# How many top 100 albums do you own? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 25, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717 "2001-01-25T14:19:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/1 "2001-01-25T14:19:32Z")
I’ve watched most of the VH1 list of top 100 albums ever and then came to realise that I only owned two! AC/DC’s Back in Black and Guns N Roses’ Appetite for Destruction. The list can be found at [VH! Top 100](http://www.vh1.com/insidevh1/shows/100greatestlist/albums_list.jhtml) so how many do **you** own? I guess you can have bragging rights for owning the most! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/2 "2001-01-25T14:27:16Z")
Seven. Most of which I bought over 20 years ago, back in high school. Nice to see that my musical tastes have matured from “the best” to “not the best”. The Who - Who’s next Joni Mitchell - Blue Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water Carole King - Tapestry Police - Synchronicity Pink Floyd - DSOTM Peter Gabriel - So ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/3 "2001-01-25T14:29:42Z")
At one time or another, I _have owned_ 13 of them. I currently own 3. Pretty crappy list, IMHO. No **Rush**??? How can this be??? ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/4 "2001-01-25T14:34:15Z")
Seventeen that I either own or have owned. -Nevermind -Abbey Road -Sgt. Pepper -White Album -Who’s Next -Joshua Tree -Thriller -Born to Run -Bridge Over Troubled Water -Hotel California -Appetite for Destruction -Synchronicity -Dark Side of the Moon -Darkness at the Edge of Town -Ten -Graceland -Quadraphenia Many were bought in my high school days when I worked as a DJ at a local station. Of the above, only nine are CDs, the rest are either vinyl or cassette. ---
**Author:** ![Scarred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@Scarred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarred)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/5 "2001-01-25T14:47:35Z")
I knew there was a problem when I heard that Britney Spears was asked to vote on this list… I own all 100 of Scarred’s Top 100 Albums. As for VH1, I own 9. My list has an entry for XTC, which is sorely lacking by the clowns at VH1. Not enough Liz Phairs in the world. ---
**Author:** ![tourbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@tourbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tourbot)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/6 "2001-01-25T14:50:13Z")
What a bizzare list. Several selections aren’t even the best or most significant work of that artist, by a long shot. Saturday Night Fever? Syncronicity?? I own or have owned 11 of these albums, some on vinyl which I can no longer play but just don’t have the heart to throw away. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/7 "2001-01-25T14:56:45Z")
I didn’t do too badly based on VH1’s list. (BTW, Scarred, I envy you for owning all 100 of your top 100 albums. I wish I did but I’ve had too many stolen or destroyed over the years. sigh.) 30 of VH1’s albums I either currently own or I owned them in the past and did not give them up voluntarily. **Still Own:** Nirvana - Nevermind U2 - The Joshua Tree Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols The Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico The Clash - London Calling Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust Police - Synchronicity Pretenders - Pretenders Ramones - Ramones Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever The Stooges - Raw Power Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique The Replacements - Let It Be Pearl Jam - Ten AC/DC - Back In Black Cream - Disraeli Gears Peter Gabriel - So R.E.M - Murmur **Used to Own:** The Beatles – Revolver Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain Michael Jackson - Thriller Patti Smith - Horses Eagles - Hotel California David Bowie - Hunky Dory Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon The Doors - The Doors Television - Marquee Moon The Who – Tommy Fleetwood Mac - Rumours ---
**Author:** ![RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/8 "2001-01-25T15:11:31Z")
I own two, how un-punk-rock of me. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/9 "2001-01-25T15:44:20Z")
**Owned at one point:** Nirvana – Nevermind Sex Pistols --Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back The Clash – London Calling N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton Miles Davis – Bitches Brew Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique The Replacements – Let It Be **Currently own:** Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue Radiohead – OK Computer Only 2. Hmm. And, I imagine anytime a list like this is generated, it’s going to piss some people off. But including **LIZ** f-ing **PHAIR** in the top 100 of all time? Give me a break. :rolleyes: (I wish I could make the little rolleyes guy much bigger in this case) ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/10 "2001-01-25T16:22:01Z")
I’ve got 16 of them: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles (aka The White Album) The Who - Who’s Next Fleetwood Mac - Rumours The Clash - London Calling Van Morrison - Moondance Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon U2 - Achtung Baby Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffitti AC/DC - Back In Black Cream - Disraeli Gears The Who - Tommy Radiohead - OK Computer ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/11 "2001-01-25T16:36:43Z")
How fucking embarrassing. I have FORTY-ONE of the hundred in my house. Some were bought by my wife before we got together, many are only on vinyl, and haven’t been listened to since college or so. Basically ALL the Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Springsteen, Simon & Garf, Who, Van Morrison, David Bowie, and Hendrix albums cited, plus Beach Boys; PET SOUNDS Joni Mitchell; BLUE Sex Pistols; NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS Velvet Underground; VU & NICO Clash; LONDON CALLING Pretenders; PRETENDERS Allman Bros; LIVE AT FILLMORE EAST Doors; THE DOORS CSN&Y: DEJA VU Miles Davis; KIND OF BLUE Replacements; LET IT BE Cream; DISRAELI GEARS Derek & Dominoes; LAYLA REM: MURMUR Weird. I don’t consider my rock/pop collection to be anywhere near as comprehensive as my jazz or classical. ---
**Author:** ![Cap\_n\_Morgan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/db5fbb/32.png) [@Cap\_n\_Morgan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Morgan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/12 "2001-01-25T16:39:36Z")
I currently own 17 of the albums, and I really don’t feel like naming them all. However, I will suggest that everyone picks up Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” (number 73 on the list, I believe). It’s an AMAZING album, and he’s got the greatest voice I’ve ever heard, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/13 "2001-01-25T16:39:42Z")
19 of 'em. Most on vinyl which never get played, unfortunately. Abbey Road Sgt. Pepper Thw White Album Rumours Born to Run Bridge Over Troubled Water Hotel California Tapestry Led Zeppelin I, II, and Physical Graffiti Dark Side of the Moon Sat Night Fever The Doors Sweet Baby James Back in Black Quadrophenia Tommy Disraeli Gears ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/14 "2001-01-25T16:43:44Z")
It IS a pretty crummy list, too. Is the Elvis the ONLY pre-1965 material? I’m saddened but not surprised that the entire San Francisco acid-rock movement was summarily ignored, but The Band didn’t make it at ALL? Wow. It wasn’t all that long ago that the Brown Album, at least, was hitting top TEN lists. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/15 "2001-01-25T16:44:46Z")
You Bastard! Do you know what kind of heart-ache you’re dredging up here? All of my LPs are gone due to The Great Yard-Sale of '99, and alot of my CD’s got lost in a cross-country move. \ Here is my list (the CDs I still have with an asterisk) **35 - Total 6 - Still Own** The Beatles - Revolver Nirvana - Nevermind \*\*\*\*\* Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? The Beatles - Rubber Soul The Beatles - Abbey Road Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles - The Beatles (aka The White Album) \*\*\*\*\* Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols \*\*\*\*\* The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed The Clash - London Calling Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run Patti Smith - Horses \*\*\*\*\* Eagles - Hotel California Carole King - Tapestry Guns N’ Roses - Appetite For Destruction \*\*\*\*\* Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust \*\*\*\*\* Police - Synchronicity Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon Pretenders - Pretenders Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Déjà Vu Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffitti Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love Pearl Jam - Ten AC/DC - Back In Black Cream - Disraeli Gears Peter Gabriel - So Jackson Five - ABC ---
**Author:** ![Biffer\_Spice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@Biffer\_Spice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffer_Spice)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/16 "2001-01-25T16:52:51Z")
36, and I’m proud to say that the B52’s isn’t one of them. One of the 100 greatest albums of all time. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/17 "2001-01-25T17:09:48Z")
Wow. I’m actually surprised at how many of these I own. I missed **Ike’s** record by one. Here they are: 1. The Beatles: Revolver 2. Nirvana: Nevermind 3. Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On 4. Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are You Experienced? 5. The Beatles: Rubber Soul 6. The Beatles: Abbey Road 7. The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 8. The Beatles: The Beatles (aka The White Album) 9. The Who: Who’s Next 10. Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols 11. The Velvet Underground: Velvet Underground & Nico 12. Public Enemy: It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back 13. Elvis Presley: Sun Sessions 14. Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited 15. The Clash: London Calling 16. Patti Smith: Horses 17. Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water 18. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin 19. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin II 20. David Bowie: Hunky Dory 21. David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust 22. Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon 23. Ramones: Ramones 24. Parliament: Mothership Connection 25. Kraftwerk: Trans-Europe Express 26. The Doors: The Doors 27. Crosby Stills Nash & Young: Déjà Vu 28. Curtis Mayfield: Superfly 29. The Stooges: Raw Power 30. Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffitti 31. Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland 32. Beastie Boys: Paul’s Boutique 33. The Who: Quadrophenia 34. Cream: Disraeli Gears 35. Talking Heads: Remain In Light 36. The Who: Tommy 37. Peter Gabriel: So 38. R.E.M: Murmur 39. Ray Charles: Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music 40. The B-52s: The B-52s Maybe not so surprisingly, only a handful are still on my regular-rotation playlist (Stooges, Ramones, Elvis). And, yeah, _my_ top 100 would be substantially different. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/18 "2001-01-25T17:21:22Z")
Twelve. i have all the rolling stones ones, with the exception of Exile on Main Street. Perhaps I should take that as a hint? Not bad. Still, I’m PO-ed that they left off Aftermath, Scary Monsters, Pearl, Led Zeppelin IV, Bat out of Hell…and Nevermind as number TWO?! Nooo!! Anyway. VH1 has never dictated its tastes to me. Directly, at least. Okay here’s what I do own: Let it Bleed Sticky Fingers Beggar’s Banquet Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust Dusty in Memphis Appetite for Destruction The Doors (technically, its my parents…) Dark Side of the Moon (again, technically I don’t own it…) Nevermind Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band The White Album Who’s Next ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/19 "2001-01-25T18:20:55Z")
I have 47, some I’ve got on both vinyl and CD Either that means I have good taste in music, or my tastes are pretty mediocre and middle of the road. Probably the latter. The Beatles-Revolver Nirvana-Nevermind Marvin Gaye-What’s Going On Jimi Hendrix Experience-Are You Experienced? The Beatles-Rubber Soul Stevie Wonder-Songs In The Key Of Life The Beatles-Abbey Road Bob Dylan-Blonde On Blonde The Beatles-The Beatles (aka The White Album) The Rolling Stones-Exile On Main Street The Who-Who’s Next U2-The Joshua Tree Fleetwood Mac-Rumours Prince & The Revolution-Purple Rain Michael Jackson-Thriller The Rolling Stones-Let It Bleed Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run Bob Dylan-Blood On The Tracks Van Morrison-Moondance Prince-Sign O’ The Times Lauryn Hill-The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill Eagles-Hotel California Carole King-Tapestry Guns N’ Roses-Appetite For Destruction Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin II The Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers David Bowie-The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust Prince-1999 Police-Synchronicity Pink Floyd-Dark Side Of The Moon Pretenders-Pretenders The Doors-The Doors U2-Achtung Baby Led Zeppelin-Physical Graffitti Jimi Hendrix Experience-Electric Ladyland Jeff Buckley-Grace Pearl Jam-Ten Elvis Costello-My Aim Is True Paul Simon-Graceland The Who-Quadrophenia Derek & The Dominos-Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs The Who-Tommy Peter Gabriel-So R.E.M-Murmur Tina Turner-Private Dancer Madonna-Like A Prayer Some artists/albums I like that never made the list… Matthew Sweet-Girlfriend Freedy Johnson-This perfect world.The title song is probably the creepiest song ever. I shudder every time I hear"You oughta see your face" Annie Lennox-solo or as Eurthymics Dave Matthews-Crash Frank Zappa-Apostrophe Beatles-Hard days night Framptom comes alive–this was a must in the 70’s I’m trying to forget about some of the other LP’d I’ve bought…Men at work, Asia,ZZ Top, Huey Lewis and the News,Rod Stewart :shudder: ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/20 "2001-01-25T19:06:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biffer Spice \* > \*\*36, and I’m proud to say that the B52’s isn’t one of them. One of the 100 greatest albums of all time. :rolleyes: \*\* Dude! The b-52s rule! I have a pretty decent number of those albums. All the Bowie, Zeppelin, Van Morrison, U2, Springsteen, Beatles, and Dylan ones. Also Grace, The Doors, Murmer, My Aim is True., Raw Power, Horses, Who’s Next, Bridge Over Troubled Water, London Calling, Disreali Gears, The Ramones, Tapestry, and I’m sure a couple others I’m missing. It blew my mind that Zeppelin IV wasn’t on the list. Not only is it an awesome album, but it’s also an overrated album. And I was a little upset by the small number of pre-Beatles bands on the list. Other than that, I think this was probably the best list VH1’s done. The Greatest Artists was just insane (Van Halen above The Ramones, the Talking Heads, and Simon and Garfunkle?), and the 100 songs was just an excuse to suck up to the Beatles and the Stones. The 100 Women was allright, but the top five seemed a little off to me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717.md?page=2)