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At long last, here's the first draft of my current 100 favorite albums. It's hardly a comprehensive list, but I'll do more research before I update it next year. Note: I didn't consider scores or soundtracks.
100. Love You to Death - Tegan and Sara
99. 5:55 - Charlotte Gainsbourg
98. Blue Valentine - Tom Waits
97. Dookie - Green Day
96. Red Roses for Me - The Pogues
95. Late Registration - Kanye West
94. Arular - M.I.A.
93. War - U2
92. You Could Have It So Much Better - Franz Ferdinand
91. In Rainbows - Radiohead
90. The Ecstatic - Mos Def
89. Tough Love - Jessie Ware
88. Invisible Touch - Genesis
87. La Roux - La Roux
86. Robyn - Robyn
85. Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
84. Secret Diary - College
83. Perpetual Surrender - DIANA
82. Back to Black - Amy Winehouse
81. Mule Variations - Tom Waits
80. The Bends - Radiohead
79. Treats - Sleigh Bells
78. Hello Nasty - Beastie Boys
77. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix - Phoenix
76. good kid, m.A.A.d city - Kendrick Lamar
75. Live/1975-85 - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
74. Sainthood - Tegan and Sara
73. Boy in da Corner - Dizzee Rascal
72. The Joshua Tree - U2
71. Small Change - Tom Waits
70. Blue - Joni Mitchell
69. The College Dropout - Kanye West
68. The Lion and the Cobra - Sinead O’Connor
67. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
66. Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette
65. Rock It to the Moon - Electrelane
64. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - Lauryn Hill
63. Sandinista! - The Clash
62. Low - David Bowie
61. The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
60. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
59. Trouble in Paradise - La Roux
58. LP1 - FKA twigs
57. Nighthawks at the Diner - Tom Waits
56. Le Voyage Dans La Lune - Air
55. Debut - Björk
54. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
53. Body Talk - Robyn
52. Nilsson Schmilsson - Harry Nilsson
51. Set List - The Frames
50. Twentysomething - Jamie Cullum
49. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
48. Bone Machine - Tom Waits
47. Elephant - The White Stripes
46. Time Out - The Dave Brubeck Quartet
45. White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground
44. Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols
43. Kid A - Radiohead
42. Stankonia - OutKast
41. The Clash - The Clash
40. Rockferry - Duffy
39. So Jealous - Tegan and Sara
38. Closer - Joy Division
37. Heartattack and Vine - Tom Waits
36. Nevermind - Nirvana
35. To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
34. The Beatles (The White Album) - The Beatles
33. Sail Away - Randy Newman
32. The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
31. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
30. Closing Time - Tom Waits
29. Kala - M.I.A.
28. In Utero - Nirvana
27. Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys
26. Devotion - Jessie Ware
25. Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
24. Born in the U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen
23. Revolver - The Beatles
22. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
21. Achtung Baby - U2
20. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
19. Skylarkin’ - Mic Christopher
18. Rum, Sodomy & the Lash - The Pogues
17. Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
16. Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits
15. The Wall - Pink Floyd
14. Original Pirate Material - The Streets
13. OK Computer - Radiohead
12. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
11. Phaedra - Tangerine Dream
10. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
9. Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
8. The Con - Tegan and Sara
7. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
6. Paul’s Boutique - Beastie Boys
5. If I Should Fall from Grace with God - The Pogues
4. The River - Bruce Springsteen
3. A Grand Don’t Come for Free - The Streets
2. London Calling - The Clash
1. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
Lots of great stuff, but I have a bone to pick with you. Such a list is impossible without Prince on it somewhere.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Wendell. If I included soundtracks, Purple Rain would probably land in my top 50 somewhere, but Prince is actually a HUGE blind spot for me. I'm definitely going to dig into his discography before I update my list, though.
DeleteAmazing! I never could post a list together like this. You've got a lot of awesome albums here, and some I've never listened to in full.
ReplyDeleteThanks! It's probably harder making a top 100 albums list than it is a film one. And I still have SO many albums to check out!
DeleteYou should try some of the ones you haven't listened to in full. ;)
ROBYN!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love so much of this because I can see all the places we'd match and all the MANY places we'd differ!
The no Ed Sheeran hurts...or Mariah Carey (Butterfly!!!!) but LOVED seeing Dookie show up :-D
Love that Tegan and Sara cap off the list. That album is better and better every time I listen to it...like...I listen to it ALL THE TIME NOW!!!
Robyn is EVERYTHING!!!
DeleteOh, I'd love to see some kind of list from you! Sheeran was totally in the running, but I'm more surprised that I couldn't find room for Ellie Goulding.
I *still* haven't listened to Butterfly, so there's hope for Mariah when I update the list again. My listen list keeps growing, but I wanted to get SOMETHING posted already. I'll try to crank out another version by early next year. :)
Ugh, YES!! It's still the album of the year for me, and I'm not sure what could beat it in the coming months. (Like, T&S will have 3 AOTY wins if it stays #1!) #100 seems a bit low on my list, but it's so new and ranking these was a nightmare.
Right now...I have a strong feeling that Banks' new album will play heavy into the Mouthis this year. I'm currently OBSESSED with both Gemini Feed and Fuck with Myself
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I'm highly anticipating that one as well. It could definitely factor into the SoundSpecs, but I'm keeping my distance until the album drops. I haven't even listened to those tracks yet. Either way, I'm glad I (finally) gave her a win for "Better" last year, as it's not on her new album. ;)
DeleteI have a feeling F*ck With Myself is getting into my SOTY...and possibly Songwriting...because the more I listen to it the more OBSESSED I become.
DeleteShe's coming for Rihanna :-O
WOW!! Can't wait for her album!
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