Saturday, July 3, 2010

100 Sensational Albums

Here are 100 albums that I define as anthems for my life. Spanning every musical genre, I can highly recommend every single one of these albums to almost anyone. I am currently obsessed with Pitchfork, where I have actually learned about a lot of these albums, and to salute them, I am going to give each album a rating out of 10.0


Rubber Soul - The Beatles (1965) 9.5

Revolver - The Beatles (1966) 10.0

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles (1967) 9.8

The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground (1967) 9.2

Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen (1967) 8.6

Forever Changes - Love (1967) 10.0

The Doors - The Doors (1967) 10.0

Strange Days - The Doors (1967) 9.0

Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart (1967) 8.4

Hot Rats - Frank Zappa (1969) 10.0

Abbey Road - The Beatles (1969) 10.0

Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake (1969) 8.6

Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart (1969) 8.7

In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson (1969) 9.3


Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround (Part 1) - The Kinks (1970) 8.6

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970) 9.0

Paranoid - Black Sabbath (1970) 10.0

Morrison Hotel - The Doors (1970) 8.3

Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zepellin (1971) 8.6

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie (1972) 9.4

The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd (1973) 10.0

Red - King Crimson (1974) - 8.8

Another Green World - Brian Eno (1975) 8.6

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975) 9.5

Marquee Moon - Television (1977) 9.4

Low - David Bowie (1977) 9.0

Animals - Pink Floyd (1977) 9.0

London Calling - The Clash (1979) 9.1

Entertainment! - Gang of Four (1979) 8.9

Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division (1979) 9.7


Remain in Light - Talking Heads (1980) 10.0

Closer - Joy Division (1980) 9.2

Seventeen Seconds (1980) 8.4

Faith - The Cure (1981) 8.5

Pornography - The Cure (1982) 8.6

The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden (1982) 8.2

Double Nickels on the Dime - Minutemen (1984) 9.0

Ride the Lightning - Metallica (1984) 9.4

Powerslave - Iron Maiden (1984) 9.0

The Smiths - The Smiths (1984) 9.0

Rain Dogs - Tom Waits (1985) 9.1

Meat is Murder - The Smiths (1985) 9.6

The Queen is Dead - The Smiths (1986) 9.5

Master of Puppets - Metallica (1986) 10.0

The Color of Spring - Talk Talk (1986) 8.3

Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths (1987) 8.6

The Joshua Tree - U2 (1987) 8.9

Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth (1988) 9.8

...And Justice for All - Metallica (1988) 8.9

I'm Your Man - Leonard Cohen (1988) 8.3

Doolitle - Pixies (1989) 8.7

Disintegration - The Cure (1989) 9.2



Nowhere - Ride (1990) 8.8

Bossanova - Pixies (1990) 8.8

Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers (1991) 9.0

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991) 8.9

Nevermind - Nirvana (1991) 9.1

Achtung Baby - U2 (1991) 8.7

Ten - Pearl Jam (1991) 9.5

Spiderland - Slint (1991) 9.1

Metallica - Metallica (1991) 8.9

Automatic for the People - R.E.M (1992) 9.0

Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted (1992) 9.3

Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (1992) 8.8

Superunknown - Soundgarden (1994) 9.1

Endtroducing - DJ Shadow (1996) 9.4

Odelay - Beck (1996) 8.0

Aenima - Tool (1996) 10.0

OK Computer - Radiohead (1997) 10.0

Built to Spill - Perfect from Now On (1997) 8.9

The Lonesome Crowded West - Modest Mouse (1997) 9.6

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (1998) 9.8

F#A# - Godspeed You Black Emperor! (1998) 8.4

Mezzanine - Massive Attack (1998) 9.0

Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers (1999) 9.5

I See a Darkness - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (1999) 9.6

Summerteeth - Wilco (1999) 8.8

Agaetis Byrjun - Sigur Ros (1999) 8.1

The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips (1999) 8.9

Emergency and I - The Dismemberment Plan (1999) 8.1


Kid A - Radiohead (2000) 8.2

Since I Left You - The Avalanches (2000) 8.9

The Moon and Antarctica - Modest Mouse (2000) 9.9

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven - Godspeed You Black Emperor (2000) 9.2

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips (2002) 9.5

Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age (2002) 8.5

Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol (2002) 8.8

Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins (2003) 8.7

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (2004) 8.4

Good News for People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse (2004) 8.0

Funeral - The Arcade Fire (2004) 10.0

Madvillainy - Madvillain (2004) 9.2

Pockets - Karate (2004) 8.5

Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (2005) 9.1

Make Me Love You - Pivot (2005) 8.6

Neon Bible - The Arcade Fire (2007) 8.8

In Rainbows - Radiohead (2007) 9.2

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes (2008) 8.7

Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear (2009) 9.1

Merriweather Post Pavilion - Animal Collective (2009) 8.5

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