The JES Top 200 Albums Of All Time list is an ever-evolving collection of recordings compiled by J. Eric Smith. Smith, who was a fellow Albany Times Union blogger in the day, lives in Arizona via Iowa.
I’ve been following him on his current blog. He’s assembled a roster I don’t know how I would begin creating.
Bowie, David: Low. Not only do I have this album, I have a Philip Glass album covering three of these songs. Speed of Life
Bowie, David: “Heroes”. I have this album, too, in the middle of his Berlin Trilogy. Heroes
Bush, Kate: Hounds of Love. Running Up That Hill
Clash: Combat Rock. Rock the Casbah
Clash: London Calling. While this is on several Best Of albums, I know people who genuinely hate this collection. Lost In A Supermarket
Collins, Phil: Face Value. I Missed Again
Devo: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo. Satisfaction
Eagles: Desperado. I have a very specific recollection of the song Tequila Sunrise from my college days.
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer: Brain Salad Surgery. Still… You Turn Me On
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours. The Chain
Gabriel, Peter: Peter Gabriel (III/Melt). I also have this album on vinyl in German. It’s a longtime island record. And Through The Wire
Genesis: Duke. Turn It On Again
Grateful Dead: American Beauty. Ripple
Grateful Dead: Workingman’s Dead. Uncle John’s Band
Hall, Daryl: Sacred Songs. Something In 4/4 Time
Jethro Tull: Songs From the Wood. The Whistler
Jethro Tull: Thick as a Brick. edit
King Crimson: In The Court of the Crimson King. 21st Century Schizoid Man
Led Zeppelin: IV (Zoso). Black Dog
M-Z
Mitchell, Joni: For the Roses. You Turn Me On I’m A Radio
Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon. Money
Pink Floyd: The Wall. Mother
Replacements: Let It Be. Answering Machine
Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St. is not my favorite Stones album. Happy
Simon & Garfunkel: Sounds of Silence. Blessed
Steely Dan: Aja. Peg
Steely Dan: The Royal Scam. It’s one of the few albums I own on cassette! The Royal Scam.
Steppenwolf: Gold: Their Great Hits. Born To Be Wild
Talking Heads: Fear of Music. I Zimbra
Utopia: Swing to the Right. Swing To The Right
Utopia: Utopia (1982). Hammer In My Heart
Various Artists: The Harder They Come (Original Soundtrack Recording). Rivers Of Babylon – The Melodians
Who: Who’s Next. Won’t Get Fooled Again. I had a boss who was obsessed with this song.
Who: Tommy. Sally Simpson
Wings: Band on the Run. Jet
Wings: Venus and Mars. Letting Go
Yes: The Yes Album. Yours Is No Disgrace
37 out of 200. There are a few artists for which I have albums, but not the specific ones listed: the Bee Gees, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Joy Division, Elvis Presley, Todd Rundgren, Peter Tosh, XTC, and Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.
