This Week's Top 10!

What are your top 10 albums for this week?

(No Order)

10: Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle

Not as insane or insanely good as its follow-up "Disco Volante" (and lacking the fantabulous production of Volante), but it's still delectably whimsically creative.

9: Bob Dylan - Slow Train Coming

The problems (synthetic instrumentation, religious influences) that plagued most of Dylan's 80s ouevre are present here, but that's not the point. The music isn't typically Dylan, but it's thoroughly enjoyable, and the lyrics are fantastic.

8: Children Of Bodom - Follow The Reaper

Their record output is so good that I could choose anything to put in there, but Follow The Reaper is the one I've been playing the most.

7: The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street

For me, the best Stones record - and certainly the one which evokes the best feelings and atmosphere. Filthy, joyous and exciting.

6: Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland

Are You Experienced! may contain Jimi's most recognisable material, but this is really his peak - as a guitarist, as a producer, as a singer, as a lyricist and as a musician.

5: The Cars - The Cars

Picture perfect pop. Lots of lovely hooks and melodies. Dated, but all the better for it.

4: Impious - Hellucinate

Ear-shatteringly loud but strangely hypnotic, an worryingly speedy blast of foreign metal. The kind of music that will give you a headache, but a welcome headache.

3: The Beatles - Abbey Road

I'm not the biggest Beatles fan, but this an amazing album. The seamless run of songs throughout side 2 is fantastic, and the kind of thing that Floyd would do 4 years later. This would've been a bloody brilliant way brilliant way to round off a decade of wonder and absolute power, but they had to release Let It Be a year later.

2: Phil Collins - Hello, I Must Be Going!

Yes, flame me all you want - I'm a stickler for 80s pop. This is bitter, deep and dark from beginning to end.

1: Genesis - Invisible Touch

Another 80s pop choice (feel free to lambast me for not choosing one of Genesis' artier, proggier earlier works - I haven't bought any of them yet). Hypnotic, beautiful, infectious and clever - and definitely NOT a Collins solo album. Domino and Land Of Confusion are spectacular.

So, what are yours?

Is this another "Top" thread you're going to abandon?

No. I'm not aiming to make a list, it's just a podium for people to post their 10 albums of the week (like your car listening thread).

Fair enough, I take it you've given up on your top 1000 albums thread.

I was gonna go the whole way with it. I think the board gave up on it more than I gave up on it.

I think everyone was waiting for an updated list and when that didn't happen people sort of lost interest. The balls in your court matey.

Yeah if you can get that list back together we just might finish it Lumiere!

anyway, the top 10 records at botleyville this week:


beatles - the white album (mono version)
nin - the downward spiral (deluxe edition)
radiohead - hail to the thief
pink floyd - meddle
queen - a night at the opera
led zeppelin - houses of the holy
ringo starr - ringo rama
syd barrett - wouldn't you miss me
tubeway army - replicas
aphex twin - the richard d. james album

Hmm...my playlist of late consists of fairly new stuff, so I'm giving each album a spin almost every day (no special order):

10. Blackfield-"Blackfield" (2 disc international edition)....some very excellent stuff. Probably the best album of 2004.

9. Porcupine Tree-"Signify" (2 disc re-issue edition)...really awesome. What more can I say?

8. Spock's Beard-"Snow"...a very well executed prog rock opera.

7. Transatlantic-"SMPTe"...some very good prog, with some lovely extended peices.

6. Ayreon-"The Universal Migrator"...2 disc rock opera, the first disc being very mellow, prog oriented, the second being quite a bit prog metal. Great stuff.

5. Dream Theater-"Falling Into Infinity"...often hailed as their worst album, I find it to be quite good. No, it's not full of mind-blowing solos, but it seems they were trying out an almost 70s classic rock sound...I think it's quite good.

4. Dredg-"Leitmotif"...exellent debut album from a north Cali band. Some very good prog rock here.

3. U2-"HTDAAB"...good stuff, much better than their last release, ATYCLB.

2. Opeth-"Damnation"...Very good mellow prog rock from a traditionally metal band.

1. Opeth-"Deliverance"...I consider this to be the other side of the coin as "Damnation," because it delivers an extremely heavy metal sound, in contrast to "Damnation." I usually have to listen to them together.

Toadies - Rubberneck
Beatles - Revolver
Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
Doors - The Doors
Mars Volta - De-Loused...
Nirvana - Bleach
King Crimson - Court of Crimson King
DSOTM

A bit of an eccelectic mix this week..

10) Queen ~ Greatest hits Vol 1 & 2
9) NRBQ ~ Driving in my Car
8) The Band ~ Music from Big Pink
7) Jackson Browne ~ Running on Empty
6) Cake ~ Fashion Nugget
5) Stevie Ray Vaughan ~ Texas Flood
4) Eric Clapton ~ From the Cradle
3) Pink Floyd ~ Animals
2) Gov't Mule ~ De'Ja VooDoo
1) Mark Knopfler ~ Shangri La

Somehow 'Cake' doesn't really fit in with the rest of those..

They fit because I like 'em.....

"The Distance" is awesome..

Yeah I know, Cake is awesome......but whateverrrr

Queen - A Night At The Opera is the big number 1 this week!

Queen - A Day At The Races

Jethro Tull - Aqualung

The Doors - Legacy: The Absolute Best

Queen - Greatest Hits (We Will Rock You Edition)

Queen - Live Killers

Guns`N`Roses - Greatest Hits

Roger Waters - Flickering Flame

I haven`t listened to any other albums this week.

Pulp Fiction - soundtrack

Georg Friedrich Ha:ndel - Messiah

Rossini - Thieveing Magpie

The Killers - Hot Fuss

Obscured By Clouds - ...

The Division Bell - ...

Tom Waits - Broken affairs

Cabaret, Cabaret - soundtarck

Queen - Live Killers

greatest hits or someting like that - Cocteau Twins