Switch 12 Songs with Sail Away, also by Randy Newman... They're both Widely acclaimed albums but Sail Away is more of a 'lyricist album'...

Switched the albums and extended the list to a nice round 75. Some questions:

1. There Goes Rhymin' Simon for the top 80?
2. Any more rap suggestions?
3. Could Lou Reed's Berlin get a spot?
4. This Year's Model or My Aim Is True?

This Year's Model...

My shortlist of albums to be ranked. Please add any that I missed and point out any undeserving names:

There Goes Rhymin' Simon
The Message
Buffalo Springfield Again
This Year's Model
John Wesley Harding
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Nebraska
The Rising
Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ
The Sounds Of Silence
The Who By Numbers
The Soft Parade
Berlin
Natty Dread
The Wind

???

For Springsteen, Nebraska>The River...

Fixed. Any more comments?

Something by Eric B. & Rakim should be in there somewhere I guess.

Yes! Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em...ftw.

1. Bringing It All Back Home (Bob Dylan)
2. Born To Run (Bruce Springsteen)
3. Blood On The Tracks (Bob Dylan)
4. Songs Of Leonard Cohen (Leonard Cohen)
5. Late For The Sky (Jackson Browne)
6. On The Beach (Neil Young)
7. Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan)
8. Dark Side Of The Moon (Roger Waters)
9. Quadrophenia (Pete Townsend)
10. Strange Days (Jim Morrison)
11. Imagine (John Lennon)
12. Blue (Joni Mitchell)
13. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, & Thyme (Paul Simon)
14. Armed Forces (Elvis Costello)
15. Songs Of Love And Hate (Leonard Cohen)
16. Darkness On The Edge Of Town (Bruce Springsteen)
17. Blonde On Blonde (Bob Dylan)
18. Rust Never Sleeps (Neil Young)
19. Astral Weeks (Van Morrison)
20. Who's Next (Pete Townsend)
21. The Doors (Jim Morrison)
22. Animals (Roger Waters)
23. Rubber Soul (Lennon/McCartney)
24. Imperial Bedroom (Elvis Costello)
25. Warren Zevon (Warren Zevon)
26. For Everyman (Jackson Browne)
27. After The Gold Rush (Neil Young)
28. Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) (Ray Davies)
29. Ladies Of The Canyon (Joni Mitchell)
30. Rain Dogs (Tom Waits)
31. The Velvet Underground & Nico (Lou Reed)
32. Graceland (Paul Simon)
33. The Wild, The Innocent, And The E Street Shuffle (Bruce Springsteen)
34. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan)
35. The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (Ray Davies)
36. Tommy (Pete Townsend)
37. Jackson Browne (Jackson Browne)
38. Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (Nick Cave)
39. I'm Your Man (Leonard Cohen)
40. Excitable Boy (Warren Zevon)
41. The Smiths (Morrissey)
42. In Utero (Kurt Cobain)
43. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon)
44. Revolver (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison)
45. Tonight's The Night (Neil Young)
46. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Peter Gabriel)
47. Wish You Were Here (Roger Waters)
48. Exodus (Bob Marley)
49. Court & Spark (Joni Mitchell)
50. Vitalogy (Eddie Vedder)
51. Summertime Dream (Gordon Lightfoot)
52. London Calling (Joe Strummer)
53. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison)
54. Clouds (Joni Mitchell)
55. Sail Away (Randy Newman)
56. Moondance (Van Morrison)
57. Wildflowers (Tom Petty)
58. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon)
59. The Naked Ride Home (Jackson Browne)
60. Blood & Chocolate (Elvis Costello)
61. The Marshal Mathers LP (Eminem)
62. Sandinista! (Joe Strummer)
63. Days Of Future Passed (Justin Hayward)
64. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Chuck D/Flava Flav)
65. Something Else (Ray Davies)
66. Abbey Road (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starr)
67. Mule Variations (Tom Waits)
68. Tender Prey (Nick Cave)
69. The Queen Is Dead (Morrissey)
70. Songs From A Room (Leonard Cohen)
71. The Pretender (Jackson Browne)
72. For The Roses (Joni Mitchell)
73. Harvest (Neil Young)
74. The Wall (Roger Waters)
75. 12 Songs (Randy Newman)
76. The Message (Grandmaster Flash)
77. There Goes Rhymin' Simon (Paul Simon)
78. Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen)
79. Berlin (Lou Reed)
80. Buffalo Springfield Again (Buffalo Springfield)
81. This Year's Model (Elvis Costello)
82. John Wesley Harding (Bob Dylan)
83. Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (Rakim)
84. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Neil Young)
85. The Soft Parade (Jim Morrison)
86. The Wind (Warren Zevon)
87. The Who By Numbers (Pete Townsend)
88. The Rising (Bruce Springsteen)
89. Natty Dread (Bob Marley)
90. The Sounds Of Silence (Paul Simon)

???

The top fifty looks solid... the next forty have the right albums (mostly), but maybe not in the best places.

For instance:

Harvest and possibly The Wall should both be above (at least) The Queen is Dead.

Does Soft Parade really belong in the top 100?

The list needs Willy & The Poor Boys by Creedence.. Top 60-70 range I'd say..

Also, I think a Steely Dan album could make the final placements.. Pretzel Logic for the 60-70 range..

Alice by Tom Waits should probably be rather high on here also. Every track, without exception, is pretty much as close to lyrical perfection as one can get.

Also, no Porcupine Tree? Deadwing and/or In Absentia could probably be Top 100.

I agree about Alice... Not so sure about Porcupine Tree... Again, Steely Dan needs one or two albums here, probably in the lower rangesm though Pretzel Logic has a shot at a middle placement (around 60-70 range). Another album could be Can't Buy A Thrill, or The Nightfly from Fagen's solo career...

Pretzel Logic should probably be on here.

The Downward Spiral (Trent Reznor)
Ok Computer (Thom Yorke)
Ten (Eddie Vedder)
Thirteenth Step (Maynard James Keenan)