Here is a list of the Top 10 Blues Albums of All Time based on votes
for Virgin's Top 1000 Albums of All Time published in a book in July,
1998.
Each number in brackets is the number that the album placed in the Top
1000. A list has to have at least 9 of the 10 albums chart in the
Top 1000 and at least 1 album released in 1981 or earlier. (9
categories)
TOP 10 BLUES ALBUMS
1. KING OF THE DELTA BLUES SINGERS ROBERT
JOHNSON/1962 (#270)
2. Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton
John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers/1966 (#364)
3. Texas Flood
Stevie
Ray Vaughn/1983 (#388)
4. The Healer
John Lee Hooker/1989 (#474)
5. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac/1968 (#533)
6. Live at the Regal
B.B. King/1965 (#593)
7. Damn Right I Got the Blues
Buddy Guy/1991 (#696)
8. Geting Ready
Freddie King/1971
(#705)
9. A Hard Road
John Mayall
& the Bluesbreakers /1967 (#762)
10. The Sky is Crying
Stevie Ray Vaughn/1991 (#781)
TOP 10 SOUL/R&B ALBUMS
1. WHAT'S GOING ON?
MARVIN GAYE/1971 (#32)
2. Thriller
Michael Jackson/1982 (#58)
3. Songs in the Key of Life
Stevie Wonder/1976
(#65)
4. Otis Blue
Otis Redding/1966 (#116)
5. Bad
Michael Jackson/1987 (#117)
6. Innervisions
Stevie
Wonder/1973 (#124)
7. Live at the Apollo Vol. 1
James Brown/1963
(#132)
8. Stand
Sly &
the Family Stone/1969 (#155)
9. Off the Wall
Michael
Jackson/1979 (#158)
10. Talking Book
Stevie Wonder/1972 (#159)
TOP 10 COUNTRY ALBUMS
1. GREVOUS ANGEL
GRAM PARSONS/1974 (#141)
2. The Gilded Palace of Sin
Flying Burrito Brothers /1969 (#173)
3. Sweetheart of the Rodeo
Byrds/1968
(#288)
4. Copperhead Road
Steve Earle/1988 (#379)
5. Red Headed Stranger
Willie Nelson/1975 (#433)
6. Guitar Town
Steve
Earle/1986 (#498)
7. Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash/1968 (#535)
8. Shotgun Willie
Willie Nelson/1973 (#591)
9. Patsy Cline Showcase
Patsy Cline/1963 (#684)
10. Old No. 1
Guy Clark/1971 (#757)
TOP 10 FOLK ALBUMS
1. LIEGE AND LIEF
FAIRPORT CONVENTION/1970 (#149)
2. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan/1964 (#193)
3. The Times They Are A Changin'
Bob Dylan/1964
(#256)
4. Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Kate and Anna McGarrigle/1975 (#265)
5. What we did on our Holidays
Fairport Convention/1969 (#301)
6. Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention/1969 (#341)
7. Lend of American Folk Blues
Woody Guthrie/1992 (#478)
8. Bob Dylan
Bob
Dylan/1962 (#665)
9. The Kingston Trio at Large
Kingston Trio/1959 (#714)
10. Joan Baez in Concert
Joan
Baez/1962 (#761)
TOP 10 HEAVY METAL ALBUMS
1. LED ZEPPELIN IV
LED ZEPPELIN/1971
(#39)
2. Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin/1975 (#50)
3. Led Zeppelin II
Led Zeppelin/1969 (#105)
4. Appetite for Destruction
Guns n Roses/1987 (#112)
5. Metallica
Metallica/1991 (#165)
6. Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin/1969 (#212)
7. Master of Puppets
Metallica/1986 (#217)
8. Back in Black
AC/DC/1980 (#247)
9. Van Halen
Van Halen/1978
(#293)
10. Houses of the Holy
Led Zeppelin /1973 (#310)
TOP 10 INDIE/PUNK ALBUMS
1. WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY OASIS/1995 (#9)
2. The Bends
Radiohead1995
(#10)
3. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols Sex
Pistols/1977 (#13)
4. The Stone Roses
Stone Roses/1989 (#14)
5. OK Computer
Radiohead/1997 (#21)
6. The Queen is Dead
Smiths/1986 (#23)
7. Definitely Maybe
Oasis/1994 (#25)
8. London Calling
The Clash/1979 (#29)
9. Parklife
Blur/1994 (#30)
10. Dummy
Portishead/1994 (#34)
ALL TIME TOP 10 JAZZ ALBUMS
1. KIND OF BLUE
MILES DAVIS/1960 (#48)
2. A Love Supreme
John Coltrane/1967 (#122)
3. In a Silent Way
Miles Davis/1969 (#187)
4. The Blanton-Webster Years
Duke Ellington/1987 Recorded 1940-42 (#204)
5. Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis/?? (#234)
6. Sketches of Spain
Miles Davis/1960 (#240)
7. Bitches Brew
Miles Davis/1970 (#253)
8. Charlie Parker On Dial Vol. 1-6
Charlie Parker/1974 (#269)
9. Blues and the Abstract Truth
Oliver Nelson/1961 (#325)
10. Blue Train
John Coltrane/1957
(#329)
ALL TIME TOP 10 REGGAE ALBUMS
1. LEGEND
BOB MARLEY
& THE WAILERS/1984 (#80)
2. Catch a Fire
The Wailers/1972 (#200)
3. Natty Dread
Bob Marley & the
Wailers/1975 (#255)
4. Live!
Bob Marley & the Wailers/1975 (#259)
5. Burnin'
The Wailers/1975 (#276)
6. Exodus
Bob Marley & the Wailers/1977 (#391)
7. Marcus Garvey
Burning Spear/1975 (#419)
8. Dreadlocks Dread
Big Youth/1975 (#486)
9. Dread Inna Babylon
U-Roy/1976 (#573)
10. Rastaman Vibration
Bob Marley
& the Wailers/1976 (#576)
ALL TIME TOP 10 BEATLES ALBUMS
1. REVOLVER/1966 (#1)
2. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/1967 (#2)
3. The Beatles (white album)/1968 (#3)
4. Abbey Road/1969 (#5)
5. Rubber Soul/1965 (#20)
6. A Hard Day's Night/1964 (#142)
7. With the Beatles/1964 (#168)
8. Help!/1965 (#196)
9. The Beatles 1962-66/ 1973 ((#311)
10. Please Please Me/1963 (#333)
ALL TIME TOP 10 ROLLING STONES ALBUMS
1. EXILE ON MAIN STREET/1972 (#27)
2. Let it Bleed/1969 (#44)
3. Beggars Banquet/1968 (#106)
4. Sticky Fingers/1971 (#107)
5. Aftermath/1966 (#295)
6. Some Girls/1978 (#327)
7. The Rolling Stones/1964 (#427)
8. Big Hits, Hide Tide and Green Grass/1970 (#514)
9. Black and Blue/1976 (#656)
10. Steel Wheels/1989 (#851)
ALL TIME TOP 10 FRANK SINATRA ALBUMS
1. SONGS FOR SWINGING LOVERS/1958 (#97)
2. In the Wee Small Hours/1955 (#222)
3. Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely/1958 (#223)
4. A Swingin' Affair/1957 (#243)
5. Come Fly with Me/1958 (#245)
6. Nice n Easy/1960 (#350)
7. Come Dance with Me/1959 (#360)
8. September of my Years/1965 (#373)
9. Sinatra at the Sands/1966 (#642)
10. Sinatra and Swingin' Brass/1962 (#881)
The book that I am using is the second edition, these are the TOP 10 ALBUMS FROM THE FIRST EDITION OF THE
VIRGIN ALL TIME TOP 1000 ALBUMS
Second editon book position in brackets
1. SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND BEATLES/1967 (#2)
2. Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan/1965 (#26)
3. Pet Sounds
Beach Boys/1966 (#6)
4. Blonde on Blonde
Bob
Dylan/1966 (#17)
5. Revolver
Beatles/1966 (#1)
6. Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd/1973 (#8)
7. Astral Weeks
Van Morrison/1968 (#15)
8. Let it Bleed
Rolling Stones/1969 (#44)
9. What's Going On?
Marvin
Gaye/1971 (#32)
10. Rubber Soul
Beatles/1965 (#10)
VIRGIN TOP 1000 ALBUMS--THIRD EDITION
c. 2000
1. REVOLVER
BEATLES/1966
2. The Bends
Radiohead/1995
3. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band Beatles/1967
4. OK Computer
Radiohead/1997
5. The Beatles (white album)
Beatles/1968
6. Automatic for the People
R.E.M./1992
7. Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan/1975
8. Abbey Road
Beatles/1969
9. Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd/1973
10. The Queen is Dead
Smiths/1986
ALL TIME TOP RAP ALBUMS ONLY COVERED
THE PERIOD FROM 1988-97
#1 RAP ALBUM: IT TAKES A NATION
OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK by PUBLIC ENEMY/1988 (#131)
Also in the book a list of the Top 5
Worst Albums of All Time, which the editor describes the top 4
as "absolutely diabolical."
1. Lord Sutch and His Heavy Friends
Screaming Lord Sutch
2. Metal Machine Music
Lou Reed
3. Having Fun with Elvis on Stage
Elvis Presley
4. The Transformed Man
William Shatner
5. Initation
Todd Rundgren