What are the Top 25 Albums Ever Released?

Here are the rules:

• Original studio albums only (no greatest hits or live albums)
• A band may only appear once (see Top 5 bands who would appear more than once)
• Listed chronologically by year of release

Let's see your list! E-mail it to Tom and he'll post it on this page! (Lists are posted in the order they were received.)

Use All Music Guide to find the year of release. It's a great site that has reviews and song lists for just about every album.

• 1967 - Sg. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
• 1967 - Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• 1975 - Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
• 1976 - 2112 - Rush
• 1978 - Van Halen - Van Halen
• 1979 - The Wall - Pink Floyd
• 1980 - Back in Black - ACDC
• 1986 - Master of Puppets - Metallica
• 1988 - Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
• 1989 - Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
• 1989 - Doolittle - Pixies
• 1991 - Green Mind - Dinosaur Jr.
• 1991 - Nevermind - Nirvana
• 1991 - Gish - Smashing Pumpkins
• 1994 - Wildfowers - Tom Petty
• 1995 - Fight For Your Mind - Ben Harper
• 1995 - Not a Pretty Girl - Ani Difranco
• 1997 - Too Far to Care - Old 97's
• 1998 - Celebrity Skin - Hole
• 1998 - Ophelia - Natalie Merchant
• 2000 - Kid A - Radiohead
• 2001 - Lateralus - Tool
• 2002 - Sea Change - Beck
• 2004 - Feels Like Home - Norah Jones
• 2005 - Plans - Death Cab for Cutie

Tom's Top 5 bands who would appear more than once:

• 1. Pink Floyd
• 2. Rush
• 3. Metallica
• 4. Smashing Pumpkins
• 5. Tool

Tom's Top 5 bands not on the list:

• 1. Grateful Dead
• 2. The Who
• 3. The Doors
• 4. Iron Maiden
• 5. Phish

Bonus! (or cheating, depending on how you look at it...) Tom's Top 5 Punk allbums:

• 1977 - Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
• 1987 - All - Descendents
• 1997 - So Long and Thanks For All the Shoes - NOFX
• 1997 - Full Circle - Pennywise
• 2003 - Blackout - Dropkick Murphys

• 1967 - Axis Bold as Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• 1968 - White Album - The Beatles
• 1975 - Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
• 1976 - 2112 - Rush
• 1978 - Van Halen - Van Halen
• 1979 - The Wall - Pink Floyd
• 1981 - Diary of a Madman - Ozzy Osbourne
• 1983 - Shout at the Devil - Motley Crue
• 1983 - Piece of Mind - Iron Maiden
• 1986 - Master of Puppets - Metallica
• 1988 - Nothing's Shocking - Jane's Addiction
• 1988 - South of Heaven - Slayer
• 1989 - Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys
• 1989 - Beneath the Remains - Sepultura
• 1991 - Nevermind - Nirvana
• 1991 - Gish - Smashing Pumpkins
• 1991 - Use Your Illusion - Guns N Roses
• 1991 - Ten - Pearl Jam
• 1992 - Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
• 1994 - Superunknown - Soundgarden
• 1996 - Antichrist Superstar - Marilyn Manson
• 1997 - Album of the Year - Faith No More
• 2001 - Through the Eyes - Flaw
• 2001 - Lateralus - Tool
• 2002 - The Eminem Show - Eminem

Rich's Top 5 bands who would appear more than once:

• 1. Metallica
• 2. Jane's Addiction
• 3. Led Zeppelin
• 4. Marilyn Manson
• 5. Smashing Pumpkins

• 1968 - Sweetheart of the Rodeo - The Byrds
• 1969 - Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground
• 1975 - Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson
• 1984 - Reckoning - R.E.M.
• 1986 - Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys
• 1987 - The Joshua Tree - U2
• 1988 - And Justice for All - Metallica
• 1988 - Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
• 1990 - More a Legend than a Band - Flatlanders
• 1991 - Nevermind - Nirvana
• 1991 - Ten - Pearl Jam
• 1991 - Trompe le Monde - Pixies
• 1992 - Dirt - Alice in Chains
• 1993 - Recipe for Hate - Bad Religion
• 1993 - Where You Been? - Dinosaur Jr.
• 1993 - Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair
• 1993 - Anodyne - Uncle Tupelo
• 1994 - There's Nothing Wrong With Love - Built to Spill
• 1994 - Hitchhike to Rhome - Old 97's
• 1995 - Example - For Squirrels
• 1995 - Trace - Son Volt
• 1997 - Brighten the Corner - Pavement
• 1997 - OK Computer - Radiohead
• 1999 - Summer Teeth - Wilco
• 2001 - Southern Rock Opera - Drive-By Truckers

Dave's Top 5 bands who would appear more than once:

• 1. Willie Nelson
• 2. R.E.M.
• 3. Pixies
• 4. Bad Religion
• 5. Wilco

Dave's Top 5 bands not on the list:

• 1. Jane's Addiction
• 2. Jayhawks
• 3. Social Distortion
• 4. Sugar
• 5. Weezer

• 1972 - Can't Buy a Thrill - Steely Dan
• 1975 - A Night at the Opera - Queen
• 1977 - Rumors - Fleetwood Mac
• 1982 - Upstairs at Eric's - Yaz
• 1984 - Purple Rain - Prince & the Revolution
• 1984 - Some Great Reward - Depeche Mode
• 1985 - World Machine - Level 42
• 1985 - The Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting
• 1986 - Licenced to Ill - the Beastie Boys
• 1986 - Notorious - Duran Duran
• 1986 - So - Peter Gabriel
• 1987 - Appetite for Destruction - Guns & Roses
• 1987 - Darklands - the Jesus & Mary Chain
• 1987 - Kick - INXS
• 1987 - Strangeways, Here We Come - the Smiths
• 1987 - Document - REM
• 1988 - Temple of Low Men - Crowded House
• 1988 - Vivid - Living Colour
• 1989 - Absolute Torch & Twang - kd lang
• 1989 - Workbook - Bob Mould
• 1991 - Achtung, Baby - U2
• 1995 - Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
• 1996 - Crash - Dave Matthews Band
• 2001 - Tenacious D - Tenacious D
• 2001 - One Nil - Neil Finn

Jenna's Top 5 bands who would appear more than once:

• 1. Crowded House
• 2. Steely Dan
• 3. Queen
• 4. The Smiths
• 5. Depeche Mode

Jenna's Top 5 bands/artists not on the list:

• 1. Morrissey
• 2. Corey Glover
• 3. Brian Setzer
• 4. Led Zeppelin
• 5. Tone Dawg

• 1957 - Blue Train - John Coltrane
• 1972 - Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones
• 1975 - Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson
• 1976 - The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
• 1984 - Reckoning - R.E.M.
• 1985 - Flip Your Wig - Hüsker Dü
• 1985 - Tim - The Replacements
• 1985 - Rum Sodomy & The Lash - The Pogues
• 1986 - The Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
• 1987 - Come On Pilgrim - Pixies
• 1989 - Key Lime Pie - Camper Van Beethoven
• 1992 - Still Feel Gone - Uncle Tupelo
• 1995 - Alien Lanes - Guided By Voices
• 1995 - The Practice Of Joy Before Death - Pond
• 1996 - Being There - Wilco
• 1996 - Mic City Sons - Heatmiser
• 1997 - Either/Or - Elliott Smith
• 1997 - Too Far To Care - Old 97’s
• 1997 - El Corazón - Steve Earle
• 1998 - Since - Richard Buckner
• 2000 - Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams
• 2000 - Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today - Slobberbone
• 2000 - Furnace Room Lullaby - Neko Case & Her Boyfriends
• 2001 - The Argument - Fugazi
• 2003 - Decoration Day - Drive-By Truckers 

Greg's Top 5 bands who would appear more than once:

• 1. Guided By Voices
• 2. The Replacements
• 3. Uncle Tupelo
• 4. Camper Van Beethoven
• 5. R.E.M. 

Greg's Top 10 (cheater!) bands not on the list:

• 1. Johnny Cash
• 2. The Young Fresh Fellows
• 3. Pavement
• 4. The Byrds
• 5. Led Zeppelin
• 6. Merle Haggard
• 7. The Band
• 8. The Clash
• 9. The Jayhawks
• 10. Frank Sinatra

• 1971--IV--Led Zeppelin
• 1973--Dark Side of the Moon--Pink Floyd
• 1977--Rumors--Fleetwood Mac
• 1984-- Purple Rain--Prince & the Revolution
• 1984--Out of the Cellar--Ratt
• 1984--The Unforgettable Fire--U2
• 1985--Head on the Door--The Cure
• 1986--Black Celebration - Depeche Mode
• 1986--Love--The Cult
• 1986--The Queen is Dead-- The Smiths
• 1987-- Appetite for Destruction--Guns & Roses
• 1987--The Lion and the Cobra--Sinead O'Connor
• 1988-- And Justice for All--Metallica
• 1988--Nothing's Shocking--Jane's Addiction
• 1989-- Mind Bomb--The The
• 1990-13 Songs-Fugazi
• 1991 - Nevermind - Nirvana
• 1992--Check Your Head-- Beastie Boys
• 1992-Diva-Annie Lennox
• 1993-Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We-The Cranberries
• 1998--Miseducation of Lauryn Hill-Lauryn Hill
• 1999--Fight Songs--Old 97s
• 1999-On How Life Is--Macy Gray
• 2001-Mahogany Soul--Angie Stone
• 2003-- Decoration Day--Drive-By Truckers 

Allyson's Top 5 bands who would appear more than once:

• 1. Cult
• 2. Cure
• 3. Pink Floyd
• 4. The The
• 5. U2

Allyson's Top 5 bands not on the list:

• 1. Johnny Cash
• 2. Madonna
• 3. Marvin Gaye
• 4. OutKast
• 5. Stevie Wonder

• 1979 - The Wall-- Pink Floyd
• 1982 - Thriller--Michael Jackson
• 1983 - Shout at the Devil--Motley Crue
• 1983 - Seven and the Ragged Tiger--Duran Duran
• 1984 - Purple Rain--Prince
• 1986 - Master of Puppets--Metallica
• 1986 - 5150--Van Halen
• 1989 - Nothing's Shocking--Jane's Addiction
• 1989 - Paul's Boutique--Beastie Boys
• 1989 - Appetite for Destruction--Guns N Roses
• 1990 - Temple of the Dog--Temple of the Dog
• 1990 - Empire--Queensryche
• 1991 - Ten--Pearl Jam
• 1991 - Gish--Smashing Pumpkins
• 1991 - Nevermind--Nirvana
• 1991 - Achtung Baby--U2
• 1992 - Angel Dust--Faith No More
• 1992 - Automatic for the People--R.E.M.
• 1993 - August and Everything After--Counting Crows
• 1993 - Shame--Brad
• 1995 - What's the Story Morning Glory--Oasis
• 1995 - 100% Fun--Matthew Sweet
• 1998 - Embrya--Maxwell
• 2002 - The Rising--Bruce Springsteen
• 2004 - Velvet Revolver--Contraband

(She broke the rule about studio albums (no greatest hits) but it's Tom's mom so back off!)

• 1958 - My Way - Frank Sinatra
  1963 - The Greatest Hits - Nat King Cole
  1967 - That's All - Sammy Davis Jr.
  1972 - Chances Are - Johnny Mathis
  1974 - Greatest Hits - Engelbert Humperdink
  1974 - Greatest Hits - Elton John
  1980 - The Jazz Singer - Neil Diamond
  1980 - Greatest Hits - Kenny Rogers
  1984 - Born in the U.S.A - Bruce Springsteen
  1985 - Very Best of the Beach Boys - Beach Boys
  1986 - Greatest Hits of Petula Clark - Petula Clark
  1987 - Complete Dinah Washington - Dinah Washington
  1988 - 12 Greatest Hits - Patsy Cline
  1988 - Past Masters - The Beatles
  1991 - Unplugged - Paul McCartney
  1995 - Walk a Mile in My Shoes - Elvis Presley
  1995 - The Concert - Barbara Streisand
  1996 - That's Amore - Best of Dean Martin-Dean Martin
  1997 - Greatest Hits - Tony Bennett
  1997 - My Love Forgive Me/Sincerely - Robert Goulet
  1997 - The Ultimate Collection - Tom Jones
  1998 - Symphony Orchestra - Back to Titanic
  2001 - Magic of Bobby Darrin - Bobby Darrin
  2003 - Willie & Family - Willie Nelson
  2003 - Closer - Josh Grobin

Barbara's Top 5 bands who would appear more than once:

• l. Frank Sinatra
• 2. Elton John
  3. Engelbert Humperdink
  4. Elvis Presley
  5. Neil Diamond

Those who would never appear:

• Any rap singer or group in the world!

• 1971- Led Zeppelin IV- Led Zeppelin
  1973- The Dark Side of the Moon- Pink Floyd
  1983- Piece of Mind- Iron Maiden
  1986- Master of Puppets- Metallica
  1987- Appetite for Destruction- Guns N Roses
  1989- Straigh Outta Compton- N.W.A.
  1989- Paul's Boutique- Beastie Boys
  1991- Gish- Smashing Pumpkins
  1991- Nevermind- Nirvana
  1992- Vulgar Display of Power- Pantera
  1992- The Chronic- Dr. Dre
  1992- Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine
  1993- Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)- Wu Tang Clan
  1993- Doggystyle- Snoop Dogg
  1994- Southernplaylisticadillacmuzic- Outkast
  1994- Weezer (Blue Album)- Weezer
  1994- Ready to Die- Notorious B.I.G.
  1994- Korn- Korn
  1996- Sublime- Sublime
  1999- Make Yourself- Incubus
  2000- The Marshall Mathers LP- Eminem
  2000- Hybrid Theory- Linkin Park
  2004- American Idiot - Green Day
• 2006- The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
• 2006- Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Lee's Top 5 Bands who would appear more than once:

• 1. Metallica
  2. Beastie Boys
  3. Eminem
  4. Iron Maiden
  5. Pantera

Lee's Top 5 Bands not on the list:

• 1. Jane's Addiction
  2. Rush
  3. Cypress Hill
  4. Jay-Z
  5. Ice Cuben

• 1. Bob Dylan
  2. Radiohead
  3. Soundgarden
  4. The Doors
  5. Nirvana

Jeremy's Top 5 bands not on the list:

• 1. Pink Floyd
  2. Grateful Dead
  3. Smashing Pumpkins
  4. The Beatles
  5. U2

• 1960 - Psycho - Bernard Herrman
  1966 - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly - Ennio Morricone
  1968 - Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
  1969 - Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground
  1972 - Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
  1975 - A Night at the Opera - Queen
  1976 - Ramones - Ramones
  1979 - London Calling - The Clash
  1979 - The Specials - The Specials
  1980 - Back in Black - AC/DC
  1980 - Remain in Light - Talking Heads
  1980 - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys
  1982 - Special Beat Service - The English Beat
  1983 - Synchronicity - The Police
  1986 - Infected - The The
  1986 - So - Peter Gabriel
  1988 - Nothing Shocking - Jane's Addiction
  1988 - The Accidental Tourist - John Williams
  1990 - Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy
  1991 - Auchtung Baby - U2
  1992 - Check Your Head - Beastie Boys
  1993 - Destroy-Oh-Boy! - The New Bomb Turks
  1996 - Odelay - Beck
  2001 - The Director's Cut - Fantomas
  2004 - American Idiot - Green Day

Allan's Top 5 bands who would appear more than once:

• 1. Bernard Herrman
  2. The Clash
  3. The English Beat
  4. Talking Heads
  5. U2

Allan's Top 5 bands not on the list.

• 1. Chet Baker
  2. The Cure
  3. Devo
  4. Oingo Boingo
  5. Tom Petty