Download the Top 100 albums spreadsheet here, then post your own top 10 here

[Butch]

These are my top ten, shuffle 'em up in any order 'cause at one time or another each was my favorite of all time.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced (Best example of southern, in your face rock and roll)
Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman (Awesome sonics with thought provoking lyrics)
Pink Floyd - DSOTM (This was my first Floyd album - a sonic master piece)
Aphrodites Child - 666 (A double album theme record, best enjoyed with mushrooms)
The Who - Tommy (See above)
Santana - Abraxas (My virginity was lost whilst listening to this one so I may not be entirely objective)
The Beatles - Abbey Road (Here Comes the Sun!)
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (THE sound track for beer drinkin' good times)
Deep Purple - Machine Head (This album is the prototype for later bands)
Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills (Joplin's debut for me and her best IMHO)
The Doors - L.A. Women (Actually 'Strange Days is my favorite but a doors album must be in the top ten and this one seems to appeal to main stream top 40 types)
Led Zeppelin - I, II, IV (3 way tie. I flat out can't decide which is best)

Dang O dang o! That's more than 10 already and I haven't mentioned Pearl Jam, Steppenwolf, Joe Walsh, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac, Funkadelic, ELP, Grand Funk Railroad, James Gang, Grateful Dead, J. Geils Band, JJ Cale, Marshall Tucker, Yes, damned, how could I forget them? and Black Sabbath and Jimi Hendrix and Kansas

OK I'll stop. You won't see much in the way of new music in my list because I'm not sure whether Wilco or the Pixies or Spoon or any of the post 90's albums will still sound as good to me in 25 years as those listed above do.

Those are my top picks for musical performances. Maybe later we could do a list of terrifically recorded albums with superior sonics.

[JerryDelColliano]

Originally Posted by eltabor

Looks like 90% pop, which I consider watered down bull **** and 7% heavy metal, which I consider hate and screaming. 3% is played from the soul of the musician for the musician and not entirely to earn a dollar.
Peace to you all

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We are still crunching numbers here. 10 man hours in and NOT done yet. I want to release this SOON.

There is no way to please everyone but I think that the list covers a pretty diverse group of music. The differential between pop and rock is a slipperly slope that I am sure will be discussed more. Parlement made the list of centenders but Motown didn't. Worth discussion. Stevie Wonder is on the list of nominees but Bob Marley isn't. That kind of stuff...

We are working here for you. Stay tuned and be sure to tell your friends.

j

[Neil Peart]

There had better be alot of albums by my band RUSH on this list.

[Neil Peart]

There had better be alot of albums by my band RUSH on this list.

[JerryDelColliano]

2112 is on there but not sure it makes the top 100

[Enoch]

1 Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd
2 Close to the Edge Yes
3 Led Zeppelin I Led Zeppelin
4 Thick as a Brick Jethro Tull
5 Toys in the Attic Aerosmith
6 So "Gabriel, Peter"
7 Moving Pictures Rush
8 Boston Boston
9 The Cars "Cars, The"
10 Wired "Beck, Jeff"