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Top 5 LP Albums by Friends of the Phonograph

 

Rank

Album Title

Artist/Group

Selected By

Released

Label

1

Hissing on Summer Lawns

Joni Mitchell

Bev Jester

1975 Nov 1

Asylum

2

Ten Summoners Tales

Sting

Bev Jester

1993 Mar 9

A&M Records

3

The Doors

The Doors

Bev Jester

1967 Jan 4

Elektra

4

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Bev Jester

1967 May 26

Parlophone (UK) - Capitol (US)

5

Innervisions

Stevie Wonder

Bev Jester

1973 Aug 3

Tamia

6

Ingenue

KD Lang

Bev Jester

1993 Mar 17

Sire, Warner Bros.

7

Poetry Man

Phoebe Snow

Bev Jester

1974 July

Shelter Records

8

The Police

The Police

Bev Jester

2007 June 5

A&M Records

1

Europop

Eiffel 65

Cam Jester

1999 Nov 22

Bliss – Universal - Republic

2

Dookie

Green Day

Cam Jester

1994 Feb 1

Reprise Records

3

Californification

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Cam Jester

1999 June 8

Warner Bros.

4

Phantom of the Opera (original London cast)

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Cam Jester

1987 Jan 1

Polydor

5

Invincible

Two Steps from Hell

Cam Jester

2010 May

Two Steps from Hell

1

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Doug Boilesen

1967 May 26

Parlophone (UK) - Capitol (US)

2

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

Doug Boilesen

1977 Feb 4

Warner Bros. Records

3

Bridge over Troubled Water

Simon and Garfunkel

Doug Boilesen

1970 Jan 26

Columbia Records

4

The Planets

Gustav Holst

Doug Boilesen

2010 Oct 1

LPO Label (orchestral premiere 1918-09-29)

5

The Nutcracker

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Doug Boilesen

2010 Oct 25

Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic (EMI/Warner Classics) CD

1

Jesus Christ SuperStar (original recording)

Andrews Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice

James Boilesen

1970 Sept

Decca/MCA/Decca Broadway

2

Hatfull of Hollow

The Smiths

James Boilesen

1984 Nov 12

Rough Trade (UK) – Sire (US)

3

When the Pawn…

Fiona Apple

James Boilesen

1999 Nov 9

Epic/Sony Records

4

The Queen is Dead

The Smiths

James Boilesen

1986 June 16

Rough Trade Records

5

Power, Corruption & Lies

New Order

James Boilesen

1983 May 2

Factory

1

The Complete Greatest Hits

Eagles

Kim Keister

2003 Oct 20

Warner Bros. Records

2

Fragile

Yes

Kim Keister

1971 Nov 12

Atlantic Records

3

Live from the Inside

Brian Culbertson

Kim Keister

2009 Nov 7

Verve Records

4

Greatest Hits

Fleetwood Mac

Kim Keister

1988 Nov 15

Warner Bros. Records

5

Rubber Soul*

The Beatles

Kim Keister

1965 Dec 3

Capitol Records – Note: 5-10 selections are tied with many others

6

The Essential Steve Earle

Steve Earle

Kim Keister

1993 Mar 2

MCA Records

7

Joe Bonamassa Live At Radio City Music Hall

Joe Bonamassa

Kim Keister

2015 CD*

J&R Adventures - CD & DVD* - No vinyl

8

The Very Best of Jackson Brown

Jackson Brown

Kim Keister

2004 Mar 16

Rhino/Elektra

9

Court and Spark

Joni Mitchell

Kim Keister

1974 Jan 1

Asylum

10

James Taylor Greatest Hits

James Taylor

Kim Keister

1976 Nov 1

Warner Bros. Records

1

Adele 21

Adele

Larry Wilcox

2011 Jan 24

XL, Columbia

2

Gravity of Love

Enigma

Larry Wilcox

1999 Nov 15

EMI / Virgin

3

Pilgrim

Eric Clapton

Larry Wilcox

1998 Mar 10

Reprise

4

Best of James Bond...James Bond

Compilation albums

Larry Wilcox

1992 Sept 4

Capital Records

5

Hot Rocks 1964-1971

Rolling Stones

Larry Wilcox

1971 Dec 20

London Records

1

The Colour & the Shape

Foo Fighters

Laura Jester

1997 May 20

Columbia Records & Roswell Records

4

The Colour & the Shape

Foo Fighters

Ryan Jester

1997 May 20

Columbia Records & Roswell Records

1

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Nancy Henderson

1967 May 26

Parlophone (UK) - Capitol (US)

2

Pilgrim

Eric Clapton

Nancy Henderson

1998 Mar 10

Reprise

3

Born in the USA

Bruce Springsteen

Nancy Henderson

1984 Oct 30

Columbia

4

One More Try: An Anthology

Greg Allman

Nancy Henderson

1997 Sept 23

Polygram, Capricorn Records

5

Highway Companion

Tom Petty

Nancy Henderson

2006 July 25

Warner Bros., American

1

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

Nick Jester

1966 May 16

Capitol Records

2

The White Album

The Beatles

Nick Jester

1968 Nov 22

Apple Records  (Nov 25 US)

3

Songs in the Key of Life

Stevie Wonder

Nick Jester

1976 Sept 28

Motown Records

4

Purple Rain

Prince

Nick Jester

1984 June 25

Warner Bros. Records

5

Abbey Road

The Beatles

Nick Jester

1969 Sept 26

Apple Records

1

Bachman-Turner Overdrive II

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Ron Jester

1973 Dec

Mercury Records

2

Meet the Beatles

The Beatles

Ron Jester

1964 Jan 20

Capitol Records

3

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

Ron Jester

1977 Feb 4

Warner Bros. Records

4

Silk Degrees

Boz Skaggs

Ron Jester

1976 March

Columbia Records

5

Aja

Steely Dan

Ron Jester

1977 Sept 23

ABC Records

1

Them Crooked Vultures

Them Crooked Vultures

Ryan Jester

2009 Nov 16

DGC/Interscope

2

MTV Unplugged in New York

Nirvana

Ryan Jester

1994 Nov 1

DGC Geffen Records

3

Secret Samadi

Live

Ryan Jester

1997 Feb 18

Radioactive

5

Hamilton

Hamilton - The Original Broadway Recording

Ryan Jester

2015 Sept 25

Atlantic

6

Audioslave/Out of Exile

Audioslave

Ryan Jester

2015 May 23

Epic - Interscope

7

Death Magnetic

Metallica

Ryan Jester

2008 Sept 12

Warner Bros. / Vertigo

8

Yield

Pearl Jam

Ryan Jester

1998 Feb 3

Epic / Sony Records

9

Hello Nasty

Beastie Boys

Ryan Jester

1998 July 14

Capitol

10

Someplace in Time

Bev Jester

Ryan Jester

1996 Oct 14

1

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac

Sharon Boilesen

1977 Feb 4

Warner Bros. Records

2

The Wall

Pink Floyd

Sharon Boilesen

1979 Nov 30

Harvest Records (UK) – Columbia Records (US)

3

Untitled (a.k.a. Led Zeppelin IV)

Led Zeppelin

Sharon Boilesen

1971 Nov 8

Atlantic

4

Tapestry

Carol King

Sharon Boilesen

1971 Feb 10

Ode Records

5

The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys

Traffic

Sharon Boilesen

1971 Nov 1

Island Records

 

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The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. By ROLLING STONE, September 22, 2020

"Rolling Stone’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time was originally published in 2003, with a slight update in 2012. Over the years, it’s been the most widely read — and argued over — feature in the history of the magazine (last year, the RS 500 got over 63 million views on the site)."

"The classics are still the classics, but the canon keeps getting bigger and better." ROLLING STONE

Here is the 2020 List of The 500

Spoiler Alert - the New Number 1 is Marvin Gaye, 'What's Going On' Tamla/Motown, 1971


 

In 2003 ROLLING STONE's Original Top 500 List 'What's Going On' was Number 6; Number 1 was Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band which ROLLING STONE called " the most important rock & roll album ever made."