I seem to be on a roll

[ericcoleman]

IYNSHO, what is your favorite album. The first thing you think of, and only one per customer. Duplicate orders will be mocked mercilessly.

Mine, it's easy. Quadrophenia. Townsend is one of the greatest songwriters of the rock era, and this is his masterpiece. The Who at their best outstrip pretty much everyone. It's powerful, brutal, touching, lovely. I think I'll listen to it right now.

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[shsilver.livejournal.com]

Do I get suck up points for saying Some See the Glass Half Empty?

By the way, I found a recording of what I was asking you about the other day.

[allisona.livejournal.com]

The Beatles- "Rubber Soul". But "Revolver" is right up there, too. Mid-period 1965-66 Beatles- getting thoughtful, experimenting with folk and the more exotic, plus the harmony work- there's pretty much nothing I like listening to more.

[gamerchick.livejournal.com]

The first thing in my mind? Hounds of Love by Kate Bush. There is just so much attention to detail on that record that I hear something new every time I listen to it.

[rmeidaking.livejournal.com]

Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road." So sue me, I don't care. :-) "Dark Side of the Moon" is up there, too.

[coat-of-brown.livejournal.com]

oh, I'll just got total groupie and say the new release from Toyboat!

(I'm so shameless!)

[phillip2637.livejournal.com]

I feel so common and so predictable with this one, but: Pink Floyd, The Dark Side of the Moon.

I bought 2 copies on vinyl because I really did wear out one, and it was the first non-classical music I bought after getting my first CD-player. (...classical being the only DDD productions in those days.)

[fleetfootmike.livejournal.com]

Favourite album?

Only one?

Sheesh, you ask the tough stuff.

Fleetwood Mac, Rumours. Every last one a gem.

As a follow up - albums with no dud tracks? Floyd, Wish You Were Here is high on my list for that.

Favorite album

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

The first Left Banke album, with Walk Away, Renee, and Pretty Ballerina. There are numerous other cuts that are worth the cost by themselves -- "Let Go of You Girl," "Something On My Mind," "She May Call You Up Tonight." There are two that are just a bit behind the rest of the album, "Evening Gown" (which nonetheless contains one of the best screams in rock'n'roll history) and "What Do You Know" (an attempt at going country). There is a Left Banke compilation album; I think it's called "There's Gonna Be a Storm," but it also includes the second album, which is as bad as the first one is good.

Nate

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Below the Salt by Steeleye Span (narrowly edging out other SSpan choices) You might have gotten another answer if I were in a different mood but I've decided to follow your rules today.

[blackpaladin.livejournal.com]

Have to go with Roll the Bones by Rush. Again, it's one of those "every track is good" albums (assuming you like Rush, which I really, really do), it's a good "gateway" album to introduce people to the band, and for those already familiar with the style of the band, it showcases how Rush adapts its style to current musical trends without altering their core identity.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Blue.

Favorite album

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

My wife (Louie Bucklin) wants me to mention her favorite album, the Beatles' *Abbey Road.*

[archiver-tim.livejournal.com]

I can't name one favorite, because as I would select it, others come to mind.

[animator55.livejournal.com]

Kimono My House by Sparks

[giftedgear.livejournal.com]

Jesus Christ Superstar: A Resurrection. The one with Amy Ray as Jesus.

[erik]

Heavy Horses.

I tend to think of Heavy Horses and Songs From The Wood as a Frankensteinian double album thing, but Horses is the better one of the two.

[fredhuggins.livejournal.com]

Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman. Every last track a beautiful masterpiece.

[judifilksign.livejournal.com]

Rush - Roll the Bones

[ldwheeler.livejournal.com]

El Corazon by Steve Earle. Earle has worked in many genres and stylings; in this disc, he includes just about all of 'em: folk ("Christmas in Washington"), thrashy alt-country ("Taneytown,") rock & roll ("N.Y.C."), bluegrass ("I Still Carry You Around"), rockabilly ("You Know the Rest"), stone country ("Poison Lovers"), etc. With guests including the Fairfield Four, Emmylou Harris and The Supersuckers.

Davy Crockett went out to Houston to fight in the Alamo
Old Will Travis never told him Texas was in Mexico
Was a bloody mess, you know the rest ...

Since you've insisted we name one and only one, I will NOT mention Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks. Nor will I invoke Bruce Cockburn's Dancing in the Dragon's Jaw. You shan't hear me refer to Vixy & Tony's Thirteen or the Police's Synchronicity or the Kennedys' Stand, nor will you hear anything about the Beatles' Rubber Soul from me, huh-uh. Because I Follow Directions.

[ka-klick.livejournal.com]

OK,

Hejira, Joni Mitchell.