ZU's Favourite Albums: Submissions and Voting

Originally Posted by Ignotus

Anyway, question: Do EPs count?

Technically, I believe an ep isn't an album but eps should count in my opinion.

1. Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
2. Abbey Road - The Beatles
3. The White Album -The Beatles
4. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
5. Led Zeppelin III - Led Zeppelin
6. The Doors - The Doors
7. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
8. Powerage - AC/DC
9. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
10. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
11. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
12. Led Zeppelin II
13. Led Zeppelin IV
14. Strange Days - The Doors
15. Rock - Aerosmith

I didn't put to much thought into this.

If an EP is better than the album it rides along with, that band isn't putting their albums together correctly.

Originally Posted by Asci

If an EP is better than the album it rides along with, that band isn't putting their albums together correctly.

Meh. Doesn't change that there are some great eps that beat out lps.

Originally Posted by Francois Dillinger

Meh. Doesn't change that there are some great eps that beat out lps.

Have any examples?

Originally Posted by Asci

Have any examples?

Passion Pit's Chunk of Change compared to Manners.

1. A Call To Arms -- Bandits Of The Acoustic Revolution
2. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea -- Neutral Milk Hotel
3. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain -- Pavement
4. Weezer (Blue) -- Weezer
5. Scrambles -- Bomb The Music Industry!
6. Goodbye Cool World -- Bomb The Music Industry!
7. Somewhere In The Between -- Streetlight Manifesto
8. The Wall -- Pink Floyd
9. On Avery Island -- Neutral Milk Hotel
10. In Our Bedroom After The War -- Stars
11. Fleet Foxes -- Fleet Foxes
12. Castaways and Cutouts -- The Decemberists
13. The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place -- Explosions In The Sky
14. In Your Dreams -- Gregory and the Hawk
15. Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? -- Of Montreal


This was so difficult. D:

1. Kidz Bop -- Kidz Bop
2. Kidz Bop 2 -- Kidz Bop
3. Kidz Bop 3 -- Kidz Bop
4. Kidz Bop 4 -- Kidz Bop
5. Kidz Bop 5 -- Kidz Bop
6. Kidz Bop 6 -- Kidz Bop
7. Kidz Bop 7 -- Kidz Bop
8. Kidz Bop 8 -- Kidz Bop
9. Kidz Bop 9 -- Kidz Bop
10. Kidz Bop 10 -- Kidz Bop
11. Kidz Bop 11 -- Kidz Bop
12. Kidz Bop 12 -- Kidz Bop
13. Kidz Bop 13 -- Kidz Bop
14. Kidz Bop 14 -- Kidz Bop
15. Kidz Bop 15 -- Kidz Bop

Originally Posted by Ozzie

1. Kids Bop -- Kids Bop
2. Kids Bop 2 -- Kids Bop
3. Kids Bop 3 -- Kids Bop
4. Kids Bop 4 -- Kids Bop
5. Kids Bop 5 -- Kids Bop
6. Kids Bop 6 -- Kids Bop
7. Kids Bop 7 -- Kids Bop
8. Kids Bop 8 -- Kids Bop
9. Kids Bop 9 -- Kids Bop
10. Kids Bop 10 -- Kids Bop
11. Kids Bop 11 -- Kids Bop
12. Kids Bop 12 -- Kids Bop
13. Kids Bop 13 -- Kids Bop
14. Kids Bop 14 -- Kids Bop
15. Kids Bop 15 -- Kids Bop

This better not count.

1. The Hives - Barely Legal (1997)
2. Bomb the Music Industry! - Goodbye Cool World (2006)
3. The Arrogant Sons of Bitches - This Is What You Get (Recorded 2003, Released 2006)
4. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)
5. The Display Team - Drones (2008)
6. Bomb the Music Industry! - Scrambles (2009)
7. The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)
8. Bomb the Music Industry! - Album Minus Band (2005)
9. Pain - Full Speed Ahead (1999)
10. White Stripes - Icky Thump (2007)
11. Coldplay - Viva La Vida (2008)
12. Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire - The Swimming Hour (2001)
13. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris (2007)
14. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf (2002)
15. The Hush Sound - Like Vines (2006)

Originally Posted by Ignotus

Anyway, question: Do EPs count?

Sure, why not?

Originally Posted by LookOutSunshine

11. Ragged Wood -- Fleet Foxes

I've never been able to find any record that their self-titled ever went by Ragged Wood, but I know a few people who always refer to it as such.

Originally Posted by Asci

1. The Hives - Barely Legal
2. The Display Team - Drones
3. The Arrogant Sons of *****es - This Is What You Get
4. Bomb The Music Industry - Scrambles
5. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
6. Pain - Full Speed Ahead
7. Cake - Fashion Nugget
8. Bomb the Music Industry! - Album Minus Band
9. The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
10. The Postal Service - Give Up
11. White Stripes - Icky Thump
12. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
13. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
15. Weezer - Pinkerton

I'm not completely solid on this, but I'm at least pleased with it.

That wasn't a month .

1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
2. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
3. Radiohead - In Rainbows
4. Battles - Mirrored
5. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
6. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
7. 65daysofstatic - One Time For All Time
8. The Beatles - Abbey Road
9. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
10. Paul Simon - Graceland
11. Joanna Newsom - Ys
12. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
13. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
14. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
15. Talking Heads - Fear of Music

editeded!

Originally Posted by Hazzle

4. Joanna Newsom - Ys

I haven't got this album, but I do have her other one, Milk-Eyed Mender. It took a bit of getting into, but I have to admit I like her style.

I like Milk Eyed Mender (Peach Plum Pear is probably still my favourite song by her) but Ys is such an improvement over it, it's an utterly amazing album.

Originally Posted by Asci

1. The Hives - Barely Legal
2. The Display Team - Drones
3. The Arrogant Sons of *****es - This Is What You Get
4. Bomb The Music Industry - Scrambles
5. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
6. Pain - Full Speed Ahead
7. Cake - Fashion Nugget
8. Bomb the Music Industry! - Album Minus Band
9. The Strokes - First Impressions of Earth
10. The Postal Service - Give Up
11. White Stripes - Icky Thump
12. Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
13. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
15. Weezer - Pinkerton

I'm not completely solid on this, but I'm at least pleased with it.

I like your taste, punk.

I still have some reflecting to do. That list may or may not change, but I wanted to get it on here so it could at least sit here and stare at me so that I can notice any mistakes.

For example, there's no Radiohead on there. I might kick Pinkerton out for In Rainbows.

I still have to listen to every album on that list, plus about ten others, to decide what the final list will be. I think I've already edited it four times since it was posted.

Originally Posted by Asci

I still have some reflecting to do. That list may or may not change, but I wanted to get it on here so it could at least sit here and stare at me so that I can notice any mistakes.

For example, there's no Radiohead on there. I might kick Pinkerton out for In Rainbows.

I still have to listen to every album on that list, plus about ten others, to decide what the final list will be. I think I've already edited it four times since it was posted.

I should probably do that too. There's just...something wrong with my list. I don't know what it is. I think there's a lot of bias. Perhaps The Times They Are A-Changin' isn't the best album I've ever heard, I just decided to put my favorite album by my favorite artist in number 1. :/ I know F&L by Lupe Fiasco is going to stay at number 2. It's easily the greatest hip hop albums I've heard and one of the greatest albums I've heard in general. Gahh...

I narrowed mine down some. From something like 35 down to 23 or so. Still no semblance of order, though.

The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
The Beatles - Abbey Road
As Tall as Lions - As Tall As Lions
blink-182 - Blink-182
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister
Brand New - Deja Endtendu
Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
Lupe Fiasco - Food & Liquor
Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview
Motion City Soundtrack - I Am the Movie
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Moneen - The Red Tree
Great Big Sea - Sea of No Cares
Tegan and Sara - So Jealous
New Found Glory - Sticks and Stones
Barenaked Ladies - Stunt
Counting Crows - This Desert Life
Hanson - The Walk
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Cary Brothers - Who You Are

Tentative list:

Ludo - Broken Bride
Forgive Durden - Razia's Shadow: A Musical
The Cab - Whisper War
Portugal. The Man - Waiter: "You Vultures!"
As Tall As Lions - As Tall As Lions
Boys Like Girls - Boys Like Girls
Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album)
Fall Out Boy - Take This To You Grave
Teddy Geiger - Underage Thinking

Still going through my library and listening to a bunch of stuff.

Originally Posted by nolan

I've never been able to find any record that their self-titled ever went by Ragged Wood, but I know a few people who always refer to it as such.

You're totally right. Shows how much I know. I'll make the appropriate change to my list, then.