Just to balance the last post here is a list of 25 albums that should not have been released.
Oh, and the number 1 album is:

1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band Soundtrack (1978)
(Note: This is NOT the Beatles album. This is the ‘soundtrack’ to the film based on the album. The Beatles, in no way, shape, or form appear on this album. So, relax, okay!)
Jesus . . . H . . . Christ. Where does one begin? Could it be Barry Gibb’s testicle crunching voice? Could it be the fact that Peter Frampton was asked to play a lead role? Could it be that Steve Martin sang a version of “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”? Could it be that George Burns moaned and groaned his way through a version of “Fixing a Hole?”
It could be any one of those! And more!!!

Scott has some commentary on the selections.

Alex at A List a Day tells us that Rolling Stone has put their list of the top 500 albums of all time on line.
The number one pick: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. RS opens their discussion with:

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is the most important rock & roll album ever made, an unsurpassed adventure in concept, sound, songwriting, cover art and studio technology by the greatest rock & roll group of all time.

Folks who were not present when this album hit the airwaves may disagree but I won’t argue the choice. There is plenty to nitpick among the next 499.
Slightly changing the subject, this list speaks to recorded work which is something different then what a band presents in live performance (aside from the lip synchers).

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