In an effort to kill time while I waste away working the graveyard shift, I've decided to list my 100 favorite albums.

DISCLAIMERS
1) The list was made only out of albums I own
2) These are MY FAVORITE albums, not the best ever
3) Some artists were allowed only 2 or 3 albums so as to give the list more variety. Sorry Isleys and Zep.
4) It's in alphabetical order. It was hard enough to get 100, let alone rank them.


A

3 + 3 (1973) - The Isley Brothers
A Love Supreme (1964) - John Coltrane
A New World Record (1976) - Electric Light Orchestra
Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! (1977) - Bootsy's Rubber Band
Ain't No 'Bout-A-Doubt It (1975) - Graham Central Station
Aja (1977) - Steely Dan
All 'n All (1977) - Earth, Wind & Fire
American Woman (1970) - The Guess Who
Are You Experienced? (1967) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Ask Rufus (1977) - Rufus
AWB (1975) - Average White Band

B

Barabajagal (1969) - Donovan
Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969) - Blood, Sweat & Tears
Bo Diddley (1957) - Bo Diddley
Breakfast in America (1979) - Supertramp
Buffalo Springfield Again (1967) - Buffalo Springfield

C

The Captain and Me (1973) - The Doobie Brothers
Call Me (1973) - Al Green
Caught in the Act (1975) - Commodores
C'est Chic (1978) - Chic
Chain Reaction (1975) - The Crusaders
Child Is Father to the Man (1968) - Blood, Sweat & Tears
Chuck Berry Is On Top (1959) - Chuck Berry
Collections (1967) - The Rascals
Continuum (2006) - John Mayer
Cosmo's Factory (1970) - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Curtis (1970) - Curtis Mayfield

D - F

The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) - Pink Floyd
Daydream (1966) - The Lovin' Spoonful
Diana Ross (1970) - Diana Ross
Don't Sweat the Technique (1992) - Eric B. & Rakim
Extension of a Man (1973) - Donny Hathaway
Fire (1975) - Ohio Players
Fragile (1972) - Yes
Funkentelechy vs. The Placebo Syndrome (1977) - Parliament

G

Gap Band Iii (1981) - The Gap Band
Go For Your Guns (1977) - The Isley Brothers
Goin' Places (1977) - Michael Henderson

H

Head Hunters (1973) - Herbie Hancock
Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 (1992) - The Brand New Heavies
Hip Hug-Her (1967) - Booker T. & The MG's
Honey (1975) - Ohio Players

I

I'm in Love (1980) - Evelyn "Champagne" King
I'm Still in Love With You (1972) - Al Green
Innervisions (1973) - Stevie Wonder
Irons in the Fire (1980) - Teena Marie
It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah (1995) - Black Grape

K-L

KC And The Sunshine Band (1975) - KC & the Sunshine Band
Led Zeppelin (1969) - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin II (1969) - Led Zeppelin
Let the Music Play (1976) - Barry White
Live at the Apollo, Vol. II (1968) - James Brown
Live It Up (1974) - The Isley Brothers
London Calling (1979) - The Clash

M

Maggot Brain (1971) - Funkadelic
Maiden Voyage (1965) - Herbie Hancock
Make It Happen (1967) - The Miracles
Malo (1972) - Malo
The Marshall Tucker Band (1973) - The Marshall Tucker Band
Meddle (1971) - Pink Floyd
More Hits by the Supremes (1965) - The Supremes
Morrison Hotel (1970) - The Doors

N-P

Needle to the Groove (2004) - Moses Mayes
Off the Wall (1979) - Michael Jackson
One Nation Under a Groove (1978) - Funkadelic
Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1966) - Otis Redding
Pet Sounds (1966) - The Beach Boys
Posh (1980) - Patrice Rushen

Just for fun, number of albums by decade...
1950s: 2 / 1960s: 23 / 1970s: 56
1980s: 6 / 1990s: 5 / 2000s: 6

There was clearly a drop in musical quality between 1982 - 1989 and 1996 - 2004 since I have no albums from those two periods.


R

Ray Ray (2004) - Raphael Saadiq
Red Clay (1970) - Freddie Hubbard
Right On Time (1977) - Brothers Johnson
Rubber Soul (1965) - The Beatles
Rufusized (1974) – Rufus

S

Sex Packets (1990) - Digital Underground
Shaft (1971) - Isaac Hayes
Ship Ahoy (1973) - The O'Jays
Shotgun (1965) - Junior Walker & the All-Stars
Soul Searching (1977) - Average White Band
Sound of Silver (2007) - LCD Soundsystem
The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion (1992) - The Black Crowes
Spinners (1972)- The Spinners
Spirit (1976) - Earth, Wind & Fire
Stand! (1969) - Sly & the Family Stone
Street Songs (1981) - Rick James

T


The Temptin' Temptations (1965) - The Temptations
The Time Has Come (1967) - The Chambers Brothers
Think! (1968) - Lonnie Smith
Thriller (1982) - Michael Jackson
To Be True (1975) - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Trilogy (1972) - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

U - Z

Under The Influence of Giants (2006) - Under the Influence of Giants
Van Hunt (2004) - Van Hunt
What's Going On (1971) - Marvin Gaye
Wild and Peaceful (1973) - Kool & the Gang
Wired (1976) - Jeff Beck
The World Is A Ghetto (1972) - War
The Yes Album (1971) - Yes
Young, Gifted and Black (1971) - Aretha Franklin