Best 100 albums, sorted by decade mostly
by Fidelio-Roo on April 13, 2008JAZZ
5- Straight, No Chaser- Thelonious Monk
4- Time Out- The Dave Brubeck Quartet (1959)
3- A Love Supreme- John Coltrane (1965)
2- Bitches Brew- Miles Davis (1970)
1-Black Saint and Sinner Lady- Charles Mingus (1963)
1960s
25-Da Capo- Love (1967)
24- Safe As Milk- Captain Beefheart (1967)
23- The Who Sell Out- The Who (1967)
22- Highway 61 Revisited- Bob Dylan (1965)
21- Songs of Leonard Cohen- Leonard Cohen (1967)
20- Let it Bleed- The Rolling Stones (1969)
19- In the Court of the Crimson King- King Crimson (1969)
18- The Freewheelin Bob Dylan- Bob Dylan (1963)
17- The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground (1969)
16- Freak Out!- Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention (1966)
15- Are You Experienced?- The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
14- Abbey Road- The Beatles (1969)
13- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- The Beatles (1967)
12- The Village Green Preservation Society- the Kinks (1968)
11- WhiteLight/WhiteHeat- the Velvet Underground (1968)
10- Piper At The Gates of Dawn- Pink Floyd (1967)
9- Bringing It All Back Home- Bob Dylan (1965)
8- Pet Sounds- The Beach Boys (1966)
7- Something Else- the Kinks (1967)
6- Song Cycle- Van Dyke Parks (1968)
5- The Velvet Underground & Nico- The Velvet Underground (1967)
4- Rubber Soul- The Beatles (1965)
3- Revolver- The Beatles (1966)
2- Blonde on Blonde- Bob Dylan (1966)
1-Forever Changes- Love (1967)
1970s
25- Bryter Layter- Nick Drake (1970)
24- Modern Lovers- The Modern Lovers (1976/1973)
23- Sally Can’t Dance- Lou Reed (1974)
22- Street Hassle- Lou Reed (1978)
21- Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd (1975)
20- Bridge Over Troubled Water- Simon & Garfunkel (1970)
19- All Things Must Pass- George Harrison (1970)
18- Horses- Patti Smith (1975)
17- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars- David Bowie (1972)
16- Unknown Pleasures- Joy Division (1979)
15- Neu!- Neu! (1972)
14- Discover America- Van Dyke Parks (1972)
13- Exile on Main St.- Rolling Stones (1972)
12- Tubular Bells- Mike Oldfield (1973)
11- Raw Power- Stooges (1971)
10- Ambient 1(Music for Airports)- Brian Eno (1978)
9- Loaded- The Velvet Underground (1970)
8- Blood on the Tracks- Bob Dylan (1975)
7- Hunky Dory- David Bowie (1971)
6- Born To Run- Bruce Springsteen (1975)
5- Plastic Ono Band- John Lennon (1970)
4- Eskimo- The Residents (1979)
3- Histoire De Melody Nelson- Serge Gainsbourg (1971)
2- Low- David Bowie (1977)
1-The Madcap Laughs- Syd Barrett (1970)
1980s
10- The Queen is Dead- The Smiths (1986)
9- Daydream Nation- Sonic Youth (1988)
8- Scary Monsters- David Bowie (1980)
7- New York- Lou Reed (1989)
6- Mesh and Lace- Modern English (1981)
5-Treasure- Cocteau Twins (1984)
4- Let’s Dance- David Bowie (1983)
3-The Goldberg Variation- Glenn Gould (1983)
2- Remain In Light- Talking Heads (1980)
1-Closer- Joy Division (1980)
1990s
15- Wormwood- The Residents (1998)
14- Aenima- Tool (1996)
13- Different Class- Pulp (1995)
12- The Bends- Radiohead (1995)
11- The Mask and Mirror- Loreena McKennit (1994)
10- If You're Feeling Sinsiter- Belle & Sebastian (1996)
9- Manufacturing Hokum- the Molestics (1999)
8- Rant in E-Minor- Bill Hicks (1997)
7- Homogenic- Bjork (1997)
6- Songs for Drella- Lou Reed & John Cale (1990)
5- The Soft Bulletin- The Flaming Lips (1999)
4- Slanted & Enchanted- Pavement (1992)
3- OK Computer- Radiohead (1997)
2- Loveless- My Bloody Valentine (1991)
1-In the Aeroplane Over The Sea- Neutral Milk Hotel (1998)
2000s
10- The Beginning Stages of...- The Polyphonic Spree (2002)
9- Person Pitch- Panda Bear (2007)
8- Ys- Joanna Newsom (2006)
7- Return to Cookie Mountain- TV on the Radio (2006)
6- In Rainbows- Radiohead (2007)
5- Hail to the Thief- Radiohead (2003)
4- Insignificance- Jim O'Rourke (2001)
3- SMiLE- Brian Wilson (2004)
2- Kid A- Radiohead (2000)
1-Illinois- Sufjan Stevens (2005)
LIVE
9- Alive, She Cried- The Doors (1983)
8- Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall- Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane (2005)
7- Alive!- Kiss (1975)
6- Les Bains Douches- Joy Division (2001)
5- 1969- The Velvet Underground (1974)
4- Royal Albert Hall 1966- Bob Dylan(1998)
3- At Folsom Prison- Johnny Cash (1968)
2- Live At Leeds- the Who (1970)
1- Rock’N’Roll Animal- Lou Reed (1974)
EVER
0- The Beatles- The Beatles (1968)
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