Via Chicago's Top 100 Albums of All Time: Summer 2010 edition

[Nobody Girl]

This is hard! Even if I get my list narrowed to 50, ranking everything is going to be a bitch. For example, how much more do I like Summerteeth than Decoration Day? I have no idea. I just know I really, really love them both.

[Ghost of Electricity]

I hope i can find the time in the next two days to do this.

[gogo]

Hey folks, just a reminder that you've still got three weeks to get your picks in. I've got some really cool/interesting submissions so far, but I'd like to see a lot more!

 

In a couple of weeks, if things haven't picked up, I'm going to start leaning on some people.

[BassMan77]

OK, well, here we go. My list, at this point in time at least.

 

 

Album Artist Year

1. Definitley Maybe - Oasis 1994

2. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin 1975

3. Achtung Baby - U2 1991

4. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye 1971

5. The Band - The Band 1969

6. Being There - Wilco 1996

7. Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty 1989

8. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 1989

9. (Whats the Story) Morning Glory - Oasis 1995

10. Howl - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 2005

11. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin 1971

12. Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones 1972

13. Southern Harmony and Musical... - The Black Crowes 1992

14. The Last Broadcast - Doves 2002

15. In It For the Money - Supergrass 1997

16. Damn the Torpedoes - Tom Petty 1979

17. A Ghost is Born - Wilco 2004

18. Cosmo's Factory - Credence Clearwater Revival 1970

19. Urban Hymns - The Verve 1997

20. Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin 1973

21. 1965 - The Afghan Whigs 1998

22. Abbey Road - The Beatles 1969

23. Z - My Morning Jacket 2005

24. Revolver - The Beatles 1966

25. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison 1970

26. Wildflowers - Tom Petty 1994

27. Dont Believe the Truth - Oasis 2005

28. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco 2002

29. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones 1971

30. Warpaint - The Black Crowes 2008

31. At Dawn - My Morning Jacket 2001

32. Cease to Begin - Band of Horses 2007

33. After the Goldrush - Neil Young 1970

34. Cold Roses - Ryan Adams 2005

35. Sound Affects - The Jam 1980

36. The Bends - Radiohead 1995

37. Shame Shame - Dr Dog 2010

38. Stage Fright - The Band 1970

39. 22 Dreams - Paul Weller 2008

40. Bringing Down the Horse - The Wallflowers 1996

41. Reckoning - REM 1984

42. Brothers - Black Keys 2010

43. Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings of Leon 2004

44. A Strange Arrangement - Mayer Hawthorne 2009

45. Kasabian - Kasabian 2004

46. Is This It? - The Strokes 2001

47. Tellin Stories - Charlatans UK 1996

48. Weezer - Weezer 1994

49. Blackberry Belle - The Twilight Singers 2003

50. From Elvis in Memphis - Elvis Presley 1969

[rghammo]

1. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

2. The Beatles - The White Album

3. Elliott Smith - Either/Or

4. Led Zeppelin - III

5. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street

6. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks

7. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska

8. The National - Boxer

9. Radiohead - The Bends

10. Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac

11. Wilco - Summerteeth

12. The Beatles - Abbey Road

13. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

14. Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963

15. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker

16. Pixies - Doolittle

17. Joni Mitchell - Blue

18. Paul Simon - Graceland

19. Wilco - Being There

20. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

21. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America

22. Arcade Fire - Funeral

23. Otis Redding - Otis Blue

24. Tori Amos - Under the Pink

25. Alejandro Escovedo - A Man Under the Influence

26. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left

27. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister

28. Son Volt - Trace

29. Damien Rice - O

30. The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site

31. Built To Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love

32. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

33. Pearl Jam - Vitalogy

34. Cat Power - You Are Free

35. The National - Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers

36. Radiohead - OK Computer

37. John Lennon - Imagine

38. Josh Ritter - The Animal Years

39. Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger

40. The Clash - London Calling

41. Smoking Popes - Born to Quit

42. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed

43. Jay-Z - Blueprint

44. R.E.M. - Murmur

45. John Coltrane - Giant Steps

46. The Band - The Band

47. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

48. Guster - Lost and Gone Forever

49. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha

50. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

[LouisvilleGreg]

What a ridiculously hard thing this started out to be, but once I stopped trying to list the technical, cultural, historical "best" albums, and just made a list of the records that have personally meant the most to me, it was a lot of fun. Trust me, I don't dispute that "Pink Moon" is better than the first KISS record, but that first KISS record meant the world to me when I was a little kid. I'm embaressed to put Meatloaf on the list, but only one album by the Beatles, Neil Young, Dylan; but that fucking Meatloaf album was great for crusing the city with my best friend when I was a young teenager. So, yeah this is my list and nearly every album included here has some sort of personal connection to some part of my life, even the obscure punk/hardcore records on here that no one on this board probably knows.

 

A few other thoughts: My list breaks down as follows: 1960's - 5 records, 1970's - 21 records, 1980's - 14 records, 1990's - 7 records, 2000 on - 3 records, with YHF being the newwest thing on this list. 1973 and 1977 are the most heavily represented years here, and I can think of a dozen more from those years that would've made the next 50. Despite what the list looks like I do like music other than rock and punk, but I guess those are just my meats and potatoes. I'm also not racist or sexist, I guess I just like dudes in r'n'r bands more than I realized prior to compiling this. Thanks again for compiling this insanity, Greg

 

1. Springsteen - Born To Run 1975

 

2. The Clash - London Calling 1979

 

3. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction 1987

 

4. The Stones - Exile on Main Street 1972

 

5. The Clash - Self Titled (Eng. vers.) 1977

 

6. Wilco - Being There 1996

 

7. The Band - Self Titled 1969

 

8. KISS - Self Titled 1974

 

9. Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, The E Street Shuffle 1973

 

10. Jawbreaker - Unfun 1990

 

11. Wilco - YHF 2002

 

12. Drive By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera 2001

 

13. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's 1966

 

14. Prince - Purple Rain 1984

 

15. Avail - Satiate 1992

 

16. The Replacements - Let it Be 1984

 

17. ACDC - '74 Jailbreak 1974

 

18. Kiss - Destroyer 1976

 

19. Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy 1994

 

20. Nirvana - Nevermind 1991

 

21. Van Halen - I 1978

 

22. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 1973

 

23. Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne 1993

 

24. Big Star - #1 Record 1972

 

25. Endpoint - If The Spirits are Willing 1989

 

26. My Morning Jacket - At Dawn 2001

 

27. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Milliona to Hold us Back 1988

 

28. The Cult - Electric 1987

 

29. T. Rex - Electric Warrior 1971

 

30. Springsteen - Nebraska 1982

 

31. New York Dolls - Self Titled 1973

 

32. Prince - Dirty Mind 1980

 

33. The Stooges - Raw Power 1973

 

34. Fugazi - 13 Songs 1989

 

35. Lucinda Williams - Self Titled 1988

 

36. Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols 1977

 

37. X - Los Angeles 1980

 

38. Dylan - Blonde on Blonde 1966

 

39. The Band - Music From the Big Pink 1968

 

40. Aimee Mann - Magnolia Soundtrack 1999

 

41. Husker Du - Metal Circus 1983

 

42. Neil Young - Harvest 1972

 

43. Led Zeppelin - I 1969

 

44. Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell 1977

 

45. Irma Thomas - In Between Tears 1973

 

46. Willie Nelson - Honeysuckle Rose 1980

 

47. Leatherface - Cherry Knowle 1989

 

48. Television - Marquee Moon 1977

 

49. The Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty 1977

 

50. Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town 1978

[Preferred B]

How many submissions have you received, gogo? I need to send mine sometime this week.

[gogo]

Sorry for neglecting this project for a while, folks! I've been working on a different project, now completed.

 

B, I've received a total of 11 peoples' votes... which is not enough! Some of you haven't been notified yet that I've received your votes, but look for that this weekend, at the latest. Those of you who haven't voted yet, but have posted in this thread (not just if you posted a list, if you've posted anything at all) can expect to hear from me soon, nudging you to send in a list. Same goes for people who submitted a list for the last one, I'll nudge those folks again, too.

 

I'm also considering extending the deadline, if I don't hear from a few more people. It just doesn't mean as much if we don't get a decent number of votes in. I'm hoping for a big rush of votes this week, though!!!

 

[CortezTheKiller]

11????? That is just plain wrong. Gimme a few days please gogo.

[CortezTheKiller]

Rough Draft...

 

Sticky/Stones

Harvest Moon/Neil

Decoration Day/DBT

PG/Zeppelin

Ragged Glory/Neil & Horse

Trace/SV

Boxer/National

Honky Tonk Heroes/Waylon

This Is Nowhere/Neil & Horse

Bleed/Stones

Boutique/Beasties

Exile/Stones

Dog Days/Blue Mtn

Darkness/Boss

White Album/Fab 4

Southern Rock Opera/DBT

Ghost Born/Wilco

Zuma/Neil & Horse

#1/Big Star

Planet Waves/Dylan & Band

Nation/P.E.

Faithless/Whiskey

Tonight's the Night/Neil

Viva/Jerry Jeff Walker

Hollywood/Jayhawks

Gold Rush/Neil

Beggars/Stones

Strangers/Whiskey

Beach/Neil

Bakesale/Sebadoh

Where You Been/Dino Jr.

Born to Run/Bruce

Straightaways/SV

American Central Dust/SV

Dublin Blues/Guy Clark

Feel Alright/Earle

Thrill/Steely Dan

Time Fades Away/Neil

Harvest/Neil

High Violet/National

Animals/Floyd

Muswell/Kinks

Greendale/Neil & Horse

Alligator/National

Boys & Girls/Hold SteadyThe Band/The Band

Car Wheels/Lucinda

Gentlemen/Afghan Whigs

Wish You Were/Floyd

Wildflowers/Petty

Old No. 1/Guy Clark

Rainy Day/Jayhawks

[gogo]

11????? That is just plain wrong. Gimme a few days please gogo.

OK, the deadline is being extended to the August 8, with results to be announced by August 15. I'll go change the first post now!

 

Expect nudges to go out this weekend...

[Nobody Girl]

You'll be getting a list from me. I just haven't had a chance to finish it up.

[bleedorange]

Same here. Although, the extended deadline does help a little. Thanks.

[gogo]

I've got a few more submissions. Thank you! Keep 'em coming...

[thecanuck]

My list is forthcoming.

[thecanuck]

Here's the list I'm working with right now (mostly out of order other than the top few albums):

 

1. Big Star – Radio City

2. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds

3. The Beatles – The Beatles

4. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

5. Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True

6. Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run

7. Television – Marquee Moon

8. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

9. The Replacements – Tim

10. The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

11. The Clash – London Calling

12. Nick Lowe – Jesus of Cool

13. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers

14. Neil Young – After the Goldrush

15. The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday

16. T. Rex – Electric Warrior

17. Marvin Gaye – What’s Goin’ On

18. David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

19. The Zombies – Odessy and Oracle

20. XTC – English Settlement

21. The National – Boxer

22. The Band – The Band

23. The Beatles – Revolver

24. The Black Keys – Rubber Factory

25. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver

26. Dusty Springfield – Dusty In Memphis

27. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Jacksonville City Nights

28. Sloan – Never Hear the End of It

29. The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers

30. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over the Sea

31. Sam Cooke – Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963

32. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Howl

33. Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers

34. Paul McCartney – Ram

35. Talking Heads – Remain In Light

36. Pavement – Wowee Zowee

37. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses

38. The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin

39. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin

40. The DB’s – Stands for Decibels

41. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

42. The Velvet Underground – Loaded

43. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water

44. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless

45. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One

46. Grandaddy – Sumday

47. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation

48. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited

49. Beck – Sea Change

50. Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque

51. House of Freaks – Tantilla

52. Okkervil River – The Stage Names

53. The National High Violet

54. New York Dolls – s/t

55. Neil Young – Everybody Knows This is Nowhere

56. Japandroids – Post Nothing

57. Blitzen Trapper – Wild Mountain Nation

58. The Beach Boys – Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)

59. Joni Mitchell – Blue

60. Whiskeytown – Stranger’s Almanac

61. Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model

[CortezTheKiller]

Submitted list:

 

1. Sticky Fingers/The Stones

2. Harvest Moon/Neil Young

3. Decoration Day/Drive-By Truckers

4. Physical Graffiti/Led Zeppelin

5. Ragged Glory/Neil Young & Crazy Horse

6. Trace/Son Volt

7. Honky Tonk Heroes/Waylon Jennings

8. Exile on Main St./The Stones

9. Boxer/The National

10. Darkness on the Edge of Town/Springsteen

11. Let It Bleed/The Stones

12. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere/Neil Young & Crazy Horse

13. The Beatles/The Beatles

14. Paul's Boutique/Beastie Boys

15. A Ghost Is Born/Wilco

16. Dog Days/Blue Mountain

17. Southern Rock Opera/Drive-By Truckers

18. Zuma/Neil Young & Crazy Horse

19. Planet Waves/Dylan & The Band

20. #1 Record/Big Star

21. Tonight's the Night/Neil Young

22. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back/Public Enemy

23. Faithless Street/Whiskeytown

24. Hollywood Town Hall/The Jayhawks

25. After the Gold Rush/Neil Young

26. ¡Viva Terlingua!/Jerry Jeff Walker

27. Beggars Banquet/The Stones

28. Strangers Almanac/Whiskeytown

29. On the Beach/Neil Young

30. Where You Been/Dinosaur Jr.

31. Bakesale/Sebadoh

32. Born to Run/Springsteen & E Street Band

33. Dublin Blues/Guy Clark

34. Time Fades Away/Neil Young

35. Straightaways/Son Volt

36. Boys & Girls in America/The Hold Steady

37. I Feel Alright/Steve Earle

38. Harvest/Neil Young

39. Can't Buy a Thrill/Steely Dan

40. High Violet/The National

41. Greendale/Neil Young & Crazy Horse

42. Animals/Pink Floyd

43. American Stars 'n Bars/Neil Young & Crazy Horse

44. Alligator/The National

45. Muswell Hillbillies/The Kinks

46. Old No. 1/Guy Clark

47. Gentlemen/Afghan Whigs

48. Rainy Day Music/The Jayhawks

49. The Band/The Band

50. Wish You Were Here/Pink Floyd

[bleedorange]

Here's my submitted list. Hopefully, it got in just under the wire.

 

1. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – Wilco

2. Odelay – Beck

3. London Calling – The Clash

4. OK Computer – Radiohead

5. Revolver – The Beatles

6. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars – David Bowie

7. Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys

8. A Ghost is Born – Wilco

9. The Beatles – The Beatles

10. Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today – Slobberbone

11. Separation Sunday – The Hold Steady

12. Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space – Spiritualized

13. Alligator – The National

14. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground

15. Southern Rock Opera – Drive-By Truckers

16. Loveless – My Bloody Valentine

17. Phases and Stages – Willie Nelson

18. Marquee Moon – Television

19. Kid A - Radiohead

20. Being There – Wilco

21. Come to Where I'm From – Joseph Arthur

22. Abbey Road - The Beatles

23. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

24. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison

25. Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson

26. (pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerd) - Lynyrd Skynyrd

27. Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen

28. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

29. Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome - Parliament

30. Sea Change - Beck

31. Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

32. Middle Cyclone - Neko Case

33. Remain in Light - Talking Heads

34. The Gilded Palace of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers

35. Girls Can Tell - Spoon

36. White Blood Cells - The White Stripes

37. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

38. Loaded - The Velvet Underground

39. No Depression - Uncle Tupelo

40. Ramones - Ramones

41. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

42. Wowee Zowee - Pavement

43. Graceland - Paul Simon

44. Trace - Son Volt

45. Exile on Main Street - Rolling Stones

46. The Joshua Tree - U2

47. Roots and Crowns - Califone

48. Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers

49. Talking Book - Stevie Wonder

50. The Clash (U.K.) - The Clash

[thecanuck]

Here's my final submitted list:

 

1. Big Star – Radio City

2. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds

3. The Beatles – The Beatles

4. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

5. Elvis Costello – My Aim Is True

6. Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run

7. Television – Marquee Moon

8. The Kinks – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

9. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

10. The Replacements – Tim

11. The Clash – London Calling

12. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers

13. Nick Lowe – Jesus of Cool

14. Neil Young – After the Goldrush

15. The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday

16. Marvin Gaye – What’s Goin’ On

17. David Bowie – The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars

19. T. Rex – Electric Warrior

20. XTC – English Settlement

21. The Zombies – Odessy and Oracle

22. The National – Boxer

23. The Beatles – Rubber Soul

24. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver

25. The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin

26. The Black Keys – Rubber Factory

27. Dusty Springfield – Dusty In Memphis

28. Sam Cooke – Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963

29. Big Star – Third/Sister Lovers

30. The Band – The Band

31. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals – Jacksonville City Nights

32. The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers

33. Sloan – Never Hear the End of It

34. Talking Heads – Remain In Light

35. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited

36. The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses

37. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation

38. Pavement – Wowee Zowee

39. Paul McCartney – Ram

40. The DB’s – Stands for Decibels

41. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin

42. Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

43. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Howl

44. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water

45. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over the Sea

46. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless

47. The Velvet Underground – Loaded

48. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One

49. House of Freaks – Tantilla

50. Joni Mitchell – Blue

[gogo]

Apologies to all who were so prompt in getting their lists in, but...

 

I will not be able to get results out today, as promised. This project, and the spreadsheet, have gotten away from me.

 

I'll make every effort to get it out to you all in the next week.

[gogo]

I'd feel worse about being so late with this, if it appeared that anyone at all had even noticed that I hadn't done it yet.

 

For those of you who participated, I appreciate your enthusiasm, and the thoughtfulness that went into your lists. As always, I'm impressed with the breadth of musical tastes on VC. I'd like to have seen a few more people contributing their top 50s, but I know I didn't lean on people as much this time as I did the last go-round, so I'll definitely take at least partial responsbility for that. Next time, though, I want 100s of lists, damn it!

 

So, without further ado, your (statistically meaningless) VC Top 100 Albums, Summer 2010 edition results!!!

 

(title/artist/total points received)

1. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco 581

 

2. A Ghost is Born - Wilco 416

 

3. Being There- Wilco 374

 

4. Summerteeth- Wilco 341

 

5. Revolver - The Beatles 316

 

6. The Beatles (The White Album) - The Beatles 285

 

7. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen 251

 

8. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan 250

 

9. Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones 247

 

10. Abbey Road - The Beatles 231

 

11. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel 222

 

12. London Calling - The Clash 216

 

13. Boxer - The National 213

 

14. The Band - The Band 206

 

15. Trace - Son Volt 183

 

16. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys 174

 

17. Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams 160

 

18. The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie 155

 

19. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison 153

 

20. Rubber Soul - The Beatles 147

 

21. Paris 1919 - John Cale 141

 

22. Marquee Moon - Television 140

 

23. On the Beach - Neil Young 132

 

24. #1 Record - Big Star 131

 

25. Funeral - Arcade Fire 129

 

26. The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks 125

 

27T. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye 123

 

27T. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones 123

 

29T. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver 119

 

29T. The Dirty South - Drive-By Truckers 119

 

29T. Anodyne - Uncle Tupelo 119

 

32. Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs - Andrew Bird 117

 

33. Boys and Girls in America - The Hold Steady 116

 

34. Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies 115

 

35. Decoration Day - Drive-By Truckers 111

 

36. Southern Rock Opera - Drive-By Truckers 109

 

37T. Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan 108

 

37T. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 108

 

39. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles 107

 

40. Stranger's Almanac - Whiskeytown 105

 

41T. OK Computer - Radiohead 102

 

41T. Who's Next - The Who 102

 

43. After The Goldrush - Neil Young 101

 

44T. Z - My Morning Jacket 98

 

44T. Achtung Baby - U2 98

 

46. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin 96

 

47. Harvest - Neil Young 95

 

48. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis 94

 

49. Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 - Sam Cooke 92

 

50T. Odelay - Beck 91

 

50T. Rain Dogs - Tom Waits 91

 

52T. Crooked Rain Crooked Rain - Pavement 90

 

52T. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd 90

 

54. Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen 89

 

55T. Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star 88

 

55T. Holland - The Beach Boys 88

 

57. Appetite for Destruction - Guns N' Roses 87

 

58. Mule Variations - Tom Waits 86

 

59T. My Aim is True - Elvis Costello 85

 

59T. The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground 85

 

61T. Sound of Lies - The Jayhawks 84

 

61T. The Joshua Tree - U2 84

 

63T. The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen 83

 

63T. Alligator - The National 83

 

65. III - Led Zeppelin 81

 

66. Automatic for the People - REM 80

 

67. Bringing it All Back Home - Bob Dylan 79

 

68. Another Green World - Brian Eno 77

 

69T. Kid A - Radiohead 76

 

69T. Separation Sunday - The Hold Steady 76

 

71. Okonokos - My Morning Jacket 75

 

72T. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane 72

 

72T. Jesus of Cool - Nick Lowe 72

 

72T. The Crane Wife - The Decemberists 72

 

72T. Is This It? - The Strokes 72

 

76. Ragged Glory - Neil Young & Crazy Horse 71

 

77T. Wowee Zowee - Pavement 69

 

77T. Doolittle - The Pixies 69

 

79T. If You’re Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian 68

 

79T. Radio City - Big Star 68

 

79T. At Dawn - My Morning Jacket 68

 

82. Blue - Joni Mitchell 67

 

83T. Fox Confessor Brings the Flood - Neko Case 66

 

83T. Nevermind - Nirvana 66

 

83T. Southern Harmony & Musical Companium - The Black Crowes 66

 

86. Something Else - The Kinks 65

 

87. Too Far to Care - The Old 97s 64

 

88T. Cold Roses - Ryan Adams 63

 

88T. Straightaways - Son Volt 63

 

90. Weird Tales - Golden Smog 62

 

91T. Feels - Animal Collective 61

 

91T. John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan 61

 

93T. Alien Lanes - Guided by Voices 60

 

93T. Tonight's the Night - Neil Young 60

 

93T. Jacksonville City Nights - Ryan Adams 60

 

93T. Still Feel Gone - Uncle Tupelo 60

 

97T. II - Led Zeppelin 57

 

97T. The Bends - Radiohead 57

 

97T. Paul's Boutique - The Beastie Boys 57

 

97T. No Depression - Uncle Tupelo 57

 

 

As soon as I can get google documents to cooperate, I'll post the full spreadsheet, so you stats geeks can play around with it.

[gogo]

OK, I think this link will do it: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AnWIU6h-k74ZdDcyUVUtS0lmZXRWSHdyaElYQ3BzZXc&hl=en&authkey=CKukkZ0C

[PopTodd]

Thanks for putting this together, gogo!

Good list, folks.

 

Biggest surprise:

Having John Cale - Paris, 1919 @ Number 21!

[Moss]

Neutral Milk Hotel at #11 kind of surprised me.

[bböp]

I'd feel worse about being so late with this, if it appeared that anyone at all had even noticed that I hadn't done it yet.

 

For those of you who participated, I appreciate your enthusiasm, and the thoughtfulness that went into your lists. As always, I'm impressed with the breadth of musical tastes on VC. I'd like to have seen a few more people contributing their top 50s, but I know I didn't lean on people as much this time as I did the last go-round, so I'll definitely take at least partial responsbility for that. Next time, though, I want 100s of lists, damn it!

 

So, without further ado, your (statistically meaningless) VC Top 100 Albums, Summer 2010 edition results!!!

 

Wow...thanks SO much for taking this on, Maudie! I'll go ahead and add spreadsheet savant to your already-impressive list of skills.

 

So how many top-50 lists were ultimately turned in? Sorry I missed out on this exercise the first time. For me, it's most interesting to look at people's individual lists as opposed to what ultimately garnered the most votes (not that that's not interesting as well), so I'm going to post mine...

 

P.S. Cheers to the other person who voted for Rodriguez's Cold Fact. I'd love to see the rest of your list!

 

bbop top 50 records-summer 2010 edition:

1. Summerteeth - Wilco

2. Third - Big Star

3. Sound of Lies - The Jayhawks

4. Being There -Wilco

5. #1 Record - Big Star

6. Revolver - The Beatles

7. The Complete Riverside Recordings - Thelonious Monk

8. Still Feel Gone - Uncle Tupelo

9. Too Far Gone - The Old 97's

10. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

11. Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder

12. Appetite For Destruction - Guns 'n' Roses

13. Trace - Son Volt

14. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

15. On The Beach - Neil Young

16. Nevermind - Nirvana

17. Doolittle - Pixies

18. Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.

19. Meadowlands - The Wrens

20. Funeral - Arcade Fire

21. Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five

22. The World Won't End - Pernice Brothers

23. Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection (1959-1971) - Various artists

24. The Chronic - Dr. Dre

25. London Calling - The Clash

26. Hunky Dory - David Bowie

27. Electric Version - The New Pornographers

28. Who's Next - The Who

29. Marquee Moon - Television

30. Foundations of Funk: A Brand New Bag: 1964-1969 - James Brown

31. After The Gold Rush - Neil Young

32. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel

33. Radio City - Big Star

34. You Were Here - Sarah Harmer

35. Okonokos - My Morning Jacket

36. Shake The Sheets - Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

37. Anodyne - Uncle Tupelo

38. The Harder They Come soundtrack - Various artists

39. Wildflowers - Tom Petty

40. John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan

41. Bandwagonesque - Teenage Fanclub

42. Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg

43. Frosting On The Beater - The Posies

44. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis

45. Utopia Parkway - Fountains of Wayne

46. Wild Like Children - Tilly and the Wall

47. Transcendental Blues - Steve Earle

48. The Magnolia Electric Company - Songs:Ohia

49. Automatic For The People - R.E.M.

50. Cold Fact - Rodriguez