Tom's Top 100 Albums

The following is a list of albums I currently consider my 100 favorite. These are not the top 100 albums I grew up with or the albums I consider the most musically accomplished; rather, they're just my favorite 100 albums as of this moment. 

What's on your list? 

1. “Paul’s Boutique” - The Beastie Boys [1989]
2. “Ethiopian Knights” - Donald Byrd [1971]
3. “Endtroducing” - DJ Shadow [1996]
4. “Ill Communication” - The Beastie Boys [1994]
5. “Cannonball in Japan” - Cannonball Adderley [1966]
6. “Moon Safari” - Air [1998]
7. “Check Your Head” - The Beastie Boys [1992]
8. “Ready to Die” - Notorious BIG [1994]
9. “Rift” - Phish [1993]
10. “Blazing Arrow” - Blackalicious [2002]
11. “Temples of Boom” - Cypress Hill [1995]
12. “Deltron 3030” - Deltron [2000]
13. “Mary, Don’t Take Me on no Bad Trip” - Fugi [1969]
14. “The Platform” - Dilated Peoples [2000]
15. “The Score” - The Fugees [1996]
16. “Ironman” - Ghostface Killah [1996]
17. “So … How’s Your Girl?” - Handsome Boy Modeling School [1999]
18. “Power in Numbers” - Jurassic 5 [2002]
19. “Disposable Arts” - Masta Ace [2001]
20. “Life After Death” - Notorious BIG [1997]
21. “Deadringer” - RJD2 [2002]
22. “Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul” - Otis Redding [1966]
23. “Endangered Species” - Big Pun [2001]
24. “Naked & Warm” - Bill Withers [1976]
25. “Initials SG” - Serge Gainsbourg [1968]
26. “How I Got Over” - The Roots [2010]
27. “Doggystyle” - Snoop Dogg [1994]
28. “Gulag Orkestar” - Beirut [2006]
29. “The Chronic” - Dr. Dre [1992]
30. “The Genius Hits the Road” - Ray Charles [1960]
31. “The Low End Theory” - A Tribe Called Quest [1991]
32. “Enter the 36 Chambers” - Wu-Tang Clan [1994]
33. “Stone Cold Rhymin’” - Young MC [1989]
34. “Citizen Cope” - Citizen Cope [2002]
35. “The Beatles (White Album)” - The Beatles [1968]
36. “All the Woo in the World” - Bernie Worrell [1978]
37. “Back to Black” - Amy Winehouse [2006]
38. “Headhunters” - Herbie Hancock [1973]
39. “Intensity” - Charles Earland [1972]
40. “Shakedown Street” - Grateful Dead [1978]
41. “Walking Backwards” - Clutchy Hopkins [2008]
42. “Into Bass and Time” - Ancient Astronauts [2011]
43. “A New Perspective” - Donald Byrd [1963]
44. “Naturally” - Sharon Jones [2006]
45. “Sounding Out the City” - El Michels Affair [2005]
46. “Astral Sign” - Gene Harris [1974]
47. “His Majesty King Funk” - Grant Green [1965]
48. “Us” - Maceo Parker [1974]
49. “Shackman” - Medeski Martin & Wood [1996]
50. “Culture of Fear” - Thievery Corporation [2011]
51. “JapanPopShow” - Curumin [2008]
52. “Inspiration Information” - Shuggie Otis [1974]
53. “Clutch of the Tiger” - Clutchy Hopkins [2008]
54. “The Many Faces of Roger” - Roger [1981]
55. “Salongo” - Ramsey Lewis [1976]
56. “Mother Nature’s Son” - Ramsey Lewis [1968]
57. “Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley” - Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley  [1961]
58. “Get Up With It” - Miles Davis [1974]
59. “Abbey Road” - The Beatles [1968]
60. “Midnite Vultures” - Beck [1999]
61. “The Chisa Years” - Hugh Masekela [2006]
62. “Marcos Valle” - Marcos Valle [1970]
63. “Four” - Blues Traveler [1994]
64. “Version” - Mark Ronson [2007]
65. “Shango” - Peter King [1972]
66. “Innervisions” - Stevie Wonder [1973]
67. “13” - Blur [1999]
68. “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” - The Smashing Pumpkins [1995]
69. “The Division Bell” - Pink Floyd [1994]
70. “The Clarence Greenwood Recordings" - Citizen Cope [2004]
71. “Shame, Shame” - Dr. Dog [2010]
72. “Africa Brasil” - Jorge Ben [1976]
73. “Houses of the Holy” - Led Zepplin [1973]
74. “One Hot Minute” - Red Hot Chili Peppers [1995]
75. “Live at the Fillmore” - Santana [1997]
76. “Chronchitis” - Slightly Stoopid [2007]
77. “Animal Magic” - Bonobo [2001]
78. “Some People Have Real Problems” - Sia [2008]
79. “Ubiquity Studio Sessions Vol. 3” - Shawn Lee’s Ping Pong Orchestra (2006)
80. “FutureSex/LoveSounds” - Justin Timberlake [2007]
81. “Sesso Matto” - Armando Trovaioli [1973]
82. “Buena Vista Social Club” - Buena Vista Social Club [1997]
83. “The Underground Spiritual Game” - Fela Kuti/DJ Chief Xcel [2004]
84. “Nightingale” - Gilberto Gil [1979]
85. “Eat a Peach” - Allman Brothers [1972]
86. “Samba Esuema Novo” - Jorge Ben [1963]
87. “Since I Left You” - The Avalanches [2000]
88. “The Music Scene” - Blockhead [2009]
89. “Magical Mystery Tour” - The Beatles [1967]
90. “Chasing the Dragon” - Diplo [2010]
91. “Everything is Possible” - Os Mutantes [1999]
92. “Milight” - DJ Krush [1996]
93. “Kutiman” - Kutiman [2007]
94. “The Twilight Zone EP” - The Nothing [2011]
95. “Wu-Tang Forever” - Wu Tang Clan [1997]
96. “Modal Soul” - Nujabes [2005]
97. “The Trinity Session” - Cowboy Junkies [1998]
98. “Is on Top” - Chuck Berry [1959]
99. “Aretha Live at the Fillmore West” - Aretha Franklin [1971]
100. “The Baby Huey Story” - Baby Huey [1971]