# My top 100 albums of all time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 8, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049 "2004-02-08T00:12:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kimfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@kimfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimfair)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049/21 "2004-02-08T21:54:00Z")
In my collection (CD’s and vinyl) I have the following: 1. The Stooges - Funhouse 2. The Replacements - Tim 3. Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime 4. The Clash - London Calling 5. Talking Heads - Remain In Light 6. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures 7. The Beatles - Revolver 8. R. E. M. - Murmur 9. Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs & Stories 10. The Replacements - Let It Be 11. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady 12. Television - Marquee Moon 43. Joy Division - Closer 13. Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City 14. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising 15. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 16. The Ramones - Rocket to Russia 17. The Beatles - Rubber Soul 18. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life 19. Joy Division - Substance 20. The Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground 21. Meat Puppets - II 22. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs 23. The Clash - The Clash 24. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat 25. Mekons - Fear And Whiskey 26. The Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers 27. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces 28. XTC - Skylarking I would add lots of Tom Waits (probably Bone Machine, Swordfishtrombone and Franks Wild Years) I would also add more Elvis Costello, mainly Get Happy and This Years Model I would also add more Mekons - Rock and Roll, So Good It Hurts, and Curse of the Mekons I would also add more alt-country including Old 97’s Too Far to Care, The Beat Farmers Tales of the New West, Steve Earle - Train a comin’, The Blood Oranges - Corn River, Todd Snider - (any of his would do), Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne, Son Volt Trace. I would finally add some of The Bevis Frond - mostsly New River Head, and Son of Walter ---
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049/22 "2004-02-08T22:39:11Z")
Kimfair you need to get Pet Sounds it’s very good ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049/23 "2004-02-08T23:10:18Z")
> [@Hodge](#): > > It’s always good to see The Pogues get some recognition. I like Fishbone, but I would probably have chosen _The Reality of my Surroundings_ over _T&S_. And Yoko Kanno is a goddess. I just listened to the first 3 Cowboy Bebop Soundtracks back to back yesterday afternoon and loved every wacky minute of it. Well, _Truth and Soul_ was the first Fishbone album I heard, and I can still, over 20 years later, remember how excited I was hearing it the first time, so it’s still my favorite. The Pogues were my favorite band for years; at one point my top 10 would’ve been filled with Pogues albums, _Surfer Rosa_, and _Revolver_ (the perennial favorites). And I’m always hoping that Yoko Kanno will get more press out here; she really is a genius. Usually I’d say that putting a soundtrack on a best-albums list is a cop-out, but the Cowboy Bebop soundtracks are so brilliant that I have no reservations about it. (The problem is picking only one of them.) There’s another soundtrack she did with Maaya Sakamoto that’s also excellent; unfortunately I only read kana, not kanji, so I don’t know the title and can’t recommend it to anyone. It’s “23 Something no Something Something”. > [@Hodge](#): > > However, I have a bone to pick with Norah Jones. I think she’s one of the most over-rated artists of the decade and her immense popularity sort of baffles me. Granted, she’s a pretty face with a nice voice who plays competent piano and has decent taste in cover tunes but that’s as far as it goes. The undifferentiated production values, and lack of emotional highs or lows in her playing and singing make her debut album fade into a sort of bland audio wallpaper. I just don’t think she has much range. To each his own, of course. (Actually, I expected to get more grief from including the Dave Matthews Band on my list.) I’d been hearing about Norah Jones for a while, but never bothered to get the album – first I heard it was jazz, which really isn’t my thing; then I heard it won a ton of Grammy awards, which usually means it’s unremarkable homogenized pablum; then I saw the album cover and relegated her to the whole crop of young female singer/songwriters – nobody that hot could be genuinely talented. Then a friend of mine let me borrow the album and I listened to it all the way through at work one day and instantly knew that it was one of my favorite records ever. Part of the reason I like it so much is _because_ it’s so “under-produced.” It’s straightforward: just her voice, a spare but interesting arrangement, and as much of her personality as can come through in her choice of songs and covers. Her voice just connects with me at some gut level; she had me at “Seven Years” (the second song on the record). The music is just there for that voice; if her voice doesn’t make you melt (as it does me) then I can see the album being pretty lackluster. > [@Husker Dude](#): > > I like “Alternative Ulster” better than anything The Clash did (with the exception of ‘(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais’) up until ‘London Calling,’ which is just untouchable. > > Nice list SolGrundy, it reminds me of two excellent records that I should’ve included: ‘Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash’ and ‘Astral Weeks.’ I’m sticking with _Combat Rock_ for The Clash. _London Calling_ is competent but predictable, IMO; _Combat Rock_, even though it has this whole “sell-out pop record” stigma attached to it still, is all over the place in what it was trying to do and the types of music they were trying to make. Any record with “Ghetto Defendant” and “Straight to Hell” on it gets instant inclusion on my list. And I’ve never quite understood why _Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash_ is always named as everyone’s favorite Pogues record. It was the first one I’d heard, and it was what got me into the band, but when I first heard _If I Should Fall From Grace With God_ it was like a religious experience. ---
**Author:** ![kimfair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/278dde/32.png) [@kimfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimfair)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049/24 "2004-02-09T01:32:34Z")
> [@The Griffin](#): > > Kimfair you need to get Pet Sounds it’s very good Yeah I’ve been meaning to pick it up, but it’s just one of those things. I know I’ll like it (hell I know I like the songs I already know that’s on it!), but I jsut haven’t picked it up. Mea Culpa! ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049/25 "2004-02-09T04:13:55Z")
my top 100: \*\* 1. The Beatles – (The White Album) 2. Miles Davis – Birth of Cool 3. CSNY – Déjà vu 4. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed 5. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon 6. The Who – Who’s Next 7. The Beatles – Revolver 8. Cream – Fresh Cream 9. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde 10. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust 11. The Doors - The Doors 12. Radiohead – Kid A 13. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique 14. Eric Clapton – Eric Clapton 15. Santana – Santana 16. Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced 17. The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour 18. DJ Shadow - Entroducing 19. Bjork – Debut 20. Massive Attack - Blue Lines 21. Nirvana – Nevermind 22. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV 23. Beastie Boys – License to Ill 24. Fela Kuti – Zombie 25. James Brown – Sex Machine 26. Dr Dre – The Chronic 27. Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt 28. Outkast – Atliens 29. Pink Floyd - The Wall 30. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew 31. Nirvana - In Utero 32. Otis Redding - Otis Blue 33. The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death 34. Michael Jackson – Thriller 35. Bob Marley – Burnin’ 36. Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland 37. Eminem – The Eminem Show 38. Air – Moon Safari 39. The Beatles – Rubber Soul 40. Queen - A Night at the Opera 41. Guns N Roses – Appetite for Destruction 42. The Who - Tommy 43. Massive Attack – Mezzanine 44. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 45. Nightmares on Wax – Carboot Soul 46. Cymande - Cymande 47. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On 48. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 49. Kid Loco – Jesus Life for Children Under 12 Inches 50. Blackalicious - Nia 51. Red Hot Chili Peppers - BloodSugarSexMagik 52. James Brown - In the Jungle Groove 53. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club 54. John Lennon - Imagine 55. Peter Kruder & Richard Dorfmeister – The K&D Sessions 56. Eric B and Rakim – Paid in Full 57. Boozo Bajou – Satta! 58. RJD2 – Dead Ringer 59. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP 60. Elton John - Elton John 61. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 62. Jimi Hendrix – Band of Gypsies 63. Outkast - Stankonia 64. Pearl Jam – Ten 65. Beck – Midnight Vultures 66. The Roots - Phrenology 67. Peace Orchestra – Peace Orchestra 68. Bjork - Post 69. Tosca – Suzuki 70. The Coup – Party Music 71. The Bobby Hughes Experience – Fusa Riot 72. The Who - Quadrophenia 73. Santana - Abraxas 74. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine 75. Gorillaz - Gorillaz 76. Underworld – Dubnobasswithmyheadman 77. Bootsy Collins – Ahh…The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! 78. Nas - Illmatic 79. Prefuse 73 – One Word Extinguisher 80. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II 81. AC/DC - Back in Black 82. The Avalanches – Since I Left You 83. Calypso King & the Soul Investigators – Soul Strike 84. Tupac Shakur – All Eyez On Me 85. Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour of Bewilderbeast 86. Cinematic Orchestra – Man with a Movie Camera 87. Fugees - The Score 88. De La Soul -3 Feet High and Rising 89. Run-DMC - Run-DMC 90. Syrup – Different Flavors 91. The Clash - London Calling 92. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream 93. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die 94. Thievery Corporation – The Mirror Conspiracy 95. U2 - The Joshua Tree 96. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter (The 36 Chambers) 97. Radiohead – OK Computer 98. Hypo - Karaoke A Cappella 99. Iggy Pop – Lust for Life 100. ``` The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground** ``` ---
**Author:** ![Nightime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nightime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightime)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049/26 "2004-02-09T08:13:00Z")
I took about two hours on this, and I’m sure I could rearrange and change it if I took more time, but on the other hand maybe my first impulses are more honest, so here it is: \*\* 1. Radiohead - OK Computer 2. Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers 3. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea 4. Nirvana - In Utero 5. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman’s Call 6. Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight 7. Tim Buckley - Starsailor 8. Nina Simone - Verve Jazz Masters 17 9. Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City 10. Nick Drake - Pink Moon 11. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol II 12. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 13. PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? 14. Slint - Spiderland 15. Radiohead - Kid A 16. Jeff Buckley - Grace 17. The Clash - London Calling 18. Pixies - Surfer Rosa 19. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 20. Cat Power - Moon Pix 21. Husker Du - Zen Arcade 22. Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico 23. Belly - Star 24. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars 25. Bjork - Post 26. Tindersticks - Tindersticks (Debut) 27. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Let Love In 28. Tim Buckley - Morning Glory: The Tim Buckley Anthology 29. Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights 30. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless 31. Pixies - Doolittle 32. Rasputina - Thanks For the Ether 33. Can - Ege Bamyasi 34. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 35. Television - Marquee Moon 36. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks 37. Replacements - Let it Be 38. Smog - Red Apple Falls 39. Amon Tobin - Permutation 40. Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album 41. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - I See A Darkness 42. Breeders - Last Splash 43. Air - Moon Safari 44. The Fall - This Nation’s Saving Grace 45. Cocteau Twins - Treasure 46. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads 47. Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic 48. Boredoms - Super Ae 49. The Beatles - Abbey Road 50. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left 51. Richard and Linda Thompson - Pour Down Like Silver 52. Mu-Ziq - Tango N’ Vectif 53. Beta Band - Three E.P.'s 54. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children 55. Luna - Penthouse 56. Wire - Pink Flag 57. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock 58. Wilco - Summerteeth 59. Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground 60. Radiohead - The Bends 61. Nirvana - Nevermind 62. Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk 63. David Bowie - Low 64. Mercury Rev - Yerself is Steam 65. Mr. Bungle - California 66. Guided By Voices - Under the Bushes, Under the Stars 67. Popol Vuh - Tantric Songs/ Hosianna Mantra 68. Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk At Cubist Castle 69. Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs 70. Shins - Chutes Too Narrow 71. Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island 72. PJ Harvey - Rid of Me 73. Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves 74. Beck - Odelay 75. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space 76. Galaxie 500 - On Fire 77. Sonic Youth - Confusion is Sex/ Kill Yr Idols 78. Tindersticks - Tindersticks II 79. Can - Tago Mago 80. Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See 81. Smog - Knock Knock 82. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream 83. Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy 84. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 85. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs 86. Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do 87. The Clash - The Clash 88. Pixies - Bossanova 89. Husker Du - Warehouse: Songs & Stories 90. Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me 91. PJ Harvey - Dry 92. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin 93. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter 94. R.E.M. - Murmur 95. Orbital - In-Sides 96. Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy 97. Dinosaur Jr - You’re Living All Over Me 98. Nirvana - Bleach 99. Love - Forever Changes 100. Joy Division - Closer \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049/27 "2004-02-09T15:05:42Z")
Some of you guys have _way_ too much time, I can’t do a hundred so here’s ten -one per artist/band, no order and this isn’t really a top 10 I’d have to do research. **Doll by Doll** - Gypsy Blood (yeah I know no-one’s heard of them) **The Soft Boys** - Underwater Moonlight \*\*Pink Floyd \*\* - Animals (tired of WYWH/DSOTM) **Holly Beth Vincent** - Holly and The Italians **Catatonia** - International Velvet (is that the one with horses on the cover?) **The Who** - Who’s next **Prince** - Sign of the Times **Frank Zappa** - Sheik Yerbouti **Steely Dan** - Pretzel Logic **Syd Barrett** - er, the first one, or the second (heck the one with Octopus) **Dude** pretty good list but put the Soft Boys back in dammit. ---
**Author:** ![chorizo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@chorizo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorizo)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049/28 "2004-02-09T20:01:26Z")
I own these: 1. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless 2. H��sker D�� - Zen Arcade 3. The Pixies - Doolittle 4. Wire - Pink Flag 5. The Stooges - Funhouse 6. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (US version) 7. The Replacements - Tim 8. Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime 9. The Clash - London Calling 10. Fugazi - Red Medicine 11. Talking Heads - Remain In Light 12. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted 13. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures 14. The Beatles - Revolver 15. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On 16. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 17. Prince - Purple Rain 18. The Pixies - Surfer Rosa 19. R. E. M. - Murmur 20. H��sker D�� - Warehouse: Songs & Stories 21. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 22. The Replacements - Let It Be 23. Fugazi - Repeater 24. Radiohead - Kid A 25. DJ Shadow - Entroducing 26. Television - Marquee Moon 27. The Stooges - Raw Power 28. The Who - Who’s Next 29. Gang of Four - Entertainment 30. Nas - Illmatic 31. Slint - Spiderland 32. Joy Division - Closer 33. Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City 34. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 35. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights 36. Radiohead - OK Computer 37. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 38. The Ramones - Rocket to Russia 39. Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique 40. The Beatles - Rubber Soul 41. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter (The 36 Chambers) 42. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life 43. Joy Division - Substance 44. The Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground 45. The Pixies - Bossanova 46. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back 47. Meat Puppets - II 48. Drive Like Jehu - Drive Like Jehu 49. The Clash - The Clash 50. The Stooges - The Stooges 51. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat 52. The Constantines - Shine A Light 53. Fugazi - The Argument 54. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life 55. Nick Drake - Pink Moon 56. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces 57. And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes 58. The Pixies - Come On Pilgrim 59. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde 60. XTC - Skylarking 61. Bj��rk - Post 62. The Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin 63. Sugar - Copper Blue 64. Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus Damn, 64 of 'em. The ones I trimmed I either don’t have yet (some random Smiths albums, Palace, Buzzcocks) or haven’t gotten into yet - mostly GBV / Pollard stuff (I haven’t had my epiphany moment yet where I get obsessed with a band). Nothing on the list that I’m unfamiliar with. My list would probably have trimmed Come On Pilgrim, added more Pavement, Misfits, Wilco (Summer Teeth and Being There), Ramones, Sonic Youth (Sister), and Talking Heads (Fear of Music) records, and would have contained: Stevie Wonder - At least Innervisions, probably others Firehose - Flyin’ the Flannel at a minimum, maybe fROMOHIO and If’n De La Soul - At least 3 Feet High and Rising, probably De La Soul is Dead Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out of Something, Lonesome Crowded West Uncle Tupelo - Anyodyne, possibly March 16-20 1993 New Pornographers - Mass Romantic Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters Don Caballero - American Don Wilco and Billy Bragg - Mermaid Avenue (I only, not II) Metallica - Master of Puppets Built To Spill - Keep It Like a Secret A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs Afghan Whigs - Congregation And, of course, some possibles but not likelys: Rancid - And Out Come The Wolves Low - Things We Lost In The Fire Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker Tortoise - Millions Living Now Will Never Die Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet I may have to do this on my own now. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049/29 "2004-02-09T20:20:07Z")
Hmm… I may have to do this. My list would be pretty different from anything posted so far. Maybe tonight. Maybe tomorrow. We’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![hanza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eb8c5e/32.png) [@hanza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hanza)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049/30 "2004-02-09T22:21:14Z")
Wow, it’s freakish how similar **Nightime** , and particularly **Cainxinth’s** list is to mine, though mine is only 50- mainly because my music collection isn’t nearly as big as I’d like. Oh, and I had to include some compilations because they represent some of my favourite artists that I don’t have any other CD’S by- I put them at the end. 1. Marvin Gaye- What’s Goin’ On 2. The Beatles- The White Album 3.Björk- Debut 3. Neil Young- Harvest 4. The Orb- U.F.Orb 5. Jeff Buckley- Grace 6. The Pixies- Dolittle 7. The Clash- The Clash 8. Tom Waits- Blue Valentine 9. Vangelis- Bladerunner Soundtrack 10. Radiohead- The Bends 11. Massive Attack- Blue Lines 12. Goldie- Timeless 13. Bob Marley- Exodus 14. Miles Davis- Kind of Blue 15. De La Soul- 3 Feet High and Rising 16. Tricky- Maximquaye 17. David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust 18. D’ Angelo- Voodoo 19. Tom Waits- Nighthawks at the Diner 20. Tindersticks- Tindersticks 21. Leftfield- Leftism 22. Joni Mitchell- Blue 23. Lemonheads- It’s a Shame About Ray 24. Pulp- Different Class 25. Primal scream- Screamadelica 26. Mos Def- Black on Both Sides 27. Nirvana- Nevermind 28. Cardigans- Life 29. Suzaane Vega- Solitude Standing 30. Tracy Chapman- Tracy Chapman 31. Blur- Parklife 32. Stone Roses- Stone Roses 33. Pearl Jam- Ten 34. Stevie Wonder-Innervisions 35. The Beatles- Revolver 36. The Kinks- The Kinks 37. AC/DC- Back in Black 38. Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream 39. Outkast- Aquemini 40. Macy Gray- On How Life Is 41. Led Zepplin- IV 42. Underworld- 2nd Toughest in the Infants 43. Portishead- Dummy 44. NuYorican Soul- NuYorican Soul … and the compilations… 45. The Sugarcubes- A Collection 46. James Brown- 40th Anniversary Collection 47. Kate Bush- The Whole Story 48. Nat King Cole- 20 Golden Greats 49. Curtis Mayfield- Beautiful Brother. The Essential Curtis Mayfield Thanls for getting me interested in searching out a whole bunch of bands, and re-aquainting myself with a few I haven’t listened to in a while. ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049/31 "2004-02-10T03:39:06Z")
OK, I can’t resist these kinds of threads, but since my son wants to be on daddys lap while I’m typing, I’m gonna limit it to the 40 albums that have been a constant in my life since I’ve heard them. Of course a list like this is subject to change on any different day, but looking over it, I feel pretty good about it.There’s a newer band or two, like the Bellrays, who are gonna be on my playlist for decades to come, and a new-ish album by The Dictators, DFFD, which IMHO is the best album they’ve put out yet, and thats saying a lot, because all their albums are great. The Mudhoney album is a comp, but it’s an essential record if only due to b-sides and rarities, same with the X Anthology. That album is worth buying just for hearing Ray Manzarek’s piano on “Riding With Mary” As for the “Bollocks” being number one, well, as much as its a cliche to say this, it really DID change my life. 1-The Sex Pistols-Never Mind The Bollocks 2-Mudhoney-March To Fuzz 3-The Stooges-Funhouse 4-Alice Cooper Killers or Love It To Death (can’t choose between the two) 5-Dead Boys-Young Loud and Snotty 6–Real Kids-S/T 7-X-Beyond and Back-The X Anthology 8-The Bellrays-Let It Blast 9-Lazy Cowgirls-Tapping The Source 10-The Cramps-Smell Of Female 11-Bad Brains-The ROIR album 12-The Exploited-Lets Start A War…said Maggie One Day 13-The Sonics-Here Are The Sonics 14-Rose Tattoo-S/T 15-Urgh:A Music War soundtrack 16-Fear-The Record 17-Dead Kennedys-Plastic Surgery Diasters 18-The Modern Lovers- S/T (The John Cale Demos) (Rhino) 19-Misfits Walk Among Us 20-Anti Nowhere League-We Are The League 21-The Dickies-Dawn Of The Dickies 22-The Sweet-S/T US debut 23-Black Flag-The First Four Years 24-VA-Songs We Taught The Fuzztones 25-Dead Milkmen-Beelzububba 26-Crucifucks-Our Will Be Done 27-The Meatmen-War Of The Superbikes 28-The Dictators-DFFD 29-VA-Nuggets box 30-B52s-S/T 31-The Avengers-S/T 32-VA-Not So Quiet On The Western Front 33-THe Dickies-Dawn Of The Dickies 34-MDC-Millions Of Dead Cops Lp 35-The Clash-S/T 36-The Damned-Damned Damned Damned 37-They Might Be Giants-Flood 38-Fear-The Record 39-The Fleshtones-Hexbreaker 40-MC5-Back In The USA ---
**Author:** ![Fox\_in\_the\_Snow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/82dd89/32.png) [@Fox\_in\_the\_Snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fox_in_the_Snow)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049/32 "2004-02-10T13:44:04Z")
Hey **Husker Dude** , Good list, Encouraged me to dig out quite a few albums for the first time in ages. So thanks for that. I lack the patience to do one of my own but I do have a couple of questions. Firstly and slightly fectiously No Afghan Whigs? What gives? Secondly, Purple Rain as Prince’s best album, indeed the only one that made the list? I mean it’s great and all but he did better work. Most obviously “Sign o’ the times”. ---
**Author:** ![Dryga\_Yes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Dryga\_Yes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryga_Yes)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049/33 "2004-02-10T16:43:50Z")
I can’t resist lists, so when a thread like this appears I have to make one of my own. I’ve probably left something important out or done some horrible grading blunders here, but I can’t keep polishing this thing forever. 🙂 1. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico 2. Radiohead - OK Computer 3. Gang of Four - Entertainment! 4. Pixies - Doolittle 5. The Clash - London Calling 6. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock 7. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 8. Slint - Spiderland 9. Can - Ege Bamyasi 10. Sonic Youth - Sister 11. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks 12. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 13. Radiohead - Kid A 14. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left 15. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 16. Sonic Youth - Goo 17. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet 18. Minutemen - Double Nickels On the Dime 19. The Beatles - The Beatles [The White Album] 20. Pixies - Surfer Rosa 21. The Stooges - Raw Power 22. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 23. Nick Drake - Pink Moon 24. The Beatles – Abbey Road 25. Radiohead - The Bends 26. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs 27. Can - Future Days 28. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted 29. The Beatles - Revolver 30. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 31. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy 32. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express 33. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People 34. Television - Marquee Moon 35. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter 36. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 37. Belle & Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister 38. Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique 39. Neu! - Neu! (1975) 40. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless 41. The Band - Music from Big Pink 42. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders 43. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out 44. Kraftwerk - Autobahn 45. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat 46. Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece 47. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home 48. Blur – 13 49. The Cure - Faith 50. Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane over the Sea 51. Love - Forever Changes 52. Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets 53. Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes 54. Elliot Smith - Figure 8 55. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising 56. Glenn Branca - The Ascension 57 Elliot Smith - XO 57. The Clash - The Clash 58. Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun 59. Neu! - Neu! (1972) 60. Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun 61. Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I 62. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! 63. The Stooges - Fun House 64. Sonic Youth - EVOL 65. Yo La Tengo - Electr-o-Pura 66. Mission of Burma - Vs. 67. Outkast - Stankonia 68. Magazine - Real Life 69. Public Image Ltd. - Second Edition 70. Primal Scream - Vanishing Point 71. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones 72. The Flaming Lips - Zaireeka 73. Stereolab - Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements 74. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come 75. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited 76. My Bloody Valentine - Isn’t Anything 77. Fugazi - 13 Songs 78. Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4 79. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below 80. Talking Heads - Remain in Light 81. Nas – Illmatic 82. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden 83. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One 84. Max Tundra – Mastered by Guy at the Exchange 85. Philip Glass – The Koyaanisqatsi Soundtrack 86. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 87. Gastr del Sol - Upgrade & Afterlife 88. Belle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress 89. Guided By Voices – Bee Thousand 90. Faust - Faust IV 91. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead 92. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground 93. Slowdive - Pygmalion 94. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada 95. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 96. Prefuse 73 - Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives 97. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die 98. The Residents - Duck Stab 99. Hugo Largo – Drum ---
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> [@Fox in the Snow](#): > > Firstly and slightly fectiously No Afghan Whigs? What gives? > > Secondly, Purple Rain as Prince’s best album, indeed the only one that made the list? I mean it’s great and all but he did better work. Most obviously “Sign o’ the times”. I don’t own any Afghan Whigs albums, just a couple random mp3’s. Which record should I start out with? Your user name reminds me of the fact that I’m really starting to enjoy Belle & Sebastian (‘Tigermilk’ and ‘If You’re Feeling Sinister’), a band that I always found too precious for their own good. I’ve always preferred ‘Purple Rain’ to ‘Sign ‘O’ The Times,’ probably due to the fact that I think that at 80+ minutes it gets a bit tedious, I rarely get the urge to put it on. Actually – with a couple of exceptions – I’ve never been a fan of double albums. That’s a kick ass list **Dryga\_Yes**. I own all of these: > [@Dryga\_Yes](#): > > 1. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico > 2. Radiohead - OK Computer > 3. Gang of Four - Entertainment! > 4. Pixies - Doolittle > 5. The Clash - London Calling > 6. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock > 7. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation > 8. Slint - Spiderland > 9. Can - Ege Bamyasi > 10. Sonic Youth - Sister > 11. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks > 12. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars > 13. Radiohead - Kid A > 14. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds > 15. Sonic Youth - Goo > 16. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet > 17. Minutemen - Double Nickels On the Dime > 18. The Beatles - The Beatles [The White Album] > 19. Pixies - Surfer Rosa > 20. The Stooges - Raw Power > 21. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses > 22. Nick Drake - Pink Moon > 23. The Beatles - Abbey Road > 24. Radiohead - The Bends > 25. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs > 26. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted > 27. The Beatles - Revolver > 28. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain > 29. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy > 30. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express > 31. Television - Marquee Moon > 32. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back > 33. Belle & Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister > 34. Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique > 35. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless > 36. Kraftwerk - Autobahn > 37. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat > 38. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea > 39. Love - Forever Changes > 40. Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets > 41. Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes > 42. Elliot Smith - Figure 8 > 43. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising > 44. Glenn Branca - The Ascension > 57 Elliot Smith - XO > 45. The Clash - The Clash > 46. Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I > 47. The Stooges - Fun House > 48. Mission of Burma - Vs. > 49. Outkast - Stankonia > 50. Magazine - Real Life > 51. Public Image Ltd. - Second Edition > 52. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones > 53. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come > 54. My Bloody Valentine - Isn’t Anything > 55. Fugazi - 13 Songs > 56. Talking Heads - Remain in Light > 57. Nas - Illmatic > 58. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden > 59. Max Tundra - Mastered by Guy at the Exchange > 60. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot > 61. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand > 62. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead > 63. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground > 64. Slowdive - Pygmalion > 65. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band I traded ‘Zaireeka’ for ‘Chief Assassin to the Sinister’ by Three Mile Pilot (recommended by **mouthbreather** ), ‘All Mod Cons’ by The Jam and a soft porn DVD (still sealed!), at the used record store yesterday. I never got around to hooking it up to four different sound systems, so it was just taking up space in my shelf. I asume you’ve tried it? ‘Ege Bamyasi’ has been gathering dust in my ‘in’ pile for a couple of months now, I should probably get around to it soon. I own so much music I haven’t had the time to listen to yet, mostly because of girls and school work. I feel like I’m suffocating. ---
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**Hüsker Düde** What does it say that I know 80% of the bands on your list, but only own two of the cds? (Doolittle and Relationship of Command). It’s not quite a difference in tastes, but it’s…something 🙂 Maybe I should make a list… ---
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> [@Hüsker Düde](#): > > That’s a kick ass list **Dryga\_Yes**. > > I own all of these: [a long list] Thanks a lot. Yours was awesome as well, and I’m probably going to give some of those at the top that haven’t really ‘clicked’ yet some more listens (Built to Spill, Dinosaur Jr.) And this is embarrassing, but after some counting you actually own more of the albums on my list than I do. Unless burned CDs count. > [@Hüsker Düde](#): > > I traded ‘Zaireeka’ for ‘Chief Assassin to the Sinister’ by Three Mile Pilot (recommended by **mouthbreather** ), ‘All Mod Cons’ by The Jam and a soft porn DVD (still sealed!), at the used record store yesterday. I never got around to hooking it up to four different sound systems, so it was just taking up space in my shelf. I asume you’ve tried it? Yes, though only twice. I’m assuming that part of the idea they had is that you have to organise several friends together to listen to it properly with a full ensemble. We were three people who listened at a friend’s house, with his stereo and three boomboxes. I’d listened to it before on a burned CD-R with a downloaded mixdown, and I’d thought that the material was just kind of… weak. Listening really isn’t an experience in the same way unless you do it ‘properly’. You could hear the sound change as you moved around in the room and were closer to the different speakers. Different parts would get oh-so-slightly out of sync. I was surprised that it actually worked and wasn’t just a novelty. The others didn’t like it as much (read: at all), which explains why I’ve only done it twice. I guess that’s the downside of the concept 😛 > [@](#): > > ‘Ege Bamyasi’ has been gathering dust in my ‘in’ pile for a couple of months now, I should probably get around to it soon. I own so much music I haven’t had the time to listen to yet, mostly because of girls and school work. I feel like I’m suffocating. I feel the same way, I keep a list of bands I should check out on a text file on my desktop, and it grows faster than I can deal with it. You really should check out Ege Bamyasi, I fell in love with it after hearing like thirty seconds of the first track. ---
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[QUOTE=Hüsker Düde] I don’t own any Afghan Whigs albums, just a couple random mp3’s. Which record should I start out with? Your user name reminds me of the fact that I’m really starting to enjoy Belle & Sebastian (‘Tigermilk’ and ‘If You’re Feeling Sinister’), a band that I always found too precious for their own good. [quote] With regards to the Afghan Whigs, I think someone mentioned “Congregation” above which is a good call, However their masterwork is probably “Gentlemen”. It’s certainly a decent place to start. Although if you can find any of the many covers they did, they are well worth downloading. There’s one of “When Doves Cry” that’s just amazing. As for Belle and Sebastian, Well I love 'em to bits but I live in the West end of Glasgow, I go to the same bars as they do so It’s kinda hard for me to be objective. It’s pretty much the soundtrack to my life y’ken? I would recommend trying to get hold of the Lazy line painter Jane 3 EP set, there’s a lot of great stuff on there. > [@](#): > > I’ve always preferred ‘Purple Rain’ to ‘Sign ‘O’ The Times,’ probably due to the fact that I think that at 80+ minutes it gets a bit tedious, I rarely get the urge to put it on. Actually – with a couple of exceptions – I’ve never been a fan of double albums. Well each to his own of course. For myself there’s no such thing as too much Prince so “Sign o’ the times” is just heaven. I would agree with you that double albums aren’t generally much cop. For my money ‘…times’ and London Calling are probably the only great ones. ---
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re: the afgahn whigs “congregation” and “gentlemen” are both kickass. I probably like gentlemen a little more, but only because it was the soundtrack to a summer of heartache for me. (everybody go “awwww” now. :rolleyes: ) I always thought that Greg Dulli and PJ Harvey should date and have a very bitter breakup to see who could write the better resulting album. Anyway, both albums are very much worth checking out. ---
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I did a list like this a few years ago… it was interesting to revisit those albums and see what had dropped out and what had moved up. This is my new list… a couple of caveat’s though: 1. There was no way I could put them in any order other than alphabetical. Although today, **The Rezillos** album would top the list. 2. I only listed one album per band, and no “Greatest Hits”, Live or compilations… 3. Some of this is pretty regional listening… you’d probably have to be Canadian (and/or from the Pacific Northwest) to have had any chance of hearing a couple of the albums here. AC/DC - Back in Black Agent Orange - Living in Darkness Asylum Street Spankers - Spanker Madness Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire - The Swimming Hour B-52’s - Wild Planet The Barracudas - Drop Out With… The Beatles - Revolver Big Star - #1 Record Black Flag - Damaged Black Sabbath - Paranoid Blondie - Eat To The Beat The Breeders - Last Splash Bughouse Five - Dark Days Passing The Buzzcocks - Love Bites Calexico - The Black Light Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come The Clash - The Clash Elvis Costello - My Aim is True The Cramps - Psychedelic Jungle Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette The Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables Deja Voodoo - Too Cool To Live, Too Smart To Die Detroit Cobras - Life, Love and Leaving Devo - Are We Not Men? We Are Devo The Dik Van Dykes - Nobody Likes… Dinosaur Jr. - Bug Dirtbombs - Ultraglide in Black The English Beat - I Just Can’t Stop It The Fastbacks - … and His Orchestra The Flamin’ Groovies - Shake Some Action The Fleshtones - Solid Gold Sound Flipper - Generic Flipper The Forgotten Rebels - This Ain’t Hollywood Freakwater - Old Paint The Fugs - The Fugs First Album The Handsome Family - Through The Trees The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? Husker Du - New Day Rising Joe Jackson - Look Sharp! King Crimson - Discipline The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies Kiss - Destroyer The Knitters - Poor Little Critter On The Road Love - Forever Changes The Lyres - AHS: 1005 Man… or Astroman? - A Spectrum Of Infinite Scale The Meat Puppets - II The Meat Purveyors - More Songs About Buildings And Cows The Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers Motorhead - Ace Of Spades Mudhoney - Superfuzz Big Muff Negativland - Escape From Noise Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Nomeansno - Wrong The Now Time Delegation - Watch For Today The Old 97’s - Wreck Your Life Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn The Pixies - Surfer Rosa The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and The Lash The Pretenders - The Pretenders The Pretty Things - Get The Picture? Radio Birdman - Radios Appear Ramones - Road To Ruin Redd Kross - Neurotica The Replacements - Let It Be The Rezillos - Can’t Stand The… The Rolling Stones - England’s Newest Hitmakers Gil Scott-Heron - Reflections The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics Son Volt - Trace The Sadies - Tremendous Efforts The Saints - I’m Stranded The Sights - Got What We Want The Specials - The Specials Split Lip Rayfield - Never Make It Home Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material The Stooges - Funhouse The Stranglers - IV Sublime - 40 oz. To Freedom The Supersuckers - Must Have Been High Sweet - Desolation Boulevard Talking Heads - '77 20 Miles - Keep It Coming UIC - Our Garage Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone The Undertones - Hypnotised The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones Wall of Voodoo - Dark Continent Gillian Welch - Hell Among The Yearlings Jim White - The Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted Wrong-Eyed Jesus Wilco - A.M. X - More Fun In The New World The Young Fresh Fellows - The Men Who Loved Music Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - We’re Only In It For The Money There are some, mostly 50’s artists, who I am only familiar with thorough “greatest hits” or live albums, but they should be mentioned, just on principle: Chuck Berry, The Coasters, Johnny Cash, Wanda Jackson, Gene Vincent, Hank Williams, Link Wray ---
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Holy shit, but this is hard work. I’ve got the list of 100, but I still have to rank them. It ain’t easy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-top-100-albums-of-all-time/228049.md?page=3)