The Top Ten Albums of All Time

So glad to see you show some love for Randy Newman. He has been one of my favorite artists for years and I can’t tell you how much I love Sail Away. Friends and other music folks I run into often overlook Randy but I think he’s up there with all the best American songwriters. There’s a reason why Dylan once said something along the lines of “Randy is in another league” and went on to praise him as one of Dylan’s favorite songwriters.

I found your channel, while scrolling through YouTube viewing suggestions. Since then I’ve subscribed and have watched all of your recent uploads and many from your archive. You have been very influential in my music purchase of late, discovering many artists I was not overly familiar with. My music tastes are very similar to yours. The sixties and seventies are still my favourites, as that’s my generation. Seven years ago my wife’s cancer returned after 27 years of remission. We made the decision to sell our house and move to an apartment. I donated my vinyl and CD collections along with my stereo equipment to the Sally Ann due to lack of space in the apartment, and more importantly, my priorities at the time had changed drastically. After my wife’s passing, six years ago, I decided to get back into music and replaced my stereo system and began the process of reacquiring as much of my music as possible. Because of space, I’m sticking to CDs, which I don’t regret. Up to now I’ve been able to replace about a thousand and the search continues. So many are out of print and are very rare, and if can be found are just too expensive. Anyway, I really just wanted to thank you for your videos, and I look forward more to come.

There's nothing more SUBJECTIVE than music 🎶 Somewhere in East Germany there's a dude doing his top 10 albums of all time ---all Polka music.

My List TODAY Pawn Hearts - Van der Graaf Generator The White Album - The Beatles Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround - The Kinks Greendale - Neil Young Close To The Edge - Yes Tea For The Tillerman - Cat Stevens Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin Darwin - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson Uomo Di Pezza - Le Orme Blood On The Tracks - Bob Dylan

I’m shocked that nobody is mentioning Joni Mitchell’s Blue album. And thank you to someone who mentioned XTC’s Skylarking album.

Nice surprise to see « The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society » in your selection, an album that I discovered when I was well in my 40s. I would almost solely listen to that album for a couple of weeks at the time. Admittedly I haven’t listened to it for a long time now, however, I warmly recommend it.

Can't even choose my top albums this year, let alone all time! Constantly changing depending on mood, time of year or not discovered yet, and if I listen to something too often it gets boring, even if I love it. Variety is the key.

The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars. A groundbreaking recording from start to finish

Hey Mazzy. Love that the Who's Tommy made it for your top 10. Tommy was the first record I fell in love with by the Who. And there's my favorite Kinks record! Then Fifth Dimension by the Byrds - you're on a roll! Enjoyable vid! Cheers!

Love all the picks Mazzy. I think every single one of them is justified at being in the top ten! I’m a big Nick Cave fan, absolutely love the Beatles, The Kinks, Kate Bush, just excellent choices! I’ll guess I’ll try an take a shot here with… 1. Skylarking - XTC 2. Ghosteen - Nick Cave 3. The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks 4. Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles 5. Countdown to Ecstasy - Steely Dan 6. Foxtrot - Genesis 7. Yes - Close to the Edge 8. Hunky Dory - David Bowie 9. Moving Pictures - Rush 10. Avalon - Roxy Music

I love all those albums. I would have a really rough time trying to narrow down my favorite top 10 - I know for sure Pet Sounds and maybe some Springsteen and Elton would make that list. I enjoyed listening to you talk about your faves.

I really enjoyed watching this Mazzy. I saw some of my favorites and others I need to listen to. Thank you for sharing your top 10.

I love your attitude. Feels right, generally- authentic.

There is something really heartwarming when someone shares a love of music that you have enjoyed for so long

Mazzy, you make me weak with your obvious love of these artists / music. Thank you !

Stephen Stills ' Manassas' is a shoe in for me.

Thank you Norm. Looks like I’ll be investing in Becks and The Kinks CDs, as I have other music by these artists.

Graham Parker "Howlin' Wind" The Band "The Band" English Beat "Just Can't Stop It" Little Feat "Dixie Chicken" Kinks "Face to Face" Clash "London Calling" Warren Zevon "Warren Zevon" Neil Young "After the Gold Rush" Really liked your list, Mazzy. A really fun episode. Love VM "Veedon Fleece" and Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks". Tomorrow, I'd probably pick a whole different list, but it's fun to do, right.

Great choices! Sail Away is a perfect record. Dayton Ohio 1903 is a personal fave.

Village Green - so lovely to see this album come up on your list. It's all the things you've said about it. And it shows that despite its 'Englishness', people elsewhere get it equally, probably because the themes in it are universal.