Here is my personal album Top-10.
This one varies every year.
No new entries this year..... ;-)

01 - The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street (1972)
02 - Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (1975)
03 - U2 - Achtung Baby (1993)
04 - The Beatles - White Album (1968)
05 - J. Geils Band - Live (1972)
06 - The Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya Ya's Out (1969)
07 - The Strikes - Bathroom Accoustics (2007 ?)
08 - Fleetwood Mac - Live (1980)
09 - Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way (2006)
10 - Neil Diamond - Hot August Night (1972)

Mr.Fancyman

1. O.K. Computer - Radiohead
2. Pergola - Johan
3. Grace – Jeff Buckley
4. Down on the Upside - Soundgarden
5. Muddy Waters – Hard Again
6. Frank’s Wild Years – Tom Waits
7. Use Your Illusion I + II - Guns ‘N Roses
8. Raindogs – Tom Waits
9. Exile on Main Street – Stones
10. What Grabs Ya? - Triggerfinger

Mathijs

01 - The Rolling Stones - Rolled Gold LP(!)
02 - The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
03 - The Rolling Stones - Love You Live
04 - The Beatles White Album
05 - The Beatles Rock'n'Roll Music
06 - The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
07 - The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
08 - The Rolling Stones Goat's Head Soup
09 - The Clash - London Calling
10 - The Velvet Underground - The Best Of The Velvet Underground: Words And Music of Lou Reed

1/ Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
2/ Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
3/ Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
4/ Tonights the Night - Neil Young
5/ L.A.M.F. - Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers
6/ Revolver - The Beatles
7/ Talk is Cheap - Keith Richards
8/ This Years model - Elvis Costello
9/ Apostrophe - Frank Zappa
10/ The Man comes around - Johnny Cash

1. Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
2. Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1960 - Muddy Waters
3. Tomorrow The Green Grass - Jayhawks
4. The Natch'l Blues - Taj Mahal
5. Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
6. Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones
7. Sleepless - Peter Wolf
8. Piledriver - Status Quo
9. Leadbelly Sings Folk Songs - Leadbelly (feat. Woody Guthrie)
10.Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

1-Exile
2-Revolver
3-Blood on the tracks
4-Velvet & Nico
5-Sticky Fingers
6-Who's Next
7-White Album
8-Let it bleed
9-Beggars Banquet
10-Led Zep IV

1. Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
2. Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
3. Desire - Bob Dylan
4. Abbey Road - The Beatles
5. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
6. Definitely Maybe - Oasis
7. Up The Bracket - The Libertines
8. Let it Bleed - The Rolling Stones
9. Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams
10. Rhythm N' Blonde - Louise Hoffsten

1. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
2. Love - Forver Changes
3. The Pretty Things - SF Sorrow
4. The Beatles - Revolver
5. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
6. The Clash - London Calling
7. The Who - The Who Sell Out
8. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis Bold As Love
9. Led Zeppelin III
10. Primal Scream - Screamadelica

And yes, it does vary. When people ask me why there are no soul or r'n'b (old version) artists in there it's because they made better singles than albums. And don't get me wrong, I love women musicians to bits but I couldn't really put Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Aretha Franklin or Ella Fitzgerald above any of the top 10 as they are all such pinnacles.

In no particular order (and just one per artist):

Exile on Main Street - Rolling Stones
Queen I - Queen
Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits
A la Francaise - Arno Hintjens
Time out of Mind - Bob Dylan
American Recordings - Johnny Cash
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Teatro - Willie Nelson
Talking Timbuktu - Ali Farka Toure
Bring The Family - John Hiatt

Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Rolling Stones - Love You Live
John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
Beatles - Abbey Road
Clash - London Calling
Guns 'n' Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II
Faces - A Nod's As Good As A Wink
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Die Ärzte - Planet Punk

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I love these lists.


Berlin - Lou Reed
L.A. Woman - The Doors
The Doors - The Doors
Surf's Up - Beach Boys
Maisonettes For Sale - Maisonettes
Aftermath - Rolling Stones
1969 Live - Velvet Underground
Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd
Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
A Bigger Bang - Rolling Stones

Damn, this is tough for me...I'm going to limit it to one album per band, just stick to rock, and not include any 'greatest hits' compilations.

In a couple of hours, I'll probably be smacking myself on the head for leaving certain albums off of this list, but here goes (in no particular order):

Get yer Ya YAs's Out - the Stones
Revolver - the Beatles
Physical Graffiti -Led Zeppelin
Are You Experienced? - Jim Hendrix
Who's Next - the Who
Raw Power - Iggy & the Stooges
Never Mind The Bollocks - Sex Pistols
Loaded - Velvet Underground
Ace of Spades - Motorhead
Arthur - the Kinks

I don't quite know if the below albums are my top-10 in terms of being favourite, but they're certainly the records that have influenced me the most in any way.

Revolver - The Beatles
Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Is This It? - The Strokes
Up The Bracket - The Libertines
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Different Class - Pulp
The Rolling Stones (UK Debut)
Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan

Only one/artist

1] Exile - Stones
2] Powerage - AC/DC

these two never change tho I can't decide which is my favourite!

3] Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
4] The kick inside - Kate Bush
5] Grevious Angel - Gram
6] On the beach - Neil Young
7] Assault and Battery - Rose Tattoo
8] Houses of the holy - Led Zep
9] Schools out - Alice Cooper
10] Blood on the tracks - Bob Dylan

The Band - The Band
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
The Wailers - Catch A Fire
The Clash - Give 'em Enough Rope
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Howlin Wolf - Howlin Wolf
Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch
The Who - The Who Sell Out

Really hard to narrow it down to 10.

Today, in no particular order:

Stones- Exile 2010 w/bonus tracks
Pink Floyd- Animals
Yes- Yessongs
Who- Quadrophenia
Morrissey- Viva Hate
Swervedriver- Mezcal Head
Jeff Beck- Wired
BeBop Deluxe- Live in the Air Age
Kraftwerk- minimum/maximum live 2005
Magnetic Fields- Get Lost

Sgt. Pepper - The Beatles
Rubber Soul - The Beatles
Aftermath - Stones
Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
Synchronicity - The Police
Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen
Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
Who's Next - The Who
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
The Nylon Curtain - Billy Joel

In no particular order:

Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones
IV - Led Zeppelin
...And Justice for All - Metallica
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan
Nevermind - Nirvana
Trans Europa Express - Kraftwerk
The Doors - The Doors

Born to Run: Bruce Springsteen
Houses of the Holy: Led Zeppelin
Sticky Fingers: Rolling Stones
Let It Bleed: Rolling Stones
Exile on Main Street: Rolling Stones
Toys in the Attic: Aerosmith
Rubber Soul: Beatles
Who's Next: Who
Band on the Run: Paul McCartney
Get Nervous: Pat Benatar

Rolling Stones - Some Girls
Ryan Adams - Rock N Roll
The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music
AC/DC - Highway to Hell/Powerage - I really can't pick one
Kathleen Edwards - Failer
BB King - Live at San Quentin
The Who - Who Else
Neil Young - Harvest
JJ Cale - The Road to Escondido
Elvis Presley - An Afternoon In The Garden

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Is This It? - The Strokes

That album sums up my first year of college for me. An album which is what they call a "game-changer."

1. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
2. Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
3. Lee Scratch Perry - Arkology
4. PIL - Metal Box
5. The Specials - The Specials
6. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
7. Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear
8. Bob Marley - Uprising
9. Gregory Isaacs - My Number One
10. Donna Summer - I Remember Yesterday



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2. Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On

I listen to "Thank You For Talkin To Me Africa" on repeat frequently throughout the week.

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Mathijs

5. Muddy Waters – Hard Again

An album every blues---hell, MUSIC fan should own!

Sticky Fingers
Who's Next
The Wall
Physical Graffiti
Sgt Peppers
Toys in the Attic
CCR's Greatest Hits
Avalon
Hotel California
The Joshua Tree

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Teatro - Willie Nelson

Surprised by that choice, Koen. I'm a HUGE Willie fan myself. Don't remember picking that one up but I do know the track "My Own Particular Way" and was bothered a bit by the production. I shall have to pick it up.

Other great Willie albums: The classic Phases and Stages. "Songbird" produced by Ryan Adams. I thought "Moment of Forever" was pretty strong...Kenny Chesney produced that. It's a little flashy but it's got some good songs on there, particularly "Over You Again" and the funny "You Don't Think I'm Funny Anymore." I enjoyed the cover album he did of Cindy Walker songs. His blues album, "Milk Cow Blues" is pretty sweet. Didn't really enjoy his latest, "Country Music" even though it was more "back to form" nor did I like his collaboration with Asleep with the Wheel.

Still though...it's Willie...God Bless Him!



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No order apart from Exile at no 1

Exile-Stones
Kind of Blue-Miles Davis
Crosby Stills and Nash self titled
Queen 2-Queen
Blue-Joni Mitchell
Notorious Byrds Brothers-The Byrds
Aja-Steely Dan
Anodyne-Uncle Tupelo
The Dreaming-Kate Bush
Appetite For Destruction-Guns and Roses

Honourable exceptions- After the goldrush,Southern Harmony and Musical Companion,Houses of the Holy etc,etc



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L.A. Woman - The Doors
The Doors - The Doors
Surf's Up - Beach Boys

Can't go wrong there!

My other favorite post-Pet Sounds BB album is Sunflower. Some fantastic Dennis Wilson songs on there like the addictive "Slip On Through."

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Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story

The album that made me re-think Rod Stewart all together considering I didn't think much of him in my early 20's while he was beginning to release his Songbook collections...

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2. Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On

I listen to "Thank You For Talkin To Me Africa" on repeat frequently throughout the week.

Inspiring song isn't it. I love the way Sly reinvented it, seemingly pointing te accusing finger of the original back at himself. (Or maybe it was the drugs)