Kara has made a list of her 20 Most Influential Albums and encouraged us all to do the same. I have to confess that I find this a pretty intimidating challenge (inevitably, as soon as I hit "publish post," I will throw my hand to my head in exasperation, having realized I left out something crucial). But here goes my first attempt!
In No Particular Order:
Counting Crows, August and Everything After
Hole, Live Through This
Bob Marley, Legend
Neil Young, Harvest
Nirvana, MTV Unplugged
Allman Brothers, Dreams (does the whole collection count? If not, then disc 3)
Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill
Billy Joel, Greatest Hits
Emmylou Harris, Red Dirt Girl
Jackson Browne, For Everyman
Jump, Little Children, Magazine
Citizen Cope, The Clarence Greenwood Recordings
Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
MC Solaar, Cinquieme As
Morcheeba, Parts of the Process
REM, Automatic for the People
Rolling Stones, Hot Rocks
Bonnie Raitt, The Best of Bonnie Raitt (if greatest hits don't count, I'll go with Nick of Time)
The Cranberries, No Need to Argue
U2, Achtung Baby
Now . . . this list leaves out some spectacular individual songs that are deeply rooted in my heart, but the list said albums. So there you have it. I can't promise that there won't be revisions.
Sooooo . . . give me yours!