Payn's Ponderings... Top 10 Essential Albums

[aco175]

Damm, we old. Who has one of these.

 

[payn]

Damm, we old. Who has one of these.

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[Cadence]

Damm, we old. Who has one of these.

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The freedom rock ad wouldn't stop playing on the big screen TV in the dorm lounge. I finally wondered if I ordered one if it would just stop. I did, it didn't.

 

[payn]

I'm gonna need to give this another go. The category of "essential albums" is too broad for my tastes. Even though my initial picks showed a particular bias towards the hard and heavy stuff, I do listen to other music. So allow me to diversify with <drum roll>...

It's certainly tough but thats what makes it interesting. You have ten in all categories of music so what are you going to pick? Keep in mind we are also playing by a radio stations rules. They will get thousands of lists and boil it down to 893 albums! So, everything is going to show up there.

 

[LongTimeLurker]

6. No music prior to 1966.


You know that rock and roll was a thing at least 10, 15 years before 1966?

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

6. No music prior to 1966.


You know that rock and roll was a thing at least 10, 15 years before 1966?

Here are my rules for answering this-


Obviously, my prior posts demonstrate a complete lack of knowledge of music, and I appreciate your correction. I look forward to your next post where you patiently explain, as if I was a slightly dumb golden retriever, that some artists have more than one album.

 

[Mannahnin]

Top ten going women vocalists only

Bjork, Debut if I can’t have Volumen 1993-2003.
Portishead, Dummy, again. Beth Gibbons is incredible.
Amy Winehouse, Back to Black, agreed.
Tori Amos, Boys for Pele or To Venus and Back (perfectly good cases to be made for Little Earthquakes, Under the Pink, or From the Choirgirl Hotel, though)
Cocteau Twins, Heaven or Las Vegas (seeing Liz Fraser on the Massive Attack Mezzanine 2019 tour was a dream)
PJ Harvey, To Bring You My Love (Let England Shake is a banger, though)
Fiona Apple, Tidal
Sinead O’Connor, The Lion and the Cobra (so unbelievably good, it might have to go on my main list in retrospect)
Siouxie and the Banshees, Twice Upon a Time, the Singles (or maybe Superstition, if I can’t do a GH)
Concrete Blonde, Bloodletting (though Walking in London and Mexican Moon are really strong)
Cindi Lauper, probably She’s So Unusual. An all-time great singer.

Listened to The Lion and the Cobra last night and moved Sinead to my main list, bumping Radiohead. Gods, she was so powerful and lovely.

Conveniently this fixes my cheaty "top ten" women list which actually had 11 albums on it.

 

[Cadence]

Another variant. If you asked me senior year of high school (alpha by artist)...

Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Cars - Greatest Hits
Chicago - 17
Duran Duran - Rio
Foreigner - Records
Genesis - Invisible Touch
Glass Tiger - Thin Red Line
Lost Boys (Soundtrack)
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
Styx - Kilroy Was Here

Edit: Europe - The Final Countdown might edge one of those out...

 

[payn]

Another variant. If you asked me senior year of high school (alpha by artist)...

Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Cars - Greatest Hits
Chicago - 17
Duran Duran - Rio
Foreigner - Records
Genesis - Invisible Touch
Glass Tiger - Thin Read Line
Lost Boys (Soundtrack)
Quiet Riot - Metal Health
Styx - Kilroy Was Here

Are...you my step dad?

 

[Lidgar]

1. Radiohead - The Bends
2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
3. Peter Gabriel - melting face (3rd album)
4. Jethro Tull - Minstrel in the Gallery
5. Rush - Fly by Night
6. David Bowie - Low
7. The Decemberists - Crane Wife
8. Genesis - Foxtrot
9. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
10. Led Zeppelin - II