Let's do this again, top 25 FOAT albums.

[Alexnova]

In case you aren't good at acronyms like me, that means "Favorite Of All Time". All Verve albums were not chosen due to my inherent bias to put everything they did at the top of the list.

1. Prince - Sign O' The Times


2. Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St


3. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...


4. Derek and the Dominoes - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs


5. Moby - Play


6. U2 - Achtung Baby


7. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back


8. The Clash - London Calling


9. James Brown - Star Time


10. Television - Marquee Moon


11. The Beatles - Revolver


12. Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA


13. The Replacements - Let it Be


14. Van Morrison - Moondance


15. Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground


16. Al Green - Greatest Hits


17. Sly and the Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin On


18. Sonic Youth - Thousand Leaves


19. Otis Redding - Immortal


20. The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin


21. Rounders - Have Moicy!


22. M.I.A. - Kala


23. Louis Armstrong - Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man


24. Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic


25. Kanye West - Late Registration

[Element]

1. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
2. The Grateful Dead - Europe '72
3. Bob Dylan - Blood On the Tracks
4. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
5. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
6. Pavement - Crooked, Crooked Rain
7. Neil Young - On The Beach
8. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
9. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
10. Radiohead - OK Computer
11. The Minutemen - Double Nickles on The Dime
12. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
13. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu
14. The Talking Heads - Remain in Light
15. The Clash - London Calling
16. Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money
17. Interpol - Turn on The Bright Lights
18. Modest Mouse - This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
19. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
20. Television - Marquee Moon
21. Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk
22. Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong with Love
23. Neil Young - Harvest
24. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
25. The Grateful Dead - American Beauty

[poolio]

1.Sigur Ros- ( )
2. Windy & Carl- Depths
3. Papa M- Live from a Shark Cage
4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor-Yanqui U.X.O.
5. Tortoise-Standards
6. Abe Vigoda- Skeleton
7. Jonsi and Alex- Riceboy Sleeps
8. Radiohead-Kid A
9. Eluvium- Lambent Material
10. Sunn 0)))-Flight of the Behemoth
11. Explosions in the Sky-The Earth is Not a Cold, Dead Place
12. Panda Bear-Person Pitch
13. John Maus-Love is Real
14. Talk Talk-Laughing Stock
15. Joy Division- Closer
16. New Order-Technique
17. Mono-You are There
18. Kayo Dot-Blue Lambency Downward
19. Mogwai-Come on Die Young
20. Gang Gang Dance-God's Money
21. The Walkmen-You + Me
22. Ride-Nowhere
23. My Bloody Valentine-Isn't Anything
24. Smashing Pumpkins-Machina/Machines of God & Adore (tie)
25. 311-Transistor (although I haven't listened to it in ages, I will always love this album)

[fatlip]

1. 311 - Transistor/Grassroots (wont make this 2 because that's too many slots)
2. The Clash - London Calling
3. Radiohead - OK Computer
4. Pretty Girls Make Graves - The New Romance
5. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
6. Mephiskapheles - Maximum Perversion
7. Descendents - Somery (does this count? its like an anthology)
[if #7 doesn't count then, Beastie Boys - Ill Communication]
8. Green Day - Nimrod
9. Rancid - Life Won't Wait
10. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
11. American Nightmare - Background Music/We're Down Til We're Underground (shared!)
12. System of a Down - Toxicity
13. Deftones - White Pony/Diamond Eyes
14. Common Rider - Last Wave Rockers
15. Operation Ivy - Energy Hectic
16. Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
17. The Vandals - Hitler Bad, Vandals Good
18. Blink 182 - Dude Ranch
19. RX Bandits - ...And the Battle Begun
20. The Urge - Master of Styles
21. Medeski, Martin & Wood - End of the World Party (Just in Case)
22. Less Than Jake - Losing Streak
23. The Observers - So What's Left Now?
24. Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
25. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

BONUS: NOFX - The Decline

[poolio]

That JJ album is really great.

[Station]

I want to know also, how long did it take you to compile your list? Do you have this list always prepared, updated when you discover new favorites? Or did it take you two hours to walk through your library and pick out favorites, then pare it down to 25? It would take me a while.

[Element]

i already had a top 20 list that i made like three years ago, i just added some on it.

[poolio]

Mine was off the top of my head but there wasn't much contest. They move around on the list, but it's what I'm the most comfortable with right now.

JJ release over Christmas last year, I think it was No3 but I remember not caring for it as much as 2. Two was just so surprising. Africa to Malaga is so fantastic and smooth.

[Alexnova]

These top 25 I pulled from my head pretty easily since I listen to these records so much.

If I was to add to it or rearrange things I'd include the following

[Alexnova]

Hey elmnt,

How often do you play Pet Sounds?

[Smoke]

1. Sgt Pepper's Lonely hearts club band - The Beatles
2. The queen is dead - The smiths
3. Transistor - 311
4. Demon Days - Gorillaz
5. Live @ red rocks - Dave Matthews
6. Definitely Maybe - Oasis
7. Aquemini - Outkast
8. Out of Time - R.E.M
9. Show - The Cure
10. 40oz - Sublime
11. Vauxhal and I - Morrissey
12. Make Yourself - Incubus
13. Hot fuss - The killers
14. Wu-tang
15. Jack Johnson
16. Tribe called quest
17. the clash
18. The pogues
19. The doors
20. Linkin Park
21. Mumford and Sons
22. New Order
23. The Strokes
24. They might be giants
25. Miley cyrus

actually this is silly. I don't really have a favorite 25 albums in this day and age of mp3s. And really some of the artists I have listed I would fill up the 25 albums on like 5 bands. I also change my favorites depending on my mood. So for those interested I suppose my list will give an idea to my tastes. I also can't remember album titles for the fucking life of me.

[Alexnova]

Looking at your list again Element, where the fuck are the black artists? I mean no Al Green or Aretha Franklin? I'm not going to ask where Kanye West or Public Enemy is at. I do need, how do I say this nicely, to broaden the ethnic diversity of your tastes.

[Element]

i think the only explanation is that i'm racist.

i like old black people music but the albums aren't as good as these albums, and i listen to pet sounds every once and awhile and it still blows my mind

[poolio]

PJ Harvey is the shit.

[bcolephases]

I don't think I even listen to 25 bands, let alone 25 albums.

[Jordan311]

I don't think I even listen to 25 bands, let alone 25 albums.

[bcolephases]

I agree with whoever said my favorites change all the time, but here are the ones that never do (well short of 25)

Glassjaw—EYEWTKAS
A Perfect Circle—Mer De Noms
Staind—Break the Cycle
Gorillaz—Gorillaz
Slipknot—Slipknot
Taproot—Gift
Alice in Chains—Dirt
311—Soundsystem
Deftones—White Pony
Korn—Korn
Remembering Never—God Save Us
Switched—Subject to Change
Mudvayne—LD 50

[fatlip]

wow someone loves numetal

[bcolephases]

wow someone loves numetal

wow someone loves punk rock

[rchrhds29]

Hmmm, fun!

Something tells me that this is gonna be one of those things where the ones at the very top will be much easier to order than the ones in the middle and bottom, if you've seen me here before you should know what I am gonna list as #1.

My Top 25 All Time Favorite Albums:
1. Radiohead: 'Kid A'
2. 311: 'Transistor'
3. 311: 'Music'
4. Radiohead: 'The Bends'
5. Rage Against the Machine: 'Rage Against the Machine'
6. Radiohead: 'Amnesiac'
7. 311: '311'
8. Anti-Flag: 'For Blood and Empire'
9. The Suicide Machines: 'Destruction By Definition'
10. Radiohead: 'OK Computer'
11. Reel Big Fish: 'Turn the Radio Off'
12. Common Rider: 'Last Wave Rockers'
13. Nirvana: 'Incesticide'
14. 311: 'Grassroots'
15. Justin Sane: 'Life, Love, and the Pursuit of Justice'
16. Pansy Division: 'Absurd Love Song Romance'
17. Operation Ivy: 'Energy / Hectic'
18. Green Day: '1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours'
19. Dropkick Murphy's: 'Sing Loud, Sing Proud'
20. The Suicide Machines: 'The Suicide Machines'
21. Radiohead: 'Hail to the Thief'
22. 311: 'Soundsystem'
23. The Suicide Machines: 'Battle Hymns'
24. Alkaline Trio: 'From Here To Infirmary'
25. AC / DC: 'Back In Black'


So that's mine, Radiohead and 311 both got five albums in my top 25, love em.