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The Complete List: 101 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
Posted 2:52 p.m., Jan. 2, 2007
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Here they are, all in one place. The top 101 albums of all times as adjudged by yours truly. Disagree with my choices? Let's have your list then!
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The 101 1.) "The Beatles" (The White Album), The Beatles (1968).
2.) "OK Computer," Radiohead (1997).
3.) "Smile," Brian Wilson (2004).
4.) "In the Wee, Small Hours," Frank Sinatra (1955).
5.) "The Village Green Preservation Society," The Kinks (1968).
6.) "Hank Williams' Greatest Hits," Hank Williams (1961).
7.) "Highway 61 Revisited," Bob Dylan (1965).
8.) "Nevermind," Nirvana (1991).
9.) "Forever Changes," Love (1967).
10.) "Younger than Yesterday," The Byrds (1967)
11.) "At Yankee Stadium," NRBQ (1978)
12.) "Moanin'," Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1958).
13.) "Let it Be," the Replacements (1984).
14.) "Today!" The Beach Boys (1965).
15.) "Demon Days," The Gorillaz (2005).
16.) "Johnny Cash Sings the Ballads of the True West," Johnny Cash (1965).
17.) "London Calling," The Clash (1979).
18.) "The Soft Bulletin," The Flaming Lips (1999).
19.) "The Harder They Come," Jimmy Cliff (1972).
20.) "Pet Sounds," The Beach Boys (1966).
21.) "Straight Up," Badfinger (1971).
22.) "A Salty Dog," Procol Harum (1969).
23.) "Miles Smiles," The Miles Davis Quintet (1966).
24.) "Muswell Hillbillies," The Kinks (1971).
25.) "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," The Beatles (1967).
26.) "Rust Never Sleeps," Neil Young (1979).
27.) "Arthur, or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire," The Kinks (1969).
28.) "John Wesley Harding," Bob Dylan (1967).
29.) "The Band," The Band (1969).
30.) "All Things Must Pass," George Harrison (1970).
31.) "Barabajagal," Donovan (1970).
32.) "Tonight's the Night," Neil Young (1975).
33.) "Oddesey and Oracle," The Zombies (1968).
34.) "Revolver," The Beatles (1966).
35.) "Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton," John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (1966).
36.) "Jerusalem," Steve Earle (2002).
37.) "Brilliant Corners," Thelonius Monk (1956).
38.) "From Elvis in Memphis," Elvis Presley (1968).
39.) "Beggar's Banquet," The Rolling Stones (1968).
40.) "Rehearsals for Retirement," Phil Ochs (1969).
41.) "Parklife," Blur (1994).
42.) "The Soul of a Man: Al Kooper Live," Al Kooper (1995).
43.) "Electric Ladyland," The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968).
44.) "Blood on the Tracks," Bob Dylan (1975).
45.) "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band," John Lennon (1970).
46.) "Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely," Frank Sinatra (1959).
47.) "Innervisions," Stevie Wonder (1973).
48.) "Morrison Hotel," The Doors (1970).
49.) "10,000 Years," The Honeydogs (2003).
50.) "Super Hits," Marvin Gaye (1970).
51.) "Live at the Star Club, Hamburg," Jerry Lee Lewis (1989).
52.) "Jazz at Massey Hall," The Quintet (1954).
53.) "Golden Biscuits," Three Dog Night (1971).
54.) "The Allman Brothers Band," The Allman Brothers Band (1969).
55.) "My Aim is True," Elvis Costello (1977).
56.) "More Songs About Buildings and Food," Talking Heads (1978).
57.) "The Who Sell Out," The Who (1967)
58.) "Sea Change," Beck (2002).
59.) "I Just Can't Stop It," The English Beat (1980).
60.) "In the City," The Jam (1977).
61.) "Time Fades Away," Neil Young (1973).
62.) "In Color," Cheap Trick (1977).
63.) "#1 Record/Radio City," Big Star (1992).
64.) "Magnetic South," Michael Nesmith and the First National Band (1970).
65.) "Fun House," The Stooges (1970).
66.) "Satan is Real," The Louvin Brothers (1960).
67.) "Highway to Hell," AC/DC (1979).
68.) "Band on the Run," Paul McCartney & Wings (1973).
69.) "Oranges and Lemons," XTC (1989).
70.) "Focus," Stan Getz (1962).
71.) "Meet John Doe," John Doe (1990).
72.) "Anita Sings the Most," Anita O'Day (1957).
73.) "East-West," The Butterfield Blues Band (1966).
74.) "Living With War," Neil Young (2006).
75.) "Ace of Spades," Motorhead (1980).
76.) "Dark Side of the Moon," Pink Floyd (1973).
77.) "With the Beatles," The Beatles (1963).
78.) "Purple Rain," Prince (1984).
79.) "By All Means Necessary," Boogie Down Productions (1988).
80.) "This Year's Model," Elvis Costello (1978).
81.) "Tecnicolor," Os Mutantes (2000).
82.) "Phil Ochs In Concert," Phil Ochs (1966).
83.) "Lifes Rich Pagent," R.E.M. (1986).
84.) "Pink Moon," Nick Drake (1972).
85.) "The Eminem Show," Eminem (2002).
86.) "War," U2 (1983).
87.) "Who's Next," The Who (1971).
88.) "Heart Food," Judee Sill (1973).
89.) "Houses of the Holy," Led Zeppelin (1973).
90.) "Out to Lunch," Eric Dolphy (1961).
91.) "The Gilded Palace of Sin," The Flying Burrito Brothers (1969).
92.) "Oh, Inverted World," The Shins (2001).
93.) "Brighten the Corners," Pavement (1997).
94.) "Blinking Lights and Other Revelations," Eels (2005).
95.) "Shoot out the Lights," Richard and Linda Thompson (1981).
96.) "No Other," Gene Clark (1974).
97.) "Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard," Paul McCartney (2005).
98.) "Anthology," Steve Miller Band (1972).
99.) "Stealing Fire," Bruce Cockburn (1984).
100.) "Songs of the Free," Gang of Four (1982).
101.) "Achtung Baby," U2 (1991).
The Honorable Mentions: 101 (More) Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
-- Kevin Featherly
