So ... what's your favourite ever album?

scrumhalf

Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience. 

blobb

RocknRollDave

ICBM said:

Almost impossible to pick just one, but if I have to it's going to be a bit of a cheat, because it’s a compilation - although it does have tracks on it which are not on any of the band’s studio albums.

The Beatles - 1967-1970

You are Alan Partridge and I claim my £5.

StruanRobertson

White Pony by Deftones.

A cold, hard, brutal colossus of an album.

Philtre

blobb said:

Oh yes, definitely!

(I once met Dave Stewart at a Steve Hillage gig in the 70s).

bazxkr

Made in Japan.  All my faves are live. 

Bellycaster

Off the top of my head, I'd have to rate Operation Mindcrime as "one of" my favourites. There's just so much choice, but I do think that Queensryche album is a work of genius.

RocknRollDave

bazxkr said:

Made in Japan.  All my faves are live. 

Oh yes, have to say that a large number of my favourite albums have been live albums. 

tone1

Probably AC/DC - if you want blood

tone1

Probably U2 - The Joshua Tree

Musicwolf

So many to choose from but, for a long while, it was this one

LastMantra

Going by how much I listened to them...In my 20's it was possibly the charlatans up to our hips. 30's maybe nirvana unplugged. Now in my 40's....I don't know yet.

axisus

RocknRollDave said:

bazxkr said:

Made in Japan.  All my faves are live. 

Oh yes, have to say that a large number of my favourite albums have been live albums. 

Me too. The great live albums have such energy.

Jonathangus

Fantastic musicianship all round, Steve Rothery's soaring melodies, Fish's vocals, incredible lyrics.  Liked this when it came out, and just gets better.

AK99

The only one I've ever bought a second copy of.

Yorkie

AK99 said:

The only one I've ever bought a second copy of.

I’ve done that with Back in Black (second copy came with Bonfire) and ZZ Top’s Tres Hombres - but my first Tres Hombres CD went in a charity bag once I got my hands on the remastered version. Feel sorry for whoever subsequently bought it. 

digitalscream

Bellycaster said:

Off the top of my head, I'd have to rate Operation Mindcrime as "one of" my favourites. There's just so much choice, but I do think that Queensryche album is a work of genius.

There are a whole stack of albums which were highly influential in my life, but Mindcrime stands head and shoulders above them all in terms of what I'd choose to listen to now.

Such a shame what happened in the band's later years, but...right there, right then they were at the top of their game and nothing else came close.

CoolCat

Difficult to narrow down just one album - so I'll go with two:

1. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
2. Hotel California - Eagles

Alterlifeson

It tends to change from week to week but I had this on the turntable last night and was blown away once again. SW's masterpiece in my opinion. Hand. Cannot. Erase

axisus

digitalscream said:

Bellycaster said:

Off the top of my head, I'd have to rate Operation Mindcrime as "one of" my favourites. There's just so much choice, but I do think that Queensryche album is a work of genius.

There are a whole stack of albums which were highly influential in my life, but Mindcrime stands head and shoulders above them all in terms of what I'd choose to listen to now.

Such a shame what happened in the band's later years, but...right there, right then they were at the top of their game and nothing else came close.

I bought it back in the day as there was a lot of talk about it. I just didn't feel the love and didn't play it much. I'd like to revisit the album but my copy is vinyl and I've had no room for a record player for the past 30 years.