Albums that have influenced my life from the early 70’s and onward


This is an ongoing list of the albums that influenced my life from when I got my first 2 albums Sgt.Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Piano Man for my birthday. There is no particular order to them except for 1 and 2. As I remember more albums I will add them. Most of the albums listed here were heard on vinyl and now reside in the basement of my house in many crates and boxes and occasionally get brought up to the living room to be listened to.

  1. The BeatlesSgt.Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
  2. Billy JoelPiano Man
  3. The Blues BrothersBriefcase Full of Blues
  4. The KinksGive the People What They Want
  5. The Allman BrothersEat a Peach
  6. The Nails – Mood Swing
  7. Steely DanAja
  8. WingsWings Over America
  9. The WhoWho’s Next
  10. Web Wilder – Doo Dad
  11. The Rolling StonesSticky Fingers
  12. Joe WalshBut Seriously, Folks
  13. Sam & Dave – The Best of Sam & Dave
  14. Huey Lewis & the NewsSports
  15. SupertrampBreakfast in America
  16. The Boomtown RatsA Tonic for the Troops
  17. The Grateful DeadShakedown Street
  18. Soundtrack – FM
  19. The CarsShake It Up
  20. Randy NewmanTrouble in Paradise
  21. AC/DCBack in Black
  22. Tom Petty & The HeartbreakersSouthern Accents
  23. AsiaAsia
  24. Pink FloydDark Side of the Moon
  25. Talking HeadsStop Making Sense
  26. The Allman BrothersAt The Fillmore
  27. Talking HeadsTrue Stores
  28. Grateful DeadTerrapin Station
  29. The TubesThe Completion Backward Principle
  30. GenesisThe Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
  31. Earth,Wind & FireThat’s the Way of the World
  32. The Rolling StonesLet It Bleed
  33. Soundtrack – Saturday Night Fever
  34. Billy IdolRebel Yell
  35. Tears For FearsSongs from the Big Chair
  36. GenesisGenesis
  37. Billy SquierRock Me Tonight
  38. AerosmithToys in the Attic
  39. David BowieDiamond Dogs
  40. The EaglesHotel California
  41. Elton JohnGoodbye Yellow Brick Road
  42. Elton JohnCaptain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
  43. The FixThe Fix
  44. Glen FreyThe Allnighter
  45. J. Geils BandBest of the J. Geils Band
  46. Pink FloydThe Wall
  47. Lou ReedNew York
  48. Men At WorkBusiness as Usual
  49. Peter GabrielPeter Gabriel (1980) (Melt)
  50. QueenGreatest Hits
  51. STYXParadise Theatre
  52. U2The Joshua Tree
  53. Wang ChungPoints on the Curve
  54. Timbuk 3Greetings from Timbuk 3
  55. StingThe Dream of the Blue Turtles