Spin Magazine's 100 greatest albums, 1985-2005

[ATLien]

100. The Strokes - Is This It
99. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
98. Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time
97. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
96. The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy, and The Lash
95. Elastica - Elastica
94. Slint - Spiderland
93. Pearl Jam - Ten
92. Big Black - Atomizer
91. XTC - Skylarking
90. Sonic Youth - Sister
89. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
88. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
87. Blur - Parklife
86. Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun
85. REM - Automatic For The People
84. Soundgarden - Superunknown
83. At The Drive In - Relationship Of Command
82. Jeff Buckley - Grace
81. Beck - Mellow Gold
80. D'Angelo - Voodoo
79. Moby - Everything Is Wrong
78. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
77. Wilco - Yankee Foxtrot Hotel
76. Belle and Sabastian - If Youre Feeling Sinister
75. Le Tigre - Le Tigre
74. Portishead - Dummy
73. Pulp - Different Class
72. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
71. The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
70. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
69. DJ Shadow - Entroducing DJ Shadow
68. Tricky - Maxiquaye
67. Slayer - Reign In Blood
66. Outkast - Aquamini
65. Basement Jaxx - Remedy
64. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
63. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
62. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
61. Weezer - Pinkerton
60. De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
59. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
58. Metallica - Master of Puppets
57. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
56. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
55. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
54. The Breeders - Last Splash
53. Rage Against The Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles
52. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
51. Nirvana - In Utero
50. New Order - Low-Life
49. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
48. Radiohead - Kid A
47. Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full
46. The Fall - This Nations Saving Grace
45. Kanye West - College Dropout
44. Green Day - Dookie
43. Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded
42. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
41. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
40. Run DMC - Rasing Hell
39. Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
38. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
37. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
36. Pixies - Doolittle
35. Dr Dre - The Chronic
34. Elliot Smith - Either/Or
33. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
32. The Replacements - Tim
31. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
30. The Notorious BIG - Ready To Die
29. Fugazi - 13 Songs
28. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
27. The Cure - The Head On The Door
26. Bjork - Post
25. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
24. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
23. Outkast - Stankonia
22. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
21. Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
20. Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tang 36 Chambers
19. Hole - Live Through This
18. Guns and Roses - Appetite For Destruction
17. Nas - Illmatic
16. Beck - Odelay
15. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
14. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
13. Husker Du - New Day Rising
12. Beastie Boys - Pauls Boutique
11. U2 - Achtung Baby
10. NWA - Straight Outta Compton
9. PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
8. Prince - Sign O The Times
7. De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
6. Pixies - Sufer Rosa
5. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
4. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
3. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
1. Radiohead - OK Computer

[whalberg11]

Bad...the fact that Weezers Pinkerton is even on that makes me mad.

Weezer=Awesome band
Pinkerton=Sucky CD
Blue ALbum owns all

[ATLien]

The thing about these lists is that it's so opinionated and subjective, you can never get it completely right but this one is half decent. I was extremely impressed with the hip-hop albums that made the list.

[whalberg11]

The thing about these lists is that it's so opinionated and subjective, you can never get it completely right but this one is half decent. I was extremely impressed with the hip-hop albums that made the list.

All it is is opinion. Its not a bad list, not really my taste in music represented by this

[McKain]

Jeff Buckley's album needs to be much higher.

[whalberg11]

Jeff Buckley's album needs to be much higher.

Hallelujah is one of my favorite songs of all time. One of the best songs of our era.

[DiamondDave]

What a bunch of CRAP albums populating this list...

Of the whole list I would only include the following

Pearl Jam - Ten
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Guns and Roses - Appetite For Destruction

That is it, period... 3 of 100.... where is Pink Floyd's Momentary Lapse of Reason or Division Bell? Where is Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magik? Where is Alice In Chains's Dirt?

[General]

Dave, Dookie has to be on there. It jumpstarted punk!

[McKain]

It jumpstarted a bunch of crappy bands to make horrible pop-punk.

That alone makes it condemnable.

[whalberg11]

It jumpstarted a bunch of crappy bands to make horrible pop-punk.

That alone makes it condemnable.

Haha....I like Green Day, but its so true, where do you think we get Simple Plan and that crap.

[General]

Sorry, mate. Green Day is not too blame for Emo's horrendous emergence. It's little girl music. Old Green Day is not to blame.

[McKain]

Old Green Day is indeed to blame; it inspired all of these junk bands like Good Charlotte and Simple Plan and Fallout Boys and blahblahblah so many crap bands. They didn't give them their whiny fake-emo element, but they certainly were what originally gave them hope to make it into the biz.

[General]

Old Green Day=good.

Those shitty bands you listed=crap. And I agree with what you said.

[ghettochild]

old green day=best.

i'm talking pre-dookie

dookie was good too.

but anywho imediatly when i look at these lists i look for pink floyd.

none.

nirvana is sooo overrated. the only reason people get it is because of the teen angst ridden kids who want to end it all OD'ing on tylenol

[General]

Yeah, personally, I think Nirvana's crap. Not too many share that opinion.