best albums, top 10 Options

[sandkind]

what are your top 10 albums/cds. it's tough for me to limit it to 10, but:

1 - Secret Samadhi - Live

2 - disciplined breakdown - collective soul

3 - collective soul - collective soul

4 - throwing copper - live

5 - the distance to here - live

6 - core - stone temple pilots

7 - dosage - collective soul

8 - unplugged - alice in chains

9 - sixteen stone - bush

10 - physical graffitti - led zeppelin

[Alex]

Thanks dude. As I've stated before, you, too, have some good taste my friend. Matter of fact, you made me buy the Devin Townsend Band's recent album, and I enjoyed it, so good on you. Do you have any more must-buy recommendations?

(I also picked up Anathema's A Fine Day To Exit, Anathema being a band which you, along with other people, recommended to me. I really love that album, the first few songs are truly stellar. I'm gonna try to buy some more of their albums for Christmas.)

Yeah Anathema have done some great stuff, you should download their new song from their website... it's kinda poppy, but very beautiful... got quite a radiohead vibe.

I know I've said it before, but you should definitely try some Opeth. Especially Damnation (if you haven't already). It's definitely not something that you'll love at first listen, but IMO its an amazing album. Very subtle, and if you like PT, SW is completely plastered over the album. I mean, he plays mellotron, piano, does backing vocals, produced, mixed, mastered, and even contributed lyrics to one of the songs. Great album.

Do you like/know King's X? You might like them, check out Gretchen goes to Nebraska. They're described as 'groove rock', but I wouldn't be surprised if Steven Wilson had been influenced by them, some parts of Deadwing and In Absentia are very reminiscent of that album. Big harmonies, and they use the telephone voice effect in a similar way to SW does. (I think it came out in '89, so quite a while before Porcupine Tree did the whole heavier rock/metal thing)

Have you tried any Pain of Salvation? They're one of my favourite bands.. absolutely amazing writing. Try Be, or Remedy Lane. Again, they're definitely not albums you'll appreciate at first listen, but give them a go.

Apart from those albums in your top 10, what are some of your other favourite artists?