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Top Rock Music Albums: The Rolling Stone 200

Adapted from 1997's The Rolling Stone 200: The Essential Rock Collection.

This list is intended to provide information about the availability of titles in CD format at the ASU-West Library.
Holdings from Music Library (Tempe campus) are only listed in the absence of West holdings.
Hyperlinks are provided to sound recordings only - not sheet music.

The West Library has 78/200 titles; the Music Library has 22 additional titles.
Most artists are represented by one or more albums in the University collection.


Annotated List of ASU-West Library Holdings -- The Rolling Stone 200

Shortcuts: 1950s  ·  1960s  ·  1970s  ·  1980s  ·  1990s  ·  Sample Entry

 

 

1950s

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  • ASU West has 9 of 18 / ASU Campus-wide has 10 of 18 / Library has albums by all 14 artists.

The Great Twenty-eight by Chuck Berry
(GM: Artist / AMG: Album)
Rockin' in Rhythm: The Best of Ruth Brown by Ruth Brown
West Media: CD MR BROW RR 707
(AMG: Album)
The Sun Years by Johnny Cash
The Birth of Soul by Ray Charles
West Media: CD MR CHAR BS 547
Bo Diddley/Go Bo Diddley by Bo Diddley
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 11173
My Blue Heaven -- The Best of Fats Domino by Fats Domino
West Media: CD MR DOMI MBH 743
Cadence Classics (Their 20 Greatest Hits) by The Everly Brothers
West Media: CD MA EVER CC 1070
20 Golden Greats by Buddy Holly
The Jerry Lee Lewis Anthology: All Killer No Filler! by Jerry Lee Lewis
West Media: CD MR LEWI AKN 570
The Georgia Peach by Little Richard
For the Lonely: A Roy Orbison Anthology, 1956-1964 by Roy Orbison
Original Sun Greatest Hits by Carl Perkins
West Media: CD MR PERK OSG 96
The Complete Sun Sessions Elvis Presley
Elvis' Golden Records by Elvis Presley
West Media: CD MR PRES EGR 107 v.1 - v.3
Big Bad and Blue by Joe Turner
Atlantic R&B 1947-1974 by Various Artistis
West Media: CD MR COLL ARB 123
The Best of Doo Wop Uptempo by Various Artists
West Media: CD MR COLL BDW 1202
The Sun Records Collection by Various Artists

 

1960s

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  • ASU West has 22 of 53 / ASU Campus-wide has 33 of 53 / Library has albums by 35 of 36 artists.

The Best of The Animals by The Animals
West Media: CD MR ANIM BA 472
The Band by The Band
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
The Beatles/1962-1966 by The Beatles
West Media: CD MR BEAT BEA 655 v.1 - v.2
Rubber Soul by The Beatles
West Media: CD MR BEAT RS 886
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
West Media: CD MR BEAT SPL 172
The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
West Media: CD MR BEAT BEA 241 v.1 - v.2
Abbey Road by The Beatles
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 11173
Star Time by James Brown
West Media: CD MR BROW ST 991 v.1 - v.4
Buffalo Springfield Again by Buffalo Springfield
The Byrds' Greatest Hits by The Byrds
West Media: CD MR BYRD GH 92
Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music by Ray Charles
The Man and His Music by Sam Cooke
West Media: CD MA COOK MHM 521
Wheels of Fire by Cream
Willy and the Poor Boys by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 13227
The Doors by The Doors
West Media: CD MR DOOR DOO 188
Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 12933
(GM: Artist / AMG: Album)
Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
Tempe Campus Music Library: LP 12932
(GM: Artist / AMG: Album)
Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan
West Media: CD MA DYLA BB 1059
(GM: Artist / AMG: Album)
The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan
(GM: Artist / AMG: Album)
The Gilded Palace of Sin by The Flying Burrito Brothers
(AMG: Album)
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 14059
Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin
Are You Experienced? British version) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
US pulication is available atTempe Campus Music Library: SLP 12344
Axis: Bold as Love by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 16479
Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 17397
The Kinks Greatest Hits! by The Kinks
West Media: CD MR KINK GH 1065
Something Else by The Kinks
Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin
West Media: CD MR LEDZ TWO 225
Bluesbreakers: John Mayall With Eric Clapton by John Mayall
Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd
The Memphis Record by Elvis Presley
Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding by Otis Redding
West Media: CD MR REDD OTI 678
Anthology by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
West Media: CD MA ROBI ANT 1112
Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) by The Rolling Stones
Beggar's Banquet by The Rolling Stones
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 17369
Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 17371
Greatest Hits by Simon and Garfunkel
(Paul Simon / Art Garfunkel)
Back to Mono (1958-1969) by Phil Spector
West Media: CD MR COLL PSB 128 v.1 - v.3
Dusty in Memphis by Dusty Springfield
West Media: CD MA SPRI DM 1010
Anthology by Diana Ross and the Supremes
West Media: CD MA ROSS ANT 79
The Velvet Underground and Nico by The Velvet Underground
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 17988
Tommy by The Who
West Media: CD K WHO TOM 116 v.1 - v.2
Mr. Excitement! by Jackie Wilson
West Media: CD MR WILS ME 992
Greatest Hits, Vol. I(1964-1966) by The Yardbirds
West Media: CD MR YARD GH 524
Freak Out! by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 17410
The Best of the Girl Groups, Vols. I and II by Various Artists
West Media: CD MA COLL BGG 846 v.1
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection, 1959-1971 by Various Artists
Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 by Various Artists

1970s

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  • ASU West has 24 of 72 / ASU Campus-wide has 32 of 72 / Library has albums by 49 of 54 artists.

Highway to Hell by AC/DC
West Media: CD MR ACDC HH 836
Rocks by Aerosmith
At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band
West Media: CD MR ALLM ABB 874
Endless Summer by The Beach Boys
Radio City by Big Star
West Media: CD MR BIGS REC 1236
(GM: Artist / AMG: Album)
Paranoid by Black Sabbath
West Media: CD MR BLAC PAR 826
Parallel Lines by Blondie
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 16472
Hunky Dory by David Bowie
Low by David Bowie
Late for the Sky by Jackson Browne
West Media: CD MR BROW-J LFS 811
Risqué by Chic
The Clash by The Clash
West Media: CD MR CLAS CLA 933
London Calling by The Clash
My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello
West Media: CD MR COST MAI 915
Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
West Media: CD MR CROS DV 118
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek and the Dominos
West Media: CD MR DERE LOA 83
Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan
Hotel California by The Eagles
Another Green World by Brian Eno
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
West Media: CD MR FLEE RUM 227
What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
Anthology by Marvin Gaye (see Anthology; released 1995)
West Media: CD MA GAYE MGA 642
(Differences noted in AMG: 1974 Release / 1995 Release)
Live Dead by The Grateful Dead
Workingman's Dead by The Grateful Dead
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 17407
Greatest Hits by Al Green
West Media: CD MR GREE GH 520
(GM: Artist / AMG: Album)
Honky Château by Elton John
Greatest Hits by Elton John
Tapestry by Carole King
West Media: CD MA KING TAP 255
Trans-Europe Express by KRAFTWERK
Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon
Imagine by John Lennon
West Media: CD MR LENN IMA 244
Burnin' by Bob Marley and the Wailers
Live! by Bob Marley and the Wailers
The Anthology 1966-1977 by Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions
West Media: CD MR MAYF ANT 641
Blue by Joni Mitchell
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 12346
Moondance byVan Morrison
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 17388
The Best of Van Morrison byVan Morrison
West Media: CD MR MORR BVM 479
Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson
12 Songs by Randy Newman
West Media: CD MA NEWM 12S 856
New York Dolls by The New York Dolls
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 16447
Back Stabbers by The O'Jays
Mothership Connection by Parliament/Funkadelic
One Nation Under a Groove by Parliament/Funkadelic
The Modern Dance by PERE UBU
Pretenders by The Pretenders
Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
West Media: CD MR PINK DSM 173
Ramones by The Ramones
Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
Exile on Main Street by The Rolling Stones
Some Girls by The Rolling Stones
Siren by ROXY MUSIC
Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols by The Sex Pistols
West Media: CD MR SEXP NMB 114
Greatest Hits by Sly and the Family Stone
There's a Riot Going On by Sly and the Family Stone
West Media: CD MR SLY TRG 929
Horses by Patti Smith
West Media: CD MR SMIT-P HOR 939
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 17383
Every Picture Tells a Story by Rod Stewart
Funhouse by THE STOOGES
Sweet Baby James by James Taylor
West Media: CD MA TAYL SBJ 853
Loaded by The Velvet Underground
Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy by The Who
Who's Next by The Who
West Media: CD MR WHO WN 185
Talking Book by Stevie Wonder
Innervisions by Stevie Wonder
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 17562
Los Angeles by X
West Media: CD MR X LA 1220
After the Gold Rush by Neil Young
West Media: CD MR YOUN AGR 828
Tonight's the Night by Neil Young
Rust Never Sleeps by Neil Young
The Harder They Come by VARIOUS ARTISTS
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 16819
Saturday Night Fever by VARIOUS ARTISTS

1980s

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  • ASU West has 17 of 41 / ASU Campus-wide has 19 of 41 / Library has albums by 33 of 37 artists.

Big Science by Laurie Anderson
Planet Rock -- The Album by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force
Paul's Boutique by Beastie Boys
Damaged by Black Flag
Staring at the Sea: The Singles by The Cure
West Media: CD MR CURE SS 945
Three Feet High and Rising by De La Soul
West Media: CD MR DELA 3FH 948
Touch by Eurythmics
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 16474
Entertainment! by Gang of Four
Greatest Message's by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Appetite for Destruction by Guns n' Roses
West Media: CD MR GUNS AD 815
The End of the Innocence by Don Henley
West Media: CD MR HENL EI 1211
Zen Arcade by Hüsker Dü
Off the Wall by Michael Jackson
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 16836
Thriller by Michael Jackson
Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction
West Media: CD MR JANE NS 1045
Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain
West Media: CD MR JESU PSY 1044
I Love Rock & Roll by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Greatest Hits: Vol. I and Vol. II by Billy Joel
West Media: CD MR JOEL GH 220
Closer by Joy Division
Radio by LL Cool J
West Media: CD MR LLCO RAD 1073
Like a Prayer by Madonna
Kill 'Em All by Metallica
West Media: CD MR META KEA 839
The Land of Rape and Honey by Ministry
West Media: CD MR MINI LRH 920
Double Nickels on the Dime by Minutemen
West Media: CD MR MINU DND 1135
Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails
West Media: CD MR NINE PHM 890
Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A.
West Media: CD MR NWA SOC 865
I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got by Sinéad O'Connor
Surfer Rosa by Pixies
Dirty Mind by Prince
Purple Rain by Prince
Sign o' the Times by Prince
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy
Book by Chuck D
Nick of Time by Bonnie Raitt
Murmur by R.E.M.
Document by R.E.M.
West Media: CD MR REM DOC 1043
Let It Be by The Replacements
West Media: CD MR REPL LIB 1136
Raising Hell by Run-D.M.C.
The Smiths by The Smiths
Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
West Media: CD MR SONI DN 1077
Remain in Light by Talking Heads
The Joshua Tree by U2
West Media: CD MR U2 JT 174

1990s

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  • ASU West has 6 of 16 / ASU Campus-wide has 6 of 16 / Library has albums by 10 of 15 artists.

Willy and the Poor Boys by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tempe Campus Music Library: SLP 13227
Odelay by Beck
West Media: CD MR BECK ODE 746
The Chronic by Dr. Dre
West Media: CD MR DOCT CHR 1111
Dry by PJ Harvey
Live Through This by Hole
Blue Lines by Massive Attack
"Go" by Moby
Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Nevermind by Nirvana
West Media: CD MR NIRV NEV 876
Unplugged in New York by Nirvana
The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld by The Orb
Slanted and Enchanted by Pavement
Ten by Pearl Jam
West Media: CD MR PEAR TEN 1036
Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair
West Media: CD MR PHAI EG 1038
Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses
West Media: CD MR STON SR 1011
Achtung Baby by U2

 

Sample Entry

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Title of Album by Band/Artist
Location and call number (if owned by West Library)

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Modified: May 13, 2008,