20 Most Enduring Regularly Played Pieces

A good thread and I guess the lack of response is down to the time it takes to assemble such a list...

For me this is a current TOP 20 and my criteria is that the album has been in my top 20 since I've owned it and no less than a year. Some have had less plays and in the last 2-3 years my addiction for new music has been re-ignited to what it was between the age of 16 to about 32. The advent of children left less free cash and time to indulge my passion although during that time, live music was a good way of getting some time away from the children with my wife, and we saw a good deal... 

• JJ Cale - 5
• Nuyorican Soul - Nuyorican Soul
• Coldcut - Journeys by DJ
• St. Germain - Tourist
• Gotan Project - Revancha De la Tango
• Major Lazer - Free the Universe
• Average White Band - AWB
• The Man With The Iron Fists - Deluxe Ultra Pak by Soul Temple Music
• Ernset Ranglin - In search of the lost Riddim
• Kruder & Dorfmeister - The KD Sessions
• Latin Beats - A tribute to Tito Puente
• Massive Attack - Blue Lines
• Nightmares on wax - Carboot Soul
• Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
• ESB - A South Bronx Story
• Kool and the Gang - Twice as Kool
• Roots Manuva - Dub Come Save Me
• Rub-A-Dubble Reggae Volume 1
• Sidestepper - In Beats We Trust
• Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

Mine is an odd mixture - no alphabetical order as I cannot spell to save my life...

1. U2 - Joshua Tree
2. Metallica - Black Album
3. Coldplay - X&Y
4. Vivaldi - Four Seasons (Nigel Kennedy version)
5. Dvorak - From The New World...
6. Marillion - first four albums
7. Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane
8. Jan Garbarek - I Took Up The Runes
9. Tangerine Dream - Underwater Sunlight
10. J M Jarre - Oxygene 1
11. Al di Meola - The World Symphonia
12. Dream Theater - Images & Words
13. Manu Katche - Neighborhood
14. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (mono version)
15. John Coltrane - Ballads
16. Rush - Roll The Bones
17. Michael Buble - It's Time
18. Leszek Mozdzer - Piano
19. Dave Brubeck - Time Out
20. Vangelis - Blade Runner

Here goes:

Beatles - Sgt Pepper

David Bowie - Scary Monsters

Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms

Elton John - Captain Fantastic

Emmy-Lou Harris - Luxury Liner

John Martyn - Glorious Fool

Karajan - Beethoven. 9 Symphonies

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

Leonard Cohen - Live in London

Massive Attack - Mezzanine

Pearl Jam - 10

Peter Gabriel - Secret Life Live

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells 3

Ocean Colour Scene - Marching Already

Queen - A Night at the Opera

REM - Out of Time

Tori Amos - Scarlet's Walk

Ultravox -Vienna

Yes - The Yes Album

Ok,

1. Yes - Fragile
2. Pink Floyd - Animals and WYWH
3. Elton - Captain Fantastic and Elton John
4. Rush - Hemispheres
5. J du Pre - Elgar Cello Concerto
6. Zep - III a second IV
7. Dire Straits - Dire Straits
8. Radiohead - The Bends
9. Ricki Lee Jones - RLJ
10. Suzanne Vega - SV
11. Beatles - Sgt Pepper
12. Rush - 2112
13. Yes - Close to the Edge
14. Talk Talk -Colour of Spring
15. Lou Reed - New York
16. Yes - Yes Album
17. Roger Waters - Amused to Death
18. Linda Ronstadt - Sentimental Reasons
19. John McLaughlan - Live at the Festival Hall
20. Suzanne Vega - Days of Open Hand

Ask me tomorrow and Nirvana, OCS or Tracy Chapman might squeeze in. Yes, I know I cheated a bit anyway.

Stu

That was hard, Thinking about the ones that didn't quite make the cut, I suspect my core listening runs to 40-50 albums. I've included one song rather than album because it has immense personal meaning, and is probably the only song I play regularly as a song rather than on an album. These 20 have been played regularly for many years, I have most on both vinyl and CD (and thus now ripped.). 

Bach - St Matthew Passion - Harnoncourt
Bach - Well Tempered Clavier - Angela Hewitt
Bach - Cello Suites - Rostropovich (replacing Hewitt's Goldberg just before I hit post)
The Band - The Last Waltz
Beatles - Abbey Road
Beethoven String Quartet No. 16 Op. 135, Alban Berg Quartet (earlier studio recording)
Beethoven Symphony No. 7 - Harnoncourt
Bob Dylan - the Freewhellin' Bob Dylan
Fairport Convention - Meet on the Ledge (any of several live recordings)
Fairport Convention - Liege and Lief
Led Zeppelin IV
Tom Lehrer - Complete Recordings
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Joni Mitchell - For the Roses
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Schubert - Hyperion Lieder Edition - Brigitte Fassbaender
Schubert Quintet D.965 - Alban Berg Quartet and Heinrich Schiff
Shakti - A Handful of Beauty
Sibelius/Tchakiovsky Viking Concertos - Viktoria Mullova
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Genesis - Foxtrot
Peter Gabriel 2 (Scratch)
Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt)
Shostakovich - 7th Symphony
The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops
Harold Budd - Abandoned Cities
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Brian Eno - Before and After Science
Brian Eno - Nerve Net
Brian Eno - The Shutov Assembly
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage
Frank Zappa - Broadway The Hard Way
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Charlie Haden & Antonio Forcione - Heartplay
Steely Dan - Aja
Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
Rush - Moving Pictures

I found it very difficult to choose just 20 titles. Anyone for a top 100?

Ok forum here is my chance to flash my knickers:

Sounds of Silence.  Simon and Garfunkel

Dreams.   The whitest Boy Alive

Faith. The Cure

Head on the Door.  The Cure

Fleet Foxes. Fleet Foxes

Grace. Jeff Buckley

My Maudlin Career. Camera Obscura

Niwa.  Ripperton

Off The Wall.  Michael Jackson

Privilege.  Glitterbug

Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra.  Razz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra

Scary Monsters.  David Bowie

Script of the bridge.  The Chameleons 

Selected Ambient Works 85-92.  Aphex Twin

Sleepygirls.    Yagya

The Unforgettable Fire.   U2

Treasure.    Cocteau Twins

Head Over Heals.  Cocteau Twins

Heaven or Las Vegas.  Cocteau Twins

What's Going On.   Marvin Gaye

Steeley Dan – Aja

 Donald Fagan – Nightfly

 Shakatak – Drivin Hard

 Shakatak - Dark is the night

 Luther Vandross – Give Me A Reason

 Robin Trower – Twice Removed From Yesterday.

 Deep Purple – Machine Head.

 Rush – Power Window.

 Boz Scaggs – Fade Into Light.

 Montrose – Montrose.

 Todd Rundgren – A Wizard A True Star.

 Gil Scott Heron – Pieces Of Man

 Blackfoot – Tomcattin

 Gamma – Gamma 2

 Love – Forever Changes

 Little Feat – Sailin Shoes

 Little Feat – Down On The Farm

 Little Feat – Feats Don’t Fail Me Now

 Gruppo Sportivo – Back To 19 Mistakes

 Basia – Clear Horizon

My 5 year old introduced me to Lenka and now her first album is one of my all time favorites.

Also... In my car I only have 1 cd and have been listening to it for the past 3-4 years:

The Smiths - Louder than Bombs

Interesting post. It will require some thinking though as it would be too much choice to get to the top 20. At least e.s.t., Led Zeppelin, Keith Jarrett, Vivaldi,.....

will land and on the list...

Great post. Here is my most listened to albums over the last ten years which are not neccesarily my favourites of all time;

1. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
2. Deep Purple - Made in Japan
3. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
4. King Crimson - Larks Tongues in Aspic
5. King Crimson - The Power to Believe
6. King Crimson - Thrak
7. Klaus Schulze - Millennium
8. Leftfield - Leftism
9. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
10. Miles Davis - Bitches
11. Pink Floyd - The Wall
12. Portishead - Three
13. Propoganda - A Secret Wish
14. Roger Waters - Amused to Death
15. Scott Walker - Tilt
16. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
17. Swans - The Seer
18. Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear
19. Vitalic - Flash Bomb
20. Yes - Relayer

I had started a similar thread a few months ago, which hadn't attracted any replies after a couple of days so I deleted it. But it's interesting the way you've framed it here. I would be interested to know from those who have gone fully digital how the lists presented here compare with those available from the Naim app or n-Serve app which actually generate a true list of the most frequently played albums. That of course doesn't include albums which are owned only on vinyl, nor does it include those which you think might be your most frequently played, but which statistically are proven not to be so.

Perhaps those who've already submitted their top 20 from memory should check what the Naim app reveals to be the truth. Likewise, if you've not yet submitted your list, try to do it from memory first, then check with the app. The truth will out!

I was intrigued by your question Clive. At least I'm sort of consistent with some of the artists

Adam, how do you get the image above. My app does not appear to have an option for last played?

nearest I can find is on the n serve app which offers both last played and most played, but cannot see these options on the new app for the naim core?

Cbr600 posted:

Adam, how do you get the image above. My app does not appear to have an option for last played?

nearest I can find is on the n serve app which offers both last played and most played, but cannot see these options on the new app for the naim core?

I used the 'Last Played' view - second row, third from the left.

And it's not accurate - some of the albums I played recently are not shown... 

Adam Zielinski posted:

Cbr600 posted:

Adam, how do you get the image above. My app does not appear to have an option for last played?

nearest I can find is on the n serve app which offers both last played and most played, but cannot see these options on the new app for the naim core?

I used the 'Last Played' view - second row, third from the left.

 

I see. Yes I can get this if I use app to look at a room where muso or Qb is used, it gives use in that area. If I use app to look at the core the there is more such option for the music streamer

In my case 'Sitting Room' is a network name for my NDX.

Ok, same as me with the HDX then, except for HDX I use the older n serve app

Adam Zielinski posted:

Cbr600 posted:

Adam, how do you get the image above. My app does not appear to have an option for last played?

nearest I can find is on the n serve app which offers both last played and most played, but cannot see these options on the new app for the naim core?

I used the 'Last Played' view - second row, third from the left.

 

Adam, you should be looking at the 'Top 20' option to compare with what you have listed. That is the last icon on the second row. This should give the true picture based on your digital music choices at least.

I'm rather embarrassed to find that my true most played disc is the Naim Christmas freebie download from a few years back, 'The Best of British'! But that's basically because of the track entitled 'First Song', which is most enjoyable. 

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In my case neither view is correct. I use 4 streamers at home, and it turns out the view I posted is just one of them.
It's only when I go to the n-Serve app do I get a full picture of what has been 'served'.

So each room has its own different music preferences !!

Cbr600 posted:

So each room has its own different music preferences !!

By the looks of it I didn't realise that before - learned something new today.