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i'm more into the punk but it would go like this

 

1. Beatles - 1 really...any beatles would be a must...mandatory

2.Agent Orange - Living in Darkness ....AO's only really good album..and it was damn good!

3.Dick Dale and the Del-Tones - Better Shred then Dead ...man i'm on a desert island...i have to

4.Streetlight Manifesto/Catch22 - Keasbey Nights ...a perfect example of 3rd wave

5.The Offspring - Americana ...my first cd ever...i was like 10 and my dad got it for me, i listened to it for hours on end

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Floyd - The Wall, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here

 

Beatles - Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper, Beatles (White Album), Abbey Road

 

Who - Tommy, Who's Next

 

Green Day - American Idiot

 

Nirvana - Nevermind, In Utero

 

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

 

AC/DC - Back in Black

 

Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic, Permanent Vacation, Pump, Get A Grip

 

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

 

Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique, Ill Communication

 

Beck - Mellow Gold

 

Billy Joel - The Stranger

 

Bush - Sixteen Stone

 

Cream - Disraeli Gears

 

Foo Fighters - The Color and the Shape

 

Garbage - Garbage, Version 2.0

 

Genesis - Invisible Touch (the only album of theirs which was really "rock", not to say they didn't have other great ones)

 

G'n'R - Appetite for Destruction

 

Led Zep - IV

 

Metallica - Metallica (black)

 

MJ - Thriller (borderline rock, but it was too good to ignore)

 

Offspring - Americana

 

Wings - Band on the Run, Venus and Mars

 

Pearl Jam - Ten

 

Stone Temple Pilots - Plush, Purple

 

Peter Gabriel - So, Us

 

Phil Collins - No Jacket Required

 

Police - Synchronicity

 

Queen - Night at the Opera

 

RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

 

Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St, Beggars Banquet, Sticky Fingers, Let it Bleed, Their Satanic Majesties Request, Voodoo Lounge, Goats Head Soup

 

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dreams

 

Soundgarden - Superunknown, Down on the Upside

 

U2 - Rattle and Hum, Achtung Baby, Joshua Tree

 

ZZ Top - Eliminator

 

 

I probably forgot a bunch... :biggrin:

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Peter Gabriel - So, Us

 

Ah so I am not the only Peter Gabriel fan here! So is an incredible album. One of the best-sounding albums released on the SACD format by the way. Its a shame that format never took off.

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Well it has been a cruel summer.

 

Now 80's music I like alot. Got thousands of MP3's of just 80's music.

 

80s pop is hell of fun!

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Not in order but...

 

Alice in Chains: DIRT

Tool: Lateralus

Iron Maiden: Somewhere in Time

Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime

Fates Warning: Pleasant Shade of Grey

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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

 

Great choice there. Its the one album from that wave of early 90s bands that I really enjoy. Funky Monks!

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There are too many good ones out there, at a pinch my top 5 are, not neccessarily the greatest ever that's too difficult, but my faves:

 

1. Nevermind Nirvana

2. The Queen is Dead The Smiths

3. Highway to Hell AC\DC

4. Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin

5. Script for a Jester's Tear Marillion

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Tool: Lateralus

 

A very talented band and a great album. I need pull it out of storage and have a listen.

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Awesome pick, although Paul's Boutique was awesome too! I say pick any Beastie Boys Album and you're on the money in general. Other than that, Faith No More's "King for a day, fool for a lifetime" was all killer and no filler!

 

Thanks, I almost didn't put the Beastie Boys in there because some people consider them old school hip-hop.

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True no real CD successor has come, but I have several albums with DVDs with the songs in 5.1 for listening on the home theater setup and they are incredible!

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5. Script for a Jester's Tear Marillion

 

Wow! I didn't think I'd see Marillion in here. I like Misplaced Childhood myself.

 

 

I have actually thought about this alot over the years and it always changes..... so here it goes.

Not in order...

 

Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak

Kiss - Alive

Judas Priest - Priest in the East (Tokyo Import not USA version)

ZZTop- Fandango

Disturbed - The Sickness

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1. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

 

2. Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown

 

3. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

 

4. Queen - News of the World

 

5. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine

 

 

Honorable Mentions:

 

Bee Gees - Idea

 

Men at Work - Business as Usual

 

Queen - Flash Gordon

Edited by Longestpants

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Led Zep IV

Pink Floyd-The Final Cut

Metallica-Black album

Dead Kennedys-Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Elvis-The Sun Sessions......"get in!"

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Dead Kennedys-Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

 

dude...totally forgot about DK...nice catch..Fresh Fruit as well as Plastic Surgery Disasters

 

classic punk albums

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Have a lot of the albums listed above - but based on my own airtime over the years only:

 

Beatles - Revolver

Guns n Roses - Appetite For Destruction

Red Hot Chill Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic

Nirvana - NeverMind

Stone Roses - Second Coming

Edited by CoolHand29

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Black Sabbath = Vol.4

Pixies= Surfer Rosa

Iron Maiden= Powerslave

Jimi Henedrix= Electric Ladyland

The Doors= Morrison Hotel

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Some of these are greatest hits albums but so what?

 

-Led Zeppelin IV Zoso

-Kansas the hits

-Boston's Greatest hits

-Eagles on the Border

-Rush Spirit of Radio

 

Then there is also honorable mentions...

-Def Leppard Pyromania

-Styx Anthology

-Supertramp Breakfast in America

-Cars Greatets hits

-Credence Clearwater greatest hits

-Dire Straights on every street

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1. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

 

2. Bee Gees - Spirits Having Flown

 

3. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

 

4. Queen - News of the World

 

5. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine

 

 

Honorable Mentions:

 

Bee Gees - Idea

 

Men at Work - Business as Usual

 

Queen - Flash Gordon

 

Pet Sounds, how could I forget about Pet Sounds?? That is a fantastic album!

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Iron Maiden= # of the beast

AC/DC= Hiway to hell

AC/DC= LIVE

Van halen= Van halen (Van Haggar = 5150)

The Steve Miller Band= The Steve Miller Band "Greatest Hits 74-78"

Y&T= Black Tiger

Scorpions= Wipeout

Def Leppard= High 'n' Dry

Rush= 2112 (side one) thats for the vinyl people only LOL tho side 2 has real good ones too,,,, AHH! prairie sh!t lets give it to both sides!!!

Nirvana= nevermind

 

Im sure there are more, but I up in my 40's now give me a brake!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited by colmack

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u2-war

Rchard Wagner-Der Ring des Nibelungen

the sisters of mercy-some girls wandered by mistake

the smiths-the queen is dead

the cure-seventeen seconds

guns n' roses-lies

iron maiden-somewhere in time

.....

 

But is just the top of the top of the berg....there's a lot of peolple that makes music's history!

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1.) Metallica - Blackest Album

2.) Alice In Chains - The Essentials

3.) AC/DC - Back to Black

4.) Kill Switch Engaged - As Daylight Dies

5.) U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

 

Extras....

Creed - Greatest Hits

Orgy - Candyass

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory; Meteora; Minutes to Midnight

Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

Edited by serverandenforcer

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Dream Theater - Octavarium

 

Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

 

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood

 

Rage Against The Machine - S/T

 

And another vote for Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

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Dream Theater - Octavarium

 

Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

 

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood

 

Rage Against The Machine - S/T

 

And another vote for Van Halen - For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

 

I saw Dream Theater on tour with Queensryche and Fates Warning and I have to say it was simply the best live event I have ever been to.for the encore both DT and Queensrych played each others songs and did some stuff together.I saw them at jones beech NY and in CT.

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Emerson, Lake and Palmer, "Brain Salad Surgery"

 

Elton John, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

 

Yes, "Fragile"

 

Jethro Tull, "Aqualung"

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80s pop is hell of fun!

 

Yes Of Course...

 

Speaking of '80s pop...

 

Let's not forget Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' (1982)' & 'Bad' (1987) albums...

 

and as we all Know that 'Thriller' was rated the best selling pop album of all time with over 40 million copies sold worldwide...

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