Alright Kev, of all the members on these forums, you seem to share musical tastes and opinions with me far more than anyone else. So upon seeing this thread, I am going to make it my goal to listen to all the albums of the artists on this list that I am not already familiar with. I'm pretty comfortable with Rush, but just for the sake of completeness, what are your favourite Rush albums?
Anyway, here's the complete list, which I aim to abide by:
1. Rush
2. Porcupine Tree
Lightbulb Sun; Stupid Dream; Deadwing; In Absentia; The Incident
3. The Flower Kings
Paradox Hotel; Flower Power; Stardust We Are; Space Revolver; Retropolis
4. Pink Floyd
Dark Side of the Moon; The Wall; Wish You Were Here; The Division Bell; Animals
5. Radiohead
In Rainbows; Kid A; OK Computer; Hail to the Thief; The Bends
6. Dream Theater
Awake; Images and Words; Scenes from a Memory; Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence; Black Clouds & Silver Linings
7. The Beatles
Abbey Road; Revolver; The White Album; Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; Rubber Soul
8. Yes
Close to the Edge; The Yes Album; Fragile; Talk; Relayer
9. Queen
A Night at the Opera; Sheer Heart Attack; Innuendo; Queen II; A Day at the Races
10. U2
Achtung Baby; The Joshua Tree; The Unforgettable Fire; War; Rattle and Hum
11. Devin Townsend
Terria; Addicted; Infinity
12. Kansas
Leftoverture; Point of Know Return; Masque
13. Blue Öyster Cult
Cultosaurus Erectus; Imaginos; Secret Treaties
14. Led Zeppelin
Houses of the Holy; Led Zeppelin II; Physical Graffiti
15. Genesis
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway; Selling England by the Pound; A Trick of the Tail
16. Opeth
Still Life; Blackwater Park; Watershed
17. Peter Gabriel
Up; Security; Peter Gabriel
18. Dave Matthews Band
Before These Crowded Streets; Under the Table and Dreaming; Crash
19. Transatlantic
SMPTe; Bridge Across Forever; The Whirlwind
20. Muse
Black Holes and Revelations; Origin of Symmetry; Absolution
21. Judas Priest
Sad Wings of Destiny; Stained Class; Screaming for Vengeance
22. Camel
Moonmadness; Mirage; The Snow Goose
23. Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath; Paranoid; Sabotage
24. Death Cab for Cutie
Transatlanticism; The Photo Album; Plans
25. Frank Zappa
Hot Rats; Apostrophe ('); The Grand Wazoo
26. The Moody Blues
In Search of the Lost Chord; To Our Children's Children's Children; Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
27. Queensrÿche
Promised Land; Operation: Mindcrime; Empire
28. Styx
The Grand Illusion; Pieces of Eight; Equinox
29. Spock’s Beard
V; Snow; Beware of Darkness
30. Neal Morse
?; Testimony; Neal Morse
31. Jeff Beck
Blow by Blow; Wired; Who Else!; You Had it Coming
32. Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Black Moon; Trilogy
33. Van Halen
Van Halen; For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge; Fair Warning
34. King Crimson
The Power to Believe; Red; Discipline
35. The Flaming Lips
The Soft Bulletin; At War with the Mystics
36. Triumph
Allied Forces; Thunder Seven
37. The Police
Synchronicity; Ghost in the Machine
38. Jethro Tull
Aqualung; Songs from the Wood
39. Billy Joel
The Stranger; Turnstiles
40. dredg
The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion; El Cielo
41. Heart
Dreamboat Annie; Little Queen
42. The Who
Quadrophenia; Tommy
43. Talking Heads
Remain in Light; Fear of Music
44. David Bowie
Low; “Heroes”
45. Sigur Rós
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46. Wilco
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot; Summerteeth
47. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven; Rockets Fall on Rocket Falls
48. Metallica
Master of Puppets; Ride the Lightning
49. Boston
Boston; Don't Look Back
50. Simon & Garfunkel
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme; Bridge over Troubled Water
Honourable Mentions:
OSI, Liquid Tension Experiment, Faith No More, Foo Fighters, Ozzy Osbourne, Supertramp, Arcade Fire, Walter Trout, Steely Dan, Herbie Hancock, The Rolling Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Doors