Favorite Albums

A collection of some of my favorite albums in chronological order. Some notes:

  • I did not include more than a couple of albums by any given artist, so my favorite bands have other great albums that aren’t on the list. I tried to limit it to only the absolute best or most noteworthy.
  • While I still like all these albums, in some cases my feelings were no doubt influenced by my attitude at the time. I suspect there are a few I would not be as fond of if I discovered them today.

Pet Sounds (1966)
The Beach Boys
Revolver (1966)
The Beatles
Buffalo Springfield (1966)
Buffalo Springfield
Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
Jefferson Airplane
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
The Beatles
Days of Future Past (1967)
The Moody Blues
Forever Changes (1967)
Love
The Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
The Kinks
Further Adventures of Charles Westover (1968)
Del Shannon
The Ark (1968)
Chad & Jeremy
A Salty Dog (1969)
Procol Harum
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Abbey Road (1969)
The Beatles
Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
Simon and Garfunkel
If You Could Read My Mind (1970)
Gordon Lightfoot
Tap Root Manuscript (1970)
Neil Diamond
Confessions of The Mind (1970)
The Hollies
Time And A Word (1970)
Yes
Stephen Stills (1970)
Stephen Stills
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
Derek and the Dominos
Hunky Dory (1971)
David Bowie
Who’s Next (1971)
The Who
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1971)
The Moody Blues
Roxy Music (1972)
Roxy Music
Thick As A Brick (1972)
Jethro Tull
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust … (1972)
David Bowie
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973)
Rick Wakeman
Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Pink Floyd
Quadrophenia (1973)
The Who
Hall of the Mountain Grill (1974)
Hawkwind
Blue Jays (1975)
Justin Hayward & John Lodge
Ommadawn (1975)
Mike Oldfield
Myths and Legends of King Arthur … (1975)
Rick Wakeman
Boston (1976)
Boston
Agents of Fortune (1976)
Blue Öyster Cult
Old Loves Die Hard (1976)
Triumvirat
A New World Record (1976)
Electric Light Orchestra
Olias of Sunhillow (1976)
Jon Anderson
Leftoverture (1976)
Kansas
Rumours (1977)
Fleetwood Mac
A Farewell to Kings (1977)
Rush
Songs From The Wood (1977)
Jethro Tull
I Robot (1977)
The Alan Parsons Project
Peter Gabriel (1977)
Peter Gabriel
Equal Rights (1977)
Peter Tosh
Give Thanks (1978)
Jimmy Cliff
Astral Voyage (1978)
Kitaro
Water Bearer (1978)
Sally Oldfield
Parallel Lines (1978)
Blondie
Tusk (1979)
Fleetwood Mac
Drama (1980)
Yes
Talk Talk Talk (1981)
The Psychedelic Furs
Time (1981)
Electric Light Orchestra
Signals (1982)
Rush
Security (1982)
Peter Gabriel
World Shut Your Mouth (1983)
Julian Cope
Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)
New Order
The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
U2
Ocean Rain (1984)
Echo & The Bunneymen
Chess (1984)
London Symphony Orchestra
Hounds of Love (1985)
Kate Bush
Graceland (1986)
Paul Simon
The Colour of Spring (1986)
Talk Talk
Living On Video (1986)
Trans-X
Pop Goes The World (1987)
Men Without Hats
Hold Your Fire (1987)
Rush
Islands (1987)
Mike Oldfield
The Walking (1987)
Jane Siberry
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Iron Maiden
Fisherman’s Blues (1988)
The Waterboys
Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
Queensrÿche
Globe of Frogs (1988)
Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians
Imaginos (1988)
Blue Öyster Cult
Touch (1989)
Sarah McLachlan
Voices of Babylon (1989)
The Outfield
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989)
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
Candleland (1989)
Ian McCulloch
Cloud Nine (1990)
George Harrison
Armchair Theatre (1990)
Jeff Lynne
Aion (1990)
Dead Can Dance
Mike Oldfield (1990)
Mike Oldfield
Eclipse (1990)
Yngwie Malmsteen
Rock On! (1991)
Del Shannon
Fool Around (1992)
Rachel Sweet
Out of the Cradle (1992)
Lindsey Buckingham
Under the Pink (1994)
Tori Amos
The Mask and Mirror (1994)
Loreena McKennitt
Semantic Spaces (1994)
Delirium
Oxeia (1994)
Love is Colder Than Death
20 Mothers (1995)
Julian Cope
Jagged Little Pill (1995)
Alanis Morissette
The Mollusk (1997)
Ween
Dizzy Up The Girl (1998)
Goo Goo Dolls
The Trouble with Success … (2003)
Paula Kelley
Heart (2003)
Stars
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004)
My Chemical Romance
The Family JeweIs (2010)
Marina and the Diamonds
Seeds We Sow (2011)
Lindsey Buckingham
Nightwalker Volume II (2014)
Boogie Belgique
Return to Ommadawn (2017)
Mike Oldfield
Prelude to Ecstasy (2024)
The Last Dinner Party

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