List your Favourite Albums

[honeypower]

Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase

Slum Village - Fantastic Vol. 2

Robert Glasper - In My Element

Elliott Smith - Figure 8

Animal Collective - Feels

Grateful Dead - American Beauty

Nujabes - Modal Soul

Cymande - Renegades of Funk

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (although m b v is up there too)

man you have great taste

[bearhead]

I really want to add onto this thread, but I'm afraid I'll get carried away... There's far too much good music out there.

I guess to limit it to 10 that are in my "current" favorites (no specific order):

Acetone - If You Only Knew
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Lone - Ecstasy & Friends
Red House Painters - Old Ramon
Bibio - Fi
Circulatory System - S/T
Palace Brothers - Days In The Wake
Elliott Smith - New Moon
Duster - Stratosphere
The Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk At Cubist Castle

[PiotrG.]

Choice based on concatenation of different factors such as sound, place, colours, time, season, etc...

Bass Communion - Ghost On The Magnetic Tape (or Loss)
Bjork - Vespertine
Boards Of Canada - The Campfire Headphase/Tomorrow's Harvest (cannot tell which one of all really)
Brian Eno - Shutov Assembly
Burial - Street Halo/Kindred (currently)
Four Tet - There Is Love In You
Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain
I.E.M - 1996-1999
Radiohead - Amnesiac (a bit of a garage sound here in places)
Steve Roach - A Deeper Silence
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Frank Zappa - Grand Wazoo

[Exaybachay]

Well I don't know how many albums we can list so this is off the top of my head:

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
Sigur Rós - ( )
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Tortoise - TNT
Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill
Supersilent - 6
Fennesz - Black Sea
Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind
Bark Psychosis - Hex
Squarepusher - Music is Rotted One Note
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
Faust - Faust
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein

[RVeldhuis]

In a random order:

Sigur Rós - Takk
edIT - Crying over Pros for no Reason
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Bonobo - Black Sands
Emancipator - Soon it will be Cold Enough
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Tycho - Past is Prologue
Helios - Eingya
The Album Leaf - Into the Blue Again
The Album Leaf - In a Safe Place
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Radiohead - OK Computer
The Flashbulb - Arboreal
Air - Moon Safari
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold
Cunninlynguists - A Piece of Strange


It ended up getting a tad longer than I thought, hahaha. Oh well.

[portiss]

In no particular order;


Boards of Canada - The campfire headphase
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Boards of Canada - Tomorrows Harvest
Boards of Canada - Music has the right
Zero 7 - When it falls
Kosheen - Resist
Royksopp - Melody A.M
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Atoms for peace - Amok
Emancipator - Soon it will be cold enough
Stars of the lid - And their refinement of the decline
Helios - Eingya
Bibio - Vignetting the compost
A winged victory for the sullen - A winged victory for the sullen
Thievery Corporation - The mirror conspiracy
The album leaf - Into the blue again
The album leaf - In a safe place
Air - Moon Safari
Air - Talkie Walkie
Bonobo - Black Sands
Sleepingdog - With our heads..
Kruder & Dorfmeister - the K&D Sessions
Aphex Twin - Both the selected ambient works
Portishead - Dummy
Hooverphonic - The magnificent tree
The Cinematic Orchestra - Ma Fleur
Clubroot - II-MMX
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

Guess there's a lot more, but these albums are pretty much the albums that have influenced my musical taste into what it is today.

[Polaris]

In no particular order:

Burial - Untrue
Submotion Orchestra - Fragments
Tangerine Dream - Logos
['ramp] - Doombient one
Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi
Delerium - Spheres II
Marek Biliński - E<>mc2
Sui Generis - Trichiliocosm
Carbon Based Lifeforms - Hydrophonic Garden
Biosphere - Substrata
Air - Moon Safari
Nemezis - In Between
Neuronium - Chromium Echoes
Moderat - Moderat
Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself

[Konnan]

A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
Aphex Twin - LOADS
Arovane - Lilies
Autechre - LOADS
Beaumont Hannant - Texturology
Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue
Boards of Canada - EVERYTHING
Caribou - Swim
Childs - Yui
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Drexciya - LOADS
Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
Gescom - Key Nell
Keef Baker - The Widnes Years
Kettel - Myam James Part 1
Nature And Organisation - Beauty Reaps The Blood Of Solitude
Ochre - Lemodie
Plastic Boy - It's A Plastic World
Porcupine Tree - LOADS
Sasha - Airdrawndagger
Secede - Bye Bye Gridlock Traffic
Squarepusher - LOADS
Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place
Way Out West - Way Out West

[auzzie4life010]

Boards Of Canada - MHTRTC
Higher Intelligence Agency - Colourform
Casino Versus Japan - Go Hawaii
Kraftwerk - Computer World
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Bibio - Silver Wilkinson
Autechre - Incunabula
The Black Dog - Book Of Dogma
Ulrich Schnauss - Far Away Trains Passing By
St Germain - Tourist
Air - Moon Safari
Tosca - Suzuki

[Orbited insanitarium]

Love to bring this thread back, such great choices!

(No particular order)

Tindersticks - waiting for the moon
Phantogram - eyelid movies
Caravan palace - <|°_°|> (robot face)
Boards of Canada - studio album discography
Simian - chemistry is what we are
John grant - pale green ghosts
The flaming lips - at war with the mystics
The chemical brothers - surrender
Father John Misty - pure comedy
Genesis - trespass
Tom waits - nighthawks at the diner
FSOL - lifeforms
B.E.N.T - programmed to love
The orb - peel sessions
Tangerine dream - stratosfear
Jean-Michel jarre - waiting for Cousteau
Radiohead - the bends
Vashti Bunyan - another diamond day
Captain beefheart & the magic band - clear spot
Peter Bjorn and John - writers block
Thundercat - drunk
The divine comedy - casanova
Miles Davis- miles ahead
Steve hillage - rainbow dome musick
Brian eno - another green world

[rodox_head]

I wasn't aware of this thread, I'll be making some notes for sure. I actually like to chronicle my favorites in the form of a Spotify playlist, and yes, they are in particular order


In written form:

Spoiler: show

Platinum Tier
1. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
2. Wall of Voodoo - Dark Continent/Call of the West
3. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
4. Omni Trio - Music for the Next Millenium
5. James Ferraro - Last American Hero
6. Amon Tobin - Bricolage
7. Throbbing Gristle - D.o.A. The Third and Final Report
8. The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
9. Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI
10. The Buggles - The Age of Plastic
Gold Tier
11. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
12. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
13. Japan - Quiet Life
14. Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey
15. Omni Trio - The Haunted Science
16. Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 2
17. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
18. Boards of Canada - A Few Old Tunes
19. Depeche Mode - Violator
20. Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel
21. The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation
22. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
23. Devo - Freedom of Choice
24. Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
25. Infected Mushroom - B.P.Empire
26. ППК - Русский Транс: Формирование
27. The Cure - Pornography
28. Soichi Terada - Sumo Jungle Grandeur
Silver Tier
29. Skinny Puppy - Cleanse Fold And Manipulate
30. Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity
31. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
32. T Power - The Self Evident Truth Of An Intuitive Mind
33. The Monkees - Head
34. Various Artists - Boogiepop Phantom Original Soundtrack
35. Killing Joke - What's THIS For...!
36. Nine Inch Nails - Fixed
37. The Cure - Faith
38. Wall of Voodoo - The Index Masters
39. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
40. Various Artists - Serial Experiments Lain: Cyberia Mix
41. Soichi Terada - Ape Escape Originape Soundtracks
42. Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 3 Original Soundtracks
43. Killing Joke - Killing Joke [1980]
44. The Cure - Disintegration
45. The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge
46. Goldie - Timeless
47. Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
48. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
49. Infected Mushroom - Classical Mushroom
50. Skinny Puppy - Last Rights
51. Reggie and the Full Effect - Songs Not To Get Married To
52. Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear
53. Pink Turns Blue - Meta
54. Primus - Pork Soda
55. Soundtrack - Destroy All Humans!
56. Chumbawamba - Tubthumper
57. Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician
58. Skinny Puppy - 12 Inch Anthology
Bronze Tier
59. Bauhaus - Mask
60. Japan - Tin Drum
61. Omni Trio - Skeleton Keys
62. Department of Crooks - Plan 9 from Las Vegas
63. Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad
64. Killing Joke - Night Time
65. Boards of Canada - Old Tunes Vol. 2
66. Infected Mushroom - Vicious Delicious
67. The Sound - All Fall Down
68. Klute - No One's Listening Anymore
69. Sewerslvt - Draining Love Story
70. E-Z Rollers - Weekend World
71. Wax Doctor - Selected Works 94-96
72. Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward
73. The Prodigy - Experience
74. Кино - Группа крови
75. XTC - Drums And Wires
76. Belgrado - Obraz
77. Molchat Doma - этажи
78. Wiktor Stribog - Poradnik Uśmiechu (Original Soundtrack)
79. Echo & the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here
80. Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park
81. A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock Of Seagulls
82. Missing Persons - Spring Session M
83. The Vapors - New Clear Days
84. Men Without Hats - Rhythm of Youth
85. Paradox - The Musician as Outsider
86. 808 State - Ninety
87. Линда - Плацента
88. Света - Другая
89. Катя Чехова - Я - Робот
90. Deee-Lite - World Clique
91. Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca
92. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
93. Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
94. Source Direct - Exorcise the Demons
95. Caater - Millennium: The Best of Caater
96. Modern English - After the Snow
97. Broadcast - Tender Buttons
98. James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual
99. Hi-Fi - The Best 1
100. t.A.T.u. - 200 По Встречной

[Sherbet Head]

Possible top 10, A-Z order.

Aphex Twin - Drukqs
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven
Oneohtrix Point Never - Russian Mind
Pink Floyd - Animals
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Ween - Quebec
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

[funnnnpng]

Fishmans - 98.12.28 A Man's Farewell Live
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Sweet Trip - Velocity: Design: Comfort
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Eno - Another Green World
Aphex Twin - Drukqs
Duster - Capsule Losing Contact Boxset
Hymie's Basement - Hymie's Basement
Swirlies - Blonder Tongue Audio Baton

And many more.....

[Mafache]

Nice thread . I'm going to have to go and listen to everything I don't know because the BOC brotherhood inevitably has excellent tastes.

BOC - TH
Cannibal Ox -The Cold vein
BOC - Geogaddi
Radiohead -Ok computeur
El-P = I 'll sleep when you're dead
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Revelation
James Holden - The Inheritors
Illogic - Celestial Clockwork
BOC - MHTRTC
Alias - Resurgam
Odd Nosdam - Level Live Wires

These are the ten albums that I have listened to the most in the last ten years

[Sherbet Head]

The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Revelation

That's a great one!

I wouldn't know how it ranks among other BJM records, as their discography is massive and I haven't listened to everything, but it's definitely the best one of theirs I've heard.

[bungler666]

BOC - Music Has The Right To Children
Slint - Spiderland
Nick Cave & TBS - Skeleton Tree
Charley Patton - Founder of the Delta Blues
Skinny Puppy - Last Rights
Coil - Love's Secret Domain
GYBE! - F# A# Infinity
The Gun Club - Fire of Love
QOTSA - Rated R
Current 93 - All The Pretty Little Horses
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Slipknot - s/t
Talking Heads - Remain in Light

[bungler666]

And Disco Volante by Mr. Bungle

[SamuraiDrifter]

Top 20 (limit one per artist)

Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - f#a# (infinity)
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Run the Jewels - RTJ4
Boris - Mabuta no Ura
Chumbawamba - Never Mind the Ballots
Christ. - Distance Lends Enchantment to the View
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.
Sun Ra - The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra
Radiohead - Kid A
Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
Casino Versus Japan - Night On Tape
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
Thee Oh Sees - An Odd Entrances / A Weird Exits
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

[rodox_head]

Just a thought, since I'm sure we all have eclectic tastes here, anyone else like the idea of adding a genre tag next to their albums? Just to make it easier to look for recommendations. I'll start with mine:

Spoiler: show

Platinum Tier
1. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
2. Wall of Voodoo - Dark Continent/Call of the West (New Wave)
3. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (New Wave/Punk Rock)
4. Omni Trio - Music for the Next Millenium (Drum n' Bass)
5. James Ferraro - Last American Hero (Hypnagogic Pop)
6. Amon Tobin - Bricolage (Drum n' Bass)
7. Throbbing Gristle - D.o.A. The Third and Final Report (Industrial)
8. The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. (Pop Rock)
9. Skinny Puppy - VIVIsectVI (Electro-Industrial)
10. The Buggles - The Age of Plastic (New Wave)
Gold Tier
11. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (New Wave)
12. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
13. Japan - Quiet Life (Art Pop)
14. Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey (Industrial Metal)
15. Omni Trio - The Haunted Science (Drum n' Bass)
16. Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 2 (Dark Ambient/Downtempo)
17. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (Industrial Metal)
18. Boards of Canada - A Few Old Tunes
19. Depeche Mode - Violator (Synthpop)
20. Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel (Synthpop)
21. The Prodigy - Music for the Jilted Generation (Rave/Hard Techno)
22. Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party (New Wave/Rock)
23. Devo - Freedom of Choice (New Wave)
24. Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste (Industrial Metal)
25. Infected Mushroom - B.P.Empire (Psy Trance)
26. ППК - Русский Транс: Формирование (Progressive Trance)
27. The Cure - Pornography (Gothic Rock)
28. Soichi Terada - Sumo Jungle Grandeur (Drum n' Bass)
Silver Tier
29. Skinny Puppy - Cleanse Fold And Manipulate (Electro-Industrial)
30. Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity (Synthpop)
31. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (Industrial Rock/Ambient)
32. T Power - The Self Evident Truth Of An Intuitive Mind (Drum n' Bass/Techstep)
33. The Monkees - Head (Psychedelic Pop/Experimental)
34. Various Artists - Boogiepop Phantom Original Soundtrack (Drum n' Bass/House/Downtempo)
35. Killing Joke - What's THIS For...! (Industrial Rock)
36. Nine Inch Nails - Fixed (Industrial Rock/Noise)
37. The Cure - Faith (Gothic Rock)
38. Wall of Voodoo - The Index Masters (New Wave/Dark Wave)
39. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (Shoegaze)
40. Various Artists - Serial Experiments Lain: Cyberia Mix (House/Techno)
41. Soichi Terada - Ape Escape Originape Soundtracks (Drum n' Bass/Techno)
42. Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 3 Original Soundtracks (Dark Ambient/Downtempo)
43. Killing Joke - Killing Joke [1980] (Industrial Rock)
44. The Cure - Disintegration (Gothic Rock)
45. The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge (Post Punk)
46. Goldie - Timeless (Drum n' Bass)
47. Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle (Synthpop)
48. Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher (IDM/Hip Hop)
49. Infected Mushroom - Classical Mushroom (Psy Trance)
50. Skinny Puppy - Last Rights (Electro-Industrial/Noise)
51. Reggie and the Full Effect - Songs Not To Get Married To (Post-Hardcore/Emo)
52. Oingo Boingo - Nothing To Fear (New Wave)
53. Pink Turns Blue - Meta (Gothic Rock)
54. Primus - Pork Soda (Alternative Metal)
55. Soundtrack - Destroy All Humans! (Electronic/Sci-Fi)
56. Chumbawamba - Tubthumper (Anarcho Pop)
57. Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician (Noise Rock)
58. Skinny Puppy - 12 Inch Anthology (Electro Industrial)
Bronze Tier
59. Bauhaus - Mask (Gothic Rock)
60. Japan - Tin Drum (Art Pop)
61. Omni Trio - Skeleton Keys (Drum n' Bass)
62. Department of Crooks - Plan 9 from Las Vegas (Alt-Rock/New Wave)
63. Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad (New Wave)
64. Killing Joke - Night Time (Post Punk/Gothic Rock)
65. Boards of Canada - Old Tunes Vol. 2
66. Infected Mushroom - Vicious Delicious (Psy Trance)
67. The Sound - All Fall Down (Post Punk)
68. Klute - No One's Listening Anymore (Drum n' Bass/Techno)
69. Sewerslvt - Draining Love Story (Drum n' Bass/Breakcore)
70. E-Z Rollers - Weekend World (Drum n' Bass/Jazz Fusion)
71. Wax Doctor - Selected Works 94-96 (Drum n' Bass)
72. Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward (Synthpop)
73. The Prodigy - Experience (Rave)
74. Кино - Группа крови (Post Punk)
75. XTC - Drums And Wires (New Wave/Art Rock)
76. Belgrado - Obraz (Gothic Rock/Punk Rock)
77. Molchat Doma - этажи (Darkwave/New Wave)
78. Wiktor Stribog - Poradnik Uśmiechu (Original Soundtrack) (Lo-Fi/Dark Ambient/Synthwave)
79. Echo & the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (Post Punk)
80. Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park (Electro Industrial/Industrial Metal)
81. A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock Of Seagulls (New Wave/Space Rock)
82. Missing Persons - Spring Session M (New Wave/Rock)
83. The Vapors - New Clear Days (New Wave/Power Pop)
84. Men Without Hats - Rhythm of Youth (Synthpop)
85. Paradox - The Musician as Outsider (Drum n' Bass)
86. 808 State - Ninety (Acid House)
87. Линда - Плацента (Alternative Pop)
88. Света - Другая (Vocal Trance)
89. Катя Чехова - Я - Робот (House/Europop)
90. Deee-Lite - World Clique (House)
91. Cabaret Voltaire - Red Mecca (Industrial)
92. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (IDM)
93. Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (Synthpop)
94. Source Direct - Exorcise the Demons (Drum n' Bass)
95. Caater - Millennium: The Best of Caater (Hard Trance)
96. Modern English - After the Snow (New Wave)
97. Broadcast - Tender Buttons (Dream Pop)
98. James Ferraro - Far Side Virtual (Muzak/Experimental/Vaporwave)
99. Hi-Fi - The Best 1 (Europop)
100. t.A.T.u. - 200 По Встречной (Europop)

[funnnnpng]

Lemme try that!

Fishmans - 98.12.28 A Man's Farewell (Live) [Dream Pop/Dub/Post Rock)
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
Sweet Trip - Velocity: Design: Comfort [IDM/Glitch Pop/Shoegaze]
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand [Indie Rock/Lo-Fi Rock]
Eno - Another Green World [Art Pop/Electronic/Symphonic/Ambient]
Fishmans - Uchu Nippon Setagaya [Dream Pop/Post-Rock]
Elliott Smith - Either/Or [Singer Songwriter/Indie Rock]
The Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage [Psychedelic Pop/Sound Collage]
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless [Shoegaze/Noise Rock]
Aphex Twin - Drukqs [IDM/Drum and Bass/Dark Ambient]
The Avalanches - Since I Left You [Plunderphonics/Dance]
Hymie's Basement - Hymie's Basement [I genuinely don't know how to describe this album]
Eno - Before and After Science [Art Rock/Pop/Ambient]
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Duster - Capsule Losing Contact [Lofi Rock/Space Rock/Emo]
Burial - Untrue [UK Garage/Ambient Techno]
Fugazi - The Argument [Post-Hardcore/Emo]
Parsley Sound - Parsley Sounds [Psychedelic Pop]
Boards of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest
Nick Drake - Pink Moon [Singer Songwriter/English Folk]
Swirlies - Blonder Tongue Audio Baton [Noise Rock/Shoegaze]
John Fahey - Days Have Gone By [Folk/Classical Guitar]
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds [Sunshine Pop/Psychedelic Pop]
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing... [Instrumental Hip Hop/Plunderphonics]
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Music for Nine Postcards [Ambient]
Tortoise - TNT [Post Rock/Electronic Rock]
pilotredsun - Bootleg [WebIDM]

Most of these I don't really know how to categorize, so a lot of these are just estimates