The Bridge 90.9 is a Kansas City-area radio station which covers a wide spectrum in regards to genres, but most closely aligns with the adult alternative radio format. For the 4th of July holiday in 2024, they had listeners vote on their favorite albums of all time. From July 1-5, the radio station counted down the albums, playing a cut from each one. When they reached the top 10, they played those albums in their entirety.
1. The Beatles Abbey Road (1969)
2. Prince & the Revolution Purple Rain (soundtrack, 1984)
3. David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
4. Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977)
5. Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
6. Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
7. Radiohead OK Computer (1997)
8. Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
9. Carole King Tapestry (1971)
10. The Clash London Calling (1979)
11. Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
12. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
13. Joni Mitchell Blue (1971)
14. U2 The Joshua Tree (1987)
15. The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (1972)
16. Miles Davis Kind of Blue (1959)
17. Marvin Gaye What’s Going On (1971)
18. Jason Isbell Southeastern (2013)
19. Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001)
20. Bob Marley & The Wailers Exodus (1977)
21. Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique (1989)
22. R.E.M. Automatic for the People (1992)
23. Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (1995)
24. A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory (1991)
25. Talking Heads Fear of Music (1979)
26. Amy Winehouse Back to Black (2006)
27. Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
28. Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
29. Prince Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987)
30. The Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
31. Blondie Parallel Lines (1978)
32. Dolly Parton Jolene (1974)
33. Pixies Doolittle (1989)
34. Green Day Dookie (1994)
35. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
36. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966)
37. Bruce Springsteen Born to Run (1975)
38. Bob Dylan The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)
39. Weezer Weezer (aka “The Blue Album”) (1994)
40. Queen A Night at the Opera (1975)
41. Nas Illmatic (1994)
42. David Bowie Space Oddity (aka “Man of Words, Man of Music”) (1969)
43. Stevie Wonder Innervisions (1973)
44. Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (1966)
45. OutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)
46. Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced? (1967)
47. Otis Redding The Dock of the Bay (1968)
48. Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)
49. The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (1969)
50. Sam Cooke The Best of Sam Cooke (1962)
51. Pink Floyd The Wall (1979)
52. The Clash Combat Rock (1982)
53. Michael Jackson Thriller (1982)
54. Santana Abraxas (1970)
55. The Smiths Louder Than Bombs (archives: 1983-87, released 1987)
56. The Beatles Rubber Soul (1965)
57. Fleetwood Mac Tusk (1979)
58. Prince 1999 (1982)
59. Aretha Franklin Lady Soul (1968)
60. The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground (1969)
61. Public Enemy Power to the People and the Beats: Greatest Hits (2005)
62. Bob Marley & the Wailers Legend (compilation: 1973-83, released 1984)
63. Dave Brubeck Time Out (1959)
64. Neil Young Greatest Hits (compilation: 1969-92, released 2004)
65. Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
66. Al Green Greatest Hits (compilation: 1971-73, released 1975)
67. Metallica Metallica (aka “The Black Album”) (1991)
68. The Clash Coda (Soundtrack from the Apple Original Film) (2021)
69. Stevie Wonder # 1’s (compilation: 1962-2005, released 2007)
70. The National Boxer (2007)
71. David Bowie ChangesBowie (compilation: 1969-90, released 1990)
72. Johnny Cash The Essential (compilation: 1954-93, released 2002)
73. Mavis Staples If All I Was Was Black (2017)
74. Radiohead The Bends (1995)
75. Various artists (Bee Gees et al) Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack, 1977)
76. Nirvana MTV Unplugged in New York (recorded live 1993, released 1994)
77. De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
78. Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction (1987)
79. OutKast Stankonia (2000)
80. R.E.M. Murmur (1983)
81. The Killers Hot Fuss (2004)
82. Miles Davis Bitches Brew (1970)
83. AC/DC Back in Black (1980)
84. Elvis Presley Elvis Presley (aka Rock ‘N’ Roll) (1956)
85. Beck Odelay (1996)
86. Steely Dan Aja (1977)
87. Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman (1988)
88. Pearl Jam Ten (1991)
89. The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet (1968)
90. The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
91. Billie Holiday Lady Sings the Blues (1956)
92. Dr. Dre The Chronic (1992)
93. Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
94. Led Zeppelin In Through the Out Door (1979)
95. The Allman Brothers At Fillmore East (live, 1971)
96. David Bowie Heroes (1977)
97. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Déjà Vu (1970)
98. The Cure Disintegration (1989)
99. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II (1969)
100. Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
101. Blur Parklife (1994)
102. Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac (1975)
103. Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill (1986)
104. Patti Smith Horses (1975)
105. The Cars The Cars (1978)
106. Foo Fighters Foo Fighters (1995)
107. The Band Music from Big Pink (1968)
108. Curtis Mayfield Superfly (soundtrack, 1972)
109. Boston Boston (1976)
110. The MC5 Kick Out the Jams (1968)
111. Otis Redding Otis Blue (1965)
112. Joni Mitchell Court and Spark (1974)
113. Queen News of the World (1977)
114. Kendrick Lamar Good Kid m.A.A.d. City (2012)
115. John Coltrane A Love Supreme (1965)
116. U2 War (1983)
117. The Beatles Revolver (1966)
118. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five The Message (1982)
119. Dolly Parton Coat of Many Colors (1971)
120. Ike & Tina Turner River Deep, Mountain High (1966)
121. Cream Disraeli Gears (1967)
122. Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo’s Factory (1970)
123. Fiona Apple Tidal (1996)
124. Devo Freedom of Choice (1980)
125. Nina Simone I Put a Spell on You (1965)
126. Black Sabbath Paranoid (1970) *
127. Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream (1993)
128. The Runaways The Runaways (1976)
129. Janis Joplin Pearl (1971)
130. Rush Moving Pictures (1981)
131. The Smiths Hatful of Hollow (1984)
132. The Doors Strange Days (1967)
133. Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell (1986)
134. Peter Gabriel So (1986)
135. Velvet Underground Loaded (1970)
136. Phoebe Bridgers Punisher (2020)
137. Daft Punk Discovery (2001)
138. Jane's Addiction Nothing's Shocking (1988)
139. The Cure Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987)
140. New Order Power, Corruption and Lies (1983)
141. Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
142. Dire Straits Brothers in Arms (1985)
143. John Lennon Imagine (1971)
144. David Bowie Hunky Dory (1971)
145. U2 Achtung Baby (1991)
146. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Damn the Torpedoes (1979)
147. The Beatles The Beatles (aka “The White Album”) (1968)
148. The Replacements Let It Be (1984)
149. Brandi Carlile The Story (2007)
150. Bill Withers Just As I Am (1971)
151. Ramones Ramones (1976)
152. Derek and the Dominos Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
153. R.E.M. Out of Time (1991)
154. Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis (1969)
155. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland (1968)
156. Aretha Franklin Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
157. Queens of the Stone Age Songs for the Deaf (2002)
158. The Who Quadrophenia (1973)
159. Stevie Nicks Bella Donna (1981)
160. Curtis Mayfield Curtis (1970)
161. Madonna Madonna (1983)
162. A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders (1993)
163. LCD Soundsystem LCD Soundsystem (2005)
164. Bright Eyes I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)
165. Queen Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
166. Coldplay Parachutes (2000)
167. Garbage Garbage (1995)
168. Neil Young After the Gold Rush (1970)
169. Elvis Costello & The Attractions This Year’s Model (1978)
170. Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
171. Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline (1969)
172. Lana Del Rey Ultraviolence (2014)
173. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III (1970)
174. Missy Elliott Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
175. U2 The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
176. Cyndi Lauper She’s So Unusual (1983)
177. Jackson Browne Running on Empty (1977)
178. The Beach Boys Smiley Smile (1967)
179. Robert Johnson King of the Delta Blues Singers (archives: 1936-37, released 1961)
180. Janet Jackson Control (1986)
181. Van Morrison Astral Weeks (1968)
182. Johnny Cash I Walk the Line (1964)
183. Depeche Mode Songs of Faith and Devotion (1993)
184. John Coltrane Giant Steps (1960)
185. The Byrds Sweetheart of the Rodeo (1968)
186. Various Artists (Jimmy Cliff et al) The Harder They Come (soundtrack, 1972)
187. Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here (1975)
188. Michael Jackson Bad (1987)
189. George Harrison All Things Must Pass (1970)
190. OutKast Aquemini (1998)
191. Pretenders Pretenders (1979)
192. The Grateful Dead American Beauty (1970)
193. Al Green Call Me (1973)
194. The Smiths The Smiths (1984)
195. PJ Harvey Rid of Me (1993)
196. Charles Mingus Ah Um (1959)
197. Joni Mitchell Hejira (1976)
198. Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
199. Dixie Chicks Wide Open Spaces (1998)
200. Harry Belafonte Jump Up Calypso (1961)
201. Beyoncé Beyoncé (2013)
202. New Order Substance (compilation: 1981-87, released 1987)
203. Radiohead Hail to the Thief (2003)
204. David Bowie Station to Station (1976)
205. Beck Mellow Gold (1993)
206. Jay-Z The Black Album (2003)
207. The Doors The Doors (1967)
208. Elvis Costello & The Attractions Imperial Bedroom (1982)
209. MGMT Congratulations (2010)
210. Parliament Mothership Connection (1975)
211. Jane’s Addiction Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)
212. Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)
213. Sly & the Family Stone There’s a Riot Goin’ On (1971)
214. Erykah Badu Baduizm (1997)
215. R.E.M. Document (1987)
216. Nick Drake Pink Moon (1972)
217. The National High Violet (2010)
218. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Stranger in Town (1978)
219. Television Marquee Moon (1977)
220. Soundgarden Superunknown (1994)
221. New Order Brotherhood (1986)
222. Toots & The Maytals Funky Kingston (1973)
223. Haim Women In Music Pt. III (2020)
224. Black Sabbath Black Sabbath (1970)
225. Sinéad O’Connor I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got (1990)
226. Depeche Mode Music for the Masses (1987)
227. Frank Ocean Blond (2016)
228. The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
229. John Coltrane Blue Train (1957)
230. T-Rex Electric Warrior (1971)
231. Elliott Smith XO (1998)
232. The Go-Go’s Beauty and the Beat (1981)
233. Patti Smith Easter (1978)
234. Björk Debut (1993)
235. The Black Keys El Camino (2011)
236. The Postal Service Give Up (2003)
237. Kraftwerk Die Mensch Maschine (The Man Machine) (1978)
238. Tom Petty Full Moon Fever (1989)
239. Donna Summer Bad Girls (1979)
240. Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue (1998)
241. James Brown Live at the Apollo Volume 1 (live, 1962)
242. Cat Stevens Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
243. Nirvana Bleach (1989)
244. Beyoncé Lemonade (2016)
245. Deep Purple Machine Head (1972)
246. Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape (1997)
247. Alicia Keys Songs in A Minor (2001)
248. Neil Young & Crazy Horse Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
249. Garbage Version 2.0 (1998)
250. N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton (1989)
251. Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
252. Billie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
253. Los Lobos Kiko (1992)
254. Elvis Costello & the Attractions Armed Forces (1979)
255. Alice in Chains Dirt (1992)
256. The Clash Sandinista! (1980)
257. David Bowie Diamond Dogs (1974)
258. PJ Harvey Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)
259. The Kinks Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
260. Pavement Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
261. Hüsker Dü Warehouse: Songs and Stories (1987)
262. Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues (2011)
263. Willie Nelson Red Headed Stranger (1975)
264. Simon & Garfunkel Sounds of Silence (1966)
265. Funkadelic One Nation Under a Groove (1978)
266. Indigo Girls Rites of Passage (1992)
267. R.E.M. Green (1988)
268. Grateful Dead Workingman’s Dead (1970)
269. Tupac Shakur (2pac) All Eyez on Me (1996)
270. Gary Clark Jr. This Land (2019)
271. Radiohead Kid A (2000)
272. The Byrds Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
273. Lou Reed Transformer (1972)
274. The Fugees The Score (1996)
275. Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
276. Etta James At Last (1961)
277. Madonna Like a Virgin (1984)
278. Mumford & Sons Sigh No More (2009)
279. Gil Scott-Heron The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1972)
280. Stone Temple Pilots Core (1992)
281. Van Morrison Moondance (1970)
282. Beck Sea Change (2002)
283. Sonic Youth Goo (1990)
284. Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy (1973)
285. Yazoo Upstairs at Eric’s (1982)
286. Peter Gabriel Us (1992)
287. Bruce Springsteen The River (1980)
288. Run The Jewels Run the Jewels 4 (RTJ4) (2020)
289. The Who Sell Out (1967)
290. The Band The Band (1969)
291. A Tribe Called Quest People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990)
292. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit The Nashville Sound (2017)
293. Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
294. Gram Parsons Grievous Angel (1974)
295. John Prine John Prine (1971)
296. Frank Ocean Channel Orange (2012)
297. Simon & Garfunkel Bookends (1968)
298. Annie Lennox Diva (1992)
299. Wilco Summer Teeth (1999)
300. U2 Rattle and Hum (live/studio soundtrack, 1988)
301. Big Brother & the Holding Company Cheap Thrills (1968)
302. Lou Reed New York (1989)
303. The Decemberists Picaresque (2005)
304. Pearl Jam Vs. (1993)
305. Van Halen Van Halen II (1979)
306. Michael Jackson Off the Wall (1979)
307. The Replacements Tim (1985)
308. Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral (1994)
309. The Smiths The Queen Is Dead (1986)
310. Low The Great Destroyer (2005)
311. Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls (2012)
312. Jeff Buckley Grace (1994)
313. Paul McCartney & Wings Band on the Run (1973)
314. Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine (1989)
315. Elton John Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
316. The Black Keys Brothers (2010)
317. The Who Who’s Next (1971)
318. Tori Amos Under the Pink (1994)
319. The Doors L.A. Woman (1971)
320. Beastie Boys Ill Communication (1994)
321. Van Halen 1984 (1984)
322. Various Artists O Brother Where Art Thou (soundtrack, 2000)
323. The Police Outlandos D’Amour (1978)
324. Snoop Doggy Dogg Doggystyle (1993)
325. Harry Nilsson Nilsson Schmilsson (1972)
326. Janelle Monáe Dirty Computer (2018)
327. The Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965)
328. Death Cab for Cutie Plans (2005)
329. Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
330. R.E.M. Life’s Rich Pageant (1986)
331. The Beatles Let It Be (1970)
332. The Replacements Pleased to Meet Me (1987)
333. Maggie Rogers Heard It In A Past Life (2019)
334. Heart Dreamboat Annie (1975)
335. Frogpond Count To Ten (1996)
336. Tears for Fears Songs from the Big Chair (1985)
337. The Shins Oh, Inverted World (2001)
338. Gang of Four Entertainment! (1979)
339. Depeche Mode Violator (1990)
340. LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening (2010)
341. John Lennon Plastic Ono Band (1970)
342. Linda Ronstadt Heart Like a Wheel (1975)
343. The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die (1994)
344. Moby Play (1999)
345. James Brown Sex Machine (live, 1970)
346. Belly Star (1993)
347. Uncle Tupelo No Depression (1990)
348. Arctic Monkeys AM (2013)
349. Devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (1978)
350. Melissa Etheridge Yes I Am (1993)
351. Stevie Ray Vaughn Texas Flood (1983)
352. Beck Guero (2005)
353. Jon Batiste We Are (2021)
354. Talking Heads More Songs about Buildings and Food (1978)
355. My Bloody Valentine Loveless (1991)
356. XTC Skylarking (1986)
357. Mumford & Sons Babel (2012)
358. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band Night Moves (1976)
359. Big Star #1 Record (1972)
360. Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers) (1993)
361. The Avett Brothers I and Love and You (2009)
362. Aerosmith Toys in the Attic (1975)
363. Eric B. & Rakim Paid in Full (1987)
364. Phoenix Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (2009)
365. David Bowie Aladdin Sane (1973)
366. Outkast ATLiens (1996)
367. The Replacements Hootenanny (1983)
368. Tame Impala Lonerism (2012)
369. Miles Davis In a Silent Way (1969)
370. The Stooges The Stooges (1969)
371. Indigo Girls Swamp Ophelia (1994)
372. The Bangles Different Light (1986)
373. The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
374. Bruce Springsteen Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)
375. Social Distortion Social Distortion (1990)
376. Brandi Carlile By The Way, I Forgive You (2018)
377. New York Dolls New York Dolls (1973)
378. Concrete Blonde Bloodletting (1990)
379. Metallica Master of Puppets (1986)
380. Spoon Kill the Moonlight (2002)
381. Bette Midler The Divine Miss M (1073)
382. The Staple Singers Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972)
383. Pixies Surfer Rosa (1988)
384. The Greeting Committee This Is It (2018)
385. The Cars Candy-O (1979)
386. Massive Attack Mezzanine (1998)
387. Bonnie Raitt Nick of Time (1989)
388. Sufjan Stevens Illinois (2005)
389. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin I (1969)
390. Cypress Hill Black Sunday (1993)
391. Kraftwerk Computerwelt (Computer World) (1981)
392. Hozier Hozier (2014)
393. Prince Prince (1979)
394. Sublime Sublime (1996)
395. Gorillaz Gorillaz (2001)
396. Pink Floyd Animals (1977)
397. Taylor Swift Folklore (2020)
398. Supertramp Breakfast in America (1979)
399. The Breeders Last Splash (1993)
400. Talking Heads Remain in Light (1980)
401. Lorde Pure Heroine (2013)
402. The B-52s The B-52s (1979)
403. Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West (1997)
404. Duran Duran Rio (1982)
405. Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007)
406. Neil Young Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
407. The Waterboys This Is the Sea (1985)
408. Alicia Keys The Diary of… (2003)
409. Paul & Linda McCartney Ram (1971)
410. Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995)
411. Fiona Apple Extraordinary Machine (2005)
412. Kendrick Lamar Damn. (2017)
413. Little Richard Here’s Little Richard (1957)
414. Nirvana In Utero (1993)
415. Talking Heads Stop Making Sense (live soundtrack, recorded 1983, released 1984)
416. Abba Gold: Greatest Hits (compilation: 1974-82, released 1992)
417. Ani DiFranco Little Plastic Castle (1998)
418. U2 Boy (1980)
419. Wilco Sky Blue Sky (2007)
420. D’Angelo & the Vanguard Black Messiah (2014)
421. Elvis Presley The Sun Sessions (archives, recorded 1954-55, released 1976)
422. Iggy Pop Lust for Life (1977)
423. The Smashing Pumpkins Gish (1991)
424. R.E.M. Reckoning (1984)
425. Peter Frampton Frampton Comes Alive! (live, recorded 1975, released 1976)
426. The White Stripes Elephant (2003)
427. Michael Kiwanuka Love & Hate (2016)
428. The Allman Brothers Band Eat a Peach (1972)
429. Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine (1992)
430. The Cure Boys Don’t Cry (1980)
431. Lynyrd Skynyrd Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd (1973)
432. Portishead Dummy (1994)
433. The Smiths Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)
434. The Strokes Is This It (2001)
435. Adele 21 (2011)
436. Paul Simon Graceland (1986)
437. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
438. Meat Loaf Bat Out of Hell (1977)
439. Tame Impala InnerSpeaker (2010)
440. Morphine Cure for Pain (1993)
441. Bruce Springsteen The Wild, the Innocent, & the E Street Shuffle (1973)
442. Violent Femmes Violent Femmes (1983)
443. Iron & Wine Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)
444. Olivia Rodrigo Sour (2021)
445. Dr. Dre 2001 (1999)
446. Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues (1983)
447. Tegan & Sara So Jealous (2004)
448. Chance The Rapper Coloring Book (2016)
449. Willie Nelson Stardust (1978)
450. Fiona Apple When The Pawn... (1999)
451. Gary Numan The Pleasure Principle (1979)
452. Roxy Music Avalon (1982)
453. Oasis Definitely Maybe (1994)
454. Elvis Costello My Aim Is True (1977)
455. Florence + the Machine Lungs (2009)
456. Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)
457. Elvis Costello King of America (1986)
458. Jay-Z The Blueprint (2001)
459. Daft Punk Random Access Memories (2013)
460. The Get Up Kids Something to Write Home About (1999)
461. Bob Dylan Desire (1976)
462. The Smiths Meat is Murder (1985)
463. Hole Live Through This (1994)
464. David Bowie Low (1977)
465. New Order Low-Life (1985)
466. MGMT Oracular Spectacular (2008)
467. The Decemberists The King Is Dead (2011)
468. Blind Melon Blind Melon (1992)
469. Queensrÿche Operation: Mindcrime (1988)
470. Katy Guillen & The Drive Dream Girl (2020)
471. Wilco A.M. (1995)
472. The Specials The Specials (1979)
473. Sade Diamond Life (1984)
474. M.I.A. Arular (2005)
475. The Cranberries Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)
476. Leonard Cohen Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967)
477. Rilo Kiley More Adventurous (2004)
478. The Greeting Committee It’s Not All That Bad (EP, 2015)
479. The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat (1967)
480. Liz Phair Exile in Guyville (1993)
481. Joy Division Closer (1980)
482. Ben Folds Five Whatever and Ever Amen (1997)
483. Paul McCartney & Wings At the Speed of Sound (1976)
484. My Morning Jacket It Still Moves (2003)
485. R.E.M. Monster (1994)
486. The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night (soundtrack, 1964)
487. Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)
488. Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism (2003)
489. Janelle Monáe The Arch Android (2010)
490. Neil Young Harvest Moon (1992)
491. James Taylor Sweet Baby James (1970)
492. The Waterboys Fisherman’s Blues (1988)
493. Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
494. Arrested Development 3 Years, 5 Months, & 2 Days in the Life of… (1992)
495. Echo & the Bunnymen Ocean Rain (1984)
496. Spoon Gimme Fiction (2005)
497. Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour (2018)
498. various artists Barbie The Album (soundtrack, 2023)
499. The Stone Roses The Stone Roses (1989)
500. Cheap Trick At Budokan (live: recorded 1978, released 1979)
501. Regina Spektor Begin to Hope (2006)
502. Son Volt Trace (1995)
503. Loretta Lynn Coal Miner’s Daughter (1971)
504. Traveling Wilburys Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988)
505. Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
506. Radiohead In Rainbows (2007)
507. Queens of the Stone Age ...Like Clockwork (2013)
508. Taylor Swift 1989 (2014)
509. Elliott Smith Either/Or (1997)
510. AC/DC Highway to Hell (1979)
511. INXS Kick (1987)
512. Soul Coughing Irresistible Bliss (1996)
513. Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
514. 10,000 Maniacs In My Tribe (1987)
515. My Chemical Romance The Black Parade (2006)
516. First Aid Kit The Lion’s Roar (2012)
517. Tori Amos Little Earthquakes (1992)
518. Hüsker Dü New Day Rising (1985)
519. The Shins Chutes Too Narrow (2003)
520. Ultimate Fakebook This Will Be Laughing Week (1999)
521. The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (1971)
522. Tom Waits Swordfishtrombones (1983)
523. Kevin Morby This Is a Photograph (2022)
524. PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love (1995)
525. The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man (1965)
526. Prince Controversy (1981)
527. Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever to Tell (2003)
528. The National Trouble Will Find Me (2013)
529. Black Crowes Shake Your Money Maker (1990)
530. Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
531. Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica (2000)
532. Radiohead Pablo Honey (1993)
533. Big Country The Crossing (1983)
534. Beck Colors (2017)
535. Air Moon Safari (1998)
536. Bad Company Straight Shooter (1975)
537. XTC English Settlement (1982)
538. Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes (2008)
539. The Stooges Raw Power (1973)
540. Sarah McLachlan Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)
541. Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti (1975)
542. Dire Straits Making Movies (1980)
543. Gorillaz Demon Days (2005)
544. Counting Crows August and Everything After (1993)
545. Alabama Shakes Sound & Color (2015)
546. Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire (1996)
547. T. Rex The Slider (1972)
548. Fugazi 13 Songs (1990)
549. George Michael Faith (1987)
550. Björk Post (1995)
551. Eagles Hotel California (1976)
552. Tom Waits Small Change (1977)
553. Wet Leg Wet Leg (2022)
554. DJ Shadow Endtroducing… (1996)
555. The Church Starfish (1988)
556. The Avalanches Since I Left You (2000)
557. Soundgarden Badmotorfinger (1991)
558. Cocteau Twins Heaven Or Las Vegas (1990)
559. The Who Tommy (1969)
560. Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C. (1984)
561. TV on the Radio Dear Science (2008)
562. Shiner The Egg (2001)
563. Sunny Day Real Estate Diary (1994)
564. The War on Drugs Lost In the Dream (2014)
565. The Cult Love (1985)
566. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Give the People What They Want (2013)
567. Tom Petty Wildflowers (1994)
568. Brandi Carlile Give Up the Ghost (2009)
569. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Ella and Louis (1957)
570. Dave Matthews Band Under the Table and Dreaming (1994)
571. Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962) / Modern Sounds in Country and Wester Music Vol. 2 (1962)
572. The Police The Police Ghost in the Machine (1981)
573. Belle and Sebastian Dear Catastrophe Waitress (2003)
574. Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
575. alt-J An Awesome Wave (2012)
576. Judas Priest British Steel (1980)
577. The Police Reggatta De Blanc (1979)
578. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Up from Below (2010)
579. Jack White Lazaretto (2014)
580. Pixies Trompe le Monde (1991)
581. Kiss Destroyer (1976)
582. Weezer Weezer (Green Album) (2001)
583. Lucius Wildewoman (2013)
584. Pearl Jam Vitalogy (1994)
585. Rush Permanent Waves (1980)
586. The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
587. Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 (2009)
588. Sheryl Crow Tuesday Night Music Club (1993)
589. Kate Bush Hounds of Love (1985)
590. Kraftwerk Autobahn (1974)
591. Brian Eno Here Come the Warm Jets (1974)
592. Feist The Reminder (2007)
593. Michael Kiwanuka Kiwanuka (2019)
594. The Afghan Whigs Gentlemen (1993)
595. Taylor Swift Evermore (2020)
596. My Morning Jacket Z (2005)
597. Making Movies I Am Another You (2017)
598. The Verve Urban Hymns (1997)
599. Prince Batman (soundtrack, 1989)
600. Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
601. Frank Sinatra In the Wee Small Hours (1955)
602. The White Stripes White Blood Cells (2001)
603. Vampire Weekend Father of the Bride (2019)
604. The Rainmakers The Rainmakers (1986)
605. The New Pornographers Twin Cinema (2005)
606. Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
607. Cracker Kerosene Hat (1993)
608. Traffic The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys (1971)
609. Rush 2112 (1976)
610. Red Hot Chili Peppers By the Way (2002)
611. Robyn Body Talk (2010)
612. Various Artists Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
613. Bob Marley & The Wailers Bob Marley (year?)
614. Metric Fantasies (2009)
615. Tears for Fears Elemental (1993)
616. Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy (1985)
617. Talking Heads 77 (1977)
618. Ramones Rocket to Russia (1977)
619. The Decemberists The Crane Wife (2006)
620. Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (2007)
621. No Doubt Tragic Kingdom (1995)
622. The Beatles Help! (1965)
623. Coldplay X & Y (2005)
624. The Avett Brothers The Carpenter (2012)
625. Soul Coughing Ruby Vroom (1994)
626. Bob Mould Workbook (1989)
627. The Who Live at Leeds (live, 1970)
628. Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002)
629. Haim Days Are Gone (2013)
630. The Cure The Head on the Door (1985)
631. Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)
632. Taylor Swift Midnights (2022)
633. Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006)
634. Spoon They Want My Soul (2014)
635. Fatboy Slim You've Come a Long Way, Baby (1988)
636. Linkin Park Hybrid Theory (2000)
637. Green Day American Idiot (2004)
638. St. Vincent Masseducation (2017)
639. Stone Temple Pilots Purple (1994)
640. Hüsker Dü Candy Apple Grey (1986)
641. Big Star Radio City (1974)
642. Mos Def Black on Both Sides (1999)
643. Childish Gambino Awaken, My Love! (2016)
644. The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin (1999)
645. Sublime 40 oz. to Freedom (1992)
646. The White Stripes De Stijl
647. Ani DiFranco Not a Pretty Girl (1995)
648. X Los Angeles (1980)
649. The Stooges Fun House (1970)
650. Hot Chip The Warning (2006)
651. Lana Del Rey Born to Die (2012)
652. Matthew Sweet 100% Fun (1995)
653. Talking Heads Little Creatures (1985)
654. Kraftwerk Trans-Europa Express (Trans Europe Express) (1977)
655. LCD Soundsystem Sound of Silver (2007)
656. David Bowie Blackstar (2016)
657. Sugar Copper Blue (1992)
658. Grateful Dead Europe '72 (live, 1972)
659. Modest Mouse Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)
660. Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
661. David Bowie Let’s Dance (1983)
662. Todd Rundgren Something/Anything? (1972)
663. SZA SOS (2022)
664. The Gaslight Anthem The ’59 Sound (2008)
665. Cage the Elephant Melophobia (2013)
666. Digable Planets Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) (1993)
667. Electric Light Orchestra Time (1981)
668. Billy Joel The Stranger (1977)
669. D’Angelo Voodoo (2000)
670. Hembree House on Fire (2019)
671. Spiritualized Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)
672. Steely Dan The Royal Scam
673. Vampire Weekend Vampire Weekend (2008)
674. Beastie Boys Hello Nasty (1998)
675. The Pogues If I Should Fall from Grace with God (1988)
676. Tammy Wynette Stand By Your Man (1969)
677. Def Leppard Hysteria (1987)
678. Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)
679. Adele 25 (2015)
680. The Jayhawks Tomorrow the Green Grass (1995)
681. Elvis Costello & the Attractions Get Happy!! (1980)
682. Wilco A Ghost Is Born (2004)
683. Bon Iver Bon Iver (2011)
684. Daft Punk Homework (1997)
685. The Rolling Stones Some Girls (1978)
686. Low Things We Lost in the Fire (2001)
687. Muse Black Holes & Revelations (2006)
688. The XX I See You (2017)
689. Richard & Linda Thompson Shoot Out the Lights (1982)
690. The Shins Wincing the Night Away (2007)
691. Chvrches The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
692. The Roots Things Fall Apart (1999)
693. Tom Waits Rain Dogs (1985)
694. Elton John Honky Château (1972)
695. Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind (1997)
696. David Gray White Ladder (2000)
697. Leon Bridges Coming Home (2015)
698. Tori Amos Boys for Pele (1996)
699. Waxahatchee Saint Cloud (2020)
700. Madvillain Madvillainy (2004)
701. Teenage Fanclub Bandwagonesque (1991)
702. Sonic Youth Daydream Nation (1988)
703. Black Sabbath Master of Reality (1971)
704. The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs (1999)
705. Rufus Wainwright Poses (2001)
706. Mitski Be the Cowboy (2018)
707. Soul Asylum Grave Dancers Union (1992)
708. Bruce Springsteen Nebraska (1982)
709. Warren Zevon Excitable Boy (1978)
710. Damien Rice O (2003)
711. M83 Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (2011)
712. Alice In Chains Jar of Flies (1994)
713. Björk Homogenic (1997)
714. Indigo Girls Indigo Girls (1989)
715. Jimmy Eat World Bleed American (2001)
716. Lana Del Rey Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019)
717. Nick Drake Bryter Layter (1970)
718. Idles Ultra Mono (2020)
719. Season to Risk Season to Risk (1993)
720. Aimee Mann Bachelor No. 2 (Or, the Last Remains of the Dodo) (2000)
721. Poliça Give You the Ghost (2012)
722. Dinosaur Jr. You’re Living All Over Me (1987)
723. The Rolling Stones Tattoo You (1981)
724. Matthew Sweet Girlfriend (1991)
725. The Hold Steady Boys and Girls in America (2006)
726. Angel Olsen My Woman (2016)
727. Poe Hello (1995)
728. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold As Love (1967)
729. Pulp Different Class (1995)
730. The Avett Brothers Emotionalism (2007)
731. Bleachers Strange Desire (2014)
732. Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
733. Rancid …And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
734. TV on the Radio Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
735. Iron Maiden The Number of the Beast (1982)
736. Cowboy Junkies The Trinity Session (1988)
737. Beck Mutations (1998)
738. Elliott Smith Figure 8 (2000)
739. Lorde Melodrama (2017)
740. Jethro Tull Aqualung (1971)
741. Billy Bragg Worker’s Playtime (1988)
742. Elton John Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
743. The Cranberries No Need to Argue (1994)
744. Gillian Welch Time (The Revelator) (2001)
745. Father John Misty Fear Fun (2012)
746. Katy Guillen & The Drive Another One Gained (2022)
747. CAKE Fashion Nugget (1996)
748. The Sundays Blind (1992)
749. Krystle Warren & The Faculty Love Songs: A Time You May Embrace (2012)
750. Prince Dirty Mind (1980)
751. Joe Jackson Look Sharp! (1979)
752. R.E.M. New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)
753. Ween Chocolate & Cheese (1994)
754. Radiohead Amnesiac (2001)
755. SZA Ctrl (2017)
756. Elbow Build a Rocket Boys! (2011)
757. Pete Yorn Music for the Morning After (2001)
758. Making Movies A La Deriva (2013)
759. The Jam All Mod Cons (1978)
760. Cocteau Twins Treasure (1984)
761. The Undertones The Undertones (1979)
762. Olivia Rodrigo Guts (2023)
763. Morphine Yes (1995)
764. The National Alligator (2005)
765. Herbie Hancock Head Hunters (1973)
766. The Rolling Stones Emotional Rescue (1980)
767. Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication (1999)
768. Bright Eyes LIFTED or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)
769. Danielle Nicole Cry No More (2018)
770. They Might Be Giants Flood (1990)
771. The Dandy Warhols Thirteen Tales from Urban Bohemia (2000)
772. Brittany Howard Jaime (2019)
773. The English Beat I Just Can't Stop It (1980)
774. Fela Kuti Zombie (1977)
775. Live Throwing Copper (1994)
776. Neko Case Blacklisted (2002)
777. Fun. Some Nights (2012)
778. Tom Waits Mule Variations (1999)
779. Squeeze East Side Story (1981)
780. Silk Sonic An Evening With Silk Sonic (2021)
781. Belle & Sebastian If You’re Feeling Sinister (1996)
782. M.I.A. Kala (2007)
783. Lady Gaga Born This Way (2011)
784. Electric Light Orchestra Out of the Blue (1977)
785. Wilco Being There (1996)
786. The White Stripes Get Behind Me Satan (2005)
787. Built to Spill Keep It Like a Secret (1998)
788. Motörhead Ace of Spades (1980)
789. Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles (1999)
790. The XX XX (2009)
791. Florence + the Machine Ceremonials (2011)
792. Billie Eilish Happier Than Ever (2021)
793. JAY-Z Vol.2... Hard Knock Life (1998)
794. Arctic Monkeys Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
795. Lizzo Cuz I Love You (2019)
796. The Police Synchronicity (1983)
797. The Kinks Something Else (1967)
798. Beck Midnite Vultures (1999)
799. The Mountain Goats The Sunset Tree (2005)
800. Foo Fighters Wasting Light (2011)
801. The Flying Burrito Brothers The Gilded Palace of Sin (1969)
802. XTC Black Sea (1980)
803. Weezer Pinkerton (1996)
804. Manchester Orchestra A Black Mile to the Surface (2017)
805. Sade Lovers Rock (2000)
806. Tame Impala Currents (2015)
807. Joy Division Unknown Pleasures (1979)
808. The Strokes The New Abnormal (2020)
809. Babes In Toyland Fontanelle (1992)
810. Neil Young On the Beach (1974)
811. Depeche Mode Black Celebration (1986)
812. Lenny Kravitz Mama Said (1991)
813. Kings of Leon Only by the Night (2008)
814. Trampled By Turtles Palomino (2010)
815. David Bowie Young Americans (1975)
816. Dave Matthews Band Crash (1996)
817. Andrew Bird Armchair Apocrypha (2007)
818. Vampire Weekend Contra (2010)
819. Ani DiFranco Dilate (1996)
820. Hüsker Dü Flip Your Wig (1985)
821. The Wallflowers Bringing Down the Horse (1996)
822. Norah Jones Come Away with Me (2002)
823. St. Vincent St. Vincent (2014)
824. Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell (2015)
825. Uncle Tupelo Anodyne (1993)
826. The Freedom Affair Freedom Is Love (2020)
827. Sleater-Kinney Dig Me Out (1997)
828. Bloc Party Silent Alarm (2005)
829. Macklemore And Ryan Lewis The Heist (2012)
830. Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
831. Warren Zevon My Ride’s Here (2002)
832. Pavement Wowee Zowee (1995)
833. Ben Folds Rockin’ the Suburbs (2001)
834. Big Thief Capacity (2017)
835. The Black Crowes The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)
836. R.E.M. Fables of the Reconstruction
837. Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006)
838. The Black Keys Rubber Factory (2004)
839. Muse Absolution (2003)
840. The Flaming Lips Transmissions from the Satellite Heart (1993)
841. boygenius The Record (2023)
842. Lake Street Dive Bad Self Portraits (2014)
843. Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear Skeleton Crew (2015)
844. Laurie Anderson Big Science (1982)
845. Nick Drake Five Leaves Left (1969)
846. Andrew W.K. I Get Wet (2002)
847. k.d. lang Ingénue (1992)
848. Beastie Boys Check Your Head (1992)
849. The 1975 The 1975 (2013)
850. Ween The Mollusk (1997)
851. Pavement Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
852. Imogen Heap Speak for Yourself (2006)
853. The Strokes Room on Fire (2003)
854. Beach House Bloom (2012)
855. Beyoncé Cowboy Carter (2024)
856. Funkadelic Maggot Brain (1971)
857. Sylvan Esso Free Love (2020)
858. Massive Attack Blue Lines (1991)
859. The Grisly Hand Country Singles (2013)
860. U2 All That You Can’t Leave Behind (2000)
861. Avril Lavigne Let Go (2002)
862. Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins Rabbit Fur Coat (2006)
863. Maggie Rogers Don’t Forget Me (2024)
864. At the Drive-In Relationship of Command (2000)
865. Fontaines D.C. A Hero’s Death (2020)
866. Ha Ha Tonka Death of a Decade (2011)
867. The Beatles Please Please Me (1963)
868. Solange A Seat at the Table (2016)
869. Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand (2004)
870. Fountains Of Wayne Welcome Interstate Managers (2003)
871. Grimes Visions (2012)
872. Heidi Lynne Gluck Pony Show (2016)
873. Blink-182 Enema of the State (1999)
874. Broken Social Scene You Forgot It in People (2002)
875. Joanna Newsom Ys (2006)
876. Isaac Hayes Shaft (soundtrack, 1971)
877. St. Vincent Strange Mercy (2011)
878. Crowded House Woodface (1991)
879. Beck Morning Phase (2014)
880. Pearl Jam Yield (1998)
881. Harry Styles Harry’s House (2022)
882. Dead Kennedys Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980)
883. Kings of Leon Aha Shake Heartbreak (2004)
884. The Fratellis Costello Music (2006)
885. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Trout Mask Replica (1969)
886. Buzzcocks Singles Going Steady (compilation: 1977-79, released 1979)
887. Glass Animals Zaba (2014)
888. First Aid Kit Stay Gold (2014)
889. Cowboy Indian Bear Live Old, Die Young (2013)
890. Neko Case Middle Cyclone (2009)
891. Journey Escape (1981)
892. David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
893. The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers (recorded 1973, released 1976)
894. Jack White Blunderbuss (2012)
895. Katy Guillen & the Girls Heavy Days (2016)
896. Me Like Bees The Ides (2013)
897. Flogging Molly Drunken Lullabies (2010)
898. Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories Tails (1995)
899. Hum You'd Prefer an Astronaut (1995)
900. The Prodigy Fat of the Land (1997)
901. Frank Zappa Hot Rats (1969)
902. The Sundays Reading, Writing & Arithmetic (1990)
903. Radkey Green Room (2020)
904. The Head and the Heart The Head and the Heart (2011)
905. Feist Let It Die (2005)
906. Kevin Morby Oh My God (2019)
907. Paul Simon Rhythm of the Saints
908. Neil Young & Crazy Horse Zuma (1975)
909. Little Feat Dixie Chicken (1973)
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