Album Honorable Mentions

These albums have all passed my basic test in that they contain several moments of brilliance and you can definitely hear that these artists have that "it" factor. However, they are all flawed for one reason or another but in general I'd give them roughly a very respectable 8/10. They may not be "perfect" but they are definitely still worth checking out!

Country:

Dwight Yoakam - "Buenes Noches form a Lonely Room" (1988)

Gram Parsons - "G.P." (1973)

Gram Parsons - "Grievous Angel" (1974)

The Star Room Boys - "Why Do Lonely Men & Women Want To Break Each Other's Hearts?" (1999)

Electronic/Ambient:

The Caretaker - "An Empty Bliss Beyond This World" (2011)

Derrick May - "Innovator" (2008)

Fennesz - "Venice" (2004)

International:

Francoise Hardy - "Francoise Hardy" (1962)

Jazz/Fusion:

Cal Tjader - "Monterey Concerts" (1959)

Charles Mingus - "Blues & Roots" (1959)

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - "Time Out" (1959)

Gerry Mulligan - "What is There to Say?" (1959)

The Horace Silver Quintet - "Finger Poppin'" (1959)

John Coltrane - "Blue Train" (1958)

Johnny Griffin - "The Congregation" (1957)

Lee Konitz - "Live at the Half Note" (1959)

Phineas Newport Jr. - "Here is Phineas" (1958)

Quincy Jones - "The Birth of a Band!" (1959)

Tony Allen - "Rejoice" (2020)

Metal/Hardcore:

Judas Priest - "Painkiller" (1990)

Musical:

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)

Pop/R&B:

Gorillaz - "Gorillaz" (2001)

Louis Prima - "The Wildest!" (1957)

Mac Miller - "Circles" (2020)

Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On" (1971)

Nico - "Chelsea Girl" (1967)

Rihanna - "ANTI" (2016)

Tennis - "Ritual In Repeat" (2014)

Tom Misch - "What Kinda Music" (2020)

Rap:

Beastie Boys - "Hello Nasty" (1998)

J. Cole - "KOD" (2018)

Jungle Brothers - "Straight Out the Jungle" (1988)

Rock/Folk:

The Adverts - "Crossing the Red Sea" (1978)

Albert King - "Years Gone By" (1969)

Alice Cooper - "The Best of Alice Cooper" (2001)

The Amazing Rhythm Aces - "Stacked Deck" (1975)

The Amazing Rhythm Aces - "Too Stuffed to Jump" (1976)

The Brothers Four - "B.M.O.C." (1960)

The Cranberries - "Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We?" (1993)

Dead Kennedys - "Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables" (1980)

Death Cab for Cutie - "Narrow Stairs" (2008)

Drive-By Truckers - "A Blessing & a Curse" (2006)

Dwight Twilley - "Sincerely" (1976)

Electric Light Orchestra - "Eldorado" (1974)

Elf Power - "A Dream in Sound" (1999)

Faces - "Ooh La La" (1973)

Fairport Convention - "Fairport Convention" (1968)

Fairport Convention - "Liege & Lief" (1969)

Fairport Convention - "What We Did On Our Holidays" (1969)

Flamin' Groovies - "Shake Some Action" (1976)

Focus - "Focus 3" (1972)

Gene Clark - "No Other" (1974)

Germs - "GI" (1979)

Gordon Lightfoot - "Lightfoot" (1966)

Gordon Lightfoot - "The Way I Feel" (1967)

Grateful Dead - "Workingman's Dead" (1970)

Hot Water Music - "Finding the Rhythms" (1995)

Hot Water Music - "Fuel for the Hate Game" (1997)

The Jam - "In the City" (1977)

John Lennon - "Plastic Ono Band" (1970)

John Martyn - "Solid Air" (1973)

Julia Jacklin - "Crushing" (2019)

Junior Wells - "Hoodoo Man Blues" (1965)

The Kingston Trio - "String Along" (1960)

The Left Banke - "Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina" (1967)

Little Feat - "Dixie Chicken" (1973)

Little Feat - "Sailin' Shoes" (1972)

Manfred Mann - "Mann Made" (1965)

Michelle Shocked - "Short Sharp Shocked" (1988)

Modest Mouse - "The Moon & Antarctica" (2000)

The National - "Alligator" (2005)

Neil Young - "Harvest" (1972)

NRBQ - "Tiddly Winks" (1980)

Paul Revere & the Raiders - "Just Like Us!" (1966)

The Postal Service - "Give Up" (2003)

Real Estate - "In Mind" (2017)

The Replacements - "Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash" (1981)

Richard & Linda Thompson - "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" (1974)

Richard & Linda Thompson - "Shoot Out the Bright Lights" (1982)

Sleater-Kinney - "The Woods" (2005)

Son Volt - "Honky Tonk" (2013)

Songs: Ohia - "Magnolia Electric Co." (2003)

Sonic Youth - "Dirty" (1992)

Sonic Youth - "Rather Ripped" (2006)

Spirit - "Spirit" (1968)

Steely Dan - "Countdown to Ecstasy" (1973)

The Strokes - "Comedown Machine" (2013)

Sugar - "File Under: Easy Listening" (1994)

Tame Impala - "Currents" (2015)

Tim Buckley - "Tim Buckley" (1966)

Tim Hardin - "Tim Hardin" (1966)

Tret Fure - "True Compass" (2007)

Van Morrison - "The Best of Van Morrison" (1990)

The Who - "Quadrophenia" (1973)

The Who - "Tommy" (1969)

Wilco - "Being There" (1996)