Music Box: 15 Albums

I rarely do any of those Facebook "lists," but there was something utterly irresistible about the "15 Albums" one that's been going around this week. Not only can I not resist talking favorite albums, long before the Internet was around, I used to kill time at various jobs writing endless lists of things just for fun -- everything from lists of every tennis racket I'd ever used and every album I own to lists of every book I'd ever read and every apartment I'd ever lived in (I still remember every address and ZIP code dating back to 1967). So this "15 Albums" list was a must-do.

Mind you, these are NOT my 15 favorite albums of all time -- I doubt I'd have forgotten "Beauty and the Beat" (Go-Go's), "Desperate" (Divinyls), "Dusty in Memphis" (Dusty Springfield), "Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?" (Waitresses) or everything but Rosanne Cash if it had been. Instead, this is a list of "15 albums you've heard that will always stick with you." Here's what I came up with under the gun. Please grab an egg timer and feel free to put your list in the comments section -- I'd love to argue with you about your choices!

THE RULES: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen albums you've heard that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes.

1. PRETENDERS (1980) -- The Pretenders

2. PLASTIC LETTERS (1978) -- Blondie

3. IT'S A CONDITION (1981) -- Romeo Void

4. SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS) (1965) -- The Beach Boys

5. THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON (1973) -- Paul Simon

6. ALL OVER THE PLACE (1984) -- The Bangles

7. TAPESTRY (1971) -- Carole King

8. TWO SIDES TO EVERY WOMAN (1979) -- Carlene Carter

9. UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN (1982) - X

10. SLOW CHILDREN (1981) -- Slow Children

11. RATTLESNAKES (1984) -- Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

12. HIGH LAND, HARD RAIN (1983) -- Aztec Camera

13. BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT (1986) -- Everything but the Girl

14. SOUND AFFECTS (1980) -- The Jam

15. DESPERATE CHARACTER (1981) -- Kirsty MacColl

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