Best Ever Albums

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

pa — Thu, 5 Mar 2015 08:22:13 GMT

Author: pa

Posted: 03/05/2015 13:22

HigherThanTheSun wrote:

I'll be pulling the lists I haven't done already together later today and I'll consider any more that are submitted before midnight. Will have the final list ready shortly afterwards.

can't wait to see that!

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

HigherThanTheSun — Thu, 5 Mar 2015 07:41:55 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 03/05/2015 12:41

I'll be pulling the lists I haven't done already together later today and I'll consider any more that are submitted before midnight. Will have the final list ready shortly afterwards.

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

HigherThanTheSun — Tue, 3 Mar 2015 08:25:20 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 03/03/2015 13:25

WindowAbove wrote:

If my chart is one album per artist, then should I use that or include multiple albums by an artist if they are in my real top 50?

Completely up to you

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

WindowAbove — Tue, 3 Mar 2015 07:39:46 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 03/03/2015 12:39

If my chart is one album per artist, then should I use that or include multiple albums by an artist if they are in my real top 50?

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

mickilennial — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:31:10 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 02/26/2015 16:31

Just PMed mine, since that's what the OP told me to do.

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:15:17 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/26/2015 16:15

Yeah, what the hell Ill go with these

EMA- Past-Life Martyred Saints
Tom Waits- Rain Dogs
Joy Division- Closer
Brian Eno- Another Green World
Elliot Smith- Elliot Smith
Broken Social Scene- You Forgot it in People
Bonnie Prince Billy- I See a Darkness
Joanna Newsom- The Milk Eyed Meander
Van Morrison- Astral Weeks
PJ Harvey- Dry
The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground
The Replacements- Let it Be
Grouper- Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
Feist- Let it Die
Mazzy Star- So Tonight that I Might See
Dexys Midnight Runners- Searching for Young Soul Rebels
Talk Talk- Laughing Stock
Miles Davis- In a Silent Way
The Smiths- The Queen is Dead
Townes Van Zandt- Townes Van Zandt
Beach House- Teen Dream
Manic Street Preachers- The Holy Bible
Sonic Youth- EVOL
The Stooges- Fun House
Cat Power- You Are Free
Mr Bungle- California
Kitty Pryde- DAISY Rage
Public Enemy- Fear of a Black Planet
Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation
Violent Femmes- Hallowed Ground
Laura Nyro- New York Tendaberry
Love- Forever Changes
Sun Kil Moon- Ghosts of the Great Highway
Sparklehorse- It's a Wonderful Life
The Feelies- Crazy Rhythems
Modest Mouse- The Lonesome Crowded West
John Fahey- The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
Pulp- This is Hardcore
Wire- Chairs Missing
Lou Reed- Berlin
Slowdive- Pygmalion
Belle and Sebastian- If You're Feeling Sinister
James Carr- The Dark End of the Street
Prince- Sign o' the Times
Patti Smith- Horses
Sam Cooke- Live at the Harlem Square
Echo and the Bunnymen- Heaven Up Here
Flaming Lips- In a Priest Driven Ambulance
Spiritualized- Ladies and Gentlemen
Kacey Musgraves- Same Trailer Different Park

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

HigherThanTheSun — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:02:19 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 02/26/2015 16:02

It's hard to compare well without making it a bea chart but so far it seems a fair bit different from last time round. Number one has moved up from outside the top 10, Pink Floyd and Joy Division don't feature in the top 20, for example

Plenty could change though! This is counting 33 lists and pending a few more I'm expecting including my own. I'm going to say a week today so midnight thursday will be the cut off for submitting. Giving an album 50 points is worth a lot of places still so anyone who hasn't already, should

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

HigherThanTheSun — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:49:10 GMT

Author: HigherThanTheSun

Posted: 02/26/2015 15:49

SuedeSwede wrote:

There's going to be a bias in the results for The Disintegration Loops as it seems people aren't specifying with ones they're including in their lists, meaning all the points will be awarded to either the album or the boxset. Just wondering how this is going to play out

Currently all the points have been awarded to the same album, the one that dbz specified, but I don't really know what's best someone tell me who knows this music

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

craola — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 02:11:31 GMT

Author: craola

Posted: 02/26/2015 07:11

Mercury wrote:

Stina Nordenstam - And She Closed Her Eyes

Norman Bates wrote:

Could have made my list as well, underheard gem.

All hope is not lost. It got forty-some-odd points from me, so it has a *chance* of charting.

I agree though. It definitely doesn't get enough attention.

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

Mercury — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:35:14 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 02/26/2015 01:35

samistake2ice wrote:

Hmm i think i mustve missed this last time around. I too probably need to do a little doctoring to get submit my "real" all time favorite, and not just my "current" all time favorite.

lists are fun!

Yeah I really want go make sure you submit yours. I think I love you're style.

Also Southeastern needs our unity.

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:54:14 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/25/2015 23:54

SuedeSwede wrote:

I specified the box set in mine, hoping others did the same

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

SuedeSwede — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:42:17 GMT

Author: SuedeSwede

Posted: 02/25/2015 23:42

There's going to be a bias in the results for The Disintegration Loops as it seems people aren't specifying with ones they're including in their lists, meaning all the points will be awarded to either the album or the boxset. Just wondering how this is going to play out

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

Norman Bates — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:36:13 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 02/25/2015 23:36

Mercury wrote:

Stina Nordenstam - And She Closed Her Eyes

Could have made my list as well, underheard gem.

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

Mercury — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:35:38 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 02/25/2015 22:35

Yeah like a lot of others have said this was surprisingly hard to do. I did away with the 1 album - artist thing. Plus my chart right now is all black musicians and not it's usual form so I couldn't just copy that. And yeah it took some doing. I ended up with this list (note I took the numbers out at HTTS' request but here is the same list with numbers and all that bullshit).

1. The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
2. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
3. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
4. Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
5. Weezer - Pinkerton
6. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
7. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
8. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
9. Brian Eno - Ambient 1 Music For Airports
10. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
11. The Tallest Man On Earth - There's No Leaving Now
12. Prince - Sign O The Times
13. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
14. Jason Isbell - Southeastern
15. GZA - Liquid Swords
16. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
17. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
18. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
19. The Replacements - Tim
20. The Clash - London Calling
21. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
22. Bonnie Prince Billy - I See A Darkness
23. Bob Dylan - Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
24. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
25. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
26. Sly & the Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On
27. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
28. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
29. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid mAAd City
30. Wire - Pink Flag
31. Neil Young - After The Goldrush
32. The Strokes - Is This It
33. Kacey Musgraves - Same Trailer Different Park
34. Burial - Untrue
35. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
36. D'Angelo - Black Messiah
37. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks...
38. Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972
39. Pavement - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
40. The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave
41. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
42. Beach House - Teen Dream
43. Dirty Three - Ocean Songs
44. Fever Ray - Fever Ray
45. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of...
46. American Football - American Football
47. Johnny Thunders - So Alone
48. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
49. William Basinski - The Disintegration Loops
50. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life

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Some notables that I was pissed to leave off but felt impelled to leave off were these gems. Oh well... 🙁

Stina Nordenstam - And She Closed Her Eyes
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Robert Rich - Somnium
Robert Johnson - King Of The Delta Blues Singers
Nas - Illmatic
Nirvana - Nevermind
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

Secondsoul — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:16:43 GMT

Author: Secondsoul

Posted: 02/25/2015 22:16

Didn't do this last time so gonna give it a go with this:

The Chameleons - Script Of The Bridge
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
The Smiths - The Smiths
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
The Cure - Disintegration
Whipping Boy - Heartworm
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
The Strokes - Is This It
R.E.M. - Murmur
Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
Ride - Nowhere
The Cure - Pornography
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Depeche Mode - Violator
The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
Love - Forever Changes
The Clash - London Calling
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Prince - Sign 'O' The Times
New Order -Low Life
The B-52's - The B-52's
Slowdive - Souvlaki
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Pixies - Doolittle
The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
The Specials - Specials
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
New Order - Power Corruption & Lies
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib -Pinata
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Wire - 154
The Zombies - Odessey And Oracle
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
The Sound - From The Lion's Mouth
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
Happy Mondays - Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
The Church - Starfish
Ramones - Ramones

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

Norman Bates — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 15:34:06 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 02/25/2015 20:34

Went with those:

The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Palace Brothers - There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Cat Power - You Are Free
Juana Molina - Un Dia
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Ornette Coleman Trio - The Shape of Jazz to Come
Pavement - Wowee Zowee
Leila - Courtesy of Choice
Portishead - Third
Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music
The Gun Club - Fire of Love
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Wire - Chairs Missing
Neu! - Neu! 75
John Coltrane - Blue Train
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
Love - Forever Changes
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang, 36 Chambers
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Faust - Faust IV
Max Roach - We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Suite
Anti-Pop Consortium - Tragic Epilogue
Programme - Bogue
Swell - 41
Gastr Del Sol - Camoufleur
The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
The Beatles - Revolver
The Stooges - Fun House
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch
Bob Dylan - Another Side of Bob Dylan
Tim Buckley - Hello and Goodbye
Cluster - Zuckerzeit
The Byrds - Younger than Yesterday

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

RockyRaccoon — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:50:14 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 02/25/2015 14:50

Here's mine, it's essentially my top 50 with a few variations:

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album)
Pink Floyd - Animals
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
Queen - A Night At The Opera
The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed
The Who - Who's Next
King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
The White Stripes - Elephant
The Doors - The Doors
Radiohead - OK Computer
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Bob Dylan - Another Side Of Bob Dylan
The Beatles - Let It Be
John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
The Antlers - Hospice
The Band - Music From Big Pink
Rush - Moving Pictures
Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room
The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
Chicago Transit Authority - The Chicago Transit Authority
Yes - Close To The Edge
The Jeff Beck Group - Truth
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
Weezer - Pinkerton
Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun
Tom Waits - Closing Time
The Tallest Man On Earth - There's No Leaving Now
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
Spirit Of Eden - Talk Talk

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

Patman360 — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:45:38 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 02/25/2015 14:45

Ended up using my top 50 which needs a big of changing, didn't get as much of a chance as I had hoped though, ah well, still love everything here immensely.

Pixies - Doolittle
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime
Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Black Flag - Damaged
Elliott Smith - Roman Candle
The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, And The Lash
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Sun Kil Moon - Among The Leaves
Neil Young - On The Beach
Joy Division - Substance
The B-52's - The B-52's
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album)
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
The Avalanches - Since I Left You
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Pearl Jam - Ten
Brian Wilson - Smile
Paul Simon - Graceland
R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
Talking Heads - Remain In Light
Pulp - Different Class
The Clash - London Calling
Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads
The Beta Band - The Three EPs
OutKast - Aquemini
The Sultans Of Ping FC - Casual Sex In The Cineplex
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
Beck - Odelay
Daniel Johnston - Yip/Jump Music
Joanna Newsom - Ys
The Fatima Mansions - Viva Dead Ponies
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Whipping Boy - Heartworm
Ramones - Ramones
Bob Dylan - Desire
Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material
The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

pa — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:37:39 GMT

Author: pa

Posted: 02/25/2015 14:37

I prefer the list that I've just sent to HTTS than my overall chart...something wrong here 🤔

Re: BEA Forum Regulars' Favourite Albums

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 00:55:14 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/25/2015 05:55

God, this was tough to make. Some tactical voting throughout (got rid of ultra-recent releases (i.e Honeybear) and things no one else will vote for anyways (Lazy Line Painter Jane)), tried to avoid putting too many albums by single artists in the list (few exceptions in there, but I would have had multiple Can albums if I had the heart to take out Unwound), and took out some ubiquitous things that would have been there but will have so much support anyways I felt it not worth it (London Calling comes to mind Edit: nevermind turns out there was only 49 on the original list 🤣 )

Anyways, here it is

Red House Painters – Red House Painters (Rollercoaster)
Spacemen 3 – Playing With Fire
Destroyer – Kaputt
Red House Painters – Down Colorful Hill
Stereolab – Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements
My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
Can – Tago Mago
Spacemen 3 – The Perfect Prescription
Clinic – Internal Wrangler
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
Galaxie 500 – On Fire
Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
Nick Drake – Pink Moon
The Unicorns – Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
Destroyer – Destroyer's Rubies
Spiritualized – Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
The Antlers – Hospice
The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
Talk Talk – Laughing Stock
Bedhead – What Fun Life Was
Orange Juice – You Can't Hide Your Love Forever
The Dodos – Visiter
Morphine – Good
The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Belle & Sebastian – If You're Feeling Sinister
The Stars Of The Lid – The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid
Low – I Could Live In Hope
Women – Public Strain
Liars – Drum's Not Dead
The Clash - London Calling
Broken Social Scene – You Forgot It In People
Avey Tare & Panda Bear – Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished
The Beach Boys – The Smile Sessions
Mercury Rev – Boces
Slint – Spiderland
A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
Sun Kil Moon – Ghosts Of The Great Highway
Beat Happening – You Turn Me On
Jim O'Rourke - Eureka
Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
The Books – The Lemon Of Pink
Slowdive – Souvlaki
Suicide - Suicide
The Mountain Goats – All Hail West Texas
Tim Hecker – Harmony In Ultraviolet
Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die
Unwound – Leaves Turn Inside You