Your Top 25 Favorite Albums Thread

[SymphonyXV]

From least favorite to top favorite. I'll put mine up later, but for now, post yours.

Mine:

25. Anal Cunt- I Like it When you Die (for laughs)
24. The Who- Quadrophenia
23. Thomas Dolby- The Gate to the Mind's Eye
22. Dimmu Borgir- Stormblast
21. Various Artists- Repo! The Genetic Opera
20. Dream Theater- When Dream and Day Unite
19. Rush- Signals
18. Rush- Grace Under Pressure
17. Rush- Roll the Bones
16. Rush- Hold your Fire
15. Rush- Power Windows
14. Rush- Presto
13. Andrew Lloyd Weber- Jesus Christ Superstar
12. Jethro Tull- Thick as a Brick
11. AFI- Very Proud of Ya (I don't listen to this anymore, but this was my life when I was 15...)
10. Cradle of Filth- Cruelty and the Beast (my absolute guilty pleasure)
9. Various Artists- Lego Island Soundtrack (yeah, I said it...)
8. Peter Bernstein- Cyberscape
7. Jan Hammer- Beyond the Mind's Eye
6. Genesis- Foxtrot
5. The Mars Volta- Frances the Mute
4. The Mars Volta- Deloused in Comatarium
3. Ayreon- The Final Experiment
2. Symphony X- V

and the number one album.....
(holds breath)

1. Ayreon- Into the Electric Castle

 

[proulxski]

Kamelot - March of Mephisto
The Aurora Project - Unspoken Words
Abigail's Ghost - Selling Insincerity
Dream Theater - Train of Thought
Cloakwheel - This Crooked Path You've Drawn
Sylvan - Force of Gravity
Allen / Lande - The Battle
Ark - Burn The Sun
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls
Beyond Twilight - Devil's Hall of Fame
Symphony X - The Damnation Game
Symphony X - Twilight in Olympus
Leprous - Tall Poppy Syndrome
Symphony X - Paradise Lost
Pain of Salvation - Road Salt One
Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Symphony X - Live on the Edge of Forever
Pain of Salvation - BE
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing
Wolverine - Still
Pain of Salvation - Perfect Element
Symphony X - The Odyssey
Frost* - Milliontown
Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

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HONORABLE MENTIONS
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Opeth - Watershed
Andromeda - Chimera
Twinspirits - The Forbidden City
The Pineapple Thief - What We have Sown
The Pineapple Thief - Someone Here is Missing
Enchant - Juggling 9 or Dropping 10

 

[_Gentleman of_the Snow_]

But Symphony X only have 7.5 albums.

 

[Postulate]

Too many, and I have no idea how to order them or make cuts.

 

[J-Dubya 777]

Too many, and I have no idea how to order them or make cuts.

I'm with ya on this one.....

 

[SymphonyXV]

Just give it a shot, you can always change it

 

[Prog is King]

25. UFO - Live Strangers In The Night
24. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
23. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
22. Megadeth - Rust In Peace
21. Cacophony - Speed Metal Symphony
20. Praxis - Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis)
19. Buckethead - Peppers Ghost
18. Michael Angelo Batio - Hands Without Shadows
17. Gary Moore - After The War
16. Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star lV, Volume 1
15. Circus Maximus - Isolate
14. Spock's Beard - Beware of Darkness
13. Symphony X - Paradise Lost
12. Dream Theater - Awake
11. Symphony X - Live On The Edge Of Forever
10. Adagio - Underworld
9. Vanden Plas - The Seraphic Clockwork
8. Vanden Plas - Beyond Daylight
7. Symphony X - Twilight In Olympus
6. Steve Vai - Passion & Warfare
5. Adagio - Sanctus Ignis
4. Symphony X - The Odyssey
3. Symphony X - The Divine Wings Of Tragedy
2. Vanden Plas - Christ O
1. Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite

 

[Soulforged7]

I guess i was going to have to do this eventually.

In no specific order:

Metallica – Master of Puppets
Metallica - …And Justice for All
Metallica – Ride the Lightning
Metallica - Metallica
Dream Theater – Train of Thought
Symphony X – The Odyssey
Alter Bridge – Blackbird
The Gathering – Home
Theatre of Tragedy – Velvet Darkness They Fear
Opeth – Ghost Reveries
Opeth – Damnation
Epica – The Divine Conspiracy
Epica – Design Your Universe
Black Sabbath – Mob Rules
Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Porcupine Tree – Deadwing
Symphony X – V: The New Mythology Suite
Apocalyptica – Reflections
Blind Guardian – A Night at the Opera
Nightwish – Century Child
Nightwish - Oceanborn
Pink Floyd – Division Bell
Live – Throwing Copper
Symphony X – Paradise Lost
Porcupine Tree – Voyage 34

 

[Progbass]

Ah...this is always as hard.

25. Metallica - Master of Puppets
24. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
23. Nightwish - Oceanborn
22. In Flames - Clayman
21. Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
20. Meshuggah - Obzen
19. Soilwork - A Predators Portrait
18. Pantera - Vulgar Display or Power
17. Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misantropia
16. Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray
15. Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
14. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper
13. King Crimson - Red
12. Elp - Tarkus
11. Opeth - Ghost Reveries
10. Opeth - Blackwater Park
9. Pain of Salvation - One Hour by the Concrete Lake
8. Yes - Fragile
7. Yes - Close to the Edge
6. Kansas - Point of Know Return
5. Kansas - Leftoverture
4. Dream Theater - Awake
3. Dream Theater - Images and Words
2. Symphony X - V
1. Symphony X The Divine Wings of Tragedy

Geez..that took me awhile.

 

[Kenneth R.]

Peter Gabriel.

 

[LittleTortillaBoy]

Hard to choose 25 among the big number of great albums I've heard...But I'll give it a shot

Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
Camel - Mirage
Genesis - Foxtrot
King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King
Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
Marillion - Fugazi
Kansas - Leftoverture
Billy Cobham - Spectrum
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, pt.1
Dream Theater - Scenes From a Memory
Symphony X - V: The New Mythology
Symphony X - The Odyssey
Iced Earth - Burnt Offerings
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Death - Individual Thought Patterns
Camel - Moonmadness
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Riverside - Out of Myself
Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage
Rush - Hemispheres
Van der Graaf Generator - H to He, Who Am the Only One
Smak - Crna Dama
Dream Theater - Images & Words
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray

That's it. But the list changes constantly

 

[aXvXiA]

Never done this before...It's much harder than I would have thought. Let's see how it goes! I found 29 albums that stand out because they have at least multiple (4+) songs on them that I listen to most often. Towards the bottom, it gets pretty eclectic!

29. Satan and Adam - Mother Mojo
28. Sonic Mayhem - Quake II Soundtrack
27. Garth Brooks - Garth Brooks
26. Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Swingin' for the Fences
25. Satan and Adam - Living on the River
24. Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind
23. Metallica - Death Magnetic
22. Nine Inch Nails - Broken
21. Myrath - Hope
20. Metallica- Master of Puppets
19. The Prodigy - Fat of the Land
18. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
17. Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic:Calling
16. Mariah Carey - Daydream
15. Redemption - Snowfall on Judgement Day
14. Fates Warning - Parallels
13. Mastodon - Crack the Skye
12. Seventh Wonder - The Great Escape
11. Symphony X - Damnation Game
10. Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World
9. Symphony X - The Odyssey
8. Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor
7. Symphony X - Twilight In Olympus
6. Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
5. Slayer - Reign in Blood
4. Dream Theater - Awake
3. King's X - Gretchen goes to Nebraska
1. Symphony X - V
1. Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray

The last two are a tie, and I don't think one will ever win out

EDIT: Forgot about Awake!

 

[Postulate]

Ok here we go.

Gentle Giant - Acquiring the Taste
Gentle Giant - In a Glass House
Genesis - Trespass
King Crimson - Lizard
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray
Fates Warning - Disconnected
Fates Warning - Awaken the Guardian
Yes - Relayer
Symphony X - V: The New Mythology Suite
IQ - Tales from the Lush Attic
Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
Henry Cow - Western Culture
Helloween - Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt. 1
Faust - Faust
Univers Zero - Univers Zero / 1313
Psychotic Waltz - Into the Everflow
Sieges Even - Steps
Virgin Steele - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Pt. 1
Skyclad - A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol
Gryphon - Red Queen to Gryphon Three
Gryphon - Raindance
Herbie Hancock - Crossings
Spastic Ink - Ink Complete
Camel - A Nod and a Wink

Not really satisfied with that list but there we go!

 

[Kenneth R.]

Alright, alright.

Peter Gabriel - So
Peter Gabriel - Us
Peter Gabriel - Up
Anathema - Hindsight
Marillion - Seasons End
Marillion - Happiness Is The Road
Marillion - Marbles
Marillion - This Strange Engine
Vertical Horizon - Live Stages
Pain of Salvation - 12:5
Peter Gabriel - Secret World Live
Duncan Sheik - Daylight
The Tangent - Pyramids & Stars
Yes - The Ladder
Rush - Counterparts
Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain
Mostly Autumn - For All We Shared
Dredg - Pariah, Parrot, Delusion
Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
Zero Hour - Towers of Avarice
Demians - Building An Empire
Sigur Ros - ( )
The Future Sound of London - Dead Cities
Ulver - Perdition City
Foreigner - Inside Information

There, that's 25 I think. No order and it'd change easily and drastically tomorrow or in 10 minutes. A few obvious inclusions would remain fixed.

 

[_Gentleman of_the Snow_]

That Fate's Warning album keeps coming up... should I pick this album up, or what?

 

[Wander]

Ok... I'm gonna try and build this up starting with a couple of albums, don't know if I'll be able to finish it. It's much harder now than it would have been a few years ago. But I'd probably laugh at some of my choices now.

The list:

Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine
Scott Walker - The Drift
Ulver - Shadows of The Sun
Ihsahn - After

Ocean Machine and Shadows of The Sun are easy, cause they are simply my most listened albums by those artists, which are both in my top 10... The Drift is different though. As out of all the Scott Walker albums I have, I've listened to it the least. In fact, 4 complete plays, I think. But you know what, with that album, once or twice a year is enough for me. And it's amazing.

Ihsahn's After was probably my favourite album of last year so I added it as well atleast for the time being. Might hold a place in my top 25 of all time, not sure.

 

[Postulate]

That Fate's Warning album keeps coming up... should I pick this album up, or what?

You should get Awaken the Guardian on CD, melt it into molten plastic, put it in a syringe, and inject it into your veins.

 

[Krowsnest]

However I order this, it probably won't end well
O well lets try..... there not in any order

Epica- Design your Universe
Ayreon- Into the Electric Castle
Ayreon- The Dream Sequencer
Ayreon- 01011001
Star One- Victims of the Modern Age
Blind Guardian- Imaginations From the Other Side
Blind Guardian- Somewhere Far Beyond
Blind Guardian- At the Edge of Time
Rob Zombie- Hellbilly Deluxe (its too damn funky not to include)
Opeth- Ghost Reveries
Opeth- Damnation
Lunatic Soul- Lunatic Soul II
Symphony X- Twilight in Olympus
Symphony X- V: The Mythological Suite
Symphony X- Paradise Lost
Symphony X- The Odyssey
Devin Townsend- ZILTOID the Omniscient
Devin Townsend- Ocean Machine
Nightwish- Century Child (just beating out Once)
Korpiklaani- Ukon Wacka
Vanden Plas- The Seraphic Clockwork
Crippled Black Phoenix - 200 Tons of Bad Luck
Rainbow- Rainbow Rising
Black Sabbath- Heaven and Hell

 

[SymphonyXV]

However I order this, it probably won't end well
O well lets try..... there not in any order

Epica- Design your Universe
Ayreon- Into the Electric Castle
Ayreon- The Dream Sequencer
Ayreon- 01011001
Star One- Victims of the Modern Age
Blind Guardian- Imaginations From the Other Side
Blind Guardian- Somewhere Far Beyond
Blind Guardian- At the Edge of Time
Rob Zombie- Hellbilly Deluxe (its too damn funky not to include)
Opeth- Ghost Reveries
Opeth- Damnation
Lunatic Soul- Lunatic Soul II
Symphony X- Twilight in Olympus
Symphony X- V: The Mythological Suite
Symphony X- Paradise Lost
Symphony X- The Odyssey
Devin Townsend- ZILTOID the Omniscient
Devin Townsend- Ocean Machine
Nightwish- Century Child (just beating out Once)
Korpiklaani- Ukon Wacka
Vanden Plas- The Seraphic Clockwork
Crippled Black Phoenix - 200 Tons of Bad Luck
Rainbow- Rainbow Rising
Black Sabbath- Heaven and Hell

We have very similar taste!

That Fate's Warning album keeps coming up... should I pick this album up, or what?

I have the live video of it. Its good but not like number one good. It equals Scenes from a Memory to me.

And does anyone else notice this site is running VERY VERY slow tonight and you keep getting logged off? I think god is telling me to get off lol.

 

[schenkadere]

That Fate's Warning album keeps coming up... should I pick this album up, or what?

I have never understood any fascination with Fate's Warning...lame and amateur to my ears...and the singer! ugh! uke:

I find them discombobulated...messy compositions with mediocre performances. Parallels is the only album I can stomach musically and it is still uninspiring...hanging on the coattails of Queensryche by attempting a more accessible approach (pop-like).

BTW...not much of a fan, but Scenes from a Memory is musically on another planet compared to any Fate's Warning.