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The Top 500 of The Top 40

The Top 500 of The Top 40

500 of the best and most historically relevant albums to make the top 40 album charts from 1955 to the present - chosen by Tom Ryan and presented chronologically.

Steely Dan - The Royal Scam

Steely Dan: The Royal Scam

Album #265 - May 1976

It’s obviously a coincidence but also deeply ironic that what I consider to be Steely Dan’s best album hit the marketplace at approximately the same time that the Ramones released their

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    A New Life  - The Marshall Tucker Band

    The Marshall Tucker Band: A New Life

    Album #230 - February 1974

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      Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic

      Steely Dan: Pretzel Logic

      Album #229 - February 1974

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        Joni Mitchel - Court and Spark

        Joni Mitchel - Court and Spark

        Album # 228 - January 1974

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          Paul McCartney and Wing - Band on the Run

          Paul McCartney and Wings: Band on the Run

          Album #227- December 1973

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            The Who: Quadrophenia

            The Who: Quadrophenia - Part 2

            Album #226 - October 1973

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              The Who - Quadrophenia

              The Who: Quadrophenia - Part 1

              Album #226 - October 1973

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                Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

                Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Part 2

                Album #225 - October 1973

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                  Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

                  Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Part 1

                  Album #225 - October 1973

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                    Poco - Crazy Eyes

                    Poco: Crazy Eyes

                    Album #224 - September 1973

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                      Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Over-Nite Sensation

                      Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Over-Nite Sensation

                      Album #223 - September 1973

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                        Lynyrd Skynyrd: Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd

                        Lynyrd Skynyrd: (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd)

                        Album #222 - August 1973

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                          Stevie Wonder: Innervision

                          Stevie Wonder: Innervision

                          Album #221 - August 1973

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