What are you top 5 albums of all time?

[Taldeer]

King Crimson - Red
The Mars Volta - Amputechture
ISIS - Celestial
Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Leucocyte
Tom Waits - Blue Valentine

I've been writing about my favorite albums for three months now, almost every day... This is just the icing left on the tip of the decorating spatula with which the cake was prepared.

 

[The Last Nomad]

Funny, I was actually thinking about this earlier today...
Couldn't get a definitive list then, probably won't now...
But here goes, in no particular order:
*Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses
*Deliverance - Corrosion of Conformity
*Kasabian (debut album) - Kasabian
*Blood Sugar Sex Magic - Red Hot Chili Peppers
*Master of Reality - Black Sabbath

I'd change it if I thought about it for any longer but I think thats pretty accurate. Though I just realised there is no Zeppelin or Bob Marley. Too late though, I've made my choice and there you have it.

EDIT: I keep thinking of more, especially after a look at other comments. So here are some that could easily be on the list as well, knocking off any bar Appetite For Destruction and maybe Deliverance.
*Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
*Led Zeppelin 2 - Led Zeppelin
*Chinese Democracy - Guns N' Roses
*Dark Side of The Moon - Pink Floyd
*Blast Tyrant - Clutch
*Paranoid - Black Sabbath
*Ride The Lightning - Metallica

I'll just leave it at that I suppose, I could keep going.

 

[RanD00M]

Gorguts with their 1998 Technical Death Metal masterpiece 'Obscura', a truly fantastic album that takes a listen or two to really appreciate but is well worth your time.

Overkill's 1987 Thrash Metal classic 'The Years Of Decay', a fun and fast album that always gets me in a good mood. Great for killing time at work.

Kanye West's 2010 album 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' which really took me by surprise. I had never given Kanye a listen, but I am certain that he is one of the best modern musicians on the charts.

Gallhammer's 'Ill Innocence' released in 2007 is one of those albums that just make me stop after I listen to it and let my mind wander about. Good if you can stand the raw music or the harsh vocals.

Primordial and 'To The Nameless Dead' from the year 2007. It is perhaps the best album that I have ever heard, from a musical perspective. Primordial have always been good in my opinion but 'To The Nameless Dead' just takes the cake with its fantastic lyrics, astounding music and brilliant atmosphere. Truly something that metal fans should listen to.

 

[RanD00M]

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication

Good choice, even if I hold 'Paul's Boutique' in higher regards.

 

[AnotherAvatar]

The Cure - Disintegration
Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
Justice - Cross
Wu Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)


Odd that I'm missing my industrial years on here, still I'd say this captures a collection of albums, which, upon listening to them, changed how I view music and drove me to a deeper love of it.

Edit: Oh man, I forgot Aphex Twin's Chosen Lords.... well, whatever, consider it added now. A top five just isn't enough!!!

 

[someonehairy-ish]

Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
Tool - Lateralus
Animals as Leaders - (self titled)
Muse - Origin of Symmetry

Contenders for Last place:
Slipknot - Subliminal Verses
Muse - Absolution
Animals as Leaders - Weightless
Gojira - The Way of All Flesh


Anyone that hasn't listened to Animals as Leaders before... go, do it now! Listen to 'CAFO' if you can deal with heavy stuff, or 'weightless' if you can't.

 

[standokan]

Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures, this is so f@#$ing good I mean seriously, do yourself a favor.
also, Revolver - the Beatles
Nevermind - Nirvana
Ok Computer - Radiohead

 

[Sangreal Gothcraft]

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols by the Sex Pistols
Like Gods of the Sun by My Dying Bride
WTF?! by KMFDM
Sphynx by Melechesh
Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa (As Shadows We Walk In The Land of The Dead) by Moonsorrow
pretty much the albums i kept on listening and Re listening all in 2011
though i also like to add The Cure Disintegration of course Another album that deserves to be in the top..

 

[silenthillXD]

The Birthday Massacre - Violet

The first list I come to and The Birthday Massacre are on it? Wow, that has made my day! They are such an awesome band! Though I must admit it's pretty hard to pick just one, I think Walking With Strangers and Pins and Needles are equally as good! Unfortunately they would be sixth on my list. ><

1. Deadmau5 - For Lack of A Better Name
2. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II
3. The Cure - The Greatest Hits (I know it's cheating but come on that one would be impossible!)
4. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
5. Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Phantom of The Opera (25th Anniversary recording)
(I know I shouldn't have a 6th but here it is lets make this into a top 10)
6. Birthday Massacre - Pins and Needles
7. Wicked Soundtrack
8. Justice - Audio Video Disco
9. Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack
10. Tim Minchin - Ready for this

 

[reyttm4]

The Documentary - The Game
None Shall Pass - Aesop Rock
A City Dressed in Dynamite - That Handsome Devil
Demon Days - Gorillaz
No Roots - Faithless

Really quite varied.

 

[saxxon.de]

A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
Tool - Lateralus
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Kyuss - Blues for the Red Sun
Dredg - Leitmotif

I'm comfortable with this list, since those are Albums I've been listening to for over a decade now and they never seem to grow old on me. But "all time" includes the future, too, so this list may not be final and may change in the next couple of decades.

 

[Kris015]

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
Tool - Lateralus

Tool - AEnima , Lateralus
Opeth - Damnation , Ghost Reveries
Mastodon - Leviathan , Blood Mountain
Machinehead - The Blackening
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step

Tool - Aenima

A Perfect Circle - The Thirteenth Step

Katatonia-The Great Cold Distance and Night Is The New Day

Lateralus- Tool

.. And I could go on.
I was unaware that so many people here had SUCH AN AWESOME TASTE when it comes to music.
I love you people <3

 

[rt052192]

In no particular order:

Master of Puppets - Metallica (toss up between this and And Justice For All/Ride the Lightning)
10,000 Days - Tool (can't wait to see them live in 2 weeks)
The Hunter - Mastodon (any of their albums could have been listed)
illmatic - Nas (top to bottom perfection)
Constellations - August Burns Red (haven't listened to Leveler enough yet)

Honorable Mentions:

And They Came Baring Bones - Vanna (Boston Metal/Hardcore)
The Sound of Human Lives - Therefore I Am (Boston Metal/Hardcore)
Ten - Pearl Jam (classic)
Enemy of the World - Four Year Strong (Boston Metal/Hardcore, but more pop-punky)
Meteora - Linkin Park (memories of youth, new Linkin Park is lame)
About Time - Pennywise (just felt like the list needed some Pennywise)
Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues - Strung Out (favorite album from favorite band)
They're Only Chasing Safety - Underoath (up and down great cd)

 

[SuperfastJellyfish]

In this order:
Beatles - Abbey Road
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart's Club Band
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
Casey LaLonde - Skitter (This one is an indie, shameless plug)

Spoiler

 

[SycoMantis91]

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
Tool - Lateralus

Tool - AEnima , Lateralus
Opeth - Damnation , Ghost Reveries
Mastodon - Leviathan , Blood Mountain
Machinehead - The Blackening
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step

Tool - Aenima

A Perfect Circle - The Thirteenth Step

Katatonia-The Great Cold Distance and Night Is The New Day

Lateralus- Tool

.. And I could go on.
I was unaware that so many people here had SUCH AN AWESOME TASTE when it comes to music.
I love you people <3

well we kinda like you too lol

 

[latiasracer]

In this order:

ELO - Greatist hits
Amy Macdonald - This is the life
Amy Macdonald - A Curious thing
C418 - Minecraft volume Alpha (I Swear to god, i listen to this more than i actually play the game)
Coldplay - Viva La Vida

Well that's malot

(Im Slightly obsessed with Amy... She would populate my whole list, but alas: Only 2 albums)

 

[SycoMantis91]

Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops
Aerosmith - Rocks
Nevermore - Dreaming Neon Black
Judas Priest - Painkiller
Immortal Technique - Revolutionary, Vol. 1

Just throwin a few more out there. I think I'll just make a big, constantly updating list in my writings or whatever it's called in case anyone ever cares enough to look lol

 

[godofallu]

Between the Buried and me- Colors
He is Legend- Suck out the poison
Metallica- S&M

I'm not sure about the last 2. How do you compare to those 3?

 

[Sleekgiant]

]
.. And I could go on.
I was unaware that so many people here had SUCH AN AWESOME TASTE when it comes to music.
I love you people <3

Well since you seem to like A Perfect Circle, I'd suggest giving some of my other fave albums a listen to as its all prog metal