What’s your favourite album of all time

[Billybagpuss]

DH and I embraced the shuffle generation very early on from our very first iPod and before that mixed tapes. It seems like decades since we last actually listened to an album.

today we had a long drive so we’ve done
Bat out of Hell (I’d forgotten how good that was)
brothers in arms
a Joni Mitchell one was a bit dreary
Ella Fitzgerald gold (absolutely brilliant)
Invisible touch (it seems the fuck up your life lyric has been cleansed on Spotify)

give me your recommendations we are very open minded with music tastes and genres the only thing that brings the shutters slamming down is rap

My absolute favourite is Dark Side of the Moon, closely followed by Ella Fitzgerald’s Gold, and George Michael’s double greatest hits album.
But I also love Ravel’s Bolero, Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and the glorious , Rachmaninov’s 2nd Piano Concerto.

Meatloaf - Bat out of hell or
Bryan Adams - Reckless or
Greenday - Dookie
i can't decide between them. All classics.

Many favourites, but if I could only listen to one for the rest of my life, it would be Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees. Bought it on vinyl when it was first released in 1976, it was the first cd I ever bought and the first album I put on my iPod.

Hysteria - Def Leppard
Momentry lapse of reason - Pink Floyd

very different to if you asked me for my favourite tracks of all time

Elton John Capt Fantastic.
I love listening to it right the way through

A Night at the Opera - Queen
Rumours and Tango in the Night - Fleetwood Mac (actually most of Fleetwood Mac and Queen) -
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Welcome to my Nightmare & From the Inside Alice Cooper
Borderline - Ry Cooder
Plus lots more that have already been mentioned

Original Pirate Material, the Streets
Harry’s House and Fine Line

i have loads of other faves but those always have to be listened to as albums from start to finish

Loads of Pink Floyd albums are great but my favourite is The Wall.

Other full albums I love:

OK Computer - Radiohead
Graceland - Paul Simon
Rubber Soul - The Beatles
Everyone else is doing it so why can't we? - Cranberries
2 Many DJs first mix album
Seven - James
Levelling the Land - The Levellers (I only dislike the last song)
Illinoise - Sufjan Stevens
Garbage - Garbage
Original of Symmetry - Muse

Live at The Sands - Frank Sinatra (a lesson in perfection from Sinatra and Count Basie and his Orchestra there is not a note wrong)
Revolver - The Beatles
Abbey Road - The Beatles
I Never Loved A Man The Way That Loved You -Aretha Franklin
Rumours Fleetwood Mac
Off The Wall -‘Michael Jackson
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
White Ladder- David Gray
Californication - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
The Greatest - Cat Power
Come Away with Me - Norah Jones

Lil' Beethoven by Sparks. I came very late to the Sparks party, but their music has given me so much joy in the last 4 years.

Lots of my personal faves mentioned already, such as Portishead and Alanis Morissette.

I’d like to add -
Massive Attack- Blue lines
The Stone Roses
Primal Scream - screamsdelica

I think Marquee Moon by Television might be the best album ever recorded. It’s timeless.

Then for me personally, All Hands on the Bad One by Sleater-Kinney.

Also, the two Nick Cave albums which I believe are just perfect are Push the Sky Away and The Boatman’s Call.

Finally, PJ Harvey’s Stories From the City Stories From the Sea came out during a formative period in my life. I was a young teenager. So I guess I’d have to say that one too. That one deserved its Mercury prize for sure, remember how many great tracks were on that. Blimey.

The works By Queen

Screamadelica - Primal Scream
Leftism - Leftfield
The Stone Roses - Stone Roses

I was going to say REM too

Automatic for the People - REM
LA Woman - The Doors
The Future - Leonard Cohen
Blondie - Blondie
Combat Rock. - The Clash
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Rio - Duran Duran

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, chased by Hunky Dory.

Although according to Spotify Wrapped it's the ADHD Focus Playlist which is a bit mortifying.

George Michael - ladies & gentlemen
Blur - Parklife
Green Day - American idiot
The Killers - Hot fuss

My favourite is The Defamation of Strickland Banks by Plan B, which is probably an unusual choice given that I'm in my mid 60s! Before that, it would be The Lexicon of Love by ABC.

Fuck yeah to Dark Side of the Moon though! The number of times I lined that up with Wizard of Oz in my mid teens...

Also love Grace by Jeff Buckley

Meat is Murder - The Smiths
Whispers II - Passenger
Gracelands - Paul Simon
Innocent Man - Billy Joel
Run to you - Bryan Adams
Bat out of Hell - Meatloaf

Dark Side of the Moon

Awww how could I forget about Kimono My House !!!! Loved it
Can I recommend Mr Bungle to all you Faith No More fans?

Love Cat Stevens!

The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
Rome - Dangermouse
Dummy - Portishead
Things to make and do - Moloko
Black Cherry - Goldfrapp
In the Flat Field - Bauhaus
This is the Sea - The Waterboys
David Holmes presents The Free Association