I don’t think albums that contain 7 brilliant songs and 3 duff filler tracks will cut it here?
Maybe you’d choose something that changed your thinking, inspired you, created the greatest memories, captured a time,
What is your ‘top ten’?
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This is probably mine, and could change, but in no particular order…
What’s the story; Oasis
Dark side of the moon; Pink Floyd
Physical graffiti; Led Zeppelin
Lamb lies down on broadway; Genesis
Close to the edge; Yes
Division bell; Pink floyd
Resistance; Muse
Machine head; Deep purple (or maybe Made in Japan)
Colourbox; Colourbox
Space ritual; Hawkwind
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Start us off Ray. We’re all shrinking violets on here, and afraid our choices may be mocked…
Doesn’t matter, it’s what you like, what has inspired you. Could be Max Bygraves greatest hits - maybe not though 
Oh no, that was no3 on my list…
Actually most of mine would be illegal downloads of gigs, so consequently meaningless to everyone except me. I’ll give it a go with the legal variety…
Here we go…
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
Night at the Opera - Queen
Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens
Kimono My House - Sparks
Memphis Soul Stew - King Curtis
Superman - Barbra Streisand
Hot August Night - Neil Diamond
The Eminem Show - Eminem
Reproduction - The Human League
D’eux - Celine Dion
Could easily put in another 10.
I’ve already decided I should have dropped 2 of them to put in Out of the Blue by ELO and Graceland by Paul Simon!
Oooh - good idea for Graceland.
I’m still trying to get from about 20 down to 10 and that wasn’t there. I’ve been mulling this over for a fortnight already and now it’s just got more difficult !! :-)
Like Mark, mine is also a ‘work in progress’ and has been for a couple of months now but in response to Chris’ request for me to show him mine, so far, this evening’s list is as follows;
Definite
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love
The Stranglers – The Singles (UA Years)
Big Country – The Crossing
John Cougar Mellencamp – Scarecrow
Stone Roses – Stone Roses
U2 - The Joshua Tree
Contenders
Genesis – Lamb Lies Down on Broadway – but I’m thinking about Seconds Out instead
Led Zeppelin – IV or the Mothership multi disc set
Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Full Moon Fever or Southern Accents which has a couple of tracks better than Full Moon Fever but also has a couple of duff tracks
The Beatles – The Blue One
Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
Bastille - All This Bad Blood (but then I’ve never listened to the second disc!!)
ELO – It’s a New World Record
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
Foreigner – 4
Kate Bush – Hounds of Love
Simply Red - Stars
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
Van Halen – Van Halen
The Decemberists – The King is Dead
Close but no cigar
Paul Simon – Graceland
Sade – Diamond Life
Rihanna – Loud
Faith No More – Epic
Rush – Hemispheres
Florence and the Machine – Lungs
ZZ Top – Eliminator
Dire Straits – Brothers in Arms
Guns’n’Roses – Appetite for Destruction
Maybe I’ll add something from the Rolling Stones, Queen or Santana but it would probably have to be a ‘Greatest Hits’ to get a consistently brilliant album - ooops I did that already for some others. Maybe I’ll just change the thread to ‘Top Twenty’ instead to make it easier 
That’s the problem… I was getting close and now there’s a couple of yours I hadn’t thought of…
Hi Chris,
This thread might run for a little while.
Then we can get to singles, Motorheadhead, Bomber
Then mix it with the other thread, driving singles,
enjoy the weekend,
Ray
Love Colourbox. Such an underrated 4AD band. They also wrote the head if it’s time ‘Pump up the Volume’ as MARRS.
Martin
Wow, this is hard depending on my mood.
Yazoo - Upstairs at Eric’s
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Erasure - Erasure
GusGus- Arbian Horses
Moby - Innocence
Orbital - The Brown Album (Orbital 2)
Saint Étienne - Tiger Bay
The The - Infected
Vangelis- Bladerunner OST
Cheers
Martin
Apparently the CD has never been reissued and is now quite valuable and as rare as rocking horse shit.
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I’m lucky enough to have both albums from Colourbox. It’s a shame one of the two brothers from the band, died this year. 
Always amazed on the first album how diverse each track was. Very underrated band.
Martin
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Hi Ray - Bowie is my all time No.1, as for the rest they are all great records:
DAVID BOWIE - The rise and fall of ziggy stardust and the spiders from mars 1976
CREAM - WHEELS OF FIRE 1968
ELO - OUT OF THE BLUE 1977
CHRIS REA - THE ROAD TO HELL 1989
COHEN - THE ESSENTIAL LEONARD COHEN 2002
KING CRIMSON - IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING1969
ROBBIE WILLIAMS - INTENSIVE CARE 2005
JIMI HENDRIX - ARE YOU EXPERIENCED 1967
FLORENT PAGNY - CHATELET DES HALLES 1999
STROMAE - RACINE CARREE 2013
At this particular moment in time it’s,
Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs 1970
Eric Clapton, Steve Gadd, Marcus Miller, Joe Sample, David Sanborn - Legends Live at Montreux 1997
The Allman Brothers - Live at the Fillmore East 1971
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers 1971
The Grateful Dead - Live at the Old Renaissance Faire Grounds 1972
Rem - Out of Time 1991
The Verve - Urban Hymns 1997
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live at the El Mocambo 1983
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd 1975
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Live from The Fox Oakland 2017
I do not know titles!!!
Steppin Out by John Mayall with Eric Clapton
Something with Peter Green and the Original Fleetwood Mac.
Spooky Tooth…theureone and only albumn?
Simply Red …in south America.
Any selection by Dusty Springfield.
Jose Feliciano…any one.
something which features Freddy Mercury with his more mellow songs.
Esperanto they must have made one LP.
n
Love so many of your offerings…
Probably unknown to most of you… but Maurizio Pollini was one of my earliest favourites…any of his Chopin Preludes… in fact… any Chopin will do.
I discovered this pianist when I was about 12… his playing inspired me and I saved up for his records… but no record player any more…so sad… but I can still listen to him on YouTube…and when I do…well, I feel young again (maybe not 12 though).
Steppin’ Out is on the Beano album, so called because Eric is reading a copy on the cover photo. Could easily have been in my top 10 too…