TOP ALBUMS [04/2015]
I was asked/ordered/threatened to name my top albums - when asked
about how many, I was told about 150 is sufficient. So since I had to do
tis list anyway, here's my top 150 albums in as close to an order as I
could get. Remember these are MY favorites, not my most essential or
anything like that.
1.
Revolver – The Beatles
2.
Rubber Soul – The Beatles
3.
Let It Bleed – The Rolling Stones
4.
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
5.
After Bathing At Baxter’s – Jefferson Airplane
6.
Panorama – The Cars
7.
The Cars – The Cars
8.
Rocks – Aerosmith
9.
Amorica – The Black Crowes
10.
For What I Don’t Become – Glossary
11.
Stay Positive – The Hold Steady
12.
Here’s To Shutting Up – Superchunk
13.
Stereo / Mono – Paul Westerberg
14.
Being There – Wilco
15.
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band – John Lennon
16.
Stranger’s Almanac – Whiskeytown
17.
London Calling – The Clash
18.
Friday Night Is Killing Me – Bash & Pop
19.
Marquee Moon – Television
20.
Tones – Eric Johnson
21.
Burgers – Hot Tuna
22.
Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan
23.
Sticky Fingers – The Rolling Stones
24.
Paranoid – Black Sabbath
25.
Led Zeppein III – Led Zeppelin
26.
Badmotorfinger – Soudgarden
27.
Love It To Life – Jesse Malin & the St. Mark’s
Social
28.
Out of the Blue – Electric Light Orchestra
29.
Madman Across the Water – Elton John
30.
Toys In the Attic – Aerosmith
31.
Real Animal – Alejandro Escovedo
32.
The Better Angels Of Our Nature – Glossary
33.
Superstar Car Wash – The Goo Goo Dolls
34.
Shake It Up – The Cars
35.
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
36.
Spring Session M – Missing Persons
37.
Zappa In New York – Frank Zappa
38.
Killer – Alice Cooper
39.
Blueprint – Rory Gallagher
40.
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Neil Young
with Crazy Horse
41.
The Basement Tapes – Bob Dylan and the Band
42.
The Doors – The Doors
43.
What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye
44.
Pleased To Meet Me – The Replacements
45.
Life’s Rich Pageant – R.E.M.
46.
More Fun In the New World – X
47.
Talk Is Cheap – Keith Richards
48.
A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles
49.
Changesonebowie – David Bowie
50.
Rides Again – The James Gang
51.
Physical Graffiiti – Led Zeppelin
52.
A Night At the Opera – Queen
53.
Dark Side Of the Moon – Pink Floyd
54.
Teeth Dreams – The Hold Steady
55.
Oh Mercy – Bob Dylan
56.
Time – Electric Light Orchestra
57.
Learning To Crawl – The Pretenders
58.
So – Peter Gabriel
59.
The Best of B.T.O. – Bachman Turner Overdrive
60.
Who’s Next – The Who
61.
Beggar’s Banquet – The Rolling Stones
62.
The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & the
Spiders From Mars – David Bowie
63.
Don’t Tell A Soul – The Replacements
64.
All Shook Down – The Replacements
65.
Sign O’ the Times – Prince
66.
Exile On Main Street – The Rolling Stones
67.
Izzy Stradlin & the Juju Hounds - Izzy
Stradlin & the Juju Hounds
68.
Harvest – Neil Young
69.
Utopia - Utopia
70.
Live at the Whiskey A Go-Go On the Fabulous
Sunset Strip – X
71.
Highway To Hell – AC/DC
72.
Back In Black – AC/DC
73.
One Size Fits All – Frank Zappa & the
Mothers
74.
The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion –
The Black Crowes
75.
Specter At the Feast – Black Rebel Motorcycle
Club
76.
A Boy Named Goo – The Goo Goo Dolls
77.
Town & Country – The Rave Ups
78.
L.A. Woman – The Doors
79.
Blood On the Tracks – Bob Dylan
80.
A New World Record – Electric Light Orchestra
81.
Hunky Dory – David Bowie
82.
Get Happy! – Elvis Costello & the
Attractions
83.
Walls And Bridges – john Lennon
84.
Imagine – John Lennon
85.
Pictures At Eleven – Robert Plant
86.
Carney – Leon Russell
87.
Don’t Say No – Billy Squier
88.
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – Black Sabbath
89.
Fireball – Deep Purple
90.
The Royal Scam – Steely Dan
91.
Pendulum – Creedence Clearwater Revival
92.
Bloodletting – Concrete Blonde
93.
Gold – Ryan Adams
94.
Loose Salute - Michael Nesmith & the First
National Band
95.
Magnetic South - Michael Nesmith & the First
National Band
96.
Beattitude – Ric Ocasek
97.
Anodyne – Uncle Tupelo
98.
Boys And Girls – Alabama Shakes
99.
The Hurting – Tears For Fears
100.
Dirt – Alice In Chains
101.
Superunknown – Soundgarden
102.
Here’s Where the Strings Come In – Superchunk
103.
Abbey Road – The Beatles
104.
American Beauty – The Grateful Dead
105.
Déjà vu – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
106.
Sgt, Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles
107.
December’s Children [And Everybody’s] – The Rolling
Stones
108.
All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes – Pete Townshend
109.
Darkness On the Edge Of Town – Bruce Springsteen
& the E Street Band
110.
Night Moves – Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet
Band
111.
Ah Via Musicom – Eric Johnson
112.
Black Moses – Isaac Hayes
113.
Are You Experienced? – The Jimi Hendrix
Experience
114.
The Pretenders – The Pretenders
115.
Raw Power – Iggy And the Stooges
116.
Chasing After Ghosts… Living with Shadows –
Hammock
117.
Maybe Tomorrow the Will Sing For Us – Hammock
118.
Sabotage – Black Sabbath
119.
Out Of the Cradle – Lindsey Buckingham
120.
Greatest Hits – Sly & the Family Stone
121.
New York – Lou Reed
122.
Rebel Yell – Billy Idol
123.
Lone Justice – Lone Justice
124.
State Of Our Union – The Long Ryders
125.
John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
126.
The Stranger – Billy Joel
127.
The Georgia Satelites - The Georgia Satelites
128.
Modern Times – Jefferson Starship
129.
Alive! – Kiss
130.
Second Helping – Lynyrd Skynyrd
131.
Graceland – Paul Simon
132.
Songs For Drella – Lou Reed & John Cale
133.
Down On the Upside – Soundgarden
134.
Green Thoughts – The Smithereens
135.
Love Songs For the Hearing Impaired – Dan Baird
136.
Ritual De Lo Habitual – Jane’s Addiction
137.
Appetitie For Destruction – Guns N’ Roses
138.
Reckoning – R.E.M.
139.
Apostrophe – Frank Zappa
140.
Over-Nite Sensation – Frank Zappa & the
Mothers
141.
Glass Houses – Billy Joel
142.
Live Bullet – Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet
Band
143.
So What – Joe Walsh
144.
Document – R.E.M.
145.
14 Songs – Paul Westerberg
146.
Every Picture Tells A Story – Rod Stewart
147.
Viva Terlingua – Jerry Jeff Walker
148.
Abraxas - Santana
149.
The B-52s – The B-52s
150. Cosmo's Factory - Creedence Clearwater Revival
