Oooh, good one. Let's see all Sade albums, The Roots THings Fall Apart and Do You Want More?????, Nick Drake Way to Blue, Miles Davis The Best of the Blue Note Years and ESP, Pink Floydd Dark Side of the Moon, Jill Scott Who is Jill Scott, A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory, ok I could go on forever because I.LOVE.MUSIC!!!!

songs in the key of life

pharcyde-bizarre ride II and labcabincalifornia. both amazing and very different.
same with both digable planet albums (reachin' and blowout comb). two albums. both great. both very different from each other.

go ahead mr. wendal.

My Fave Albums:
1) Nelly Furtado "Folklore"
2) Dave Matthews "Some Devil"
3) Beyonce "Dangerously in Love"
4) Christina Aguielra "Back to Basics"
5) Michelle Branch "Hotel Paper"
6) Nelly Furtado "Whoa Nelly"
7) Christina Aguilera "Stripped"
Mariah Carey "Butterfly"
9) Craig David "Born to Do it"
10) Alicia Keys "Songs in A Minor"
11) No Doubt "Rock Steady"
13) Janet Jackson "Janet"
14) Pink "Mizzundastood"
15) Kelly Clarkson "Breakaway"
16) Janet Jackson "Design of a Decade 1986-1996"
17) Norah Jones "Come Away with Me"
18) Lauryn Hill "The Mis-Education of Lauryn Hill"
19) Carlos Santana "Supernatural"

20) Janet Jackson "Velvet Rope"
21) Mr Deeds Soundtrack
22) Dave Matthews Band "Busted Stuff"

Why, I love all kinds of music, especially songs/artists that I can relate to. I'm guess I'm very much a "Top 40" kind of person when it comes to the music I like, but all the artists I listed have albums I just love to listen to.

I'll just give condense it down & give you my top 10 & I'm showing my age here.

1. Songs in the Key of Life-Stevie Wonder (?, bought it in 2000)
2. Sign O' The Times-Prince (1987)
3. janet.-Janet Jackson (1993)
4. Crazysexycool-TLC (1994)
5. Boyz II Men-II (1994)
6. Secrets-Toni Braxton (1996)
7. Maxwell's Cool Hang Suite-Maxwell (1996)
8. Baduizm-Erykah Badu (1997)
9. Butterfly-Mariah Carey (1997)
10.Acoustic Soul-India.Arie (2001)

Most of these I bought as tapes & later as CD's that I have literally burned out. *sigh* Thanks for this nostalgic post Lauren.

Oh yeah, reason why these albums: I'm very much a R&B/Soul kinda girl, I grew up in the '90s & this is a small representation of what I listened to back then.

Innervisions by S. Wonder, Purple Rain, Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt, with an honorable mention to E. Badu's Mama's Gun.

5) More Hits By The Supremes (1965)
Before The Supremes became all about "Miss Ross" with actual 3 part harmonies, two of their most legendary #1 hits, and The Motown Sound in full swing (despite the fact that 3 songs were Mary Wells Handmedowns from late 1963/Early 1964).
4) The Elegant Sounds of The Royalettes (1966)
Because the productions are so overblown, overly dramatic, it, to me sounds like if the 2nd version of "Imitation of Life" (1959) had a soundtrack, particularly "Can't Stop Running Away"
3) Ev'rythings Coming Up Dusty (1965)
The best blue eyed soul drag queen act on record, starting with an Aretha Franklin cover that (Gasp!) trumps Aretha Franklin (Won't Be Long).
2) The Four Tops 2nd Album (1965)
Because it's such an unassuming collection of random tracks in the vault, but deserves spins every summer
1) Watchout! Martha & The Vandellas (1966)
Listen to "Keep It Up" "No Tearstained Makeup" "I'm Ready For Love" and "He Doesn't Love Her Anymore" nuff said.

Amy Winehouse Back to black- songs that saved my life

Lily Allen All right still- fun songs

Mika Life in Cartoon motion- Fun songs

Mark Ronson Version- Genius among us, such a smart, creative album

Kaiser Chiefs Yours Truly, Angry Mob- truth of social class and life.

Spice Spice Girls- The hight of my childhood when they were around.

Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not- Alex Turner is a very smart songwriter, his very strong Sheffield accent is something to get use though. But once you do, best songs you will ever hear.

Chrisette Michelle(I AM)-I LOVE EVERY SONG on this CD. Every song spoke to how I felt, articulated every thought I've had, etc. This CD is always an musical experience for me. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS ALBUM YOU ARE MISSING OUT!

Raheem DeVaughn(Love Experience)- He brought it with this album. I consider this album his classic, lol. (Love Behind the Melody) is not touching this album. (Love Experience) is pure musical eargasm with every song for me.

Usher(Confessions)-This album was his classic. He can't/ won't top this album, especially making songs like "love in this club." (Confessions) was almost flawless. I can't even express what this album does for me.

Those are three albums I can play on repeat day in and day out. One day it will be 2035 and I will still be listening to these albums.

Mama's Gun–Erykah Badu
My Life-Mary J. Blige
Home-Dixie Chicks

These records sounds as relevant to me today as they did the first time i listened to them. Mama's Gun changed my life.

High five for Purple Rain - Prince. That one is in my top 10 for sure. My collection is kinda odd in that I have more greatest hits or best of's than actually albums. I prefer the compilations I suppose but a few I would claim as faves:

Acoustic Soul - India.Arie
Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
Duran Duran - Rio
Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite
John Mayer - Continuum
Res - How I Do
Sade - Stronger Than Pride

Best of/Greatest Hits/Box Sets:
Hall & Oates
Earth Wind & Fire
Marvin Gaye
The Beatles
The Monkees
The Bee Gees
The Police
Stevie Wonder
The Isley Brothers

Alot of these artist I grew up listening to via my parents or radio, some played an important part of at different times of my life like as teenager, and just discovering new music within the past decade. I play most of these artists alot, and never get tired of the music.

(I know this album is not even arguably one of the best, but Halah is my all time favourite song..) Mazzy Star- She Hangs Brightly
Every Nirvana album
London Calling- The Clash
OK Computer- Radiohead
The Queen Is Dead- The Smiths
There Goes Rhymin' Simon- Paul Simon
Made In The Dark- Hot Chip
The Black And Whit Album- The Hives (only because they gave me the most brillian concert experience of all time)

Illmatic
It Was Written
Ready to Die
Reasonable Doubt
The Infamous
Harlem World
The Cool

Kate Bush - Never For Ever and The Dreaming
PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, Is This Desire? and Dry
Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes, Under the Pink, and Scarlet's Walk
Gillian Welch - Time and Soul Journey
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Lunasa - The Kinnitty Sessions and Se
Flook - Rubai
Ani DiFranco - Reprieve
Evanescence - Fallen
Refused - This Just Might Be The Truth
Alice in Chains - Greatest Hits
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom, Beacon Street Collection and No Doubt
Sarah Brightman - Hits
Nickel Creek - Why Should the Fire Die
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself
Mason Jennings - Boneclouds
Jewel - Pieces of You
CAMP Soundtrack
Any soundtrack with Julie Andrews

too many…

Also, any Disney Soundtrack before like 2000.

Hell yeah, I'm going to show my age–I earned every one 'em, dammit!

Talvin Singh–OK
DJ Rekha–Basement Bhangara
Steely Dan–AJA, Gaucho, Two Against Nature, and Royal Scam
Sting–The Soul Cages
Police–Synchronicity and Ghost in the Machine
Cassandra Wilson–New Moon Daughter, Belly of the Sun, and Blue Light 'Til Dawn
Roxy Music–Avalon
Me'Shell Ndegeocello–Plantation Lullabyes, Bitter, and Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape
Suzanne Vega–Nine Wishes
Robert Plant and Allison Krauss–Raising Sand
Stevie Wonder–Innervisions and Songs in the Key of Life
Grace Jones–Nightclubbing and Slave to the Rhythm
Jimi Hendrix–Are You Experienced?
Los Lobos–The Town and the City and Kiko and the Lavendar Moon
Spearhead–Home
Dee-lite–World Clique
Everything But the Girl–Idlewild
Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma–Hush
Donald Fagin–The Nightfly
Digable Planets–Reachin'
Herbie Hancock–River: the Joni Letters
Joni Mitchell–Turbulent Indigo

I agree with Lauren's Purple Rain Choice. That album was perfection.

Gotta agree with Ashley Nicole on Lauryn Hill “The Mis-Education of Lauryn Hill”.

MyOpinionCountsToo,Yep, Sade Rocks!

Mary Mary, Thankful

I also love Bilal's first album, Res' first album and soo much!

one of my favorite recordings is Al Green's version of "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess. See if you can find it; it is amazing.

This was a little hard for me I just picked all the CD's I've bought more than once cuz they broke or were stolen from fam or friends:

Stevie Wonder-Songs in the Key of LIfe
Erykah Badu- Baduizm
Bilal-1st Born Second
No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom
Jill Scott- Who is Jill Scott
Lauryn Hill-Mis-Education of Lauryn Hill
Sade- Best of Sade
Isley Brothers- Its Your Thing Box set

And of course Purple Rain. Black_ivy_grad is so right about Chrisette Michelle great CD that didnt get enough attention.

Prince-Purple Rain, Diamonds & Pearls
Mary J Blige- What's the 411, My Life, Share My World, The Breakthrough
Jill Scott- Who is Jill Scott
Nas-Illmatic
Jay-Z-Resonable Doudt, Life&Times of S.Carter, Hard Knock life, The Black Album
Tupac-Thug Life, All eyes on Me,
Biggie-Ready to Die
Erykah Badu- Baduizm
Red Hot Chill Pepper-Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Guns & Roses- Appetite for Destruction
Dr. Dre- The Chronic
No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom, Beacon Street Collection and No Doubt
Snoop-Doggystyle
Outkast-Southernplayalistic, Aquemini,ATliens, Stankonia
Tribe called quest-Midnight Marauders, Low End Theory
Lil Kim- Hardcore
TLC-OOooh on the TLC Tip, Crazy Sexy Cool
SaltNpepa-Hot Cool & Vicous,A salt with a Deadly Pepa, Very Necassary
Kanye West-College Dropout, Graduation
Angie Stone-Black Diamond, Mahogany Soul
R Kelly-Chocolate Factory, 12 Play

And Much More……
I love greatest hits of
Earth Wind and Fire
Sade
Ojays
Prince
Lenny Kravitz
Chaka Kahn
Patti Labelle
Parliment Funkadelic

I should not have forotten
Janet-Control, Rhythm Nation, Janet, The Velvot Rope
Madonna- All albums before 2001
Michael Jackson-All albums before the allegations

I didn't expect to see other people list old No Doubt.

All Sade albums
Butterfly, Unplugged, and Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey
Bravebird and Morning by Amel Larrieux
Faith by Faith Evans
The Very Best of Aretha Franklin
Back to Basics by Christina Aguilera
Confessions on a Dance Floor by Madonna
Pride and Prejudice composed by Dario Marianelli
Romeo and Juliet Soundtrack
Who is Jill Scott
Fever and Light Years by Kylie Minogue
Baduizm
At Last! Etta James
Chemistry by Girls Aloud (Brit girl band)

@deevinej23& me- Thank you for loving Res, her albulm is on my top 10 also.Res is such a sleaped on artist.

@blkmaleperspective- I am loving the Cool too. I really wished he would have moved more units.
MIA-Arula

India Irie's first albulm

Jill Scott's first album was not bad but I liked India's more.
The best of Sade
The best of the Supremes
The Crystal method's first album
Zero seven's last two albulms.

The commenters have some super ecletic tastes in music. I love it.

I forgot to add:
the best of Madonnna
Baduism and Eyrak(sp) second albulm
Electric Circus by Common- I can and will never understand why this album is so hated.

Will Downing
Alexander O'Neal
Mint Condition
Pat Metheny
Fourplay
Wes Montgomery - Down Here on The Ground
Phyllis Hyman
Angela Winbush
Commodores
Time - What Time is it?
After 7
Frankie Beverly & Maze

@ Wide Awake–co-sign with Pat Metheny.

Ooops, y'all. For Suzanne Vega, the *right* name title is "Nine Objects of Desire," not "Nine Wishes." I'm digging what I'm seeing on other people's list and may have to add some of your titles to my iPod. (Hugs to Raina Weather from another Kate Bush fan. Mine are "Hounds of Love" and "The Sensual World.")

Pearl Jam - Vs.

My most precious CD because the artists seemed to have really suffered it and I like that. If you get lots of money for singing and playing you should really work hard and this album sounded like it was really difficult. The End.