What are your top 5 Albums of all time?

[Drago]

My current topm5...

Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Led Zeppelin - III, the last of their bluesy albums.
Motorhead - Overkill. Some of Lemmy's finest work.
Kill Devil Hills - The Drought.
The Beatles - Rubber Soul.

 

[Oldhippy]

As with Drago I couldn't have a definitive top 5 but currently:
Santana-Moonflower
Genesis-Seconds Out
Anything by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Deep Purple-Machine Head
Sensational Alex Harvey Band-Next

 

[cisamcgu]

Rush - Moving Pictures - they were at the height of their powers, an album with no bad track
Rainbow - Rainbow Rising - there is NO better rock album
Jeff Wayne - War of the Worlds - faultless
Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous - the definitive live album
They Might be Giants - Flood - funny, clever, musical, political

 

[Oldhippy]

All of the above as well, see, you can't just have 5!

 

[stephec]

Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Then Jerico - Big Area
AC DC - Back in Black

Brian Johnson gets some grief from diehard Bon Scott fans, but Back in Black is one of their finest.

 

[Chris S]

The Jam - This Is The Modern World
The Jam - All Mod Cons
The Jam - Settings Sons
The Jam - Sound Affects
The Jam - The Gift

To be honest it was a toss-up between In The City and The Gift. Their first and last albums were their weakest.

 

[Oldhippy]

Back in Black is one of the finest comebacks of all time. It must have been a hard trick to pull. Can you imagine waiting for the reaction from the diehard fans.

 

[Nigeyy]

It's hard; I think your tastes change as time goes on. Here's my top five at the moment:

The Beatles -Sgt Peppers (could be other albums depending on my mood)
The Jam -All Mod Cons or Setting Sons, but I'll say All Mod Cons
Ultravox -Rage in Eden
Radiohead -The Bends or OK Computer, but I'll say OK Computer
Led Zeppelin -I (I just love the more blues influenced side of Led Zep)

The Smiths "Hatful of Hollow" could easily squeeze in there another day. Or BB King's "Live from San Quentin". Or Mozart's Requiem is fantastic too. Or some Queen. I must say I've been very much enjoying Muse's "Absolution" recently though.....

 

[accountantpete]

01 - Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
02 - The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground
03 - Axis:Bold As Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
04 - Made In Japan - Deep Purple
05 - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - The Pink Floyd

 

[Oldhippy]

Yep, AccountantPete's are fab too.

 

[Rezillo]

In the end, I just decided to list my most played albums, which are mainly those that lift me up, so in no particular order:

Out Of The Blue - ELO

Rum, Sodomy And The Lash - The Pogues

English Electric - OMD

Jumpin' Jive - Joe Jackson (Mrs R and I can sing every track on this)

On Every Street - Dire Straits (oh, that shelf-rattling bass on Calling Elvis)

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Honourable mentions

Fundamental - Pet Shop Boys

The Race For Space - Public Service Broadcasting

The Winter of 89 - Tom Robinson Band (totally on fire live album)

 

[tyred]

Bob Dylan - Desire
The Saw Doctors - If this is rock n' roll, i want my old job back
Johnny Cash - American Recordings
Bob Dylan - Time out of mind
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road.

 

[AndyRM]

Mogwai - Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Death From Above - You're a Woman I'm a Machine
Wardruna - Gap Var Ginnunga
Beastie Boys - License to Ill
Runrig - Cutter and the Clan

 

[Adam4868]

1 The Stone Roses...The Stone Roses.
2;Joy Division...Unknown Pleasures.
3.Pulp...Different Class.
4.The Good the Bad and the Queen
Merrie Land
5.David Bowie...Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars

 

[postman]

Since this was first posted,I now have Spotify on my phone.I have 15 albums on it and four of the 5 are on that list,just Joe Cocker has been left off.