Best albums ever

[~K+]

Mine's going to be like half C-pop/J-pop since I haven't been listening to English music for ages. o_O'

MISIA - Hoshizora no Live - Best of Acoustic Ballade (2003)
Ayumi Hamasaki- LOVEppears (1999)
Mika Nakashima- LOVE (2003)
at17 - Kiss Kiss Kiss (2003)
Sammi Cheng [鄭秀文] - 很愛很愛鄭秀文 (1999)
Nicholas Tse [謝霆鋒] - 零距離 (2000)
Denise Ho [何韻詩] - Dress Me Up! (2003)
GarLum [嘉琳] - Reach for your moon (2003)
Kelly Chen [陳慧琳] - 星夢情真 (1997)
at17 - meow meow meow (2003)
Chihiro Onitsuka - This armor
Sammi Cheng [鄭秀文] - 我們的主題曲 (1997) [I don't own this CD, I suck...=_= But I don't have the mp3s neither.]
Joey Yung [容祖兒] - 我的驕傲 (2003)
at17 - 雁石分天 Live Album (2004)
Maggie Fu [傅珮嘉] - Maggie Fu (2003)



Note: I didn't include any best-of albums ^^ But surprisingly alot of favourites came from Late 2003 o_O'

[JUA+樹亜]

My favorite albums are

1 Britney Spears IN THE ZONE
I love Britney the best!!!! I can`t wait her 1st best album!!!

2Ayumi Hamasaki I am
This album is my first CD which I bought.
Ayu is soooo coooool!!!!!!!!

3Lee Hyori 　　　　Stylish･･･E
Hyolee is K-POP singer. She is very cool!!!(^-^)
I love "10minute" "Hey girl". Please check this out!!!

4Tata Young 　　I believe
She is singer who from Thai land.
& called "in Thai land`s Britney"

5Evanessence Fallen
Very cool!!!

6Xtina Aguilera Stripped
I respect her. Her lyrics have many means.

7Ana Johnsson The way I am
"We are" is very cool!!!

8Michelle Branch The spirit room
She is my god!!!



& more!!! (^-^)

[LastMuskeeter#3]

franz ferdinand- self titlesd album
modest mouse-good news for people who love bad news
dir en grey-(any ablum i love them all)
dj shawdow-private press
system of a down- toxicity
gorillaz-self titled album
ayumi hamasaki--duty
ayu-memorial address
atyu-a ballad's
keiko-golbe(i think it's the name i dunno ^_^
yeah yeah yeah;s-fever to tell
coheed and cambria-Penelope [EP] [Performed as Shabutie
coheed and cambria-The Second Stage Turbine Blade
coheed and cambria-In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3
blink 182-(any album they are all good)

[explodingbird]

Bumping up this thread since I'm a music nut and I just MUST DO IT.

Also in no particular order:

Shania Twain: UP!

I completely love Shania, even her crappy debut album. She's charming, fun, uplifting, and adorable-sexy. She does have a very nice voice, and I'm amazed at how she put out nineteen songs each in three different styles (so that makes... like fifty-seven songs overall? Three versions each of nineteen songs... yeah) and 1. none of the songs sucked overall (only one I would say was awful - the Blue Mix of When You Kiss Me) and 2. 97% of the time each song sounded different (even subtly) between each version. I love the country (Green) mixes a LOT, although some songs do lose their punch there, the pop (Red) mixes are often sassy and fun, and the world (Blue) mixes are either very bubbly and fun or very gorgeous.


BoA: Atlantis Princess

I'm a sucker for the bubblegum sound. I'm a bigger sucker for atmosphere. This album has both in spades. Fun, unpretentious, mature bubblegum pop music that just feels very fresh. I love the covers (front and back) and how it indicates a breezy, beautiful day feeling (same for the title) - the booklet could be better (the blocks of solid color and animal prints detract from the effect. More pages like where the Gift lyrics are would be awesome), but the sound is just so refreshing and uplifting. Sometimes it's even very gorgeous (there's that word again) with the lush strings (too bad they don't last too long into the album). They definitely make the songs unique and alive. My favorites are Milky Way, Atlantis Princess, Tree, and The Lights of Seoul (either version works).


The Dixie Chicks: Home

Say what you will about them, but these girls can play the hell out of their instruments. They can harmonize, they have personality like what, and they can balance fun and cheeky with serious and reflective (I mean, not many people could pull off following a song like White Trash Wedding with A Home). Personally, this was a very hard choice because all of their albums since Wide Open Spaces have been absolutely perfect (even Taking the Long Way, which took a few spins to sink in), but this one stands out because of how down-to-earth and stripped it is. Pure bluegrass, no drums at all, and they're on fire throughout every track. Landslide is lovely, and Top of the World is one of the most perfect closers ever (although their cover of Let Him Fly is very close behind).


Mariah Carey: Butterfly

This was another hard one, because while Mariah's discography isn't perfect, she does have Daydream and Emotions as well and they're very serious contenders. But this one carries a sexy, cozy vibe (and when it's not, it's sunn, even if it's not always cheerful). Easily her signature album (unless you.... consider Glitter her signature album for all the wrong reasons), a huge change of direction sylistically and image-wise. I love how confident she sounds doing R&B on here, and The Roof and Babydoll are both very sexy and the latter is just so rich and velvety. Breakdown should've been a bigger hit than it was, Honey is definitely fun and sexy, and Close My Eyes is an amazingly low-key, deep song.


Enya: The Memory of Trees

Enya's one of my absolute favorite artists, ever. The Celts wasn't perfect, but even then it was really really good. Every album since then, though, has been perfect. This one is just her most perfect (although Amarantine comes very close). It's cozy, wintry, inviting, and soothing. The title track is definitely a stand out. It's exciting.

Okay. Typing all these descriptions is getting taxing, so let's just name off a few more and screw the reasoning.

Bjork: Vespertine

Sheryl Crow: Wildflower

Faith Hill: Cry

india.arie: Testimony: Vol 1., Life & Relationship

Ryan Cabrera: Take It All Away (very tough decision, because You Stand Watching is also perfect. Plus: <3 Ryan Cabrera)

Kelly Clarkson: Breakaway

Melissa Etheridge: Skin

Loreena McKennitt: The Visit (Another toughie, since: The Mask and Mirror; The Book of Secrets)

Celine Dion: A New Day Has Come

Madonna: Ray of Light

Carrie Underwood; Some Hearts

Jo Dee Messina: Delicious Surprise (tied with Burn)

Christina Milian: It's About Time

Avril Lavigne: Let Go

Michelle Branch: Hotel Paper

Natasha Bedingfield: Unwritten <3<3

Backstreet Boys: Never Gone

[Keishi]

1. Tokyo Jihen - ADULT
2. paris match - QUATTRO
3. paris match - ♭5 (FLAT FIVE)
4. Diana Krall - The Look of Love
5. Lisa Scott-Lee - too far gone
6. Clazziquai Project - Instant Pig
7. Clazziquai Project - Color Your Soul
8. Kudo Mai - MAISELF
9. TiA - Humming
10. Nakashima Mika - LOVE



I rarely skip tracks during playing those albums.

[lotusoka]

15 is too many for me to call "best." So here is a few.

1. The Postal Service - Give Up
2. Deathcab for Cutie - Transatlanticism
3. Alanis Morisette - Jagged Little Pill
4. Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
5. Bjork - Homogenic

[TeamAyu]

My Top 15 Albums: (no particular order)

01. ayumi hamasaki - (miss)understood
02. madonna - The Immaculate Collection
03. jewel - 0304
04. onitsuka chihiro - This Armor
05. the wreckers - Stand Still, Look Pretty
06. rachael yamagata - Happenstance
07. ayaka hirahara - The Voice
08. nakashima mika - MUSIC
09. namie amuro - LOVE ENHANCED
10. tackey & tsubasa - Hatachi
11. martina mcbride - The Greatest Hits
12. RENT Original Broadway Soundtrack
13. ben jelen - Give It All Away
14. dashboard confessional - A Mark. A Mission. A Brand. A Scar
15. savage garden - Affirmation

[~X2RADialbomber~]

Top 20 (to me entirely) XD
1. Korn - Korn
2. Korn - Life is Peachy
3. Korn - Follow the Leader
4. Korn - Issues
5. Korn - Untouchables (the best album ever)
6. Korn - Take a Look in the Mirror
7. Korn - See you on the other side
8. BT - Emotional Technology
9. Trapt - Someone in Control
10. Millencolin - Pennybridge Pioneers
11. S.O.A.D - Steal this Album!
12. S.O.A.D - Toxicity
13. Papa Roach - Infest
14. Trapt - Trapt
15. The Offspring - Conspiracy of One
16. The Offspring - Smash
17. The Offspring - Ignition
18. The Bloodhound Gang - Hefty Fine
19. Ayumi Hamasaki - LOVEppears
20. Bullet for My Valentine - The Poison

[Thulanks]

It's not in order:

LINKIN PARK - Hybrid Theory
t.A,T.u - 200 KM/h in the wrong lane
Ayumi Hamasaki - Rainbow
L'arc en ciel - Awake
Nightwish - Once
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy up the girl
Nirvana - Nevermind
Robbie Williams - Escapology
No Doubt - Return to saturn
Papa Roach - Getting away with murder
Blink 182 - Get off your pants and jacket
The Ramones - Adios amigos
System of a Down - Toxicity
Killswitch engage - The end of the heartache
Sonata Artica Reckoning night
The used -In love and death
5ive - Invincible
U2 - How to dismantle an atomic bomb
Green Day - American Idiot

[ImpactBreaker]

Too lazy to make a list right now but "Confessions on a dance floor" is definitely in my top 15.

[TeamAyu]

Originally Posted by ImpactBreaker

Too lazy to make a list right now but "Confessions on a dance floor" is definitely in my top 15.

Good choice. But nothing beats '80s Madonna, making "The Immaculate Collection"... immaculate.

[ImpactBreaker]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu

Good choice. But nothing beats '80s Madonna, making "The Immaculate Collection"... immaculate.

I have the "The Immaculate Collection". Thought the album was almost perfect but something really pissed me off....The "Like A Prayer" version played in that album isn't really the best one....I so wish they had put the original oh old memories...when I was a kid (6 or 7 years old, can't remember) I was so obsessed over "Papa Don't Preach"...I still can feel the song nowadays.

[Deep snow]

in random order

ayumi hamasaki - MY STORY
ayumi hamasaki - Memorial address
Deep Forest - Essence of Deep Forest
Bjork - Greatest Hits
Madonna - GHV2
Madison Avenue - Polyester Embassy


can't think of any others atm...

All Ayumi Hamasaki and No Doubt/Gwen Stefani albums

[immel]

^I think you are biased .

I seriously do not know which album to pick... if I'd spend a huge amount of time on actually trying to figure out which album I find the best ever I'd probably be able to figure out some that would really be worth the title to me... but as for now...

MY STORY ... although I barely listen to Ayu any more compared to how much I listened earlier.

[Echoed_Memories]

In no particular order:

001. Hotel Paper- Michelle Branch
002. The Immaculate Collection- Madonna
003. The Collection- Alanis Morissette
004. Memorial address- Ayumi Hamasaki
005. secret- Koda Kumi
006. Stripped- Christina Aguilera
007. Back To Basics- Christina Aguilera
008. Britney- Britney Spears
009. In The Zone- Britney Spears
010. Loose- Nelly Furtado
011. Breakaway- Kelly Clarkson
012. Rainbow- Mariah Carey
013. Dangerously In Love- Beyonce
014. (miss)understood- Ayumi Hamasaki
015. Speak For Yourself- Imogen Heap

[everlastingRAINBOW]

Dancing Diva- Jolin Tsai
J-Top- Jolin Tsai
J-Game- Jolin Tsai
Cyndi with U- Cyndi Wang

I rated mine based on listenability. For some reason it's easier for me to praise Chinese albums, they seem to keep a common theme and the music is so catchy! I can usually Listen to the whole thing too! Jolin Tsai forever!

[LacusClyne]

i'm extra picky when it comes to the BEST album i like. i considered everything, the quality, vocal, frequency of listening.

this are the albums that i never skip a track.

ayumi hamasaki= A-Best
Jimmy Lin Zhi Ying= nan ren shi heng hao pian de
Jolin= Magic
T.M Revolution= UnderCover
Fish Leong= Wings of Love

[paper_doll]

In no real order. My top 15: or 11.

Alexisonfire - Watch Out!
Dir en grey - kisou
Dir en grey - VULGAR
MUCC - Hoyoku
MUCC - 6
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
Gazette - MADARA
Kalimero - Hakoniwa
Mudvayne - L.D. 50
Kagrra - Gozen

[No_Doubt]

My top 15 (with descriptions...eventually)

1.) Ayumi Hamasaki- (miss)understood
2.) Ayumi Hamasaki- Memorial Address
3.) hitomi- LOVE CONCENT
4.) Madonna- Ray of Light
5.) Ayumi Hamasaki- A BALLADS
6.) Ayumi Hamasaki- Duty
7.) No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom
8.) Hitomi Shimatani- Heart & Symphony
9.) Beyonce- B'Day
10.) globe- 2pop/rock
11.) Ayumi Hamasaki- LOVEppears
12.) Namie Amuro- Queen of Hip-Pop
13.) hitomi- LOVE LIFE
14.) Mika Nakashima- BEST
15.) Utada- Exodus