Top Of The Pops

This title was absconded from Generation X, a punk era band that featured singer William Broad, better known as Billy Idol. For the past four of five weeks I've been working in a building that is essentially empty. I've been paiting chairs and it has to be done in an environmant that is above fifty degrees so the paint will dry properly. Since the building is void of people, the only place large enough is in the boiler room, in the basement. There is limited readio reception in this spot, but by hooking pieces of wire around pipes and electrical conduits and then wrapping them around the radio antenna, I can pull in WAXQ New Yorks' Classic Rock station. The repetition is KILLING me! I hear the same old stuff day in and day out with little variation. The option to turn away is nonexistent, there's nothing else to listen to. From time to time there are TOP TEN listings. I'm here to spout my unwanted opinions on some of the top tens that I feel are not quite in alignment with my thinking.
Top Ten Classic Rock Albums These are the ones that I feel are must-haves from the sixties up. To narrow it down to ten is a heavy burden but here's what I've got...
10-Deja Vu-Crosby, Stills & Nash
9-Surrealistic Pillow-Jefferson Airplane
8-American Beauty-The Grateful Dead
7-Bayou Country-Creedence Clearwater Revival
6-Disraeli Gears-Cream
5-Who's Next-The Who
4-Led Zeppelin II
3-Sticky Fingers-The Rolling Stones
2-Abby Road-The Beatles
1-Electric ladyland-Jimi Hendrix

I know there are a million people who will say that this is wrong, that Sargeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band should be number one, that Nirvana should be in there, that I forgot Bob Dylan, and a thousand other should haves and should nots. I don't care, it's just an opinion, it's not cast instone. For anyone who didn't live through that era of political and social upheaval, this is as good a starting point for any record collection to expand upon. If you like rock and roll, I think that these are some records that do not disappoint. You can track them from side to side without having to skip over the lame songs...because there aren't any.