The 50 Greatest Summer Albums of All Time

We hold this truth to be self-evident: Some music just sounds better outside on a warm, sunny day. A few weeks back we took notice of a music blog's post on classic summer albums and figured we'd riff and expand on the idea to come up with a comprehensive list of the 50 greatest. If you're the type of person with a massive music collection with hundreds of gigabytes of songs, there's probably a good chance you have a steady rotation of go-to staples that you only listen to during the summertime. Playlist are nice and all, but sometimes it's refreshing to throw on an album and let it play out, from beginning to end. Sure, some of it, er, a lot of it is music of your parents' generation, but so what? That's why they're called "classics." And remember, circ*mstance is everything: These are the tunes you throw on when spirits are high on the beach or you're chilling on a hammock or when you've got burgers sizzling on the grill and a cold beverage in hand or when rolling down the highway with the windows down or before splashing into a pool. These 50 favorite albums just sound downright better from May to September, in the sweet, sweet summertime.