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Kirbo:
1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
2. The Who- Tommy
3. The Beatles- Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
4. Pink Floyd - Animals
5. The Tragically Hip- Road Apples
6. Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde
7. Led Zeppelin- Untitled
8. Jimi Hendrix- Electric Ladyland
9. Queen- A Night at the Opera
10. The Tragically Hip- Trouble at the Henhouse
11. R.E.M- Automatic for the People
12. Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
13. The Beatles- Abbey Road
14. The Beatles- Magical Mystery Tour
15. The Tragically Hip- The Tragically Hip
16. The Flaming Lips- The Soft Bulletin
17. The Tragically Hip- Up to Here
18. The Tragically Hip- In Between Evolution
19. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin 2
20 The Tragically Hip- Phantom Power

Misereatur:
I'm trying to come up with 20 albums, but I just cant.
There are just too many good albums floating about in my head..

Damn you, eclectic taste in music.

Mr Blue Sky:
1. Jean Leloup - Le Dôme
2. Malajube - Trompe-l'oeil
3. Les Colocs - Dehors Novembre
4. The Blood Brothers - Crimes
5. Louise Attaque - Comme On A Dit
6. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
7. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
8. Jean Leloup - La Vallée des Réputations
9. The Dandy Warholes - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
10. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
11. Karkwa - Les tremblements s'immobilisent
13. The Dears - No Cities Left
14. The Decemberists - Picaresque
15. Röyksopp - Melody A.M.
16. Accrophone - Duo du Balcon
17. Portishead - Dummy
18. The Beattles - Abbey Road
19. Les Breastfeeders - Déjeuner sur l'herbe
20. Bob Dylan - Highway 61

Thrillho:
Right, now because I'm a sad motherfucker it's taken me weeks to come up with this list, and I've written a fucking mini-essay on each album and said my favourite track. However, this also means that I can't fit all 20 in one reply, so I'm going to post like, five a day, starting at number one.

Let me just say that I know a great deal of these albums are by no means perfect; but they don't have to be to find their way into my heart. I think the limitation of having to be CDs I personally, physically own, not my dad/brother, not on MP3 only, but me, my money, has made for an interesting list, as far as I'm concerned. Although I think 2/3 of the top 3 would remain the same if I didn't have that restriction. Anyway, voila:

1.   Weezer – Weezer Deluxe (1994/2004) – I adore this album, so much you have no idea. This is an album that’s stood the test of time; more than 12 years I’ve been in love with this album. They are the first band I discovered of my own accord – i.e. my dad didn’t cram them down my throat; not that the bands he did cram were bad! - in 1994, when they appeared on the Windows ’95 install disc. My mum hated this band even then, but since then I’ve consistently and repeatedly fallen in love with Weezer over and over again, by listening to their good albums through and remembering just how goddamned great they are. I’ve chosen the deluxe version of the Blue album for two reasons; one, I prefer the unmated guitars on Say It Ain’t So, and two, I think that the unreleased/b-side songs on the bonus disc – Susanne, Mykel And Carli, Paperface, etc. – are at least as good, and ditto the acoustic performances. This is Weezer’s masterpiece. Favourite song: The World Has Turned And Left Me Here
2.   Joy Division – Closer (1980) – This album is completely unique, even compared to their preceding work! The ghostly production, stabbing guitars and Ian Curtis’ wretched (as far as feeling rather than quality) vocals and lyrics make this my second favourite album ever. There’s not a duff track here. I love how Isolation finishes a few seconds early, and just as you wait for the next song the synthesizer fades back in for a split-second blast at the end. That’s the genius of Martin Hannett for you – who has a hand in making a lot of this album so good, turning Closer into a claustrophobic, echoing walk through the darkness of Ian Curtis’ depression. Cracked, but beautiful. Favourite song: Decades
3.   Billy Talent – Billy Talent (2003) – The word ‘punk’ is thrown around an awful lot these days. Let’s assume Billy Talent are punk – in what sense, I don’t know, but either way one thing I do know is this is one of the best debuts I’ve heard in recent years. Just spilling over half an hour in length, this record is bristling with energy and aggression, and it’s frankly brilliant. The lyrics are clever, witty and often hilarious; and the guitar parts are brilliant (Ian D’Sa chooses to use a tuning that allows him to play chords and lead parts at the same time). While the themes of being different to everybody else are fairly emo-angst-y, they put a different spin on it, and over music that’s somehow inventive with the same old instruments it just doesn’t get much better as far as I’m concerned. Favourite Song: Prisoners Of Today
4.   Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home (1965) – This is the first album when Dylan went ‘rock.’ He practically invented rock with the first side of this album really. The sequence it’s in is somewhat bemusing actually considering he used to play gigs acoustic first and then with his band; either way, both sides of it are great. I think this album’s greatest strength is that it shows Dylan’s two sides; the rocking, speed-freak bastard (i.e. Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream, probably my favourite song on here) and the finger-pointing leader of the masses (i.e. It’s Alright May (I’m Only Bleeding) which contains probably the coolest acoustic guitar riff of all time). The thing that boggles my mind about this album, though, is that it was released in the same year as Highway 61 Revisited. How the FUCK Did he managed to release his two greatest albums within less than 12 months? Favourite Song: Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream
5.   Pink Floyd – Animals (1977) – When Pink Floyd went punk. This is the most acidic Pink Floyd album pre-Wall, and it benefits greatly from that. The lyrics are like knives, the musicianship is probably the Floyd’s best – some of it concealing the bite of the lyrics within; ironically enough, becoming wolves in sheep’s clothing – and the songs are all hilariously extreme lengths. Even the bookends, Pigs On The Wing 1 and 2 which I at first found fairly nothingy are vital to the concept despite their miniscule length. Easily one of the Floyd’s best; and definitely better than Dark Side and The Wall in my eyes. Favourite Song: Pigs

Storm Rider:

--- Quote from: Iwan ---Sepultura with Max is still awesome,
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Please, Sepultura hasn't been good in years.

And Master of Puppets isn't even Metallica's best album, nor is Metallica even the best Bay Area thrash band.

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