Greatest Album of All Time

[Cowpolk]

What was interesting is most of my buds didn't like the Beatles, we were all Stones fans and you had to choose. It was like Marlboro vs Winston. But when we all heard that, we knew this was something different but we had no idea what was coming behind it and what the other musicians and writers were going to do with this new freedom.

One thing it did with it's success, it made the labels back off on the formula of a hit and rethink the plan. It really took the governor off the engine and allowed them to turn these artists loose to create and it was the beginning of artist driven music instead of label driven. Whether someone likes the Beatles on not doesn't matter, we all owe them for this music today.

I don't like the Beatles. And choose Marlbo over Winston

 

[MichaelWinicki]

All of the Boston albums can be played front to back like that. The first three are basically the same album, even, but all great.

Again, I wasn't a big Boston fan but they sucked me in!

 

[jterrell]

gotta go per genre:
Rock: Led Zeppelin IV
Grunge/Alt Rock: Nirvana Nevermind
Hip Hop/Rap: B.I.G., Ready to Die
Alt Country: Turnpike Troubadours Diamonds and Gasoline
Live: Johnny Cash Live at Folsom Prison
RnB: Michael Jackson Off the Wall

 

[MichaelWinicki]

It was the best selling debut album for a long time, might still be, I don't know.

They were able to carve out a sound that was unique to them... It was easy to say, "That's a Boston song!"

 

[MichaelWinicki]

gotta go per genre:
Rock: Led Zeppelin IV
Grunge/Alt Rock: Nirvana Nevermind
Hip Hop/Rap: B.I.G., Ready to Die
Alt Country: Turnpike Troubadours Diamonds and Gasoline
Live: Johnny Cash Live at Folsom Prison
RnB: Michael Jackson Off the Wall

Gosh I remember playing the Johnny Cash "Live at Folsom Prison" as an 8-track!

 

[jterrell]

I don't like the Beatles. And choose Marlbo over Winston

Quincy Jones said the Beatles were just terrible musicians. Only knew a few chords.

 

[Cowpolk]

Axis Bold As Love

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Quincy Jones said the Beatles were just terrible musicians. Only knew a few chords.

Yep, read that

 

[YosemiteSam]

Quincy Jones said the Beatles were just terrible musicians. Only knew a few chords.

Quincy Jones is a crackhead that believes in Astrology.

 

[Big_D]

I have to go with the Wall. Love Dark side of the moon, both are tremendous. Even Animals is right up there..

 

[Big_D]

Also great..

Blizzard of Oz
Diary of a Madman
Appetite for Destruction
Sgt Peppers
The White Album
Paranoid
Hotel California
Moving Pictures
Master of Puppets

and many more..

 

[YosemiteSam]

Also great..

Blizzard of Oz
Diary of a Madman
Appetite for Destruction
Sgt Peppers
The White Album
Paranoid
Hotel California
Moving Pictures
Master of Puppets

and many more..

I haven't listen to it in a very long time, but I love Ozzy's Bark at the Moon from front to back also.

 

[Gameover]

Ice Cube - Death Certificate

A Masterpiece

 

[Big_D]

I haven't listen to it in a very long time, but I love Ozzy's Bark at the Moon from front to back also.

I thought BATM was a great album. Tough to measure up to his first 2 albums though! But No doubt Ozzy and Jake e lee did a nice job!!

 

[blindzebra]

Marvin Gaye What's Goin On
U2 The Unforgettable Fire
Cheap Trick Live at Budokan
Pretty much any Beatles album.
The Chicago Transit Authority
Prince Purple Rain
Pink Floyd The Wall

 

[lukin2006]

What was interesting is most of my buds didn't like the Beatles, we were all Stones fans and you had to choose. It was like Marlboro vs Winston. But when we all heard that, we knew this was something different but we had no idea what was coming behind it and what the other musicians and writers were going to do with this new freedom.

One thing it did with it's success, it made the labels back off on the formula of a hit and rethink the plan. It really took the governor off the engine and allowed them to turn these artists loose to create and it was the beginning of artist driven music instead of label driven. Whether someone likes the Beatles on not doesn't matter, we all owe them for this music today.

Well said. I am a big fan of the British Invasion big bands...the who, zeppelin, stones and on and on...for the 60’s and 70’s produced some of the greatest music...

The Beach Boys Pet Sounds is the album that always comes to mind as the first album that tried to match SGT Peppers...at least the one I’m most familiar with.

 

[yesfan]

Sticky Fingers the Stones
Abbey Road Beatles
Killer Alice Cooper
Who’s Next Who
Physical Graffiti Zeppelin
Machine Head Deep Purple
Close to the Edge Yes
Brain Salad Surgery ELP

 

[Sarek]

Marvin Gaye What's Goin On
U2 The Unforgettable Fire
Cheap Trick Live at Budokan
Pretty much any Beatles album.
The Chicago Transit Authority
Prince Purple Rain
Pink Floyd The Wall

Nice pick with U2's The Unforgettable Fire.

 

[Runwildboys]

Sticky Fingers the Stones
Abbey Road Beatles
Killer Alice Cooper
Who’s Next Who
Physical Graffiti Zeppelin
Machine Head Deep Purple
Close to the Edge Yes
Brain Salad Surgery ELP

Considered Who's Next, Machine Head, and Killer but I think I'd get tired of those too quickly.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

Well said. I am a big fan of the British Invasion big bands...the who, zeppelin, stones and on and on...for the 60’s and 70’s produced some of the greatest music...

The Beach Boys Pet Sounds is the album that always comes to mind as the first album that tried to match SGT Peppers...at least the one I’m most familiar with.

Actually it was the other way around... "Pet Sounds" influenced "Sgt Peppers." "Rubber Soul" influenced Brian Wilson to do "Pet Sounds".

One long chain of influence I guess.