My Favorite Albums of All Time

1. Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It In People

2. John Coltrane: A Love Supreme

3. Van Morrison: Astral Weeks

4. Charles Mingus: Black Saint and The Sinner Lady

5. Neutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

6. Nick Drake: Pink Moon

7. Albert Ayler: Spiritual Unity

8. The Band: The Band II

9. The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St.

10. Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Les Stances A Sophie

11. John Fahey: America
12. Borbetomagus: Barbed Wire Maggots

13. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue

14. Minutemen: Double Nickels On The Dime
15. Robert Wyatt: Rock Bottom

16. Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced?

17. Julius Hemphill: Dogon A.D.

18. Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band: Trout Mask Replica

19. Royal Trux: Twin Infinitives

20. Pavement: Wowee Zowee

21. Can: Tago Mago

22. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin IV

23. Tim Buckley: Happy Sad

24. Don Cherry: Mu

25. Belle & Sebastian: If You're Feeling Sinister

26. Van Morrison: Veedon Fleece

27. No Age: Nouns

28. Slint: Spiderland

29. Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited

30. My Bloody Valentine: Loveless

31. Sun Ra: Atlantis

32. Robbie Basho: Visions of the Country

33. Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa

34. John Prine: S/T

35. Nas: Illmatic

36. Ornette Coleman: The Shape of Jazz to Come

37. Anthony Davis: Lady of the Mirrors 

38. Gato Barbieri: Chapter One: Latin America

39. The Residents: Not Available

40. Keith Jarrett: The Koln Concert

41. Talk Talk: Laughing Stock

42. Joanna Newsom: Have One On Me

43. Faust: Faust I

44. Velvet Underground: White Light/ White Heat

45. Carla Bley: Escalator Over The Hill

46. Grateful Dead: Live/Dead

47. Eric Dolphy: Out To Lunch!

48. Tom Waits: Rain Dogs

49. Velvet Underground: S/T

50. Thelonious Monk: Brilliant Corners

My Favorite Songs Of All Time

If the song was released as a single I've included the vinyl cover, but if it was not I just put in a sweet looking picture of the artist.

1. Bob Seger: Night Moves



2. Albert Ayler: Ghosts

3. Willie Nelson: Red-Headed Stranger

4. Neutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

5. Magnetic Fields: 100,000 Fireflies

6. Faces: Ooh La La

7. Tammy Wynette: Stand By Your Man

8. LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends

9. Bob Dylan: Like A Rolling Stone

10. John Coltrane: Blue Train

UGK feat Outkast: Int'l Players Anthem
Todd Rundgren: Hello It's Me
Julius Hemphill: Dogon AD
R. Kelly: Ignition (Remix)
Warren Zevon: Werewolves Of London
Marvin Gaye: Let's Get It On
Cannonball Adderley: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
The Standells: Dirty Water
Steely Dan: Deacon Blues
Jimmy Cliff: Many Rivers To Cross
Jackson C. Frank: Blues Run The Game
Pavement: Elevate To Me Later
John Fahey: Voice Of The Turtle
Flying Burrito Brothers: Sin City
Kinks:Lola
Neu!: Hallogallo
Robbie Basho: Salangadou
David Bowie: "Heroes"
Art Ensemble Of Chicago: Theme De Yoyo
Rolling Stones: Tumbling Dice
Little Richard: Tutti Fruiti
Modern Lovers: Girlfren
Charlie Rich: Behind Closed Doors

Best Singer-songwriters/Poets

There are a lot of good songwriters out there, but many of their lyrics fall flat when read as poetry. Here is a list of my 10 favorite artists whose words are able (or at least nearly able) to transcend the scaffolding of recorded music to the printed page:

1. Leonard Cohen (This one seems pretty obvious)

2. Joanna Newsom

3. Bill Callahan (Smog)

4. Phil Elvrum (The Microphones)

5. Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel)

6. Tom Waits

7. Lou Reed (Velvet Underground)

8. Gillian Welch

9. David Thomas (Pere Ubu)

10. John Darnielle (Mountain Goats)