One Hit Thunder is a podcast hosted by Chris Fafalios and Matt Kelly. Listeners were asked to vote on their favorite albums and then this top 100 list was presented as “The Thundred.”
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1. Weezer Weezer (aka “The Blue Album”) (1994)
2. The Beatles Revolver (1966)
3. Green Day Dookie (1994)
4. Weezer Pinkerton (1996)
5. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds (1966)
6. Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977)
7. The Get Up Kids Something to Write Home About (1999)
8. Jimmy Eat World Bleed American (2001)
9. Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (1995)
10. Blink-182 Enema of the State (1999)
11. Rancid And Out Come the Wolves (1995)
12. The Beatles Rubber Soul (1965)
13. Amy Winehouse Back to Black (2006)
14. NOFX Punk in Drublic (1994)
15. Counting Crows August and Everything After (1993)
16. Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
17. Prince & the Revolution Purple Rain (soundtrack, 1984)
18. Pearl Jam Ten (1991)
19. Eagles Hotel California (1976)
20. Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction (1987)
21. Saves the Day Stay Where You Are (2001)
22. Nirvana In Utero (1993)
23. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
24. Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
25. The Beatles Abbey Road (1969)
26. Bruce Springsteen Born to Run (1975)
27. Bad Religion Stranger Than Fiction (1994)
28. Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism (2003)
29. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
30. Def Leppard Hysteria (1987)
31. Kate Bush Hounds of Love (1985)
32. Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique (1989)
33. Ben Folds Rockin’ the Suburbs (2001)
34. Metallica Master of Puppets (1986)
35. NOFX The Decline (1999)
36. Cyndi Lauper She’s So Unusual (1983)
37. Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
38. Jimmy Eat World Clarity (1999)
39. Radiohead OK Computer (1997)
40. Oasis Definitely Maybe (1994)
41. AC/DC Back in Black (1980)
42. Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
43. Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
44. Beyoncé Lemonade (2016)
45. The Clash London Calling (1979)
46. The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers (1971)
47. Pavement Brighten the Corners (1997)
48. Operation Ivy Energy (1989)
49. The Postal Service Give Up (2003)
50. The Who Who’s Next (1971)
51. Taylor Swift 1989 (2014) *
52. Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind (1997)
53. Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine (1992)
54. Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape (1997)
55. Tegan & Sara The Con (2007)
56. Tom Petty Full Moon Fever (1989)
57. The Strokes Is This It (2001)
58. Say Anything …Is a Real Boy (2004)
59. Radiohead The Bends (1995)
60. Tears for Fears Songs from the Big Chair (1985)
61. Ben Folds Five Whatever and Ever Amen (1997)
62. Gorillaz Demon Days (2005)
63. Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers) (1993)
64. Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral (1994)
65. Stevie Wonder Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
66. The Cars The Cars (1978)
67. Björk Post (1995)
68. Carole King Tapestry (1971)
69. That Dog Retreat from the Sun (1997)
70. Michael Jackson Thriller (1982)
71. David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
72. Frank Ocean Channel Orange (2012)
73. No Doubt Tragic Kingdom (1995)
74. Boston Boston (1976)
75. Van Halen 1984 (1984)
76. Peter Gabriel So (1986)
77. Paramore Riot! (2007)
78. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott Under Construction (2002)
79. The Cure Disintegration (1989)
80. Fiona Apple Tidal (1996)
81. R.E.M. Automatic for the People (1992)
82. TLC Crazy Sexy Cool (1994)
83. They Might Be Giants Lincoln (1988)
84. N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton (1989)
85. Huey Lewis & the News Sports (1983)
86. Queen A Night at the Opera (1975)
87. Bruce Springsteen Born in the U.S.A. (1984)
88. Boyz II Men II (1994)
89. Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks (1975)
90. The Weakerthans Left and Leaving (2000)
91. Eels Electro-Shock Blues (1998)
92. Bon Iver 22, A Million (2016)
93. Phoebe Bridgers Stranger in the Alps (2017)
94. Jellyfish Spilt Milk (1993)
95. The Streets Original Pirate Material (2002)
96. Green Day Insomniac (1995)
97. Piebald We Are the Only Friends That We Have (2002)
98. Ween Chocolate and Cheese (1994)
99. OutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003)
100. The Cranberries Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We? (1993)
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