Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 1. The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd (475 Viewers)

[Eephus]

214 (tie). The Clash – The Clash (122 points)

@Barry2 #3
@SayChowda #17


The Clash is the debut studio album by the English punk rock band the Clash, released on 8 April 1977 through CBS Records. Recorded and mixed over three weeks in February 1977 for £4,000, it would go on to reach No. 12 on the UK charts and has been included on many retrospective rankings as one of the greatest punk albums of all time.

Songs on the album were composed by guitarists Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, with the notable exception of the reggae cover "Police and Thieves". The song "What's My Name" is co-credited to Clash founding member Keith Levene, who left the band in September 1976.

I've always found it fascinating that the UK and US versions of this album are so different. They only share 5 tracks in common.

That is wild. I wonder why?

The US version of The Clash was not released until well after the UK version. In fact, Give 'Em Enough Rope was released in the US first. When the band's US label finally decided to release the debut, they decided to replace many of the album tracks with songs issued on non-album singles and such. So it's essentially a "greatest hits up to this point" album minus the songs on Give 'Em Enough Rope.

The US version of the album came with a bonus 7" single inside ("Groovy Times" b/w "Gates of the West")

 

[Dr. Octopus]

212 (tie). Fully Completely – The Tragically Hip (123 points)

@Dennis Castro #9
@Barry2 #10

Fully Completely is the third studio album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. The album was released in October 1992 and produced by Chris Tsangarides. The album produced six singles: "Locked in the Trunk of a Car", "Fifty Mission Cap", "Courage (For Hugh MacLennan)", "At the Hundredth Meridian", "Looking for a Place to Happen", and "Fully Completely"

 

[Dr. Octopus]

209 (tie). The Lonesome Crowded West – Modest Mouse (125 points)

@Juxtatarot #4
@Dreaded Marco #13

The Lonesome Crowded West is the second studio album by American rock band Modest Mouse, released on November 18, 1997, by Up Records. The two towers pictured on the album's cover are The Westin Seattle.

Described as having a "white trash" aesthetic, The Lonesome Crowded West received positive reviews from critics, and appeared on several lists of the best albums of the 1990s. The album was reissued by Isaac Brock's Glacial Pace label in 2014, along with Modest Mouse's 1996 debut This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

209 (tie). Gish – Smashing Pumpkins (125 points)

@KarmaPolice #12
@Rand al Thor #26
@BrutalPenguin #50

Gish is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on May 28, 1991, by Caroline Records. The album was produced by Butch Vig and frontman Billy Corgan, with the latter describing Gish as a "very spiritual album" and "an album about spiritual ascension".

Despite initially peaking at only number 195 on the Billboard 200 upon its release, Gish received critical acclaim, with particular praise directed at the band's distinctive psychedelic sound. The album was eventually certified platinum (at least one million copies shipped in the US) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), becoming one of the best-selling independent albums at the time.

 

[simey]

212 (tie). Tumbleweed Connection – Elton John (123 points)

@simey #5
@New Binky the Doormat #14

Tumbleweed Connection is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John. It was recorded at Trident Studios, London, in March 1970, and released in October 1970 in the UK and January 1971 in the US. It is a concept album based on country and western and Americana themes. All songs are written by John and Bernie Taupin, with the exception of "Love Song" by Lesley Duncan.

In 2012, Tumbleweed Connection was ranked number 458 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

I was hoping @New Binky the Doormat put this on his list and he did! As noted above, this is a concept album of themes from the Old West. The album consist of 10 songs, so if you see a CD with the songs "Into the Old Man's Shoes" and "Madman Across the Water" ending it, they were added on as bonus tracks at some point. Both songs were originally recorded during the Tumbleweed sessions with Madman being an early version. The last song should be "Burn Down the Mission," which is a great epic sounding song to end the album with. None of the songs on the album were hits, although "Amoreena" got some exposure from being in the movie Dog Day Afternoon. The US version had no singles, but "Country Comfort" was released in a few countries. The music is soulful, bluesy, funky, gospelly, country rockish and rootsy. It's a great blend of music, with well written songs and great singing and playing. It is my favorite work of art by Elton and Bernie. I don't know what song to pick for the playlist. There are so many songs I love. I'll let Binky pick, and if I was betting, I bet he picks "Where to Now St. Peter?" but I could be wrong.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

70 (!) straight albums and not a whiff of my list. That's pretty crazy. Not sure what that says about my musical taste.

 

[kupcho1]

70 (!) straight albums and not a whiff of my list. That's pretty crazy. Not sure what that says about my musical taste.

That it's good?

 

[ConstruxBoy]

70 (!) straight albums and not a whiff of my list. That's pretty crazy. Not sure what that says about my musical taste.

My last one was 290. I guess I'm chalky?

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

209 (tie). The Lonesome Crowded West – Modest Mouse (125 points)

@Juxtatarot #4
@Dreaded Marco #13

This is such a great album. I like it just a bit more than their previously ranked The Moon & Antarctica. Not a low point on this. And I kinda' get that "white trash" aesthetic comment from Wiki---but they're much more than that on this album. Isaac Brock wrote some great lyrics if you listen to them.

I saw them on tour 3 or 4 times for this album the TM&A. Usually great shows (unless Isaac was drunk, which he tended to do back then occasionally, it could get a little chippy). I saw them recently and they still sound great. Isaac Brock has matured and they play a very tight show now that still retains their early electricity.

I listed Modest Mouse songs for the first in the MAD series. Seven were from this album.

My favorites for this playlist would be Heart Cooks Brain, Trailer Trash or Teeth Like God's Shoeshine but that is @Juxtatarot 's call. He outbid me again on a Modest Mouse album!

 

[Dr. Octopus]

70 (!) straight albums and not a whiff of my list. That's pretty crazy. Not sure what that says about my musical taste.

You have 54 albums in the Top 350 so you have about 40+ more to come.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

70 (!) straight albums and not a whiff of my list. That's pretty crazy. Not sure what that says about my musical taste.

My last one was 290. I guess I'm chalky?

You have 42 albums in the Top 350

@Nick Vermeil and @Yo Mama have the most albums in the Top 350 (54)

ETA: tim also has 54

 

[Dennis Castro]

214 (tie). Unplugged – Eric Clapton (122 points)

@Dennis Castro #18
@Tau837 #32
@Dwayne_Castro #41

Unplugged is a 1992 live album by Eric Clapton, recorded at Bray Studios, England in front of an audience for the MTV Unplugged television series. It includes a version of the successful 1992 single "Tears in Heaven" and an acoustic version of "Layla". The album itself won three Grammy Awards at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards in 1993 and became the bestselling live album of all time, and Clapton's bestselling album, selling 26 million copies worldwide.

I would like to add ‘Before You Accuse Me’ if someone could help with that.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

214 (tie). Unplugged – Eric Clapton (122 points)

@Dennis Castro #18
@Tau837 #32
@Dwayne_Castro #41

Unplugged is a 1992 live album by Eric Clapton, recorded at Bray Studios, England in front of an audience for the MTV Unplugged television series. It includes a version of the successful 1992 single "Tears in Heaven" and an acoustic version of "Layla". The album itself won three Grammy Awards at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards in 1993 and became the bestselling live album of all time, and Clapton's bestselling album, selling 26 million copies worldwide.

I would like to add ‘Before You Accuse Me’ if someone could help with that.

done

 

[Dennis Castro]

212 (tie). Fully Completely – The Tragically Hip (123 points)

@Dennis Castro #9
@Barry2 #10

Fully Completely is the third studio album by Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. The album was released in October 1992 and produced by Chris Tsangarides. The album produced six singles: "Locked in the Trunk of a Car", "Fifty Mission Cap", "Courage (For Hugh MacLennan)", "At the Hundredth Meridian", "Looking for a Place to Happen", and "Fully Completely"

Awesome. This album is a great place to start if anybody is curious about the Hip.

I’m thinking “At the Hundredth Meridian” but I’m curious about what @Barry2 thinks. So much good stuff on this record.

 

[Yo Mama]

I was going to do this when we hit 200, but I’m bored at work so listing things out now.

I have 6 albums that have made the top 350ish so far (with consensus ranking in parenthesis and asterisks for songs I was the top ranker):

19 - Check Your Head - Beastie Boys (227)
21 - Operation: Mindcrime - Queensryche (231) *
26 - Close to the Edge - Yes (224)
36 - Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears (234)
37 - Core - Stone Temple Pilots (339)
39 - Ghost in the Machine - The Police (245)

I think I have four announced so far (out of 16, based on DocOc’s post above) that missed the top 350ish:

14 - Purple - Stone Temple Pilots (520) *
57 - Make Yourself - Incubus (989)
60 - Violator - Depeche Mode (371)
69 - Selling England by the Pound - Genesis (600)

 

[pacman_fl]

212 (tie). Tumbleweed Connection – Elton John (123 points)

@simey #5
@New Binky the Doormat #14

Tumbleweed Connection is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John. It was recorded at Trident Studios, London, in March 1970, and released in October 1970 in the UK and January 1971 in the US. It is a concept album based on country and western and Americana themes. All songs are written by John and Bernie Taupin, with the exception of "Love Song" by Lesley Duncan.

In 2012, Tumbleweed Connection was ranked number 458 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

I would have had a tough time keeping this one off my theoretical top 70. I don't know if the individual collective has any songs that would make my "Top 100/200" list, but for a full collective, this is my favorite Elton album from start to finish.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

212 (tie). Tumbleweed Connection – Elton John (123 points)

@simey #5
@New Binky the Doormat #14

Tumbleweed Connection is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Elton John. It was recorded at Trident Studios, London, in March 1970, and released in October 1970 in the UK and January 1971 in the US. It is a concept album based on country and western and Americana themes. All songs are written by John and Bernie Taupin, with the exception of "Love Song" by Lesley Duncan.

In 2012, Tumbleweed Connection was ranked number 458 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

I was hoping @New Binky the Doormat put this on his list and he did! As noted above, this is a concept album of themes from the Old West. The album consist of 10 songs, so if you see a CD with the songs "Into the Old Man's Shoes" and "Madman Across the Water" ending it, they were added on as bonus tracks at some point. Both songs were originally recorded during the Tumbleweed sessions with Madman being an early version. The last song should be "Burn Down the Mission," which is a great epic sounding song to end the album with. None of the songs on the album were hits, although "Amoreena" got some exposure from being in the movie Dog Day Afternoon. The US version had no singles, but "Country Comfort" was released in a few countries. The music is soulful, bluesy, funky, gospelly, country rockish and rootsy. It's a great blend of music, with well writtensim songs and great singing and playing. It is my favorite work of art by Elton and Bernie. I don't know what song to pick for the playlist. There are so many songs I love. I'll let Binky pick, and if I was betting, I bet he picks "Where to Now St. Peter?" but I could be wrong.

reaction.

simey - you're good, and Burn Down The Mission" is also one of my all-tim favs too ...but yeah, gotta go with St. Peter - hauntingly beautiful

 

[Idiot Boxer]

One of my albums that I thought WOULD make the list did not make the list.

Meaning one of the albums I thought would not make the list DID make the list (and may be in the top 200)

 

[Juxtatarot]

209 (tie). The Lonesome Crowded West – Modest Mouse (125 points)

@Juxtatarot #4
@Dreaded Marco #13

This is such a great album. I like it just a bit more than their previously ranked The Moon & Antarctica. Not a low point on this. And I kinda' get that "white trash" aesthetic comment from Wiki---but they're much more than that on this album. Isaac Brock wrote some great lyrics if you listen to them.

I saw them on tour 3 or 4 times for this album the TM&A. Usually great shows (unless Isaac was drunk, which he tended to do back then occasionally, it could get a little chippy). I saw them recently and they still sound great. Isaac Brock has matured and they play a very tight show now that still retains their early electricity.

I listed Modest Mouse songs for the first in the MAD series. Seven were from this album.

My favorites for this playlist would be Heart Cooks Brain, Trailer Trash or Teeth Like God's Shoeshine but that is @Juxtatarot 's call. He outbid me again on a Modest Mouse album!

Feel free to make the pick on this one since I picked the last one. However, I think Trailer Trash might be more accessible for the non-Modest Mouse fans.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

209 (tie). The Lonesome Crowded West – Modest Mouse (125 points)

@Juxtatarot #4
@Dreaded Marco #13

This is such a great album. I like it just a bit more than their previously ranked The Moon & Antarctica. Not a low point on this. And I kinda' get that "white trash" aesthetic comment from Wiki---but they're much more than that on this album. Isaac Brock wrote some great lyrics if you listen to them.

I saw them on tour 3 or 4 times for this album the TM&A. Usually great shows (unless Isaac was drunk, which he tended to do back then occasionally, it could get a little chippy). I saw them recently and they still sound great. Isaac Brock has matured and they play a very tight show now that still retains their early electricity.

I listed Modest Mouse songs for the first in the MAD series. Seven were from this album.

My favorites for this playlist would be Heart Cooks Brain, Trailer Trash or Teeth Like God's Shoeshine but that is @Juxtatarot 's call. He outbid me again on a Modest Mouse album!

I need to fire this one up, I just haven’t full clicked with their older stuff, but they played Cowboy Dan when I saw them last year and it was great

 

[Psychopav]

One of my albums that I thought WOULD make the list did not make the list.

Meaning one of the albums I thought would not make the list DID make the list (and may be in the top 200)

How do you know this at this point? I must be missing something.

 

[Ilov80s]

One of my albums that I thought WOULD make the list did not make the list.

Meaning one of the albums I thought would not make the list DID make the list (and may be in the top 200)

How do you know this at this point? I must be missing something.

Must be based on when Dr Oct posted our lowest ranked albums that missed the cut.

 

[rockaction]

Teeth Like God's Shoeshine

This one right here would be my pick if I had picked this album, which I didn't.

Major omission on my end with Modest Mouse. I don't think I picked an album by them, or it would have been this one in all likelihood. I think Modest Mouse was just a different time and a different outlook on life for me, and while I'll always love 'em I don't often pull them out to listen to anymore. So maybe not such a major omission. I could have put Good News in there, anyway, and this will just sound like a stupid post when we're all done.

 

[Psychopav]

One of my albums that I thought WOULD make the list did not make the list.

Meaning one of the albums I thought would not make the list DID make the list (and may be in the top 200)

How do you know this at this point? I must be missing something.

Must be based on when Dr Oct posted our lowest ranked albums that missed the cut.

I guess I don't understand that post. I know my #70 pick was ranked 1,640. But I have no idea whether my #69 pick is in the countdown or not at this point. The only other datapoint I thought we had was the number of albums we had that didn't make the countdown. But we don't know which of those albums didn't make the cut, do we? Kupcho mentioned his #2 album didn't make the cut, iirc. But he only knows that because he helped with the compilation, right?

 

[Idiot Boxer]

One of my albums that I thought WOULD make the list did not make the list.

Meaning one of the albums I thought would not make the list DID make the list (and may be in the top 200)

How do you know this at this point? I must be missing something.

We were all told how many albums submitted made the cut.
I sat down and guessed which of mine didn't make the cut and which did make the cut.

We also know some albums that didn't make the cut.

For me, I have 4:
Carbon Leaf - Indian Summer (my highest rated album that didn't make the cut)
Indigo Girls - Rites of Passage
Robert Cray - Strong Persuader
Depeche Mode - Violator

One of the above was on my "made the cut" list and it didn't so it follows that something on my "didn't make the cut" list did.

 

[Psychopav]

One of my albums that I thought WOULD make the list did not make the list.

Meaning one of the albums I thought would not make the list DID make the list (and may be in the top 200)

How do you know this at this point? I must be missing something.

We were all told how many albums submitted made the cut.
I sat down and guessed which of mine didn't make the cut and which did make the cut.

We also know some albums that didn't make the cut.

For me, I have 4:
Carbon Leaf - Indian Summer (my highest rated album that didn't make the cut)
Indigo Girls - Rites of Passage
Robert Cray - Strong Persuader
Depeche Mode - Violator

One of the above was on my "made the cut" list and it didn't so it follows that something on my "didn't make the cut" list did.

Ok now I get it. The other three were someone else's highest rated not to make the cut right?

 

[Idiot Boxer]

One of my albums that I thought WOULD make the list did not make the list.

Meaning one of the albums I thought would not make the list DID make the list (and may be in the top 200)

How do you know this at this point? I must be missing something.

We were all told how many albums submitted made the cut.
I sat down and guessed which of mine didn't make the cut and which did make the cut.

We also know some albums that didn't make the cut.

For me, I have 4:
Carbon Leaf - Indian Summer (my highest rated album that didn't make the cut)
Indigo Girls - Rites of Passage
Robert Cray - Strong Persuader
Depeche Mode - Violator

One of the above was on my "made the cut" list and it didn't so it follows that something on my "didn't make the cut" list did.

Ok now I get it. The other three were someone else's highest rated not to make the cut right?

Or on the list of "submitted by more than one person, but didn't make the cut"

 

[Pip's Invitation]

209 (tie). Gish – Smashing Pumpkins (125 points)

@KarmaPolice #12
@Rand al Thor #26
@BrutalPenguin #50

Gish is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on May 28, 1991, by Caroline Records. The album was produced by Butch Vig and frontman Billy Corgan, with the latter describing Gish as a "very spiritual album" and "an album about spiritual ascension".

Despite initially peaking at only number 195 on the Billboard 200 upon its release, Gish received critical acclaim, with particular praise directed at the band's distinctive psychedelic sound. The album was eventually certified platinum (at least one million copies shipped in the US) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), becoming one of the best-selling independent albums at the time.

There's a certain, I dunno, flexibility to the sound of this record that isn't there on Billy's subsequent work. Starting with Siamese Dream, he had the tools to do rock star things and he did. This is a more idiosyncratic record even though the guitar heroics are also there.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

One of my albums that I thought WOULD make the list did not make the list.

Meaning one of the albums I thought would not make the list DID make the list (and may be in the top 200)

How do you know this at this point? I must be missing something.

I've posted everyone's highest and lowest ranked albums not to make it and also random double ups that didn't make it.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

209 (tie). Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply – Slade (125 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #8
@Val Rannous #9

Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply is a studio album by the British rock group Slade, released in America and Canada on 2 April 1984. It is a repackaged version of The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome which was released in the UK, Europe and across the rest of the world in December 1983. Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply reached No. 33 in the US and No. 26 in Canada, giving the band their breakthrough in the US. The album proved to be the most successful North American release of Slade's career. Both "Run Runaway" and "My Oh My" enjoyed Top 40 success as singles there.

In August 1984, the album was certified Gold in Canada for 50,000 sales.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

203 (tie). Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell – Meatloaf (126 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #6
@Val Rannous #10

Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell is the sixth studio album by American rock singer Meat Loaf and the second in the Bat Out of Hell trilogy, which was written and produced by Jim Steinman. It was released on September 14, 1993, sixteen years after Meat Loaf's first solo album Bat Out of Hell. The album reached number 1 in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Three tracks were released as singles, including "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", which reached number 1 in 28 countries.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

203 (tie). Innuendo – Queen (126 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #5
@Val Rannous #11

Innuendo is the fourteenth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 4 February 1991 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom and was the band's first studio album to be released by Hollywood Records in the United States. Produced by David Richards and Queen, it was their last album to be released in lead singer Freddie Mercury's lifetime. The album reached the No. 1 spot on the UK Albums Chart for two weeks, and also peaked at No. 1 in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland, staying at No. 1 for three weeks, four weeks, six weeks, and eight weeks, respectively. It was the first Queen album to go Gold in the US upon its release since The Works in 1984.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

It's a Rannous run!

 

[Yo Mama]

It's a Rannous run!

That’s funny how that turned out.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

It's a Rannous run!

They're stuffing the ballot box again!

 

[KarmaPolice]

It's a Rannous run!

They're stuffing the ballot box again!

Cheaters!

 

[Don Quixote]

It's a Rannous run!

They're stuffing the ballot box again!

I’m impressed. I think if my wife did this, her and I would have zero albums in common.

 

[Dennis Castro]

203 (tie). Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell – Meatloaf (126 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #6
@Val Rannous #10

Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell is the sixth studio album by American rock singer Meat Loaf and the second in the Bat Out of Hell trilogy, which was written and produced by Jim Steinman. It was released on September 14, 1993, sixteen years after Meat Loaf's first solo album Bat Out of Hell. The album reached number 1 in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Three tracks were released as singles, including "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", which reached number 1 in 28 countries.

Dang it. I forgot to add this one. This list is a lemon and I want my money back.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Innuendo is one I probably should have ranked. It is sometimes my favorite Queen record and never worse than third. What a way to go out, with an amazing set of songs (minus Delilah) and Freddie sounding as good as ever despite being so close to his end. It's a magical record.

 

[kupcho1]

I limited my selections to one per artist.

I'm beginning to realize I like a lot more than 70 artists. I'm seeing a lot of omissions come up, but what can you do? You can't list them all.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

220 (tie). Ghosts of the Great Highway – Sun Kil Moon (120 points)

@KarmaPolice #14
@shuke #19
@Eephus #60

Ghosts of the Great Highway is the debut studio album by San Francisco quartet Sun Kil Moon, led by Red House Painters' founder Mark Kozelek, who composed all of the lyrics and music on this album. The other members are Anthony Koutsos (former drummer for Red House Painters), Geoff Stanfield, and Tim Mooney.

I am familiar with a few Sun Kil Moon songs. I think suggestions from Spotify and posts here from KP and Shuke but I've never dove into an album. I am about half way through Ghosts of the Great Highway right now and absolutely love it. I am not done yet and maybe it will run out of steam or get a bit samey but right now this is trending towards an A grade.

I listened to this one while feeding and then walking my dog - really liked it, It's not far from my wheelhouse and I do remember liking some songs on past drafts or other incarnations of same. I never really dove in and same applies to Red House Painters - guess you can't listen to everyone (although its much easier to do that now).

Basically in the past you or someone you knew had to own the album if you wanted more than the radio hits.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

It's a Rannous run!

They're stuffing the ballot box again!

Cheaters!

You should have had @MrsKarmaPolice submit a list.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

203 (tie). Audioslave – Audioslave (126 points)
@BLOCKED_PUNT #4
@Dan Lambskin #27
@Tau837 #56

Audioslave is the debut studio album by American rock supergroup Audioslave, released on November 18, 2002, through Epic Records and Interscope Records. In the United States, it has been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album spawned the singles "Cochise", "Like a Stone", "Show Me How to Live", "I Am the Highway", and "What You Are"; "Like a Stone" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 46th Grammy Awards.

 

[KarmaPolice]

It's a Rannous run!

They're stuffing the ballot box again!

Cheaters!

You should have had @MrsKarmaPolice submit a list.

I mentioned it a couple times, but I think we broke her with the MAD31s. I also had a similar thought to @Don Quixote and wondered how many we would have in common.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

214 (tie). Unplugged – Eric Clapton (122 points)

@Dennis Castro #18
@Tau837 #32
@Dwayne_Castro #41

Unplugged is a 1992 live album by Eric Clapton, recorded at Bray Studios, England in front of an audience for the MTV Unplugged television series. It includes a version of the successful 1992 single "Tears in Heaven" and an acoustic version of "Layla". The album itself won three Grammy Awards at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards in 1993 and became the bestselling live album of all time, and Clapton's bestselling album, selling 26 million copies worldwide.

This feels so underrated. Of course, I didn't help since I didn't list albums I haven't (or don't remember) listening to in full. Watching [the live performance of] Layla on MTV seems like one of my earliest memories. and Tears in Heaven is so beautiful. Barely 200 pssh

 

[Dr. Octopus]

It's a Rannous run!

They're stuffing the ballot box again!

Cheaters!

You should have had @MrsKarmaPolice submit a list.

I mentioned it a couple times, but I think we broke her with the MAD31s. I also had a similar thought to @Don Quixote and wondered how many we would have in common.

My ex and I had a lot of overlap but (assuming she had the patience to make a list) on something like this we may have had 2 or 3 in common.

She was big on 80s music but was also more a songs person, than albums.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

203 (tie). Audioslave – Audio
@Dan Lambskin #27
@Tau837 #56

Audioslave is the debut studio album by American rock supergroup Audioslave, released on November 18, 2002, through Epic Records and Interscope Records. In the United States, it has been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album spawned the singles "Cochise", "Like a Stone", "Show Me How to Live", "I Am the Highway", and "What You Are"; "Like a Stone" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 46th Grammy Awards.

this was my #4. But I listed it as Audioslave since I believe that is the name of the album so either I messed up or they did.

 

[zamboni]

It's a Rannous run!

They're stuffing the ballot box again!

I’m impressed. I think if my wife did this, her and I would have zero albums in common.

My wife’s list would be mostly Billy Joel.

Don’t hate her @Uruk-Hai - hate me.

 

[Psychopav]

203 (tie). Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell – Meatloaf (126 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #6
@Val Rannous #10

Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell is the sixth studio album by American rock singer Meat Loaf and the second in the Bat Out of Hell trilogy, which was written and produced by Jim Steinman. It was released on September 14, 1993, sixteen years after Meat Loaf's first solo album Bat Out of Hell. The album reached number 1 in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Three tracks were released as singles, including "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", which reached number 1 in 28 countries.

This is wrong. Jim Steinman wasn't involved in Bat Out of Hell III.

eta: wait, Wikipedia says he wasn't involved in production but "
The album was subject to a legal dispute between Meat Loaf and Steinman, who had registered the phrase "Bat Out of Hell" as a trademark and attempted to prevent the album using the phrase. In the end, seven songs that Steinman wrote for various other projects were included." Hm, might have to check that out...

 

[KarmaPolice]

209 (tie). Gish – Smashing Pumpkins (125 points)

@KarmaPolice #12
@Rand al Thor #26
@BrutalPenguin #50

Gish is the debut studio album by the American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released on May 28, 1991, by Caroline Records. The album was produced by Butch Vig and frontman Billy Corgan, with the latter describing Gish as a "very spiritual album" and "an album about spiritual ascension".

Despite initially peaking at only number 195 on the Billboard 200 upon its release, Gish received critical acclaim, with particular praise directed at the band's distinctive psychedelic sound. The album was eventually certified platinum (at least one million copies shipped in the US) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), becoming one of the best-selling independent albums at the time.

If you look at my list, this is a top 5 album of the 90s for me. Gish was recorded in our stomping grounds of Madison, WI with Mr. Vig so it seemed like this one got a big push as we went out looking for albums at that time in HS. I gravitate to it more than the follow up, which I am sure is coming up in the top 200 though both are great. This isn't the first time I've seen @Rand al Thor with me on an album so I'll have to keep an eye on that guy's albums listed. I love it all, but my favorite combo on the album is Snail + Tristessa. For a tie breaker, I went with whichever they played more on the 91 tours, so the bolded got added to the playlist. Gun to my head Rhinoceros and Snail are my favorites on the album.