Mojo Magazine's 100 Greatest Albums Of All Time

[luka]

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
2. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
3. The Beatles - Revolver
4. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
5. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
6. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
7. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
8. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
9. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground And Nico
10. Patti Smith - Horses
11. Love - Forever Changes
12. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
13. Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy
14. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
15. The Band - The Band
16. The Stooges - Fun House
17. Television - Marquee Moon
18. Joni Mitchell - Blue
19. The Beatles - The Beatles
20. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
21. David Bowie - Station To Station
22. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
23. The Clash - London Calling
24. The Beatles - Abbey Road
25. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
26. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
27. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
28. Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
29. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
30. The Doors - The Doors
31. Otis Redding - Otis Blue
32. James Brown & The Famous Flames - Live At The Apollo Vol. 1
33. Nirvana - Nevermind
34. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
35. Prince - Sign 'O' The Times
36. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
37. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People
38. The Who - The Who Sell Out
39. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
40. Big Star - Third (AKA Sister Lovers)
41. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
42. Gram Parsons With Emmylou Harris - Grievous Angel
43. The Ramones - Ramones
44. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
45. Lou Reed - Transformer
46. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
47. The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
48. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
49. The New York Dolls - New York Dolls
50. Moby Grape - Moby Grape
51. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
52. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
53. Joy Division - Closer
54. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town
55. The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money
56. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
57. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
58. The Clash - The Clash
59. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure
60. Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
61. Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything
62. Can - Future Days
63. The Beatles - With The Beatles
64. Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Clear Spot
65. Sly & The Family Stone - Stand!
66. Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
67. The Wailers - Catch A Fire
68. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
69. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
70. Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
71. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
72. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
73. Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
74. Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On
75. Van Morrison - It's Too Late To Stop Now
76. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
77. Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
78. Joni Mitchell - The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
79. The Stooges - The Stooges
80. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
81. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
82. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
83. Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
84. Randy Newman - Good Old Boys
85. Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
86. Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear
87. Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
88. Margaret O'Hara - Miss America
89. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
90. Steely Dan - Gaucho
91. The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
92. Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis
93. Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star
94. The Smiths - The Smiths
95. Muddy Waters - Hard Again
96. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
97. The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle
98. Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power
99. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin(4)
100. Robert Wyatt - Rock Botto

 

[luka]

There's something pure about it. It's a fairly accurate representation of the tastes of a particular demographic. They haven't been bullied into pretending they like music by women or ethnic minorities. There's some hipness creeping in, Can for instance and the Beatles coming in at third is a bit of contrarianism by their standards.

 

[craner]

Far too much Stevie Wonder and David Bowie.

 

[luka]

From memory (I bought the magazine to see the list) this is circa 1996

 

[Corpsey]

Never been able to get into Astral Weeks.

 

[craner]

Rating Stand! over There’s a Riot Going On is almost contrarian.

 

[luka]

The

Never been able to get into Astral Weeks.

"Corpsey is an enemy of Art. The purest example of a philistine conceiveable."

 

[Corpsey]

There's something pure about it. It's a fairly accurate representation of the tastes of a particular demographic. They haven't been bullied into pretending they like music by women or ethnic minorities. There's some hipness creeping in, Can for instance and the Beatles coming in at third is a bit of contrarianism by their standards.

Dissensus is gradually becoming mojo-like except for a different time period.

 

[luka]

Rating Stand! over There’s a Riot Going On is almost contrarian.

There's other interesting quirks. The stooges being so high up makes me think this must have come out directly after trainspotting hit the cinemas

 

[craner]

Hot Rats, ffs.

 

[luka]

In a silent way is an unexpected inclusion and demonstrates how the electric miles period was being reappraised

 

[Corpsey]

It is amazing they've only got one black artist in the top 10.

 

[craner]

There's other interesting quirks. The stooges being so high up makes me think this must have come out directly after trainspotting hit the cinemas

Who voted for Prefab Sprout? I mean, I like them, but still...

 

[luka]

Hot Rats, ffs.

These are interesting partly because they represent a range of generation smushed together

 

[Corpsey]

Would be interesting to see a pre woke resident advisor top 100. Interesting and deeply boring.

 

[luka]

It is amazing they've only got one black artist in the top 10.

I was outraged at the time but now I think it's brilliant. They don't care about black music and there's no reason why they should. They're wrong but they're being true to themselves

 

[luka]

These are interesting partly because they represent a range of generation smushed together

Eg the influence the punk generation are starting to assert, clash and pistols but also stooges, ramones, television etc

 

[Corpsey]

I suppose Mojo must have had a lot of good writing in it over the years. I say that having read a book of Ian Macdonald's articles, some of which (most of which?) appeared in Mojo.

 

[luka]

I suppose Mojo must have had a lot of good writing in it over the years. I say that having read a book of Ian Macdonald's articles, some of which (most of which?) appeared in Mojo.

I don't remember reading anything remotely 'good.' Nothing incompetent mind you.

 

[Corpsey]

So you used to read Mojo?