Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Tom's Top 100 Albums

The following is a list of albums I currently consider my 100 favorite. These are not the top 100 albums I grew up with or the albums I consider the most musically accomplished; rather, they're just my favorite 100 albums as of this moment. 

What's on your list? 


  1. “Paul’s Boutique” - The Beastie Boys [1989]
  2. “Ethiopian Knights” - Donald Byrd [1971]
  3. “Endtroducing” - DJ Shadow [1996]
  4. “Ill Communication” - The Beastie Boys [1994]
  5. “Cannonball in Japan” - Cannonball Adderley [1966]
  6. “Moon Safari” - Air [1998]
  7. “Check Your Head” - The Beastie Boys [1992]
  8. “Ready to Die” - Notorious BIG [1994]
  9. “Rift” - Phish [1993]
  10. “Blazing Arrow” - Blackalicious [2002]
  11. “Temples of Boom” - Cypress Hill [1995]
  12. “Deltron 3030” - Deltron [2000]
  13. “Mary, Don’t Take Me on no Bad Trip” - Fugi [1969]
  14. “The Platform” - Dilated Peoples [2000]
  15. “The Score” - The Fugees [1996]
  16. “Ironman” - Ghostface Killah [1996]
  17. “So … How’s Your Girl?” - Handsome Boy Modeling School [1999]
  18. “Power in Numbers” - Jurassic 5 [2002]
  19. “Disposable Arts” - Masta Ace [2001]
  20. “Life After Death” - Notorious BIG [1997]
  21. “Deadringer” - RJD2 [2002]
  22. “Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul” - Otis Redding [1966]
  23. “Endangered Species” - Big Pun [2001]
  24. “Naked & Warm” - Bill Withers [1976]
  25. “Initials SG” - Serge Gainsbourg [1968]
  26. “How I Got Over” - The Roots [2010]
  27. “Doggystyle” - Snoop Dogg [1994]
  28. “Gulag Orkestar” - Beirut [2006]
  29. “The Chronic” - Dr. Dre [1992]
  30. “The Genius Hits the Road” - Ray Charles [1960]
  31. “The Low End Theory” - A Tribe Called Quest [1991]
  32. “Enter the 36 Chambers” - Wu-Tang Clan [1994]
  33. “Stone Cold Rhymin’” - Young MC [1989]
  34. “Citizen Cope” - Citizen Cope [2002]
  35. “The Beatles (White Album)” - The Beatles [1968]
  36. “All the Woo in the World” - Bernie Worrell [1978]
  37. “Back to Black” - Amy Winehouse [2006]
  38. “Headhunters” - Herbie Hancock [1973]
  39. “Intensity” - Charles Earland [1972]
  40. “Shakedown Street” - Grateful Dead [1978]
  41. “Walking Backwards” - Clutchy Hopkins [2008]
  42. “Into Bass and Time” - Ancient Astronauts [2011]
  43. “A New Perspective” - Donald Byrd [1963]
  44. “Naturally” - Sharon Jones [2006]
  45. “Sounding Out the City” - El Michels Affair [2005]
  46. “Astral Sign” - Gene Harris [1974]
  47. “His Majesty King Funk” - Grant Green [1965]
  48. “Us” - Maceo Parker [1974]
  49. “Shackman” - Medeski Martin & Wood [1996]
  50. “Culture of Fear” - Thievery Corporation [2011]
  51. “JapanPopShow” - Curumin [2008]
  52. “Inspiration Information” - Shuggie Otis [1974]
  53. “Clutch of the Tiger” - Clutchy Hopkins [2008]
  54. “The Many Faces of Roger” - Roger [1981]
  55. “Salongo” - Ramsey Lewis [1976]
  56. “Mother Nature’s Son” - Ramsey Lewis [1968]
  57. “Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley” - Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley  [1961]
  58. “Get Up With It” - Miles Davis [1974]
  59. “Abbey Road” - The Beatles [1968]
  60. “Midnite Vultures” - Beck [1999]
  61. “The Chisa Years” - Hugh Masekela [2006]
  62. “Marcos Valle” - Marcos Valle [1970]
  63. “Four” - Blues Traveler [1994]
  64. “Version” - Mark Ronson [2007]
  65. “Shango” - Peter King [1972]
  66. “Innervisions” - Stevie Wonder [1973]
  67. “13” - Blur [1999]
  68. “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” - The Smashing Pumpkins [1995]
  69. “The Division Bell” - Pink Floyd [1994]
  70. “The Clarence Greenwood Recordings" - Citizen Cope [2004]
  71. “Shame, Shame” - Dr. Dog [2010]
  72. “Africa Brasil” - Jorge Ben [1976]
  73. “Houses of the Holy” - Led Zepplin [1973]
  74. “One Hot Minute” - Red Hot Chili Peppers [1995]
  75. “Live at the Fillmore” - Santana [1997]
  76. “Chronchitis” - Slightly Stoopid [2007]
  77. “Animal Magic” - Bonobo [2001]
  78. “Some People Have Real Problems” - Sia [2008]
  79. “Ubiquity Studio Sessions Vol. 3” - Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra (2006)
  80. “FutureSex/LoveSounds” - Justin Timberlake [2007]
  81. “Sesso Matto” - Armando Trovaioli [1973]
  82. “Buena Vista Social Club” - Buena Vista Social Club [1997]
  83. “The Underground Spiritual Game” - Fela Kuti/DJ Chief Xcel [2004]
  84. “Nightingale” - Gilberto Gil [1979]
  85. “Eat a Peach” - Allman Brothers [1972]
  86. “Samba Esuema Novo” - Jorge Ben [1963]
  87. “Since I Left You” - The Avalanches [2000]
  88. “The Music Scene” - Blockhead [2009]
  89. “Magical Mystery Tour” - The Beatles [1967]
  90. “Chasing the Dragon” - Diplo [2010]
  91. “Everything is Possible” - Os Mutantes [1999]
  92. “Milight” - DJ Krush [1996]
  93. “Kutiman” - Kutiman [2007]
  94. “The Twilight Zone EP” - The Nothing [2011]
  95. “Wu-Tang Forever” - Wu Tang Clan [1997]
  96. “Modal Soul” - Nujabes [2005]
  97. “The Trinity Session” - Cowboy Junkies [1998]
  98. “Is on Top” - Chuck Berry [1959]
  99. “Aretha Live at the Fillmore West” - Aretha Franklin [1971]
  100. “The Baby Huey Story” - Baby Huey [1971]

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