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JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
YakHorn Yak Horn from The Sticks Since: Dec, 2011
#52: Jan 13th 2012 at 5:57:59 PM

Okay. Favorite All Time Albums. This may take awhile

10. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens

9. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

8. Sung Tongs by Animal Collective

7. Hunky Dory by David Bowie

6. The Beatles by The Beatles

5. Apple O' by Deerhoof

4 Super æ by Boredomes

3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel

2. Embryonic by The Flaming Lips

1. Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips (again)

Suddenly I realize how small of a number 10 is. If I was to make the list again next week, I'd probably think of different albums.

I am a writer, but would prefer to stay anonymous simply out of embarrassment for not having any work published.
Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
Proud Canadian
#53: Jan 14th 2012 at 5:17:36 PM

For I Talk To The Wind, I dunno, it just bores me. I'm surprised so many of you like it.

@Enemy: I'm assuming you like Jethro Tull in that case?

If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.
NatTheWriter Since: Oct, 2011
#54: Jan 15th 2012 at 10:31:25 AM

Top ten albums at the moment, in no particular order:

Little Earthquakes (Tori Amos)
Funeral (Arcade Fire)
Ys (Joanna Newsom)
Astral Weeks (Van Morrison)
Late Registration (Kanye West)
This Is Happening (LCD Soundsystem)
The Reminder (Feist)
What's Going On (Marvin Gaye)
Beautiful Sleepyhead and the Laughing Yaks (Emily Wells)
Quadrophenia (The Who)

EnemyMayan from A van down by the river Since: Jun, 2011
#55: Jan 15th 2012 at 3:42:04 PM

@Enemy: I'm assuming you like Jethro Tull in that case?

Yep. They've even got some songs that I like enough to have debated putting them in my top 10. But as has already been said, 10 is a really low number. Definitely there'd be at least one Tull song in my list if I posted another 10 favorite songs, or a top-20 list.

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sca_punk Not-Not-Not Your Academy from sca_punk's computer Since: Apr, 2010
Not-Not-Not Your Academy
#56: Jan 15th 2012 at 4:11:44 PM

I guess I'll do my top ten albums, too. This is in alphabetical order.

  • Boris - Pink
  • Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
  • The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
  • Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
  • of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
  • Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
  • Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
  • Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
  • Tegan and Sara - The Con
  • Titus Andronicus - The Monitor

They're off the streets now, and back on the road on the riot trail. http://www.last.fm/user/sca_punk
mellochan42 Whoa! Ahoge! from TARDIS Since: Dec, 2011
Whoa! Ahoge!
#57: Jan 15th 2012 at 4:21:02 PM

Top ten albums? Sure.

10. Floodland - Sisters of Mercy

9. Elephant - White Stripes

8. Micro - Phonies - Cabaret Voltaire

7. Five On The Open-Ended Richter Scale - Einsturzende Neubauten

6. Mutiny/The Bad Seed - The Birthday Party

5. Silence is Sexy - Einsturzende Neubauten

4. The Lonesome Crowded West - Modest Mouse

3. From Her to Eternity - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

2. These Immortal Souls - These Immortal Souls

1. Haus Der Luge - Einsturzende Neubauten

(italics are wrong, I know)

edited 15th Jan '12 4:21:37 PM by mellochan42

Gay elephant noise?
Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
Proud Canadian
#58: Jan 15th 2012 at 5:20:24 PM

[up][up][up]My God is probably my favourite from the Tull I've heard so far.

I <3 anyone who puts Quad in their top ten.

If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.
YakHorn Yak Horn from The Sticks Since: Dec, 2011
#59: Jan 15th 2012 at 5:41:04 PM

@Sca Punk

Oh, 69 Love Songs is so good. I can't believe I missed it in my list.

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MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan!
#60: Jan 16th 2012 at 3:12:52 AM

Added Highway 61 Revisited to the list of honorable mentions in my post on the first page.

Also, top 10 Johnny Cash songs:

1. Sunday Morning Coming Down
2. Ghost Riders In The Sky
3. I Walk The Line
4. Daddy Sang Bass
5. Wanted Man
6. Man In Black
7. Folsom Prison Blues
8. Big River
9. San Quentin
10. Jackson

edited 17th Oct '12 2:17:27 PM by MidnightRambler

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ImipolexG frozen in time from all our yesterdays Since: Jan, 2001
frozen in time
#61: Jan 16th 2012 at 6:04:20 PM

Top 10 Rush albums

  1. Moving Pictures
  2. Permanent Waves
  3. Grace Under Pressure
  4. Signals
  5. Roll the Bones
  6. A Farewell to Kings
  7. Power Windows
  8. 2112
  9. Test For Echo
  10. Hemispheres

edited 16th Jan '12 6:04:27 PM by ImipolexG

no one will notice that I changed this
MikeK Since: Jan, 2001
#62: Jan 17th 2012 at 6:31:31 PM

1994 was sort of the year I started getting really into music. But while writing this I realized what I'd pick from that year now isn't entirely the same stuff that actually caught my attention at the time. So...

Top Ten Albums Of 1994:

  • 10. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
  • 9. Built To Spill - There Is Nothing Wrong With Love
  • 8. Soundgarden - Superunknown
  • 7. Portishead - Dummy
  • 6. Shudder To Think - Pony Express Record
  • 5. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
    • Token hip-hop entry because I think this is the only hip-hop I have from that year at all, honestly.
  • 4. Ween - Chocolate And Cheese
  • 3. Alice In Chains - Jar Of Flies
    • Yeah, it was marketed as an EP, but it's over 30 minutes so I'm counting it.
  • 2. Blur - Parklife
  • 1. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

What I Probably Would Have Said My Top Ten Albums Of 1994 Were In 1994:

I'd still definitely say I like almost everything in that second list - not sure about the Korn and Toadies, which I have not heard in full in probably over a decade.

edited 17th Jan '12 6:35:49 PM by MikeK

ImipolexG frozen in time from all our yesterdays Since: Jan, 2001
frozen in time
#63: Jan 17th 2012 at 6:55:15 PM

1994 was an important year for me, although not really musically.

My favorite albums of that year would be:

  • Soundgarden - Superunknown
  • Kyuss - Sky Valley
  • Melvins - Stoner Witch
  • Oasis - Definitely Maybe

Top Ten Thrash Metal albums (had to do it eventually)

  • Megadeth - Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
  • Slayer - Reign in Blood
  • Metallica - Master of Puppets
  • Anthrax - Among the Living
  • Testament - The Legacy
  • Overkill - The Years of Decay
  • Exodus - Bonded By Blood
  • Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
  • Heathen - Victims of Deception
  • Flotsam & Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deceiver

Ho hum.

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MikeK Since: Jan, 2001
#64: Jan 17th 2012 at 10:12:45 PM

I somehow forgot Stoner Witch, I guess because in my mind it's a little bit overshadowed by Houdini - it's definitely at least an honorable mention in my book.

Lucifer Since: Dec, 2009
#65: Jan 18th 2012 at 4:31:28 AM

I started writing a top 10 of songs I think are good but also somewhat creepy. However, after 4 it took me a while to come up with more:

  • The Beatles - A day in the life (especially the last ~minute, as I can still hear the very annoying 4 second beep)
  • The Beatles - Revolution 9 (although not sure if I actually like it)
  • Deep purple - Child in time (awesome and quite weird)
  • The Doors - The End
  • The Doors - Riders on the storm (I once heard someone say it is a song that makes you want to be in a car on the road during rain... Something told me he didn't really listen to the text)
  • Genesis - Mama (although it is one of my favourite Genesis songs)
  • Genesis - Domino (again one of my favourites)
  • Robert Johnson, for some reason, the whole discography
  • Rolling stones - Brown sugar (think it is a great song. Very catchy. I sang along with it until I listened to what I was singing. Now I'm slightly uncomfortable when listening to it.)
  • Pink Floyd - Waiting for the worms (because of the Nazi screaming through the song)

Best Albums (Only the first three in that order):

  • Pink Floyd - The wall
  • Jeff Wayne - Jeff Wayne's musical version of the War of the worlds
  • The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band
  • B.B. King - Live at the Regal
  • James Taylor - Hourglass
  • The Doors - The Doors
  • Frank Sinatra - In the wee small hours
  • Queen - A night at the opera
  • Coldplay - Viva la vida
  • Adele - 21

edited 18th Jan '12 4:34:43 AM by Lucifer

rumetzen Since: Jan, 2010
#66: Jan 18th 2012 at 6:19:18 AM

Last 10 songs I listened to, according to Last.fm

Binary Star - The KGB
Binary Star -The KGB (Intro)
Binary Star - Honest Expression
Binary Star - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (prison)
Binary Star - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings (jail)
Binary Star - Binary Shuffle
Binary Star - Slang Blade
Binary Star - Solar Powered
Binary Star - Conquistadors
Binary Star - Reality Check

Mukora Uniocular from a place Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
Uniocular
#67: Jan 18th 2012 at 10:34:29 PM

Tope 10 Musicians (May or may not be ordered by rank.)

  • 10. Journey
  • 9. The Ink Spots
  • 8. Kansas
  • 7. Queen
  • 6. The Beatles
  • 5. Sara Bareilles
  • 4. Adele
  • 3. The Eagles
  • 2. Frank Sinatra
  • 1. Dean Martin

Top 10 songs (Again, may or may not be in order)

  • 10. Bohemian Rhapsody Queen
  • 9. Carry on my Wayward Son Kansas
  • 8. Love Song Sara Bareilles
  • 7. Whiskey Lullaby Brad Paisley
  • 6. Don't Stop Believing Journey
  • 5. That's Life Frank Sinatra
  • 4. I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire The Ink Spots
  • 3. Come Fly with Me Frank Sinatra
  • 2. Big Iron Marty Robbins
  • 1. Ain't That a Kick in the Head Dean Martin

"It's so hard to be humble, knowing how great I am."
MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan!
#68: Mar 21st 2012 at 10:38:02 AM

Top 10 Rolling Stones songs:

1 - Sympathy For The Devil
2 - Midnight Rambler
3 - It's Only Rock And Roll
4 - Stray Cat Blues
5 - Jumpin' Jack Flash
6 - Wild Horses
7 - Let It Bleed
8 - Paint It Black
9 - She's So Cold
10 - Sister Morphine

More or less threw this together on a whim; it's only the upper three I'm really sure of.

edited 21st Mar '12 10:38:21 AM by MidnightRambler

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kyris Since: Jun, 2010
#69: Mar 24th 2012 at 10:08:09 PM

My top ten favorite artists as of this listing - It changes alot...dramatically...One day I'll be all about a band and listen to them constantly, next I'll stop listening to them a year.

1. Busdriver 2. Fu Shnickens 3. Black Sabbath 4. Psychopathic Rydas 5. Aesop rock 6. Twiztid 7. Rob Zombie 8. mc Chris 9. Tech N9ne 10. MC Frontalot

Twentington Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Desperate
#70: Mar 25th 2012 at 11:21:44 AM

Post 23 by Pikafan — You rock for your 1990s country picks. "Dancy's Dream" is awesome.

Top 10 current male country acts, in no order:

  • Keith Urban (love the passion and energy in his voice, and he's an ace guitarist/banjoist/whateverist)
  • Kenny Chesney (mainstream as he is, Kenny's often quite risky from an artistic standpoint — just listen to "You and Tequila")
  • Jason Aldean (hardest rocking guy in the genre right now)
  • Eric Church (second hardest rocking guy in the genre right now)
  • Jake Owen ("Alone with You" is amazing)
  • Luke Bryan (very charismatic vocalist, great melodies — "I Don't Want This Night to End" is in Lydian mode, something I've never heard before)
  • David Nail (also a great voice, though his producer sucks)
  • Ronnie Dunn ("Cost of Livin" was the best song of 2011 in any genre, IMO)
  • Lee Brice (yet another great voice, interesting lyrics)
  • James Wesley (highly underrated — "Real" and "Didn't I" were excellent)

I've also got my eye on Kip Moore as a future star with a lot of potential. "Somethin' 'bout a Truck" is probably the first time I've ever heard Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs in a song.


Top 10 Garth Brooks songs, in order:

  1. That Ol' Wind
  2. Shameless
  3. What She's Doing Now
  4. Two Piña Coladas
  5. Thicker Than Blood (never understood why this flopped)
  6. That Summer
  7. Papa Loved Mama
  8. More Than a Memory
  9. Unanswered Prayers
  10. Friends in Low Places

edited 25th Mar '12 11:22:54 AM by Twentington

x86x2 Eternally dreaming... Since: Nov, 2011
Eternally dreaming...
#71: Mar 25th 2012 at 8:13:27 PM

I'm quite a fan of the long-form epic, so here are the top 10 longest songs I have in my iTunes:

  • 10. "Devil's Playground" (25:27) by The Flower Kings
  • 9. "Seeds of Gold" (25:59) by Neal Morse
  • 8. "Stranger In Your Soul" (26:04) by Transatlantic
  • 7. "Duel With The Devil" (26:44)by Transatlantic
  • 6. "The Great Nothing" (27:02) by Spocks Beard
  • 5. "Three Minute Warning" (28:33) by Liquid Tension Experiment
  • 4. "All Of The Above" (30:59) by Transatlantic
  • 3. "The Truth Will Set You Free" (31:02) by The Flower Kings
  • 2. "Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence" (42:02) by Dream Theater
  • 1. "Garden Of Dreams" (59:25) by The Flower Kings (beautiful in every use of the word)

edited 25th Mar '12 8:19:15 PM by x86x2

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MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan!
#72: Mar 27th 2012 at 3:20:56 AM

Top 10 Heavy Metal bands:

1. Judas Priest
2. Slayer
3. Iron Maiden
4. Metallica
5. Motörhead
6. Saxon
7. Helloween
8. Ensiferum
9. Sodom
10. Finntroll

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AsTheAnointed Since: Jan, 2010
#73: Mar 27th 2012 at 7:48:16 AM

[up][up]I approve of this top 10 (being both a lover of half-hour-plus epics and having my favourite song ever featured as #2)

edited 27th Mar '12 7:48:25 AM by AsTheAnointed

EnemyMayan from A van down by the river Since: Jun, 2011
#74: Mar 27th 2012 at 7:51:15 AM

As a fan of Progressive Rock, I like long songs too... but I'm ashamed to admit I haven't heard any of the ones on x86x 2's list. sad

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MidnightRambler Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan! from Germania Inferior Since: Mar, 2011
Ich bin nicht schuld! 's ist Gottes Plan!
#75: Mar 29th 2012 at 7:59:30 AM

All right, this is a big one: three Top Tens in one! The best vocalists of blues, rock and metal. With You Tube links to their Crowning Moments Of Awesome!

Blues:
1. Howlin' Wolf
2. Muddy Waters
3. Son House
4. Screamin' Jay Hawkins
5. John Lee Hooker
6. Gregg Allman (The Allman Brothers Band)
7. Little Richard
8. Bob "The Bear" Hite (Canned Heat)
9. Nicko Christiansen (Livin' Blues)
10. Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)

Rock:
1. John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
2. Jim Morrison (The Doors)
3. Eric Burdon (The Animals)
4. Roger Daltrey (The Who)
5. Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)
6. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
7. Bon Scott (AC/DC)
8. Freddie Mercury (Queen)
9. Jimi Hendrix
10. Steve Marriott (Small Faces)

Metal:
1. Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
2. Kai Hansen (Helloween, Gamma Ray)
3. Lemmy (Motörhead)
4. Biff Byford (Saxon)
5. Michael Kiske (Helloween)
6. Tom Araya (Slayer)
7. Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
8. Stumpen (Knorkator)
9. Mille Petrozza (Kreator)
10. Tom Angelripper (Sodom)

edited 7th Apr '12 12:35:23 PM by MidnightRambler

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