
Spoon - Gimme Fiction

The Wrens - The Meadowlands
The Notwist - Neon Golden
Spoon - Girls Can Tell
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Arcade Fire - Funeral

 

[psychobillies]

Black Sabbath - Master of reality
Metallica- Puppets
Slayer - Reign in Blood
Exhorder - Slaughter in the Vatican
Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance

I've got more than 5, but I'll stick with these for now.

 

[Instinctive]

Boston by Boston has got to be one

 

[MAC_32]

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

I can't do that, so I'll list 5 that haven't been said yet. I expected one of them to be...and out come the wolves, but am thrilled I was beaten to them.

Pearl Jam- Vs
Green Day- Insomniac
Toadies- Rubberneck
Sturgill Simpson- Sound & Fury
Bruce Springsteen- The River

 

[Pip's Invitation]

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.

You must be the only person that doesn’t skip “Mother” on Synchronicity.