The Top 100 Albums of All Time

Hello Dear Readers - 

Yes, this blog is mostly dormant these days. My professional musing can be found on LinkedIn and even those writings are more selective in the parlance of our times. You can continue to expect my annual top 5 albums and I've got a book planned for 2070. 

I was compelled to return my fingers to action with the release of Apple's top 100 albums of all time (mostly because I disagree with almost every one of their selections). Now, I'm sure they have some algorithm to defend their list, but last time I checked music was for listening not a competition generated through machine learning. 

Here are my top 100 albums of all time. This list is not created through research, record sales, critical ranking, chart popularity, concert tickets sold, or any other stupid criteria people who get paid to criticize art may have concocted. These are simply the records I have enjoyed over the last 50 years. You can feel free to comment or create your own list. My hope would be that you revisit the music that matters to you and that the process of doing that may remind you of all the beauty you bring to this world. 

100. Automatic For The People by REM

99. Quebec by Ween

98. Champ by Tokyo Police Club 

97. Vitalogy by Pearl Jam

96. Last Night On Earth by Noah & The Whale

95. The White Album by Weezer 

94. Love You Just the Same by Centro-Matic

93. Twelve Carat Toothache by Post Malone

92. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West

91. Havasu by Pedro the Lion

90. The Midnight Organ Fight by Frightened Rabbit

89. Return to Cookie Mountain by TV on the Radio 

88. There's Nothing Wrong with Love by Built to Spill

87. Cardinal by Pinegrove 

86. Field Report (self titled)

85. Big Night Without You by Emmet Swimming

84. It's a Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads 

83. Port of Morrow by The Shins

82. Transatlanticism by Death Cab for Cutie

81. Give Up by The Postal Service 

80. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel

79. The Grand Archives by Grand Archives

78. Aim and Ignite by Fun.

77. I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers

76. Our Endless Numbered Days by Iron & Wine

75. August and Everything After by Counting Crows 

74. Severe Tire Damage by They Might Be Giants

73. Re-Arrange Us by Mates of State

72. Why Would I Watch by Hot Mulligan

71. Karma Covered Apple by Dead Hot Workshop

70. Deloused In The Comatorium by The Mars Volta

69. Quad Cities by Virgil Shaw

68. Weird Faith by Madi Diaz

67. Single Mothers by Justin Townes Earle

66. Check Your Head by The Beastie Boys

65. () by Sigur Ros

64. Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins

63. Strangeways, Here We Come by The Smiths

62. Harvest by Neil Young

61. We All Want the Same Things by Craig Finn

60. The River by Bruce Springsteen

59. Cease to Begin by Band of Horses 

58. Achtung Baby by U2

57. My Shame Is True by Alkaline Trio

56. The Beginning Stages Of The Polyphonic Spree

55. Person Pitch by Panda Bear

54. Suffer by Bad Religon

53. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips

52. The Software Slump.... on a wooden piano by Grandaddy

51. Short Stories by Dimestore Radio

50. Cup Runneth Over by Gloritone

49. Chip by Pollen

48. Folklore by Taylor Swift

47. Home Video by Lucy Dacus

46. Conor Oberst (self titled)

45. Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

44. Be Here Now by Oasis

43. Is This It by The Strokes

42. Trace by Son Volt

41. Being There by Wilco

40. Let Go by Nada Surf

39. Rift by Phish

38. Wish by The Cure 

37. Led Zepplin (self titled)

36. Yoko by Beulah

35. Out of the Blue by Electric Light Orchestra

34. Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

33. Breakfast in America by Supertramp

32. News of the World by Queen

31. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

30. Animals by Pink Floyd

29. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

28. Revolver by The Beatles

27. Anthem of the Sun by Grateful Dead

26. Songs for a Blue Guitar by Red House Painters

25. Putting the Days to Bed by The Long Winters

24. The Execution of All Things by Rilo Kiley

23. Strangers Almanac by Whiskeytown

22. Animal Companionship by Advance Base

21. Cassadaga by Bright Eyes

20. Reunion Tour by The Weakerthans

19. Laugh Track by The National 

18. Bon Iver (self titled)

17. Back On Top by The Front Bottoms

16. Notes On a Conditional Form by The 1975

15. Electro-Shock Blues by Eels

14. Closing Time by Tom Waits

13. Either/Or by Elliott Smith

12. Perils from the Sea by Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle

11. Something to Remember Me By by Ben Lee

10. Father of the Bride by Vampire Weekend

9. Stranger in the Alps by Phoebe Bridgers

8. Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens

7. Songs for Silverman by Ben Folds

6. A Grand Don't Come for Free by The Streets

5. Sea Change by Beck 

4. Winter Wheat by John K. Samson 

3. Welcome Interstate Managers by Fountain Of Wayne

2. Windows for Stars by for stars

1. OK Computer by Radiohead

Thank You for Listening, 

Dave