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]

11–20

11. Pink Floyd — Wish You Were Here [Worst lyrics ever. Ever. Better than A Noodling Sound of Thunder, just.]
12. The Beatles — The Beatles – White Album [A great single album. What? It’s a double? Darn.]
13. The Beatles — Revolver [Best Beatles album ever. All killer, no filler.]
14. Pink Floyd — The Wall [Three guitar riffs, an ego, and a terrible case of depression, stretched out over four goddamned sides! Thank god it was pre-CD.]
15. Radiohead — The Bends [Whiney whiners, with a single.]
16. Neil Diamond — Hot August Night [Set the kitch factor to stun. Still, a great riff.]
17. Neil Young — Harvest [Young’s third or fourth best album, but still damn fine.]
18. Carole King — Tapestry [Bored now.]
19. Pearl Jam — Ten [Two singles, and they didn’t stop. Why?]
20. Fleetwood Mac — Rumours [Some singles, but overproduced.]
21–30

21. Tool — Aenima [I don’t even remember this.]
22. Bob Dylan — Blood On The Tracks [I hate Dylan’s voice, but this is stunning.]
23. Midnight Oil — 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 [One of the great Australian albums. undated and undaunted.]
24. Silverchair — Diorama [pfeh.]
25. AC/DC — Back In Black [A crunching hardrock classic. Great Australian folk music.]
26. The Clash — London Calling [A long album, too long. Great singles, though.]
27. The Whitlams — Eternal Nightcap [Nice pop music.]
28. Queen — A Night at the Opera [Great camp rock music. I bought it new in 1975. Loved it then. Love it now. A bit much, some times, but still…]
29. The Pixies — Doolittle [Missed this, completely. A bit joyless, though.]
30. Missy Higgins — The Sound Of White [It’s crap. I know. I like it though. Maybe I’m more depressed these days.]
31–40

31. Paul Simon — Graceland [Beautiful. So shoot me.]
32. Anthony Callea — Anthony Callea [What the f*&^#!]
33. U2 — Achtung Baby [The one that sounds like your stereo broke. Not bad]
34. David Bowie — Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars [His classic. Indispensable, and short.]
35. Radiohead — Kid A [Still whining after all these years!]
36. The Beatles — Rubber Soul [Some great tracks, but uneven]
37. The Stone Roses — Stone Roses [Off my radar.]
38. Wolfmother — Wolfmother [I’ve heard Black Sabbath.]
39. Oasis — What’s The Story Morning Glory [Some great songs. The only thing they’ll be remembered for, but it’ll be enough.]
40. Tool — Lateralus [Don’t know it]

41–50

41. Coldplay — A Rush of Blood to the Head [Like Dire Straits, but without the interesting bits. Worst big name band of the modern era.]
42. Bob Dylan — Highway 61
43. Sex Pistols — Never Mind the Bollocks
44. Van Morrison — Astral Weeks
45. The Living End — The Living End
46. The Strokes — Is this It?
47. Silverchair — Neon Ballroom
48. The Eagles — Hotel California
49. The Smiths — The Queen Is Dead
50. You Am I — Hourly Daily

51–60

51. The Cure — Disintegration
52. Bob Dylan — Blonde On Blonde
53. Lou Reed — Transformer
54. Bruce Springsteen — Born To Run
55. Red Hot Chili Peppers — Californication
56. Metallica — Master of Puppets
57. Cat Stevens — Tea for the Tillerman
58. R.E.M — Automatic For The People
59. Muse — Absolution
60. Joni Mitchell — Blue

61–70

61. Prince — Purple Rain
62. ABBA — Arrival
63. Elton John — Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
64. Dire Straits — Brothers In Arms
65. Miles Davis — Kind of Blue
66. Cold Chisel — East
67. The Smashing Pumpkins — Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
68. The Who — Who’s Next
69. Yes — Close To The Edge
70. Deep Purple — Machine Head

71–80

71. Rage Against The Machine — Rage Against The Machine
72. Green Day — American Idiot
73. Guns N Roses — Appetite For Destruction
74. INXS — Kick
75. David Bowie — Hunky Dory
76. The Smashing Pumpkins — Siamese Dream
77. Def Leppard — Hysteria
78. Foo Fighters — The Colour and The Shape
79. U2 — Rattle and Hum
80. Delta Goodrem — Innocent Eyes

81–90

81. John Farnham — Whispering Jack
82. You Am I — Hi Fi Way
83. Darren Hayes — The Tension & The Spark
84. Crowded House — Woodface
85. Live — Throwing Copper
86. Nine Inch Nails — The Downward Spiral
87. Massive Attack — Blue Lines
88. Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin 2
89. Mike Oldfield — Tubular Bells
90. Radio Birdman — Radios Appear

91–100

91. Ben Folds Five — Whatever and Ever Amen
92. Crowded House — Crowded House
93. Powderfinger — Vulture Street
94. The Killers — Hot Fuss
95. The Rolling Stones — Sticky Fingers
96. Silverchair — Frogstomp
97. Queens Of The Stone Age — Songs For The Deaf
98. Portishead — Dummy
99. Soundgarden — Superunknown
100. The Velvet Underground & Nico — The Velvet Underground & Nico