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

Why start wavering with the rules at this point ?

If so, why not allow compilations and top 300 lists and extend the deadline to August 30th ? I'd be more than happy.

Robert

 

I don't consider the deadline be extended a change of the rules. It is not really go to matter since I am nowhere close to having anything compiled.

 

Thank you for the clarificate, BigeDav. (sic)

Robert

 

pm the oldtimers Grant. I know you got pull with Ed and some of those guys .. come on!

 

I'm sure Grant can pull in quite a bunch of oldtimers, but what's the point, really ? More 'Abbey Road's and 'Let It Bleed's and 'Déjà Vu's and ... ? I think the lists posted so far are a pretty fair representation of this forum's preferences. I'm perfectly aware BigDave is prepared to extend the deadline, but it has to stop at some point. Another week ? Sure. Why not ? End of August, perhaps ? Why not give it another two weeks ? Well, maybe. I guess. When is this going to stop ? It's a slippery slope !

Why not stop right here and reflect on our top 5,000+ ?

All the best,

Robert

 

The deadline will be extended one week from the previous one.

The new deadline to post your list or make changes to a previous one will be: Saturday, August 16th at Noon CST

 

1 - Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
2 - Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge of Town
3 - Rush - Hemispheres
4 - Led Zeppelin - II
5 - Led Zeppelin -IV
6 - The Cult - Electric
7 - The Clash - London Calling
8 - Dead Kennedys - Rotten Fruits for Vegetables
9 - Joy Division - Closer
10 - Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
11 - Echo and the Bunnymen - Porcupine
12 - Derek and the Dominos - Layla
13 - Paul Weller - Livewood
14 - Sonny Rollins - Way Out West
15 - Paul Weller - Wild Wood
16 - Rush - Moving Pictures
17 - Genesis - A Trick of the Tail
18 - Genesis - Seconds Out
19 - Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
20 - The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
21 - Aerosmith - Rocks
22 - Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric
23 - Rolling Stones - Some Girls
24 - Peter Frampton Comes Alive
25 - Rolling Stones - Love You Live
26 - U2 - Boy
27 - The Cult - Love
28 - Paul Weller - 22 Dreams
29 - Queen - A Night At The Opera
30 - Helmet - Meantime
31 - Björk - Debut
32 - Sigur Ros - ()
33 - Pixies - Doolittle
34 - Marillion - Clutching At Straws
35 - Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
36 - Joni Mitchell - Heijira
37 - Ministry - Psalm 69
38 - Joe Walsh - The Player you get the Smoker you Drink
39 - Holst - The Planets
40 - Deep Purple - Made in Japan
41 - Radiohead - OK Computer
42 - Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffity
43 - Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
44 - King Crimson - In the Couts of The Crimson King
45 - Santana - Abraxas
46 - Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
47 - Led Zeppelin - III
48 - The Pretenders - Pretenders
49 - Buzzcocks - A Different Kind of Tension
50 - Eagles - Hotel California
51 - Supertramp - Breakfast in America
52 - Jeff Buckley - Grace
53 - Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
54 - Nirvana - Nevermind
55 - Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie
56 - Frank Zappa - In New York
57 - Frank Zappa - Roxy and Elsewhere
58 - Rem - Green
59 - Jimmy Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
60 - Grand Funk Railroad - Grand Funk
61 - Television - Marquee Moon
62 - Van Halen - Women and Children First
63 - Van Morrison - Astral Week
64 - The Cars - The Cars
65 - Yes - Fragil
66 - Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destruction
67 - The Doors - LA Woman
68 - Pearl Jam - 10
69 - Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land
70 - Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
71 - The Who - Who is Next
72 - The Who - Live at Leeds
73 - Gentle Giant - Octupussy
74 - Supertramp - Crime of the Century
75 - Johnny Winter - Johnny Winter
76 - David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
77 - Lou Reed - Transformer
78 - The Tubes - What do you want from Live
79 - Mott the Hopple - All the Young Dudes
80 - Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
81 - Bollock Brothers - The four Horseman of the Apocalypse
82 - Free - Fire and Water
83 - Ian Hunter - You are never alone with a Schizophrenic
84 - Tonio K. - Life in the Foodchain
85 - David&David - Boomtown
86 - Joe Walsh - But seriously, Folks
87 - Miles Davis - Steamin
88 - Fixx - Reach the Beach
89 - Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedos
90 - Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East
91 - Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
92 - Dave Brubeck - Time Out
93 - Joe Walsh - Barnstorm
94 - Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
95 - Neil Young - Harvest
96 - Leftfield - Leftism
97 - David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
98 - Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
99 - Faces - A Nod Is as good as A wink ... to a Blind Horse
100- Blumfeld - Verbotene Früchte

 

1. Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
2. Abba – Voulez-Vous
3. Tom Tom Club – Close To The Bone
4. Diana Ross – Diana
5. Donna Summer – Bad Girls
6. Neil Sedaka – Sings Little Devil and His Hits
7. Queen – The Game
8. New Order – Substance
9. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
10. Tom Tom Club – Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom
11. The Police – Regatta de Blanc
12. Abba – The Album
13. Bjorn and Benny – Lycka
14. Neil Sedaka – All You Need Is The Music
15. Michael B Tretow – Let’s Boogie
16. The Beatles – Please Please Me
17. New Order – Technique
18. The Beatles – Rubber Soul
19. Queen – Jazz
20. Tom Tom Club – Tom Tom Club
21. Abba - Abba
22. Fleetwood Mac – Fleetwood Mac 1975
23. The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
24. The Police – Outlandos d’armour
25. Queen – Hot Space
26. Abba – Arrival
27. Abba – Super Trouper
28. The Beatles – Abbey Road
29. Fleetwood Mac – Mirage
30. Fleetwood Mac – Then Play On
31. The Beatles – Revolver
32. Neil Sedaka – Sedaka’s Back
33. Fleetwood Mac – Mystery to Me
34. New Order – Low-life
35. Pet Shop Boys – Introspective
36. Lindsey Buckingham – Go Insane
37. Fleetwood Mac – Bare Trees
38. Abba – The Visitors
39. The Beatles – Sgt Pepper
40. Queen – A Night At The Opera
41. The Police – Synchronicity
42. Kylie Minogue – Kylie
43. Lindsey Buckingham – Out of the Cradle
44. The Cardigans – Life
45. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
46. Agnetha Faltskog – Wrap Your Arms Around Me
47. Madonna – True Blue
48. Paul McCartney – Tug Of War
49. Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense
50. Gwen Steffani – Love Music Angel Baby

 

i would guess that anyone who complains about the same old albums heading this final list isn't quite getting the point of the original idea.

 

Happy to be of service. I don't think anything will ever dislodge Hejira from my #1 spot.

 

1 – The Band – The Band
2 – Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
3 – The Beatles – Rubber Soul
4 - The Clash – London Calling
5 – The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
6 – The Beatles – Revolver
7 – Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the Edge of Town
8 – Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
9 - The Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society
10 – Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story
11 - Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
12- Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
13- The Band – Music From Big Pink
14 – Van Morrison – Moondance
15 – The Who – The Who Sell Out
16 – The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
17 – The Who – Who’s Next
18 – The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
19 – Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
20 – The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
21 – The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
22 – The Rolling Stones – Beggars’ Banquet
23 – The Rolling Stones – Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out
24 – The Kinks – Something Else
25 - Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
26 – The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground and Nico
27 – Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
28 - The Byrds – Younger Than Yesterday
29 – Elvis Costello – Get Happy
30 – Traffic – Traffic
31- The Rolling Stones – Aftermath
32 – Blue Rodeo – Five Days in July
33 – The Who – Tommy
34 – The Rolling Stones – Between the Buttons
35 – The Beatles – The Beatles
36 – The Beatles – Abbey Road
37 – The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
38 – The Kinks – Face to Face
39 – The Beatles – With The Beatles
40 – The Cars – The Cars
41 – Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model
42 – Toots and the Maytals – Funky Kingston
43 – The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
44 – The Beatles – Help
45 – Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
46 – The Ramones – Rocket to Russia
47 – Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love
48 – Bruce Springsteen – Born In the USA
49 – Bob Marley – Catch A Fire
50 – Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes – Hearts of Stone
51 – The Who – Live At Leeds
52 – Traffic – Mr. Fantasy
52 – The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
53 – The Beatles – Beatles for Sale
54 - The Beatles – Please Please Me
55 – Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
56 – The Kinks – Arthur or the Decline and Fall of The British Empire
57 – The Kinks – Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround
58 – The Kinks – The Kinks Kontroversy
59 – The Who – My Generation
60 – Prince – Purple Rain
61 – Bob Marley – Natty Dread
62 – Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground
63 – Procol Harum – A Salty Dog
64 – Roxy Music – Avalon
65 – Radiohead – OK Computer
66 – Bruce Springsteen – Magic
67 – Bob Dylan – Live 1966
68 – Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
69 – The Mothers of Invention – We’re Only in it for the Money
70 – David Bowie – Hunky Dory
71 – David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
72 – The Who – Quadrophenia
73 – Tom Petty – Full Moon Fever
74 – John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band
75 – John Lennon – Imagine
76 – Prince – Sign O’ The Times
77 – Public Enemy – Fear of A Black Planet
78 – John Prine – Sweet Revenge
79 – The Doors – The Doors
80 – Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues Singers
81 – Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues Singers Vol. 2
82 – Prince – 1999
83 – Led Zeppelin – Untitled
84 – Pink Floyd – Dark Side of The Moon
85 – Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
86 – U2 – The Joshua Tree
87 – U2 Achtung Baby
88 – Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
89 – Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
90 – The Beach Boys – Today
91 – Paul McCartney and Wings – Band on the Run
92 – The Beatles – Let it Be
93 – The Rolling Stones – December’s Children
94 – Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
95 – Leonard Cohen – Leonard Cohen
96 – The Clash – The Clash
97 – The Velvet Underground – Loaded
98 – Jimi Hendrix – Axis Bold as Love
99 – Bruce Springsteen – The Seeger Sessions
100 – Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road







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I don't think she's ever bettered it. I've got it at #4.

 

Nice list and good to see a couple albums from The Cult!

 

Here's my list. It was too hard to figure out order of preference, so these are listed alphabetically, by album title.

1 – The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
2 – Van Morrison – A Sense Of Wonder
3 – The Beatles – Abbey Road
4 – Daniel Lanois – Acadie
5 – Everything But The Girl – Acoustic
6 – John Prine – Aimless Love
7 – Steely Dan – Aja
8 – George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
9 – America – America
10 – XTC – Apple Venus
11 – The Samples – Autopilot
12 – Roxy Music – Avalon
13 – Roger McGuinn – Back From Rio
14 – Paul McCartney – Band On The Run
15 – World Party – Bang!
16 – The Beatles – The Beatles
17 – Simon and Garfunkel – Bookends
18 – Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Braver Newer World
19 – John Hiatt – Bring The Family
20 – Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
21 – Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
22 – Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
23 – Cream – Disreali Gears
24 – Gordon Lightfoot – Dream Street Rose
25 – Lucinda Williams – Essence
26 – Moody Blues – Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
27 – ‘til Tuesday – Everything’s Different Now
28 – Gene Clark – Firebyrd
29 – Roxy Music – Flesh and Blood
30 – Cream – Fresh Cream
31 – Steely Dan – Gaucho
32 – World Party – Goodbye Jumbo
33 – Matthew Ryan – Guilty
34 – Paul Simon – Hearts and Bones
35 – Little Richard – Here’s Little Richard
36 – Neil Diamond – Hot August Night
37 – Aimee Mann – I’m With Stupid
38 – Moody Blues – In Search of the Lost Chord
39 – Van Morrison – Inarticulate Speech of the Heart
40 – k.d. lang – Ingenue
41 – Traffic – John Barleycorn Must Die
42 – Joe Jackson – Jumpin’ Jive
43 – Al Stewart – Last Days Of The Century
44 – Jackson Browne – Late For The Sky
45 – Warren Zevon – Learning To Flinch
46 – Little Feat – Let It Roll
47 – Little Richard – Little Richard
48 – Chris Whitley – Living With The Law
49 – Mark Knopfler – Local Hero OST
50 – Jackson Browne – Looking East
51 – Dire Straits – Love Over Gold
52 – Traffic – Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
53 – Lyle Lovett – Lyle Lovett
54 – Lyle Lovett – Lyle Lovett And His Large Band
55 – Marshall Crenshaw – Marshall Crenshaw
56 – New Radicals – Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too
57 – Notting Hillbillies – Missing…Presumed Having A Good Time
58 – Van Morrison – Moondance
59 – Tom Waits – Mule Variations
60 – Robin Marks – My Foolish Heart
61 – Karla Bonoff – New World
62 – Van Morrison – No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
63 – Alan Parsons – On Air
64 – Dire Straits – On Every Street
65 – Flaco Jimenez – Partners
66 – The Proclaimers – Persevere
67 – The Beatles – Please Please Me
68 – Rickie Lee Jones – Pop Pop
69 – Paul McCartney – Ram
70 – Rickie Lee Jones – Rickie Lee Jones
71 – Randy Newman – Sail Away
72 – The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper
73 – Tom Waits – Small Change
74 – The Jayhawks – Smile
75 – Ian Matthews – Some Days You Eat The Bear…
76 – John Hiatt – Stolen Moments
77 – Gordon Lightfoot – Sundown
78 – Police – Synchronicity
79 – Doobie Brothers – Takin’ It To The Streets
80 – Sting – Ten Summoner’s Tales
81 – James Taylor – That’s Why I’m Here
82 – Doobie Brothers – The Captain and Me
83 – Bruce Springsteen – The Ghost of Tom Joad
84 – Dan Fogelberg – The Innocent Age
85 – Donald Fagen – The Nightfly
86 – The Thorns – The Thorns
87 – Cowboy Junkies – The Trinity Session
88 – Al Stewart – Time Passages
89 – Mark Almond – To The Heart
90 – Steve Earle – Train a Comin’
91 – Steve Earle – Transcendental Blues
92 – Alan Parsons – Try Anything Once
93 – Sheryl Crow – Tuesday Night Music Club
94 – Alan Parsons Project – Turn Of A Friendly Card
95 – Paul McCartney – Unplugged
96 – Little Feat – Waiting For Columbus
97 – Gordon Lightfoot – Waiting For You
98 – Aimee Mann – Whatever
99 – The Who – Who’s Next
100 – Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball

 

edit: just saw we have another week, so I'm revoking my post for further examination...

 

Hopefully it'll still include Crossing Muddy Water

 

I don't have any pull with those guys. They do what they want to do.

 

Dammit, Grant, what good are 55,000-plus posts if you can't jerk the leash every now and then?

Jeff

 

Thank you. I only came across this thread a few days ago and would love to contribute.

 

1. Brian Eno - Another Green World
2. Neu! - Neu!
3. The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
4. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
5. Skip Spence - Oar
6. Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
7. Brian Eno - Before and After Science
8. David Bowie - Low
9. Neu! - Neu! '75
10. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
11. Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk
12. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Music From the Penguin Cafe
13. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
14. John Cale - Fear
15. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
16. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
17. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
18. Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
19. Jeff Beck Group - Beck-Ola
20. Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box
21. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Broadcasting From Home
22. Eric Burdon & War - Eric Burdon Declares "War"
23. Syd Barrett - Barrett
24. Can - Tago Mago
25. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
26. Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine
27. Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
28. Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
29. Neu! - Neu! 2
30. T. Rex - T. Rex
31. The Kinks - Something Else by The Kinks
32. Neil Young - Harvest
33. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
34. Bjork - Selmasongs
35. La Düsseldorf - La Düsseldorf
36. The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
37. Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
38. The Beatles - White Album
39. Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
40. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
41. Nagisa Ni Te - The Same as a Flower
42. Michael Rother - Sterntaler
43. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
44. La Düsseldorf - Viva
45. King Crimson - In the COurt of the Crimson King
46. Public Image Ltd. - First Issue
47. Faust - So Far
48. Bjork - Debut
49. The Beatles - Abbey Road
50. The Rolling Stones - 12 x 5
51. John Cale - Vintage Violence
52. Moby Grape - Moby Grape
53. Kraftwerk - Ralf und Florian
54. David Bowie - Station to Station
55. Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It For the Money
56. Iggy Pop - The Idiot
57. Klaus Nomi - Klaus Nomi
58. Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother
59. The Velvet Undeground - The Velvet Underground
60. The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls
61. Jeff Beck Group - Truth
62. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
63. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
64. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
65. Traffic - Traffic
66. Neil Young - On the Beach
67. John Cale - Paris 1919
68. Moby - Play
69. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
70. Kraftwerk - Computer World
71. Wilco - A Ghost is Born
72. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
73. Kevin Ayers - Joy of a Toy
74. The White Stripes - De Stijl
75. Brian Wilson - Smile
76. The Doors - The Doors
77. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
78. Harmonia - Musik von Harmonia
79. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
80. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
81. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
82. Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV
83. T. Rex - Electric Warrior
84. Lou Reed - Berlin
85. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
86. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
87. Brian Eno & John Cale - Wrong Way Up
88. Public Image Ltd. - The Flowers of Romance
89. Of Montreal - The Gay Parade
90. St. Germain - Tourist
91. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Dap Dippin' With
92. Henry Cow - Leg End
93. The Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks
94. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
95. Tiny Tim - God Bless Tiny Tim
96. John Adams - Nixon In China
97. Chuck Mangione - Feels So Good
98. The Books - The Lemon of Pink
99. Tyrannosaurus Rex - Unicorn
100. Bob James - Touchdown

 

Ok, here's my first revision. I've taken out Avalon at #64 and replaced it with Tonight's the Night and also removed #92, Band on the Run and replaced it with Warren Zevon.

1 – The Band – The Band
2 – Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
3 – The Beatles – Rubber Soul
4 - The Clash – London Calling
5 – The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
6 – The Beatles – Revolver
7 – Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the Edge of Town
8 – Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
9 - The Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society
10 – Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story
11 - Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
12- Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
13- The Band – Music From Big Pink
14 – Van Morrison – Moondance
15 – The Who – The Who Sell Out
16 – The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
17 – The Who – Who’s Next
18 – The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
19 – Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
20 – The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
21 – The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
22 – The Rolling Stones – Beggars’ Banquet
23 – The Rolling Stones – Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out
24 – The Kinks – Something Else
25 - Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
26 – The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground and Nico
27 – Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
28 - The Byrds – Younger Than Yesterday
29 – Elvis Costello – Get Happy
30 – Traffic – Traffic
31- The Rolling Stones – Aftermath
32 – Blue Rodeo – Five Days in July
33 – The Who – Tommy
34 – The Rolling Stones – Between the Buttons
35 – The Beatles – The Beatles
36 – The Beatles – Abbey Road
37 – The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
38 – The Kinks – Face to Face
39 – The Beatles – With The Beatles
40 – The Cars – The Cars
41 – Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model
42 – Toots and the Maytals – Funky Kingston
43 – The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
44 – The Beatles – Help
45 – Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle
46 – The Ramones – Rocket to Russia
47 – Bruce Springsteen – Tunnel of Love
48 – Bruce Springsteen – Born In the USA
49 – Bob Marley – Catch A Fire
50 – Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes – Hearts of Stone
51 – The Who – Live At Leeds
52 – Traffic – Mr. Fantasy
52 – The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
53 – The Beatles – Beatles for Sale
54 - The Beatles – Please Please Me
55 – Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
56 – The Kinks – Arthur or the Decline and Fall of The British Empire
57 – The Kinks – Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround
58 – The Kinks – The Kinks Kontroversy
59 – The Who – My Generation
60 – Prince – Purple Rain
61 – Bob Marley – Natty Dread
62 – Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground
63 – Procol Harum – A Salty Dog
64 – Neil Young -Tonight's The Night
65 – Radiohead – OK Computer
66 – Bruce Springsteen – Magic
67 – Bob Dylan – Live 1966
68 – Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
69 – The Mothers of Invention – We’re Only in it for the Money
70 – David Bowie – Hunky Dory
71 – David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
72 – The Who – Quadrophenia
73 – Tom Petty – Full Moon Fever
74 – John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band
75 – John Lennon – Imagine
76 – Prince – Sign O’ The Times
77 – Public Enemy – Fear of A Black Planet
78 – John Prine – Sweet Revenge
79 – The Doors – The Doors
80 – Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues Singers
81 – Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues Singers Vol. 2
82 – Prince – 1999
83 – Led Zeppelin – Untitled
84 – Pink Floyd – Dark Side of The Moon
85 – Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
86 – U2 – The Joshua Tree
87 – U2 Achtung Baby
88 – Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
89 – Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
90 – The Beach Boys – Today
91 – Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
92 – The Beatles – Let it Be
93 – The Rolling Stones – December’s Children
94 – Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin II
95 – Leonard Cohen – Leonard Cohen
96 – The Clash – The Clash
97 – The Velvet Underground – Loaded
98 – Jimi Hendrix – Axis Bold as Love
99 – Bruce Springsteen – The Seeger Sessions
100 – Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

 

Never mind the Sex Pistols

I’ve been lurking here for six years and this is my first post. I really wanted to document these favorites for posterity, especially for my three-year-old daughter.

My musical tastes were pretty much cemented around the age of nine, when my Dad gave me three albums from his collection - Sgt. Pepper’s, Abbey Road and Bringing It All Back Home. Now I’m forty and my collection has grown to nearly 1200 titles, but as you can see below, those first three are still in my personal top twenty.

May these 100 selections guide a whole new generation of music lovers…

Tip: You really can’t go wrong with the Beatles.


1 - The Beatles - Abbey Road
2 - Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
3 - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
4 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
5 - Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
6 - The Beatles - Revolver
7 - The Clash - London Calling
8 - The Who - Who's Next
9 - Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
10 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
11 - U2 - The Joshua Tree
12 - T. Rex - Electric Warrior
13 - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
14 - The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
15 - U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
16 - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
17 - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
18 - Van Morrison - Moondance
19 - Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
20 - Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
21 - Paul McCartney & Wings - Band on the Run
22 - The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
23 - Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions
24 - Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
25 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love
26 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
27 - Pearl Jam - Ten
28 - Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection
29 - Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
30 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
31 - Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
32 - Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
33 - U2 - Achtung Baby
34 - Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler - Neck and Neck
35 - Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
36 - Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
37 - The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
38 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul
39 - Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
40 - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
41 - John Lennon - Imagine
42 - Paul & Linda McCartney - Ram
43 - The Eagles - Hotel California
44 - Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
45 - Paul Simon - Graceland
46 - Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - Rough Mix
47 - Carole King - Tapestry
48 - R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
49 - Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
50 - Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
51 - Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
52 - Paul McCartney - McCartney
53 - David Bowie - Hunky Dory
54 - David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
55 - Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2 or the last remains of the dodo
56 - Paul Simon - The Rhythm of the Saints
57 - The Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
58 - Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
59 - U2 - War
60 - Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
61 - Tears For Fears - The Seeds of Love
62 - Led Zeppelin - IV (Zoso)
63 - Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
64 - John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
65 - The Cars - The Cars
66 - Queen - A Night At The Opera
67 - Daniel Lanois - For the Beauty of Wynona
68 - Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
69 - Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
70 - Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love
71 - Elton John - Madman Across the Water
72 - Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
73 - Led Zeppelin - Houses of The Holy
74 - The Police - Synchronicity
75 - Van Morrison - His Band and the Street Choir
76 - Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain
77 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
78 - The Band - The Band
79 - Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
80 - Elton John - Honky Château
81 - Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
82 - Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
83 - Joni Mitchell - Blue
84 - The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
85 - Blondie - Parallel Lines
86 - Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
87 - UB40 - Labour of Love
88 - The Traveling Wilburys - Volume One
89 - Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
90 - Dire Straits - Alchemy
91 - The Steve Miller Band - Book of Dreams
92 - Patti Smith - Horses
93 - Bruce Springsteen - The River
94 - Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview
95 - The Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
96 - Roxy Music - Avalon
97 - The Doors - The Doors
98 - The Grateful Dead - American Beauty
99 - Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxegene
100 - Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris - All The Roadrunning

 

Welcome.
Great way to start posting.

 

Glad you started posting! I put Sinatra in my top 10 with the Beatles as well. I didn't try to put any other of my jazz or classical in my top 100, but Frankie's like a rock star to me, anyway.