🥂 50th The Thirty All-Time Best A&M Albums

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One can't rate all albums as best, though. Hence the challenge... :wink:
 
OK, then, here's my top thirty (sort of, today, right now) in no particular order....(I realize that many of these choices are dictated not only by musical worth but nostalgia value - what they meant to me growing up).....

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66/77 - Herb Alpert presents Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66/Equinox/Look Around/Fool On The Hill/Crystal Illusions/Pais Tropical
Herb Alpert & TJB - Coney Island/Foursider
Julius Wechter & BMB - Foursider
Michel Colombier - Wings
Milton Nascimento - Courage/Milton
Wes Montgomery - Down Here On The Ground
Paul Desmond - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Quincy Jones - The Dude/I Heard That!!!
Lani Hall - Sweet Bird
Sting - Ten Summoner’s Tales
Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation
Edu Lobo - Sergio Mendes presents Lobo
Thad Jones & Mel Lewis - New Life
Burt Bacharach - Burt Bacharach’s Greatest Hits
Joe Jackson - Night And Day
Tamba 4 - We And The Sea
Amy Grant - Lead Me On/Heart In Motion
Captain & Tennille - Song Of Joy
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave
Supertramp - Breakfast In America
Gino Vannelli - Brother To Brother

(I'm sure I forgot something big....)
 
Ok, I managed a top 50. In no particular order, but here goes:

Herb Alpert:
WHIPPED CREAM & OTHER DELIGHTS (LP 110/SP 4110)
!!GOING PLACES!! (LP 112/SP 4112)
S.R.O. (LP 119/SP 4119)
...SOUNDS LIKE... (LP 124/SP 4124)
SUMMERTIME (SP 4314)
HERB ALPERT/HUGH MASEKELA (SP 728)
RISE (SP 4790/SP 3714)
BEYOND (SP 3717)
MAGIC MAN (SP 3728)
FANDANGO (SP 3731)
BLOW YOUR OWN HORN (SP 4949)

Bryan Adams:
SO FAR SO GOOD (31454 0157 2)

Gato Barbieri:
CALIENTE! (SP 4597)
EUPHORIA (SP 4774)

Captain & Tennille:
GREATEST HITS (SP 4667)
Carpenters: CARPENTERS (SP 3502)
A SONG FOR YOU (SP 3511)
NOW AND THEN (SP 3519)
HORIZON (SP 4530)

Rita Coolidge:
CLASSICS (CD 2504)

Dennis DeYoung:
BACK TO THE WORLD (SP 5109)

Stan Getz:
APASIONADO (75021 5297 2)

Amy Grant:
UNGUARDED (SP 5060)
LEAD ME ON (SP 5199)
BEHIND THE EYES (31454 0760 2)

Lani Hall:
BLUSH (SP 4829)
COLLECTIBLES (SP 4988)
CLASSICS (CD 2517)

Head East:
FLAT AS A PANCAKE (SP 4537)

Antonio Carlos Jobim:
WAVE (A&M/CTi SP 3002)

Quincy Jones:
THE DUDE (SP 3721)

Chuck Mangione:
FEELS SO GOOD (SP 4658)
FUN AND GAMES (SP 3715)

Sergio Mendes:
SERGIO MENDES (SP 4937)
CONFETTI (SP 4984)

Petra:
BEAT THE SYSTEM (SP 5067)

The Police:
SYNCHRONICITY (SP 3735)
EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE: THE SINGLES (SP 3902)
Sting:
...NOTHING LIKE THE SUN (SP 6402)
TEN SUMMONER'S TALES (31454 0070-2)

Styx:
EQUINOX (SP 4559)
CRYSTAL BALL (SP 4604)
THE GRAND ILLUSION (SP 4637)
PARADISE THEATER (SP 3719)

Supertramp:
BREAKFAST IN AMERICA (SP 3708)
BROTHER, WHERE YOU BOUND (SP 5014)

Ali Thomson:
TAKE A LITTLE RHYTHM (SP 4803)
DECEPTION IS AN ART (SP 4846)

Gino Vannelli:
POWERFUL PEOPLE (SP 3630)
THE BEST OF GINO VANNELLI (SP 3729)
 
Some good lists there, Tony and Bill! :thumbsup:

I agree that some albums are picked primarily out of nostalgia, and that is fine. Some of these A&M titles I grew up with in the 60s, so they've almost become part of my genetic code.
 
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