### 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
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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)