I recently had a couple of friends do a couple of lists of their 100 favorite songs and 100 favorite albums of all time, so I thought I’d give it a shot. These are the albums that I’ve gone back to more than any others over the years. They have been a source of comfort through the good and bad of my life. They have shaped my taste in music and me as a person. If you’ve ever spent much time with me when I’ve been in charge of a playlist, you’ve no doubt heard many songs from these and can probably already guess more than a few of them that found themselves on the list. I didn’t really put any set rules on it, because I didn’t want to eliminate anything that truly was and still is on repeat. I have a couple of newer albums that have recently made it into constant rotation, but most everything is 90s or early 2000s. So now that you have a little bit of the background, let’s get into my 100 favorite albums of all time.
Let’s start with 10 that just missed the list
The Normals Coming to Life
Delirious? Cutting Edge
Charlie Peacock Everything That’s on My Mind
Fastball All the Pain That Money Can Buy
Augustana Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt
Relient K Forget and Not Slow Down
DC Talk Jesus Freak
Audio Adrenaline Underdog
The Fray Self Titled
Newsboys Going Public
Top 100
100. Coopertheband Kingdoms
99. The Lone Bellow Self Titled
98. Rick Elias Blink
97. Rich Mullins The Jesus Record
96. Owl City Ocean Eyes
95. Gregory Alan Isokav The Weatherman
94. Lord Huron Strange Trails
93. Jimmy Eat World Bleed American
92. Radiant We Hope You Win
91. The National Parks Wildflower
90. Paul Colman Trio New Map of the World
89. Fono Goesaroundcomesaround
88. Reality Check Self Titled
87. Starfield Self Titled
86. Mike Mains and the Branches Calm Down, Everything is Fine
85. Handsome and Gretyl Twelve
84. Weezer Blue Album
83. Third Day Time
82. Handsome and Gretyl Miles and Miles
81. Johnnyswim Diamonds
80. Dawes Nothing is Wrong
79. Snow Patrol Final Straw
78. Sarah Jarosz Undercurrent
77. Jason Scott Brighter Shining Still
76. Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors Good Light
75. Michael W Smith The Big Picture
74. Jars of Clay Much Afraid
73. Michelle Tumes Listen
72. U2 All That You Can’t Leave Behind
71. Mindy Smith One Moment More
70. Jars of Clay Self Titled
69. Judah and the Lion First Fruits
68. The Vespers The Fourth Wall
67. The Oh Hellos Through the Deep, Dark Valley
66. Michael W Smith Live the Life
65. Smalltown Poets It’s Later Than It’s Ever Been
64. The Lumineers Cleopatra
63. Of Monsters and Men My Head is an Animal
62. I’m With Her See You Around
61. Goo Goo Dolls Dizzy Up the Girl
60. Nickel Creek A Dotted Line
59. Downhere Self Titled
58. The Head and the Heart Self Titled
57. Switchfoot The Beautiful Letdown
56. The Waiting Unfazed
55. Delirious? Glo
54. Plumb Candycoatedwaterdrops
53. Audio Adrenaline Bloom
52. Joseph Native Dreamer Kin
51. Wild Rivers Self Titled
50. Ben Folds Songs for Silverman
49. Kendall Payne Grown
48. Coldplay Parachutes
47. U2 October
46. The Killers Hot Fuss
45. Mindy Smith Long Island Shores
44. Lifehouse Stanley Climbfall
43. Dawson Hollow Even When It Doesn’t Rhyme
42. Arbour Season All My Friends
41. Gin Blossoms Outside Looking in (the best of)
40. Out of the Grey Diamond Days
39. Garth Brooks Live from Central Park
38. Colony House When I was Younger
37. Knox Hamilton The Heights
36. Ashton Becker Dente’ Along the Road
35. Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism
34. The Avett Brothers I and Love and You
33. The Vespers Sisters and Brothers
32. Various Artists Streams
31. Rosie Thomas A Very Rosie Christmas
30. The National Parks Young
29. Jimmy Eat World Futures
28. Steven Curtis Chapman The Great Adventure
27. MuteMath Self Titled
26. The Killers Sam’s Town
25. Judah and the Lion Folk Hop N Roll (Deluxe)
24. U2 Joshua Tree
23. Foo Fighters Colour and the Shape
22. The Lone Bellow Walk into the Storm
21. Joseph Good Luck Kid
20. Switchfoot New Way to be Human
19. Delirious? Mezzamorphis
18. Third Day Conspiracy No. 5
17. Mae Destination Beautiful
16. Relient K The Anatomy of Tongue and Cheek
15. Mumford and Sons Sigh No More
14. Smalltown Poets Listen Closely
13. All Star United Self Titled
12. Colony House Leave What’s Lost Behind
11. PFR Great Lengths
10. The Waiting Self Titled
09. Mae The Everglow
08. Lifehouse No Name Face
07. The Postal Service Give Up
06. Rich Mullins A Liturgy, A Legacy, and A Ragamuffin Band
05. Judah and the Lion Pep Talks
04. Joseph I’m Alone No You’re Not
03. The National Parks Until I Live
02. The Wallflowers Bringing Down the Horse
01. Smalltown Poets Self Titled
