My #1 Artist
The Rolling Stones

Let It Bleed
A tremendous album by
the Rolling Stones, featuring
"Gimme Shelter", "Monkey Man",
"Midnight Rambler", and more.

See also: Forty Licks,
Sticky Fingers, Some Girls,
Exile on Main Street,
and Steel Wheels
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My #2 Artist
The Beatles

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band
The Beatles created this
masterpiece in 1967, and it
still remains one of the most
influential albums of all time.

See also: Rubber Soul [UK],
Abbey Road, Revolver [UK],
The Beatles (The White Album),
and The Beatles 1 (hit singles)
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My #3 Artist
Elvis Presley

Elvis 30 #1 Hits
Presley cranked them out,
and here they are in another
greatest hits package.

See also: Live in
Las Vegas [Box Set],
The King Of Rock 'N' Roll:
The Comple 50s Masters,
From Nashville To Memphis:
The Essential 60s Masters,
Walk a Mile in My Shoes:
The Essential 70s Masters
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My #4 Artist
The Beach Boys

Pet Sounds
Brian Wilson's master work.

See also: Vol. 1-Greatest Hits,
The Greatest Hits Vol. 2:
20 More Good Vibrations,
The Greatest Hits Vol. 3:
Best of the Brother Years,
and Brian Wilson's Imagination
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My #5 Artist
John Mellencamp

Scarecrow
Call him Johnny Cougar, or
just plain John Mellencamp.
Either way, he's been making
very good albums for over
20 years. Scarecrow is
perhaps his greatest, with
the title track, "Small Town",
and "ROCK in the USA".

See also: Mr. Happy Go Lucky,
Lonesome Jubilee, Uh-Huh,
Cuttin' Heads, and
John Mellencamp.
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My #6 Artist
Tom Petty

Full Moon Fever
Tom Petty's brilliant solo
album, featuring "Free Fallin'",
"I Won't Back Down", and
"Runnin' Down a Dream".

See also: Damn the Torpedoes,
Echo, Southern Accents,
Hard Promises, and
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
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My #7 Artist
Bruce Springsteen

Born to Run
Teen angst in the 70s with
The Boss, featuring "Thunder
Road", "Jungleland", the title
track of course, and much more.

See also: Born in the U.S.A.,
The Rising, The River,
Darkness on the Edge of Town,
and Tracks (Box Set)
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My #8 Artist
The Police

Synchronicity
They only made five studio albums, but the Police were tremendously influential, and more importantly, this stuff still sounds fresh to me after almost 20 years.

See also: Zenyatta Mondatta,
Ghost in the Machine,
Outlandos d'Amour,
Reggatta de Blanc, and
Every Breath You Take: The Classics
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My #9 Artist
Fleetwood Mac

Rumours
The quintessential 70s
Southern California sound
by pop masters Buckingham,
Nicks and the Mac.

See also: Fleetwood Mac,
Tusk, Mirage, Tango in the Night,
and Stevie Nicks' Bella Donna
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