My List of the 100 greatest albums

[Alt_Rocker77]

Here's my attempt at a 100 greatest albums list- enjoy

1. The Beatles- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited
3. The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground & Nico
4. The Clash- London Calling
5. Nirvana- Nevermind
6. Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run
7. The Jimi Hendrix Experience- Are You Experienced?
8. Miles Davis- Kind of Blue
9. Elvis Presley- Elvis Presley
10. U2- The Joshua Tree
11. The Rolling Stones- Beggars Banquet
12. Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
13. The Beatles- Rubber Soul
14. The Who- Live at Leeds
15. James Brown- Live at the Apollo (1963)
16. Marvin Gaye- What’s Going On?
17. The Ramones- Ramones
18. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin II
19. Michael Jackson- Thriller
20. Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
21. Bob Dylan- Bringing It All Back Home
22. Sex Pistols- Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols
23. Bob Marley & The Wailers- Exodus
24. The Doors- The Doors
25. The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
26. David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars
27. The Kinks- Something Else
28. Radiohead- OK Computer
29. A Tribe Called Quest- The Low End Theory
30. John Coltrane- A Love Supreme
31. The Beatles- Revolver
32. Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde
33. Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water
34. Elvis Costello- This Year’s Model
35. Stevie Wonder- Innervisions
36. Black Sabbath- Paranoid
37. Johnny Cash- Live At Folsom Prison
38. The Smiths- The Queen Is Dead
39. Prince- Purple Rain
40. Run-DMC- Raising Hell
41. Television- Marquee Moon
42. The Velvet Underground- Loaded
43. The Allman Brothers- At Fillmore East
44. Chuck Berry- The Great 28
45. Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP
46. Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
47. Metallica- Master of Puppets
48. Ray Charles- The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic R&B Recordings 1952-1959
49. Patti Smith- Horses
50. Sam Cooke- Portrait of a Legend: 1951-1964
51. The Pixies- Doolittle
52. Paul Simon- Graceland
53. R.E.M.- Automatic for the People
54. John Lennon- Plastic Ono Band
55. The Clash- The Clash
56. Talking Heads- Remain In Light
57. Radiohead- Kid A
58. Cream- Disraeli Gears
59. Billy Joel- The Stranger
60. The Beatles- Abbey Road
61. Aretha Franklin- I’ve Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
62. U2- Achtung Baby
63. The Police- Synchronicity
64. Bruce Springsteen- Born in the USA
65. Robert Johnson- The Complete Recordings
66. Queen- A Night at the Opera
67. Blondie- Parallel Lines
68. The Beastie Boys- Paul’s Boutique
69. The Who- Who’s Next
70. Sly and the Family Stone- Stand!
71. Frank Sinatra- In the Wee Small Hours
72. Elvis Presley- Sunrise: The Sun Recordings
73. Green Day- Dookie
74. AC/DC- Back in Black
75. The Beatles- The Beatles (The White Album)
76. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin IV
77. Moby Grape- Moby Grape
78. Guns N’ Roses- Appetite for Destruction
79. Nine Inch Nails- The Downward Spiral
80. Miles Davis- *****es Brew
81. Bruce Springsteen- Darkness on the Edge of Town
82. Lou Reed- Transformer
83. Neil Young- After the Gold Rush
84. Steely Dan- Aja
85. The B-52’s- The B-52’s
86. The Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed
87. The Cure- Wish
88. The Jimi Hendrix Experience- Electric Ladyland
89. Pearl Jam- Ten
90. The White Stripes- Elephant
91. Bob Dylan- Time Out of Mind
92. Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
93. The Stooges- Raw Power
94. Fleetwood Mac- Rumors
95. Joy Division- Closer
96. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention- We’re Only In It for the Money
97. Michael Jackson- Bad
98. Bob Marley & the Wailers- Uprising
99. The Rolling Stones- Exile on Main Street
100. Weezer- Pinkerton

Please Rate My List

[classicrockdude]

actually it is a great list. But We're Only in it for the Money should be higher.

[Gowienczyk]

Seems like a list I've seen all before.

[sa_nick]

Swap Elvis Presley for The Downward Spiral and I can dig it.

[Alt_Rocker77]

Well Gowienczyk, what makes an album any less great if it has been used before?

[Squaretriangles]

It looks remarkably similar to the Rolling Stone list....

[Alt_Rocker77]

In what sense?

[Gowienczyk]

In fact it looks way too familiar. (http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/all-time)

[Skittles]

It looks remarkably similar to the Rolling Stone list....
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938174/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time

[gmarsh]

Put number 4 and 5 lower, Zeppelin IV higher, and other than that I think it's a great list, but that's just me.

[MrFruitLord]

Typical.

[Alright_Computer]

To be honest, there was nothing that jumped out to me as atypical, but it's a good list overall. I enjoy most, if not all, of these albums.

[Mega-Tallica]

Not bad, not much metal, but a respectable list nonetheless

[Julio_Strikes_Back]

It looks remarkably similar to the Rolling Stone list....

I noticed that too.

[afterstasis]

like others have said, it's a very uneventful list for me, but i like/love the majority of the albums.

[Bub]

Here's my attempt at a 100 greatest albums list- enjoy

1. The Beatles- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited
3. The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground & Nico
4. The Clash- London Calling
5. Nirvana- Nevermind
6. Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run
7. The Jimi Hendrix Experience- Are You Experienced?
8. Miles Davis- Kind of Blue
9. Elvis Presley- Elvis Presley
10. U2- The Joshua Tree
11. The Rolling Stones- Beggars Banquet
12. Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
13. The Beatles- Rubber Soul
14. The Who- Live at Leeds
15. James Brown- Live at the Apollo (1963)
16. Marvin Gaye- What’s Going On?
17. The Ramones- Ramones
18. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin II
19. Michael Jackson- Thriller
20. Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
21. Bob Dylan- Bringing It All Back Home
22. Sex Pistols- Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols
23. Bob Marley & The Wailers- Exodus
24. The Doors- The Doors
25. The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
26. David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars
27. The Kinks- Something Else
28. Radiohead- OK Computer
29. A Tribe Called Quest- The Low End Theory
30. John Coltrane- A Love Supreme
31. The Beatles- Revolver
32. Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde
33. Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water
34. Elvis Costello- This Year’s Model
35. Stevie Wonder- Innervisions
36. Black Sabbath- Paranoid
37. Johnny Cash- Live At Folsom Prison
38. The Smiths- The Queen Is Dead
39. Prince- Purple Rain
40. Run-DMC- Raising Hell
41. Television- Marquee Moon
42. The Velvet Underground- Loaded
43. The Allman Brothers- At Fillmore East
44. Chuck Berry- The Great 28
45. Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP
46. Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
47. Metallica- Master of Puppets
48. Ray Charles- The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic R&B Recordings 1952-1959
49. Patti Smith- Horses
50. Sam Cooke- Portrait of a Legend: 1951-1964
51. The Pixies- Doolittle
52. Paul Simon- Graceland
53. R.E.M.- Automatic for the People
54. John Lennon- Plastic Ono Band
55. The Clash- The Clash
56. Talking Heads- Remain In Light
57. Radiohead- Kid A
58. Cream- Disraeli Gears
59. Billy Joel- The Stranger
60. The Beatles- Abbey Road
61. Aretha Franklin- I’ve Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
62. U2- Achtung Baby
63. The Police- Synchronicity
64. Bruce Springsteen- Born in the USA
65. Robert Johnson- The Complete Recordings
66. Queen- A Night at the Opera
67. Blondie- Parallel Lines
68. The Beastie Boys- Paul’s Boutique
69. The Who- Who’s Next
70. Sly and the Family Stone- Stand!
71. Frank Sinatra- In the Wee Small Hours
72. Elvis Presley- Sunrise: The Sun Recordings
73. Green Day- Dookie
74. AC/DC- Back in Black
75. The Beatles- The Beatles (The White Album)
76. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin IV
77. Moby Grape- Moby Grape
78. Guns N’ Roses- Appetite for Destruction
79. Nine Inch Nails- The Downward Spiral
80. Miles Davis- *****es Brew
81. Bruce Springsteen- Darkness on the Edge of Town
82. Lou Reed- Transformer
83. Neil Young- After the Gold Rush
84. Steely Dan- Aja
85. The B-52’s- The B-52’s
86. The Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed
87. The Cure- Wish
88. The Jimi Hendrix Experience- Electric Ladyland
89. Pearl Jam- Ten
90. The White Stripes- Elephant
91. Bob Dylan- Time Out of Mind
92. Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
93. The Stooges- Raw Power
94. Fleetwood Mac- Rumors
95. Joy Division- Closer
96. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention- We’re Only In It for the Money
97. Michael Jackson- Bad
98. Bob Marley & the Wailers- Uprising
99. The Rolling Stones- Exile on Main Street
100. Weezer- Pinkerton

Please Rate My List

Hell I could've just looked at my book of Rollings Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

[Bub]

I noticed that too.

Because it basically is.

[clashcityrocker10]

Nothing on here that I absolutely despise, and there are a lot of albums that I really enjoy.

[ImHotterThanYou]

Led Zeppelin II is the highest zep album? Other than that its great.

[Lolicat]

I'm kind of shocked by the handle 'alt-rocker' after reading the list.

[neckermanncj]

you have closer but no unknown pleasures? :confused:

[Soror_YZBL]

I'm kind of shocked by the handle 'alt-rocker' after reading the list.

I'm not, almost all of it is alt, or a pred thereov.

[Parodygm]

Interested in Wish as the choice of The Cure albums. I guess I'm fairly average in suggesting that Disintegration might be their strongest release although I have considerable love for many of their earlier albums.

[Buffdog18]

Goos list, and glad Eminem is getting some love.

[Soror_YZBL]

Interested in Wish as the choice of The Cure albums. I guess I'm fairly average in suggesting that Disintegration might be their strongest release although I have considerable love for many of their earlier albums.

In the immortal words of Stan Marsh, "Disintegration is the best album ever!"

[Pleiadeez]

Rumours could be higher imo :)

[Zomba]

Not a bad list, at all.

[Tank9088]

Not a bad list, at all.

Except that he copied it, you know other than that.

[mercury11]

Well Gowienczyk, what makes an album any less great if it has been used before?

Because there are tons of albums that deserve more recognition over some of the so called classics. plus this looks like rolling stone / rateyourmusic. Its just hard to imagine you actually share the exact same opinion of whats great with every other pop critic.

[RandomBrandon]

EXCELLENT LIST but I don't think Nevermind Belongs in the top ten maybe top20 and London Calling is better the The Clash and It should not be 55, it belongs in the top 30.
Great list anyways. 4/5 stars