The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "Definitive 200"

The list is not restricted to Rock eventhough it’s published by the R&R HoF. The description simply says, “the Definitive 200 Albums that every music lover should own, celebrating classic recordings by favorite iconic and contemporary artists.” This would make it similar to the MOJO COLLECTION of albums.

I’m not a consumer of all these genres (specifically rap and most contemporary country and contemporary jazz) so I don’t aspire to “consume” all 200 hundres of these albums and would question the statement “every music lover should own”.

I would rather see the R&R HoF focus on rock…save the jazz, rap, etc. others. I love classic jazz but don’t need to mix a token few big name jazz albums into broader lists.

By sorting the list at the HoF site by genre one can find an interesting list of just ROCK albums. While I own 58% of the entire list I probably own almost all of those listed as rock genre.

While the rankings seem a bit odd (and difficult to do) there are a lot of big name rock albums which I would support as worth consuming. By sorting the list by just their rock genre it’s an interesting list worth consuming (if you like rock). I would expect there are better lists for those more interested in other genres.

I recommend these lists avoid compilations (i.e. the Elvis SUN sessions).