My Top 50 Albums of All Time

[Chuck Engels]

This might be fun We can do the same thing with movies, bands, solo artists, actors, ...
These are my very favorite albums of all time, mostly in order but not all are. I could have gone on for another 20 or so but decided to stop at 50

1. Chicago - The Chicago Transit Authority
2. Various - Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
3. Steven Curtis Chapman - Speechless
4. The Guess Who - American Woman
5. Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle
6. Bob Seger - Against the Wind
7. Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
8. Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
9. Earth, Wind, and Fire - That's the Way of the World
10. Phil Collins - No Jacket Required
11. John Denver - Greatest Hits
12. Carol King - Tapestry
13. Sion Alford - Turn the Praise Up
14. The Grass Roots - Their 16 Greatest Hits
15. Elton John - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player
16. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
17. Van Morrison - Hard Nose the Highway
18. Styx - Styx II
19. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Trilogy
20. Eagles - Hotel California
21. The Moody Blues - Threshold of a Dream
22. Linda Ronstadt - Living in the USA
23. Billy Joel - The Stranger
24. Bruce Springsteen - Born In the USA
25. Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
26. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of the Moon
27. Deep Purple - Machine Head
28. Deep Purple - Who Do We Think We Are
29. Bad Company - Straight Shooter
30. BTO - Not Fragile
31. Kansas - Leftoverture
32. America - Greatest Hits
33. Foreigner - 4
34. Heart - Heart
35. Heart - Dog and Butterfly
36. Foghat - Energized
37. 10CC - The Original Soundtrack
38. The Marshall Tucker Band - The Marshall Tucker Band
39. REO Speedwagon - Ridin the Storm Out
40. REO Speedwagon - Hi Fidelity
41. Chase - Chase
42. Issac Hayes - Soundtrack from Shaft
43. John Fogerty - Centerfield
44. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Gold
45. Creedence Clearwater Revival - More Creedence Gold
46. Bobby Sherman — The Very Best of Bobby Sherman
47. The Partridge Family — The Partridge Family Album
48. 1910 Fruitgum Company — Golden Classics
49. Grand Funk Railroad — Closer To Home
50. Grand Funk Railroad — On Time
More
51. Looking Glass - Looking Glass
52. Looking Glass - Subway Serenade
53. Led Zeppelin - IV
54. Various - American Graffiti Soundtrack
55. The James Gang - The James Gang Rides Again
56. The Beatles - White Album

[Gooder]

Where do you find the time to do all of this, Chuck!

There are some great music artists in there!!!

Lee

[momoffduty]

That is quite a list! Saw about 16 or 17 in concert, some more than once (can't remember exactly). Marshall Tucker and REO always put on a great concert. REO is from rural Illinois. As for Chicago, well, didn't care for them much in the 70's....their music was overplayed. Our school band played their songs at games and being on the dance team had to perform routines to them on occasion . Youngest plays their music on her flute just to annoy me

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

Chuck, you disappoint me. No FZ? No Cap'n?

[Chuck Engels]

Never was a Zappa and the Mothers fan, Captain Beefheart either.
At least they just aren't in the top 50, these are albums that I owned more than one of because I wore them out.
There is not a single Beatle album in the mess either, but they would make the top 100 with the White Album for sure, probably Revolution also.
Just added Zeppelin to the list
How about your top 10 or so John

[hpharley90]

There is not a single Beatle album in the mess either, but they would make the top 100 with the White Album for sure, probably Revolver also.

How about Revolver?

[Chuck Engels]

Ooops, that is what I meant
I was thinking of Revolution #9 and Revolver all at the same time

If I picked my top 50 favorite songs of all time Revolution #9 would probably be one of them, top 100 for sure.

[Steve Grisetti]

I'd trade both the White Album and Abbey Road for a good, clean copy of Rubber Soul.

[Jayell]

Rubber Soul was a good album.
Guess I come from a different perspective (or is it a different era
Without naming albums, I'd add
Neil Diamond
Barry Manilow
Dionne Warwick
Anne Murray

[RJ Johnston]

What software did you use to catalog and rank those albums?

[Gerry]

You forgot the greatest album of all-time: "Tales from Topographic Oceans" by Yes.

And we won't even get into Sabbath, Cream or Hendrix.

Or Jean-Luc Ponty or Michael Franks.

Or Dream Theater.

(Ecclectic taste much?)

Incidentally, we actually had REO play at a mixer at my high school (in suburban Chicago) when they were just another garage band, before they hit it big.

[John 'twosheds' McDonald]

How about your top 10 or so John

Hmm, artists is relatively easy, LPs (albums) more difficult, so I'll go for artists in no particular order:-

Beefheart, Cream (and Clapton generally), FZ, Incredible String Band, Led Zep, John Mayall, Pink Floyd, Stones, Velvet Underground, Yes.

After that lot you would probably find it very difficult to believe that I also love opera, my favourite being Donizetti's Lucia di Lammamoor.

[hpharley90]

You forgot the greatest album of all-time: "Tales from Topographic Oceans" by Yes.

Gerry I'm a big fan of Yes myself.
In fact It was their 1972 or 1973 North American tour when I purchased a T shirt with their "Yes" logo on the front and written underneath 1972 or1973 North American tour.(don't remember exactly)
A car painter friend painted that Yes logo on my 1965 Mustang right behind the drivers side window and looked just like the T shirt. He did a real good job.
I just remembered it was "73". "The Close to the Edge tour"
Anyway I used to be a big fan and saw Yes live at least 5 times in the 70"s.

When I went to see the Tales from Topographic Oceans show in "74" I couldn't wait for the show to end.
That is all they played with a "Roundabout" encore.
The album being a double album set with only one song on each side if I remember correctly amounted to a 5 song show.
Very boring to me.
Great album sleeve though.
I went and saw the Relayer tour with Patrick something or another replacing Rick Wakeman on keyboards.
And that was the last time I saw "Yes".

I'd like to give my top 5 bands now.
Albums are too difficult.

Led Zeppelin
Beatles
Hendrix
Cream
I can't think of a fifth. It's much to difficult. Too many are my favorites.
If a song by any of those 4 above would come on the radio in the car today when I'm by myself I'll still raise the volume.

[Maxine370]

I know I usually all about the music but this is too hard for me. I love all kinds of music with the exception of rap. New and old, fast and slow. I can say I'm a huge Beatles fan so they would top my list. Buffett is also a fun genre (I consider his stuff in its own genre) my husband got me into.

But aside from those 2 I'm not even going to attempt listing my faves.

[Clayton]

Either my age or the lack of a musical ear is showing. Chuck, I never even heard of about 1/3 of the people on your list.