Top 5 LP Albums by Friends of the Phonograph
Artist/Group |
Released |
Label |
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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 |
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."