My Favorite 100 Albums of the 1980's

1.        The Queen is Dead – The Smiths

2.       Pornography – The Cure

3.       Ocean Rain – Echo and the Bunnymen

4.       Seconds of Pleasure – Rockpile

5.       Fair Warning – Van Halen

6.       New York – Lou Reed

7.       The Head on the Door – The Cure

8.       Black Sea – XTC

9.       Kings of the Wild Frontier – Adam and the Ants

10.   Women and Children First – Van Halen

11.   London 0 Hull 4 – The Housemartins

12.   Freedom of Choice – Devo

13.   The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses

14.   Holy Diver – Dio

15.   The Smiths – The Smiths

16.   Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables – The Dead Kennedys

17.   Crocodiles – Echo and the Bunnymen

18.   Darklands – The Jesus and Mary Chain

19.   The Age of Plastic – The Buggles

20.   The River – Bruce Springsteen

21.   13 Songs – Fugazi

22.   Only Theatre of Pain – Christian Death

23.   Computer World – Kraftwerk

24.   Psychedelic Jungle – The Cramps

25.   The Professionals – The Professionals

26.   The Game – Sham 69

27.   Mystery Girl – Roy Orbison

28.   Strangeways Here We Come – The Smiths

29.   Purple Rain - Prince

30.   The German Album – House of Love

31.   Growing Up in Public – Lou Reed

32.   Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me – The Cure

33.   Closer – Joy Division

34.   Ace of Spades – Motorhead

35.   Sandinista! – The Clash

36.   Remain in Light – The Talking Heads

37.   Blah Blah Blah – Iggy Pop

38.   Double Fantasy – John Lennon

39.   Standing on the Edge – Cheap Trick

40.   No Control – Bad Religion

41.   Psychocandy – The Jesus and Mary Chain

42.   Meat is Murder – The Smiths

43.   Surfer Rosa – The Pixies

44.   Scary Monsters and Super Creeps – David Bowie

45.   Floodland – The Sisters of Mercy

46.   Walk Among Us – The Misfits

47.   Angst in My Pants – Sparks

48.   Viva Hate – Morrissey

49.   British Steel – Judas Priest

50.   Raising Hell – Run-D.M.C

51.   Echo and the Bunnymen – Echo and the Bunnymen

52.   Private Dancer – Tina Turner

53.   Beauty and the Beat – The Go-Go’s

54.   Japanese Whisper – The Cure

55.   Lament – Ultravox

56.   Licensed to Ill – The Beastie Boys

57.   Damaged – Black Flag

58.   Pleasant Dreams – The Ramones

59.   Vol. 1 – The Traveling Wilburys

60.   Graceland – Paul Simon

61.   1984 – Van Halen

62.   Heaven Up Here – Echo and the Bunnymen

63.   Disintegration – The Cure

64.   Strawberries – The Damned

65.   Let’s Dance – David Bowie

66.   Bi-Coastal – Peter Allen

67.   Movement – New Order

68.   Louder Than Bombs – the Smiths

69.   Nick the Knife – Nick Lowe

70.   After the Snow – Modern English

71.   Doolittle – The Pixies

72.   Tim – The Replacements

73.   Songs from the Big Chair – Tears for Fears

74.   New Depression Music – Fripp and Eno

75.   Pretenders – Pretenders

76.   Stop Making Sense – The Talking Heads

77.   Happy Nightmare Baby – Opal

78.   3 Feet High and Rising – De La Soul

79.   Bleach – Nirvana

80.   Power, Corruption, Lies – New Order

81.   Synchronicity – The Police

82.   Highwayman – The Highwaymen

83.   The Final Cut – Pink Floyd

84.   The Works – Queen

85.   Document – R.E.M

86.   Join the Army – Suicidal Tendencies

87.   Songs about Fucking – Big Black

88.   Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath

89.   Burning from the Inside- Bauhaus

90.   Like a Virgin – Madonna

91.   Bummed – Happy Mondays

92.   Journey Through a Body – Throbbing Gristle

93.   Hot Space – Queen

94.   Built for Speed – The Stray Cats

95.   Eliminator – ZZ Top

96.   Junta – Phish

97.   Rhythm of Youth – Men Without Hats

98.   Promise – Gene Love Jezebel

99.   War – U2

100.                        Boy – U2

 

 

 

 

My Favorite 100 Albums of the 1970's

1. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars – David Bowie
2. After the Gold Rush – Neil Young
3. The Slider – T. Rex
4. The Hoople – Mott the Hoople
5. Transformer – Lou Reed
6. The Point! – Harry Nilsson
7. Just a Boy – Leo Sayer
8. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
9. Van Halen – Van Halen
10. At Budokan – Cheap Trick
11. Unknown Pleasures – Joy Division
12. Quadrophenia – The Who
13. Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon
14. The Idiot – Iggy Pop
15. Loaded – The Velvet Underground
16. Full House Live – J Geils Band
17. Thee Imaginary Boys – The Cure
18. Aladdin Sane – David Bowie
19. Killer – Alice Cooper
20. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
21. Station to Station - David Bowie
22. Meddle – Pink Floyd
23. Here Come the Warm Jets – Brian Eno
24. One on One – Seals and Crofts
25. Eat to the Beat – Blondie
26. Low – David Bowie
27. Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo - Devo
28. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel
29. London Calling – The Clash
30. The Man Machine – Kraftwerk
31. Machine Head – Deep Purple
32. Led Zeppelin IV – Led Zeppelin
33. The Stranger – Billy Joek
34. Kimono My House – Sparks
35. Country Life – Roxy Music
36. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
37. Imagine – John Lennon
38. A Day at the Races – Queen
39. Labour of Lust – Nick Lowe
40. This Year’s Model – Elvis Costello
41. Nilsson Schmilsson – Harry Nilsson
42. Hunky Dory – David Bowie
43. Electric Warrior – T. Rex
44. Trans Europe Express – Kraftwerk
45. Year of the Cat – Al Stewart
46. Magnetic South – Michael Nesmith and the First National Band
47. Love it to Death – Alice Cooper
48. John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
49. Desolation Boulevard – Sweet
50. 2 Years On – The Bee Gees
51. Blank Generation – Richard Hell and the Voidoids
52. Neu! – Neu!
53. Who’s Next – The Who
54. Touch Me – Gary Glitter
55. Roxy Music – Roxy Music
56. Free Your Mind….And Your Ass Will Follow – Funkadelic
57. Repeat When Necessary – Dave Edmunds
58. Nevermind the Bollocks – The Sex Pistols
59. Berlin – Lou Reed
60. Neu! 2 – Neu!
61. Superfly – Curtis Mayfield
62. Every Picture Tells a Story – Rod Stewart
63. Man Who Sold the World – David Bowie
64. Scared to Dance – Skids
65. Rollin’ – Bay City Rollers
66. Diamond Dogs – David Bowie
67. Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
68. Carpenters – The Carpenters
69. Rocket to Russia – The Ramones
70. Static Age – The Misfits
71. Let it Be – The Beatles
72. Lust for Life – Iggy Pop
73. Lodger – David Bowie
74. Mott – Mott the Hoople
75. Barrett – Syd Barrett
76. Pink Moon – Nick Drake
77. American Beauty – The Grateful Dead
78. Ian Hunter – Ian Hunter
79. Jesus of Cool – Nick Lowe
80. My Feet are Smiling – Leo Kottke
81. Nevada Fighter – Michael Nesmith
82. Heroes – David Bowie
83. Play Don’t Worry – Mick Ronson
84. Harvest – Neil Young
85. New York Dolls – New York Dolls
86. Atom Heart Mother – Pink Floyd
87. A Night at the Opera – Queen
88. High Voltage – AC/DC
89. The Cars - The Cars
90. Van Halen II – Van Halen
91. Raw Power – Iggy and the Stooges
92. ’77 – Talking Heads
93. Rocky Horror Picture Show – Richard O’Brien and Cast
94. Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
95. Heaven Tonight – Cheap Trick
96. Destroyer – Kiss
97. You’re Never Alone With A Schizophrenic – Ian Hunter
98. Diamonds and Rust – Joan Baez
99. Young Americans – David Bowie
100. Led Zeppelin III – Led Zeppelin

My favorite 100 albums of the 1960's

1. The Velvet Underground and Nico – The Velvet Underground 
2. Sounds of Silence– Simon and Garfunkel 
3. Blonde on Blonde – Bob Dylan 
4. The Piper at the Gates of Dawn – Pink Floyd 
5. A Quick One – The Who 
6. Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield 
7. Headquarters – The Monkees 
8. In Dreams – Roy Orbison 
9. Stand – Sly and the Family Stone 
10. Their Satanic Majesties Request – The Rolling Stones 
11. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme – Simon and Garfunkel 
12. In the Court of the Crimson King – King Crimson 
13. The Stooges – The Stooges 
14. Cheap Thrills – Big Brother and the Holding Company 
15. Bringin’ it all Back Home – Bob Dylan 
16. The Fifth Dimension – The Byrds 
17. Magical Mystery Tour – The Beatles 
18. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere – Neil Young and Crazy Horse 
19. Ssssh – Ten Years After 
20. Waiting for the Sun – The Doors 
21. Are you Experienced? – The Jimi Hendrix Experience 
22. White Light/White Heat – The Velvet Underground 
23. Space Oddity – David Bowie 
24. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin 
25. Please, Please Me – The Beatles 
26. Between the Buttons – The Rolling Stones 
27. Gentle on my Mind – Glen Campbell 
28. In the Wind – Peter, Paul, and Mary 
29. Let’s Live for Today – The Grass Roots 
30. Ooh Poo Pah Doo – Ike and Tina Turner 
31. Kick Out the Jams – The MC5 
32. Reach Out – The Four Tops 
33. The World of Will Holt – Will Holt 
34. Bookends - Simon and Garfunkel 
35. Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield 
36. Strange Days – The Doors 
37. A Saucerful of Secrets – Pink Floyd 
38. Tommy – The Who 
39. La La Means I Love You – The Delfonics 
40. Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan 
41. The Peter, Paul, and Mary Album – Peter, Paul and Mary 
42. Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys 
43. Disraeli Gears – Cream 
44. The Doors – The Doors 
45. If You Can Believe Your eyes and Ears – The Mamas and the Papas 
46. Shades of Deep Purple – Deep Purple 
47. Something Else By the Kinks – The Kinks 
48. Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf 
49. Inna-gadda-da-vida – Iron Butterfly 
50. Aftermath – The Rolling Stones 
51. Green River- Creedence Clearwater Revival 
52. The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding 
53. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground 
54. Surrealistic Pillow – Jefferson Airplane 
55. The Birds, The Bees, and the Monkees – The Monkees 
56. Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 
57. A Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum 
58. Dance to the Music – Sly and the Family Stone 
59. The Kinks – The Kinks 
60. My Favorite Things – John Coltrane 
61. Help! – The Beatles 
62. Pisces, Sage, Aquarius, and Jones Ltd – The Monkees 
63. Bee Gees 1st – The Bee Gees 
64. Harry – Harry Nilsson 
65. Axis Bold as Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 
66. Abbey Road – The Beatles 
67. The Twain Shall Meet- Eric Burdon and the Animals 
68. Canned Wheat – The Guess Who 
69. Crying – Roy Orbison 
70. Another Side of Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan 
71. More of the Monkees – The Monkees 
72. Let it Bleed – The Rolling Stones 
73. Led Zeppelin II – Led Zeppelin 
74. Days of Future Passed – The Moody Blues 
75. Live at the Apollo – James Brown 
76. I Hear a Symphony – The Supremes 
77. At Folsom Prison – Johnny Cash 
78. Odessey and Oracle – The Zombies 
79. River Deep, Mountain High – Ike and Tina Turner 
80. Rockin’ at the Hops – Chuck Berry 
81. Revolver – The Beatles 
82. Smiley Smile – The Beach Boys 
83. Hawaii Five-O – The Ventures 
84. Thunderball – John Barry 
85. John Wesley Harding – Bob Dylan 
86. Gorilla – The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band 
87. Rubber Soul - The Beatles 
88. Velvet Gloves and Spit – Neil Diamond 
89. Freak Out! - The Mothers of Invention 
90. The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators – The 13th Floor Elevators 
91. The Soft Parade – The Doors 
92. Quicksilver Messenger Service – Quicksilver Messenger Service 
93. Happy Together – The Turtles 
94. Living the Blues – Canned Heat 
95. Wednesday Morning 3AM – Simon and Garfunkel 
96. Somewhere There’s a Someone – Dean Martin 
97. Getz/Gilberto – Getz and Gilberto 
98. Crosby, Stills, and Nash – Crosby, Stills, and Nash 
99. Music From the Big Pink – The Band 
100. Let it Bleed – The Rolling Stones