# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/21 "2001-01-25T21:44:55Z")
27 ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/22 "2001-01-25T23:08:28Z")
My number is 34. I won’t bore you with the particulars, but will just say that I own the 34 albums on the list which are actually cool. Heh heh. What annoys me about these lists is that they are always _waaaaaaayyyyy_ too loaded with 60’s albums, and are always far too neglectful of the great albums from the past couple of decades. Damn baby boomers screw up everything, I guess. Even “best album” lists. I’m also disappointed to see the usual Beatle-worship. Where are all the Stones fans? According to my calculations, Sticky Fingers should be rated no lower than number 5. And where are all the R.E.M. fans? Only one entry? Murmur at number 92??? A travesty!!! ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/23 "2001-01-25T23:12:02Z")
Oh yeah, and **U2** ’s best album is War, which didn’t even make the list. Philistines! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/24 "2001-01-25T23:43:26Z")
Thirty seven. But this list bites like a rabid rottweiler. Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew better than Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain? REM Murmur? No Tom Waits? ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/25 "2001-01-26T00:43:50Z")
None. Although I used to own (and lost) one of the Beatles albums. ---
**Author:** ![sulawesi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@sulawesi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sulawesi)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/26 "2001-01-26T02:45:20Z")
Only three: Nirvana - Nevermind Pearl Jam - Ten Radiohead - OK Computer I have since disowned _Nevermind_. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/27 "2001-01-26T02:58:10Z")
I, too, missed Ike by one with 40. I won’t list 'em. Let’s just say that _Private Dancer_ is not one of them. I didn’t think the list was that bad. There were a few pleasant surprises (_OK Computer_) and a few head-scratchers (_Like a Prayer_), along with the deplorable fact that _Born to Run_ was all the way down at #27, despite the fact that it kicks Kurt Cobain’s teen-spirit-smelling ass all around the block. If anything, it just showed how futile it is to make such a list. If I’m just listing my own personal top 10 albums, it would be a different list every week. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/28 "2001-01-26T03:24:00Z")
20: #1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 16, 23, 27, 36, 42, 43, 47, 50, 51, 56, 57, 72, 89 ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/29 "2001-01-26T03:59:56Z")
Zero. And never owned any of them. Harumph. ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/30 "2001-01-26T04:26:03Z")
I own 40: (the ones in bold are those I still listen to on a regular basis) **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, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band** The Beatles, The Beatles (aka The White Album) **Joni Mitchell, Blue My favorite - it’s playing right now** Fleetwood Mac, Rumours **Prince & The Revolution, Purple Rain Public Enemy, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back** Michael Jackson, Thriller Bob Marley & The Wailers, Exodus **Bruce Springsteen, Born To Run** Aretha Franklin, I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) Van Morrison, Moondance James Brown, Sex Machine **Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill** Eagles, Hotel California Prince, 1999 Police, Synchronicity Pink Floyd, Dark Side Of The Moon **Pretenders, Pretenders Parliament, Mothership Connection N.W.A., Straight Outta Compton** U2, Achtung Baby Miles Davis, Kind Of Blue Jeff Buckley, Grace Beastie Boys, Paul’s Boutique James Taylor, Sweet Baby James Pearl Jam, Ten **Derek & The Dominos, Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs** R.E.M, Murmur **Radiohead, OK Computer** Tina Turner, Private Dancer **Liz Phair, Exile In Guyville** Madonna, Like A Prayer I have to agree that they are missing some serious music. And the SNF soundtrack? Yuck. A good number of these are in the attic, where the bad CDs go to think about what they did. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/31 "2001-01-26T04:28:14Z")
Wow, I think I’ve got you all beat with 58. What the hell are these two: Television Marquee Moon, Radiohead OK Computer??? And why did they put in Paul’s Boutique, when it was such a disapointment after Licensed to Ill? And ‘Synchronicity’ over any of the others? Etc. etc. I can’t claim the Michael Jackson, Marvin Gaye or Van Morrison choices as my own; my wife had them pre-Bill. 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 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles The Beatles (aka The White Album) The Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street U2 The Joshua Tree Fleetwood Mac Rumours Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols The Velvet Underground Velvet Underground & Nico Public Enemy It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back Elvis Presley Sun Sessions Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited Michael Jackson Thriller The Clash London Calling Bob Marley & The Wailers Exodus Bruce Springsteen Born To Run Aretha Franklin I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You) Van Morrison Moondance Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water James Brown Sex Machine Guns N’ Roses Appetite For Destruction Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers David Bowie Hunky Dory David Bowie The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust Police Synchronicity Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon Pretenders Pretenders Kraftwerk Trans-Europe Express The Doors The Doors Miles Davis Bitches Brew U2 Achtung Baby Miles Davis Kind Of Blue Al Green Call Me Led Zeppelin Physical Graffitti Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique The Replacements Let It Be James Taylor Sweet Baby James Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold As Love Pearl Jam Ten Elvis Costello My Aim Is True AC/DC Back In Black Paul Simon Graceland Santana Abraxas Cream Disraeli Gears Talking Heads Remain In Light Derek & The Dominos Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs Peter Gabriel So R.E.M Murmur Ray Charles Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music ---
**Author:** ![JosephFinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JosephFinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JosephFinn)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/32 "2001-01-26T05:32:13Z")
They ranked Springsteen’s “Born to Run” above his “Nebraska?” Run is a fun album, but “Nebraska” is the best album of Springsteen’s career. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/33 "2001-01-26T05:48:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bill H. \* > \*\*Wow, I think I’ve got you all beat with 58. > > What the hell are these two: Television Marquee Moon, Radiohead OK Computer??? > \*\* Unlike just about everyone else, I’m not a Radiohead fan, but Television’s **Marquee Moon** is a must-own album. They got lumped in with the early CBGB’s “punk” crowd (Ramones, Dictators, Talking Heads [yeah I know they weren’t punk]), but they were really just a great guitar band. You should check it out. Oh, and I own (or owned) 43. ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/34 "2001-01-26T06:29:14Z")
I owned a few and was happy to see Radiohead on there. They are truely an amazing band. I’m sorry but I have to get this out the Beatles IMO suck so bad. I do not like any of there songs. I know most people are probably think I haven’t given them a chance well that is wrong. I’ve listend to quite a few of their cd’s and I must say it is all garbage to me. But anyways I thought this list was just a bit odd some albums needed to be removed and some added, but that is just my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/35 "2001-01-26T20:17:32Z")
I get 38. I’d concur with **tourbot**. Some of these are not the best work by these artists by a good margin. It’s an odd list. ---
**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 26, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/36 "2001-01-26T22:05:26Z")
Also- qui sont les Replacements? I had never heard of that band, and to me, “Let it Be” was a beatles album/song. Have you guys heard of them? ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/37 "2001-01-26T23:23:29Z")
I own 11 of them and several others that I know longer own: 2 - Nevermind 6 - Rubber Soul 8 - Abbey Road 18 - Purple Rain 37 - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 64 - Bitches Brew 66 - Kind of Blue 74 - Paul’s Boutique 80 - My Aim is True 88 - Remain in Light 94 - OK Computer ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2001, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/38 "2001-01-27T00:02:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoggie \* > \*\*Also- qui sont les Replacements? I had never heard of that band, and to me, “Let it Be” was a beatles album/song. Have you guys heard of them? \*\* **Zoggie** , the Replacements are one of my top 5 favorite bands. They started out semi-punk, but they were just a great rock & roll band. Look for “Unsatisfied” on Napster; it’s probably most people’s favorite song. As far as albums, any of them but the last two ( **Don’t Tell a Soul** and **All Shook Down** ) are awesome. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717/39 "2001-01-27T00:05:08Z")
I know that last post could be read two ways, if you don’t care about punctuation. To clarify: the last two Replacements albums kind of sucked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-top-100-albums-do-you-own/51717.md?page=1)