I was thinking out loud one day if I was stuck on a desert island, what music could I only listen to for the rest of my life? Considering my vast library of musical tastes and influences, I thought this should be easy. It has become nothing about being easy. I’m sure this list will change over time but as of December 25, 2022, here they are, my top albums of all time:
- ABC, The Lexicon of Love
- Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill
- Amy Winehouse, Back to Black
- Asia, Alpha
- Asia, Asia
- Barbra Streisand, A Star Is Born
- Barbra Streisand, Guilty
- Barbra Streisand, One Voice
- Barbra Streisand, Yentl
- Billy Idol, Rebel Yell
- Billy Joel, The Stranger
- Black Sabbath, Mob Rules
- Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell
- Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run
- Cyndi Lauper, She’s So Unusual
- Def Leppard, Hysteria
- Def Leppard, Pyromania
- Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms
- Duran Duran, Arena
- Electric Light Orchestra, A New World Record
- Electric Light Orchestra, Out of the Blue
- Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Fleetwood Mac, Rumours
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
- Gary Moore, After the War
- Gary Moore, Still Got The Blues
- Gary Moore, Wild Frontier
- Genesis, Three Sides Live
- George Harrison, All Things Must Pass
- George Michael, Faith
- George Michael, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
- George Michael, Songs from the Last Century
- Iron Maiden, Brave New World
- Iron Maiden, Iron Maiden
- Iron Maiden, Killers
- Iron Maiden, Piece of Mind
- Iron Maiden, Powerslave
- Iron Maiden, Somewhere in Time
- Iron Maiden, The Number of the Beast
- Journey, Escape
- Journey, Frontiers
- Journey, Raised on Radio
- Kiss, Alive I
- Kiss, Alive II
- Kiss, Creatures of the Night
- Kiss, Destroyer
- Kiss, Dressed to Kill
- Kiss, Dynasty
- Kiss, Kiss
- Kiss, Lick it Up
- Kiss, Love Gun
- Kiss, Rock and Roll Over
- Kiss, Unmasked
- Madonna, Like a Virgin
- Madonna, True Blue
- Metallica, Master of Puppets
- Metallica, Metallica “The Black Album”
- Michael Jackson, Thriller
- Motörhead, Ace of Spades
- Ozzy, Blizzard of Ozz
- Ozzy, Diary of a Madman
- Ozzy, Speak of the Devil
- Paul McCartney, Band on the Run
- Paul McCartney, Venus and Mars
- Paul McCartney, Wings and the Speed of Sound
- Pet Shop Boys, Actually
- Phil Collins, Face Value
- Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
- Pink Floyd, The Wall
- Platinum Blond, Standing in the Dark
- Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain
- Queen, A Night at the Opera
- Queensrÿche, Empire
- Queensrÿche, Operation Mindcrime
- Queensrÿche, The Warning
- Rod Stewart, Every Pictures Tells a Story
- Rush, A Farewell to Kings
- Rush, Grace Under Pressure
- Rush, Hemispheres
- Rush, Moving Pictures
- Rush, Signals
- Sade, Diamond Life
- Saga, Detours
- Saga, Heads or Tails
- Saga, Images at Twilight
- Saga, In Transit
- Saga, Silent Night
- Saga, World’s Apart
- Selena, Amor Phohibido
- Shania Twain, Come On Over
- Shania Twain, The Woman in Me
- Shania Twain, Up
- Steely Dan, Aja
- Stevie Wonder, Songs in the Key of Life
- Sting, Brand New Day
- Sting, Ten Summoner’s Tales
- Sting, The Dream of the Blue Turtles
- Sting, Mercury Falling
- Sting, Nothing Like the Sun
- Styx, Equinox
- Styx, Cornerstone
- Styx, Crystal Ball
- Styx, Pieces of Eight
- Styx, The Grand Illusion
- Supertramp, Breakfast in America
- Suzanne Ciani, Neverland
- Suzanne Ciani, The Velocity of Love
- Taylor Swift, Red
- The Beatles, Abbey Road
- The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
- The Beatles, The White Album
- The Cars, Candy-O
- The Cars, The Cars
- The Cure, Disintegration
- The Cure, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
- The Cure, Radio X
- The Cure, The Head of the Door
- The Pretenders, Learning to Crawl
- The Pretenders, Pretenders
- The Police, Ghost In The Machine
- The Police, Outlandos d’Amour
- The Police, Synchronicity
- The Police, Zenyatta Mondatta
- The Pretenders, Pretenders
- The Traveling Wilburys, Vol.1
- The Who, Who’s Next
- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Damn the Torpedoes
- U2, October
- U2, The Joshua Tree
- U2, War
- Van Halen, 1984
- Van Halen, 5150
- Van Halen, Balance
- Van Halen, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
- Van Halen, OU812
- Van Halen, Van Halen
- Various Artists, Grease
- Various Artists, Saturday Night Fever
- Wham, Make It Big
- Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston
- Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Marching Out
- Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Rising Force
- Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Trilogy