The Top Ten Albums of All Time

[jimlahey]

So glad to see you show some love for Randy Newman. He has been one of my favorite artists for years and I can’t tell you how much I love Sail Away. Friends and other music folks I run into often overlook Randy but I think he’s up there with all the best American songwriters. There’s a reason why Dylan once said something along the lines of “Randy is in another league” and went on to praise him as one of Dylan’s favorite songwriters.

[JeffGueths]

My personal top 10 list
1. Nirvana - unplugged in New York
2. Townes Van Zandt - live at the old quarter
3. Nirvana - in utero
4. Joy Division - unknown pleasures
5. Alice in chains - dirt
6. Velvet underground and Nico
7. The stooges - fun house
8. Nick Drake - pink moon
9. Bob Dylan- bringing it back home
10. The Melvins - stoner witch

[robertb]

I found your channel, while scrolling through YouTube viewing suggestions. Since then I’ve subscribed and have watched all of your recent uploads and many from your archive. You have been very influential in my music purchase of late, discovering many artists I was not overly familiar with. My music tastes are very similar to yours. The sixties and seventies are still my favourites, as that’s my generation. Seven years ago my wife’s cancer returned after 27 years of remission. We made the decision to sell our house and move to an apartment. I donated my vinyl and CD collections along with my stereo equipment to the Sally Ann due to lack of space in the apartment, and more importantly, my priorities at the time had changed drastically. After my wife’s passing, six years ago, I decided to get back into music and replaced my stereo system and began the process of reacquiring as much of my music as possible. Because of space, I’m sticking to CDs, which I don’t regret. Up to now I’ve been able to replace about a thousand and the search continues. So many are out of print and are very rare, and if can be found are just too expensive. Anyway, I really just wanted to thank you for your videos, and I look forward more to come.

[ericmadeoftin]

There's nothing more SUBJECTIVE than music 🎶 Somewhere in East Germany there's a dude doing his top 10 albums of all time ---all Polka music.

[NagoyaHouseHead]

1) Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
2) Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
3) Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark 
4) The Band - The Band 
5) The Beatles - Rubber Soul 
6) Carol King - Tapestry 
7) James Taylor - Sweet Baby James 
8) The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
9) Crosby Stills Nash and Young - Deja Vu 
10) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
11) The Eagles - Hotel California

[vdggmouse]

My List TODAY
Pawn Hearts - Van der Graaf Generator
The White Album - The Beatles
Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis
Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround - The Kinks
Greendale - Neil Young
Close To The Edge - Yes
Tea For The Tillerman - Cat Stevens
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Darwin - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
Uomo Di Pezza - Le Orme
Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan

[Diagnoc]

Nice surprise to see « The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society » in your selection, an album that I discovered when I was well in my 40s. I would almost solely listen to that album for a couple of weeks at the time. Admittedly I haven’t listened to it for a long time now, however, I warmly recommend it.

[scottweaver]

Love all the picks Mazzy. I think every single one of them is justified at being in the top ten! I’m a big Nick Cave fan, absolutely love the Beatles, The Kinks, Kate Bush, just excellent choices!
I’ll guess I’ll try an take a shot here with…

1. Skylarking - XTC

2. Ghosteen - Nick Cave

3. The Village Green
Preservation Society - The
Kinks

4. Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

5. Countdown to Ecstasy - Steely Dan

6. Foxtrot - Genesis

7. Yes - Close to the Edge

8. Hunky Dory - David Bowie

9. Moving Pictures - Rush

10. Avalon - Roxy Music

[TheOmahaIntrovert]

Hey Mazzy. Love that the Who's Tommy made it for your top 10. Tommy was the first record I fell in love with by the Who. And there's my favorite Kinks record! Then Fifth Dimension by the Byrds - you're on a roll! Enjoyable vid! Cheers!

[tomdrewenskus]

I’m shocked that nobody is mentioning Joni Mitchell’s Blue album. And thank you to someone who mentioned XTC’s Skylarking album.

[gregnewman]

Graham Parker "Howlin' Wind"
The Band "The Band"
English Beat "Just Can't Stop It"
Little Feat "Dixie Chicken"
Kinks "Face to Face"
Clash "London Calling"
Warren Zevon "Warren Zevon"
Neil Young "After the Gold Rush"
Really liked your list, Mazzy. A really fun episode. Love VM "Veedon Fleece" and Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks".
Tomorrow, I'd probably pick a whole different list, but it's fun to do, right.

[bugolsson]

Can't even choose my top albums this year, let alone all time! Constantly changing depending on mood, time of year or not discovered yet, and if I listen to something too often it gets boring, even if I love it. Variety is the key.

[GaryIrving-xo]

Pretty awesome list! Well done
Here is my current list of Best Ever Albums:
1) Bridge Over Troubled Water / Simon and Garfunkel
2) Abbey Road / The Beatles
3) Quadrophenia / The Who
4) The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan / Bob Dylan
5) Blind Faith / Blind Faith
6) Dire Straits / Dire Straits
7) The Joshua Tree / U2
8) Deja Vu / CSNY
9) So / Peter Gabriel
10) Five Leaves Left / Nick Drake

[rft]

We all have our favorites. So I'll post mine
1 Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
2 If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby
3 Tonight's The Night - Neil Young
4 The Doors
5 Crosby, Stills and Nash
6 Bridge Of Sighs - Robin Trower
7 Tales Of Mystery and Imagination - Alan Parsons Project
8 Days Of Future Passed - Moody Blues
9 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
10 Wake Up, It's Tomorrow - Strawberry Alarm Clock

[alecl]

Excellent video tackling such a complex topic. You nailed it, unsurprisingly. I adore Revolver, The Boatman’s Call, and Blonde On Blonde. They would all find places in my top 100. From there Hounds of Love is a masterpiece, and I only heard Sail Away for the first time recently but you’re right that it’s an amazing record.

My top ten as of today would be

1.) Stevie Wonder- Songs in the Key of Life

2.) Bruce Springsteen- Born To Run

3.) Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly

4.) The Beatles- Abbey Road

5.) Metallica- Master of Puppets

6.) Soundgarden- Superunknown

7.) Madvillain- Madvillainy

8.) John Coltrane- A Love Supreme

9.) Genesis- Foxtrot

10.) Tool- Ænima

Highly Honorable Mentions to

Dream Theater- Scenes From A Memory

David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust

Rush- Permanent Waves

Iron Maiden- Powerslave

Yes- Close to the Edge

[crb]

The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars. A groundbreaking recording from start to finish

[pauldaniels]

I love all those albums. I would have a really rough time trying to narrow down my favorite top 10 - I know for sure Pet Sounds and maybe some Springsteen and Elton would make that list. I enjoyed listening to you talk about your faves.

[timothyfreeseha]

I love your attitude. Feels right, generally- authentic.

[jayneptune]

I'm with you on 'Tommy' and 'The Kinks Are TVGPS' - in fact, the latter is my favourite album of all. I too would add 'Arthur', 'Something Else', 'Face to Face' and 'Lola vs P&TM' as an indispensable collection. My other indispensable collection would be Eno's first 4 vocal albums! Others would include Fleetwood Mac 'Then Play On', Procol Harum's 'Broken Barricades', 'Led Zep II', Sparks' 'Kimono My House', a Canadian prog band FM and their 'Black Noise' lp, CCR's 'Cosmo's Factory' and Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays 'As Falls Wichita...'. I know you omitted Jazz which does leave out Miles' 'Kind of Blue' for me but the Metheny/Mays album is close enough to Prog so I'm including it. :) I understand the Beatles' sentiments and choice of 'Revolver'. Mine would be my UK 2nd press of 'Abbey Road' ('Revolver' would be next) but for sure, their catalogue is a treasure trove of amazing, ground-breaking music. Thanks for your always entertaining and well thought out videos Mazzy!

[jackharriet]

Village Green - so lovely to see this album come up on your list. It's all the things you've said about it. And it shows that despite its 'Englishness', people elsewhere get it equally, probably because the themes in it are universal.