Getting More Tale #433.5 presents: A worldwide online event!
THE TOP 15 ON THE 15th – Guest shot by Uncle Meat

This is an event spanning many sites and writers in the World Wide Web.  I will link to as many as possible; my own Top 15 can be found here.  A few months ago, the challenge was thrown down to all comers:  List your top 15 albums of all time!  The date September 15 was chosen for the deadline.

Uncle Meat laboured hard on his Top 15, eventually whittling it down from a list of 31 great records*.  Without any commentary, here they are.  His only requirement:  No live albums.

15. Rust in Peace – Megadeth

14. Screaming For Vengeance – Judas Priest

13. Little Earthquakes – Tori Amos

12. Close to the Edge – Yes

11. Consolers of the Lonely – The Raconteurs

10. Clutching at Straws – Marillion

9. Reign in Blood – Slayer

8. Operation: Mindcrime – Queensryche

7. Whale Music – The Rheostatics

6. Misplaced Childhood – Marillion

5. Moving Pictures – Rush

4. Roxy and Elsewhere – Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

3. Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys

2. Hemispheres – Rush

1. El Corazón – Steve Earle

* For shits and giggles, here are the rest of The Meat’s albums that didn’t make the final cut.

• White Pepper – Ween
• Sky Valley – Kyuss
• Harvest – Neil Young
• Heaven and Hell – Black Sabbath
• Fireball – Deep Purple
• Somewhere in Time – Iron Maiden
• Tenacious D – Tenacious D
• Queens of the Stone Age – Queens of the Stone Age
• Dogman – King’s X
• American II: Unchained – Johnny Cash
• Sheer Heart Attack – Queen
• Noisy Nights – Uzeb
• White City – Pete Townsend
• Van Halen – Van Halen
• Let There Be Rock – AC/DC
• Kristopherson – Kris Kristopherson