TOP 100 ALBUMS

Heyo,

Celebrating my 100th post on here with a list of my favorite 100 albums in chronological order!

ENJOY!

Year Album
1. 1905  La Mer (Claude Debussy) 

2. 1913 The Rite of Spring (Igor Stravinksy)

3. 1927 Symphony #4 (Charles Ives)

4. 1961 Sunday Live at the Village Vanguard (Bill Evans)

5. 1963 Live at the Apollo (James Brown)

6. 1963 The Black Saint & the Sinner Lady (Charles Mingus)

7. 1964 In C (Terry Riley)

8. 1965 Bringing it All Back Home (Bob Dylan)

9. 1965 Speak No Evil (Wayne Shorter) 

10. 1966 Music for the Morning of the World 

11. 1966 Revolver (The Beatles)

12. 1967 Miles Smiles (Miles Davis)

13. 1967 Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Pink Floyd)

14. 1967 The Doors (The Doors) 

15. 1967 Velvet Underground and Nico (The Velvet Underground)

16. 1967 The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Leonard Cohen)

17. 1968 Astral Weeks (Van Morrison) 

18. 1969 Hot Rats (Frank Zappa)

19. 1969 A Love Supreme (John Coltrane)

20. 1969 In the Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson)

21. 1969 Sinfonia (Luciano Berio)

22. 1970 Bitch’s Brew (Miles Davis)

23. 1970 Paranoid (Black Sabath)

24. 1971 IV (Led Zeppelin) 

25. 1971 There's a Riot Goin On (Sly & the Family Stone)

26. 1971    Tago Mago (Can)

27. 1972 Ege Bamyasi (Can)

28. 1972 Europe 72 (Grateful Dead)

29. 1972 Faust, So Far (Faust)

30. 1972   Early Works (Steve Reich – collection from 1965-1972)

31. 1972 Pink Moon (Nick Drake) 

32. 1972 Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars (David Bowie)

33. 1973 Music in 12 Parts (Phillip Glass)

34. 1973 Raw Power (The Stooges)

35. 1974 Natty Dread (Bob Marley)

36. 1974 Sextant (Herbie Hancock)

37. 1975    Horses (Patti Smith) 

38. 1976 Bright Size Life (Pat Metheny) 

39. 1976 Einstein on the Beach (Phillip Glass)

40. 1976 Super Ape (The Upsetters) 

41. 1978 Music for 18 Musicians (Steve Reich)

42. 1979 Unknown Pleasures (Joy Division)

43. 1980 Ambient 3 (Brian Eno)

44. 1980 Heavyweight Dub Champion (Scientist)

45. 1980 Remain in Light (Talking Heads)

46. 1982 1999 (Prince)

47. 1985 Hounds of Love (Kate Bush)

48. 1987 Sister (Sonic Youth)

49. 1988 Daydream Nation (Sonic Youth)

50. 1989 Deep Listening (Pauline Oliveros)

51. 1989 Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint (Steve Reich) 

52. 1991 Laughing Stock (Talk Talk)

53. 1991 Loveless (My Bloody Valentine)

54. 1991 Spiderland (Slint) 

55. 1991 De La Soul is Dead (De La Soul)

56. 1992 Bizarre Ride 2 the Pharcyde (the Pharcyde)

57. 1993 Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Wu-Tang Clan)

58. 1993 Midnight Marauders (A Tribe Called Quest)

59. 1994 Illmatic (Nas)

60. 1995 Liquid Swords (GZA) 

61. 1995 Red Medicine (Fugazi)

62. 1995 Tri Repeate (Autechre)

63. 1996 Emperor Tomato Katchup (Stereolab)

64. 1996 Millions Now Living Will Never Die (Tortoise)

65. 1997 TNT (Tortoise)

66. 1997 Richard D James Album (Aphex Twin)

67. 1997 Audiotaker (Mouse on Mars)

68. 1998 LP 5 (Autechre) 

69. 1998 Music has the Right to Children (Boards of Canada)

70. 1999 I See a Darkness (Bonnie Prince Billy)

71. 2000 Kid A (Radiohead)

72. 2000 Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (Godspeed You! Black Emperor)

73. 2000 Voodoo (D’Angelo)

74. 2001 Endless Summer (Fennesz)

75. 2001 Lateralus (Tool)

76. 2001 Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones (Bill Frisell) 

77. 2001 The Next Step (Kurt Rosenwinkel)

78. 2002 & Yet & Yet (Do Make Say Think)

79. 2002 Madvillany (Madvillan) 

80. 2002 The Light that Fills this World (John Luther Adams)

81. 2002 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco)

82. 2002 You Forgot it in People (Broken Social Scene)

83. 2003 Extended Plays Live at Birdland (Dave Holland Quintet)

84. 2003 The Lemon of Pink (The Books)

85. 2004 I, Claudia (Claudia Quintet)

86. 2006 Donuts (J Dilla)

87. 2006 Ys (Joanna Newsom)

88. 2007 Mirrored (Battles)

89. 2008 Los Angeles (Flying Lotus)

90. 2008 MotherTounge (Nico Muhly)

91. 2009 Merriweather Post Pavilion (Animal Collective) 

92. 2010 I See the Sign (Sam Amidon)

93. 2010 I Speak Fula (Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba)

94. 2011 Black Up (Shabazz Palaces)

95. 2012 Accelerando (Vijay Iyer Trio) 

96. 2012 Nik Bartsch’s Ronin, Live (Nik Bartsch’s Ronin)

97. 2013 R Plus Seven (Oneohtrix Point Never)

98. 2013 Virgins (Tim Hecker) 

99. 2014 Benji (Sun Kil Moon)

100. 2014 To Be Kind (Swans)