Bob’s Top 25 Albums of All Time

	Album	Artist	Date	Comment
1	“A Trick of the Tail”	Genesis	1976	Every song is a masterpiece
2	“Snow”	Spock’s Beard	2002	Incredible allegory coupled with sophisticated music
3	“A Momentary Lapse of Reason”	Pink Floyd	1987	The masters of Art-Rock
4	“Selling England by the Pound”	Genesis	1973	Best of the Peter Gabriel era
5	“Testimony”	Neal Morse	2003	A dream come true: both Christian and Prog!
6	“So”	Peter Gabriel	1986	Artistic Genius at work
7	“Bridge Across Forever”	Transatlantic	2002	Two awesome epics, a jam, and a great ballad
8	“The Joshua Tree”	U2	1987	A great, authentic, and very Christian rock album
9	“Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band”	The Beatles	1967	The legendary rock band’s most innovative album
10	“Out of the Blue”	Electric Light Orchestra	1977	Inspired by the Beatles, Jeff Lynne makes a classic
11	“Dark Side of the Moon”	Pink Floyd	1973	Little Known Fact: It was engineered by Alan Parsons
12	“Tales of Mystery and Imagination”	Alan Parsons Project	1976	Edgar Allen Poe’s stories and poems set to music
13	“V”	Spock’s Beard	2001	Morse reveals more of his Christian soul
14	“Asia”	Asia	1982	One of the first Progressive Rock “Supergroups”
15	“Day For Night”	Spock’s Beard	1999	Morse’s first album with clear Christian metaphors
16	“Retropolis”	The Flower Kings	1996	Roine Stolt’s masterpiece
17	“Speechless”	Stephen Curtis Chapman	1999	Best recording by CCM’s most talented artist
18	“Winds of Worship 12”	Vineyard Music U.K.	1998	The seminal work of Brian Doerksen & Brenton Brown
19	“Moving Pictures”	Rush	1981	The best from one of the classic Prog Rock bands
20	“Seconds Out” (Live)	Genesis	1977	The best live concert I’ve ever seen is Genesis
21	“Images & Words”	Dream Theater	2002	Consummate blend of Heavy Metal with Art Rock
22	“The Ancient Faith” (3 CDs: “The Word”, “The Promise”, “The Way of Wisdom”)	Michael Card	1989-92	Though it’s really 3 diff. recordings, it is one classic
23	“This Is The Moody Blues”	The Moody Blues	1974	A great collection of their early artistic achievements
24	“Train of Thought”	Dream Theater	2003	Arguably the best musicians in any band today
25	“Avalon”	Roxy Music	1982	Very atmospheric and moody

Updated December 2004