Music: Rank An Artist's Discography

[Babe Ruth]

I was there! Think they played 2 songs from St Anger. Was also the live debut of Dyers Eve!

Small world..

Hard to believe that tour was almost 20 years ago now.
Not sure how your experience was, but another thing I recollect from that Forum show was the parking. Felt like the hike from our vehicle to the building was at least a mile. It was like parking at the Rose Bowl.

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

ozzy osbourne:

speak of the devil
blizzard of ozz
the ultimate sin
bootleg: from the '84 tour somewhere in japan. soundboard stereo show where ozz calls 20,000 fans a bunch of dumb c**nts during suicide solution. i think the title of that album is something like beast in the east.

depending on my mood:
diary of a madman
no rest for the wicked
bark at the moon
no more tears

after no more tears since then i just tuned out as the releases after that just don't do anything for me.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

Metallica:

1) ...And Justice For All
2) Ride the Lightning
3) Hardwired
4) Death Magnetic
5) Metallica
6) Master of Puppets
7) Load
8) ReLoad
9) St. Anger
10) 72 Seasons
11) Kill 'em All

Trivium:

1) The Sin and the Sentence
2) What The Dead Men Say
3) In Waves
4) Silence in the Snow
5) Vengeance Falls
6) Ascendancy
7) In The Court Of The Dragon
8) Shogun
9) The Crusade
10) Ember To Inferno

 

[kihei]

Talk Talk (6 albums)

1) Ascension Day
2) London 1986 (live album)
3) The Colour of Spring
4) The Spirit of Eden
5) It's My Life
6) The Party's Over

I realize this is a highly subjective ranking. And I don't mean to imply that there are any bad albums in this discography, just some that are more successful than others in my opinion.

 

[kihei]

The Beatles (16 albums)

1) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2) Rubber Soul
3) Revolver
4) Help
5) Abbey Road (side two--the medley side) *
6) The White Album
7) Yesterday and Today
8) Hard Day's Night
9) Let It Be
10) Something New
11) Beatles VI
12) Meet the Beatles
13 Abbey Road (side one--the singles side) *
14) Beatles '65
15) The Beatles Second Album
16) Introducing...The Beatles
17) Yellow Submarine

 

[Jovavic]

Muse - I'm just doing studio albums

Origin of Symmetry
Absolution
Black Holes and Revelations
Showbiz
Drones
Will of the People
The Resistance
The 2nd Law
Simulation Theroy

 

[Ceremony]

Trouble Will Find Me
High Violet
Alligator
Boxer
Laugh Track
I Am Easy to Find
Sleep Well Beast
First Two Pages of Frankenstein
Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers
The National

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

The Beatles (16 albums)

1) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2) Rubber Soul
3) Revolver
4) Help
5) Abbey Road (side two--the medley side) *
6) The White Album
7) Yesterday and Today
8) Hard Day's Night
9) Let It Be
10) Something New
11) Beatles VI
12) Meet the Beatles
13 Abbey Road (side one--the singles side) *
14) Beatles '65
15) The Beatles Second Album
16) Introducing...The Beatles
17) Yellow Submarine

My ranking would be a little different of course, but I was wondering, where's the magical mystery? Is it not considered an official album? It's my second favorite, either way...

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

Downward Spiral
With Teeth
The Fragile
Broken (EP)
Hesitation Marks
Add Violence (EP)
Pretty Hate Machine
Further Down The Spiral
Ghosts 1-4
The Slip
Ghosts 6
Ghosts 5
Bad Witch

Kept it to full albums except for Broken and Add Violence because those 2 EPs are too good to not include

 

[frisco]

Journey (with Steve Perry only):
1) Raised On Radio
2) Escape
3) Frontiers
4) Infinity
5) Trial By Fire
6) Captured (Live)
7) Evolution
8) Departure

My Best-Carey

 

[kihei]

My ranking would be a little different of course, but I was wondering, where's the magical mystery? Is it not considered an official album? It's my second favorite, either way...

Purely an oversight on my part. I think it is a really good album, too. Here's my revised list:

The Beatles (17 albums)

1) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2) Rubber Soul
3) Revolver
4) Help
5) Abbey Road (side two--the medley side) *
6) Magical Mystery Tour
7) Yesterday and Today
8) The White Album
9) Hard Day's Night
10) Let It Be
11) Something New
12) Beatles VI
13) Meet the Beatles
14 Abbey Road (side one--the singles side) *
15) Beatles '65
16) The Beatles Second Album
17) Introducing...The Beatles
18) Yellow Submarine

....so probably not as high as you would like it to be, but still way up there.

 

[Mescaleroman]

the Jam

All Mod Cons
Setting Sons
Sound Effects
In the City
The Gift
Dig the New Breed ( Live )
This is the Modern World

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

....so probably not as high as you would like it to be, but still way up there.

Oh, any fan of the Beatles is ok to me. Part of the joy is that there's material for everyone. My gf and I can't agree on a single song but "In My Life", and we're still both great fans.

I'd go with something like:

1) White Album
2) MM Tour
3) Sgt Pepper
4) Yellow Submarine (this is where I think we must disagree the most, I love all the songs on side A)
5) Abbey Road
6) Let It Be
7) the older stuff.... Revolver has my favorite song, but also has stuff that I can't stand

 

[reckoning]

R.E.M.

Murmur - A+
Automatic For The People - A+
Reckoning - A+
Life's Rich Pageant - A+
New Adventures In Hi-Fi - A
Fables Of The Reconstruction - A
Green - A-
Document - B
Out Of Time - B
Monster - B-
Chronic Town - B-
Up - B-
Collapse Into Now - C+
Reveal - C-
Accelerate - C-
Around The Sun - D+

 

[kihei]

Oh, any fan of the Beatles is ok to me. Part of the joy is that there's material for everyone. My gf and I can't agree on a single song but "In My Life", and we're still both great fans.

I'd go with something like:

1) White Album
2) MM Tour
3) Sgt Pepper
4) Yellow Submarine (this is where I think we must disagree the most, I love all the songs on side A)
5) Abbey Road
6) Let It Be
7) the older stuff.... Revolver has my favorite song, but also has stuff that I can't stand

I guess I don't see The White Album as a Beatles album. I see it more as John, Paul, George, and, to a lesser extent, Ringo album as if they all started out on their solo careers a little early.

 

[Teemu]

Steely Dan

1. Aja
(2. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly)
3. Gaucho
4. Can't Buy a Thrill
5. Countdown to Ecstasy
6. The Royal Scam
7. Katy Lied
8. Pretzel Logic

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Steely Dan

1. Aja
(2. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly)
3. Gaucho
4. Can't Buy a Thrill
5. Countdown to Ecstasy
6. The Royal Scam
7. Katy Lied
8. Pretzel Logic

Another of my favourite bands.
I’d go:
1. Aja
2. Can’t Buy a Thrill
3. The Royal Scam
4. Gaucho
5. Katy Lied
6. Countdown
7. Pretzel Logic

I’ve never listened carefully to The Nightfly but will have to give it a try.

 

[VMBM]

Well, at least you didn't place Everything Must Go or Two Against Nature above Countdown to Ecstasy and Pretzel Logic (my #1 and #2 SD albums, respectively).

 

[VMBM]

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Cosmo's Factory
Pendulum
Green River
Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Willy and the Poor Boys
Mardi Gras

(Really tough; outside MG, all their albums are consistently good, even the underrated debut imo.)

Little Feat ('70s/Lowell George era only)

Feats Don't Fail Me Now
Sailin' Shoes
Dixie Chicken
The Last Record Album
Little Feat
Down on the Farm
Time Loves a Hero

 

[Hierso]

The Doors

The Doors
Strange Days
LA Woman
Morrison Hotel
Waiting For the Sun
Soft Parade

La Woman
Strange Days
The Doors
Waiting for the sun
Morrison Hotel
Soft Parade

 

[zombie kopitar]

The xx

Coexist
xx
I See You ( I would put this at the bottom of the page because the first 2 are classics)

Gonna do favorite Beatles from Beatles For Sale and on, which that and Help! is considered that bridge era from early Beatles (which I don't care for much) to when they started doing the drugs and experimenting in the studio with Rubber Soul and onwards

tier 1
Revolver
Abbey Road
Magical Mystery Tour
White Album
Sgt Peppers

tier 2
Let It Be
Rubber Soul
Beatles For Sale
Yellow Submarine
Help!

 

[plank]

Vs.
Ten
Binaural
Gigaton
No Code
Vitalogy
Pearl Jam
Riot Act
Yield
Lightning Bolt
Backspacer

I'll leave the bootlegs to someone else.

I'll go (Why Go?)

Yield 9/10
Vitalogy 8.5/10
Vs. 8.5/10
Ten 8.5/10
No Code 8.5/10
Pearl Jam 8/10
Riot Act 8/10
Gigaton 6.5/10
Backspacer 6/10
Binaural 5/10
Lightning Bolt 5/10

 

[plank]

The Who

1. Quadrophenia 10/10
2. Who's Next 10/10
3. Odds and Sods 9.5/10
4. Tommy 9.5/10
5. The Who Sell Out 9/10
6. The Who By Numbers 9/10
7. My Generation 8.5/10
8. Face Dances 8.5/10
10. WHO 8.5/10
11. Who Are You 8.5/10
12. A Quick One 8/10
13. It's Hard 8/10
14. Endless Wire 4/10

 

[reckoning]

Tori Amos:

Boys For Pele - A+
Little Earthquakes - A
Under The Pink - A
From The Choirgirl Hotel - A
The Beekeeper - B+
Scarlet's Walk - B+
To Venus And Back - B
Y Kant Tori Read - B-
American Doll Posse - B-
Strange Little Girls - B-
Night Of The Hunters - C+
Native Invader - C
Ocean To Ocean - C-
Unrepentent Geraldines - D+
Abnormally Attracted To Sin - D

 

[Enga Olly]

Frank Zappa

Tough to give exact rankings, I just grouped the albums into tiers

We're Only In It For The Money
Uncle Meat
Hot Rats
Roxy & Elsewhere
Over-Nite Sensation
Apostrophe (')
You Are What You Is
Absolutely Free
Burnt Weeny Sandwich

Weasels Ripped My Flesh
The Grand Wazoo
One Size Fits All
Lumpy Gravy
Zoot Allures
Zappa In New York
Joe's Garage Act I
Joe's Garage Acts II & III
Sheik Yerbouti
Thing-Fish
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2
Broadway The Hard Way
The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
Make A Jazz Noise Here
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1
Chunga's Revenge

Waka/Jawaka
Freak Out!
Cruising With Ruben & The Jets
Bongo Fury
Sleep Dirt
Studio Tan
Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More
Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
Civilization Phaze III
The Yellow Shark
Fillmore East—June 1971
Just Another Band From L.A.
Orchestral Favorites
Tinsel Town Rebellion
Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
Ahead Of Their Time
Playground Psychotics
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4
London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I
London Symphony Orchestra Vol. II
Jazz From Hell
Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger

Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6
Guitar
Baby Snakes
Does Humor Belong In Music?
The Man From Utopia
Them Or Us

Francesco Zappa