I’ve decided to ditch the Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Greatest Albums. (C’mon, Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot at only #495!)

Instead I like the randomization aspect of an alphabetical-by-album-title list like 1001 Records You Must Hear Before You Die. Plus, I start with Abbey Road! Sorry, Outkast.

Next Up: 200 Motels (1971), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), The 400 Blows (1959), or #500. Abbey Road by The Beatles (1969).