my (150) favorite albums of all time
*in chronological order
13 min readSep 6, 2019
From 1964 to 2018. This list doesn’t include this year…no spoilers.
1. The Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
2. The Beatles, Help! (1965)
3. The Beatles, Rubber Soul (1965)
4. The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
5. The Beatles, The Beatles (The White Album) (1968)
6. The Rolling Stones, Let it Bleed (1969)
7. The Beatles, Let It Be (1970)
8. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Deja Vu (1970)
9. Sly & The Family Stone, Greatest Hits (1970)
10. James Taylor, Sweet Baby James (1970)
11. The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers (1971)
12. The Who, Who’s Next (1971)
13. Carole King, Tapestry (1971)
14. Joni Mitchell, Blue (1971)
15. Eagles, Eagles (1972)
16. Stevie Wonder, Innervisions (1973)
17. Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
18. Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark (1974)
19. The Beach Boys, Endless Summer (1974)
20. The Doobie Brothers, Best of the Doobies (1976)
21. David Bowie, Changesonebowie (1976)
22. Eagles, Hotel California (1976)
23. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (1977)
24. Billy Joel, The Stranger (1977)
25. Steve Miller Band, Greatest Hits 1974–78 (1978)
26. Michael Jackson, Off the Wall (1979)
27. Michael Jackson, Thriller (1982)
28. Phil Collins, No Jacket Required (1983)
29. Aretha Franklin, 30 Greatest Hits (1985)
30. The Allman Brothers, A Decade of Hits 1969–1979 (1991)
31. Bonnie Raitt, Luck Of The Draw (1991)
32. Counting Crows, August and Everything After (1993)
33. Eric Clapton, The Cream of Clapton (1995)
34. Matchbox Twenty, Yourself Or Someone Like You (1996)
35. Earth, Wind & Fire, Greatest Hits (1998)
36. The Goo Goo Dolls, Dizzy up the Girl (1998)
37. Kirk Franklin, The Nu Nation Project (1998)
38. Backstreet Boys, Millennium (1999)
39. Destiny’s Child, Survivor (2001)
40. Relient K, The Anatomy of the Tongue in Cheek (2001)
41. Maroon 5, Songs About Jane (2002)
42. Avril Lavigne, Let Go (2002)
43. The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow (2003)
44. Switchfoot, The Beautiful Letdown (2003)
45. Relient K, Two Lefts Don’t Make a Right…but Three Do (2003)
46. Death Cab for Cutie, Trasatlanticism (2003)
47. Damien Rice, O (2003)
48. The Postal Service, Give Up (2003)
49. Gavin DeGraw, Chariot (2003)
50. The Killers, Hot Fuss (2004)
51. Relient K, Mmhmm (2004)
52. Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway (2004)
53. Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts (2005)
54. Imogen Heap, Speak for Yourself (2005)
55. Jack’s Mannequin, Everything In Transit (2005)
56. Death Cab for Cutie, Plans (2005)
57. The Fray, How To Save A Life (2005)
58. Coldplay, X&Y (2005)
59. Switchfoot, Nothing is Sound (2005)
60. Switchfoot, Oh! Gravity. (2006)
61. Between The Trees, The Story and The Song (2006)
62. Green River Ordinance, The Beauty of Letting Go (2006)
63. Jose Gonzalez, Veneer (2006)
64. Beyonce, B’Day (2006)
65. Avril Lavigne, The Best Damn Thing (2007)
66. Sara Bareilles, Little Voice (2007)
67. Kate Nash, Made of Bricks (2007)
68. Phil Wickham, Phil Wickham (2007)
69. Phil Wickham, Cannons (2007)
70. Paramore, RIOT! (2007)
71. Sondre Lerche, Phantom Punch (2007)
72. Colbie Callait, Coco (2007)
73. Relient K, Five Score and Seven Years Ago (2007)
74. Needtobreathe, The Heat (2007)
75. John Mayer, Continuum (2007)
76. OneRepublic, Dreaming Out Loud (2007)
77. Ingrid Michaelson, Girls and Boys (2007)
78. A Fine Frenzy, One Cell In The Sea (2007)
79. The Shins, Wincing The Night Away (2007)
80. Adele, 19 (2008)
81. Taylor Swift, Fearless (2008)
82. Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (2008)
83. Coldplay, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008)
84. Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend (2008)
85. Greg Laswell, Three Flights from Alto Nido (2008)
86. Kings of Leon, Only By The Night (2008)
87. Jon Foreman, Limbs and Branches (2008)
88. Relient K, Forget And Not Slow Down (2009)
89. Green River Ordinance, Out Of My Hands (2009)
90. Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More (2009)
91. Ingrid Michaelson, Everybody (2009)
92. John Mayer, Battle Studies (2009)
93. Needtobreathe, The Outsiders (2009)
94. The Avett Brothers, I And Love And You (2009)
95. Passion Pit, Manners (2009)
96. Greg Laswell, Take A Bow (2010)
97. Vampire Weekend, Contra (2010)
98. Sara Bareilles, Kaleidoscope Heart (2010)
99. Ben Rector, Into the Morning (2010)
100. Taylor Swift, Speak Now (2010)
101. Needtobreathe, The Reckoning (2011)
102. Coldplay, Mylo Xyloto (2011)
103. Adele, 21 (2011)
104. Beyoncé, 4 (2011)
105. Florence + The Machine, Ceremonials (2011)
106. Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011)
107. Ben Howard, Every Kingdom (2011)
108. The Head and the Heart, The Head and the Heart (2011)
109. The Lumineers, The Lumineers (2012)
110. Imagine Dragons, Night Visions (2012)
111. Lord Huron, Lonesome Dreams (2012)
112. David Ramirez, Apologies (2012)
113. Kodaline, In A Perfect World (2013)
114. Andrew Belle, Black Bear (2013)
115. Sara Bareilles, The Blessed Unrest (2013)
116. Lorde, Pure Heroine (2013)
117. Bleachers, Strange Desire (2014)
118. Penny and Sparrow, Struggle Pretty (2014)
119. Noah Gundersen, Ledges (2014)
120. Hozier, Hozier (2014)
121. Needtobreathe, Rivers in the Wasteland (2014)
122. OneRepublic, Native (2014)
123. Ingrid Michaelson, Lights Out (2014)
124. Beyoncé, BEYONCÉ (2014)
125. Taylor Swift, 1989 (2014)
126. Justin Bieber, Purpose (2015)
127. Alessia Cara, Know-It-All (2015)
128. Adele, 25 (2015)
129. Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color (2015)
130. Bear’s Den, Islands (2015)
131. Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell (2015)
132. Maren Morris, Hero (2016)
133. Rihanna, ANTI (2016)
134. Jon Bellion, The Human Condition (2016)
135. Beyoncé, Lemonade (2016)
136. Chance the Rapper, Coloring Book (2016)
137. Lorde, Melodrama (2017)
138. HAIM, Something to Tell You (2017)
139. Phoebe Bridgers, Stranger in the Alps (2017)
140. Sylvan Esso, What Now (2017)
141. Bleachers, Gone Now (2017)
142. Kendrick Lamar, DAMN. (2017)
143. MUNA, About U (2017)
144. Janelle Monae, Dirty Computer (2018)
145. Kacey Musgraves, Golden Hour (2018)
146. Ariana Grande, sweetener (2018)
147. Leon Bridges, Good Thing (2018)
148. Lauren Daigle, Look Up Child (2018)
149. The 1975, A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018)
