the best of the best

Lets make a thread about, in your opinion, what is the best, or the top 5 best electronic (idm/ambient/trip hop/trance, etc) albums of all time? I can't think right now so I'm going to sleep, but I thought it would be interesting to see people's choices, and this way gives others a chance to get into some really good albums.

So let the listing begin!!

Surfing on Sine Waves

I Care Because You Do

Analord Series

SAW 85-92

Drukqs

Fanboy List

second toughest in the infants

orbus terrarum

dead cities

in sides

frequencies

i'm a product of the 90s....

geogaddi

twoism

music has the right to children

hi scores

hooper bay

worst:

the campfire headphase

:boc: :boc: :boc: :boc:

SAW I

substrata

music has the right to children

another green world

Tales Of Ephidrina

Off the top of my head.....

Selected Ambient Works 1

Richard D James album

Trans Europe Express

Amber

LP5

Selected Ambient Works 2 is a number one spot, but I respect it more than I love it. If you get my drift.

And Venus 17 and Come to Daddy are great eps.

Geogaddi - Boards of Canada

Confield - Autechre

SAW - Aphex Twin

Turning Dragon - Clark

Lifeforms - FSOL

Autechre - Draft 7.30

Coil - Black Antlers

DJ Krush - Jaku

Underworld - Oblivion With Bells

Massive Attack - 100th Window

# 2112 (1976)

# A Farewell to Kings (1977)

# Hemispheres (1978)

# Permanent Waves (1980)

# Moving Pictures (1981)

  On 4/25/2010 at 10:25 AM, margaret thatcher said:

second toughest in the infants

orbus terrarum

dead cities

in sides

frequencies

Fuckin bangin list! Word!

Squarepusher - Go Plastic

Underworld - Beaucoup Fish

Autechre - Tri Repetae ++

Infected Mushroom - Vicious Delicious

Clark - Turning Dragon

Changes constantly for me. With other types of music it's easier, but I just keep finding more good electronic music so it's impossible to keep a list.

christ almighty people

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene

Walter Carlos - Switched-On Bach

Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express

Daft Punk - Homework

Boards Of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children

for me, and probably most of you, this is impossible

make it top 25 and then I'll do it

Konklaver

Yellow Submarine

Sean Booth

watmm

The Brooklyn Dodgers

  On 4/26/2010 at 5:25 AM, bubbhasdance said:

for me, and probably most of you, this is impossible

 

make it top 25 and then I'll do it

There's a thread or two floating around on this exact topic...

Pretty much impossible, but off the top of my head the ones that have had the most impact on me are:

Autechre

Venetian Snares

Aphex Twin

Gas

William Basinski

Amber

Big Loada

Analord series

Music for the Jilted Generation

Surfing on Sine Waves

I tried to have only 1 rdj album in there and I just couldn't do it.

  On 4/26/2010 at 6:18 AM, Calx Sherbet said:

Konklaver

Yellow Submarine

Sean Booth

watmm

The Brooklyn Dodgers

Amazing

  On 4/26/2010 at 11:45 AM, jefferoo said:

Amber

Big Loada

Analord series

Music for the Jilted Generation

Surfing on Sine Waves

 

I tried to have only 1 rdj album in there and I just couldn't do it.

I like your list a lot. Too much IDM though, needs to be mixed up a bit.

Lifeforms

SAWII

Amber

Substrata

Oblivion With Bells

I now want to add about 40 more albums, I didn't include any Orbital. :(

  On 4/25/2010 at 4:51 PM, Greg Reason said:

 

Coil - Black Antlers

 

interesting choice. why black antlers?

for me (in no order)-

throbbing gristle - 20 jazz funk greats

manuel gottsching - e2-e4

suicide - s/t

coil - loves secret domain

boards of canada - geogaddi

i would put autechre on there but for some reason i always end up having trouble enjoying their albums as a whole.

all my favorite electronic albums have quite a few skip over weak irrelevant tracks in my opinion except for a few that don't quite reach the level of my favorite tracks on some records... I will just say my top 10 best of the best songs that I can think of at the moment I guess

Bonobo - Ketto

Amon Tobin - Big Furry Head

Portishead - Humming

Boards Of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy

Aphex Twin - Nannou 2

o9 - Terminal Red

Aphex Twin - Vordhosbn

Squarepusher - U F O 's Over Leytonstone

Death In Vegas - Dirge (Live)

Squarepusher - My Sound

  On 4/25/2010 at 10:25 AM, margaret thatcher said:

second toughest in the infants

orbus terrarum

dead cities

in sides

frequencies

 

i'm a product of the 90s....

great list!

I'd definately agree with Dead Cities & In sides.

So lets say:

FSOL - Dead Cities

Orbital - In Sides

The Prodigy - Experience

Amon Tobin - Permutation

Autechre - LP5

AGGG... Massive Attack - Mezzanine (because I couldn't leave that one out)