What album have you listened to literally hundreds of times?

[begin_within]

I'm interested in knowing what the albums are that never get old or tired, no matter how many times you have listened to. I'm sure I've listened to Stevie Wonder's "Innervisions" at least 300 times over the last 30 years. And the Beatles' "Rubber Soul" always seems fresh and new, even 43 years and hundreds of plays. What is your favorite album that you have listened to hundreds of times?

[hellbound-liberal]

1. Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run is my all-time favorite

that I have listened to hundreds of times.

[WCGreen]

30. Yep...

[myrna minx]

2. Hunky Dory by David Bowie.

I was one year's old when it came out, yet it's one of my all time favorites.

[begin_within]

3. I love that one too, but

for some reason I only listen to side 1 of it. (Changes through Quicksand). I think I have played side 2 all the way through only one time. The songs on side 2 just didn't do much for me.

[Mojorabbit]

4. After the Gold Rush Neil Young

and

Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon

[4_Legs_Good]

19. That'd be my NY most listened to album, even though it's not my favorite

Somehow it's so soothing, and never gets old.

I think Everybody Knows this is Nowhere would come in at #2, though.

David

[Mojorabbit]

69. Yes

It isn't my favorite either but somehow it is my most listened to NY album. Everybody Knows this is Nowhere is another great one.

[RetroLounge]

5. Beatles - The White Album

Led Zep IV

Black Sabbath - Paranoid.

Pink Floyd - The Wall, Wish You Were Here, and Dark Side of the Moon.

Deep Purple - Made in Japan

REM - Murmur

:hi:

RL

[sohndrsmith]

57. have to second this (The White Album) but it's a long time... n/t

[rucky]

6. Catherine Wheel - Adam & Eve

[Mojambo]

7. Reconstruction Site by the Weakerthans

I never get sick of it.

[MrScorpio]

8. Simple Things by Zero7

EVERYONE I've ever played this album for loved it... EVERYONE!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj6yXxVc21Y
In the Waiting Line

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrxMN7TAKq0
I Have Seen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INn1C6ImJKg
Destiny

[InternalDialogue]

74. Thanks for the vid links.

That's new to me, but you're right -- I love it. Sweet beats and smoky vocals. Love it.

[Ishoutandscream2]

9. Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street

and lately, the Beatles White Album. I picked up a bootleg UK mono version on cd, and can't stop listening to it.

[kwassa]

60. Me, too.

[Lyric]

10. "Pretty Hate Machine" by NIN

Also, "Mezzanine" by Massive Attack and "The Dance" by Fleetwood Mac.

:hi:

[XemaSab]

17. "The Downward Spiral"

:bounce:

[NanceGreggs]

23. I have a DVD video of "The Dance" ...

... I've watched it/listened to it SO MANY times it ain't funny.

Also:

"Belladonna" - Stevie Nicks
"Breakaway" - Art Garfunkel
"This Is How Men Cry" - Marc Jordan
"Mike & The Mechanics" - First LP

[Lyric]

42. I have the same video.

Tell me--do you choke up when Stevie and Lindsay are singing "Silver Springs?" That one and "Landslide." I swear, the raw emotion between them in those two songs is unbelievable, and the video makes it even MORE powerful, because you can see them staring right at each other.

"Belladonna" is another one HIGH on my list. *dreamy sigh*

[NanceGreggs]

49. That moment during "Landslide" ...

... when he stops playing, rests his head on his chin, and smiles at her so wistfully - jeezus, gets me choked up just typing about it.

I always wonder, "What was he thinking at that exact moment?"

"Silver Springs" is probably my favourite performance of that evening:

"Time casts a spell on you, but you wont forget me ..."

[Starbucks Anarchist]

11. "Kind of Blue," by far.

Hundreds of times.

[begin_within]

14. I've listened to "Blue in Green" countless times

It makes me think of snow falling outside as you just lay there on the couch. Haven't listened to the entire album that much.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

21. Speaking of, I've been on a Bill Evans kick lately.

Have you heard "Conversations with Myself"? It's just him on three (overdubbed) pianos.

[begin_within]

40. no I haven't

thanks

[mitchum]

82. Fantastic record...the only thing better than Bill Evans...

is three Bill Evans

[nomorenomore08]

12. None. I jump from one thing to another way too often.

Plus I'm only 24, and it's only in the last few years that I've been building my current music collection (Why "current"? Long story there). Finally, with a collection of 11,000 (give or take) songs and counting, I wouldn't see much point in listening to the same album/band every day, or even every week.

Which isn't to say that there aren't albums I listened to dozens of times, if not into the triple digits, when I was younger. For instance, at 14 I can remember playing a CD copy of 'Van Halen I' over and over again, while at 15 it was Slayer's 'Reign in Blood,' The Haunted's self-titled album at 16, etc. And while my tastes have radically expanded since then, I still have a definite soft spot for the metal.

[old mark]

13. The Who "Live At Leeds" and Sex Pistols, "Never Mind the Bollocks."

literally wore them out.


mark

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

15. "Achtung Baby" by U2

Also:
R.E.M. - "Document"
The Cure - "Wish"
Nirvana - "Nevermind"
Sinead O'Connor - "I do not want what I haven't got"
Jesus and mary Chain "Psycho candy"

[UndertheOcean]

16. "Hounds of Love" and "The Future"

[TommyO]

31. "Hounds of Love" is definitely one of mine as well

along with Renaissance, "Scheherazade and Other Stories".

[stuntcat]

59. Hounds Of Love! me too :D

yup :bounce:

[TommyO]

68. I love all of Kate's albums

but "Hounds" is the only one that I can listen to beginning to end and lose myself in the music.

When a friend asked what the most chilling song I've ever heard, "Under Ice" came immediately to mind.

[4_Legs_Good]

18. "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" - Genesis 1974, and Abbey Road

Abbey Road is definitely the Beatles album that I can simply never get tired of, and always lifts my spirits.

David

[hellbound-liberal]

50. I would list Seconds Out as one of my most frequent Genesis albums

as well as Selling England by the Pound. I never get tired of older Genesis music!

[IndianaJones]

20. Terrapin Station. The Final Cut. The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking. nt.

[CreekDog]

22. Bruce Springsteen's Tunnel of Love

wow. that's a terrific album.

Tears For Fears Tears Roll Down

New Order Substance

John Mellencamp Scarecrow

George Winston Summer (you have to drive across Nevada on US 50 to really appreciate this one)

[peruban]

24. "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd

Easily in the hundreds.

[Aristus]

25. "The Getaway" by Chris De Burgh.

This was before "The Lady In Red" when he got too commercial. Here, he is terrific.

[mcctatas]

26. Two that I can think of off the top of my head...

The soundtrack from Camelot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wijIn4xQ8jw&feature=related

And in my angsty 20's, Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morrissette:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnbc64XQ1DI

[WritingIsMyReligion]

27. KIND OF BLUE.

"Blue in Green," in particular, is habitual for me. :D

[begin_within]

34. I love "Blue in Green." It makes me think that

I'm lying on a couch looking out the window at the snow falling outside.

[Haole Girl]

28. Many of my Gordon Lightfoot ones

His voice never gets old to me.

[elleng]

95. Like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWgtsmb7XnY

[libnnc]

29. Rickie Lee Jones "The Magazine"

and her self titled debut album

[Dystopian]

35. Spooky Two -Spooky Tooth

And everything Dylan.
Jethro Tull
Jeff Beck
Cream
Traffic
At my age, I've listened to them all hundreds of times..can't even begin.
peace~

[S n o w b a l l]

32. Bryan Ferry - Bete Noire & Boys & Girls

& Roxy Music - Avalon

[PBS Poll-435]

33. Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt

[buzzycrumbhunger]

36. Aphex

Selected Ambient Works II



Have also worn out In Rainbows, OK Computer, and a host of others. I tend to leave the electronic stuff on shuffle at work and it's depressing how fast you can feel 60GB of music means there's "nothing" to listen to. . .

[Shine]

37. sounds like you and I are about the same age

I can totally relate to your picks, too.

I'd add:
Beatles Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
James Taylor's Greatest Hits
Elton John's Yellow Brick Road
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours

:hi:

[begin_within]

52. all good

"Gold Dust Woman" is one song that never seems to get old or tired.

[redqueen]

38. Too many to mention...

but most recently:

Thom Yorke's "The Eraser"
Radiohead's "In Rainbows"
Andrew Bird's "Armchair Apocrypha"
Sunset Rubdown's S/T EP, "Shut Up I Am Dreaming" & "Random Spirit Lover"
Muse's "Black Holes and Revelations"

[ok_cpu]

39. Radiohead 'Ok Computer'

Genesis 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'
Beastie Boys 'Paul's Boutique'
Alice In Chains 'Dirt'

[SoxFan]

41. Jason & the Scorchers, "Lost and Found"

The Three O'Clock, "Arrive Without Traveling"
U2, "Boy"
The Alarm, "Declaration"

[tigereye]

43. Robyn Hitchcock's I often Dream of Trains and Globe of Frogs

He was here doing Trains live recently, but we had to pass since it was on a Monday night....

[fizzgig]

44. disintegration is the first one that comes to mind

i still listen to in on a pretty regular basis

[bicentennial_baby]

45. Aenima, by Tool

[greendog]

46. Townes Van Zandt's "Rear View Mirror"

Dylan's "Blood On The Tracks" - strangely, I currently don't own a copy.

Listening to Townes right now. :)

[RagAss]

47. "All Things Must Pass".....G.H.

[Ishoutandscream2]

55. Beautiful album

[AlCzervik]

48. Paul's Boutique-Beastie Boys, Sgt. Pepper, Dark side of the moon, Meat is murder

Bona Drag-Morrissey are just a few that come to mind.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

51. Siamese Dream, by the Smashing Pumpkins

Followed by Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails.

[applegrove]

53. Rumours.

[Systematic Chaos]

54. Echolyn, "Cowboy Poems Free"

A view of 20th Century Americana just awesome beyond words.

[sohndrsmith]

56. Ella: The Cole Porter Songbooks, The Pavarotti Songbook,

In Between Dreams and On and On (Jack Johnson), Sacred Spirit (native american), The Real Deal Vol. 1 (Stevie Ray Vaughan), Blue, The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Shadows and Light (Joni Mitchell).... for starters.

I love to sing, I love words and I love to figure out stuff on an acoustic guitar...

I'm sure I'm leaving something out but those are a few of my soul mates.

[Duppers]

72. OMG

I never thought I'd find someone with same range of musical taste that I have!

You must listen to this:
Medicine Woman
(I bought this CD in a little shop in Seattle in the early 90's and have played the hell out of it.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E2AmfV3CyI


I know you've heard and love these:

SRV: Rude Mood:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCHVpDwMS2k

THE Tribute
(EVERYone on stage: Jimmy, BB, Cray, Buddy, Clapton, Bonnie, Dr. John, etc., etc.)
SRV Shuffle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb9HZIdvpoY&feature

Medley of Cole Porter done by Sinatra & Dinah Shore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQMY6A2E1pk

k.d. lang - Skylark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgbl_yHbKK0&feature

Dylan - Thunder on the mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5uKHa9Gmks&feature=rec-HM-rev-rn

Joni's BYT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWwUJH70ubM

adagio concerto grosso op. 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6ADiw5GCTM

And perhaps you'd like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJoM_gEt7VM


And Pavarotti makes me cry!


Nostalgia, ah yes.

I've play all of these over and over and over...

[TX Screwball]

58. The Clash-London Calling @ Joe Ely-Mustanotagotalotta

Love those albums.

[bikebloke]

61. Madamoiselle chant... by Patricia Kaas

Nina Hagen Band & Unbehagen both by Nina Hagen
Signing Off by UB40

[kwassa]

62. Aretha's Gold, first greatest hits album, Juan Luis Guerra compilation tape ....

Stevie Ray Vaughan, "Texas Flood"



Cream,

[harmonicon]

63. lots....

I rarely listen to recorded music these days, so most of the albums that I've listened to that many times I am really tired of any don't want to hear too often, but there are still a few:

Pink Floyd: Relics
My Bloody Valentine: anything by them.... really
Echo and the Bunnymen: Heaven Up Here
The Boo Radleys: Giant Steps
The Cure: 17 Seconds
Glenn Gould: The Idea of North

[ArnoldLayne]

64. Pink Floyd-The Wall

[bluesbassman]

65. Stevie Ray Vaughan- Texas Flood

I'll never forget the first time I ever heard Texas Flood. I walked into a record shop in Pismo Beach and they had it on. Bought a copy on the spot and been hooked on SRV ever since.

[NoodleBoy]

66. master of puppets by metallica

I have that album basically encoded into my dna now.

[enigmatic]

67. "Spiderland"- Slint

Never gets old.

[DuckBurp]

70. Tommy

by The Who

[Connonym]

71. Traveling Wilbury's Vol 1 and Rubber Soul n/t

[Lucian]

73. The soundtrack to "Queen of the Damned"

It was awesome.

[Tripper11]

75. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

I went through many many copies of Dark Side. Album, cassette, CD, digital....on and on.,...never gets boring!

[travelingtypist]

76. Marillion -- Misplaced Childhood

Came out in early 80s, I was in Germany, got to see them in
concert, hear Kayleigh. Literally hundreds of times.

[Franzia]

77. The Cars' first 3 albums, especially Candy-O.

The Pretenders' first 2 albums.

All of the Police's albums.

[astral]

78. Van Morrison -- Common One

[EFerrari]

88. His Band and Street Choir, Moondance.

Maybe thousands of times.

:thumbsup:

I used to see him every year when he came to Berkeley or to Palo Alto. Damn, that was good.

[livetohike]

79. "Axis; Bold as Love" is probably my most listened to album

and then "Electric Ladyland". I'm sure I've worn out the grooves on those two :-).

[mitchum]

80. Hunky Dory, Let It Bleed, Roxy Music, Berlin, Raw Power, My Favorite Things

[JeffR]

81. The Band: The Band

Songwriting & ensemble playing just don't get better than that.

[Giant Robot]

83. "The Joshua Tree" U2

"The Wall" Pink Floyd
And I am going to cheat a little on this one the "Crossroads" collection by Eric Clapton.

[pacalo]

84. Carole King's "Tapestry" & Bob Welch's "Three Hearts".

[Zavulon]

85. Foghat Live, Rush's first album, Rush 2112, Rush's first live album (All the World's a Stage). (NT)

[HEyHEY]

86. Nashville skyline

[Jamastiene]

87. Autoamerican by Blondie.

Also, Eat To The Beat by Blondie and I Love Rock and Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Also, the Ramones' first album and Too Tough To Die by the Ramones as well. Nothing beats those 5 albums in my view.

[TrogL]

89. Brain Salad Surgery - ELP

[Bluebear]

90. Court & Spark - Joni Mitchell

[foxfeet]

96. "Miles of Aisles."

[Doc_Technical]

91. "Selling England by the Pound" by Genesis

"Disreali Gears" by Cream

"Abbey Road" by The Beatles
"Quadraphrenia" by The Who
"Angle Claire" by Art Garfunkel

[sarge43]

92. Davis' Kinda Blue

"Say What" track is worn pretty thin.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

93. Live Cream

[Mudoria]

94. Live and Dangerous.... Thin Lizzy