ZU's Favourite Albums: Submissions and Voting

But Mother's Milk has the Punk Rock Classic, my favorite RHCP song of all time.

My favorite is Soul To Squeeze and it doesn't even appear on any album. ;-;

I consider it a song from Blood Sugar Sex Magik cuz that's what era it's from and that's what album it sounds like it belongs on :forte:

Ditto .

I picked By the Way because it shows so many different sides of the band. Californication and Stadium Arcadium only show a side or two respectfully.

Mother's Milk is a good one though, as is Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Funky Monks is one of my favorite songs of all time. But to reiterate, I picked By the Way for it's overall representation of the band's sound. That pick is still very much subject to change though.

Second draft of the final list:

01. Barenaked Ladies - Gordon (1992)
02. mewithoutYou - Brother, Sister (2006)
03. Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (1998)
04. The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
05. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (2005)
06. Brand New - Deja Entendu (2003)
07. As Tall as Lions - As Tall As Lions (2006)
08. Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview (1998)
09. Motion City Soundtrack - I Am the Movie (2003)
10. blink-182 - Blink-182 (2003)
11. Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me (2006)
12. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (2008)
13. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2007)
14. Counting Crows - This Desert Life (1999)
15. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)

Mostly order changes, some albums dropped and others added. Still going to change at least once more for sure.

OK, well here are the rules I'm setting for myself:
-No "best ofs" or compilations (it's not fair on the proper albums)
-Only albums that I've heard ALL the songs from (I've never listened to all of Sgt Pepper, so I can't say it's good because I don't know that for myself)

With that said, I'm left with very few albums to choose from - mostly I just download individual songs, or buy compilations. As a result, you may be able to guess exactly when I stopped buying albums (the more modern ones were gifts). Here goes:

1: Fat of the Land - Prodigy
2: POP - U2
3: Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
4: OK Computer - Radiohead
5: Zooropa - U2
6: (What's the Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
7: By the Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers
8: Definitely Maybe - Oasis
9: Americana - The Offspring
10: In Utero - Nirvana
11: Hello Nasty - Beastie Boys
12: Get Lifted - John Legend
13: Appetite for Destruction - Guns 'n' Roses
14: Hooray for Boobies - Bloodhound Gang
15: Automatic for the People - REM

Originally Posted by Laikra

By the Way shows how much this band has grown over the years and is a great representation of the wide and varied influences on this band. They cover ska, funk, rock, alternative, and 80's modern moods so it's got something for everyone.

Except for people who like good music?

Originally Posted by Andy

Except for people who like good music?

No, we like it too.

RHCP? Nah.



Eeeeeehhhhhhh.... I'll get it shaved down.

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
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
You, Me, and Everybody We Know - So Young, So Insane
Panic at the Disco - Pretty. Odd.
Weezer - Make Believe
We Are Scientists - With Love and Squalor
Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
The Hush Sound - Like Vines
Ludo - Ludo
Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This To Memory
Motion City Soundtrack - I Am The Movie
The Academy Is... - Almost Here
The Academy Is... - Santi
Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Queen - The Works
Portugal. The Man - The Majestic Majesty

I've got a few other albums that could potentially replace some on my list...I'm still deciding...

To The Faithful Departed by The Cranberries
When I Look In Your Eyes by Diana Krall
Life For Rent by Dido
The Sound of White by Missy Higgins
The Essential Michael Jackson by Michael Jackson (and the Jackson 5)
Floating World by Riley Lee and Marshall McGuire
She Will Have Her Way by various artists

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

Ready to Die - The Notorious B.I.G.

Ride the Lightning - Metallica

Origin of Symmetry - Muse

1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky

Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin

The Wall - Pink Floyd

Absolution - Muse



ugh. I can't think.

I really have to question how anyone can choose Broken Boy Soldiers over Consolers of the Lonely. They really hit their stride in the sophomore album in places they fell flat on their faces in the first album.

I'll re-listen to By The Way tomorrow. It's always seemed like such a sissy, radio-friendly album to me. Maybe I'm wrong, since so many of you chose it. But currently, I put it below Mother's Milk, Californication, Stadium Arcadium, and Blood Sugar Sex Magik, in that order. Dosed makes me cry. Love the **** out of that song. Oh god. It's so ****ing good. Just sayin'. Best song on that album.

That's just because I haven't given Consolers of the Lonely a listen yet. :X I'll get to it soon, since I was only just recently recommended them. My list is still subject to change, anyway.

Originally Posted by Bradapalooza

1812 Overture - Tchaikovsky

That's an album now? Sorry bud, but in the mid nineteenth century, there weren't "albums" like you and I know them. He wrote some music to celebrate a victory, and wrote it down on paper. No actual recording as you're used to it, be it digital or analog.

Replace album with "book," "paper," or "symphony" and you'd be spot on.

The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
Big Star - Third
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary

This is just off the top of my head. I may post again after I've thought about it more.

Originally Posted by Andy

That's an album now? Sorry bud, but in the mid nineteenth century, there weren't "albums" like you and I know them. He wrote some music to celebrate a victory, and wrote it down on paper. No actual recording as you're used to it, be it digital or analog.

Replace album with "book," "paper," or "symphony" and you'd be spot on.

There are certainly albums titled Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture. I have several. Besides the whole point of this thread is too put forth our favorite music. If Tchaikovsky etc. get counted out because LP/CD/SACD/MP3 etc weren't present yet? Thats complete and utter bull****.

Honestly, I'm not ****ing retarded, I know Tchaikovsky didn't walk into a studio and play the damn thing himself.

Originally Posted by Bradapalooza

There are certainly albums titled Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture. I have several. Besides the whole point of this thread is too put forth our favorite music. If Tchaikovsky etc. get counted out because LP/CD/SACD/MP3 etc weren't present yet? Thats complete and utter bull****.

They obviously weren't by Tchaikovsky, then. Perhaps you should change your entry to the title of the disc/a description and the real artist.

Tchaikovsky never put together a set of tracks that went together and were to be played together and were located in a collective set, hence he never recorded an album. Music was just not that way back then.

Now if there were some variety of disc you had that was an arrangement of several of his songs played by some phil harmonic or pianist or whatever, go ahead and list that, but ****ing "1812 Overture- Tchaikovsky" looks like something a ****ing retard would put.

1- 3 Inches of Blood: Advance and Avanquish
2- Tsunami Bomb: Invasion From Within
3- Dave Matthews: Under the Table and Dreaming
4- AC/DC: Highway to Hell
5- Fleetwood Mac: The Dance
6- Metallica: Master of Puppets
7- Daft Punk: Discovery
8- Dave Matthews: Crash
9- Yanni: In My Time
10- Fleetwood Mac: Rumors
11- Michael Jackson: Thriller
12- AC/DC: Back in Black
13- Pat Benatar: Best Shots
14- The Beach Boys: Greatest Hits volume 1
15- Dir En Grey: The Marrow of A Bone