Top Albums of the Last 50 Years

Top Albums of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022)

 

KEXP 50 Years of Music Collage

 

In celebration of our 50th Anniversary, KEXP counted down the Top Album of the last 50 years, as voted on by all of you! Our fall fundraising drive may be over, but you can still support listener-powered KEXP by making a donation today. 

648. Dolly Parton - Jolene
647. Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly
646. PJ Harvey - Is this Desire?
645. Elastica - Elastica
644. Catherine Wheel - Ferment
643. Flaming Lips - Transmissions From the Satellite Heart
642. Modest Mouse - This is a Long Drive...
641. Of Monsters and Men - My Head is an Animal

640. Chromatics - Kill For Love
639. New Order - Lowlife
638. Avalanches - Wildflower
637. Living Colour - Vivid
636. Love and Rockets - Earth Sun Moon
635. Cowboy Junkies - the Trinity Sessions
634. Frightened Rabbit - Winter of Mixed Drinks
633. Oasis - Definiely Maybe
632. The Kills - Mignight Boom
631. Ned's Atomic Dustbin - God Fodder
630. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man
629. 10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe
628. Portishead - Portishead
627. Cracker - Kerosene Hat
626. Jesus & Mary Chain - Darklands
625. Slowdive - Souvlaki
624. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
623. Billy Bragg and Wilco - Mermaid Avenue
622. Soundgarden - Louder Than Love
621. Black Sabbath - Vol. 4
620. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
619. Missy Elliot - Supa Dupa Fly
618. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
617. Pavement - Wowee Zowee
616. REM - Out of Time
615. Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory
614. Garbage - Version 2.0
613. Journey - Escape
612. Manu Chao - Clandestino
611. Pet Shop Boys - Actually
610. Prince - Around the World in a Day
609. John Prine - The Missing Years
608. Johnny Cash - American IV
607. Jimmy Cliff  - The Harder They Come
606. Foals - What Went Down
605. Fishbone - Reality of My Surroundings
604. Sleater Kinney - One Beat
603. Blondie - Autoamerican
602. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
601. Metallica - ...and Justice For All
600. Camper Van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie
599. XTC - Drums and Wires
598. World Party - Goodbye Jumbo
597. Wings - Band on the Run
596. Veruca Salt - American Thighs
595. Singles Soundtrack 
594. Peter Tosh - Equal Rights 
593. Sault - Untitled (Rise)
592. The Specials - The Specials
591. Tyler the Creator - Igor
590. De La Soul - De La Soul is Dead
589. Florence and the Machine - Lungs
 

588. Donna Summer - Bad Girls
587. Foals - Antidotes
586. David Bowie - Aladin Sane
585. Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston
584. Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
583. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
582. Cat Power - The Greatest
581. Elliott Smith - Figure 8
580. Janelle Monae - The Electric Lady
579. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kaleidoscope
578. U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
577. TV on the Radio - Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes
576. Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka
575. Sigur Ros - Takk...
574. Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
573. Heart - Little Queen
572. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
571. Bob Marley - Uprising
570. Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
569. Digable Planets - Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) 

568. Wolf Alice - Our Love is Cool
567. Sundays - Blind
566. Verve - A Storm in Heaven
565. Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
564. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
563. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
562. The Roots - How I Got Over
561. The Ramones - Rocket to Russia
560. The Pretenders - Learning To Crawl
559. The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
558. The Jam - Sound Affects
557. Dandy Warhols - 13 Tales From Urban Bohemia
556. The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
555. The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
554. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
553. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
552. The The - Infected
551. Wire - Pink Flag
 

550. ELO - Out of the Blue
549. Wilco - Summerteeth
548. Stereolab - Dots and Loops
547. Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams
546. Pearl Jam -  No Code
545. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
544. Weezer - Pinkerton
543. Sault - 5
542. The Breeders - Last Splash
541. Doves - The Last Broadcast
540. Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild
539. Brad - Interiors
538. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
537. Mad Season - Above
536. Lush - Gala
535. Sonic Youth - Goo
534. Sonic Youth - Dirty
533. The Cure - Mixed Up
532. Crowded House - Crowded House
531. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
530. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever
529. Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
528. Van Halen - 1984
527. Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
526. Madonna - Ray of Light
525. Prince - Dirty Mind
524. Santigold - Santigold
523. David Bowie - Let's Dance
522. Depeche Mode - 101
521. Gorillaz - Gorillaz
520. R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction
519. Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!
518. Toadies - Rubberneck
517. The Waterboys - This is the Sea
516. The Police - Ghost in the Machine
515. The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
514. U2  - Boy
513. Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
512. Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
511. Jurassic Five - Power in Numbers
510. Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes
509. Low - HEY WHAT
508. Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
507. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
506. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
505. Firewater - The Golden Hour
504. Caribou - Our Love
503. Destroyer - Kaputt

502. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
501. Cloud Cult - Light Chasers
500. David Gray - White Ladder
499. Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded
498. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
497. Big Thief - Two Hands
496. Wilco - A Ghost is Born
495. Son Volt - Trace
494. Beach House - 7
493. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
492. Spoon - Gimmie Fiction
491. Solange - A Seat at the Table
490. Portugal. The Man - Evil Friends
489. Jason Isbell - Southeastern
488. My Morning Jacket  - Z
487. Pearl Jam - Yield
486. Husker Du - Zen Arcade
485. Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
484. 2Pac - All Eyez On Me
483. Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman
482. Tame Impala - Lonerism
481. TLC - Crazy Sexy Cool
480. Beck - Midnight Vultures
479. Bonobo - Black Sands
478. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
477. The Decemberists - The King is Dead
476. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
475. The Strokes - Room On Fire
474. Sade - Diamond Life
473. Beck - Morning Phase
472. Big Star - #1 Record
471. Yves Tumor - Heaven to a Tortured Mind
470. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
469. Ani DiFranco - Not a Pretty Girl
468. Angel Olsen - My Woman
 

467. Odesza - The Last Goodbye
466. Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies
465. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
464. Foals - Holy Fire
463. Garbage - Garbage
462. Leon Bridges - Coming Home
461. Michael Jackson - Off the Wall
460. Outkast - ATLiens
459. LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
458. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
457. Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
456. Beth Orton - Trailer Park
455. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
454. The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
453. (skipped due to a counting error) 
452. Gza  - Liquid Swords
451. X - Under the Big Black Sun
450. Cloud Cult - The Seeker
449. Dire Straits - Making Movies
448. Kate Bush - The Dreaming
447. Father John Misty - Pure Comedy
 

446. Ween - The Mollusk
445. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps
444. Burial - Untrue
443. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
442. Kraftwerk - Computer World
441. Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
440. Kurt Vile - Wakin On a Pretty Daze
439. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
438. Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
437. Beach House - Once Twice Melody
436. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
435. Air - Talking Walkie
434. Taylor Swift - 1989
433. Beck - Guero
432. Supertramp - Breakfast in America
431. The B52  - B-52s
430. Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth
429. U2 - Rattle and Hum
428. The Smiths - Strangways Here We Come
427. English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
426. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your Bones
425. The Breeders - Pod
424. New Order - Brotherhood
423. Jamie xx - In Colour
422. Deep Sea Diver - Impossible Weight
421. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
420. Tom Waits - Bone Machine
419. Madonna - Like a Virgin
418. Love & Rockets - Express
417. Tricky - Maxinquaye
416. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Its Blitz
415. Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
414. Gang of Four - Entertainment
413. Wolf Alice - Blue Weekend
 

412 . The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
411. David Bowie - Young Americans
410. Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
409. Tori Amos - Under the Pink
408. Coldplay - Parachutes
407. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
406. Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings and Food
405. The Decemberists - Picaresque
404. Indigo Girls - Rites of Passage
403. Mountain Goats - Tallahassee
402. The Roots - Things Fall Apart
401. Vampire Weekend - Contra
400. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee
399. The National - Alligator
398. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
397. The Stooges - Raw Power
396. Nation of Language - A Way Forward
395. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
394. RUN DMC - Raising Hell
393. Sublime - Sublime
392. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
391. Talking Heads - Little Creatures
390. The Cars -  Candy O
389. ABBA - ABBA Gold
388. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
387. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
386. Silver Jews - American Water
385. My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves
384. Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining
383. TV on the Radio - Seeds
382. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
381. XTC - Oranges and Lemons
380. Fiona Apple - Tidal
379. Cake - Fashion Nugget
378. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial
 

377. Bob Marley - Kaya
376. Johnny Cash - American Recordings
375. Sault - Untitled (Black Is)
374. Faith No More - Angel Dust
373. Janet Jackson - Control
372. The Knife - Silent Shout
371. SZA - Crtl
370. Slayer - Reign In Blood
369. Erykah Badu - Baduizm
368. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
367. Michael Kiwanuka - Love and Hate
366. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher
365. The Police - Outlandos D'Amour
364. Portishead - Third
363. Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man in Babylon
362. Tom Waits - Mule Variations
361. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
360. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump
359. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
358. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
 

357. Screaming Trees - Sweet Oblivion
356. Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
355. XTC - Skylarking
354. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
353. Beyonce - Renaissance
352. The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
351. Arctic Monkeys - AM
350. Bob Marley - Babylon By Bus
349. Brandi Carlile - The Story
348. Brian Eno - Another Green World
347. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
346. Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
345. Lorde - Melodrama
344. Mac Demarco - 2
343. Sublime - 40 oz to Freedom
342. Band Of Horses - Everything All the Time
341. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
340. Simple Minds - New Gold Dream
339. David Bowie - Station to Station
338. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
337. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
336. The War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
335. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
334. Brandi Carlile - By The Way, I Forgive You
333. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
332. Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
331. The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
330. Wet Leg - Wet Leg
329. Morphine - Cure for Pain
328. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030
327. Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
326. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
325. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace
324. The Church - Starfish
 

323. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
322. Odesza - A Moment Apart
321. Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
320. Pearl Jam - vs
319. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
318. Lou Reed - New York
317. The Cranberries - No Need to Argue
316. Pretenders - Pretenders
315. Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog
314. Alice in Chains - Dirt
313. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
312. The xx - xx
311. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
310. Japandroids - Celebration Rock
309. Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes
308. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
307. George Michael - Faith
306. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Veggies
305. Bad Brains - Bad Brains
304. David Bowie - Scary Monsters
303. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
302. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides
301. The Verve - Urban Hymns
300. The Who - The Who By Numbers
299. Belly - Star
298. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
297. Daft Punk - Homework
296. Bob Dylan - Desire
295. Beach House - Teen Dream
294. Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
293. Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
292. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues
291. Grateful Dead - From the Mars Hotel
290. Lana Del Ray - Norman Fucking Rockwell
289. Macklemore - The Heist
288. Neil Young - On the Beach
287. Rush - 2112
286. Pogues - Run, Sodomy and the Lash
285. The Killers - Hot Fuss
284. The Replacements - Pleased To Meet Me
283. The Cure - Pornography
282. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
281. Sinead O Conor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got
280. Ministry - The Mind is A Terrible Thing to Taste
279. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
278. Tori Amos - Boys For Pele
277. Nada Surf - Let Go
276. Husker Du - New Day Rising
275. The Wrens - Meadowlands
274. XTC - English Settlement
273. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
272.  The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs
271. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, Sometimes I Just Sit
 

270. Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
269. Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
268. Digable Planets - Blowout Comb
267. The Go-Gos  - Beauty and the Beat
266. The Smiths - The Smiths
265. Moby - Play
264. D'Angelo - Black Messiah
263. Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
262. Bjork - Vespertine
261. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
260. Air - Moon Safari
259. Tool - Ænima
258. Frank Ocean - Channel Orange
257. Fiona Apple  - Fetch the Bolt Cutters
256. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
255. Beck - Mellow Gold
254. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Catch a Fire
253.  Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
252. The Clash - Combat Rock
251. Devo - Are We Not Men? We Are Devo
250. Def Leppard - Hysteria
249. The Cult - Love
248. Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun
247. Yaz - Upstairs at Erics
246. Madvillain - Madvillainy
245. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
244. J Dilla - Donuts
243. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
242. Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual
241. REM  - Green
240. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
239. Pulp - Different Class
238. Sigur Ros - Ágætis byrjun
237. Ride - Nowhere
236. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
235. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
 

234. Beck - Sea Change
233. The Clash - Sandinista
232. Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77
231. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
230. Parliament  - Mothership Connection
229. The Sundays - Reading, Writing, Arithmetic
228. Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
227. Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See
226. David Bowie - Heroes
225. Blur - Parklife
224. Beck - Mutations
223. Slint - Spiderland
222. Weezer - Weezer
221. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
220. X  - Los Angeles
219. The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
218. Taylor Swift - Folklore
217. D'Angelo - Voodoo
216. Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
215. Radiohead - Amnesiac
214. Elliott Smith - XO
213. Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain
212. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
211. PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
210. The Cure - Wish
209. Avalanches - We Will Always Love You
208. Soundgarden - Superunknown
207. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
206. Lizzo - Cuz I Love You
 

205. The Cure - Head on the Door
204. Avalanches - Since I Left You
203. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
202. Sinead O Conor - The Lion and the Cobra
201. Nirvana - Bleach
200. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
199. James - Laid
198. The Smiths - Meat is Murder
197. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
196. REM - Document
195. Fugazi - 13 Songs
194. Built To Spill - There's Nothing Wrong With Love
193. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
192. Depeche Mode - Black Celebration
191. PJ Harvey - Dry
190. Duran Duran - Rio
189. Rush - Moving Pictures
188. Roxy Music - Avalon
187. Kendrick Lamar - Damn
186. Janelle Monae  - Dirty Computer
185. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
184. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
183. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
182. Joni Mitchell - Hejira
181. Green Day - Dookie
180. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot it In People
 

179. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
178. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
177. Beach House - Bloom
176. Miles Davis - On the Corner
175. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
174. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
173. Sugar - Copper Blue
172. Outkast - Aquemini
171. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
170. Depeche Mode - Music For the Masses
169. Boston - Boston
168. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
167. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
166. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
165. The Replacements - Tim
164. Tame Impala - Currents
163. They Might Be Giants - Flood
162. Hole - Live Through This
161. Neko Case - Blacklisted
160. Bjork - Homogenic
159. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
158. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
157. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
156. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
155. Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
154. LCD Soundsystem - This is Happening
153. The National - High Violet
152. AC/DC - Back in Black
151. Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
150. Bjork - Debut
149 . The Who - Quadrophenia
148. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antartica
147. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
146. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
145. David Bowie - Low
144. Neko Case - Fox Confesser Brings the Flood
143. Steely Dan - Aja
142. Outkast - Stankonia
141. A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
140. Built To Spill - Keep It Like a Secret

139. INXS - Kick
138. The Clash - The Clash
137. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
136. The Rolling Stones - Some Girls
135. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
134. Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
133. Lou Reed - Transformer
132. Queen - A Night at the Opera
131. Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
130. Daft Punk - Discovery
129. Pink Floyd - Animals
128. The Police - Synchronicity
127. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
126. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
125. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
124. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, m.A.A.d city
123. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
122. R.E.M. - Reckoning
121. U2 - War
120. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
119. Prince - 1999
118. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
117. Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
116. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
 

115. Sufjan Stevens - llinois
114. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me
113. Beck - Odelay
112. Fugees - The Score
111. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
110. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
109. Nirvana - In Utero
108. Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
107. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
106. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
105. The White Stripes - Elephant
104. Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
103. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
102. IDLES - Joy as and Act of Resistance 
 

101. The Ramones - The Ramones
100. U2  - The Unforgettable Fire
99. Tom Petty - Wildflowers
98. R.E.M. - Murmur
97. Prince - Sign O' The Times
96. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
95.  Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
94. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
93. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
92. Bjork - Post
91. Joy Division - Closer
90. New Order - Substance
89. Blondie - Parallel Lines
88. Tears For Fears - Songs From the Big Chair
87. R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant
86. The Cars - The Cars
85. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
84. Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes
83. Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
82, Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
81. Nas - Illmatic
80. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
79. Metallica - Master of Puppets
78. Stevie Wonder - Innversions 
77. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
76. The Replacements - Let It Be
75. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
74. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
73. Gorillaz - Demon Days
72. The Postal Service - Give Up
71. Amy Winehouse - Back in Black
70. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
69. Sigur Ros - ()
68. Patti Smith - Horses
67. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
66. The National - Boxer
65. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
64. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
63. Peter Gabriel - So
62. Weezer - Blue Album
61. Neil Young - Harvest Moon
60. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
59. Frank Ocean - Blonde
58. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
57. Neil Young - Harvest
56. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
55. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
54. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
53. U2 - Achtung Baby
52. New Order - Power Corruption & Lies
51. Jeff Buckley - Grace
50. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
49. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
 

48. Radiohead - The Bends
47. PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Seea
46. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense
45. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
44. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
43. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
42. Television - Marquee Moon
41. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
40. The Strokes - Is This It
39. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
38. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
37. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
36. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Exodus
35. Pink Floyd - The Wall
34. Beyonce - Lemonade
33. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
32. Michael Jackson - Thriller
31. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
30. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
29. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
28. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
27. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
26. Portishead - Dummy
25. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street
24. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
23. Radiohead - In Rainbows
22. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu Tang
21. Depeche Mode - Violator
20. Paul Simon - Graceland
19. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
18. Bob Marley and the Wailers - Legend
17. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
16. Wilco - Hotel Yankee Foxtrot

15. Pearl Jam - Ten
14. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
13. Radiohead - Kid A
12. Pixies - Doolittle
11. The Cure - Disintegration
10. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
9. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
8. U2  - The Joshua Tree
7. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
6. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
5. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
4. Prince - Purple Rain
3. The Clash - London Calling
2. Nirvana - Nevermind
1. Radiohead - OK Computer