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These are the 20 Greatest albums of all time according to the JV community

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The votes have been counted.

Read further down in the post…..

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I hereby challenge all readers to put out their personal list of the 20 Greatest albums of all time.
Top 15 /10 is also appreciated.

Use the comments section in this post or check out our Facebook page.

The poll will be open till Tuesday’ish.

The rules:

  • ONLY 5 Bob Dylan albums allowed
  • It’s an album list, but 2 exceptions are allowed (Greatest Hits/Very Best/..)
    This is meant to cover artists that didn’t really put out many “albums”, typically older music 40/50s.

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Again: Don’t take theses lists so seriously ! It’s meant to be FUN.

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It was a great poll to host, and we got lists in from 52 musicologists.

notes:

  • It’s nice to see (though hardly a surprise) 3 Dylan albums on top (as on my list)
  • lists with fewer than 5 did not count
  • Live albums did not count, including my own “Live @ San Quentin”, as stated above.. this will be a separate poll
# Album Artist votes
1 Highway 61 Revisited (1965) Bob Dylan 29
2 Blood On The Tracks (1975) Bob Dylan 26
3 Blonde On Blonde (1966) Bob Dylan 25
4 Revolver (1966) The Beatles 18
5 Exile On Main St. (1972) The Rolling Stones 17
6 Astral Weeks (1968) Van Morrison 15
7 Rubber Soul (1965) The Beatles 14
8 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) The Beatles 13
8 White Album (1968) The Beatles 13
10 Abbey Road (1969) The Beatles 12
10 Let It Bleed (1969) The Rolling Stones 12
10 Who’s Next (1971) The Who 12
13 Kind Of Blue (1959) Miles Davis 11
14 John Wesley Harding (1967) Bob Dylan 10
14 The Band (1969) The Band 10
16 Bringing It All Back Home (1965) Bob Dylan 8
16 Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd 8
16 Music From Big Pink (1968) The Band 8
16 Beggar’s Banquet (1968) The Rolling Stones 8
16 Sticky Fingers (1971) The Rolling Stones 8

Lurking under:

  • Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
  • Crosby Stills & Nash
  • Neil Young – After The Gold Rush
  • Van Morrison – Moondance
  • Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
  • Crosby Stills & Nash  – Deja Vu
  • Pink Floyd – Wish You Where Here
  • Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin Bob Dylan
  • Bruce Springsteen – Darkness On The Edge Of Town
  • George Harrison – all Things Must Pass
  • Grateful Dead – American Beauty
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced
  • Tom Waits – Rain Dogs

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My list – 20 favorite  albums:

  1. Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde (1966)
  2. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
  3. Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks (1975)
  4. The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St. (1972)
  5. Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
  6. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (1968)
  7. Elvis Presley – From Elvis in Memphis (1969)
  8. Neil Young – After The Gold Rush (1970)
  9. Hank Williams – 40 Greatest Hits (1979)
  10. Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run (1975)
  11. Bob Dylan – Desire (1976)
  12. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers (1971)
  13. The Beatles – Rubber Soul (1965)
  14. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced (1967)
  15. Miles Davis – Kind Of Blue (1959)
  16. Bruce Springsteen – Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978)
  17. Van Morrison – Moondance (1970)
  18. The Band – The Band (1969)
  19. The Who – Who’s Next (1971)
  20. Johnny Cash – Johnny Cash at San Quentin (1969)

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Hallgeir will publish his list later today (probably rubbish)

Here is Hallgeir’s list:

  • The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St.
  • Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the edge of town
  • Bob Dylan – Blood on the tracks
  • The Beatles – Abbey Road
  • Wilco – Summerteeth
  • David Bowie – Hunky Dory
  • Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
  • Neil Young – After the Goldrush
  • Steve Earle – El Corazon
  • Hank Williams – 40 Greatest Hits
  • Elvis Presley – From Elvis in Memphis
  • Townes Van Zandt – Townes Van Zandt
  • Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
  • Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
  • Drive-by Truckers – Southern Rock Opera
  • Aretha Franklin – Spirit in the dark
  • Patti Smith – Easter
  • Miles Davis – Kind of blue
  • Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball
  • Nick Cave – The Boatman’s Call
  • George Jones – I am what I am
  • Van Morrison – It’s too late to stop now
  • Bob Dylan – The Bootleg series, Volume 5: Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue
  • The Clash – London Calling
  • Ryan Adams – Gold

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Official Dylan stuff is hard to find on youtube, so here is some of the other albums:

The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St.

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Van Morrison – Astral Weeks

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Elvis Presly – From Elvis In Memphis:

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Neil Young – After The Gold Rush:

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Hank Williams – 40 Greatest Hits (playlist):

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Inspiration:

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-Egil

 

39 thoughts on “These are the 20 Greatest albums of all time according to the JV community”

  1. Nice list! Some of my lists:

    The 30 Greatest Albums of All Time in My Opinion:

    1. Blonde on Blonde
    2. Revolver
    3. Exile on Main St.
    4. Astral Weeks
    5. The Dark Side of the Moon
    6. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
    7. Highway 61 Revisited
    8. Blood on the Tracks
    9. What’s Going On
    10. Kind of Blue
    11. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
    12. Pet Sounds
    13. Rubber Soul
    14. The Beatles
    15. Abbey Road
    16. At Fillmore East
    17. Physical Graffiti
    18. London Calling
    19. Hunky Dory
    20. Sticky Fingers
    21. Led Zeppelin IV
    22. Innervisions
    23. Plastic Ono Band
    24. A Love Supreme
    25. Forever Changes
    26. Moondance
    27. Let It Bleed
    28. “Heroes“
    29. Rumours
    30. Wish You Were Here

    The 10 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs in My Opinion:

    1. Like a Rolling Stone
    2. Blowin’ in the Wind
    3. The Times They Are A-Changin’
    4. Tangled Up in Blue
    5. Just Like a Woman
    6. Positively 4th Street
    7. Not Dark Yet
    8. Visions of Johanna
    9. Subterranean Homesick Blues
    10. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

    The 10 Greatest Beatles Songs in My Opinion:

    1. A Day in the Life
    2. In My Life
    3. Yesterday
    4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
    5. Eleanor Rigby
    6. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
    7. Tomorrow Never Knows
    8. Here Comes the Sun
    9. Here, There and Everywhere
    10. Hey Jude

    The 10 Greatest David Bowie Songs in My Opinion:

    1. “Heroes“
    2. Life on Mars?
    3. Sound and Vision
    4. Changes
    5. Starman
    6. Young Americans
    7. Ziggy Stardust
    8. Golden Years
    9. Rebel Rebel
    10. Absolute Beginners

    The 10 Greatest Rolling Stones Songs in My Opinion:

    1. Wild Horses
    2. Gimme Shelter
    3. Paint It, Black
    4. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
    5. Jumpin’ Jack Flash
    6. Sympathy for the Devil
    7. You Can’t Alway Get What You Want
    8. Sweet Virginia
    9. Ruby Tuesday
    10. Honky Tonk Women

    The 10 Greatest Songs of All Time in My Opinion:

    1. Like a Rolling Stone
    2. A Day in the Life
    3. What’s Going On
    4. A Change Is Gonna Come
    5. Stairway to Heaven
    6. “Heroes“
    7. Wild Horses
    8. London Calling
    9. God Only Knows
    10. Into the Mystic

    🙂

  2. No “FOREVER CHANGES” by LOVE. Any list without this album in the top ten at least is false, forfeit, wrong.

    More comments to follow after I have looked at all the other lists and comments, but I had to comment now on the above.

    1. I like Forever Changes a lot, but not in my top 20, maybe not in my top 50 either, but I think it’s a classic album and every time I play it I discover new things about it.

      1. Hi Hallgeir, Thank you for your comment which I have carefully considered and this is my conclusion – Have you tried therapy? I ask this because your taste in music is obviously flawed. ; ))

        Where is my comment? I can`t find it.

  3. This is the best “greatest albums of all time list” I have come across on the internet. Even though I am late for the poll, I would still like to share my personal list. So here are the 30 greatest albums of all time in my opinion:

    1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
    2. Highway 61 Revisited
    3. Revolver
    4. Blood on the Tracks
    5. What’s Going On
    6. Blonde on Blonde
    7. Exile on Main St.
    8. Pet Sounds
    9. Rubber Soul
    10. Astral Weeks
    11. Kind of Blue
    12. The Beatles
    13. At Fillmore East
    14. Abbey Road
    15. Who’s Next
    16. The Dark Side of the Moon
    17. Physical Graffiti
    18. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
    19. London Calling
    20. Rumours
    21. A Love Supreme
    22. Let It Bleed
    23. Hunky Dory
    24. Sticky Fingers
    25. Band on the Run
    26. Plastic Ono Band
    27. Beggars Banquet
    28. “Heroes“
    29. Wish You Were Here
    30. Station to Station

      1. Thanks, I love your website! Just in case you’re interested, the ten greatest Bob Dylan songs IMO:

        1. Like a Rolling Stone
        2. Tangled Up in Blue
        3. Visions of Johanna
        4. Blind Willie McTell
        5. Every Grain of Sand
        6. Positively 4th Street
        7. Desolation Row
        8. Blowin’ in the Wind
        9. Idiot Wind
        10. Not Dark Yet

  4. For every Music Junkie it’s extremely tough to make a limited list because you have to leave off so many of your Favorites. So to partly cheat my list will be Top 25. It’ll be in no particular order because any of these albums could be #1 on any particular day. Neil Young is my Favorite & he’s the only Artist I’ve given 2 spots to & I hated leaving people off like Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Paul Simon, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Beck, Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart, Van Morrison, Laura Marling, The Band, Prince, Rilo Kiley etc.

    Top 25
    1. On tHe Beach – Neil Young
    2. Darkness on the Edge of Town – Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
    3. White Album – Beatles
    4. Blood on the Tracks – Bob Dylan
    5. Who’s Next – The Who
    6. Blue – Joni Mitchell
    7. Loaded – Velvet Underground
    8. Exile on Main Street – Rolling Stones
    9. London Calling – The Clash
    10. Horses – Patti Smith
    11. Layla – Derek & the Dominoes
    12. Shoot Out the Lights – Richard & Linda Thompson
    13. Get Happy – Elvis Costello & the Attractions
    14. Sun Sessions – Elvis Presley
    15. Pirates – Rickie Lee Jones
    16. Rust Never Sleeps – Neil Young & Crazy Horse
    17. Are You Experienced – Jimi Hendrix Experience
    18. Are the Village Green Preservation Society – The Kinks
    19. All Things Must Pass – George Harrison
    20. Innervisions – Stevie Wonder
    21. Bitches Brew – Miles Davis
    22. Squeezing Out Sparks – Graham Parker & the Rumor
    23. Complete Recordings – Robert Johnson
    24. Hunky Dory – David Bowie
    25. Nevermind – Nirvana

  6. Another Self Portrait
    Blood on the Tracks
    Sheikh Yerbouti – Zappa
    American iv – Cash
    Ziggy Stardust -Bowie
    Street Legal
    Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
    Let it Be
    Led Zeppelin
    Tupelo Honey – Van Morris on
    Jailbreak – Thin Lizzy

    That’s it for now

  7. Hi. I turned 50 in April and I feared I was turning into an old fart. I feel a little better now, as I see a lot of these list seem to be stuck in the 60s & 70s!

    Here we go, in no particular order after number one:

    #1) The Velvet Underground and Nico / THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO

    and the rest…

    John Wesley Harding / BOB DYLAN
    Bootleg Series No 4: Live 1966 “Royal Albert Hall” Concert /
    BOB DYLAN
    Highway 61 Revisited / BOB DYLAN
    Revolver / THE BEATLES
    Rubber Soul / THE BEATLES
    Let It Bleed / THE ROLLING STONES
    White Light White Heat / THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
    Sea Change / BECK
    Gold / CHUCK BERRY
    The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust / DAVID BOWIE
    American VI: A Hundred Highways / JOHNNY CASH
    The Dirty South / DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS
    The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place / EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
    Van Lear Rose / LORETTA LYNN
    Exile In Guyville / LIZ PHAIR
    Ramones / THE RAMONES
    The Capital Years / FRANK SINATRA
    Nebraska / BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
    The River / BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
    Used Songs / TOM WAITS
    Beautiful Malidies / TOM WAITS
    The Original Singles Collection / HANK WILLIAMS
    Rust Never Sleeps / NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE
    Tonight’s The Night / NEIL YOUNG

    PS: I know that’s 25, but that’s the best I could do. I saw someone else only did 15, so add my leftovers to his;-)

    PPS: If you must kick out my Tom Waits comps, you can replace them with PRINCE’S “Sign O The Times” and Dwight Yokam’s “If There Was A Way”, both of which were bumped when I realized I had left off Hank St and Liz Phair.

    PPPS: How about best compilations after best live albums?

  8. No Particular Order
    Blood on the Tracks – Bob Dylan
    Basement Tapes – Bob Dylan and the Band
    Astral Weeks – Van Morrison
    Into the Music – Van Morrison
    Concierto – Jim Hall
    The Harder They Come – Jimmy Cliff
    Some Girls – Stones
    Misfits – Kinks
    Mercy – Sam Baker
    Late for the Sky – Jackson Browne
    The Rising – Bruce Springsteen
    Willy and the Poor Boys – Creedence
    Madman Across the Water – Elton John
    Howlin’ Wind – Graham Parker
    Slant 6 Mind – Greg Brown
    People Gonna Talk – James Hunter
    Southeastern – Jason Isbell
    By the Light of the Moon – Los Lobos
    Horses – Patti Smith
    Largo – Various

  9. Bob Dylan: Blood on the tracks
    Bob Dylan: Highway 61 revisited
    Televison: Marquee Moon
    Miles Davis: Kind of blue
    Van Morrison: Moondance
    U2: Achtung baby
    The Waterboys: This is the sea
    Fairport Convention: Unhalfbricking
    Television: Marquee Moon
    Lambchop: Is a woman
    Led Zeppelin: Physical Grafitti
    Jackson Browne: Late for the sky
    Neil Young: After the gold rush
    David Sylvian: Secrets of the beehive
    Jeff Buckley: Grace
    Eels: Daisies of the Galaxy
    Elliott Smith: Either/Or
    Bob Dylan: Time Out of Mind
    Songs:Ohia: Magnolia Electric Co.
    Tom Waits: Rain Dogs

    1. You’ve got Television’s Marquee Moon twice! Now, with my vote (above) we oughta be able to get it into the final ‘top 20’. 🙂

      1. It’s one of the few records that deserves to be mentioned twice in the same list 🙂 But that at least give room for Televison’s “Adventure” on the list, it’s almost as good as Marquee Moon.

  10. My Top 20 today;

    1. Love – Forever Changes (this LP has always been my No. 1 album of all time and remains so).
    2. Neil Young – Live Rust
    3. Waterboys – Fisherman`s Blues
    4. Beatles – Revolver
    5. Big Big Train – English Electric: Full Power
    6. Bob Dylan – Desire
    7. Beatles – Rubber Soul
    8. Band – Music From Big Pink
    9. Waterboys – This Is The Sea
    10. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
    11. Tom Petty – Damn The Torpedos
    12. Love – Four Sail
    13. Genesis – A Trick Of The Tail
    14. Gene Clark – No Other
    15. Neil Young – Freedom
    16. Big Star – #1 Record
    17. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
    18. Byrds – 5th Dimension
    19. The Who – A Quick One
    20. Doves – Kingdom Of Rust

    This is of course the definitive Top 20 list of albums ever in the time that it took me to compile, now then which is my new No. 2 album………..

  11. 1 Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street
    2 Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
    3 Bob Dylan – Time Out Of Mind
    4 Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
    5 Bob Dylan – Infidels
    6 Beatles – Revolver
    7 Beatles – Rubber Soul
    8 Beatles – Abbey Road
    9 Neil Young- American Stars N’ Bars
    10 Neil Young – On The Beach
    11 Paul Simon -Paul Simon
    12 Pink Floyd – Animals
    13 David Bowie – Hunky Dory
    14 John Lennon – Walls And Bridges
    15 Paul McCartney – Band OnThe Run
    16 Fleetwood Mac – Kiln House
    17 Jefferson Airplane – After Bathing At Baxter’s
    18 Grateful Dead – Workingman’s Dead
    19 Crosby, Stills and Nash
    20 George Harrison – All Things Must Pass

  12. 1. Highway 61 Revisited–Dylan
    2. Blonde on Blonde–Dylan
    3. Astral Weeks–Van Morrison
    4. Golden Decade (vol. 1) –Chuck Berry
    5. Something Else by The Kinks
    6. The Band (second album)
    7. Another Green World–Brian Eno
    8. Sticky Fingers–Rolling Stones
    9. Innervisions–Stevie Wonder
    10. London Calling–The Clash
    11. After the Gold Rush–Neil Young
    12. Blood on the Tracks–Dylan
    13. Marquee Moon–Television
    14. Who’s Next–The Who
    15. Shoot out the Lights–Richard and Linda Thompson
    16. Howling Wind–Graham Parker and the Rumour
    17. The Velvet Underground (third album)
    18. St. Dominic’s Preview — Van Morrison
    19. Sign of the Times– Prince
    20. Exile on Main St. –Rolling Stones

  13. 1. The Pearl/Harold Budd & Brian Eno 2. The Koln Concert/Keith Jarrett 3. Kind of Blue/Miles Davis 4. Abraxas/Santana 5. Dark Side Of The Moon/Pink Floyd 6. Let It Bleed/Rolling Stones 7. Highway 61 Revisited/Bob Dylan 8. Abby Road/Beatles 9. Revolver/Beatles 10. Wish You Were Here/Pink Floyd 11. Happy Trails/Quicksilver Messenger Service (part studio and part live) 12. Living With The Law/Chris Whitley 13. Howlin’ Mercy/John Campbell 14.Spinning Around The Sun/Jimmie Dale Gilmore 15. Crosby, Stills, & Nash/Self-Titled Lp 16. Acadie/Daniel Lanois 17. Led Zeppelin I 18. Yellow Moon/Neville Brothers 19. Bradley’s Barn/Beau Brummels 20. John Prine (self-titled)

  14. My favorite 15: Rubber Soul (Beatles),Revolver (Beatles), Blond On Blond (Dylan), The Band (brown album), Are You Experienced (Jimi), Village Green Preservation Society (Kinks), Salty Dog (Procol Harum), Shazam (the Move), Sticky Fingers (Stones), Good Old Boys (Randy Newman), Honky Tonk Heroes (Waylon), an ‘early’ Best Of Mose Allison, Pretenders I, Kind of Blue (Miles Davis), Guitar Town (Steve Earle)

  15. Note #1: So far everybody’s list coulda been my list.. Thanks!!!
    Note #2: No particular order her on my list.. These are recordings I revisit over & over …. Here goes:

    1. Bob Dylan: The Freewheeling Bob Dylan
    2. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
    3. Bob Dylan: Highway 61
    4. Charlie Parker: Bird – The Savoy Recordings (Master Takes)
    5. Robert Johnson: King of the Delta Blues Singers
    6. Bob Dylan: Blood on the Tracks
    7. Fitzgerald & Armstrong: Ella and Louis
    8. Bob Marley: Survival
    9. Joni Mitchell: Blue
    10. Lou Reed: New York
    11. Jimi Hendrix: Band of Gypsies
    12. Mississippi John Hurt: Today!
    13. The Band: Music From Big Pink
    14. John Hartford: Aereo-Plain
    15. Dave Van Ronk: Sunday Street
    16. The Beatles: Help
    17. The Rolling Stones: Exile On Main Street
    18. Linda Ronstadt: Prisoner in Disguise
    19. The Beatles: Hard Day’s Night
    20. The Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet

  16. #1 THE WHITE ALBUM BEATLES
    #2 CROSBY STILLS AND NASH
    #3 CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY
    #4 REVOLVER THE BEATLES
    #5 SGT. PEPPER THE BEATLES
    #6 ELECTRIC LADYLAND JIMI HENDRIX
    #7 RUBBER SOUL THE BEATLES
    #8 THE ALLMAN BROTHERS LIVE AT FILLMORE EAST
    #9 EAT A PEACH THE ALLMAN BROTHERS
    #10 WHATS GOIN ON MARVIN GAYE
    #11 EXILE ON MAIN STREET THE ROLLING STONES
    #12 DEJA VU CROSBY STILLS AND NASH
    #13 TAPESTRY CAROLE KING
    #14 SWEET BABY JAMES JAMES TAYLOR
    #15 WHEELS OF FIRE CREAM
    #16 CHICAGO
    #17 THE INNOCENT AGE DAN FOGELBERG
    #18 LOGGINS AND MESSINA SITTIN IN
    #19 JAMES TAYLOR LIVE
    #20 BEATLES 65

  17. 1, Highway 61 Revisited
    2. Blonde on Blonde
    3. Kinks – Face to Face
    4. Byrds – Younger than Yesterday
    5. Who’s Next
    6. Love – Forever Changes
    7. Rolling Stones – Aftermath
    8. The Band – Rock of Ages
    9. Band and Bob – Before the Flood
    10. Kinks – Sleepwalker
    11. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
    12. Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
    13. Rolling Stones – Beggar’s Banquet
    14. Beatles – Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band.
    15. The Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo
    16. Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
    17. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
    18. Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the Edge of Town
    19. Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
    20. Traffic – Dear Mr. Fantasy

    In no particular order after 1 and 2. Sorry, Egil. You got 1 and 2 backward.

  18. Here comes another one:

    1 Exile on Main Street Rolling Stones
    2 Blood on the Tracks Bob Dylan
    3 Blonde on Blonde Bob Dylan
    4 Rain Dogs Tom Waits
    5 Let it Bleed Rolling Stones
    6 Push the Sky Away Nick Cave
    7 The Joshua Tree U2
    8 Astral Weeks Van Morrison
    9 Ok Computer Radiohead
    10 Victory Mixtures Willy DeVille
    11 Pink Moon Nick Drake
    12 Eli and the Thirteenth Confession Laura Nyro
    13 Grooves In Orbit NRBQ
    14 Bryter Layter Nick Drake
    15 Berlin Lou Reed
    16 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd
    17 Nevermind Nirvana
    18 A Love Supreme John Coltrane
    19 Metals Feist
    20 American Beauty Grateful Dead

  19. Blonde On Blonde
    The Velvet Underground & Nico
    The Dark Side Of The Moon
    The Beatles
    Bringing It All Back Home
    Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
    Low
    Station To Station
    Sticky Fingers
    Let It Bleed
    The River
    All Things Must Past
    The Clash
    The Doors
    Songs Of Love And Hate
    Ram
    Moondance
    Time Out Of Mind
    Plastic Ono Band
    Darkness Of The Edge Of Town

  20. get yer ya ya’s out – rolling stones
    bringing it all back home – dylan
    blood on the tracks – dylan
    let it bleed – rolling stones
    tonights the night – neil young
    everybody knows this is nowhere – neil young
    darkness – springsteen
    el rayo x – david lindley
    escape artist – garland jeffreys
    Southern Harmony and musical companion – black crowes
    blind faith – blind faith
    natty dread – bob marley
    alive on arrival – steve forbert
    texas flood – stevie ray vaghan
    complete recordings of t bone walker – t bone walker
    rain dogs – tom waits
    jezebel – justin hinds and the dominoes
    bring the family – john hiatt
    harder they come – jimmy cliff et all
    don’t give up on me – Solomon Burke

    can’t think about this stuff too long, as soon as i see the other lists I feel bad for the ones i left out. I’m hoping i find something i haven’t heard. Listening to rain dogs now. learning how to sing tango till their sore.

  21. Limiting it to 20 is hard! So for me it’s the first one’s that jump out as I look at the record stack, and some others that come to mind, and not in any particular order. Here’s my list:
    – Richard & Linda Thompson – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
    – Dire Straits – Dire Straits
    – Howlin’ Wolf – The Rockin’ Chair Album
    – Muddy Waters – The Real Folk Blues
    – Pink Floyd – The Wall
    – Paul Simon – Graceland
    – Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A.
    – Peter Case – The Man with the Blue Postmodern Fragmented Neo-traditional Guitar
    – Derek and the Dominoes – Layla
    – Steve Miller Band – Anthology
    – Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
    – The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced?
    – Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
    – the Beatles – Let It Be
    – Townes Van Zandt – Live at The Old Quarter Houston, Texas
    – Bob Dylan – Blonde on Blonde
    – Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
    – Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks
    – Bob Dylan – Desire
    – Neil Young – After the Goldrush

  22. Top 20 Hallgeir (Johannasvisions)

    The Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St.
    Bruce Springsteen – Darkness on the edge of town
    Bob Dylan – Blood on the tracks
    The Beatles – Abbey Road
    Wilco – Summerteeth
    David Bowie – Hunky Dory
    Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
    Neil Young – After the Goldrush
    Steve Earle – El Corazon
    Hank Williams – 40 Greatest Hits
    Elvis Presley – From Elvis in Memphis
    Townes Van Zandt – Townes Van Zandt
    Johnny Cash – At Folsom Prison
    Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
    Drive-by Truckers – Southern Rock Opera
    Aretha Franklin – Spirit in the dark
    Patti Smith – Easter
    Miles Davis – Kind of blue
    Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball
    Nick Cave – The Boatman’s Call
    George Jones – I am what I am
    Van Morrison – It’s too late to stop now
    Bob Dylan – The Bootleg series, Volume 5: Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue
    The Clash – London Calling
    Ryan Adams – Gold

    🙂

      1. Check your own goddam list, man! hehe

        …there is a wonderful live album on your list as well

        – Hallgeir

        Yeah, I know I got three, but I cannot take any of them out!

  23. okay, this is fun. Haven’t done that in some time…

    1. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
    2. Bob Dylan – The Freewheelin Bob Dylan
    3. Bob Dylan – The Basement Tapes
    4. Bob Dylan – Highway 61
    5. Bob Dylan – Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
    6. Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
    7. Bruce Springsteen – Born In The USA
    8. Woody Guthrie – Bound For Glory
    9. Johnny Cash – At San Quentin
    10. Bruce Springsteen – The Seeger Sessions
    11. Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
    12. Leonard Cohen – Songs From A Room
    13. The Cure – Wish
    14. The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper…
    15. Beck – Modern Guilt
    16. Dire Straits – Alchemy
    17. The Doors – Light my Fire
    18. Eric Clapton – Unplugged
    19. The Kinks – The Village Green Preservation Society
    20. Pink Floyd – The Wall (not “really” on LAST place)

      1. surely there are great Morrison- or Young-songs but I don’t have a whole album of each on my mind that deserves to be on that list…

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