It was thought of before, suggested before and for whatever reason nothing came of it. So here it is. As it says - your top 25 from any year 1641 - 2012.
I helped rekindle this thing (in the GNR thread) so I'd better participate.
I avoided the inclusion of any “Greatest Hits” albums.
Admittedly, there’s not much variety but I suppose that I simply like what I like.
1. U2 – Achtung Baby
2. Radiohead – OK Computer
3. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
4. Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
5. U2 – The Joshua Tree
6. Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction
7. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
8. Pearl Jam – Ten
9. Pearl Jam – Vs.
10. Radiohead – The Bends
11. Radiohead – Kid A
12. Pearl Jam – Vitalogy
13. Nirvana – Nevermind
14. Nirvana – In Utero
15. Soundgarden – Superunknown
16. Radiohead – In Rainbows
17. Weezer – "Blue Album"
18. Alice in Chains – Dirt
19. U2 – The Unforgettable Fire
20. U2 – War
21. Led Zeppelin – "Led Zeppelin IV"
22. Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
23. The Beatles – Abbey Road
24. Guns N’ Roses – Use Your Illusion II
25. Guns N’ Roses – Use Your Illusion I
01. Achtung Baby - U2
02. Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses
03. The Joshua Tree - U2
04. Ten - Pearl Jam
05. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
06. Dookie - Green Day
07. Vs. - Pearl Jam
08. Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
09. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
10. Thriller - Michael Jackson
11. Zooropa - U2
12. Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin
13. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
14. Master of Puppets - Metallica
15. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
16. Ritual de lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction
17. Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue
18. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
19. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
20. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
21. The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
22. A Rush of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
23. Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
24. Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
25. Nevermind - Nirvana
1. U2 -Achtung baby
2. Peter Gabriel - So
3. Kate Bush - Hounds of love
4. U2 - Joshua Tree
5. Pink Floyd -The Wall
6. Prince - Sing 'o' the time
7. The Beatles - The white album
8. Lenny Kravitz - Let love rule
9. U2- Unforgetabble fire
10. Peter Gabriel - Secret world
11. Rolling stones- Exile on main street
12.U2 - Zooropa
13.Oasis - (What’s the Story) Morning Glory
14. Pink Floyd - Pulse
15. Type o negative - October rust
16. Skunk anansie- paranoid an sunburnt
18. Jimi hendrix - Axis : bold as love
19. Heather Nova - Oyster
20. Loreena McKennit: The mask and the Mirror
21. Peter Gabriel - Up
22. Wings - over america
23. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
24. Bruce Springsteen - Live in Dublin
25. Paul McCartney - Tripping the live fantastic
1. Alice Cooper - The Last Temptation
2. U2 - Zooropa
3. Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor
4. Meat Loaf - Welcome To The Neighbourhood
5. Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis
6. Pavlov's Dog - Pampered Menial
7. Jimi Hendrix: Axis Bold As Love
8. Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II
9. Aerosmith - Draw The Line
10. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand The Weather
Here's where it gets harder to do.
11. The Joe Perry Project - Let The Music Do The Talking
12. Brian Wilson - SMiLE
13. Jim Steinman - Bad For Good
14. Brian Eno - Music For Airports
15. Keith Richards - Talk Is Cheap
16. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
17. Pearl Jam - Ten
18. Darren Hayes - This Delicate Thing We've Made
19. Duran Duran - The Wedding Album
20. Madonna - Ray Of Light
21. GnR - Chinese Democracy
22. Sebastian Bach - Angel Down
23. Silver Ray - This Is Silver Ray
24. Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
25. Charlotte Martin - On Your Shore
1.Solace --Sarah MacLachlan
2. So - Peter Gabriel
3. There Goes Rhymin' Simon--Paul Simon
4. Going for the One--Yes
5. Let it Be--The Beatles
6. Piano Man--Billy Joel
7. Darkness on the Edge of Town--Bruce Springsteen
8. Have You Seen Me Lately-Carly Simon
9. Chicago at Carnegie Hall--Chicago
10. Deja Vu--Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
11. Music for the Masses--Depeche Mode
12. Trilogy--Emerson, Lake & Palmer
13. Genesis(Mama album)--Genesis
14. Flash--Jeff Beck
15. Songs From the Wood--Jethro Tull
16. Live- Joe Cocker
17. Thrak--King Crimson
18. Pretty Hate Machine--Nine Inch Nails
19. The Wall--Pink Floyd
20. Heavy Nova--Robert Palmer
21. Moving Pictures--Rush
22. Ten Summoner's Tales--Sting
23.. Astronauts & Heretics--Thomas Dolby
24. All That You Can't Leave Behind--U2
25. Oranges and Lemons--XTC
1 . U2 – The Joshua Tree
2 Peter Green - In the Skies
3 Daniel Lanois - Acadie
4 Supertramp -Crime in the Century
5 Genesis - Seconds out
6 Frampton -Frampton comes alive
7 Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus
8Verve -A Storm in Heaven
9U2 Achtung Baby
10 Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
11 Verve -Urban Hymns
12Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
13 Beatles- Revolver
14 Beatles-White Album
15 Beatles Seargent Peppers..
16 Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams
17 Stones - Sticky Fingers
18 U2 Rattle and Hum
19 Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
20 Supertramp -Paris
21 Pink Floyd -Wish you were here
22 Eagles -Hotel California
23 Bryan Ferry - Boys and Girls
24 Beatles Abby Road
25 Simple Minds - In the City of Light
01 Achtung Baby - U2
02 Songs of faith and devotion - Depeche Mode
03 The Joshua Tree - U2
04 The Holy Bible - Manic Street Preachers
05 Let love rule - Lenny Kravitz
06 Music for the jilted generation - The Prodigy
07 Disintegration - The Cure
08 Violator - Depeche Mode
09 Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers
10 Floodland - Sisters of mercy
11 Full moon fever - Tom Petty
12 Love - The Cult
13 Zooropa - U2
14 Listen Like Thieves - INXS
15 100th Window - Massive Attack
16 Stories from the city, stories from the sea - PJ Harvey
17 Sleeping with ghosts - Placebo
18 Once upon a time - Simple Minds
19 Kasabian - Kasabian
20 Howl - BRMC
21 Sum and Substance - The Mission
22 10'000 Hertz Legend - Air
23 Darklands - Jesus and Mary Chain
24 Electric - The Cult
25 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
1. U2- Achtung Baby
2. Radiohead-In Rainbows
3. U2-The Joshua Tree
4. The Beatles-Abbey Road
5. Radiohead-OK Computer
6. Bruce Springsteen-Born to Run
7. Van Morrison-Astral Weeks
8. The Rolling Stones-Let It Bleed
9. R.E.M.-Automatic for the People
10. Radiohead-Kid A
11. The Beatles-Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
12. Bob Dylan-Bringing It All Back Home
13. The Band-The Band
14. Neil Young-On the Beach
15. David Bowie-The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
16. The Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers
17. The Beatles-Rubber Soul
18. Neil Young-Harvest
19. U2-Zooropa
20. Bob Dylan-Blonde on Blonde
21. U2-The Unforgettable Fire
22. John Lennon-Imagine
23. Bruce Springsteen-Darkness on the Edge of Town
24. Bruce Springsteen-Nebraska
25. Arcade Fire-Funeral
I feel like I left off too many albums I love. Ask me again next week, and this list could be very different.
1. U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
2. Pink Floyd - the Division Bell
3. Beatles - Abbey Road
4. U2 - the Joshua Tree
5. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
6. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
7. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
8. Muse - Absolution
9. U2 - Achtung Baby
10. Beatles - Let it Be
11. the Killers - Hot Fuss
12. U2 - the Unforgettable Fire
13. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
14. Pink Floyd - the Wall
15. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
16. Snow Patrol - Eyes Open
17. Editors - the Back Room
18. U2 - Boy
19. Michael Jackson - Bad
20. Pearl Jam - Ten
21. Mufmord & Sons - Sigh No More
22. Bruce Springsteen - Magic
23. Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments
24. Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence
25. Keane - Hopes and Fears
Lol..the list is dominated by U2. Still, ask me again tomorrow, apart from the top 3 it will be completely different!
1. Queen - Innuendo
2. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
3. Michael Jackson - Thriller
4. The Doors - The Doors
5. Guns 'n Roses - Appetite For Destruction
6. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
7. John Lennon - Imagine
8. Aerosmith - Honkin' On Bobo
9. BB. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With The King
10. Beatles - White Album
11. AC/DC - Highway To Hell
12. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
13. Guns 'n Roses - Use Your Illusion I & II
14. The Doors - Morrison Hotel
15. Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
16. Aerosmith - Aerosmith
17. AC/DC - Back In Black
18. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
19. Eric Clapton - Pilgrim
20. The Rolling Stones - Bridges To Babylon
21. U2 - Achtung Baby
22. Robert Randolph And The Family Band - Walk This Road
23. Katie Melua - Call Off The Search
24. Coldplay - A Rush Of Blood To The Head
25. The Verve - Urban Hymns
I tried to limit myself to one album per band. I own many many more albums by the following artists, so it's hard to choose (U2-AB is probably the easiest choice)
60s:
1.Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
2.The Doors - The Doors (really hard to pick their best album)
3.Cream - Disraeli Gears
4.Led Zeppelin - I
5.John Mayall's Bluesbreakers - "beano album"
rock, metal & blues guitarists:
1.Gary Moore - Blues for Greeny
2.Joe Satriani - Chrystal Planet
3.Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step
4.Steve Vai - Ultra Zone
5.Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
metal:
1.Megadeth - Youthanasia
2.Metallica - Load
3.Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.
4.Queensrÿche - Empire
5.Pantera - Far Beyond Driven
hard rock/alt:
1.Guns'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
2.Living Colour - Stain
3.Van Halen - Balance
4.Rage Against The Machine - The Battle of L.A.
5.Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies
pop/rock:
1.U2 - Achtung Baby
2.Pearl Jam - Ten
3.Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
4.R.E.M. - Green
5.Roxy Music - Flesh&Blood.
my top ten consists of each 1&2, after that it becomes blurry.