THE single most favourite album ever!

hazey · 12-07-2004, 02:48 AM

Here's a challenge for you boys and girls. Maybe this topic has come up before, I don't know... but I was curious, if youhad to pick only ONE album as your all time favourite, which one would it be. In a few seconds I'll be breaking my own "rule", but what the hell.

For me it's a tie between... *drum roll*................

Damien Rice's "O" - near perfection. I would swap Older Chests for The Blower's Daugher, Part 2, and throw out Silent Night.

and

Wilco's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" - no remarks here, I guess. This is as perfect as perfect goes.

EDIT: I forgot the apostrophe in "Blower's" - for shame! No biggie, but veryannoying and frustrating for someone as anal retentive as I am. [img]smileys/smiley17.gif[/img]

EDIT NUMERO 2:

Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Damien Rice - OEdited by: hazey

Jgrg1984 · 12-07-2004, 02:56 AM

ill list albums i continuously turn to. that might be the closest i can get

damo- o....flawless

elliott smith- (1) figure 8, (2) either/or...take you pick depending on the mood, however not always my favorite elliott albums, just probably the best artistically

the beatles- sgt peppers, revolver...nothing i have to say

death cab for cutie-transatlanticism

jeff buckley-grace

...that is immediately off of the top of my head...i missed alot, im tired and cant think right now, but i had to respond. cheers

SisterMidnight · 12-07-2004, 03:05 AM

O

as close to perfect as it gets, and it has a lot of personal significance for me...

tho i really love iggy pop - zombie birdhouse too [img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]

Enoch · 12-07-2004, 09:04 AM

Easy, Neil Young - Harvest.

Daniel · 12-07-2004, 09:05 AM

Mansun, attack of the grey lantern

soda · 12-07-2004, 09:10 AM

Buckley - Grace

#Ian# · 12-07-2004, 11:02 AM

O

... K Computer

thehappytent · 12-07-2004, 11:59 AM

<DIV>o (of course)</DIV>
<DIV>and neil young ~ harvest</DIV>
<DIV>nearly killed myself to that cd [img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img]</DIV>

garydunnecad@ya · 12-07-2004, 12:07 PM

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what about this one, i would rate it as one of the best albums of all time

niallo · 12-07-2004, 12:58 PM

hunky dory,david bowie[img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

Bumpman · 12-07-2004, 01:19 PM

Grace... Jeff got it in one.

samuelle · 12-07-2004, 02:36 PM

simon and garfunkel - bookends

although it is painful to choose that over yankee hotel foxtrot.

dramaking · 12-07-2004, 03:04 PM

nearly every neil young record![img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]

to name one: after the goldrush

Juzzza · 12-07-2004, 03:50 PM

Led Zep 4

O

Grace

Crown of thorns ~ Mother Love Bone

Temple of the dog

Dirt ~ Alice In Chains

Livo · 12-07-2004, 04:14 PM

erin mckeown - grand

or possible burn the maps

Loveless · 12-07-2004, 04:21 PM

The Plague Monkeys "Surface Tension".

"The songs on 'The Plague Monkey's' debut album have such an ethereal, individual power that just doesn't happen by accident. Each element in the music never overstates itself and that is probably their greatest asset. Put all these elements together and it becomes evident that the songs are more than the sum of their parts - a rare gift that comes about thru' years of playing. Comparisons are odious but for some sort of reference try, 'Joni Mitchell' jamming on the Arctic Permafrost with the Velvet Underground.

Singer Carol Keogh's vocal lines become part of the music, she is a song-writer in the truest sense of the word, and her thoughtful melodies remind one of the way Morrissey could transform a simple lyric by way of emphasis and unusual placement. A rare gift these days."

Zeitgeist Magazine, 1998.
Edited by: Loveless

Mojo_Pin1980 · 12-07-2004, 09:55 PM

Jeff Buckley - Grace

Without a shred of doubt! I don't think anyone will ever top this!

Hannah650 · 12-07-2004, 09:58 PM

Oh my God Mojo, i did not see that one coming!!!![img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img][img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img]

Im going to be predictable and say O...sorry!

Columbo · 12-07-2004, 10:03 PM

Straw - Shoplifting

I'll change my mind in ten minutes.

Mojo_Pin1980 · 12-08-2004, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hannah650

Oh my God Mojo, i did not see that one coming!!!![img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img][img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img]

Aye, even I was surprised![img]smileys/smiley2.gif[/img]

Edited by: Mojo_Pin1980

hazey · 12-08-2004, 03:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by samuelle

simon and garfunkel - bookends

Good call, Samuelle.

Quote:

Originally Posted by samuelle

although it is painful to choose that over yankee hotel foxtrot.

An even better call. [img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

FlyingCrow · 12-08-2004, 08:46 AM

Obviously has to be0

and without a doubt August and Everything After.Edited by: FlyingCrow

Gazel · 12-08-2004, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mojo_Pin1980

Jeff Buckley - Grace

Without a shred of doubt! I don't think anyone will ever top this!

^What he said[img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]

probably O after that, but Grace wins by a long way

Copperhead · 12-08-2004, 06:30 PM

OK Computer, Grace and maybe Portishead - Dummy

Donsie B! · 12-08-2004, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by #Ian#

O

... K Computer

[img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img]

i cant do this game!!

Suede · 12-10-2004, 07:07 PM

Obviously..."O". Beautiful.

Other than Damien...I have to go with....Ohhhhh man...Boys For Pele, Tori Amos. The many different layers of her voice and instruments...the energy....the rawness...Perfection. Although, I do believe that her new album, The Beekeeper, will possibly be even better. She sounds like an absolute angel in the leaks that I've heard.Edited by: Suede

ru-doll · 12-10-2004, 07:19 PM

i love o. also i have a compliation album made up with loads of other damien rice songs, i love that too but i just LOVE O!!!!!

*Killian* · 12-10-2004, 08:17 PM

gotta be O [img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]

laminatedfruit · 12-12-2004, 12:17 AM

OK computer, pet sounds,Grace, and O

zohus · 12-12-2004, 11:05 PM

i can't choose but if On and On by Jack Johnson and You are free by Cat Power didn't exist i would miss it...

12-07-2004, 02:48 AM	#1
hazey Draper's Girl Friday Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,910	Here's a challenge for you boys and girls. Maybe this topic has come up before, I don't know... but I was curious, if youhad to pick only ONE album as your all time favourite, which one would it be. In a few seconds I'll be breaking my own "rule", but what the hell. For me it's a tie between... drum roll................ Damien Rice's "O" - near perfection. I would swap Older Chests for The Blower's Daugher, Part 2, and throw out Silent Night. and Wilco's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" - no remarks here, I guess. This is as perfect as perfect goes. EDIT: I forgot the apostrophe in "Blower's" - for shame! No biggie, but veryannoying and frustrating for someone as anal retentive as I am. [img]smileys/smiley17.gif[/img] EDIT NUMERO 2: Nick Drake - Bryter Layter Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Damien Rice - OEdited by: hazey __________________ "We de-whimsified ourselves. Yep, we're normal now."

12-07-2004, 02:56 AM	#2
Jgrg1984 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 597	ill list albums i continuously turn to. that might be the closest i can get damo- o....flawless elliott smith- (1) figure 8, (2) either/or...take you pick depending on the mood, however not always my favorite elliott albums, just probably the best artistically the beatles- sgt peppers, revolver...nothing i have to say death cab for cutie-transatlanticism jeff buckley-grace ...that is immediately off of the top of my head...i missed alot, im tired and cant think right now, but i had to respond. cheers __________________ Discover. Believe. :and they all left their feet, for that brief moment they could fly:

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thehappytent Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 191	<DIV>o (of course)</DIV> <DIV>and neil young ~ harvest</DIV> <DIV>nearly killed myself to that cd [img]smileys/smiley36.gif[/img]</DIV> __________________ http://www.thehappytent.com/toolsig.jpg

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Loveless Eskimo Regular Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kyrgyzstan Posts: 1,188	The Plague Monkeys "Surface Tension". "The songs on 'The Plague Monkey's' debut album have such an ethereal, individual power that just doesn't happen by accident. Each element in the music never overstates itself and that is probably their greatest asset. Put all these elements together and it becomes evident that the songs are more than the sum of their parts - a rare gift that comes about thru' years of playing. Comparisons are odious but for some sort of reference try, 'Joni Mitchell' jamming on the Arctic Permafrost with the Velvet Underground. Singer Carol Keogh's vocal lines become part of the music, she is a song-writer in the truest sense of the word, and her thoughtful melodies remind one of the way Morrissey could transform a simple lyric by way of emphasis and unusual placement. A rare gift these days." Zeitgeist Magazine, 1998. Edited by: Loveless __________________ Emmett Tinley World Domination Commission (ETWDC), Court Photographer Extraordinaire. "To avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, be nothing."

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Mojo_Pin1980 Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Holland Posts: 3,280	Jeff Buckley - Grace Without a shred of doubt! I don't think anyone will ever top this! __________________ Reaching out to embrace the random Reaching out to embrace whatever may come

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Suede Eskimo Regular Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: United States Posts: 127	Obviously..."O". Beautiful. Other than Damien...I have to go with....Ohhhhh man...Boys For Pele, Tori Amos. The many different layers of her voice and instruments...the energy....the rawness...Perfection. Although, I do believe that her new album, The Beekeeper, will possibly be even better. She sounds like an absolute angel in the leaks that I've heard.Edited by: Suede

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ru-doll Eskimo Regular Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 116	i love o. also i have a compliation album made up with loads of other damien rice songs, i love that too but i just LOVE O!!!!! __________________ cause you know that i can...

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