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Update: Here is a spotify playlist of all the albums contained in this thread.

My boss at work is a huge music geek, so he asked all the staff to participate in this questionnaire. I thought it would be also fun to do in the forums.

I would like to mention that it was so hard to pare it down to 20 albums that this list is substantially different from the one I sent my boss.

Here are the rules:

• Exactly 20 albums. No more, no less.
• No repeat artists.
• These should be your favorite/most impactful/most personally influential albums. They don't have to be the "best" albums by any objective measure.

My list

1. Pet Shop Boys - Introspective
   • Domino Dancing
   • I Want A Dog
2. Jump, Little Children - Magazine
   • Not Today
   • Cathedrals
3. They Might Be Giants - Flood
   • Birdhouse In Your Soul
   • Your Racist Friend
4. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain
   • Burning Airlines Give You So Much More
   • Back in Judy's Jungle
5. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
   • And She Was
   • The Lady Don't Mind
6. Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer's Union
   • Runaway Train
   • Black Gold
7. Crash Test Dummies - The Ghosts that Haunt Me
   • Superman's Song
   • Androgynous
8. Shudder to Think - Funeral at the Movies
   • Red House
   • Funeral at the Movies
9. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin
   • Is There A Ghost
   • No One's Gonna Love You
10. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
    • Seven
    • In Circles
11. Smashing Pumpkins - Greatest Hits and B-Sides
    • Rhinocerous
    • Siva
12. Porno for Pyros - Porno for Pyros
    • Pets
    • Porno for Pyros
13. New Order - Republic
    • Regret
    • World
14. Big Audio Dynamite - This Is Big Audio Dynamite
    • Medicine Show
    • Sony
15. Jethro Tull - Songs from the Wood
    • Songs from the Wood
    • Ring Out Solstice Bells
16. Heroes del Silencio - Canciones 84 - 96
    • Entre dos tierras
    • La chispa adecuada
17. Haystak - The New South
    • Rollin' With Me
    • Big Ass Whiteboy
18. Collective Soul - Collective Soul
    • Gel
    • Where the River Flows
19. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
    • Debonair
    • Gentlemen
20. Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Are You Norma
    • Swallowing Air
    • Suave and Suffocated

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Ah... See... the artists I like are 90% one-hit-wonders. Most of the time their other music is pure garbage.

That, and I can't really list favorite albums because that would cause so much inner turmoil that you might as well cut the world in two.

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Jero's been working on his for over a week. You can do it.

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... I can try ...

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Chumbawamba - Tubthumper
Mary, Mary
Scapegoat


Joe Satriani - Satriani Live!
Always With Me, Always With You
Made of Tears


Green Day - Dookie
When I Come Around
She


Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Overture
Solitary Shell


Koji Kondo - Ocarina of Time Soundtrack
End Credits


Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Wish You Were Here


Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
Hey Joe
Purple Haze


Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion 1
November Rain
Don't Cry


Devin Townsend Project - Epicloud
Kingdom
Where We Belong


John Murphy - 28 Days Later Soundtrack
Brian Eno - An Ascent
In A House, In a Heartbeat


Andrew WK - Close Calls With Brick Walls
The Moving Room
A.W.K.


The Darkness - One Way Ticket To Hell and Back
Knockers
Is It Just Me?


Nightwish - Once
Ghost Love Score
Creek Mary's Blood


The Knife - Silent Shout
Silent Shout
Marble House


Metallica - The Black Album
Nothing Else Matters
The Unforgiven


Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Paranoid
War Pigs


Rare - Killer Cuts
Trailblazer
The Way You Move


Steve Vai - Fire Garden
Fire Garden Suite
The Crying Machine


Wax Fang - La La Land
Majestic
Avant Guardian Angel Dust


Collective Soul - Collective Soul
The World I Know
December

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OMG jero finished

Ugh I should have put that collective soul album too, you smashing young man.

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omg this is so cool, I am gonna take a while but I'll start on mine too.

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I'm so official, like a dealer with a pistol or referee with a whistle.

These are my favorite albums ever. made a big difference and still play an important part of my day, specially when Im at work:

Oasis-Whats the story morning glory
linkin park-reanimation
David Bowie-the rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars(ALSO LET'S DANCE..i cant decide)
Iron Maden- Piece of mind
RHCP-Californication
The Beatles-Twist and shout
Coldplay-A Rush of blood to the head
kings of leon-Only by the night
Queen-The Works
ACDC-The Razor's Edge
The Jackson 5- Diana Ross presents The Jackson 5
The Walkmen-Heaven
Blink 182-BLINK182
Toto-Toto IV
The Hot 8 Brass Band-Sexual Healing
Estado de Sitio-En el fondo
Chef-Chef Soundtrack
Libido-Libido
La Ley-Uno (One)
Gustavo Cerati-Siempre es Hoy (It's always today)

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I like Libertad from La Ley.

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that one is super good also

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Pet Shop Boys came out with a new album this April! its really good I like it.

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I didn't know that. I'll have to check it out.

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My List

1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
   • Gorgeous
   • Runaway
2. The Killers - Hot Fuss
   • All These Things That I've Done
   • Somebody Told Me
3. My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Live of the Fabulous Killjoys
   • Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)
   • Vampire Money
4. Darren Korb - Transistor Original Soundtrack
   • We All Become
   • She Shines (Bonus Track)
5. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
   • These Walls
   • King Kunta
6. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne
   • Ni**as In Paris
   • Lift Off
7. Tame Impala - Currents
   • The Less I Know The Better
   • The Moment
8. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
   • Road to Nowhere
   • Television Man
9. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
   • Fluorescent Adolescent
   • Do Me A Favour
10. Los Campesinos! - Hold on Now Youngster...
    • Death To Los Campesinos
    • Drop It Doe Eyes
11. Jamie Christopher - Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Original Soundtrack
    • The Only Thing I Know For Real
    • Red Sun
12. The Protomen - Act 2: The Father of Death
    • Light Up The Night
    • Keep Quiet
13. Red Hot Chili Peppers - By The Way
    • Can't Stop
    • Midnight
14. Pusha T - King Push - Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude
    • Untouchable
    • Retribution
15. Roadgeek - Sugarloaf
    • Towards The Sun
    • On The Borderline
16. Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place
    • First Breath After Coma
    • Six Days At The Bottom of The Ocean
17. Fort Minor - The Rising Tide
    • Where'd You Go
    • Slip Out the Back
18. Gotye - Making Mirrors
    • Eyes Wide Open
    • Somebody That I Used To Know
19. Bouncing Souls - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
    • That Song
    • The Something Special
20. Linkin Park - Minutes to Midnight
    • Hands Held High
    • Shadow of The Day

If you don't count Watch The Throne because of Kanye being half the album then number 20 would be Kid Smoke - So Long, Emptiness.

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i forgot to put a signature when i first joined

so this is my signature now

He beat me to it. Also like your inclusion of Los Compesinos! though.

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Am I the only person who just downloads the songs I like?

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Honey Badgers have very tough skin. The skin is very thick and rubbery, which is almost impervious to arrow and spears. Even a blow from machete can't scratch the skin. The skin protects them from bites.

Nah, different people enjoy music differently. If I hear a song I like, I usually download the album, and like the album a lot. I will say, however, that almost all of the songs on my list are from childhood. I don't get into albums now as much as I used to.

I asked my mom and dad to do this also. This is my mom's. Also, serial, she said she really wants to see yours, so you need to get on it.

1. Cat Stevens: Teaser and the Firecat
2. Soundtrack for Rocky Horror Picture Show
3. Brian Eno: Here Come the Warm Jets
4. Jethro Tull: Thick As a Brick
5. REM: Green
6. Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel [3]: Melt
7. Peter Murphy: Deep
8. Peter Himmelman: From Strength to Strength
9. Pink Floyd: The Wall
10: Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run
11: Carmina Burana
12: Soundtrack for Jesus Christ, Superstar
13: Psychedelic Furs: Talk, Talk, Talk
14: Will Ackerman: Sound of Wind Driven Rain
15: Ian Dury and the Blockheads: Lord Upminster
16: Elvis Costello: Armed Forces
17: David Bowie: Scary Monsters
18. Cheryl Wheeler: Driving Home
19: Counting Crows: August and Everything After
20: Rolling Stones: Through the Past, Darkly

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Relient K- Five Score and Seven Years Ago
The White Stripes- White Blood Cells
Miles Davis- Kind of Blue
M Ward- Hold Time
The Decemberists- The Crane Wife
Death Cab for Cutie- Plans
Cold War Kids- Robbers and Cowards
The Black Keys- Brothers
Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
les misérables (the 25th anniversary cast)
legally blonde the musical (original broadway cast recording)
Secret garden the musical (original broadway cast recording)
Pink Floyd- The Wall
The Heavy- The House That Dirt Built
xx- xx
Queen- Jazz
Jars of Clay- Christmas Songs
The killers- hot fuss
Panic! At the disco- Pretty. Odd
Heathers the musical (Original Off-Broadway cast)

Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly

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I learned about Cold War Kids when they opened for Death Cab for Cutie at a concert I went to.

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I really wanted to just put every relient k album on there. But sadly I had to choose just 1.

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Serialp0rt, get on this.

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