Exile on Newbury St - The First 100

Debating 100 of our favorite albums of all time

It started as a game: can three (sometimes four) old friends convince each other of the greatness of their record collections? We ended up talking about 100 of the best albums of all time, discussing our favorite artists, the music, telling stories, and explaining why certain records mean so much to us.

1. Bruce Springsteen, The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle

2. Dire Straits, Dire Straits

3. R.E.M., Lifes Rich Pageant

4. Elton John, Madman Across the Water

5. Father John Misty, I Love You, Honeybear

6. Black Sabbath, Heaven and Hell

7. Green Day, American Idiot

8. Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville

9. Genesis, Duke

10. Billy Squier, Don't Say No

11. Miles Davis, Kind of Blue

12. John Mellencamp, Whenever We Wanted

13. Wilco, Sky Blue Sky

14. Mother Love Bone, Apple

15. Jackson Browne, Late for the Sky

16. The Black Crowes, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

17. Grateful Dead, In The Dark

18. Led Zeppelin, IV

19. Counting Crows, August...And Everything After

20. Tom Petty, Wildflowers

21. Tom Waits, Rain Dogs

22. The Donnas, Gold Medal

23. Stevie Ray Vaughan, Couldn't Stand the Weather

24. Oasis, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

25. The Pretenders, Learning to Crawl

26. Peter Tosh, Legalize It

27. U2, The Joshua Tree

28. Nick Drake, Pink Moon

29. Aerosmith, Toys in the Attic

30. Duran Duran, RIO

31. Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1

32. Keith Richards, Talk is Cheap

33. The Cars, The Cars

34. Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream

35. Sheryl Crow, Tuesday Night Music Club

36. The Beatles, Abbey Road

37. RUSH, Moving Pictures

38. Jamey Johnson, That Lonesome Song

39. John Fogerty, Centerfield

40. Motley Crue, Shout at the Devil

41. Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Psychedelic Pill

42. John Mayer, Continuum

43. AC/DC, Highway to Hell

44. Phish, The Story of the Ghost

45. Steely Dan, Aja

46. Warren Zevon, Excitable Boy

47. Al Stewart, Year of the Cat

48. Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life

49. Pat Benatar, Crimes of Passion

50. Gene Clark, No Other

51. Billy Joel, The Stranger

52. Cake, Fashion Nugget

53. Michael Jackson, Thriller

54. The Highwaymen, Highwayman

55. The Scorpions, Love at First Sting

56. Boz Scaggs, Silk Degrees

57. Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks

58. Van Halen, Van Halen II

59. Peter Wolf, Sleepless

60. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars

61. Blondie, Parallel Lines

62. Bobby Brown, Don't Be Cruel

63. The Edgar Winter Group, They Only Come Out at Night

64. Judas Priest, British Steel

65. The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

66. Bon Jovi, Slippery When Wet

67. The Doors, Morrison Hotel

68. Goose, Shenanigans Nite Club

69. Santana, Abraxas

70. Bill Withers, Just As I Am

71. Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Tea for the Tillerman

72. Dawes, All Your Favorite Bands

73. Ramones, Ramones

74. Madonna, Madonna

75. Frank Sinatra, Songs for Swinging Lovers

76. Thin Lizzy, Jailbreak

77. Roger McGuinn, Back From Rio

78. Jimmy Buffett, A1A

79. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Raising Sand

80. Phil Collins, Face Value

81. Eagles, Hotel California

82. The Cult, Electric

83. The Jayhawks, Tomorrow the Green Grass

84. Bruce Hornsby and the Range, The Way It Is

85. Run-DMC, Raising Hell

86. George Michael, Faith

87. The Police, Synchronicity

88. David Bowie, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

89. Dave Matthews Band, Crash

90. Van Morrison, Saint Dominic's Preview

91. Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here

92. Derek & The Dominos, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

93. Natalie Merchant, Tigerlily

94. Ozzy Osbourne, Diary of a Madman

95. Jonathan Wilson, Gentle Spirit

96. Boston, Boston

97. Metallica, Ride the Lightning

98. The Flying Burrito Bros., The Gilded Palace of Sin

99. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours

100. The Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street