Silly List Slogs: My Top 300 Albums of All Time (2nd edition)

Anthony Cougar Miccio -

While I still haven't figured out how to post pictures within a list template since last year's Top 300 Albums Of All Time post, I continue neurotically investigating albums old & new, revisiting previous assessments when the mood strikes. Enough of note has been discovered & rediscovered that it's worth posting an update. If you see a ^ next to an album, that means I've had it since before last year, but decided I'd underrated it last time. If you see a *, that means it's new to me (the tracklisting, if not the individual songs - particularly in the case of compilations). I didn't include any EPs, which means nothing here is under 30 minutes unless it's got at least 9 songs on it. I think. And while I proudly include compilations, I didn't include anything bigger than two discs. If you have any concerns, confusion or queries, feel free to comment wherever or reach out at anthonyisright at gmail dot com. Scroll...and behold.

  1. Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers
  2. Beatles - Please Please Me
  3. Ramones - The Ramones
  4. Little Richard - Here’s Little Richard
  5. The Replacements - Let It Be
  6. Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
  7. Bill Withers - ‘Justments
  8. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
  9. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps
  10. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
  11. Television - Adventure
  12. The Velvet Underground - White Light/ White Heat
  13. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
  14. Ice-T - The Iceberg/Freedom Of Speech…Just Watch What You Say
  15. Electric Six - Fire
  16. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
  17. Fugazi - The Argument
  18. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
  19. Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
  20. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
  21. R.E.M. - Green
  22. Sugar Ray - Sugar Ray
  23. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (The Way That I Loved You)
  24. The Bangles - All Over The Place ^
  25. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
  26. Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain
  27. Slowdive - Just For A Day
  28. The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs [UK]
  29. Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
  30. AC/DC - Powerage
  31. David Johansen - David Johansen
  32. Aerosmith - Rocks
  33. Dinosaur Jr. - You’re Living All Over Me
  34. Prince -  Sign ‘O’ The Times
  35. Wilco - Summerteeth
  36. Electric Six - I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me…
  37. Yo La Tengo - Electr-O-Pura
  38. The Flatlanders - The Odessa Tapes
  39. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
  40. Rocket From The Crypt - Hot Charity/Cut Carefully & Play Loud
  41. Spoon - A Series Of Sneaks
  42. Madonna - You Can Dance
  43. !!! - !!!
  44. Parliament - Mothership Connection
  45. The Stooges - Fun House
  46. Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry’s Golden Decade
  47. Allen Toussaint - The Bright Mississippi
  48. Low - Ones And Sixes
  49. Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel Of Love
  50. Mekons - The Mekons Rock’n’Roll
  51. Randy Newman - Bad Love
  52. Nirvana - Nevermind
  53. Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
  54. Amy Rigby - Diary Of A Mod Housewife
  55. The Bats - Daddy’s Highway
  56. The Clean - Compilation
  57. Les Savy Fav - Let’s Stay Friends
  58. Kelly Osbourne - Shut Up!
  59. The Sex Pistols - Nevermind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
  60. Rolling Stones - Rolling Stones, Now!
  61. Loudon Wainwright III - Attempted Mustache
  62. Le Tigre - Le Tigre
  63. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
  64. Randy Newman - Good Old Boys
  65. The Beach Boys - Party!
  66. Randy Newman - Sail Away
  67. Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
  68. Sleater-Kinney - Call The Doctor
  69. Ella Fitzgerald - Sings The Cole Porter Songbook
  70. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
  71. Eagles Of Death Metal - Peace Love Death Metal
  72. The 6ths - Wasps Nests
  73. The Kinks - We Are The Village Green Preservation Society
  74. Pixies - Doolittle
  75. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Greendale
  76. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Ragged Glory
  77. Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
  78. Everything But The Girl - Temperamental
  79. Smog - A River Ain’t Too Much To Love
  80. Low - HEY WHAT
  81. Radiohead - Kid A
  82. The B-52s - Cosmic Thing
  83. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
  84. Radiohead - In Rainbows
  85. The Flaming Lips - In A Priest Driven Ambulance
  86. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III ^
  87. Sugar - Copper Blue
  88. Warren Zevon - Stand In The Fire
  89. Bjork - Homogenic
  90. Nas - Illmatic
  91. Psychedelic Furs - Talk Talk Talk [US]
  92. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
  93. Hot Chocolate - 10 Greatest Hits *
  94. Bob Mould - Bob Mould
  95. The Roches - The Roches
  96. Weezer - Weezer [The Blue Album]
  97. ABC - The Lexicon Of Love
  98. Cocteau Twins - The Pink Opaque
  99. Das EFX - Dead Serious
  100. The Go-Betweens - Friends Of Rachel Worth
  101. Al Green- Al Green Is Love *
  102. Van Morrison - Moondance
  103. Throwing Muses - Throwing Muses
  104. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
  105. Sonic Youth - Sister
  106. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
  107. The Velvet Underground - Loaded
  108. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
  109. Neil Young - Comes A Time
  110. Courtney Barnett - Things Take Time Take Time
  111. Louis XIV - The Best Little Secrets Are Kept
  112. Harry Nilsson - Pussy Cats
  113. R.E.M. - Reckoning
  114. Steely Dan - Katy Lied
  115. Warrant - Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich
  116. Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room
  117. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy And The Poor Boys
  118. Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes - Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes
  119. Lungfish - Talking Songs For Walking
  120. Phoenix - It’s Never Been Like That
  121. Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
  122. Richard Hell & The Voidoids - Blank Generation
  123. Velvet Underground - VU
  124. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
  125. Bauhaus - Mask
  126. Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
  127. The Darkness - One Way Ticket To Hell And Back
  128. Al Green - Gets Next To You
  129. Joni Mitchell - Blue
  130. Weezer - Pinkerton
  131. Cheap Trick - In Color
  132. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
  133. Bonnie Raitt - Home Plate
  134. The Animals - The Very Best Of The Animals
  135. Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now *
  136. Tom T. Hall - For The People In The Last Hard Town
  137. Rocket From The Crypt - Live From Camp X-Ray
  138. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Best Of The Best
  139. Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Sings Newman
  140. King Crimson - Red *
  141. Yo La Tengo - We Have Amnesia Sometimes *
  142. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
  143. Pet Shop Boys - Discography: The Complete Singles Collection
  144. Rolling Stones - Exile On Mainstreet
  145. Prince Paul - Psychoanalysis: What Is It?!
  146. Pavement - Wowee Zowee
  147. Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory
  148. Half Japanese - Charmed Life
  149. Mudhoney - March To Fuzz
  150. Amon Tobin - Bricolage *
  151. Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
  152. Low - The Great Destroyer
  153. Adam & The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier
  154. The Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed
  155. John Prine - John Prine
  156. Amy Rigby - The Sugar Tree
  157. Superchunk - On The Mouth
  158. Scrawl - Nature Film
  159. The Fall - 77-Early Fall-79
  160. The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
  161. Fugazi - 13 Songs
  162. John Prine - Diamonds In The Rough
  163. Superchunk - Tossing Seeds (Singles 89-91)
  164. Eagles Of Death Metal - Death By Sexy
  165. The Flatlanders - More A Legend Than A Band *
  166. Weezer - Maladroit
  167. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
  168. The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night
  169. The Clean - Vehicle
  170. Rocket From The Crypt - Group Sounds
  171. X - Wild Gift
  172. Bob Dylan/The Band - Before The Flood
  173. Wire - Pink Flag
  174. Wilson Pickett - Wilson Pickett’s Greatest Hits
  175. Bo Diddley - Got My Own Bag Of Tricks *
  176. Jackie Wilson - The Very Best Of Jackie Wilson [Ace] *
  177. Devin The Dude - The Dude
  178. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
  179. Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll *
  180. Missy Elliott - The Cookbook
  181. Ghostface Killah - Ironman
  182. Devo - Greatest Hits *
  183. Tall Dwarfs - Weeville
  184. Yo La Tengo - Fakebook
  185. John Prine - In Spite Of Ourselves
  186. Mississippi Fred McDowell - Amazing Grace
  187. Mountain Goats - The Coroner’s Gambit
  188. Mountain Goats - Full Force Galesburg
  189. Mott The Hoople - Live
  190. Morrissey - Southpaw Grammar
  191. Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
  192. Red House Painters - Bridge
  193. Television - Marquee Moon
  194. Cure - Pornography
  195. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
  196. Al Green - The Belle Album
  197. The Haxan Cloak - The Haxan Cloak
  198. Led Zeppelin - IV
  199. Iggy Pop - The Idiot
  200. Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy ^
  201. Patti Smith - Horses
  202. Leonard Cohen - I’m Your Man
  203. Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising
  204. Talking Heads - Remain In Light
  205. Sister Sledge - We Are Family
  206. Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights
  207. Neil Young - On The Beach
  208. Northern State - Dying In Stereo
  209. Prince - Dirty Mind ^
  210. Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking
  211. The Stooges - The Stooges
  212. Various Artists - Stay Awake: Various Interpretations Of Music From Vintage Disney Films
  213. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
  214. Hot Chip - In Our Heads
  215. Low - I Could Live In Hope
  216. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Americana
  217. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
  218. Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
  219. The Afghan Whigs - Black Love
  220. Eric B & Rakim - 20th Century Masters
  221. Yo La Tengo - Painful
  222. Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
  223. Babyface - Tender Lover
  224. The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
  225. Beak> - >>
  226. Cat Power - Moon Pix
  227. Dismemberment Plan - Change
  228. Luna - Penthouse
  229. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
  230. Portishead - Dummy
  231. TV On The Radio - Dear Science
  232. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
  233. Beck - Midnite Vultures
  234. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
  235. Low - Double Negative
  236. Queens Of The Stone Age - Era Vulgaris
  237. Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous
  238. Death Cab For Cutie - Narrow Stairs
  239. Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth
  240. Spoon - Transference
  241. Basehead - Play With Toys
  242. The Feelies - In Between
  243. Girls Against Boys - Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
  244. Hot Chip - Freakout/Release *
  245. Spoon - Gimme Fiction
  246. The Flaming Lips - Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
  247. Los Lobos - Colossal Head
  248. Pere Ubu - Terminal Tower
  249. Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
  250. The All-American Rejects - The All-American Rejects
  251. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
  252. The Flaming Lips - Hit To Death In The Future Head
  253. Lungfish - Rainbows From Atoms
  254. New Pornographers - Whiteout Conditions
  255. Queen - Hot Space
  256. R.E.M. - Out Of Time
  257. Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh
  258. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food
  259. Love - Forever Changes
  260. Sly & The Family Stone - There’s A Riot Goin’ On
  261. Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
  262. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
  263. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
  264. Kool & The Gang - 20th Century Masters *
  265. Low - The Invisible Way
  266. The Rolling Stones - Through The Past, Darkly
  267. Girls Against Boys - House Of GVSB
  268. Adrianne Lenker - Songs
  269. Pylon - Gyrate
  270. The Replacements - Tim
  271. The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of The…
  272. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
  273. Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen
  274. Clinic - Walking With Thee
  275. CSS - Cansei De Ser Sexy
  276. Bryan Ferry - Dylanesque
  277. Tom T. Hall - We All Got Together And…
  278. Kacy Hill - Is It Selfish If We Talk About Me Again
  279. Bette Midler - The Divine Miss M
  280. Motorhead - No Sleep Til Hammersmith
  281. R.E.M. - Document
  282. Wussy - Funeral Dress
  283. The Go-Go’s - Beauty & The Beat
  284. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
  285. Imperial Teen - Seasick
  286. Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kaleidoscope
  287. Lou Reed - Transformer
  288. Spoon - Girls Can Tell
  289. Strokes - Is This It?
  290. Dave Edmunds - D E 7th
  291. Fugazi - Repeater
  292. Los Lobos - How Will The Wolf Survive?
  293. Randy Newman - Born Again
  294. John Prine - Aimless Love
  295. The Pretenders - Break Up The Concrete *
  296. The Raincoats - The Raincoats
  297. Paul Simon - Paul Simon
  298. Van Halen - Van Halen
  299. Cheap Trick - One On One
  300. Clem Snide - Soft Spot

Big falls:

  • David Bowie's Changesbowie (decided it doesn't render Scary Monsters redundant enough)
  • Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives & Hot Sevens, Vol. II (picked up another comp worth keeping despite overlap)
  • Superchunk's Majesty Shredding (good, but I overrated the B side. What A Time To Be Alive is the best of their modern run, and sits at #303)