Mind you, these are NOT my 15 favorite albums of all time -- I doubt I'd have forgotten "Beauty and the Beat" (Go-Go's), "Desperate" (Divinyls), "Dusty in Memphis" (Dusty Springfield), "Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?" (Waitresses) or everything but Rosanne Cash if it had been. Instead, this is a list of "15 albums you've heard that will always stick with you." Here's what I came up with under the gun. Please grab an egg timer and feel free to put your list in the comments section -- I'd love to argue with you about your choices!
THE RULES: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen albums you've heard that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes.
1. PRETENDERS (1980) -- The Pretenders
2. PLASTIC LETTERS (1978) -- Blondie
3. IT'S A CONDITION (1981) -- Romeo Void
4. SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS) (1965) -- The Beach Boys
5. THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON (1973) -- Paul Simon
6. ALL OVER THE PLACE (1984) -- The Bangles
7. TAPESTRY (1971) -- Carole King
8. TWO SIDES TO EVERY WOMAN (1979) -- Carlene Carter
9. UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN (1982) - X
10. SLOW CHILDREN (1981) -- Slow Children
11. RATTLESNAKES (1984) -- Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
12. HIGH LAND, HARD RAIN (1983) -- Aztec Camera
13. BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT (1986) -- Everything but the Girl
14. SOUND AFFECTS (1980) -- The Jam
15. DESPERATE CHARACTER (1981) -- Kirsty MacColl
1. Upstairs at Erics -- Yaz
ReplyDelete2. Love Not Money -- EBTG
3. Under the Big Black Sun -- X
4. Jesus Christ Superstar (Movie)
5. Sweet Dreams -- Eurythmics
6. Freedom 90 -- George Michael
7. Indigo Girls -- Indigo Girls
8. Patsy Cline Greatest Hits
9. Adiago for Strings -- Samuel Barber (not really an album, but wow)
10. B-52's -- B-52s
I'll stop there 'cuz I've got to run, but that is a start.
In no particular order:
ReplyDelete1. OK Computer- Radiohead
2. Hounds Of Love- Kate Bush
3. Heaven Up Here- Echo And The Bunnymen
4.Parallel Lines- Blondie
5. Arrival- Abba
6.Hatful of Hollow-The Smiths
7.Victorialand - The Cocteau Twins
8. Revolver- The Beatles
9. In Rainbows- Radiohead
10.Whats The Story- Oasis
11. Rush of Blood To The Head- Coldplay
12. Back To Black- Amy Winehouse
13. Hunky Dory- David Bowie
14. Blue Lines- Massive Attack
15. Like A Prayer- Madonna
This list took me about 3-4 minutes. Most of the albums were a big part of my teenage/university years.I'm shocked that I've left out
artists such as The Jam (All Mod Cons), The Clash (London Calling) Prince (Purple Rain) Nirvana(Nevermind) The Pixies (Doolittle) but what the hey...I'm very comfortable with my 'shotgun' 15 albums.
off the top of my pointy head, and in the order they came to me...
ReplyDelete1. Very - Pet Shop Boys
2. Blondie - Blondie
3. London Calling - The Clash
4. Rocket to Russia - The Ramones
5. Bona Drag - Morrissey
6. Dare - Human League
7. The Lexicon of Love - ABC
8. Ocean Rain - Echo & the Bunnymen
9. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
10. Vienna - Ultravox
11. Mirror Moves - Psychedelic Furs
12. The Man-Machine - Kraftwerk
13. Parklife - Blur
14. Best of Bond - Various Artists (comp of Bond themes)
15. Island Life - Grace Jones
i see i didn't even include some of my favorite artists, but there you go. i couldn't survive without those albums by my side.
In no order
ReplyDelete1.Private Dancer - Tina Turner
2.12 Deadly Cyns - Cyndi Lauper
3.Living Under June - Jann Arden
4.Famous Blue Rain Coat - Jennifer Warnes
5.Rapture - Anita Baker
6.Faith - George Michael
7.Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
8. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
9. Out Of Time - R.E.M.
10. Poses - Rufus Wainwright
11. Pearl - Janice Joplin
12. TWO Room- Song of Elton John & Bernie Taupin (Variety of artists)
13. Bat out of Hell - Meatloaf
14. Greatest Hits - Bob Seeger
15. Blue - Joanie Mitchell
I have alot more including some
of the ones already mentioned by
others.
1. Like a Prayer - Madonna
ReplyDelete2. She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper
3. Out of Time - REM
4. Colour by Numbers - Culture Club
5. Cosmic Thing - B-52s
6. Faith - George Michael
7. Seven and the Ragged Tiger - Duran Duran
8. Inamorata - Pat Benatar
9. Auto American - Blondie
10. Once More With Feeling - Buffy Soundtrack
11. Greatest Hits II - Abba
12. God Bless - Tiny Tim
13. So - Peter Gabriel
14. Xanadu - Soundtrack
15. Everything - Bangles
1. A Private Heaven--Sheena Easton
ReplyDelete2. All the Rage--General Public
3. Jesus Christ Superstar--Movie
4. Cornerstone--Styx
5. Seven Year Ache--Rosanne Cash
6. Wicked--Original Cast
7. 19--Adele
8. North of a Miracle--Nick Heyward
9. Avenue Q--Original Cast
10. Son of Sam I am--Too Much Joy
11. Storms of Life--Randy Travis
12. Medusa--Annie Lennox
13. The Music Man--Original Movie Soundtrack
14. I--Kurt NIlsen
15. Tracy Chapman--Tracy Chapman
1.Kim Wilde's first album
ReplyDelete2.Vanity 6
3.Linda Ronstadt- Mad Love
4.Olivia Newton-John - Physical
5.The Beatles- Abbey Road
6.Cyndi Lauper's First album
7.Madonna- Erotica
8.The Cranberries- No Need to Argue
9. Kate Bush-The Dreaming
10.Tori Amos first album
11.Bruce Springsteen- The River
12.Diana Ross & the Supremes-30 Greatest Hits
13.Psychedelic Furs first album
14.Human League-Dare
15.New Order-Btotherhood
Here goes in the order that I thought of them.... I did it as a first thought, first mention...
ReplyDelete1. Electric Youth - Debbie Gibson
2. The Rumour - Olivia Newton-John
3. Body, Mind & Soul - Debbie Gibson
4. Heart in Motion - Amy Grant
5. Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode
6. Gaia - ONJ
7. Time & Tide - Basia
8. Think with your heart - Deborah Gibson
9. Runaway Horses - Belinda Carlisle
10. Totally Hot - ONJ
11. Madonna - Madonna
12. FUR - Jane Weidlin
13. Fumbling towards ecstasy - Sarah McLachlan
14. Xanadu - ONJ/ELO
15. M.Y.O.B. - Deborah Gibson
16. Grease - ONJ
17. Out of the Blue - Debbie Gibson
18. Baby one more time - Britney Spears
19. Britney - Britney Spears
20. Physical - ONJ
21. Erotica - Madonna
22. Like a Prayer - Madonna
23. Rythym Nation - Janet Jackson
I know that's more than 15, but I got that far before I realized I was done. There were some I thought of the name of the person or band (Reba, Sherrie Austin, New Order, Cause & Effect, Book of Love, etc..) but couldn't remember the name of the album so I just left them off.
1. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
ReplyDelete2. Astrid Williamson - Boy For You
3. Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
4. Tift Merritt - Another Country
5. This Mortal Coil - Blood
6. Madonna - Like a Prayer
7. Kristin Hersh - Hips and Makers/Tanya Donelly - Sliding and Diving
8. The Spinanes - Arches and Aisles
9. Juliana Hatfield - How to Walk Away
10.Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay
11.PJ Harvey - Stories City/Sea
12.Neko Case - Fox Confessor
13.Montt Mardie - Skaizerkite
14.Metric - Fantasies
15.Maria McKee - Life is Sweet
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
ReplyDeleteMarti Jones - Match Game
B-52s - B-52s
Sarah McLachlan - Solace
Laurie Anderson - Home of the Brave
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Lone Justice - Lone Justice
Dire Straits - Making Movies
Lori Carson - Where it Goes
the National - High Violet
Crowded House - Woodface
New Order - Technique
Rachel Sweet - Fool Around
Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
a-ha - Hunting High & Low
1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
ReplyDelete2. Madonna - Madonna
3. The Hardline... - Terence Trent D'arby
4. Faith - George Michael
5. Mariah Carey - Butterfly
6. Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol.2
7. Diana Ross & The Supremes - Anthology
8. In My Tribe - 10,000 Maniacs
9. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
10. 1999 - Prince
11. Rumors - Fleetwood Mac
12. Rapture - Anita Baker
13. Physical - Olivia Newton-John
14. Like A Prayer - Madonna
15. The Bodyguard Soundtrack
These are not necessarily my top favs, but they come close.
When I play my iPod, these are the albums I usually go to first.
Please respond, (I would love to, as you say "argue" the ones we pick...lol)