The Greatest Albums of All Time (according to me)

Submitted by Menindrag on Tue, 12/16/2008 - 13:21
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  1. The Top 50
  3. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
  4. Slint - Spiderland (1991)
  5. Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity (1964)
  6. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (1964)
  7. Faust - Faust (1971)
  8. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (1974)
  9. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
  10. John Coltrane - Acension (1965)
  11. Vampire Rodents - Lullaby Land (1993)
  12. Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat (1969)
  13. Can - Future Days (1994)
  14. Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992)
  15. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Music From The Penguin Cafe (1976)
  16. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (1959)
  17. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - From Her To Eternity (1984)
  18. Carla Bley - Escalator Over The Hill (1971)
  19. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968)
  20. Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht (1972)
  21. The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
  22. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
  23. The Doors - The Doors (1967)
  24. Red House Painters - Down Colourfull Hill (1992)
  25. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
  26. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (1966)
  27. Jon Hassell - Vernal Equinox (1977)
  28. Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come (1959)
  29. Husker Du - Zen Arcade (1984)
  30. Godflesh - Streetcleaner (1989)
  31. Lisa Germano - Geek the Girl (1994)
  32. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (1988)
  33. Eels - Electro-Shock Blues (1998)
  34. Glenn Branca - The Acension (1981)
  35. Don Cherry - Mu (1969)
  36. Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007)
  37. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)
  38. Lightwave - Mundus Subterraneus (1995)
  39. Can - Tago Mago (1971)
  40. James Chance and the Contortions - Buy (1979)
  41. Minutemen - Double Nickles on the Dime (1984)
  42. MC5 - Kick Out The Jams (1969)
  43. The Red Krayola - The Parable of Arable Land (1967)
  44. Xiu Xiu - La Foret (2005)
  45. Joanna Newsom - Ys (2006)
  46. Jon Hassell - Dream Theory in Malaya (1981)
  47. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones (1983)
  48. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998)
  49. Nico - Desertshore (1970)
  50. Suicide - Suicide (1977)
  51. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Good Son (1990)
  52. Fugazi - Repeater (1990)
  54. The Rest (alphabetically)
  56. Art Ensemble of Chicago - Les Stances A Sophie (1970)
  57. Big Black - Atomizer (1986)
  58. Biosphere - Sunstrata (1997)
  59. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
  60. Burial - Untrue (2007)
  61. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Mirror Man Sessions (1967)
  62. Comets on Fire - Field Recordings From the Sun (2002)
  63. Constance Demby - Novus Magnificat (1986)
  64. Dandy Jack - Dandy Jack And The Plastic Woman (1997)
  65. Diamanda Galas - Litanies of Satan (1982)
  66. Dirty Three - Ocean Songs (1998)
  67. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing... (1996)
  68. Doors - Strange Days (1968)
  69. Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses (1982)
  70. Ennio Morricone - C'Era Una Volta il West (1969)
  71. Faust - Faust IV (1974)
  72. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles (2008)
  73. Frank Zappa - Absolutely Free (1967)
  74. Frank Zappa - Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970)
  75. Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy (1968)
  76. Frank Zappa - We're Only in It for the Money (1967)
  77. Foetus - Nail (1985)
  78. Global Communication - 76:14 (1994)
  79. Gun Club - Fire of Love (1981)
  80. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (1967)
  81. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland (1968)
  82. John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) (1973)
  83. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)
  84. Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Leonard Cohen (1968)
  85. Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005)
  86. Mogwai - Mogwai Young Team (1997)
  87. Monolake - Hong Kong (1997)
  88. Morphine - Good (1992)
  89. M83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (2002)
  90. Nas - Illmatic (1994)
  91. Neu! - Neu! (1972)
  92. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral (1994)
  93. Olivia Tremor Control - Music from the Unrealized Film Script (1996)
  94. Patti Smith - Radio Ethopia (1976)
  95. Peter Gabriel - Passion (1989)
  96. Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
  97. Pink Floyd - The Pipers At The Gate Of Dawn (1967)
  98. Plastikman - Consumed (1998)
  99. Plastikman - Sheet One (1993)
  100. Pop Group - Y (1979)
  101. Portishead - Dummy (1994)
  102. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
  103. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1992)
  104. Residents - Eskimo (1976)
  105. Residents - Meet The Residents (1973)
  106. Residents - Not Available (1974)
  107. Royal Trux - Twin Infinitives (1990)
  108. Ruby Suns - Sea Lion (2008)
  109. Sigur Ros - Ágætis byrjun (1999)
  110. Silver Apples - Silver Apples (1968)
  111. Silver Apples - Contact (1969)
  112. Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy (1997)
  113. Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (1989)
  114. Stooges - The Stooges (1969)
  115. Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs (1970)
  116. Taj Mahal Travellers - July 15th, 1972 (1972)
  117. Tangerine Dream - Atem (1973)
  118. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (1974)
  119. This Heat - Deceit (1981)
  120. Throbbing Gristle - The Second Annual Report (1977)
  121. Tim Buckley - Lorca (1970)
  122. Tim Buckley - Starsailor (1970)
  123. Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years (1987)
  124. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985)
  125. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)
  126. United States Of America - The United States Of America (1968)
  127. Vangelis - Blade Runner (1982)
  128. Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (1968)
blindsider12/17/2008

Nothing by the Beatles?

neptune12/17/2008

Shock horror.

Menindrag12/18/2008

Nope. The Beatles were a good band, a great one in fact, but they never really mastered the album in my opinion. Their songs where too limited to create an album which had the depth, the emotion and just the raw power as albums such as A Love Supreme and Rock Bottom.

joaomiguel12/20/2008

Nice list. I have yet to listen to half of your list, but relying on the other half, I'll look into it real soon.
By the way, The Stooges' Fun House is definitely missing here (your Beatles inverse argument..).

Menindrag12/20/2008

Thanks for the compliment.

Haven't heard Fun House yet but I'll definatly check it out. Cheers.

neptune01/17/2009

Wow at GYBE! Seriously dude, nice catch, I daresay I would've overlooked getting such an album due to its low critical reception (even from Scaruffi), but I was intruiged by your 9 rating. It is one amazing album!

Menindrag01/18/2009

Yeah, it is. I was just as surprised as you when I first heard it. It blew me away. Favourite moment on it?

neptune01/18/2009

All of static. It's just magical =)

Kahutz02/05/2009

Hey thanks for gettting me into the Silver Apples from your 60's thread. They did some cool stuff.

Menindrag02/08/2009

I decided to completley re-do this list. I have re-ordered it according to how I feel each album. They're either there because of

1 - The album is very personal to me. Either it means alot to me or it has been a big influence on my life (In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Endtroducing)
2 - The album is very very enjoyable. This is pure enjoyment factor but it has to be excedingly enjoyable to get placement just for this reason (Illmatic)
3 - It is a highly charged emotionally riveting album. Has to use emotion is a powerful and effective way (From Her to Eternity, Astral Weeks)

And the best ones are all three of these things (The top 10)