After a few glasses of red wine, I was thinking about just what a big role music's played in my life and how all my favourite records reflect on different times. I came up with a list of my favourite albums of all time. It looks a little something like this, not necessarily in order- but pretty damn close!



Mostly Autumn- Storms over still water (2005)

Yes- Yessongs (1973)

Jeff Buckley- Grace (1994)

Levellers- Levelling the land (1991)

The Waterboys- Dream Harder (1993)

Marillion- Brave (1994)

Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon (1973)

Mostly Autumn- Passengers (2003)

Porcupine Tree- Deadwing (2005)

Mansun- Six (1998)

Marilyn Manson- Mechanical Animals (1998)

Porcupine Tree- Stupid Dream (1999)

Kula Shaker are strangely absent, despite being amongst my favourite bands. This is only cause I don't feel they've produced a definitive album yet, though much of their work collectively excels some of what's on here.

What're everyone else's?

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Cant say life time favorite but here are some I really like:

Strangefolk. I think I'll be listening to that for ages!

PP&A. Kula Sghaker.
The doors. The doors.
Strange days. The doors.
An American Prayey. Morrison.
In search of the lost Chord. Moody Blues.
The screen behind the mirror. Enigma.
A posteriori. Enigma.
3. Enigma
Hounds of love. Kate bush.
Weathered. Creed.
Best of. INXS.
The Crow.
Lost Boys.
Court of the Crimson King. King Crimson.
Divine Comedy. Milla Jovovich.

To name a few.

My favorites tend to change over time. Phases & all that.

Marilyn Manson: Mechanical Animals (1998)

Patty Griffin: Impossible Dream (2002)

Tom Petty: Echo (1999)

Goo Goo Dolls: Dizzy Up the Girl (1998)

Rilo Kiley: Under the Blacklight (2007)

Soundgarden: A-Sides (1999)

Nine inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine (1989)

Kula Shaker: K (1996)

Kathleen Edwards: Back to Me (2005)

There's so many more that I could list...

White with no sugar for me.

Only a few of the albums that had a major influence on me:

Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix.

Bryter Layter - Nick Drake.

L.A. Woman - The Doors.

The Beatles: 1967 - 1970 (aka The Blue Album) - The Beatles.

Sheer Heart Attack / A Night At The Opera - Queen.

Tommy - The Who.

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols.

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac.

If You Want Blood You've Got It - AC/DC.

That's Life - Sham 69.

Generation X - Generation X.

Street Legal - Bob Dylan.

The Wall / Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd.

The River - Bruce Springsteen.

Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones.

Misplaced Childhood - Marillion.

K - Kula Shaker.

Mmm.

Kula Shaker - Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts (1999)
Wigwam - Being (1974)
Jethro Tull - Aqualung (1971)
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans (1974)
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1964)
Shakti - Remember Shakti (1999)
Mansun - Attack of the Grey Lantern (1997)
Tasavallan Presidentti - Milky Way Moses (1974)
The Who - Quadrophenia (1973)
Kingston Wall - Kingston Wall II (1993)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were here (1975)
The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)

Entertainly enough, often these are not the albums that got me into the band... the first KS album I lsitened to was, of course, K, but also with Jehtro Tull (Stormwatch), Yes (Fragile) and the Who (Tommy).

Forgot to mention:

Amused to death. R Waters
Radio Kaos. R Waters
Animals. Pink Floyd
A Momentary Lapse of Reason. Pink Floyd
Lots of Ozric Tentacles.

Some people slate Momentary Lapse, thats probably coz they dont get it!
Or they just aint far enough out there!

Quadrophenia. The who
Let love in. The Bad seeds.
Sheryl Crow. The globe sessions.
Mixed up.The Cure
17 days. Three doors down.

Beck - Mellow Gold, Sea Change
Placebo - Without you im nothing.
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Kula Shaker - K,
Led Zeppelin - 2
The Who - Who's next
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
Pink Floyd, Darkside of the moon, Piper of the Gates of dawn
Nirvana - In Utero
David Gilmore - On a Island.
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Love - Forever changes.

Forever Changes - Love

Hunky Dory - Bowie

PPA - K:S

All Things Must Pass - George Harrison

End of An Error - Les Incompetents

Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - Small Faces

Stadsvandringar - Dungen

United States of America - United States of America

Then We Begin - Alfa 9

The Doors - The Doors

Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (1987)
Guns N' Roses - G N' R Lies (1988)
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I (1991)
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II (1991)
Guns N' Roses - The Spaghetti Incident? (1993)

electro-shock blues

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electro-shock blues

Good choice. I totally forgot about the Eels.

Daisies of the Galaxy was my favorite.

oh man... i agree, daisies is fantastic, as is blinking lights. i have a thing for shootenanny! aswell... even though we're not supposed to.

Here's my list of the top five albums


ELLIOTT SMITH - Figure 8
JEFF BUCKLEY - Grace
KULA SHAKER - K
SUPERGRASS - Supergrass
RADIOHEAD - Ok Computer