Top Album Of All Time Poll.

raw power-iggy and the stooges
is the greatest rock n roll album of all time

 

Thelonious Monk - The Complete Genius
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz To Come
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf ("Rocking Chair")
Rolling Stones - England's Newest Hit Makers
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Beatles - Revolver
Byrds - Fifth Dimension
Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
Captain Beefheart - Safe As Milk
Velvet Underground - White Light/ White Heat
Troggs - Love Is All Around
Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
Pink Floyd - Electric Factory (Philadelphia, Sept. 26, 1970)
Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power
New York Dolls - New York Dolls
Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets

 

The Velvet Underground & Nico
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA
The Kinks Are The Village Green
Preservation Society
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother
The Mountain
Warren Zevon - Life 'll Kill Ya
The White Stripes - De Stijl
Neil Young - Hitchhiker

Lou Reed - The Blue Mask
The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
The Beatles (white album)
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
The Velvet Underground - White Light
/White Heat
The Grateful Dead - American Beauty
Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is
Nowhere
Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And
Hate
Gord Downie - Secret Path

 

20 of my faves, eh? None of which are likely to end up on the poll but anyway...

In no particular order -

Sarafina Original Broadway Cast Recording
Brahms Sonatas for Piano & Cello, Yo Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
Welcome To The Pleasuredome, Frankie Goes To Hollywood
The Duke Ellington Songbook, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington & His Orcheatra
West Side Story Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Round Midnight Soundtrack, Herbie Hancock
Shaft, Isaac Hayes
Andrés Segovia, The American Decca Recordings
Parade, Prince & The Revolution
Ass Pocket Full of Whiskey, R.L. Burnside
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Illadelph Halflife, The Roots
Kama Sutra Motion Picture Soundtrack
Dhola Maru, Musafir
Clandestino, Manu Chao
Blood Sugar Sex Magic, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Chapter Two, Roberta Flack
Live at the Village Vanguard, Wynton Marsalis
My Favorite Things, John Coltrane
The Planets, Gustav Holst, Previn

 

Here you go. Sticking with 60s/70s UK/US rock/soul otherwise it's gonna get too esoteric for this purpose, and about 300 titles too long. Basically, this is what I'd like to see:


Beatles (white album)
Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet
Bob Dylan Highway 61 revisited
Joni Mitchell Court & Spark
Stevie Wonder Talking Book
Marvin Gaye What's Going On
Beach Boys Pet Sounds
David Bowie Hunky Dory
Love Forever Changes
Byrds Notorious Byrd Brothers
Laura Nyro Eli & The 13th Confession
Van Morrison Astral Weeks
Steely Dan Aja
Velvet Underground & Nico
Pink Floyd Piper At The Gates
The Stooges Fun House
Nick Drake Bryter Layter
Scott Walker Scott 4
Elton John Tumbleweed Connection
Bob Marley Catch A Fire

 

I had those same Joni & Laura titles too...but switched them to Court & Spark, Eli

 

1. Steely Dan - Aja?

 

1 Al Green, Call Me
2 The Kinks, Muswell Hillbillies
3 Dexy's Midnight Runners, Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
4 Frank Sinatra, Songs for Swingin' Lovers
5 Television, Adventure
6 John Coltrane, Coltrane's Sound
7 Joey Altruda, Cocktails with Joey
8 Velvet Underground, Loaded
9 Bob Dylan & The Band, The Basement Tapes
10 Bob Marley & The Wailers, Natty Dread
11 Steely Dan, Gaucho
12 XTC, Black Sea
13 The Pogues, Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
14 Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
15 Os Mutantes, Os Mutantes
16 Sly & The Family Stone, There's a Riot Goin' On
17 Tito Puente & His Orchestra, Dance Mania
18 Jethro Tull, Songs from the Wood
19 Blind Melon, Soup
20 The Kinks, The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society

 

Not listed in order of preference:

1 Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
2 The Doors - The Doors
3 The Velvet Underground & Nico
4 The Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers
5 The Beatles - The White Album
6 Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
7 Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
8 Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
9 The Beatles - Abbey Road
10 Neil Young - After The Goldrush
11 David Bowie - The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars
12 Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
13 King Crimson - Larks Tongues In Aspic
14 David Bowie - Low
15 PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
16 Alice In Chains - Dirt
17 Dr Dre - The Chronic
18 Nirvana - In Utero
19 Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
20 Radiohead - OK Computer

 

I couldn't possible attempt to answer that question!

 

Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
The Strokes - Is This It?
The Beatles - Revolver
Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
The Clash - London Calling
Happy Mondays - Pills Thrills n Bellyaches
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
Neil Young - On The Beach
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat
The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
Rush - Permanent Waves
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
Metallica - ...And Justice For All
The Stooges - Raw Power

 

I'm happy to see this one listed. It's the one that I really was in knots over not including on my list; I really wanted to keep mine (list) limited to five though.

It's truly a perfect record. As relevant today as it was the day it was released.

 

In no particular order:

Neil Young, Tonight’s the Night
Nick Drake, Bryter Layter
Nick Drake, Pink Moon
Yes, Close to the Edge
The Black Crowes, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers
Steely Dan, Aja
Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
Genesis, Foxtrot
Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks
Marvin Gaye, What’s Going On
Richard, Buckner, Devotion & Doubt
The Beatles, Abbey Road
Van Morrison, It's Too Late to Stop Now
The Who, Quadrophenia
Alice Coltrane, Lord of Lords
George Harrison, All Things Must Pass
Rush, Moving Pictures
Van Morrison, Moondance

 

DSOTM
Highway 61
Revolver
Zep IV
Sticker fingers

 

Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Million To Hold Us Back
Tori Amos - Boys For Pele
David Bowie - Scary Monsters & Super Creeps
Neil Young - Time Fades Away
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free
Slayer - Reign In Blood
Mr Bungle - Mr Bungle
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Melvins - Bullhead
Radiohead - Amnesiac
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity
Eyehategod - Take As Needed For Pain
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Slipknot - Iowa
Neil Young - Ragged Glory
Mastodon - Leviathan
Sepultura - Roots
Rufus Wainwright - Want Two

 

1. "Heroes" - Bowie
2. Raw Power - Iggy
3. Street Hassle - Lou
4. Blood on the Tracks - Bob
5. White Album - Beatles
6. Ballad - Todd
7. Remain in Light - Talking Heads
8. Exile - Stones
9. Never Mind the Bollocks
10. Bee Thousand - GBV
11. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
12. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
13. Doolittle - Pixies
14. Get Happy!! - Elvis Costello
15. Led Zep 2
16. LA Woman - The Doors
17. Marquee Moon - Television
18. On the Beach - Neil
19. London Calling - The Clash
20. Wowee Zowee - Pavement

Off the top of my head, may change tomorrow

 

Except for Patti Smith, The Beatles, and Frank Zappa (1 1/2), I'm keeping this to 1 album per artist...............

After the top 5, no particular order.

Horses - Patti Smith
Marquee Moon - Television
Velvet Underground & Nico
Wild Gift - X (the band)
Revolver (UK version) - The Beatles
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Bongo Fury - Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart
Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - The Small Faces
Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks
Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
Face To Face - The Kinks
Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan
Radio Ethiopia - Patti Smith
Projections - The Blues Project
Just Another Band From LA - Frank Zappa
Damned Damned Damned - The Damned
Blood & Chocolate - Elvis Costello
LAMF - Johnny Thunders/Heartbreakers
Heaven Is In Your Mind (US version of Mr. Fantasy) - Traffic
The Stooges - The Stooges

 

The White Album is number one on my list.

 

The Aluminum Group - Happyness (2002)
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II (1994)
David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1971)
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (1974)
David Bowie - Low (1977)
David Bowie - "Heroes" (1977)
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (1980)
The Clash - London Calling (1979)
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way (1969)
Destroyer - Kaputt (2011)
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals (1998)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
Nas - Illmatic (1994)
The National - Alligator (2005)
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998)
Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain (1984)
Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On (1971)
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (2006)

In alphabetical order and rather difficult to narrow down. Definite Bowie bias, but he's my favorite, so he's going to be well represented.

 

Revolver
The Beatles
Abbey Road
Blood Sweat & Tears s/t
Physical Graffiti
Who's Next
All Things Must Pass
Ram
Blood On The Tracks
Led Zeppelin II
Imagine
Sgt Pepper
Blonde On Blonde
Magical Mystery Tour
Wings Over America
Deja Vu
Electric Arguments
Rumours
Rubber Soul
On The Threshold Of A Dream

 

No order-
Tough one indeed.

A-ha-Scoundrel Days, 1986
Front 242-Front by Front, 1988
Assemblage 23-Compass, 2009
The Outfield-Voices of Babylon, 1989
The Ocean Blue-Ultramarine, 2013
The Dream Academy-S/T, 1985
E-A Man Called E, 1992
Electric Light Orchestra-Eldorado, 1974
The Wild Swans-Bringing Home The Ashes, 1988
Shiny Toy Guns-We Are Pilots (V1), 2005
The Shamen-En-Tact, UK first edition, 1990
The Mock Turtles-Turtle Soup, 1990
Thomas Dolby-Astronauts & Heretics, 1992
Front Line Assembly-Tactical Neural Implant, 1992
New Order-Power, Corruption & Lies, 1983
Erasure-I Say, I Say, I Say, 1994
Klaatu-S/T, 1976
Lush-Spooky, 1992
Apoptygma Berzerk-You and Me Against The World, 2005
Cocteau Twins-Blue Bell Knoll, 1988

 

Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd, The Kinks Are The Green Village Preservation Society Kinks, Sgt Pepper Beatles, Abbey Road Beatles, White Album Beatles, Ram Paul & Linda McCartney, Arcade Fire Funeral, Rumors Fleetwood Mac, Treasure Cocteau Twins, What's Going On Marvin Gaye, Discovery Daft Punk, Kid A Radiohead, Bon Iver Bon Iver.

 

Just to have some input, a far from slaved-over list of 20 albums...

The Velvet Underground & Nico
Revolver (Beatles)
Take Five (Dave Brubeck Quartet)
My Generation (The Who)
Marquee Moon (Television)
Elvis Presley (1st Elvis LP of 1956)
Here Are The Sonics (The Sonics)
Buddy Holly And The Crickets
The Ramones (The Ramones)
In The City (The Jam)
Damn The Torpedoes (Tom Petty & Heartbreakers)
Just Can't Stop It (The English Beat)
Surfer's Choice (Dick Dale & Del Tones)
Murmur (R.E.M.)
Five Live Yardbirds (Yardbirds)
Then Play On (Fleetwood Mac)
Catch A Fire (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
The Angry Young Them (Them)
My Favorite Things (John Coltrane)
Dreamboat Annie (Heart)

 

Bad Brains—Rock for Light
The Band—The Band
Beastie Boys—Paul's Boutique
Black Sabbath—Vol. 4
The Byrds—Sweetheart of the Rodeo
The Clash—The Clash
The Congos—Heart of the Congos
Miles Davis—A Tribute to Jack Johnson
Bob Dylan—Blood on the Tracks
Father John Misty—Pure Comedy
The Jimi Hendrix Experience—Electric Ladyland
Love—Forever Changes
Public Enemy—It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
The Rolling Stones—Let It Bleed
Sly and the Family Stone—Fresh
Sonic Youth—Daydream Nation
Soundgarden—Ultramega OK
Thin Lizzy—Jailbreak
Richard and Linda Thompson—I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Neil Young and Crazy Horse—Rust Never Sleeps

 

Iron Maiden- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
J. Williams- The Empire Strikes Back original soundtrack
Metallica- Master of Puppets
Creedence- Cosmo's Factory
Eagles- Desperado
Tom Petty- Full Moon Fever
Simon & Garfunkel- Bookends
Neil Diamond- Beautiful Noise
Judas Priest- Metal Works
Bad Religion- Stranger Than Fiction
"Weird" Al- In 3-D
The Beatles- Hard Days Night
Fleetwood Mac- S/T
Sherman Brothers- Mary Poppins original soundtrack
Bruce Springsteen- Born in the U.S.A.
Mussorgsky- Pictures at an Exhibition (Fritz Reiner w/ Chicago Symphony)
MXPX- Life in General
John Denver- An Evening With John Denver
ABBA- Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Rush- Permanent Waves