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2007 National Association of Recording Merchandisers 200

Not sure if this list is eligible (it's not very good, but anyway):

http://timepieces.nl/Top100%27s/2007NARM.html

1 Beatles, The Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967
2 Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon 1973
3 Jackson, Michael Thriller 1982
4 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV 1971
5 U2 The Joshua Tree 1987
6 Rolling Stones, The Exile On Main Street 1972
7 King, Carole Tapestry 1971
8 Dylan, Bob Highway 61 Revisited 1965
9 Beach Boys, The Pet Sounds 1966
10 Nirvana Nevermind 1991
11 Pearl Jam Ten 1991
12 Beatles, The Abbey Road 1969
13 Santana Supernatural 1999
14 Metallica Metallica (Black Album) 1991
15 Springsteen, Bruce Born To Run 1975
16 Prince Purple Rain 1984
17 AC/DC Back In Black 1980
18 Rolling Stones, The Let It Bleed 1969
19 Doors, The The Doors 1967
20 Grateful Dead American Beauty 1970
21 Twain, Shania Come On Over 1997
22 Who, The Who's Next 1971
23 Wonder, Stevie Songs In The Key Of Life 1976
24 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 1977
25 Pink Floyd The Wall 1979
26 Morissette, Alanis Jagged Little Pill 1995
27 Jones, Norah Come Away With Me 2002
28 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2000
29 Outkast Speakerboxxx / The Love Below 2003
30 Dr. Dré The Chronic 1992
31 Beastie Boys, The Licensed To Ill 1986
32 Guns N' Roses Appetite For Destruction 1987
33 Dixie Chicks Wide Open Spaces 1998
34 Davis, Miles Kind Of Blue 1959
35 Eagles, The Hotel California 1976
36 Def Leppard Hysteria 1987
37 Original Soundtrack Grease 1978
38 Gaye, Marvin What's Going On 1971
39 Beatles, The The Beatles (White Album) 1968
40 Original Soundtrack Saturday Night Fever 1977
41 Hendrix, Jimi Are You Experienced? 1967
42 Beatles, The Revolver 1966
43 Boston Boston 1976
44 Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet 1986
45 U2 Achtung Baby 1991
46 Houston. Whitney Whitney Houston 1985
47 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II 1969
48 Matthews, Dave (Band) Crash 1996
49 Rolling Stones, The Sticky Fingers 1971
50 Green Day Dookie 1994
51 Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy 1973
52 Mitchell, Joni Blue 1971
53 Presley, Elvis Elvis At Sun 2004
54 Aerosmith Toys In The Attic 1975
55 Hill, Lauryn The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill 1998
56 Springsteen, Bruce Born In The U.S.A. 1984
57 50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin' 2003
58 AC/DC Highway To Hell 1979
59 Notorious B.I.G., The Life After Death 1997
60 Van Halen Van Halen 1978
61 Green Day American Idiot 2004
62 Black Sabbath Paranoid 1970
63 Eminem The Eminem Show 2002
64 Jewel Pieces Of You 1995
65 Coldplay A Rush Of Blood To The Head 2002
66 Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell 1977
67 Usher Confessions 2004
68 Kid Rock Devil Without A Cause 1998
69 Harrison, George All Things Must Pass 1970
70 Joel, Billy The Stranger 1977
71 Eagles, The Hell Freezes Over 1994
72 Morrison, Van Moondance 1970
73 R.E.M. Automatic For The People 1992
74 Collins, Phil No Jacket Required 1985
75 Metallica Master Of Puppets 1986
76 Hill, Faith Breathe 1999
77 Cash, Johnny At Folsom Prison (Live) 1968
78 Coltrane, John A Love Supreme 1964
79 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 1975
80 Jackson, Michael Off The Wall 1979
81 Gaye, Marvin Let's Get It On 1973
82 Seger, Bob Night Moves 1976
83 Simon, Paul Graceland 1986
84 Linkin Park Hybrid Theory 2000
85 Prince 1999 1990
86 Def Leppard Pyromania 1983
87 Jackson, Janet Control 1986
88 Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik 1991
89 Dire Straits Brothers In Arms 1985
90 2 Pac All Eyez On Me 1996
91 Matchbox Twenty Yourself Or Someone Like You 1996
92 Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication 1999
93 Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti 1975
94 Nelly Country Grammar 2000
95 Creed Human Clay 1999
96 Clash, The London Calling 1979
97 Dion, Celine Falling Into You 1996
98 Young, Neil Harvest 1972
99 Original Soundtrack Dirty Dancing 1987
100 Dixie Chicks Home 2002
101    TOM PETTY FULL MOON FEVER 1989
102    VAN HALEN 1984 1984
103    SOUNDTRACK TITANIC 1997
104    CROSBY STILLS & NASH DEJA VU 1970
105    TLC CRAZYSEXYCOOL 1994
106    BECK ODELAY 1996
107    KENNY G BREATHLESS 1992
108    NWA. STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON 1989
109    SEX PISTOLS NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS 1977
110    BEATLES RUBBER SOUL 1965
111    RADIOHEAD O.K. COMPUTER 1997
112    SIMON & GARFUNKEL BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE WATER 1970
113    DIXIE CHICKS FLY 1999
114    METALLICA AND JUSTICE FOR ALL 1988
115    MICHAEL JACKSON DANGEROUS 1991
116    MARIAH CAREY DAYDREAM 1995
117    SOUNDTRACK TOP GUN 1986
118    ELTON JOHN GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD 1973
119    POLICE SYNCHRONICITY 1983
120    NO DOUBT TRAGIC KINGDOM 1995
121    ROLLING STONES BEGGAR'S BANQUET 1967
122    R KELLY R 1998
123    TOOL LATERALUS 2001
124    OASIS WHAT'S THE STORY MORNING GLORY 1995
125    BOB MARLEY EXODUS 1977
126    JOURNEY ESCAPE 1981
127    CHRISTINA AGUILERA CHRISTINA AGUILERA 1999
128    JAY-Z BLUEPRINT 2001
129    ALICIA KEYS DIARY OF ALICIA KEYS 2003
130    SOUNDTRACK O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? 2000
131    CARS CARS 1978
132    ENYA DAY WITHOUT RAIN 2000
133    NATALIE COLE UNFORGETTABLE WITH LOVE NATALIE COLE 1991
134    SOUNDTRACK FOOTLOOSE 1984
135    LIONEL RICHIE CAN'T SLOW DOWN 1983
136    SARAH MCLACHLAN SURFACING 1997
137    BONNIE RAITT NICK OF TIME 1989
138    METALLICA RIDE THE LIGHTNING 1984
139    SHERYL CROW TUESDAY NIGHT MUSIC CLUB 1993
140    FRANK SINATRA IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS 1955
141    EARTH WIND FIRE GRATITUDE 1975
142    ZZ TOP ELIMINATOR 1983
143    WILLIE NELSON RED HEADED STRANGER 1975
144    JOHN LENNON IMAGINE 1971
145    TONI BRAXTON TONI BRAXTON 1993
146    ETTA JAMES AT LAST 1961
147    ELVIS PRESLEY ELVIS PRESLEY 1956
148    CAT STEVENS TEA FOR THE TILLERMAN 1970
149    SMASHING PUMPKINS MELLON COLLIE & THE INFINITE SADNESS 1995
150    DAVE BRUBECK TIME OUT 1959
151    JANET JACKSON JANET 1993
152    QUEEN A NIGHT AT THE OPERA 1975
153    OZZY OSBOURNE BLIZZARD OF OZZ 1981
154    WILL SMITH BIG WILLIE STYLE 1997
155    PRINCE SIGN OF THE TIMES 1987
156    PUBLIC ENEMY IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK 1988
157    BOB DYLAN BLOOD ON THE TRACKS 1975
158    GEORGE MICHAEL FAITH 1987
159    BOYZ II MEN COOLEYHIGHHARMONY 1993
160    DESTINY'S CHILD WRITING'S ON THE WALL 1999
161    JAY-Z BLACK ALBUM 2003
162    AVRIL LAVIGNE LET GO 2002
163    FUGEES SCORE 1996
164    MADONNA LIKE A VIRGIN 1984
165    LED ZEPPELIN LED ZEPPELIN 1969
166    STEVIE RAY VAUGHN TEXAS FLOOD 1983
167    STONE TEMPLE PILOTS CORE 1992
168    ORIGINAL CAST PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - HIGHLIGHTS 1988
169    JETHRO TULL AQUALUNG 1971
170    TUPAC ME AGAINST THE WORLD 1995
171    DAVID BOWIE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST 1972
172    SHAKIRA LAUNDRY SERVICE 2001
173    SOUNDTRACK FORREST GUMP 1994
174    AL GREEN CALL ME 1973
175    CURTIS MAYFIELD SUPERFLY 1972
176    LIVE THROWING COPPER 1994
177    GEORGE BENSON BREEZIN' 1976
178    WHITE STRIPES WHITE BLOOD CELLS 2001
179    LYNYRD SKYNYRD PRONOUNCED LEH-NERD SKIN-ERD 1973
180    SADE DIAMOND LIFE 1984
181    FLEETWOOD MAC FLEETWOOD MAC 1975
182    PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS BAND ON THE RUN 1973
183    BEYONCE DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE 2003
184    ANITA BAKER RAPTURE 1986
185    NAS IIIMATIC 1994
186    BARBRA STREISAND A STAR IS BORN 1976
187    EARTH WIND FIRE THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD 1975
188    ANITA BAKER RHYTHM OF LOVE 1994
189    JAY-Z IN MY LIFETIME VOL 1 1997
190    LL COOL J MAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT 1990
191    STEELY DAN AJA 1977
192    WILLIE NELSON STARDUST 1978
193    ARETHA FRANKLIN SPARKLE 1976
194    ANDREA BOCELLI ANDREA 2004
195    BOB DYLAN BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME 1965
196    LUTHER VANDROSS NEVER TOO MUCH 1981
197    U2 ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND 2000
198    RUSH 2112 1976
199    OUTKAST AQUEMINI 1998
200    GRAND FUNK RAILROAD WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND 1973

Re: 2007 National Association of Recording Merchandisers 200

No, this one was declared ineligible from the moment it first appeared in 2007. It's purely an industry-created and market-driven list. Fun to look at, but no critical value whatsoever. (#95. That's all I'm sayin'.)

Not Just...

#95, Harold- plenty of commercial, non-critical-hit albums on here. :)

Re: Not Just...

It looked awfully suspect but I came accross and thought I'd pass it on just in case.