My all-time top 200 favorite inspiring albums! (sorta)

The original idea was to compile a top-ten list. That turned out to be too difficult to accomplish. My influences are way too wide and varied to capture it in ten albums. So I went for top-twenty and well as you can see it eventually turned into my top-two hundred! Still an extremely difficult task and honestly depending on my mood I'm sure these rankings would differ frequently. I challenge you to give a good 'go' at it.

1. 1. Back In Black -AC/DC
2. 2. Obscured By Clouds -Pink Floyd
3. 3. Skull N' Roses -Grateful Dead
4. 4. Eat A Peach -Allman Brothers Band
5. 5. Bat Out Of Hell -Meat Loaf
6. 6. Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs -Derek & The Dominoes
7. 7. Houses Of The Holy -Led Zeppelin
8. 8. For Everyman -Jackson Browne
9. 9. Dark Side Of The Moon -Pink Floyd
10. 10. Waiting For Columbus -Little Feat
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12. 11. The Last Waltz -The Band
13. 12. The Harder They Come Soundtrack -Jimmy Cliff
14. 13. Abby Road -The Beatles
15. 14. Workingman’s Dead -Grateful Dead
16. 15. Live At Budakon -Bob Dylan
17. 16. The Healing Game -Van Morrison
18. 17. Highway 61 -Bob Dylan
19. 18. Naturally -JJ Cale
20. 19. Maggot Brain -Funkadelic
21. 20. Exile On Main Street -The Rolling Stones
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23. 21. Blood On The Tracks -Bob Dylan
24. 22. Blizzard Of Oz -Ozzy Osborne
25. 23. Animals -Pink Floyd
26. 24. Band Of Gypsys -Jimi Hendrix Experience
27. 25. Babylon By Bus -Bob Marley & The Wailers
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29. 26. 461 Ocean Blvd. -Eric Clapton
30. 27. So Long So Wrong -Alison Krauss & Union Station
31. 28. Remain In Light -Talking Heads
32. 29. Astral Weeks -Van Morrison
33. 30. Live At The Fillmore East -Allman Brothers Band
34. 31. Led Zeppelin IV -Led Zeppelin
35. 32. Deja Vu -Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
36. 33. Troubadour -JJ Cale
37. 34. ’74 Jailbreak -AC/DC
38. 35. Cheap Thrills -Big Brother & The Holding Company
39. 36. Shakedown Street -Grateful Dead
40. 37. Point Of Entry -Judas Priest
41. 38. Nature Of The Beast -April Wine
42. 39. Moondance -Van Morrison
43. 40. Highway To Hell -AC/DC
44. 41. Pearl -Janis Joplin
45. 42. Alive! -Kiss
46. 43. Rumors -Fleetwood Mac
47. 44. Really -JJ Cale
48. 45. Foreigner 4 -Foreigner
49. 46. Zebra -Zebra
50. 47. Moving Pictures -Rush
51. 48. I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll -Joan Jett
52. 49. High ‘N’ Dry -Def Leppard
53. 50. Electric Ladyland -Jimi Hendrix Experience
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55. 51. Changesonebowie -David Bowie
56. 52. Led Zeppelin III -Led Zeppelin
57. 53. Diary Of a Madman -Ozzy Osbourne
58. 54. Surrealistic Pillow -Jefferson Airplane
59. 55. American Beauty -Grateful Dead
60. 56. Sticky Fingers -The Rolling Stones
61. 57. Blind Faith -Blind Faith
62. 58. 77 -Talking Heads
63. 59. Live After Death -Iron Maiden
64. 60. Old And In The Way -Old And In The Way
65. 61. Imaginos -Blue Oyster Cult
66. 62. Bark At The Moon -Ozzy Osbourne
67. 63. Terrapin Station -Grateful Dead
68. 64. Something/Anything? -Todd Rundgren
69. 65. Giant Step/De Ole Folks at Home -Taj Mahal
70. 66. Court and Spark -Joni Mitchell
71. 67. Stop Making Sense -Talking Heads
72. 68. At Folsom Prison -Johnny Cash
73. 69. Live At The Grand Opera House -Van Morrison
74. 70. Road to Ruin -The Ramones
75. 71. Ra -Utopia
76. 72. The Wall -Pink Floyd
77. 73. Are You Experienced? -Jimi Hendrix Experience
78. 74. Aretha Live at Fillmore West -Aretha Franklin
79. 75. Running On Empty -Jackson Browne
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81. 76. Axis: Bold As Love -Jimi Hendrix Experience
82. 77. Tupelo Honey -Van Morrison
83. 78. Speaking In Tongues -Talking Heads
84. 79. Couldn’t Stand the Weather -Stevie Ray Vaughan
85. 80. Blows Against The Empire -Jefferson Starship
86. 81. Pyromania -Def Leppard
87. 82. Greatest Hits -James Taylor
88. 83. Black Sabbath Vol. 4 -Black Sabbath
89. 84. Sports -Huey Lewis & The News
90. 85. Saturate Before Using -Jackson Browne
91. 86. The Best of Blondie -Blondie
92. 87. G N’ R Lies -Guns N’ Roses
93. 88. Tattoo You -The Rolling Stones
94. 89. Full Moon Fever -Tom Petty
95. 90. Shout At The Devil -Motley Crue
96. 91. Alive II -Kiss
97. 92. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band -The Beatles
98. 93. Blues For Allah -Grateful Dead
99. 94. Let It Be -The Beatles
100. 95. The Slider -T. Rex
101. 96. Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ -Bruce Springsteen
102. 97. Dreamboat Annie -Heart
103. 98. Dynasty -Kiss
104. 99. Tapestry -Carole King
105. 100. Allied Forces -Triumph
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107. 101. Rock ‘n’ Roll High School Soundtrack -The Ramones
108. 102. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath -Black Sabbath
109. 103. Lost In Love -Air Supply
110. 104. Who’s Next -The Who
111. 105. Toys In The Attic -Aerosmith
112. 106. Pay The Devil -Van Morrison
113. 107. Appetite For Destruction -Guns N’ Roses
114. 108. Subterranean Jungle -The Ramones
115. 109. Tommy -The Who
116. 110. Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll -Rainbow
117. 111. White Album -The Beatles
118. 112. Born Again -Black Sabbath
119. 113. Quadrophenia -The Who
120. 114. Live at Watkins Glen -The Band
121. 115. Very Best of Cream -Cream
122. 116. Freeze Frame -J. Geils Band
123. 117. Nebraska -Bruce Springsteen
124. 118. Seven Turns -Allman Brothers Band
125. 119. Late For The Sky -Jackson Browne
126. 120. The Last In Line -Dio
127. 121. Extraterrestrial Live -Blue Oyster Cult
128. 122. Shades Of Two Worlds -Allman Brothers Band
129. 123. Born To Run -Bruce Springsteen
130. 124. Jerry Garcia Band (Live) -Jerry Garcia Band
131. 125. Free-for-All -Ted Nugent
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133. 126. Gov’t Mule -Gov’t Mule
134. 127. The Soft Parade -The Doors
135. 128. Dire Straits -Dire Straits
136. 129. Music From Big Pink -The Band
137. 130. Made In Japan -Deep Purple
138. 131. Electric Warrior -T. Rex
139. 132. Meddle -Pink Floyd
140. 133. Evangeline -Emmy Lou Harris
141. 134. Wish You Were Here -Pink Floyd
142. 135. We're Only In It For The Money -Frank Zappa
143. 136. Machine Head -Deep Purple
144. 137. Slide It In -Whitesnake
145. 138. Led Zeppelin II -Led Zeppelin
146. 139. Never Mind The Bullocks -The Sex Pistols
147. 140. Fire Of Unknown Origin -Blue Oyster Cult
148. 141. Powerage -AC/DC
149. 142. Closing Time -Tom Waits
150. 143. Flexible -Steve Vai
151. 144. Back At The Chicken Shack -Jimmy Smith
152. 145. Physical Graffiti -Led Zeppelin
153. 146. As Recorded At Madison Square Garden -Elvis Presley
154. 147. Blood Sugar Sex Magik -Red Hot Chili Peppers
155. 148. Led Zeppelin -Led Zeppelin
156. 149. Master Of Puppets -Metallica
157. 150. Women And Children First -Van Halen
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159. 151. Live at Leeds -The Who
160. 152. Love -The Cult
161. 153. The Pretender -Jackson Browne
162. 154. Weird Scenes Inside The Gold Mine -The Doors
163. 155. Tres Hombres -ZZ Top
164. 156. Ummagumma -Pink Floyd
165. 157. True Democracy -Steel Pulse
166. 158. Slowhand -Eric Clapton
167. 159. Let There Be Rock -AC/DC
168. 160. The Mob Rules -Black Sabbath
169. 161. Blow By Blow -Jeff Beck
170. 162. The Song Remains The Same -Led Zeppelin
171. 163. Electric -The Cult
172. 164. Too Fast For Love -Motley Crue
173. 165. Van Halen -Van Halen
174. 166. Eliminator -ZZ Top
175. 167. Discipline -King Crimson
176. 168. Combat Rock -The Clash
177. 169. Europe '72 -Grateful Dead
178. 169. Love At First Sting -The Scorpions
179. 170. Metal Health -Quiet Riot
180. 171. Graceland -Paul Simon
181. 172. Trick or Treat Soundtrack -Fastway
182. 173. Ride The Lightning -Metallica
183. 174. Holy Diver -Dio
184. 175. Unleashed In The East -Judas Priest
185. 176. Live From Austin -Delbert McClinton
186. 177. Van Halen II -Van Halen
187. 178. Greatest Hits -Jim Croce
188. 179. Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap) -AC/DC
189. 180. Prime Prine -John Prine
190. 181. Beggar's Banquet -The Rolling Stones
191. 182. Atom Heart Mother -Pink Floyd
192. 183. Mothership Connection -Parliament Funkadelic
193. 184. Sailin' Shoes -Little Feat
194. 185. From The Mars Hotel -Grateful Dead
195. 186. Nearly Human -Todd Rundgren
196. 187. Peace Of Mind -Iron Maiden
197. 188. The Best Of -Hall & Oates
198. 189. Frampton Comes Alive -Peter Frampton
199. 190. Its' Naz -Nazareth
200. 191. Mad Dogs And Englishmen -Joe Cocker
201. 192. Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley -Robert Palmer
202. 193. Imagine -John Lennon
203. 194. Bad Attitude -Meat Loaf
204. 195. Dancin' on The Edge -Lita Ford
205. 196. In The Dark -Grateful Dead
206. 197. Repo Man Soundtrack -Various Artists
207. 198. 3.V -Zebra
208. 199. Lark's Tongues In Aspic -King Crimson
209. 200. Morrison Hotel -The Doors