MOJO’s 100 greatest guitar albums

[Bucky Ramone]

Free with the August edition of MOJO magazine comes a booklet, with "the 100 greatest guitar albums" according to the MOJO staff.

Strangely they did not include any Dinosaur Jr. albums (or Pavement or the Feelies…) :slap:

The complete list:

Working backwards from 2003
ELEPHANT WHITE STRIPES
THE BENDS RADIOHEAD
SPIDERLAND SLINT
NEVERMIND NIRVANA
LOVELESS MY BLOODY VALENTINE
STONE ROSES STONE ROSES
SURFER ROSA PIXIES
SONGS ABOUT FUCKING BIG BLACK
REIGN OF BLOOD SLAYER
EVOL SONIC YOUTH
PSYCHOCANDY JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
NEW DAY RISING HUSKER DU
THE SMITHS THE SMITHS
METALLICA KILL ‘EM ALL
PIRATES CHOICE ORCHESTRA BAOBAB
FIRE OF LOVE GUN CLUB
DAMAGED BLACK FLAG
BACK IN BLACK AC/DC
BOY U2
METAL BOX P.I.L.
C’EST CHIC CHIC
VAN HALEN VAN HALEN
NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS SEX PISTOLS
RAMONES RAMONES
MARQUEE MOON TELEVISION
PHYSICAL GRAFFITI LED ZEPPELIN
ZUMA NEIL YOUNG
RADIO MALI ALI FARKA TOURE
SHEER HEART ATTACK QUEEN
3 + 3 ISLEY BROS.
HENRY THE HUMAN FLY RICHARD THOMPSON
EXILE ON MAIN STREET STONES
BURNIN’ THE WAILERS
INTO THE PURPLE VALLEY RY COODER
THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD BOWIE
A TRIBUTE TO JACK JOHNSON MILES DAVIS
THE INNER MOUNTING FLAME MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA
MAGGOT BRAIN FUNKADELIC
HOT RATS ZAPPA
CURTIS/LIVE CURTIS MAYFIELD
SEX MACHINE JAMES BROWN
PARANOID BLACK SABBATH
ABRAXAS SANTANA
CLOUDS JONI MITCHELL
THEN PLAY ON FLEETWOOD MAC
IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING KING CRIMSON
THE STOOGES THE STOOGES
TROUT MASK REPLICA CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
VINCEBUS ERUPTUS BLUE CHEER
WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT V.U.
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE Q.M.S.
BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN ALBERT KING
DISRAELI GEARS CREAM
WE ARE PAINTERMEN CREATION
PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN PINK FLOYD
NASHVILLE WEST NASHVILLE WEST
JACK ORION BERT JANSCH
ARE YOU EXPERIENCED JIMI HENDRIX
KING OF THE DELTA BLUES SINGERS ROBERT JOHNSON
LIVE AT THE ALBERT HALL BOB DYLAN
THE YARDBIRDS ( AKA ROGER THE ENGINEER ) YARDBIRDS
MR TAMBOURINE MAN BYRDS
BRIGHT LIGHTS AND COUNTRY MUSIC RICK NELSON
REVOLVER BEATLES
THE SEAL OF THE BLUE LOTUS ROBBIE BASHO
THE TRANSFIGURATION OF BLIND JOE DEATH JOHN FAHEY
MY GENERATION THE WHO
FOLK, BLUES & BEYOND DAVY GRAHAM
LIVE AT THE REGAL B.B.KING
GETZ/GILBERTO JAOA GILBERTO
THE INCREDIBLE JAZZ GUITAR OF WES MONTGOMERY
LINK WRAY AND THE WRAYMEN LINK WRAY
SOUL D’ERN ERNEST RANGLIN
THE KINKS THE KINKS
SURFER’S CHOICE DICK DALE
HOWLIN’ WOLF HOWLIN’ WOLF
FEELIN’ THE SPIRIT GRANT GREEN
GREEN ONIONS BOOKER T
THE SHADOWS THE SHADOWS
CHUCK BERRY IS ON TOP CHUCK BERRY
LET’S HIDE AWAY AND DANCE AWAY FREDDIE KING
BEST OF MUDDY WATERS MUDDY WATERS
BLUES AFTER HOURS ELMORE JAMES
TEENSVILLE CHET ATKINS
HAVE "TWANGY" GUITAR WILL TRAVEL DUANE EDDY
FREIGHT TRAIN…. ELIZABETH COTTEN
NEW ORLEANS STREET SINGER SNOOKS EAGLIN
BO DIDLEY BO DIDLEY
AND THE ROCK N’ ROLL TRIO JOHNNY BURNETTE
ELVIS PRESLEY ELVIS PRESLEY
I’M JIMMY REED JIMMY REED
GENE VINCENT AND THE BLUE CAPS GENE VINCENT
GOOD ‘UNS OTIS RUSH
THE ORIGINAL SOURCE T-BONE WALKER
THE GENIUS OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR CHARLIE CHRISTIAN
THE ORIGINAL SOUL SISTER ROSETTA THARPE
THE EP COLLECTION LES PAUL
FOLK SONGS OF THE HILLS MERLE TRAVIS
SWING DE PARIS DJANGO
SCREAMIN’ AND HOLLERIN, THE BLUES CHARLIE PATTON

From mojo4music.com, the Mojo BBS, with some interesting discussions….

[king pong]

that list sucks

[AGAP]

No MC5…Wayne Kramer & Fred Sonic Smith guitar gods are passed over

Wonder if Mojo ever paid J for that Mudhoney review he did for them, you’d think they’d include at least one Dinosaur Jr

Public Image metal box one of the greatest guitar albums…

[Bucky Ramone]

In their top 100 of guitarists from couple of years ago J. was number 29……. (and Wayne Kramer is at 61)

You can find that list here.

Scientists will have quite a job comparing the two lists (guitarists / albums / songs)

[SG]

Weird list,for blues guitarists where`s Blind Blake and Lonnie Johnson?most blues fans never heard of Snooks Eaglin so why is he there

[malcom]

At least they included Marquee Moon.

[everyonelovesjaron]

Only like 7 records from the 90s to present and Elephant is one? Bahleeted.

[Aatos]

I really dont understand what albums like elephant and boy do in this list!!??:(
But im gladly surprised that mahavishnu orchestra had their album here!

[rambleon]

oops ! missed this topic the 1st time round … thanks VF for pointing it out …

i guess it’s all a matter of opinion …

i bet the panel had a difficult time limiting themselves to just 100 albums …

as for the difference in lists … it looks like the guitarist list was compiled 7 years ago, so maybe they have different writers/editors w/different tastes now ?

[Dinosaur_snr]

These lists are always probematic because there’s a fair amount of subjectivity involved. I don’t really think they should include really recent stuff (i.e. Elephant). Some time needs to pass before an album can separated from the hype surrounding it and to see if it has aged well.

[king of carrot flowers]

elephant is like the third best ‘stripes album.

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