Best Album Of All Time?

"Thriller" by Michael Jackson

Bob Dylan 30th Anniverary Reunion Album.

I second Beatles..
perhpas "Arrival " by Abba...
another possiblity "Bridge over troubled water" by simon and Gafunkel..
"Tapestry" by Carol King

Color me dumb but I can't see it as a debatable topic. To ask such a question one must define the type of music and/or artist. I am a jazz and blues enthusiast so most of what you might consider greatest may not even come near my radar nor what I feel would touch yours. So to me the queston is moot.

Heh. I could probably give you five, but not just one album.

Twould probably be more productive to ask "What is (are) your favorite album(s) of all time".

I like so many different groups.I can't pick just one.

I agree that the question shouldn't be for only one album, but if I simply had to make that call, I would have to say- Ray Charles' "Modern Sounds in Country and Western". It is certainly a benchmark and some of Brother Ray's best.

There are so many great albums that have come out. According to Record Industy Association of America, the top 5 selling albums of all time are:

1. The Greatest Hits by The Eagles
2. Thriller by Michael Jackson
3. The Wall by Pink Floyd
4. Untitled (IV) by Led Zeppelin
5. Back in Black by AC/DC

What about Fleetwood Mac Rumours? I'm not a big Beatles fan, Emily, so it isn't one of my favorites, but I know many who love that album.

Hmmm....

Either of Glenn Gould's recordings of the "Goldberg Variations"
Pablo Casals recordings of the Bach cello suites.
"Robert Johnson, King of the Delta Blues Singers"
"Live at Massey Hall"--Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie et al
The John R. T. Davies remasterings of the Louis Armstrong Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings
It's hard to pick my favorite Hank Williams compilation
Lefty Frizzell's Jimmy Rodgers tribute album
Anything by the Louvin Brothers. The best cover on any of their album is the one from "Satan is Real."

I could go on, but space and time limits are catching up with me.

Too hard to narrow down to just one. Better to list one's picks for ten "stranded on a desert island" albums. Mine would certainly include The Who's "Who's Next," Rolling Stones "Beggars' Banquet," Grateful Dead's "Workingman's Dead" and "American Beauty," and Joni Mitchell's "Court and Spark."

I can't do this, it is too painful............ha ha.

For me it would be The Dark Side of The Moon by Pink Floyd.

what does it mean when all of the albums mentioned were recorded before the nineties?!

Marsha, you are soooooooo wrong! It's "Wish You Were Here"!

Lori, it means we are all OLD. [g]

I'm with you = Abbey Road and the Beatles for sure.

I'm pretty partial to "Sublime" by Sublime. Anything by Primus would be good.

One reason for nothing before the 90s is that the history of recorded music goes back to before the turn of the 20th century. 1900 to 1990--90 years. 1991 to 2006--you get the idea.

Another fairly recent recording (post 2000) I like a lot is Sarah Podger's version of Bach's Suites for Unaccompanied Violin. Very close to desert island stuff. I still like the Josef Suk version a lot too.

Echos of:
Spencer T
auntie smedley
Shaunee Carter
John S
and if I could remember the answer I would probably have to categorize them all.

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" The Beatles

"Moondance" by Van Morrison

I don't believe that there is any such thing as a greatest albun, because first of all what criteria are you using, amount of albumn sold?
artist value even if not that many albums were sold?
popularity of the actual artist?

and don't forget everybody's taste is different

Well for me it would be "Paul Oakenfolds" Underground New York City.

Carol, I agree, but...

the criteria I used was originality and influence...

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was the eighth album by The Beatles. It is often cited as the most influential rock album of all time by prominent critics and publications, including Rolling Stone (which put it atop their 500 "Greatest Albums" list in 2003). It was recorded by The Beatles over a 129-day period beginning on December 6, 1966. The album was released on June 1, 1967 in the United Kingdom and on June 2, 1967 in the United States.

On release the album was an immediate critical and popular sensation. Innovative in every sense, from structure to recording techniques to the cover artwork, the artistic effect was felt immediately and influenced nearly every pop-rock album that came after it.

For any one interested there is more on this at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band

One of the best: Eat a Peach by the Allman Brothers

Definitely The Beatles "Abbey Road", or Eric Clapton's "Layla" or...Santana "Abraxas"...or..don't get me started..I have a lot of favorites.

I'll throw out a wild card -- 'Forever Changes' by Love. It is so incredibly beautiful, with the strings and classical guitar and curiously bizarre lyric play. Also the debut album (by) 'The Stone Roses' was awesome. Beatles-wise, I like 'Magical Mystery Tour' because it has a kind of wonderland feel to it. And when Simon and Garfunkel's 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' was released, it was considered the best album in 25 years -- our junior high music teacher even formed a group called Bridge. Happy listening!

Aerosmith's Greatest Hits of all times.

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"Thriller" by Michael Jackson