Chris' 69 favorite albums of all-time...

NOTE: This is really just a redux/combination of the other two previous posts on this subject. A few new picks have entered the list, which means that a few have fell off. So, it's not entirely old material.

At the end of March, I posted a list of my 37 favorite albums. Later, it became apparent that wasn't long enough, so I did a list of 13 more. I've now decided that isn't quite it... now we're up to 69. I'm sure that this list will eventually make it up to 100 at a later date, but tomorrow hasn't arrived yet... I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it (and deep as shit, apparently).

All of my old picks are on this list, which means, obviously that there are 19 new picks on this version of the list. As you could probably infer by what this list is, I think that every one of these albums are timeless classics, historical landmarks in a world full of otherwise shitty music. You should do whatever you have to do to check these spins out.

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(in order of release date):

1. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
2. The Beatles - Revolver (1966)
3. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
4. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? (1967)
6. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
7. Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison (1968)
8. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle (1968)
9. The Beatles - The White Album (1968)
10. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
11. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1969)
12. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)
13. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
14. Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman (1971)
15. Deep Purple - Machine Head (1972)
16. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
17. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (1975)
18. Queen - A Night at the Opera (1975)
19. Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive (1976)
20. KISS - Destroyer (1976)
21. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (1977)
22. Cheap Trick - At Budokan (1979)
23. The Clash - London Calling (1979)
24. Joy Division - Closer (1980)
25. Talking Heads - Remain in Light (1980)
26. Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)
27. The Smiths - The Smiths (1984)
28. Bob Marley and The Wailers - Legend (1984)
29. Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986)
30. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill (1986)
31. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction (1987)
32. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (1988)
33. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking (1988)
34. Metallica - ...And Justice for All (1988)
35. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)
36. The Pixies - Doolittle (1989)
37. Faith No More - The Real Thing (1989)
38. The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker (1990)
39. Pearl Jam - Ten (1991)
40. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
41. Mother Love Bone - Stardog Champion (1992)
42. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1992)
43. Dr. Dre - The Chronic (1992)
44. Nirvana - In Utero (1993)
45. Live - Throwing Copper (1994)
46. Bush - Sixteen Stone (1994)
47. Green Day - Dookie (1995)
48. 311 - 311 (1995)
49. Son Volt - Trace (1995)
50. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)
51. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
52. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997)
53. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)
54. Beck - Mutations (1998)
55. A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms (2000)
56. Bob Dylan - The Essential Bob Dylan (2000)
57. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2001)
58. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
59. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
60. Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002)
61. Various Artists - the Garden State soundtrack (2004)
62. Lucero - Nobody's Darlings (2005)
63. Ryan Adams and The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005)
64. deadboy & the Elephantmen - We Are Night Sky (2006)
65. Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass (2007)
66. Drive-by Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (2008)
67. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (2008)
68. Weezer - The Red Album (2008)
69. Jay-Z - The Blueprint III (2009)

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