Monday, August 14, 2017

Top 500 Albums: Part Four

Here is the penultimate ranking, part 4 of 5, of my Top 500 Albums:


200. Bebel Gilberto, 'Tanto Tempo', 2000


199. Public Enemy, 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back', 1988


198. Aretha Franklin, 'I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You', 1967


197. Frank Sinatra, 'In the Wee Small Hours', 1955


196. Dusty Springfield, 'Dusty in Memphis', 1969


195. Cream, 'Fresh Cream', 1966


194. Nick Drake, 'Pink Moon', 1972


193. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 'Are You Experienced', 1967


192. Joni Mitchell, 'Court and Spark', 1974


191. Stephen Sondheim, 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' [OBC], 1979


190. Vernon Duke and Ira Gershwin, 'Ziegfeld Follies of 1936' [Encore], 1999


189. Brian Wilson, 'Smile', 2004


188. Elton John, 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', 1973


187. Almanac Singers, 'Deep Sea Chanteys and Whaling Ballads', 1941


186. Orchestra Baobab, 'Pirate's Choice', 1989


185. Dave Holland, 'Conference of the Birds', 1973


184. Sonny Rollins, 'A Night at the Village Vanguard', 1957


183. Almanac Singers, 'Sod Buster Ballads', 1941


182. The Gil Evans Orchestra, 'Out of the Cool', 1961


181. Wayne Shorter, 'Ju Ju', 1964


180. James Carr, 'You've Got My Mind Messed Up', 1967


179. Tito Puente, 'Dance Mania', 1958


178. Dexter Gordon, 'Go!', 1962


177. Baaba Maal, 'Djam Leelii', 1998


176. Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, 'Are a Drag', 1999


175. Ornette Coleman, 'The Shape of Jazz to Come', 1959


174. Horace Silver, 'Song for My Father', 1965


173. The Meters, 'Look-Ka Py Py', 1969


172. Jan Garbarek, 'Dis', 1977


171. Junior Wells, 'Hoodoo Man Blues', 1965


170. Bobby 'Blue' Bland, 'Two Steps From the Blues', 1961


169. Brad Mehldau, 'Largo', 2002


168. Nitin Sawhney, 'Beyond Skin', 1999


167. Dave Van Ronk, 'Inside Dave Van Ronk', 1964


166. Bill Evans and Jim Hall, 'Undercurrent', 1962


165. The Yardbirds, 'Roger the Engineer', 1966


164. Liz Phair, 'Exile in Guyville', 1993


163. R.E.M., 'Automatic for the People', 1992


162. Bill Evans Trio, 'Sunday at the Village Vanguard', 1961


161. M.I.A., 'Kala', 2007


160. Art Blakey, 'Moanin'', 1958


159. Marty Robbins, 'Gunfighters Ballads and Trail Songs', 1959


158. Oliver Nelson, 'The Blues and the Abstract Truth', 1961


157. U2, 'Achtung Baby', 1991


156. Radiohead, 'OK Computer', 1997


155. Various, 'Stormy Weather Soundtrack', 1943


154. Nirvana, 'Nevermind', 1991


153. Little Richard, 'Here's Little Richard!', 1957


152. Clifton Chenier, 'Bogalusa Boogie', 1976


151. Propellerheads, 'Decksanddrumsandrockandroll', 1998


150. Green Day, 'American Idiot', 2004


149. Various, 'A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector', 1963


148. Dave Van Ronk, 'Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger', 1963


147. Stereolab, 'Emperor Tomato Ketchup', 1996


146. The Clash, 'London Calling', 1979


145. The Magnetic Fields, '69 Love Songs', 1999


144. Madonna, 'Ray of Light', 1998


143. Kanye West, 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy', 2010


142. Bob Dylan, 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan', 1963


141. Miles Davis, 'In a Silent Way', 1969


140. Various, 'The Concert for Bangladesh', 1971


139. Konono No. 1, 'Congotronics', 2004


138. Brian Eno, 'Another Green World', 1975


137. Tal Farlow, 'The Swinging Guitar of Tal Farlow', 1957


136. Caetano Veloso, 'Livro', 1998


135. Astor Piazzolla, 'Tango: Zero Hour', 1986


134. Steely Dan, 'Aja', 1977



133. Madvillain, 'Madvillainy', 2004


132. Almanac Singers, 'Songs for John Doe', 1941


131. Dr. John, 'Gris-Gris', 1968


130. Codona, 'Codona 3', 1983


129. Willie Colon and Ruben Blades, 'Siembra', 1978


128. Kanye West, 'The College Dropout', 2004


127. John Coltrane, 'Giant Steps', 1959


126. Phil Ochs, 'There and Now: Live in Vancouver 1968', 1990


125. Nirvana, 'MTV Unplugged in New York', 1994


124. The Beatles, 'Rubber Soul', 1965


123. Jay-Z, 'The Blueprint', 2001


122. Toumani Diabate and Ballake Sissoko, 'New Ancient Strings', 1999


121. Djivan Gasparyan, 'I Will Not Be Sad in This World', 1989


120. Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman, 'The Last of the Mohicans', 1992


119. Paul Desmond, 'Take Ten', 1963


118. Sun Ra, 'Jazz in Silhouette', 1959


117. Emerson, Lake and Palmer, 'Brain Salad Surgery', 1973


116. Stephen Sondheim, 'A Little Night Music' [OBC], 1973


115. Led Zeppelin, 'Houses of the Holy', 1973


114. Black Sabbath, 'Paranoid', 1970


113. Richard and Linda Thompson, 'Shoot Out the Lights', 1982


112. Fairport Convention, 'Liege and Lief', 1969


111. Patti Smith, 'Horses', 1975


110. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 'Electric Ladyland', 1968


109. Bruce Springsteen, 'Born to Run', 1975


108. Lennie Tristano, 'Lennie Tristano', 1956


107. The Meters, 'Rejuvenation', 1974


106. Art Pepper, 'Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section', 1957


105. The Eagles, 'Hotel California', 1976


104. The Andy Statman Quartet, 'Between Heaven and Earth', 1997


103. Pentangle, 'Basket of Light', 1969


102. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 'Damn the Torpedoes', 1979


101. The Cars, 'The Cars', 1979

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