Of course you may Kevin! You are, after all, the first EVER comment on my Substack (can I frame this?)!!
Thanks for sharing your list. I’ve heard of all these artists (except for Push) but not listened to these albums (outside of Substance, Breezin and Ten). Looks like I have some new (to me) music to listen to!
Love the Linda Ronstadt pick - have you seen the recent documentary “Sound of my Voice”? I thought it was fantastic!
An eclectic list, and some fantastic ones on here! My dad’s old Beatles records were some of the earliest music I ever listened to and could easily have been on the list. It would’ve been “Beatles For Sale” for me.
I remember “Siamese Dreams” being very close to making my list in 2009 but it fell out as I whittled the list down from 40 to 15.
I almost caused a riot at a family reunion in January 2009 when I threw out the hottest of takes that (and I quote) “Radiohead’s last good album was OK Computer”. Still not sure I was wrong but that album easily could’ve made the list.
I’ve got a favorite songs of all time playlist going with a meager 34 tracks. I think I’d have the opposite problem with albums. I’d have such a hard time narrowing it down to 100. And ranking them would probably be close to impossible
Wow, some great ones on here and some lesser known (to me). I don’t think I’ve ever heard any Pete Droge outside of the song on the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack. Temple of the Dog - amazing album. I was also a huge fan of Peter Gabriel’s So and the Four Non Blondes album (I highly recommend Linda Perry’s solo album In Flight if you haven’t heard it).
Of course you may Kevin! You are, after all, the first EVER comment on my Substack (can I frame this?)!!
Thanks for sharing your list. I’ve heard of all these artists (except for Push) but not listened to these albums (outside of Substance, Breezin and Ten). Looks like I have some new (to me) music to listen to!
Love the Linda Ronstadt pick - have you seen the recent documentary “Sound of my Voice”? I thought it was fantastic!
First ever! My shot at glory, and of course there’s a typo (the band is the Push Stars). 😂
I have seen “Sound of my Voice!” I really enjoyed it.
Digging this list! Here are my 15 albums that were the soundtrack to different points of my life:
1. The Beatles - "Abbey Road"
2. The Strokes - "Room on Fire"
3. Phoenix - "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix"
4. Smashing Pumpkins - "Siamese Dream"
5. Radiohead - "In Rainbows"
6. Jimi Hendrix Experience "Electric Ladyland"
7. Kendrick Lamar - "good kid, m.A.A.d city"
8. Tame Impala - "Lonerism"
9. Grizzly Bear - "Yellow House"
10. Nas - "Illmatic"
11. Notorious BIG - "Ready to Die"
12. Interpol - "Turn on the Bright Lights"
13. Kanye West - "Late Registration"
14. Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On?"
15. Lauryn Hill - "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill"
An eclectic list, and some fantastic ones on here! My dad’s old Beatles records were some of the earliest music I ever listened to and could easily have been on the list. It would’ve been “Beatles For Sale” for me.
I remember “Siamese Dreams” being very close to making my list in 2009 but it fell out as I whittled the list down from 40 to 15.
I almost caused a riot at a family reunion in January 2009 when I threw out the hottest of takes that (and I quote) “Radiohead’s last good album was OK Computer”. Still not sure I was wrong but that album easily could’ve made the list.
Yeah there were a lot of close calls. Maybe I’ll make a top 100 albums list one of these days.
I’ve got a favorite songs of all time playlist going with a meager 34 tracks. I think I’d have the opposite problem with albums. I’d have such a hard time narrowing it down to 100. And ranking them would probably be close to impossible
First (if I may), I want to second that pick of Business As Usual. The two “hits” cast a long shadow, but it’s a solid record all the way through.
As for my 15? I think I’d go with:
•New Order -Substance
•Jawbreaker- 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
•Wire -It’s Beginning To And Back Again
• Push-Stars After the Party
•Talking Heads -Stop Making Sense
•Jimmy Buffett -Songs You Know By Heart
•Throwing Muses -Hunkpapa
•George Benson- (either Breezin’ or In Your Eyes
•Beastie Boys- Check Your Head
•Linda Ronstadt- can I do a greatest here?
•Chemical Brothers- For That Beautiful Feeling
•The Replacements- Pleased to Meet Me
•Pearl Jam- Ten
•Cannonball Adderly- 74 Miles
•Fugazi- Repeater
Awesome concept! I always wish I knew what my favorite artists ranked theirs to be. Mine would be:
Pete Droge - Necktie Second
Temple of the Dog - Self Titled
Soundgarden - Badmotofinger
Genesis - Self Titled
7 Mary 3 - Rock Crown
Peter Gabriel - So
Chicken Legs Weaver - Nowhere
Mike Doughty - Smoffe + Smang
Pete Droge and the Sinners - Find a Door
R.E.M. - Monster
4 Non Blondes - Bigger, better, stronger, faster
AC/DC - Powerage
Ghost of Vroom - Ghost of Vroom 1
Big Wreck - In Loving Memory Of....
Kix - Midnite Dynamite
Wow, some great ones on here and some lesser known (to me). I don’t think I’ve ever heard any Pete Droge outside of the song on the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack. Temple of the Dog - amazing album. I was also a huge fan of Peter Gabriel’s So and the Four Non Blondes album (I highly recommend Linda Perry’s solo album In Flight if you haven’t heard it).