1st Annual SH Forums Favorite Albums Countdown (As Voted By You) - Voting Thread

1 - The Beatles - The Beatles
2 - The Beatles - Abbey Road
3 - Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
4 - The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
5 - The Beatles - Revolver
6 - Paul McCartney - Ram
7 - The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
8 - Elton John - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
9 - Art Garfunkel - Breakaway
10 - Squeeze - East Side Story
11 - Elvis Costello - Get Happy!
12 - Jesus Christ Superstar - Movie Soundtrack
13 - Eddy Arnold - Cattle Call
14 - Elvis Costello - King Of America
15 - Paul McCartney - Band On The Run
16 - Elvis Costello - Trust
17 - The Beatles - Meet the Beatles
18 - The Beatles - Hard Day’s Night
19 - Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
20 - Paul McCartney - McCartney
21 - The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
22 - Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
23 - Elvis Costello - All This Useless Beauty
24 - The Beatles - Let It Be
25 - The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
26 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul
27 - Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
28 - The Beatles - Beatles for Sale
29 - Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swingin Lovers
30 - Ray Price - For The Good Times
31 - Prefab Sprout - Two Wheels Good
32 - Crash Test Dummies - God Shuffled His Feet
33 - Paul McCartney - Red Rose Speedway
34 - Paul McCartney - Wings At The Speed Of Sound
35 - The Rolling Stones - It’s Only Rock n’ Roll
36 - Gladys Knight and the Pips - Imagination
37 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper
38 - The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
39 - Paul McCartney - Venus And Mars
40 - Merle Haggard - Always On A Mountain When I Fall
41 - The Wild Swans - Bringing Home The Ashes
42 - Alphaville - Forever Young
43 - Frank Sinatra - Songs For Young Lovers
44 - The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
45 - Elvis Costello - Blood And Chocolate
46 - They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
47 - Squeeze - Argy Bargy
48 - The Beatles - Help!
49 - The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue
50 - Tears For Fears - The Hurting
51 - Frank Sinatra - Francis Albert Sinatra & Carlos Antonio Jobim
52 - George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
53 - The Beatles - Please Please Me
54 - The Rolling Stones - Undercover
55 - The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
56 - Aztec Camera - High Land Hard Rain
57 - Squeeze - Sweets From A Stranger
58 - Squeeze - Frank
59 - The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
60 - Prefab Sprout - From Langely Park To Memphis
61 - China Crisis - What Price Paradise
62 - Frank Sinatra - A Swingin Affair
63 - The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
64 - The Smiths - Hatful Of Hollow
65 - Frank Sinatra - Come Dance With Me
66 - Dexy’s Midnight Runners - Too-Rye-Ay
67 - Prefab Sprout - Swoon
68 - Squeeze - Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti
69 - George Harrison - Extra Texture
70 - Merle Haggard - A Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player In The World
71 - Aztec Camera - Knife
72 - OMD - Junk Culture
73 - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes
74 - Wire Train - Between Two Words
75 - The Who - Who By Numbers
76 - The Barracudas - Drop Out With The Barracudas
77 - Elvis Costello - Punch The Clock
78 - Stevie Wonder Hotter Than July
79 - Paul Simon - One Trick Pony
80 - The Rolling Stones - Goat’s Head Soup
81 - Elvis Costello - Brutal Youth
82 - Jason & The Scorchers - Lost & Found
83 - Max Eider - The Best Kisser In The World
84 - Difford & Tilbrook - Difford & Tilbrook
85 - Paul McCartney - Back To The Egg
86 - Elvis Costello - Might Like A Rose
87 - John Lennon - Walls And Bridges
88 - REM - Reckoning
89 - Willie Nelson & Leon Russell - One For The Road
90 - Billy Joel - Glass Houses
91 - Paul McCartney - London Town
92 - Helen Reddy - Helen Reddy
93 - Elvis Costello - Almost Blue
94 - Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
95 - Merle Haggard - Going Where The Lonely Go
96 - Elvis Costello - Spike
97 - Frank Sinatra - Ring-A-Ding Ding
98 - Paul McCartney - Tug Of War
99 - Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
100 - Prefab Sprout - Protest Songs

 

O.K., here goes:

Since I feel a bit guilty about starting with five Beatles LPs, I decided to not list any of the other ones:


1 - BEATLES - The White Album
2 - BEATLES - Abbey Road
3 - BEATLES - With the Beatles
4 - BEATLES - Revolver
5 - BEATLES - A Hard Day’s Night
6 - BOB DYLAN - Blonde on Blonde
7 - GRATEFUL DEAD - American Beauty
8 - JIMI HENDRIX - Are You Experienced
9 - NIRVANA - Nevermind
10 - PINK FLOYD - The Dark Side of the Moon
11 - SOUNDTRACK - Woodstock
12 - THE WHO - Who’s Next
13 - JETHRO TULL - Benefit
14 - KINKS - Something Else
15 - LED ZEPPELIN - IV
16 - JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - Surrealistic Pillow
17 - NEIL YOUNG - On the Beach
18 - THE BEACH BOYS - The Beach Boys Today!
19 - ELVIS COSTELLO - This Year’s Model
20 - CREAM - Wheels of Fire
21 - MILES DAVIS - Kind of Blue
22 - MUDDY WATERS - Folk Singer
23 - JOHN LENNON - Plastic Ono Band
24 - JOHN LENNON - Walls and Bridges
25 - TOWER OF POWER - Bump City
26 - JAMES TAYLOR - Sweet Baby James
27 - ROLLING STONES - Sticky Fingers
28 - LITTLE FEAT - Waiting For Columbus
29 - JONI MITCHELL - Blue
30 - THE PRETENDERS - The Pretenders
31 - RILO KILEY - More Adventurous
32 - THE WHO - A Quick One
33 - THE ROLLING STONES - Beggar’s Banquet
34 - THE ROLLING STONES - The Rolling Stones
35 - NEIL YOUNG - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
36 - SANTANA - Abraxas
37 - JETHRO TULL - Aqualung
38 - JETHRO TULL - Stand Up
39 - THE PRETENDERS - The Pretenders (OOPS, DOUBLE POSTED THIS ONE!)
40 - CAROLE KING - Tapestry
41 - LED ZEPPELIN - I
42 - GRATEFUL DEAD - Workingman's Dead
43 - BOB DYLAN - Bringing it All Back Home
44 - BOB DYLAN - Blood on the Tracks
45 - JOHN LENNON - Imagine
46 - THE DOORS - The Doors
47 - THE DOORS - L.A. Woman
48 - CREAM - Disraeli Gears
49 - CROSBY, STILLS & NASH - Crosby, Stills & Nash
50 - CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG - “Déjà Vu”
51 - DEREK & THE DOMINOS - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
52 - DIRE STRAITS - Making Movies
53 - ELVIN BISHOP - Rock My Soul
54 - ERIC CLAPTON - 461 Ocean Blvd.
55 - GEORGE HARRISON - All Things Must Pass
56 - THE BAND - The Band
57 - ALLMAN BROS. - Eat a Peach
58 - ALLMAN BROS. - At Fillmore East
59 - ROLLING STONES - Let It Bleed
60 - NEIL YOUNG - After the Gold Rush
61 - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Bridge Over Troubled Water
62 - SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Bookends
63 - ELLIOT SMITH - XO
64 - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - Born To Run
65 - STEELY DAN - Countdown To Ecstasy
66 - CAT STEVENS - Tea For The Tillerman
67 - CAT STEVENS - Catch Bull at Four
68 - TRAFFIC - Traffic
69 - JAMES TAYLOR - Mudslide Slim and the Blue Horizon
70 - NEIL YOUNG - Tonight's the Night
71 - REM - Reconstruction of the Fables
72 - ELVIS COSTELLO - My Aim is True
73 - ELVIS PRESLEY - Elvis Presley
74 - MOODY BLUES - On the Threshold of a Dream
75 - PINK FLOYD - Meddle
76 - PINK FLOYD - Animals
77 - JIMI HENDRIX - Axis: Bold As Love
78 - CREAM - Disraeli Gears (OOPS, DOUBLE POSTED THIS ONE!)
79 - JETHRO TULL - Minstrel in the Gallery
80 - KINKS - Arthur
81 - BEACH BOYS - Summer Days and Summer Nights
82 - THE DOORS - Strange Days
83 - THE DOORS - Waiting for the Sun
84 - JONI MITCHELL - Court and Spark
85 - THE WHO - Tommy
86 - COWBOY JUNKIES - The Trinity Session
87 - X - Los Angeles
88 - DEAN MARTIN - Everybody Loves Somebody
89 - FRANK SINATRA - In the Wee Small Hours
90 - EVA CASSIDY - Songbird
91 - BATTLES - Battles
92 - SONIC YOUTH - Murray Street
93 - JETHRO TULL - This Was
94 - GEORGE HARRISON - Living in the Material World
95 - GEORGE HARRISON - George Harrison
96 - GEORGE HARRISON - 33 1/3

b-dibbida, b-dibbida, b-dibbida, b-dibbida, that's all folks!

 

No lists from Mal, or Ed Bishop yet either.

 

For those of you with your collections in iTunes, I found the easiest way to rank was to create a new playlist and add 1 track from all of the albums I felt were under consideration. Then I dragged them up or down in the playlist according to taste until I had my top 100. I then selected the entire playlist in iTunes, copied it and pasted it into textedit. Finally I did a find and replace, replacing the default (.) with (-) and I had a formatted list.

 

This thread makes me think that I'd like to see one where everyone just lists 100 names, either of people or bands. That way we wouldn't have to exclude artists that didn't make albums (e.g. Louis Armstrong), it would be easier to make composers or songwriters part of the list (e.g. Cole Porter, Mozart or combos like Rogers and Hammerstein who didn't record), and classical performers would also be included without confusion (e.g. Glenn Gould, Vladimir Horowitz). Plus, bands could be listed separately from their members (e.g. John Lennon, The Beatles).

 

nick drake and the national!.....yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee good ****

 

1 - clash - london calling
2 - bruce springsteen - darkness on the edge of town
3 - doors - doors
4 - van morrison - astral weeks
5 - beatles - abbey road
6 - beach boys - pet sounds
7 - r.e.m. - reckoning
8 - pink floyd - dark side of the moon
9 - rolling stones - sticky fingers
10 - who - who's next
11 - U2 - war
12 - bruce springsteen - born to run
13 - beatles - sgt pepper
14 - van morrison - moondance
15 - elton john - goodbye yellow brick road
16 - elvis costello - this year's model
17 - traffic - john barleycorn must die
18 - beatles - white album
19 - santana - santana
20 - love - forever changes
21 - jefferson airplane - surrealistic pillow
22 - stevie wonder - innervisions
23 - beatles - rubber soul
24 - traffic - low spark of high-heeled boys
25 - steely dan - can't buy a thrill
26 - bob dylan - blood on the tracks
27 - jimi hendrix experience - are you experienced?
28 - rolling stones - let it bleed
29 - beatles - revolver
30 - r.e.m. - automatic for the people
31 - wings - band on the run
32 - mott the hoople - mott
33 - band - rock of ages
34 - david bowie - ziggy stardust
35 - deep purple - machine head
36 - elvis costello - armed forces
37 - jethro tull - thick as a brick
38 - r.e.m. - life's rich pageant
39 - led zeppelin - led zeppelin IV
40 - rod stewart - every picture tells a story
41 - r.e.m. - murmur
42 - doors - la woman
43 - roxy music - avalon
44 - bob dylan - blonde on blonde
45 - band - the band
46 - r.e.m. - document
47 - jethro tull - aqualung
48 - bruce springsteen - wild innocent & the e-street shuffle
49 - steely dan - countdown to ecstacy
50 - bob dylan - highway 61 revisited
51 - talking heads - remain in light
52 - john cale - paris 1919
53 - rolling stones - get yer ya ya's out
54 - marvin gaye - what's going on
55 - elvis costello - my aim is true
56 - meatloaf - bat out of hell
57 - jackson browne - late for the sky
58 - santana - santana III
59 - who - tommy
60 - grateful dead - american beauty
61 - led zeppelin - houses of the holy
62 - david bowie - diamond dogs
63 - cream - disraeli gears
64 - graham parker - howlin' wind
65 - allman brothers - allman brothers live at the fillmore
66 - santana - abraxas
67 - gene clark - no other
68 - U2 - joshua tree
69 - david bowie - david live
70 - elton john - madman across the water
71 - strawbs - ghosts
72 - sly and the family stone - threre's a riot goin' on
73 - U2 - boy
74 - bob marley and the wailers - rastaman vibrations
75 - j geils band - full house
76 - graham parker - squeezing out sparks
77 - nick lowe - pure pop for now people
78 - pearl harbour - don't follow me I'm lost too
79 - bruce springsteen - hammersmith odeon london 75
80 - grateful dead - workingman's dead
81 - elvis costello - imperial bedroom
82 - carole king - tapestry
83 - genesis - trick of the tail
84 - zombies - odyssey and oracle
85 - rolling stones - beggar's banquet
86 - talking heads - speaking in tongues
87 - yes - fragile
88 - bad company - bad company
89 - jethro tull - a passion play
90 - rolling stones - exile on main street
91 - frank zappa - we're only in it for the money
92 - creedence clearwater revival - cosmos factory
93 - southside johnny and the asbury jukes - reach up and touch the sky
94 - moody blues - days of future passed
95 - steely dan - katy lied
96 - talking heads - little creatures
97 - sly and the family stone - stand!
98 - U2 - october
99 - derek and the dominos - layla
100 - beat farmers - tales of the new west

 

Here's a few of my favorites.

1. Beatles - Abbey Road
2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
3. Beatles - Revolver
4. Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
5. Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies
6. Badfinger - Straight Up
7. Blondie - Parallel Lines
8. The Band S/T
9. Robbie Robertson S/T
10. Genesis - Trick of the Tail
11. Jethro Tull Thick As A Brick
12. Police - Synchronicity
13. Peter Gabriel (3rd album)
14. Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool
15. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
16. They Might Be Giants - Lincoln
17. KISS - Destroyer
18. ELO - Eldorado
19. Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
20. Led Zeppelin -Houses of the Holy
21. Brian Eno - Here Comes The Warm Jets
22. Roxy Music S/T
23. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
24. Nirvana - Nevermind
25. Paul & Linda McCartney - Ram
26. Pink Floyd - The Wall
27. Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet
28. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
29. Fleetwood Mac - S/T
30. Paul Simon - Graceland
31. Parliament - Mothership Connection
32. Ry Cooder - Paradise & Lunch
33. Doors - Morrison Hotel
34. Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
35. Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
36. Band - Music From Big Pink
37. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
38. Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
39. Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
40. The Cars - S/T
41. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
42. John Lennon - Imagine
43. Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
44. U2 - Achtung Baby
45. Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates of Dawn
46. Supertramp - Crime of the Century
47. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
48. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
49. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
50. The Clash - London Calling
51. Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
52. Zappa - We're Only In It For The Money
53. Ramones S/T
54. Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights
55. Jethro Tull - Aqualung
56. ELO - A New World Record
57. Queen - A Night At The Opera
58. Beatles - White Album
59. Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
60. Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
61. Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus
62. Los Lobos - Kiko
63. Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
64. David Bowie - Station To Station
65. Joe Jackson - Night and Day
66. XTC - Apple Venus Vol 1
67. White Stripes - Elephant
68. Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
69. Who - Quadrophenia
70. Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
71. Tom Waits - Mule Variations
72. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
73. XTC - Skylarking
74. Elvis at Sun
75. Johnny Horton Makes History
76. Harry Belafonte - Calypso
77. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
78. Beck - Odelay
79. The Who Tommy
80. Beck - Guero
81. John Cale - Paris 1919
82. Squeeze - Cool For Cats
83. Marianne Faithful - Broken English
84. Procol Harum S/T
85. Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card
86. Johnny Cash at Folsum Prison
87. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
88. Supertramp - Breakfast In America
89. Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky
90. David Bowie - Lodger
91. Pink Floyd- Meddle
92. Moody Blues Days of Future Past
93. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
94. The Who Sell Out
95. Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons
96. Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties!!
97. Procol Harum - Grand Hotel
98. Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
99. Rolling Stones - Some Girls
100. Aerosmith - Rocks

 

1 – The Beatles - Revolver
2 – John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
3 - The Stooges - Funhouse
4 – Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
5 – Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico
6 – Joy Division - Closer
7 – The Beatles – The Beatles
8 – Public Image Ltd - Metal Box
9 – Replacements – Pleased to Meet Me
10 – Television – Marquee Moon
11 – The Beatles – Abbey Road
12 – Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
13 – The Who – Who’s Next
14 – Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde
15 – Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
16 – MC5– Kick Out the Jams
17 - Big Star – Third
18 – Pink Floyd – Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
19 – Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
20 – The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
21 – The Beatles – Rubber Soul
22 – The Who – The Who Sell Out
23 – The Band – The Band
24 – Spirit – The 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
25 – Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
26 – The Mothers Of Invention – Absolutely Free
27 – John Cale – Vintage Violence
28 – The Clash – London Calling
29 – The Kinks – Are The Village Green Preservation Society
30 – Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking
31 – Nick Drake –Bryter Later
32 – John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
33 – Ramones – Ramones
34 – Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
35 – David Bowie – Hunky Dory
36 – Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
37 – The Who – Live at Leeds
38 – Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells a Story
39 – Velvet Underground – 1969 Velvet Underground Live
40 – Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
41 – Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run
42 – U2 – Boy
43 – Can – Tago Mago
44 – Brian Wilson – Smile
45 – R.E.M. – Reconing
46 – Pere Ubu – Dub Housing
47 – George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
48 – Procol Harum - Procol Harum
49 – Talking Heads - Remain In Light
50 – Jimi Hendrix – Band Of Gypsys

 

This was really tough. At first I tried to include jazz artists and Frank Sinatra, but it was just too apples and oranges with the rock artists. If I had included jazz artists, John Coltrane's Giant Steps would have been number one, and most of the top twenty would have been jazz albums.

1 - The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
2 - Joy Divison - Closer
3 - Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
4 - R.E.M. - Reckoning
5 - The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
6 - The Beatles - The Beatles
7 - Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
8 - Big Country - The Crossing
9 - The Who - Who's Next
10 - Judee Sill - Judee Sill
11 - The Pretenders - The Pretenders
12 - Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
13 - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
14 - R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
15 - Paul McCartney & Wings - Red Rose Speedway
16 - The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
17 - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
18 - The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
19 - The Beach Boys - Today!
20 - Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
21 - The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
22 - The Cocteau Twins - Treasure
23 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
24 - The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
25 - Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
26 - Badfinger - Straight Up
27 - Carly Simon - No Secrets
28 - George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
29 - Judee Sill - Heart Food
30 - The Clash - Sandinista!
31 - The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
32 - The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
33 - The Bangles - All Over the Place
34 - The Doors - Strange Days
35 - The Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
36 - Dillard & Clark - The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark
37 - The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
38 - The Mamas & the Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
39 - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
40 - The Clash - London Calling
41 - George Harrison - Living in the Material World
42 - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
43 - The Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads (U.S. version)
44 - The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee / Pretty Ballerina
45 - Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
46 - David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
47 - Cream - Disraeli Gears
48 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu
49 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
50 - Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
51 - U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
52 - Elton John - Madman Across the Water
53 - Bob Dylan - Desire
54 - Judy Collins - In My Life
55 - The Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
56 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
57 - David Bowie - Low
58 - Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
59 - David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars
60 - Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark
61 - The Who - Quadrophenia
62 - Aztec Camera - Knife
63 - The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd.
64 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul
65 - Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
66 - The Fall - Bend Sinister
67 - Steely Dan - Aja
68 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
69 - The Pretenders - Pretenders II
70 - The Beach Boys - Friends
71 - Carole King - Tapestry
72 - New Order - Brotherhood
73 - The Beatles - Revolver
74 - Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
75 - Television - Marquee Moon
76 - The Byrds - Fifth Dimension
77 - R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
78 - Big Country - Steeltown
79 - The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn!
80 - The Bluebells - Sisters
81 - Paul & Linda McCartney - Ram
82 - Squeeze - Argybargy
83 - Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
84 - R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
85 - Blondie - Eat to the Beat
86 - Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills 2
87 - The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
88 - Stephen Stills - Stephen Stills
89 - Abba - Arrival
90 - The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight
91 - The Connells - Boylan Heights
92 - The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
93 - Heart - Dreamboat Annie
94 - Carpenters - Carpenters
95 - Led Zeppelin - Presence
96 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Four Way Street
97 - Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
98 - Let's Active - Cypress
99 - Blur - Think Tank
100 - Galaxie 500 - On Fire

 

Glad to see another forum legend participate! The above are examples of bands I've always heard of, but don't know their stuff. Some I've never heard of, but highly ranked in some polls. So much to learn. I'm paying attention to these lists for stuff like that.

Only a few more days for other forum faves to chime in...

 

Yeah, it would be neat to see Steve's list, but 'm guessing he has more important things to do.

 

Nice 1-2 punch, bugdaddy!

(my top two choices are identical to yours).

Jeff

 

Why don't Internet dating services work on this sort of survey instead of those silly personality profiles?

 

I'm sure bugdaddy's a nice guy, but I don't think my wife would dig it.

Jeff

 

Mine neither
Interesting to consider that the Clash and Bruce would probably be near the top of her list as well, so maybe there's something to that internet dating survey idea.

 

*MY REVISED TOP 100*


1 – Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
2 – The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
3 – The Who – Who’s Next
4 – Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
5 – The Beatles – Revolver
6 – Yes – Fragile
7 – Pink Floyd – Animals
8 – Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – Déjà vu
9 – Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
10 – Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti

11 – Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
12 – Neil Young With Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
13 – Iron Maiden – The Number Of The Beast
14 – The Doors – The Doors
15 – Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III
16 – Judas Priest – British Steel
17 – Slayer – Reign In Blood
18 – Aerosmith – Rocks
19 – Blue Oyster Cult – Secret Treaties
20 – The Beatles – Abbey Road

21 – The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
22 – The Doors – Strange Days
23 – Ozzy Osbourne – Diary Of A Madman
24 – Rush – Permanent Waves
25 – Opeth – Blackwater Park
26 – Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
27 – Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
28 – Black Sabbath – Heaven And Hell
29 – Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde
30 – The Beatles – Rubber Soul

31 – Deep Purple – Machine Head
32 – The Black Crowes – The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion
33 – Motorhead – Ace Of Spades
34 – Metallica – Ride The Lightning
35 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love
36 – Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
37 – The Allman Brothers Band – The Allman Brothers Band
38 – John Mellencamp – Whenever We Wanted
39 – Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
40 – Dio – Holy Diver

41 – Black Sabbath – Paranoid
42 – AC/DC – Powerage
43 – The Rolling Stones – Beggar’s Banquet
44 – Rainbow – Rising
45 – Rush – Moving Pictures
46 – Van Halen – Fair Warning
47 – Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger
48 – Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story
49 – The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St.
50 – Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic

51 – Aerosmith – Get Your Wings
52 – Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
53 – Iron Maiden – Killers
54 – Metallica – Kill ‘Em All
55 – AC/DC – Back In Black
56 – Bad Company – Bad Co.
57 – Judas Priest – Screaming For Vengeance
58 – Elton John – Madman Across The Water
59 – Jethro Tull – Aqualung
60 – Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – Into The Great Wide Open

61 – Yes – The Yes Album
62 – Queensryche – The Warning
63 – Neil Young – Harvest
64 – Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin I
65 – Iron Maiden – Piece Of Mind
66 – Queensryche – Operation: Mindcrime
67 – Van Halen – Van Halen I
68 – Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon
69 – The Who – Tommy
70 – Boston – Boston

71 – Motley Crue – Shout At The Devil
72 – The Who – Quadrophenia
73 – Tom Petty – Wildflowers
74 – Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill
75 – AC/DC – Highway To Hell
76 – John Cougar Mellencamp – Scarecrow
77 – The Allman Brothers Band – Eat A Peach
78 – Opeth – Deliverence
79 – Black Sabbath – Vol. 4
80 – Slayer – Hell Awaits

81 – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced
82 – Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die
83 – The Doors – L.A. Woman
84 – Lynyrd Skynyrd – Second Helping
85 – Opeth – Damnation
86 – Blue Oyster Cult – Blue Oyster Cult
87 – The Eagles – Hotel California
88 – Mercyful Fate – Melissa
89 – Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
90 – Van Morrison – Moondance

91 – Soundgarden – Superunknown
92 – Steely Dan – Aja
93 – David Bowie – The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
94 – Judas Priest – Hell Bent For Leather
95 – Yes – Close To The Edge
96 – John Cougar Mellencamp – The Lonesome Jubilee
97 – Slayer – Seasons In The Abyss
98 – U2 - War
99 – Motorhead - Overkill
100 – The Band – The Band

 

Big thanks to Dave for his work compiling the lists!

1 - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
2 - Led Zeppelin - IV
3 - The Beatles - Abbey Road
4 - Pink Floyd - The Wall
5 - The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
6 - Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
7 - The Who - Who's Next
8 - The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
9 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
10 - The Eagles - Hotel California
11 - The Doors - L.A. Woman
12 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
13 - Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
14 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
15 - R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
16 - John Williams - Star Wars Original Soundtrack
17 - Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
18 - The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
19 - The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
20 - Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
21 - The Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager
22 - U2 - Achtung, Baby!
23 - The Beatles - Let It Be
24 - George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
25 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
26 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul
27 - U2 - The Joshua Tree
28 - The Doors - The Doors
29 - The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
30 - Neil Young - Harvest
31 - The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
32 - Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard
33 - Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run
34 - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
35 - The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord
36 - Pink Floyd - Animals
37 - Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
38 - R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
39 - Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
40 - Boston - Boston
41 - Jethro Tull - Aqualung
42 - Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
43 - Tom Petty - Wildflowers
44 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III
45 - Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
46 - The Beatles - Revolver
47 - Pink Floyd - The Final Cut
48 - Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
49 - Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky
50 - Paul & Linda McCartney - RAM
51 - Bruno Walter, Columbia Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale"
52 - Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 (1977)
53 - Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue
54 - Journey - Escape
55 - The Eagles - The Long Run
56 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
57 - The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed
58 - Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card
59 - Don Henley - The End Of The Innocence
60 - REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
61 - Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
62 - Billy Joel - The Stranger
63 - Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
64 - Dire Straits - On Every Street
65 - Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
66 - The Beatles - Help!
67 - Styx - Paradise Theatre
68 - The Police - Synchronicity
69 - The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
70 - Supertramp - Breakfast In America
71 - Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain
72 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu
73 - The Doors - Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe
74 - Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
75 - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet
76 - Billy Joel - Songs In The Attic
77 - Yes - 90125
78 - Talking Heads - Little Creatures
79 - Roger Waters - Amused To Death
80 - U2 - Rattle And Hum
81 - The Beatles - Please Please Me
82 - The Police - Ghost In The Machine
83 - Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
84 - Neil Young - Freedom
85 - Peter Gabriel - So
86 - Bob Dylan - Modern Times
87 - Mark Knopfler - Sailing To Philadelphia
88 - The Who - Tommy
89 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
90 - Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
91 - R.E.M. - Out Of Time
92 - John Cougar Mellencamp - Scarecrow
93 - R.E.M. - Reveal
94 - Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1
95 - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
96 - R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
97 - Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
98 - Don Henley - Building The Perfect Beast
99 - Billy Joel - Glass Houses
100 - David Bowie - Let's Dance

Just missed the cut: Paul McCartney - Tug Of War, Bob Dylan - Oh Mercy

It's definitely apples and oranges and bananas trying to work in the classical and jazz, but I had to put a few of those in somewhere.

 

A bit different, eh?

01 - Beatles VI
02 - Cast - Mother Nature Calls
03 - Rush -Permanent Waves
04 - Edward Bear S/T
05 - Beatles - Abbey Road
06 - Supergrass Road To Rouen
07 - Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
08 - Flashdance Ost
09 - Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
10 - Beatles - Rubber Soul (North American)
11 - Beatles - Yesterday and Today
12 - Kiss - Music from The Elder
13 - Kiss - Alive II
14 - Rush - 2112
15 - Kajagoogoo - Islands
16 - Silent Running - Shades Of Liberty
17 - Rush - Signals
18 - Rush - Moving Pictures
19 - Rush - A Farewell To Kings
20 - Beatles Revolver (Capitol)
21 - Duran Duran - Rio
22 - Cast - All Change
23 - Rolling Stones - Aftermath (UK)
24 - Edward Bear - Close Your Eyes
25 - Duran Duran S/T (US/JPN)
26 - Rick Springfield Tao
27 - Loverboy - Keep It Up
28 - Kansas - Left Overture
29 - Rick Springfield Living In Oz
30 - Rolling Stones - Some Girls
31 - Edward Bear - Bearings
32 - Journey - Evolution
33 - Bluetones - Expecting To Fly
34 - Rush - Snakes and Arrows
35 - Beatles - Beatles '65
36 - Cast - Magic Hour
37 - Rush - Hemispheres
38 - Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down
39 - Beatles - Sgt Pepper
40 - Corey Hart - Fields Of Fire
41 - Naked Eyes - Burning Bridges
42 - B.T.O - Not Fragile
43 - Big Country - Steeltown
44 - Billy Joel - 52nd Street
45 - Bananarama - S/T
46 - David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
47 - Nick Haywood - North of a Miracle
48 - Transvision Vamp - Pop Art
49 - Laura Branigan - Self Control
50 - Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden

 

I heard Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" on the radio last night, and remembered the time when Hounds of Love was an album that was in constant rotation at my house. But it's not on my list. That's why these are so hard to compile. I think I sold a lot of my 80s favorites short and deferred to the established 60s and 70s classics. But that is part of what these lists are about - albums that have truly stood the test of time. I think that there are a lot of 80s albums such as the Cure's Disintegration and Depeche Mode's Violator that are doing just that, and probably should have made my list. Oh well.

Also, and I'm sort of ashamed to admit this, I listened to Rickie Lee Jones' debut for the first time ever last night, and that is probably one of the 100 best pop/rock albums I've ever heard. But, again, not on my list. No matter how into music you are, it's impossible to keep up with everything. I've only recently really begun to explore the Genesis catalog, and they're another band that I overlooked.

 

01 - The Beatles - Meet The Beatles
02 - The Beatles - The Beatles Second Album
03 - The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
04 - The Beatles - Beatles for Sale
05 - The Beatles - Beatles VI
06 - The Beatles - Please Please Me
07 - The Beatles - The Beatles
08 - The Beatles - Revolver
09 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul
10 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
11 - The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
12 - The Beatles - Abbey Road
13 - The Beatles - Help!
14 - The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
15 - The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
16 - The Who - Tommy
17 - The Doors - The Doors
18 - Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
19 - Love - Forever Changes
20 - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
21 - Simon and Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme
22 - Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water
23 - Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
24 - Bob Dylan - Street Legal
25 - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
26 - Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
27 - Neil Diamond - Touching You Touching Me
28 - James Brown - Say it Live and Loud
29 - Van Morrison - His Band and the Street Choir
30 - Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
31 - Van Morrison - Moondance
32 - Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
33 - Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Vol 2
34 - Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
35 - George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
36 - Grant McLennan - Horsebreaker Star
37 - John Lennon - Mind Games
38 - John Lennon - Imagine
39 - Kansas - Leftoverture
40 - Yes - The Yes Album
41 - Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
42 - Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
43 - Badfinger - Straight Up
44 - Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
45 - Grateful Dead - American Beauty
46 - Grateful Dead - Live Dead
47 - Sixpence None The Richer - Divine Discontent
48 - Sandy Denny - Like an Old-Fashioned Waltz
49 - Sandy Denny - Sandy
50 - Marian Segal and Jade - Fly on Strangewings
51 - Fairport Convention - What We Did On Our Holidays
52 - Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking
53 - Neil Diamond - Taproot Manuscript
54 - Neil Diamond - Hot August Night
55 - Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
56 - The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
57 - Al Stewart - Time Passages
58 - Black Velvet Band - When Justice Came
59 - The Doors - Strange Days
60 - Maria McKee - Maria McKee
61 - Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
62 - The Innocence Mission - The Innocence Mission
63 - The Sundays - Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic
64 - Nanci Griffith - Other Voices Other Rooms
65 - Fred Neil - Bleecker and MacDougal
66 - The Doors - L. A. Woman
67 - Janis Joplin - Pearl
68 - Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through The Night
69 - Evie Sands - Anyway You Want Me
70 - Anne Richmond Boston - The Big House of Time
71 - Vicki Pratt Keating - Blue Apples
72 - Velvet Underground - 1969 Live
73 - Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
74 - Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
75 - Gram Parsons - Sleepless Nights
76 - Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
77 - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
78 - Letters To Cleo - Aurora Gory Alice
79 - The Cars - The Cars
80 - Melissa Etheridge - Melissa Etheridge
81 - Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
82 - Mazzy Star - So Tonight I Might See
83 - Prince - Purple Rain
84 - Richard and Linda Thompson - Pour Down Like Silver
85 - Sam Phillips - Martinis and Bikinis
86 - Velocity Girl - Copacetic
87 - Velvet Crush - Teenage Symphonies To God
88 - The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl
89 - Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
90 - The Who - Who's Next
91 - The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
92 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
93 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
94 - Guess Who - American Woman
95 - Guess Who - Share The Land
96 - Styx - The Grand Illusion
97 - REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
98 - Mamas and Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
99 - Lionel Richie - Can't Slow Down
100 - The Beatles - Let It Be

 

Beatles fan ...huh

 

Got to make sure that even their worst effort makes the Top 100, huh?

 

I left off Yellow Submarine though. Had to make room for Can't Slow Down.

 

At least you didn't put Beatles VI at number one.