The N&G Top 500 Albums of All Time!!!

My top 50 1 down to 50..one album per artist ..no comps or live albums

1.Pink Floyd “Darkside of the Moon” 1973....50 points
2.David Bowie “Ziggy Stardust” 1972
3.The Beatles “ The Beatles” 1968
4.The Smiths “Strangeways, Here We Come” 1987
5.U2 “The Joshua Tree” 1987
6.Led Zeppelin “IV” 1971
7.Kate Bush “Hounds of Love” 1985
8.Suede “Dog Man Star” 1994
9.Jimi Hendrix Experience “Electric Ladyland” 1968
10.Manic Street Preachers “The Holy Bible” 1994
11.Prince “Sign O The Times” 1987
12.AC/DC “Back in Black” 1980
13.Oasis “Definitely Maybe” 1994
14.Black Sabbath “Black Sabbath” 1970
15.Morrissey “Vauxhall and I” 1994
16.John Lennon “Plastic Ono Band” 1970
17.Talk Talk “The Colour of Spring” 1986
18.R.E.M “Murmur” 1983
19.Elton John “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” 1973
20.Santana “The Third Album” 1971
21.The Kinks “Something Else by..” 1967
22.The Doors “L.A Woman” 1971
23.The La’s “The La’s“ 1990
24.The Rolling Stones “Their Satanic Majesties Request” 1967
25.Rush “Signals” 1982
26.The Small Faces “Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake” 1968
27.Iron Maiden “The Number of the Beast” 1982
28.Massive Attack “Mezzanine” 1998
29.Peter Gabriel “So” 1986
30.Queen “Queen 2” 1974
31.The Cult “Love” 1985
32.Lana Del Ray “Ultraviolence” 2013
33.Neil Young “Harvest” 1972
34.The Stone Roses “The Stone Roses” 1989
35.Bob Dylan “Blood on the Tracks” 1975
36.Arctic Monkeys “A.M” 2013
37.Marillion “Misplaced Childhood” 1985
38.Marvin Gaye “What’s Going On” 1971
39.Love “Forever Changes” 1967
40.Echo and the Bunnymen “Ocean Rain” 1984
41.Guns ‘n’ Roses “Appetite for Destruction” 1987
42.The Auteurs “New Wave” 1993
43.Bruce Springsteen “Darkness on the Edge of Town” 1978
44.Traffic “John Barleycorn Must Die” 1970
45.Black Rebel Motorcycle Club “B.R.M.C” 2001
46.Miles Davis “A Kind of Blue” 1959
47.Derek and the Donimos “Layla and other Assorted Love Songs” 1970
48.Whitesnake “Ready an’Willing” 1980
49.Rod Stewart “Every Picture Tells a Story” 1971
50.Mansun “Six” 1998 ....1 point
 
GritNGlitter said:
Thank you! I'm old! Next up: bifocals

I wish everyone had posted their lists in full all along. My list wasn't more pure for lack of input, instead I definitely missed at least 2 albums that would have been in my top 25, just because there is so much music to consider. Oh no! I just thought of another one! Though I think that one actually got deleted in an Evernote hiccup/user error.
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Just for you, I will post my list in full ^_^
  1. Portishead - Third (2008)
  2. Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)
  3. Death Grips - Year of the Snitch (2018)
  4. Gorillaz - Gorillaz (2001)
  5. Mitski - Be the Cowboy (2018)
  6. Laura Stevenson - Cocksure (2015)
  7. Gorillaz - Demon Days (2005)
  8. Jeff Rosenstock - Worry. (2016)
  9. Daft Punk - Discovery (2001)
  10. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach (2010)
  11. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
  12. Björk - Debut (1993)
  13. David Bowie - Station to Station (1976)
  14. Danny Brown - Atrocity Exhibition (2016)
  15. Clarence Clarity - No Now (2015)
  16. MGMT - Congratulations (2010)
  17. Blur - 13 (1999)
  18. Radiohead - Amnesiac (2001)
  19. Songs: Ohia - Didn't It Rain (2002)
  20. Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION (2015)
  21. Death Grips - The Powers That B (2015)
  22. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (1983)
  23. The Beatles - The Beatles (1968)
  24. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (2007)
  25. Cage the Elephant - Melophobia (2013)
  26. The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon (1996)
  27. Childish Gambino - "Awaken, My Love!" (2016)
  28. Björk - Post (1995)
  29. Hot Chip - Why Make Sense? (2015)
  30. Mindless Self Indulgence - Frankenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy (2000)
  31. Björk - Homogenic (1997)
  32. Blur - Parklife (1994)
  33. Denzel Curry - TA13OO (2018)
  34. The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965)
  35. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II (2010)
  36. First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar (2012)
  37. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland (1968)
  38. The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969)
  39. Kendrick Lamar - DAMN. (2017)
  40. La Roux - La Roux (2009)
  41. Blur - Blur (1997)
  42. Childish Gambino - Because the Internet (2013)
  43. The Stooges - Fun House (1970)
  44. Jamie T - Carry On the Grudge (2014)
  45. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing (1981)
  46. Death Grips - Exmilitary (2011)
  47. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles (2008)
  48. System of a Down - Toxicity (2001)
  49. Pixies - Doolittle (1989)
  50. Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (1996)
 
GritNGlitter said:
I wish everyone had posted their lists in full all along. My list wasn't more pure for lack of input, instead I definitely missed at least 2 albums that would have been in my top 25, just because there is so much music to consider. Oh no! I just thought of another one! Though I think that one actually got deleted in an Evernote hiccup/user error.
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I thought of two over the weekend that maybe should have taken the spots of others but I was really stubborn on keeping Chris Smither at #50 over MMJ -It Still Moves and CSNY Deja Vu.

Here's my 50 in it's entirety.

Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Beatles - Revolver
Beatles - Abbey Road
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
Tom Waits - Bone Machine
The Doors - Eponymous
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Steely Dan - Aja
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Led Zeppelin - The Songs Remains the Same
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Tom Waits - Heart of Saturday Night
Masters of Reality - Eponymous
AC/DC - Back in Black
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
RCHP - Blood Sugar Sex Magic
King Crimson - Discipline
Bob Dylan - The Times They are a-Changin'
Radiohead - The Bends
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
Janis Joplin - Pearl
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
Radiohead - OK Computer
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
The Cars - Eponymous
Jane's Addiction - Eponymous
Wilco - A Ghost is Born
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Cake - Fashion Nugget
Cheap Trick - At Budokan
The Greyboy Allstars - A Town Called Earth
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats - Tearing at the Seams
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Vince Guraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Fugazi - Repeater
Simon and Garfunkel - Sound of Silence
Rage Against the Machine - Eponymous
Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
Portishead - Dummy
Phish - Picture of Nectar
Willie Nelson - Teatro
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand the Weather
Chris Smither - Live as I'll Ever Be
 
I’m still sat here wondering how After The Gold Rush isn’t in my list. That’s the big one that I keep questioning. Also agree with GnG I nearly forgot London Calling! 16 year old Joe would have been furious. It wasn’t for lack of love but because with the whole of forever in your head critical things can slip, I don’t think my list more pure for pain in arse spoiler tags and hush hush secrecy.
 
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1-50: One album per; personal preference weighted heavily, but the list is not in order of pure personal preference; personal preference ranking adjusted to give a nod to any critical/historical importance that I think deserved/required it. No live albums, no comps.
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Here is 26 - 50

26: Soundgarden ~ Down On The Upside (1996)
“Hard headed fuck you all
Just add it up to the hot rod death toll”

27: The Allman Bros. ~ At Fillmore East (1971)
“Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel,
Like I been tied to the whippin' post.
Tied to the whippin' post, tied to the whippin' post.
Good Lord, I feel like I'm dyin'.”

28: The Smiths ~ Meat Is Murder (1985/ US Release)
“I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does”

29: Tool ~ Aenima (1996)
“Well now I've got some advice for you, little buddy
Before you point the finger, You should know that I'm the man
And if I'm the man, Then you're the man, and He's the man as well
So you can point that fuckin' finger up your ass.”

30: Big Head Todd & The Monsters ~ Midnight Radio (1990)
“Who ever told you it's your right to be alive?
If your heart is breaking, you are lucky to be in love”

31: The Choir ~ Circle Slide (1990)
“I've got a cause I should surely defend, I hope you will agree
I've got a tire I would love to suspend
I'm searching for a tree”

32: My Morning Jacket ~ Evil Urges (2008)
“Then I saw a new Heaven, Formed in the bleeding light of dusk
All souls, all faiths, Always we were one”

33: Elvis Costello ~ Spike (1989)
“One day you're going to have to face
A deep dark truthful mirror”

34: Afghan Whigs ~ Gentlemen (1993)
“You're saying that the victim doesn't want it to end
Good, I get to dress up and play the assassin again
It's my favorite
It's got personality”

35: Ben Harper ~ Fight For Your Mind (1995)
“But I'd rather walk alone, than chase you around
I'd rather fall myself than let you, drag me on down”


36: Lemonheads ~ Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1993)
“Gotta own up on my own somehow
Toss the beginning and try to live it down”

37: Whiskeytown ~ Pneumonia (2001)
“Used to feel so much, now I just feel dumb”

38: Deftones ~ White Pony (2000)
“Go get your knife, go get your knife
Now kiss me”

39: Digable Planets ~ A New Refutation Of Time & Space (1993)
“Ah yes, planets got the blessed
Beats are played on Friday to get Monday off your chest”

40: Foo Fighters ~ The Colour & The Shape (1997)
“I was always caged but now I’m free”

41: Ben Folds 5 ~ The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner (1999)
“Sometimes I get the feeling, That I won't be on this planet
For very long
I really like it here, I'm quite attached to it
I hope I'm wrong”

42: George Michael ~ Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1. (1990)
“It's hard to love, there's so much to hate”

43: Bjork ~ Post (1994)
“And if you complain once more
You'll meet an army of me”

44: The Hotelier ~ Home, Like No Place (2014)
“Try to take out my claws expect a visceral reaction
Try to muzzle me up, I'll lash out, I'll bite back and
Keep my options open
For fear of becoming housebroken”

45: Sting ~ The Soul Cages (1990)
“What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having?”

46: Death Cab For Cutie ~ Transatlanticisim
“God damn the black night, with all its foul temptations
I've become what I always hated when I was with you then”

47: Frightened Rabbit ~ Pedestrian Verse (2013)
“All our secrets are smothered in dirt
Underneath paving stones, lying waiting to be told
Some stay hidden, whilst some get found
Like a long lost soul, like a skull beneath the ground

48: The Mountain Goats ~ The Sunset Tree (2005)
“And way out in Seattle, young Kurt Cobain
Snuck out to the greenhouse, put a bullet in his brain
Snakes in the grass beneath our feet, rain in the clouds above
Some moments last forever, but some flare out with love love love”

49: Live ~ Throwing Copper (1994)
“I talk of freedom, you talk of the flag
I talk of revolution, you'd much rather brag”

50: Adam Again ~ Dig (1992)
“There was a time when I might have surrendered,
But not now.”
 
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ranbalam said:
#1

The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed

I kind of surprised myself with this decision as I made the list. But as I considered everything about it, it rose to the top.

There's not an album with a better opener/closer combo than this in my humble opinion.
(Gimme Shelter / You Can't Always Get What You Want)
And, Gimme Shelter might just be the best rock song of all time. It still raises the hair on my arms in parts, even though I have heard it countless times. Of course Merry Clayton is such a gem here, and the "woo!" we hear on mic by one of the Stones after her flat-out amazing vocal reach near the end is all so legendary. The song itself is drenched in vibe, it's hard (for me) to describe...and the band is just amazing.

I don't find any filler on this album; it's damn close to perfect...and yet if I did this list in 10 more years, maybe a different record lands the top spot.

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As much as I love Let It Bleed, I could live my life never hearing YCAGWYW again and be completely fine. As far as complete albums go, I always preferred Sticky Fingers.
 
Viking Dan said:
1-50: One album per; personal preference weighted heavily, but the list is not in order of pure personal preference; personal preference ranking adjusted to give a nod to any critical/historical importance that I think deserved/required it.
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Here is 26 - 50

26: Soundgarden ~ Down On The Upside (1996)
“Hard headed fuck you all
Just add it up to the hot rod death toll”

27: The Allman Bros. ~ At Fillmore East (1971)
“Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel,
Like I been tied to the whippin' post.
Tied to the whippin' post, tied to the whippin' post.
Good Lord, I feel like I'm dyin'.”

28: The Smiths ~ Meat Is Murder (1985/ US Release)
“I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does”

29: Tool ~ Aenima (1996)
“Well now I've got some advice for you, little buddy
Before you point the finger, You should know that I'm the man
And if I'm the man, Then you're the man, and He's the man as well
So you can point that fuckin' finger up your ass.”

30: Big Head Todd & The Monsters ~ Midnight Radio (1990)
“Who ever told you it's your right to be alive?
If your heart is breaking, you are lucky to be in love”

31: The Choir ~ Circle Slide (1990)
“I've got a cause I should surely defend, I hope you will agree
I've got a tire I would love to suspend
I'm searching for a tree”

32: My Morning Jacket ~ Evil Urges (2008)
“Then I saw a new Heaven, Formed in the bleeding light of dusk
All souls, all faiths, Always we were one”

33: Elvis Costello ~ Spike (1989)
“One day you're going to have to face
A deep dark truthful mirror”

34: Afghan Whigs ~ Gentlemen (1993)
“You're saying that the victim doesn't want it to end
Good, I get to dress up and play the assassin again
It's my favorite
It's got personality”

35: Ben Harper ~ Fight For Your Mind (1995)
“But I'd rather walk alone, than chase you around
I'd rather fall myself than let you, drag me on down”


36: Lemonheads ~ Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1993)
“Gotta own up on my own somehow
Toss the beginning and try to live it down”

37: Whiskeytown ~ Pneumonia (2001)
“Used to feel so much, now I just feel dumb”

38: Deftones ~ White Pony (2000)
“Go get your knife, go get your knife
Now kiss me”

39: Digable Planets ~ A New Refutation Of Time & Space (1993)
“Ah yes, planets got the blessed
Beats are played on Friday to get Monday off your chest”

40: Foo Fighters ~ The Colour & The Shape (1997)
“I was always caged but now I’m free”

41: Ben Folds 5 ~ The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner (1999)
“Sometimes I get the feeling, That I won't be on this planet
For very long
I really like it here, I'm quite attached to it
I hope I'm wrong”

42: George Michael ~ Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1. (1990)
“It's hard to love, there's so much to hate”

43: Bjork ~ Post (1994)
“And if you complain once more
You'll meet an army of me”

44: The Hotelier ~ Home, Like No Place (2014)
“Try to take out my claws expect a visceral reaction
Try to muzzle me up, I'll lash out, I'll bite back and
Keep my options open
For fear of becoming housebroken”

45: Sting ~ The Soul Cages (1990)
“What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having?”

46: Death Cab For Cutie ~ Transatlanticisim
“God damn the black night, with all its foul temptations
I've become what I always hated when I was with you then”

47: Frightened Rabbit ~ Pedestrian Verse (2013)
“All our secrets are smothered in dirt
Underneath paving stones, lying waiting to be told
Some stay hidden, whilst some get found
Like a long lost soul, like a skull beneath the ground

48: The Mountain Goats ~ The Sunset Tree (2005)
“And way out in Seattle, young Kurt Cobain
Snuck out to the greenhouse, put a bullet in his brain
Snakes in the grass beneath our feet, rain in the clouds above
Some moments last forever, but some flare out with love love love”

49: Live ~ Throwing Copper (1994)
“I talk of freedom, you talk of the flag
I talk of revolution, you'd much rather brag”

50: Adam Again ~ Dig (1992)
“There was a time when I might have surrendered,
But not now
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Nice getting Circle Slide in there, but I probably would’ve chosen Chase The Kangaroo. It’s good to see The Choir get some love
 
Viking Dan said:
1-50: One album per; personal preference weighted heavily, but the list is not in order of pure personal preference; personal preference ranking adjusted to give a nod to any critical/historical importance that I think deserved/required it. No live albums, no comps.
**********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Here is 26 - 50

26: Soundgarden ~ Down On The Upside (1996)
“Hard headed fuck you all
Just add it up to the hot rod death toll”

27: The Allman Bros. ~ At Fillmore East (1971)
“Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel,
Like I been tied to the whippin' post.
Tied to the whippin' post, tied to the whippin' post.
Good Lord, I feel like I'm dyin'.”

28: The Smiths ~ Meat Is Murder (1985/ US Release)
“I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does”

29: Tool ~ Aenima (1996)
“Well now I've got some advice for you, little buddy
Before you point the finger, You should know that I'm the man
And if I'm the man, Then you're the man, and He's the man as well
So you can point that fuckin' finger up your ass.”

30: Big Head Todd & The Monsters ~ Midnight Radio (1990)
“Who ever told you it's your right to be alive?
If your heart is breaking, you are lucky to be in love”

31: The Choir ~ Circle Slide (1990)
“I've got a cause I should surely defend, I hope you will agree
I've got a tire I would love to suspend
I'm searching for a tree”

32: My Morning Jacket ~ Evil Urges (2008)
“Then I saw a new Heaven, Formed in the bleeding light of dusk
All souls, all faiths, Always we were one”

33: Elvis Costello ~ Spike (1989)
“One day you're going to have to face
A deep dark truthful mirror”

34: Afghan Whigs ~ Gentlemen (1993)
“You're saying that the victim doesn't want it to end
Good, I get to dress up and play the assassin again
It's my favorite
It's got personality”

35: Ben Harper ~ Fight For Your Mind (1995)
“But I'd rather walk alone, than chase you around
I'd rather fall myself than let you, drag me on down”


36: Lemonheads ~ Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1993)
“Gotta own up on my own somehow
Toss the beginning and try to live it down”

37: Whiskeytown ~ Pneumonia (2001)
“Used to feel so much, now I just feel dumb”

38: Deftones ~ White Pony (2000)
“Go get your knife, go get your knife
Now kiss me”

39: Digable Planets ~ A New Refutation Of Time & Space (1993)
“Ah yes, planets got the blessed
Beats are played on Friday to get Monday off your chest”

40: Foo Fighters ~ The Colour & The Shape (1997)
“I was always caged but now I’m free”

41: Ben Folds 5 ~ The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner (1999)
“Sometimes I get the feeling, That I won't be on this planet
For very long
I really like it here, I'm quite attached to it
I hope I'm wrong”

42: George Michael ~ Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1. (1990)
“It's hard to love, there's so much to hate”

43: Bjork ~ Post (1994)
“And if you complain once more
You'll meet an army of me”

44: The Hotelier ~ Home, Like No Place (2014)
“Try to take out my claws expect a visceral reaction
Try to muzzle me up, I'll lash out, I'll bite back and
Keep my options open
For fear of becoming housebroken”

45: Sting ~ The Soul Cages (1990)
“What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having?”

46: Death Cab For Cutie ~ Transatlanticisim
“God damn the black night, with all its foul temptations
I've become what I always hated when I was with you then”

47: Frightened Rabbit ~ Pedestrian Verse (2013)
“All our secrets are smothered in dirt
Underneath paving stones, lying waiting to be told
Some stay hidden, whilst some get found
Like a long lost soul, like a skull beneath the ground

48: The Mountain Goats ~ The Sunset Tree (2005)
“And way out in Seattle, young Kurt Cobain
Snuck out to the greenhouse, put a bullet in his brain
Snakes in the grass beneath our feet, rain in the clouds above
Some moments last forever, but some flare out with love love love”

49: Live ~ Throwing Copper (1994)
“I talk of freedom, you talk of the flag
I talk of revolution, you'd much rather brag”

50: Adam Again ~ Dig (1992)
“There was a time when I might have surrendered,
But not now.”
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1-50: One album per; personal preference weighted heavily, but the list is not in order of pure personal preference; personal preference ranking adjusted to give a nod to any critical/historical importance that I think deserved/required it. No live albums, no comps.
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1: Wilco ~ Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
“I am trying to break your heart
But still I'd be lying if I said it wasn't easy”

2: The Beatles ~ Let It Be (1970)
“Elmore James got nothin’ on this, baby”

3: Radiohead ~ Kid A (2000)
“If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough”

4: Tom Petty ~ Wildflowers (1994)
“And if you follow your feelings, you follow your dreams
You might find the forest there in the trees”

5: Elliott Smith ~ Either/Or (1997)
“I can make you satisfied in everything you do
All your secret wishes could right now be coming true
And be forever with my poison arms, around you”

6: Metallica ~ ...And Justice For All (1988)
“Fire is the outcome of hypocrisy”

7: Aretha Franklin ~ I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (1967)
“He said it's been a long time coming
But I know my change is gonna come, oh yeah”

8: Matthew Sweet ~ Girlfriend (1991)
“When I think maybe I need you
I don't care if it's not true
‘Cause it isn't so much what I need now
As what I want from you”

9: The Cure ~ Disintegration (1989)
“On candy-stripe legs the Spiderman comes
Softly though the shadow of the evening sun”.

10: Tribe Called Quest ~ The Low End Theory (1991)
“Ayo, Bo knows this (What?)
And Bo knows that (What?)
But Bo don’t know jack, ’cause Bo can’t rap”

11: The Black Crowes ~ Amorica (1994)
“Have mercy baby, I'm descending again”

12: Dinosaur Jr. ~ Green Mind (1991)
“There never really is a good time
There’s always nothing much to say.”

13: Van Halen ~ 1984 (1984)
SOLO - (Very Difficult) [Tried to post the Guitar Tabulature for this but it was too many characters]



14: NIИ ~ Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
“Everyday I hope and pray that this will end
But when I can, I do it all again”

15: Nirvana ~ Unplugged (1993)
“I wish I was like you,
Easily amused

16: R.E.M. ~ Green (1988)
“I remember traffic jams
Motor boys and girls with tans
Nearly was and almost rans
I remember this”

17: Beastie Boys ~ Check Your Head (1992)
“I give thanks for inspiration, it guides my mind along the way
A lot of people get jealous, they're talking about me
But that's just cause they haven't got a thing to say”

18: Weezer ~ Blue Album (1994)
“The sea is foaming like a bottle of beer
the wave is coming but I ain’t go no fear.”

19: The 77s ~ Sticks & Stones (1990)
“You failed, You picked the right time to fail
Got your past behind you, Got your future in front of you”

20: Pearl Jam ~ No Code (1996)
“Hail, hail the lucky ones
I refer to those in love, yeah”

21: Grateful Dead ~ Live From The Mars Hotel (2002)
“Well, I ain't always right but I've never been wrong
Seldom turns out the way it does in a song”

22: Uncle Tupelo ~ Still Feel Gone (1991)
“Just don't tell me which way I oughta run
Or what good I could do anyone
Cause my heart, it was a gun
But it's unloaded now so don't bother.”

23: Jimi Hendrix ~ Are You Experienced? (1967)
SOLO - (Very Difficult) [Tried to post the Guitar Tablature for this but it was too many characters]



24: Ryan Adams~ Heartbreaker (2000)
“I ain't never been to Vegas but I gambled up my life”

25: U2 ~ Joshua Tree (1987)
“Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails, she makes me wait”
 
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My list (which is mostly rap) looks like an outlier here:

1. Kanye West - College Dropout (2004)
2. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
3. OutKast - Aquemini (1998)
4. Clipse - Lord Willin' (2002)
5. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele (2000)
6. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
7. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die (1994)
8. Tupac Shakur - Me Against The World (1995)
9. Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Wuz Here (2010)
10. Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)
11. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d. city (2012)
12. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt (1996)
13. U.G.K. - Ridin' Dirty (1996)
14. D'Angelo - Brown Sugar (1995)
15. Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004)
16. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis / Live! (1971)
17. Nas - Illmatic (1994)
18. Esther Phillips - From A Whisper To A Scream (1972)
19. T.I. - Trap Muzik (2003)
20. Anderson Paak - Malibu (2016)
21. DJ Quik - Rhythm-al-ism (1997)
22. Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek - Train Of Thought (2000)
23. Common - Be (2005)
24. Jay-Z - The Black Album (2003)
25. Noname - Telefone (2016)
26. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
27. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle (1993)
28. The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
29. GangStarr - Moment Of Truth (1998)
30. Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
31. Curtis Mayfield - Roots (1971)
32. Benjamin Booker - Witness (2017)
33. Redman - Muddy Waters (1995)
34. Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces Of A Man (1971)
35. Dr. Dre - 2001 (1999)
36. Scarface - The Fix (2002)
37. D'Angelo - Black Messiah (2014)
38. Danny Brown - XXX (2011)
39. Big K.R.I.T. - ReturnOf4Eva (2011)
40. Big Boi- Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty (2010)
41. SZA - Ctrl (2017)
42. Bas - Too High To Riot (2016)
43. Capone-N-Noreaga - The War Report (1997)
44. Alicia Keys - The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003)
45. Real Estate - Days (2011)
46. Kamaiyah - A Good Night In The Ghetto (2016)
47. EarthGang - Mirrorland (2019)
48. Ne-Yo - In My Own Words (2006)
49. Kendrick Lamar - Damn (2017)
50. John Legend - Get Lifted (2004)
 
Viking Dan said:
1-50: One album per; personal preference weighted heavily, but the list is not in order of pure personal preference; personal preference ranking adjusted to give a nod to any critical/historical importance that I think deserved/required it.
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Here is 26 - 50

26: Soundgarden ~ Down On The Upside (1996)
“Hard headed fuck you all
Just add it up to the hot rod death toll”

27: The Allman Bros. ~ At Fillmore East (1971)
“Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel,
Like I been tied to the whippin' post.
Tied to the whippin' post, tied to the whippin' post.
Good Lord, I feel like I'm dyin'.”

28: The Smiths ~ Meat Is Murder (1985/ US Release)
“I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does”

29: Tool ~ Aenima (1996)
“Well now I've got some advice for you, little buddy
Before you point the finger, You should know that I'm the man
And if I'm the man, Then you're the man, and He's the man as well
So you can point that fuckin' finger up your ass.”

30: Big Head Todd & The Monsters ~ Midnight Radio (1990)
“Who ever told you it's your right to be alive?
If your heart is breaking, you are lucky to be in love”

31: The Choir ~ Circle Slide (1990)
“I've got a cause I should surely defend, I hope you will agree
I've got a tire I would love to suspend
I'm searching for a tree”

32: My Morning Jacket ~ Evil Urges (2008)
“Then I saw a new Heaven, Formed in the bleeding light of dusk
All souls, all faiths, Always we were one”

33: Elvis Costello ~ Spike (1989)
“One day you're going to have to face
A deep dark truthful mirror”

34: Afghan Whigs ~ Gentlemen (1993)
“You're saying that the victim doesn't want it to end
Good, I get to dress up and play the assassin again
It's my favorite
It's got personality”

35: Ben Harper ~ Fight For Your Mind (1995)
“But I'd rather walk alone, than chase you around
I'd rather fall myself than let you, drag me on down”


36: Lemonheads ~ Come On Feel The Lemonheads (1993)
“Gotta own up on my own somehow
Toss the beginning and try to live it down”

37: Whiskeytown ~ Pneumonia (2001)
“Used to feel so much, now I just feel dumb”

38: Deftones ~ White Pony (2000)
“Go get your knife, go get your knife
Now kiss me”

39: Digable Planets ~ A New Refutation Of Time & Space (1993)
“Ah yes, planets got the blessed
Beats are played on Friday to get Monday off your chest”

40: Foo Fighters ~ The Colour & The Shape (1997)
“I was always caged but now I’m free”

41: Ben Folds 5 ~ The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner (1999)
“Sometimes I get the feeling, That I won't be on this planet
For very long
I really like it here, I'm quite attached to it
I hope I'm wrong”

42: George Michael ~ Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1. (1990)
“It's hard to love, there's so much to hate”

43: Bjork ~ Post (1994)
“And if you complain once more
You'll meet an army of me”

44: The Hotelier ~ Home, Like No Place (2014)
“Try to take out my claws expect a visceral reaction
Try to muzzle me up, I'll lash out, I'll bite back and
Keep my options open
For fear of becoming housebroken”

45: Sting ~ The Soul Cages (1990)
“What good is a used up world and how could it be worth having?”

46: Death Cab For Cutie ~ Transatlanticisim
“God damn the black night, with all its foul temptations
I've become what I always hated when I was with you then”

47: Frightened Rabbit ~ Pedestrian Verse (2013)
“All our secrets are smothered in dirt
Underneath paving stones, lying waiting to be told
Some stay hidden, whilst some get found
Like a long lost soul, like a skull beneath the ground

48: The Mountain Goats ~ The Sunset Tree (2005)
“And way out in Seattle, young Kurt Cobain
Snuck out to the greenhouse, put a bullet in his brain
Snakes in the grass beneath our feet, rain in the clouds above
Some moments last forever, but some flare out with love love love”

49: Live ~ Throwing Copper (1994)
“I talk of freedom, you talk of the flag
I talk of revolution, you'd much rather brag”

50: Adam Again ~ Dig (1992)
“There was a time when I might have surrendered,
But not now.”
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One album per and he goes with Evil Urges!? The mad lad.
 
My favorite 50, cut down in a panic from 75 to make the cutoff....also PMed.
  1. Pet Shop Boys - Behavior
  2. Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's
  3. k.d. lang - Absolute Torch and Twang
  4. Everything But the Girl - Amplified Heart
  5. Susanne Sundfor - Ten Love Songs
  6. Depeche Mode - Violator
  7. Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily
  8. Indigo Girls - Swamp Ophelia
  9. Brandi Carlile - Bear Creek
  10. Goldfrapp - Black Cherry
  11. Tracy Thorn - Out of the Woods
  12. Ashley Monroe - The Blade
  13. Robyn - Robyn
  14. Portishead - Dummy
  15. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair
  16. Cure - Disintegration
  17. Erasure - Chorus
  18. Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth
  19. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts
  20. New Order - Technique
  21. Donna Summer - Bad Girls
  22. Agnes Obel - Aventine
  23. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
  24. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
  25. Lizzo - Big Grrl Small World
  26. Janet Jackson - Control
  27. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
  28. Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
  29. Cars - Heartbeat City
  30. Slowdive - Pygmalion
  31. Joni Mitchell - Blue
  32. John Prine - Bruised Orange
  33. Mary Chapin Carpenter - Come On, Come On
  34. Ulrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated Place
  35. Heart - Little Queen
  36. Florence and the Machine - Ceremonials
  37. Roisin Murphy - Overpowered
  38. Le Tigre - This Island
  39. Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like a Wheel
  40. T. Rex - Electric Warrior
  41. Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
  42. Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Into Ecstasy
  43. Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache
  44. Marina and the Diamonds - Froot
  45. Lyle Lovett - Pontiac
  46. Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
  47. The Knife - Silent Shout
  48. Nightmares on Wax - Carboot Soul
  49. Orbital - Orbital (Brown)
  50. Maya Jane Coles - Comfort
 
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Got my list submitted a few minutes after midnight but fingers crossed that it will still count.

Here are #51-#70 (in no particular order):

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When I look at these 20 albums in isolation, it's really hard to believe that they didn't make it into my top 50 - like what other albums are there even? I love just looking at all of these beautiful album covers next to each other like this and feeling all of the positive associations and memories radiating off of these images for me. It also makes me anxiously think, "gee, I forget exactly what all is in my top 50, but they better be pretty damn good if none of these albums made the cut."

Will my top 50 albums be any good? You bet your ass they willlllllllllllll maybe be pretty good at least to me!

Artist/Album Titles for #51-#70 (in the same order as listed above, which was, in fact, in no particular order):
  • Collective Soul "Dosage" [never released on vinyl!]
  • Vast "Music For People" [never released on vinyl!]
  • Tame Impala "Lonerism"
  • Embrace "Out of Nothing"
  • The Magic Numbers "The Magic Numbers"
  • Arcade Fire "Funeral"
  • Secret Machines "Ten Silver Drops"
  • Coldplay "A Rush of Blood to the Head"
  • Glass Animals "Zaba"
  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds "Let Love In"
  • The Dissociatives "The Dissociatives" [never released on vinyl!]
  • Bear's Den "Islands"
  • The National "High Violet"
  • Kasabian "Kasabian"
  • Spoon "Hot Thoughts"
  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds "Push the Sky Away"
  • Death Cab for Cutie "Plans"
  • Manic Street Preachers "The Holy Bible"
  • Muse "Absolution"
  • Van Morrison "Astral Weeks"
 
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