Music: Rank your favorite band/artist discography

[HarryLime]

The Beatles

There isn't a gap within the top 5, all are neck and neck for me, just depends on how I'm feeling atm. Abbey Road was first for a few years but atm it's 4th. In a few months maybe it'll be 1st again.


Tier 1

1- Revolver- Paul and John were at the top of their games on this one, and Harrison contributed 3 good songs too. From Eleanor Rigby and Tomorrow Never Knows to the underrated For No One, and She Said She Said.

2- Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band- The first few times I listened to it I felt it was overrated. That is had a great start and finish, but now the middle section is my favorite. Just flows together perfectly and always hits the spot.

3- Rubber Soul- Lennon really killed it on this one. In My Life is my favorite Beatles song. Help was them beginning to change as a band, and Rubber Soul was their first masterpiece.

4- Abbey Road- I wanted to put it first, but I have been listening to the other Beatles albums more lately. It's great and doesn't have a weakness, besides maybe Maxwell's Silver Hammer. The Medley at the end is one of the best things the band ever did.

5- White Album- Huge cluster ****, but it's awesome. Can't go wrong with 30 Beatles songs. Some really odd ones but that's what makes the White Album what it is. Also has some of my favs.

Tier 2

6- Magical Mystery Tour- Collection of songs they recorded before and after Pepper. Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane, etc. It sounds more like a greatest hits album than anything else to me.

7- Help- This is where you can tell they started to change. From Beatlemania to songwriters.

8- A Hard Days Night- Fun album. The best album from the Beatlemania period.

9- Let it Be- Has some very good songs, but it lacks what the other great Beatles albums had. Still a good listen from time to time.

Tier 3

10- Please Please Me- The first one. I saw her standing there, twist and shout, etc.

11- Beatles For Sale- Some solid songs, but also had a lot of songs I don't care for, especially cover songs.

12- With the Beatles- Pretty much the same as BFS. Not a bad album by any means, but compared to their other stuff it doesn't stack up at all.

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[Shareefruck]

There are bands I like a little bit more, but The Beatles are nicer to rank:

Albums
1. Revolver - 5/5
2. Rubber Soul - 5/5

3. Sgt. Pepper - 5/5
4. Live at the BBC Volume 1 + 2 - 5/5

5. White Album - 4.5/5
6. Help! - 4.5/5
7. Stars of 63' - 4.5/5

8. Abbey Road - 4/5

9. Let it Be (Naked) - 3.5/5
10. Magical Mystery Tour (a little overrated, IMO) - 3.5/5

11. A Hard Day's Night - 3/5
... The rest...

Songs:
1. Tomorrow Never Knows (Mono)
2. Nowhere Man
3. I'm Only Sleeping (Mono)
4. Norwegian Wood
5. Revolution 1
6. Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 7 Edit)
7. Within You, Without You (Mono)
8. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Anthology)
9. Here, There, and Everywhere
10. A Day in the Life
11. Taxman (Mono)
12. She Said, She Said
13. In My Life
14. Because (Anthology)
15. Revolution (Mono)
16. Long, Long, Long (Mono)
17. Across the Universe (Naked)
18. Abbey Road Medley
19. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
20. Ticket to Ride
21. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
22. And Your Bird Can Sing
23. You Won't See Me
24. Daytripper
25. The Inner Light

Members
1. Lennon
2. Harrison
3. McCartney
4. Ringo

 

[Iridescent*]

Since my favorite band is already done, I'll do a less popular band that I love.

Staind

Chapter V
Break the Cycle
Dysfunction
14 Shades of Grey
Tormented
The Illusion of Progress
Staind (self titled)

 

[member 151739]

Brand New

1. Deja Entendu 10/10
2. The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me 10/10
3. Your Favorite Weapon 8/10
4. Daisy 7/10

 

[Shareefruck]

My actual favorite band... The Velvet Underground

Albums
1. White Light White Heat - 5/5
2. And Nico - 5/5

3. The Velvet Underground - 5/5
4. 1969 Live Volume 1 - 5/5

5. The Matrix Sampler - 4.5/5

6. Loaded - 3.5 or 4/5
7. The Quine Tapes - 3.5/5
... The Others...

Songs
1. Sister Ray
2. Heroin
3. European Son
4. Waiting for the Man (1969 Live)
5. The Gift
6. Candy Says
7. I Heard Her Call My Name
8. All Tomorrow's Parties
9. Run Run Run
10. What Goes On (1969 Live)
11. After Hours
12. Sweet Jane (1969 Live)
13. Here She Comes Now
14. Sunday Morning
15. Pale Blue Eyes
16. Lisa Says (1969 Live)
17. White Light, White Heat
18. Rock and Roll (Full Length)
19. Black Angel's Death Song
20. Venus in Furs

 

[HarryLime]

There are bands I like a little bit more, but The Beatles are nicer to rank:

Albums
1. Revolver - 5/5
2. Rubber Soul - 5/5

3. Sgt. Pepper - 5/5
4. Live at the BBC Volume 1 + 2 - 5/5

5. White Album - 4.5/5
6. Help! - 4.5/5
7. Stars of 63' - 4.5/5

8. Abbey Road - 4/5

9. Let it Be (Naked) - 3.5/5
10. Magical Mystery Tour (a little overrated, IMO) - 3.5/5

11. A Hard Day's Night - 3/5
... The rest...

Songs:
1. Tomorrow Never Knows (Mono)
2. Nowhere Man
3. I'm Only Sleeping (Mono)
4. Norwegian Wood
5. Revolution 1
6. Strawberry Fields Forever (Take 7 Edit)
7. Within You, Without You (Mono)
8. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Anthology)
9. Here, There, and Everywhere
10. A Day in the Life
11. Taxman (Mono)
12. She Said, She Said
13. In My Life
14. Because (Anthology)
15. Revolution (Mono)
16. Long, Long, Long (Mono)
17. Across the Universe (Naked)
18. Abbey Road Medley
19. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
20. Ticket to Ride
21. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
22. And Your Bird Can Sing
23. You Won't See Me
24. Daytripper
25. The Inner Light

Members
1. Lennon
2. Harrison
3. McCartney
4. Ringo

Members for me are

1. Lennon/Mccartney

3. Harrison

4. Ringo


Songs would take me forever

 

[kihei]

Beatles--it bounces around all the time but at the moment:

Rubber Soul
Help
A Hard Day's Night
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Magical Mystery Tour
Yesterday and Today
Live at the BBC (1 and 2)

 

[HarryLime]

I'll attempt songs

In My Life
A Day in the Life
Strawberry Fields Forever
Penny Lane
Eleanor Rigby
Think for Yourself (Most underrated Beatles song. Paul's fuzzy bass)
Tomorrow Never Knows
Norwegian Wood
Abbey Road Medley
You Never Give Me Your Money
Day Tripper
I Feel Fine
Nowhere Man
I'm Only Sleeping
Here There and Everywhere
Here Comes the Sun
Hey Jude
Ticket to Ride
For No One
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Yesterday
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
I Am the Walrus
She Said She Said
Drive My Car

 

[Leafsdude7]

Beatles are my favourite, but they've already been done twice, and I'm sure they'll be done countless times more, so I'll do my 2nd favourite:

Barenaked Ladies:

1) Maroon (2000)
Great:
Humour Of The Situation
Helicopters
Sell Sell Sell
Go Home
Tonight Is The Night
Falling For the First Time

Good:
Too Little Too Late
Pinch Me

Average:
Baby Seat
Off The Hook

2) Stunt (1998)

Great:
Light Up My Room
One Week
Who Needs Sleep
I'll Be That Girl

Good:
Alcohol
It's All Been Done
Call And Answer
Some Fantastic

Average:
When You Dream
Told You So

Poor:
In The Car

3) Barenaked Ladies Are Me (2006)

Great:
Bank Job
Adrift
Maybe You're Right
Take It Back

Good:
Easy
Wind It Up
Peterborough And The Kawarthas
Sound Of Your Voice

Average:
Vanishing
Bull In A China Shop
Rule The World With Love

Poor:
Everything Has Changed

4) Maybe You Should Drive (1994)

Great:
Jane
A
Am I The Only One
Life, In A Nutshell

Good:
These Apples
You Will Be Waiting
Great Provider

Average
Intermittently
Tiny Little Song
The Wrong Man Was Convicted

5) Grinning Streak (2013)

Great:
Odds Are
Did I Say That Out Loud?
Crawl
Smile

Good:
Boomerang
Limits
Best Damn Friend
Give It Back to You

Average:
Daydreamin'
Gonna Walk

Poor:
Keepin' It Real

6) Gordon (1992)

Great:
If I Had $1000000
Enid
Grade 9
What A Good Boy
The Flag
New Kid (On The Block)

Good:
Brian Wilson
Be My Yoko Ono
King Of Bedside Manor
Crazy

Average
Blame It On Me
Box Set

Poor:
Hello City
Wrap Your Arms Around Me
I Love You

7) Barenaked Ladies Are Men (2006)

Great:
Down To Earth
Quality
Half A Heart
Fun And Games
What A Letdown

Good:
Angry People
Beautiful
Maybe Not
Why Say Anything Nice

Average:
Something You'll Never Find
Another Spin
Running Out Of Ink

Poor:
I Can I Do I Will
The New Sad
Serendipity


8) Born On A Pirate Ship (1996)

Great:
The Old Apartment
Just A Toy
When I Fall
I Live With It Every Day

Good:
I Know
This Is Where It Ends
Break Your Heart
Shoebox

Average:
In The Drink
Same Thing

Poor:
Spider In My Room
Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank


9) All Good Things

Great:
You Run Away
Every Subway Car
Another Heartbreak
Watching The Northern Lights

Good:
Jerome
How Long
Golden Boy

Average:
Four Seconds
Summertime

Poor:
The Love We're In
On The Lookout
Ordinary

10) Everything To Everyone

Great:
For You
Testing 1, 2, 3
War On Drugs
Take It Outside

Good:
Celebrity
Upside Down

Average:
Another Postcard
Shopping
Aluminum
Unfinished

Poor:
Have You Seen My Love?
Second Best

Didn't include any of their pre-Gordon indie tapes since both fact that they're mostly songs that were released on Gordon or other later records and that I haven't actually heard them before. Also, decided to put the BLAM/en release(s) separate just so I'd have an even 10.

 

[Pavelski2112]

Gonna give RUSH a shot:

Presto (my personal favorite)
Permanent Waves
Power Windows
A Farewell to Kings
Moving Pictures
Grace Under Pressure
Signals
Hemispheres
2112
Roll the Bones
Fly By Night
Hold Your Fire
Test for Echo (incredibly underrated)
Clockwork Angels
Counterparts
Snakes and Arrows
Vapor Trails
Caress of Steel
Rush
Feedback

Won't go into live albums, but that's about as good a list I can give quickly.

 

[reckoning]

R.E.M.

Murmur 10/10
Reckoning 10/10
Automatic For The People 10/10
Fables Of The Reconstruction 9.5/10
New Adventures In Hi-Fi 9.5/10
Lifes Rich Pageant 9/10


Green 8/10
Chronic Town 7.5/10
Document 7.5/10
Out Of Time 7/10
Monster 7/10


Collapse Into Now 6/10
Up 5.5/10
Accelerate 5/10
Reveal 3/10
Around The Sun 2/10


If you're looking to get acquainted with their music, Lifes Rich Pageant is probably the album to start with. It's not their greatest album, but the most representative of them as its the bridge from the early college rock days to their arena rock era. I absolutely love Murmur and Reckoning, but they need to grow on you. They don't start to sink in until about the 10th or 20th listen, but they're worth the wait.

Just picked up their Unplugged double-CD recently. The '91 performance is outstanding. The band is having a good time, Stipe's voice is at its best, and all the songs adapt perfectly to the unplugged format. The 2001 set however, is an uninspired, boring chore to listen to.

 

[Central PA Hawk Fan]

Fugazi:

1. Red Medicine
2. In On the Kill Taker
3. Repeater + 3 Songs
4. The Argument
5. End Hits
6. 13 Songs
7. Steady Diet of Nothing

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

R.E.M.

Murmur 10/10
Reckoning 10/10
Automatic For The People 10/10
Fables Of The Reconstruction 9.5/10
New Adventures In Hi-Fi 9.5/10
Lifes Rich Pageant 9/10


Green 8/10
Chronic Town 7.5/10
Document 7.5/10
Out Of Time 7/10
Monster 7/10


Collapse Into Now 6/10
Up 5.5/10
Accelerate 5/10
Reveal 3/10
Around The Sun 2/10


If you're looking to get acquainted with their music, Lifes Rich Pageant is probably the album to start with. It's not their greatest album, but the most representative of them as its the bridge from the early college rock days to their arena rock era. I absolutely love Murmur and Reckoning, but they need to grow on you. They don't start to sink in until about the 10th or 20th listen, but they're worth the wait.

Just picked up their Unplugged double-CD recently. The '91 performance is outstanding. The band is having a good time, Stipe's voice is at its best, and all the songs adapt perfectly to the unplugged format. The 2001 set however, is an uninspired, boring chore to listen to.

I will have to check that out. I still don't love Reckoning as much as other R.E.M. fans but I still like it alright.

Top tier for me is Murmur, Fables of the Reconstruction, Lifes Rich Pageant, with Document just a step below.

 

[Ghost of jas]

R.E.M.

Murmur 10/10
Reckoning 10/10
Automatic For The People 10/10
Fables Of The Reconstruction 9.5/10
New Adventures In Hi-Fi 9.5/10
Lifes Rich Pageant 9/10


Green 8/10
Chronic Town 7.5/10
Document 7.5/10
Out Of Time 7/10
Monster 7/10


Collapse Into Now 6/10
Up 5.5/10
Accelerate 5/10
Reveal 3/10
Around The Sun 2/10


If you're looking to get acquainted with their music, Lifes Rich Pageant is probably the album to start with. It's not their greatest album, but the most representative of them as its the bridge from the early college rock days to their arena rock era. I absolutely love Murmur and Reckoning, but they need to grow on you. They don't start to sink in until about the 10th or 20th listen, but they're worth the wait.

Just picked up their Unplugged double-CD recently. The '91 performance is outstanding. The band is having a good time, Stipe's voice is at its best, and all the songs adapt perfectly to the unplugged format. The 2001 set however, is an uninspired, boring chore to listen to.

I can't put New Adventures in the top tier. And, I like Out of Time more than the others in your 2nd tier. The first four pretty much got me through college, (along with the Replacements.) And, I am more fond of Reckoning than Murmur, since Reckoning was my introduction to REM. Automatic is still their high-water mark, IMO.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Pink Floyd:

Animals (5/5)
Piper at the Gates of Dawn (5/5)
Dark Side of the Moon (5/5)
Meddle (4.5/5)
The Wall (4.5/5)
Wish You Were Here (4.5/5)
Saucerful of Secrets (super underrated album) (4/5)
Obscured By Clouds (3/5)
The rest

I don't really consider the Final Cut, A Momentary Lapse of Reason, or the Division Bell "true" Pink Floyd albums; they're closer to Waters/Gilmour solo projects.

 

[Xelebes]

It's a contest between Chris Liberator, Inigo Kennedy, CJ Bolland and Chris McCormack. The worst part is that none of them have released an album, only singles or if they have albums, it has been part of collaborations. *sigh*

 

[Liberati0n*]

I'm not sure what my definitive favorite band is...I'll do a couple.

Mine for R.E.M.:

Automatic for the People
Life's Rich Pageant
Reckoning
Murmur
New Adventures in Hi-Fi
(all pretty much 10/10)

Document
Fables of the Reconstruction
Out of Time

Green
Accelerate
Collapse into Now
Monster

Reveal

Up

Around the Sun


Propagandhi:

Potemkin City Limits (10/10)
Supporting Caste (10/10)
Less Talk, More Rock (9/10)
Failed States (8.5/10)
How to Clean Everything (7.5/10)
Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes (7/10)


For some reason I can't figure out how I'd rank Jawbreaker's, and Bad Religion has way too many of the same album to do.

 

[DaStars99]

Pearl Jam

1 Vs.
2 No Code
3 Ten

4 Yield
5 Vitalogy

6 Lightning Bolt
7 Pearl Jam
8 Binaural
9 Riot Act

10 Backspacer

 

[evolutionbaby]

Pearl Jam

1) Vitalogy
2) Vs
3) Yield

4) Binaural
5) No Code
6) Lightning Bolt

7) Ten
8) Riot Act

9) Self-Titled



10) Backspacer

I think...

 

[Riverdale]

Pink Floyd

1. The Wall
2. Animals
3. The Final Cut
4. WYWH
5. DSotM
6. Obscured by Clouds
7. More
8. Meddle
9. Momentary Lapse of Reason
10. Atom Heart Mother
11. Division Bell
12. A Saucerful of Secrets
13. Ummagumma

Ramones

1. Subterranean Jungle
2. Leave Home
3. Pleasant Dreams
4. Rocket to Russia
5. Animal Boy
6. Halfway to Sanity
7. Road to Ruin
8. Too Tough to Die
9. End of the Century
10. Ramones
11. Mondo Bizarro
12. Adios Amigos
13. Brain Drain
14. Acid Eaters

 

[BonMorrison]

Muse

Absolution - 10/10
Origin of Symmetry - 10/10
Black Holes & Revelations - 8.5/10
The 2nd Law - 8/10
The Resistance - 7.5/10
Showbiz - 6/10

Brand New

The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me - 10/10
Deja Entendu - 10/10
Daisy - 8/10
Your Favorite Weapon - 7.5/10

 

[Roboturner913]

Jeff Beck:

1. Wired - Most people would say Blow by Blow at #1, but Wired is more diverse and adventurous IMO. So much texture and depth, but with the vibe of a live, one-off performance that is being half-improvised right in front of you. 17/5
2. Blow by Blow - A true classic. This is one of those albums where if you hear it on vinyl you'll understand the whole of your existence for the next 45 minutes. 14/5
3. Truth - If the lineup for this album had stayed together, they would've rivaled Zeppelin. Lots of bluesy proto-metal goodness going on here. 5/5
4. Rough and Ready - People don't know about this one as much as some of his other (and IMO lesser albums listed below) but it's a fantastic melting pot of jazz fusion, soul, R&B, funk. Great, great album that's got danceable grooves and virtuosity from all the players. 4.327/5
5. Beck-Ola - Technically a better constructed record than Truth with the same lineup, just not quite as inspired. 4.1/5
6. Who Else - Really interesting record with a techno base, but lots of diverse influences coming to bear - Middle Eastern grooves, some funk, old blues, and something that sounds like an Irish drinking song. I like this album a lot. 3.91/5
7. There and Back - Tries to be Wired part 2, succeeds on the whole but the backing band is too prominent and Beck's guitar is not. 3.8/5
8. Jeff Beck Group - Poppy in a good way, but lacks the attitude/snarl of the first lineup. It's almost a little too slickly-produced. 3.768/5
9. Beck Bogert Appice - Like the songs, love Beck's performances for the most part but the backing band was not up to snuff. 3.37/5
10. Live with Jan Hammer - Live album, captures Beck in his prime and playing his best material, but like a lot of live albums the recording is just kind of blah. It sounds like they put the microphones 100 feet away. 3.14159265359/5
11. Emotion and Commotion - I believe this is the last thing he recorded. I like it OK, it just doesn't grab me. 3.08/5
12. Guitar Shop - This is a strange album. Very 80's. in a bad way. The playing is good, it just sounds really dated. 2.875/5
13. Frankie's House - Impressionistic movie score. Lots of nice soundscapes but it's more mood/background music than something you would actually want to sit down and listen to. 2.63/5
14. Flash - Regarded as one of his worst, and it's pretty bad in some places, but it's really really good in a few places. I listen to it every once in a while. 2.27/5

There are a few Jeff Beck albums I don't own so I'm not going to list those but I am told that You Had it Coming and Jeff are solid albums.

 

[Net Front Presence]

Metallica
1. Master of Puppets
2. ...And Justice for All
3. Ride the Lightning
4. Kill 'Em All
5. Metallica
6. Death Magnetic
7. Reload
8. Load
9. St. Anger

Pink Floyd
1. The Wall
2. Animals
3. The Final Cut
4. Wish You Were Here
5. Dark Side of the Moon
6. Meddle
7. Obscured By Clouds
8. A Momentary Lapse of Reason
9. A Saucerful of Secrets
10. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
11. Atom Heart Mother
12. The Division Bell
13. More
14. Ummagumma

The Beatles
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Abbey Road
3. Revolver
4. Rubber Soul
5. The Beatles
6. Let It Be
7. Magical Mystery Tour
8. Help!
9. A Hard Day's Night
10. Please Please Me
11. Beatles for Sale
12. With the Beatles

 

[Dumpster Flyers]

Not my favorite, but I'm going through a phase right now...

Jackson Browne:
1. Late for the Sky
2. For Everyman
3. Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using)
4. The Pretender
5. Running on Empty

The rest I don't care as much about.

 

[davemess]

The Band

1) The Band
2) Music from Big Pink
3) Rock of Ages
4) Northern Lights – Southern Cross
5) Stage Fright
6) The Last Waltz
7) Cahoots
8) Moondog Matinee
9) Islands