Best Albums Ever

ArchimedesQ

I’ve got a friend who is in prison in the US. He is allowed an MP3 player and has asked me to send him some albums so I’m currently compiling a 128 GB USB stick (He’s doing 40 years) and have run out of ideas. He is from the UK and we used to listen to stuff like Floyd, Bowie etc when we were kids, then moved onto electronic stuff. I’ve done the usual stuff, Radiohead, Portishead, Prince, Joy Division etc What albums should I put on the stick?
Please - nothing to do with bum fun or similar, you’re better than that.

hugopal

ArchimedesQ

Lazy answer:

https://www.acclaimedmusic.net/year/alltime_albums.htm

mono-stereo

ArchimedesQ (He’s doing 40 years)

Whats he in for?

Smallman1

Air - Moon Safari
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Saint Etienne - Foxbase Alpha

Millsy

A 40 year stretch is no joke, damn…..if I was put away that long I would want to listen to stuff that could take me away from my current predicament mentally, so as a starter for ten…

Ulrich Schnauss - Far away trains passing by
Kruder and Dorfmeister - K&D sessions
Kiasmos - Kiasmos

Along_the_Wire

Millsy Ulrich Schnauss - Far away trains passing by
Kruder and Dorfmeister - K&D sessions
Kiasmos - Kiasmos

Talk about nailing it. Crackers.

Dubman

Darkside - Psychic
Djrum - Portrait with Firewood
Govinda - world within
Paul Weller - Wildwood
The Flaming Lips - At war with the Mystics
Buena vista social club
John Martin - Solid air
Bob Dylan - Time out of mind
Tosca - No hassle

whatever

The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street / Sticky Fingers
The Clash - Sandinistas / London Calling
The Happy Mondays - Pills, Thrills & Bellyaches
Otis Redding
James Brown - Sex Machine
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
Marvin Gaye
The Specials
Talking Heads - Remain in Light
Bob Marley - Catch a Fire / Burnin / Exodus
Robert Johnson
Talking Heads - More Songs about buildings
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
BB King - Live at the Regal
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Blood Sugar
Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
Bob Dylan - Bringing it Back Home
Van Morrison - It’s Too Late to Stop Now
Nirvana - Unplugged
Led Zeppelin I - IV and Live at Royal Albert Hall
New Order - Power Corruption, Lies
The Beastie Boys - Ill Communication

RichM

Massive Attack - Mezzanine
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions

carmani

Disc 2

Mad_Cyril

UFOrb or Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld have enough variety to be repeatable for quite some time?

KLF - Chill Out
Global Communication 76:14
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Royksopp - Melody AM
Red Jerry - Chilled Euphoria

I’d want tunes I can relax to and get lost in, hence the electronica leaning suggestions!

Best of the Happy Mondays cherry picks all the albums (some can be a bit of an acquired taste!!)

Amps

Mad_Cyril UFOrb or Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld

Mad_Cyril Red Jerry - Chilled Euphoria

Having these in the same list is wild!

alistair

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Paul Simon - Graceland
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
Depeche Mode - Violator

ArchimedesQ

mono-stereo Drugs and Racketeering, a little violence (no limb removal)

Mad_Cyril

ArchimedesQ Drugs and Racketeering, a little violence

Seem like pastimes, not crimes!

bosstrabs

M.I.A. - Arular
Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
The Wedding Present - George Best

Amps

bosstrabs Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Over Gish? Is it because it’s double vinyl and he’s facing a long haul?

Mad_Cyril

Amps
Not trying to be cool Amps, don’t think that was the brief.

Although I don’t think I took the thread title literally either!

bosstrabs

Amps Not necessarily over Gish. Their first four albums (including Pisces Iscariot) are ridic.

Amps

bosstrabs I gave Mellon Collie a couple of listens and ditched it, I could see them disappearing up Billie’s hoop. Gish and Siamese are power though. Saw them on the Siamese tour at the Royal Court, someone got on stage, punched Darcy in the mush whilst their mates nicked a load of guitars.

bosstrabs

Amps Muzzle and Thru The Eyes of Ruby are two of their greatest tracks. Worth ploughing through some duds for on Mellon Collie.