Which 5 albums have you played the most?

[Tim]

Just thought this would be a bit of fun and I have been meaning to do it for awhile.

Back in my yoof' I couldn't afford to buy as many albums as I do now and during the mid 70's I was paying more than I do now with less money - how upside down is that?
Its also where every single penny I earned went, either records, gigs or my Afghan coat!
Anyway, in those days I would play albums constantly when I bought them, time after time after time, whilst memorising the lyrics and pouring over the album covers.
These days I may only play some albums once, which is ridiculous really but there you go.
I'm pretty sure this is representative, hard to be totally certain really, but these are the 5 albums I think I have played more than any others in my life - what are yours?

(in no particular order, but I know for sure that I've played DSOTM more than anything else)

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Led Zeppelin - IV
Supertramp - Crime of the Century

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near misses;
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery and S/T
Alice Cooper - Killer
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Bowie - Aladdin Sane
Fairport - Leige & Leif
Hendrix - Ladyland
J.J. Cale - 5
Crimson - Court
Cohen - Songs of
May Blitz - S/T
Floyd - Meddle
Stones - Sticky Fingers
U. Heep - Salisbury
Yes - Fragile

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Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding.
Wishbone Ash: There's the Rub.
Elton John: Capt. Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.
Metallica: Master of Puppets.
Rick Wakeman: The Myths and Legends of King Arthur.


There are others but these are on my turntable very often.

[John]

Mine would be
Dream Theater Images and Words
Jeff Buckley Grace
Zero Hour Towers of Avarice
Surinder Sandhu Life Stories
Kate Bush The Hounds of Love
Pain of Salvation Remedy Lane

[Stratmangler]

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[Alex_UK]

As I'm an 80's guy I guess it would be these:

Madonna - Madonna
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Junk Culture
Human League - Dare!

But in the last 10 years or so...

Groove Armada - Vertigo
Air - Moon Safari
Zero 7 - Simple Things
Faithless - Reverance
Massive Attack - Blue Lines

[Macca]

In my youth my collection was a lot smaller so I suppose ccertain records got hammered then wheras now the rotation is huge by comparison. So given most miles clocked up in my twenties I would say:

Led Zeppelin - IV
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
ZZ Top - Eliminator
The Eagles - Hotel California
The Stone Roses - S/T

[Roy S]

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[The Grand Wazoo]

What a great thread idea Tim!
This is going to take some thinking about though.....

[Haselsh1]

Hmmm... I think for me it would be:

Lloyd Cole 'Music In a Foreign Language'
Jethro Tull 'Heavy Horses'
Genesis 'Selling England by the Pound'
Yes 'Close to the Edge'
Camel 'Dust and Dreams'

I also think these sum up my state of mind perfectly at any one time.

[Tim]

What a great thread idea Tim!
This is going to take some thinking about though.....
Well maybe go for a long walk and come back a lot later, as I know you are going to cost me some money Chris :lol:

[Macca]

Hmmm... I think for me it would be:

Lloyd Cole 'Music In a Foreign Language'
Jethro Tull 'Heavy Horses'
Genesis 'Selling England by the Pound'
Yes 'Close to the Edge'
Camel 'Dust and Dreams'

I also think these sum up my state of mind perfectly at any one time.

'Heavy Horses' - Yes that is one I have given more than a few plays to. 'Songs from the wood' too.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Ha!
Don't worry, I expect you'll already have them all - I was the same as you, but without the Afghan!

[Mika K]

This is so difficult but at the moment these might be strong candidates:

Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Kingston Wall - II
Kauko Röyhkä - Onnen päivät
Oliver Nelson - The blues and the abstract truth

[The Grand Wazoo]

Love - 'Forever Changes'
David Bowie - 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - 'Deja Vu'
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 'Electric Ladyland'
The Faces - 'A Nod's as Good as a Wink'

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This was really tricky and quite surprising to me, because there are things that would have been played to death if my buying habits had been different. The reason being that I used to become obsessive about buying some things - Zappa, being the most obvious example. I bought huge gobs of his back catalogue in a very short space of time, meaning that no single album got played excessively. I was lucky enough to be close to the well stocked and exceedingly numerous used record shops of Brighton at a time when most things were priced by a market that relied on turnover and therefore pretty cheaply.

Some of those that nearly made the top 5:
(in no particular order)

Fleetwood Mac - 'The Pious Bird of Good Omen'
Dexter Gordon - 'Go!'
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Jeff Beck Group - 'Beck-Ola'
Jefferson Airplane - 'After Bathing at Baxters'
Gong - 'Camembert Electrique'
The Doors - 'The Doors'
Bob Dylan - 'Desire'
Pixies - 'Doolittle'
Black Sabbath - 'Black Sabbath'
Bad Company - 'Bad Company'
Tommy Chase - 'Groove Merchant'
Neil Young - 'Rust Never Sleeps'

[Tim]

Love - 'Forever Changes'
David Bowie - 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - 'Deja Vu'
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 'Electric Ladyland'
The Faces - 'A Nod's as Good as a Wink'

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thank goodness :yay:

[The Grand Wazoo]

Told you that you'd be safe!

[WOStantonCS100]

Charlie Parker Archetypes (a re-issue of "The Essential Charlie Parker")
Parliament Motor Booty Affair
Tie: Herbie Hancock Thrust and Return to Forever Romantic Warrior
TNT Intuition
Spanky & Our Gang Like To Get To Know You

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[PLINIUS]

Pink Floyd- DSOTM
Frank Zappa- Overnight Sensation
Tonton Macoute- Tonton Macoute
Gentle Giant- In a Glass House
Moody Blues- ISOTLC
Others that would have been included:
Gentle Giant- Octopus
Pink Floyd- Meddle
King Crimson- ITCOTCK
Deep Purple-In Rock
- Made in Japan
Blodwyn Pig - Ahead Rings Out
Quicksilver Messanger Service-Happy Trails
- What About Me
NewRiders of thePurple Sage - NRPS
Gravy Train - Gravy Train
Caravan - ITLOG&P

[RichB]

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Pink Floyd - DSOTM, Pixies - Doolittle, Kraftwerk - The Mix, Nirvana - Nevermind, Warp Records - Artifical Intelligence. Each one a huge influence I'd say.

[chris@panteg]

All of the these played to death , especially the Beatles when I was 16 .

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[Audioman]

Who's Next - The Who.
Abbey Road - The Beatles.
Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd.
Love Over Gold - Dire Straits.
Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell.

I think Love Over Gold has been most played over the years.

Some that are Close.

Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Harvest - Neil Young.
Fog On The Tyne - Lindisfarne.
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac.
Fleetwood Mac (1975) - Fleetwood Mac.
LA Woman - The Doors.

[snapper]

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John Martyn - Solid Air


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Tangerine Dream - Rubycon


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Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul For Rock'n'Roll


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Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here


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Deep Purple - 24 Carat Purple


Others that got regular play,

Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Bad Company - S/T

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

Led Zeppelin - III

Camel - The Snow Goose

AC/DC - If You Want Blood (was at concert)

Pink Floyd - DSOTM

David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World

Genesis - Foxtrot

Wishbone Ash - Live Dates

The Rolling Stones - Black And Blue

Bob Dylan - Street Legal

Steve Hillage - Rainbow Dome Musick

Gong - Shamal

Gong - Camembert Electrique

Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band

Rush - A Farewell To Kings

No wonder I was shite at school, too busy listening to music.


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[keiths]

As others have said, during my school days, album-buying would pretty much be restricted to those bought from birthday or Christmas money - so they got played endlessly.

Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Tangerine Dream - Rubycon

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I probably listened to nothing other than those two TD albums for the best part of a year...

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

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I played those so much back then that I can hardly bare to listen to them now

Peter Baumann - Trans Harmonic Nights

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Was completely obsessed by this when it came out. My mum and dad got driven to distraction by me playing it endlessly for days on end.

[twickers]

Iron maiden - live after death

Rush - signals

Metallica - master of puppets

Black sabbath - the eternal idol

Dream theater - images and words

[Dingdong]

Clapton - Unplugged
Antonio Forcione - Touchwood
Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
Oasis - Definitley Maybe
I am Kloot - Sky at Night

[Tim]

There's quite a few albums in here that are new to me, some research is needed :)
Thanks for the replies.

[Wilbur]

Just thought this would be a bit of fun and I have been meaning to do it for awhile.

Back in my yoof' I couldn't afford to buy as many albums as I do now and during the mid 70's I was paying more than I do now with less money - how upside down is that?
Its also where every single penny I earned went, either records, gigs or my Afghan coat!
Anyway, in those days I would play albums constantly when I bought them, time after time after time, whilst memorising the lyrics and pouring over the album covers.
These days I may only play some albums once, which is ridiculous really but there you go.
I'm pretty sure this is representative, hard to be totally certain really, but these are the 5 albums I think I have played more than any others in my life - what are yours?

(in no particular order, but I know for sure that I've played DSOTM more than anything else)

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Led Zeppelin - IV
Supertramp - Crime of the Century

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near misses;
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery and S/T
Alice Cooper - Killer
Deep Purple - Made in Japan
Bowie - Aladdin Sane
Fairport - Leige & Leif
Hendrix - Ladyland
J.J. Cale - 5
Crimson - Court
Cohen - Songs of
May Blitz - S/T
Floyd - Meddle
Stones - Sticky Fingers
U. Heep - Salisbury
Yes - Fragile

Great start-id struggle to top that!

[DanJennings]

This was really tricky, but I think these are probably right:

Pink Floyd The Wall
Rage Against The Machine - s/t
Bill Nelson's Red Noise - Sound On Sound
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
David Bowie - Hunky Dory

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I'm going to have to do near misses too!

The Offspring - Smash
Pink Floyd Animals
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell
XTC - White Music
XTC - Wasp Star
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
Megadeth - Rust In Peace
Nirvana - In Utero
The Cars - The Cars

[jollyfix]

Even though some not played for a long time, but due to them being bought over 30 yrs ago they have had many plays.

Island sampler-----Bumpers

Island sampler----you can all join in.

Harvest sampler ---Picnic (a breath of fresh air).

Hawkwind-----Hall of the mountain Grill.

Gong --------Camembert Electrique.

John Martyn ----the Tumbler.

East of Eden------Things..

Free-----fire and water.

Free------tons of sobs.

Free-------Heartbreaker.

Pink floyd---Dark side.

Pink floyd----Obscured by clouds.

Jethro Tull -----live bursting out.

[cujo101]

Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is
Kraftwerk - Tour De France
Orbital - Insides
Massive Attack - Blue Lines

[Rare Bird]

Ford Theatre - Time Changes
Love - Forever Changes
Bread - s/t
Food - Forever Is A Dream
David Axelrod - Song Of Innocence

[Bazil]

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[Rare Bird]

Isnt it strange that our fav band does'nt get played the most!

[Bazil]

Isnt it strange that our fav band does'nt get played the most!

maybe Sgt Pepper would have been in my 5 but I didn't have my own T/T then.

[Thing Fish]

Supertramp - Crime of the century
Queen - Queen II
Nick Drake - Bryter later
ELO - Out of the blue
Wings - Band on the run

Bet i've missed one out...:doh:

[losenotaminute]

Over the years, these are probably in the top ten, but it's difficult to say which, apart from Bruce, has got the most turntable time.

Bruce Springsteen Live 1975-1985 disc 1
Level 42 - World Machine
Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going
Howard Jones - Dream Into Action
Jean Michel Jarre- Equinox

Since rediscovering vinyl last year I would probably add:

Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
The Who - Greatest Hits
Elton John - Greatest Hits

[sparrow]

Might be

Pink Floyd - Animals.
Genesis - Wind & Wuthering..
Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus..
Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene..
struggling here but it might be.....Genesis - Seconds Out or Pink Floyd - The Wall..

[farook]

Well recently,i seem to have gone all electronic! but sometimes its
1 queen 2
2 led zep 2
3 pink floyd the wall

at the moment i cant stop playing
1 omd omd
1 kraftwerk man machine
3 tubeway army replicas
4 gary numan pleasure principle
All these albums i bought as they were released,so its hard to say what i have played most!
mind,just remembered ,i was a monster queen fan back in the seventies ! i rekon the sole al;bum that i have worn out twice is......
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA! that album still sends a shiver down me dubrey!
brilliant!

[AlfaGTV]

Genesis - Seconds Out
Yello - Stella
Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Mother Love Bone - s/t
Pearl Jam - Ten

This list might be a brain-fart, but they have all been under heavy abuse! :)
/Mike

[skimminstones]

Off the top of my head...

The Cure - Disintigration
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The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
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Adorable -Against Perfection
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Pixies - Surfer Rosa
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Ride - Nowhere
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[MartinT]

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon
Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Led Zeppelin - IV
Supertramp - Crime of the Century

That is so close statistically to what might be my top 5 that I need only amend your list - substitute Black Sabbath s/t for Vol. 4, Genesis Seconds Out for The Lamb Lies Down and Led Zeppelin II for IV and I'm there!

[Mothman]

Ooh, toughee is this. Impossible to say for certain but the following would figure pretty highly

Rory Gallagher - Photo Finish
Queen - Queen II
Led Zep - Physical Graffiti
Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure
Black - Comedy

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[chelsea]

The smiths - meat is murder

Stranglers - rat norv

Pil - Public image

siouxsie and the banshees - the scream

pulp - his n hers.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Dream Theater - systematic chaos

Iron Maiden - Seventh son of a Seventh son

Marillion - Script for a jester tear

Slayer - Reign in Blood

Deep Purple - Made in Japan

[Gordon Steadman]

Take 5 - Dave Brubeck
Hejira - Joni Mitchell
The Bossa Nova years - Stan Getz
Paganini Works for Guitar - Zelenka/Messiereur
Rodrigo/Bacarisse - Manuel Cubedo

Plus all of Bach!!

[loo]

What a great thread
unfortunately my memory is to far gone to be specific:(
but these 5 keep jumping out at me:)
Wire - Pink flag
VU- Loaded
Beatles - sgt Peppers
Joy Division- closer
Ramones- Its Alive

[MartinT]

Thought I'd do a classical list, too:

- Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Jochum, BPO, DG
- Vivaldi Four Seasons, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, BIS
- Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra, Ormandy, Philadelphia, EMI
- Mahler Symphony No. 2, Tennstedt, LPO, EMI
- Durufle Requiem, Shaw, Atlanta, Telarc

[Tim]

Thought I'd do a classical list, too:

- Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Jochum, BPO, DG
- Vivaldi Four Seasons, Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, BIS
- Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra, Ormandy, Philadelphia, EMI
- Mahler Symphony No. 2, Tennstedt, LPO, EMI
- Durufle Requiem, Shaw, Atlanta, Telarc


Some really great stuff coming in this thread again, thanks guys :)

I like the above idea Martin, might have to put my thinking cap on for that and it will differ to our rock/pop list as Sibelius and Bruckner would feature, but Mahler 9 will definitely be in there as will the Du Pré Elgar Cello Concerto.

[Concerto Audio]

Dire Straits - Dire Straits
Eagles - The Long Run
Deep Purple - Machine Head
Pink Floyd - Final Cut
Bruce Springsteen - Born in The USA

I have few copies of the same albums except BS...remastered ...reremastered and now Japaneese Cds.:eyebrows:

[pjdowns]

These are the albums I listen to the most often :)

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[pjdowns]

I clearly didn't read the thread name properly :doh:

Of the albums I've chosen, the 5 I most listen to would be:

Mary Black - Circus
Def Leppard - Hysteria
Elton John - Greatest Hits
The Script - The Script
James Taylor - Hourglass

[The Grand Wazoo]

Actually, what Tim was getting at when he started the thread was that he wanted to know in absolute terms those albums you have played most since you've been playing albums. So most played in your life, not just now.
......so go on then Paul, have another go at it!

[pjdowns]

Actually, what Tim was getting at when he started the thread was that he wanted to know in absolute terms those albums you have played most since you've been playing albums. So most played in your life, not just now.
......so go on then Paul, have another go at it!

Duly corrected Chris, definitely struggling with this one lol :doh:

They wouldn't be far off my last list!

Def Leppard - Hysteria
Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
Elton John - Greatest Hits
Mark Knopfler - Sailing to Philadelphia
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II

P.

[system7]

Very enjoyable theme this. :)

I too love Mary Black and Elton John and Dire Straits.

It's hard to whittle down your favourites. But Fleetwood Mac's eponymous album has gotta be one. Here's Stevie Nicks singing "Rhiannon":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKuYTn9A6uk

Jackson Browne's tribute to Darryl Hannah "In the shape of a heart" on "Lives in the Balance" is one of the rockiest albums I have ever heard too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arUl7VK_vsY

We were fond of closing the Bedford College (London) Disco with the Doors "Riders on the Storm" from the famous LA Woman album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qRJIBtbc2c

It was not unknown for Al Stewart to rock along to Bedford College Folk Club and do his thing. Was ever a better song than "Year of the Cat" ever penned?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqZc7ZQURMs

Finally, and yes, I am showing my age, but Jon Anderson was a hell of a singer in his Yes days. "The Friends of Mr Cairo" is a stunning later record:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnnS9spo_3k

Enjoy.

[Clothears]

Probably...

Split - The Groundhogs
Thank Christ For The Bomb - The Groundhogs
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Rumor & Sigh - Richard Thompson
Bridge of Sighs - Robin Trower


.. but I wouldn't put my house on it. I'm sure the Ramones debut album could be in there too.


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[Puffin]

Seal - Seal (really for track 9 Violet) got to be IMO one of the most cleverly put together tracks of the last 20 years. Played to death!
Steely Dan - Gaucho
Donald Fagen - Nightfly
Fourplay - Fourplay
Anything by Lee Ritenour

[JimK]

Quite a thread resurrection but stumbled across it while looking around the site.
Not been easy looking back all those years but here goes:

Soundtracks - Can (most of Can really but this one the most)
Relayer - Yes
Neu 75 - Neu!
Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
Faust IV - Faust

[struth]

According to jriver, currently its

1. Procol Harum..Novum
2 yo yo ma..ennio morricone
3 Annie Lennox.. nostalgia
4 john Prine. September78
5 john prine..the tree of forgiveness.

It was reset recently so no 1 plays is 45 times

Vinyl wise it would be different

[martian sunrise]

Metallica - ...and Justice for All
Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Pearl Jam - Vs
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
AC/DC - TNT

[YNWaN]

David Bowie - Hunky Dory

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Dead Can Dance - Toward the Within

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Jesus and Mary Chain - Automatic

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Antony and the Johnsons - I am a Bird now

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Hawkwind - PXR5

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The sisters of mercy - Floodland

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Keaton Henson - Dear

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The Velvet Underground - Loaded

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Oops, that’s 7 :(.

[Macca]

Someone else who likes 'Floodland'!

I thought it was just me.

[Macca]

In my youth my collection was a lot smaller so I suppose ccertain records got hammered then wheras now the rotation is huge by comparison. So given most miles clocked up in my twenties I would say:

Led Zeppelin - IV
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
ZZ Top - Eliminator
The Eagles - Hotel California
The Stone Roses - S/T

Just looked back to see what I picked. I'm listening to Hotel California now and I was planning on listening to Eliminator next.

Ah, plus ca change.

[YNWaN]

Someone else who likes 'Floodland'!

I thought it was just me.

I’ve got all the Sisters vinyl they did :).

———————-

Back in the day I also played Hawklords - ‘25 years on’ to death - I liked music with a ‘speedy’ edge if you know what I mean.

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[Macca]

I’ve got all the Sisters vinyl they did :).

I've got the first one, whatever that's called, Floodland and Vision Thing, all on vinyl. I didn't realise there was anything else?

[Joe]

It doesn't look like I posted on this thread first time around. Excluding classical, which is what I mostly listen to these days, I'd say, in no particular order:

Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street

Iggy & The Stooges: Raw Power

The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground (3rd album)

David Bowie: Station to Station

Half Man Half Biscuit: This Leaden Pall

[AlfaGTV]

Someone else who likes 'Floodland'!

I thought it was just me.

Absolutely not ”just you”! :)

[Minstrel SE]

Impossible to answer really based on the fact I have never wanted to limit myself and am always on a casual search for something new and inspiring.

I wouldnt want to say five albums because it doesnt sum up my love of music from choral, classical to you name it

My seminal shelf includes Joy Division The Fall and The Smiths but thats not to say I havent owned or listened to many of the albums you have all listed. I just need to know that shelf is there as my reference point for something really special.

I tend to play enjoy and move on. Even artists get bored of their own records and develop over a career. I have around 500 albums to get through plus countless tracks on my computer. Too much good music about to define myself in five albums

On a play count its probably The Muppet Album and Showaddywaddy when I was a nipper :)

[YNWaN]

Martin, your description of your listening habits resonates strongly with me. Like you I listen to a lot of new music and this is what primarily interests me. A number of the albums I listed in my ‘most listened to’ I actually haven’t listened to in years (though there was a time when I listened to them often).

[Macca]

My seminal shelf includes Joy Division The Fall and The Smiths

Defines you a little bit I think. ;)

I mean I know what you are saying, but the question is what you've played the most not your favourite 5.


It's all ridiculous anyway. I like Joni Mitchell and I like Wu Tang Clan and there is a lot of ground in between them.

Plus I have some records which are so sacred I don't like to play them too much. Hendrix for example. Axis Bold As Love - I never want to ruin that record for myself by listening to it too much. You've got to portion out the best stuff sparingly.


As regards Joy Division, 'Unknow Pleasures' is up there with 'Axis: Bold As Love' with records I'd play to aliens to convince them they should not destroy us. If I only got to play one it would be Axis though.

[MasterTape]

This lit a big smile thinking back.

Winner has to be The Offspring - Americana. No idea how I could afford it at like 8 years old but I blasted it every day for years and carried it around on my walkman.

Metallica - S&M is probably the second most played by virtue of being one of maybe three albums owned and finding its way onto my very first mp3 player. I think it was a 64kbps rip on some weird memory card thing that I could plug into my phone. About 4-5 songs fit so I had to keep changing them.

Dream Theater - Images and Words.

Opeth - Ghost Reveries.

Aqua - Aquarium haha, it just has to be top five.

I'm 99% sure those have to be the top 5 in my life. With Images and Words and Ghost Reveries being the ones after the listening rotation opened up due to having some more pocket change and a non time restricted internet connection.

[Minstrel SE]

Defines you a little bit I think. ;)

I mean I know what you are saying, but the question is what you've played the most not your favourite 5.

It's all ridiculous anyway. I like Joni Mitchell and I like Wu Tang Clan and there is a lot of ground in between them.

Plus I have some records which are so sacred I don't like to play them too much. Hendrix for example. Axis Bold As Love - I never want to ruin that record for myself by listening to it too much. You've got to portion out the best stuff sparingly.

As regards Joy Division, 'Unknow Pleasures' is up there with 'Axis: Bold As Love' with records I'd play to aliens to convince them they should not destroy us. If I only got to play one it would be Axis though.

Yes it can all be taken as some way of defining us but I dont like defining myself too much when it comes to music. I wouldn't want to be defined as mainly into a Manchester scene as it just happens that this seminal music came from artists in my local area

Ive kissed the bricks of Ian's house and I tend the grave site because something so deep and magical happened in those few short years.

I can listen to one of the live albums or even a bootleg and get more out of the experience than the well known studio album.

I wouldnt want to pick five albums and head off to a desert island...that way lies madness no matter how good the albums.

A moment of pure joy listening to Stockhausen or religiously based Choral music almost cant be defined. Im not religious for a start and some of Stockhausens work is more iffy than other stuff

I dont know what I have played the most as I dont keep count. I dont think anybody here can sum up who they really are in five albums so I dont even try. Big world out there and some great music. I cant keep up with it all and Ive yet to play many of the cds Ive gathered in.

Ive been a bit naughty by defining some of you as "mainstream" and a bit "Dire Straits" in your choices...when is Hotel California coming up :) Thats me being naughty because in a way people are over defining themselves.

To me music listening is more of a John Peels office scenario with huge boxes of unheard tapes. Its not an easy or neat way of listing my five most played albums....not alf pop pickers

Best wishes to everyone on the forum
Martin

[struth]

Yes it can all be taken as some way of defining us I dont like defining myself too much when it comes to music. I wouldn't want to be defined as mainly into a Manchester scene as it just happens that this seminal music came from artists in my local area

Ive kissed the bricks of Ian's house and I tend the grave site because something so deep and magical happened in those few short years.

I can listen to one of the live albums or even a bootleg and get more out of the experience than the well known studio album.

I wouldnt want to pick five albums and head off to a desert island...that way lies madness no matter how good the albums

I dont know what I have played the most as I dont keep count. I dont think anybody here can sum up who they really are in five albums so I dont even try. Big world out there and some great music. I cant keep up with it all and Ive yet to play many of the cds Ive gathered in.

To me music listening is more of a John Peels office scenario with huge boxes of unheard tapes. Its not an easy or neat way of listing my five most played albums....not alf pop pickers

Best wishes to everyone on the forum
Martin

just make sure they are double albums;)

[Macca]

To me music listening is more of a John Peels office scenario with huge boxes of unheard tapes. Its not an easy or neat way of listing my five most played albums....not alf pop pickers



Back when the Wheatsheaf in Stoke was one of Europe's premier music venues and not a shitty Weatherspoons it was my mate's job to assess the demo tapes of the up and coming bands who wanted to play there. There would be a bin bag full each month so he roped me in to help out.


Not so easy to make a decent demo tape back then so a lot of them were done on budget Tascams or just with a ghetto blaster set on record. So you had to try and listen through that to see if they were any good. I didn't like the responsibility, really made me feel guilty chucking them back in the bag as 'No'. I mean who am I to judge? They had Oasis there before they were anyone, what if I'd rejected the next Oasis? Always wondered if John Peel felt that way and maybe that was why he played so much stuff that was totally out there.

[Minstrel SE]

just make sure they are double albums;)

Oh good I could take The Wall and Out Of the Blue then :D " Good morning worm your honour"

I could build a shelter from the gatefold artwork. I hope to hell there is a love interest on the island or Im pretty much stuffed making coconut effigies and listening to my 5 X 2 albums :(

[yolakim]

A moment of pure joy listening to Stockhausen or religiously based Choral music almost cant be defined. Im not religious for a start and some of Stockhausens work is more iffy than other stuff

Hi Martin - would be very grateful if you could recommend some Stockhausen for me to start with. Perhaps PM me?

My five would be (from the last 20 years or so):

Wheat - Medieros
Pavement - Crooked Rain
Sparklehorse - Good Morning Spider
American Football
David Sylvian - Blemish

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Maybe some Lambchop, Stars of the Lid, Glass Candy in more recent years.

Classical would be: Purcell's King Arthur, Angela Hewitt playing Bach's 48 Preludes & Fugues, a recording of Howells' Gloucester Service, something from Andrew Carwood's Byrd Edition and Hereweghe's recording of BWV 198

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[Barry]

Hi Martin - would be very grateful if you could recommend some Stockhausen for me to start with.

Stockhausen – ‘Stimmung’

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Collegium vocale Köln
DGG 2543 003


Stockhausen – ‘Auf den Seiben Tagen’

DGG 2661 298 (1973)

[Pigmy Pony]

1. 'Electric Warrior' T. Rex
2. 'School's Out' Alice Cooper
3. Roxy Music first album
4. 'Billion Dollar Babies' Alice Cooper
5. 'Hunky Dory' David Bowie

These were the first five albums I ever bought, and were played so much because they were all I had. I still play 'Warrior' and 'Hunky Dory' quite often.

[yolakim]

Stockhausen – ‘Stimmung’

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Collegium vocale Köln
DGG 2543 003


Stockhausen – ‘Auf den Seiben Tagen’

DGG 2661 298 (1973)

Thanks Barry - will check these out :youtheman:

[Minstrel SE]

Thanks Barry - will check these out :youtheman:

Youve caught me out really Kim as its mainly the Karlheinz Stockhausen that Radio 3 sometimes play. I wasnt writing it down but I was looking at the general cds available before I saw your post....Pricey :D So far from being an aficionado I just liked a few pieces I heard played on the radio...maybe the key word is "moments" of joy but some of it is unusually pleasant to listen to :)

I will check out Barrys recommendation and KS is perhaps one of the more difficult artists to experiment with without being confident of your choice. Have spotify got anything?...... I will have a look. I have been very lazy in checking it out and I must get on with it

It could be a bit of a marmite selection and liking one album is no guarantee of liking another. Let me see if I can sample some more on i tunes

[yolakim]

Youve caught me out really Kim as its mainly the Karlheinz Stockhausen that Radio 3 sometimes play. I wasnt writing it down but I was looking at the general cds available before I saw your post....Pricey :D So far from being an aficionado I just liked a few pieces I heard played on the radio...maybe the key word is "moments" of joy but some of it is unusually pleasant to listen to :)

I will check out Barrys recommendation and KS is perhaps one of the more difficult artists to experiment with without being confident of your choice. Have spotify got anything?...... I will have a look. I have been very lazy in checking it out and I must get on with it

It could be a bit of a marmite selection and liking one album is no guarantee of liking another. Let me see if I can sample some more on i tunes

I get where you're coming from Martin.

I have ordered a copy of the Theatre of Voices "Stimmung" CD on Barry's recommendation as I already have something by them that I like (Cage: Litany of the Whale). I'll also have a nose around on Tidal/Spotify.

I tend towards recent stuff at the more accessible end of the spectrum (Adams, Glass, Reich for example). I want to try/find more modern music and Stockhausen is on the list of composers I've made to investigate further.

Conscious that we run the risk of straying too far OT, but thanks for your comments.