Top Albums

Submitted by harold on Tue, 11/11/2008 - 12:17
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  1. OK Computer (1997, Radiohead)
  2. Highway 61 Revisited (1965, Bob Dylan)
  3. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998, Neutral Milk Hotel)
  4. The Beatles (1968, The Beatles)
  5. The Doors (1969, The Doors)
  6. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972, David Bowie)
  7. Automatic for the People (1992, R.E.M.)
  8. Thick as a Brick (1972, Jethro Tull)
  9. The Moldy Peaches (2001, The Moldy Peaches)
  10. Abbey Road (1969, The Beatles)
  11. De Stijl (2000, The White Stripes)
  12. The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967, The Velvet Underground)
  13. Aqualung (1971, Jethro Tull)
  14. Paranoid (1970, Black Sabbath)
  15. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995, Smashing Pumpkins)
  16. Lifes Rich Pageant (1986, R.E.M.)
  17. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967, The Beatles)
  18. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963, Bob Dylan)
  19. Document (1987, R.E.M.)
  20. Pablo Honey (1993, Radiohead)
  21. Either/Or (1997, Elliot Smith)
  22. Rubber Soul (1965, The Beatles)
  23. Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) (1969, The Kinks)
  24. Revolver (1966, The Beatles)
  25. Bringing It All Back Home (1965, Bob Dylan)
  26. Physical Graffiti (1975, Led Zeppelin)
  27. Magical Mystery Tour (1967, The Beatles)
  28. Tommy (1969, The Who)
  29. Accelerate (2008, R.E.M.)
  30. White Blood Cells (2001, The White Stripes)
  31. The Bends (1995, Radiohead)
  32. Elephant (2003, The White Stripes)
  33. Houses of the Holy (1973, Led Zeppelin)
  34. Blood on the Tracks (1975, Bob Dylan)
  35. Hunky Dory (1971, David Bowie)
  36. XO (1998, Elliott Smith)
  37. Icky Thump (2007, The White Stripes)
  38. Nebraska (1982, Bruce Springsteen)
  39. Murmur (1983, R.E.M.)
  40. In Rainbows (2007, Radiohead)
  41. Led Zeppelin IV (1971, Led Zeppelin)
  42. In Utero (1993, Nirvana)
  43. Beatles for Sale (1964, The Beatles)
  44. Hidden Vagenda (2004, Kimya Dawson)
  45. Nevermind (1991, Nirvana)
  46. Songs From the Wood (1977, Jethro Tull)
  47. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970, John Lennon)
  48. The Marshall Mathers LP (2000, Eminem)
  49. Who's Next (1971, The Who)
  50. Lola Versus Powerman and the Money-Go-Round (Part One) (1970, The Kinks)
  51. Hot Fuss (2004, The Killers)
  52. Help! (1965, The Beatles)
  53. Monster (1994, R.E.M.)
  54. Born to Run (1975, Bruce Springsteen)
  55. Blonde on Blonde (1966, Bob Dylan)
  56. Kid A (2000, Radiohead)
  57. A Hard Day's Night (1964, The Beatles)
  58. Costello Music (2006, The Fratellis)
  59. In the Wake of Poseidon (1970, King Crimson)
  60. Sublime (1996, Sublime)
  61. Face to Face (1966, The Kinks)
  62. Master of Reality (1971, Black Sabbath)
  63. In the Court of the Crimson King (1969, King Crimson)
  64. Led Zeppelin II (1969, Led Zeppelin)
  65. Out of Time (1991, R.E.M.)
  66. Imagine (1971, John Lennon)
  67. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (1968, The Kinks)
  68. Modern Times (2006, Bob Dylan)
  69. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973, Black Sabbath)
  70. From Elvis in Memphis (1969, Elvis Presley)
  71. Reckoning (1984, R.E.M.)
  72. Red (1974, King Crimson)
  73. Harvest (1972, Neil Young)
  74. Paul Simon (1972, Paul Simon)
  75. Fables of the Reconstruction (1985, R.E.M.)
  76. Doolittle (1989, Pixies)
  77. From a Basement on the Hill (2004, Elliott Smith)
  78. Led Zeppelin (1969, Led Zeppelin)
  79. Benefit (1970, Jethro Tull)
  80. Earthbound (1972, King Crimson)
  81. Sam's Town (2006, The Killers)
  82. Consolers of the Lonely (2008, The Raconteurs)
  83. Disraeli Gears (1967, Cream)
  84. Wish You Were Here (1975, Pink Floyd)
  85. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973, Elton John)
  86. Running With Scissors (1999, "Weird Al" Yankovic)
  87. Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! (1976, Jethro Tull)
  88. Sticky Fingers (1971, The Rolling Stones)
  89. A Night at the Opera (1975, Queen)
  90. Are You Experienced? (1967, Jimi Hendrix)
  91. Black Sabbath (1970, Black Sabbath)
  92. Ramones (1976, Ramones)
  93. All Things Must Pass (1970, George Harrison)
  94. Horses (1975, Patti Smith)
  95. Scissor Sisters (2004, Scissor Sisters)
  96. Straight Outta Lynwood (2006, "Weird Al" Yankovic)
  97. Please Please Me (1963, The Beatles)
  98. Get Behind Me Satan (2005, The White Stripes)
  99. The Dark Side of the Moon (1973, Pink Floyd)
  100. War Child (1974, Jethro Tull)
  101. Exile in Guyville (1993, Liz Phair)
  102. Led Zeppelin III (1970, Led Zeppelin)
  103. Low (1977, David Bowie)
  104. Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970, Simon and Garfunkel)
  105. USA (1975, King Crimson)
  106. Fly (1999, Dixie Chicks)
  107. @#%&*! Smilers (2008, Aimee Mann)
  108. Volume One (2008, She & Him)
  109. Double Fantasy (1980, John Lennon and Yoko Ono)
  110. Green (1988, R.E.M.)
  111. Vampire Weekend (2008, Vampire Weekend)
  112. Let It Be (1970, The Beatles)
  113. The White Stripes (1999, The White Stripes)
  114. Stand Up (1969, Jethro Tull)
  115. Starless and Bible Black (1974, King Crimson)
  116. Strange Days (1967, The Doors)
  117. David Bowie (1969, David Bowie)
  118. Tonight's the Night (1975, Neil Young)
  119. Minstrel in the Gallery (1975, Jethro Tull)
  120. Lizard (1970, King Crimson)
  121. There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973, Paul Simon)
  122. Bookends (1968, Simon and Garfunkel)
  123. Larks' Tongues in Aspic (1973, King Crimson)
  124. Broken Boy Soldiers (2006, The Raconteurs)
  125. Weezer (2008, Weezer)
  126. Siamese Dream (1993, Smashing Pumpkins)
  127. Graceland (1986, Paul Simon)
  128. Beggars Banquet (1968, The Rolling Stones)
  129. Aladdin Sane (1973, David Bowie)
  130. Hail to the Thief (2003, Radiohead)
  131. Around the Sun (2004, R.E.M.)
  132. The Eminem Show (2002, Eminem)
  133. Jagged Little Pill (1995, Alanis Morissette)
  134. Up (1998, R.E.M.)
  135. American Beauty (1970, Grateful Dead)
  136. This Was (1968, Jethro Tull)
  137. Loaded (1970, The Velvet Underground)
  138. Talking Book (1972, Stevie Wonder)
  139. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988, Public Enemy)
  140. More Songs About Buildings and Food (1978, Talking Heads)
  141. Islands (1971, King Crimson)
  142. Amnesiac (2001, Radiohead)
  143. Fear of a Black Planet (1990, Public Enemy)
  144. Gish (1991, Smashing Pumpkins)
  145. Taking the Long Way (2006, Dixie Chicks)
  146. Moondance (1970, Van Morrison)
  147. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966, Simon and Garfunkel)
  148. Poodle Hat (2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic)
  149. New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996, R.E.M.)
  150. The Slim Shady LP (1999, Eminem)
  151. Come Away With Me (2002, Norah Jones)
  152. The Smiths (1984, The Smiths)
  153. Here We Stand (2008, The Fratellis)
  154. Astral Weeks (1968, Van Morrison)
  155. Made of Bricks (2007, Kate Nash)
  156. Aja (1977, Steely Dan)
  157. Sounds of Silence (1966, Simon and Garfunkel)
  158. Pull the Pin (2007, Stereophonics)
  159. Reveal (2001, R.E.M.)
  160. Let it Bleed (1969, The Rolling Stones)
  161. Boston (1976, Boston)
  162. Encore (2004, Eminem)
  163. Wide Open Spaces (1998, Dixie Chicks)
  164. Wednesday Morning, 3 AM (1964, Simon and Garfunkel)
  165. Six (1973, Soft Machine)
Author Comments: 

Just a note, this list doesn't feature any compilations or soundtracks, and will undoubtedly be in a state of constant shifting.

enigmatichowler03/20/2010

Wow, cool list. I'm only going to address the main entry that hit me like a sack of bricks: Moldy Peaches! It's so different from so many of the surroundings, it fragments into all of these recommendations. First, I'm surprised that Velvet Underground s/t isn't on here just because Moe's song "After Hours" is totally proto-Kimya. Then I think Moldy Peaches --> Sidewalk Cafe --> Anti-Folk --> Violent Femmes, who don't sound that much like the Moldy Peaches but are definitely great, you should check them out. Random others leap to mind: Young Marble Giants, Holy Modal Rounders, Mayo Thompson, Syd Barrett. None of these really sound like Moldy Peaches, of course, but they just seem like a springboard into so much other stuff!

Is "Six" the only Soft Machine on here? You have to try their first two albums at some point. Canterbury is another slippery slope into lots and lots of forgotten bands, but Soft Machine was probably the best.

TenthAvenueFreezeOut10/03/2010

Love your list, man. Gonna have to get on the stuff I don't know. My list is around my music section content but a total work in progress. :)