Best Albums Ever

[MrAnthology 11]

Rush is amazing. Even better than amazing when you take into account the fact that they're only 3 people and can replicate their songs perfectly live.

 

Album: Moving Pictures (1981)

Artist: Rush

Best known, best, or most inventive song(s) off of album: Tom Sawyer, Limelight

Genre: Progressive Rosk

 

Tom Sawyer:

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsKBIBJj-4M

 

Limelight:

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwXjnVICb3I

Edited March 8, 2012 by MrAnthology

[Legendary Emerald 622]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqh1MCNml0o

Antichrist Superstar (1996)
Marilyn Manson
"Beautiful People", "Antichrist Superstar"
Industrial Metal, Noise Rock

Possibly the single most important CD of the decade; a true masterpiece if ever there was one. There is barely a weak song on the entire album, and it manages to tell a complete story without beating you over the head with it. While I'm not one of those who say Manson sold out or lost his edge over the years, I still can't honestly say that he ever topped this album. But I'll always pick up his next just to hear him try. Edited March 7, 2012 by Legendary Emerald

[Mr. Wobbels 664]

Rush is amazing. Even better than amazing when you take into account the fact that they're only 3 people and can replicate their songs perfectly live.

 

Album: Moving Pictures (1987)

Artist: Rush

Best known, best, or most inventive song(s) off of album: Tom Sawyer, Limelight

Genre: Progressive Rosk

 

THERE IS NO F*CKING DRUMMER BETTER THAN NEIL PEART!

 

Antichrist Superstar (1996)

Marilyn Manson

"Beautiful People", "Antichrist Superstar"

Industrial Metal, Noise Rock

 

Possibly the single most important CD of the decade; a true masterpiece if ever there was one.

 

Culturally, I think you're right that Antichrist Superstar was the most important album of that decade, but I still think that Nevermind had more of an impact on the popular music since the 90's.

[FIMChangedmylife72 58]

Rush is amazing. Even better than amazing when you take into account the fact that they're only 3 people and can replicate their songs perfectly live.

 

Album: Moving Pictures (1987)

Artist: Rush

Best known, best, or most inventive song(s) off of album: Tom Sawyer, Limelight

Genre: Progressive Rosk

 

Tom Sawyer:

http-~~-//www.youtube.c...h?v=JsKBIBJj-4M

 

Limelight:

http-~~-//www.youtube.c...h?v=uwXjnVICb3I

 

Hey pal, Moving Pictures was released Feburary 12 1981. Sowy.

[Eenohay 318]

Album: Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Artist: The Beatles

Best known, best, or most inventive song(s) off of album: Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, A Day in the Life

Genre(s): Rock

 

 

 

I'm quite surprised no one nomitated it yet

 

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Q9D4dcYng

 

Album: Band on the Run (1973)

Artist: Wings

Best known, best, or most inventive song(s) off of album: Band on the Run, Mrs. Vandebilt, Mamunia

Genre(s): Rock

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7D65IomNYY

 

Album: American Pie (1970)

Artist: Don McLean

Best known, best, or most inventive song(s) off of album: American Pie

Genre(s): Folk

 

Album: White Album (The BEATLES) (1968)

Artist: The Beatles

Best known, best, or most inventive song(s) off of album: While My Guitar Gently Weeps, I'm so Tired, Blackbird, Helter Skelter, Sexy Sadie

Genre(s): Rock

Edited March 8, 2012 by Eenohay

[WildCard 1,037]

Demon Days(2005)

Gorillaz

Alternative

Not single tracks but if you listen at the Album as a whole it's amazing

 

American Idiot(2004)

Green Day

Punk/Rock

Iam a huge fan of concept albums and the album as a whole is even greater than listening to the songs alone.

 

The Black Parade(2006)

My chemical romance

Alternative

If you like this kind of music the Album is great and it was one of the first albums I bought and actually liked every single song

 

Stadium Arcadium(2006)

The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Alternative

If there is one thing I like about the Peppers, it's how you can listen the whole album and loose yourself totally in the music. Also this album is huge with 28 tracks

 

Black Holes and Revelations(2006)

Muse

Alternative

Starlight, Knights of Cydonia,Supermassive Black Hole

 

Weezer(The Blue Album) (1994)

Weezer

Alternative

Say it ain't so, Buddy Holly, The Sweater Song

 

Siren Song of the Counter Culure(2004)&The Sufferer and the Witness(2006)

Rise Against

Hardcore Punk

I can't decide which of the 2 albums is better, I love them both so much and I don't think I have listened any other band more than Rise Against

 

Billy Talent 2(2006)

Billy Talent

Alternative

Red Flag, Fallen Leaves, This Suffering, Surrender

 

I could go on so much longer with my list...

[Randomiser 115]

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)

Phoenix

Best known: "1901," "Girlfriend." Personal favorites: "Rome," "Lasso," "Lisztomania," "Countdown."

Alternative Rock, New Wave(?)

 

I was a fan of these when the album came out, I still find it refreshing and different.

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IkcmsBIK3M

 

Haunted (2000)

Poe

Best known: "Hey Pretty," "Wild." Personal Favorites: "5&½ Minute Hallway," "Control," "Spanish Doll."

Alternative Rock

 

I think this one got some mixed reviews, not sure who will agree, but I'm listening to it right now.

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3lBF2h-Pl0

[Mr. Wobbels 664]

Hey pal, Moving Pictures was released Feburary 12 1981. Sowy.

 

Thanks

[Enigma 200]

Lateralus (2001)

Tool

Schism, Parabola, Ticks & Leeches, Lateralus

Progressive Rock

Ænima (1996)

Tool

Stinkfist, Eulogy, H., 42 & 2, Pushit, Ænema

Progressive Rock

Undertow (1993)

Tool

Sober, Swamp Song, 4 Degrees, Disgustipated

Progressive Rock

[Mr. Wobbels 664]

American Idiot (2004)

Green Day

Punk/Rock

I am a huge fan of concept albums and the album as a whole is even greater than listening to the songs alone.

 

Weezer (The Blue Album) (1994)

Weezer

Alternative

Say it ain't so, Buddy Holly, The Sweater Song

 

American Idiot. Great choice. Hugely influential politically.

Weezer. I'm gonna have to call you out on this by submitting another album.

 

Pinkerton (1996)

Weezer

"El Scorcho", "Tired of Sex", "Across the Sea"

Alt. Rock/Emo

 

If you're gonna call a Weezer album, it has to be Pinkerton. The music is a lot better on this album than their others; much more poetic, less "radio friendly." It's also somewhat based off of the opera Madame Butterfly, and that's pretty cool.

 

Lateralus (2001)

Tool

Schism, Parabola, Ticks & Leeches, Lateralus

Progressive Rock

Oh man, I love this album! "Lateralus" might be one of the best rock songs of all time. Beautiful and really intelligent. They're the band that most chill high school math teachers listen to.

Edited March 8, 2012 by Mr. Wobbels

[WildCard 1,037]

American Idiot. Great choice. Hugely influential politically.

Weezer. I'm gonna have to call you out on this by submitting another album.

 

Pinkerton (1996)

Weezer

"El Scorcho", "Tired of Sex", "Across the Sea"

Alt. Rock/Emo

 

If you're gonna call a Weezer album, it has to be Pinkerton. The music is a lot better on this album than their others; much more poetic, less "radio friendly." It's also somewhat based off of the opera Madame Butterfly, and that's pretty cool.

 

 

 

Oh man, I love this album! "Lateralus" might be one of the best rock songs of all time. Beautiful and really intelligent. They're the band that most chill high school math teachers listen to.

 

Now that you say that I got to admit that "Pinkerton" has great tracks on it but I chose their first album because I own a copy of it and listened to it many times. I like the songs on Pinkerton but I never listened through the whole album because I don't own it(yet)

I have a HUGE Cd collection btw

[FIMChangedmylife72 58]

Thanks

 

Just doing my job.

[Enigma 200]

Oh man, I love this album! "Lateralus" might be one of the best rock songs of all time. Beautiful and really intelligent. They're the band that most chill high school math teachers listen to.

 

LAWL!! I wonder why that is their music of choice... *cough*

[Mr. Wobbels 664]

Now that you say that I got to admit that "Pinkerton" has great tracks on it but I chose their first album because I own a copy of it and listened to it many times. I like the songs on Pinkerton but I never listened through the whole album because I don't own it(yet)

I have a HUGE Cd collection btw

 

You gotta get Pinkerton. It's really one of the only good emo albums out there.

 

LAWL!! I wonder why that is their music of choice... *cough*

I wonder... *cough* *cough*

 

But seriously my Algebra teacher in 8th grade taught us a lesson based entirely on "Lateralus". You could probably guess what it was about.

Edited March 8, 2012 by Mr. Wobbels

[MrAnthology 11]

Hey pal, Moving Pictures was released Feburary 12 1981. Sowy.

 

Ahh thanks, didn't catch that. Wasn't looking at what the hell I was posting, haha.

[WildCard 1,037]

You gotta get Pinkerton. It's really one of the only good emo albums out there.

 

 

 

I wonder... *cough* *cough*

 

But seriously my Algebra teacher in 8th grade taught us a lesson based entirely on "Lateralus". You could probably guess what it was about.

 

I will

And I totally forgot one of my favorites(if Live-albums are allowed)

Nirvana-MTV Unplugged in New York(1994)

Nirvana

Grunge

My all time favorite live-album. Every song on it is just great and they made the songs they covered even better

[Kazuki Fuse 534]

EARL (2010)

Earl Sweatshirt

Hip-hop/Rap

 

One of the most interesting and stand-out rap albums of the last decade (imo). I am NOT a fan of the other members of the collective known as Odd Future Wolf Gang, but Earl is really quite interesting. The content of the album is quite dark, lyrics involve murder, rape and drug use (he was also only 16 when he came up with them!) but his clever wordplay and flow are what really got me hooked.

 

WARNING: NSFW lyrics

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8uBSCtQKg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiPpdFtBibc&feature=related

 

[Enigma 200]

I wonder... *cough* *cough*

But seriously my Algebra teacher in 8th grade taught us a lesson based entirely on "Lateralus". You could probably guess what it was about.

Ohmai how I wonder... *Gigglesnort* There's also bits about evolution in it too apparently~

[NeverNeverland 1,940]

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBfCzhYbWBk

 

YES. YES.

 

Album: City (1997)

Artist:Strapping Young Lad

Notable Songs: Velvet Kevorkian/All Hail The New Flesh, Oh My F***ing God, Detox

Genre: Industrial Thrash

 

This is a very aggressive album. Aggressive, angry and pure. The beauty about this album is that for it's time, it was beyond innovative. It had hit a nerve in the extreme metal community and has been hailed as one of the greatest Industrial Metal albums in the public

 

IMO, the GREATEST metal album of 1997.

 

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f20L0msLsM

Edited March 8, 2012 by NeverNeverland

[Swit Swat 536]

Ok, so Pony Joe took Abbey Road... so here's another.

Rubber Soul (1965)

The Beatles

I think all of them are very memorable and amazing.

Folk Rock

 

Probably one of The Beatles best album of all... It's between Rubber Soul and Abbey Road. Well, anyway... Voted #5 on Rolling Stone's list of "500 Best Albums of all Time." The music in this album is just so soothing for your soul... Which, makes the title sound very ironic... The 14 tracks on this album are simply some of the best works of The Beatles, in my opinion... Like I said, it's either this or Abbey Road...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=komfy1BXISA

Edited March 17, 2012 by Swit Swat

[CUINJALE 120]

Vulgar Display of Power(1992)

Pantera

Walk, No Good(Attack the Radical), Mouth for War

Metal

 

This album really shows how much control can be used in metal while still maintaining that level of aggressiveness.

 

You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having(2005)

Atmosphere

Smart Went Crazy, Get Fly, The Arrival

Independent Hippity-Hop

 

This album got me to start listening to rap music. I'd say that's a pretty big accomplishment.

[Dragonshy 2,305]

Ok, so Pony Joe took Abbey Road... so here's another.

Rubber Soul (1965)

The Beatles

I think all of them are very memorable and amazing.

Folk Rock

 

Probably one of The Beatles best album of all... It's between Rubber Soul and Abbey Road. Well, anyway... Voted #5 on Rolling Stone's list of "500 Best Albums of all Time." The music in this album is just so soothing for your soul... Which, makes the title sound very ironic... The 14 tracks on this album are simply some of the best works of The Beatles, in my opinion... Like I said, it's either this or Abbey Road...

http-~~-//www.youtube.c...h?v=komfy1BXISA

 

YEAH! The Beatles are best pony

[IHazTommyWiseau 84]

Album: Dig Your Own Hole (1997)

Artist The Chemical Brothers

Best known, best, or most inventive song(s) off of album: Block Rockin Beats, The Private Psychedelic Reel.

Genre(s) Big Beat, Electronica

 

http://en.wikipedia....g_Your_Own_Hole

 

 

 

 

 

Album: Orbital 2/ Brown Album (1993)

Artist: Orbital

Best known, best, or most inventive song(s) off of album: Lush 3-1, Lush 3-2, Halycon + On + On.

Genre(s) Electronica, Acid House.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_2

 

Please tell me I am not the only Chemical Brothers / Orbital fan here. Sorry I am unable to go into detail about why I picked these 2 albums, but I am certain they deserve a place on this list.

[Moosefullaeggs 543]

Metallica (More know as The Black Album) 1991

Metallica

Nothing Else Matters, Of Wolf and Man, Enter Sandman

Progressive Trash

 

I would like to add to this song list: Unforgiven, Holier Than Thou, and Wherever I May Roam.

 

 

Also, my list will be quite extensive

 

Fore! (1986)

Huey Lewis and the News

Jacob's Ladder, Whole Lotta Lovin', Hip to be Square,.

Rock

 

Origin of Symmetry (2001)

Muse

Feeling Good(Cover,)Hyper Music, Plug in Baby,Micro Cuts, Citizen Erased, Megalomania

Alt. Rock

 

Absolution (2003)

Muse

Hysteria, Thoughts of a Dieing Atheist, Blackout, Time is Running Out, Stockholm Syndrome, Sing for Absolution

Alt. Rock

 

Caravan Palace (2010)

Caravan Palace

Je m'amuse, Dragons, Oooh, Suzy, Bambous, Lazy Place, We can Dance, La Caravane

Electroswing

 

Contact (2001)

Eiffel 65

Lucky (In my Life,) One Goal, Johnny Gray, Back in Time, Brightly Shines, People of Tomorrow, 80s Stars.

Techno

 

Thing a Week 1 (2006)

Jonathan Coulton

My Monkey, Shop Vac, Furry Old Lobster, Drive

Comedy/Folk

 

Thing a Week 2 (2006)

Jonathan Coulton

Re:Your Brains, Stroller Town, Chiron Beta Prime, Dance Soterios Johnson Dance, You Could be Her

 

Thing a Week 3 (2006)

Jonathan Coulton

Pizza Day, Madeline, Just as Long as Me, Tom Cruise Crazy. Code Monkey

Comedy/Folk

 

Thing a Week 4 (2006)

Jonathan Coulton

Big Bad World One, Creepy Doll, You Ruined Everything, I'm Your Moon

Comedy/Folk

 

( I really hate trying to stick Coulton in a genre; it's almost impossible :| )

 

Mount Eden (2010)

Mt. Eden

Bad Omen, Siera Leon, Still Alive, Arch Angel, Silence

Dubstep

 

The Best of Red Army Choir (2002)

Red Army Choir

Birch Tree, V'Put, Soviet Anthem, The Cossacks, Cossack's Song, Bella Ciao, The Road Song, Oh Fields My Fields, Dark Eyes, -Varchavianka

Patriotic

 

Toxicity (2001)

System of a Down

Deer Dance, Toxicity, Chop Suey!, Aerials, Science, Needles, Prison Song

Nu Metal

 

Almost Human (2000)

Voltaire

Everything

(This is harder to say than JoCo.)

 

Devil's Bris (1999)

Voltaire

When You're Evil, The Chosen, Shalom, They Know Me, Ex Lover's Lover, Snakes, Oweee (Best Song Evar, not really.)

(GOTO 10)

 

Then and Again (2004)

Voltaire

Crusaide, Lovesong, The Happy Song, Wall of Pride, Hallo Elskan Min, Goodnight Dragonslayer

(Yeah..)

 

To the Bottom of the Sea (2008)

Voltaire

Industrial Revolution(and How it Ruined My Life,) Robber Baron, Coin Operated Goi, Stakes and Torches (The Uprising of The Peasants,) The Beast of Pirate's Bay, Death Death...

(^)

 

Riding a Black Unicorn Down the Side of an Erupting Volcano While Drinking from a Chalice Filled with the Laughter of Small Children! (2011)

Voltaire

Cathouse Tragedy!,Riding a Black Unicorn,The Straitrazor Cabaret,Oh Lord (Wake the Dead,) The Mechanical Girl

(Eeeyup)

 

 

 

I'll add more later!

Edited March 26, 2012 by moosefullaeggs

[NeverNeverland 1,940]

If he's adding more albums, so am I!

 

Individual Thought Patterns (1995)

Death

The Philosopher, Jealousy, Nothing Is Everything, Trapped in a Corner

Progressive Death/Thrash Metal

 

Symbolic (1998)

Death

Crystal Mountain, 1000 Eyes, Symbolic, Misanthrope

Progressive Death Metal

 

Never, Neverland (You see where I get my name now? - 1990)

Annihilator

The Fun Palace, Phantasmagoria, Reduced To Ash, Never Neverland

Technical Thrash Metal

 

The Sound of Violence (2011)

Onslaught

Code Black, Godhead, Suicideology, Into the Abyss/Born For War, Bomber*

Thrash Metal

*Bomber is a cover of a Motorhead song, choose if you want to consider it a part of the album.

 

In War and Pieces (2010)

Sodom

Nothing Counts More Than Blood, Styptic Parasite, In War And Pieces, Soul Contraband, Storm Raging Up

Teutonic Thrash Metal

 

Alice In Hell (1989)

Annihilator

Crystal Ann/Alison Hell, W.T.Y.D., Wicked Mystic, Human Insecticide, Ligeia, Schizos are Never Alone

Technical Thrash Metal

 

Ride The Lightning (1984?)

Metallica

Ride The Lightning, Creeping Death, Escape, The Call Of Ktulu

Bay Area Thrash Metal

 

Alien (2005)

Strapping Young Lad

Love?, Shitstorm, Shine, Zen, We Ride

Industrial Thrash Metal