A few weeks back, I made a list of my 50 favorite movies. The idea was that it’d be a difficult task. People watch movies all the time; once a week if not more of than that. Even so, it’s difficult to think of that many movies, let alone that many enjoyable ones.
It took me a while, but I completed my list of 50 (with a few additional movies, in fact), and had so much fun with the list that I’ve been referring back to it and modifying it ever since. I saw Gone With The Wind for the first time last week and enjoyed it so much I realized I had to include it. Don’t ask what movie I had to take out. Well, movies aren’t the only sort of entertainment that lend themselves to list-making. Music is perhaps even more suited to the pastime. Who hasn’t got at least a mental list of their favorite songs? Who doesn’t have playlists for specific occasions? Watching many movies in a row only occurs on special occasions, but listening to song after song, one after the other in a perpetual list, is the way many of us go through life. So naturally, for my next list, I’ve set my sights on music. But for whatever reason, “favorite songs” either seemed too easy to do, or disingenuous to how my favorite music was produced. So I’ve decided to take the road less traveled and focus on my favorite albums. During this process I've discovered just how Rock N Roll partial I am. Over the last five years I've developed a taste for grunge, blues, jazz, and (80s & 90s) Hip Hop. It'll be difficult to find them on this list, though. Rock N Roll, particularly from 1967 to 1976 is my first and indelible music love, a fact well represented in this list. So ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, I present to you my 50 favorite albums. 50. Traffic, Traffic 49. The Howlin Wolf Album, Howlin Wolf 48. Tarkus, Emerson Lake and Palmer 47. Band On The Run, Paul McCartney/Wings 46. Revolver, The Beatles 45. The Cars, The Cars 44. Atom Heart Mother, Pink Floyd 43. Grand Funk Railroad, Grandfunk Railroad 42. The Budos Band, The Budos Band 41. Three Friends, Gentle Giant 40. Humeysha, Humeysha 39. Ladies of the Canyon, Joni Mitchell 38. Blue, Joni Mitchell 37. 2112, Rush 36. Rubber Soul, The Beatles 35. Hot Rats, Frank Zappa 34. Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque, Duke Ellington 33. The Wall, Pink Floyd 32. Coney Island Baby, Lou Reed 31. Brain Salad Surgery, Emerson Lake and Palmer 30. Apostrophe('), Frank Zappa 29. OK Computer, Radiohead 28. Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson Lake and Palmer 27. Meddle, Pink Floyd 26. Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones 25. Animals, Pink Floyd 24. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, David Bowie 23. The Yes Album, Yes 22. Crime of the Century, Supertramp 21. Rumors, Fleetwood Mac 20. Harvest, Neil Young 19. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, Neil Young 18. Nevermind, Nirvana 17. Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin 16. Sugar Mountain Live at Canterbury House, Neil Young 15. No Answer, Electric Light Orchestra 14. Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes 13. The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, Traffic 12. El Dorado, Electric Light Orchestra 11. Trilogy, Emerson Lake & Palmer 10. The Houses of the Holy, Led Zeppelin 9. The Bends, Radiohead 8. Abbey Road, The Beatles 7. Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd 6. The White Stripes, The White Stripes 5. Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd 4. MTV Unplugged Live in New York, Nirvana 3. Greendale Live at Vicar St., Neil Young 2. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles 1. The White Album, The Beatles
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Russ Blaha
12/14/2019 09:50:56 am
Great list! I'm challenged to create a list too... will forward.
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