The All-Time Top 500 Albums

[TheBlueLamp]

I own:


1. Queen - ‘Greatest Hits’
4. Fleetwood Mac - ‘Rumours’
7. Abba - ‘Gold - Greatest Hits’
15. Queen - ‘Greatest Hits Ii’
23. Alanis Morissette - ‘Jagged Little Pill’
27. Madonna - ‘Like A Virgin’
29. Shania Twain - ‘Come On Over’
30. Madonna - ‘The Immaculate Collection’
34. Abba - ‘Greatest Hits’
41. Tina Turner - ‘Private Dancer’
42. Fleetwood Mac - ‘Tango In The Night’
53. Whitney Houston - ‘Whitney’
55. M People - ‘Bizarre Fruit / Bizarre Fruit Ii’
63. Scissor Sisters - ‘Scissor Sisters’
67. Celine Dion - ‘Falling Into You’
68. Madonna - ‘Ray Of Light’
69. Whitney Houston - ‘Whitney Houston’
70. Celine Dion - ‘The Colour Of My Love’
74. Madonna - ‘True Blue’
80. Spice Girls - ‘Spice’
82. Eurythmics - ‘Greatest Hits’
83. Mariah Carey - ‘Music Box’
97. Tina Turner - ‘Simply The Best’
101. Christina Aguilera - ‘Stripped’
103. Blondie - ‘Parallel Lines’
113. Britney Spears - ‘...Baby One More Time’
117. Elton John - ‘Elton John's Greatest Hits’
122. Kylie Minogue - ‘Kylie’
128. Annie Lennox - ‘Diva’
150. Madonna - ‘Madonna / The First Album'
153. Tina Turner - ‘Foreign Affair’
162. Eurythmics - ‘Be Yourself Tonight’
175. Carole King - ‘Tapestry’
199. Steps - ‘Step One’
209. Rod Stewart - ‘The Best Of Rod Stewart’
213. Kylie - ‘Fever’
214. Sheryl Crow - ‘Sheryl Crow’
223. George Michael - ‘Ladies & Gentlemen - The Best Of George Michael’
274. Garbage - ‘Garbage’
277. Whitney Houston - ‘My Love Is Your Love’
287. Madonna - ‘Music’
289. Diana Ross - ‘One Woman - The Ultimate Collection’
291. Spice Girls - ‘Spiceworld’
301. Madonna - ‘Like A Prayer’
309. Eurythmics - ‘Revenge’
318. Whitney Houston - ‘Whitney - The Greatest Hits’
320. Kate Bush - ‘The Kick Inside’
322. Cher - ‘Love Hurts’
326. Kate Bush - ‘Hounds Of Love’
327. Melanie C - ‘Northern Star’
334. Diana Ross And The Supremes - ‘Diana Ross And The Supremes Greatest Hits’
340. Cher - ‘Heart Of Stone’
357. Gwen Stefani - ‘Love. Angel. Music. Baby.’
378. TLC - ‘Fanmail’
379. Garbage - ‘Version 2.0’
392. Eurythmics - ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)’
408. Shakespears Sister - ‘Hormonally Yours’
410. Destiny's Child - ‘Survivor’
445. Suzanne Vega - ‘Suzanne Vega’
447. Eurythmics - ‘Touch’
455. Kate Bush - ‘The Whole Story’
465. Janet Jackson - ‘Janet’
493. Mariah Carey - ‘Daydream’
496. Annie Lennox - ‘Medusa’

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by markolas

I've never heard of S Club 7.

I have over 200 CDs, and only 14 are on this list. So, yeah...the list is ****.

The list isn't ****, it's just factual.

S Club 7 were one of those vocal pop groups that were so ubiquitous in the late 90s, when Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync were riding high. What made them slightly different from the pack was that 1) they were co-ed, and 2) they had their own young adult television show. Which I have to admit, I really enjoyed...

They were never all that popular in the US (although the television show was on ABC Family quite frequently), but they were huge in Britain.

[Mari]

2. Meat Loaf - ‘Bat Out Of Hell’
4. Fleetwood Mac - ‘Rumours’
9. Simon And Garfunkel - ‘Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits’
10. Bob Marley And The Wailers - ‘Legend - The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers’
11. Michael Jackson - ‘Thriller’
12. The Beatles - ‘Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band’
17. U2 - ‘U2 Live ‘Under A Blood Red Sky’’
21. R.E.M. - ‘Automatic For The People’
23. Alanis Morissette - ‘Jagged Little Pill’
38. R.E.M. - ‘Out Of Time’
39. Bruce Springsteen - ‘Born In The U.S.A.’
40. Nirvana - ‘Nevermind’
42. Fleetwood Mac - ‘Tango In The Night’
43. The Beatles - ‘The Beatles 1962 - 1966’
45. U2 - ‘The Joshua Tree’
49. The Beach Boys - ‘Best Of The Beach Boys’
56. Paul Simon - ‘Graceland’
72. The Beatles - ‘The Beatles 1967 - 1970’
78. Coldplay - ‘Parachutes’
82. Eurythmics - ‘Greatest Hits’
85. U2 - ‘The Unforgettable Fire’
88. Johnny Cash - ‘Johnny Cash At San Quentin’
94. John Lennon - ‘Imagine’
104. The Beatles - ‘Abbey Road’
108. Tears For Fears - ‘Songs From The Big Chair’
120. U2 - ‘War’
128. Annie Lennox - ‘Diva’
130. Terence Trent D'arby - ‘Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'arby
144. Eternal - ‘Always & Forever’
162. Eurythmics - ‘Be Yourself Tonight’
173. The Cranberries - ‘No Need To Argue’
181. Radiohead - ‘OK Computer’
183. Fugees (Refugee Camp) - ‘The Score’
188. Fine Young Cannibals - ‘The Raw And The Cooked’
197. Eric Clapton - ‘Unplugged’
214. Sheryl Crow - ‘Sheryl Crow’
220. U2 - ‘Achtung Baby’
241. The Cranberries - ‘Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?’
245. Robbie Williams - ‘Sing When You're Winning’
252. David Bowie - ‘Let's Dance’
262. Eric Clapton And Cream - ‘The Best Of Eric Clapton’
268. Bjork - ‘Debut’
292. Janet Jackson - ‘Control’
306. Portishead - ‘Dummy’
307. Dire Straits - ‘Dire Straits’
309. Eurythmics - ‘Revenge’
317. R.E.M. - ‘Monster’
320. Kate Bush - ‘The Kick Inside’
326. Kate Bush - ‘Hounds Of Love’
330. The Beatles - ‘Let It Be’
352. Neil Young - ‘After The Gold Rush’
360. Robbie Williams - ‘Escapology’
365. Eagles - ‘Hotel California’
392. Eurythmics - ‘Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)’
399. Talking Heads - ‘Little Creatures’
403. Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young - ‘Deja Vu’
418. U2 - ‘All That You Can't Leave Behind’
428. Crowded House - ‘Woodface’
438. U2 - ‘Rattle And Hum’
447. Eurythmics - ‘Touch’
455. Kate Bush - ‘The Whole Story’
480. The Beatles - ‘Rubber Soul’
481. Spin Doctors - ‘Pocket Full Of Kryptonite’
496. Annie Lennox - ‘Medusa’

ow. quite a few I still want to get (or think I should own, anyway )
And phew, quite a few I'm proud of not owning

(Yes, I do own everything by U2)

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by Mari

(Yes, I do own everything by U2)

This could make for an interesting side question in this thread: Are there any artists that you are such a big fan of, you own more or less their entire official catalogue, even the crappy stuff? (Let's limit it to artists who have been releasing records since 1990 or earlier, as obviously, it's pretty easy to own the entire catalogue of someone who's been making music only for a few years.)

My list:
~Fleetwood Mac (19 studio albums, 2 official live albums, 5 compilations - plus lots of other "unofficial" stuff)
~Bruce Springsteen (14 studio albums, 3 live albums, 1 live EP, 3 compilations)
~Elvis Costello (22 studio albums, 1 live album, 1 compilation)

Actively working on it:
~Tom Waits (12 studio albums, so far)
~The Beatles (9 albums, 3 compilations, so far)

Anyone else?

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by Jyqm

Anyone else?

that is an interesting topic.

my list:
Stevie Nicks/FM (although I don't own any pre-SN/LB albums)
Barbra Streisand
Sarah Brightman
Patti Labelle
Bette Midler
Janet Jackson
Madonna
Kate Bush

[Miss Vicky]

I currently own all or most of the catalog for:

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Fleetwood Mac
Stevie Nicks solo
Lindsey Buckingham solo
Billy Burnette solo
Walter Egan (and all of his bands - Malibooz, Brooklyn Cowboys, etc.)
Mamas and the Papas (but that's cheating because it's a box set)

I'm hoping to complete my collections of

John Stewart
Warren Zevon

[markolas]

Originally Posted by Jyqm

The list isn't ****, it's just factual.

Well, facts are often ****ty.

This could make for an interesting side question in this thread: Are there any artists that you are such a big fan of, you own more or less their entire official catalogue, even the crappy stuff? (Let's limit it to artists who have been releasing records since 1990 or earlier, as obviously, it's pretty easy to own the entire catalogue of someone who's been making music only for a few years).

I own all 20 albums that Joni Mitchell recorded.

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky

Stevie Nicks solo
Lindsey Buckingham solo

I completely forgot to add these two, I always just associate them with Fleetwood Mac. Although lindsey barely counts with his paltry three albums in 25 years.

Mamas and the Papas (but that's cheating because it's a box set)

Hey, if it's got it all, it counts!

[Miss Vicky]

Originally Posted by Jyqm

Although lindsey barely counts with his paltry three albums in 25 years.

Yeah, but I had to put him in there anyway. Besides, two of those "paltry three" were released before 1990.

In addition to the three official studio albums, I also have Buckingham Nicks, Gift of Screws, and some live material and soundtrack releases.

As for Stevie, I have all of her solo albums, the Enchanted set, about a dozen cds worth of demos, B-sides and soundtrack releases, and a recording of one of her Arizona Heart Institute benefit shows.

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by Jyqm

This could make for an interesting side question in this thread: Are there any artists that you are such a big fan of, you own more or less their entire official catalogue, even the crappy stuff? (Let's limit it to artists who have been releasing records since 1990 or earlier, as obviously, it's pretty easy to own the entire catalogue of someone who's been making music only for a few years.)

Nice 'jack, jack.

I own the entire catalogues of:

Fleetwood Mac
Stevie Nicks
Joni Mitchell
Cowboy Junkies
Neil Young (oops, but I might be missing a few, I'll have to check...)
Emmylou Harris


These artists take up entire rows of my c.d. cases

[Miss Vicky]

You can add Christine McVie to my list.

I have her paltry three solo albums too. Also have a Chicken Shack album somewhere.

[Mari]

Nice idea

Almost everything from: (that's including solo-/side-projects, soundtrack songs, b-sides.. )

Fleetwood Mac
New Order (not in that top 500! Shame )
U2 (apart from the last album, that's when I lost my interest)
Eurythmics
Los Lobos

A little less than almost everything but still quite much:
Neil Young
Warren Zevon
Elvis Costello
Kate Bush
Tom Petty
Sheryl Crow (lost interest)
The Beach Boys
Joni Mitchell

I'm surprised I don't yet own a lot more from:
Talking Heads
The Pixies
Gram Parsons

Newer bands/artists I love so much that I have to mention them, I'll be keeping tabs on them for sure:
The Delays
Editors
Doves
Death Cab For Cutie
Ryan Adams

Must be forgetting loads, as usual

There's a lot of artists I own just one or two albums from, which I absolutely love, but I'm just not interested in their other stuff because, for example it sounds quite different (different era, producer, etcetera). Eager to mention them, but.. uh yeah, I'd be going on forever then.

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by Mari

Sheryl Crow (lost interest)

Me too, that's why I didn't buy her new album. If I had bought the new album, I would have her entire catalogue too.

[Jyqm]

Those who are mentioning Fleetwood Mac, do you really have everything, or just '75 onward as Jason mentioned? I didn't think there were that many who've got the whole she-bang (or at least not necessarily those who have posted).

I'm surprised no has mentioned Zeppelin yet, though I'm sure some will. They seem like such an easy one, with such a relatively small catalogue. I've got all of them up through Physical Graffiti, and I think that's enough for me.

There's also the folks like Joni, Neil, Dylan and Bowie - I've got a good chunk, and definitely am in the market for more, but I can't see myself buying everything they've put out.

(Mari, I've also got plenty of newer bands that I plan on keeping tabs on, but I don't want to mention them for fear of jinxing the whole deal! What if they end up putting out a couple of crappy records and I lose interest?)

[madformac]

OK, here are the CDs I have out of the top 500.

1. Queen - ‘Greatest Hits’
4. Fleetwood Mac - ‘Rumours’
5. Pink Floyd - ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’
7. Abba - ‘Gold - Greatest Hits’
8. Dire Straits - ‘Brothers In Arms’
14. Phil Collins - ‘Face Value’
15. Queen - ‘Greatest Hits Ii’
16. Oasis - ‘Definitely Maybe’
18. Oasis - ‘(What's The Story) Morning Glory?’
20. Phil Collins - ‘No Jacket Required’
21. R.E.M. - ‘Automatic For The People’
23. Alanis Morissette - ‘Jagged Little Pill’
30. Madonna - ‘The Immaculate Collection’
31. Michael Jackson - ‘Bad’
32. Dire Straits - ‘Making Movies’
34. Abba - ‘Greatest Hits’
36. Norah Jones - ‘Come Away With Me’
38. R.E.M. - ‘Out Of Time’
40. Nirvana - ‘Nevermind’
42. Fleetwood Mac - ‘Tango In The Night’
43. The Beatles - ‘The Beatles 1962 - 1966’
46. Robbie Williams - ‘Life Thru A Lens’
52. Dire Straits - ‘Love Over Gold’
60. Phil Collins - ‘...But Seriously’
62. The Verve - ‘Urban Hymns’
65. Texas - ‘White On Blonde’
69. Whitney Houston - ‘Whitney Houston’
72. The Beatles - ‘The Beatles 1967 - 1970’
73. George Michael - ‘Older / Older & Upper’
75. Dire Straits - ‘Alchemy - Dire Straits Live’
81. Stereophonics - ‘Performance And Cocktails’
82. Eurythmics - ‘Greatest Hits’
83. Mariah Carey - ‘Music Box’
86. Robbie Williams - ‘I've Been Expecting You’
89. Michael Jackson - ‘Dangerous’
93. Genesis - ‘Invisible Touch’
94. John Lennon - ‘Imagine’
96. Abba - ‘Arrival’
98. ZZ Top - ‘Eliminator’
99. Guns N’Roses - ‘Appetite For Destruction’
105. Alexander O'Neal - ‘Hearsay’
106. Stereophonics - ‘Just Enough Education To Perform’
111. Phil Collins - ‘Hello, I Must Be Going!’
112. Red Hot Chili Peppers - ‘By The Way’
115. Queen - ‘Greatest Hits Iii’
122. Kylie Minogue - ‘Kylie’
128. Annie Lennox - ‘Diva’
129. The Beautiful South - ‘Carry On Up The Charts - The Best Of The Beautiful South’
137. Bon Jovi - ‘Slippery When Wet’
139. Pink Floyd - ‘Wish You Were Here’
149. Duran Duran - ‘Duran Duran’
151. Fatboy Slim - ‘You've Come A Long Way, Baby’
170. Eminem - ‘The Eminem Show’
172. Queen - ‘The Works’
179. All Saints - ‘All Saints’
189. Manic Street Preachers - ‘Everything Must Go’
191. Five Star - ‘Silk And Steel’
193. Jamiroquai - ‘Travelling Without Moving’
197. Eric Clapton - ‘Unplugged’
201. Franz Ferdinand - ‘Franz Ferdinand’
203. Gloria Estefan - ‘Cuts Both Ways’
204. Elton John - ‘The Very Best Of Elton John’
207. Bee Gees - ‘The Very Best Of The Bee Gees’
213. Kylie - ‘Fever’
214. Sheryl Crow - ‘Sheryl Crow’
218. Pink Floyd - ‘Meddle’
219. Def Leppard - ‘Hysteria’
223. George Michael - ‘Ladies & Gentlemen - The Best Of George Michael’
227. Madness - ‘Divine Madness’
237. Genesis - ‘We Can't Dance’
238. T'pau - ‘Bridge Of Spies’
245. Robbie Williams - ‘Sing When You're Winning’
255. Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine - ‘Anything For You’
260. George Michael - ‘Faith’
261. Chris Rea - ‘The Road To Hell’
262. Eric Clapton And Cream - ‘The Best Of Eric Clapton’
265. Toploader - ‘Onka's Big Moka’
282. Crowded House - ‘Recurring Dream - The Very Best Of Crowded House’
288. Sting - ‘Ten Summoner's Tales’
305. Frankie Goes To Hollywood - ‘Welcome To The Pleasuredome’
307. Dire Straits - ‘Dire Straits’
313. Pink Floyd - ‘The Division Bell’
323. Queen - ‘A Kind Of Magic’
325. Guns N’Roses - ‘Use Your Illusion Ii’
345. Santana - ‘Supernatural’
353. George Michael - ‘Listen Without Prejudice Volume 1’
360. Robbie Williams - ‘Escapology’
365. Eagles - ‘Hotel California’
381. Will Smith - ‘Big Willie Style’
400. Razorlight - ‘Up All Night’
413. Guns N’Roses - ‘Use Your Illusion I’
416. Dire Straits - ‘Money For Nothing’
421. Abba - ‘Greatest Hits Vol. 2’
424. Bon Jovi - ‘These Days’
433. Right Said Fred - ‘Up’
434. Jamiroquai - ‘A Funk Odyssey’
465. Janet Jackson - ‘Janet’
483. Kula Shaker - ‘K’
485. Extreme - ‘Extreme Ii Pornograffitti’
486. Gorillaz - ‘Gorillaz’
487. The Shadows - ‘The Shadows’Greatest Hits’
490. John Lennon - ‘The John Lennon Collection’
496. Annie Lennox - ‘Medusa’
498. Lenny Kravitz - ‘Are You Gonna Go My Way’
499. Oasis - ‘Be Here Now’