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...
- BEATLES – SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND – 1967
- PINK FLOYD – DARK SIDE OF THE MOON – 1973
- MICHAEL JACKSON – THRILLER – 1982
- LED ZEPPELIN – LED ZEPPELIN IV – 1971
- U2 – JOSHUA TREE –1987
- ROLLING STONES – EXILE ON MAIN STREET – 1972
- CAROLE KING – TAPESTRY – 1971
- BOB DYLAN – HIGHWAY ‘61 REVISITED – 1965
- BEACH BOYS – PET SOUNDS – 1966
- NIRVANA – NEVERMIND – 1991
- PEARL JAM – TEN – 1991
- BEATLES – ABBEY ROAD – 1969
- SANTANA – SUPERNATURAL – 1999
- METALLICA – METALLICA – 1991
- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – BORN TO RUN – 1975
- PRINCE – PURPLE RAIN – 1984
- AC/DC – BACK IN BLACK – 1980
- ROLLING STONES – LET IT BLEED – 1969
- DOORS – DOORS – 1967
- GRATEFUL DEAD – AMERICAN BEAUTY – 1970
- SHANIA TWAIN – COME ON OVER – 1997
- WHO – WHO’S NEXT – 1971
- STEVIE WONDER – SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE – 1976
- FLEETWOOD MAC – RUMOURS – 1977
- PINK FLOYD – [THE] WALL – 1979
- ALANIS MORISSETTE – JAGGED LITTLE PILL – 1995
- NORAH JONES – COME AWAY WITH ME – 2002
- EMINEM – MARSHALL MATHERS LP – 2000
- OUTKAST – SPEAKERBOXX-LOVE BELOW – 2003
- DR. DRE – CHRONIC – 1992
- BEASTIE BOYS – LICENSED TO ILL – 1986
- GUNS ‘N ROSES –APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION – 1987
- DIXIE CHICKS – WIDE OPEN SPACES – 1998
- MILES DAVIS – KIND OF BLUE – 1959
- EAGLES – HOTEL CALIFORNIA – 1976
- DEF LEPPARD – HYSTERIA – 1987
- SOUNDTRACK – GREASE – 1980
- MARVIN GAYE – WHAT’S GOING ON – 1978
- BEATLES – WHITE ALBUM – 1968
- SOUNDTRACK – SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER – 1977
- JIMI HENDRIX – ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? – 1967
- BEATLES – REVOLVER – 1966
- BOSTON – BOSTON – 1976
- BON JOVI – SLIPPERY WHEN WET – 1986
- U2 – ACHTUNG BABY – 1991
- WHITNEY HOUSTON – WHITNEY HOUSTON – 1985
- LED ZEPPELIN – LED ZEPPELIN II – 1969
- DAVE MATTHEWS BAND – CRASH – 1996
- ROLLING STONES – STICKY FINGERS – 1971
- GREEN DAY – DOOKIE – 1994
- LED ZEPPELIN – HOUSES OF THE HOLY –1973
- JONI MITCHELL – BLUE – 1971
- ELVIS PRESLEY – ELVIS AT SUN – 2004
- AEROSMITH – TOYS IN THE ATTIC – 1975
- LAURYN HILL – MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL – 1998
- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – BORN IN THE U.S.A. – 1984
- 50 CENT – GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’ – 2003
- AC/DC – HIGHWAY TO HELL – 1979
- NOTORIOUS B.I.G. – LIFE AFTER DEATH – 1997
- VAN HALEN – VAN HALEN – 1978
- GREEN DAY – AMERICAN IDIOT – 2004
- BLACK SABBATH – PARANOID – 1971
- EMINEM – EMINEM SHOW – 2000
- JEWEL – PIECES OF YOU – 1995
- COLDPLAY – RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD – 2002
- MEATLOAF – BAT OUT OF HELL – 1977
- USHER – CONFESSIONS – 2004
- KID ROCK – DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE – 1998
- GEORGE HARRISON – ALL THINGS MUST PASS – 1970
- BILLY JOEL – STRANGER – 1977
- EAGLES – HELL FREEZES OVER – 1994
- VAN MORRISON – MOONDANCE – 1970
- REM – AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE – 1992
- PHIL COLLINS – NO JACKET REQUIRED – 1985
- METALLICA – MASTER OF PUPPETS – 1986
- FAITH HILL – BREATHE – 1999
- JOHNNY CASH – AT FOLSOM PRISON – 1968
- JOHN COLTRANE – LOVE SUPREME – 1964
- PINK FLOYD – WISH YOU WERE HERE – 1975
- MICHAEL JACKSON – OFF THE WALL – 1979
- MARVIN GAYE – LET’S GET IT ON – 1973
- BOB SEGER – NIGHT MOVES – 1976
- PAUL SIMON – GRACELAND – 1986
- LINKIN PARK – HYBRID THEORY – 2000
- PRINCE – 1999 – 1983
- DEF LEPPARD – PYROMANIA – 1983
- JANET JACKSON – CONTROL – 1986
- RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK – 1991
- DIRE STRAITS – BROTHERS IN ARMS – 1985
- TUPAC – ALL EYEZ ON ME – 1996
- MATCHBOX TWENTY – YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU – 1996
- RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS – CALIFORNICATION – 1999
- LED ZEPPELIN – PHYSICAL GRAFFITI – 1975
- NELLY – COUNTRY GRAMMAR – 2000
- CREED – HUMAN CLAY – 1999
- CLASH – LONDON CALLING – 1979
- CELINE DION – FALLING INTO YOU – 1996
- NEIL YOUNG – HARVEST – 1972
- SOUNDTRACK – DIRTY DANCING – 1987
- DIXIE CHICKS – HOME – 2002
