A couple others, including Ben Peek, have ‘memed’ the ABC’s My Favourite Album. The usual drill is you bold it if you liked it, strikethrough if you hated it, and italic if you don’t care. I’ve judged these as albums, so if there’s only one or two good tracks on the album, I’m italicising it.
The Top 100
1–10
1. Pink Floyd — The Dark Side Of The Moon [First bought this at newsagent kiosk in 1975 on cassette. I’ve never completely ‘got’ it. I think you needed a quadrophonic stereo and bong to persuade yourself that it was intelligent]
2. Jeff Buckley — Grace [Whiney whining by a dead whiner. Pfeh]
3. Radiohead — Ok Computer [Whiney whining by a living whiner.]
4. The Beatles — Abbey Road [Some great tracks, but uneven.]
5. The Beatles — Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band [ibid. See the filler. If this had been recorded in 2000, it would have been a triple cd, with a novelty dvd and a game. Gah.]
6. Nirvana — Nevermind [I’m pretty much the wrong generation for this one. Still, it completely kicks. Written by a whiney whiner, it’s still spectacular rock/pop]
7. Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin 4 [Best heavy metal album ever.]
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers — Blood Sugar Sex Magik [This one made no impact at all. I remember “Under the Bridge”, but otherwise, pfeh].
9. Meat Loaf — Bat Out Of Hell [I bought this when I was thirteen years old. As kitch testerone fuelled teen rock opera, it was perfect. I think if I’d first heard it four or five years later it would have been unlistenable, but it’s on the other side of that critical divide. I don’t listen to it much, but I do like it.]
10. U2 — The Joshua Tree [They’re very serious, aren’t they? I mean, really? Thank goodness for the Pet Shop Boys]
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