100 Greatest Albums

This is a list of the 100 Greatest Album according to MOJO Magazine. The issue is from August 1995 and includes a short essay about each album.

Rank	Album					Artist
1	Pet Sounds				The Beach Boys
2	Astral Weeks				Van Morrison
3	Revolver				The Beatles
4	Exile On Main Street			The Rolling Stones
5	Highway 61 Revisited			Bob Dylan
6	What's Going On				Marvin Gaye
7	Let It Bleed				The Rolling Stones
8	Blonde On Blonde			Bob Dylan
9	The Velvet Underground And Nico		The Velvet Underground
10	Horses					Patti Smith
11	Forever Changes				Love
12	Are You Experienced			The Jimi Hendrix Experience
13	Countdown To Ecstasy			Steely Dan
14	Electric Ladyland			The Jimi Hendrix Experience
15	The Band				The Band
16	Fun House				The Stooges
17	Marquee Moon				Television
18	Blue					Joni Mitchell
19	The Beatles				The Beatles
20	Innervisions				Stevie Wonder
21	Station To Station			David Bowie
22	Never Mind The Bollocks			The Sex Pistols
23	London Calling				The Clash
24	Abbey Road				The Beatles
25	Hunky Dory				David Bowie
26	Beggars Banquet				The Rolling Stones
27	Rubber Soul				The Beatles
28	Trout Mask Replica			Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
29	The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust 
		And The Spiders From Mars	David Bowie
30	The Doors				The Doors
31	Otis Blue				Otis Redding
32	Live At The Apollo Vol. 1		James Brown & The Famous Flames
33	Nevermind				Nirvana
34	The Velvet Underground			The Velvet Underground
35	Sign O' The Times			Prince
36	The Notorious Byrd Brothers		The Byrds
37	Automatic For The People		REM
38	The Who Sell Out			The Who
39	Blood On The Tracks			Bob Dylan
40	Third (aka Sister Lovers)		Big Star
41	Born To Run				Bruce Springsteen
42	Grievous Angel				Gram Parsons With Emmy Lou Harris
43	Ramones					The Ramones
44	Lust For Life				Iggy Pop
45	Transformer				Lou Reed
46	In A Silent Way				Miles Davis
47	Younger Than Yesterday			The Byrds
48	Trans-Europe Express			Kraftwerk
49	New York Dolls				The New York Dolls
50	Moby Grape				Moby Grape
51	Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	The Beatles
52	Sticky Fingers				The Rolling Stones
53	Closer					Joy Division
54	Darkness On The Edge Of Town		Bruce Springsteen
55	We're Only In It For The Money		The Mothers Of Invention
56	The Nightfly				Donald Fagen
57	Bringing It All Back Home		Bob Dylan
58	The Clash				The Clash
59	For Your Pleasure			Roxy Music
60	Hounds Of Love				Kate Bush
61	Something/Anything?			Todd Rundgren
62	Future Days				Can
63	With The Beatles			The Beatles
64	Clear Spot				Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
65	Stand!					Sly And The Family Stone
66	Here Come The Warm Jets			Eno
67	Catch A Fire				The Wailers
68	Blue Lines				Massive Attack
69	This Year's Model			Elvis Costello
70	I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight	Richard And Linda Thompson
71	Talking Book				Stevie Wonder
72	The Modern Dance			Pere Ubu
73	Can't Buy A Thrill			Steely Dan
74	There's A Riot Goin' On			Sly And The Family Stone
75	It's Too Late To Stop Now		Van Morrison
76	It Takes A Nation Of Millions To 
		Hold Us Back			Public Enemy
77	A Piper At The Gates Of Dawn		Pink Floyd
78	The Hissing Of Summer Lawns		Joni Mitchell
79	The Stooges				The Stooges
80	Songs In The Key Of Life		Stevie Wonder
81	A Hard Day's Night			The Beatles
82	Bitches Brew				Miles Davis
83	Tonight's The Night			Neil Young
84	Good Old Boys				Randy Newman
85	Steve McQueen				Prefab Spout
86	Here My Dear				Marvin Gaye
87	Spirit Of Eden				Talk Talk
88	Miss America				Mary Margaret O'Hara
89	Hot Rats				Frank Zappa
90	Gaucho					Steely Dan
91	The Village Green Preservation Society	The Kinks
92	Dusty In Memphis			Dusty Springfield
93	A Wizard A True Star			Todd Rundgren
94	The Smiths				The Smiths
95	Hard Again				Muddy Waters
96	Physical Graffiti			Led Zeppelin
97	Odessey & Oracle			The Zombies
98	Raw Power				Iggy And The Stooges
99	Led Zeppelin (4)			Led Zeppelin
100	Rock Bottom				Robert Wyatt

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