# Top 100 Favorite Albums **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 6, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-favorite-albums/394859 "2007-03-06T21:25:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [March 6, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-favorite-albums/394859/1 "2007-03-06T21:25:33Z")
Because I really can’t pick just [ten](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=411062). I went with CD releases, rather than original album releases, mainly so I could stick in CDs where 2 great albums were fit onto one CD (Big Star, The dB’s). I also wasn’t a snob about box sets or compilations, though I tried to stay away from them as much as possible. I did limit myself to one album per artist, though, just to keep it interesting. I tried to be honest and pick the stuff I actually listen to with pleasure the most often. There are plenty of albums I like - Pavement’s _Slanted & Enchanted_, Aphex Twin’s _Richard D. James_ album, Blonde Redhead’s stuff, The Silver Apples’ first 2 albums (also together on 1 CD), Pulp’s _Different Class_ - that are more mood music for me, and plenty of artists I theoretically _should_ enjoy a lot more than I actually do - Nirvana, Neil Young, Modest Mouse. So here is my list, which I’m sure I will realize I made mistakes in, and hopefully more of you will post your own: 1. Air – Moon Safari 2. Asobi Seksu - Citrus 3. Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs/Barrett 4. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds 5. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique 6. The Beatles – Revolver 7. Beck - Odelay 8. Belle & Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister 9. Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City 10. David Bowie - Low 11. Billy Bragg – Talking With The Taxman About Poetry 12. James Brown – Star Time 13. Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady 14. Cinerama – Va Va Voom 15. The Clash – The Clash 16. Elvis Costello & The Attractions – This Year’s Model 17. Marshall Crenshaw – Marshall Crenshaw 18. Crowded House – Crowded House 19. The dB’s – Stands For Decibels/Repercussion 20. De La Soul – 3 Feet High And Rising 21. DJ Shadow – Endtroducing… 22. Nick Drake – Bryter Later 23. The English Beat – I Just Can’t Stop It 24. Brian Eno – Another Green World 25. The Feelies – Crazy Rhythms 26. Fishbone – Truth & Soul 27. Funkadelic – Motor City Madness: The Ultimate Collection 28. Gang Of Four – Entertainment! 29. The Go-Betweens – 16 Lovers Lane 30. The Go-Go’s – Beauty & The Beat 31. Handsome Boy Modeling School – So…How’s Your Girl? 32. Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Element Of Light 33. Buddy Holly – The Buddy Holly Collection 34. Hoodoo Gurus – Stoneage Romeos 35. The Housemartins – London 0, Hull 4 36. Husker Du – Zen Arcade 37. The Jam – Sound Affects 38. The Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy 39. Joy Division – Closer 40. The Kinks – The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society 41. Kraftwerk – The Man-Machine 42. The La’s – The La’s 43. Nick Lowe – Jesus Of Cool 44. The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs 45. Meat Puppets – Up On The Sun 46. The Mekons – Mekons Rock ‘n’ Roll 47. Minutemen – Double Nickels on The Dime 48. Bob Mould – Workbook 49. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless 50. New Order – Substance 51. Outkast - Stankonia 52. Parliament – Tear The Roof Off 1974-1980 53. Pere Ubu – The Tenement Year 54. Pet Shop Boys - Actually 55. Pixies – Surfer Rosa 56. The Pogues – Rum, Sodomy & The Lash 57. Portishead - Portishead 58. The Pretenders – The Pretenders 59. Prince – Sign O’ The Times 60. The Psychedelic Furs – Talk Talk Talk 61. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back 62. Public Image Ltd. – Metal Box 63. Queen – Sheer Heart Attack 64. Ramones – Rocket To Russia 65. Otis Redding – Otis!: The Definitive Otis Redding 66. R.E.M. – Murmur 67. The Replacements - Tim 68. Sleater-Kinney – All Hands On The Bad One 69. Sly & The Family Stone – The Essential Sly & The Family Stone 70. The Smiths – Louder Than Bombs 71. The Soft Boys – The Soft Boys 72. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation 73. The Specials – The Specials 74. Spiritualized – Ladies And Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space 75. Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup 76. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses 77. The Stooges – Fun House 78. Sugar – Copper Blue 79. Talking Heads – Remain In Light 80. Television – Marquee Moon 81. They Might Be Giants - Lincoln 82. U2 – The Joshua Tree 83. The Undertones – The Undertones 84. Various Artists – Beg, Scream & Shout! The Big Ol’ Box of 60s Soul 85. Various Artists – Can You Dig It? The 70s Soul Experience 86. Various Artists – The Complete Stax/Volt Singles 1959-1968 87. Various Artists – Loud, Fast and Out Of Control 88. Various Artists – No Thanks! The 70s Punk Rebellion 89. Various Artists – Nuggets: Orignial Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 90. Various Artists - Nuggets II – Original Artfacts from the British Empire & Beyond 91. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground & Nico 92. Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes 93. The Who – Sell Out 94. Wire – Pink Flag 95. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions 96. X – Wild Gift 97. X\_Ray Spex – Germfree Adolescents 98. XTC – Skylarking 99. Yaz – Upstairs At Eric’s 100. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One ---
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Oh, come on! I know I’m not the only music geek here. You don’t have to limit yourselves to one album per artist or just rock/pop. I’m sure the members of the Dope can come up with some better lists than _Time_ or _Rolling Stone_. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-favorite-albums/394859/3 "2007-03-07T03:18:02Z")
Oh, all right then. A hundred, eh? Do box sets count as one, or as however many discs are in the set? 1. The Beatles - Please Please Me 2. The Beatles - With The Beatles 3. The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night 4. The Beatles - Beatles For Sale 5. The Beatles - Help! 6. The Beatles - Rubber Soul 7. The Beatles - Revolver 8. The Beatles - A Collection Of Beatle Oldies 9. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 10. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour 11. The Beatles - s/t 12. The Beatles - Yellow Submarine 13. The Beatles - Abbey Road 14. The Beatles - Let It Be Got them out of the way. Now I’ll use my database as a reference. 1. Bryan Adams - Reckless 2. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Anthology 3. Bad Company - s/t 4. Badfinger - No Dice 5. The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile / Wild Honey 6. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 7. The Beach Boys - Made In USA 8. The Beach Boys - Smile (bootleg) 9. Jeff Beck - Truth 10. Chuck Berry - The Chess Box or The Great Twenty-Eight 11. Victor Borge - Live! (comprised of “Comedy In Music” and most of “Caught In The Act”) 12. Boston - s/t 13. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 14. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside 15. Kate Bush - Lionheart 16. Kate Bush - Never For Ever 17. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love 18. George Carlin - Class Clown 19. The Cars - s/t 20. Harry Chapin - Greatest Stories Live 21. Ray Charles - The Very Best Of 22. Cheech & Chong - Big Bambu 23. Chicago V 24. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies 25. Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare 26. Bill Cosby - To My Brother Russell, Whom I Slept With 27. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo’s Factory 28. Tim Curry - Fearless 29. Deaf School - Second Honeymoon 30. Fats Domino - The Legendary Imperial Recordings 31. The Doors - L.A. Woman 32. The Dukes Of Stratosphear - Chips From The Chocolate Fireball 33. Dave Edmunds - Anthology 34. Electric Light Orchestra - Afterglow 35. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) 36. The Firesign Theatre - Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers 37. The Guess Who - American Woman 38. The Guess Who - Share The Land 39. The Guess Who - So Long Bannatyne 40. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland 41. John Lee Hooker - The Original Mr. Lucky 42. The James Gang - Yer Album 43. The James Gang - Rides Again 44. Billy Joel - The Essential 45. Elton John - Greatest Hits 1970-2002 46. The Brothers Johnson - Look Out For #1 47. King Crimson - Discipline 48. King Crimson - Beat 49. King Crimson - Three Of A Perfect Pair 50. The Kinks - The Kink Kronikles 51. Led Zeppelin - I 52. Led Zeppelin - II 53. Led Zeppelin - III 54. Led Zeppelin - IV 55. Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy 56. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti 57. Led Zeppelin - Presence 58. Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door 59. Jerry Lee Lewis - Anthology 60. Little Richard - The Essential 61. Max Webster - s/t 62. Max Webster - Universal Juveniles 63. Paul McCartney - Wingspan 64. Paul McCartney - Flowers In The Dirt 65. Harry Nilsson - Anthology 66. Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson 67. Oasis - (What’s The Story) Morning Glory 68. The Alan Parsons Project - Tales Of Mystery & Imagination 69. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon 70. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 71. Pink Floyd - The Wall 72. Robert Plant - Pictures At Eleven 73. Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions 74. Emitt Rhodes - s/t 75. The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks 76. Billy Squier - Don’t Say No 77. Steely Dan - Showbiz Kids 78. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story 79. Styx - Crystal Ball 80. Supertramp - Crime Of The Century 81. T. Rex - The Slider 82. Traffic - The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys 83. Tom Waits - Nighthawks At The Diner 84. Muddy Waters - Complete 85. The Who - Ultimate Collection 86. Brian Wilson - Smile and a number of albums that will have to Bubble Under. To rewrite the list would take even longer! So there’s 100 albums I like, leaving out many, many others. Now get off my lawn! ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-100-favorite-albums/394859/4 "2007-03-07T03:28:07Z")
I can’t manage one album per artist or limit it to rock/pop, but I will try to put them vaguely in order of preference. There isn’t much classical here, even though I listen to a lot of it, because I tend to have favorite pieces rather than favorite recordings/albums, if that makes sense. The order was done unfairly quickly, so it probably doesn’t actually reflect my preferences. But here we go. 1. Universal Hall Pass - Mercury 2. Venus Hum - Big Beautiful Sky 3. Splashdown - Blueshift 4. The Decemberists - Picaresque 5. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife 6. Piñataland - Songs for the Forgotten Future, vol. 1 7. Barenaked Ladies - Gordon 8. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha 9. The Decemberists - Her Majesty, The Decemberists 10. The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts 11. “Weird Al” Yankovic - Running With Scissors 12. Bruno Pelletier - D’autres rives 13. Dar Williams - The Green World 14. “Weird Al” Yankovic - Straight Outta Lynwood 15. Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs 16. Dar Williams - My Better Self 17. Emiliana Torrini - Fisherman’s Woman 18. Jorane - The You and the Now 19. Laura Veirs - Year of Meteors 20. Osvaldo Golijov - Ainadamar 21. Frou Frou - Details 22. Barenaked Ladies - Rock Spectacle (Live) 23. Venus Hum - The Colors in the Wheel 24. Emiliana Torrini - Love in the Time of Science 25. Tomás Jensen et les Faux-Monnayeurs - Pris sur le vif 26. Dar Williams - End of the Summer 27. Blue Man Group - The Complex 28. Tomás Jensen et les Faux-Monnayeurs - Tomás Jensen et les Faux-Monnayeurs 29. Andrew Bird - Music of Hair 30. Rufus Wainwright - Want One 31. Dar Williams - Mortal City 32. Les Misérables Paris Revival Cast 33. Rufus Wainwright - Want Two 34. “Weird Al” Yankovic - Poodle Hat 35. Les Misérables Complete Symphonic Recording 36. Laura Veirs - Carbon Glacier 37. Anthony Warlow - Centre Stage 38. Happy Rhodes - Many Worlds are Born Tonight 39. Laura Veirs - The Triumphs and Travails of Orphan Mae 40. Dar Williams - The Honesty Room 41. Dido - No Angel 42. Les Misérables Original French Concept Recording 43. Mecano - Descanso Dominical 44. Blue Man Group - Audio 45. Keren Ann - La biographie de Luka Philipsen 46. Howard Shore - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King soundtrack 47. Bruno Pelletier - Miserere 48. Bruno Pelletier - Un monde à l’envers 49. Songs for a New World original cast recording 50. Dido - Life For Rent 51. Victory At Sea - All Your Things are Gone 52. Anthony Warlow - Midnight Dreaming 53. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside 54. Bill Bailey - The Ultimate Collection… Ever! 55. Anthony Warlow - Back in the Swing 56. Keren Ann - La disparition 57. Kate Bush - Aerial 58. Loreena McKennitt - Book of Secrets 59. Anthony Warlow - Face the Music 60. Mecano - Aidalai 61. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom 62. LittleHorse - The Mission Before Us 63. Philip Quast - Live at the Donmar 64. Yann Tiersen - Amélie soundtrack 65. Stephen Jay - Tangled Strings 66. Loreena McKennitt - An Ancient Muse 67. Paul Simon - Graceland 68. Greg Edmonson - Firefly soundtrack 69. Notre-Dame de Paris original cast recording 70. Mecano - Dónde está el pais de las hadas? 71. Avenue Q OBC 72. Emmanuel Pahud - Paris 73. Keren Ann - Not Going Anywhere 74. The Last Five Years original cast recording 75. Ensemble Polytonal - Darius Milhaud Chamberworks 76. Bruno Pelletier - Défaire l’amour 77. Lucia Micarelli - Music from a Farther Room 78. Camera Obscura - Let’s Get Out of this Country 79. Mecano - Entre El Cielo Y El Suelo 80. Arthur Honegger - Les Miserables (1934) soundtrack 81. Keren Ann - Nolita 82. Clogs - Lantern 83. Tarkio - I Guess I was Hoping for Something More 84. Eric Whitacre - Cloudburst and Other Choral Works 85. Terry Taylor - The Neverhood soundtrack 86. Osvaldo Golijov - La Pasión Según San Marcos 87. Freezepop - Fancy Ultra Fresh 88. Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians 89. Danny Elfman - Big Fish soundtrack 90. Freezepop - Freezepop Forever 91. Philip Glass - The Hours soundtrack 92. Uffington Horse - Enchantment 93. Emmanuel Pahud - Beau Soir 94. Emily Beynon/Andrew West - L’Album des Six 95. Dawn Upshaw - Golijov’s Ayre and Berio’s Folksongs 96. Josh Groban - Closer 97. Instrumental - Acoustek 98. Josh Groban - Josh Groban 99. Jekyll & Hyde 1995 Concept Album 100. Mario Frangoulis - Sometimes I Dream ---
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Okay, okay. Geez. It takes awhile to come up with a list of 100. (But that’s still easier than narrowing it down to 10). Here’s my list, in alphabetical order. Some true greats, some sentimental favorites or guilty pleasures. I did limit myself to rock/pop, to make things easier on myself. Subject to change without notice. Some restrictions apply. Offer void where prohibited. ABC: The Lexicon of Love Adam Again: Dig Bad Manners: The Height of Bad Manners The Bangles: Different Light The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds The Beach Boys: Smiley Smile / Wild Honey The Beatles: Revolver The Beatles: Abbey Road Adrian Belew: Inner Revolution David Bowie: The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars The Call: Red Moon Chagall Guevara The Choir: Speckled Bird Collective Soul Elvis Costello and the Attractions: Imperial Bedroom Elvis Costello and the Attractions: Punch the Clock Marshall Crenshaw Daniel Amos: Shotgun Angel Daniel Amos: Vox Humana Da: Darn Floor–Big Bite Daniel Amos: Motor Cycle Daniel Amos: Songs of the Heart The Decembrists: Picaresque The Dream Academy Dreams So Real: Gloryline Jeff Elbel + Ping: No Outlet Electric Light Orchestra: El Dorado Fleetwood Mac: Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac: Rumours Fleming and John: The Way We Are Ben Folds Five: Whatever and Ever Amen Fountains of Wayne: Utopia Parkway General Public: Hand to Mouth Eddy Grant: Going For Broke John Wesley Harding: The Name Above The Title George Harrison: All Things Must Pass Mark Heard: Dry Bones Dance Richard X. Heyman: Living Room !! Nick Heyward: From Monday to Sunday Hooters: Zig Zag Billy Joel: An Innocent Man Phil Keaggy: Find Me In These Fields The Kinks: Face To Face The Kinks: The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society The Kinks: Arthur or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire The Kinks: Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround \* Part One The Kinks: Schoolboys in Disgrace Lost Dogs: Scenic Routes Lost Dogs: Little Red Riding Hood Lost Dogs: The Green Room Serenade part one Lost Dogs: Gift Horse Madness: One Step Beyond… Madness: Keep Moving Chris Mars: Horseshoes and Hand Grenades Paul and Linda McCartney: Ram Paul McCartney: Tug of War Men At Work: Two Hearts Midnight Oil: Earth and Sun and Moon Julie Miller: Orphans and Angels The Moody Blues: In Search Of The Lost Chord The Moody Blues: On The Threshold Of A Dream The Moody Blues: To Our Children’s Children’s Children The Moody Blues: The Present Van Dyke Parks: Jump! The Alan Parsons Project: Ammonia Avenue The Alan Parsons Project: Gaudi Tom Petty: Full Moon Fever Sam Phillips: Martinis and Bikinis The Police: Synchronicity Prefab Sprout: Jordan: The Comeback Queen: Greatest Hits Michael Roe: The Boat Ashore The 77s: Sticks and Stones The 77s: Pray Naked Simon and Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water Paul Simon: Graceland Paul Simon: Rhythm of the Saints The Smithereens: Green Thoughts Something Fierce: Gone All Wobbly Something Fierce: Completely Unglued Something Fierce: Franklin Pierce Something Fierce: A Sound for Sore Ears Randy Stonehill: Wonderama The Swirling Eddies: Outdoor Elvis Terry Scott Taylor: A Briefing for the Ascent Terry Scott Taylor: John Wayne They Might Be Giants: Then They Might Be Giants: Apollo 18 The Traveling Wilburys: Vol 1 Trip Shakespeare: Are You Shakesperienced? Trip Shakespeare: Across the Universe Trip Shakespeare: Lulu Brian Wilson: Brian Wilson Brian Wilson: Smile Stevie Wonder: Innervisions Stevie Wonder: Fulfillingness’ First Finale Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life XTC: Skylarking XTC: Oranges and Lemons Weird Al Yankovic: Dare To Be Stupid ---
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See, already we’ve got better choices than the major publications. [QUOTE=fishbicycle] Oh, all right then. A hundred, eh? Do box sets count as one, or as however many discs are in the set? [/QUOTE] I’m counting box sets as one, yes. Also, I’ll get off your lawn once you give me my ball back, old man! ---
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[QUOTE=woodstockbirdybird] See, already we’ve got better choices than the major publications. [/QUOTE] Looking at the other lists posted here, I can see some albums that almost made it onto mine, and quite a few others that I may have to check out. (i.e. from the names I do recognize, I can see that you have good taste, so I want to look into the other albums that I don’t recognize.) ---
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Sticking to one album per artist (with a coupla slight cheats). Not a definitive list, would be different tomorrow, yadda yadda yadda. 1. John Abercrombie/Dave Holland/Jack DeJohnette: Gateway 2. Amon Düül II: Wolf City 3. Jon Anderson: Olias of Sunhillow 4. Ange: Emile Jacotey 5. Art Bears: The World as It Is Today 6. Phil Austin: Roller Maidens from Outer Space 7. Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso: Darwin! 8. The Band: The Band 9. Beatles: Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 10. Bonzo Dog Band: Urban Spaceman 11. David Bowie: Low 12. Arthur Brown: The Crazy World of Arthur Brown 13. Jack Bruce: Songs for a Tailor 14. Kate Bush: The Hounds of Love 15. Can: Ege Bamyasi 16. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Trout Mask Replica 17. Caravan: Waterloo Lily 18. Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick: Prince Heathen 19. The Clash: Combat Rock 20. Shirley & Dolly Collins: Anthems in Eden 21. John Coltrane: Meditations 22. Elvis Costello: Get Happy!! 23. Cream: Wheels of Fire 24. Miles Davis: In a Silent Way 25. Sandy Denny: The North Star Grassman and the Ravens 26. Deus Ex Machina: De Republica 27. Eric Dolphy: Out to Lunch 28. The Doors: The Soft Parade 29. Nick Drake: Bryter Layter 30. Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited 31. Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Brain Salad Surgery 32. Brian Eno: Another Green World 33. Fairport Convention: Liege and Lief 34. Firesign Theatre: I Think We’re All Bozos on This Bus 35. Fripp and Eno: No Pussyfooting 36. Peter Gabriel: Peter Gabriel (first) 37. Genesis: Selling England by the Pound 38. Gentle Giant: Octopus 39. Lisa Germano: Lullaby for Liquid Pig 40. Gilgamesh: Another Fine Tune You’ve Got Me Into 41. Gong: Flying Teapot 42. Grateful Dead: Aoxomoxoa 43. Gryphon: Gryphon 44. Peter Hammill: The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage 45. Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage 46. Roy Harper: Stormcock 47. Hatfield and the North: The Rotters Club 48. Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland 49. Henry Cow: In Praise of Learning 50. Steve Hillage: Fish Rising 51. Howlin’ Wolf: Moanin’ in the Moonlight/Howlin’ Wolf 52. Mississippi John Hurt: 1928 Sessions 53. Ashley Hutchings/John Kirkpatrick: The Compleat Dancing Master/Rattlebone and Ploughjack\* 54. Incredible String Band: The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter 55. Skip James: Today! 56. Jefferson Airplane: After Bathing at Baxters 57. Jethro Tull: A Passion Play 58. Paul Kantner: Blows Against the Empire 59. Mike Keneally: Dancing 60. King Crimson: Lizard 61. The Kinks: Face to Face 62. Lemon Pipers: Green Tambourine 63. Love: Forever Changes 64. Magma: Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh 65. Phil Manzanera: Diamond Head 66. Charles Mingus: Mingus in Europe 67. Joni Mitchell: The Hissing of Summer Lawns 68. Thelonious Monk: Monk’s Music 69. Mothers of Invention: Uncle Meat 70. National Health: Of Queues and Cures 71. News from Babel: Work Resumed on the Tower 72. The Nice: Five Bridges 73. Yoko Ono: Fly 74. Picchio dal Pozzo: Abbiamo Tutti I Suoi Problemi 75. Pink Floyd: Ummagumma 76. Popol Vuh: Hosianna Mantra 77. Procol Harum: Broken Barricades 78. Rare Bird: Rare Bird 79. Terry Riley: Rainbow in Curved Air 80. Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet 81. Roxy Music: For Your Pleasure 82. Terje Rypdal: Odyssey 83. Klaus Schulze: Timewind 84. Pete Sinfield: Still 85. Slapp Happy: Desperate Straights 86. Soft Machine: Third 87. Steeleye Span: Parcel of Rogues 88. Chris Squire: Fish out of Water 89. Tangerine Dream: Zeit 90. Richard Thompson: Henry the Human Fly 91. Ralph Towner: Solstice 92. United States of America: United States of America 93. Univers Zero: Uzed 94. Michal Urbaniak: Constellation Live 95. Tom Waits: Swordfishtrombones 96. Patty Waters: College Tour 97. The Who: The Who Sell Out 98. Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom 99. Yes: Tales from Topographic Oceans 100. Frank Zappa: Civilization Phaze III - For 25 years I totally loved the _Compleat Dancing Master_ LP before discovering that the version I had was mispressed, and side two was actually side two of Hutchings’s _Rattlebone and Ploughjack_ album. ---
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[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] Looking at the other lists posted here, I can see some albums that almost made it onto mine, and quite a few others that I may have to check out. (i.e. from the names I do recognize, I can see that you have good taste, so I want to look into the other albums that I don’t recognize.) [/QUOTE] Yeah, that’s why these are fun - they make you want to check out stuff you’re not aware of. They also remind you of artists you forgot when putting together your own list - I probably should have made slots for Love, Midnight Oil, Roxy Music, The Bangles and Prefab Sprout. Next time I’ll have to do a top 150 list.