5 Albums (band, house, Beatles, song)

[Oildog]

Name 5 albums/CDs etc that were big influences in your life...or that you wore out by repeated playings. Not just single songs but the whole album.

[Whyte Byrd]

It's so hard to choose between just 5:

Boz Scaggs--Silk Degrees
Led Zeppelin--Houses of the Holy
Queensryche--Operation: Mindcrime
U2--Joshua Tree
Stevie Ray Vaughan--Live Alive

If you'd said 10 I'd add all of Sade's.

[MplsTodd]

Revolver -- The Beatles
The Who Sell Out -- The Who
All Mod Cons -- The Jam
Murmur -- REM
The Kinks Kronicles -- The Kinks

[ExPit]

This is a great thread. Some albums just come together, and become much more than their separate equal parts. My problem is I have a lot more than five. Let's see...

Something ... Tony Bennett
It Might as Well be Swing ... Sinatra/Basie
Songs for Swingin' Lovers ... Sinatra/Riddle
In the Wee Small Hours ... Sinatra/Riddle
(Better lay off Frank ... just too many)
The Wham of Sam ... Sammy Davis, Jr.
Rubber Soul ... my favorite Beatle album, but I could add many more.
Blonde on Blonde ... Dylan
Led Zepellin II
Time/Peace ... The Rascals
Hot House Flowers ... Wynton Marsalis
John Coltrane Plays for Lovers
Anniversary ... Stan Getz
Kind of Blue ... Miles Davis
Can't Buy a Thrill ... Steely Dan
Countdown to Ecstasy ... Steely Dan
Sweet Baby James ... James Taylor
A Space in Time ... Ten Years After

And more...

[Gone-2-Beach]

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
Tommy - The Who
Woodstock - original 1969 concert
Wheels of Fire - Cream
Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix

[Island_OnThe_Land]

The Clash - London Calling (1979)
The Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (1959)
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted (1992)
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisits (1965)

[rlrl]

ManhattanTransfer-Pastiche

Paul McCartney-Tug Of War

Barbra Streisand-Guilty

Bee Gees-Spirits Having Flown

Carly Simon--Boys In the Trees

Peter Allen-Continental American, Taught By Experts

George Benson-Give Me The Night

Billy Joel-Piano Man

George Harrison-George Harrison

Ringo Starr-Ringo

[FlaGrrrl]

Maybe not the *best* but the CDs/albums I've annoyed people most by listening to them over and over again.. some that pop to mind...

Miseducation of Lauryn Hill -Lauryn Hill
The Tour -Mary J Blige
White Album -Beatles
Tapestry -Carole King
Sublime -Sublime
Are You Experienced -Jimi Hendrix
Born to Run -Bruce
Hotel California -Eagles
Led Zeppelin box set

You'd have to ask my ex for a more definitive list, lol.

[stanman13]

Great idea for a thread. Reps to the OP.

Miles Davis Sketches of Spain turned me on to music in ways I could not previously imagine.

The Clash London Calling brought me back to appreciation of raw and simple rock & roll.

Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon let me know that an album could be more than just a collection of songs.

Jethro Tull Songs From the Wood for that celtic influence -- my heritage.

Waylon Jennings Live (in Austin) is just so full of raw emotional energy. Waylon really nails it here.

Truly, there are so many more than five. Playing and listening to music is a very important aspect of my life. Even more so now, that I am beginning to introduce my children to the wealth of music (and steer them away from the Disney crappity crap).

[desertsun41]

1...Genesis - Wind and Wuthering
2...Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon
3...Blessid Union of Souls - Blessid Union
4...Chicago - The very best of Chicago
5...Renaissance - Ashes are Burning