OT--your top ten albums of all time

[piecesofeight]

My Top 50 (in lots of 10)
Thunder - Andy Taylor


wow.. that was a great list.. these 2 were such gems in the 80's.. most folks dont know of either one..

that andy taylor is an absolute must ..

I still have that Andy Taylor on cassette. I used to really like Don't Let Me Die Young.

[StoneCold]

My Top 50 (in lots of 10)



Time To Burn - Giant

Raised On Radio - Journey

Ready Or Not - Lou Gramm

A compliment, then two questions.

1. Time To Burn - excellent.

and these are not criticisms, just curious:

2. How do you choose a Gramm solo but no Foreigner?

3. What about ROR puts it in your Top 50 past Frontiers or any other Journey album?

[piecesofeight]

Sammy Hagar (I Never Said Goodbye) - Sammy Hagar

Amazing album. Overlooked. Not what you would expect from him. This album came out at a time when I really needed something like this.

Give To Live and Eagles fly..good stuff.

[Lilla_Forever]

Yes great list Andrew I really like Lou Gramm's Ready Or Not as well, one of those rare albums you can hear from start to finish without sensing any weak songs. Best tracks for me include If I Don't Have You and Heartache.

Coverdale/Page is one of my favourites as well, I love the track Take Me For a Little While, one of the best songs ever!

If any of you don't know it or would like to hear it again here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDNw_O2rH3M

[gatorzone04]

Damn hard to decide... Why have to be only 10? It would be a lot easier to decide on 40...

I'll try with this top 10 (in alphabetical order)... with breaking of my heart...

CHICAGO - 17
ALICE COOPER - TRASH
JOURNEY - ESCAPE
JOURNEY - ARRIVAL
QUEENSRYCHE - EMPIRE
The STORM - THE STORM
SURVIVOR - VITAL SIGNS
TOTO - THE SEVENTH ONE
WARRANT - CHERRY PIE
WHITESNAKE - 1987

other 30 would be:
ASIA - ASIA
ASIA - ALPHA
MICHAEL BOLTON - EVERYBODY'S CRAZY
MICHAEL BOLTON - THE HUNGER
BON JOVI - KEEP THE FAITH
TERRY BROCK - BACK TO EDEN
CHER - HEART OF STONE
CHICAGO - TWENTY 1
The CORRS - IN BLUE
DEF LEPPARD - HYSTERIA
EUROPE - PRISONERS IN PARADISE
FOREIGNER - UNUSUAL HEAT
HEART - HEART
HUGO - HUGO
JIMI JAMISON - EMPIRES
JOURNEY - FRONTIERS
KANSAS - IN THE SPIRIT OF THINGS
KENNY LOGGINS - BACK TO AVALON
LOVERBOY - WILDSIDE
EDDIE MONEY - READY EDDIE
GARY MOORE - RUN FOR COVER
MOTLEY CRUE - DR. FEELGOOD
NELSON - AFTER THE RAIN
QUEENSRYCHE - OPERATION: MINDCRIME
ROXETTE - LOOK SHARP!
SCORPIONS - CRAZY WORLD
STARSHIP - NO PROTECTION
TYKETTO - DON'T COME EASY
VAN HALEN - FOR UNLAWFUL CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
WINGER - IN THE HEART OF THE YOUNG

Dude, whatever the fuck your name is, I don't know whether to laugh or cry for you. Every band/album that I emboldened is pure shit. Michael fucking Bolton? You should be banned from this site altogether. Just pack up your shit, and turn around and scat.

Hahaha, Michael Bolton? Asia? OMFG. Hugo? Hysterical. Dude, Winger? OMFG.

WHAT A FUCKING ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Andrew]

A compliment, then two questions.

1. Time To Burn - excellent.

and these are not criticisms, just curious:

2. How do you choose a Gramm solo but no Foreigner?

3. What about ROR puts it in your Top 50 past Frontiers or any other Journey album?

Lou's album has a special place in my heart for the time it was released. It really is a note by note classic. I rate Foreigner very highly, with Inside Information, Mr. Moonlight, Agent Provocateur and 4 my 3 favs.

Raised On Radio - I got into Journey via Street Talk, so it is an extension of that. Escape and Frontiers are also very highly rated, as is Arrival.

[Andrew]

Sammy Hagar (I Never Said Goodbye) - Sammy Hagar

Amazing album. Overlooked. Not what you would expect from him. This album came out at a time when I really needed something like this.

Give To Live and Eagles fly..good stuff.

Ditto!

[Andrew]

Yes great list Andrew I really like Lou Gramm's Ready Or Not as well, one of those rare albums you can hear from start to finish without sensing any weak songs. Best tracks for me include If I Don't Have You and Heartache.

Coverdale/Page is one of my favourites as well, I love the track Take Me For a Little While, one of the best songs ever!

If any of you don't know it or would like to hear it again here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDNw_O2rH3M

Yes yes yes!

[X factor]

A compliment, then two questions.

1. Time To Burn - excellent.

and these are not criticisms, just curious:

2. How do you choose a Gramm solo but no Foreigner?

3. What about ROR puts it in your Top 50 past Frontiers or any other Journey album?

Lou's album has a special place in my heart for the time it was released. It really is a note by note classic. I rate Foreigner very highly, with Inside Information, Mr. Moonlight, Agent Provocateur and 4 my 3 favs.

Raised On Radio - I got into Journey via Street Talk, so it is an extension of that. Escape and Frontiers are also very highly rated, as is Arrival.

I love the LOU album too. MIDNIGHT BLUE is a fave...
Andrew, we see to like alot of the same artists (though not necessarily reflected in my top ten) , you just seem to dig their later material more. Foreigner, for instance, for me is about the first 4 albums. I got very little use for them post FOUR- You like ONE WAY HOME? It's all about NERVOUS NIGHT for me...etc...
GREAT call on the ANDY TAYLOR. What a fine, underrated album. Ditto on INTO THE FIRE, CHARLIE SEXTON and TEMPLE BAR.

You the man

[sniper16]

in no real order
van halen II
journey escape
asia asia
riverdogs riverdogs
mr. reality mr. reality
cinderella long cold winter
sammy hagar standing hampton
boston boston
great white once bitten
dokken under lock and key --- for the ripper.
very tuff to pick 10 with them not being infront of me.

[Moon Beam]

Mine at the moment in no order are...........

The Eagles Long Road Out Of Eden
ELO Discovery
Barenaked Ladies Stunt
Journey Evolution
Paul McCartney & Wings Over America
Birtles, Shorrock & Goble Full Circle
Great Big Sea The Hard & The Easy
Chicago The Very Best Of
Three Dog Night Seven Seperate Fools
John Mayer Room For Squares

[Angiekay]

Lou's album has a special place in my heart for the time it was released. It really is a note by note classic. I rate Foreigner very highly, with Inside Information, Mr. Moonlight, Agent Provocateur and 4 my 3 favs.

ARGH!!! I forgot Lou's solo albums...absolutely two of the finest cd's I own. Front to back classics. I wish he could make another one....

[Lilla_Forever]

Lou's album has a special place in my heart for the time it was released. It really is a note by note classic. I rate Foreigner very highly, with Inside Information, Mr. Moonlight, Agent Provocateur and 4 my 3 favs.

ARGH!!! I forgot Lou's solo albums...absolutely two of the finest cd's I own. Front to back classics. I wish he could make another one....

I second that...

[Art Vandelay]

Probably more off the beaten path than others....

Journey - Greatest Hits
Wynton Marsalis - Joe Cool Blues
Paul Simon - Negotiations and Love Songs
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Stevie Wonder - Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection
Ray Charles - Visionary Soul
AJ Croce - Cantos
Amy Winehouse - Back in Black
Dazed & Confused - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Honorable Mention:
Sam Cooke - One Night Stand: Live at the Harlem Square Club

[Lilla_Forever]

Probably more off the beaten path than others....

Journey - Greatest Hits
Wynton Marsalis - Joe Cool Blues
Paul Simon - Negotiations and Love Songs
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Stevie Wonder - Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection
Ray Charles - Visionary Soul
AJ Croce - Cantos
Amy Winehouse - Back in Black
Dazed & Confused - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Honorable Mention:
Sam Cooke - One Night Stand: Live at the Harlem Square Club

The one highlighted is a favourite of mine as well at the moment. She may look like a street walker from Amsterdam, but she can sing at the level of any master soul/RnB singer worth mentioning!

[Art Vandelay]

Probably more off the beaten path than others....

Journey - Greatest Hits
Wynton Marsalis - Joe Cool Blues
Paul Simon - Negotiations and Love Songs
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Stevie Wonder - Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection
Ray Charles - Visionary Soul
AJ Croce - Cantos
Amy Winehouse - Back in Black
Dazed & Confused - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Honorable Mention:
Sam Cooke - One Night Stand: Live at the Harlem Square Club

The one highlighted is a favourite of mine as well at the moment. She may look like a street walker from Amsterdam, but she can sing at the level of any master soul/RnB singer worth mentioning!

Absolutely. Too bad her personal problems overshadow her talent. I really hope she gets herself back on track.

Oh yeah, I'd also thrown in any of Elton John's early albums (Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across the Water, Honky Chateau, Yellowbrick Road) in my top picks as well.

[WykkedSensation]

as you dislike Michael Bolton's AOR albums, Winger, Hugo, Asia, etc.). It would be weird if everyone would share completely same musical tastes...

Everyone hates Bolton except you.

I don't.
Michael Bolton's 'Everybody's Crazy' is an absolute barnstorming melodic rock classic, if ever there was one. It rocks like nothin else. Voted by Kerrang readers as the greatest melodic rock album ever in a poll years back. Anybody who has not heard this album and loves melodicrock should buy the thing right now.

In no particular order....

Michael Bolton - Everybody's Crazy
Journey - Raised on Radio
Touch - Touch
Aldo Nova - Subject
Boston - Boston
Van Halen - Debut
Balance - In For The Count
Survivor - Vital Signs
Giant - Giant
Harem Scarem - Harem Scarem

[Lilla_Forever]

Probably more off the beaten path than others....

Journey - Greatest Hits
Wynton Marsalis - Joe Cool Blues
Paul Simon - Negotiations and Love Songs
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Stevie Wonder - Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection
Ray Charles - Visionary Soul
AJ Croce - Cantos
Amy Winehouse - Back in Black
Dazed & Confused - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Honorable Mention:
Sam Cooke - One Night Stand: Live at the Harlem Square Club

The one highlighted is a favourite of mine as well at the moment. She may look like a street walker from Amsterdam, but she can sing at the level of any master soul/RnB singer worth mentioning!

Absolutely. Too bad her personal problems overshadow her talent. I really hope she gets herself back on track.

Oh yeah, I'd also thrown in any of Elton John's early albums (Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across the Water, Honky Chateau, Yellowbrick Road) in my top picks as well.

I hope so, too...

Yeah Elton's early stuff is magical. I have heard Honky Chateau the most, with my favourite track being this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sP14dmUjfM

[Art Vandelay]

Probably more off the beaten path than others....

Journey - Greatest Hits
Wynton Marsalis - Joe Cool Blues
Paul Simon - Negotiations and Love Songs
Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Stevie Wonder - Song Review: A Greatest Hits Collection
Ray Charles - Visionary Soul
AJ Croce - Cantos
Amy Winehouse - Back in Black
Dazed & Confused - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Honorable Mention:
Sam Cooke - One Night Stand: Live at the Harlem Square Club

The one highlighted is a favourite of mine as well at the moment. She may look like a street walker from Amsterdam, but she can sing at the level of any master soul/RnB singer worth mentioning!

Absolutely. Too bad her personal problems overshadow her talent. I really hope she gets herself back on track.

Oh yeah, I'd also thrown in any of Elton John's early albums (Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across the Water, Honky Chateau, Yellowbrick Road) in my top picks as well.

I hope so, too...

Yeah Elton's early stuff is magical. I have heard Honky Chateau the most, with my favourite track being this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sP14dmUjfM

Great song!
I think my favorite of his is Tumbleweed Connection (Amorena and Where To Now Saint Peter are great songs from that CD).

His early stuff is fun to listen to, because you can hear the major progression in his playing, his singing and in the band's structure as you go from one album to another. And it was all done within a few years. Amazing.

[Moon Beam]

Two words on Elton Johns early stuff.....Empty Sky, more precisely.....Skyline Pigeon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXGl8RZtRbg

[Art Vandelay]

Two words on Elton Johns early stuff.....Empty Sky, more precisely.....Skyline Pigeon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXGl8RZtRbg

Beautiful song! And I prefer the solo version that you posted over the Empty Sky and the Rare Masters versions.

[belar]

Here's my top 10, at least what I can think of right now...

1) Journey - Frontiers
2) Journey - Escape
3) Journey - Arrival
4) Def Leppard - Hysteria
5) Boston - Boston
6) Harem Scarem - Weight Of The World
7) Hardline - Double Eclipse
8 ) Masterplan - Aeronautics
9) Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation
10) Allen/Lande - The Battle

Honorable Mentions:
AC/DC - Back In Black
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Evanescence - Fallen
Europe - The Final Countdown
Brother Firetribe - False Metal

I'm sure there's more I'm not thinking of at the moment.

[Moon Beam]

Two words on Elton Johns early stuff.....Empty Sky, more precisely.....Skyline Pigeon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXGl8RZtRbg

Beautiful song! And I prefer the solo version that you posted over the Empty Sky and the Rare Masters versions.

The best one is from the studio (my two coppers worth) though I can't find it.
Youtube is only good for so much.
Most folks won't make mention of this gem, thanks to you for doing so.

[The Sushi Hunter]

as you dislike Michael Bolton's AOR albums, Winger, Hugo, Asia, etc.). It would be weird if everyone would share completely same musical tastes...

Everyone hates Bolton except you.

Yeah, some if not most of my favorites are a bit on the suspect side I would admit and I'm greatful I didn't get pinged by Deano for it. However even I can't stand Bolton. Bolton does come off though in my opinion as being just another Rick Astley style. I didn't like Astley either. My top ten is of the albums I was listening to during some of my most important times in my life....between the age of 20 and 25 and living in Japan. Ten top albums is very restrictive though because there were so many others that I thought were good too, like 5150 was another one of my favorites along with Foreigner - 4, Heart - Heart and Bon Jovi - slippery when wet just to name a few.

[sniper16]

as you dislike Michael Bolton's AOR albums, Winger, Hugo, Asia, etc.). It would be weird if everyone would share completely same musical tastes...

Everyone hates Bolton except you.

I don't.
Michael Bolton's 'Everybody's Crazy' is an absolute barnstorming melodic rock classic, if ever there was one. It rocks like nothin else. Voted by Kerrang readers as the greatest melodic rock album ever in a poll years back. Anybody who has not heard this album and loves melodicrock should buy the thing right now.

In no particular order....

Michael Bolton - Everybody's Crazy
Journey - Raised on Radio
Touch - Touch
Aldo Nova - Subject
Boston - Boston
Van Halen - Debut
Balance - In For The Count
Survivor - Vital Signs
Giant - Giant
Harem Scarem - Harem Scarem

i tried listening to everybodys crazy , nothing really stood out , fools game off of the first lp was better than anything on here, i guess ill have to convert the lp to cd and give it another listen.

[Deb]

My Top 50 (in lots of 10)
Thunder - Andy Taylor

wow.. that was a great list.. these 2 were such gems in the 80's.. most folks dont know of either one..

that andy taylor is an absolute must ..

I still have that Andy Taylor on cassette. I used to really like Don't Let Me Die Young.

Love that song! I remember taping this one off of MuchMusic (Canada's equivalent to MTV) back in the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYKED4tt ... re=related

[piecesofeight]

I love the LOU album too. MIDNIGHT BLUE is a fave...

I love a lot of Lou Gramm's solo stuff..Midnight Blue..good stuff..love how it opens..also like his song from The Lost Boys..Lost In The Shadows..I like it best when watching the movie and hearing it though..Just Between You And Me..another one that gets overlooked.

[Pstburp]

Pink Floyd=The Wall
Jethro Tull=Aqualung
Yes=Drama
Queen=Night at the Opera
Pink Floyd=Dark side of the Moon
King Crimson=Red
Genesis=Lamb lies on broadway
Pink Floyd=Wish you were here
Genesis=Selling England by the pound
King Crimson=In the court of the Crimson King


Other special albums=

Pink Floyd=Animals
Genesis=Seconds out
Camel=Moonmadness

In Hard Rock,Aor

Deep Purple=Made in Japan
Led Zeppellin=IV
Eagles=Hotel California
Boston=Dont look back
Boston=Boston
Toto=Toto
Van Halen=Van Halen
pETER fRAMPTON =lIVE(1976)
Kansas=Leftoverture
Journey=The album with people and places is one of my faves

Others
The Cars=Candy O
Scorpions=Black out
AC7DC=Back in black

[WykkedSensation]

as you dislike Michael Bolton's AOR albums, Winger, Hugo, Asia, etc.). It would be weird if everyone would share completely same musical tastes...

Everyone hates Bolton except you.

Yeah, some if not most of my favorites are a bit on the suspect side I would admit and I'm greatful I didn't get pinged by Deano for it. However even I can't stand Bolton. Bolton does come off though in my opinion as being just another Rick Astley style. I didn't like Astley either. My top ten is of the albums I was listening to during some of my most important times in my life....between the age of 20 and 25 and living in Japan. Ten top albums is very restrictive though because there were so many others that I thought were good too, like 5150 was another one of my favorites along with Foreigner - 4, Heart - Heart and Bon Jovi - slippery when wet just to name a few.

Rick Fucking Astley???
You are listening to the wrong Bolton albums.
I aint talkin Bolton does fuckin Sinatra or shit like that, i am talkin the debut and Everybodys crazy, and The Hunger, from 83 and 85 and 87 respectively. He did used to rock, believe it or not, rockier than Journey have EVER been.

Check out the list of co writers, players, and legends that feature on these albums....

Mark Mangold
Aldo Nova
Bob Kulick
Bruce Kulick
Chuck Burgi
Randy Goodrum
Terry Brock
Dianne Warren
Joe Lynn Turner
David Glen Eisley
Eric Martin
Randy Jackson
Mike Baird
Jonathan Cain
Neal Schon


You list Heart, Foreigner, Bon Jovi. If you like that stuff you will be blown away by the aforementioned Bolton releases.

Your loss!!

[garyt]

My top ten in order:

1. Deep Purple- Perfect Strangers
2. Foreigner- 4
3. Roger Daltrey - Under a Raging Moon
4. Thin Lizzy- Thunder and Lightning
5. ZZ Top- Afterburner
6. Iron Maiden - Piece of Mind
7. UFO- Obsession
8. UFO- Force It
9. Journey- Frontiers
10. Honeymoon Suite- The Big Prize