Your 20 favourite albums of all time

[Surface]

Non Morrissey/Smiths list

1, Ocean Rain - Echo & The Bunnymen
2, Love Bites - Buzzcocks
3, Brotherhood - New Order
4, It's Alive - Ramones
5, Dry - PJ Harvey
6, Electronic - Electronic
7, Sleep Well Beast - The National
8, Live! - Status Quo
9, Still - Joy Division
10, Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
11, Home - Terry Hall
12, Another Music In A Different Kitchen - Buzzcocks
13, The IT Girl - Sleeper
14, ON - Echobelly
15, Low Life - New Order
16, Jollification - Lightning Seeds
17, Script Of The Bridge - The Chameleons
18, Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks
19, Once More with Feeling - Placebo
20, Definitely Maybe - Oasis

 

[federico]

Lou Reed - Transformer
The Sound - Jeopardy
The Psychedelic Furs - Forever now
Cocteau Twins - Blue bell knoll
Joy Division - Unknown pleasure
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
The Smiths - Meat is murder
Trembling blue stars - Lips that taste of tears
Lloyd Cole - Rattlesnakes
Associates - Sulk
Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean rain
The Fall - Extricate
James - Stutter
The Cure - Faith
The Durutti Column - LC
The Housemartins - London 0 , Hull 4
Morrissey - Viva Hate
The Charlatans - Some friendly
David Sylvian - Brilliant trees
The Smiths - The queen is dead

 

[Dorothy]

Lou Reed - Transformer
The Sound - Jeopardy
The Psychedelic Furs - Forever now
Cocteau Twins - Blue bell knoll
Joy Division - Unknown pleasure
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
The Smiths - Meat is murder
Trembling blue stars - Lips that taste of tears
Lloyd Cole - Rattlesnakes
Associates - Sulk
Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean rain
The Fall - Extricate
James - Stutter
The Cure - Faith
The Durutti Column - LC
The Housemartins - London 0 , Hull 4
Morrissey - Viva Hate
The Charlatans - Some friendly
David Sylvian - Brilliant trees
The Smiths - The queen is dead

Oh yes! The Housemartins!

 

[Lucifer Sam]

• Syd Barrett, Barrett
• Syd Barrett, The Madcap Laughs
• The Beatles, Help!
• The Beatles, Revolver
• Billy Bragg, Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
• Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde
• Buddy Holly, The Buddy Holly Story
• Morrissey, Vauxhall & I
• Nico, Desertshore
• Sinéad O'Connor, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
• Roy Orbison, Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
• Pixies, Doolittle
• Elvis Presley, Elvis' 40 Greatest
• Pretenders, Learning to Crawl
• Ramones, Rocket to Russia
• Lou Reed, American Poet
• R.E.M., Fables of the Reconstruction
• The Smiths, Hatful of Hollow
• The Smiths, Meat Is Murder
• The Velvet Underground & Nico, [self-titled]

 

[On his way out]

1. White Album
2. Let it bleed
3. The Queen Is Dead
4. Highway 61 Revisited
5. Tender Prey
6. I’m Your Man
7. Vauxhall & I
8. Parklife
9. Are You Experienced?
10. Different Class
11. Hunky Dory
12. Doolittle
13. The Kick Inside
14. Live at Folsom Prison
15. Thriller
16. AM
17. Tapestry
18. Woodface
19. Bridge Over Trouble Water
20. What’s the Story
    Admittedly a bias towards "everyone gets an album" but these all still get a good run on the Technics.

 

[Serge Gainsbourg]

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
Lou Reed - Berlin
John Coltrane - Blue train
Miles Davies - Kind of Blue
The Kinks - Village Green
The Stooges - The Stooges
The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Frank Sinatra - Watertown
De La Soul - De La Soul Is dead
Prince - Sign Of A Time
T Rex - Electric Warrior
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
The Clash - London Calling
Serge Gainsbourg - L'homme à tête de choux
Jeanne Moreau - Jeanne Moreau
Taxi Girl - Cherchez le garcon
Lloyd Cole and The Commotions - Rattlesnakes
REM - Automatic For The People
Daniel Darc - La taille de mon âme
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis

 

[Gregor Samsa]

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
Lou Reed - Berlin
John Coltrane - Blue train
Miles Davies - Kind of Blue
The Kinks - Village Green
The Stooges - The Stooges
The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Frank Sinatra - Watertown
De La Soul - De La Soul Is dead
Prince - Sign Of A Time
T Rex - Electric Warrior
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
The Clash - London Calling
Serge Gainsbourg - L'homme à tête de choux
Jeanne Moreau - Jeanne Moreau
Taxi Girl - Cherchez le garcon
Lloyd Cole and The Commotions - Rattlesnakes
REM - Automatic For The People
Daniel Darc - La taille de mon âme
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis

Watertown!!

 

[Juan Dulces]

what a tough thing to do! there's quite a few right on the outside looking in.

afi - art of drowning
dredg - el cielo
doors - waiting for the sun
smiths - meat is murder (or hatful of hollow)
the cure - faith
james - laid
tori amos - from the choirgirl hotel
morrissey - vauxhall and i
tool - aenima
black uhuru - red
depeche mode - exciter
comsat angels - sleep no more
rem - fables of the reconstruction
peter gabriel - melt
modest mouse - the moon and antarctica
clash - london calling
scientist rids the world of the evil curse of vampires
eno - before & after science (or eno/byrne - my life in the bush of ghosts)
bert jansch - birthday blues
red hot chili peppers - by the way

 

[Joe Dallesandro]

1. Death In June - But What Ends When The Symbols Shatter?
2. The Smiths - The Smiths
3. Air - The Virgin Suicides (Score)
4. The Jam - Sound Affects
5. Scars - Author! Author!
6. Crass - Yes Sir, I Will
7. Nico - Chelsea Girl
8. Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
9. Molchat Doma - Этажи
10. Dexys Midnight Runners - Too Rye Aye
11. Happy Mondays - Bummed
12. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
13. XTC - Drums And Wires
14. Cocteau Twins - Four Calender Café
15. Mazzy Star - Among My Swan
16. Au Pairs - Playing With A Different Sex
17. Magazine - Real Life
18. Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
19. Angelic Upstarts - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
20. Sisters Of Mercy - First And Last And Always

not in any order though top 7 are probably somewhat sensible, tried not to repeat any artists too

 

[ERT]

Not in order:

01 Los Planetas. Una semana en el motor de un autobús
02 Love: Forever changes
03 Matthew Sweet: Blue sky on Mars
04 Denueve: El adiós salvaje
05 Belle & Sebastian: The life pursuit
06 Los hermanos Dalotn: Revolución
07 Suede: Dog man star
08 El niño gusano: El escarabajo más grande de Europa
09 The Speedways: Radio sound
10 La habitación roja: Nuevos tiempos
11 The Posies: Blood/candy
12 Chucho: Los diarios de petróleo
13 Kurt Baker: Brand new beat
14 Nosoträsh: Popemas
15 David Bowie: The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
16 Ellos: Cardiopatía severa
17 Fountains of Wayne: Utopia Parkway
18 Sr. Chinarro: Ronroneando
19 Family: Un sopolo en el corazón
20 Astrud: Tú no existes

Plus:

01 Ross: Supersonic spacewalk
02 The Reflectors: First impression
03 Cooper: Fonorama
04 The Lemonheads: It's a Shame About Ray
05 La granja: Tobogán
06 Beck: Odelay
07 La buena vida: Soidemersol
08 The bech boys: Pet sound
09 Nada surf: Let go
10 La costa brava: Llamadas perdidas
11 Pixies: Doolitle
12 Los Punsetes: ¡Viva!
13 Gene: Olympian
14 Los brujos: Sin ver el sol
15 Teenage fanclub: Songs From Northern Britain
16 Dinosaur Jr.: Green mind
17 Ana Lógica: Apueste su vida
18 Niños mutantes: Todo es elmomento
19 Malconsejo: Vivir bajo el agua
20 Airbag: Manual demontaña rusa

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[DaggerDave]

Morrissey - Maladjusted
Morrissey - World Peace is None of Your Business (deluxe)
The Smiths - Meat is Murder
Kero Kero Bonito - Time 'n' Place
Kero Kero Bonito - Bonito Generation
Death Grips - Year of the Snitch
Death Grips - No Love Deep Web
The Fall - Shift Work (compilation)
Billy Bragg - Back to Basics (compilation)
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Allah-las - Worship the Sun
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Radio Dept - Clinging to a Scheme
Peter Tosh - Mama Africa
Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
Trembling Blue Stars - Lips that Taste of Tears
Kaizo Slumber - How Are We Feeling Today?
Vieux Farka Toure/Khruangbin - Ali
The Durutti Column - The Return of the Durutti Column
The Frightnrs - Nothing More to Say

 

[Gregor Samsa]

80s top 10:

1. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska

2. Joy Division - Closer

3. The Cure - Disintegration

4. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow

5. Michael Jackson - Thriller

6. Ebba Grön - Kärlek och uppror

7. Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter

8. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Firstborn is Dead

9. a-ha - Hunting High and Low

10. Ramones - Pleasant Dreams

 

[everydayslikesunday]

Keeping to one album per artist:

The Smiths - Meat is Murder
Erasure - The Circus
Morrissey - Your Arsenal
Suede - Dog Man Star
Radiohead - OK Computer
Tears For Fears - The Hurting
The Housemartins - The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death
The Cure - Disintegration
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time
The Cranberries - No Need to Argue
U2 - War
The Courteeners - St. Jude
The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
Pulp - Different Class
Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
R.E.M - Automatic For The People
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Easy Pieces
Nirvana - Nevermind
Marillion - Fugazi

 

[Les Tameside]

1. Wish You Were Here
2. Meat is Murder
3. Vauxhall and I
4. Stone Roses
5. Technique
6. The VU & Nico
7. Sgt Pepper
8. 3ft High and Rising
9. Jehovah Kill
10. Tubular Bells
11. If you’re Feeling Sinister
12. Achtung Baby
13. Don’t Try this at Home
14. Lank Haired Girl to Bearded Boy
15. Laser Guided Melodies
16. Screamadelica
17. Dog Man Star
18. Sunshine on Leith
19. Avalon
20. Maladjusted

No particular order.

 

[Bloodbath at Wool Hall]

Impossible to do 20 it seems...

Strangeways Here We Come
Viva Hate
Rubber Soul Beatles
After the Goldrush Neil Young
White Light White Heat Velvets
Fables of the Reconstruction REM
Automatic for the People REM
The Joshua Tree U2
Under a Blood Red Sky U2
Infamous Angel Iris DeMent
Acadie Daniel Lanois
Stone Roses
Pixies Doolittle
Time ELO
The Visitors ABBA
Pet Sounds
Dung 4 Inspiral Carpets
Reading Writing and Arithmetic Sundays
Concert in Central Park Simon & Garfunkel
Wowee Zowee Pavement
Mermaid Avenue Wilco And Billy Bragg
A Random Quiet Hall Of Ghosts
Thirty Three & A Third Additional Moog

 

[Myselfnobodyelse]

In the end we are all here as lovers of music and the singing voice...
We are not talking just Smiths and Morrissey here. If you had to whittle it down to your top 20 - what would you say are your 20 favourite albums of all time? Any musical genre. Any decade. These are the 20 albums you would save if your collection was on fire. It's harder than you think...

Here is mine, although forever changing, and not ranked in any order of preference:

The Velvet Underground and Nico, The Velvet Underground and Nico

Radiohead, Ok Computer

The Smiths, The Queen is Dead

Kate Bush, The Hounds of Love

Morrissey, California Son

Arcade Fire, Funeral

Iggy Pop, Lust for Life

David Bowie, Hunky Dory

Lou Reed, Berlin

Pixies, Doolittle

The Sex Pistols, Never Mind the Bollocks

The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses

The Smiths, The Smiths

Morrissey, Viva Hate

New York Dolls, New York Dolls

The Byrds, Mr Tambourine Man

Ponto de Equilíbrio, Dia Após Dia Lutando

Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation

Suede, Coming Up

Sly and the Family Stone, Stand!

Almost in the top 20 but had to be ruthless: Joni Mitchell, Soft Cell, The Stooges, The Cramps, Kraftwerk, Funkadelic, Edson Gomes, Little Richard, Elvis. More David Bowie. And more Smiths and Morrissey, of course!

What. no Leonard Choen in any list.

 

[gashonthenail]

What. no Leonard Choen in any list.

He came close. Definitely top 30.

 

[gashonthenail]

1. Wish You Were Here
2. Meat is Murder
3. Vauxhall and I
4. Stone Roses
5. Technique
6. The VU & Nico
7. Sgt Pepper
8. 3ft High and Rising
9. Jehovah Kill
10. Tubular Bells
11. If you’re Feeling Sinister
12. Achtung Baby
13. Don’t Try this at Home
14. Lank Haired Girl to Bearded Boy
15. Laser Guided Melodies
16. Screamadelica
17. Dog Man Star
18. Sunshine on Leith
19. Avalon
20. Maladjusted

No particular order.

Jehovahkill is an excellent album. I think Moz named 'Fried' as his favourite album of 1984. Would love to hear Moz do a cover of 'Reynard the Fox'.

 

[ZOOM FROM GLOOM]

He came close. Definitely top 30.

I tried 20, couldn’t do it. I can maybe squeeze 50 on a list.

 

[Orange Crush]

What. no Leonard Choen in any list.

Is he a Chinese singer? I've not heard of him.