Top 10 albums by solo artists

[i aint play this]

This thread doesn’t really have a point but at least it’s a bit different.


The idea is simple. Write down a list of your top 10 favorite albums by solo artists. Try not to repeat the same artist, make your lists as diverse as possible.


My list:

Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
Leonard Cohen – The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Fiona Apple – When the Pawn…
Joni Mitchell – Court & Spark
Jeff Buckley – Grace
David Sylvian – Secrets of the Beehive
Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
Nick Drake – Bryter Layter
Mike Johnson – I Feel Alright
Scott Walker - Tilt

 

[Carta's]

Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Scott Walker - The Drift
David Bowie - Ziggie Stardust
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home [I love quite all Dylan, I'm quite unsure on which is my favourite]
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
Dan Swano - Moontower [well, not quite sure it fits with the other giants in here, but you said to make it as diverse as possible ]
Amon Tobin - Permutation
Michael Jackson - Thriller [I'm dead serious, go find a pop album that's better.]

 

[My Arms, Your Purse]

Do one-man-bands count?

 

[BefriendedUnit]

Michael Jackson - Thriller [I'm dead serious, go find a pop album that's better.]

 

[Junges]

Michael Jackson - Thriller [I'm dead serious, go find a pop album that's better.]

You can't. Pop albums are all crap.

 

[Carta's]

You can't. Pop albums are all crap.

yeah, you're methul!!!1111 rock on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 hail satanz!!!!!!1

 

[i aint play this]

And when greatness turns out not to be all that diverse, then what?

Nah that was just a suggestion, not a rule.

 

[i aint play this]

Do one-man-bands count?

Yes.

 

[Frosties]

Tom Waits - Heart Of Saturday Night
Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
When Day Descends - Transcend
Everlast - Eat At Whitey's
Alcest - Souvenirs d'Un Autre Monde
Woods Of Ypres - Pursuit Of The Sun And Allure Of The Earth


And I don't kow if these count, since these artist are usually in a band, but released these solo albums:
David Gilmour - On An Island
Devin Townsend - Ocean Mahcine/Biomech
John Frusicante - To Record Only Water For Ten Days
Dave Matthews - Some Devil

 

[Lightbulb Sun]

John Frusicante - To Record Only Water For Ten Days

One of my favorites, definitely.

 

[philno]

lol @ no one mentionning fredrik thordendal - sol niger within

 

[Transcendental]

Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects - Sol Niger Within
Burzum - Hlidskalf
Burzum - Filosofem
Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss
Burzum - Det Som Engang Var
Burzum - Dauði Baldrs
Burzum - Burzum / Aske
Alcest - Souvenirs D'un Autre Monde
Opeth - Watershed
Gaahlskagg - In My Ass

 

[philno]

thank you. not quite sure how opeth is a solo artist though.

 

[Lateralus14]

No Michael Hedges albums were mentioned, seriously wtf

 

[Lightbulb Sun]

Another one soon to be, INSURGENTES.

 

[Seanindarkness]

Devendra Banhart-Cripple Crow
Tom Waits-Alice
Nick Drake-Pink Moon
Toby Driver-In the L.L. Library Loft
most anything Steve Roach related.

 

[hezagenius]

Truly (or almost) solo artist albums:

Lustmord - [OTHER]
Brian Eno - Apollo
Steve Roach - The Magnificent Void
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol 2
Wendy (Walter) Carlos - A Clockwork Orange soundtrack
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite
Nine Inch Nails - Broken
Plastikman - Consumed
Prince - Dirty Mind
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
Vangelis - Blade Runner soundtrack
Burzum - Burzum



Solo artists with backing bands:

PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
Barry Adamson - Oedipus Schmoedipus (any Barry Adamson fans here?)
Louis Armstrong - The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings
Basehead - Play With Toys
Beck - Midnite Vultures
Bjork - Debut
Jeff Buckley - Grace
RL Burnside - A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey
Jerry Cantrell - Degradation Trip (full set)
Cat Power - Moon Pix
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
Duke Ellington - Black, Brown & Beige
Philip Glass - Koyannisqatsi
Herbie Hancock - Headhunters
Paul McCartney - Run Devil Run (with a little known guy on guitar named David Gilmour)
Willie Nelson - Stardust
Leon Redbone - Champaign Charlie
Reverend Horton Heat - Space Heater
Seal - Seal (first album)
Johnny Winter - Second Winter
Dwight Yoakam - If There Was A Way
Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
John Zorn - I.A.O.

 

[MegaMoose]

You can't. Pop albums are all crap.

You're retarded.

 

[Seanindarkness]

does Clint Mansell count?

 

[in_my_time_of_disease]

^Yes. The Fountain OST obliterates..

There's a few that I love, there way to many to make a top 10. Drake, Walker and Bowie are probably my 3 favorite solo artists.

Nick Drake- Five Leaves Left
Scott Walker- Scott 3
Miles Davis- Kind of Blue
Bob Dylan- Highway 61
John Lennon- Imagine
Jeff Buckley- Grace
Joni Mitchel- Blue
Neil Young- Harvest
David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
Fredrik Thordendal- Sol Niger Within
Ane Brun- Changing of the Seasons
Iron and Wine- Our endless numbered days

....urgh way to many...