Hello all... Every year around this time, I try to update my list of all time favorite 250 records. I never really get it right before I give up on the comparisons and I always seem to forget something or make some decisions that I really question the next year, but it's a fun exercise. I take it seriously, to a point, but at some point I have to just give up. I'm usually pretty pleased with the order of the first 25 to 50 albums, though. Does anyone else do this? I'd love to see your lists, if you do. A few years ago, I dreamed of a music recommendation service that would involve members submitting their 50 favorite albums. Basically, the service would look at each persons list and find others who had the most similar lists and then recommend things that each person might have missed. I think that this sort of things could catch some interesting nuances and point people in the direction of things that they may have missed. Anyway, on to the ridiculous list. Favorites are not the same as best. 2016's Top 250 1 The Gaslight Anthem The '59 Sound 2 The Menzingers On The Impossible Past 3 Sugar Copper Blue 4 Nirvana Nevermind 5 Bright Eyes Fevers and Mirrors 6 The Gaslight Anthem Sink or Swim 7 Two Stars Burning Sun Learning To Sleep Past These Cloud Covered Days 8 Davison Nicholas Demos 9 Turnover Peripheral Vision 10 Bright Eyes Lifted... Or, The Story Is In The Soil... So Keep Your Ear to the Ground 11 Davison Nicholas Home Is Where The Heart Is 12 Eric's Trip Love Tara 13 Weird Al Yankovic Polka Party 14 Ramones Ramones 15 The Wonder Years The Greatest Generation 16 Jimmy Eat World Bleed American 17 Nirvana MTV Unplugged In New York 18 Blake Babies Sunburn 19 Bob Dylan Greatest Hits Vol I 20 Descendents Everything Sux 21 Jawbreaker Dear You 22 All Allroy For Prez 23 Jessica Shrum 8-1-96 Demos 24 Foo Fighters The Colour And The Shape 25 Buddy Holly Twenty Golden Greats 26 Nirvana In Utero 27 Davison Nicholas One Step Closer 28 Bright Eyes Digital Ash In A Digital Urn 29 The Lawrence Arms Metropole 30 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Greatest Hits 31 The Hold Steady Boys And Girls In America 32 Nirvana Bleach 33 Junior Battles Idle Ages 34 Spraynard Mabel 35 Transit Listen and Forgive 36 Dashboard Confessional The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most 37 The Promise Ring Very Emergency 38 Foo Fighters Foo Fighters 39 Bright Eyes Every Day And Every Night 40 All Mass Nerder 41 Van Halen Van Halen I 42 Descendents Milo Goes To College 43 Juliana Hatfield 3 Become What You Are 44 My Chemical Romance The Black Parade 45 Goo Goo Dolls Hold Me Up 46 Weezer The Blue Album 47 Bayside Bayside 48 The Menzingers Rented World 49 Bright Eyes/Son Ambulance Oh Holy Fools! 50 Two Cow Garage Sweet Saint Me 51 The Hold Steady Stay Positive 52 Off With Their Heads Home 53 Poison Open Up And Say... Aah! 54 Sepultura Chaos AD 55 Sugar File Under Easy Listening 56 Donner Party Donner Party (s/t #2) 57 Beach Slang The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us 58 Daytrader Twelve Years 59 Blake Babies Rosy Jack World 60 Today I Wait Today I Wait 61 Violent Femmes Violent Femmes 62 Dag Nasty Can I Say? 63 Basement I Wish I Could Stay Here 64 Weird Al Yankovic Weird Al Yankovic 65 Bayside The Walking Wounded 66 The Rocky Horror Show Original London Cast Recording 67 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Soundtrack 68 Ramones Leave Home 69 Sex Pistols Nevermind The Bullocks... Here's the Sex Pistols 70 Elvis Costello My Aim Is True 71 All Allroy's Revenge 72 Jimmy Eat World Futures 73 The Swellers Good For Me 74 Weezer Pinkerton 75 The Hold Steady Almost Killed Me 76 Juliana Hatfield Hey Babe 77 Bright Eyes Letting Off The Happiness 78 Davison Nicholas/Jessica Shrum Split 79 The Presidents of The United States Of America The Presidents of The United States Of America 80 Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention We're Only In It For The Money 81 The Frogs It's Only Right and Natural 82 Ramones Rocket To Russia 83 Ramones Adios Amigos 84 Dashboard Confessional So Impossible EP 85 Bayside Cult 86 Green Day Dookie 87 Metallica Master of Puppets 88 Small Brown Bike Dead Reckoning 89 The Backbeat Band Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 90 Def Leppard Hysteria 91 Park Ave. When Jamie Went To London, We Broke Up 92 Juliana Hatfield Only Everything 93 The Gaslight Anthem American Slang 94 The Hold Steady Separation Sunday 95 The Wonder Years No Closer To Heaven 96 Beastie Boys License To Ill 97 Jimmy Eat World Clarity 98 No Bragging Rights Cycles 99 Ugly Kid Joe As Ugly As They Wanna Be 100 Rollins Band The End Of Silence 101 The Ataris So Long Astoria 102 Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake It's Morning 103 Red City Radio Titles 104 Broadway Calls Oregon 105 Weird Al Yankovic Bad Hair Day 106 Grade Under The Radar 107 Bright Eyes Four Winds EP 108 Captain We're Sinking The Future Is Cancelled 109 The Swellers Ups and Downsizing 110 Devo Greatest Hits 111 Pearl Jam Ten 112 I Am The Avalanche Wolverines 113 Further Seems Forever The Moon Is Down 114 The Get Up Kids Something to Write Home About 115 All Pummel 116 Balance and Composure The Things We Think We're Missing 117 Against Me! Transgender Dysphoria Blues 118 The Gaslight Anthem Handwritten 119 Architects Lost Together/Lost Forever 120 I Am The Avalanche Avalanche United 121 Madonna Madonna 122 Propaghandi How To Clean Everything 123 Ramones Acid Eaters 124 Minor Threat Out Of Step 125 Desaparecidos Payola 126 The Wonder Years Suburbia, I've Given You All... And Now I'm Nothing 127 Daylight Jar 128 Dashboard Confessional The Swiss Army Romance 129 Joyce Manor Never Hungover Again 130 Citizen Youth 131 Elliott Smith Either/Or 132 Hole Live Through This 133 Van Halen For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge 134 Weird Al Yankovic Dare To Be Stupid 135 Descendents I Don't Want To Grow Up 136 The Ataris Blue Skies Broken Hearts Next Twelve Exits 137 Fireworks Oh Common Life 138 Bob Dylan Bob Dylan 139 Weird Al Yankovic Running With Scissors 140 Descendents ALL 141 The Gaslight Anthem Senor and The Queen EP 142 Two Stars Burning Sun/The Nain Rouge/Today I Wait Not By Name... 143 Basement Colourmeinkindness 144 Nirvana Incesticide 145 Spit For Athena Piss Is Perfect 146 Pentimento I, No Longer 147 Greta No Biting 148 The Promise Ring Nothing Feels Good 149 Blake Babies Earwig 150 Guns N' Roses G N' R Lies 151 My Chemical Romance Danger Days... 152 Basement Promise Everything 153 All Allroy Sez 154 Joe Jackson Look Sharp 155 Modern Baseball Holy Ghost 156 The Breeders Last Splash 157 Weird Al Yankovic UHF 158 Polar Bear Club Death Chorus 159 Elvis Costello This Year's Model 160 Liz Phair Exile In Guyville 161 Daytrader Last Days Of Rome 162 Dashboard Confessional A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar... 163 The Lawrence Arms Oh Calcutta! 164 Metallica And Justice For All 165 Broadway Calls Good Views, Bad News 166 Basement Songs About The Weather 167 The Promise Ring The Horse Latitudes 168 Weird Al Yankovic Even Worse 169 Foo Fighters Wasting Light 170 The Frogs My Daughter the Broad 171 Against Me Shape Shift With Me 172 The Cure Boys Don't Cry 173 Gang Of Four A Brief History Of The Twentieth Century 174 Two Stars Burning Sun The Depression Diet 175 Dillinger Four Civil War 176 Meat Puppets II 177 The Undertones Peel Sessions 178 Nick Drake Pink Moon 179 Boy Sets Fire This Crying, This Screaming, My Voice Is Being Born 180 Spit For Athena Extermina 181 The Gaslight Anthem Get Hurt 182 Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction 183 The Menzingers Chamberlain Waits 184 Two Cow Garage The Death Of The Self Preservation Society 185 Against Me! New Wave 186 All Breaking Things 187 Bob Dylan The Times They Are A Changin' 188 Defeater Travels 189 Bloodhound Gang One Fierce Beer Coaster 190 The Wonder Years The Upsides 191 The Hold Steady Heaven Is Whenever 192 Defeater Lost Ground 193 Down By Law Fly The Flag 194 Soul Asylum Grave Dancers Union 195 Bear Vs. Shark Right Now, You're In The Best of Hands 196 Spit for Athena Demo 197 Cursive Domestica 198 Brothers Black Friday 199 Black Flag Damaged 200 Red City Radio S/T 201 My Chemical Romance Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge 202 The Who Maximum R & B 203 Helmet Meantime 204 Henry Rollins Hot Animal Machine 205 Thoughts of Ionesco The Tripych Session 206 Spit For Athena Spit For Athena 207 Bayside Vacancy 208 Hundredth Free 209 The Lawrence Arms Apathy and Exhaustion 210 The Queers Beat Off 211 Two Cow Garage Speaking In Cursive 212 Nada Surf The Proximity Effect 213 Lovesick Discography - s/t 214 Rainer Maria Past Worn Searching 215 The Dead Milkmen Big Lizard In My Backyard 216 Weird Al Yankovic Poodle Hat 217 Rollins Band Hard Volume 218 Off With Their Heads In Desolation 219 Down by Law Down By Law 220 Touche Amore Is Survived By 221 Small Brown Bike Our Own Wars 222 Bright Eyes Cassadaga 223 Juliana Hatfield Bed 224 Bayside Shudder 225 Against Me! White Crosses 226 The Promise Ring 30 Degrees Everywhere 227 Have Mercy The Earth Pushed Back 228 The Zeros 4 3 2 1 The Zeros! 229 Sunny Day Real Estate Diary 230 Elvis Costello Armed Forces 231 Senses Fail Let It Enfold You 232 Jimmy Eat World Chase This Light 233 Bright Eyes Collection Of Songs 234 Beach Slang A Loud Bash Of Teenage Feelings 235 Title Fight Floral Green 236 The Swellers Running Out Of Places To Go 237 Bayside Sirens and Condolences 238 Architects All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us 239 Bayside Killing Time 240 Tim Barry Rivanna Junction 241 The Ataris End Is Forever 242 The Hold Steady Teeth Dreams 243 Ramones Mondo Bizarro 244 Amy Arena Amy Arena 245 Dan Bryk Lover's Leap 246 Ugly Kid Joe America's Least Wanted 247 Descendents Enjoy 248 Minutemen Joy 249 The Swellers My Everest 250 Minutemen Paranoid Time