- Grace by Jeff Buckley – Arguably, the best album of all time.
OK you asked for it.
I don’t expect you to agree with me, but here they are – some of the best music ever produced on the windblown terraces of God’s own earth – Roy Stannard’s Top 150 Albums of all time.
1. Jeff Buckley: Grace
2. Van Morrison: Astral Weeks
3. Carole King: Tapestry
4. Led Zeppelin: II
5. The Beatles: Revolver
6. Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
7. The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses
8. Radiohead: OK Computer
9. Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
10. The Doors: The Doors
11. Radiohead: The Bends
12. Massive Attack: Blue Lines
13. Patti Smith: Horses
14. U2: The Joshua Tree
15. The Beatles: The White Album
16. The Smiths: The Smiths
17. The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico
18. John Lennon: Imagine
19. Bob Marley: Exodus
20. The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
21. The Clash: London Calling
22. Steve Wonder: Songs in the key of life
23. Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge over troubled waters
24. Led Zeppelin: IV
25. The Beatles: Abbey Road
26. Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde
27. Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
28. Neil Young: After the Gold Rush
29. Nirvana: Nevermind
30. Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run
31. Pink Floyd: Dark side of the moon
32. Joni Mitchell: Blue
33. Frank Sinatra: Songs for swingin’ lovers
34. Love: Forever Changes
35. Television: Marquee Moon
36. John Coltrane: A love supreme
37. Marvin Gaye: What’s going on
38. Lou Reed: Transformer
39. Bob Dylan: Highway 51 revisited
40. The Who: Who’s Next
41. Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
42. The Band: Music from Big Pink
43. The Veils: The Runaway Found
44. Nitin Sawney: Human
45. Rod Stewart: Every picture tells a story
46. The Aloof: Sinking
47. Roy Buchanan: Roy Buchanan
48. My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
49. Oasis: Definitely Maybe
50. Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes
51. Sex Pistols: Never mind the bollocks
52. The Rolling Stones: Let it bleed
53. Muse: Origins of Symmetry
54. The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street
55. David Bowie: Hunky Dory
56. Talk Talk – Spirit of Eden
57. Jimi Hendrix: Are you experienced?
58. REM: Automatic for the people
59. John Martyn: Solid Air
60. The Jam: Sound Effects
61. Manic Street Preachers: Everything must go
62. Mercury Rev: Deserters Songs
63. Amy Winehouse: Back to Black
64. Otis Redding: Otis Blue
65. New Order: Power, Corruption & Lies
66. Bjork: Debut
67. The Killers: Hot Fuss
68. Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet
69. Elvis Costello: My aim is true
70. The Arcade Fire: Funeral
71. The Verve: Urban Hymns
72. Elbow: The seldom seen kid
73. The Sound: From the lions mouth
74. Crosby Stills & Nash: Crosby Stills & Nash
75. British Sea Power: Do you like rock music?
76. Echo & the Bunnymen: Ocean Rain
77. Tim Hardin: Hang onto a dream
78. Mew: Frenger
79. Muse: Black Holes and Revelations
80. Bob Dylan: Blood on the tracks
81. Sigur Rós – Ágætis byrjun
82. Teenage Fan Club: Grand Prix
83. David Sylvian: Secrets of the Beehive
84. The Dears: No Cities Left
85. Doves: Lost Souls
86. Young Disciples: Road to Freedom
87. Adorable: Against Perfection
88. A Tribe Called Quest: The low end theory
89. Chicago: Chicago I
90. Shack: HMS Fable
91. Bloc Party: Silent Alarm
92. Burning Spear: Marcus Garvey
93. Specials: Specials
94. James Taylor: Sweet Baby James
95. Youssou N’dour: The Lion
96. Elvis Costello: This years model
97. The Ramones: Ramones
98. Santana: Santana
99. The Blue Nile: A walk across the rooftops
100. PJ Harvey: Stories from the City, Stories for the sea
101. Sonic Youth Daydream Nation
102. Neil Young: American stars ‘n bars
103. Wilco: Being there
104. The Bible: Graceland
105. Glasvegas: Glasvegas
106. America: America
107. Cream: Fresh Cream
108. The The: Soul Mining
109. Dusty Springfield: Dusty in Memphis
110. Beverley Knight: Who I am
111. Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left
112. Lamb: Lamb
113. Ash: 1977
114. Coldplay: A rush of blood to the head
115. Suicide: Suicide
116. Underworld: Dubnobasswithmyheadman
117. Lindisfarne: Fog on the Tyne
118. Jellyfish: Bellybutton
119. Easyworld: Kill the last romantic
120. Leftfield: Leftism
121. Deacon Blue: Raintown
122. Pulp: Different Class
123. Tracey Thorn: A distant shore
124. Stereolab: Emperor Tomato Ketchup
125. The Lemon Trees: Open Book
126. I am Kloot: Play Moulah Rouge
127. Wire Train: Ten women
128. The Silencers: Letter from St Paul
129. Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
130. David Bowie: The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
131. The Band: The Band
132. Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul
133. Stevie Wonder: Talking Book
134. Sly & the Family Stone: There’s a riot goin’ on
135. Cream: Disraeli Gears
136. Janis Joplin: Pearl
137. The Stooges: Raw Power
138. Joy Division: Closer
139. Elton John: Yellow Brick Road
140. Cat Stevens: Tea for the Tillerman
141. The Smiths: The Queen is Dead
142. Blood, Sweat & Tears: Child is father to the man
143. Al Green: I’m still in love with you
144. The Smiths: Meat is murder
145. The Police: Ghost in the machine
146. Dire Straits: Brothers in arms
147. Mott the Hoople: Mott
148. Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
149. The Cure: Boys don’t cry
150. ABC: The Lexicon of Love