Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by 
Romanelli 
With production credits (because producers are important, too). Also track listings, label info and short reviews written by yours truly. I hope this chart is helpful, entertaining, and at least interesting.
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- (Created: 06/01/2012 04:29).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1978-WARNER BROS.
Produced By ROBBIE ROBERTSON
1. Theme From The Last Waltz
2. Up On Cripple Creek
3. Who Do You Love? (With Ronnie Hawkins)
4. Helpless (With Neil Young)
5. Stage Fright
6. Coyote (With Joni Mitchell)
7. Dry Your Eyes (With Neil Diamond)
8. It Makes No Difference
9. Such A Night (With Dr. John)
10. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
11. Mystery Train (With Paul Butterfield)
12. Mannish Boy (With Muddy Waters)
13. Further On Up The Road (With Eric Clapton)
1. The Shape I’m In
2. Down South In New Orleans (With Bobby Charles & Dr. John)
3. Ophelia
4. Tura Lura Lural (That’s An Irish Lullaby) (With Van Morrison)
5. Caravan (With Van Morrison)
6. Life Is A Carnival
7. Baby Let Me Follow You Down (With Bob Dylan)
8. I Don’t Believe You (With Bob Dylan)
9. Forever Young (With Bob Dylan)
10. Baby, Let me Follow You Down (Reprise) (With Bob Dylan)
11. I Shall Be Released (With Bob Dylan)
12. The Well
13. Evangeline (With Emmylou Harris)
14. Out Of The Blue
15. The Weight (With The Staples)
16. The Last Waltz Refrain
17. Theme From The Last Waltz
Breaking up the band in style, is what this is. In 1976, The Band threw a farewell concert at the Winterland in San Francisco. They invited 5000 fans, and an impressive group of musicians they had worked with in the past. They also got Martin Scorsese to direct the film of the concert, which came out in 1978. Ultimately, this wasn’t the last waltz for The Band…five years later, they were back to touring again, but without guitarist Robbie Robertson, who would never again be part of the group. On this Thanksgiving concert document, The Band is in exceptional form, and the triple live album serves as one of the three must have albums by them…although what you’ll really want is the DVD so you can see it all unfold.
The guest stars are all great (the singers are shown in the track list above). They began as the backing band for Ronnie Hawkins, and later played famously with Bob Dylan, and everyone in between gives great performances. Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison…how could you go wrong with this? Neil Diamond and Muddy Waters also give great performances. And the songs The Band plays by themselves are wonderful versions as well. The last album side (side six…the last 6 tracks on disc 2) were recorded outside of the main concert. The DVD is a better experience…but this continues to stand as one of the greatest all star concerts in rock history. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2012]
Produced By ROBBIE ROBERTSON
1. Theme From The Last Waltz
2. Up On Cripple Creek
3. Who Do You Love? (With Ronnie Hawkins)
4. Helpless (With Neil Young)
5. Stage Fright
6. Coyote (With Joni Mitchell)
7. Dry Your Eyes (With Neil Diamond)
8. It Makes No Difference
9. Such A Night (With Dr. John)
10. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
11. Mystery Train (With Paul Butterfield)
12. Mannish Boy (With Muddy Waters)
13. Further On Up The Road (With Eric Clapton)
1. The Shape I’m In
2. Down South In New Orleans (With Bobby Charles & Dr. John)
3. Ophelia
4. Tura Lura Lural (That’s An Irish Lullaby) (With Van Morrison)
5. Caravan (With Van Morrison)
6. Life Is A Carnival
7. Baby Let Me Follow You Down (With Bob Dylan)
8. I Don’t Believe You (With Bob Dylan)
9. Forever Young (With Bob Dylan)
10. Baby, Let me Follow You Down (Reprise) (With Bob Dylan)
11. I Shall Be Released (With Bob Dylan)
12. The Well
13. Evangeline (With Emmylou Harris)
14. Out Of The Blue
15. The Weight (With The Staples)
16. The Last Waltz Refrain
17. Theme From The Last Waltz
Breaking up the band in style, is what this is. In 1976, The Band threw a farewell concert at the Winterland in San Francisco. They invited 5000 fans, and an impressive group of musicians they had worked with in the past. They also got Martin Scorsese to direct the film of the concert, which came out in 1978. Ultimately, this wasn’t the last waltz for The Band…five years later, they were back to touring again, but without guitarist Robbie Robertson, who would never again be part of the group. On this Thanksgiving concert document, The Band is in exceptional form, and the triple live album serves as one of the three must have albums by them…although what you’ll really want is the DVD so you can see it all unfold.
The guest stars are all great (the singers are shown in the track list above). They began as the backing band for Ronnie Hawkins, and later played famously with Bob Dylan, and everyone in between gives great performances. Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison…how could you go wrong with this? Neil Diamond and Muddy Waters also give great performances. And the songs The Band plays by themselves are wonderful versions as well. The last album side (side six…the last 6 tracks on disc 2) were recorded outside of the main concert. The DVD is a better experience…but this continues to stand as one of the greatest all star concerts in rock history. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2012]
Year of Release:
1978
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1,071
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1994-GEFFEN
Produced By NIRVANA & SCOTT LITT
1. About A Girl
2. Come As You Are
3. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam
4. The Man Who Sold The World
5. Pennyroyal Tea
6. Dumb
7. Polly
8. On A Plain
9. Something In The Way
10. Plateau
11. Oh Me
12. Lake Of Fire
13. All Apologies
14. Where Did You Sleep Last Night
In November of 1993, Nirvana performed their entry into MTV’s Unplugged series. 5 months later, Kurt Cobain was dead. This was the first posthumous release by the band, and is the most successful one to date. Nirvana didn’t go the traditional route with their Unplugged set: with the exception of “Come As You Are”, they avoided their biggest hits. The entire performance was done in one take, which was unheard of in the series. The performances are mostly perfect, with the band showing that even in an acoustic setting, they could still bring the raw power and emotion.
The biggest highlights are “About A Girl”, the only single from the album: “The Man Who Sold The World”, an exceptional David Bowie cover, and the memorable “All Apologies”. Cobain is in excellent and uncomfortable form throughout, and the performance, even without the DVD, shines all the way through. By far the best of the Unplugged series, and an important and necessary part of the short Nirvana discography. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2012]
Produced By NIRVANA & SCOTT LITT
1. About A Girl
2. Come As You Are
3. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam
4. The Man Who Sold The World
5. Pennyroyal Tea
6. Dumb
7. Polly
8. On A Plain
9. Something In The Way
10. Plateau
11. Oh Me
12. Lake Of Fire
13. All Apologies
14. Where Did You Sleep Last Night
In November of 1993, Nirvana performed their entry into MTV’s Unplugged series. 5 months later, Kurt Cobain was dead. This was the first posthumous release by the band, and is the most successful one to date. Nirvana didn’t go the traditional route with their Unplugged set: with the exception of “Come As You Are”, they avoided their biggest hits. The entire performance was done in one take, which was unheard of in the series. The performances are mostly perfect, with the band showing that even in an acoustic setting, they could still bring the raw power and emotion.
The biggest highlights are “About A Girl”, the only single from the album: “The Man Who Sold The World”, an exceptional David Bowie cover, and the memorable “All Apologies”. Cobain is in excellent and uncomfortable form throughout, and the performance, even without the DVD, shines all the way through. By far the best of the Unplugged series, and an important and necessary part of the short Nirvana discography. [First added to this chart: 11/23/2012]
Year of Release:
1994
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9,568
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2000-TVT
Produced By KEVIN SHIRLEY
1. Celebration Day
2. Custard Pie
3. Sick Again
4. What Is And What Should Never Be
5. Woke Up This Morning
6. Shapes Of Things To Come
7. Sloppy Drunk
8. Ten Years Gone
9. In My Time Of Dying
10. Your Time Is Gonna Come
1. The Lemon Song
2. Nobody's Fault But Mine
3. Heartbreaker
4. Hey Hey What Can I Do
5. Mellow Down Easy
6. Oh Well
7. Shake Your Money Maker
8. You Shook Me
9. Out On The Tiles
10. Whole Lotta Love
I'm sure that at some point, this seemed like a really great idea. But this two disc live album is hardly the great show it looks like on paper. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page teaming with a great live band like the Crowes for two nights of Zeppelin? Yeah.
Problems...the Black Crowes were playing without their...better guitar player. A stage with Page & Ford would have been most interesting. There are lots of covers. Chris Robinson meets a lot of songs that don't suit him in the Zeppelin catalog. The Crowes played several originals that would have been interesting with Page, but none of them are on the album because of contractual crap. And there are a lot of moments where everyone seems kind of lost.
On the plus side, it's good to hear Jimmy play live...he does get to tear some shit up. And this sounds pretty much like an ok Zeppelin tribute band...with a really good Jimmy Page. And disc one is enhanced with previously unreleased performance video and photos. So, there's that. And the drumming of Steve Gorman is exceptional. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2012]
Produced By KEVIN SHIRLEY
1. Celebration Day
2. Custard Pie
3. Sick Again
4. What Is And What Should Never Be
5. Woke Up This Morning
6. Shapes Of Things To Come
7. Sloppy Drunk
8. Ten Years Gone
9. In My Time Of Dying
10. Your Time Is Gonna Come
1. The Lemon Song
2. Nobody's Fault But Mine
3. Heartbreaker
4. Hey Hey What Can I Do
5. Mellow Down Easy
6. Oh Well
7. Shake Your Money Maker
8. You Shook Me
9. Out On The Tiles
10. Whole Lotta Love
I'm sure that at some point, this seemed like a really great idea. But this two disc live album is hardly the great show it looks like on paper. Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page teaming with a great live band like the Crowes for two nights of Zeppelin? Yeah.
Problems...the Black Crowes were playing without their...better guitar player. A stage with Page & Ford would have been most interesting. There are lots of covers. Chris Robinson meets a lot of songs that don't suit him in the Zeppelin catalog. The Crowes played several originals that would have been interesting with Page, but none of them are on the album because of contractual crap. And there are a lot of moments where everyone seems kind of lost.
On the plus side, it's good to hear Jimmy play live...he does get to tear some shit up. And this sounds pretty much like an ok Zeppelin tribute band...with a really good Jimmy Page. And disc one is enhanced with previously unreleased performance video and photos. So, there's that. And the drumming of Steve Gorman is exceptional. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2012]
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1971-APPLE
Produced By GEORGE HARRISON & PHIL SPECTOR
1. Introduction By George Harrison & Ravi Shankar
2. Bangla Dhun
3. Wah-Wah
4. My Sweet Lord
5. Awaiting On You All
6. That’s The Way God Planned It
7. It Don’t Come Easy
8. Beware Of Darkness
9. Band Introduction
10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
11. Medley: Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Young Blood
12. Here Comes The Sun
13. A Hard Rain’s A Gonna Fall
14. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
15. Blowin’ In The Wind
16. Mr. Tambourine Man
17. Just Like A Woman
18. Something
19. Bangla Desh
20. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Nobody ever began their new career outside their old band like George Harrison did. After leaving The Beatles, he released the 3 record masterpiece All Things Must Pass, then got together with Ravi Shankar to put together The Concert For Bangladesh. Recorded at Madison Square Garden in August of 1971, the show was a huge success for refugees in need of help from oppression and a huge cyclone that ravaged Bangladesh in 1970. Proceeds from the show (and the album and film) to this day go to the George Harrison UNICEF Foundation. This was the first large scale benefit concert, setting the stage for all future benefit shows.
Harrison had plenty of help from some famous friends: Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, and Badfinger were all there. Phil Spector lends his Wall Of Sound production to the live setting, making for a very advanced sounding album. The show is not without flaws: Ringo had one song to learn (“It Don’t Come Easy”), and he butchers the words. The Dylan set gets a bit long, and at times the lack of rehearsal time shows. But it’s still very worthwhile…the film is obviously better. Great to hear George finally able to play some of his Beatles songs live. An historic album, and a high note in Harrison’s career. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2012]
Produced By GEORGE HARRISON & PHIL SPECTOR
1. Introduction By George Harrison & Ravi Shankar
2. Bangla Dhun
3. Wah-Wah
4. My Sweet Lord
5. Awaiting On You All
6. That’s The Way God Planned It
7. It Don’t Come Easy
8. Beware Of Darkness
9. Band Introduction
10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
11. Medley: Jumpin’ Jack Flash/Young Blood
12. Here Comes The Sun
13. A Hard Rain’s A Gonna Fall
14. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
15. Blowin’ In The Wind
16. Mr. Tambourine Man
17. Just Like A Woman
18. Something
19. Bangla Desh
20. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Nobody ever began their new career outside their old band like George Harrison did. After leaving The Beatles, he released the 3 record masterpiece All Things Must Pass, then got together with Ravi Shankar to put together The Concert For Bangladesh. Recorded at Madison Square Garden in August of 1971, the show was a huge success for refugees in need of help from oppression and a huge cyclone that ravaged Bangladesh in 1970. Proceeds from the show (and the album and film) to this day go to the George Harrison UNICEF Foundation. This was the first large scale benefit concert, setting the stage for all future benefit shows.
Harrison had plenty of help from some famous friends: Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, and Badfinger were all there. Phil Spector lends his Wall Of Sound production to the live setting, making for a very advanced sounding album. The show is not without flaws: Ringo had one song to learn (“It Don’t Come Easy”), and he butchers the words. The Dylan set gets a bit long, and at times the lack of rehearsal time shows. But it’s still very worthwhile…the film is obviously better. Great to hear George finally able to play some of his Beatles songs live. An historic album, and a high note in Harrison’s career. [First added to this chart: 05/31/2012]
Year of Release:
1971
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Rank Score:
491
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Top 100 Greatest Music Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 12 | 12% | |
| 1970s | 22 | 22% | |
| 1980s | 13 | 13% | |
| 1990s | 29 | 29% | |
| 2000s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2010s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| Drive-By Truckers | 3 | 3% | |
| The Band | 3 | 3% | |
| Lucero | 2 | 2% | |
| Tom Petty | 2 | 2% | |
| Whiskeytown | 2 | 2% | |
| The Jayhawks | 2 | 2% | |
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CassidyInc 03/29/2024 22:06
Neat chart, but the write ups and historical perspective you've included for many of these albums make it something special. I had a good chuckle when I finally arrived to Loveless, the album I was most excited to hear your thoughts on, and there was nothing there!
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80/100
From Moondance 03/06/2023 07:40
What I found most intriguing is where you actually argue in your comments why an album isn't that great - which is an unusual way to create a greatest 100 chart. A bit too US-orientated for my liking and too many so-so bands. Good to see one album each from Australia & New Zealand.
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95/100
From samora 10/25/2022 14:15
Great chart, with impressive comments; very inspirational!
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90/100
From leniad 07/12/2022 00:28
would appreciate more variety from coutries, genres
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85/100
From Albumlover6789 02/03/2022 23:20
Lots of new music to discover here
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rockbluesfolkjaz 10/19/2021 18:18
rockbluesfolkjaz 10/19/2021 18:18
There's a lot of excellent choices here. Many of which I'll be listening to as well. Thanks for this list!
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95/100
From Johnnyo 07/18/2021 16:41
Stunning chart. I own 83 of the albums in your chart so it's inevitable that I'm going to love it. Also love the notes. Great addition.
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100/100
From henrygreen0203 05/04/2021 18:55
Nothing but great records here!
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KitchenSink 01/19/2021 23:03
KitchenSink 01/19/2021 23:03
perfect soundtrack to being the only guy left in the rural middle-of-nowhere bar at 4AM (this may sound backhanded but I assure you it's high praise)
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Mercury 01/14/2021 02:55
Mercury 01/14/2021 02:55
Still Crazy (good) after all these years.
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| Best Ever Artists | |
|---|---|
| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. The Velvet Underground | |
| 10. Nirvana | |
| 11. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 12. Neil Young | |
| 13. The Smiths | |
| 14. Miles Davis | |
| 15. The Beach Boys | |
| 16. Kanye West | |
| 17. R.E.M. | |
| 18. Pixies | |
| 19. Jimi Hendrix | |
| 20. Bruce Springsteen |