To disambiguate: “Top” doesn’t mean “best”, apparently, it means albums you enjoy listening to better than others. Even though you might think certain albums are “better” than the ones you choose, these are the ones you like the best. Placing them in order from 1-5 should not be taken as an indication of relative artistic quality, but personal preference in terms of listening enjoyability. If you have Bobby Snodgrass’ “Live At Wallingford Corn Exchange” at number three, and The Poplins’ “It’s Tupperware Time!” at number five, this means the enjoyment value (the musical “tog rating”, if you will) of the Snodgrass album is palpably greater than The Poplins album, but in a critical sense you feel that the artistic value of each cannot be quantified in the way that enjoyment can. Apparently.
Your Top Five Albums must not appear in the Rolling Stone List Of Top 500 Albums List, even though you might feel your list is compromised by their exclusion. For instance, if you are completely off your fucking head and keen to showcase your Serious Rock n’ Pop Credibility to a peer group that apparently gives a shit about these things and rate Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Goin’ On?” above all other albums in terms of listening enjoyment, it cannot, sadly, appear in the List Of Your Top Five Albums That Weren’t In The Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums List But Should Have Been. But feel free to choose any other album that shows you as a force to be reckoned with when it comes to rating long-playing records!
1 The Byrds – Notorious Byrd Brothers
2 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe As Milk
3 Colosseum – Valentyne Suite
4 Ike Quebec – Blue & Sentimental
5 Michael Franks – The Art Of Tea
(apologies if any of these appear in the RS list – I haven’t looked)
The Art Of Tea – nice choice. I bought it because of Larry Carlton, didn’t know Franks’ name at the time. Cracking stuff. “She’s gotta Gioconda kind of dirty look”, indeed.
“I hear from my ex on the back of my cheques” – I think that’s in there, too.
Do you have Larry Carlton’s solo album “Playing/Singing”? Rare and sweet.
1. David Sylvian – Dead Bees On A Cake
2. Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen
3. Bobby Snodgrass – Live At Wallingford Corn Exchange
4. Rickie Lee Jones – Rickie Lee Jones
5. The Poplins – It’s Tupperware Time!
Do you have the vinyl bootleg Bobby Snodgrass, or his own download-only version from his bandcamp page? To me, it’s like comparing apples and cheese.
I think I might have misunderstood the rules.
No, no …
Afterworders will be saddened to read that Bobby Snodgrass died earlier this year.
I understand the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame will be doing an All Star tribute via Zoom.
https://obituaries.joplinglobe.com/obituary/bobby-snodgrass-1078834757
“Bobby and Betty loved square and round dancing and were active members of the “Shirts and Skirts” Club in Joplin.”
You couldn’t make this stuff up.
Joplin too. Perfect.
Suggest you look at link below instead of starting another list thread with your oh so amusing prose. Maybe you were on one of your well deserved breaks and missed it.
I think the key phrase here – as you (with your famously impish sense of fun) have intuitively grasped – is “oh so amusing prose”.
Dai’s an engineer HP. They can be a bit literal.
Ah.
Assume it would be against the devil-may-care spirit of this thread to actually check, so:
1. Spooky Two – Spooky Tooth
2. Music in a Doll’s House – Family
3. Judee Sill – Judee Sill
4. Pontiac – Lyle Lovett
5. The Blues Vol.1 – Various
Hope I’ve got the formatting right…
Including the full point after the digit is a godsend!
To my shame, only just “getting into” Judee Sill.
1. Yello: Point
2. The Pat Metheny Group: Offramp
3. Danny Williams: Romance With Danny Williams
4. Suzanne Vega: Songs In Red And Gray
5. George Winston: Autumn
Hmmm …. you don’t wee many mentions of George Winston on this board. But “Autumn” certainly is a nice record.
Jimmy Boo Boo & The Boo Boos – Live At The Freedom Hall.
Me and my two young sons recorded this on a Casio C5 circa 1978.
I was lead guitar (a plastic ukulele) , Nick on drums (empty Quality Street tin) and Jake took lead vocals with his usual vim and gusto.
The session was bootlegged and became an underground hit all over North Norfolk. Rumours of an even stronger follow up album, This One’s To Dai For, persist to this day.
I think you’ll find this in the RS Top 500, Lodey! Have another guess!
But you haven’t read the RS list! Admittedly neither have I so I’ll try again.
“This One’s To Dai For” by Jimmy Boo Boo and the Boo Boos. Sorry about the formatting but I’m dysleixc
That ties for 357th place with “Herb Alpert And His Tijuana Ass”.
Plus you have only listed four. Pretty unwieldy titles, mind, if you ask me. Perhaps where Fiona Apple got her idea from, I’ll wager.
Me and Fiona are like two apples in a tree
You’re like tidally arf.
Not forgetting Get Smart’s Herb Talpert and the Tijuana Tin
INPO
Slade in flame
Slade alive
David Bowie – pin ups
Captain fantastic & the brown dirt cowboy
The kick inside
Good shouts on the Slade ones.
I’ve changed my mind:
1 Beach Boys – Holland
2 Spirit – Dr. Sardonicus
3 Santana – Caravanserai
4 Zappa/Mothers – Burnt Weeny Sarnie
5 Shawn Phillips – Faces
Morning in France. Afternoon in Thailand and late evening in Cascadia.
It’s the triumvirate!
Now make that car!
This mornings 5 guaranteed nowhere near any Rolling Stone…
Stramash – Colin Steele
Anarchy – Chumbawamba
Songs From the Argyll Cycle, Volume 1 – Jackie Leven
My Secret is My Silence – Roddy Woomble
Umbra Sumus – Jah Wobble
Some of them even made my recent dai-ngerneered list.
To participate in this entertaining thread, I will have to read the whole of Rolling Stone’s list. As I proved on that thread, that’s a struggle for me. Could you please read it out loud to me?
No. You would only go and change it all round…
Certainly, Tig! Here we go –
1. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
2. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
3. Joni Mitchell – Blue
4. Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life
5. The Beatles – Abbey Road
6. Nirvana – Nevermind
7. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
8. Prince – Purple Rain
9. Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks
10. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
11. The Beatles – Revolver
12. Michael Jackson – Thriller
13. Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
14. The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St.
15. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
16. The Clash – London Calling
17. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
18. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
19. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
20. Radiohead – Kid A
21. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
22. The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die
23. The Velvet Underground & Nico – S/T
24. The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
25. Carole King – Tapestry
26. Patti Smith – Horses
27. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
28. D-Angelo – Voodoo
29. The Beatles – White Album
30. Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced?
31. Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue
32. Beyoncé – Lemonade
33. Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
34. Stevie Wonder – Innervision
35. The Beatles – Rubber Soul
36. Michael Jackson – Off The Wall
37. Dr. Dre – The Chronic
38. Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde
39. Talking Heads – Remain In Light
40. David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
41. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
42. Radiohead – OK Computer
43. A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
44. Nas – Illmatic
45. Prince – Sign O’ the Times
46. Paul Simon – Graceland
47. Ramones – S/T
48. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Legend
49. OutKast – Aquemini
50. Jay-Z – The Blueprint
51. Chuck Berry – The Great Twenty-Eight
52. David Bowie – Station to Station
53. Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
54. James Brown – Star Time
55. Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
56. Liz Phair – Exile In Guyville
57. The Band – S/T
58. Led Zeppelin – IV
59. Stevie Wonder – Talking Book
60. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
61. Eric B. & Rakin – Paid In Full
62. Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction
63. Steely Dan – Aja
64. Outkast – Stankonia
65. James Brown – At The Apollo
66. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
67. Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
68. Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
69. Alanis Morrissette – Jagged Little Pill
70. N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
71. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Exodus
72. Neil Young – Harvest
73. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
74. Kanye West – The College Dropout
75. Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul
76. Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
77. The Who – Who’s Next
78. Elvis Presley – The Sun Sessions
79. Frank Ocean – Blonde
80. The Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols
81. Beyoncé – S/T
82. Sly and the Family Stone – There’s A Riot Goin’ On
83. Dusty Springfield -Dusty In Memphis
84. AC/DC – Back In Black
85. John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band
86. The Doors – S/T
87. Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
88. David Bowie – Hunky Dory
89. Erykah Badu – Baduizm
90. Neil Young – After The Gold Rush
91. Bruce Springsteen – Darkness On The Edge Of Town
92. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love
93. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elloitt – Supa Dupa Fly
94. The Stooges – Fun House
95. Drake – Take Care
96. R.E.M. – Automatic For The People
97. Metallica – Master of Puppets
98. Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
99. Taylor Swift – Red
100. The Band – Music From Big Pink
101. Led Zeppelin – S/T
102. The Clash – S/T
103. De La Soul – Three Feet High And Rising
104. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
105. The Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East
106. Hole – Live Through This
107. Television – Marquee Moon
108. Fiona Apple – When the Pawn…
109. Lou Reed – Transformer
110. Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark
111. Janet Jackson – Control
112. Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
113. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
114. The Strokes – This Is It
115. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
116. The Cure – Disintegration
117. Kanye West – Late Registration
118. The Eagles – Hotel California
119. Sly and The Family Stone – Stand!
120. Van Morrison – Moondance
121. Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model
122. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
123. Led Zeppelin – II
124. U2 – Achtung Baby
125. Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
126. Mary J. Blige – My Life
127. Ray Charles – Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
128. Queen – A Night At The Opera
129. Pink Floyd – The Wall
130. Prince – 1999
131. Portishead – Dummy
132. Hank Williams – 40 Greatest Hits
133. Joni Mitchell – Hejira
134. Fugees – The Score
135. U2 – The Joshua Tree
136. Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
137. Adele – 21
138. Madonna – The Immaculate Collection
139. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
140. Bob Marley and the Wailers – Catch a Fire
141. Pixies – Doolittle
142. Bruce Springsteen – Born In The USA
143. The Velvet Underground – S/T
144. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
145. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
146. Blondie – Parallel Lines
147. Jeff Buckley – Grace
148. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
149. John Prine – S/T
150. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
151. George Michael – Faith
152. The Pretenders – S/T
153. PJ Harvey – Rid of Me
154. Aretha Franklin – Amazing Grace
155. Jay-Z – The Black Album
156. The Replacements – Let It Be
157. Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
158. Erykah Badu – Mama’s Gun
159. The Police – Synchronicity
160. Pearl Jam – Ten
161. Crosby, Stills & Nash – S/T
162. Pulp – Different Class
163. Various Artists – Saturday Night Fever
164. Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
165. R.E.M. – Murmur
166. Buddy Holly – 20 Golden Greats
167. Depeche Mode – Violator
168. Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill
169. Billy Joel – The Stranger
170. Cream – Disraeli Gears
171. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
172. Simon and Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
173. Nirvana – In Utero
174. Jimmy Cliff and Various Artists – The Harder They Come: Original Soundtrack
175. Kenrdrick Lamar – DAMN
176. Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
177. Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story
178. Otis Redding – Otis Blue
179. Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
180. Love – Forever Changes
181. Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
182. James Taylor – Sweet Baby James
183. D’Angelo – Brown Sugar
184. Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
185. The Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
186. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magic
187. Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
188. T. Rex – Electric Warrior
189. Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
190. The Who – Tommy
191. Etta James – At Last!
192. Beastie Boys – License To Ill
193. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willy and the Poor Boys
194. Michael Jackson – Bad
195. Leonard Cohen – Songs of Leonard Cohen
196. Robyn – Body Talk
197. The Beatles – Meet The Beatles
198. The B-52’a – S/T
199. Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
200. Sade – Diamond Life
201. A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders
202. Björk – Homogenic
203. Nick Drake – Pink Moon
204. Kanye West – Graduation
205. Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman
206. David Bowie – Low
207. Eagles – S/T
208. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
209. Run-DMC – Raising Hell
210. Ray Charles – The Birth of Soul
211. Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
212. Noddy Blocknut – I Get Gas
213. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel
214. Tom Petty – Wildflowers
215. Grateful Dead – American Beauty
216. Elliott Smith – Either/Or
217. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
218. TLC – CrazySexyCool
219. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
220. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young – Déjà Vu
221. Rage Against The Machine – S/T
222. Madonna – Ray of Light
223. John Lennon – Imagine
224. Dixie Chicks – Fly
225. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
226. Derek and the Dominoes – Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
227. Little Richard – Here’s Little Richard
228. De La Soul – De La Soul Is Dead
229. Patsy Cline- The Ultimate Collection
230. Rihanna – Anti
231. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Damn the Torpedoes
232. John Coltrane – Giant Steps
233. Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes
234. Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
235. Metallica – S/T (The Black Album)
236. Daft Punk – Discovery
237. Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger
238. Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express
239. Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded
240. Sam Cooke – Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
241. Massive Attack – Blue Lines
242. The Velvet Underground – Loaded
243. The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle
244. Kanye West – 808 & Heartbreak
245. Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Los Vegas
246. LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
247. Sade – Love Deluxe
248. Green Day – American Idiot
249. Whitney Houston – S/T
250. Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady
251. Elton John – Honky Château
252. Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
253. Pink Floyd – The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
254. Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters
255. Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
256. Tracy Chapman – S/T
257. Dolly Parton – Coat of Many Colors
258. Joni Mitchell – The Hissing of Summer Lawns
259. Janis Joplin – Pearl
260. The Slits – Cut
261. Beastie Boys – Check Your Head
262. New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
263. The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
264. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
265. Pavement – Wowee Zowee
266. The Beatles – Help
267. Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
268. Randy Newman – Sail Away
269. Kanye West – Yeezus
270. Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
271. Mary J. Blige – What’s the 411
272. The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
273. Gang of Four – Entertainment
274. The Byrds – Sweetheard of the Rodeo
275. Curtis Mayfield – Curtis
276. Radiohead – The Bends
277. Alicia Keys – The Diary of Alicia Keys
278. Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy
279. Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
280. 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
281. Harry Nilsson – Nilsson Schmilsson
282. Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours
283. Donna Summer – Bad Girls
284. Merle Haggard – Down Every Road 1962-1994
285. Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers
286. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
287. The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
288. The Modern Lovers – S/T
289. Björk – Post
290. OutKast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
291. Destiny’s Child – The Writing’s On The Wall
292. Van Halen – S/T
293. The Breeders – Last Splash
294. Weezer – S/T (The Blue Album)
295. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
296. Neil Young – Rust Never Sleeps
297. Peter Gabriel – So
298. Tom Petty – Full Moon Fever
299. B.B. King – Live at the Regal
300. Shania Twain – Come On Over
301. New York Dolls – S/T
302. Neil Young – Tonight’s The Night
303. ABBA – The Definitive Collection
304. Bill Withers – Just As I Am
305. Kiss – Alive!
306. Al Green – I’m Still in Love With You
307. Sam Cooke – Portrait of a Legend
308. Brian Eno – Here Come The Warm Jets
309. Joy Division – Closer
310. Wire – Pink Flag
311. Neil Young – On The Beach
312. Solange – A Seat at the Table
313. PJ Harvey – Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
314. Aaliyah – One In A Million
315. Rosalia – El Mal Querer
316. The Who – The Who Sell Out
317. Billie Holiday – Lady in Satin
318. Janey Jackson – The Velvet Rope
319. The Stone Roses – S/T
320. X – Los Angeles
321. Lana Del Rey – Norman ****ing Rockwell!
322. Elvis Presley – From Elvis in Memphis
323. The Clash – Sandinista!
324. Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
325. Jerry Lee Lewis – All Killer No Filler!
326. Prince – Dirty Mind
327. The Who – Live at Leeds
328. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
329. DJ Shadow – Entroducing…..
330. The Rolling Stones – Aftermath
331. Madonna – Like A Prayer
332. Elvis Presley – S/T
333. Bill Withers – Still Bill
334. Santana – Abraxas
335. Bob Dylan and The Band – The Basement Tapes
336. Roxy Music – Avalon
337. Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
338. Brian Eno – Another Green World
339. Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation 1814
340. Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
341. The Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
342. The Beatles – Let It Be
343. Sly & The Family Stone – Greatest Hits
344. Toots and the Maytals – Funky Kingston
345. Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
346. Arctic Monkeys – AM
347. GZA – Liquid Swords
348. Gilliam Welch – Time (The Revelator)
349. MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
350. Stevie Wonder – Music of My Mind
351. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
352. Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
353. The Cars – S/T
354. X-Ray Spex – Germfree Adolescents
355. Black Sabbath – S/T
356. Dr. John – Gris-Gris
357. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
358. Sonic Youth – Goo
359. Big Star – Radio City
360. Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove
361. My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade
362. Luther Vandross – Never Too Much
363. Parliament – Mothership Connection
364. Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings And Food
365. Madvillain – Madvillainy
366. Aeorsmith – Rocks
367. Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
368. George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
369. Mobb Deep – The Infamous
370. Lil Wayne – Tha Carter II
371. The Temptations – Anthology
372. Big Brother and the Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
373. Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul
374. Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues Singers
375. Green Day – Dookie
376. Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
377. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell
378. Run-DMC – S/T
379. Rush – Moving Pictures
380. Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um
381. Lynyrd Skynyrd – (Pronounced Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd)
382. Tame Impala – Currents
383. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
384. The Kinks – The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
385. Ramones – Rocket to Russia
386. J Dilla – Donuts
387. Radiohead – In Rainbows
388. Aretha Franklin – Young, Gifted and Black
389. Mariah Carey – The Emancipation of Mimi
390. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
391. Kelis – Kaleidoscope
392. Ike and Tina Turner – Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner
393. Taylor Swift – 1989
394. Diana Ross – Diana
395. D’Angelo and the Vanguard – Black Messiah
396. Todd Rundgren – Something/Anything?
397. Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
398. The Raincoats – S/T
399. Brian Wilson – Smile
400. The Go-Go’s – Beauty and the Beat
401. Blondie – S/T
402. Fela Kuti and Africa 70 – Expensive ****
403. Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
404. Anita Baker – Rapture
405. Various Artists – Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era
406. Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
407. Neil Young – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
408. Motörhead – Ace of Spaces
409. Grateful Dead – Workingman’s Dead
410. The Beach Boys – Wild Honey
411. Bob Dylan – Love and Theft
412. Smokey Robinson – Going to a Go Go
413. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory
414. Chic – Risqué
415. The Meters – Looka Py Py
416. The Roots – Things Fall Apart
417. Ornette Coleman – The Shape of Jazz to Come
418. Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
419. Eric Church – Chief
420. Earth, Wind and Fire – That’s the Way of the World
421. M.I.A. – Arular
422. Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
423. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
424. Beck – Odelay
425. Paul Simon – S/T
426. Lucinda Williams – S/T
427. Al Green – Call Me
428. Hüsker Dü – New Day Rising
429. The Four Tops – Reach Out
430. Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True
431. Los Lobos – How Will The Wolf Survive?
432. Usher – Confessions
433. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
434. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
435. Pet Shop Boys – Actually
436. 2Pac – All Eyez on Me
437. Primal Scream – Screamadelica
438. Blur – Parklife
439. James Brown – Sex Machine
440. Loretta Lynch – Coal Miner’s Daughter
441. Britney Spears – Blackout
442. The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness
443. David Bowie – Scary Monsters
444. Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine
445. Yes – Close To The Edge
446. Alice Coltrane – Journey in Satchidanada
447. Bad Bunny – X 100pre
448. Otis Redding – Dictionary of Soul
449. The White Stripes – Elephant
450. Paul and Linda McCartney – Ram
451. Roberta Flack – First Take
452. Diana Ross and the Supremes – Anthology
453. Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
454. Can – Ege Bamyasi
455. Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley
456. Al Green – Greatest Hits
457. Sinéad O’Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
458. Jason Isbell – Southeastern
459. Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon: The End of the Day
460. Lorde – Melodrama
461. Bon Iver – For Emma
462. The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin
463. Laura Nyro – Eli & the 13th Confession
464. The Isley Brothers – 3×3
465. King Sunny Adé – The Best of the Classic Years
466. The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys Today!
467. Maxwell – BLACKsummers’night
468. The Rolling Stones – Some Girls
469. Manu Chao – Clandestino
470. Juvenile – 400 Degrees
471. Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
472. SZA – Ctrl
473. Daddy Yankee – Barrio Fino
474. Big Star – #1 Record
475. Sheryl Crow – S/T
476. Sparks – Kimono My House
477. Howlin’ Wolf – Moanin’ in the Moonlight
478. The Kinks – Something Else By The Kinks
479. Selena – Amor Prohibido
480. Miranda Lambert – The Weight of These Wings
481. Belle and Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister
482. The Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
483. Muddy Waters – The Anthology
484. Lady Gaga – Born This Way
485. Richard and Linda Thompson – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
486. John Mayer – Continuum
487. Black Flag – Damaged
488. The Stooges – S/T
489. Phil Spector and Various Artists – Back to Mono (1958-1969)
490. Linda Rondstadt – Heart Like A Wheel
491. Harry Styles – Fine Line
492. Bonnie Raitt – Nick Of Time
493. Marvin Gaye – Here, My Dear
494. The Ronettes – Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes
495. Boys II Men – II
496. Shakira – Dónde Están los Ladrones
497. Various Artists – The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
498. Suicide – S/T
499. Rufus & Chaka Khan – Ask Rufus
500. Arcade Fire – Funeral
Thanks. But it’s all a bit of a blur. Is Kanye West in there?
I’m going out on a limb and making a guess:
1. David Bowie – Aladdin Sane
2. The Rolling Stones – Goats Head Soup
3. Sly & The Family Stone – Fresh
4. Mott The Hoople – Mott
5. Roxy Music – Stranded
I’m currently stuck in 1973
Stranded in ’73…the bad news is you have a visitor.
Lord help me!
On behalf of everyone born in 1973* I apologise.
(*And the entire planet, come to that)
Lovely chap thoughbut.
Horses for Courses: Saucy Norse Forces
Apple Crapple and the Dappled Snapple: Juicy Lucy, Suzy and Ruth
Um: Now, what was it called?
Sweet Sound of Sweaty Saps: Swish Swash Splash
Plant Pot Poodles: Oodles of Puddles
Sweaty PAPS! Get it right…
SP’s on the abridged radio version.
Sweaty PAPS was the earlier line up – when Patricia was still in the band. Stallion Mike totally changed the direction of the band and put them on a fast track to oblivion.
Warren Zevon – Warren Zevon
The Beach Boys – Surfs Up
The Beatles – Beatles For Sale
The Beatles – Please Please Me
The Who – Quadrophenia
Bubbling under….
Simon & Garfunkle – Bookends
The Beach Boys – Holland
Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill
Neil Young – Harvest
Led Zeppelin – III
Blue Nile -Hats
Graham Parker & the Rumour – Squeezing out Sparks
Peter Gabriel – So
Nils Lofgren – 1st Solo Album
The Who – Quadrophenia
So is at 297
YER!!!!! Mak gets debagged in the quad.
Ed Kuepper Honey Steel’s Gold
Go Betweens Liberty Belle
Spectrum Part One
Spectrum Milesago
Sand Pebbles Ceduna
Not Drowning Waving – Tabaran
Ayers Rock Big Red Rock
What part of “five” don’t you understand, Junes?
the “five” bit
That’s fine.
There’s tons of my favourites that’ll never make it into that list, but here’s 5 for now:-
On fire – Galaxie 500
The wrong people- Furniture
Hex – Bark Psychosis
Steve mcqueen – Prefab Sprout
Yellow bellied wonderland – Oddfellows Casino
Furniture! They’ll be in my top five, too.
Which one? The second album is ace too!
Your Furniture pedantry correspondent writes: The Wrong People is the second album.
Much as I love them all, the others are not in my top 5.
Apologies, forgot the Lovemongers! I’ve always thought of it as a mini-lp but looking at it again, it’s a full album
When the Boom was On was the EP. It is easily to be confused by their early releases as they all seem to have very similar dreary grey cover artwork.
For a bit of variety, The Lovemongers was, um, brown… and grey.
1. Tusk – Fleetwood mac
2. A Walk Across The Rooftops -The Blue Nile
3. Solid Air – John Martyn
4. Girlfriend – Mathew Sweet
5. Skylarking – XTC
How many copies of Skylarking have you got, @carabara?
??
– Yes – The Yes Album
– Mike Oldfield – Hergest Ridge
– The Avalanches – Wildflower
– Pink Floyd – Animals
– Incredible String Band – 5000 Spirits or The Layers of the Onion
Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
John Martyn – Bless the Weather (or Solid Air)
The Pogues – Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
Echo and the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain
Scott Walker – Scott 4
Many Afterworders will have noticed that in the Rolling Stone 500 albums, there was:
1. almost no reggae
2. very little jazz, apart from the odd obvious token entry, like “Kind of Blue” or “A Love Supreme”.
So, if we’re going to add 5 extra albums, let’s redress the balance a bit:
Culture – Two Sevens Clash
Congos – Heart of the Congos
Keith Jarrett – the Köln Concert
Eric Dolphy – Out to Lunch
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane – at Carnegie Hall
In any sane world your first two would be the First Two
Yes, they are irie.
To be fair, they have made an effort to include women & black people this time.
Yes, but only the ones who have sold millions.
Counter Eurovision 79 – Misty In Roots
1. The Train and The River – The Jimmy Giuffre 3
2. Any (or all) of Jackson Browne’s first four LPs
3. Heart Food – Judee Sill
4. Songs of Our Native Daughters
5. Eleven Modern Antiquities – Pugwash.
I’ve changed me mind:
1 Shoes – Stolen Wishes
2 Primal Scream – Screamadelica
3 Jan & Dean – Ride The Wild Surf
4 Procol Harum – Broken Barricades
5 Bert Jansch – Rosemary Lane
Screamadelica is at 437.
Yebbut mine is the extended with the “Screamadelica” single and remixes an’ stuff.
A pedant asks: the Dixie-Narco EP, you mean, or the whole 3CD box set?
I always thought they missed a trick by not including the 12″ mixes of Come Together and Don’t Fight It, Feel It on the album.
I had the 3 disc set, and trashed most of it. But it seems crazy not to bolt on the single that shares the name of the album. What a blazingly great album it is.
Ahhh, which reminds me, do Rolling Stone mean Nuggets the box set or just the original album?
I must know.
Corsair chicken nuggets.
I too love that album and the AWOL title track.
I was once asked to stop playing it during a DJ set by a man who claimed it was “f***ing with his head”. What better recommendation does a tune need?
I have learned in the past not to question Steve, lest I get smacked down, but we had Screamadelica on vinyl and cassette and my recollection is that they used the “Here Comes The Night” chords version on the record and the Oakie mix in the same place on the cassette. (Also, the version of DFIFI isn’t the 12”? I always found the version on the album a bit long, feeling they had nailed that one on the tidy 7” version. My own pimped ‘Delica also revolves around the “title” track..
Sorry, I meant Higher Than The Sun, not Don’t Fight It, Feel It*
And the Terry Farley Extended 12″ mix of Come Together, which bizarrely does appear on the US version of the album.
(*) I had just read the email from Mute to say my copy of ACR Loco was on the way, and Denise Johnson was on my mind.
Ah, right. and I, of course, meant Weatherall when I said Oakenfold – a chucking out offence, but I put myself at the mercy of The AW bouncers..
Would anyone like to hear my Screamadelica ‘kitsch’n’sync’ mixes?
https://rave.dj/5FmH5WSnvD1m1Q
https://rave.dj/4EPHxn1GcJ5kbw
I thought not
Well, I for one welcome this bold audio initiative.
inee!?
Thank you for giving my mashes a go.
I find this modern-style hi-fi entertainment an ideal lifestyle accessory when social distancing a zoom barbeque!
Pass me a virtual grilled prawn – I hear the crackle, I see the flesh bursting through the shell – the glories of synesthesia means I can almost taste it from here.
The Glories of Synesthesia, another VDGG epic.
VDGG epic – that’s a tautology, right?
Yeah, like derivative Oasis song.
2 African albums made it the Earthworks compilation Irresistible Beat of Soweto and a Sunny Ade best of, admittedly both excellent records
So here we go
Fela Kuti – Black President
Eris Agyemang – Highlife Safari
Thomas Mafumo – Ndangaririo
Franco – Live in Europe
Youssou Ndour – Immigres
The Shed Sessions!
There is a Fela record in there somewhere, no? Like everyone else I can’t be arsed looking.
Gary can. He enjoys being arsed.
Arse on, John Donne.
Fela at 402. Do not mock me for my diligence. One day you may be reliant upon it to save the lives of those you love.
You found Kuti’s in there.
Dinah Moe Humm was wrong.
“Arf, arf, arf!”
Bloody Hell, he is good, isn’t he?
Gary – who’s that at 212 then if you’re so diligent? (see list above)
Your mum.
*squeezes eyes shut against tears* My Mother … my Mother, Gary, died several years ago. After a long battle against the Inland Revenue. I’ll thank you not to mention her again …
I’ll try. Is it true that she was Judith Chalmers’ stunt double on the second series of Wish You Were Here?
Only for the walking scenes.
I have listened to the Poplins ‘it’s Tupperware time’ and anyone who would place that in their top 5 is seriously deranged and in need of therapy.
FWIW here are mine:
Free – Fire and Water
Elvis Costello – King of America
Paul Simon – Still crazy after all these years
Ron Sexsmith – Ron Sexsmith
10,000 Maniacs – In my Tribe
1. VdGG – Still Life
2. Roxy Music – Country Life
3. John Martyn – One World
4. Yes – Relayer
5. Little Feat – Time Loves a Hero
Traffic – John Barleycorn
Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchadinanda
Massive Attack – 100th Window
Miles Davis – Jack Johnson
Weather Report – I Sing The Body Electric
The Rolling Stone list actually included Alice Coltrane’s “Journey in Satchidanada”. It was holding down the coveted number 446 spot.
In that case, @duco01 , I’ll have Uncle Meat.
1. ‘East Side Story’ – Squeeze
2. ‘Wasp Star’ – XTC
3. ‘Message From The Meditations’ – The Meditations
4. ‘New Boots and Panties!!’ – Ian Dury
5. ‘Dynamite Daze’ – Kevin Coyne
No New Boots in the Rolling Stone list?
I’ve only four things to say to describe those people…
*cues up Plaistow Patricia*
It’d be easy just to look at my own list an pick the highest 5 that don’t appear on the Rolling Stone list and choose those, but that would be boring and very similar to the Afterword top 100 (or however many it was) that we did not long ago, so I’m just going to pick 5 great albums from 5 different genres I’ve been digging deep into over the past few years that would brighten up their top 500. I’ll even go one further and suggest which albums they should replace, on a sort of like for like basis, where possible.
Rap album
Masters of the Universe by Binary Star should replace Tha Carter II by Lil Wayne
If you’ve never heard of Binary Star, head to a streaming site and listen to Slang Blade. Much better than the way overrated Lil Wayne.
Reggae album
War Ina Babylon by Max Romeo & The Upsetters instead of, er, Legend by Bob Marley?!?
Okay, I know Legend is better, but I couldn’t find any more reggae albums than the three by Bob Marley, all of which are great, so I sacked the compilation!
Jazz album
Somethin’ Else by Cannonball Adderley instead of Diamond Life by Sade
An obvious choice maybe, buy Something Else is just wonderful, and I know Diamond Life is sort of jazz tinged soul, rather than proper jazz, but I like all the proper jazz albums they chose, so didn’t want to drop any. Actually, I like Diamond Life too, for that matter.
Drum and Bass album
Something Blue by Blocks & Escher replacing Californication by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Something Blue was my introduction to drum and bass and it showed me that drum and bass music was nothing like the clattering noise* I expected drum and bass to be. As drum and bass seems to have passed Rolling Stone by I have taken the chance to hoof out a Red Hot Chili Peppers album, because they are shite
British Rap & Grime album
Bring It Back To Basics by Verb T & Harry Love replacing II by Boys II Men
Of course Rolling Stone aren’t going to include any British Rap. In fact, I’ve found that most Americans are very dismissive of British Rap, even the otherwise excellent HipHopGoldenAge blog. Well, they are missing out, because we have some excellent rappers & grimers (I think I’ve just made up a new word) and Verb T is my favourite. So in lieu of any British rap to exclude, out go Boys II Men. Seriously, Boys II Men??? There must be 10,000 albums more deserving than that one. And yes I have heard it, or at least I’ve just flicked through it to confirm that it’s rubbish. The Man-Machine, Animals, Oh Mercy, Life’s Rich Pageant, Bryter Layter, Band On The Run, Untrue, Jordan: The Comeback, the complete works of Sophie Ellis-Bextor…what were they thinking?
*okay, sone of it is clattering noise, but in a good way!
Re. “I couldn’t find any more reggae albums than the three by Bob Marley”
Well, “Funky Kingston” by Toots and the Maytals was holding down the coveted no. 344 spot!
No Counter-Eurovision, no sale.
Should have gone to Specsavers! Actually, I really do need to go to Specsavers. My eyes have deteriorated so ruddy much. I’ll still sack Legend though, as there shouldn’t be compilations in a best albums list.
That depends on your definition of ‘best album’, I submit. (Speaking as one who had a comp in his list.)
Paul, I looked up “catholic taste” on Wikipedia and there was a photo of you there. Is there any genre you don’t like?? 🙂
He’s actually not keen on Protestants.
I looked up “catholic taste” on Pornhub and have contacted the police.
Isn’t catholic taste some cheap red wine and a wafer?
I wouldn’t know, the last time I went into a church it spontaneously crumbled to dust and ashes amidst a hideous caterwauling of restless spirits. Worse than bloody Clannad it was.
Opera. It’s horrible.
Listen to Paul.
It really isn’t. I mean, like any genre, there good and bad, but it’s hard to beat a good production of one of the great operas – Verdi and Mozart especially. And seeing Beethoven’s Fidelio and Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk are two of the best nights out I’ve ever had in any concert hall or theatre.
Sorry, but not for me. The sound of a shrieking soprano is like fingernails down a blackboard to my ears. The laughable ‘acting’ amuses me though.
Boards of Canada- Geogaddi
Tindersticks- Tindersticks
Throwing Muses- University
Everything Everything- Man Alive
PJ Harvey- White Chalk
I forgot Sufjan Stevens- Carrie & Lowell
You are just trying to upset Lodestone, aren’t you? 😀
I thought we all were.
Ha!
God’s sake: also Sisters of Mercy- Floodland
I’ve been playing Carrie & Lowell a lot recently. It’s really grown on me. I especially like the reedy pathetic whimsical wailing, the trite overblown yet understated pathos, the way the little runt pretends to be a real man instead of an imaginary elf that once thought a girl actually liked him but later found out she always knew he was indeed an imaginary elf who somehow had made one of the best albums ever, Illinois, but then he fell into a vat of saccharine and self-pity and then somehow persuaded the Good Burghers of Afterword to vote Carrie & Lowell as the best album of 1943.
He’s a scamp, isn’t he?
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/25/sufjan-stevens-interview-the-ascension?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
‘the reedy pathetic whimsical wailing, the trite overblown yet understated pathos’.
You make that sound like a bad thing.
He forgot about the ubiquitous banjo (TMFTL)
1. Oasis – Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
2. Anything by New Order
3. Any death metal album you care to choose
4. Spirits Having Flown – Bee Gees
5. Singalongamax – Max Bygraves
Isn’t your first thought with any such list (but especially an American one) to not go near any of them?
Zappa, Beefheart, Tim Buckley, Scott Walker, The Seeds, The Fugs, acts I hadn’t particularly thought of playing in the next few weeks, have suddenly attained “must do at all costs” status … and, of course, the “lesser” albums by The Beatles, Love, Dylan, The Beach Boys. The Doors etc.
If Rolling Stone in 2020 reckon it, I don’t.
Demons and Wizards – Uriah Heep
Snow Goose – Camel
Snafu
Nils Lofgren
Any Trouble -Where are all the Nice Girls?
I can’t remember if I commented to this yet.
1 ZZ Top – Tres Hombres
2 Carly Simon – Another Passenger
3 Soft Machine – 2
4 Dr. John – In The Right Place
5 Donnie Fritts – Prone To Lean
1: The Fall – This Nation’s Saving Grace
2. Yo La Tengo – Electr-O-Pura
3. Can – Tago Mago
4. Van Der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts
5. Sun Ra – The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra Volume One
No Fall in the RS list? You don’t say.
I was rather surprised that there was one Can album in the RS list, actually.
I thought I had posted this last night, but I am going to add 2 more to my list.
Madness – The Liberty of Norton Folgate
The first Specials album.
You posted on the wrong thread. You posted on the actual Rolling Stone top 500 thread not the Not The Rolling Stone top 500 thread.
It used to be all trees around here, have I had my tea yet etc…
Rolling Stone are due to discover Two Tone in about 2036.
1. Nina Hagen Band
2. Hildegard Knef – Knef
3. Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub – She
4. Grobschnitt – Jumbo
5. Hannes Wader – An dich hab ich gedacht
You just threw lots of letters into a scrambler thing, didn’t you? Mind you Nina, I’m pretty sure, has a thing about balloons?
It’s not that Nina. This is the other one, you know, the ice-cream woman.
not this one:
4 more Wilco albums
Max Boyce – Live At Treorchy
Including all the Wilco albums would have improved the list a lot.
Also:
4 more Elvis albums
Off the top of my head:
Pacific Ocean Blue – Dennis Wilson
Down By The Jetty – Dr. Feelgood
Apple Venus – XTC
East Side Story – Squeeze
Achtung Bono – HMHB.
Anything but that tedious pile of hippety hoppety nonsense that’s on the list.
Great shout for Doctor Feelgood.
Far too many to read through so this is a guess:
The Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here
Teardrop Explodes – Wilder
The Jam – Sound Affects
Simple Minds – New Gold Dream
Spiritualised – Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
I do love that Spiritualised album, but am thinking that 2018s And Nothing Hurt is (at least) the equal
(other controversial, and possibly mad, opinions are available on request)
Wow, really? I might give it a listen then.
I think it’s certainly their best since Ladies… It’s a fantastic piece of work that reaches a level I hadn’t expected
Daddy, are we there yet?
1. Who – Quadrophenia
2. Stiff Little Fingers – Inflamable Material
3. Henry Priestman – The Chronicles Of Modern Life
4. Marillion – Misplaced Childhood
5. Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
Here’s the full 500 listed in alphabetical order:
436 2Pac – All Eyez on Me
280 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin’
314 Aaliyah – One In A Million
303 ᗅᗺᗷᗅ – The Definitive Collection
84 AC/DC – Back In Black
137 Adele – 21
366 Aerosmith – Rocks
427 Al Green – Call Me
456 Al Green – Greatest Hits
306 Al Green – I’m Still in Love With You
69 Alanis Morrissette – Jagged Little Pill
446 Alice Coltrane – Journey in Satchidanada
277 Alicia Keys – The Diary of Alicia Keys
105 Allman Brothers Band – At Fillmore East
33 Amy Winehouse – Back To Black
404 Anita Baker – Rapture
500 Arcade Fire – Funeral
346 Arctic Monkeys – AM
154 Aretha Franklin – Amazing Grace
13 Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
75 Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul
388 Aretha Franklin – Young, Gifted and Black
198 B-52’s – The B-52’s
299 B.B. King – Live At The Regal
447 Bad Bunny – X 100pre
100 Band – Music From Big Pink
57 Band – The Band
2 Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
466 Beach Boys – The Beach Boys Today!
410 Beach Boys – Wild Honey
261 Beastie Boys – Check Your Head
192 Beastie Boys – License To Ill
125 Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
263 Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
5 Beatles – Abbey Road
266 Beatles – Help
342 Beatles – Let It Be
197 Beatles – Meet The Beatles
11 Beatles – Revolver
35 Beatles – Rubber Soul
24 Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
29 Beatles – White Album
424 Beck – Odelay
481 Belle And Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister
81 Beyoncé – Beyoncé
32 Beyoncé – Lemonade
372 Big Brother and the Holding Company – Cheap Thrills
474 Big Star – #1 Record
359 Big Star – Radio City
285 Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers
304 Bill Withers – Just As I Am
333 Bill Withers – Still Bill
397 Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
317 Billie Holiday – Lady in Satin
169 Billy Joel – The Stranger
202 Björk – Homogenic
289 Björk – Post
487 Black Flag – Damaged
355 Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
234 Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
139 Black Sabbath – Paranoid
401 Blondie – Blondie
146 Blondie – Parallel Lines
438 Blur – Parklife
455 Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley
38 Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde
9 Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks
181 Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
18 Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
337 Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
411 Bob Dylan – Love and Theft
255 Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
335 Bob Dylan and The Band – The Basement Tapes
140 Bob Marley And The Wailers – Catch A Fire
71 Bob Marley And The Wailers – Exodus
48 Bob Marley And The Wailers – Legend
461 Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago
492 Bonnie Raitt – Nick Of Time
239 Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded
495 Boys II Men – II
293 Breeders – Last Splash
338 Brian Eno – Another Green World
308 Brian Eno – Here Come The Warm Jets
399 Brian Wilson – Smile
441 Britney Spears – Blackout
142 Bruce Springsteen – Born In The USA
21 Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
91 Bruce Springsteen – Darkness On The Edge Of Town
150 Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
345 Bruce Springsteen – The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
166 Buddy Holly – 20 Golden Greats
250 Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady
287 Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man
274 Byrds – Sweetheard of the Rodeo
454 Can – Ege Bamyasi
25 Carole King – Tapestry
353 Cars – The Cars
205 Cat Stevens – Tea For The Tillerman
380 Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um
414 Chic – Risqué
51 Chuck Berry – The Great Twenty-Eight
16 Clash – London Calling
323 Clash – Sandinista!
102 Clash – The Clash
245 Cocteau Twins – Heaven or Los Vegas
324 Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
170 Cream – Disraeli Gears
413 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmo’s Factory
193 Creedence Clearwater Revival – Willy and the Poor Boys
161 Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
220 Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young – Deja Vu
116 Cure – Disintegration
275 Curtis Mayfield – Curtis
76 Curtis Mayfield – Superfly
184 Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
28 D’Angelo – Voodoo
183 D’Angelo – Brown Sugar
395 D’Angelo And The Vanguard – Black Messiah
473 Daddy Yankee – Barrio Fino
236 Daft Punk – Discovery
295 Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
88 David Bowie – Hunky Dory
206 David Bowie – Low
443 David Bowie – Scary Monsters
52 David Bowie – Station to Station
40 David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
228 De La Soul – De La Soul Is Dead
103 De La Soul – Three Feet High And Rising
167 Depeche Mode – Violator
226 Derek and the Dominos – Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
291 Destiny’s Child – The Writing’s On The Wall
252 Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
394 Diana Ross – Diana
452 Diana Ross And The Supremes – Anthology
418 Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
224 Dixie Chicks – Fly
329 DJ Shadow – Entroducing…..
257 Dolly Parton – Coat of Many Colors
283 Donna Summer – Bad Girls
86 Doors – The Doors
37 Dr. Dre – The Chronic
356 Dr. John – Gris-Gris
367 Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
95 Drake – Take Care
83 Dusty Springfield -Dusty In Memphis
207 Eagles – Eagles
118 Eagles – Hotel California
420 Earth, Wind And Fire – That’s the Way of the World
216 Elliott Smith – Either/Or
112 Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
251 Elton John – Honky Chateau
430 Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True
121 Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model
332 Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley
322 Elvis Presley – From Elvis in Memphis
78 Elvis Presley – The Sun Sessions
145 Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP
352 Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
61 Eric B. & Rakin – Paid In Full
419 Eric Church – Chief
89 Erykah Badu – Baduizm
158 Erykah Badu – Mama’s Gun
191 Etta James – At Last!
402 Fela Kuti and Africa 70 – Expensive Shit
444 Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine
213 Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel
108 Fiona Apple – When the Pawn…
7 Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
462 Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin
429 Four Tops – Reach Out
79 Frank Ocean – Blonde
148 Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
282 Frank Sinatra – In The Wee Small Hours
134 Fugees – The Score
136 Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
360 Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove
273 Gang of Four – Entertainment!
368 George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
151 George Michael – Faith
403 Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
348 Gilliam Welch – Time (The Revelator)
400 Go-Go’s – Beauty and the Beat
215 Grateful Dead – American Beauty
409 Grateful Dead – Workingman’s Dead
248 Green Day – American Idiot
375 Green Day – Dookie
62 Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction
347 GZA – Liquid Swords
132 Hank Williams – 40 Greatest Hits
281 Harry Nilsson – Nilsson Schmilsson
491 Harry Styles – Fine Line
254 Herbie Hancock – Head Hunters
106 Hole – Live Through This
477 Howlin’ Wolf – Moanin’ in the Moonlight
428 Husker Du – New Day Rising
187 Ice Cube – AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted
392 Ike and Tina Turner – Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner
497 Indestructible Beat of Soweto
373 Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul
386 J Dilla – Donuts
65 James Brown – At The Apollo
439 James Brown – Sex Machine
54 James Brown – Star Time
182 James Taylor – Sweet Baby James
111 Janet Jackson – Control
339 Janet Jackson – Rhythm Nation 1814
318 Janet Jackson – The Velvet Rope
259 Janis Joplin – Pearl
458 Jason Isbell – Southeastern
67 Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
155 Jay-Z – The Black Album
50 Jay-Z – The Blueprint
147 Jeff Buckley – Grace
471 Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
325 Jerry Lee Lewis – All Killer No Filler!: The Anthology
30 Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced?
53 Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
92 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis: Bold As Love
174 Jimmy Cliff and Various Artists – The Harder They Come OST
66 John Coltrane – A Love Supreme
232 John Coltrane – Giant Steps
223 John Lennon – Imagine
85 John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band
486 John Mayer – Continuum
149 John Prine – John Prine
164 Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
3 Joni Mitchell – Blue
110 Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark
133 Joni Mitchell – Hejira
258 Joni Mitchell – The Hissing of Summer Lawns
309 Joy Division – Closer
211 Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
470 Juvenile – 400 Degrees
270 Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
244 Kanye West – 808 & Heartbreak
204 Kanye West – Graduation
117 Kanye West – Late Registration
17 Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
74 Kanye West – The College Dropout
269 Kanye West – Yeezus
68 Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love
391 Kelis – Kaleidoscope
175 Kendrick Lamar – DAMN
115 Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city
19 Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
459 Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon: The End of the Day
465 King Sunny Ade – The Best of the Classic Years
478 Kinks – Something Else By The Kinks
384 Kinks – The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
305 Kiss – Alive!
238 Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express
484 Lady Gaga – Born This Way
321 Lana Del Rey – Norman Fucking Rockwell!
463 Laura Nyro – Eli & The 13th Confession
10 Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
433 LCD Soundsystem – Sound Of Silver
278 Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy
123 Led Zeppelin – II
58 Led Zeppelin – IV
101 Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin
144 Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
195 Leonard Cohen – Songs Of Leonard Cohen
370 Lil Wayne – Tha Carter II
208 Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III
490 Linda Rondstadt – Heart Like A Wheel
227 Little Richard – Here’s Little Richard
56 Liz Phair – Exile In Guyville
246 LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
460 Lorde – Melodrama
440 Loretta Lynn – Coal Miner’s Daughter
431 Los Lobos – How Will The Wolf Survive?
109 Lou Reed – Transformer
180 Love – Forever Changes
98 Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
426 Lucinda Williams – Lucinda Williams
362 Luther Vandross – Never Too Much
381 Lynyrd Skynyrd – (Pronounced ‘Lĕh-‘nérd ‘Skin-‘nérd)
421 M.I.A. – Arular
331 Madonna – Like A Prayer
222 Madonna – Ray of Light
138 Madonna – The Immaculate Collection
365 Madvillain – Madvillainy
406 Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
469 Manu Chao – Clandestino
389 Mariah Carey – The Emancipation of Mimi
493 Marvin Gaye – Here, My Dear
422 Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
1 Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
126 Mary J. Blige – My Life
271 Mary J. Blige – What’s the 411
241 Massive Attack – Blue Lines
383 Massive Attack – Mezzanine
467 Maxwell – BLACKsummers’night
349 MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
284 Merle Haggard – Down Every Road 1962-1994
97 Metallica – Master of Puppets
235 Metallica – Metallica (The Black Album)
415 Meters – Look-Ka Py Py
194 Michael Jackson – Bad
36 Michael Jackson – Off The Wall
12 Michael Jackson – Thriller
87 Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
31 Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue
267 Minutemen – Double Nickels on the Dime
480 Miranda Lambert – The Weight of These Wings
93 Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott – Supa Dupa Fly
369 Mobb Deep – The Infamous
288 Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
408 Motorhead – Ace of Spaces
483 Muddy Waters – The Anthology
73 My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
361 My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade
70 N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
44 Nas – Illmatic
90 Neil Young – After The Gold Rush
407 Neil Young – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
72 Neil Young – Harvest
311 Neil Young – On The Beach
296 Neil Young – Rust Never Sleeps
302 Neil Young – Tonight’s The Night
376 Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
262 New Order – Power, Corruption & Lies
301 New York Dolls – New York Dolls
203 Nick Drake – Pink Moon
212 Nina Simone – Wild Is The Wind
453 Nine Inch Nails – Pretty Hate Machine
122 Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
173 Nirvana – In Utero
279 Nirvana – MTV Unplugged in New York
6 Nirvana – Nevermind
179 Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death
405 Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era
157 Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?
217 Oasis – Definitely Maybe
417 Ornette Coleman – The Shape of Jazz to Come
448 Otis Redding – Dictionary of Soul
178 Otis Redding – Otis Blue
49 OutKast – Aquemini
290 OutKast – Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
64 Outkast – Stankonia
363 Parliament – Mothership Connection
229 Patsy Cline – The Ultimate Collection
26 Patti Smith – Horses
450 Paul And Linda McCartney – Ram
46 Paul Simon – Graceland
425 Paul Simon – Paul Simon
434 Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
199 Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted
265 Pavement – Wowee Zowee
160 Pearl Jam – Ten
435 Pet Shop Boys – Actually
297 Peter Gabriel – So
482 Pharcyde – Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
489 Phil Spector and Various Artists – Back to Mono (1958-1969)
253 Pink Floyd – Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
55 Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon
129 Pink Floyd – The Wall
264 Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
141 Pixies – Doolittle
390 Pixies – Surfer Rosa
153 PJ Harvey – Rid of Me
313 PJ Harvey – Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
159 Police – Synchronicity
131 Portishead – Dummy
152 Pretenders – Pretenders
437 Primal Scream – Screamadelica
130 Prince – 1999
326 Prince – Dirty Mind
8 Prince – Purple Rain
45 Prince – Sign O’ the Times
176 Public Enemy – Fear Of A Black Planet
15 Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
162 Pulp – Different Class
128 Queen – A Night At The Opera
96 R.E.M. – Automatic For The People
165 R.E.M. – Murmur
387 Radiohead – In Rainbows
20 Radiohead – Kid A
42 Radiohead – OK Computer
276 Radiohead – The Bends
219 Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
221 Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine
398 Raincoats – The Raincoats
385 Ramones – Rocket to Russia
47 Ramones – The Ramones
268 Randy Newman – Sail Away
127 Ray Charles – Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
210 Ray Charles – The Birth of Soul
186 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magic
286 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication
156 Replacements – Let It Be
485 Richard and Linda Thompson – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
230 Rihanna – Anti
374 Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues Singers
451 Roberta Flack – First Take
196 Robyn – Body Talk
177 Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story
330 Rolling Stones – Aftermath
185 Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
14 Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St.
41 Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed
468 Rolling Stones – Some Girls
104 Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
494 Ronettes – Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
416 Roots – Things Fall Apart
315 Rosalía – El Mal Querer
336 Roxy Music – Avalon
351 Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
499 Rufus & Chaka Khan – Ask Rufus
209 Run-DMC – Raising Hell
378 Run-DMC – Run-DMC
379 Rush – Moving Pictures
200 Sade – Diamond Life
247 Sade – Love Deluxe
240 Sam Cooke – Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
307 Sam Cooke – Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
334 Santana – Abraxas
163 Saturday Night Fever OST
479 Selena – Amor Prohibido
80 Sex Pistols – Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols
496 Shakira – Dónde Están Los Ladrones?
300 Shania Twain – Come On Over
475 Sheryl Crow – Sheryl Crow
172 Simon And Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
457 Sinead O’Connor – I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
189 Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out
260 Slits – Cut
343 Sly & The Family Stone – Greatest Hits
119 Sly and The Family Stone – Stand!
82 Sly and the Family Stone – There’s A Riot Goin’ On
341 Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
113 Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
412 Smokey Robinson – Going To A Go Go
340 Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
312 Solange – A Seat at the Table
171 Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
358 Sonic Youth – Goo
476 Sparks – Kimono My House
63 Steely Dan – Aja
168 Steely Dan – Can’t Buy A Thrill
34 Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
350 Stevie Wonder – Music Of My Mind
4 Stevie Wonder – Songs In The Key Of Life
59 Stevie Wonder – Talking Book
319 Stone Roses – The Stone Roses
94 Stooges – Fun House
488 Stooges – Stooges
114 Strokes – This Is It
498 Suicide – Suicide
472 SZA – Ctrl
188 T. Rex – Electric Warrior
364 Talking Heads – More Songs About Buildings And Food
39 Talking Heads – Remain In Light
382 Tame Impala – Currents
393 Taylor Swift – 1989
99 Taylor Swift – Red
107 Television – Marquee Moon
371 Temptations – Anthology
464 The Isley Brothers – 3 + 3
22 The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die
218 TLC – CrazySexyCool
396 Todd Rundgren – Something/Anything?
298 Tom Petty – Full Moon Fever
214 Tom Petty – Wildflowers
231 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Damn the Torpedoes
357 Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
344 Toots and the Maytals – Funky Kingston
233 Tori Amos – Little Earthquakes
256 Tracy Chapman – Tracy Chapman
201 Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders
43 Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory
124 U2 – Achtung Baby
135 U2 – The Joshua Tree
432 Usher – Confessions
328 Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
292 Van Halen – Van Halen
60 Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
120 Van Morrison – Moondance
242 Velvet Underground – Loaded
143 Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground
272 Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
23 Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico
442 Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness
294 Weezer – Weezer (The Blue Album)
449 White Stripes – Elephant
249 Whitney Houston – Whitney Houston
327 Who – Live At Leeds
316 Who – The Who Sell Out
190 Who – Tommy
77 Who – Who’s Next
225 Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
237 Willie Nelson – Red Headed Stranger
310 Wire – Pink Flag
27 Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
320 X – Los Angeles
354 X-Ray Spex – Germfree Adolescents
377 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell
445 Yes – Close To The Edge
423 Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
243 Zombies – Odessey and Oracle
The compilations listed (by my reckoning) are:
303 ᗅᗺᗷᗅ – The Definitive Collection
456 Al Green – Greatest Hits
48 Bob Marley And The Wailers – Legend
166 Buddy Holly – 20 Golden Greats
250 Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady
51 Chuck Berry – The Great Twenty-Eight
452 Diana Ross And The Supremes – Anthology
132 Hank Williams – 40 Greatest Hits
392 Ike and Tina Turner – Proud Mary: The Best of Ike and Tina Turner
497 Indestructible Beat of Soweto
439 James Brown – Sex Machine
54 James Brown – Star Time
325 Jerry Lee Lewis – All Killer No Filler!: The Anthology
174 Jimmy Cliff and Various Artists – The Harder They Come OST
465 King Sunny Ade – The Best of the Classic Years
138 Madonna – The Immaculate Collection
284 Merle Haggard – Down Every Road 1962-1994
483 Muddy Waters – The Anthology
405 Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era
229 Patsy Cline – The Ultimate Collection
489 Phil Spector and Various Artists – Back to Mono (1958-1969)
210 Ray Charles – The Birth of Soul
374 Robert Johnson – King of the Delta Blues Singers
307 Sam Cooke – Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
163 Saturday Night Fever OST
343 Sly & The Family Stone – Greatest Hits
371 Temptations – Anthology
Now I’ve read it, I have to say any list with Madvillainy in it is OK by me.
Quick question: is it The Rolling Stones Aftermath or Aftermath?
Prefer Nightmares on Wax, meself…
I think it’s Aftermath.
I thought so. It is an American list after all.
My preferred Stones’ albums, the ones that girls liked – the first three, Between the Buttons, Satanic Majesties – are the polar opposite of those chosen by Rolling Stone magazine in 2020. Phew. You don’t know how good that makes me feel.
If it isn’t a vindication of Brian Jones I honestly don’t know what is!
I rate Steel Wheels, but that one probably would struggle to make a Top 2000 list
Brian Jones is hardly the name for a rock star, is it? At least Reg Dwight changed his. *Nasal voice*: “You’re through to Brian Jones, Accounts Receivable, how may I help?”
I submit it’s the last name that counts more than the first. Mick Jones is our finest bricklayer, madam.
Adrock took the list exactly as seriously as it should be taken.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/adam-horovitz-50-favorite-albums-of-all-time-1067530/?fbclid=IwAR3XPoXdHteJAGBco4Ff_t0XXncweteEBxNxYdbzGCR4Mbb50akZA7EKsbE
I have his number 7 (Ultimate Spinach), and 33 (Crabby Appleton), but draw a blank on the rest. Great list.