Time Magazine's Top 100 Albums

[GA Russell]

Time Magazine has created a list of what they think are the top 100 albums of all time, since 1954.

Nearly all of them are rock. The jazz albums are Kind of Blue, A Love Supreme and Bitches Brew.

Each album listed has a link to a discussion of why it was chosen, and further links to related stories regarding the music.

You might find it interesting to read what a mass market publication is telling the masses, though I don't think anyone here will be persuaded by anything they write.

http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/

[J Larsen]

Weird logic how they found four of the top albums of the aughts to be collections of material from earlier decades.

Edited December 29, 2006 by J Larsen

[Jim R]

Wow... KIND OF BLUE was released by Sony in 1959. Very AMG-esque. The kids who assembled this list probably never owned a record.

[J Larsen]

Wow... KIND OF BLUE was released by Sony in 1959. Very AMG-esque. The kids who assembled this list probably never owned a record.

I agree. At the same time, I'm a little surprised that there are so few records I really dislike on this list. There are a few (Elton John, Madonna, Stone Roses, Paul Simon, etc), but overall I either love, like or tolerate everything they listed.

PS: Robert Johnson was a great 60s artist.

Edited December 29, 2006 by J Larsen

[Matthew]

Major oversights in my book:

XTC: Skylarking. (Have to give a shout-out to my boys! )

Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon

Bob Dylan: "Love and Theft"

The Byrds: Sweetheart of the Rodeo