All time favourite albums

Interesting assortment - I kind of like Tanya Tucker's voice too sometimes - and love Lauren Hill's and Tori Amos' voices.

I like your signature and screen name SeaAsleep

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Thanks, Aidan. Smile

I really like your signature too, especially the line about the fields being "royal with birds". My screenname comes from a Doctor Who quote Smile

: “There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea's asleep, and the rivers dream; people made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace. We've got work to do."

I'm not really into country but I grew up listening to Tanya Tucker and I never forgot that particular album. Bjork, Lauren and Tori all have beautiful if disparate voices. 'The Miseducation...' and 'Boys for Pele' are both such perfect albums from start to finish. Tori in particular hasn't disappointed me yet.

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TheSeasAsleep wrote:

Thanks, Aidan. I really like your signature too, especially the line about the fields being "royal with birds". My screenname comes from a Doctor Who quote : "There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, and the sea's asleep, and the rivers dream; people made of smoke and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger, somewhere there's injustice, somewhere else the tea's getting cold. Come on, Ace. We've got work to do."

TheSeaAsleep
Thanks- that's my favorite part of it too. My daughter had to do a poetry project in fourth or fifth grade and she found the poem as part of that. I was happy to find that she has such a good ear.

Not a Sci-Fi fan - so I'm embarrassed to say I've never even watched a single episode of Doctor Who - but the first part of that quote is absolutely beautiful. Thanks for posting it. Hope to see you around some more-Aidan

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David Bowie ~ Changes
Bruce Springsteen ~ Born In The USA
Alice Cooper ~ Trash
Sisters Of Mercy ~ Floodland
Stevie Wonder ~ Songs In The Key Of Life
Duran Duran ~ Rio
Eagles ~ Hotel California
ABBA ~ Arrival

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Of course in no particular order...

Odelay - Beck
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
II (Green Album) - Days of the New
3 Feet High and Rising - De La Soul
The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters
Make Yourself - Incubus
Ok Computer - Radiohead
Vasos Vacíos - Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
So Long and Thanks for all the Shoes - Nofx
Fundamental - Puya
Pies Descalzos - Shakira
The Shape of Punk to Come - Refused
Canciones Urgentes - Silvio Rodriguez
Legs to Make Us Longer - Kaki King
The Fury of the Aquabats! - The Aquabats
End of an Era - The Big Pill
Mentiras Piadosas - Joaquín Sabina

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Pearl Jam -- Ten

I listened to this CD over and over, until I had to dig giant gobs of ear wax from my poor, tortured ears daily...there is no better album...nor will there ever be.

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I have too many favorites I really don't know what to list.

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My favorates are
System of a Down- Toxicity
The Eagels- Hotel California
Avenge Sevenfold- Waken the Fallen
SlipKnot- Iowa
System of a Down- Mezmerized
Cold- Year of the Spider
These are the ones i can think of on the top of my head.... when i think of more i'll post them. Smile

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Has anybody noticed, that all the favorite albums are mainly rock based?

As this is a site for intellectuals (or so I like to think) Then this must lead us to some kind of conclusion that rock music is more intellectual than other types of music, such as say... R&B.
This leads me to a second conclusion, that as R&B is the enemy of rock, and Commoness is the opposite of intelectualism, R&B is actually just a pile of **** that chavs eat macdonalds to.
Savy?

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Nice conclusion. I agree.

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That's an ignorant conclusion. The fact that the people ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE list mostly rock albums as their favorites is simply an indication of just who is on this site and nothing more. Mostly intellectuals on this site? And that opinion is based on what? Your own desire to feel superior?

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eoe wrote:

That's an ignorant conclusion. The fact that the people ON THIS PARTICULAR SITE list mostly rock albums as their favorites is simply an indication of just who is on this site and nothing more. Mostly intellectuals on this site? And that opinion is based on what? Your own desire to feel superior?

Here, here. R&B goes way back. And anyone who says Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye have nothing to do with rock and roll is crazy.

I know that's not the same thing as contemporary R&B, but it comes from the same place, and that's a place that influenced even Bob Dylan, a favorite reference among rock and roll "intellectuals."

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Wow-and good answer you guys

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eoe wrote:

Mostly intellectuals on this site? And that opinion is based on what? Your own desire to feel superior?

wait, you mean were not mostly intellectuals

are we at least pseudo-intellectuals?

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We're psuedo-everything here. That's what makes us great.

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Well I agree with us being great.

No, the stones could count as R&B if you mean rhythm and blues, I mean ccontemparyR&B which stands for rhythm and bass, aka noise.

And thank you seibentage.

eoe: No its not ignorant, its just presumes a bit.
Use your imagination.
I consider most people on here to be intellectuals, for lack of a better word, because who else would spend time online talking to complete strangers about topics they are passionate about in a sophisticated manner?

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Queen, let me remind you that slamming a whole genre of music doesn't make one an intellectual. In fact I have never heard a musician dismiss R&B out of hand. There is good in all forms of music and a thoughtful ,intelligent poster should understand (Urban) R&B and from where it evolved.
The fact that so many posters included rock albums on their favorite lists only points out the demographics of the A2K membership that choose to post on this thread.

Just my nickel

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OCCOM BILL wrote:

Tornado- Rainmakers (do I own the only copy? )

love the rainmakers, sadly my copy of tornado is long gone, but i do have the greatest hits

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Im not slamming a wholegenre of music.
Im just rounding up a bit.

Here's an example. My whole a level music tech class had to bring in a song to play to the others so we could anylise instrumental fx.
It sticks out in my mind that no-one chose Jessica Simpson 'these boots are madefor walkin'
Had the task been to bring in a music video then we might have had a different outcome.
But my general opinionis that anyone who likes music enough to want to know what they're talking about, isnt a fan of R&B.
generally.

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The Pentacle Queen wrote:

Im not slamming a wholegenre of music.
Im just rounding up a bit.

But my general opinionis that anyone who likes music enough to want to know what they're talking about, isnt a fan of R&B.
generally.

umm...you couldn't be more wrong, how can you discuss music or understand anything with out knowing the history behind the music, the fact is that people may not have been exposed or indeed not be fans of r&b or early country/rockabilly music music, but if they like rock and roll they have these genres to thank for it's existence

your statement is akin to saying, anyone who like politics enough to want to know what they're talking about isn't a fan of history generally

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