Tell me your favorite albums!

[mollyringle]

That's right; I want you to tell me what your favorite albums are.

I took a survey like this 5 years ago, on a Cure mailing list (was anyone else here on Babble?), and ended up with quite the list of albums from a few dozen Cure fans. But the times have changed, and I want a new vote from new people.

I won't give you a quota or a limit. Tell me your favorites, whether it's just two albums or twenty. Any genre. And you can organize them into two categories, if you wish: Recent Favorites, and All-Time Favorites. (Because I know they're not always the same thing.) In a week or two I'll give a final tally of the votes.

Here are mine for the day...

Recent Favorites (i.e., have played them a lot lately and really enjoy them)
Doves - "The Last Broadcast"
Stone Roses - "The Complete Stone Roses"
film soundtrack - "Hedwig & the Angry Inch"
Also an Enya mix CD and a David Bowie mix CD, which probably don't count.

All-Time Favorites (i.e., CD's so good that I don't dare listen to them too much, for fear I'll ruin it)
Pulp - "Different Class"
Dead Can Dance - "Within the Realm of a Dying Sun"
Michael Nesmith & The First National Band - "Complete"
The Divine Comedy - "Casanova"
This Mortal Coil - "Blood"
The Cure - "The Head on the Door" (felt like I should choose a Cure album...which one, will depend on the mood)
The Who - "Tommy"

Comments

Favorite Albums*

[dirae.livejournal.com]

*Note: After much debate, I determined that a “favorite album” is one that you can listen to all the way through. For example, I love Ted Leo…however, he is sporadically brilliant. Creating an all-encompassing “great” album has not been his forte. I did not include soundtracks or greatest hits collections here for the sake of “clarity” if you will. That said, here are my lists in no particular order:

Old Standbys
The Cure - Disintegration
The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
XTC - The Black Sea
The Judybats - Down in the Shacks Where The Satellite Dishes Grow
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I

Recent Favorites
(Narrowed Down to Those I Think Will Eventually Turn Into Old Standbys)
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
Death Cab for Cutie - We Have The Facts and We’re Voting Yes
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear The Most


Albums I Am Almost Embarrassed to Admit I Love
Depeche Mode - Violator
Duran Duran - Self-Titled First Album

Kim/Furies

Re: Favorite Albums*

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Hi furies! Thanks for the list.

Yeah, I figured if there were too many tracks I habitually skip, then I couldn't count it as a favorite, regardless of the rest of the CD.

I could well add "Yoshimi.." to my list too. Just recently got it, and it's quite pleasant...

Re: Favorite Albums*

[dirae.livejournal.com]

If you like Yoshimi, I would also check out Soft Bulletin and Clouds Taste Metallic as well. Being the LOTR fan that you are, I'm sure you already know that Elijah Wood lists Soft Bulletin as one of his favorite albums.

Kevon and I have liked The Flaming Lips for a few years now... I'm always eager to sing their praises.

-Kim

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I bookmarked a page of Elijah's favorite albums...it's provided some good suggestions so far. :) (Though he lists some stuff I know I wouldn't like.) I'll have to try those other Flaming Lips albums. Yoshimi is quite growing on me.