Top 100 Albums To Live With The Rest Of My Life

Coming up with stupid things to stress myself out with is easy.  Almost a month ago, I was talking music with a dear friend and the amount of physical media we both own entered the conversation.  When we finished, I got an idea in my head: What if I could only own 100 records the rest of my life?  To put my dilemma into perspective, at this current time, it would take me approximate 9.7 years to listen to all my records if I listened to one record every day.  No CDs.  No cassettes.  Just vinyl.  Then I began to think to myself about the ridiculousness of that amount of albums and time.  Could I just live with 100 records the rest of my life and what would they be?  I told the concept to my friend and he happily told me to fuck off with that in the nicest way possible.  Looking back, I should have told myself to fuck off because I've been working on and intensely struggling with this for a month now.  Even though I'm still questioning a few things that didn't make the cut, what I finally figured out is that I will never EVER be completely happy with this final list,  This is as close as I'm going to get.  Without further ado, my top 100 albums to live with the rest of my life.

7 Seconds - New Wind

7 Seconds - Soulforce Revolution

7 Seconds - The Crew

A Flock Of Seagulls - A Flock Of Seagulls

The Accused - More Fun Than An Open Casket Funeral

Acid Bath - When The Kite String Pops

All - Breaking Things

Anacrusis - Screams And Whispers

Atheist - Unquestionable Presence

Bad Brains - I Against I

Bad Religion - Against The Grain

Bad Religion - No Control

Bad Religion - Suffer

Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

Boston - Boston

Brutal Truth - Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Measures

Candlemass - Nightfall

Christian Death - Only Theatre Of Pain

The Clash - London Calling

Cock Sparrer - Shock Troops

Coroner - No More Color

Corrosion Of Conformity - Blind

Cro-Mags - Age Of Quarrel

Crumbsuckers - Life Of Dreams

The Cult - Electric

The Cure - Faith

Cynic - Focus

Dag Nasty - Can I Say

Danzig - Danzig

Death - Scream Bloody Gore

Def Leppard - High N' Dry

Depeche Mode - Violator

Descendents - Milo Goes To College

Détente - Recognize No Authority

D.I. - Horse Bites Dog Cries

Die Kreuzen - Die Kruezen

Doughboys - Home Again

D.R.I. - Dealing With It

Exodus - Bonded By Blood

Faith No More - Introduce Yourself

Faith No More - King For A Day Fool For A Lifetime

Faith No More - The Real Thing

Fates Warning - Awaken The Guardian

Fear Of God - Within The Veil

Feisty Cadavers - Dead Giveaway

Feisty Cadavers - Dying Art

Goo Goo Dolls - Hold Me Up

Good Riddance - For God And Country

Gorilla Biscuits - Start Today

Green Day - Kerplunk

Guns 'N Wankers - For Dancing And Listening

Halloween - Don't Metal With Evil

Heathen - Breaking The Silence

Holy Terror - Mind Wars

Husker Du - Warehouse: Songs And Stories

Iron Maiden - Powerslave

Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent

Kiss - Alive 2

Leatherface - Mush

Megadeth - Peace Sells But Who's Buying

Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath

Metal Church - Metal Church

Metallica - Kill 'Em All

Metallica - Master Of Puppets

Metallica - Ride The Lightning

Ministry - The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste

Misfits - Misfits

Misfits - Walk Among Us

Naked Raygun - Understand

Napalm Death - Apex Predator - Easy Meat

Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

Nirvana - Nevermind

Norman Bates And The Showerheads - N.B.S.H.

Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman

Pegboy - Strong Reaction

Pet Shop Boys - Please

Poison Idea - Feel The Darkness

Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime

Quicksand  - Slip

Ramones - Mania

Rise Against - The Sufferer And The Witness

Rush - Moving Pictures

Screeching Weasel - My Brain Hurts

Seduce - Seduce

Sepultura - Beneath The Remains

Shock Therapy - Shock Therapy

Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland

Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park

Slayer - Reign In Blood

Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster

S.O.D. - Speak English Or Die

Soul Asylum - Hang Time

Switchblade Symphony - Serpentine Gallery

Terrorizer - World Downfall

Testament - The Legacy

Verbal Assault - Trial

Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P.

Wild Dogs - Reign Of Terror

Znowhite - Act Of God