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

That is a great full album listen!

I absolutely couldn't choose just one, and now I'm also lining up a full album playlist. 😅

Oh yes, that's a brilliant album (Plan B). Must play it again.

August and Everything After by Counting Crows is in my Top 1 of albums

Tapestry - Carole King
Pretzel Logic - Steeley Dan
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Elton John - Elton John

The Libertines - Up The Bracket. I've never got bored of that album.

Lots that have already been mentioned
Pulp - Different Class
Suede - Coming Up (such an underrated album, By The Sea makes me cry every time)
Alabama 3 - Exit on Coldharbour Lane

And more recently Confidence Man - Confident Music for Confident People.

Another vote for Massive Attack. Protection and Blue Ljnes.
I walked down the aisle to Unfinished Sympathy 20 years ago! Still one of the most powerful and uplifting tracks of all time IMO.

Never a Dull Moment by Rod Stewart
Fans by Malcolm McLaren
Low by David Bowie

So difficult but
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Paul Weller - Paul Weller
Travis - The man who

Oh we must be the same age because I also love

Jagged litttle pill
Morcheeba big calm is just sublime.

Also my student days: definitely maybe and the Joshua tree.

Hopes & fears - Keane. Still sounds incredible.

Dark side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
Automatic for the People (REM)
MTV Unplugged (Nirvana)

From your title, I was coming on to say Meatloaf's Bat Out of Hell. Such a masterpiece. But already in your list, from your opening post.

I'd add Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA'.

But a compilation one I love on a car journey, is 'Country Gold (just has all the Greatest Country Hits of old on it)

The Bends - Radiohead
Disintegration - The Cure
Going Blank Again - Ride
Nowhere - Ride
I Should Coco - Supergrass
Actually - Pet Shop Boys
Very - Pet Shop Boys
Power, Corruption and Lies - New Order
Substance - New Order
The First Two Pages of Frankenstein - The National

Carry on up the charts - beautiful south
Whats the story morning glory - oasis
2001 - Dr Dre
Slim Shady and Marshall Mathers LPs - Eminem
Ladies and Gentlemen - George Michael

Hopes and Fears by Keane,
very closely followed by The innocents by Erasure
then III by Take That

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd.
Just perfect.

So, so many.

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
Come What(ever) May by Stone Sour
Wasting Light by Foo Fighters
Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys
Sheryl Crow by Sheryl Crow
Al Green Greatest Hits
Dookie by Green Day
Labour of Love I & II by UB40
The Best of Rod Stewart by Rod Stewart
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book by Ella Fitzgerald
Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos
Teenage Dirtbags and Teenage Dirtbags 2 Compilations
Wham - The Final by Wham
Stoosh by Skunk Anansie
International Velvet by Catatonia

Still loads more, but if I was stuck in a room with these, I’d be happy.

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
Why? - Alopecia
Kanye West - My beautiful dark twisted fantasy
Nas - Illmatic
The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
Keith Jarret - the Köln concert
Jamie XX - In colours
Animal Collective - Centipede hz
Happy Mondays - Pills n'thrills and bellyaches
Bjork - Post

I'm very much a full album listener.

Oh that was an amazing album. Brought back so many memories just seeing the title!

Couple more...
Boys For Pele by Tori Amos
Miaow by The Beautiful South

Oh and Garbage - Garbage & Version 2.0
Bangles - Different Light
Abba - Gold (surprised not to see this but haven't rtft)

Ooh tricky. Probably . Personal favourites
Joy Division Closer
Talking Heads Remain In Light.
Kate Bush difficult choice but I will plump for The Dreaming.
Rickie Lee Jones's first album.
Genesis Selling England by the Pound
Yes Relayer.

We have the exact same taste in music.
I'll add Dark Side of the Moon as well.

Rumours
Moby
all of Dido’s albums