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Top 100 Albums of the 20th Century Well, the 20th century only if you conclude the first six decades didn't count. From an old list I had compiled about seven years ago. Enjoy! The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street (Rolling Stones ‘72) "The Indestructible Beat of Soweto" (Shanachie ‘86) The Grateful Dead: Live/Dead (Warner Bros. '69) David Murray Quartet: Shakill’s Warrior (DIW/Columbia ‘91) Joe Cocker: Joe Cocker! (A&M ‘69) Neil Young: Rust Never Sleeps (Reprise ‘79) The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Capitol ‘67) The Clash: London Calling (Epic ‘80) Randy Newman: 12 Songs (Reprise ‘70) "Lucinda Williams" (Rough Trade ‘88) Bruce Springsteen: Born in the USA (Columbia ‘84) Bob Dylan: Blonde on Blonde (Columbia ‘66) Al Green: Call Me (Hi ‘73) Fugees: The Score (Ruffhouse/Columbia ‘96) Derek & The Dominos: Layla (Atco ‘70) Miles Davis: A Tribute to Jack Johnson (Columbia ‘71) Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels on a Gravel ...

OK, as promised: 2007’s Top Albums 1. Arcade Fire: Neon Bible (Merge) 2. M.I.A.: Kala (Interscope) 3. Gogol Bordello: Super Taranta! (Side One Dummy) 4. The Apples in Stereo: New Magnetic Wonder (Yep Roc) 5. Lil Wayne: Da Drought 3 (Purloined Datadisc) 6. Fountains of Wayne: Traffic and Weather (Virgin) 7. Balkan Beat Box: Nu Med (JDub) 8. Les Savy Fav: Let's Stay Friends (Frenchkiss) 9. African Pearls 1: Rumba on the River (Syllart) 10. Authenticité: The Sylliphone Years (Stern's Africa) 11. Rilo Kiley: Under the Backlight (Warner Bros.) 12. Wussy: Left for Dead (Shake It) 13. Youssou N'Dour: Rokku Mi Rakka (Give and Take) (Nonesuch) 14. Lily Allen: Alright, Still (Capitol) 15. Los Campesinos!: Sticking Fingers Into Sockets (Arts & Crafts) 16. Modest Mouse: We Were Dead Before the Ship Ever Sank (Epic) 17. Bright Eyes: Cassadaga (Saddle Creek) 18. White Stripes: Icky Thump (Warner Bros.) 19. Miranda Lambert: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Sony/BMG Nashville) 20...

2008’s Top Albums. Yes, I realize I never got around to fininshing 2007's list; I'll get to it some day. For now, call this the first of my very own Dean's Lists (as it were). 1. TV on the Radio: Dear Science (Interscope) 2. Orchestra Baobab: Made in Dakar (Nonesuch) 3. Drive-By Truckers: Brighter Than Creation’s Dark (New West) 4. Coner Oberst: Coner Oberst (Merge) 5. K’naan: The Dusty Foot Philosopher (iM Culture) 6. Les Amazones de Guinee: Wamato (Stern’s Africa) 7. The Roots: Rising Down (Def Jam) 8. Girl Talk: Feed the Animals (Illegal Art) 9. Robert Forster: The Evangelist (Yep Roc) 10. Raphael Saadiq: The Way I See It (Columbia) 11. Randy Newman: Harps and Angels (Nonesuch) 12. Los Campesinos!: Hold On Now, Youngster… (Arts & Crafts) 13. Hayes Carll: Trouble in Mind (Lost Highway) 14. The Magnetic Fields: Distortion (Nonesuch) 15. LiL Wayne: Tha Carter III (Cash Money) 16. Love Is All: A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night (What’s Your Rupture) 17....