Domestic Geek

Since I had so much fun doing this last week and I have way more favorite albums that could've possibly fit into one single TT entry, I'll let them spill over into this week's post. I didn't get a lot of visitors last week since I posted my list so late, but stop over and check out last week's favorites if you get a chance.

I've certainly noticed doing this that I have quite the large range of favorites here. The only thing you won't find is twangy country crap!

Thirteen More of My Favorite Albums

1. The Wall by Pink Floyd. Remember the controversey this movie and the song "Another Brick in the Wall" caused when it came out in the '70s? My mother didn't want me to have this album. I finally got myself a 45 single at Woolworth's with some babysitting money or something, but I didn't see the movie until late high school or early college. I think I saw it on MTV or something. Remember how they used to play music related movies? Anyway, I played the heck out of this album while I was in college.
   
2. Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. It's not the top selling album of all time for no reason (or is it...must go check that fact). Hey Denverites — Remember how they used to do laser shows to this at midnight at the planetarium? Good times. "Dark Side of the Moon" is just such a great song for chilling out, but "Money" is my absolute most favorite PF song ever.
   
3. Mania a greatest hits compillation of the Ramones. I wasn't really a big Ramones fan early on. I used to think of them as these weird little punk rock dudes on MTV. When MTV played thier Rock 'n' Roll High School movie, however, I was hooked. I even had a bit of a crush on Joey. Anyway, my favorite songs of theirs are "Rock 'n' Roll High School" and "I Want to Be Sedated."
   
4. Mascara & Monsters: The Best of Alice Cooper I absolutely adore Alice Cooper. I even got to see a live show of his once. One of the best concerts I've even seen. My most favorite song of his is "How You Gonna See Me Now," but you can't help but singing along to the anthem, "School's Out." I love that Staples commercial he did with that song. Hilarious!
   
5. Christmas by Mannheim Steamroller. OK, a little out of season here, but definitely my most favorite holiday album. I've always loved Mannheim Steamroller's work and their sound is so beautiful and original. It is the one thing that can get me into the holiday mood. When you first hear "Deck the Halls," you know the holiday season is upon you!
   
6. The Dreams of Children by new age group Shadowfax. I saw this group up at a concert at Red Rocks when they opened for my most favorite jazz group ever, Spyro Gyra. I don't think they're together anymore, though. This song is called "Another Country."
   
7. Grease Musical soundtrack. I love the musical Grease. John Travolta and Olivia Newton John certainly did it proud when they did the movie version. I remember this stuff being played all over the radio and I thought that was totally cool. My most favorite song from this musical is when Rizzo sings "There are Worse Things I Could Do." Stockard Channing did an excellent job with that role.
   
8. 5150 by Van Halen. It was the first VH album post David Lee Roth, but it was pretty good. My college roommate at the time and I were both huge Van Halen fans. I saw them in concert a couple of times while Sammy Hagar was lead. I sure wished I could've seen the original line up, though. "Love Walks In" is definitely my most favorite track on this album, though "Hot Summer Nights" was a close second..
   
9. Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time How many of you used to stay up late to the weekends to to listen to the Dr. Demento show? I did. It's where I first heard Weird Al's "Another One Rides the Bus." There are the most awesome litty ditties on this collection. They always bring a smile to my face. My most favorite on here is "Star Trekkin'" and "Existential Blues."
   
10. Back in Black AC/DC was the first hard rock band I ever listened to. My favorite on this album is "You Shook Me All Night Long," but the cover track is pretty darned awesome, too. When I met Marcus and found out he was a big AC/DC fan, I knew we were meant to be!
    
11. The Matrix Reloaded This soundtrack is cool in that one of the two discs featured the rock songs and the other disc featured the orchestral score written by Don Davis. My favorite tracks are P.O.D.'s "Sleeping Awake" and Fluke's "Zion."
    
12. Empire by Queensrÿche. It's rare that a group puts out an album with several good songs on it. This was one. In addition to the title track, there was "Jet City Woman," "Another Rainy Night," "Anybody Listening" and my favorite "Silent Lucidity."
    
13. The Ozzman Cometh is a greatest hits compillation of Ozzy Osbourne. In addition to the great Ozzy solo music, there is also a little bit of Black Sabbath basement tapes on here. "Crazy Train" kind of became my own little anthem while I was in college. Life was definitely crazy back then.
    

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