I knew I was in for a fun time (or trouble, depending on how you look at it) when I had never heard the 2nd album on your list. I'm going to need more weekends in my month...and more available credit to get through this.
If I were to break my unwritten rule about having multiple entries for any one artist my list would be almost exactly the same. I might have to include Surfer Rosa, Sgt. Pepper's and maybe another Built To Spill or Sabbath but it wouldn't be drastically different. I treat these sort of things with the thought of these being my only choices I'd be able to hear for the rest of my life, so variety will always win out.
For anyone who wasn't here in 2008, we spent a few months putting together Top 100 lists for a forum-wide collection. It was a helluva lot of fun and Big Dave and Green Drazi spent god only knows how many hours compiling everything. Anyway ... here's the Top 250 according to the Hoffmanites of 2008: The Final List! Rank - Artist - Album Title (#1's) 1 - The Beatles - Revolver (9) 2 - The Beatles - The Beatles [White Album] (8) 3 - The Beatles - Abbey Road (14) 4 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul (4) 5 - The Who - Who's Next 6 - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (6) 7 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (3) 8 - The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (6) 9 - The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers 10 - Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks (1) ------------------------------------------------- 11 - The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed 12 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (4) 13 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin [IV] (1) 14 - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (2) 15 - The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. (3) 16 - Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde 17 - The Clash - London Calling (4) 18 - U2 - The Joshua Tree 19 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II 20 - Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 21 - George Harrison - All Things Must Pass 22 - The Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet 23 - Paul McCartney - Band On The Run 24 - Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (1) 25 - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 26 - Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 27 - The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (1) 28 - Yes - Close To The Edge (5) 29 - The Who - Quadrophenia (1) 30 - Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (1) 31 - The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (1) 32 - John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 33 - The Doors - The Doors 34 - Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue (2) 35 - Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (1) 36 - David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (1) 37 - Paul McCartney - Ram 38 - Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy 39 - Radiohead - OK Computer 40 - Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland 41 - Neil Young - After The Gold Rush 42 - The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (2) 43 - Elvis Costello - This Year's Model 44 - Pink Floyd - The Wall (1) 45 - Pink Floyd - Animals (1) 46 - Love - Forever Changes 47 - R.E.M. - Murmur 48 - Van Morrison - Moondance 49 - Derek & The Dominos - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (2) 50 - The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead 51 - U2 - Achtung Baby (2) 52 - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico 53 - Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town 54 - Steely Dan - Aja 55 - Yes - The Yes Album 56 - Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1) 57 - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1) 58 - Pink Floyd - Meddle (1) 59 - Pretenders - Pretenders (1) 60 - Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends 61 - Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story 62 - Neil Young - Harvest 63 - The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East 64 - Van Morrison - Astral Weeks 65 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 66 - Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love 67 - The Band - Music From Big Pink 68 - Talking Heads - Remain In Light 69 - Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III 70 - Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark 71 - Neil Young - On The Beach 72 - Yes - Fragile 73 - Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (1) 74 - The Who - Tommy 75 - Television - Marquee Moon 76 - Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 77 - Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home 78 - John Lennon - Imagine 79 - Joni Mitchell - Blue 80 - Rush - Moving Pictures (1) 81 - The Who - The Who Sell Out 82 - King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King (1) 83 - The Beatles - Help! (1) 84 - The Who - Live At Leeds 85 - The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle 86 - R.E.M. - Automatic For The People 87 - Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life 88 - Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks - Here's The Sex Pistols (2) 89 - R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant 90 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu 91 - Joni Mitchell - Hejira (1) 92 - The Cars - The Cars 93 - Grateful Dead - American Beauty 94 - Carole King - Tapestry 95 - Billy Joel - The Stranger 96 - The Band - The Band (1) 97 - Genesis - Selling England By The Pound 98 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory 99 - Eagles - Hotel California 100 - John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 101 - The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks 102 - Queen - A Night At The Opera 103 - R.E.M. - Reckoning 104 - David Bowie - Hunky Dory 105 - The Doors - L.A. Woman 106 - Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash 107 - Boston - Boston 108 - The Police - Synchronicity 109 - AC/DC - Back In Black 110 - Elton John - Madman Across The Water 111 - Paul Simon - Graceland 112 - Supertramp - Crime Of The Century 113 - Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (1) 114 - The Beatles - Please Please Me 115 - Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out 116 - The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (1) 117 - Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel [3] 118 - Jethro Tull - Aqualung 119 - Supertramp - Breakfast In America 120 - Rush - Permanent Waves (1) 121 - The Rolling Stones - Some Girls 122 - Elvis Costello - Armed Forces 123 - The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Passed 124 - Nirvana - Nevermind 125 - Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection 126 - Pixies - Doolittle 127 - The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man 128 - Joy Division - Closer 129 - Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again 130 - Los Lobos - Kiko 131 - Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps 132 - Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick 133 - Cream - Disraeli Gears 134 - Prince - Purple Rain 135 - XTC - Skylarking 136 - Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 137 - Deep Purple - Machine Head 138 - U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (2) 139 - U2 - War 140 - Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Were Only In It For The Money 141 - Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail 142 - Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights 143 - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs 144 - The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons 145 - Prince - Sign O' The Times 146 - Badfinger - Straight Up 147 - Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever 148 - Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans 149 - Radiohead - The Bends 150 - Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac 151 - Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True 152 - Roxy Music - Avalon 153 - Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours 154 - Jeff Buckley - Grace 155 - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground 156 - Rush - Hemispheres 157 - David Bowie - Low (1) 158 - Crowded House - Woodface 159 - The Moody Blues - In Search Of The Lost Chord 160 - Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die 161 - Yes - Relayer 162 - Ramones - Ramones 163 - The Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 164 - Talking Heads - Fear Of Music 165 - Radiohead - Kid A 166 - Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow 167 - Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms 168 - Bruce Springsteen - The River 169 - The Replacements - Let It Be 170 - Mott The Hoople - Mott 171 - The Beatles - With The Beatles 172 - The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me 173 - Nirvana - In Utero 174 - King Crimson - Red 175 - Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson Presents Smile 176 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid 177 - Santana - Abraxas 178 - Genesis - Foxtrot 179 - Big Star - Radio City 180 - Elvis Costello - Get Happy!! 181 - The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers 182 - Bill Evans Trio - Waltz For Debby 183 - Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road 184 - Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (1) 185 - Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures 186 - Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic 187 - Elton John - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy 188 - Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On 189 - Ramones - Rocket to Russia 190 - The Beatles - Beatles For Sale 191 - Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman 192 - Peter Gabriel - So 193 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy And The Poor Boys 194 - Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority (1) 195 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless 196 - The Stooges - Funhouse (1) 197 - Miles Davis - Bitches Brew 198 - Big Star - #1 Record 199 - The Beatles - Let It Be 200 - Tom Petty - Damn The Torpedoes 201 - Steely Dan - Katy Lied 202 - Jethro Tull - Stand Up 203 - Bob Dylan - Desire 204 - The Allman Brothers Band - Eat A Peach 205 - Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend 206 - Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1) 207 - Frank Sinatra - Songs For Swingin' Lovers! 208 - Brian Eno - Another Green World (1) 209 - David Bowie - Station To Station 210 - Dire Straits - Making Movies 211 - Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska 212 - Van Halen - Van Halen 213 - Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys 214 - Frank Zappa - Hot Rats 215 - Cream - Wheels Of Fire 216 - Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction 217 - Nick Drake - Bryter Layter 218 - Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky 219 - Elvis Costello - King Of America 220 - Dire Straits - Dire Straits 221 - John Coltrane - Giant Steps 222 - Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom 223 - Neil Young - Zuma (1) 224 - Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah-Um 225 - The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday 226 - Tom Petty - Wildflowers 227 - Pearl Jam - Ten 228 - The Doors - Strange Days 229 - The Police - Reggatta De Blanc (1) 230 - The Beach Boys - Today! 231 - Rush - 2112 232 - Jethro Tull - Benefit 233 - Dire Straits - Love Over Gold 234 - Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! 235 - Gene Clark - No Other 236 - Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle 237 - Fleetwood Mac - Then Play on 238 - Billy Joel - The Nylon Curtain 239 - Neil Young - Tonight's The Night 240 - The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card 241 - The Kinks - Face To Face 242 - David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name 243 - Moby Grape - Moby Grape 244 - Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns 245 - The Velvet Underground - Loaded 246 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery 247 - Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill 248 - Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left 249 - Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. 250 - Steely Dan - The Royal ScamAnd here's a link to the original thread ...http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threa...countdown-as-voted-by-you-the-results.168602/Jeff
If I had to listen to that top 250 I think I'd kill myself. There has been some decent music made since 1991, y'know.
I guess this means that deep down I love this forum's canon (except for Dylan) as much as just about anyone else here.
I wouldn't have Who, Kinks, Stones, Dylan, or Beatles on my top 100. To the OP, I enjoyed reading your list even though I might not agree with some of it. I'm glad to see some "left field" choices on there! Thanks for posting!
What a wonderful list. I haven't heard everything, but the sheer amount of great albums from different genres on that list is motivating me to check out everything I haven't heard. Violator, Master of Puppets, and Entroducing on one list =
The forum list clearly shows the median age of the SHF demographic. Having said that, there are some great albums on there. To Synthfreak, I enjoyed reading your list and given your handle name I need to seek out some of the other synth artists on your list.
I own about 28 of the albums on the OP's list.... plus there are several others that are on my "to buy" list, if I can ever find them. I like that his list is so eclectic!
I've got 42 out of that top 100 list. A lot of great choices. Especially good to see Diamond Head in there.
You guys with top 100 lists should join "besteveralbums'. com and post your list. Every list gets collated and added to the master list.. So each person contributes to a total real world summary oftop albums. I have not tried to really make such fine distinctions so I have not made such a list. But I really appreciate folks who do. I seem able to know what to chop off the bottom when dumping stuff.. Maybe I should think What ARE MY top 100? Easiest way for me would be to pull the LPs.. Then sort them out. Say start with my top 200. Just grab all of them. Then start trying to sift them into some order. Give me a few days...
Heaven forbid I really love one of the most loved soundtracks ever recorded in Blade Runner. Sorry 'bout that.