100 Favorite Albums of All Time – Holiday Music Gift Guide

I’ve been wanting to compile a list of my 100 favorite rock albums of all time to share with ClassicRockMusicBlog.com’s readers and as a guide for possible holiday gift ideas for the music lover in your life. If pressed into a corner, these would be my desert island discs. I’m sure I left something out, but here goes: In no certain order, my favorite 100 albums are:

1. Bob Dylan and The Band, The Basement Tapes Complete
2. Bob Dylan, Modern Times
3. Bob Dylan, Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol 8
4. The Rolling Stones, Exile On Main Street
5. The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers
6. Neil Young, After The Gold Rush
7. Neil Young, Tonight’s The Night
8. Neil Young, On The Beach
9. Love, Forever Changes
10.  The Byrds, The Notorious Byrd Brothers
11. Uriah Heep, Demons And Wizards
12. Focus, Focus 3
13. Jade Warrior, Last Autumn’s Dream
14. King Crimson, Starless And Bible Black
15. King Crimson, In The Court Of The Crimson King
16. King Crimson, Larks Tongues In Aspic
17. Pink Floyd, Relics
18. Genesis, Nursery Cryme
19. Genesis, Foxtrot
20. Genesis, Trespass
21. The Moody Blues, Days Of Future Passed
22. Rory Gallagher, Photo-Finish
23. Diesel, Watts In A Tank
24. Elton John, Tumbleweed Connection
25. George Harrison, All Things Must Pass
    
26. Stu Nunnery, Stu Nunnery
27. Buffalo Springfield, Again
28. James Taylor, Mud Slime Slim And The Blue Horizon
29. Journey, Next
30. Black Sabbath, Sabotage
31. Jimmie Spheeris, Isle Of View
32. Jimmie Spheeris, The Dragon Is Dancing
33. Richard Thompson, Henry The Human Fly
34. Richard and Linda Thompson, I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
35. Willis Alan Ramsey, Willis Alan Ramsey
36. Van Morrison, Veedon Fleece
37. Aerosmith, Rocks
38. Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti
39. Jethro Tull, Benefit
40. Gentle Giant, Gentle Giant
41. Camel, The Snow Goose
42. Caravan, In The Land Of Grey And Pink
43. Gamma, Gamma 2
44. Electric Light Orchestra, Eldorado
45. Frank Zappa, One Size Fits All
46. Nazareth, No Mean City
47. Blue Oyster Cult, Cultosaurus Erectus
48. Iron Maiden, Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
49. Savatage, Hall Of The Mountain King
50. UFO, Obsession
51. AC/DC, Powerage
52. Marillion, Marbles
53. Kansas, Leftoverture
54. Joni Mitchell, For The Roses
55. Miles Davis, Bitches Brew
56. Deep Purple, Purpendicular
57. Saxon, Power And The Glory
58. Metal Church, Metal Church
59. Dio, Holy Diver
60. Allman Brothers Band, Live Atlanta International Pop Festival
61. Jackson Browne, Late For The Sky
62. Bruce Cockburn, Dancing In The Dragon’s Jaws
63. Phish, Rift
64. Cheap Trick, Rockford
65. Scorpions, In Trance
66. Fastway, Fastway
67. Triumph, Just A Game
68. Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush, What’s Next
69. Good Rats, From Rats To Riches
70. Pat Travers, Putting It Straight
71. Rush, Permanent Waves
72. The Jayhawks, Tomorrow The Green Grass
73. The Zombies, Odessey And Oracle
74. Big Star, Radio City
75. Husker Du, Flip Your Wig
76. Poco, Deliverin’/Crazy Eyes
77. Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Trilogy
78. Old 97’s, Too Far To Care
79. Honeydogs, Seen A Ghost
80. Triumvirat, Spartacus
81. Strawbs, Grave New World
82. Fairport Convention, Liege & Lief
83. Rod Stewart, Every Picture Tells A Story
84. Hawk, African Day
85. The Black Crowes, Lost Crowes
86. The Black Crowes, Amorica
87. Thin Lizzy, Black Rose
88. Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Kate & Anna McGarrigle
89. Metallica, Ride The Lightning
90. Blackfoot, Marauder
91. Nektar, Remember The Future
92. Kiss, Alive!
93. Judas Priest, Hell Bent For Leather
94. Yes, Yessongs
95. Asia, Asia
96. Bob Seger System, Mongrel
97. Gordon Lightfoot, Don Quixote
98. David Bowie, Low
99. The Beach Boys, The Smile Sessions
100. Dead Heroes Club, A Time Of Shadow