Top 50 Albums

I held out for weeks, so I was on the downside of the adoption curve, for the "25 Things" note on Facebook. Yet, I was an early adopter for the new "Top 40 Albums" one. This is due to me thinking the other day, "I've been meaning to make a list of my top albums for a while..." This confluence of events finally prompted me to do so.

I didn't abide by the rules of the meme (though I tried to), here's my list plus a few others:

1. Public Enemy – It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
2. Public Image LTD – Metal Box
3. The Cramps – Songs the Lord Taught Us
4. Pop Will Eat Itself – This is the Day, This is the Hour, This is This
5. The Pixies – Doolittle
6. Hedwig & The Angry Inch (Soundtrack)
7. Velvet Underground & Nico – Velvet Underground & Nico
8. Komeda – The Genius of Komeda
9. Aphex Twin – Richard D. James Album
10. Soundgarden – Badmotorfinger
11. Bauhaus – In the Flat Field
12. Beck – Midnight Vultures
13. Black Sabbath – Paranoid
14. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin III
15. Beastie Boys – Check Your Head
16. Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players – Vintage Slide Collections from Seattle
17. Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones
18. The Smiths – Louder than Bombs
19. The Dwarves – Blood, Guts, & Pussy
20. Babes in Toyland – Fontanelle
21. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
22. Nirvana – Nevermind
23. The Sex Pistols – Nevermind the Bullocks
24. The Ventures – Ventures in Space
25. They Might Be Giants – They Might Be Giants
26. The White Stripes – Redd Blood Cells
27. Dean Gray – American Edit
28. The Kleptones – Night At The Hip-Hopera
29. Senor Coconut – El Baile Aleman
30. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Soundtrack)
31. White Zombie – La Sexorcisto (Devil Music Vol. 1)
32. Devo – Are we not men? We are Devo!
33. Prince – Purple Rain (Soundtrack)
34. Meatloaf – Bat Out of Hell
35. L7 – Smell the Magic
36. Kiss – Destroyer
37. The Crystal Method – Vegas
38. Jane's Addiction – Nothing's Shocking
39. John Linnell – State Songs
40. James Kolchalka Superstar – Money Vs. Robot
41. Arthur Brown – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
42. Abba – Abba Gold
43. Run DMC – Raising Hell
44. Doktor Kosmos – Cocktail
45. Weezer – Weezer (The Blue Album)
46. Government Issue – You
47. Prong – Beg to Differ
48. Sinead O'Connor – The Lion and the Cobra
49. Lords of Acid – Lust
50. The Doors – Morrison Hotel

My criteria for the above list was fairly simple; albums that never fail to please me.

It's funny to think that when I was younger, I used to judge people quite a bit on what they listened to. "How can you like that band? I don't think I can like you, now." I've grown a lot more tolerant in the years since high school. Even if you like a shitty band... we can still be friends.