Ledgie Top Tens: Album Edition

[Nikolaj]

These lists are awesome, I've seen so many entries that make me want to change my original ten. Hejira's list alone...wow- and the nods for 'Physical Graffiti' and 'Goodbye Yellowbrick Road'- two I shouldn't have forgotten.
The major reason I still have a minor mental block about Bella Donna comes down to the title song and to this:
"PONY."
"PHONEY"

It just made me die, a 100 years ago, that a songwriter I thought was the female Bob Dylan had 'pony' in a song to begin with, then for her to rhyme it with 'phoney'...I swear it broke my heart, back on the edge of 17, as I was. On the day it was released, and as I played that first song, I thought ' Oh no! Pony! Phoney! I can never play this song for anyone!'
Maybe it's an animal thing? Pony? Chimpanzee? No animal references ever again, SLN! Though 'cat in the dark' was gorgeous...

PS- come to think of it, the brilliant JM's 'painted ponies' of 'The Circle Game' don't bother me, it's a song and a half. Maybe I need to finally get over the 'pony/phoney' Bella Donna couplet, all these years later!
--Oh, good choice! About time someone mentioned Dark Side Of The Moon, another one I can't believe I forgot about! I have to agree that as concept albums go, Dark Side is brilliant.