My Favorite 100 Albums

    While presenting The Top 100 Albums of All-Time in the Rock Era*, several people asked if I would give a list of my personal Top 100.  Understand (and this is important to be successful in the music business) that my personal opinion is quite different from my professional opinion.  While my tastes are generally in the mainstream, I like almost all styles of music (twangy country and rap are obvious exceptions).  I like everything from Diana Krall to Garth Brooks to Abba and Air Supply to Led Zeppelin and AC/DC.  And much between.


    So keep in mind that the following 100 albums are not the ones I would professionally recommend in all cases, although if you like music similar to any of the albums below, you might want to check them out.  However, I should also point out that most albums below I would highly recommend.


    1.      Days of Future Passed by the Moody Blues
    2.      Boston by Boston
    3.      Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
    4.      Room for Squares by John Mayer
    5.      Shepherd Moons by Enya
    6.      Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
    7.      Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles
    8.      Breakfast in America by Supertramp
    9.      Hysteria by Def Leppard
    10.    Ropin' the Wind by Garth Brooks
    11.    Pieces of You by Jewel
    12.    Cosmo's Factory by CCR
    13.    Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey
    14.    Traveling Wilburys, Volume I by Traveling Wilburys
    15.    The Stranger by Billy Joel
    16.    Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
    17.    Blood, Sweat & Tears by Blood Sweat & Tears
    18.    Night Moves by Bob Seger
    19.    Wilson Phillips by Wilson Phillips
    20.    Jon Secada by Jon Secada
    21.    Listen Without Prejudice by George Michael
    22.    When I Look In Your Eyes by Diana Krall
    23.    Midnight in San Juan by Earl Klugh
    24.    IV by Toto
    25.    Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel
    26.    Crimes of Passion by Pat Benatar
    27.    Celine Dion by Celine Dion
    28.    Back in Black by AC/DC
    29.    Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
    30.    A Song for You by the Carpenters
    31.    Frampton Comes Alive!  by Peter Frampton
    32.    Ladies of the Canyon by Joni Mitchell
    33.    Scenes from the Southside by Bruce Hornsby & the Range
    34.    Heart in Motion by Amy Grant
    35.    Seal by Seal
    36.    Learning to Crawl by the Pretenders

    37.    Tapestry by Carole King
    38.    Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac
    39.    Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
    40.    Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel
    41.    Close To You by the Carpenters
    42.    The Dream Weaver by Gary Wright
    43.    The Long Run by the Eagles
    44.    Main Course by the Bee Gees
    45.    Hotel California by the Eagles
    46.    Thriller by Michael Jackson
    47.    Winelight by Grover Washington, Jr.
    48.    Dire Straits by Dire Straits
    49.    Scarecrow by John Mellencamp
    50.    Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs
    51.    Throwing Copper by Live
    52.    Abbey Road by the Beatles
    53.    Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz and Jaoa Gilberto
    54.    Rapture by Anita Baker
    55.    The Cars by the Cars
    56.    Supernatural by Santana
    57.    Repeat Offender by Richard Marx
    58.    Phoenix by Dan Fogelberg
    59.    The End of the Innocence by Don Henley
    60.    Music Box by Mariah Carey
    61.    Bad Company by Bad Company

    62.    Different Light by the Bangles
    63.    Kick by Inxs
    64.    Hints, Allegations and Things Left Unsaid by Collective Soul
    65.    Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
    66.    Reckless by Bryan Adams
    67.    August & Everything After by the Counting Crows
    68.    The Joshua Tree by U2
    69.    Invisible Touch by Genesis
    70.    Spirits Having Flown by the Bee Gees
    71.    4 by Foreigner
    72.    Boats Against the Current by Eric Carmen
    73.    Crosby, Stills & Nash by Crosby, Stills & Nash
    74.    Arrival by ABBA
    75.    Head Games by Foreigner
    76.    Collective Soul by Collective Soul
    77.    Apurimac III by Cusco
    78.    Falling Into You by Celine Dion
    79.    Breezin' by George Benson
    80.    Whitney Houston by Whitney Houston
    81.    Pretenders by the Pretenders
    82.    Like a Virgin by Madonna
    83.    No Fences by Garth Brooks
    84.    Josh Groban by Josh Groban
    85.    Equinox by Styx
    86.    Light of Smiles by Gary Wright
    87.    2:00 A.M. Paradise Cafe by Barry Manilow
    88.    Let It Loose by Miami Sound Machine
    89.    Voulez Vous by ABBA
    90.    Starland Vocal Band by Starland Vocal Band
    91.    Sedaka's Back by Neil Sedaka
    92.    Late for the Sky by Jackson Browne
    93.    Highway to Hell by AC/DC
    94.    Stranger in Town by Bob Seger
    95.    Disciplined Breakdown by Collective Soul
    96.    Time Out by Dave Brubeck
    97.    Court and Spark by Joni Mitchell
    98.    Double Vision by Foreigner
    99.   Graceland by Paul Simon
    100.  Not Fragile by Bachman-Turner OverdriveSource URL: https://acsblogrock.blogspot.com/2011/08/my-favorite-100-albums.html
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