My Favorite Albums (just a list)

The other day I was thinking of my favorite albums of all time and I was curious about what my top ten list album list would look like. I quickly typed out my favorites with the intention of trying to whittle it down and.... I just couldn't do it. 

I did the same thing with Weezer's post-Pinkerton songs and it was ultimately a huge time-suck and I don't really know if it was worth it. 

There were some obvious cuts to make on my preliminary list but it was just too painful to make any more cuts. Also, I was dreading writing the blog defending my picks.... I am feeling just that lazy these days. 

A few qualifiers and observations before the list can begin, these are favorite albums...I am not claiming these are the "best" albums of all time.  I have a very limited taste range and when it comes to music,  I am admittedly, pretty close-minded.

I am an old white guy who came of age in the '90s and this list certainly reflects that. Some of these albums are honestly guilty pleasures, I know they aren't great in an objective sense but they are personally important to me due to when I first heard them.  

There seems to be an inordinate amount of debut albums (9) and self-titled albums (9) (seven of those overlap). 

Well, you're as ready as you'll ever be.

Here are all 44 of my favorite albums of all time in alphabetical order: 

Apples in Stereo – Fun Trick Noisemaker

Apples in Stereo – Tone Soul Evolution

Beatles – Revolver

Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 

Beatles – S/T, aka “White”

Beck – Odelay

Beck – Sea Change

Ben Folds Five – Whatever and Ever Amen

Ben Folds Five – Naked Baby Pictures

Ben Folds – Songs for Silverman

Coward - S/T

Frank Black & The Catholics – S/T

Built to Spill - There's Nothing Wrong with Love

Breeders – Last Splash

Foo Fighters - S/T

Fountains of Wayne – S/T

Fountains of Wayne – Welcome Interstate Managers

Fountains of Wayne – Out of State Plates

Green Day – Dookie

The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One

The Lemonheads – It's a Shame About Ray

Nirvana – Unplugged in New York

Nirvana – Nevermind

Of Montreal – Cherry Peel

Old 97’s – Satellite Rides

The Pulsars – S/T

Radiohead – The Bends

Ramones - S/T

Ramones – Rocket to Russia

Sloan – One Chord to Another

Sloan – Twice Removed

Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Spoon – Girls Can Tell

Spoon – Gimme Fiction

Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

Sufjan Stevens – Illinois 

Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell

Superdrag – Headtrip in Every Key

James Taylor – Greatest Hits

that dog – Never Say Never

Travis – The Invisible Band

Weezer – S/T, aka “Blue”

Weezer - Pinkerton

Weezer – S/T, aka “White”