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:: Friday, March 26, 2004 ::

The list, the whole list, and nothing but the list...
Well, my time's being eaten up by work-related projects, which means blogging time is becoming more and more limited. (What, you expect me to blog on my own precious time?) So rather than unveil my own personal list of greatest pop/rock albums in chunks of 10 at a time, I'm just going to throw the whole list at you -- also, without links to Amazon, and without much commentary. (Although I've stuck a few comments here and there to rationalize some picks.)

So, here it is, the list:

100. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco
99. Boy, U2
98. Elephant, The White Stripes
97. Hotel California, Eagles
96. Automatic for the People, REM
95. The Stranger, Billy Joel
94. Woodstock, Various Artists
93. Leftoverture, Kansas
92. Abraxas, Santana
91. Back in Black, AC/DC
90. Toys in the Attic, Aerosmith
89. The Rising, Bruce Springsteen/E Street Band
88. 2112, Rush
87. Billion Dollar Babies, Alice Cooper
86. Heaven Tonight, Cheap Trick
85. Q: Are We Not Men?, Devo
84. Paranoid, Black Sabbath
83. Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac
82. Human Wheels, John Mellencamp -- Mellencamp at his most creative. Runner-up Scarecrow.
81. Before These Crowded Streets, Dave Matthews Band
80. The Cars, The Cars -- "Let the Good Times Roll" is still one of the greatest party tunes of all time.
79. October, U2
78. Dire Straits, Dire Straits
77. Diamond Dogs, David Bowie
76. Jars of Clay, Jars of Clay
75. The Specials, The Specials
74. Reggatta Del Blanc, the Police
73. Quadrophenia, The Who
72. Off the Wall, Michael Jackson
71. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars, David Bowie
70. Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin
69. Electric Ladyland, Jimi Hendrix
68. A New World Record, ELO
67. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
66. Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones
65. Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles -- The first album I ever bought, by the way.
64. Warren Zevon, Warren Zevon -- "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" alone is enough to put this on the charts.
63. Achtung Baby, U2
62. Supernatural, Santana
61. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin
60. Born in the USA, Bruce Springsteen
59. Armed Forces, Elvis Costello and the Attractions
58. Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes
57. OK Computer, Radiohead
56. Rust Never Sleeps, Neil Young and Crazy Horse
55. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Brian Eno (with David Byrne)
54. Destroyer, Kiss
53. Return of the Horse, Wallflowers
52. Live at Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash
51. IV, Led Zeppelin
50. Damn the Torpedos, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
49. Excitable Boy, Warren Zevon
48. Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
47. Autobahn, Kraftwerk -- the grand-daddies of electronical
46. Deja Vu, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
45. Let’s Dance, David Bowie
44. Fly Like an Eagle, Steve Miller Band
43. ELO II, ELO
42. Rubber Soul, The Beatles
41. Tapestry, Carole King
40. Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen
39. Murmur, REM
38. On the Border, The Eagles
37. Tres Hombres, ZZ Top
36. Tommy, The Who
35. Van Halen, Van Halen
34. Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones
33. Duty Now for the Future, Devo -- best Devo album ever
32. Graceland, Paul Simon
31. Remain In Light, Talking Heads
30. Parallel Lines, Blondie
29. The Doors, The Doors
28. All That You Can’t Leave Behind, U2
27. More Songs About Buildings and Food, Talking Heads
26. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
25. The White Album, The Beatles
24. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill
23. The B-52, The B-52s -- They took the "un" out of punk, added an "f" at the front, and made "fun"
22. Nevermind the Bollocks, The Sex Pistols -- Maybe this should be higher?
21. Live at Budokan, Cheap Trick
20. The Wall, Pink Floyd
19. Harvest, Neil Young -- I learned guitar to this album
18. Night Moves, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band -- Glad to see Bob Seger being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
17. The Clash, The Clash -- Oh yes
16. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan
15. My Aim Is True, Elvis Costello -- A wonderful record. I never get tired of it.
14. The Joshua Tree, U2
13. Revolver, The Beatles
12. Fear of Music, Talking Heads -- The bridge between early Heads and later, more polished stuff; fun experimentation with different rhythms, electronica, etc. Produced by Brian Eno.
11. Who’s Next?, The Who
10. Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd -- The Sgt. Pepper's of my generation
9. Zenyatta Mendatta, The Police -- Underappreciated; less polished and poppish than later Police (and Sting) efforts, Zenyatta Mendatta was their finest hour
8. Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd, Lynyrd Skynyrd -- from my redneck junior high days, and another album I learned guitar from
7. Ramones, The Ramones -- stupid, stupid songs; taught me that sometimes three chords is one chord too many
6. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
5. 77, Talking Heads -- still and always the classic Heads album
4. Pretenders, The Pretenders -- "Not me baby I'm too precious..."
3. Abbey Road, The Beatles -- a mix of beautiful fragments that somehow come together (right now....over me)
2. Are You Experienced?, Jimi Hendrix -- a guitar demigod; I wish I could have learned to play guitar from this album
1. London Calling, The Clash -- with London Calling, the Clash broke free from the shackles of raw punk and produced the finest rock and roll album ever

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