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100 Greatest Forgotten Albums

Criteria: These albums were chosen from the years 1960-1990. They intend to reflect those artists from Rock, Folk, & Pop and their sub-genre's. The only consideration was the uniform excellence of the material free from "filler" & representative of the era that it was taken from.

(This list does not include 'Live', Greatest Hits, or 'Best' Of compilations.)


Last Updated: 2014-06-12
Greatest Forgotten Albums
  1. Frisco Mabel Joy - Mickey Newbury
  2. Gilded Palace of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers
  3. Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
  4. White Light / White Heat - Velvet Underground
  5. Something / Anything - Todd Rundgren
  6. Killer - Alice Cooper
  7. The Great Puzzle - Jules Shear
  8. Dixie Chicken - Little Feat
  9. Spirit - Spirit
10. Argus - Wishbone Ash
11. Odyssey & Oracle - The Zombies
12. A New Flame - Simply Red
13. Electric Warrior - T-Rex
14. Moby Grape - Moby Grape
15. A Wizard, A True Star - Todd Rundgren
16. Bring The Family - John Hiatt
17. Tea For The Tillerman - Cat Stevens
18. Message From The Country - The Move
19. Seconds of Pleasure - Rockpile
20. The Captain and Me - The Doobie Brothers
21. Sunburst Finish - Be Bop Deluxe
22. Good Old Boys - Randy Newman
23. Musta Notta Gotta Lotta - Joe Ely
24. Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw
25. Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon
26. John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
27. All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
28. El Rayo-X - David Lindley
29. John Prine - John Prine
30. Outlaws - Outlaws
31. Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield
32. The Notorious Byrd Brothers - Byrds
33. Winning - Russ Ballard
34. I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die - Country Joe & The Fish
35. Living With The Animals - by Mother Earth
36. Chicken Skin Music - Ry Cooder
37. Liege & Lief - Fairport Convention
38. Mad Dogs & Englishmen - Joe Cocker
39. Fear of Music - Talking Heads
40. Lost In The Ozone - Commander Cody
41. Cricklewood Green - Ten Years After
42. Nightingales & Bombers - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
43. SF Sorrow - The Pretty Things
44. Balaklava - Pearls Before Swine
45. Infinite Rider on The Big Dogma - Michael Nesmith
46. Marquee Moon - Television
47. Teaser - Tommy Bolin
48. 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus - Spirit
49. Ghosts Upon The Road - Eric Andersen
50. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter - Incredible String Band
51. Alone Together - Dave Mason
52. Gaucho - Steely Dan
53. Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse
54. Dancing in The Dragon's Jaws - Bruce Cockburn
55. #1 Record - Big Star
56. Lives In The Balance - Jackson Browne
57. By The Light of The Moon - Los Lobos
58. Montrose - Montrose
59. Steven Stills - Steven Stills
60. Rides Again - The James Gang
61. Pure Pop For Now People - Nick Lowe
62. Emitt Rhoads - Emitt Rhoads
63. Third Down, 110 To Go - Jesse Winchester
64. Once Upon a Time - Simple Minds
65. Songs of Love & Hate - Leonard Cohen
66. The Immortal Otis Redding - Otis Redding
67. Grooves in Orbit - NRBQ
68. Kimono My House - Sparks
69. Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
70. Argybargy - Squeeze
71. New Riders of The Purple Sage - New Riders of The Purple Sage
72. Gorilla - Bonzo Dog Band
73. Do You Believe In Magic - Lovin' Spoonful
74. Tres Hombres - ZZ Top
75. Nighthawks at The Diner - Tom Waits
76. McCartney - Paul McCartney
77. Who Came First - Pete Townshend
78. Ogden's Nut Gone Flake - The Small Faces
79. Pickin' Up The Pieces - Poco
80. Body & Soul - Joe Jackson
81. Everywhere At Once - The Plimsouls
82. Howlin' Wind - Graham Parker
83. Song Cycle - Van Dyke Parks
84. Elephant Mountain - Youngbloods
85. Accept No Substitute - Delaney, Bonnie & Friends
86. Los Angeles - X
87. O'Keefe - Danny O'Keefe
88. Suite For Susan Moore - Tim Hardin
89. Desolation Boulevard - Sweet
90. Moss Elixir - Robyn Hitchcock
91. Radio City - Big Star
92. The Slider - T-Rex
93. Unhalfbricking - Fairport Convention
94. Music in a Doll's House - Family
95. Blue River - Eric Andersen
96. Pirates - Rickie Lee Jones
97. This Was - Jethro Tull
98. Fool For The City - Foghat
99. A Nod Is As Good As a Wink - Faces
100. Real Life - Magazine

101. UFO - Jim Sullivan
102. Stories We Could Tell - The Everly Brothers
103. Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
104. You Got To Sin To Be Saved - Maria McKee
105. Medusa - Trapeze
106. Slaughter On 10th Avenue - Mick Ronson
107. All Shook Down - The Replacements
108. Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt
109. Bare Trees - Fleetwood Mac
110. Sunflower - The Beach Boys
111. Berlin - Lou Reed
112. Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
113. Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison
114. Havana Daydreamin' - Jimmy Buffett
115. What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits - Doobie Brothers
116. Ladies of The Canyon - Joni Mitchell
117. French Kiss - Bob Welch
118. Pleasures of The Harbor - Phil Ochs
119. Sons - Sons of Champlin
120. City To City - Gerry Rafferty
121. Shady Grove - Quicksilver Messenger Service
122. Pink Moon - Nick Drake
123. American Gothic - David Ackles
124. Sweet Child - Pentangle
125. Tracks On Wax 4 - Dave Edmunds
126. Cry Tough - Nils Lofgren
127. Fire On The Mountain - Charlie Daniels Band
128. Will O' The Wisp - Leon Russell
129. Between The Buttons - Rolling Stones
130. Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
131. Got No Breeding - Jules and The Polar Bears
132. Grand Funk - Grand Funk Railroad
133. Homeless Brother - Don McLean
134. A Salty Dog - Procul Harum
135. But Seriously Folks - Joe Walsh
136. Discover America - Van Dyke Parks
137. Holland - The Beach Boys
138. Stone The Crows - Stone The Crows
139. Vienna - Ultravox
140. Healing Bones - Jules Shear
141. Non Fiction - The Blasters
142. Duet - Illinois Speed Press
143. Box of Frogs - Box of Frogs
144. Trace - Son Volt
145. Eli and The Thirteenth Confession - Laura Nyro
146. Goodbye and Hello - Tim Buckley
147. The Use of Ashes - Pearls Before Swine
148. Midnight Madness - Night Ranger
149. Down Two Then Left - Boz Scaggs
150. Twilley Don't Mind - Dwight Twilley Band
151. Mystery Girl - Roy Orbison
152. Songs For a Tailor - Jack Bruce
153. Temple of Low Men - Crowded House
154. Dream Police - Cheap Trick
155. War Baby: Hope & Glory - Tom Robinson
156. Phosphorescent Rat - Hot Tuna
157. It Aint Easy - Chris Smither
158. Zen Arcade - Husker Du
159. Gris Gris - Dr John
160. Kapt Kopter and The Fabulous Twirly Birds - Randy California
161. Only a Lad - Oingo Boingo
162. Hardline - The Blasters
163. Razamanaz - Nazareth
164. Ssssh - Ten Years After
165. Pontiac - Lyle Lovett
166. The Boatman's Call - Nick Cave
167. I Don't Want To Go Home - Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
168. Spinning Around The Sun - Jimmie Dale Gilmore
169. Album III - Louden Wainwright III
170. Up On The Sun - Meat Puppets
171. The Dark - Guy Clark
172. Summertime Dream - Gordon Lightfoot
173. Home Free - Dan Fogelberg
174. Neil Young - Neil Young
175. The Raspberries - The Raspberries
176. Here Come The Warm Jets - Brian Eno
177. Happy Sad - Tim Buckley
178. California Bloodlines - John Stewart
179. Second Thoughts - McKendree Spring
180. Son of Schmillson - Harry Nilsson
181. Starfish - The Church
182. The Flock - The Flock
183. Tim Rose - Tim Rose
184. Melting Pot - Booker T & The MG's
185. Mars Needs Guitars - Hoodoo Gurus
186. Straight Up - Badfinger
187. Flat As a Pancake - Head East
188. Two Weeks Last Summer - Dave Cousins
189. Glass Harp - Glass Harp
190. Motherlode - Loggins & Messina
191. Blue Jays - Justin Hayward & John Lodge
192. Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers
193. Stormcock - Roy Harper
194. Can You Fly - Freedy Johnston
195. Other Voices, Other Rooms - Nanci Griffith
196. Cafe Bleu - Style Council
197. Asylum Choir - Leon Russell & Marc Benno
198. Pictures For Pleasure - Charlie Sexton
199. McLemore Avenue - Booker T & The MG's
200. Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool

Frisco Mabel Joy album cover

Gilded Palace of Sin album cover

Village Green Preservation Society album cover

White Light/White Heat album cover

Something/Anything album cover

Killer album cover

Dixie Chicken album cover

Spirit album cover

Chicken Skin Music album cover

Odyssey & Oracle album cover

A New Flame album cover

Electric Warrior album cover




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