Thread: Albums you always return to.

What albums would you always return too, no matter what age they are, or how long it is since you have listened to them?

For me it would be Iron Maidens, Live After Death album. First heard it when I was 14 (22 years ago ) and still enjoy it as much now as I did on the first listen.

Another would be Marillions Script for a Jesters Tear. Was 16 when I 1st heard this and still feels like yesterday

A more recent album I keep listening to over and over would be Ryan Adams, Gold. Every song just does it for me.

So what albums does everyone keep returning to and playing over and over again?

Pink Floyd : Dark Side of the Moon, Wish you Were Here & the Division Bell
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Classics !!!!!

Dr Dre - 2001
Public Enemy - Fear of a black planet
Coldcut - Whats that noise?
NWA - Straight outta Compton

Must add to my list, The Police, Ghost in the Machine. Got a mono tape deck and this album on cassette when I was about 11. My very first ever album quickly followed buy a copy of ZZ Top, Eliminator.

Both albums I would still listen to today

Mine have to be some of the old Michael Jackson/Jackson 5 stuff

Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle

Dr Dre - 2001

Jungle Hits Volume 1

Just thought of another -

U2, Joshua Tree. I was 16 when this was released and unlike me, it just stands the test of time.

Deep Purple - Burn

Top 40 rock hits of the 80s (taped from Tommy Vance's Friday night rock show!)

Whitesnake - Slide it In.

Soundgarden - Superunknown

Supergrass - In it for the Money.

Probably 10 more but I'll stop now!

The Who - Quadrophenia
Prefab Sprout - Steve Mcqueen
The Jam - All Mod Cons

More recent ones.......
Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
Get Cape - Hows and Whys
Thats all for now..............Great thread by the way

my music tastes seem to change with the wind, but i never grow tired of digging these out every now and again....to name but a few

1: Mauro Picotto - the double album -
2: The Stone Roses - second coming
3: Green Day - Dookie

Good thread!

1. Ten - Pearl Jam
2. Dookie - Green Day
3. Reel Big Fish - Cheer up!
4. Anything Soca, I love this music!

MMm,

Run DMC - Tougher Than Leather
Salt'N'Pepa - Blacks Magic
Nirvana - Nevermind
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
RHCP - BloodSugarSexMagik

Radiohead - the Bends (when they weren't so far up their own arses)
Pink - Mizunderstood
Costello - This Years Model

As the title of the thread suggests these are proper end to end albums (no fillers). Some of the suggestions are classic 4-5 good tracks the rest is rubbish. London Calling is a terrible album apart from 3-4 tracks (and I love the Clash).
Joshua Tree is another classic half brilliant album - people listen to the first five tracks which are epic, but then the rest is pretty dire.

Music is a bit like religion IMO.

No one will ever totally agree with anothers choice.

But my taste rocks

Listening to Marillion, Reel to Reel right now.

Fantastic lyrics and tunes. Haven't listened to this in years.

Had forgotten how good it is.

Originally Posted by Kiteyboy

ABC - Lexicon of Love

what a classic!!!
Be Bop Deluxe - Modern Music
Dr Feelgood - Down by the Jetty

"Give 'em enough rope" is a far better Clash album, and that's not an opinion, it's a fact!

Originally Posted by Kiteyboy

Be Bop Deluxe - Modern Music....did that have Do You Dream in Colour?

Down by the Jetty....Now Dr Feelgood were / are a Southend band, and Wilko Johnson went through a spell where he was a supply teacher, and he taught me for a short while.

No Kitey -its Bill Nelson in solo mode

Saw Wilko not too long ago (Town Mill in Mansfield) NOBODY plays a guitar like him!!
Lee Brillaux R.I.P

Eddie and the Hot Rods - Teenage Depression (The Album)

hmmm,

Dire Straights Brothers in Arms
Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet
Guns n Roses Appitite for destruction

Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Nirvana - Nevermind
Metallica - Black album

journey, escape!
level 42, the pursuit of accidents!
genesis, lamb lies down on broadway!

all played to death!

zero 7: simple things
lemonjelly: KY
athlete: tourist
Prodigy: gilted generation and fat of the land

coheed + cambria
coldplay
loads more, can't remember

Where to start!

Prodigy - Generation
Prodigy - Fat of the Land (got a signed copy)
Nirvana - Nevermind
GnFR - Use your Illusion
The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
Daft Punk - Homework
Green Day - Dookie

The Who - Quadrophenia
Good shout Weldboy with Level 42 - their early albums are fantastic!!!
Bring back BRIT JAZZ FUNK!!

Revolver - The Beatles
Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
Fire and Water - Free
Nine Tonight - Bob Seger
Physical Graffitti - Led Zeppelin
Sloe Gin - Joe Bonamassa

This could run and run.

Originally Posted by JohnboyC

Pink Floyd : Dark Side of the Moon, Wish you Were Here & the Division Bell
Classics !!!!!

I agree and add in The Wall and Animals, I never tire of listening to DSoM and The Wall. I also enjoy a comprehensive Bowie Catalogue and dig into it on a regular basis.

Me and the Mrs have a varied collection and in the main we tend to enjoy each others collections too. She is a big Genesis fan, which I also enjoy.

Loads of 80s greatest hits, bit of Craftwerk and early Human League too through to Bob Marley.

Some great Albums in the list.

Paul

Originally Posted by karl7900

Listening to Marillion, Reel to Reel right now.

Fantastic lyrics and tunes. Haven't listened to this in years.

Had forgotten how good it is.

Totally agree. 'Forgotten sons' was in my MP3 mix on the way to golf yesterday. Must have been the reason I shot a PB 3 over par!!

BTW it's 'Real to Reel'

Did you ever manage to see them live? My one major musical regret is missing out on a gig at Newcastle in 1988 just before Fish left...

Other fave albums:

Bryan Adams - Reckless
Van Halen - 1984
Bon Jovi - Slippery when wet

or for fuel economy :
Eagles - Hotel California
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

God. I look at that list and realise how old I am...

Cheers,

The Velvet underground and Nico
Astal weeks - Van Morrison
Forever changes - Love
Whats going on - Marvin Gaye

Theres 1000's of LP' s i love.

p

Anyone remember a group called - Love and Money? 'Strange kind of love 'the album
How about some tooons/artists from the STAX label?
Otis Redding
Booker T
Wilson Picket
Sam and Dave
The Blues Brothers

EMINEM`s 1st album,
Tidy boys classics,
Any Origanal hardcore albums, hixxy, htid, dougal etc

As below.. Eminems first album is **** hot so is the marshal mathers lp and the eminem show...superman from that is bad.
Was listening to Prodigy today.. music from the jilted generation is a blinder, in fact all 4 of my Prodigy albums are real good

Too many to list but I would go for...

Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
Paul van Dyk - Out There And Back
Keane - Hopes and Fears
Alanis Morissette - Flavours Of Entanglement (new album but can't stop listening to)
Trance Nation 1 and 2 (mixed by System F - Ferry Corsten)

fabriclive - luciano
dr dre - chronic + chronic 2001
ALL of eminems albums
bon jovi - crossroads
ahhhh theres too many to list lol

pink floyd -- dark side
brothers in arms
ice house -- the berlin tapes ( album of covers but so so good)
and of course ziggy stardust

Pearl Jam - Ten
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
New Order - Republic
any Early Level 42 as mentioned a few threads ago !
Depeche Mode - Black celebration
Massive Attack - Blue Lines

Electronic - Electronic
Depeche Mode - The best of Volume 1
Snow Patrol - Final Straw
Gatecrasher Wet
Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits (One for the long road journeys)
and my most played Metallica - S&M

Leftfield - Leftism
Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
Danny Rampling - Love Groove Dance Party (the purple one)

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for rotting vegetables
Green Day - Dookie
Nina Hagen - NunSexMonkRock
Prokovfiev - Romeo and Juliet
UK Subs - Brand New Age
Metallica - Black album
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Michael Nyman - Sacrifice
Grace Slick - Dreams

ACDC Razors edge
GnR Appetite for Destruction

And a million others but more often single tracks from the older stuff

Bucks Fizz
Best of Bucks Fizz

Originally Posted by voorhees

Bucks Fizz
Best of Bucks Fizz
Duran duran
Boy George

Edited for you Jase

livin the dream!

Originally Posted by karl7900

Listening to Marillion, Reel to Reel right now.

Fantastic lyrics and tunes. Haven't listened to this in years.

Had forgotten how good it is.

Now that is a blinding album...
I was just listening to that the other day. Superb...
I'm not especially into Marillion or rock in general...but that is awesome.

New Order - Substance 1987
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Bent - The Everlasting Blink
Zero 7 - Simple Things
LTJ Bukem - Earth Vol.1
Pet Shop Boys - Introspective
Y4K Next Level Breaks - Tayo
Doves - Lost Souls
Nitin Sawhney - Beyond Skin
Nightmares on Wax - Carboot Soul
DJ Shadow - Entroducing...
Kraftwerk - Minimum Maximum
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours / Tango
Various Artists - Es Vive Ibiza 2003
Depeche Mode - Violator

I could go on forever....

My folks moved to Ibiza when I was very young so it swayed my musical tastes / influences a bit, but I guess it broadened it rather than restricting it to a particular genre. My love of music sits right alongside cars/modding!

Jamiroquai - Return of the Space Cowboy
Prodigy - Experience
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Nirvana - Unplugged
Tupac - Greatest Hits
Justin Timberlake - Future Sex/Love Sounds
Michael Jackson Any of the earlier stuff

I have really random taste in music and like most things. After reading this I'm going to go and listen to Pearl Jam, Ten I used to love it and haven't listened to it for ages!

After reading this thread I thought I'd rummage through my old stuff and listen to something I hadn't listened to in years...

So out came Celine Dion and Shania Twain (very manly, I know lol)

I always find myself listening to the Miami Vice OST. Come back to Evanescence - Fallen every now and then too.

Coldplay - X & Y
Madonna - Confessions on a dance floor
Anything from MJ
Taio Cruz - Departure
Timbaland - Shock Value

Teddy Pendergrass
Snoop
Dr Dre
MJ

Burn - Deep Purple.
Rush - Exit Stage Left.
Ready N' Willing - Whitesnake.
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden.
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood.
Paul Simon - Greatest Hits 1977.

Far too many to list really.