Favorites by favorites.
By: Hank Kalet
This week’s Top Ten is a fairly simple one: My favorite albums by my favorite rockers (for the purposes of this list, I’ve excluded Johnny Cash).
Here goes:
1. The Beatles, "Revolver." Solo albums: John Lennon, "Plastic Ono Band"; Paul McCartney, "Band on the Run," George Harrison, "All Things Must Pass."
2. Bob Dylan, "Blond on Blonde."
3. Bruce Springsteen, "Darkness on the Edge of Town."
4. Lou Reed: with the Velvet Underground, "Velvet Underground and Nico"; solo, "The Blue Mask."
5. R.E.M., "Document."
6. Elvis Costello, "This Year’s Model."
7. The Rolling Stones, "Beggar’s Banquet."
8. The Pretenders, "The Pretenders."
9. The Clash, "London Calling."
10. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Damn the Torpedoes."
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