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:
- Bob Dylan and The Band, The Basement Tapes Complete
- Bob Dylan, Modern Times
- Bob Dylan, Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol 8
- The Rolling Stones, Exile On Main Street
- The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers
- Neil Young, After The Gold Rush
- Neil Young, Tonight’s The Night
- Neil Young, On The Beach
- Love, Forever Changes
- The Byrds, The Notorious Byrd Brothers
- Uriah Heep, Demons And Wizards
- Focus, Focus 3
- Jade Warrior, Last Autumn’s Dream
- King Crimson, Starless And Bible Black
- King Crimson, In The Court Of The Crimson King
- King Crimson, Larks Tongues In Aspic
- Pink Floyd, Relics
- Genesis, Nursery Cryme
- Genesis, Foxtrot
- Genesis, Trespass
- The Moody Blues, Days Of Future Passed
- Rory Gallagher, Photo-Finish
- Diesel, Watts In A Tank
- Elton John, Tumbleweed Connection
- George Harrison, All Things Must Pass
- Stu Nunnery, Stu Nunnery
- Buffalo Springfield, Again
- James Taylor, Mud Slime Slim And The Blue Horizon
- Journey, Next
- Black Sabbath, Sabotage
- Jimmie Spheeris, Isle Of View
- Jimmie Spheeris, The Dragon Is Dancing
- Richard Thompson, Henry The Human Fly
- Richard and Linda Thompson, I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
- Willis Alan Ramsey, Willis Alan Ramsey
- Van Morrison, Veedon Fleece
- Aerosmith, Rocks
- Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti
- Jethro Tull, Benefit
- Gentle Giant, Gentle Giant
- Camel, The Snow Goose
- Caravan, In The Land Of Grey And Pink
- Gamma, Gamma 2
- Electric Light Orchestra, Eldorado
- Frank Zappa, One Size Fits All
- Nazareth, No Mean City
- Blue Oyster Cult, Cultosaurus Erectus
- Iron Maiden, Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
- Savatage, Hall Of The Mountain King
- UFO, Obsession
- AC/DC, Powerage
- Marillion, Marbles
- Kansas, Leftoverture
- Joni Mitchell, For The Roses
- Miles Davis, Bitches Brew
- Deep Purple, Purpendicular
- Saxon, Power And The Glory
- Metal Church, Metal Church
- Dio, Holy Diver
- Allman Brothers Band, Live Atlanta International Pop Festival
- Jackson Browne, Late For The Sky
- Bruce Cockburn, Dancing In The Dragon’s Jaws
- Phish, Rift
- Cheap Trick, Rockford
- Scorpions, In Trance
- Fastway, Fastway
- Triumph, Just A Game
- Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush, What’s Next
- Good Rats, From Rats To Riches
- Pat Travers, Putting It Straight
- Rush, Permanent Waves
- The Jayhawks, Tomorrow The Green Grass
- The Zombies, Odessey And Oracle
- Big Star, Radio City
- Husker Du, Flip Your Wig
- Poco, Deliverin’/Crazy Eyes
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Trilogy
- Old 97’s, Too Far To Care
- Honeydogs, Seen A Ghost
- Triumvirat, Spartacus
- Strawbs, Grave New World
- Fairport Convention, Liege & Lief
- Rod Stewart, Every Picture Tells A Story
- Hawk, African Day
- The Black Crowes, Lost Crowes
- The Black Crowes, Amorica
- Thin Lizzy, Black Rose
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Kate & Anna McGarrigle
- Metallica, Ride The Lightning
- Blackfoot, Marauder
- Nektar, Remember The Future
- Kiss, Alive!
- Judas Priest, Hell Bent For Leather
- Yes, Yessongs
- Asia, Asia
- Bob Seger System, Mongrel
- Gordon Lightfoot, Don Quixote
- David Bowie, Low
- The Beach Boys, The Smile Sessions
- Dead Heroes Club, A Time Of Shadow
No Beatles or Aerosmith? Mmm I sneer at your list 🙂 But applaud your blog (y)
good list!.. but you left out Dylan’s trilogy (Bringing it all back home, highway 61 revisited and blonde on blonde!) and whatabout the band! 😉