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The 1,000 Best Albums Since 1965

Surprisingly, I resisted making any sort of "all-time" album list for a long time. I can handle ranking albums in a one year span, but it's another thing to compare albums from completely different eras. Why start at 1965? Two reasons. 1965 was the year that rock really started to mature, with Dylan, The Beatles and Stones beginning to make full albums as a complete artistic statement, rather than some singles and filler. Also, my expertise on music before that year begins dwindles significantly. Lacking access to any deep vinyl-based collections of often out-of-print pre-1965 records, my knowledge is more sketchy, though I did make an effort to list the ones I know.

The top of the list favors 60s and 70s albums. Does that mean that music in the last 24 years isn't as good? Not necessarily. Earlier in history, there were fewer bands, and certainly fewer albums being produced. The great ones that came out were extremely important and had a huge cultural impact. This hasn't happened as much since the 80s. I believe there's been more great music produced overall since the mid 90s. But it's more difficult to single out ones that are "classic" amongst all the excellent choices.. There are 153 albums that earned a perfect 10. That could be a lot or a little, depending on your perspective. Nine (or 4%) are from the 90s, zero from the 00s. Maybe it's more difficult to recognize a classic without more hindsight, but I doubt it. I don't think I'm going to change my mind that the consensus albums like Nevermind, Screamadelica, Automatic For The People, Achtung Baby, Definitely Maybe are massively overrated. While there's more great music being produced than ever, there's fewer truly consistently great albums being made. Whether it's a slight rut in the creative zeitgeist, who knows. I am at the very least confident that the albums below deserve their rankings. The exact order is always debatable, and not all of them belong in your girlfriend's or parent's collections, but they're all my sweet babies.

    10

  1. The Stooges - Fun House (Elektra) 70
  2. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (Impulse!) 65
  3. Talking Heads - Remain In Light (Sire) 80
  4. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (WB) 68
  5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? (Reprise) 67
  6. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve) 67
  7. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia) 65
  8. The Modern Lovers (Beserkley/Rhino) 72
  9. The Beatles - Revolver (Capitol) 66
  10. The Congos - Heart Of The Congo (Blood & Fire) 77
  11. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You (Atlantic) 67
  12. Television - Marquee Moon (Elektra) 77
  13. Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (Restless) 79
  14. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (SST) 84
  15. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (Enigma) 88
  16. The Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (SST) 84
  17. The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (Stiff/Line/A&M) 80
  18. Fela Kuti - Zombie (Universal) 77
  19. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (Factory) 79
  20. The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. (Rolling Stones) 72
  21. Brian Eno - Another Green World (EG) 75
  22. Gang of Four - Entertainment! (WB) 79
  23. The Raincoats (Rough Trade) 79
  24. Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box/Second Edition (Virgin) 79
  25. Wire - 154 (Restless) 79
  26. Talking Heads - Fear Of Music (Sire) 79
  27. The Clash - London Calling (Epic) 79
  28. Wire - Pink Flag (Restless) 77
  29. The Who - My Generation (MCA) 65
  30. Tricky - Maxinquaye (Island) 95
  31. The Pixies - Surfer Rosa (4AD) 88
  32. Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston (Mango) 73
  33. Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - Lick My Decals Off Baby (Straight) 70
  34. Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - Doc At The Radar Station (Virgin) 80
  35. Joy Division - Closer (Factory) 80
  36. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks (Columbia) 75
  37. Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (Curtom) 70
  38. Black Sabbath - Paranoid (WB) 70
  39. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (Curtom) 72
  40. Sly & the Family Stone - There's A Riot Going On (Epic) 71
  41. T. Rex - Electric Warrior (Reprise) 71
  42. David Bowie - Hunky Dory (RCA) 71
  43. Tim Buckley - Starsailor (Straight) 71
  44. Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (EG) 73
  45. David Bowie - The Rise Of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars (RCA) 72
  46. Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (Reprise) 69
  47. The Velvet Underground (Verve) 69
  48. The Beatles (Apple) 68
  49. Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever (Polydor) 82
  50. X-Ray Spex - Germ-Free Adolescents (Caroline) 78
  51. Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - Clear Spot (Reprise) 72
  52. R.E.M. - Murmur (IRS) 83
  53. Roxy Music (Reprise) 72
  54. Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves (Mango) 77
  55. Nick Drake - Pink Moon (Island) 72
  56. Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (Hi) 72
  57. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (Mo Wax) 96
  58. Lee Perry & The Upsetters - Super Ape (Mango) 76
  59. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (Columbia) 69
  60. Rico - Man From Wareika (Island) 76
  61. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde (Columbia) 66
  62. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life (Virgin) 77
  63. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (London) 69
  64. Justin Hinds & The Dominoes - Jezebel (Island) 76
  65. The Kinks - Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) (Reprise) 69
  66. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet (Def Jam) 90
  67. Cedric Im Brooks - The Light Of Saba (Total Sounds/Honest Jon's) 76
  68. The Beatles - Abbey Road (Apple) 69
  69. Al Green - Call Me (Hi) 73
  70. Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power (Columbia) 73
  71. Max Romeo & the Upsetters - War Ina Babylon (Mango/Hip-O Select) 76
  72. Otis Redding - Complete & Unbelievable: Dictionary Of Soul (Stax) 66
  73. Fela Kuti - Roforofo Fight (MCA) 72
  74. Junior Byles - Beat Down Babylon (Trojan) 72
  75. The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana (Heartbeat) 76
  76. Keith Hudson - Flesh Of My Skin, Blood Of My Blood (Mamba/Atra) 74
  77. Led Zeppelin II (Atlantic) 69
  78. Yabby You - Conquering Lion (Prophets) 72
  79. The Mighty Diamonds - Right Time (Shanachie) 76
  80. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (Mango) 72
  81. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Catch A Fire (Tuff Gong/Island) 72
  82. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy (EG) 74
  83. The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bullocks (WB) 77
  84. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Natty Dread (Tuff Gong/Island) 74
  85. The Clash (Epic) 77
  86. Pere Ubu - Dub Housing (Rough Trade) 78
  87. Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation (Sire) 77
  88. George Faith - To Be A Lover (Black Swan/Hip-O Select) 77
  89. Patti Smith - Horses (Arista) 75
  90. Wipers - Youth Of America (Restless/Zeno) 81
  91. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (Blank) 77
  92. Van Morrison - Moondance (WB) 70
  93. David Bowie - Low (RCA) 77
  94. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (Def Jam) 88
  95. Can - Ege Bamyasi (Spoon/Mute) 72
  96. Harmonia - Deluxe (Brain) 75
  97. Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures (Blue Note) 66
  98. Neu! - Neu! 75 (Brain/Astralwerks) 75
  99. Alice Coltrane - Journey In Satchidananda (Impulse) 70
  100. Gavin Bryars - The Sinking Of The Titanic/Jesus' Blood Has Never Failed Me Yet (Obscure) 75
  101. Comsat Angels - Sleep No More (Polydor/Renascent) 81
  102. Tom Zé - Estudando O Samba (EW) 75
  103. Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey (Mango) 75
  104. The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Tales Of Mozambique (Dynamic) 75
  105. Max Romeo & the Upsetters - Revelation Time (Trojan/Blood & Fire) 75
  106. Harmonia - Music Von Harmonia (Brain) 73
  107. The Heptones - Party Time (Mango/Island) 77
  108. Culture - Two Sevens Clash (Shanachie) 77
  109. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (Capitol) 89
  110. George Russell - Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature (Soul Note) 67
  111. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love (Reprise) 67
  112. Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (Enigma) 78
  113. Buzzcocks - Another Music In A Different Kitchen (Restless) 78
  114. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - This Year's Model (Columbia) 78
  115. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (Island) 85
  116. Wire - Chairs Missing (Restless) 78
  117. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (Sire) 78
  118. Misfits - Static Age (Caroline) 78
  119. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (Columbia) 65
  120. John Coltrane - First Meditations (For Quartet) (Impulse) 65
  121. John Coltrane - Transition (Impulse) 65
  122. Mission Of Burma - VS. (Ace Of Hearts) 82
  123. Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - Ice Cream For Crow (Virgin) 82
  124. Dennis Brown - Visions of Dennis Brown (Shanachie/Joe Gibbs) 78
  125. The Slits - Cut (Island) 79
  126. Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth (Crepiscule) 79
  127. The Jam - Sound Affects (Polydor) 80
  128. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Armed Forces (Columbia) 79
  129. XTC - Drums And Wires (Virgin) 79
  130. David Bowie - Lodger (RCA) 79
  131. Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material (EMI) 79
  132. Disco Inferno - DI Go Pop (Rough Trade) 94
  133. Slint - Spiderland (Touch & Go) 91
  134. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (Sire) 91
  135. The Ruts - The Crack (Virgin) 79
  136. Dennis Brown - Wolves And Leopards (Blue Moon) 77
  137. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (Rolling Stones) 71
  138. The Who - Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy (MCA) 71
  139. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace (Beggars Banquet) 85
  140. The Birthday Party (Missing Link) 80
  141. X - Los Angeles (Slash) 80
  142. The Birthday Party - Prayers On Fire (4AD) 81
  143. Ramones - Rocket To Russia (Sire) 77
  144. New York Dolls (Mercury) 73
  145. Can - Soon Over Babaluma (Spoon/Mute) 74
  146. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (Rykodisc) 73
  147. Pink Fairies - Kings Of Oblivion (Polydor) 73
  148. The Jam - All Mod Cons (Polydor) 78
  149. The Jam - Setting Sons (Polydor) 79
  150. Tom Waits - Bone Machine (Island) 92
  151. Tom Waits - The Black Rider (Island) 93
  152. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (Thrill Jockey) 96
  153. John McLaughlin - Extrapolation (Polydor) 69
  154. King Sunny Ade - Aura (Mango) 84
  155. Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind (Four Women) (Philips) 66
  156. Can - Future Days (Spoon/Mute) 73
  157. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (RCA)
  158. U2 - War (Island) 83
  159. The Raincoats - Ody Shape (Rough Trade) 81
  160. Martha and the Muffins - This Is The Ice Age (Dindisc/Virgin) 81
  161. David Byrne/Brian Eno - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (Sire) 81
  162. The Sound - From The Lions Mouth (Korova/Renascent) 81
  163. Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now (Atlantic/Rhino) 68
  164. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul (Atlantic) 68
  165. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (Tamla) 73
  166. João Gilberto (Polydor) 73
  167. TV On The Radio - Dear Science, (DGC/Interscope) 08
  168. Donny Hathaway - Everything Is Everything (Atlantic) 70
  169. Lee Perry & the Upsetters - Blackboard Jungle Dub (Upsetter/Trojan) 73
  170. This Heat - Deceit (Rough Trade) 81
  171. Gang of Four - Solid Gold (WB) 81
  172. The Au Pairs - Playing With A Different Sex (Human/RPM) 81
  173. Bad Brains (ROIR/In-Effect) 81
  174. John Coltrane - Meditations (Impulse) 65

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  175. Led Zeppelin IV (Atlantic) 71
  176. James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up (Kent/Ace) 67
  177. Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman (Atlantic) 66
  178. Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Stax) 65
  179. Orange Juice - Rip It Up (Polydor) 82
  180. Bill Withers - Just As I Am (Sussex) 71
  181. Roy Harper - Stormcock (Harvest/Science Friction) 71
  182. Janis Joplin - Pearl (Columbia) 71
  183. Clarence Carter - This Is Clarence Carter (Atlantic) 68
  184. Terry Callier - What Color Is Love (Cadet/Verve) 72
  185. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (Westbound) 71
  186. Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (Verve) 68
  187. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality (WB) 71
  188. Slayer - Reign In Blood (American) 86
  189. Bad Brains - I Against I (SST) 86
  190. Metallica - Master of Puppets (Elektra) 86
  191. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland (Reprise) 68
  192. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet (London/Abko) 68
  193. Carla Bley and Paul Haines - Escalator Over The Hill (ECM) 71
  194. Soft Machine - Third (CBS) 70
  195. Slayer - South Of Heaven (American) 88
  196. Minnie Riperton - Come To My Garden (GRT/Varese) 70
  197. Ash Ra Tempel (Spalax) 71
  198. Radiohead - Kid A (Capitol) 00
  199. Metallica - Ride The Lightning (Elektra) 84
  200. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (Island) 84
  201. Steve Reich - Music For 18 Musicians (ECM) 78
  202. Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (Sire) 84
  203. Prince - Purple Rain (WB) 84
  204. Amon Düül II - Yeti (Liberty/Revisited) 70
  205. Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei (Liberty/Revisited) 69
  206. The Maytals - Monkey Man (Trojan) 70
  207. Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind (EMI) 83
  208. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies (Factory/Qwest) 83
  209. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (Reprise) 70
  210. Massive Attack - Blue Lines (Virgin) 91
  211. Black Sabbath - Vol. 4 (WB) 72
  212. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (Capitol) 66
  213. The Beatles - Rubber Soul (Capitol) 65
  214. La Dusseldorf (Radar) 76
  215. Harmonia - Music Von Harmonia (Brain) 73
  216. John Coltrane - The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (Impulse) 65
  217. John Coltrane - Sun Ship (Impulse) 65
  218. Black Sabbath (WB) 70
  219. Cluster - Zuckerzeit (Brain) 74
  220. The Meditations - Message From The Meditations (UA) 76
  221. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (Polydor) 91
  222. Funkadelic (Westbound) 69
  223. Bill Withers - Still Bill (Sussex) 72
  224. The Stooges (Elektra) 69
  225. Led Zeppelin I (Atlantic) 68
  226. Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss (American) 90
  227. Black Sabbath - Sabotage (WB) 75
  228. Big Star - Radio City (Argent) 74
  229. Peter Brötzmann - Machine Gun (FMP/Unheard Music) 68
  230. Sweet - Sweet Fanny Adams (RCA) 74
  231. Free (A&M/Island) 69
  232. Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny (Columbia) 76
  233. MC5 - Kick Out The Jams (Elektra) 69
  234. Tim Buckley - Happy/Sad (Elektra) 69
  235. TV On The Radio - Return To Cookie Mountain (4AD/Interscope) 06
  236. Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (Mercury/Vertigo) 79
  237. AC/DC - Highway To Hell (Epic) 79
  238. The Adverts - Crossing the Red Sea With The Adverts (Devils Jukebox) 78
  239. Velvet Underground - Loaded (WB) 70
  240. UFO - Strangers In The Night (Chrysalis) 79
  241. Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (PolyGram) 77
  242. Atomic Rooster - Death Walks Behind You (Elektra) 70
  243. Hawkwind - Hall Of the Mountain Grill (UA/One Way) 74
  244. Tim Buckley - Lorca (Elektra) 70
  245. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast (Capitol) 82
  246. Sun Ra & his Arkestra - The Magic City (Saturn) 65
  247. Sweet - Desolation Boulevard (RCA) 74
  248. Björk - Vespertine (Elektra) 01
  249. PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (Island) 00
  250. Iron Maiden (Capitol) 80
  251. The Strokes - Is This It (RCA/BMG) 01
  252. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell (Interscope) 03
  253. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (Interscope) 02
  254. TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (Touch & Go) 04
  255. Thin Lizzy - Johnny The Fox (Vertigo/PolyGram) 76
  256. The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics! (Etiquette/Big Beat) 65
  257. Pharoah Sanders - Karma (Impulse!) 69
  258. Them - The Angry Young Them (Decca/Deram) 65
  259. Burial - Untrue (Hyperdub) 07
  260. Charlie Haden - Liberation Music Orchestra (Impulse!) 69
  261. Don Cherry - Mu (Actuel/Charly) 69
  262. Sun Ra - The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 1 (ESP) 65
  263. Charles Mingus - Mingus at Carnegie Hall (Atlantic) 74
  264. Lee Perry - Roast Fish Collie Weed and Corn Bread (Upsetter/VP) 78
  265. The Chantells - Waiting In The Park (Phase One) 78
  266. Ijahman - Haile I Hymn (Mango/Jahmani) 78
  267. The Jolly Brothers - Conscious Man (Seven Leaves) 78
  268. The Meditations - Wake Up (Third World) 78
  269. Radiohead - In Rainbows (ATO) 07
  270. David Bowie - Heroes (RCA) 78
  271. David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (RCA) 70
  272. Twink - Think Pink (Akarma) 70
  273. The White Stripes - Elephant (V2) 03
  274. Fugazi - The Argument (Dischord) 01
  275. Public Enemy - Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black (Columbia) 91
  276. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (Columbia) 70
  277. Sonic Youth - Sister (SST) 87
  278. Big Star - Sister Lovers (Aura) 74
  279. Caetano Veloso (Philips) 68
  280. The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society (Reprise) 68
  281. Tom Zé (Sony) 68
  282. Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle (Atco/Beggars Banquet) 79
  283. The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette (Chiswick) 79
  284. Japan - Tin Drum (Virgin) 81
  285. Siouxsie & the Banshees - Juju (Geffen) 81
  286. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Architecture & Morality (Virgin) 81
  287. Talking Heads - The Name Of The Band Is Talking Heads (Sire) 81
  288. King Midas Sound - Waiting For You (Hyperdub) 09
  289. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (Capitol) 03
  290. Bunny Wailer - Blackheart Man (Island) 76
  291. The Meditations - Guidance (Makasound) 78
  292. Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band - Strictly Personal (Blue Thumb) 68
  293. Dr. John The Night Tripper - Gris-Gris (Atco/Rhino) 68
  294. David Bowie - Station To Station (RCA) 76
  295. Johnny Clarke - Rockers Time Now (Front Line) 76
  296. Gilberto Gil (Philips) 68
  297. Pink Floyd - The Piper At the Gates Of Dawn (Columbia) 67
  298. The Kinks - Something Else (Reprise) 67
  299. Sly & the Family Stone - Stand! (Epic) 69
  300. The Kinks - Face To Face (Reprise/ESM) 66
  301. Augustus Pablo - King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown (Shanachie) 76
  302. The Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow (Harvest) 68
  303. Don Cherry - Symphony For Improvisers (Blue Note) 66
  304. Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite (Bluebird) 66
  305. Nina Simone - Nina Simone Sings The Blues (RCA) 66
  306. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (Island) 68
  307. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (Tamla) 72
  308. John Coltrane - Coltrane Live At The Village Vanguard Again! (Impulse) 66
  309. James Carr - A Man Needs A Woman (Kent/Ace) 68
  310. Wilson Pickett - The Sound Of Wilson Pickett (Atlantic) 67
  311. Solomon Burke - King Solomon (Atlantic) 68
  312. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum (Philips) 68
  313. Serge Gainsbourg - Initials B.B. (Polygram) 68
  314. Neu! (Brain/Astralwerks) 72
  315. Guru Guru - Känguru (Brain/Universal) 72
  316. Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples of the Moon for Electronic Music Synthesizer (Nonesuch) 68
  317. Led Zeppelin III (Atlantic) 70
  318. Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (Island) 79
  319. Miles Davis - Miles Smiles (Columbia) 66
  320. Jacob Miller - Who Say Jah No Dread (Ras) 75
  321. The Specials (Chrysalis) 79
  322. The Undertones (Sire/Rykodisc) 79
  323. The Pop Group - Y (Radar) 79
  324. Eddy Grant - Living In A Front Line (Ice/Universal) 79
  325. The Sound - Jeopardy (Korova/Renascent) 80
  326. Echo & the Bunnymen - Crocodiles (Sire) 80
  327. The Pretenders - The Pretenders (Sire) 80
  328. Misfits - 12 Hits From Hell (Caroline) 80
  329. Magazine - The Correct Use of Soap (Virgin) 80
  330. Björk - Homogenic (Elektra) 97
  331. Colin Newman - A-Z (Restless/Beggars Banquet) 80
  332. John Martyn - Solid Air (Island) 73
  333. Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop (Westbound) 73
  334. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle (Columbia) 73
  335. Miles Davis - On The Corner (Columbia) 73
  336. Toots & the Maytals - In The Dark (Trojan) 73
  337. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town (Columbia) 78
  338. The Chantells - Children Of Jah 1977-79 (Blood & Fire)
  339. Portishead - Dummy (Go! Discs) 94
  340. T. Rex - The Slider (Reprise) 72
  341. Faust (Recommended) 71
  342. MC5 - High Time (Rhino/Atlantic) 71
  343. Michael Rother - Sterntaler (Sky/Water) 78
  344. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding (Columbia) 68
  345. Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly (A&M/Salvo) 68
  346. Bob Marley & the Wailers - African Herbsman (Trojan) 72
  347. Faust - So Far (Recommended) 72
  348. Radiohead - OK Computer (Capitol) 97
  349. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love (Island) 95
  350. Björk - Post (Elektra) 95
  351. Popol Vuh - Einsjager & Siebenjager (Spalax) 74
  352. Betty Davis (Just Sunshine/Aztec) 73
  353. Laika - Silver Apples Of The Moon (Too Pure) 94
  354. Tortoise (Thrill Jockey) 94
  355. Alice Coltrane - Ptah the El Daoud (Impulse!) 70
  356. Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 (Sire) 77
  357. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express (Capitol) 77
  358. Emitt Rhodes (A&M) 70
  359. The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (Demon) 77
  360. The Replacements - Let It Be (Twin/Tone) 84
  361. The Feelies - The Good Earth (Coyote) 86
  362. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (Sire) 86
  363. XTC - Skylarking (Geffen) 86
  364. The Woodentops - Giant (Rough Trade/Columbia) 86
  365. Screaming Blue Messiahs - Gun Shy (Elektra) 86
  366. The Birthday Party - Junkyard (Virgin) 82
  367. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour (Kamera/Situation Two) 82
  368. Chico Science & Nação Zumbi - Afrociberdelia (Chaos) 96
  369. PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me (Island) 93
  370. Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (Arista) 97
  371. Dome - Will You Speak This Word (Dome/Grey Area) 82
  372. Dream Syndicate - Days of Wine and Roses (Big Time) 82
  373. New Order - Low-life (Factory/Qwest) 85
  374. Siouxsie & The Banshees - A Kiss In The Dreamhouse (Polydor/Geffen) 82
  375. The Jam - In The City (Polydor) 77
  376. Virgin Prunes - If I Die, I Die (Mute) 82
  377. Pere Ubu - Datapanik In The Year Zero EP (Radar) 75
  378. X - Under The Big Black Sun (Elektra) 82
  379. John McLaughlin & Carlos Santana - Love Devotion Surrender (Columbia) 73
  380. R.E.M. - Reckoning (IRS) 84
  381. The Pogues - Red Roses For Me (WEA) 84
  382. Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth (Mercury/Fontana) 84
  383. The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops (Linn/Virgin) 84
  384. Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. (Columbia) 84
  385. The Fall - The Wonderful And Frightening World Of The Fall (Beggars Banquet) 84
  386. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II (SST) 84
  387. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Zulu Rock (Ze) 84
  388. The Fall - Grotesque (Rough Trade) 80
  389. Killing Joke - Killing Joke (EG) 80
  390. Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World, Beautiful People (Island/Trojan) 69
  391. Kiddus I - Rockers: Graduation In Zion 1978-1980 (Dub Store)
  392. The Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency (Polydor) 69
  393. Euphoria - A Gift From Euphoria (Capitol) 69
  394. Four Tet - Rounds (Domino) 03
  395. Velvet Underground - VU (Verve) 69
  396. Can - Monster Movie (Spoon/Mute) 69
  397. N*E*R*D - In Search Of ... (Virgin) 02
  398. The Upsetters - Return of Django (Trojan) 69
  399. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - Best Of 1980-1984 (Rhino)
  400. Sly & The Family Stone - Life (Epic) 68
  401. Os Mutantes - Mutantes (Omplatten) 69
  402. Parliament - Mothership Connection (Casablanca) 75
  403. Caetano Veloso (Philips) 69
  404. O.V. Wright - A Nickel And A Nail And The Ace of Spades (Back Beat) 70
  405. Etta James - Tell Mama (MCA/Chess) 68
  406. Irma Thomas - Something Good: The Muscle Shoals Sessions (Chess/MCA) 67
  407. Otis Redding - The Immortal Otis Redding (Stax) 68
  408. O.V. Wright - Nucleus Of Soul (Back Beat) 68
  409. The Impressions - The Young Mods' Forgotten Story (Curtom) 69
  410. Jimmy Hughes – Why Not Tonight? (Atco) 67
  411. Jimmy Hughes - Something Special (Volt) 69
  412. The Meters - Look A-Py Py (Josie) 69
  413. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R (Interscope) 00
  414. Can - Tago Mago (Spoon/Mute) 71
  415. Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra (Kosmische Musik/SPV) 72
  416. Michael Rother - Flammende Herzen (Sky/Water) 77
  417. Bim Sherman - Love Forever (Tribesmen/Century) 78
  418. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight (Rykodisc) 80
  419. English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It (Sire) 80
  420. Tangerine Dream - Zeit (Relativity) 72
  421. The Maytals - From The Roots (Trojan) 70
  422. Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation (Sequel) 70
  423. Popol Vuh - Affenstunde (Tempel) 70
  424. Funkadelic - Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow (Westbound) 70
  425. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band (EMI) 70
  426. Brigitte Fontaine - Comme a la Radio (Saravah) 70
  427. Michael Rother - Katzenmusik (Sky/Water) 79
  428. The Comsat Angels - Waiting For A Miracle (Polydor/Renascent) 80
  429. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (Sympathy for the Record Industry) 01
  430. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (Interscope) 09
  431. Arto Lindsay - Noon Chill (Bar/None) 98
  432. PJ Harvey - Is This Desire? (Island) 98
  433. The Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame (Columbia) 72
  434. Big Star - #1 Record (Argent) 72
  435. Tim Buckley - Greetings From L.A. (WB) 72
  436. Ash Ra Tempel - Schwingungen (Spalax) 72
  437. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (Merge) 98
  438. Funkadelic - Standing On the Verge Of Getting It On (Westbound) 74
  439. Motörhead - Ace Of Spades (Roadracer) 80
  440. Michael Prophet - Serious Reasoning (Island) 80
  441. The Meters - Rejuvenation (Reprise) 74
  442. Deep Purple - In Rock (WB) 70
  443. Radiohead - The Bends (Capitol) 95
  444. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (Thirsty Ear) 74
  445. Neil Young - On The Beach (Reprise) 74
  446. Dirty Three (Touch & Go) 95
  447. The Doors - The Doors (Elektra) 67
  448. Van Halen (WB) 78
  449. Love - Forever Changes (Elektra) 67
  450. Electric Light Orchestra - Out Of The Blue (Jet) 77
  451. Miles Davis - Nefertiti (Columbia) 67
  452. Iron Maiden - Killers (Capitol) 81
  453. Sun Ra - Atlantis (Evidence) 67
  454. Heavy Metal Kids (Atlantic/Lemon) 74
  455. Cockney Rebel - Psychomodo (EMI) 74
  456. John Coltrane - Interstellar Space (Impulse) 67
  457. Albert Ayler Trio - Love Cry (Impulse) 67
  458. Archie Shepp - Magic Of Ju-Ju (Impulse) 67
  459. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones (Interscope) 06
  460. Mastodon – Crack The Skye (Reprise/WEA) 09
  461. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe As Milk (Buddha) 67
  462. Herbie Hancock - Mwandishi (WB) 71
  463. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Soul Rebels (Trojan) 70
  464. Ornette Coleman - Science Fiction (Columbia) 71
  465. Asian Dub Foundation - Rafi's Revenge (London) 98
  466. N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (Ruthless) 88
  467. Fela Kuti - Open & Close (Universal) 71
  468. Popol Vuh - In Den Gärten Pharaos (Pilz/Ohr) 71
  469. The Knife - Silent Shout (Rabid/Mute) 06
  470. Café Tacuba - Quatro Caminos (MCA) 03
  471. Al Green - Let's Stay Together (Hi) 71
  472. Joni Mitchell - Blue (Reprise) 71
  473. Popol Vuh - Das Hohelied Salomos (UA/Spalax) 75
  474. Terry Callier - Occasional Rain (Cadet/Verve) 72
  475. The Temptations - All Directions (Motown) 72
  476. Donny Hathaway - Extension Of A Man (Atlantic) 73
  477. The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies (RCA/Rhino) 71
  478. Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness (Impulse!) 71
  479. Alice Coltrane - World Galaxy (Impulse!) 71
  480. Suicide (Red Star) 77
  481. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (Columbia) 77
  482. Fela Kuti - Sorrow Tears And Blood (Universal) 77
  483. Third World - 96 Degrees in the Shade (Mango) 77
  484. Fela Kuti - Shuffering and Shmiling (Universal) 77
  485. Ramones - Leave Home (Sire) 77
  486. Horace Andy - In The Light (Blood & Fire) 77
  487. The Wailing Souls - Wild Suspense (Island) 79
  488. The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire (Columbia) 73
  489. Fela Kuti - Gentleman (Universal) 73
  490. Heldon - Interface (Cuneiform/Rune) 77
  491. The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (EMI) 77
  492. Cedric Im Brooks - The Light Of Saba In Reggae (Total Sounds) 77
  493. Giorgio Moroder - From Here To Eternity (Oasis/Repertoire) 77
  494. Ramones - Ramones (Sire) 76
  495. The Breeders - Pod (4AD) 90
  496. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst (75 Ark) 96
  497. Asian Dub Foundation - Facts And Fictions (Nation) 95
  498. Labradford - A Stable Reference (Kranky) 95
  499. Dirty Three - Horse Stories (Touch & Go) 96
  500. Roy Harper - HQ (Science Friction) 75
  501. Neil Young - Tonight's The Night (Reprise) 75
  502. Labradford (Kranky) 96
  503. Eleventh Dream Day - Prairie School Freakout (Thrill Jockey/Amoeba) 88
  504. Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden (EMI) 88
  505. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (Creation) 88
  506. Tom Zé - Fabrication Defect (Luaka Bop) 98
  507. Fugazi - Repeater (Dischord) 90
  508. De La Soul - Three Feet And Rising (Tommy Boy) 90
  509. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (SST) 87
  510. Hüsker Dü - Flip Your Wig (SST) 85
  511. R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction (IRS) 85
  512. The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash (WEA) 85
  513. Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun (SST) 85
  514. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Your Funeral . . . My Trial (Homestead) 86
  515. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (Merge) 99
  516. OOIOO - Feather Float (Polys/Birdman) 99
  517. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin (WB) 99
  518. Run D.M.C. - Raising Hell (Profile) 86
  519. Souled American - Around The Horn (Rough Trade) 90
  520. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Tender Prey (Mute) 88
  521. Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising (SST) 85
  522. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy (WB) 85
  523. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full (4th & Broadway) 87
  524. Dinosaur Jr. - Bug (SST) 88
  525. Amon Tobin - Supermodified (Ninja Tune) 00
  526. Godspeed You Black Emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (Kranky) 00
  527. EPMD - Strictly Business (Sleeping Bag/Fresh) 88
  528. The Jungle Brothers - Straight Out The Jungle (Warlock) 93
  529. Arto Lindsay - Prize (Righteous Babe) 99
  530. Herbie Hancock - Sextant (Columbia) 73
  531. Serge Gainsbourg - Vu De L' Exterieur (Philips Fr) 73
  532. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Burnin' (Tuff Gong/Island) 73
  533. Jobriath (Elektra) 73
  534. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A. We Are Devo (WB) 78
  535. Generation X (Chrysalis) 78
  536. Buzzcocks - Love Bites (Restless) 78
  537. The Saints - Eternally Yours (EMI) 78
  538. Baaba Maal - Lam Toro (Island/Palm Pictures) 93
  539. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Capitol) 67
  540. The Beatles - The Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol) 67
  541. Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure (EG) 73
  542. Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary (Jive) 88
  543. Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown (Next Plateau) 88
  544. Augustus Pablo - This Is (Kaya/Heartbeat) 73
  545. Tony Allen & Afrobeat 2000 - N.E.P.A. (Wrasse) 85
  546. Björk - Debut (Elektra) 93
  547. PJ Harvey - Dry (Island) 92
  548. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville (Matador) 93
  549. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (Elektra) 93
  550. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (Capitol) 92
  551. Seam - The Problem With Me (Touch & Go) 93
  552. Dog Faced Hermans - Hum Of Life (Project A Bomb) 93
  553. Nirvana - In Utero (Geffen) 93
  554. The Jesus Lizard - Goat (Touch & Go) 91
  555. Laika - Sounds of the Satellites (Too Pure) 97
  556. Arto Lindsay - Mundo Civilizado (Bar/None) 97
  557. Walt Mink - Miss Happiness (Caroline) 92
  558. God - Possession (Virgin) 92
  559. The Jesus Lizard - Liar (Touch & Go) 92
  560. Fugazi - 13 Songs (Dischord) 89
  561. Mastodon - Leviathan (Relapse) 04
  562. Queens Of the Stone Age (Loosegroove) 98
  563. Nirvana - Nevermind (Geffen) 91
  564. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (Jive) 91
  565. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Devotional & Love Songs (Real World) 92
  566. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones (Elektra) 83
  567. Bad Brains - Rock For Light (Line) 83
  568. The Birthday Party - The Bad Seed/Mutiny! EPs (4AD) 83
  569. The Minutemen - What Makes A Man Start Fires? (SST) 83
  570. Walt Mink - Colossus (Deep Elm) 97
  571. Aztec Camera - High Land, Hard Rain (Sire) 83
  572. Roxy Music - Country Life (EG) 74
  573. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (RCA) 74
  574. Fela Kuti - He Miss Road (Universal) 74
  575. Prince Lincoln & The Royal Rasses - Humanity (Ballistic/Orange Street) 79
  576. Dennis Brown - Just Dennis (Trojan) 74
  577. Blondie - Blondie (Chrysalis) 76
  578. Harry Mudie - Harry Mudie Meets King Tubby In Dub Conference Vol. One (Moodisc) 76
  579. The Fall - Dragnet (Step Forward) 79
  580. The Jungle Brothers - Done By The Forces Of Nature (WB) 89
  581. Essential Logic - Beat Rhythm News (Rough Trade) 79
  582. Contortions (James Chance & the) - Buy (Arista/Infinite Zero) 79
  583. The Violent Femmes (Slash) 83
  584. Big Country - The Crossing 83
  585. Wipers - Over The Edge (Restless/Zeno) 83
  586. The Minutemen - Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat (SST) 83
  587. Primal Scream - Xtrmntr (Creation) 00
  588. D'Angelo - Voodoo (Virgin) 00
  589. OOIOO - Gold And Green (Polystar/Thrill Jockey) 00
  590. Sussan Deyhim - Madman Of God: Divine Love Songs of the Persian Sufi Masters (CramWorld) 00
  591. Orchestral Manoevres In The Dark - Dazzle Ships (Virgin) 83
  592. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technodelic (EMI/Alfa) 81
  593. The Sound - The BBC Recordings: Sessions (Rensascent) 81
  594. X - Wild Gift (Slash) 81
  595. The Go-Betweens - Before Hollywood (Beggars Banquet) 83
  596. Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster (XXX) 83
  597. Mission Of Burma - Signals, Calls And Marches EP (Ace Of Hearts) 81
  598. The Blue Orchids - The Greatest Hit (Rough Trade) 81
  599. Art Bears - The World As It Is Today (Recommended) 81
  600. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mambo Nassau (Ze) 81
  601. Minor Threat - Out Of Step (Dischord) 83
  602. Archie Shepp - Mama Too Tight (Impulse) 66
  603. Small Faces (Polygram) 66
  604. The Animals - Animalisms (Repertoire/Decca) 66
  605. The Yardbirds - Roger The Engineer (Columbia/Edsel) 66
  606. Them - Them Again (Decca/Deram) 66
  607. Nina Simone - Let It All Out (Philips) 66
  608. Amon Tobin - Out From Out Where (Ninja Tune) 02
  609. The Notwist - Neon Golden (City Slang) 02
  610. Mastodon - Blood Mountain (Reprise) 06
  611. Nina Simone - High Priestess Of Soul (Philips) 66
  612. Scorpions - Lovedrive (Mercury) 79
  613. Riot - Fire Down Under (Fire Sign/Metal Blade) 81
  614. Judas Priest - Stained Class (Columbia) 78
  615. Judas Priest - Sin After Sin (Columbia) 77
  616. Opeth - Ghost Reveries (Roadrunner) 05
  617. Liliput (Rough Trade/Kill Rock Stars) 82
  618. The Royals - Pick Up The Pieces (Pressure Sounds) 77
  619. The Heptones - Night Food (Mango/Island) 76
  620. Augustus Pablo - East Of The River Nile (Message/Shanachie) 77
  621. Al Green - The Belle Album (Hi) 77
  622. Bob Marley & the Wailers - Exodus (Tuff Gong/Island) 77
  623. James Blood Ulmer - Black Rock (Columbia) 82
  624. The Cure - Pornography (Elektra) 82
  625. Fela Kuti - Fela's London Scene (Makossa) 70
  626. Orchestra Baobob - Pirates Choice (Nonesuch/World Circuit) 82
  627. Harry Nilsson - Pandemonium Shadow Show (RCA) 67
  628. Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon (Straight) 70
  629. Nico - The Marble Index (Elektra) 69
  630. Rico & The Rudies - Blow Your Horn (Trojan) 69
  631. Al Green - Al Green Gets Next To You (Hi) 70
  632. Terry Callier - I Just Can't Help Myself (Cadet/Verve) 74
  633. Donny Hathaway (Atlantic) 71
  634. The Maytals - Sweet And Dandy (Beverly's) 70
  635. Can - Soundtracks (Spoon/Mute) 70
  636. Miles Davis - E.S.P. (Columbia) 65
  637. John Coltrane - The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (Impulse) 65
  638. Archie Shepp - Fire Music (Impulse) 65
  639. Sun Ra - The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Vol. 2 (ESP) 65
  640. Albert Ayler Trio - Spirits Rejoice (ESP) 65
  641. Nina Simone - I Put A Spell On You (Philips) 65
  642. Nina Simone - Pastel Blues (Philips) 65
  643. Herbie Hancock - Fat Albert Rotunda (WB) 70
  644. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter (Island) 70
  645. Wayne McGhie & The Sounds Of Joy (Light in the Attic) 70
  646. Bob Andy - Song Book (Studio One) 70
  647. John Coltrane - Expression (Impulse) 67
  648. Horace Andy - Skylarking (Trojan) 70
  649. Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel (Capitol) 74
  650. Miles Davis - A Tribute To Jack Johnson (Columbia) 70
  651. Lora Logic - Pedigree Charm (Rough Trade) 82
  652. The Art Ensemble Of Chicago - With Fontella Bass (America) 70
  653. King Sunny Ade - Juju Music (Mango) 82
  654. Free - Fire And Water (A&M/Island) 70
  655. The Cables - What Kind Of World (Heartbeat) 70
  656. Hüsker Dü - Metal Circus EP (SST) 83
  657. Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (Atlantic) 72
  658. Gilberto Gil - Expresso (Mercury) 72
  659. Fela Kuti - Shakara (EMI) 72
  660. Fela Kuti - Confusion (Polydor) 75
  661. Amon Düül II - Wolf City (UA/Repertoire) 72
  662. The Monks - Black Monk Time (Repertoire) 66
  663. Serge Gainsbourg - L' Homme a Tete De Chou (Philips Fr) 76
  664. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (Columbia) 75
  665. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (London/Abko) 66
  666. Sly & The Family Stone - A Whole New Thing (Epic) 66
  667. The Shadows Of Knight - Back Door Men (Dunwich/Sundazed) 66
  668. Toots & the Maytals - Reggae Got Soul (Mango) 76
  669. John Coltrane - Stellar Regions (Impulse) 67
  670. The Pretty Things - Get The Picture (Fontana) 66
  671. The Who - A Quick One (Happy Jack) (MCA) 66
  672. Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (Philips Fr) 71
  673. Gladiators - Trench Town Mix Up (Front Line/Virgin) 76
  674. Yabby You - Chant Down Babylon Kingdom (Nationwide) 76
  675. Electric Light Orchestra - A New World Record (Jet/Epic Legacy) 76
  676. Johnny Osbourne - Truths and Rights (Studio One/Heartbeat) 79
  677. Sugar Minott - Ghetto-ology (Trojan/Easy Star) 79
  678. Zap Pow - Revolution (Trojan) 76
  679. Cluster - Sowiesoso (Sky) 76
  680. Asian Dub Foundation - Community Music (London) 00
  681. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (Anti) 08
  682. The Wailing Souls (Studio One) 76
  683. Johnny Clarke - Authorized Version (Front Line) 76
  684. La Dusseldorf - Viva (Radar) 78
  685. Magazine - Real Life (Virgin) 78
  686. Cedric Im Brooks - United Africa (Aquarius) 78
  687. Crack The Sky (Lifesong) 75
  688. Vampire Weekend (Beggars/XL) 08
  689. Robyn (Konichiwa Records) 05
  690. Baroness - Blue Record (Relapse) 09
  691. Patrick Wolf - Wind In The Wires (Tomlab) 05
  692. Burning Spear - Social Living (Blood & Fire) 78
  693. Chrome - Alien Soundtracks (Touch & Go) 78
  694. The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium (GSL/Universal) 03
  695. The Only Ones (Columbia) 78
  696. Roy Harper - Valentine (Chrysalis) 74
  697. Heldon - Stand By (Cunneiform/Rune) 79
  698. The Jungle Brothers - J. Beez Wit The Remedy (WB) 93
  699. Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves (Touch & Go) 79
  700. Art Bears - Winter Songs (Ralph/Recommended) 79
  701. Gregory Isaacs - Soon Forward (Virgin) 79
  702. Curtis Mayfield - Roots (Curtom) 71
  703. John Coltrane - Ascension (Impulse) 65
  704. Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising (Homestead) 85
  705. The Police - Ghost In The Machine (A&M) 80
  706. Bauhaus - Mask (Beggars Banquet) 80
  707. The Replacements - Tim (Sire) 85
  708. Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (Island) 71
  709. Flower Travellin' Band - Satori (Phoenix) 71
  710. R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant (IRS) 86
  711. Died Pretty - Free Dirt (What Goes On/Aztec) 86
  712. Pink Fairies - Neverneverland (Polydor) 71
  713. Johnny Osbourne - Truths and Rights (Studio One/Heartbeat) 79
  714. The Chameleons UK - Strange Times (Geffen) 86
  715. Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (Phonogram) 81
  716. TV21 - A Thin Red Line (Cherry Red) 81
  717. The Human League - Dare (Virgin) 81
  718. Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (Curtom) 75
  719. Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger (Columbia) 75
  720. Procol Harum - Broken Barricades (A&M) 71
  721. Neko Case - Blacklisted (Bloodshot) 02
  722. Syreeta - Stevie Wonder Presents Syreeta (Motown) 74
  723. Curtis Mayfield - Sweet Exorcist (Curtom) 74
  724. Al Green - Explores Your Mind (Hi) 74
  725. Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla (RCA/Koch) 74
  726. Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado (Jet/Epic Legacy) 74
  727. Robert Calvert - Captain Lockheed & The Star Fighters (UA/BGO) 74
  728. The Young Gods - Only Heaven (Interscope) 95
  729. Son Of Bazerk - Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk (Soul/MCA) 91
  730. Cornelius - 69/96 (Trattoria) 95
  731. Chico Science & Nação Zumbi - De Lama Ao Caos (Chaos) 95
  732. Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista (Fonal) 08
  733. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna (Social Registry) 08
  734. Torche - Meanderthal (Hydra Head) 08
  735. Boris - Heavy Rocks (Quattro/UK) 02
  736. Kassin +2 - Futurismo (Video Arts Japan/Luaka Bop) 06
  737. Apparat - Walls (Bpitch Control) 07
  738. Hawkwind - In Search Of Space (UA/One Way) 71
  739. Simple Minds - Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call (Virgin) 81
  740. The Cure - Faith (Elektra) 81
  741. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals (We Are Free) 07
  742. The Doors - Strange Days (Elektra) 67
  743. Robert Fripp - Exposure (EG) 79
  744. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Press Color (Ze) 79
  745. Hawksley Workman - For Him And The Girls (Isadora/Ba Da Bing) 00
  746. Cornelius - Fantasma (Matador) 98
  747. Hawksley Workman - (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves (Universal) 01
  748. Opeth - Blackwater Park (Koch) 01
  749. My Computer - No CV (Tesla UK) 05
  750. Fennesz - Endless Summer (Mego) 01
  751. Brian Wilson - SMiLE (Nonesuch) 04
  752. The Walkmen - Bows And Arrows (Record Collection) 04
  753. Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better (Domino) 05
  754. Junior Boys - Last Exit (Kin UK) 04
  755. Boris - Pink (Southern Lord) 05
  756. My Computer - Vulnerabilia (13 Amp UK) 02
  757. Arto Lindsay - Invoke (Righteous Babe) 02
  758. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born (Nonesuch) 04
  759. Franz Ferdinand (Domino) 04
  760. Arto Lindsay - Salt (Righteous Babe) 04
  761. Sketch Show - Loophole (Third Ear) 04
  762. Gary War - Horribles Parade (Sacred Bones) 09
  763. The Very Best - Warm Heart Of Africa (Green Owl) 09
  764. The Bug - London Zoo (Ninja Tune) 08
  765. Opeth - Watershed (Roadrunner) 08
  766. Tom Waits - Alice (Anti/Epitaph) 02
  767. Matias Aguayo - Ay Ay Ay (Kompakt) 09
  768. The Streets - Original Pirate Material (Locked On UK) 02
  769. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours (Modular) 08
  770. Finley Quaye - Maverick A Strike (550 Music) 97
  771. Oval - 94 Diskont (Mille Plateaux) 95
  772. Graveyard (Tee Pee) 08
  773. Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You (Domino) 08
  774. Massive Attack - Protection (Circa) 94
  775. The Flamin' Groovies - Teenage Head (Big Beat) 71
  776. Emitt Rhodes - Mirror (A&M) 71
  777. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (Warner) 02
  778. Rob - Satyred Love (Source/Virgin Fr) 02
  779. Nina Nastasia - The Blackened Air (Touch and Go) 02
  780. The Rakes - Capture/Release (V2 UK) 05
  781. Kate Bush - Aerial (Columbia) 05
  782. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch) 02
  783. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat (Kill Rock Stars) 02
  784. Nação Zumbi (Trama) 02
  785. Spoon - Kill The Moonlight (Merge) 02
  786. The Libertines - Up The Bracket (Rough Trade) 02
  787. Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi (Warp) 02
  788. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (Matador) 02
  789. Colour Haze - All (Elektrohasch) 08
  790. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (Wichita/V2) 05
  791. Fever Ray (Mute) 09
  792. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America (Vagrant) 06
  793. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position (Universal/Polydor) 07
  794. Matthew Dear - Asa Breed (Ghostly International) 07
  795. Gong - Camembert Electrique (Charly) 71
  796. Scorpions - Virgin Killer (RCA) 76
  797. AC/DC - High Voltage (Atlantic) 76
  798. Magazine - Secondhand Daylight (Virgin) 79
  799. Simple Minds - Real To Real Cacophony (Virgin) 79
  800. The Adverts - Cast of Thousands (RCA/Devils Jukebox) 79
  801. Popol Vuh - Coeur de Verre (Spalax) 77
  802. The Fall - Live At the Witch Trials (IRS) 79
  803. Popol Vuh - Brüder des Schattens - Söhne des Lichts (Brain/Spalax) 78
  804. Amon Düül II - Dance of the Lemmings (Liberty/Revisited) 71
  805. Tom Verlaine - Tom Verlaine (Elektra) 79
  806. Jesu - Conquerer (Hydra Head) 07
  807. White Rabbits - Fort Nightly (Say Hey) 07
  808. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver (DFA) 07
  809. The Residents - Eskimo (Ralph) 79
  810. Sylford Walker & Welton Irie - Lambs Bread International (Blood & Fire) 79
  811. Guru Guru - Hinten (Brain/Spalax) 71
  812. Norris Reid - Give Jah The Praises (Rockers) 79
  813. Dennis Brown - Words Of Wisdom (Shanachie) 79
  814. Serge Gainsbourg - Aux Armes Et Caetera (Universal Fr) 79
  815. Wishbone Ash - Pilgrimage (MCA) 71
  816. Chelsea (Step Forward) 79
  817. The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Twilight Of The Idols (Dragonheart) 99
  818. Dennis Brown - Joseph's Coat Of Many Colours (Shanachie/Blood & Fire) 79
  819. Ijahman - Are We A Warrior (Mango/Jahmani) 79
  820. Blind Guardian - Nightfall In Middle-Earth (Import) 98
  821. Dead Man - Euphoria (Crusher) 08
  822. Nação Zumbi - Fome De Tudo (Deck Disk Brazil) 07
  823. Miles Davis - Sorcerer (Columbia) 67
  824. Small Faces - There Are But Four Small Faces (Immediate) 67
  825. Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (WB) 67
  826. Traffic - Mr. Fantasy/Heaven Is In Your Mind (Island) 67
  827. Amon Tobin - Bricolage (Ninja Tune) 97
  828. Björk - Medulla (Elektra) 04
  829. Fujiya & Miyagi - Transparent Things (Tirk) 06
  830. Os Mutantes (Omplatten) 68
  831. Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (Curtom) 75
  832. Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman (Vortex) 69
  833. Procol Harum - A Salty Dog (A&M/Salvo) 69
  834. David Bowie - Space Oddity (Virgin) 69
  835. The Nice - Nice (Columbia/Sanctuary) 69
  836. Gilberto Gil (Philips) 69
  837. L.L. Cool J. - Radio (Def Jam) 85
  838. Big Black - Atomizer (Homestead) 86
  839. Squeeze - Argybargy (A&M) 80
  840. Sonic Youth - EVOL (SST) 86
  841. Scratch Acid - Just Keep Eating (Rabid Cat) 86
  842. The Pop Group - For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? (Rough Trade) 80
  843. Buzzcocks - A Different Kind Of Tension (Restless) 80
  844. Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come (Mercury) 70
  845. Hunters & Collectors - Human Frailty (IRS) 86
  846. Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted (Matador) 92
  847. Big Audio Dynamite - This Is Big Audio Dynamite (Columbia) 85
  848. The Silvertones - Silver Bullets (Trojan) 73
  849. The Impressions - This Is My Country (Curtom) 68
  850. Otis Redding - The Dock Of The Bay (Stax) 68
  851. Otis Redding - The Soul Album (Stax) 66
  852. The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing (T Neck) 69
  853. Don Covay - Mercy! (Atlantic) 65
  854. Clarence Carter - The Dynamic Clarence Carter (Atlantic) 69
  855. Bobby Womack - Fly Me To The Moon (Minit) 68
  856. The Temptations - Cloud Nine (Motown) 69
  857. Doris Duke - I'm A Loser (Canyon) 70
  858. Otis Redding - The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads (Stax) 65
  859. O.V. Wright - Memphis Unlimited (Back Beat) 72
  860. Solomon Burke - I Wish I Knew (Atlantic) 68
  861. Percy Sledge - Warm & Tender Soul (Atlantic) 66
  862. Sam & Dave - Soul Men (Atlantic) 67
  863. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Make It Happen (Motown) 67
  864. The Temptations - With A Lot O' Soul (Motown) 67
  865. Wilson Pickett - The Exciting Wilson Pickett (Atlantic) 66
  866. Don Covay - See Saw (Atlantic) 66
  867. Percy Sledge - The Percy Sledge Way (Atlantic) 67
  868. Solomon Burke - Rock 'n' Soul (Atlantic) 64
  869. Howard Tate - Get It While You Can (Verve) 66
  870. Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett (Atlantic) 66
  871. Martha & the Vandellas - Dance Party (Motown) 65
  872. The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack (Motown) 70
  873. The Associates - The Affectionate Punch (Fiction) 80
  874. Peter Gabriel - 3 (Geffen) 80
  875. The Buggles - The Age Of Plastic (Island) 80
  876. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta (A&M) 80
  877. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field (Beggars Banquet)
  878. Traffic (Island) 68
  879. Free - Tons Of Sobs (A&M/Island) 68
  880. Jeff Beck - Truth (Columbia) 68
  881. Simple Minds - Empires And Dance (Virgin) 80
  882. Suicide (Mute) 80
  883. Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues (Sire) 83
  884. X - More Fun In The New World (Elektra) 83
  885. The Damned - The Black Album (Big Beat) 80
  886. T. Rex - Tanx (Mercury/Repertoire) 73
  887. Various - No New York (Antilles) 78
  888. Portishead - Third (Mercury/Island) 08
  889. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Anti) 06
  890. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Press Color (Ze) 79
  891. John Cooper Clarke - Snap, Crackle & Bop (Epic) 80
  892. Roxy Music - Stranded (EG) 73
  893. John Cale - Paris 1919 (WB) 73
  894. Cockney Rebel - The Human Menagerie (EMI) 73
  895. Domenico +2 - Sincerely Hot (Nippon Crown) 02
  896. OOIOO - Taiga (Thrill Jockey) 06
  897. Colour Haze - Tempel (Elektrohasch GER) 06
  898. Joanna Newsom - Ys (Drag City) 06
  899. Horace Andy - Pure Ranking (Clocktower) 79
  900. Prince Alla - Heaven Is My Roof (Blood & Fire) 79
  901. Nara Leao (Philips) 68
  902. The Byrds - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo (Columbia) 68
  903. Arthur Brown - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown (Polydor) 68
  904. Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie & Clyde (Virgin Fr) 68
  905. Moby Grape (Columbia) 67
  906. The Rolling Stones - Between The Buttons (London/Abko) 67
  907. The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Magesty's Request (London/Abko) 67
  908. Sly & the Family Stone - Dance To The Music (Epic) 67
  909. Aretha Franklin - Aretha Arrives (Atlantic/Rhino) 67
  910. Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing At Baxter's (RCA) 67
  911. Gilberto Gil - Louvao (Philips) 67
  912. Herman Chin-Loy - Aquarius Rock (Pressure Sounds) 73
  913. Neu! - Neu! 2 (Brain/Astralwerks) 73
  914. Cymande - Second Time Round (Janus/Sequel) 73
  915. David Byrne - The Catherine Wheel (Sire) 81
  916. Virgin Prunes - A New Form Of Beauty (Rough Trade/Mute) 81
  917. King Crimson - Discipline (WB) 81
  918. Comsat Angels - Fiction (Polydor/Renascent) 82
  919. The Sound - All Fall Down (Korova/Renascent) 82
  920. Def Leppard - High 'N' Dry (Polydor) 81
  921. Van Halen - Fair Warning (WB) 81
  922. Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Tropical Gangster (Island/Universal) 82
  923. Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love (Columbia) 82
  924. Rush - Signals (Polygram) 82
  925. More - Blood & Thunder (Atlantic/Wounded Bird) 82
  926. Scritti Politti - Songs To Remember (Virgin) 82
  927. Eddy Grant - Killer On The Rampage (Portrait/Universal) 82
  928. Michael Jackson - Thriller (Epic) 82
  929. ABC - The Lexicon Of Love (Mercury) 82
  930. Gloria Jones - Share My Love (Reel/Universal) 73
  931. The Individuals - Aquamarine (Plexus/Bar/None) 82
  932. The English Beat - Special Beat Service (IRS) 82
  933. Fun Boy Three (Chrysalis) 82
  934. The Buggles - Adventures In Modern Recording (ZTT/Salvo) 82
  935. The Passage - Degenerates (Cherry Red/ltd) 82
  936. Echo & the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (Sire) 81
  937. New Order - Movement (Factory) 81
  938. Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (Virgin) 82
  939. The Teardrop Explodes - Wilder (Mercury) 81
  940. Rush - Moving Pictures (Polygram) 81
  941. Electric Light Orchestra - Time (Jet/Epic Legacy) 81
  942. Crispy Ambulance - The Plateau Phase (Factory Benelux/LTM) 82
  943. Free - Heartbreaker (A&M/Island) 73
  944. Chrome - 3rd from the Sun (Siren) 82
  945. Kate Bush - The Dreaming (EMI) 82
  946. Curtis Mayfield - Back To The World (Curtom) 73
  947. Procol Harum - Grand Hotel (A&M) 73
  948. Camper Van Beethoven - Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart (RT) 88
  949. Dr. John The Night Tripper - Babylon (Wounded Bird) 69
  950. Martha & the Vandellas - Watchout! (Motown) 66
  951. Van Morrison - St. Dominic's Preview (WB) 72
  952. Rico - Midnight In Ethiopia (Island) 77
  953. Joe Gibbs & The Professionals - African Dub Chapter Two (Gibbs/17 North Parade) 77
  954. God - The Anatomy of Addiction (Big Cat) 94
  955. `O'rang - Herd of Instinct (Echo) 94
  956. Tangerine Dream - Atem (Relativity) 72
  957. Klaus Schulze - Blackdance (Universal/SPV) 74
  958. Michael Rother - Fernwärme (Sky/Water) 81
  959. Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht (Ohr/Revisited) 72
  960. The Stranglers - No More Heroes (UA) 77
  961. Cluster - Cluster II (Brain/Revisited) 72
  962. Joni Mitchell - For The Roses (Reprise) 72
  963. Wishbone Ash - Argus (MCA) 72
  964. Jerusalem (Deram/Decca) 72
  965. Fontella Bass - Free (Paula/Fuel) 72
  966. Candi Staton – I’m Just A Prisoner (Fame) 69
  967. Stevie Wonder - Music Of My Mind (Motown) 72
  968. Millie Jackson - It Hurts So Good (Westbound) 73
  969. Bettye Swann - The Soul View Now (Capitol) 68
  970. Hawkwind - Doremi Fasol Latido (UA/One Way) 72
  971. Exuma The Obeah Man - Snake (Kama Sutra) 72
  972. Amon Düül II - Carnival In Babylon (UA/Repertoire) 72
  973. The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari - Grounation (Ashanti/MRR) 72
  974. Brian Eno - Before And After Science (EG) 77
  975. The Cars - The Cars (Elektra) 78
  976. Cymande (Janus/Sequel) 72
  977. Syreeta (Motown) 72
  978. Ultravox - Ha! Ha! Ha! (Island) 77
  979. Radio Birdman - Radios Appear (Tralfalgar) 77
  980. Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. (Jungle) 77
  981. Heart - Little Queen (Epic) 77
  982. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Mercury) 77
  983. David Ackles - American Gothic (Elektra) 72
  984. Klaus Schulze - Moondawn (Universal/SPV) 76
  985. Scott Walker - Scott 4 (Fontana) 69
  986. Nara Leao (Philips) 68
  987. Seam - Headsparks (Homestead) 92
  988. Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies (Dedicated) 92
  989. Hot Chip - The Warning (DFA/Astralwerks) 06
  990. Plush - Fed (After Hours Jpn) 02
  991. Gal Costa (Philips) 69
  992. Afghan Whigs - Congregation (Sub Pop) 92
  993. Dog Faced Hermans - Mental Blocks For All Ages (Project A- Bomb) 92
  994. Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun (Dali) 92
  995. Fela Kuti - Underground System (MCA) 92
  996. Sleep - Holy Mountain (Earache) 92
  997. Echo & the Bunnymen - Porcupine (Sire) 83
  998. Pretenders - Learning To Crawl (Sire) 83
  999. Bauhaus - Burning From the Inside (A&M) 83
  1000. Kip Hanrahan - Desire Develops An Edge (American Clave) 83

These artists had at least one album in the top 500 and were scored for their best four albums. Keep in mind that this is just by numbers, not feel. I don't necessarily favor Tortoise over Stevie Wonder as artists overall. It's just how the albums ranked.

  1. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
  2. Bob Dylan
  3. The Beatles
  4. Iggy Pop & The Stooges
  5. David Bowie
  6. Talking Heads
  7. Brian Eno
  8. The Velvet Underground
  9. The Rolling Stones
  10. Toots & The Maytals
  11. The Kinks
  12. Bob Marley & The Wailers
  13. Tom Waits
  14. Can
  15. Fela Kuti
  16. Funkadelic/Parliament
  17. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds/The Birthday Party
  18. Miles Davis
  19. The Fall
  20. John Coltrane
  21. John McLaughlin & Mahavishnu Orchestra
  22. Public Enemy
  23. Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions
  24. Björk
  25. Buzzcocks
  26. The Jam
  27. Lee Perry & The Upsetters
  28. Dennis Brown
  29. Al Green
  30. Hüsker Dü
  31. The Minutemen
  32. PJ Harvey
  33. Radiohead
  34. Jimi Hendrix
  35. Wire
  36. Sonic Youth
  37. The Sound
  38. X
  39. Roxy Music
  40. Pere Ubu
  41. The Clash
  42. Nina Simone
  43. T. Rex
  44. Serge Gainsbourg
  45. Big Star
  46. Arto Lindsay
  47. Gang Of Four
  48. Archie Shepp
  49. Nick Drake
  50. Joy Division & New Order
  51. Betty Davis
  52. The Ramones
  53. Otis Redding
  54. The Who
  55. Sly & the Family Stone
  56. Aretha Franklin
  57. Elvis Costello
  58. Tom Zé
  59. Nação Zumbi
  60. Tim
  61. Cedric Brooks
  62. Asian Dub Foundation
  63. Augustus Pablo
  64. The Flaming Lips
  65. Neil Young
  66. Van Morrison
  67. Talk Talk
  68. Robert Wyatt & Soft Machine
  69. Fugazi
  70. Beastie Boys
  71. Faust
  72. Roy Harper
  73. Herbie Hancock
  74. The Raincoats
  75. Tom Verlaine & Television
  76. The Pogues
  77. Gilberto Gil
  78. Black Sabbath
  79. King Sunny Ade
  80. The Meters
  81. Comsat Angels
  82. Max Romeo
  83. Walt Mink
  84. Magazine
  85. Amon Düül II
  86. Jimmy Cliff
  87. The Meditations
  88. Burning Spear
  89. Horace Andy
  90. Tortoise
  91. Chrome
  92. The Feelies
  93. Caetano Veloso
  94. The Pixies
  95. Led Zeppelin
  96. My Bloody Valentine
  97. Os Mutantes
  98. Echo & The Bunnymen
  99. Stevie Wonder
  100. The Jesus Lizard

The Best Artists of the 00s
The Best Artists of the 90s
The Best Artists of the 20th Century