Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame: Definitive 200 Albums (Part 1)

The Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame has just published it's Definitive 200 -- a list of the must-have, awe-inspiring, head-banging, juke-jivin', whinin' & cryin', toe-tappin' best albums of all time. The Top 100 albums are listed below. Just for kicks, the albums in bold are some of my favorites -- though not in the Hall's order.
I personally would move Boston's first album, along with Aerosmith's Toys in the Attic and Dire Straits' Brothers in Arms (among others) higher on the list. How that no-talent punk Eminem made it into the top FIVE-hundred, I'll never understand. Some of the folks at the HoF must be hard of hearing AND on crack. Wait! Celine Dion, Kid Rock and Dixie Chicks? Now, I know some of the Rock HoFamers are on crack. Jeez, Louise!

Anyway, I'll post the remaining definitive 100 tomorrow...

  1. BEATLES – SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND – 1967
  2. PINK FLOYD – DARK SIDE OF THE MOON – 1973
  3. MICHAEL JACKSON – THRILLER – 1982
  4. LED ZEPPELIN – LED ZEPPELIN IV – 1971
  5. U2 – JOSHUA TREE –1987
  6. ROLLING STONES – EXILE ON MAIN STREET – 1972
  7. CAROLE KING – TAPESTRY – 1971
  8. BOB DYLAN – HIGHWAY ‘61 REVISITED – 1965
  9. BEACH BOYS – PET SOUNDS – 1966
  10. NIRVANA – NEVERMIND – 1991
  11. PEARL JAM – TEN – 1991
  12. BEATLES – ABBEY ROAD – 1969
  13. SANTANA – SUPERNATURAL – 1999
  14. METALLICA – METALLICA – 1991
  15. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – BORN TO RUN – 1975
  16. PRINCE – PURPLE RAIN – 1984
  17. AC/DC – BACK IN BLACK – 1980
  18. ROLLING STONES – LET IT BLEED – 1969
  19. DOORS – DOORS – 1967
  20. GRATEFUL DEAD – AMERICAN BEAUTY – 1970
  21. SHANIA TWAIN – COME ON OVER – 1997
  22. WHO – WHO’S NEXT – 1971
  23. STEVIE WONDER – SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE – 1976
  24. FLEETWOOD MAC – RUMOURS – 1977
  25. PINK FLOYD – [THE] WALL – 1979
  26. ALANIS MORISSETTE – JAGGED LITTLE PILL – 1995
  27. NORAH JONES – COME AWAY WITH ME – 2002
  28. EMINEM – MARSHALL MATHERS LP – 2000
  29. OUTKAST – SPEAKERBOXX-LOVE BELOW – 2003
  30. DR. DRE – CHRONIC – 1992
  31. BEASTIE BOYS – LICENSED TO ILL – 1986
  32. GUNS ‘N ROSES –APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION – 1987
  33. DIXIE CHICKS – WIDE OPEN SPACES – 1998
  34. MILES DAVIS – KIND OF BLUE – 1959
  35. EAGLES – HOTEL CALIFORNIA – 1976
  36. DEF LEPPARD – HYSTERIA – 1987
  37. SOUNDTRACK – GREASE – 1980
  38. MARVIN GAYE – WHAT’S GOING ON – 1978
  39. BEATLES – WHITE ALBUM – 1968
  40. SOUNDTRACK – SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER – 1977
  41. JIMI HENDRIX – ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? – 1967
  42. BEATLES – REVOLVER – 1966
  43. BOSTON – BOSTON – 1976
  44. BON JOVI – SLIPPERY WHEN WET – 1986
  45. U2 – ACHTUNG BABY – 1991
  46. WHITNEY HOUSTON – WHITNEY HOUSTON – 1985
  47. LED ZEPPELIN – LED ZEPPELIN II – 1969
  48. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND – CRASH – 1996
  49. ROLLING STONES – STICKY FINGERS – 1971
  50. GREEN DAY – DOOKIE – 1994
  51. LED ZEPPELIN – HOUSES OF THE HOLY –1973
  52. JONI MITCHELL – BLUE – 1971
  53. ELVIS PRESLEY – ELVIS AT SUN – 2004
  54. AEROSMITH – TOYS IN THE ATTIC – 1975
  55. LAURYN HILL – MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL – 1998
  56. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – BORN IN THE U.S.A. – 1984
  57. 50 CENT – GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’ – 2003
  58. AC/DC – HIGHWAY TO HELL – 1979
  59. NOTORIOUS B.I.G. – LIFE AFTER DEATH – 1997
  60. VAN HALEN – VAN HALEN – 1978
  61. GREEN DAY – AMERICAN IDIOT – 2004
  62. BLACK SABBATH – PARANOID – 1971
  63. EMINEM – EMINEM SHOW – 2000
  64. JEWEL – PIECES OF YOU – 1995
  65. COLDPLAY – RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD – 2002
  66. MEATLOAF – BAT OUT OF HELL – 1977
  67. USHER – CONFESSIONS – 2004
  68. KID ROCK – DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE – 1998
  69. GEORGE HARRISON – ALL THINGS MUST PASS – 1970
  70. BILLY JOEL – STRANGER – 1977
  71. EAGLES – HELL FREEZES OVER – 1994
  72. VAN MORRISON – MOONDANCE – 1970
  73. REM – AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE – 1992
  74. PHIL COLLINS – NO JACKET REQUIRED – 1985
  75. METALLICA – MASTER OF PUPPETS – 1986
  76. FAITH HILL – BREATHE – 1999
  77. JOHNNY CASH – AT FOLSOM PRISON – 1968
  78. JOHN COLTRANE – LOVE SUPREME – 1964
  79. PINK FLOYD – WISH YOU WERE HERE – 1975
  80. MICHAEL JACKSON – OFF THE WALL – 1979
  81. MARVIN GAYE – LET’S GET IT ON – 1973
  82. BOB SEGER – NIGHT MOVES – 1976
  83. PAUL SIMON – GRACELAND – 1986
  84. LINKIN PARK – HYBRID THEORY – 2000
  85. PRINCE – 1999 – 1983
  86. DEF LEPPARD – PYROMANIA – 1983
  87. JANET JACKSON – CONTROL – 1986
  88. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK – 1991
  89. DIRE STRAITS – BROTHERS IN ARMS – 1985
  90. TUPAC – ALL EYEZ ON ME – 1996
  91. MATCHBOX TWENTY – YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU – 1996
  92. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – CALIFORNICATION – 1999
  93. LED ZEPPELIN – PHYSICAL GRAFFITI – 1975
  94. NELLY – COUNTRY GRAMMAR – 2000
  95. CREED – HUMAN CLAY – 1999
  96. CLASH – LONDON CALLING – 1979
  97. CELINE DION – FALLING INTO YOU – 1996
  98. NEIL YOUNG – HARVEST – 1972
  99. SOUNDTRACK – DIRTY DANCING – 1987
  100. DIXIE CHICKS – HOME – 2002