There's a list of 100 Influential Albums making the rounds on Facebook. While it has a lot of great records, there are also a bunch of really weird inclusions, bizarre choices for the represented artists, and ridiculous oversights. For example, there are no Black Sabbath albums and no hardcore of any sort. Plus, there's a massive single jazz album; either list a few or list none!
Here's the entire list, in the order it is presented; the ones I own are highlighted.
- The Pretty Things S.F. Sorrow
- Ride Nowhere
- Wire Chairs Missing
- The Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy
- Jimi Hendrix Axis: Bold as Love
- New Order Technique
- Harry Nilsson Nilsson Schmilsson
- Mazzy Star So Tonight That I Might See
- Captain Beefheart Trout Mask Replica
- Elliott Smith Roman Candle
- Devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
- Tim Buckley Goodbye and Hello
- Big Star Third/Sister Lovers
- Incredible String Band The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
- Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
- Van Morrison Astral Weeks
- Yes Close to the Edge
- Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- T·Rex Electric Warrior
- Talking Heads Remain in Light
- Bloc Party Silent Alarm
- The Flying Burrito Brothers The Gilded Palace of Sin
- The Fall Perverted by Language
- Blur Parklife
- The Stooges Fun House
- Love Forever Changes
- Cocteau Twins Heaven or Las Vegas
- Magazine Real Life
- Slint Spiderland
- XTC Drums and Wires
- Donovan A Gift from a Flower to a Garden
- The The Soul Mining
- Nirvana Nevermind
- Dexy's Midnight Runners Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
- Nick Drake Five Leaves Left
- Sonic Youth Daydream Nation
- Lou Reed Transformer
- The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
- AC/DC Back in Black
- Joy Division Closer
- Bert Jansch Bert Jansch
- The Go-Betweens Before Hollywood
- The Cure Disintegration
- Jeff Buckley Grace
- Pere Ubu The Modern Dance
- Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde
- Belle and Sebastian If You're Feeling Sinister
- The Beach Boys Pet Sounds
- The Breeders Last Splash
- Stevie Wonder Innervisions
- David Bowie Hunky Dory
- Ramones Ramones
- Oasis (What's the Story) Morning Glory
- King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King
- Johnny Cash The Man Comes Around
- Neil Young After the Gold Rush
- Sufjan Stevens Illinoise
- The Strokes Is This It?
- My Bloody Valentine Loveless
- Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV
- Massive Attack Blue Lines
- Slowdive Souvlaki
- REM Automatic for the People
- Mercury Rev Deserter's Songs
- Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks
- Patti Smith Horses
- Gerry Rafferty City to City
- The Chameleons Script of the Bridge
- Brian Eno Here Come the Warm Jets
- Roy Harper Stormcock
- John Cale Paris 1919
- The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground
- Spritualized Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
- The White Stripes Elephant
- Leonard Cohen Songs of Leonard Cohen
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
- Felt The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories
- The Clash London Calling
- Arcade Fire Funeral
- Marvin Gaye What's Going On?
- John Martyn Solid Air
- The Delgados Peloton
- Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago
- Super Furry Animals Radiator
- Cream Disraeli Gears
- I Am Kloot Gods and Monsters
- Pixies Doolittle
- The Wedding Present George Best
- Dave Brubeck Quartet Time Out
- The Smiths The Queen Is Dead
- The Beatles Revolver
- The Kinks Face to Face
- Television Marquee Moon
- Can Tago Mago
- Radiohead OK Computer
- The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
- The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street
- Joni Mitchell Hejira
- Kraftwerk Computer World
- Primal Scream Screamadelica
NOTA BENE: The Devo album actually belongs to my husband, but I probably listen to it more than he does.
