Quality of music comes and goes and in my opinion contemporary music is in a bit of a rut. I never agree with the Rolling Stones 500 best albums or NME’s polls either for that matter. Who are these industry pundits that choose anyway, aren’t they listening to the same musical masterpeices that I do? – Philistines. – Here’s a list of my 50 alltime faves for the perusal of these music industry heavyweights.
1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced
2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Axis Bold As Love
4. The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
5. The Beatles – Abbey Road
6. The Beatles – Let It Be
7. The Beatles – Rubber Soul
8. The Beatles – White Album
9. The Beatles – Revolver
10. The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed (Let it Bleed/Let It Be? Mmmmm!)
11. The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
12.The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St.
13. The Rolling Stones – Some Girls
14. The Doors – self titled
15. The Doors – Morrison Hotel
16. The Doors – L.A. Woman
17. The Doors – Strange Days
18. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Cosmos Factory
19. Pink Floyd – Dark Side Of The Moon
20. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
21. Pink Floyd – The Wall
22. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Deja Vu
23. Crosby, Stills & Nash – self titled
24. Neil Young – Harvest
25. Neil Young – On The Beach
26. Neil Young – Hawks & Doves
27. The Easybeats – Easy
28. The Easybeats – Its 2 Easy
29. The Easybeats – Volume 3
30. Cream – Disraeli Gears
31. Led Zeppelin – 1
32. Led Zeppelin – 2
33. Led Zeppelin – 3
34. Led Zeppelin – Houses Of The Holy
35. Led Zeppelin – Sticks album
36. Inside Deep Note – Music of 1970’s Adult Cinema
37. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti
38. Led Zeppelin – In Through The Outdoor
39. Fleetwood Mac – The Pious Bird Of Good Omen
40. Fleetwood Mac – Mr. Wonderful
41. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
42. Janis Joplin – Cheap Thrills
43. Janis Joplin – Pearl
44. Janis Joplin – 18 Essential Songs
45. The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown – self titled
46. Joe Cocker – Mad Dogs & Englishmen
47. The Kinks – You Really Got Me
48. Georgie Fame – Get away With
49. Jimi Hendrix – First Rays Of The New Rising Sun
50. Jimi Hendrix – South Saturn Delta
I hope you read this Rolling Stone & NME pundits as I have now done the hard yards for you and I expect your next poll to be suitably enlightened.