My Top 50 Albums Of All Time (The Cut List)

When I attempted to make my own Top 50 All-Time favorite albums, in response to Rolling Stone Magazine's 2020 Update of its Top 500 Albums, I left many albums outside the Top 50 that I love.  Making my own Top 50, I decided to give myself some restrictions to follow.  Namely, 2 albums per artist.  This gave me a chance to list more albums by more artists.  For this expanded A-Z list, there were no restrictions. This 51-100 list is unranked and in alphabetical order. 

As it turned out, the cutting room floor of albums that I could have put in my Top 50 was long.  Lists can be quite the headache inducing endeavor.  Even this list is missing many of my favorites.  And I said when I posted my Top 50, these titles could change if I were to compile this again down the road. 

Both my initial Top 50 and this list don't have any Jazz albums, only because I believe that genre deserves its own Top 500 countdown.  Hello, Down Beat Magazine? 

Other Contenders

Al Green - Call Me (73)

Alexander O' Neal - Hearsay (87)

Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (06)

Anthology of American Folk Music Vol. 1-3 (Box Set) - Various (97)

Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul (68)

Beatles - Rubber Soul (65)

Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (67)

Billy Joel - Stranger (77)

Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (66)

Bob Marley - Exodus (77)

Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge of Town (78)

Chess Blues (Box Set) - Various (92)

Chuck Berry - Definitive Collection. (04)

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory (70)

Disco Years Vol. 1-2 - Various (Rhino 90)

Eagles - Hotel California (76)

Electric Light Orchestra - New World Record (76)

Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Memphis (69)

Elvis Presley - Top Ten Hits (87)

Gary Stewart - Out of Hand (75)

Indestructible Beat of Soweto - Various (85)

Jackie Wilson - Very Best of (Rhino 64)

James Brown - 20 All-Time Greatest Hits (91)

James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (70)

Jerry Lee Lewis - 18 Original Sun Greatest Hits (84)

John Mellencamp - Scarecrow (85)

Keith Whitley - I Wonder Do You Think Of Me (89)

Lefty Frizzell - Look What Thoughts Will Do (97)

LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (90)

Loretta Lynn - Writes 'Em and Sings 'Em (70)

Louvin Brothers - Tragic Songs of Life (56)

Love - Forever Changes (67)

Love Train: Sound of Philadelphia (Box Set) - Various (Legacy '08)

Lucinda Williams - s/t (88)

Luther Vandross - Night I Fell In Love (85)

Madonna - Like A Prayer (89)

Merle Haggard - Serving 190 Proof (79)

Moby Grape - s/t (67)

Neil Young - Comes A Time (78)

Pretenders - s/t (80)

Prince - Dirty Mind (80)

Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet (68)

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - Anthology (02)

Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (73)

Supremes - Anthology (01)

Teddy Pendergrass - TP (80)

Temptations - Anthology (95)

Tom T. Hall - In Search Of A Song  (71)

Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy (78)

Willie Nelson - Stardust (78)