craigb
I currently have 65.  Some of those I have more than one version of (e.g., original & remaster or reissue), some I have as part of a larger box set (the lazy way to get multiple albums), some are still on my "wish list" and a few fall into the "Who the heck wants this crap???" category (like Jay-Z).
 
 
Oh yeah, and a few I had forgotten about or had never heard of (and will need to check out).  Thanks for posting this Steve!

The BluePrint is easily his best album. Hasn't quite been the same really. At that point in his career he was invincible and was in the Roc's Glory Years before the Nas beefs, before Kanye was really rapping and before the Beanie fall out. You may not like Rap, but I'd say listen to the Jay Z Unplugged album. Tons of songs from that album and backed by the legendary Roots. By far my favorite Jay era, followed by the 94-97 era.
 
Its an Ok list overall though, I have only heard a handful through so now I'm off to listen to more over the weekend.

I own 24, including a few I forgot I owned until I saw this list.  I have Massive Attack's Blue Lines and to me it aged much less wall than Mezzanine. I never listen to it now because it sounds horribly dated like the countless groups that were ironically imitating them. Victim of their own success like Portishead.

RobertB

Rain 
 
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Wow. I love that album. I got the set packaged with A Saucerful of Secrets.
 

A Nice Pair, is it? Had I thought of it, I'd have included it as a two for one. :)
 
I love Saucerful as well, but it's more of a Pink Floyd album - when you listen to Set the Controls or Let There be More Light,  it makes more sense that this was the band that would go on to write Echoes and then DSOTM... So I always feel like Piper deserves a special spot. 
 
The first singles are also among my favorite records ever. 
 

Rain
FWIW, I've always considered that THE 100 Best albums of all time were not necessarily my 100 favorites, and that some of the things that are at the top of my list just don't belong on there.
 

I think most people sort of equate best with favorite but as you say its not the same thing. My list is based on my favourites. Then again  "best" is so subjective anyway. as several people have pointed out it's not the list itself but the discusions around the list that are intresting.
 
How did I comple mine so quickley.  I went through the Albums on my iPod and listed about 70, then whittled them down to 50. Many of the 20 I removed have come up on other lists.
 
 

Yes, favorite albums makes a lot more sense than "Best of all time".  

Hi,
 
16 of those. However the list is full of crap that I would never have in my collection.
 
That said, I do want to get Blonde on Blonde as it was the first album I ever heard in America, and then I want to annoy some folks ... and find The Clash one of the most over-rated bands ever.
 
Weird to see Prince listed for one album and it isn't Purple Rain, which is vastly superior album and a magnificent film as well! And one of the best rock movies ever made!

I'm not sure I could do top 100 album because i would always find myself thinking of something I slighted.  I also find it too hard to compare such different genres and era.  It's hard to believe that a Kanye West Album is better than any album Frank Sinatra or Stevie Wonder ever did. Even if I kept it within the realm of rap. I can name at least 10 rap albums that both casaual and serious rap fans would rate better regardless of criteria used.  Then again I'm the guy who has Music from Cahrlie Brown tv specials on ipod.

I'd change Neil Young to HARVEST
YES FRAGILE and CTTE
ELP
Led Zep II
Axis Bold as Love
The Allman Brothers Band 1st album and Fillmore East
We're Only in it For the Money
Camper Van Beethven: Key Lime Pie
The Court of the Crimson King
 
BUT... still the greatest year in ROCK... (or pop or music)... (drum roll please) 1969!!!!!
 
I'll just copy/past because it is here and I am lazy: By Month
an amazing year.. so much good music came out in '68-'72 that they used it all up and everything now is just a re-do. Sorry for the small bule italics but I am not going to try and reformat it all. I have a Guitar ONE magazine somewhere with all of it but I couldn't find it in the big pile of magazines so you get this from wiki... it is impressive for one year. There are some dogs in there but lots of pearls too... lots of pearls.
 
edit> OH MY... I will fix the months. editing now...
 
I'd change Neil Young to HARVEST
YES FRAGILE and CTTE
ELP
Led Zep II
Axis Bold as Love
The Allman Brothers Band 1st album and Fillmore East
We're Only in it For the Money
Camper Van Beethven: Key Lime Pie
The Court of the Crimson King
 
BUT... still the greatest year in ROCK... (or pop or music)... (drum roll please) 1969!!!!!
 
I'll just copy/past because it is here and I am lazy: By Month
an amazing year.. so much good music came out in '68-'72 that they used it all up and everything now is just a re-do. Sorry for the small bule italics but I am not going to try and reformat it all. I have a Guitar ONE magazine somewhere with all of it but I couldn't find it in the big pile of magazines so you get this from wiki... it is impressive for one year. There are some dogs in there but lots of pearls too... lots of pearls.
 
edit> OH MY... I will fix the months. editing now...
 
January
Led Zeppelin.......................... Led Zeppelin
Dusty in Memphi....................... Dusty Springfield
Yellow Submarine...................... The Beatles
Filles de Kilimanjaro................. Miles Davis
Moby Grape '69........................ Moby Grape
Bayou Country......................... Creedence Clearwater Revival Donovan's
Greatest Hits............... Donovan
English Rose.......................... Fleetwood Mac
First Edition '69..................... The First Edition
The Holy Land......................... Johnny Cash
Soul '69.............................. Aretha Franklin
Till.................................. The Vogues
What We Did on Our Holidays........... Fairport Convention
 
February
20/20................................. The Beach Boys
Instant Replay........................ The Monkees
It's Our Thing........................
The Isley Brothers Cloud Nine............................ The Temptations
Stonedhenge........................... Ten Years After
Ball.................................. Iron Butterfly
Bless Its Pointed Little Head......... Jefferson Airplane
Family Entertainment.................. Family
The Gilded Palace of Sin.............. The Flying Burrito Brothers
Kick Out the Jams..................... MC5
Near the Beginning.................... Vanilla Fudge
The Sound of Sexy Soul................ The Delfonics
 
March
Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde.................. The Byrds
From Genesis to Revelation............ Genesis
At Your Birthday Party................ Steppenwolf
Blue Matter........................... Savoy Brown
Goodbye............................... Cream
Happy Trails.......................... Quicksilver Messenger Service
Just to Satisfy You................... Waylon Jennings
Mothermania.... .......................The Mothers of Invention
New! Improved!........................ Blue Cheer
Odessa................................ The Bee Gees
Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud...James Brown
Spooky Two............................ Spooky Tooth
The Velvet Underground................ The Velvet Underground
Wheatfield Soul....................... The Guess Who
 
APRIL
Nazz Nazz.... .........................Nazz
Hero.................................. P.J. Proby
Nashville Skyline......................Bob Dylan
Green Is Blues........................ Al Green
Uncle Meat............................ The Mothers of Invention
With a Little Help from My Friends.... Joe Cocker
On the Threshold of a Dream........... The Moody Blues
Chicago Transit Authority..............Chicago
M.P.G................................  Marvin Gaye
Hair.................................. Various Artists
My Way................................ Frank Sinatra
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man..................The Bob Seger System
Scott 3............................... Scott Walker
Songs from a Room..................... Leonard Cohen
Taste................................. Taste
 
May
Electronic Sound...................... George Harrison
Stand!.................................Sly & the Family Stone
Beginnings.............................Ambrose Slade
Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions....John Lennon and Yoko Ono
After the Rain.........................Muddy Waters
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere........Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Rehearsals for Retirement..............Phil Ochs
Unicorn................................Tyrannosaurus Rex
Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show...Neil Diamond
Pickin' Up the Pieces..................Poco
Surround Yourself with Cilla...........Cilla Black
Tommy..................................The Who
Let the Sunshine In....................Diana Ross & the Supremes
Crosby, Stills & Nash..................Crosby, Stills & Nash
California Bloodlines..................John Stewart
Clouds.................................Joni Mitchell
David's Album..........................Joan Baez
Gettin' Down to It.....................James Brown
Here We Are Again......................Country Joe and the Fish
Last Exit..............................Traffic
The Marble Index.......................Nico
The Meters.............................The Meters
Motor-Cycle............................Lotti Golden
Pretties for You.......................Alice Cooper
This Is Tom Jones......................Tom Jones
The Young Mod's Forgotten Story........The Impressions
 
June
Empty Sky..............................Elton John
At San Quentin.........................Johnny Cash
Trout Mask Replica.....................Captain Beefheart
From Elvis in Memphis..................Elvis Presley
Aoxomoxoa..............................The Grateful Dead
Chastity...............................Cher
Love Man...............................Otis Redding
3614 Jackson Highway...................Cher
Deep Purple............................Deep Purple
Beck-Ola...............................The Jeff Beck Group
Best of Bee Gees.......................Bee Gees
Johnny Winter..........................Johnny Winter
Pongo En Tus Manos Abiertas............Victor Jara
A Salty Dog............................Procol Harum
Suitable for Framing...................Three Dog Night
An Electric Storm......................White Noise
 
July
Hallelujah.............................Canned Heat
Happy Sad..............................Tim Buckley
The Soft Parade........................The Doors
Yes....................................Yes
More...................................Pink Floyd
PreflyteThe........................... Byrds
In a Silent Way........................Miles Davis
Truly Fine Citizen.....................Moby Grape
As Safe as Yesterday Is................Humble Pie
Early Steppenwolf......................Steppenwolf
More of Old Golden Throat..............Johnny Cash
Mountain...............................Leslie West
Unhalfbricking.........................Fairport Convention
Wasa Wasa..............................Edgar Broughton Band
What About Today?......................Barbra Streisand
 
August
Tadpoles...............................Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
Stand Up...............................Jethro Tull
The Stooges............................The Stooges
Barabajagal............................Donovan
On Time................................Grand Funk Railroad
My Cherie Amour........................Stevie Wonder
Ahead Rings Out........................Blodwyn Pig
Blind Faith............................Blind Faith
Give It Away...........................The Chi-Lites
Green River............................Creedence Clearwater Revival
It's a Mother..........................James Brown
A Man Alone............................Frank Sinatra
The Popcorn............................James Brown Santana................................Santana
Ssssh..................................Ten Years After
 
September
Five Leaves Left.......................Nick Drake
Then Play On...........................Fleetwood Mac
Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!...Janis Joplin
Through the Past, Darkly...............The Rolling Stones
Easy...................................Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
The Band...............................The Band
Hot Buttered Soul......................Isaac Hayes
Puzzle People..........................The Temptations
Together...............................Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations
Tendaberry.............................Laura Nyro
Abbey Road.............................The Beatles
Brave New World........................Steve Miller Band
Canned Wheat...........................The Guess Who
Love Chronicles........................Al Stewart
Nice...................................The Nice
Noah...................................The Bob Seger System
Rock & Roll............................Vanilla Fudge
Scott 4................................Scott Walker
Townes Van Zandt.......................Townes Van Zandt
 
October
Juicy Lucy.............................Juicy Lucy
Offering...............................Carpenters
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)........The Kinks
Hot Rats...............................Frank Zappa
In the Court of the Crimson King.......King Crimson
From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis...........Elvis Presley
Led Zeppelin II........................Led Zeppelin
Ummagumma..............................Pink Floyd
Second Winter..........................Johnny Winter
Basket of Light........................Pentangle
Captured Live at the Forum.............Three Dog Night
Clear..................................Spirit
Free...................................Free
The Monkees Present....................The Monkees
Songs for a Tailor.....................Jack Bruce
Tom Jones Live in Las Vegas............Tom Jones
Yer' Album.............................James Gang
 
November
Willy and the Poor Boys................Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cream of the Crop......................Diana Ross & the Supremes
The Allman Brothers Band...............The Allman Brothers Band
David Bowie............................David Bowie (Space Oddity)
Wedding Album..........................John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Ballad of Easy Rider...................The Byrds
Live/Dead..............................Grateful Dead
To Our Children's Children's Children........The Moody Blues
Blue Afternoon.........................Tim Buckley
A Way of Life..........................The Family Dogg
Eight Miles High.......................Golden Earring
Hollies Sing Hollies...................The Hollies
Keynsham...............................Bonzo Dog Band
Joe Cocker!............................Joe Cocker
Joy of a Toy...........................Kevin Ayers
Manfred Mann Chapter Three.............Manfred Mann
Monster................................Steppenwolf
Mott the Hoople........................Mott the Hoople
The Rod Stewart Album..................Rod Stewart
Town and Country.......................Humble Pie
The Turning Point......................John Mayall
Valentyne Suite........................Colosseum
Volunteers.............................Jefferson Airplane
Your Saving Grace......................Steve Miller Band
 
December
Let It Bleed...........................The Rolling Stones
Touching You, Touching Me..............Neil Diamond
Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5......The Jackson
Grand Funk.............................Grand Funk Railroad
Okie from Muskogee.....................Merle Haggard and the Strangers
The Best of Top of the Pops '69........Top of the Poppers
Cheer..................................Blue Cheer
Concerto for Group and Orchestra.......Deep Purple & the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Liege & Lief...........................Fairport Convention
Out Here...............................Love
 
 
Release Date Unknown
•As I Am – The Troggs
•At Home with The Dubliners – The Dubliners
•Baby I Love You - Andy Kim
•The Best of Cliff – Cliff Richard
•A Black Man's Soul – Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm
•Blues Obituary – The Groundhogs
•Boz Scaggs – Boz Scaggs
•The Brothers: Isley – The Isley Brothers
•Bright Sun Is Shining – Barry Melton
•Bull of the Woods – 13th Floor Elevators
•Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach – Soundtrack
•Caetano Veloso – Caetano Veloso
•Canta In Italiano – Dalida
•The Charlatans – The Charlatans (debut)
•Completely Well – B.B. King
•Concerto in B. Goode – Chuck Berry
•Contact – Silver Apples
•Country Folk – Waylon Jennings
•Dizzy – Tommy Roe
•Doctor Dunbar's Prescription – The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation
•Doing His Thing – Ray Charles
•Driftin' Way of Life – Jerry Jeff Walker
•A Drop of The Dubliners – The Dubliners
•Edwards Hand – Edwards Hand
•Elephant Mountain – The Youngbloods
•Ella – Ella Fitzgerald
•Engelbert Humperdinck – Engelbert Humperdinck
•The Fabulous Charlie Rich – Charlie Rich
•Folkjokeopus – Roy Harper
•Four in Blue – Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
•Galveston – The Lawrence Welk Orchestra
•Get Together with Andy Williams - Andy Williams
•Gilberto Gil – Gilberto Gil
•The Good Rats – The Good Rats (debut)
•Grand Canyon Suite – Johnny Cash
•The Greatest Little Soul Band in the Land – J.J. Jackson
•Hank Marvin – Hank Marvin (debut solo)
•Happy Heart - Andy Williams
•Hollies Sing Dylan – The Hollies
•The House of Blue Lights – Don Covay
•The Howlin' Wolf Album – Howlin' Wolf
•I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll – Mississippi Fred McDowell
•I'm All Yours-Baby! – Ray Charles
•The Instrumental Sounds of Merle Haggard's Strangers – Merle Haggard & the Strangers
•Introducing the Jaggerz - the Jaggerz
•I Say a Little Prayer – Aretha Franklin
•It's a Beautiful Day – It's a Beautiful Day
•It's The Dubliners – The Dubliners
•Jackson – Johnny Cash
•Jewels of Thought – Pharaoh Sanders
•Jimmy Cliff – Jimmy Cliff
•Joe South's Greatest Hits Vol.1 – Joe South
•Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash
•Jorge Ben – Jorge Ben Jor
•Kool and the Gang – Kool & the Gang
•Live & Well – B.B. King
•Live at the Albert Hall – The Dubliners
•Live at Yankee Stadium – The Isley Brothers
•Ma mère me disait – Dalida
•Moondog – Moondog
•Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe – Albert Ayler
•Mutantes – Os Mutantes
•My Brother the Wind, Vol. 1 – Sun Ra
•My Brother the Wind, Vol. 2 – Sun Ra
•My Own Peculiar Way – Willie Nelson
•A Natural Woman – Peggy Lee
•The Open Mind – The Open Mind
•Ornette at 12 – Ornette Coleman
•Orgasm – Cromagnon
•Over and Over – Nana Mouskouri
•People in Sorrow – Art Ensemble of Chicago
•Phallus Dei – Amon Düül II
•Photographs – Patrick Sky
•Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town – Kenny Rogers and The First Edition
•Rhymes and Reason – John Denver (debut)
•Same Train, Different Time – Marle Haggard & the Strangers
•Sea Shanties – High Tide
•Seattle – Perry Como
•The Second Brooklyn Bridge – Johnny Maestro & The Brooklyn Bridge (as The Brooklyn Bridge)
•The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children – The Simon Sisters
•Soul Shakedown – Bob Marley & The Wailers (debut)
•A Step Further – Savoy Brown – Live + studio
•Sunshine of your Love – Ella Fitzgerald
•Take a Message to Mary – Don Cherry
•Terry Reid – Terry Reid
•The Belle of Avenue A – The Fugs
•Thesaurus – Clare Fischer
•This Is Desmond Dekkar – Desmond Dekker
•Three in the Attic – Chad & Jeremy
•Trogglomania – The Troggs
•Turtle Soup – The Turtles
•Walking in Space – Quincy Jones
•Waylon Jennings – Waylon Jennings
•Wonder Where I'm Bound – Dion DiMucci
•Words and Music by Bob Dylan – The Hollies
•Yummy Yummy Yummy – Julie London
 
OK... over an hour reformatting this post. Over all an incredible year in music... some stinkers, different genres but wow.
 
J

Hi,
 
This list is such an incredible kissypoo to an industrialist/commercial society, it's not even funny.
 
Sadly, it does not recognize music in many other places in time, and ignores the rest of Europe, because we're too stupid and don't think that other countries that don't speak English live in the middle ages somewhere in Africa or in the Amazon!
 
There was some serious music in Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Norway, Sweden and even as far as Japan, and none of it will ever be understood or appreciated, because you can only listen to the stuff that you already know and you have no ear for music ... only an ear for hits!
 
Sorry, that list sux!

Moshkiae
 ... and find The Clash one of the most over-rated bands ever.

By who?

SteveStrummerUK

Moshkiae
 ... and find The Clash one of the most over-rated bands ever.

By who?

Strummy, The Clash was just a media darling that lived up to its name and image!
 
If it was you and your band doing My Charonna or some other song, every one would say ... who the f---- do you think you are? That song sux! It was just clever stuff that was fun to play in radio. FM radio loved it in America, because they were bored with Led Zeppelin and The Who!

jamesg1213

Moshkiae

SteveStrummerUK

Moshkiae
 ... and find The Clash one of the most over-rated bands ever.

By who?

Strummy, The Clash was just a media darling that lived up to its name and image!
 
If it was you and your band doing My Charonna or some other song, every one would say ... who the f---- do you think you are? That song sux! It was just clever stuff that was fun to play in radio. FM radio loved it in America, because they were bored with Led Zeppelin and The Who!

'My Sharona' was by The Knack, not The Clash.

Maybe "My Charonna" was the Clash song?

batsbrew
they need to let someone that's not over the age of 50 put that list together.
 

Old55

batsbrew
they need to let someone that's not over the age of 50 put that list together.
 

The "under 50" crowd can have their own list. 

Forget it.  They're not old enough!
 
(I must say though, this thread and the music styles one have certainly had me going through lots of new music lately!  YEAH! )

So are you going to stay or go?
 
I bet there's going to be trouble either way though...