So what are your top ten favorite albums? This isn't really like the 5 favorite songs right now thread, seeing how that changes basically every day.

1. Garbage- Version 2.0
2. Tori Amos- From the choirgirl hotel
3. Smashing Pumpkins- Adore
4. Mazzy Star- Among my Swan
5. Bjork- Homogenic
6. Tricky- Maxinquaye
7. Fiona Apple- TIDAL
8. Portishead- Dummy
9. Goldfrapp- Supernature
10.MIA- Arular

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes.
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele.
Tori Amos - From The Choirgirl Hotel.
Tori Amos - To Venus And Back.
Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk.
Charlotte Martin - On Your Shore.
Jewel - This Way.
Thom Yorke - The Eraser.
Heather Nova - Glow Stars.
Emily Haines And The Soft Skeleton - Knives Don't Have Your Back.

And some honarary mentions go to Regina's Begin To Hope, Kate's Never For Ever, Liz's Whip-Smart, Sheryl's s/t, Nelly's Loose and Fiona's Tidal.

And we have tons of these threads.

What's the point of something like this? We all know people are just going to pic albums from their favorite artists anyway. Bah.

1. Bjork: Homogenic
2. Sigur Ros: Agaetis Byrjun
3. Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation
4. Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes
5. Liz Phair: Whipsmart
6. Beck: Sea Change
7. Rufus Wainwright: Poses
8. Duncan Sheik: Humming
9. Nina Gordon: Tonight and the Rest of My Life
10. Maria Taylor: 11:11

This is pointless. I want to change my list already.

(in no order)
Alanis Morissette- SFIJ
The Killers- Hot Fuss
Madonna- American Life
Liz Phair- Exile in Guyvill
Tori Amos- Little Eathqaukes
Sheryl Crow- Sheryl Crow
Jack Johnson- In Between Dreams
Joni Mitchell- Blue
Rufus Wainwright- Want One
Bjork- Post

Ha the people who complain make lists any ways
I am glad to have caused you such annoyance

It's more like... boredom relief. You relieve the boredom.

Carry on.

liz phair - whitechocolatespaceegg
tanya donelly - beautysleep
throwing muses - untitled 1986 debut
belly - star
kristin hersh - sunny border blue
sheryl crow - the globe sessions
the cardigans - long gone before daylight
bjork - vespertine
girls aloud - what will the neighbours say?
cat power - moon pix

In no particular order
Liz Phair- Exile in Guyville
Joni Mitchell- Blue
Janis Joplin- Pearl
The Beatles- Revolver
The Dresden Dolls- Yes, Virginia
Led Zeppelin- IV
Liz Phair- Whitechocolatespaceegg
Patti Smith- Horses
Arcade Fire- Funeral
Alanis Morissette- Jagged Little Pill

I'm going to try to limit it to one album by each artist (in no order)

Sheryl Crow - Self Titled
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
Tori Amos - Boys for Pele
Natalie Merchant - Ophelia
Aimee Mann - I'm with Stupid
Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Joan Osborne - Relish
Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Poe - Haunted

liz phair - exile in guyville
the organ - grab that gun
emily haines and the soft skeleton - knives don't have your back
veruca salt - american thighs
the sundays - static and silence
lush - split
aimee mann - i'm with stupid
pj harvey - stories from the city, stories from the sea
juliana hatfield - beautiful creature
throwing muses - the real ramona

for now, this is my definitive top ten.

my current top 10

Tori Amos-From the Choirgirl Hotel
Tori Amos- To Venus and Back
Fiona Apple- Tidal
Liz Phair- Exile in Guyville
Aimee Mann- Lost in Space
Aimee Mann- I'm With Stupid
Cat Power- Moon Pix
Jon Brion- Magnolia soundtrack
Tan Dun- CTHD soundtrack
Elliott Smith- from the Basement on the Hill

i'd really put all of aimee's albums at the top, but..yeah. i go for her more lyrically and the rest musically. but Lost in Space is criminally underrated..I seriously find new meanings for that album everyday. but yeah it's incredibly depressing. I'm gonna go listen to 'Tidal' now...

Liz Phair – Whitechocolatespaceegg (those most perfect cd I have ever heard)
Sheryl Crow – The Globe Sessions (Sheryls masterpiece, holds up so well)
Tori Amos – From the Choirgirl Hotel (this cd got me through a lot)
Rabbit Fur Coat – Jenny Lewis w/ The Watson Twins (a new placement on my list, so beautiful)
Madonna – Like a Prayer ( old skool Mo when she was still relevant)
Bif Naked – I, Bificus (biatch beats ass!)
Live – Throwing Copper (not much of a rocker, but this cd is damn near perfect)
Jars of Clay – Who We Are Instead (love, love, love me some Jars – “Jealous Kind” is what drew me to this cd)
Fiona Apple – When the Pawn….(tough decision between this and EM, but Pawn prevails for its more emotional content)
Janet Jackson – RN1814 (old skool Janet when she was still relevant)

REM-Green
Sonic Youth-Dirty
Liz Phair-Exile in Guyville
Pixies-Surfer Rosa
10,000 Maniacs-In My Tribe
Breeders-Pod
B52s-B52s
Smashing Pumpkins-MCIS
Beatles-Abbey Road
Ryan Adams-Gold

1. edie brickell and new bohemians - ghost of a dog
2. edie brickell - www.ediebrickell.com (that's what my zune calls it)
3. r.e.m. - automatic for the people
4. abra moore - strangest places
5. 10,000 maniacs - hope chest
6. suzanne vega - 99.9 degrees
7. edie brickell and new bohemians - stranger things
8. edie brickell - volcano
9. the sundays - reading writing and arithmetic
10. r.e.m. - reveal
11. r.e.m. - green
12. 10,000 maniacs - in my tribe
13. radiohead - kid a
14. liz phair - whitechocolatespacegg
15. the slip -give em the slip
16. edie brickell - picture perfect morning
17. paul simon - surprise
18. r.e.m. - document
19. roger waters - in the flesh
20. the cure - kiss me, kiss me, kiss me
21. r.e.m. - life's rich pagent
22. juliana hatfield - in exile deo
23. 10,000 maniacs - our time in eden
24. suzanne vega - nine objects of desire
25. abra moore - everything's changed
26. new bohemians - live montauk sessions
27. the sundays - static and silence
28. the cure - seventeen seconds
29. patty griffin - flaming red
30. the cure - wish
31. rufus wainwright - poses
32. radiohead - amnesiac
33. liz phair - liz phair
34. the flaming lips - at war with the mystics
35. ani difranco - reckoning/revelling
36. suzanne vega - solitude standing
37. radiohead - ok computer
38. liz phair - whipsmart
39. the sundays - blind
40. the cure - the cure/phish - undermined
41. 10,000 maniacs - the wishing chair
42. lode - legs and arms
43. radiohead - the bends
44. juliana hatfield - hey babe
45. r.e.m. - up
46. new order - waiting for the sirens' call
47. natalie merchant - motherland
48. 10,000 maniacs - blind man's zoo
49. the sugarcubes - stick around for joy
50. suzanne vega - days of open hand




i'm a tad iffy on some of those, especailly the two that tied. but to be honest both those albums are excellent and deserve a spot on the list i think.

i missed you, wly.

:hugs:

Welcome back Wly!

Mine has changed a lot:

1. Imani Coppola - The Black & White Album
2. Siobhan Donaghy - Ghosts
3. M.I.A. - Kala
4. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
5. Björk - Homogenic
6. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
7. Liz Phair - Whip-Smart
8. Tori Amos - To Venus & Back
9. Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk
10. Massive Attack - Mezzanine

Liz Phair - Whip-Smart
Helium - The Dirt of Luck
Juliana Hatfield - Beautiful Creature
Cat Power - What Would the Community Think
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves
PJ Harvey - Dry
Mary Timony - Mountains
Aimee Mann - Lost in Space

It is hard for me to give a definitive favorite albums list, but let's just say these would be ten albums I would have a hard time living without:
The Dreaming-Kate Bush
Hounds of Love-Kate Bush
Begin to Hope-Regina Spektor
Juju-Siouxsie & The Banshees
Feast-The Creatures
Eat to the Beat-Blondie
Exile in Guyville-Liz Phair
Japanese Whispers-The Cure
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret-Soft Cell
Get Away From Me-Nellie McKay

More Albums I just could not be without...

Version 2.0-Garbage
Beautifulgarbage-Garbage
Never For Ever-Kate Bush
Aerial-Kate Bush
The Sensual World-Kate Bush
A Kiss in the Dreamhouse-Siouxsie & The Banshees
Kaleidoscope-Siouxsie & The Banshees
Through the Looking Glass-Siouxsie & The Banshees
Boomerang-The Creatures
Under the Pink-Tori Amos
More Adventurous-Rilo Kiley
Under the Blacklight-Rilo Kiley
Soviet Kitsch-Regina Spektor
Live At Bull Moose-Regina Spektor
Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers (& Other Short Stories)-Regina Spektor

I'm surprised you don't have songs and 11:11 by Regina Spektor. Because aren't all the songs on Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers from 11:11 and Songs? Or maybe you do have them, and you just prefer Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers.

I think a majority of them are, Marci (and, yes, have them both-also parts of SKitsch are also on Mary Ann, too)-I like how "Mary Ann" album is styled & the wonderful art & drawings. I actually LOVE the cd single to "Us" with the beautiful "Scarecrow & Fungus," which is one of my very fav Regina songs. I just <heart> Regina period. As you can tell, for a newer artist, she crept up pretty quick into my hierarchy of favorite divas...
These 2 lists I made are just composed of albums I have just loved & seem to play endlessly-I love most things by the artists I mentioned on these lists-the ones mentioned just seem to be the ones I play with most frequency.

I can't find the alone challenge so I decided to fuck with your precious tread you all lose. Special thanks goes out to "reconition". You know what you are.

Bad brains, not pf but that money song ,voodoo lady wien, tinker bell dropin light that was ok. toris well lets not ruin her confidence carrot cake, pollys a phase except for nationaly televised bowling. carrot cake polly your the bomb. liz cut your hair like a rocker chick. come on your like you can't t do that style thats my style ___________. Carrot Cake Led zepplin wheres the followup contact your local DD. Having sex to tool thus the circumsizion. mention the biggest crybaby of all time. no0. what about the sound of children like return to saturn no rodents please. lindsay lohans voice is nice but her albums cht. the whole industry is trying to fuck over people who wear hats.

I agree. The industry is trying to fuck over people who wear hats. We've been turning a blind eye to this for TOO long. It's time we rise up and do something about this grave injustice.

you you you.

girl girl girls

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My list changes a lot, but it's been like this for quite a while now:


1. Tori Amos - To Venus and Back

My favorite album by anyone, and yet most Tori fans dislike it or think it's ok, which is a shame, because it's such a dark electronic masterpiece. The production is perfect, the songwriting might not be her most consistently great, but the songs just work so well. This is probably the most calm she's ever sounded on an album, although that doesn't mean she doesn't showcase her powerful voice still, just differently. Listening to this album is just a thrill ride, except for the last song, 1000 Oceans, which is sappy.

2. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

Yes the first five songs are amazing. Simply amazing. But then this lady has to go and make the most amazing concept album of all time on the second half. WOW! So special.

3. Massive Attack - Mezzanine

Soulful, meditative, terrifying, beautiful, relaxing, invigorating... this album plays to all the senses, bigtime.

4. Liz Phair - Whip-Smart

While I pretty much like Exile in Guyville equally to Whip-Smart, Whip-Smart just works a lot better as an album. A really great start-to-finish album by my favorite lyricist.

5. Imani Coppola - The Black & White Album

Ridiculously fun and strange, and while there is a lot of experimentation, the quality remains utterly consistent throughout. Very, very fun.

6. Siobhan Donaghy - Ghosts

Siobhan really made my favorite pop album. While it's not my favorite album, it's certainly the one I have listened to the most. The excellence is sustained throughout.

7. Björk - Homogenic

Incredibly emotional

8. MIA - Kala

She had a very good debut, but it wasn't something you'd listen to often. With her second album, MIA managed to make something of incredible quality and something you want to put on repeat listens. Listening to this album is really unlike any other, it takes you around the world.

9. Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk

While there are certain songs that stand out, for the most part this album doesn't have necessarily my favorite songs by Tori. Initially I found it boring. But the sheer power of the combination of the 18 tracks is breathtaking, takes you on such a journey. My second favorite concept album (second to Hounds of Love, of course).

10. Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel

Strangely enough, this one didn't click with me until recently. But I must say, it's a spectacular album that really hits hard. Very dense and emotional, her emotions run a lot freer on this album than on To Venus and Back, where she restrains herself, so I'm not always in the mood for it. But when I am, it's just grand.

whole lotta tori
suxxxxx
kidding

in no especial order..

Ani Difranco - Not a pretty girl
Liz Phair - Whip-Smart
Our lady peace - Happiness is not a fish that you can catch
Aimee mann - Bachelor N2
Matchbox 20 - Mad season
Live - Throwing cooper
KT Tunstall - Eye To The Telescope
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
Poe - Haunted
Incubus - Make yourself


this change like every day thought =P

this very instant:

1. Liz Phair - Whitechocolatespaceegg
2. Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
3. Tanya Donelly - beautysleep
4. Tori Amos - To Venus and Back
5. Sheryl Crow - Wildflower
6. The B-52's - Cosmic Thing
7. The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
8. Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
9. Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2
10. John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey - Dance Hall at Louse Point

right...

see I can't make fun of your music because I don't know what most of it sounds like... and what I do know of your music, it's good
well except that chris garneau, I checked his music out because he was good looking (ha shallow) but I wasnt a fan.

unpredictable answer for the predictable, I choose these made me forget about the world totally:

top 10 " say fuck to the mainstream " album





saint etienne - finisterre


saint etienne - tales from the turnpike house


mylo - destroy rock and roll


alice russelll - my favorite letters


the flaming lips - yoshimi bottles the pink robots


cornershop - handcream for the generation


lisa germano - lullaby for liquid pig


royskopp - the understanding




tricky - maxinquaye



and of course this one

violet indiana - roulette

royksopp.... hmmm

poor leno..

yes i love that album neither, both amazing but most people just prefered the debut because it's easy to find and download, got it? haha

bonus

hooverphonic - no more sweet music

01. Liz Phair- Exile In Guyville
02. Tori Amos- Under The Pink
03. Sarah Blasko- What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have
04. Fiona Apple- When The Pawn...
05. Björk- Post
06. Tori Amos- Little Earthquakes
07. Tori Amos- Boys For Pele
08. Kate Bush- The Sensual World
09. Nelly Furtado- Folklore
10. Corinne Bailey Rae- Corinne Bailey Rae

1. JLP- Alanis
2. Exile In Guyville- Liz Phair
3. Sheryl Crow- Sheryl Crow
4. Bule- Joni Mitchell
5. Grace- Jeff Buckley
6. Little Earthquakes- Tori Amos
7. Like A Prayer- Madonna
8. In between Dreams- Jack Johnson
9. Hot Fuss- The Killers
10. Tidal- Fiona Apple

why the hell i put incubus and matchbox 20 in my list o.O

Ani Difranco - Not a pretty girl (or DIlate)
LIz - WCSE
Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines
Jason Mraz - Mr. A-Z
Jack's Manequin - Everithing in Transit
Poe - Haunted
Aimee Mann - Lost in space
Tori Amos - Scarlet's walk
Vanessa Carlton - Harmonium
Veruca Salt - Eith Arms to Hold you

I was going to reply to this...but it's just too hard to decide.

Guns N Roses- Appetite for Destruction
Soundgarden- Superunknown
M.I.A.- Kala
Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
Slayer- Seasons in the Abyss
Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
Elastica- Elastica
Metallica- And Justice for All
Buckethead- Colma
Black Sabbath- Paranoid

1. JLP- Alanis / Exile In Guyville- Liz Phair
3. Sheryl Crow- Sheryl Crow
4. Blue- Joni Mitchell
5. Grace- Jeff Buckley
6. Remember That I Love You- Kimya Dawson
7. Little Earthquakes- Tori Amos
8. Like A Prayer- Madonna
9. Hot Fuss- The Killers
10. Tidal- Fiona Apple

In no particular order (and off the top of my head)...

Natalie Merchant - Ophelia
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel
Fiona Apple - When the Pawn
Hole - Live Through This
Josh Ritter - The Animal Years
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
Paul Cole - This Fire
Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer

these days...

Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
Liz Phair - whitechocolatespaceegg
Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
PJ Harvey - White Chalk
Tori Amos - To Venus and Back
The B-52's - Cosmic Thing
The Juliana Hatfield Three - Become What You Are
Sol Seppy - The Bells of 1 2
Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
She and Him - Volume One

I should really play that album more.

1. MIA- Kala
2. Ladytron- Witching Hour
3. Peaches- I feel Cream
4. Natural Born Killers Soundtrack
5. Frida Soundtrack
6. Hooverphonic- A new stereophonic sound spectacular
7. The Breeders- Las Splash
8. Hole- Live Through this
9. Adele- 19
10. Joni Mitchell- Blue

Even though the media praised this album everywhere and Paper Planes got huge about six-seven months after its release, its a crime that this record was virtually ignored by the public, and those that do know about it only gravitated towards Paper Planes. Its not even the best song on the album, and it always puzzled me that the track caught on like it did when Jimmy was clearly the song on the album meant for mainstream success. Paper Planes was merely an afterthought released when the album failed to connect with the masses after the Boyz and Jimmy singles, and Pineapple Express sent the track into the stratosphere.

The album has no weaknesses. From a production standpoint, it is simply flawless. Switch should be drowning in awards.

Oh, and the drums on Bird Flu(and other tracks) are fucking insane. I can see why she always tours with a DJ and cant use a real band because these songs are just so complex, layered, and in certain places groundbreaking and most of it could never be replicated live.

She set the bar way too high. Cant even imagine the pressure while recording the follow up.

I KNOW I TOTALLY AGREE!!! EVen though this will be one of my favorite fucking albums of all time!. Im surprised that boyz didnt even make it on the radio mainstream play

In No Particular Order: