Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Top 500 Albums: Part Five, Final Part

The final countdown, the top 100 entries of my Top 500 Albums!

Really, though, at this point they're all winners.


100. Prince and the Revolution, 'Purple Rain', 1984


99. Led Zeppelin, 'Led Zeppelin II', 1969


98. Pink Floyd, 'The Dark Side of the Moon', 1973


97. Curtis Mayfield, 'Superfly', 1972


96. Charles Mingus, 'Mingus Ah Um', 1959


95. Stevie Wonder, 'Innervisions', 1973


94. Led Zeppelin, 'Led Zeppelin', 1969


93. Bob Dylan, 'Highway 61 Revisited', 1965


92. Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, 'Trout Mask Replica', 1969


91. Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco, 'Celia & Johnny', 1974


90. Arcade Fire, 'Neon Bible', 2007


89. The Chemical Brothers, 'Dig Your Own Hole', 1997


88. Joao Gilberto, 'Joao Gilberto', 1973


87. The O'Jays, 'Back Stabbers', 1972


86. Ted Hawkins, 'The Next Hundred Years', 1994


85. Jethro Tull, 'Aqualung', 1971


84. The Decemberists, 'The Crane Wife', 2004


83. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, 'I See a Darkness', 1999


82. Jeff Buckley, 'Grace', 1994


81. Roxy Music, 'Avalon', 1982


80. Quicksilver Messenger Service, 'Happy Trails', 1969


79. Cat Stevens, 'Tea for the Tillerman', 1970


78. Neil Young, 'After the Gold Rush', 1970


77. T. Rex, 'Electric Warrior', 1971


76. Paul Simon, 'Graceland', 1986


75. Van Morrison, 'Moondance', 1970


74. U2, 'The Joshua Tree', 1987


73. The Band, 'Music from Big Pink', 1968


72. David Bowie, 'Hunky Dory', 1971


71. Simon and Garfunkel, 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', 1970


70. The Beatles, 'The Beatles', 1968


69. Fiona Apple, 'When the Pawn...', 1999


68. Plastic Ono Band, 'John Lennon', 1970


67. Bob Dylan, 'Bringing It All Back Home', 1965


66. The Stone Roses, 'The Stone Roses', 1989


65. The Velvet Underground, 'The Velvet Underground and Nico', 1967


64. The Doors, 'The Doors', 1967


63. Joni Mitchell, 'Blue', 1971


62. The Bothy Band, 'Old Hag You Have Killed Me', 1976


61. Gustavo Santaolalla, 'Ronroco', 1998


60. Big Star, '#1 Record', 1972


59. Queen, 'A Night at the Opera', 1975


58. Sex Pistols, 'Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols', 1977


57. Carole King, 'Tapestry', 1971


56. Radiohead, 'The Bends', 1995


55. Beck, 'Sea Change', 2002


54. Neko Case, 'Fox Confessor Brings the Flood', 2006


53. Bruce Springsteen, 'Born in the U.S.A.', 1984


52. Sam Phillips, 'Fan Dance', 2001


51. Elvis Costello, 'This Year's Model, 1978


50. Alanis Morissette, 'Jagged Little Pill', 1995


49. DJ Shadow, 'Endtroducing.....', 1996


48. Modern Lovers, 'Modern Lovers', 1976


47. A Tribe Called Quest, 'The Low End Theory', 1991


46. The Beatles, 'Revolver', 1966


45. Pete Seeger, 'We Shall Overcome', 1963


44. Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner, 'My Fair Lady' [OLC]


43. The Kinks, 'The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society' 1968


42. The Clash, 'The Clash', 1977


41. Talking Heads, 'Stop Making Sense', 1984


40. Led Zeppelin, 'Physical Graffiti', 1975


39. Richard O'Brien, 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show', 1975


38. Moby, 'Play', 1999


37. The Beatles, 'Abbey Road', 1969


36. The Rolling Stones, 'Exile on Main St.', 1977


35. Lin-Manuel Miranda, 'Hamilton', 2015


34. Anais Mitchell, 'Hadestown', 2010


33. Tangerine Dream, 'Rubycon', 1975


32. Les McCann and Eddie Harris, 'Swiss Movement', 1969


31. Woody Guthrie, 'Dust Bowl Ballads', 1940


30. Duke Ellington, 'Ellington at Newport', 1956


29. Clifford Brown and Max Roach, 'Clifford Brown and Max Roach', 1955


28. Ry Cooder and V.M. Bhatt, 'A Meeting by the River', 1993


27. Sasha, 'Global Underground 013: Ibiza', 1999


26. Ravi Shankar, 'Three Ragas', 1956


25. Cannonball Adderly, 'Somethin' Else', 1958


24. The White Stripes, 'Elephant', 2003


23. The Strokes, 'Is This It?', 2001


22. Jefferson Airplane, 'Surrealistic Pillow', 1967


21. Keith Jarrett, 'The Koln Concert', 1975


20. Nas, 'Illmatic', 1994


19. Love, 'Forever Changes', 1967


18. Nick Drake, 'Five Leaves Left', 1969


17. The Zombies, 'Odessey and Oracle', 1968


16. Allman Brothers, 'At Fillmore East', 1971


15. Daft Punk, 'Discovery', 2001


14. The Who, 'Who's Next', 1971


13. Guns n Roses, 'Appetite for Destruction', 1987


12. PJ Harvey, 'Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea', 2000


11. AC/DC, 'Back in Black', 1980


10. David Bowie, 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars', 1972


9. Led Zeppelin, 'Led Zeppelin IV', 1971


8. Stevie Wonder, 'Talking Book', 1972


7. Van Morrison, 'Astral Weeks', 1968


6. John Coltrane, 'A Love Supreme', 1964


5. Miles Davis, 'Kind of Blue', 1959


4. James Brown, 'Live at the Apollo', 1963


3. Marvin Gaye, 'What's Going On', 1971


2. The Beach Boys, 'Pet Sounds', 1966


1. The Beatles, 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', 1967

We made it! 500 Albums, ranked, for your pleasure.

FYI - By the time I posted this it was already updated and out of date.

Keep collecting, friends.