Top 100 Albums
| Rank | Title | Year | Band |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Born to Run | 1975 | Bruce Springsteen |
| 2 | The Wall | 1979 | Pink Floyd |
| 3 | Trout Mask Replica | 1969 | Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band |
| 4 | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | 1972 | David Bowie |
| 5 | Pet Sounds | 1966 | The Beach Boys |
| 6 | De-Loused in the Comatorium | 2003 | The Mars Volta |
| 7 | The Joshua Tree | 1987 | U2 |
| 8 | Appetite for Destruction | 1987 | Guns N’ Roses |
| 9 | Dark Side of the Moon | 1973 | Pink Floyd |
| 10 | Thriller | 1982 | Michael Jackson |
| 11 | Born in the U.S.A. | 1984 | Bruce Springsteen |
| 12 | Achtung Baby | 1991 | U2 |
| 13 | Revolver | 1966 | The Beatles |
| 14 | Rumours | 1977 | Fleetwood Mac |
| 15 | Led Zeppelin II | 1969 | Led Zeppelin |
| 16 | Highway 61 Revisited | 1965 | Bob Dylan |
| 17 | Ten | 1991 | Pearl Jam |
| 18 | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | 1967 | The Beatles |
| 19 | An Innocent Man | 1983 | Billy Joel |
| 20 | Marquee Moon | 1977 | Television |
| 21 | Nihil | 1995 | KMFDM |
| 22 | Nevermind | 1991 | Nirvana |
| 23 | Kid A | 2000 | Radiohead |
| 24 | Aquemini | 1998 | Outkast |
| 25 | Tapestry | 1971 | Carole King |
| 26 | Funeral | 2004 | Arcade Fire |
| 27 | Disintegration | 1989 | The Cure |
| 28 | Purple | 1994 | Stone Temple Pilots |
| 29 | Out of Time | 1991 | R.E.M. |
| 30 | The Clash | 1977 | The Clash |
| 31 | A Hard Day’s Night | 1964 | The Beatles |
| 32 | Jagged Little Pill | 1995 | Alanis Morissette |
| 33 | The Downward Spiral | 1994 | Nine Inch Nails |
| 34 | Who’s Next | 1971 | The Who |
| 35 | Mezzanine | 1998 | Massive Attack |
| 36 | August and Everything After | 1993 | Counting Crows |
| 37 | Abbey Road | 1969 | The Beatles |
| 38 | Vitalogy | 1994 | Pearl Jam |
| 39 | Chinese Democracy | 2008 | Guns N’ Roses |
| 40 | Spice | 1996 | The Spice Girls |
| 41 | Paranoid | 1970 | Black Sabbath |
| 42 | Sticky Fingers | 1971 | The Rolling Stones |
| 43 | The Velvet Underground & Nico | 1967 | The Velvet Underground |
| 44 | Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs | 1970 | Derek and the Dominoes |
| 45 | Physical Graffiti | 1975 | Led Zeppelin |
| 46 | Broken | 1992 | Nine Inch Nails |
| 47 | Loveless | 1991 | My Bloody Valentine |
| 48 | Let It Bleed | 1969 | The Rolling Stones |
| 49 | Fleetwood Mac | 1975 | Fleetwood Mac |
| 50 | Prick | 1995 | Prick |
| 51 | Wish You Were Here | 1975 | Pink Floyd |
| 52 | Low | 1977 | David Bowie |
| 53 | Music from Big Pink | 1968 | The Band |
| 54 | Exile on Main St. | 1972 | The Rolling Stones |
| 55 | Magical Mystery Tour | 1967 | The Beatles |
| 56 | Led Zeppelin III | 1970 | Led Zeppelin |
| 57 | Tommy | 1969 | The Who |
| 58 | Fun House | 1970 | The Stooges |
| 59 | Remain in Light | 1980 | Talking Heads |
| 60 | The Book of Secrets | 1997 | Loreena McKennitt |
| 61 | A Night at the Opera | 1975 | Queen |
| 62 | The Love Below/Speakerboxxx | 2003 | Outkast |
| 63 | She’s So Unusual | 1983 | Cyndi Lauper |
| 64 | Pretty Hate Machine | 1989 | Nine Inch Nails |
| 65 | Automatic for the People | 1992 | R.E.M. |
| 66 | Smile | 1997 | Brian Wilson |
| 67 | London Calling | 1979 | The Clash |
| 68 | Recipe for Hate | 1993 | Bad Religion |
| 69 | Like a Prayer | 1989 | Madonna |
| 70 | Grace | 1994 | Jeff Buckley |
| 71 | Shangri La Dee Da | 2001 | Stone Temple Pilots |
| 72 | The Beach Boys Today! | 1965 | The Beach Boys |
| 73 | Meddle | 1971 | Pink Floyd |
| 74 | Hang-Ups | 1997 | Goldfinger |
| 75 | What’s Going On | 1971 | Marvin Gaye |
| 76 | Tiny Music: Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop | 1996 | Stone Temple Pilots |
| 77 | …And Justice For All | 1998 | Metallica |
| 78 | OK Computer | 1997 | Radiohead |
| 79 | Our Newest Album Ever! | 1997 | Five Iron Frenzy |
| 80 | Life in the So-Called Space Age | 1998 | God Lives Underwater |
| 81 | Are You Experienced? | 1967 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| 82 | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | George Harrison |
| 83 | All Summer Long | 1964 | The Beach Boys |
| 84 | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain | 1994 | Pavement |
| 85 | Dookie | 1994 | Green Day |
| 86 | Led Zeppelin IV | 1971 | Led Zeppelin |
| 87 | The Stone Roses | 1989 | The Stone Roses |
| 88 | The Velvet Underground | 1969 | The Velvet Underground |
| 89 | Escape | 1981 | Journey |
| 90 | Californication | 1999 | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 91 | Odessey & Oracle | 1967 | The Zombies |
| 92 | Yield | 1998 | Pearl Jam |
| 93 | Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes | 1977 | Jimmy Buffett |
| 94 | This Year’s Model | 1978 | Elvis Costello |
| 95 | Weezer | 1994 | Weezer |
| 96 | Safe As Milk | 1967 | Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band |
| 97 | Hunky Dory | 1971 | David Bowie |
| 98 | Nebraska | 1982 | Bruce Springsteen |
| 99 | Is This It | 2001 | The Strokes |
| 100 | The Doors | 1967 | The Doors |
July 19, 2009 at 5:02 pm
My RSS feeder was SHOCKED to get a new Nineflick post. You’re list is interesting, and as it is a personal list, one can’t find fault in it. However, any group listed below the Spice Girls has to be appalled.
July 19, 2009 at 5:48 pm
I knew Spice would be brought up promptly. It really is a great album, if you’re man enough to admit you like girlie pop. I think that is a logical sentence.
To be honest, I feel pretty good about the top 20 or so. I feel like my enjoyment of those albums is pretty well differentiated. After that, it gets noticeably harder, in part because you have to make calls that go completely against the grain (for instance, I think Nihil is a really fantastic album. But it’s not really known as such.) So things could definitely be shuffled up a bit.