Five Favorite Albums of All-Time

The current T-Boy Society of Film & Music poll is devoted to our writers’ five favorite albums of all-time. An album is a collection of songs & music available in any forum: Vinyl, CD, Tape, etc. Initially, the theme of the poll was top five albums you’d take on a deserted island; but it made the poll a little confusing, plus we all understand the concept. It may be our most passionate poll, with some sending numerous revisions. And, yes; I was countlessly reminded by writers that their lists can change at the flip of a coin. What’s interesting is for readers to learn more about our writers in a very different capacity. And that includes me, as well.

You’ll find individual lists below, followed by results of top ten albums and selection of artists and bands. What did the lists tell me? Well, the years are passing too quickly.

EB, Editor

MEMBERS: Selections in Order

T.E. Mattox

T-Boy Writer & Musician:

Hard Again (1977)
Muddy Waters
Father of the Folk Blues (1965)
Son House
Stronger For It (2012)
Janiva Magness
Together for the First Time Live (1974)
B.B.King & Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland
Masterpiece (2019)
Albert Castiglia

Brom Wikstrom

Mouth Painter & T-Boy Writer:

Rejuvenation (1974) – The Meters
Kind of Blue (1959) – Miles Davis
My Favorite Things (1961) – John Coltrane
Swiss Movement (1969) – Les McCan and Eddie Harris
Blonde on Blonde (1966) – Bob Dylan

Honorable Mention

East-West/Paul Butterfield Blues Band* Delaney, Bonnie & Friends on Tour with Eric Clapton/Delaney, Bonnie & Friends * Al Kooper/I Stand Alone * Revolver/The Beatles * The Harder They Come (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack/Jimmy Cliff * Lady Soul/Aretha Franklin

Mike Rand

T-Boy Writer & Musician:

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
The Beatles
Let It Bleed (1969)
The Rolling Stones
The Joshua Tree (1987)
U2
The Bends (1995)
Radiohead
Appetite for Destruction (1987)
Guns N’ Roses

Susan Breslow

T-Boy Writer:

Moondance (1970)
Van Morrison
Blue (1971)
Joni Mitchell
You Want it Darker (2016)
Leonard Cohen

Weave Cleveland

T-Boy Writer & Musician:

The Nightfly (1982)
Donald Fagen [I am going to regret not choosing a Beatles album]
Halcyon Days (2004)
Bruce Hornsby [I am going to regret not choosing some Vince Gill]
Emancipation (1996)
Prince [I am going to regret not choosing 5 Prince Albums]
Seeds Of Love (1989)
Tears for Fears [I am going to regret not choosing some Thelonious Monk]
Djesse Vol. 3 (2020)
Jacob Collier [I am going to regret not choosing VooDoo by D’Angelo]

Honorable Mention

Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique)/Tchaikovsky [And God will strike me down for not choosing any Stevie Wonder! May this island have no electricity!]

Terry Cassel

T-Boy Writer & Musician:

A Love Supreme (1965)
John Coltrane
Kind of Blue (1959)
Miles Davis
The Best of the Bothy Band (1993)
The Bothy Band
Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Bob Dylan
J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1955)
Glenn Gould, piano

James Boitano

T-Boy Writer:

Tusk (1979) – Fleetwood Mac

The island for listening: Elephant island, Antarctica

Allan Smith

T-Boy Writer & Photographer:

Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter (1977)
Joni Mitchell
Blonde on Blonde (1966)
Bob Dylan
Rubber Soul (UK) (1965)
The Beatles
The Nine Symphonies (1963)
Ludwig von Beethoven, Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Legend (The Best Of Bob Marley And The Wailers) (1984)
Bob Marley & The Wailers

Emperor of Oldies

Musicologist:

Sticky Fingers (1971)
The Rolling Stones
Bridge Over Troubled Water (1967)
Simon & Garfunkel
Help! (Capitol Records ) (1965)
The Beatles
Rubber Soul (Capitol Records ) (1965)
The Beatles
Sweet Baby James (1969)
James Taylor

Honorable Mention (could be in my top five on any given day)

Every Picture Tells A Story/Rod Stewart * Who’s Next/The Who * Tommy/The Who * Four Way Street/Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young * Aqualung/Jethro Troll * Abbey Road/The Beatles * Get Yer Ya Yas Out/The Rolling Stones/ Harvest/Neil Young * Déjà Vu/Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young * Desperado/The Eagles * 461 Ocean Blvd/Eric Clapton * Blind Faith/Blind Faith * Greatest Hits/Linda Ronstadt * All Things Must Pass/George Harrison * Band on the Run/Paul McCartney And Wings

Jay Boggs

Historian & Musicologist:

Electric Ladyland (1968)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Beggars Banquet (1968)
The Rolling Stones
Blues from Laurel Canyon (1968)
John Mayall
American Beauty (1970)
The Grateful Dead
Natty Dread (1974)
Bob Marley & The Wailers

Honorable Mention

Monkey Man/Toots and the Maytals * Studio One Presents Burning Spear/Burning Spear

Roy Endersby

Philosopher:

Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Bob Dylan
Bitches Brew (1970)
Miles Davis
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
The Beatles
Ladies of the Canyon (1970)
Joni Mitchell
A Love Supreme (1965)
John Coltrane

Phil Marley

Montreal Poet:

Beggars Banquet (1968)
The Rolling Stones
Are you Experienced? (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Me Against the World (1995)
2Pac
Nevermind (1991)
Nirvana
Disraeli Gears (1967)
Cream

Honorable Mention

Let it Bleed/The Rolling Stones/ * Who’s Next/The Who.* Ladies of the Canyon/Joni Mitchell * After the Goldrush/Neil Young * Strange Days/The Doors

Brent Campbell

T-Boy Writer & Musician:

Modern Sounds of Country and Western Music (1962)
Ray Charles
Mingus Ah Um (1962)
Charles Mingus
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. (1986)
Dwight Yoakam
Blood on the Tracks (1975 )
Bob Dylan
Made in USA (1986)
The Beach Boys

Honorable Mention

Old 97s/Fight Songs * Pleased to Meet Me/The Replacements * Twisted/Del Amitri * #1 Record/Big Star * Time Traveller/The Moody Blues

Deb Roskamp

T-Boy Photographer:

Bridge Over Troubled Water (1967)
Simon & Garfunkel
Peter, Paul and Mary (1962)
Peter, Paul and Mary
Moondance (1970)
Van Morrison
Canciones de Mi Padre (1987)
Linda Ronstadt
A Night at the Opera (1975)
Queen

Raoul Pascual

T-Boy Writer & Illustrator:

Sweet Baby James (1969)
James Taylor
All ‘N All (1977)
Earth, Wind & Fire
A Christmas Album (1983)
Amy Grant
A Chorus Line (1975)
Original Broadway Cast Recording
Thriller (1982)
Michael Jackson

Ed Boitano

T-Boy Editor:

Revolver (UK) (1966)
The Beatles
Sticky Fingers (1971)
The Rolling Stones
Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
Bob Dylan
Hejira (1976)
Joni Mitchell
London Calling (1979)
The Clash

Honorable Mention

Darkness on the Edge of Town/Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band * The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust/David Bowie * Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols/Sex Pistols * Ladies of the Canyon/Joni Mitchell * Beggars Banquet/The Rolling Stones * Blonde on Blonde/Bob Dylan * Songs of Leonard Cohen/Leonard Cohen * Patti Smith/Land * Disraeli Gears/Cream