Monday, August 16, 2010

my personal top 5 albums of all time

(this doesn't include ani difranco, as she kind of has her own top 5)


in no particular order:

no need to argue - the cranberries

little earthquakes - tori amos

jagged little pill - alanis morissette

velvet rope - janet jackson

crazysexycool - TLC

40 comments:

Justin Lowenhagen said...

1. The Fame Monster by Lady Gaga

2. The Fame by Lady Gaga

3. Goddamned by Jay Brannan

4. In Living Cover by Jay Brannan

5. American Idiot by Green Day

Anonymous said...

Aside from "Goddamned" and "In Living Cover", here are my fav. albums :)

1. "I am a bird" by Antony and the Johnsons

2. "Twin Cinema" by The New Pornographers

3. "Truly, Madly, Deeply" (compiliation of best hits) by Savage Garden

4. "Morning Orbit" by David Usher

5. "On a Clear Night" by Missy Higgins

Ashleigh said...

1. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis
2. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
3. Goddamned - Jay Brannan
4. In Living Cover - Jay Brannan
5. The Visitors - ABBA

finoinyourglass said...

1. Vespertine - Bjork

2. Rush of Blood - Coldplay

3. Florida - Diplo

4. Sung Tongs - Animal Collective

5. Yellow House - Grizzly Bear

Kelsey Gagnon said...

no particular order:
1. Crash- Dave Matthews Band
2. The Con- Tegan and Sara
3. Greetings From Asbury Park NJ- Bruce Springsteen
4. Plans- Death Cab For Cutie
5. Transatlanticism- Death Cab For Cutie

Em said...

(in no particular order.)

Love Songs / Elton John

Goddamned / Jay Brannan

City of Evil / Avenged Sevenfold

The Magnificent Misadventures of Heartache / Jason Reeves

We Have Grenades For Hearts / She's The Antagonist

Steven Mitchell Wright said...

He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corner of Our Rooms
By A Silver mt Zion

In an Aeroplane Over the Sea
By Neutral Milk Hotel

Telegraphs in Negative/Mouths Trapped in Static
By Set Fire to Flames

OK Computer
By Radiohead

Dummy
By Portishead

Anonymous said...

you're so 90's.

Kevin Mac said...

1. Rufus Wainwright - Want One
2. No Doubt - Return of Saturn
3. Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill
4. Fiona Apple - Tidal
5. Jay Brannan - Goddamned

PeppyPilotGirl said...

It varies year to year and mood to mood. This year, this mood, in no real order whatsoever...

Goddamned, Jay Brannan
Leaving Home, Rebecca Luker
Live at the Middle East, Mighty Mighty Bosstones
One Cello X 16: Natoma, Zoe Keating
Ein Deutsches Requiem, Johannes Brahms

Marcy said...

I can't pick a top 5 as it's always changing. But if I had to pick a top 5 today, these are mine:

1. Final Straw, Snow Patrol

2. Sweets from a Stranger, Squeeze

3. My own compilation of Jay Brannan songs ;)

4. Monument and Melodies, Incubus

5. Let it be Naked, the Beatles

MauValmont said...

Love the Cranberries and Alanis...

Lisa said...

This was very hard - in no particular order.

1. yourself or someone like you - matchbox twenty
2. sex blood sugar magik - red hot chili peppers
3. jagged little pill - alanis morisette
4. 001 - dovetail joint
5. reconstruction site - the weakerthans

Riot-Poof-77 said...

1. From The Choirgirl Hotel/Little Earthquakes/Scarlet's Walk - Tori Amos

2. I Do Not Want What I haven't Got/The Lion & The Cobra - Sinead O'Connor

3. Post - Bjork

4. Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush

5. To Bring You My Love/Is This desire? - PJ Harvey

JupiterCalling said...

1. Boys For Pele - Tori Amos

2. When The Pawn - Fiona Apple

3. Soviet Kitch - Regina Spektor

4. Pieces Of You - Jewel Kilcher

5. Reckoning/Reveling - Ani DiFranco

Chris Simmons said...

1. American Idiot -- Green Day

2. In The Wee Small Hours -- Sinatra

3. So In Love -- Roberta Gambarini

4. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah -- CYHSY

5. Lovesick, Broke and Driftin -- Hank Wms III

Anonymous said...

1. Heroes and Thieves - Vanessa Carlton
2. Simple Times - Joshua Radin
3. Pretty. Odd. - Panic at the Disco
4. Under Rug Swept - Alanis Morissette
5. Under My Skin - Avril Lavigne

Roger Stover said...

1. "Unknown Pleasures" by Joy Division

2. "OK Computer" by Radiohead

3. "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols" by Sex Pistols

4. "A Kiss in the Dreamhouse" by Siouxsie and the Banshees

5. "Los Angeles" by X

Ern!s said...

1. The Twilight Saga Eclipse Soundtrack
2. The Twilight Saga New Moon Soundtrack
2. Anywhere I Lay My Head - Scarlett Johansson
3. Black Holes And Revelations - Muse
4. The Fame - Lady Gaga
5. Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain - Yann Tiersen

inga said...

also in no special order

tegan and sara - the con

the robocop kraus - blunders & mistakes

broken social scene - you forgot it in people

kate nash - made of bricks

wir sind helden - von hier an blind

Geoff said...

Speak For Yourself- Imogen Heap

All I Ever Wanted- Kelly Clarkson

The Divine Conspiracy- Epica

The Silent Force- Within Temptation

Brand New Eyes- Paramore

Chris said...

No particular order:

1. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

2. Patty Griffin - Children Running Through

3. Enigma - Le Roi Est Mort, Vive Le Roi!

4. Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball

5. Ram Narayan - Maestro's Choice

Aaron M. said...

In no particular order...

1. Phantoms by Acceptance

2. You Are My Sunshine by Copeland

3. Dog Problems by The Format

4. Disappearing World by Fair

5. Morning View by Incubus

Creattive said...

1. Educated Guess - Ani DiFranco

2. Folklore - Nelly Furtado

3. Meiko - Meiko

4. Up Up Up Up Up Up - Ani DiFranco

5. Dilate - Ani DiFranco

Pernilla the Meefkids said...

1. Razia's Shadow by Forgive Durden
2. Want One by Rufus Wainwright
3. Pretty. Odd. by Panic at the Dico
4. Contra by Vampire Weekend
5. Release Me by The Like

Str8-Acting Ohio Fag said...

1. Quadrophenia by: The Who

2. Some Mad Hope by: Matt Nathanson

3. Wednesday Morning 3am by: Simon and Garfunkel

4. Approaching Normal by: Blue October

5. The art of motion by: Andy Mckee

notlostjustwandering said...

In no particular order:

adele-19
Death Cab- Plans
Sufjan Stevens-Come Feel the Illinoise!
The postal service- give up
Goddamned- Jay Brannan (minus a few songs and plus your body is a temple, freshman, and zombie)
The Hush Sound- Like Vines

Tim Guy said...

Jay - some great choices there (although I'm not convinced by the velvet rope, the other 4 are very good calls...)

It's a tough decision, but straight off the top of my head I would say:

1. Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
2. The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
3. Tori Amos - From The Choirgirl Hotel
4. My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me The Workhorse
5. Aimee Mann - Lost In Space

Brett Parker said...

No particular order...
1)No Need to Argue-- Cranberries
2) Tidal--Fiona Apple
3) I Do Not Want What I have Not Got- Sinead O'Connor
4) Version 2.0-- Garbage
5) To Be a Bird-- Nikki Talley

Jay Brannan will be on that list someday, but just found you last week, it's too soon haha

Brett Parker said...

PS Tori Amos has her own top 5 for me... couldn't narrow down to one.
: )

spark said...

I <3 music that says it's ok to be beautiful and grrrrr at the same time:

Blacklisted by neko case
From the Choirgirl Hotel by tori amos
Like I Said by ani difranco
Sainthood by tegan and sara
Hymns for the Exiled by anais mitchell

thanks jay, for keepin' my fave music genre alive!
xo Spark

Anonymous said...

1 Britney Spears - In The Zone

2 Christina Aguilera - Stripped

3 Justin Timberlake - FuturSex/Lovesounds

4 Nelly Furtado - Loose

5 Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad

Edward said...

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauren Hill

FutureSex/LoveSounds by Justin Timberlake

19 by Adele

Thriller by Michael Jackson

The Fame by Lady Gaga

Wayne said...

Any list with Tori and TLC sounds good to me. My top 5 all time probably are:

I do not want... - Sinéad O'Connor
Me Against the World - 2Pac
The Joshua Tree - U2
Unplugged - Nirvana
Illinois - Sufjan Stevens

kunskontakter said...

Dear Jay

I've read earlier on your blog that you love Buffy (yay), what's your favorite serie and episode ?
Im curious.

ps : glad to read you love the cranberries, keep, creating such strong music

Anonymous said...

Sinead O Connor - The Lion & The Cobra
Prince - Gold Experience
Madonna - Like A Prayer
George Michael - Faith
Mariah Carey - Unplugged

Will Lockwood said...

I don't really have "favorite albums, either I love the Artist, or I don't; so here are my top 5 Artists (Also in no particular order):
1) Jay Brannan (of course)
2) Disturbed
3) Rush
4) Savage Garden
5) Ani DiFranco

Anonymous said...

Neon Bible by Arcade Fire
OK Computer by Radiohead
Achtung Baby by U2
Murmurs by R.E.M.
Seventeen Seconds by The Cure

Anonymous said...

i love you! post more!

Octavio Poe said...

I can't believe Jagged Little Pill is one of your favourite albums!
My fave:
1- Jagged Little Pill - Alanis
2- Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie - Alanis
3- Everything in transit - Jack's Mannequinn
4- Far - Regina Spektor
5- And your Goddamned
Of course I didn't include the spanish albums