Let's see how many of these notable efforts drop before we get to 150:
Arcade Fire - Reflektor (385, 354, 281, 231) - nice move up
Arcade FIre - The Suburbs (250, 214, 123)
Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister (394, 209, 137)
Billy Joel - The Stranger (36, 622, 334, 209) - well deserved move up
Carole King - Tapestry (62, 71, 209)
Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat (217, 1741, 581) - likely missed the top 1000 this poll
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head (151, 288, 179) - did not drop before 150
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory (465, 193, 125, 173)
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (435, 173, 146)
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (440, 261, 153)
Derek and the Dominos - Layla and other assorted love songs (73, 81, 233, 178) deserved move up
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (170, 144, 157) - not easy to predict whether this will drop before 150, but probably before 120
Green Day - American Idiot (267, 451, 294, 186) - As suspected this dropped before 150
Green Day - Dookie (309, 347, 384, 157) - Wow!!! That is a big move up.
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid (337, 368, 134)
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love (232, 168, 297, 181) - nice move up.
King Crimson - Red (684, 680, 330, 250) - nice move up from the 2014 poll
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (473, 141, 110)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (159, 116, 226) - did not drop before 150
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (448, 74, 161) - expected to drop before 120
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy (113, 568, 236, 228)- essentially the same rank as in 2014
Madonna - True Blue (189, 1398, 722) - likely missed the top 1000.
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (696, 92, 264, 198) - as expected dropped before 150
Neil Young - Harvest (284, 93, 124)
Paul McCartney / Wings - Band on the Run (143, 477, 234, 239) - essentially the same rank as in 2014
Pink Floyd - The Wall (452, 155, 121)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (321, 166, 136)
Queen - Night at the Opera (158, 153, 207) - this should drop before 110
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (188, 169, 296) - surprisingly this did not drop before 150
Rolling Stones - Some Girls (643, 441, 469) - could this miss the top 1000?
Santana - Abraxas (80, 237, 419, 208) - Fantastic move up. As expected dropped before 200
Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends (61, 388, 274, 205) - as expected dropped before 200
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (182, 273, 219, 171) - as predicted dropped before 150
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (257, 140, 111)
Soundgarden - Superunknown (565, 281, 279, 227) - nice move up
Steely Dan - Aja (12, 329, 252, 245) - as expected dropped before 200
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (13, 129, 166, 172) - any lowering of the poll rating of this album is a big disappointment
The Band - The Band (102, 52, 163)
The Beatles - Help! (185, 706, 202) expected to drop before 150
The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night (146, 223, 214) - expected to drop before 150, but did not
The Beatles - Let It Be (89, 612, 174, 201) - this drop was not a surprise
The Eagles - Hotel California (76, 128, 285, 225) - the move up could be the result of new voters - good for them
The Police - Ghosts in the Machine (281, 972, 633) - likely missed the top 1000.
The Who - Tommy (59, 121, 178, 224) - substantially lower than in 2014
The Who - The Who Sings My Generation (375, 279, 471) - could this miss the top 1000?
Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes (134, 638, 670) - likely missed the top 1000.