Although I'm anal enough to actually sit down and organize this list into my Top 100 CDs ever, I don't have the time for that. These CDs are organized by artist. Later I'll probably add some videos from youtube.com for selected songs. This is obviously a work in progress. For the most part I'll not be including Greatest Hits collections on this list. Soundtracks will be under the name of the play or movie. Any and all suggestions welcome.
) AC/DC "Back In Black", "Black Ice", "High Voltage", "Who Made Who" (I almost put "Dirty Deed Done Dirt Cheap" here, but it's just not good enough. If I think of a CD title and the word "classic" doesn't immediately jump to my mind, it will not make this list.)
) Bryan Adams: "Reckless"
) Ryan Adams
) Adele: "21", (While "19" was certainly a decent enough CD, Adele hadn't discovered the voice that made "21" so amazing.)
) Christina Aguilera
) Arcade Fire: "Funeral"
) B-52's
) Band Of Skulls
) Beatles: The most overrated band of all-time.
) Black Eyed Peas:
) Black Stone Cherry
) Bon Jovi: "New Jersey", "Slippery When Wet"
) Boston: "Boston", "Don't Look Back","Third Stage"
) Garth Brooks: "No Fences", "Ropin' The Wind"
) Tracy Chapman: "Tracy Chapman"
) Neneh Cherry: "Raw Like Sushi"
) Chicago
) Phil Collins: "No Jacket Required"
) Christopher Cross: "Christopher Cross"
) Cinderella
) Coldplay: Um, no.
) Counting Crows: "August and Everything After", "Recovering The Satellites"
) Dead or Alive: "Youthquake"
) Def Leppard: "Pyromania", "Hysteria",
) Dio: "Holy Diver", "Last In Line"
) Dire Straits: "Brothers In Arms"
) Dixie Chicks: "Fly", "Taking The Long Way", "Wide Open Spaces"
) The Eagles: "The Long Run"
) "Evita" Soundtrack The Madonna and Antonio version, although I did like the Patti Lupone version as well.
) Fergie: "The Dutchess" (and I hope she eventually starts working on a second CD)
) Fiery Furnaces: "Blueberry Boat"
) Fleetwood Mac: "Rumors"
) Flyleaf: "Flyleaf"
) "Footloose" 80's Soundtrack
) Foreigner: "4"
) Fountains of Wayne: "Welcome Interstate Managers"
) Foxy Shazam: "The Church of Rock and Roll"
) Peter Frampton
) Aretha Franklin
) Fratellis: "Costello Music"
) Peter Gabriel: "So"
) Garbage: "Beautiful Garbage", "Garbage", "Version 2.0"
) Go Gos: "Beauty & The Beat"
) Goo Goo Dolls: "Dizzy Up The Girl"
) "Grease" Soundtrack
) Green Day "21st Century Breakdown", "American Idiot", "Dookie"
) Guns N' Roses "Appetite For Destruction", "Use Your Illusion 2" (I'm not completely convinced of this.)
) Heart:
) Hellacopters: "By The Grace of God"
) Don Henley: "Building The Perfect Beast" (?)
) Hooters: "Nervous Night"
) Whitney Houston:
) Billy Idol: "Devil's Playground", "Rebel Yell",
) Alan Jackson: "Don't Rock The Jukebox", "Here In The Real World"
) Janet Jackson: "Control", "Rhythm Nation"
) Michael Jackson: "Bad", "Thriller"
) Billy Joel:
) Journey "Escape", "Frontiers", "Raised On Radio"
) Carole King: "Tapestry"
) Kiss: "Alive", "Destroyer", "Love Gun"
) Mark Knopfler:
) Lady Antebellum: "Need You Know", "Own The Night" (Hmm, I'm not 100% sure.)
) Lady Gaga "The Fame", "The Fame Monster"
) Chris LeDoux:
) "Les Miserables": The Full 3 CD Set (The Highlights Version of the 2012 movie isn't as good.)
) Huey Lewis and the News: "Sports"
) Linkin Park: "Hybrid Theory", "Meteora"
) Loverboy
) Madonna: "Like A Virgin", "True Blue", "Like A Prayer", "I'm Breathless: Music From and Inspired By the Film Dick Tracy" (It's not a coincidence that there's nothing on here that's recently released.)
) Bob Marley: "Legend" (A rare exception to my no greatest hits rule.)
) Meat Loaf: "Bat Out Of Hell 1", "Bat Out Of Hell 2"
) John Mellencamp: "Scarecrow" (He has a lot of great songs, but not many great albums.)
) Metallica: "Black"
) George Michael: "Faith"
) Milli Vanilli: "Girl You Know It's True" (Yes, I know the two alleged singers didn't really sing. All I know is it's a great CD, so many great songs!)
) Motley Crue: "Dr. Feelgood", "Theatre of Pain"
) Mumford & Sons "Sigh No More"
) Nirvana- "Nevermind"
) No Doubt: "Rock Steady", "Tragic Kingdom" (I'm going to have to give "Return Of Saturn" another listen before I put it in an all-time greatest list.)
) Aldo Nova: "Aldo Nova"
) Billy Ocean
) Oingo Boingo: "Best O'Boingo" (Another exception to the no greatest hits rule.)
) Paramore:
) Steve Perry: "Street Talk"
) "Phantom of The Opera" 1 CD Broadway Highlights Edition
) Pink: "Funhouse", "M!ssundaztood", "Try This"
) Pink Floyd: "Dark Side of The Moon", "The Wall"
) The Police "Ghost In The Machine", "Synchronicity"
) "Pretty In Pink" Soundtrack
) Prince: "Diamonds & Pearls", "Musicology", "Purple Rain" Soundtrack, "Batman" Soundtrack
) Queen: "The Game"
) R.E.M.: "Monster", "Green"
) "Rent" Broadway Soundtrack: Both Discs
) Haley Reinhart: "Listen Up"
) REO Speedwagon: "Hi Infidelity"
) Rolling Stones:
) Linda Ronstadt: "Hail Like A Rainstorm, Cry Like The Wind"
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) RUN-D.M.C.: "Raising Hell"
) Rush: "2112", "Moving Pictures",
) Smiths: Although they are one of my favorite all-time bands, in my opinion they don't have any classic CD's.
) Soundgarden:
) Seether:
) Bruce Springsteen: "Born In The U.S.A.", "The Rising"
) Skid Row: "Skid Row", "Slave To The Grind"
) Sting
) Styx: "Kilroy Was Here"
) Sufjan Stevens: "Come On Feel The Illinoise" An absolutely amazing CD, although it certainly is under appreciated.
) Thompson Twins:
) "Top Gun" Soundtrack
) Toto: "1V":
) Train
) U2 "The Joshua Tree",
) Carrie Underwood:
) Violent Femmes: "Violent Femmes"(One of the best debut CDs ever.)
) Whitesnake
) XTC: "Oranges & Lemons"
) Neil Young:
) ZZ Top:
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