I wanted to publish this for a few reasons. Maybe the 1st being it seems people ask for favorite all-time albums or albums list, or I refer to them, and have type-out or LINK my rym page.
Well here's a not too extensively long list.
The list is in chronological order, so not ranked.
And that is one of the other reasons;
63 albums
3 live albums (Yessongs, Live at the Roxy, Live at the Troubadour)
2 compilations that I kind of consider 1 (Nuts and Bolts)
2 releases, released the same day I sort of consider 1 (Bath and Leaving Your Body Map)
subtracting the 3 live albums and counting each of those others as 1 instead of 2, there are
62 5-star releases.
And I see the top 3 as kind of a definitive top 3:
Brave
The Shaming of the True
Blood Moon
But among the other 59, I have a hard time ranking them. So for me to figure out a Top 10 albums, it's usually those 3 and any 7 out of those 59 others.
But this entry hopefully will serve a 1-stop-shop LINK to refer others to. I may try and put it up on rym as well.
I would love-to, and maybe of course with time, try and do 4.5-star list and even some day an epic 4-star. With the artwork? eh, only if it were in multiple entries.
These also would potentially be good YouTube videos (physical item/props hopefully and with my music collection finally coming out of storage in a matter of days, the hope to do that soon may not be too far away = maybe August/September/October?)
Also 5-star Movies? that may be something to look at soon..
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (1972)
Genesis - Foxtrot (1972)
Yes - Yessongs (1973)
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play (1973)
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound (1973)
Jerry Goodman and Jan Hammer - Like Children (1974)
Yes - Relayer (1974)
Queen - A Night at the Opera (1975)
Jack Lancaster and Robin Lumley - Marscape (1976)
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior (1976)
Pink Floyd - Animals (1977)
Rush - A Farewell to Kings (1977)
Rush - Hemispheres (1978)
Yes - Drama (1980)
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood (1985)
Marillion - Clutching at Straws (1987)
King's X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska (1989)
Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee (1990)
Toy Matinee - Live at the Roxy (1991)
Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992)
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk (1993)
Galactic Cowboys - Space in Your Face (1993)
Marillion - Brave (1994)
Dream Theater - Awake (1994)
Kevin Gilbert - Thud (1995)
Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight (1995)
Angra - Holy Land (1996)
Soundscape - Discovery (1997)
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray (1997)
Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True (2000)
Call Florence Pow - These Are the Plans (2000)
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element I (2000)
Ours - Distorted Lullabies (2001)
maudlin of the Well - Bath (2001)
maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map (2001)
Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever (2001)
Call Florence Pow - The Strange Situation (2002)
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
dredg - El Cielo (2002)
John Arch - A Twist of Fate (2003)
Menomena - I Am the Fun Blame Monster (2003)
Marillion - Marbles (2004)
The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse (2005)
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV: Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
Kaddisfly - Set Sail the Prairie (2007)
The Dear Hunter - Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading (2007)
Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007)
Apes and Androids - Blood Moon (2008)
Ours - Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy) (2008)
Bend Sinister - Stories of Brothers, Tales of Lovers (2008)
The Stiletto Formal - ¡Fiesta, Fiesta, Fiesta, Fiesta! (2008)
Soundscape - Grave New World (2009)
Kevin Gilbert - Bolts (2009)
Kevin Gilbert - Nuts (2009)
Kevin Gilbert - Welcome To Joytown - Thud: Live At Troubadour (2009)
The River Empires - The River Empires (Epilogue) (2010)
Hotel of the Laughing Tree - Terror and Everything After (2011)
The Dear Hunter - The Color Spectrum: The Complete Collection (2011)
Pepe Deluxé - Queen of the Wave (2012)
Small Leaks Sink Ships - Face Yourself, and Remove Your Sandals (2015)
