100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Albums of all times

Few years back, I composed a list of my favorite rock albums and put the list and some sample tracks in a CD and then sent it all over the country to my friends. My taste in Rock music hasn’t changed much since then. Here and now, comes the third edition of that list (February 2011) -- My 100 favorite rock ‘n’ roll albums of all time:

Bob Dylan & The Band
The Basement Tapes (1975)

Neil Young
Tonight’s The Night (1975)

The Band
The Band [AKA Brown Album] (1969)

Bob Dylan

Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)

The Rolling Stones

Sticky Fingers (1970)

Grateful Dead

American Beauty (1970)

Van Morrison

Astral weeks (1968)

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Déjà vu (1970)

The Rolling Stones

Exile on Main Street (1972)

The Who

Who’s Next (1971)

Derek & the Dominos

Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)

Neil Young

On the Beach (1974)

Bob Dylan

Blonde on Blonde (1966)

The Band

Cahoots (1973)

David Crosby

If I only could remember my name (1971)

New Riders of the Purple Sage

New Riders of the Purple Sage (1971)

Van Morrison

Veedon Fleece (1974)

Jethro Tull

Aqualang (1971)

Crosby, Stills, Nash

Crosby , Stills, Nash (1969)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Zuma (1975)

Jerry Garcia

Garcia [AKA the Wheel] (1972)

Van Morrison

Moondance (1970)

The Band

Music from Big Pink (1968)

Blind Faith

Blind Faith (1969)

Bob Dylan & The Band

Planet Waves (1973)

Graham Nash

Song for Beginners (1971)

Bob Dylan

Blood on the Tracks (1975)

Neil Young

After the Goldrush (1970)

Crosby Stills Nash

CSN (1977)

Bob Dylan

Time Out of Mind (1997)

Gordon Lightfoot

Sundown (1975)

Bobby Charles

Bobby Charles [AKA Small Talk Town] (1972)

Stephen Stills

Manasas (1970)

Steely Dan

Countdown To Ecstasy (1973)

Warren Zevon

Warren Zevon (1976)

Traffic

Traffic (1968)

John Hartford

Aereo-Plain (1971)

Bob Dylan

Oh mercy! (1989)

Free

Fire & Water (1970)

Joe Cocker

With a Little Help From My Friends (1968)

Grateful Dead

Wake of the flood (1973)

Van Morrison

Saint Dominic Preview (1973)

Jimi Hendrix Experience

Electric Ladyland (1968)

Grateful Dead

Workingman’s Dead (1970)

Bob Dylan

Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

Rick Danko

Rick Danko (1977)

The Allman Brothers Band

Eat a Peach (1972)

Neil Young

Harvest (1972)

The Who

The Who by Numbers (1975)

Leon Russell

The Best of (1970-72)

Cream

Disraeli Gears (1967)

Graham Nash

Wild Tales (1973)

Lou Reed

Transformer (1973)

David Crosby & Graham Nash

Crosby & Nash (1972)

Johnny Cash

At Folsom Prison (1968)

Neil Young

American Stars ’n’ bars (1977)

Bob Dylan

Bringing it all back home (1965)

T.Rex

Electric Warrior (1971)

Eric Clapton

No Reason to Cry (1976)

Velvet Underground & Nico

Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

George Harrison & Friends

Concert for Bangladesh (1971)

Shawn Phillips

Second Contribution (1970)

Grateful Dead

Aoxomoxoa (1969)

Bob Dylan

John Wesley Harding (1968)

Steely Dan

Can't Buy A Thrill (1972)

The Beatles

Abbey Road (1969)

The Byrds

Greatest Hits (1968)

Leonard Cohen

Songs of Love and Hate (1970)

James Taylor

Sweet baby James (1970)

Joe Cocker

Cocker! (1969)

Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia

Live at Keystone Vol.1 (1973)

Little Feat

Feats Don't Fail Me Now (1974)

Janis Joplin

I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama! (1969)

Jefferson Starship

Red Octopus (1975)

Dave Mason

Dave Mason & Cass Elliot (1971)

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)

Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser

Wanted! The Outlaws (1976)

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd (1973)

New Riders of the Purple Sage

The Adventures Of Panama Red (1973)

Leonard Cohen

New Skin for the Old Ceremony (1974)

David Crosby & Graham Nash

Wind on the Water (1973)

Dave Mason

Alone Together (1970)

Dennis Wilson

Pacific Ocean Blue (1977)

Old And In The Way

Old And In The Way (1973)

The Allman Brothers Band

The Allman Brothers Band (1969)

Bob Dylan

The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs (1989-2006)

Fleetwood Mac

Rumours (1977)

Gene Clark

Winter Light (1971)

Jethro Tull

Benefit (1970)

Chuck Berry

The Great Twenty Eight (1955-65)

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969)

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley (1956)

Beach Boys

Pet Sounds (1966)

Al Kooper

New York City (You're A Woman) (1971)

Jerry Garcia & Howard Wales

Hooteroll? (1971)

The Rolling Stones

Aftermath (1966)

David Bowie

Hunky Dury (1972)

The Marshall Tucker Band

Greatest Hits (1973-79)

Robert Hunter

Tales of the Great Rum Runners (1974)

Joe Walsh
But Seriously Folks (1978)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere (1969)