5 Star Albums I used to have just a list of all the albums (excluding compilations) awarded 5 stars on the site, but I thought it would be more interesting if I ranked the top twenty. This isn't really a precise list on my favourite top 20 since I'm not including anything that I haven't reviewed yet and I'm limiting the list to one album per artist. And of course it's probably going to change all the time. 1. Yes, Close To The Edge 2. Big Star, Radio City 3. The Replacements, Pleased To Meet Me 4. Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark 5. The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds 6. The Beatles, Revolver 7. Hüsker Dü, Zen Arcade 8. XTC, Skylarking 9. The Rolling Stones, Exile On Main Street 10. Stevie Wonder, Innervisions 11. Genesis, Foxtrot 12. Todd Rundgren, A Wizard, A True Star 13. Talk Talk, Spirit of Eden 14. R.E.M., Lifes Rich Pageant 15. Talking Heads, Remain in Light 16. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Deja Vu 17. Brian Eno, Another Green World 18. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours 19. Fairport Convention, Liege & Lief 20. Crowded House, Together Alone And here are the rest of the albums that are awarded 5 stars on the site: The Band, Music From Big Pink David Bowie, Station To Station The Clash, The Clash The Decemberists, Castaways And Cutouts Brian Eno, Here Come The Warm Jets Brian Eno, Before and After Science The Flaming Lips, The Soft Bulletin Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel (Melt) Genesis, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Freedy Johnston, Can You Fly The Go-Betweens, 16 Lovers Lane The Hold Steady, Boys And Girls In America King Crimson, Red Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy Joni Mitchell, Blue The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers Van Morrison, Saint Dominic's Preview Van Morrison, Into The Music Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here Pixies, Trompe Le Monde The Replacements, Tim The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers Roxy Music, Country Life Todd Rundgren, Something/Anything Sigur Ros, Aegetis Byrjun Paul Simon, Graceland Bruce Springsteen, The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle Bruce Springsteen, Darkness On The Edge Of Town Sufjan Stevens, Illinois Talk Talk, The Colour of Spring Townes Van Zandt, Our Mother The Mountain Paul Westerberg, Stereo Wilco, Being There Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Steve Wynn, Here Come The Miracles XTC, Apple Venus Volume I Yes, Relayer Neil Young, Rust Never Sleeps The Zombies, Odessey and Oracle

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