The 68 best albums of all time. OF ALL TIME.

I have just sat down and made a list of my favorite albums - mostly ones that I consider my favorites now, but also some old favorites that I still enjoy, and not just nostalgically. I restricted myself to one album per artist (a rule I broke for Madonna, because she's Madonna, and bent for solo acts out of a group), and didn't consider compilations. Some have some great personal meaning for me; others just have great fucking tunes.

I ended up with sixty-fucking-eight. (Could have ended up with more; that was me being strict! Left out some gems like the Princess Diaries soundtrack.)

So here they are in alphabetical order:

1. A*Teens - Teen Spirit
2. Ace of Base - Da Capo
3. Agnes - Dance Love Pop
4. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
5. Alizée - Une enfant du siècle
6. Amanda Marshall - Amanda Marshall
7. Amy Grant - Heart in Motion
8. Annie Lennox - Diva
9. Avalon - A Maze of Grace
10. Bananarama - Drama
11. Billie Piper - Walk of Life
12. Carly Rae Jepsen - Kiss
13. Chely Wright - Single White Female
14. Clare Maguire - Light After Dark
15. CocknBullKid - Adulthood
16. The Corrs - Borrowed Heaven
17. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
18. Ellie Goulding - Lights
19. Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded
20. Geri Halliwell - Schizophonic
21. Gina G - Fresh!
22. Girls Aloud - Tangled Up
23. Heather Small - Proud
24. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814
25. Jennifer Lopez - LOVE?
26. Jenny Berggren - My Story
27. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
28. Kylie Minogue - X
29. La Roux - La Roux
30. Lady Gaga - Born This Way
31. Le Kid - Oh Alright!
32. Little Boots - Nocturnes
33. Lorie - Rester la même
34. Madonna - American Life
35. Madonna - True Blue
36. Mandy Moore - Mandy Moore
37. The Manhattan Transfer - Bodies and Souls
38. Marina and the Diamonds - Electra Heart
39. Mylène Farmer - Innamoramento
40. Myra - Myra
41. Nadine Coyle - Insatiable
42. Natalie Cole - Unforgettable... With Love
43. Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi
44. Nicola Roberts - Cinderella's Eyes
45. Nina Gordon - Tonight and the Rest of My Life
46. Play - Under My Skin
47. Plumb - candycoatedwaterdrops
48. Priscilla - Une fille comme moi
49. Rachel Stevens - Come and Get It
50. Robyn - Body Talk
51. Savage Garden - Affirmation
52. Scooch - Four Sure
53. Selena Gomez and the Scene - When the Sun Goes Down
54. September - September (bent the compilation rule for this since it was her US debut)
55. Shakespears Sister - Hormonally Yours
56. Shania Twain - Up!
57. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Make a Scene
58. Spice Girls - Spiceworld
59. Susan Ashton - A Distant Call
60. Swing Out Sister - Kaleidoscope World
61. Taylor Swift - 1989
62. Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob
63. Timoteij - Längtan
64. various artists - Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
65. Velvet - The Queen
66. West End Girls - Goes Petshopping
67. Whitney Houston - Whitney
68. Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips

And here's the very top tier, roughly ranked:

1. Marina and the Diamonds - Electra Heart
2. Clare Maguire - Light After Dark
3. Madonna - American Life
4. Madonna - True Blue
5. Whitney Houston - Whitney
6. Rachel Stevens - Come and Get It
7. Scooch - Four Sure
8. Velvet - The Queen
9. Spice Girls - Spiceworld
10. Shania Twain - Up!
11. Katy Perry - Teenage Dream
12. A*Teens - Teen Spirit
13. Savage Garden - Affirmation
14. Myra - Myra
15. Ellie Goulding - Lights
16. Timoteij - Längtan
17. Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded
18. Little Boots - Nocturnes
19. Mylène Farmer - Innamoramento
20. Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob

(Madonna taking two spots in the top five. Only a legend.)

I will be endeavoring to review each one of these damn albums on this blog. I'll link them above when I have.