The following are my top ten favorite rock albums by decade. These lists end with the '60s, the decade in which rock albums first became more than a collection of singles. The '00s "The Fifth Release from Matador" (2000) - Pizzicato Five "Voyage to India" (2002) - India.Arie "Everything Must Go" (2003) - Steely Dan "Volume 4" (2003) - Joe Jackson Band "Subtlety & Passion" (2003) - Robert Lamm "Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE" (2004) - Brian Wilson "Right Now!" (2006) - ICE "Memory Almost Full" (2007) - Paul McCartney "yanokamick" (2008) - yanokami "Let's Change the World With Music" (2009) - Prefab Sprout   The '90s "Jordan: the Comeback" (1990) - Prefab Sprout "Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience" (1991) - P.M. Dawn "11 Tracks of Whack" (1994) - Walter Becker "The Sweetest Illusion" (1994) - Basia "Ben Folds Five" (1995) - Ben Folds Five "The Philosopher Kings" (1995) - The Philosopher Kings "Life" (1995) - The Cardigans "Painted From Memory" (1998) - Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach "Brasil 2Mil: The Soul of Bass-O-Nova" (1999) - various artists "Temperamental" (1999) - Everything But the The Girl   The '80s "Zenyattà Mondatta" (1980) - The Police "Pirates" (1981) - Rickie Lee Jones "Murmur" (1983) - REM "High Land, Hard Rain" (1983) - Aztec Camera "Under a Blood Red Sky (Live)" (1983) - U2 "Hatful of Hollow" (1984) - The Smiths "Two Wheels Good" (1985) Prefab Sprout "Our Favourite Shop" (1985) - The Style Council "Meet Danny Wilson" (1987) - Danny Wilson "Love Junk" (1988) - The Pursuit of Happiness   The '70s "His Band and the Street Choir" (1970) - Van Morrison "Led Zeppelin III" (1970) - Led Zeppelin "L.A. Woman" (1971) - The Doors "Something/Anything" (1972) - Todd Rundgren "Innervisions" (1973) - Stevie Wonder "Dark Side of the Moon" (1973) - Pink Floyd "Court and Spark" (1974) - Joni Mitchell "Katy Lied" (1975) - Steely Dan "Chicago IX: Greatest Hits" (1975) - Chicago "Gratitude" (1975) - Earth, Wind & Fire   The '60s "Pet Sounds" (1966) - The Beach Boys "Freak Out!" (1966) - The Mothers of Invention "Buffalo Springfield Again" (1967) - Buffalo Springfield "Forever Changes" (1967) - Love "Surrealistic Pillow" (1967) - The Jefferson Airplane "Electric Ladyland" (1968) - Jimi Hendrix "Child is Father to the Man" (1968) - Blood, Sweat & Tears "The Beatles" (a.k.a. the "White Album") (1968) - The Beatles "Astral Weeks" (1968) - Van Morrison "Tommy" (1969) - The Who

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