THE 200 ALBUMS THAT EVERY MUSIC LOVER SHOULD OWN

SHOWBIZ TIME MAGAZINE. April-May Issue P.25-26-27-28 Cover of the Magazine Table of Contents

THE 200 ALBUMS THAT EVERY MUSIC LOVER SHOULD OWN

The National Association of Record Merchandisers (NARM) and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have unveiled a list of the 200 albums that every music lover should own. The list was chosen by a committee of national, local and regional record retailers, who are also featuring the 200 titles in their stores. "In an era when record stores and album sales are somewhat embattled, NARM thought it was the perfect time to release this list, and have retailers promote these great, classic albums," said NARM President Jim Donio.

Rank Artist Album Title Release Date Genre

1	BEATLES	SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND	1967	Rock
2	PINK FLOYD	DARK SIDE OF THE MOON	1973	Rock
3	MICHAEL JACKSON	THRILLER	1982	Pop
4	LED ZEPPELIN	LED ZEPPELIN IV	1971	Rock
5	U2	JOSHUA TREE	1987	Rock
6	ROLLING STONES	EXILE ON MAIN STREET	1972	Rock
7	CAROLE KING	TAPESTRY	1971	Adult Contemporary
8	BOB DYLAN	HIGHWAY '61 REVISITED	1965	Rock
9	BEACH BOYS	PET SOUNDS	1966	Rock
10	NIRVANA	NEVERMIND	1991	Rock
11	PEARL JAM	TEN	1991	Rock
12	BEATLES	ABBEY ROAD	1969	Rock
13	SANTANA	SUPERNATURAL	1999	Rock
14	METALLICA	METALLICA	1991	Rock
15	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN	BORN TO RUN	1975	Rock
16	PRINCE	PURPLE RAIN	1984	Pop
17	AC/DC	BACK IN BLACK	1980	Rock
18	ROLLING STONES	LET IT BLEED	1969	Rock
19	DOORS	DOORS	1967	Rock
20	GRATEFUL DEAD	AMERICAN BEAUTY	1970	Rock
21	SHANIA TWAIN	COME ON OVER	1997	Country
22	WHO	WHO'S NEXT	1971	Rock
23	STEVIE WONDER	SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE	1976	R&B
24	FLEETWOOD MAC	RUMOURS	1977	Pop
25	PINK FLOYD	WALL	1979	Rock
26	ALANIS MORISSETTE	JAGGED LITTLE PILL	1995	Pop
27	NORAH JONES	COME AWAY WITH ME	2002	Pop
28	EMINEM	MARSHALL MATHERS LP	2000	Rap
29	OUTKAST	SPEAKERBOXX-LOVE BELOW	2003	R&B
30	DR. DRE	CHRONIC	1992	Rap
31	BEASTIE BOYS	LICENSED TO ILL	1986	Rap
32	GUNS 'N ROSES	APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION	1987	Rock
33	DIXIE CHICKS	WIDE OPEN SPACES	1998	Country
34	MILES DAVIS	KIND OF BLUE	1959	Jazz
35	EAGLES	HOTEL CALIFORNIA	1976	Rock
36	DEF LEPPARD	HYSTERIA	1987	Rock
37	SOUNDTRACK	GREASE	1978	Soundtrack
38	MARVIN GAYE	WHAT'S GOING ON	1971	R&B
39	BEATLES	WHITE ALBUM	1968	Rock
40	SOUNDTRACK	SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER	1977	Soundtrack
41	JIMI HENDRIX	ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?	1967	Rock
42	BEATLES	REVOLVER	1966	Rock
43	BOSTON	BOSTON	1976	Rock
44	BON JOVI	SLIPPERY WHEN WET	1986	Rock
45	U2	ACHTUNG BABY	1991	Rock
46	WHITNEY HOUSTON	WHITNEY HOUSTON	1985	R&B
47	LED ZEPPELIN	LED ZEPPELIN II	1969	Rock
48	DAVE MATTHEWS BAND	CRASH	1996	Rock
49	ROLLING STONES	STICKY FINGERS	1971	Rock
50	GREEN DAY	DOOKIE	1994	Rock
51	LED ZEPPELIN	HOUSES OF THE HOLY	1973	Rock
52	JONI MITCHELL	BLUE	1971	Rock
53	ELVIS PRESLEY	ELVIS PRESLEY AT SUN	2004	Rock
54	AEROSMITH	TOYS IN THE ATTIC	1975	Rock
55	LAURYN HILL	MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL	1998	R&B
56	BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN	BORN IN THE U.S.A.	1984	Rock
57	50 CENT	GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN'	2003	Rap
58	AC/DC	HIGHWAY TO HELL	1979	Rock
59	NOTORIOUS B.I.G.	LIFE AFTER DEATH	1997	Rap
60	VAN HALEN	VAN HALEN	1978	Rock
61	GREEN DAY	AMERICAN IDIOT	2004	Rock
62	BLACK SABBATH	PARANOID	1971	Rock
63	EMINEM	EMINEM SHOW	2000	Rap
64	JEWEL	PIECES OF YOU	1995	Pop
65	COLDPLAY	RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD	2002	Pop
66	MEATLOAF	BAT OUT OF HELL	1977	Rock
67	USHER	CONFESSIONS	2004	R&B
68	KID ROCK	DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE	1998	Rock
69	GEORGE HARRISON	ALL THINGS MUST PASS	1970	Pop
70	BILLY JOEL	STRANGER	1977	Pop
71	EAGLES	HELL FREEZES OVER	1994	Rock
72	VAN MORRISON	MOONDANCE	1970	Rock
73	REM	AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE	1992	Pop
74	PHIL COLLINS	NO JACKET REQUIRED	1985	Pop
75	METALLICA	MASTER OF PUPPETS	1986	Rock
76	FAITH HILL	BREATHE	1999	Country
77	JOHNNY CASH	AT FOLSOM PRISON	1968	Country
78	JOHN COLTRANE	LOVE SUPREME	1964	Jazz
79	PINK FLOYD	WISH YOU WERE HERE	1975	Rock
80	MICHAEL JACKSON	OFF THE WALL	1979	Pop
81	MARVIN GAYE	LET'S GET IT ON	1973	R&B
82	BOB SEGER	NIGHT MOVES	1976	Rock
83	PAUL SIMON	GRACELAND	1986	Pop
84	LINKIN PARK	HYBRID THEORY	2000	Rock
85	PRINCE	1999	1983	Pop
86	DEF LEPPARD	PYROMANIA	1983	Rock
87	JANET JACKSON	CONTROL	1986	R&B
88	RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS	BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK	1991	Rock
89	DIRE STRAITS	BROTHERS IN ARMS	1985	Rock
90	TUPAC	ALL EYEZ ON ME	1996	Rap
91	MATCHBOX TWENTY	YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU	1996	Pop
92	RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS	CALIFORNICATION	1999	Rock
93	LED ZEPPELIN	PHYSICAL GRAFFITI	1975	Rock
94	NELLY	COUNTRY GRAMMAR	2000	Rap
95	CREED	HUMAN CLAY	1999	Rock
96	CLASH	LONDON CALLING	1979	Rock
97	CELINE DION	FALLING INTO YOU	1996	Adult Contemporary
98	NEIL YOUNG	HARVEST	1972	Rock
99	SOUNDTRACK	DIRTY DANCING	1987	Soundtrack
100	DIXIE CHICKS	HOME	2002	Country
101	TOM PETTY	FULL MOON FEVER	1989	Rock
102	VAN HALEN	1984	1984	Rock
103	SOUNDTRACK	TITANIC	1997	Soundtrack
104	CROSBY STILLS & NASH	DEJA VU	1970	Rock
105	TLC	CRAZYSEXYCOOL	1994	R&B
106	BECK	ODELAY	1996	Rock
107	KENNY G	BREATHLESS	1992	Adult Contemporary
108	NWA.	STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON	1989	Rap
109	SEX PISTOLS	NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS	1977	Rock
110	BEATLES	RUBBER SOUL	1965	Rock
111	RADIOHEAD	O.K. COMPUTER	1997	Rock
112	SIMON & GARFUNKEL	BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE WATER	1970	Adult Contemporary
113	DIXIE CHICKS	FLY	1999	Country
114	METALLICA	AND JUSTICE FOR ALL	1988	Rock
115	MICHAEL JACKSON	DANGEROUS	1991	Pop
116	MARIAH CAREY	DAYDREAM	1995	Pop
117	SOUNDTRACK	TOP GUN	1986	Soundtrack
118	ELTON JOHN	GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD	1973	Pop
119	POLICE	SYNCHRONICITY	1983	Rock
120	NO DOUBT	TRAGIC KINGDOM	1995	Pop
121	ROLLING STONES	BEGGAR'S BANQUET	1967	Rock
122	R KELLY	R	1998	R&B
123	TOOL	LATERALUS	2001	Rock
124	OASIS	WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY	1995	Rock
125	BOB MARLEY	EXODUS	1977	Reggae
126	JOURNEY	ESCAPE	1981	Rock
127	CHRISTINA AGUILERA	CHRISTINA AGUILERA	1999	Pop
128	JAY-Z	BLUEPRINT	2001	Rap
129	ALICIA KEYS	DIARY OF ALICIA KEYS	2003	R&B
130	SOUNDTRACK	O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU?	2000	Soundtrack
131	CARS	CARS	1978	Pop
132	ENYA	DAY WITHOUT RAIN	2000	Adult Contemporary
133	NATALIE COLE	UNFORGETTABLE WITH LOVE NATALIE COLE	1991	R&B
134	SOUNDTRACK	FOOTLOOSE	1984	Soundtrack
135	LIONEL RICHIE	CAN'T SLOW DOWN	1983	Pop
136	SARAH MCLACHLAN	SURFACING	1997	Adult Contemporary
137	BONNIE RAITT	NICK OF TIME	1989	Rock
138	METALLICA	RIDE THE LIGHTNING	1984	Rock
139	SHERYL CROW	TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC CLUB	1993	Pop
140	FRANK SINATRA	IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS	1955	Standards
141	EARTH WIND FIRE	GRATITUDE	1975	R&B
142	ZZ TOP	ELIMINATOR	1983	Rock
143	WILLIE NELSON	RED HEADED STRANGER	1975	Country
144	JOHN LENNON	IMAGINE	1971	Rock
145	TONI BRAXTON	TONI BRAXTON	1993	R&B
146	ETTA JAMES	AT LAST	1961	Blues
147	ELVIS PRESLEY	ELVIS PRESLEY	1956	Rock
148	CAT STEVENS	TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN	1970	Pop
149	SMASHING PUMPKINS	MELLON COLLIE & THE INFINITE SADNESS	1995	Rock
150	DAVE BRUBECK	TIME OUT	1959	Jazz
151	JANET JACKSON	JANET	1993	R&B
152	QUEEN	A NIGHT AT THE OPERA	1975	Rock
153	OZZY OSBOURNE	BLIZZARD OF OZZ	1981	Rock
154	WILL SMITH	BIG WILLIE STYLE	1997	Rap
155	PRINCE	SIGN OF THE TIMES	1987	Pop
156	PUBLIC ENEMY	IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK	1988	Rap
157	BOB DYLAN	BLOOD ON THE TRACKS	1975	Rock
158	GEORGE MICHAEL	FAITH	1987	Pop
159	BOYZ II MEN	COOLEYHIGHHARMONY	1993	R&B
160	DESTINY'S CHILD	WRITING'S ON THE WALL	1999	R&B
161	JAY-Z	BLACK ALBUM	2003	Rap
162	AVRIL LAVIGNE	LET GO	2002	Pop
163	FUGEES	SCORE	1996	R&B
164	MADONNA	LIKE A VIRGIN	1984	Pop
165	LED ZEPPELIN	LED ZEPPELIN	1969	Rock
166	STEVIE RAY VAUGHN	TEXAS FLOOD	1983	R&B
167	STONE TEMPLE PILOTS	CORE	1992	Rock
168	ORIGINAL CAST	PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - HIGHLIGHTS	1988	Soundtrack
169	JETHRO TULL	AQUALUNG	1971	Rock
170	TUPAC	ME AGAINST THE WORLD	1995	Rap
171	DAVID BOWIE	RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST	1972	Rock
172	SHAKIRA	LAUNDRY SERVICE	2001	Pop
173	SOUNDTRACK	FORREST GUMP	1994	Soundtrack
174	AL GREEN	CALL ME	1973	R&B
175	CURTIS MAYFIELD	SUPERFLY	1972	R&B
176	LIVE	THROWING COPPER	1994	Rock
177	GEORGE BENSON	BREEZIN'	1976	Jazz
178	WHITE STRIPES	WHITE BLOOD CELLS	2001	Rock
179	LYNYRD SKYNYRD	PRONOUNCED LEH-NERD SKIN-ERD	1973	Rock
180	SADE	DIAMOND LIFE	1984	Adult Contemporary
181	FLEETWOOD MAC	FLEETWOOD MAC	1975	Pop
182	PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS	BAND ON THE RUN	1973	Rock
183	BEYONCE	DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE	2003	R&B
184	ANITA BAKER	RAPTURE	1986	R&B
185	NAS	IIIMATIC	1994	Rap
186	BARBRA STREISAND	A STAR IS BORN	1976	Soundtrack
187	EARTH WIND FIRE	THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD	1975	R&B
188	ANITA BAKER	RHYTHM OF LOVE	1994	R&B
189	JAY-Z	IN MY LIFETIME VOL 1	1997	Rap
190	LL COOL J	MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT	1990	Rap
191	STEELY DAN	AJA	1977	Rock
192	WILLIE NELSON	STARDUST	1978	Country
193	ARETHA FRANKLIN	SPARKLE	1976	R&B
194	ANDREA BOCELLI	ANDREA	2004	Classical
195	BOB DYLAN	BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME	1965	Rock
196	LUTHER VANDROSS	NEVER TOO MUCH	1981	R&B
197	U2	ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND	2000	Rock
198	RUSH	2112	1976	Rock
199	OUTKAST	AQUEMINI	1998	R&B
200	GRAND FUNK RAILROAD	WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND	1973	Rock