Greg's "My Own Personal Top 100 Albums of All Time"

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1) I realized that some groups are just out and out "singles acts" but I can enjoy their best efforts (over the career) as much as a single finely crafted collection from a single year. Also, I haven’t heard complete albums from many bands that were "before my time" and in many cases the record label has deleted the full album in favor of anthologies. So, I’m allowing greatest hits albums.

2) Nothing newer than 1996. If I haven’t lived with it for at least 10 years, I can’t really call it an "all time" favourite of mine.

3) I also tend to disallow an album that’s new TO ME. In other words, it can be from 1966 but if I’ve only known about it since 2003, I’m probably not going to put it here.

4) I’ve tried to only include albums that are fairly readily available. Obscure, out of print compilations may look great and prove your "cred" but they’re not very helpful for people trying to find some great new music to listen to.

5) I’ll keep them to a minimum but I’m also allowing soundtracks and compilation albums.

Please note these are not in any particular order. Choosing a mere 100 was tough enough….

  • updated 5/25/2007 This is the finalized list

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  1. 1.
    Shotgun Angel

  2. 2.
    Motor Cycle

  3. 3.
    Pet Sounds
    by The Beach Boys

  4. 4.
    Revolver
    by The Beatles

  5. 5.
    The Joshua Tree
    by U2

  6. 6.
    (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
    by Oasis

  7. 7.
    Chips From the Chocolate Fireball

  8. 8.
    Oranges & Lemons
    by Xtc

  9. 9.
    Abbey Road (1990)
    by Beatles

  10. 10.
    Wish You Were Here
    by Pink Floyd

  11. 11.
    Moving Pictures
    by Rush

  12. 12.
    Sunflower / Surf's Up
    by The Beach Boys

  13. 13.
    Today/ Summer Days (and Summer Nights)
    by The Beach Boys

  14. 14.
    Help! [UK]
    by Beatles

  15. 15.
    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
    by Beatles

  16. 16.
    Rubber Soul (1990)
    by Beatles

  17. 17.
    Rumours
    by Fleetwood Mac

  18. 18.
    Fleetwood Mac (Deluxe Edition)
    by Fleetwood Mac

  19. 19.
    Hotel California
    by Eagles

  20. 20.
    Little Earthquakes
    by Tori Amos

  21. 21.
    Tidal
    by Fiona Apple

  22. 22.
    Art of the State
    by AD

  23. 23.
    Ten Songs by Adam Again

  24. 24.
    Dig
    by Adam Again

  25. 25.
    Wide-Eyed Wonder

  26. 26.
    Chase the Kangaroo

  27. 27.
    Diamonds and Rain
    by The Choir

  28. 28.
    Whatever
    by Aimee Mann

  29. 29.
    My Aim Is True (With Bonus Disc)
    by Elvis Costello

  30. 30.
    Spike (With Bonus Disc)
    by Elvis Costello

  31. 31.
    It's a Shame About Ray
    by Lemonheads

  32. 32.
    At Folsom Prison
    by Johnny Cash

  33. 33.
    Complete Live at San Quentin
    by Johnny Cash

  34. 34.
    American IV: The Man Comes Around
    by Johnny Cash

  35. 35.
    American Recordings
    by Johnny Cash

  36. 36.
    Smile
    by Brian Wilson

  37. 37.
    Welcome to Paradise

  38. 38.
    Phil Keaggy & Sunday's Child
    by Phil Keaggy

  39. 39.
    ...This Year's Model

  40. 40.
    Russ Taff
    by Russ Taff

  41. 41.
    Crack The Sky
    by Mylon Lefevre & Broken Heart

  42. 42.
    Sheep In Wolves Clothing
    by Mylon Lefevre & Broken Heart

  43. 43.
    Cars - Complete Greatest Hits
    by Cars

  44. 44.
    Great 28
    by Chuck Berry

  45. 45.
    Band on the Run: 25th Anniversary Edition
    by Wings

  46. 46.
    Gordon
    by Barenaked Ladies

  47. 47.
    Bargainville
    by Moxy Fruvous

  48. 48.
    Galore
    by Cure

  49. 49.
    Flood
    by They Might Be Giants

  50. 50.
    Story of the Clash, Vol. 1
    by The Clash

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Created by Greg on Apr 16, 2006.
 

Comments

Untitled — 1 year ago

It’s great to see Romantic Warrior on this list. I thought that I might be the only one that likes it!


GodBurger — 3 years ago

what does this need to make lists of various things in one’s life.

I know everyone is so very hip and all

here, but one of ya’ll is ‘THE punk before you were a punk’ punk I can’t hold it in any longer. Ive decided, in my world (which is only one person’s reality/opinion/etc. and one who’s been been up past his bed time for 30 some hours now) so temper all this with your patiences.

To sit here writing lists of whatever so that we can all be entertained in our life of lives. the technology is finally at a level which allows this communication style. BUT IS THISCOMMUNICATION?

Point one: when i or you, or you, or even You, are spending time at your computer doing this pseudo- expression and ‘relating/conversing’ that is exactly what and really ONLY what were doing. We are not relating to people we are interacting with tHis relatvely new TOY, object, status symbol, or perhaps the CB of the millineum.

I type and my ego tries HARD to articulate my blathering to come accross clearly to what I ‘IMAGINE’ is out there. That Throng waiting on my latest utterances.

concerning this imagining of an intereted population of people whom (lets be honest)we don’t know and neither know us. At at least we’re civil. Right?

So basically what I’m doing is playing with a piece of electronic magic, slapping away at its keys with my finger while my mind fills in the holes and vague parts of ‘you’ and you and you. Of course you are somwhat inteested, cool, can “really relate” to my scene, all are the “beautiful” people of my world (especially you women, but then again computer crossdresssing or is it cross typing .I think the point is made. If you are having oposite gender fun time, it makes no mind because my mind knows you’re who I want to see anyway

I won’t go on I thnk we get it.

Now take this further into this place where we list our top favorite top things that we have enough of or enough knowledge of our things that we list which are exceptional in some way to fit some quality, aesthetic "better’ , “less better” list.

Wow. that is weird. night after night ‘relating’ and feeling humanistic relating. when relly all we’re doing is stting on our asses all alone with ever increasngly better gadgetry. or is that just fancy terminology for ego boosting ( even say, shopping to feel warm inside) here we sit rotting on the vine while we connvince ourelves of reality of connectedness to real? people. Why? Well I guess that is my lists for anyone selfaware enough to join in. We must be filing some needs for companionship and fighting off the holes we all carryand fill with out variou vices and busywork. wasting our lives isolated from REAL interaction with people (even those ‘damn’ kids of ours. I think Ill go outside and fly my kid’s kite while he’s gone. list=material goods or list= desires, passions, distractions in life. Isn’t it these very attatchments that cause suffering in life.

Go to the Duddha lists for that one. Be good. OUT


Cool — 4 years ago

Great list!


Untitled — 4 years ago

You can’t use compilations. They aren’t real albums just marketing ploys. Also “Help!” but no White Album – that doesn’t make much sense.

Generally a good list though with some really great artists and alot of suprises. Very eclectic. Kudos.


Untitled — 4 years ago

A nice mix of the obvious and the unexpected, but I can’t condone the inclusion of greatest hits packages. Singles bands can be honored by lists of greatest artists and songs, but a list of ALBUMS should be thus. And the 10 year rule, while admirable in the face of the majority that leans from 1990 and forward, is awfully strict. As someone who owns more than a thousand albums, I’d say close to a third of them are from ’97 or later.


Honorable mention — 4 years ago

Some of my more interesting choices that narrowly missed the cut. Grouped by reasons they didn’t make it:

I. NOTQUITEGOODENOUGH

BoDeans “Home”

Magnetic Fields “69 Love Songs”

Beatles “White Album”

Todd Rundgren “Something/Anything?” (substituted ANTHOLOGY)

Fleetwood Mac “Mystery to Me”

Tom Petty “She’s the One”

The Posies “Dear 23”

K.D. Lang “Absolute Torch and Twang”

Tom Petty “Wildflowers”

Tom Petty “Into the Great Wide Open”

Bruce Hornsby and the Range “A Night on the Town”

Simply Red “Stars”

II.BOXSETSARECHEATING

Everly Brothers “Classic Everly Brothers”

Elvis Presley “King of Rock and Roll”

Steely Dan “Citizen Steely Dan”

III. NEED TO “LIVE WITH IT” LONGER

BoDeans “Outside Looking In”

Love “Forever Changes”

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds “Murder Ballads”

Nick Lowe “Labour of Lust”

Soundtrack “O Brother Where Art Thou?”

Jurassic 5 “Quality Control”

Squeeze “Singles-45s and under”

Marshall Crenshaw “Marshall Crenshaw”

IV. NOT AT LEAST 10 YEARSOLD

Norah Jones “Come Away with Me”

White Stripes “Get Behind Me Satan”

Bright Eyes “I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning”

N.E.R.D. “In Search Of..”

Iron and Wine “Our Endless Numbered Days”

Death Cab for Cutie “Plans”

Scissor Sisters “Scissor Sisters”

Jill Scott “Who is Jill Scott?”

Switchfoot “The Beautiful Letdown”

Kaiser Chiefs “Employment”




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