Van On The All-TIME 100 Albums List

The All-TIME 100 Albums

So here's how we chose the albums for the All-TIME 100. We researched and listened and agonized until we had a list of the greatest and most influential records ever - and then everyone complained because there was no Pink Floyd on it. And that's exactly how it should be. We hope you'll treat the All-TIME 100 as a great musical parlor game. Read and listen to the arguments for the selections, then tell us what we missed or got wrong. Or even possibly what we got right.

1970s
London Calling The Clash Sony, 1979
One Nation Under a Groove Parliament / Funkadelic Warner Brothers, 1978
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols The Sex Pistols Warner Brothers/Wea, 1977
Rumours Fleetwood Mac Warner Brothers, 1977
Hotel California The Eagles Elektra/Wea, 1976
Ramones The Ramones Sire, 1976
Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder Motown, 1976
Born to Run Bruce Springsteen Sony, 1975
Horses Patti Smith Arista, 1975
Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson Sony, 1975
Call Me Al Green The Right Stuff, 1973
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John MCA, 1973
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust David Bowie RCA, 1972
Exile on Main Street The Rolling Stones Virgin, 1972
Talking Book Stevie Wonder UMG Recordings, 1972
The Harder They Come Jimmy Cliff and Various Artists Island, 1972
Blue Joni Mitchell Warner Brothers/Wea, 1971
Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton RCA, 1971
Hunky Dory David Bowie RCA, 1971
Led Zeppelin IV (a.k.a. Zoso) Led Zeppelin Wea International, 1971
Paranoid Black Sabbath Warner Brothers, 1971
Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones Virgin, 1971
Tapestry Carole King Ode/A&M, 1971
What's Going On Marvin Gaye Motown, 1971
Who's Next The Who Mobile Fidelity, 1971
After the Gold Rush Neil Young Reprise, 1970
Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon and Garfunkel Columbia, 1970
John Lennon Plastic Ono Band Apple/EMI, 1970
Moondance Van Morrison Warner Brothers/Wea, 1970

1960s
Abbey Road The Beatles Capitol, 1969
Bitches Brew Miles Davis Sony, 1969
Stand! Sly & the Family Stone Epic, 1969
The Band The Band Capitol, 1969
Astral Weeks Van Morrison Warner Brothers/Wea, 1968
At Folsom Prison Johnny Cash Sony, 1968
Lady Soul Aretha Franklin Atlantic, 1968
The Beatles ("The White Album") The Beatles Capitol, 1968
Are You Experienced The Jimi Hendrix Experience Experience Hendrix, 1967
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Franklin Atlantic, 1967
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles Capitol, 1967
The Velvet Underground and Nico The Velvet Underground Polydor/Pgd, 1967
Blonde on Blonde Bob Dylan Columbia, 1966
Pet Sounds The Beach Boys DCC, 1966
Revolver The Beatles Capitol, 1966
Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan Columbia, 1965
Otis Blue Otis Redding Atlantic, 1965
Rubber Soul The Beatles Capitol, 1965
A Love Supreme John Coltrane Impulse, 1964
Live at the Apollo (1963) James Brown Polydor, 1963
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles ABC/Paramount, 1962
King of the Delta Blues Singers Robert Johnson Columbia, 1961