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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:

• The Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums (2012 Edition)

Check out:

• 19 Songs released in 1961 you MUST hear (video & audio)
• 20 songs released in 1962 you must hear
• 33 Songs released in 1971 you MUST hear (audio & video)
• 21 Songs released in 1972 you MUST hear (video & audio)
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• Bob Dylan’s best songs from the 1960s
• Bob Dylan: 30 best songs from the 1970s (Poll results)
• Bob Dylan: 30 best songs from the 1980s (Poll results)
• Bob Dylan: 31 best songs from the 1990s (poll results)
• Bob Dylan: His 30 best songs from 2000 – 2012 (poll results)

-Egil