While fishing today we were discussing what we thought the best ten albums of all time were, without repeating the same band. As I'd just choose ten Dream Theater albums, obviously. I'd say live albums count. All genres like eh.

I reckon...

Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
It was either this or Rainbow Rising. I don't think I need to explain why this is in the top ten.

Dream Theater - Score
As if Dream Theater aren't good enough, they go and put an Orchestra on stage and play their best songs. Yeah, go on then. Fucking, yeah. Best thing ever.

Beautiful South - Welcome To The Beautiful South
I love every album really, but when you go back to their debut you just get a feeling you don't with any other album. It's like the comfort blanket of the Beautiful South albums. Heaton's voice is so nice, so nice.

Michael Jackson - Dangerous
I actually hate half this album, the first half. It's god awful. It should have been two albums really, as the second half is the nicest thing you'll ever hear in your sodding life. Too nice, some say. Lovely boi stuff.

Rush - Moving Pictures
Self explanitry really, generally known as the best prog release ever. So yeah, fair.

Foo Fighters - Skin And Bones
Best acoustic/easy listening performance in the world, ever, of all time, ever. After watching the DVD, I just put it on again. Then got the CD, and listened to it when I couldn't find a DVD player to watch it. I should probably marry Dave Grohl, out of respect for this performance.

Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
Second best acoustic/easy listening performance in the world, ever, of all time, ever. After watching the DVD, I just put it on again. Then got the CD, and listened to it when I couldn't find a DVD player to watch it. I should probably mar....you get the idea. This is the ruinion of The Eagles, and thank fuck they got back together. Their best songs, performed at their best, and you can just feel how shit hot happy they are to be playing them again. Bloody magic warm.

Jordan Rudess - The Road Home
This probably shouldn't count, as only one track is actually Rudess'. It's his version of the songs that made him the player he is today, and bloody hell it's magic. ELP, Genesis, King Crimson etc. Never sounded so good, just, amazing.

Cynic - Traced In Air
It's like cracking open the head of the smartest person who has ever lived, and just sheer mental beauty has fallen out. You don't understand it at all, but you know it's pure bedwetting genius.

Opeth - Watershed
I feel I may be being biased here, as this is the album that got me into Opeth (along with Jonny and Ben and Aaron crywanking) but after listening to all the other albums, I really feel this one is top trumps. I can't get over how superb it is. I imagine the other Opeth fans will disagree with me when I say this is their best, I don't think I've encountered anyone yet that does, so I must be being biased with my 'first album love', but it's just fucking genius.


With strong condenders of...
Rainbow - Rising
Transformers - Official Soundtrack
The majority of Maidens albums
Jeff Scott Soto - Biker Mice From Mars Soundtrack
All the other Dream Theater albums
The first four Toto albums
Star Wars Soundtracks

wheres the thrash?

llololololololollolololol, shut up. Serious thread, some nice big boi convos could come from this.

Waaaaaaaaaaa this is a hard one. It changes probably every day. But I'm fed up of my dissertation and need to distract myself, so...

Oasis - What's The Story Morning Glory

For me this is the archetypal Oasis album. A lot of people cry wank over Definitely Maybe but I think this one is my favourite and definitely in my favourite all time albums because the song-writing on it is just superb. There's not one duff track. I could go on about this all day, but I won't because people who have heard it know what I'm on about.

Dr. Dre - 2001

I got this when it first came out, but I mainly just listened to the singles and didn't really appreciate it fully. Now that I'm a bit older and I like rap/hip-hop much more, I've come to realise that it's one of the most well-rounded and enjoyable rap albums ever. The production is unbelievable and although people slag off Dre's delivery, I think he suits it perfectly, because if it was too complex it would take away from some of the literally amazing beats on this album. Perfection - way better than The Chronic.

Slayer - Reign In Blood

This is the album that turned me into a complete nerd and ruined my teenage years. I already liked metal up until I heard this, but it was the first album where I had to listen to it literally every day (for probably a year or so). I don't even have to talk about how good this is on a thrash forum.

Napalm Death - Smear Campaign

It's hard for me to choose a favourite Napalm Death album, but I think I'll go with Smear Campaign because it's flawless - the production, the song writing, the atmosphere. My favourite thing about it is how every song sounds like it was written with the previous song in mind. It's also been a huge influence on my song writing over the past couple of years. A must have for a metal fan.

Kasabian - Empire

This album confirmed what I had been thinking for a long time - that Kasabian are the most musically aware and talented song writers currently on the planet. I still can't believe human beings wrote this album.

The Sounds - Dying To Say This To You

In my opinion, the best pop album ever. It changed my opinion on a lot of things.

Recent ones that I'll probably change my mind about:

Krezip - Plug It In

It's nothing ground breaking, but it's just as good as The Sound's album, which I think warrants a place in my list.

Metric - Grow Up and Blow Away

Don't know how to describe this one. It's just really great and the singer has the sexiest voice ever.


I can't do any more.

Megadeth - Peace Sells ...but whos buying?
My fav Megadeth album, love the lyrics, love the music- nothing to fault.

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Marks when Dio the greatest singer decided to rescue a falling band...fucking amazing album

Nirvana - Nevermind
I love Nirvana, got me into music and also eventually into guitar- Love everything about that (and all) nirvana albums

Anthrax - Among the living
Trying to decide between this and Spreading the Disease was a fucking tough one!! But i love both so bah who cares!!

Iron Maiden - Live After Death
If live albums can count then this is the first metal album i put on and listened to - amazing cd (Iron Maiden -Iron maiden comes in as a close second....followed by number of the beast)

Dio - Holy Diver
Love it...Stand up and shout...what an album opener!! That whole album is timeless

Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Fucking love it- one of those albums that just opened up my eyes to what music can do

The Doors - The Doors
Getting tough to seperate what i think are my fav albums...i think this needs to be in tho.. This strange days... who knows but i do know Jim Morrison is a fucking king to me

Iced Earth - Something Wicked this Way Comes
Not sure on this one...i may prefer the debut album, i love iced earth and this album alot but dunno if it would keep a position in my top 10 all the time.

Judas Priest - Screaming for vengance
Tough choice, SWOD, Hell Bent, Painkiller, british steel will switch into positions with this dependin on what mood im in.


Ok well other albums that would slip in is going to be any of the albums from the bands listed as noted lol.
Van Halen - Van Halen
Nuclear Assault- Handle with care
Metallica first 3 albums and Black album
Fuck loads more...im sure il change this later when ive thought about it more...Lev i must say im disgusted

origamikid wrote:Lev i must say im disgusted

You've got bloody Nirvana in yours mate!

Lev wrote:

origamikid wrote:Lev i must say im disgusted

You've got bloody Nirvana in yours mate!

you have foo fighters in yours ...bloody awful


Gah...i cant decide between Screaming for vengance and BS...

How can you see Foo Fighters are awful, that's sodding sin! - The only good part of Nirvana was Grohl!

Download Skin And Bones, it's sodding magic.

I'm going to have to say the best of the beatles.

can't be bothered to do a top ten, but i got carried away looking through my last fm charts and made a fat list of some sexual albums:

lev, your list is a bail, martin's is the best

KING CRIMSON - IN THE COURT...
PEARL JAM - TEN
DEATH - HUMAN
CYNIC - FOCUS
FAITH NO MORE - ANGEL DUST
OASIS - MORNING GLORY
SOULS OF MISCHIEF - 93 TIL INFINITY
VIO-LENCE -EN
SABBAT - DREAMWEAVER
MJ - HISTORY
BLACK SABBATH - SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH
ALICE IN CHAINS- DIRT
PORCUPINE TREE- IN ABSENTIA
GLOBAL COMMUNICATION - 56:SOMETHING
TOOL - AENIMA
BUCKETHEAD - COLMA
CAMEL - SNOW GOOSE
HUSKER DU - WAREHOUSE SONGS
TOM WAITS - RAIN DOGS
ORPHANED LAND - MABOOL
ALARUM - EVENTUALITY
DEFTONES - WHITE PONY
MY BLOODY VALENTINE - LOVELESS
GY!BE - SKINNY FISTS
RADIOHEAD - OK COMPUTER
OFFSPRING - SMASH
SOUNDGARDEN - SUPERUNKNOWN
ACID BATH - KITE STRING
NICK DRAKE - PNK MOON
OPETH - STILL LIFE
65DAYSOFSTATIC - THE FALL OF MATH
ANATHEMA - SERENADES
SEPULTURA - BTR
KINGS OF CONVENIENCE - RIOT ON AN EMPTY STREET
JEFF BUCKLEY - GRACE
METALLICA - AJFA
ULVER - KVELDSSANGER
BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME - ALASKA
JIMMY WEBB
SUBLIME - S/T
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN - TEXAS FLOOD
MILES DAVIS - KIND OF BLUE
SONIC YOUTH - DAYDREAM NATION
COMUS - FIRST UTTERANCE
FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST - MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS
PENDULUM - HOLD YOUR COLOR
PAT METHENY - BRIGHT SIZE LIFE
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA - INNER MOUNTING FLAME
IRON MAIDEN -LOADS
KYUSS - BLUES FOR THE RED SUN
DRE - 2001
BEIRUT - FLYING CLUB CUP
MAYBESHEWILL - NOT FOR WANT OF TRYING
BOB MARLEY - EXODUS
PORTISHEAD -THIRD
BLOC PARTY - THEIR 1ST ONE
SATRIANI - SURFING WITH THE ALIEN
STEVIE WONDER - SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE
ALAN PARSONS PROJECT -EYE IN THE SKY
SMASHING PUMPKINS - SIAMESE DREAM
COUNTING CROWS- AUGUST...
STONE ROSES - S/T
ANDY MCKEE - ART OF MOTION
U2 - JOSHUA TREE

Not saying they're the best ten albums of all time, but they're probably my favourite ten albums ever:

Boston - Boston
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Kiss - Dressed To Kill
Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?!
Pearl Jam - Ten
R.E.M. - Automatic For the People
Radiohead - The Bends
Skid Row - Slave To the Grind
The Eagles - One of These Nights
Whitesnake - 1987

I'd say that's a fairly accurate cross-section of the albums I've rated most highly over the past 10 years or so.

I hate to say it, but iain's list is the new best...

Incidentally, Hysteria by Def Leppard would have been number 11...

I did write this out with all fancy reasoning, but Firefox screwed up on me and I lost it, so here's the list. I'm going for studio albums only. In no particular order:

Judas Priest - Painkiller
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Enya - Watermark
Nightwish - Century Child
Cloven Hoof - A Sultan's Ransom
Queen - A Kind of Magic
Dio - Holy Diver
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Saxon - Lionheart

Just outside the top 10:

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Michael Jackson - Bad
Judas Priest - Turbo
Jean Michael Jarre - Oxygéne
Queen - Innuendo
Dungeon - The Power Within
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II

Enya?!