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wren's "Wren's top 100 rock & roll albums"

I’m tired of reading experts’ lists and thinking, "WTF?!!!" And I’m as qualified as anyone to have my own list. So these are the Wren Top 100, listed in no particular order, as the order changes given the day.

1. Quadrophenia  
2.
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Life's Rich Pagent
by REM
 
3. Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
by Spirit
 
4. Shakedown Street
by Grateful Dead
 
5. Peter Gabriel 3: Melt
by Peter Gabriel
 
6.
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L.A. Woman
by The Doors
 
7. Graceland
by Paul Simon
 
8. The Definitive Collection
by Buddy Holly
 
9. Pontiac
by Lyle Lovett
 
10. The Rhythm and the Blues
by Sam Cooke
 
11. Some Girls
by The Rolling Stones
 
12. Rites of Passage
by Indigo Girls
 
13. Moondance
by Van Morrison
 
14. Brain Salad Surgery
by Lake & Palmer Emerson
 
15. Ill Communication
by Beastie Boys
 
16. The Stranger
by Billy Joel
 
17. Stranger in Town
by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
 
18. Rock N Roll Animal
by Lou Reed
 
19. Cheap Thrills
by Big Brother & The Holding Company
 
20. Volunteers
by Jefferson Airplane
 
21. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
by Public Enemy
 
22. Truth and Soul
by Fishbone
 
23. Pretenders
by Pretenders
 
24. Led Zeppelin II
by Led Zeppelin
 
25. Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using)
by Jackson Browne
 
26. Going to Go-Go / Away We Go-Go
by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
 
27. Combat Rock
by The Clash
 
28. Mermaid Avenue
by Billy Bragg & Wilco
 
29. Past, Present And Future
by Al Stewart
 
30. Abbey Road
by The Beatles
 
31. Nilsson Schmilsson
by Harry Nilsson
 
32. Imagine
by John Lennon
 
33. De Stijl
by The White Stripes
 
34. Get Behind Me Satan
by The White Stripes
 
35. Stop Making Sense
by Talking Heads
 
36. A Space in Time
by Ten Years After
 
37. Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More
by Various Artists
 
38. Blood on the Tracks
by Bob Dylan
 
39. New Morning
by Bob Dylan
 
40. Closing Time
by Tom Waits
 
41. This Is Big Audio Dynamite
by Big Audio Dynamite
 
42. Bare Trees
by Fleetwood Mac
 
43. New York
by Lou Reed
 
44. Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
by Lucinda Williams
 
45. Night and Day
by Joe Jackson
 
46. Goo
by Sonic Youth
 
47. Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile
by Everclear
 
48. It's a Beautiful Day
by It's a Beautiful Day
 
49. Social Distortion
by Social Distortion
 
50. The Dream of the Blue Turtles
by Sting
 
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Created by wren on Oct 22, 2007.