I spent 2 straight days building a list which started at top 52 until I dwindled it down to top 20 (which was definitely NOT easy). Once I felt good about my top 52 list, I found out that Corey was in fact not looking for fave albums of all time, but fave albums from 2000-2009. That changed everything!

I turned around, re-focused and created a new list of my top 20 albums of 2000-2009 which you will see posted on SFAppeal’s site for Corey’s “Top Ten Top Twenty” series this week. But I still had this list of top 52 albums of all time. Since I put so much work into building this list, I thought I would share it with the world. The only rule I set for myself was to not include more than one album by an artist. If there was more than one album (such as OK Computer vs Kid A), I had to decide which one I preferred. I did allow myself the ability to include records such as compilations and live albums. If I considered them my faves, I figured why not? (All the albums on my list below are linked to services where you can buy and/or stream the music online and are in no particular order.)

So without further ado, here it is….My Top 52 Albums of All Time -

Kate Bush – Aerial: A Sea of Honey
Radiohead – Kid A
Junior Boys – Begone Dull Care
Massive Attack – Blue Lines
Morrissey – Bona Drag
Various – Atlantic Jaxx Recordings: A Compilation
Duran Duran – Rio
Jamiroquai – Return of the Space Cowboy
Love and Rockets – Express
Flight Of The Conchords – Flight Of The Conchords
Zero 7 – When It Falls
Verve – Urban Hymns
Seal – Seal
Underworld – Second Toughest in the Infants
The Dears – Missiles
Kruder & Dorfmeister – The K&D Sessions
Kraftwerk – Minimum-Maximum
Air – Talkie Walkie
Depeche Mode – Violator
Beta Band – The Three E.P.’s
Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
Bryan Ferry – Roxy Music Street Life
Intrusion – The Seduction Of Silence
New Order – Substance
Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Dennis Ferrer – The World As I See It
Beatles – Rubber Soul
David Bowie – Hunky Dory
Crowded House – Temple of Low Men
Guns n Roses – Appetite for Destruction
George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice
Lenny Kravitz – Let Love Rule
The Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come
Oasis – What’s The Story Morning Glory
Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
The The – Mind Bomb
Joe Jackson – Night & Day
U2 – Achtung Baby
Robbie Williams – The Ego Has Landed
World Party – Private Revolution
Michael Jackson – Off the Wall
Prince – Purple Rain
Steve Wonder – Innervisions
Gus Gus – Polydistortion
Lamb – Lamb
Daft Punk – Homework
Nuyorican Soul – Nuyorican Soul
Koop – Waltz for Koop
Charles Webster – Born on the 24th of July
Miike Snow – Miike Snow
Orbital – Orbital 2
Detroit Escalator Company – Black Buildings