Top 15 Favorite Albums

[Haza]

What are your absolute favorite albums on a list of 15 (because 10 is not enough)? This is pretty Hard for me but here I go:

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Spoiler:

1) Beyonce - B'Day: This album I would say is her absolute best, being recorded in only 2 weeks and being an absolute musical masterpiece is amazing, and the rerelease was the seal on the deal. Beyonce showed just how glamorous she could be on this album, and it reaked of her creole flavor. You can even really compare anyone to this woman after all of the musical risks she made on this album. (Each music video from this era gave me goosebumps too)

2) Jeffree Star - Beauty Killer: Even though Jefree is not the best talent out there, and is not an actual vocalist, this album is one of the best dance albums out there. He made sure that he catered to his every fan and really proved that he could indeed make good music. Was it his crossover album, no... but it is his best yet.

3) Gorillaz - Demon Days: I actually fell in love with them after seeing the video to Feel Good Inc. one time. After that it was a done deal and I had to get the complete album. It is a musical masterpiece and I would say is a genre of its own. The D-Sides were even amazing, adding to the "epicness" that is Demon Days.

4) Beyonce - I Am... Sasha Fierce: This album served its purpose to me. she wanted it to be a reflecion of her life, showing who she actually is, and who she is on stage. Though I preferred the songs on the Sasha Fierce side, I also love the I Am side for different reasons. Sweet Dreams is on of the most beautiful and unique pop songs I have ever heard, and was also a display that she is one of the most diverse artists in the game. She can exude Pop, R&B, and Hip Hop all on one album, and still keep a following. Also, when she released Poison, I found my favorite song ever.

5) Beyonce - Dangerously In Love: One of the sexiest albums I can think of. Thats is all I can really say. It is when I opened my eyes ti how amazing Bey really is. Dangerously in love is one of the best R&B songs I have ever heard. Thus album was an exhibit of why she was always the center of attention in Destiny's Child.

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6) Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business: They easily became my favorite hip hip group with this album. My Hump would be on replay for hours! Haha. Just a step up from Elephunk.

7) Tech N9ne - Killer: I could really consider each of his albums one of my favorite but this is the stand out. It is kind of the same scale as Beyonce's I Am... Sasha Fierce (Funny, I know XD) in the manner that he expressed two different sides of himself on separate discs... his dark side (The Dark Side) and his sexual side (The Sextion). I would definitely consider this his Thriller album, as he intended.

8) Janet Jackson - Discipline: Same as with Tech, every album that janet throws at me is a classic but this one is just the most amazing to me. Its so refreshing and the title song is just naughty.

9) Various Artists - Jet Set Radio Future: The Complete Soundtrack: The most amazing game soundtrack out there. It makes me want to put on some rollerblades and do dangerous stunts in Tokyo while swaying to the beats in my head. Seriously.

10) Lady GaGa - The Fame Monster: Musical Masterpiece... nuff said.

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Spoiler:

11) Utada - Exodus: Just amazing. This happened to make my list within the past two months actually and I think she is absolutely amazing. Knowing me, I compare everyone to Beyonce and I would consider her my Japanese Bey! Devil Inside, Tippy Toe, Animato, The Workout, and You Make Me Wan to Be a Man are all amazing songs. <333 Utada.

12) Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape: I really think that if his album had not been released the year it was, music would have been incredibly boring for me. It is also when I decided that Gwen Stefani was one of the fiercest divas in the game. Amazing, and a very diverse album.

13) Santigold(Santogold) - Santogold: This is one of the most unique albums I have ever heard, and personally overshadowed M.I.A.s Kala album, though it did not outsell her. I love the Find A Way remix, and Anne, My Superman, and Creator so much. The way to success is to have a standout debut album and I really think after this album, it is coming to her.

14) Solange (Knowles) - Sol-Angel & The Hadley St. Dreams: The fact that you can be the sister of the mast amazing performer and R&B/Pop singer of our time and still have the balls to release your own music is already impressive to me but Solange is really talented. Not only does she write for herself, but she also delivers them in a soulful way that I believe hat only she can. Very sex to take unique approaches in R&B music as well and this album is full of it. Solange is Destinys true fourth child(and ironically she almost was really). If you haven't, listen to Cosmic Journey ft. Bilal.

15) Gorillaz - Plastic Beach: Best album of 2010 so far. The fact that you can put out good sounding music with a message is wonderful to me and the Gorillaz always make sure that heir sound can appeal to about anyone.

Honorable mentions

Spoiler:

Blake Lewis - Heartbreak on Vinyl: He is incredibly underrated. His album is really good and I feel like it could compete with anything that Justing or Donnie Klang could release.

Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment: Masterpiece. Even though his single choices are poor, he has a very unique record in this.

Rihanna - Rated R: Best Riri record to date. Full of darkness and edginess but still makes you want to dance. May not have sold as much as its competition but is really a stand out album.

Telepopmusik - Angel Milk: A very relaxing and sexy album. Give it a listen

Fergie - The Dutchess: Very impressive for a performer like Fergie. Even though I would rather not hear her live, she gave me everything I needed on this album.

 

[Eliminator Jr.]

I'll add comments to them and edit the list later, but this is fairly accurate.

1. 
   Midnight Boom - The Kills
   [*]Antidotes - Foals
   [*]Sonic Nurse - Sonic Youth
   [*]The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place - Explosions In The Sky
   [*]The Shiralee - The Red Sun Band
   [*]You Forgot It In People - Broken Social Scene
   [*]EVOL - Sonic Youth
   [*]Apologies to the Queen Mary - Wolf Parade
   [*]Wonder - Lisa Mitchell
   [*]Fake Can Be Just As Good - Blonde Redhead
   [*]The Libertines - The Libertines
   [*]Live It Out - Metric
   [*]An Accidental Memory In The Case of Death - Eluvium
   [*]Rubber Soul - The Beatles
   [*]Presence - Led Zeppelin

I would like to include The Complete Works Of by The Edmund Fitzgerald, but it's not an official album, just a compilation of all known recordings of them piled together by fans, so I won't include it.

 

[Cursed Cubone]

Linkin Park with the album Meteora

Linkin Park with the album Hybrid Theory

30 Seconds To Mars with the album A Beautiful Lie

Dead By Sunrise with the album Out Of Ashes

Paramore with the album All We Know Is Falling

Paramore with the album Riot

Short Stack with the album Stack is the New Black

Nick Jonas & The Administration with the album Who I Am

Cobra Starship with the album Hot Mess

Seether with the album Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces

Shinedown with the album Sound of Madness

3OH!3 with the album Want

The All-American Rejects with the album When the World Comes Down

My Chemical Romance with the album The Black Parade

Pink with the album Funhouse

in no particular order. (:​

 

[Houndour2004]

1. Turisas - Battle Metal
2. Zdob Si Zdub - 450 овец
3. Időntúl - NOX
4. Tubular Bells II - Mike Oldfield
5. Oxygene 7 - 13 - Jean Michel Jarre
6. Korpiklaani - Tales Along This Road
7. Alexander Rybak - Fairytales
8. Songs from a Secret Garden - Secret Garden
9. Night-Lines - Dave Grusin
10. 1492 - Vangelis
11. Guds Spelemän - Garmarna
12. Ich schwör - Kastelruther Spatzen
13. A Posteriori - Enigma
14. Sternstunden - DJ Ötzi
15. Kerua - Urban Trad

 

[Giraffes? Giraffes!]

These are my current favorite albums. It would be impossible to choose a top 15 OVERALL because my favorites change constantly. I'm not going to write anything beside them explaining why they are, because it's not going to effect anyone and I doubt anyone would care :P

Adorable - Against Perfection
Adorable - Fake
Cross my Heart - Cross my Heart EP
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Joanna Newsom - Ys
American Football - American Football EP
American Football - American Football
Elvis Hitler - Disgraceland (They are not nazi related in anyway, spoof band)
The Antlers - Hospice
Girls - Album
Dead Red Sea - Birds
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Polak - Rubbernecking

 

[Bomberman]

probably something like

autechre, "draft 7.30"
erykah badu, "new amerykah part one"
boredoms, "vision creation newsun"
boards of canada, "music has the right to children"
coltrane, "ascension"
eno, "another green world"
madvillain, "madvillainy"
mingus, "the black saint and the sinner lady"
nas, "illmatic"
panda bear, "person pitch"
stars of the lid, "the tired sounds"
a tribe called quest, "midnight marauders"

and then some recent favorites like
beastie boys, "paul's boutique"
joão gilberto s/t (1973)
lady gaga, "the fame monster"

so that's fifteen. definitely leaving some out but whatever. i'd recommend all of these to users Giraffes? Giraffes! and Eliminator Jr., cause i think we're on similar wavelengths.

 

[The Cynic]

This is based on the sole quality of the album. It does not clearly illustrate which bands/songs are my favourite. You may notice a pattern in the 1st few.

1)
Muse
Absolution

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2)
Muse
Black Holes & Revelations

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3)
Biffy Clyro
Puzzle

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4)
Muse
The Resistance

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5)
The Mars Volta
De-Loused In The Comatorium

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6)
Sigur Rós
Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

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7)
Muse
Origin Of Symmetry

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8)
Manic Street Preachers
Send Away The Tigers

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9)
The Decemberists
The Crane Wife

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10)
Neutral Milk Hotel
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

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11)
Green Day
American Idiot

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12)
Biffy Clyro
Only Revolutions

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13)
The Mars Volta
Frances The Mute

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14)
Pink Floyd
The Wall

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15)
Electric Light Orchestra
Out Of The Blue

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Note: I'll give my reasons for my choices maybe tomorrow or wednesday. I'm a little too busy right now.
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[Esper]

Picking 15 albums is hard. I'm sure a week ago I'd choose different albums and a week from now I'll look at this and wonder why I chose the ones I did.

Imogen Heap - Ellipse (2009)

> She has a beautiful voice, makes wonderful music, and writes some of the most creative and touching lyrics I've ever heard. Her album before this was amazing and this is even better in ways I didn't think were possible.
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Sakanaction - Shinshiro (2009)

> Electro rock music with a touch of funky and a two handfuls of creative awesomeness. I'd more or less given up on a lot of Japanese music (which is 90% interchangeable pop/rock/hiphop) until I saw this band live. I was hooked before the first song even ended and I must have played this album a dozen times in a row.
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Bat For Lashes - Two Suns (2009)

> Most albums have one or two songs I don't care for, but on this I like all the songs, or I like how they fit together, or maybe I just like the style and sound of it all.
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Sakamoto Maaya - Kazeyomi (2009)

> She's an artist I've been following for years. She started out as a voice actor who just did insert and theme songs, but step by step she's come into her own, writing her own songs and developing her own voice. This is her latest and strongest album.
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Ludovico Einaudi - Divenire (2007)

> A recent addition to my collection, but a good one. It's classical, piano with an orchestra, and it makes me feel like I'm flying.
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Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (2007)

> Their best songs mixed live. Great for loosing yourself in when you're doing something boring.
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Sigur Rós - Takk... (2005)

> Some people think this album is a bit over the top, but it's my favorite of theirs. It makes me feel like I'm in a movie. It takes my breath away.
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Do As Infinity - Deep Forest (2001)

> A lot of my favorite albums are the ones that introduced me to artists and this is one. It was one of the first Japanese bands I could recognize. I loved how catchy their songs were. I watched their concert DVD that followed the release of this album and it was so full of fun! yeah! energy! that I knew I had to see them live one day so I could hear some of these songs in person... and I did!
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Loreena McKennitt - Live in Paris and Toronto (1999)

> I love me some dreamy, otherworldly, folksy music, she's the best and she's even better live so this is the album for me. It doesn't hurt that it's two discs and has all my favorite songs by her.
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Björk - Post (1995)

> This one beats out Homogenic because I heard it first and fell in love with Hyper-Ballad. It's the kind of music that makes me go "wow".
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Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes (1992)

> Her first real album and I think her best. The songs are all so raw and powerful like so many artists can only dream of.
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The Cure - Disintegration (1989)

> Lullaby, Lovesong, Fascination Street. This is how I bring out my inner goth when I want to be alone and rock out in my room.
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Kate Bush - Hounds of Love (1985)

> One of those great albums with a story like a thread running through it. There is so much layered into the lyrics and music, so much you can take away from it.
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David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1971)

> It's hard to pick just one Bowie album. Low, Ziggy Stardust, and Station to Station are all superb albums, but Hunky Dory was one of the first albums that really "spoke" to me.
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The Who - Who's Next (1971)

> The album that has Baba O'Riley and Behind Blue Eyes on it. This is rock gold.​

 

[Azonic]

1. The Fame
2. The Fame Monster
3. The Best Damn Thing

thats it. :(

 

[panamalav]

The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Take it From the Man
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
Deerhunter - Microcastle
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Spacegirl
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Honey's Dead
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
King Khan and The Shrines - The Supreme Genius Of
The Out Crowd - Then I Saw The Holy City|
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Radiohead - Kid A
The Raveonettes - Lust, Lust, Lust
Wavves - Wavves

in no particular order...

 

[Klippy]

These are just albums I love and can listen to any song from, pretty much, without skipping a song. XD In no particular order:

Aha Shake Heartbreak by Kings of Leon

Because of the Times by Kings of Leon

Youth and Young Manhood by Kings of Leon

Only By The Night by Kings of Leon

Continuum by John Mayer

The Script by The Script

Europop by Eiffel 65

Battle Studies by John Mayer

Room for Squares by John Mayer

Heavier Things by John Mayer

Encore by Eminem

The Eminem Show by Eminem

Elephunk by The Black Eyed Peas

Billy Talent II by Billy Talent

A Fever You Can't Sweat Out by Panic! At The Disco

I'd add why I like them all. But for some reason, I don't want to.

 

[Graceful]

Ultra Blue - Utada Hikaru (2006)
Deep River - Utada Hikaru (2002)
Distance - Utada Hikaru (2001)
Universe - Koda Kumi (2010)
Sing To The Sky - ayaka (2008)
ONE - Bonnie Pink (2009)
Thinkin' Out Loud! - Bonnie Pink (2007)
Heaven's Kitchen - Bonnie Pink (1999)
misono Cover Album 2 - misono (2010)
BEST ~first things~ - Koda Kumi (2005)
Exodus - Utada (2004)
Infinity On High - Fall Out Boy (2007)
From Under The Cork Tree - Fall Out Boy (2005/2006)
American Idiot - Green Day (2004)
21st Century Breakdown - Green Day (2009)

Most Is Hikki, Bonnie Pink And Stuff....But They Are My Favorite Albums! ^_^

 

[Nick]

The Academy Is... - Fast Times at Barrington High
All Time Low - Nothing Personal
Augustana - Can't Love, Can't Hurt
Boys Like Girls - Love Drunk
Cute is What We Aim For - Rotation
Danger Radio - Used and Abused
The Fray - How to Save a Life
Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit
The Maine - Can't Stop, Won't Stop
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Paramore - Riot!
Santigold - Santigold
Something Corporate - Leaving Through the Window
The Starting Line - Say It Like You Mean It
The Summer Set - Love Like This

 

[Neelh]

Well...

1. Let Go-Avril Lavigne, which introduced me to all these other ones (Almost)
2. Under My Skin-Avril Lavigne, More emo than the others, but still loved
3. I dare you to take a guess.
4. Move Along-AAR, Right back what is wrong...
5. American Idiot-Green Day, All the songs are awesome.
6. 21st Century Breakdown-Green Day, ditto
AAAAAAAND I gtg.

 

[Rogue planet]

I won't give reasons, because I'd be here forever. In no particular order:

At the Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
Radiohead - Kid A
David Bowie - Station to Station
David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Elbow - Asleep In The Back
Pink Floyd - Animals
Skinny Puppy - The Process
Massive Attack - Collected
God Is an Astronaut - All is Violent, All is Bright
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞
Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

 

[hyperblast81]

Once you get past the 1st three, they are in NO particular order

Metallica - Ride The Lightning - Fade To Black and The Call of Ktulu are my 2 favorite songs

Metallica - Kill Em All - Fastest Metallica Album ever

Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast - Some of the best songs ever by the Irons

Metallica - Death Magnetic - Metallica is back as good as ever.

Disturbed - Ten thousand Fists

Disturbed - Indestructable

Disturbed - Belive -Disturbed is just plain cool

Metallica - Master Of Puppets - Kinda overrated but still amazing

Drowning Pool - Sinner - Mostly for Bodies and Tear Away

Disturbed - The Sickness - Check Belive

Metallica - ...And Justice For All - Just a good progression of some good Heavy Metal songs

Ehh those are the only 11 I can think of off the top of my head.

 

[PuNkSter]

1. AFI - The Art of Drowning
2. Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose
3. At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command
4. Bad Religion - No Control
5. Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker
6. Kid Dynamite - Shorter, Faster, Louder
7. Mineral - The Power of Failing
8. Propagandhi - How to Clean Everything
9. Rites of Spring - End on End
10. Strung Out - Twisted by Design
11. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
12. Thrice - The Illusion of Safety
13. Thursday - Waiting
14. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
15. The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving

Not in order.

 

[institutions]

I pride myself on listening to music A LOT, but it's probably just a few albums over and over.
We'll see...

Spoiler:

Pearl Jam - Ten
My favorite part of the album is the vocals. Eddie Vedder is a god. The lyrics are amazinggg. Porch and Deep are two of my favorite songs right now.

Pink Floyd - Animals
Favorite Pink Floyd album. Strangely the longest song (Dogs) is also the best song, imo. I really like the talk box solo on Pigs (Three Different Ones).

Pink Floyd - PULSE
A bunch of popular Floyd songs + the entire Dark Side, live. This album contains the BEST version of Comfortably Numb ever. Period.

Alice in Chains - Dirt
Rain When I Die, Down in a Hole, Junkhead. All great ones. Second best 90s grunge band next to Pearl Jam.

Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Classic. I really love the songs Breathe, The Great Gig in the Sky, Us and Them, Any Colour You Like, and Eclipse.

Pink Floyd - The Wall
26 song epic. My favorites are Hey You and Young Lust.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
I've always liked Welcome to the Machine the best off this album.

Bob Dylan - The Best of Bob Dylan
I know Greatest Hits albums are cheating, but this one is amazing.

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
I can't comment on jazz. I just know I like it.

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
See above.

Buckethead - Electric Tears
One of my preferred "to listen to while reading" albums. Padmasana is the most beautiful 11 minute and 39 second song ever created.

Buckethead - Acoustic Shards
Idk, I just love his acoustic work.

Nope, only got 12.

 

[Rucario]

1: Michael Jackson: Bad

2: Journey: Escape

3: Journey: Frontiers

4: Michael Jackson: Dangerous

5: Michael Jackson : HIStory

6: The Killers: Hot Fuss

7: The Vines : Highly Evolved

8: The Vines : Winning Days

9: The Vines : Melodia

10: Michael Jackson : Thriller

Just 10.

 

[helix]

They more or less lose some order after number four, but it's approximately right. C: I could live with these fifteen albums alone.

Spoiler:

I: Muse- The Resistance
Really. I like every single song on this album- a mix between epic, rebellious and romantic with a blend of experimental styles that never get inconsistent or boring the entire way through.
II: Stars- In Our Bedroom After the War
A lovely, humble album with a different taste in instruments and somewhat thematic, thought-provoking lyrics that take me to a different world entirely.
III: Owl City- Ocean Eyes
This album makes me melt into a little warm puddle of goo. Owl City's lyrics are wonderful, and while somewhat mediocre, the melodies carry his lyrics through well and the various instruments and beats keep things interesting. A very evocative album.
IV: Globus- Epicon
Hardly humble or sweet, but more of a heavy, highly notable level of EPIC. It's also interesting to think about how they made these songs out of originally all-instrumental tracks. While a peculiar ensemble at times, the tunes have enough thematic similarity to compile together fine, and some of them are just awesome. And interesting meeting point between orchestra, chorus, and solo singers.
V: Lady GaGa- The Fame Monster
Short, and would probably kill me with sugar beats if I listened to it for two long, but highly notable. Every single track has its own power, story and potential... and is an incessant earworm, too.
VI: Yoko Shimomura- Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections (Field and Battle)
It's difficult to gauge every single track or really judge a Kingdom Hearts album for me, but I find this album a wonderful blend of colours, emotions, and epic- especially with certain tracks, like the very last one.

Spoiler:

And everything from here I basically put in in random order. I'd take a very long time reviewing every single one..
VII: Kris Allen- Kris Allen
VIII: Honor Society- Fashionably Late
IX: Mika- Life in Cartoon
X: Various Artists- Almost Alice Original Soundtrack
XI: Skillet- Awake
XII: LostProphets- The Betrayed
XIII: Poets of the Fall- Carnival of Rust
XIV: The Script- The Script
XV: Adam Lambert- For Your Entertainment