I asked Erin earlier today what her five favorite albums of all time were and later posed the question to Patrick… Their answers were both strikingly different than mine… Since I could not truly narrow five, I named twelve. And so, without further ado, my top twelve albums:

1. The Beatles- Abbey Road
2. Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited
3. Radiohead- OK Computer
4. The Beatles- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
5. Elliott Smith- XO
6. Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
7. Nickel Creek- Why Should the Fire Die?
8. Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
9. Bob Dylan- The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
10. Elliott Smith- Figure 8
11. Van Morrison- Astral Weeks
12. Sufjan Stevens- C’mon! Feel the Illinoise!

The next 25, in no particular order: The Beatles- The White Album; Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks; Bob Dylan- Bringing It All Back Home; Bob Dylan- The Times They Are A-Changing; Chris Thile- Deceiver; Death Cab for Cutie- Transatlanticism; Elton John- Madman Across the Water; Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes; Coldplay- Rush of Blood to the Head; Radiohead- Kid A; Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot; U2- The Joshua Tree; Jimi Hendrix- Axis: Bold as Love; Bright Eyes- I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning; The Format- Dog Problems; Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker; Guster- Lost & Gone Forever; Sufjan Stevens- Seven Swans; The Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed; Michael Jackson- Thriller; Robert Johnson- The Complete Recordings; Iron & Wine- Our Endless Numbered Days; David Crowder Band- A Collision; Beck- Odelay

Personal Note: I am in no way trying to say these are the twelve most meritorious albums ever made, but my twelve personal favorites (eternally subject to change). I’d love to hear yours.