Lists of Bests: Elvis Costello's 500

Send to Printer Elvis Costello's 500 Elvis Costello put together this list of Albums you need to own for the November 2000 issue of Vanity Fair. I find it one of the most eclectic and thought-provoking "best of" music lists I’ve ever seen. While it is always nice when a pro confirms your own high tastes, the discoveries this list will prompt are the most rewarding
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	1.		ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits by ABBA
	2.		Subway to the Country by David Ackles
	3.	?	The Road To Cairo - David Ackles (LP) by David Ackles
	4.	?	The Best of Cannonball Adderly by Cannonball Adderly
	5.		Maudlin Years by Amy Allison
	6.		The Best of Mose Allison by Mose Allison
	7.		Lingo by Various Artists
	8.		Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings by Louis Armstrong
	9.		The Astaire Story by Fred Astaire
	10.		Bach:The Well-Tempered Clavier
	11.	?	Pablo Casals Plays J.S. Bach: The Six Cello Suites
	12.		Bach: 6 Partitas BWV 825-830
	13.		Bach: Mass in B minor
	14.		The Look Of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection by Burt Bacharach
	15.		The Best of Chet Baker Sings by Chet Baker
	16.		Jazz In Paris: Broken Wing by Chet Baker
	17.		Music from Big Pink by The Band
	18.	?	The Band by The Band
	19.	?	The Monkey by Dave Bartholomew (LP) by Dave Bartholomew
	20.		Bela Bartok: The 6 String Quartets - Emerson String Quartet by Eugene Drucker
	21.		Cecilia Bartoli - If You Love Me (Se tu m'ami ), 18th-Century Italian Songs by Alessandro Scarlatti
	22.	?	The Atomic Mr. Basie by Count Basie (LP) by Count Basie
	23.		Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
	24.		Carl & The Passions - So Tough / Holland by The Beach Boys
	25.		Good Vibrations: Thirty Years Of The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys
	26.		Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys
	27.		With the Beatles by The Beatles
	28.		A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles
	29.		Help! [UK] by The Beatles
	30.		Rubber Soul by The Beatles
	31.		Revolver [UK] by The Beatles
	32.		Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
	33.		The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
	34.		Past Masters, Vol. 2 by The Beatles
	35.		Odelay by Beck
	36.		Best of Bee Gees by The Bee Gees
	37.		The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album by Bill Evans
	38.		Alban Berg: Violin Concerto "To the Memory of an Angel" (1935) / Wolfgang Rihm: "Time Chant" Music for Violin & Orchestra (1991-92) - Anne-Sophie Mutter by Alban Berg
	39.	?	Father's Lying Dead On The Ironing Board by Agnes Bernelle
	40.		West Side Story
	41.		Debut by Björk
	42.		Post by Björk
	43.		Buscando América by Rubén Blades & Seis del Solar
	44.		Two Steps From the Blues by Bobby "Blue" Bland
	45.		The Best of Blondie by Blondie
	46.		13 by Blur
	47.		Lyrics for Lovers by Dirk Bogarde
	48.		Hunky Dory by David Bowie
	49.		Station to Station by David Bowie
	50.		Low by David Bowie
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