The 500 Greatest Albums Of The Second Post-War Generation,
1980-2009.
#1: Funeral Arcade Fire
#2: OK Computer Radiohead
#3: The Soft Bulletin The Flaming Lips
#4: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Neutral Milk Hotel
#5: Daydream Nation Sonic Youth
#6: Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Wu-Tang Clan
#7: Doolittle The Pixies
#8: Closer Joy Division
#9: The Downward Spiral Nine Inch Nails
#10: Bee Thousand Guided By Voices
#11: Disintegration The Cure
#12: The College Dropout Kanye West
#13: Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antenna To Heaven
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
#14: The Moon And Antarctica Modest Mouse
#15: Slanted And Enchanted Pavement
#16: Murmur R.E.M.
#17: Loveless My Bloody Valentine
#18: Pinkerton Weezer
#19: Sound Of Silver LCD Soundsystem
#20: Separation Sunday The Hold Steady
#21: Tim The Replacements
#22: Surfer Rosa The Pixies
#23: Perfect From Now On Built To Spill
#24: Weezer Weezer
#25: A Grand Dont Come For Free The Streets
#26: Is This It? The Strokes
#27: Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Pavement
#28: Up To Here The Tragically Hip
#29: Illmatic Nas
#30: Odelay! Beck
#31: Music Has The Right To Children Boards Of Canada
#32: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Wilco
#33: The Body, The Blood, The Machine The Thermals
#34: In Rainbows Radiohead
#35: White Blood Cells The White Stripes
#36: You Forgot It In People Broken Social Scene
#37: Nevermind Nirvana
#38: Boxer The National
#39: The Richard D James Album Aphex Twin
#40: Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots The Flaming Lips
#41: Kid A Radiohead
#42: Microcastle/Weird Era Cont. Deerhunter
#43: Apologies To The Queen Mary Wolf Parade
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Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Spoon
The Lonesome Crowded West Modest Mouse
Psychocandy The Jesus And Mary Chain
Bloodsugarsexmagick Red Hot Chili Peppers
Supreme Clientele Ghostface Killah
The Joshua Tree U2
Neon Bible Arcade Fire
Plans Death Cab For Cutie
Mass Romantic The New Pornographers
Dookie Green Day
Late Registration Kanye West
Ten Pearl Jam
Alright, Still Lily Allen
Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene
Underwater Moonlight The Soft Boys
Suffer Bad Religion
Reconstruction Site The Weakerthans
808s And Heartbreaks Kanye West
For Emma, Forever Ago Bon Iver
MTV Unplugged In New York Nirvana
New Day Rising Husker Du
Ready To Die The Notorious B.I.G.
Merriweather Post Pavilion Animal Collective
Graduation Kanye West
The Black Album Jay-Z
Dummy Portishead
Back In Black AC/DC
Reign In Blood Slayer
Sublime Sublime
Dig Your Own Hole The Chemical Brothers
Original Pirate Material The Streets
Siamese Dream The Smashing Pumpkins
Frigid Stars Codeine
Either/Or Elliot Smith
Relationship Of Command At The Drive-In
The Fame Lady Gaga
Songs For The Deaf Queens Of The Stone Age
Alopecia Why?
The Blueprint Jay-Z
Master Of Puppets Metallica
Parklife Blur
Castaways And Cutouts The Decemberists
Untrue Burial
Discovery Daft Punk
Nebraska Bruce Springsteen
In The Nightside Eclipse Emperor
Boy In Da Corner Dizzee Rascal
#91: Bakesale Sebadoh
#92: Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes
#93: Good News For People Who Love Bad News Modest
Mouse
#94: Fishscale Ghostface Killah
#95: Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness The Smashing
Pumpkins
#96: Things We Lost In The Fire Low
#97: Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend
#98: Theres Nothing Wrong With Love Built To Spill
#99: Remain In Light The Talking Heads
#100: The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
#101: No More Shall We Part Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
#102: The Chemistry Of Common Life Fucked Up
#103: Whatever People Say I Am, Thats What Im Not
Arctic Monkeys
#104: Gish The Smashing Pumpkins
#105: De Stijl The White Stripes
#106: Achtung Baby U2
#107: Youre Living All Over Me Dinosaur, Jr.
#108: Appetite For Destruction Guns n Roses
#109: Im Wide Awake Its Morning Bright Eyes
#110: Bleach Nirvana
#111: Tha Carter III Lil Wayne
#112: Pornography The Cure
#113: Back To Black Amy Winehouse
#114: Endtroducing DJ Shadow
#115: Mezzanine Massive Attack
#116: Dead Cities, Red Seas, And Lost Ghosts M83
#117: The Marshall Mathers LP Eminem
#118: Pauls Boutique Beastie Boys
#119: In Utero Nirvana
#120: Reasonable Doubt Jay-Z
#121: Powerslave Iron Maiden
#122: Kick INXS
#123: The Airing Of Grievances Titus Andronicus
#124: The Shape Of Punk To Come Refused
#125: Document R.E.M.
#126: Shoot Out The Lights Richard & Linda Thompson
#127: Haha Sound Broadcast
#128: Almost Killed Me The Hold Steady
#129: Fully Completely The Tragically Hip
#130: Homework Daft Punk
#131: 3 Feet High & Rising De La Soul
#132: War U2
#133: Bang Bang Rock & Roll Art Brut
#134: Hail To The Thief Radiohead
#135: Things Fall Apart The Roots
#136: Brothers In Arms Dire Straits
#137: Elephant The White Stripes
#138: Thriller Michael Jackson
#139: People Who Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People
Alive The Andrew Jackson Jihad
#140: Feels Animal Collective
#141: One Word Extinguisher Prefuse 73
#142: Stankonia Outkast
#143: Let It Be The Replacements
#144: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables Dead Kennedys
#145: I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One Yo La Tengo
#146: Tender Buttons Broadcast
#147: Superunknown Soundgarden
#148: Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan
#149: Float Aesop Rock
#150: Before The Dawn Heals Us M83
#151: The White Stripes The White Stripes
#152: Reckoning R.E.M.
#153: A Rush Of Blood To The Head Coldplay
#154: Twin Cinema The New Pornographers
#155: Rain Dogs Tom Waits
#156: Damaged Black Flag
#157: Moving Pictures Rush
#158: The Color And The Shape Foo Fighters
#159: The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place Explosions In
The Sky
#160: Gorillaz Gorillaz
#161: Ghosts In The Machine The Police
#162: Meat Is Murder The Smiths
#163: Spiderland Slint
#164: The Execution of All Things Rilo Kiley
#165: All Eyez On Me 2Pac
#166: Screaming For Vengeance Judas Priest
#167: Rather Ripped Sonic Youth
#168: Trouble At The Henhouse The Tragically Hip
#169: Violent Femmes Violent Femmes
#170: 13 Songs Fugazi
#171: Zen Arcade Husker Du
#172: The Infamous Mobb Deep
#173: Boy U2
#174: Demon Days Gorillaz
#175: Turn On The Bright Lights Interpol
#176: Grace Jeff Buckley
#177: How Could Hell Be Any Worse? Bad Religion
#178: Rage Against The Machine Rage Against The Machine
#179: Source Tags & Code - And You Will Know Us By The
Trail Of Dead
#180: Play Moby
#181: Year Zero Nine Inch Nails
#182: Power, Corruption, And Lies New Order
#183: Hospice The Antlers
#184: The Eminem Show Eminem
#185: Automatic For The People R.E.M.
#186: Up The Bracket The Libertines
#187: They Were Wrong So We Drowned liars
#188: Different Class Pulp
#189: Fevers And Mirrors Bright Eyes
#190: Z My Morning Jacket
#191: Rated R Queens Of The Stone Age
#192: Isnt Anything My Bloody Valentine
#193: Sister Sonic Youth
#194: Houdini The Melvins
#195: F#A# Infinite Godspeed! You Black Emperor
#196: Vespertine Bjork
#197: The Number Of The Beast Iron Maiden
#198: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Raekwon
#199: Return To Cookie Mountain TV On The Radio
#200: Selected Ambient Works, Vol. One (85-92) Aphex
Twin
#201: Dusk At Cubist Castle The Olivia Tremor Control
#202: Rising Down The Roots
#203: Up In Flames Manitoba
#204: Ride The Lightning Metallica
#205: Sign O The Times Prince
#206: Stranger Than Fiction Bad Religion
#207: Watch Me Fall Jay Reatard
#208: Youre A Woman, Im A Machine Death From Above
1979
#209: Constantines Constantines
#210: Young Team Mogwai
#211: Out Of Step Minor Threat
#212: Oh, Inverted World The Shins
#213: Vitalogy Pearl Jam
#214: Heaven And Hell Black Sabbath
#215: Tanglewood Numbers Silver Jews
#216: Guitar Romantic The Exploding Hearts
#217: Something About Airplanes Death Cab For Cutie
#218: The Slip Nine Inch Nails
#219: One Chord To Another Sloan
#220: Songs Of The Free Gang Of Four
#221: Didnt It Rain Songs:Ohia
#222: Saturdays = Youth M83
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Ys Joanna Newsom
Homogenic Bjork
Discipline King Crimson
Graceland Paul Simon
Mule Variations Tom Waits
Cross Justice
Rites Of Spring Rites Of Spring
Potemkin City Limits Propagandhi
Solid Gold Gang Of Four
Stop Making Sense Talking Heads
Alien Lanes Guided By Voices
(Whats The Story) Morning Glory Oasis
Los Angeles Flying Lotus
Aenima Tool
Blood Mountain Mastodon
Laughing Stock Talk Talk
Alligator The National
Dirt Alice In Chains
The Stage Names Okkervil River
The Fragile Nine Inch Nails
Our Endless Numbered Days Iron & Wine
Matador Singles 08 Jay Reatard
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Outkast
Purple Stone Temple Pilots
Blizzard Of Ozz Ozzy Osbourne
Silent Alarm Bloc Party
The Holy Bible Manic Street Preachers
Jane From Occupied Europe Swell Maps
Synchronicity The Police
Definitely Maybe Oasis
Strawberry Jam Animal Collective
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out Yo La
The Good Earth The Feelies
Bivouac Jawbreaker
The Crane Wife The Decemberists
Foo Fighters Foo Fighters
Gutter Tactics Dalek
Pretty Hate Machine Nine Inch Nails
Illadelph Halflife The Roots
Sandinista! The Clash
Swordfishtrombones Tom Waits
The Chronic Dr. Dre
( ) Sigur Ros
Lifted, Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear
Ground Bright Eyes
Kala M.I.A.
#268: Come Away With ESG ESG
#269: Rust In Peace Megadeth
#270: Sweet Homewrecker Thrush Hermit
#271: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart The Pains Of
Being Pure At Heart
#272: Phantom Power The Tragically Hip
#273: April Sun Kil Moon
#274: Love The Cult
#275: Toxicity System Of A Down
#276: Wincing The Night Away The Shins
#277: Check Your Head Beastie Boys
#278: Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing Discharge
#279: Propeller Guided By Voices
#280: Modern Guilt Beck
#281: Set Yourself On Fire Stars
#282: Colossal Youth Young Marble Giants
#283: Beautiful Freak eels
#284: Dirty Mind Prince
#285: Todays Empires, Tomorrows Ashes Propagandhi
#286: What Fun Life Was Bedhead
#287: The Slim Shady LP Eminem
#288: Picaresque The Decemberists
#289: Too Fast For Love Motley Crue
#290: Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn Do Make Say
Think
#291: Arise Sepultura
#292: Road Apples The Tragically Hip
#293: Quality Talib Kweli
#294: Melissa Mercyful Fate
#295: Post-Nothing Japandroids
#296: 69 Love Songs The Magnetic Fields
#297: Emergency & I The Dismemberment Plan
#298: Leviathan Mastodon
#299: Liquid Swords GZA
#300: Broken Nine Inch Nails
#301: Ten cLOUDDEAD
#302: Vs. Pearl Jam
#303: The Queen Is Dead The Smiths
#304: Blue Lines Massive Attack
#305: On Avery Island Neutral Milk Hotel
#306: Crying Over Pros For No Reason eDIT
#307: The Adolescents The Adolescents
#308: Murder Ballads Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
#309: They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument
On Top liars
#310: Meat Puppets II Meat Puppets
#311: Day For Night The Tragically Hip
#312: Hex Enduction Hour The Fall
#313: Milo Goes To College The Descendents
#314: Spirit Of Eden Talk Talk
#315: Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? Of Montreal
#316: Lateralus Tool
#317: Dig, Lazarus, Dig!! Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
#318: Kill Sound Before Sounds Kills You Kid606
#319: Live Through This Hole
#320: Straight Outta Compton N.W.A.
#321: Picture Of Health The Headstones
#322: The Photo Album Death Cab For Cutie
#323: 2001 Dr. Dre
#324: Searching For The Young Soul Rebels Dexys
Midnight Runners
#325: Clayton Park Thrush Hermit
#326: Goat The Jesus Lizard
#327: I Could Live In Hope Low
#328: From Here We Go Sublime The Field
#329: Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand
#330: The Great Escape Blur
#331: Person Pitch Panda Bear
#332: He Has Left Us Alone But Sometimes Shafts Of Light
Grace The Corners Of Our Room A Silver Mt. Zion
#333: Crazy Rhythms The Feelies
#334: Songs About Fucking Big Black
#335: Ill Communication Beastie Boys
#336: Boys And Girls In America The Hold Steady
#337: Pleased To Meet Me The Replacements
#338: Ashtray Rock Joel Plaskett Emergency
#339: 40 Oz To Freedom Sublime
#340: Electro-Shock Blues eels
#341: Undertow Tool
#342: Ritual De Lo Habitual Janes Addiction
#343: Let Love In Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
#344: Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) The Eurythmics
#345: Deltron 3030 Deltron 3030
#346: No Code Pearl Jam
#347: The Bends Radiohead
#348: War On 45 D.O.A.
#349: Violator Depeche Mode
#350: City Of Daughters Destroyer
#351: Icky Thump The White Stripes
#352: Slaughter Of The Soul At The Gates
#353: Urban Hymns The Verve
#354: Recipe For Hate Bad Religion
#355: Moon Safari Air
#356: OK Cowboy Vitalic
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Smash The Offspring
Hell Hath No Fury Clipse
Double Nickels On The Dime The Minutemen
Dusk And Her Embrace Cradle Of Filth
Be Your Own Pet Be Your Own Pet
Attack & Release The Black Keys
Bows & Arrows The Walkmen
London Zoo The Bug
KRS-One KRS-One
Christ The Album Crass
This Nations Saving Grace The Fall
Altars Of Madness Morbid Angel
Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Phoenix
Mer De Noms A Perfect Circle
liars liars
Downward Is Heavenward Hum
1984 Van Halen
Purple Rain Prince
The Richest Man In Babylon Thievery Corporation
Diary Of A Madman Ozzy Osbourne
George Best The Wedding Present
Where The Change Is The Flashing Lights
Vulgar Display Of Power Pantera
Shine A Light Constantines
Throwing Copper Live
Shut Up I Am Dreaming Sunset Rubdown
Wish The Cure
The Low End Theory A Tribe Called Quest
English Settlement XTC
Piece Of Cake Mudhoney
Beautiful Midnight Matthew Good Band
Hardcore 81 D.O.A.
The Reminder Feist
Trompe Le Monde The Pixies
Veni Vidi Vicious The Hives
Sigh No More Mumford & Sons
System Of A Down System Of A Down
Nouns No Age
Hysteria Def Leppard
Lets Get Free Dead Prez
Madvillainy Madvillain
We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed Los Campesinos!
Hold On Now, Youngster Los Campesinos!
Transatlanticism Death Cab For Cutie
Modern Life Is Rubbish Blur
Boys Dont Cry The Cure
#404: Out Of Time R.E.M.
#405: Illinois Sufjan Stevens
#406: Its Never Been Like That Phoenix
#407: Dopethrone Electric Wizard
#408: No Pocky For Kitty Superchunk
#409: Crystal Castles Crystal Castles
#410: The Beginning Stages Of The Polyphonic Spree
#411: On Fire Galaxie 500
#412: I Care Because You Do Aphex Twin
#413: Holy Diver Dio
#414: Citrus Asobi Seksu
#415: Astro-Creep:2000 White Zombie
#416: Donuts J. Dilla
#417: The Argument Fugazi
#418: All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone Explosions In
The Sky
#419: Heart Of Oak Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
#420: Sleeps Holy Mountain Sleep
#421: Fever To Tell The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
#422: Ocean Rain Echo And The Bunnymen
#423: Imperial Bedroom Elvis Costello & The Attractions
#424: Liar The Jesus Lizard
#425: The Fat Of The Land The Prodigy
#426: Room On Fire The Strokes
#427: Bad Brains Bad Brains
#428: Stoner Witch The Melvins
#429: Ghosts Of The Great Highway Sun Kil Moon
#430: Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters The
Twilight Sad
#431: Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk Emperor
#432: The Trinity Sessions Cowboy Junkies
#433: Silent Shout The Knife
#434: In Casino Out At The Drive-In
#435: The Pretenders The Pretenders
#436: The Shepherds Dog Iron & Wine
#437: Alice In Chains Alice In Chains
#438: Under Construction Missy Elliot
#439: Punk In Drublic NOFX
#440: Strangeways Here We Come The Smiths
#441: Hangable Auto Bulb Aphex Twin
#442: Darklands The Jesus And Mary Chain
#443: Pod The Breeders
#444: LAutrichienne Jucifer
#445: Black On Both Sides Mos Def
#446: New Adventures In Hi-Fi R.E.M.
#447: The Warning Hot Chip
#448: For Your Own Special Sweetheart Jawbox
#449: Travels With Myself And Another Future Of The
Left
#450: Pink Boris
#451: And Out Come The Wolves Rancid
#452: Up On The Sun The Meat Puppets
#453: Last Of The Ghetto Astronauts Matthew Good Band
#454: Wowee Zowee Pavement
#455: Hot Fuss The Killers
#456: Hello Nasty Beastie Boys
#457: And Dont The Kids Just Love It Television
Personalities
#458: Blues For The Red Sun Kyuss
#459: & Yet & Yet Do Make Say Think
#460: Sleeping With The Enemy Paris
#461: Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me The Cure
#462: The White Birch Codeine
#463: McLusky Do Dallas McLusky
#464: Rid Of Me PJ Harvey
#465: Journal For Plague Lovers Manic Street Preachers
#466: Left And Leaving The Weakerthans
#467: Becoming X Sneaker Pimps
#468: Diary Sunny Day Real Estate
#469: Fiestas And Fiascos Lifter Puller
#470: The Midnight Organ Fight Frightened Rabbit
#471: Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upwards The
Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra And Tra-La-La Band
#472: Treasure Cocteau Twins
#473: Youd Prefer An Astronaut Hum
#474: Seasons In The Abyss Slayer
#475: Nine Times That Same Song Love Is All
#476: My Brother The Cow Mudhoney
#477: Domination Morbid Angel
#478: The Orbs Adventures In The Ultraworld The Orb
#479: Since I Left You The Avalanches
#480: Dear Science, TV On The Radio
#481: Under The Bushes Under The Stars Guided By Voices
#482: Destroyers Rubies Destroyer
#483: All The Nations Airports Archers Of Loaf
#484: None Shall Pass Aesop Rock
#485: Album Girls
#486: Bedbugs The Odds
#487: Fear Of A Black Planet Public Enemy
#488: Maybe Its Me treble charger
#489: Drums Not Dead liars
#490: The Final Cut Pink Floyd
#491: Tweez Slint
#492: Mirrored Battles
#493: This Is Our Music Galaxie 500
#494: Generic Flipper Flipper
#495: Smeared Sloan
#496: By The Way Red Hot Chili Peppers
#497: Geogaddi Boards Of Canada
#498: Oracular Spectacular MGMT
#499: This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Manic Street
Preachers
#500: The Fun Of Watching Fireworks The American
Analog Set
