080. John Lennon - Imagine
079. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
078. Otis Redding - Otis Blue
077. AC/DC -Back in Black
076. Prince - Purple Rain
075. James Brown - Star Time
074. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
073. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
072. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
071. Paul Simon - Graceland
Back in Black is only on this list, never mind this high, because of the death of Bon Scott and the emergence of Brian Johnson. There's nothing remarkable on Back in Black that the Youngs hadn't done before, but it was such a stroke of fortune that it has propelled their career for 30+ years.
Physical Graffiti, or at least much of it, does nothing for me. I think this is probably me being weird, but I dunno.
A 4-disc compilation of James Brown, which makes his second compilation on the list. I know no particular album is a great showcase for him, but why not Live at the Apollo? He was called the greatest entertainer for a reason.
If you know you have Superfly at 72, why do you have a compilation a couple hundred back that has a large chunk of Superfly on it? Just make the compilation an Impressions album!
Graceland is great, and to see it outside the top 50 is very surprising.
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