### An exhaustive list of albums that I would consider "favs of all time". Presented in chronological order with some brief insights at the bottom. Maybe one of these will become you're fav of all time as well --- 1. [[M. S. Subbulakshmi - Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatam (1963)]] 2. Patsy Cline - The Patsy Cline Story (1963) 3. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Rip, Rig and Panic (1965) 4. The Beatles - Revolver (1966) 5. Love - Forever Changes (1967) 6. Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Safe as Milk (1967) 7. The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968) 8. Silver Apples - Silver Apples (1968) 9. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1969) 10. Anthony Braxton - For Alto (1969) 11. Can - Monster Movie (1969) 12. [[Mayo Thompson - Corky's Debt to His Father (1970)]] 13. The Stooges - Fun House (1970) 14. Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971) 15. Wendy Carlos - A Clockwork Orange (1972) 16. [[Sparks - Kimono my House (1974)]] 17. Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975) 18. Ernest Hood - Neighborhoods (1975) 19. The Mighty Diamonds - Right Time (1976) 20. [[Philip Glass - North Star (1977)]] 21. Wire - Pink Flag (1977) 22. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life (1977) 23. Aksak Maboul - Onze Danses Pour Combattre la Migraine (1977) 24. The Congos - Heart of the Congos (1977) 25. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express (1977) 26. Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians (1978) 27. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor (1979) 28. Robert Ashley - Automatic Writing (1979) 29. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth (1980) 30. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mambo Nassau (1981) 31. [[Francis Bebey - Psychedelic Sanza (1982)]] 32. Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance (1982) 33. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Naughty Boys (1983) 34. The Replacements - Let It Be (1984) 35. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Ongakuzukan (1984) 36. Judas Priest - Defenders of the Faith (1984) 37. "The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace (1985)" 38. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising (1985) 39. Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun (1985) 40. Andrés Landero - Cumbia Colombiana (1987) 41. [[David Bergman - Leapday Night (1987)]] 42. [[The Residents - God in Three Persons (1988)]] 43. Steve Reich - Different Trains (1988) 44. Morton Feldman - Three Voices (1989) 45. The Frogs - It's Only Right and Natural (1989) 46. Sun City Girls - Torch of the Mystics (1990) 47. Melvins - Lysol (1992) 48. XTC - Nonsuch (1992) 49. His Name Is Alive - Mouth by Mouth (1993) 50. Meat Puppets - Too High to Die (1994) 51. [[Aby Ngana Diop - Liital (1994)]] 52. The Beach Boys - The Greatest Hits – Volume 1: 20 Good Vibrations (1995) 53. GZA - Liquid Swords (1995) 54. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Now I Got Worry (1996) 55. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997) 56. Bardo Pond - Lapsed (1997) 57. Various Artists - Éthiopiques Volume 1: The Golden Years of Modern Ethiopian Music (1998) 58. [[ Royal Trux - Accelerator (1998)]] 59. Primrods - Unreleased (1998) 60. Death - The Sound of Perseverance 61. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness (1999) 62. Eliades Ochoa - Sublime Ilusión (1999) 63. Jackie-O Motherfucker - Fig. 5 (2000) 64. Prefuse 73 - Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives (2001) 65. The Distillers - Coral Fang (2003) 66. Fe-mail - Syklubb Fra Hælvete (2003) 67. Madvillain - Madvillainy (2004) 68. [[Venetian Snares - Huge Chrome Cylinder Box Unfolding (2004)]] 69. Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker - The Bishop's Move (2004) 70. Various Artists - Choubi Choubi: Folk & Pop Sounds from Iraq, Vol. 1 (2005) 71. Gang Gang Dance - God's Money (2005) 72. Broadcast - Tender Buttons (2005) 73. [[Cassie - Cassie (2006) ]] 74. The Melvins - Houdini Live 2005 (2006) 75. J Dilla - Donuts (2006) 76. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - The King of Sufi Qawwali (2006) 77. PJ Harvey - White Chalk (2007) 78. Angels of Light - We Are Him (2007) 79. Battles - Mirrored (2007) 80. Miles Davis - The Complete On the Corner Sessions (2007) 81. Burial - Untrue (2007) 82. Various Artists - Bollywood steel guitar (2008) 83. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna (2008) 84. The Raymond Scott Quintet - Ectoplasm (2008) 85. Atom TM - Liedgut (2009) 86. Current 93 - Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain (2009) 87. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011) 88. Abelardo Carbonó - El Maravilloso Mundo de Abelardo Carbonó (2013) 89. Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs (2015) 90. Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness (2015) 91. Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force - Yermande (2016) 92. Jenny Hval - Blood Bitch (2016) 93. Richard Dawson and Circle - Henki (2021) 94. J Balvin - Jose (2021) 95. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - LW (2021) 96. Tainy x Yandel - Dynasty (2021) 97. Various Artists - Wisisi (West Papua) (2021) ## Insights ## **Number of Albums per Decade** - **1960s:** 10 albums - **1970s:** 17 albums - **1980s:** 17 albums - **1990s:** 17 albums - **2000s:** 24 albums - **2010s:** 6 albums - **2020s:** 5 albums ## Related [[Other albums I like]] ## Other people's favourite albums [Christgau's Record Guide](https://www.robertchristgau.com/bk-cg80s.php)