Hollandude 100

The Hollandude 100 are 100 albums I like… a lot.

NOTE: Many artists on this list deserve more than one album on this list. However, by following a One and Done policy, space is created for more idiosyncratic selections. By including Animals by Pink Floyd, I’m saying if you put a gun to my head, I’d take that over Dark Side of The Moon… and not necessarily because it’s a better album but because it’s a more compelling to me now all things (frequency of exposure, etc) considered.  No box sets except Nuggets which I couldn’t resist.  Otherwise limited to 2 album/cd compilations.

List is for entertainment purposes only.  No gambling!

1950’s

1 Miles Davis; Birth of the Cool (Includes material from the 40’s and 50’s – released 1957)
2 Buddy Holly; 20 Golden Greats (released 1978)
3 Howlin’ Wolf; His Best, (Includes material from 50’s and 60’s – released 1997)
4 Muddy Waters; The Anthology (1947-1972, released 2001)

1960’s

5 Grant Green; Grant’s First Stand, 1961
6 Sonny Rollins; The Bridge, 1962
7 Bob Dylan; Highway 61 Revisited, 1965
8 Otis Redding; Otis Blue, 1965
9 The Animals; Best of; 1966
10 John Coltrane Quartet; Ballads, 1966
11 Velvet Underground & Nico, 1967
12 Cream; Disraeli Gears, 1967
13 Jimi Hendrix Experience; Electric Ladyland, 1968
14 Jeff Beck Group; Truth, 1968
15 Van Morrison; Astral Weeks, 1968
16 The Beatles (White Album) 1968
17 Simon & Garfunkel; Greatest Hits (Released 1972)
18 The Stooges, 1969
19 Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era (Released as 4 CD box set 1998)

1970’s

20 Marvin Gaye; The Best Of…Volume 2: The 70’s (Released 2000)
21 The Ramones; All That Stuff & More Volume 1, 1990
22 Traffic; John Barleycorn Must Die, 1970
23 Deep Purple; In Rock, 1970
24 Derek & The Dominoes; Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs, 1970
25 Rolling Stones; Sticky Fingers, 1971
26 T-Rex; Electric Warrior, 1971
27 Black Sabbath; Master of Reality, 1971
28 Joni Mitchell; Blue, 1971
29 Carole King; Tapestry, 1971
30 David Bowie: The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders from Mars, 1972
31 Curtis Mayfiled; Superfly, 1972
32 Who; Quadrophenia, 1973
33 James Brown; The Payback, 1973
34 Lou Reed; Rock n Roll Animal, 1974
35 Aerosmith; Get Your Wings, 1974
36 The Modern Lovers, 1976 (Recorded in 1971 & 1972)
37 Patti Smith; Horses, 1975
38 Al Green; Greatest Hits, 1975
39 Led Zeppelin; Physical Graffitti, 1975
40 Bob Marley & The Wailers; Rastaman Vibration, 1976
41 Steely Dan; The Royal Scam, 1976
42 Mose Allison; Your Mind Is On Vacation, 1976
43 J. Geils Band; Blow Your Face Out, 1976
44 AC/DC; High Voltage 1976
45 Pink Floyd; Animals, 1977
46 Television; Marquee Moon, 1977
47 Richard Hell & The Voidoids; Blank Generation, 1977
48 Neil Young; Live Rust, 1978
49 Nick Lowe; Jesus of Cool, 1978
50 Gang of Four; Entertainment, 1979
51 The Cars; Candy-O, 1979

1980’s

52 The Pretenders; s/t, 1980
53 The Clash; London Calling, 1980 (Released 1/80 in U.S. – We are in America…)
54 Bruce Springsteen, The River, 1980
55 King Crimson; Discipline, 1981
56 Elvis Costello & The Attractions; Imperial Ballroom, 1982
57 Husker Du; Zen Arcade, 1984
58 Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble; Couldn’t Stand The Weather, 1984
59 Replacements; Let it Be, 1984
60 Del Fuegos; Boston, Mass, 1985
61 REM; Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985
62 Robert Cray; Strong Persuader, 1986
63 Guns and Roses: Appetite for Destruction, 1987
64 Chet Baker; Sings & Plays from the film Let’s Get Lost, 1987
65 Metallica; And Justice For All, 1988
66 Leonard Cohen; I’m Your Man, 1988
67 The Pursuit Of Happiness; Love Junk, 1988
68 Nirvana; Bleach, 1989
69 Pixies; Doolittle, 1989

1990’s

70 The Charlatans; Some Friendly, 1990
71 Temple of the Dog, 1991
72 Teenage Fanclub; Bandwagonesque 1991
73 U2; Achtung Baby, 1991
74 Matthew Sweet; Girlfriend, 1991
75 Massive Attack; Blue Lines, 1991
76 Sonic Youth; Dirty, 1992
77 Rage Against The Machine, 1992
78 Lemonheads; It’s a Shame about Ray, 1992
79 Morphine; Cure for Pain, 1993
80 Prince; The Hits 1 and 2, 1993
81 Masters of Reality; Sunrise on the Sufferbus, 1993
82 Anthrax; Sound of White Noise, 1993
83 Portishead; Dummy, 1994
84 Alice in Chains; Jar of Sap (2 EPs: Sap, 1992 & Jar of Flies, 1994)
85 Tom Petty; Wildflowers, 1994
86 Fiona Apple; Tidal, 1996
87 Joshua Redman; Freedom in the Groove, 1996
88 Radiohead; OK Computer, 1997
89 Elliott Smith; XO, 1998
90 Iggy Pop; Avenu B, 1999
91 Tom Waits; Mule Variations, 1999

2000’s

92 D’Angelo; Voodoo, 2000
93 Beck; Sea Change, 2002
94 Johnny Cash; American IV, 2002
95 White Stripes; Elephant, 2003
96 Green Day; American Idiot, 2004
97 Spoon; Gimme Fiction, 2005
98 Herbie Hancock; River: The Joni Letters, 2007
99 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Dig Lazerus Dig, 2008
100 Dr. Lonnie Smith; In The Beginning – Vol. 1&2, 2013

Stats

by decade:
1950’s: 4
1960’s: 15
1970’s: 32
1980’s: 18
1990’s: 22
2000’s: 9

last revised 11/2015