50 albums
For some inexplicable reason, I compiled the following list. I wear many Geek Pants, and compulsive list-making is one of them.
The 50 Best Albums I've Heard:
1. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
2. Tom Waits - Alice
3. Miles Davis - Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
4. Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
5. Bach/Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variations
6. M. Ward - Transistor Radio
7. M. Ward - Transfiguration of Vincent
8. John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
9. Tom Waits - Real Gone
10. Seu Jorge - The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions
11. M. Ward - Post-War
12. Bach/Glenn Gould - The Two and Three Part Inventions
13. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
14. The Beatles - Let It Be. . . Naked
15. The Polyphonic Spree - The Beginning Stages of . . .
16. Bach/Glenn Gould - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I
17. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
18. The Beatles - The Beatles [Why must we refer to this album by its color instead of its title?]
19. Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
20. Bach/Glenn Gould - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II
21. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
22. Nick Drake - Made to Love Magic
23. Bach/Glenn Gould - Partitas, Preludes & Fugues
24. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
25. Igor Stravinsky/Leonard Bernstein - The Rite of Spring/The Firebird Suite [1972 recording]
26. Gillian Welch - Soul Journey
27. Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
28. The Beatles - Abbey Road
29. Tom Waits - Mule Variations
30. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
31. Devendra Banhart - Niño Rojo
32. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
33. Squirrel Nut Zippers - Perennial Favorites
34. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
35. Fred McDowell - Portraits: The First Recordings
36. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
37. The Polyphonic Spree - Together We're Heavy
38. Tom Waits - Blood Money
39. Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
40. Crash Test Dummies - Songs of the Unforgiven
41. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
42. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
43. Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
44. John Cage/Aleck Karis - Sonatas and Interludes
45. Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
46. Mulatu Astatke - Éthiopiques 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale, 1969-1974
47. Woody Guthrie - Songs to Grow On for Mother and Child
48. Richie Havens - Resume: The Best of Richie Havens
49. Gluck/René Jacobs/Bernarda Fink - Orfeo ed Euridice
50. Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
The 50 Best Albums I've Heard:
1. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
2. Tom Waits - Alice
3. Miles Davis - Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet
4. Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
5. Bach/Glenn Gould - Goldberg Variations
6. M. Ward - Transistor Radio
7. M. Ward - Transfiguration of Vincent
8. John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
9. Tom Waits - Real Gone
10. Seu Jorge - The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions
11. M. Ward - Post-War
12. Bach/Glenn Gould - The Two and Three Part Inventions
13. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
14. The Beatles - Let It Be. . . Naked
15. The Polyphonic Spree - The Beginning Stages of . . .
16. Bach/Glenn Gould - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book I
17. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
18. The Beatles - The Beatles [Why must we refer to this album by its color instead of its title?]
19. Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
20. Bach/Glenn Gould - The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II
21. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
22. Nick Drake - Made to Love Magic
23. Bach/Glenn Gould - Partitas, Preludes & Fugues
24. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
25. Igor Stravinsky/Leonard Bernstein - The Rite of Spring/The Firebird Suite [1972 recording]
26. Gillian Welch - Soul Journey
27. Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
28. The Beatles - Abbey Road
29. Tom Waits - Mule Variations
30. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
31. Devendra Banhart - Niño Rojo
32. Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing in the Hands
33. Squirrel Nut Zippers - Perennial Favorites
34. The Arcade Fire - Funeral
35. Fred McDowell - Portraits: The First Recordings
36. Johnny Cash - American V: A Hundred Highways
37. The Polyphonic Spree - Together We're Heavy
38. Tom Waits - Blood Money
39. Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
40. Crash Test Dummies - Songs of the Unforgiven
41. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
42. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
43. Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
44. John Cage/Aleck Karis - Sonatas and Interludes
45. Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
46. Mulatu Astatke - Éthiopiques 4: Ethio Jazz & Musique Instrumentale, 1969-1974
47. Woody Guthrie - Songs to Grow On for Mother and Child
48. Richie Havens - Resume: The Best of Richie Havens
49. Gluck/René Jacobs/Bernarda Fink - Orfeo ed Euridice
50. Tom Waits - Blue Valentine