During KEXP's Spring Fundraising Drive, we counted down the most-played albums in KEXP's history, going back over a decade of airplay. See the list below, drill down on specific details using our Tableau viz (What percentage was local? Which DJ played that the most?), and then listen to top tracks from all 631 albums on our Spotify playlist. Who knows who will make the list if we do this again ten years from now!
| rank | artist | album |
|---|---|---|
| 631 | Iggy & The Stooges | Raw Power |
| 630 | Blackalicious | The Craft |
| 629 | Alt-J | This Is All Yours |
| 628 | Elbow | Asleep in the Back |
| 627 | R.E.M. | Document |
| 626 | Papas Fritas | Buildings and Grounds |
| 625 | Stereolab | Margerine Eclipse |
| 624 | Jane's Addiction | Nothing's Shocking |
| 623 | Funkadelic | Maggot Brain |
| 622 | Orgone | The Killion Floor |
| 621 | Alabama Shakes | Sound & Color |
| 620 | Cloud Cult | Advice From the Happy Hippopotamus |
| 619 | Belle & Sebastian | If You're Feeling Sinister |
| 618 | Grandaddy | The Sophtware Slump |
| 617 | Mercury Rev | The Secret Migration |
| 616 | The American Analog Set | Know by Heart |
| 615 | David Bowie | Hunky Dory |
| 614 | Massive Attack | Protection |
| 613 | Ugly Cassonova | Sharpen Your Teeth |
| 612 | The Dutchess & The Duke | She's the Dutchess, He's the Duke |
| 611 | Dogs Die in Hot Cars | Please Describe Yourself |
| 610 | Ratatat | Classics |
| 609 | The Chemical Brothers | Exit Planet Dust |
| 608 | Q-Tip | The Renaissance |
| 607 | The War On Drugs | Lost in the Dream |
| 606 | Lou Reed | Transformer |
| 605 | Ivy | Long Distance |
| 604 | The Fall | Fall Heads Roll |
| 603 | Pixies | Bossanova |
| 602 | Joy Division | Permanent |
| 601 | Elvis Presley | Girls! Girls! Girls! |
| 600 | The Karminsky Experience Inc. | The Power of Suggestion |
| 599 | Kings of Leon | Youth & Young Manhood |
| 598 | Jungle | Jungle |
| 597 | The Clash | Combat Rock |
| 596 | The Rosebuds | Birds Make Good Neighbors |
| 595 | Camera Obscura | My Maudlin Career |
| 594 | Iron & Wine | Our Endless Numbered Days |
| 593 | Aloe Blacc | Good Things |
| 592 | Future Islands | Singles |
| 591 | The Posies | Frosting on the Beater |
| 590 | Les Savy Fav | Inches |
| 589 | Car Seat Headrest | Teens of Denial |
| 588 | Pavement | Brighten the Corners |
| 587 | Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz |
| 586 | Portugal, the Man | Evil Friends |
| 585 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Baby 81 |
| 584 | The Features | Exhibit A |
| 583 | Alexi Murdoch | Time Without Consequence |
| 582 | Thievery Corporation | The Richest Man in Babylon |
| 581 | Bright Eyes | Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground |
| 580 | The Cave Singers | No Witch |
| 579 | The Halo Benders | The Rebels Not In |
| 578 | Mazzy Star | So Tonight That I Might See |
| 577 | Craft Spells | Idle Labor |
| 576 | Gang of Four | Entertainment! |
| 575 | Matt & Kim | Grand |
| 574 | Little Dragon | Ritual Union |
| 573 | Boards of Canada | Geogaddi |
| 572 | The Beta Band | Heroes to Zeros |
| 571 | Mark Lanegan | Bubblegum |
| 570 | Junior Boys | Last Exit |
| 569 | Echo & The Bunnymen | Ocean Rain |
| 568 | Feist | The Reminder |
| 567 | Looper | The Geometrid |
| 566 | Husky Rescue | Country Falls |
| 565 | Mos Def | The Ecstatic |
| 564 | Cults | Cults |
| 563 | Spank Rock | YoYoYoYoYo |
| 562 | Depeche Mode | Violator |
| 561 | Blackalicious | Blazing Arrow |
| 560 | Luna | Bewitched |
| 559 | Mclusky | The Difference Between Me and You Is That I'm Not on Fire |
| 558 | Spoon | They Want My Soul |
| 557 | Cold War Kids | Robbers & Cowards |
| 556 | The Church | Starfish |
| 555 | Halou | Wiser |
| 554 | Sons and Daughters | The Repulsion Box |
| 553 | The Jayhawks | Hollywood Town Hall |
| 552 | Sleater-Kinney | Dig Me Out |
| 551 | Ambulance LTD | Ambulance LTD |
| 550 | Common | Electric Circus |
| 549 | The Streets | A Grand Don't Come for Free |
| 548 | The Ruby Doe | Always With Wings |
| 547 | The Ponys | Turn the Lights Out |
| 546 | Surfer Blood | Astro Coast |
| 545 | Teenage Fanclub | Bandwagonesque |
| 544 | Turin Brakes | The Optimist LP |
| 543 | The Notwist | The Devil, You + Me |
| 542 | Broken Bells | Broken Bells |
| 541 | Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter | Reckless Burning |
| 540 | The Dismemberment Plan | Change |
| 539 | Arthur & Yu | In Camera |
| 538 | Muse | Absolution |
| 537 | The Velvet Underground | The Velvet Underground |
| 536 | Franz Ferdinand | You Could Have It So Much Better |
| 535 | Beastie Boys | Check Your Head |
| 534 | Pixies | Come On Pilgrim |
| 533 | Cloud Cult | The Meaning of 8 |
| 532 | Crystal Castles | Crystal Castles |
| 531 | Firewater | The Golden Hour |
| 530 | Earlimart | Treble and Tremble |
| 529 | Kaiser Chiefs | Employment |
| 528 | The Black Keys | Attack & Release |
| 527 | Fresh Espresso | Glamour |
| 526 | Grand Archives | The Grand Archives |
| 525 | Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | The Heist |
| 524 | The Replacements | All for Nothing/Nothing for All |
| 523 | Frightened Rabbit | The Midnight Organ Fight |
| 522 | Django Django | Django Django |
| 521 | The Horrors | Skying |
| 520 | Soul Coughing | Ruby Vroom |
| 519 | Beck | Odelay |
| 518 | The Kills | No Wow |
| 517 | Les Savy Fav | Let's Stay Friends |
| 516 | Screaming Trees | Sweet Oblivion |
| 515 | PJ Harvey | Uh Huh Her |
| 514 | Atlas Sound | Logos |
| 513 | Guided By Voices | Isolation Drills |
| 512 | Michael Franti and Spearhead | Everyone Deserves Music |
| 511 | David Garza | Overdub |
| 510 | Sigur Ros | Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust |
| 509 | Patti Smith | Horses |
| 508 | Phantogram | Eyelid Movies |
| 507 | Smashing Pumpkins | Gish |
| 506 | The Beatles | Revolver |
| 505 | Odesza | In Return |
| 504 | Joy Division | Unknown Pleasures |
| 503 | Blind Boys of Alabama | Spirit of the Century |
| 502 | Ryan Adams | Heartbreaker |
| 501 | M83 | Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts |
| 500 | Washed Out | Paracosm |
| 499 | Silversun Pickups | Pikul |
| 498 | Public Enemy | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back |
| 497 | Girls | Album |
| 496 | Arlo | Stab the Unstoppable Hero |
| 495 | The Hives | Veni Vidi Vicious |
| 494 | Johnny Cash | American IV: The Man Comes Around |
| 493 | Bright Eyes | Cassadaga |
| 492 | Jane's Addiction | Ritual de lo habitual |
| 491 | The Thermals | Now We Can See |
| 490 | Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings | Naturally |
| 489 | Outkast | Aquemini |
| 488 | Destroyer | Kaputt |
| 487 | Boom Bap Project | Reprogram |
| 486 | Burial | Untrue |
| 485 | Digable Planets | Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) |
| 484 | Animal Collective | Feels |
| 483 | Sonic Youth | The Eternal |
| 482 | Elbow | Build a Rocket Boys! |
| 481 | The Roots | How I Got Over |
| 480 | The Velvet Underground | Loaded |
| 479 | Rodriguez | Cold Fact |
| 478 | Michael Franti and Spearhead | Yell Fire! |
| 477 | Maktub | Khronos |
| 476 | The Stooges | The Stooges |
| 475 | Ass Ponys | Lohio |
| 474 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | B.R.M.C. |
| 473 | Elliott Smith | Figure 8 |
| 472 | Public Image Ltd. | The Greatest Hits, So Far |
| 471 | Parquet Courts | Light Up Gold |
| 470 | Iron & Wine | The Shepherd's Dog |
| 469 | Wolf Alice | My Love is Cool |
| 468 | Liz Phair | Exile in Guyville |
| 467 | The Mountain Goats | Tallahassee |
| 466 | Gnarls Barkley | The Odd Couple |
| 465 | Shawn Smith | Shield of Thorns |
| 464 | Goldfrapp | Supernature |
| 463 | The Roots | Rising Down |
| 462 | The Jesus and Mary Chain | Darklands |
| 461 | Zero 7 | When It Falls |
| 460 | Drive By Truckers | Decoration Day |
| 459 | Wolf Parade | Expo 86 |
| 458 | Perfume Genius | Too Bright |
| 457 | DeVotchKa | A Mad & Faithful Telling |
| 456 | Beastie Boys | Paul's Boutique |
| 455 | The Clash | The Clash |
| 454 | Beastie Boys | Ill Communication |
| 453 | Jonsi | Go |
| 452 | Mum | Finally We Are No One |
| 451 | Ugly Duckling | Taste the Secret |
| 450 | The Arcitc Monkeys | Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not |
| 449 | Luna | Rendezvous |
| 448 | Kings of Leon | Because of the Times |
| 447 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Howl |
| 446 | The Helio Sequence | Young Effectuals |
| 445 | Sonic Youth | Murray Street |
| 444 | Archie Bronson Outfit | Derdang Derdang |
| 443 | The Von Bondies | Pawn Shoppe Heart |
| 442 | Foals | Holy Fire |
| 441 | The Raveonettes | Pretty in Black |
| 440 | Sonic Youth | Rather Ripped |
| 439 | Luna | Penthouse |
| 438 | Gil Scott-Heron | I'm New Here |
| 437 | Sebadoh | Harmacy |
| 436 | Radiohead | The King of Limbs |
| 435 | Bobby Bare Jr.'s Young Criminals' Starvation League | From The End Of Your Leash |
| 434 | Devo | Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! |
| 433 | Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record |
| 432 | Father John Misty | Fear Fun |
| 431 | Her Space Holiday | The Young Machines |
| 430 | The xx | xx |
| 429 | PJ Harvey | To Bring You My Love |
| 428 | The Fratellis | Costello Music |
| 427 | ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead | Source Tags & Codes |
| 426 | The Avett Brothers | Emotionalism |
| 425 | Elbow | The Seldom Seen Kid |
| 424 | Elliott Smith | Elliott Smith |
| 423 | Minus the Bear | Menos el oso |
| 422 | People Under the Stairs | O.S.T. |
| 421 | Talking Heads | Remain in Light |
| 420 | The The | Dusk |
| 419 | The Black Angels | Directions to See a Ghost |
| 418 | Calexico | Garden Ruin |
| 417 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds | Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! |
| 416 | Sea Ray | Stars at Noon |
| 415 | Juno | A Future Lived in Past Tense |
| 414 | Yo La Tengo | Popular Songs |
| 413 | Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter | Oh, My Girl |
| 412 | Nortec Collective | Tijuana Sessions Vol. 3 |
| 411 | Scissor Sisters | Scissor Sisters |
| 410 | Jagwar Ma | Howlin |
| 409 | Morrissey | Bona Drag |
| 408 | Wolf Parade | At Mount Zoomer |
| 407 | The Hold Steady | Separation Sunday |
| 406 | David Byrne & Brian Eno | Everything That Happens Will Happen Today |
| 405 | Yppah | Eighty One |
| 404 | Michael Franti and Spearhead | Stay Human |
| 403 | Love and Rockets | Express |
| 402 | Jem | Finally Woken |
| 401 | Ray LaMontagne | Trouble |
| 400 | The Dismemberment Plan | Emergency & I |
| 399 | Morcheeba | Charango |
| 398 | Andrew Bird | Noble Beast |
| 397 | At the Drive-In | Relationship of Command |
| 396 | Death Cab For Cutie | Narrow Stairs |
| 395 | Yo La Tengo | Summer Sun |
| 394 | Radiohead | I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings |
| 393 | Miike Snow | Miike Snow |
| 392 | Dirty Projectors | Bitte Orca |
| 391 | French Kicks | The Trial of the Century |
| 390 | Beat Connection | Surf Noir EP |
| 389 | Tokyo Police Club | A Lesson in Crime |
| 388 | A Tribe Called Quest | The Low End Theory |
| 387 | The Black Keys | Thickfreakness |
| 386 | The Arcitc Monkeys | Favourite Worst Nightmare |
| 385 | Brian Eno | Here Come the Warm Jets |
| 384 | Neko Case | Middle Cyclone |
| 383 | Kosheen | Resist |
| 382 | Ladytron | Velocifero |
| 381 | The La's | The La's |
| 380 | Phosphorescent | Muchacho |
| 379 | The Roots | The Tipping Point |
| 378 | School of Seven Bells | Disconnect From Desire |
| 377 | Aqualung | Still Life |
| 376 | Pickwick | Can't Talk Medicine |
| 375 | Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes |
| 374 | Foals | Antidotes |
| 373 | Visqueen | Sunset on Dateland |
| 372 | Pinback | Autumn of the Seraphs |
| 371 | Blonde Redhead | Misery Is a Butterfly |
| 370 | Elastica | Elastica |
| 369 | Rhett Miller | The Instigator |
| 368 | The Twilight Sad | Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters |
| 367 | Tricky | Maxinquaye |
| 366 | Royksopp | The Understanding |
| 365 | Camera Obscura | Underachievers Please Try Harder |
| 364 | New Order | Substance 1987 |
| 363 | Best Coast | Crazy for You |
| 362 | Beirut | The Flying Club Cup |
| 361 | Clinic | Walking With Thee |
| 360 | Violent Femmes | Violent Femmes |
| 359 | Visqueen | Message to Garcia |
| 358 | Devandra Banhart | Cripple Crow |
| 357 | Sonic Youth | Sonic Nurse |
| 356 | M83 | Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. |
| 355 | Foals | What Went Down |
| 354 | South | From Here On In |
| 353 | Of Monsters and Men | My Head Is an Animal |
| 352 | The Sonics | Here Are The Sonics |
| 351 | The Cure | Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me |
| 350 | Pavement | Slanted and Enchanted |
| 349 | Pinback | Summer in Abaddon |
| 348 | Pinback | Blue Screen Life |
| 347 | The Notwist | Neon Golden |
| 346 | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart | The Pains of Being Pure at Heart |
| 345 | Rose Windows | The Sun Dogs |
| 344 | Hot Chip | Made in the Dark |
| 343 | The Chemical Brothers | Further |
| 342 | Moby | Play |
| 341 | The New Pornographers | Brill Bruisers |
| 340 | Goldfrapp | Black Cherry |
| 339 | The Raveonettes | Lust Lust Lust |
| 338 | Dinosaur Jr | Where You Been |
| 337 | The Chemical Brothers | Singles 93-03 |
| 336 | The Wedding Present | Take Fountain |
| 335 | The Replacements | Pleased to Meet Me |
| 334 | The Decemberists | Her Majesty the Decemberists |
| 333 | Deerhunter | Microcastle |
| 332 | Flunk | Morning Star |
| 331 | Rilo Kiley | More Adventurous |
| 330 | Fruit Bats | Mouthfuls |
| 329 | Coldplay | A Rush of Blood to the Head |
| 328 | Editors | The Back Room |
| 327 | The Strokes | First Impressions of Earth |
| 326 | Blue Scholars | Bayani |
| 325 | Santogold | Santogold |
| 324 | Deerhunter | Fading Frontier |
| 323 | Kings of Convenience | Riot on an Empty Street |
| 322 | Beck | Modern Guilt |
| 321 | Unkle | Never, Never, Land |
| 320 | The Kills | Blood Pressures |
| 319 | The Long Winters | The Worst You Can Do Is Harm |
| 318 | Ryan Adams | Gold |
| 317 | Interpol | Our Love to Admire |
| 316 | Joe Strummer | Streetcore |
| 315 | Billy Bragg & Wilco | Mermaid Avenue |
| 314 | The Jayhawks | Rainy Day Music |
| 313 | Kate Bush | Hounds of Love |
| 312 | The Reindeer Section | Son of Evil Reindeer |
| 311 | Beck | The Information |
| 310 | Old 97's | Too Far to Care |
| 309 | Fugazi | The Argument |
| 308 | Editors | An End Has a Start |
| 307 | Thievery Corporation | The Cosmic Game |
| 306 | Fever Ray | Fever Ray |
| 305 | The Fire Theft | The Fire Theft |
| 304 | M Ward | Transfiguration of Vincent |
| 303 | Beck | Midnite Vultures |
| 302 | Modest Mouse | This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About |
| 301 | The Horrors | Primary Colours |
| 300 | Catherine Wheel | Chrome |
| 299 | Sonic Youth | Goo |
| 298 | The Hold Steady | Boys and Girls in America |
| 297 | Drive By Truckers | The Dirty South |
| 296 | Massive Attack | Heligoland |
| 295 | Jamie xx | In Colour |
| 294 | Royksopp | Melody A.M. |
| 293 | Cat Power | The Greatest |
| 292 | Sparklehorse | It's a Wonderful Life |
| 291 | The Hidden Cameras | The Smell of Our Own |
| 290 | Beastie Boys | To the 5 Boroughs |
| 289 | Breakestra | Hit the Floor |
| 288 | The Drums | The Drums |
| 287 | Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues |
| 286 | Low | The Great Destroyer |
| 285 | The Concretes | The Concretes |
| 284 | Echo & The Bunnymen | Songs to Learn & Sing |
| 283 | Grimes | Visions |
| 282 | Badly Drawn Boy | The Hour of Bewilderbeast |
| 281 | Joy Division | Substance |
| 280 | Kinky | Kinky |
| 279 | The Jam | Compact Snap! |
| 278 | Sleater-Kinney | The Woods |
| 277 | Vampire Weekend | Contra |
| 276 | The Big Pink | A Brief History of Love |
| 275 | De La Soul | 3 Feet High and Rising |
| 274 | Ty Segall | Manipulator |
| 273 | Television | Marquee Moon |
| 272 | !!! | Strange Weather, Isn't It? |
| 271 | The Streets | Original Pirate Material |
| 270 | T Rex | Electric Warrior |
| 269 | The Beta Band | The Three E.P.'s |
| 268 | Local Natives | Gorilla Manor |
| 267 | Public Enemy | Fear of a Black Planet |
| 266 | Sleigh Bells | Treats |
| 265 | Mclusky | mclusky Do Dallas |
| 264 | Tame Impala | Lonerism |
| 263 | Visqueen | King Me |
| 262 | Pavement | Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain |
| 261 | The Cure | The Head on the Door |
| 260 | Caribou | Our Love |
| 259 | Yo La Tengo | I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass |
| 258 | Morphine | Cure for Pain |
| 257 | Common | Be |
| 256 | The National | High Violet |
| 255 | Beach House | Bloom |
| 254 | The Rapture | Echoes |
| 253 | Joseph Arthur | Redemption's Son |
| 252 | Valley of the Giants | Valley of the Giants |
| 251 | The New Pornographers | Twin Cinema |
| 250 | Cave Singers | Invitation Songs |
| 249 | Doves | Kingdom of Rust |
| 248 | Beta Band | Hot Shots II |
| 247 | Air | Moon Safari |
| 246 | The Black Keys | Rubber Factory |
| 245 | Gui Boratto | Take My Breath Away |
| 244 | Portishead | Third |
| 243 | Weezer | Weezer |
| 242 | Nirvana | Bleach |
| 241 | Broken Social Scene | Broken Social Scene |
| 240 | Menomena | Friend and Foe |
| 239 | Sigur Ros | Takk... |
| 238 | The Roots | Game Theory |
| 237 | Talib Kweli | Quality |
| 236 | The Cure | Disintegration |
| 235 | Art Brut | Bang Bang Rock & Roll |
| 234 | Iggy Pop | Lust for Life |
| 233 | Nirvana | Nevermind |
| 232 | Imperial Teen | On |
| 231 | Nikka Costa | Everybody Got Their Something |
| 230 | MIA | Arular |
| 229 | Gossip | Standing in the Way of Control |
| 228 | Strokes | Room on Fire |
| 227 | Black Angels | Phosphene Dream |
| 226 | Death Cab For Cutie | Plans |
| 225 | Friendly Fires | Friendly Fires |
| 224 | The Hold Steady | Stay Positive |
| 223 | Flunk | For Sleepyheads Only |
| 222 | Bibi Den's Tshibayi | The Best Ambiance |
| 221 | Magnetic Fields | i |
| 220 | Raconteurs | Broken Boy Soldiers |
| 219 | DJ Shadow | Endtroducing..... |
| 218 | Blue Scholars | Blue Scholars |
| 217 | TV on the Radio | Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes |
| 216 | Passion Pit | Manners |
| 215 | Basement Jaxx | Kish Kash |
| 214 | The Long Winters | Putting the Days to Bed |
| 213 | Amy Winehouse | Back to Black |
| 212 | The Cave Singers | Welcome Joy |
| 211 | Catherine Wheel | Ferment |
| 210 | Pela | Anytown Graffiti |
| 209 | Washed Out | Within and Without |
| 208 | Fujiya & Miyagi | Transparent Things |
| 207 | Modest Mouse | We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank |
| 206 | Radio Nationals | Place You Call Home |
| 205 | The Ponys | Laced With Romance |
| 204 | The New Pornographers | Electric Version |
| 203 | Phoenix | Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix |
| 202 | Stars | Heart |
| 201 | Nick Drake | Pink Moon |
| 200 | We Were Promised Jetpacks | These Four Walls |
| 199 | Tame Impala | Currents |
| 198 | Sun Kill Moon | Ghosts of the Great Highway |
| 197 | Midlake | The Trials of Van Occupanther |
| 196 | Sleater-Kinney | One Beat |
| 195 | New Pornographers | Mass Romantic |
| 194 | Stars | Set Yourself on Fire |
| 193 | Death in Vegas | Scorpio Rising |
| 192 | Gorillaz | Plastic Beach |
| 191 | Sugarcubes | Life's Too Good |
| 190 | Grandaddy | Sumday |
| 189 | Doves | Some Cities |
| 188 | Simian Mobile Disco | Attack Decay Sustain Release |
| 187 | Spoon | Girls Can Tell |
| 186 | Cut Copy | Zonoscope |
| 185 | Deltron 3030 | Deltron 3030 |
| 184 | New Order | Power, Corruption & Lies |
| 183 | Moby | 18 |
| 182 | The Veils | The Runaway Found |
| 181 | Yeah Yeah Yeah's | Show Your Bones |
| 180 | The Dandy Warhols | Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia |
| 179 | Tapes N Tapes | The Loon |
| 178 | Belle and Sebastian | Dear Catastrophe Waitress |
| 177 | Japandroids | Celebration Rock |
| 176 | Grizzly Bear | Veckatimest |
| 175 | A Tribe Called Quest | People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm |
| 174 | Wilco | Sky Blue Sky |
| 173 | The Flaming Lips | The Soft Bulletin |
| 172 | My Morning Jacket | Evil Urges |
| 171 | The Twistin' Tarantulas | Attack of the Twistin' Tarantulas |
| 170 | The Smiths | The Queen Is Dead |
| 169 | Lily Allen | Alright, Still |
| 168 | Radiohead | Hail to the Thief |
| 167 | Yo La Tengo | I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One |
| 166 | The Dandy Warhols | ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down |
| 165 | Kasabian | Kasabian |
| 164 | Citizen Cope | The Clarence Greenwood Recordings |
| 163 | Built to Spill | Keep It Like a Secret |
| 162 | RJD2 | Deadringer |
| 161 | The Helio Sequence | Love and Distance |
| 160 | M83 | Before the Dawn Heals Us |
| 159 | Loretta Lynn | Van Lear Rose |
| 158 | Sonic Youth | Dirty |
| 157 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Take Them On, on Your Own |
| 156 | The White Stripes | Get Behind Me Satan |
| 155 | Elliot Smith | From a Basement on the Hill |
| 154 | Wilco | A Ghost Is Born |
| 153 | Spoon | Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga |
| 152 | Bjork | Vespertine |
| 151 | Kings of Leon | Aha Shake Heartbreak |
| 150 | Lovage | Nathaniel Merriweather Presents... Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By |
| 149 | Thom Yorke | The Eraser |
| 148 | Elliot Smith | either/or |
| 147 | Beck | Sea Change |
| 146 | The Decemberists | Picaresque |
| 145 | Shuggie Otis | Inspiration Information |
| 144 | Brazilian Girls | Brazilian Girls |
| 143 | The Kills | Midnight Boom |
| 142 | The Knife | Silent Shout |
| 141 | DJ Shadow | The Private Press |
| 140 | Doves | Lost Souls |
| 139 | The Black Keys | Brothers |
| 138 | !!! | Myth Takes |
| 137 | Hot Chip | The Warning |
| 136 | Gnarls Barkley | St. Elsewhere |
| 135 | The Futureheads | The Futureheads |
| 134 | Elbow | Cast of Thousands |
| 133 | Blonde Redhead | 23 |
| 132 | The Dandy Warhols | Welcome to the Monkey House |
| 131 | Junior Boys | So This Is Goodbye |
| 130 | Fugazi | 13 Songs |
| 129 | Death Cab For Cutie | The Photo Album |
| 128 | Tom Waits | Real Gone |
| 127 | School of Seven Bells | Alpinisms |
| 126 | Modest Mouse | The Lonesome Crowded West |
| 125 | Hercules and Love Affair | Hercules and Love Affair |
| 124 | Broken Social Scene | You Forgot It in People |
| 123 | The Replacements | Tim |
| 122 | The Breeders | Last Splash |
| 121 | The Decemberists | The Crane Wife |
| 120 | Silversun Pickups | Carnavas |
| 119 | The Replacements | Let It Be |
| 118 | TV on the Radio | Seeds |
| 117 | Built to Spill | Perfect From Now On |
| 116 | Longwave | The Strangest Things |
| 115 | Joseph Arthur | Our Shadows Will Remain |
| 114 | The Moondoggies | Don't Be a Stranger |
| 113 | The White Stripes | White Blood Cells |
| 112 | The White Stripes | Icky Thump |
| 111 | Alt-J | An Awesome Wave |
| 110 | The Roots | Phrenology |
| 109 | Yeah Yeah Yeah's | It's Blitz! |
| 108 | Elliott Smith | XO |
| 107 | Radiohead | The Bends |
| 106 | Ladytron | Witching Hour |
| 105 | Broadcast | Tender Buttons |
| 104 | The Stills | Logic Will Break Your Heart |
| 103 | Built to Spill | There's Nothing Wrong With Love |
| 102 | The Blakes | The Blakes |
| 101 | Yeasayer | Odd Blood |
| 100 | The Verve | Urban Hymns |
| 99 | Elbow | Leaders of the Free World |
| 98 | Maps | We Can Create |
| 97 | Tame Impala | Innerspeaker |
| 96 | Band of Horses | Cease to Begin |
| 95 | Gorillaz | Demon Days |
| 94 | Jurassic 5 | Power in Numbers |
| 93 | Gorillaz | Gorillaz |
| 92 | Wolf Parade | Apologies to the Queen Mary |
| 91 | Beach House | Teen Dream |
| 90 | Devotchka | How It Ends |
| 89 | Foals | Total Life Forever |
| 88 | Cat Power | You Are Free |
| 87 | M83 | Saturdays = Youth |
| 86 | Interpol | Antics |
| 85 | Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | Shake the Sheets |
| 84 | The Strokes | Is This It |
| 83 | The Walkmen | Bows + Arrows |
| 82 | TV on the Radio | Dear Science |
| 81 | Modest Mouse | The Moon & Antarctica |
| 80 | Radiohead | Amnesiac |
| 79 | Massive Attack | Mezzanine |
| 78 | Eels | Souljacker |
| 77 | The Shins | Wincing the Night Away |
| 76 | Radiohead | OK Computer |
| 75 | Neko Case | Fox Confessor Brings the Flood |
| 74 | My Morning Jacket | It Still Moves |
| 73 | The Avalanches | Since I Left You |
| 72 | Ghostland Observatory | Paparazzi Lightning |
| 71 | The Thermals | The Body, the Blood, the Machine |
| 70 | The Stone Roses | The Stone Roses |
| 69 | Yeasayer | All Hour Cymbals |
| 68 | Magnetic Fields | 69 Love Songs, Volume 1 |
| 67 | MGMT | Oracular Spectacular |
| 66 | Cut Copy | In Ghost Colours |
| 65 | Delays | Faded Seaside Glamour |
| 64 | Portishead | Dummy |
| 63 | Snow Patrol | Final Straw |
| 62 | Sunny Day Real Estate | Diary |
| 61 | Okkervil River | Black Sheep Boy |
| 60 | Built To Spill | Ancient Melodies of the Future |
| 59 | The National | Boxer |
| 58 | The Smiths | Louder Than Bombs |
| 57 | Franz Ferdinand | Franz Ferdinand |
| 56 | Air | Talkie walkie |
| 55 | The National | Alligator |
| 54 | Sugar | Copper Blue |
| 53 | The Mountain Goats | The Sunset Tree |
| 52 | Fleet Foxes | Fleet Foxes |
| 51 | Spoon | Kill the Moonlight |
| 50 | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah |
| 49 | Vampire Weekend | Vampire Weekend |
| 48 | Rogue Wave | Descended Like Vultures |
| 47 | The Go! Team | Thunder, Lightning, Strike |
| 46 | Caribou | Swim |
| 45 | Modest Mouse | Good News for People Who Love Bad News |
| 44 | The Long Winters | When I Pretend to Fall |
| 43 | The Clash | London Calling |
| 42 | Arcade Fire | The Suburbs |
| 41 | LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening |
| 40 | White Stripes | Elephant |
| 39 | Spoon | Gimme Fiction |
| 38 | Beck | Guero |
| 37 | MIA | Kala |
| 36 | Radiohead | In Rainbows |
| 35 | Neko Case | Blacklisted |
| 34 | My Morning Jacket | Z |
| 33 | Jeff Buckley | Grace |
| 32 | My Bloody Valentine | Loveless |
| 31 | Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest |
| 30 | Built To Spill | You in Reverse |
| 29 | The Black Angels | Passover |
| 28 | Death Cab For Cutie | Transatlanticism |
| 27 | The Shins | Chutes Too Narrow |
| 26 | Animal Collective | Merriweather Post Pavilion |
| 25 | LCD Soundsystem | LCD Soundsystem |
| 24 | Ride | Nowhere |
| 23 | Pixies | Surfer Rosa |
| 22 | Bloc Party | Silent Alarm |
| 21 | The Wrens | The Meadowlands |
| 20 | Arcade Fire | Neon Bible |
| 19 | PJ Harvey | Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea |
| 18 | Neutral Milk Hotel | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea |
| 17 | Peter Bjorn and John | Writer's Block |
| 16 | TV on the Radio | Return to Cookie Mountain |
| 15 | Doves | The Last Broadcast |
| 14 | Nada Surf | Let Go |
| 13 | The Flaming Lips | Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots |
| 12 | Pixies | Doolittle |
| 11 | Mint Royale | On the Ropes |
| 10 | Helio Sequence | Keep Your Eyes Ahead |
| 9 | Yeah Yeah Yeah's | Fever to Tell |
| 8 | The Shins | Oh, Inverted World |
| 7 | Wilco | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot |
| 6 | Radiohead | Kid A |
| 5 | Band Of Horses | Everything All the Time |
| 4 | The Postal Service | Give Up |
| 3 | Interpol | Turn On the Bright Lights |
| 2 | LCD Soundsystem | Sound of Silver |
| 1 | Arcade Fire | Funeral |
