WFUV listeners were asked to choose the top 100 (or so) albums ever
recorded in a Best of the Century Album Poll. Here's the list!
1 The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2 Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks
3 The Beatles, The Beatles ("White Album")
4 Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde
5 Miles Davis, Kind of Blue
6 Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited
7 Joni Mitchell, Blue
8 Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
9 The Beatles, Rubber Soul
10 The Beatles, Abbey Road
11 Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
12 The Grateful Dead, American Beauty
13 Paul Simon, Graceland
14 Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run
15 Bob Dylan & The Band, The Basement Tapes
16 Van Morrison, Moondance
17 The Band, Music from Big Pink
18 Carole King, Tapestry
19 Jimi Hendrix, Are You Experienced?
20 Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street
21 Derek and the Dominos, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
22 John Coltrane, A Love Supreme
23 The Allman Brothers Band, Live at the Fillmore East
24 The Beatles, Revolver
25 Bob Dylan, Bringing it All Back Home
26 The Beatles, Meet the Beatles
27 Joni Mitchell, Court & Spark
28 The Band, The Band
29 Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
30 Rolling Stones, Let it Bleed
31 The Grateful Dead, Workingman's Dead
32 Neil Young, Harvest
33 Jimi Hendrix, Electric Ladyland
34 Robert Johnson, Complete Recordings
35 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Déjà Vu
36 Neil Young, After the Gold Rush
37 James Taylor, Sweet Baby James
38 The Grateful Dead, Europe '72
39 Elvis Presley, The Sun Sessions
40 Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley
41 Rolling Stones, Beggar's Banquet
42 Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge over Troubled Water
43 Bob Dylan, Desire
44 The Band, Last Waltz
45 The Byrds, Sweetheart of the Rodeo
46 Elvis Costello, My Aim is True
47 Bob Marley , Legend
48 Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life
49 Various artists, Woodstock
50 Marvin Gaye, What's Going On
51 The Who, Tommy
52 The Beatles, Hard Day's Night
53 The Who, Who's Next tied w/Pink Floyd, The Wall
54 Jefferson Airplane, Volunteers tied w/The Grateful Dead,
Reckoning
55 Nirvana, Nevermind
56 Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers
57 The Band, Rock of Ages tied w/Steely Dan, Aja
58 The Beatles, The Beatles Second Album
59 Miles Davis, Cookin'
60 Bob Dylan, Another Side of Bob Dylan
61 Simon & Garfunkel, Bookends
62 The Moody Blues, Days of Future Passed tied w/Jackson
Browne, Late for the Sky
63 Fleetwood Mac, Rumours tied w/Frank Sinatra , Songs for
Swinging Lovers
64 Janis Joplin, Pearl
65 Joni Mitchell, Hejira
66 Richie Havens, Mixed Bag tied w/The Doors, The Doors
67 Jefferson Airplane, Surrealistic Pillow
68 Bruce Springsteen, The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street
Shuffle
69 Frank Sinatra, In the Wee Small Hours
70 Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 4 Way Street
71 Joni Mitchell, Ladies of the Canyon
72 The Beatles, Let it Be tied w/Van Morrison, Astral Weeks
73 John Lennon, Imagine
74 James Brown, Live at the Apollo
75 Bernstein/Sondheim, West Side Story tied w/Miles Davis,
Bitches Brew
76 John Prine, John Prine
77 Muddy Waters, Folk Singer
78 Various artists, Anthology of American Folk Music tied w/ Woody
Guthrie, Dust Bowl Ballads
79 Stevie Wonder, Innervision
80 Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin IV
tied w/ U2, Joshua Tree
81 Frank Sinatra, Only the Lonely
82 Dave Brubeck, Time Out
83 Bob Marley , Exodus
84 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Will the Circle Be Unbroken
85 Ella Fitzgerald, The Cole Porter Songbook
86 The Clash, London Calling
tied w/David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust
87 Benny Goodman & others, Carnegie Hall Concerts
88 B.B. King, Live at the Regal
89 Louis Armstrong, Hot Fives and Sevens tied w/Beck, Odelay
90 Duke Ellington, Live at Newport
91 Arlo Guthrie, Alice's Restaurant
92 Talking Heads, Remain in Light
93 Hank Williams, Greatest Hits
94 The Grateful Dead, Aoxomoxoa
95 Johnny Cash, Live at Folsom Prison tied w/Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan
96 Billie Holiday, Songs for Distingue Lovers
97 The Velvet Underground & Nico, The Velvet Underground & Nico
98 Emmylou Harris, Wrecking Ball tied w/Jimmie Rodgers, First
Sessions
99 Lucinda Williams, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
100 Gram Parsons, GP tied w/Gram Parsons, Grievous Angel |
