Best Album Ever Tournament -The Nominations

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[Code]

The Wall - Pink Floyd

Brothers in arms - Dire Straits

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Leftism - Leftfield

Appetite for Destruction- Guns N’Roses

Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen 

Ten - Pearl Jam
Synchronicity- The Police

Automatic for the People - REM

 

Metallica - Metallica, just lost out. 

[TheHowieLama]

Thought it would be worse tbh.

[magicrat]

2 hours ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

Two Springsteens?

I thought of picking ten !

[rb14]

I reckon it's mad to suggest there is one best-ever album. Needs to be best (say) three or five albums. And you need to sort it out so that Wacko isn't up against Fleetwood Macko in the first round you fucking dirty great big knobjockey. 

[TheHowieLama]

5 minutes ago, magicrat said:

I thought of picking ten !

We all dream of a team...

[Code]

19 minutes ago, TheHowieLama said:

Thought it would be worse tbh.

Dont let my wide range confuse you. 
 

I struggle with albums if Im honest, usually I think around half of the songs on most albums are poor. I’m not sure I could pick 20 albums where I like listening to almost every song if I’m honest.

 

I think Synchronicity is a great album though, surprised its only got my vote so far. 
 

 

[ZonkoVille77]

7 hours ago, Code said:

The Wall - Pink Floyd

Brothers in arms - Dire Straits

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Leftism - Leftfield

Appetite for Destruction- Guns N’Roses

Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen 

Ten - Pearl Jam
Synchronicity- The Police

Automatic for the People - REM

 

Metallica - Metallica, just lost out. 

 

Leftfield rep

[Total Longo]

Soul Mining - The The

OK Computer - Radiohead 

New Gold Dream - Simple Minds

Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol

The Stone Roses 

Scott 4 - Scott Walker

Achtung Baby - U2

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - Brian Eno & David Byrne

Forever Changes - Love

Mezzanine - Massive Attack    

[Total Longo]

7 hours ago, Code said:

Dont let my wide range confuse you. 
 

I struggle with albums if Im honest, usually I think around half of the songs on most albums are poor. I’m not sure I could pick 20 albums where I like listening to almost every song if I’m honest.

 

I think Synchronicity is a great album though, surprised its only got my vote so far. 
 

 

It's great apart from the abomination that is "Mother" which shouldn't have even been considered as a b-side. If i had have thought more, it may have even squeezed into my ten...

[Code]

10 minutes ago, Total Longo said:

It's great apart from the abomination that is "Mother" which shouldn't have even been considered as a b-side. If i had have thought more, it may have even squeezed into my ten...

Haha we may all have been there, here is a take on it. 

 

 

[Harry's Lad]

17 minutes ago, Total Longo said:

Soul Mining - The The

OK Computer - Radiohead 

New Gold Dream - Simple Minds

Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol

The Stone Roses 

Scott 4 - Scott Walker

Achtung Baby - U2

My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - Brian Eno & David Byrne

Forever Changes - Love

Mezzanine - Massive Attack    

New Gold Dream rep.

[Total Longo]

1 minute ago, Code said:

Haha we may all have been there, here is a take on it. 

 

 

I'm guessing there must have been some sort of agreement that Summers and Copeland got a song each on that album as that and Miss Gradenko are easily the weakest tracks on there. Sting was clearly at his peak as a songwriter, you'd assume he could have tossed off (!!) a couple of  tunes in his sleep that were better than those two.  

[SasaS]

10 hours ago, TheHowieLama said:

Thought it would be worse tbh.

I don't think he disappointed.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

11 hours ago, Code said:

The Wall - Pink Floyd

Brothers in arms - Dire Straits

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

Leftism - Leftfield

Appetite for Destruction- Guns N’Roses

Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen 

Ten - Pearl Jam
Synchronicity- The Police

Automatic for the People - REM

 

Metallica - Metallica, just lost out. 

No place for Hunting High and Low?

[SasaS]

This turned out to be harder than I thought.  Eventually I had to go with albums I think I got most play out of over the years and just cut the list after ten titles.

 

Blue Valantine - Tom Waits

The Smiths - The Smiths

London Calling - The Clash

Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club

A Toda Cuba Le Gusta - Afro-Cuban All Stars

Rum Sodomy & the Lash - The Pogues

The Good Son - Nick Cave

Opus Dei - Laibach  

The Trinity Session - Cowboy Junkies

The Stars We Are - Marc Almond

[Code]

22 minutes ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

No place for Hunting High and Low?

No.

 

Wild Seed from Morten Harket could get an honorable mention though from a Norwegian point of view.

 

 

 

 

[sh#t waffle]

Dusty in Memphis - Dusty Springfield

Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang

Forever Changes - Love

#1 Record - Big Star

In Utero - Nirvana

Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

Searching for the Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners

Illmatic - Nas

Otis Blue - Otis Redding

Hunky Dory - David Bowie

[ZonkoVille77]

18 hours ago, rb14 said:

The White Room - KLF

 

 

I hadn't listened to that album in years and put it on this morning after reading this. The memories... cheers.

[an tha]

Rid of Me - PJ Harvey

Dig Me Out - Sleater Kinney

Kid A - Radiohead

Closer - Joy Division

The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers

Surfer Rosa - Pixies

Last Splash - The Breeders

Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins

Dummy - Portishead

The Queen is Dead - The Smiths

[johnsusername]

Revolver - The Beatles

 

Heroes - Bowie

 

Born to Run - Springsteen

 

Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan

 

In Utero - Nirvana

 

The Queen is Dead - The Smiths

 

Quadrophenia - The Who

 

Led Zeppelin III - Led Zep

 

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

 

The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks

[johnsusername]

That was fucking difficult. New Order, Joy Division, Bunnymen, Stones, Velvets, Cohen, Kate Bush, Doors, Kraftwerk, Iggy Pop, The Jam all casualties. Could easily have had a different ten. Fuck, could easily have just put ten Beatles albums. 

[Tony Moanero]

11 minutes ago, johnsusername said:

Revolver - The Beatles

 

Heroes - Bowie

 

Born to Run - Springsteen

 

Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan

 

In Utero - Nirvana

 

The Queen is Dead - The Smiths

 

Quadrophenia - The Who

 

Led Zeppelin III - Led Zep

 

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

 

The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks

Village Green rep.

[johnsusername]

1 minute ago, Tony Moanero said:

Village Green rep.

Ever seen the documentary Echoes of a World about the album? It's brilliant. There's a good bit were Ray says he regrets not putting Days on it, as it was ready and finished. 

 

 

[Colt Seavers]

Snap                       - The Jam

Definately Maybe      - Oasis

The Circus                - Erasure

Out of Nothing          - Embrace

Abbey Road              - The Beatles

The Queen is Dead    - The Smiths

The Stone Roses       - Stone Roses

Word Gets Around     - Stereophonics

Slayed                      - Slade

Baby I'm A Want You - Bread