Folks,
I’ve been meaning to post this for some time. I recently updated the list so now seemed as good a time as any to do a blog re-launch. My goal is to keep my writing honed by posting fairly regularly so I’m planning on writing a short review of each of the albums on here.
These are my 100 favorite albums in chronological order (for the most part). This list can, and should change periodically.
| Album Name | Artist | Year | Rating |
| Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely | Frank Sinatra | 1958 | 4 |
| Highway 61 Revisited | Bob Dylan | 1965 | 5 |
| Rubber Soul | The Beatles | 1965 | 4.25 |
| The Exciting Wilson Pickett | Wilson Pickett | 1966 | 4.25 |
| Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul | Otis Redding | 1966 | 4.5 |
| Revolver | The Beatles | 1966 | 4.5 |
| Pet Sounds | The Beach Boys | 1966 | 5 |
| Scott 4 | Scott Walker | 1969 | 4 |
| Let it Bleed | Rolling Stones | 1969 | 4 |
| Moondance | Van Morrison | 1970 | 4.75 |
| Roots | Curtis Mayfield | 1971 | 4 |
| Whats Goin' On? | Marvin Gaye | 1971 | 4.5 |
| Harvest | Neil Young | 1972 | 4 |
| Superfly | Curtis Mayfield | 1972 | 5 |
| The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle | Bruce Springsteen | 1973 | 4.25 |
| Horses | Patti Smith | 1975 | 4.75 |
| Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen | 1975 | 5 |
| Small Change | Tom Waits | 1976 | 4.75 |
| The Clash (UK) | The Clash | 1977 | 4.75 |
| My Aim is True | Elvis Costello | 1977 | 4.5 |
| This Year's Model | Elvis Costello | 1978 | 5 |
| Darkness on the Edge of Town | Bruce Springsteen | 1978 | 5 |
| Armed Forces | Elvis Costello | 1979 | 4.75 |
| London Calling | The Clash | 1979 | 4.75 |
| The River | Bruce Springsteen | 1980 | 4.5 |
| Big City | Merle Haggard | 1981 | 4.25 |
| Imperial Bedroom | Elvis Costello | 1982 | 4 |
| Combat Rock | The Clash | 1982 | 4.25 |
| Nebraska | Bruce Springsteen | 1982 | 5 |
| Hi, How Are You? | Daniel Johnston | 1983 | 4.5 |
| Murmur | REM | 1983 | 4.5 |
| Swordfishtrombones | Tom Waits | 1983 | 4.75 |
| Born in the USA | Bruce Springsteen | 1984 | 4 |
| Tim | The Replacements | 1985 | 4 |
| Rain Dogs | Tom Waits | 1985 | 5 |
| Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy | Billy Bragg | 1986 | 4.25 |
| Talking with the Taxman about Poetry | Billy Bragg | 1988 | 4 |
| Pleased to Meet Me | The Replacements | 1987 | 4.25 |
| It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back | Public Enemy | 1988 | 4 |
| Guitar Town | Steve Earle | 1988 | 4.5 |
| Damaged | Black Flag | 1990 | 4.5 |
| Reckoning | REM | 1984 | 4.5 |
| Bandwagonesque | Teenage Fanclub | 1991 | 4 |
| Don't Try This at Home | Billy Bragg | 1991 | 4 |
| Ten | Pearl Jam | 1991 | 4.25 |
| Frenching the Bully | The Gits | 1992 | 4 |
| Life's Rich Pageant | REM | 1986 | 4 |
| VS | Pearl Jam | 1993 | 4.75 |
| Exile in Guyville | Liz Phair | 1993 | 4.5 |
| Illmatic | Nas | 1994 | 4.75 |
| Vitalogy | Pearl Jam | 1994 | 4.75 |
| Bee Thousand | Guided By Voices | 1994 | 5 |
| Alien Lanes | Guided By Voices | 1995 | 4.75 |
| The Ghost of Tom Joad | Bruce Springsteen | 1995 | 4 |
| I Feel Alright | Steve Earle | 1996 | 4.5 |
| Brighten the Corners | Pavement | 1997 | 4.25 |
| OK Computer | Radiohead | 1997 | 5 |
| Stranger's Almanac | Whiskeytown | 1997 | 5 |
| Mermaid Avenue Vol 1 | Billy Bragg and Wilco | 1998 | 5 |
| The Pilgrim | Marty Stuart | 1999 | 4 |
| Bone Machine | Tom Waits | 1992 | 4 |
| Summerteeth | Wilco | 1999 | 4.25 |
| The Mountain | Steve Earle | 1999 | 4.75 |
| Supreme Clientele | Ghostface Killah | 2000 | 4 |
| Heartbreaker | Ryan Adams | 2000 | 5 |
| Kid A | Radiohead | 2000 | 4.25 |
| Tyranny of Distance | Ted Leo | 2001 | 4.5 |
| O | Damien Rice | 2002 | 4 |
| Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | Wilco | 2002 | 4.5 |
| Jerusalem | Steve Earle | 2002 | 4.5 |
| The Rising | Bruce Springsteen | 2002 | 4.5 |
| The Fine Art of Self Destruction | Jesse Malin | 2003 | 4 |
| One Beat | Sleater-Kinney | 2003 | 4.25 |
| Love and Distance | Helio Sequence | 2003 | 4.25 |
| Decoration Day | Drive-By Truckers | 2003 | 5 |
| Hearts of Oak | Ted Leo | 2003 | 4.75 |
| Love is Hell pts 1 and 2 | Ryan Adams | 2003 | 4.5 |
| Funeral | Arcade Fire | 2004 | 4.25 |
| Shake the Sheets | Ted Leo | 2004 | 4.25 |
| The Dirty South | Drive-By Truckers | 2004 | 4.75 |
| The Woods | Sleater-Kinney | 2004 | 4.75 |
| Little Rock | Hayes Carll | 2004 | 4 |
| Alligator | The National | 2005 | 4 |
| Separation Sunday | The Hold Steady | 2005 | 4 |
| Bang Bang Rock & Roll | Art Brut | 2005 | 4 |
| Smile | Brian Wilson | 2005 | 4.5 |
| Boys and Girls in America | The Hold Steady | 2006 | 5 |
| Magic | Bruce Springsteen | 2007 | 4.5 |
| Ash Wednesday | Elvis Perkins | 2007 | 4.25 |
| Pseudosix | Pseudosix | 2007 | 4.5 |
| Magic Hour Sailor Songs | CR Avery | 2007 | 4 |
| Boxer | The National | 2007 | 5 |
| This Is It & I Am It & You Are It & So Is That & He Is It & She Is It & It Is It & That Is That | Marnie Stern | 2008 | 4.25 |
| We Brave Bee Stings and All | Thao with the Get Down Stay Down | 2008 | 4.25 |
| Seven Mile Island | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | 2009 | 4 |
| Rose City | Viva Voce | 2009 | 4 |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix | Phoenix | 2009 | 4.5 |
| American Slang | Gaslight Anthem | 2010 | 4.5 |
| The Archandroid | Janelle Monae | 2010 | 4.75 |
| The Final Sessions | Hank Williams | (Various) | 4.5 |
