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Monday, March 17, 2025

Alternative Rock: Top 100 Albums

Alternative Rock:

The Top 100 Albums

This list was created by aggregating 26 lists focused on alternative and indie rock. See links after the list.

Check out other best-of-genre/category lists here.

1. Radiohead OK Computer (1997)
2. Pavement Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
3. My Bloody Valentine Loveless (1991)
4. Sonic Youth Daydream Nation (1988)
5. Pixies Surfer Rosa (1988)
6. Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
7. The Pixies Doolittle (1989)
8. Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream (1993)
9. Beck Odelay (1996)
10. The Replacements Let It Be (1984)

11. Liz Phair Exile in Guyville (1993)
12. Oasis (What’s the Story) Morning Glory (1995)
13. R.E.M. Murmur (1983)
14. The Smiths The Queen Is Dead (1986)
15. The Stone Roses The Stone Roses (1989)
16. Dinosaur Jr. You’re Living All Over Me (1987)
17. Hüsker Dü New Day Rising (1985)
18. Guided by Voices Bee Thousand (1994)
19. Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral (1994)
20. Radiohead Kid A (2000)

21. Hüsker Dü Zen Arcade (1984)
22. Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
23. Soundgarden Superunknown (1994)
24. Blur Parklife (1994)
25. Joy Division Closer (1980)
26. Pearl Jam Ten (1991)
27. The Cure Disintegration (1989)
28. U2 The Joshua Tree (1987)
29. R.E.M. Automatic for the People (1992)
30. Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)

31. Radiohead The Bends (1995)
32. The Smiths The Smiths (1984)
33. Green Day Dookie (1994)
34. The Strokes Is This It (2001)
35. Elvis Costello & The Attractions This Year’s Model (1978)
36. Jeff Buckley Grace (1994)
37. Pulp Different Class (1995)
38. Slint Spiderland (1991)
39. Joy Division Unknown Pleasures (1979)
40. The Verve Urban Hymns (1997)

41. Red Hot Chili Peppers Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
42. Meat Puppets Meat Puppets II (1984)
43. Pavement Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
44. Björk Debut (1993)
45. Nirvana In Utero (1993)
46. U2 Achtung Baby (1991)
47. The Fall This Nation’s Saving Grace (1985)
48. Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2001)
49. Talking Heads Remain in Light (1980)
50. Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)

51. Arcade Fire Funeral (2004)
52. Belle & Sebastian If You’re Feeling Sinister (1996)
53. Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy (1985)
54. PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love (1995)
55. Primal Scream Screamadelica (1991)
56. Talking Heads More Songs about Buildings and Food (1978)
57. Violent Femmes Violent Femmes (1983)
58. Oasis Definitely Maybe (1994)
59. Portishead Dummy (1994)
60. New Order Power, Corruption and Lies (1983)

61. The White Stripes White Blood Cells (2001)
62. Sleater-Kinney Dig Me Out (1997)
63. Television Marquee Moon (1977)
64. The Clash London Calling (1979)
65. The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
66. Radiohead In Rainbows (2007)
67. Yo La Tengo I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One (1997)
68. Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
69. U2 War (1983)
70. Elliott Smith Either/Or (1997)

71. Elvis Costello & the Attractions Armed Forces (1979)
72. Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine (1992)
73. Gang of Four Entertainment! (1979)
74. Jane’s Addiction Nothing’s Shocking (1988)
75. Alice in Chains Dirt (1992)
76. Weezer Weezer (aka “The Blue Album”) (1994)
77. Wire Pink Flag (1977)
78. Blondie Parallel Lines (1978)
79. R.E.M. Document (1987)
80. Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible (1994)

81. The Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
82. Tori Amos Little Earthquakes (1992)
83. Pretenders Pretenders (1980)
84. The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs (1999)
85. Devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (1978)
86. Elvis Costello My Aim Is True (1977)
87. Patti Smith Horses (1975)
88. New Order Substance (compilation: 1981-87, released 1987)
89. David Bowie Low (1977)
90. Nine Inch Nails Pretty Hate Machine (1989)

91. Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill (1995)
92. The Feelies Crazy Rhythms (1980)
93. Sonic Youth Sister (1987)
94. Jane’s Addiction Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)
95. Depeche Mode Violator (1990)
96. Interpol Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
97. Teenage Fanclub Bandwagonesque (charted 1991)
98. The Cure Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987)
99. Mission of Burma Vs. (1982)
100. Public Image Ltd. Metal Box (aka “Second Edition”) (1979)

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First posted 5/10/2013; last updated 3/17/2025.

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Sunday, December 6, 2020

Spin’s 100 Greatest Albums

First posted 4/30/2010; updated 12/10/2020.

Spin:

Top 100 Albums

This is an aggregate of eight best-of lists from Spin magazine (details at bottom of page). The magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr. It stopped producing print issues in 2012, but continues to run as an online magazine. The focus is on less mainstream fare, including alternative rock, alternative country, college rock, electronica, grunge, hip-hop, new wave, punk, reggae, and world music.

Also, check out Spin’s annual picks for album of the year. You can also see other publications’ picks for best albums of all time here.

1. Public Enemy It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)
2. Ramones Ramones (1976)
3. Nirvana Nevermind (1991)
4. Prince Sign ‘O’ the Times (1987)
5. OutKast Stankonia (2000)
6. N.W.A. Straight Outta Compton (1989)
7. Hüsker Dü New Day Rising (1985)
8. Nirvana In Utero (1993)
9. Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream (1993)
10. Radiohead OK Computer (1997)

11. The Smiths The Queen Is Dead (1986)
12. Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
13. Joy Division Unknown Pleasures (1979)
14. Pavement Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
15. Sonic Youth Daydream Nation (1988)
16. PJ Harvey Rid of Me (1993)
17. Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction (1987)
18. De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
19. Radiohead Kid A (2000)
20. My Bloody Valentine Loveless (1991)

21. Black Flag Damaged (1981)
22. Minutemen Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)
23. Eric B. & Rakim Paid in Full (1987)
24. U2 Achtung Baby (1991)
25. Hole Live Through This (1994)
26. Pixies Surfer Rosa (1988)
27. Liz Phair Exile in Guyville (1993)
28. Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977)
29. Sleater-Kinney Dig Me Out (1997)
30. Fugazi 13 Songs (1990)

31. Green Day Dookie (1994)
32. Dr. Dre The Chronic (1992)
33. Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams (1988)
34. Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill (1986)
35. R.E.M. Automatic for the People (1992)
36. Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
37. Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles (1999)
38. Jesus and Mary Chain Psychocandy (1985)
39. A Tribe Called Quest The Low-End Theory (1991)
40. Boogie Down Productions Criminal Minded (1987)

41. Soundgarden Superunknown (1994)
42. Jeff Buckley Grace (1994)
43. The Pogues Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash (1985)
44. The Breeders Last Splash (1993)
45. Hüsker Dü Zen Arcade (1984)
46. R.E.M. Murmur (1983)
47. Wire Pink Flag (1977)
48. Run-D.M.C. Run-D.M.C. (1984)
49. Gang of Four Entertainment! (1979)
50. Buzzcocks Singles Going Steady (compilation: 1977-79, released 1979)

51. X-Ray Spex Germ-Free Adolescents (1978)
52. Beastie Boys Paul’s Boutique (1989)
53. Sinéad O’Connor The Lion and the Cobra (1987)
54. The Clash The Clash (1977)
55. The Stooges Fun House (1970)
56. Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral (1994)
57. Television Marquee Moon (1977)
58. Nas Illmatic (1994)
59. The Replacements Let It Be (1984)
60. The Replacements Tim (1985)

61. Beck Odelay (1996)
62. Public Image Ltd. Metal Box (aka “Second Edition”) (1979)
63. The Pixies Doolittle (1989)
64. Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
65. The Feelies Crazy Rhythms (1980)
66. Meat Puppets Meat Puppets II (1984)
67. New Order Low-Life (1985)
68. Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
69. Guided by Voices Bee Thousand (1994)
70. Pere Ubu The Modern Dance (1978)

71. U2 The Joshua Tree (1987)
72. The Stooges The Stooges (1969)
73. The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die (1994)
74. The Mekons Fear and Whiskey (1985)
75. Run-D.M.C. Raising Hell (1986)
76. The Cure The Head on the Door (1985)
77. Metallica Master of Puppets (1986)
78. Elliott Smith Either/Or (1997)
79. Dinosaur Jr. You’re Living All Over Me (1987)
80. Jay-Z The Blueprint (2001)

81. Pavement Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
82. Arcade Fire Funeral (2004)
83. The Descendents Milo Goes to College (1982)
84. Kanye West The College Dropout (2004)
85. Devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (1978)
86. Oasis Definitely Maybe (1994)
87. Flipper Album Generic (1982)
88. Björk Post (1995)
89. PJ Harvey Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)
90. Tricky Maxinquaye (1995)

91. Pulp Different Class (1995)
92. The Strokes Is This It (2001)
93. Portishead Dummy (1994)
94. The Fall This Nation’s Saving Grace (1985)
95. DJ Shadow Endtroducing… (1996)
96. Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
97. D’Angelo Voodoo (2000)
98. Belle & Sebastian If You’re Feeling Sinister (1996)
99. Beck Mellow Gold (1993)
100. Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Albums to Look Forward to in 2013

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Here are some of the major album releases for 2013. Check the “Resources and Related Links” at the bottom for even more complete lists. I am highlighting releases from major acts and those with at least one album in the DMDB’s top 1000 of all time.

  • Jan. 14: New Order Lost Sirens
  • Jan. 21: Adam Ant Adam Ant Is the Blueback Hussar in Marrying the Gunner’s Daughter
  • Jan. 29: Justin Bieber Believe Acoustic
  • Jan. 29: Andrea Bocelli Passione
  • Feb. 2: My Bloody Valentine MBV

    MBV - the first album in 22 years from My Bloody Valentine

  • Feb. 4: Josh Groban All That Echoes
  • Feb. 10: Tim McGraw Two Lanes of Freedom
  • Feb. 18: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Push the Sky Away
  • Feb. 25: Atoms for Peace (Thom Yorke, Red Hot Chili Pepper’s Flea, et al) Amok
  • Feb. 25: 50 Cent Street King Immortal
  • Feb. 25: Johnny Marr The Messenger
  • Feb. 26: Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell Old Yellow Moon
  • Mar. 4: Dido Girl Who Got Away
  • Mar. 4: Jimi Hendrix People, Hell and Angels
  • Mar. 4: Stereophonics Graffiti on the Train
  • Mar. 5: Boz Scaggs Memphis
  • Mar. 11: Bon Jovi What About Now
  • Mar. 12: David Bowie The Next Day

  • Mar. 12: Eric Clapton Old Socks
  • Mar. 15: Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience
  • Mar. 18: Suede Bloodsports
  • Mar. 18: Eric Woolfson Somewhere in the Audience
  • Mar. 19: Black Crowes Wiser for the Time (live album)
  • Mar. 19: will.i.am #willpower
  • Mar. 22: Depeche Mode Delta Machine
  • Mar. 25: Simple Minds (compilation)
  • Mar. 25: Wire Change Becomes Us
  • Mar. 26: Lil Wayne I Am Not a Human Being II
  • Mar. 26: The Strokes Comedown Machine

  • March: Mariah Carey – TBA
  • Apr. 1: The Flaming Lips The Terror
  • Apr. 2: New Kids on the Block 10
  • Apr. 2: Various Artists: The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver
  • Apr. 8: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark English Electric
  • Apr. 16: Fall Out Boy Save Rock and Roll
  • Apr. 22: Avril Lavigne Hello Candy
  • Apr. 23: Michael Bublé To Be Loved
  • Apr. 30: Iggy & the Stooges Ready to Die
  • April: Janet Jackson – TBA
  • May 7: Goo Goo Dolls Magnetic
  • May 7: Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City
  • May 27: John Fogerty Wrote a Song for Everyone

  • May: Daft Punk, Lady Gaga – TBA
  • June 11: Black Sabbath 13
The following acts are expected in 2013, but no release date has been announced:
  • AC/DC
  • Christina Aguilera
  • Alice in Chains The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
  • Backstreet Boys
  • Justin Bieber Believe 2.0
  • Jimmy Buffett
  • Deep Purple
  • Eminem
  • Nelly Furtado
  • Iron Maiden
  • Limp Bizkit
  • Jennifer Lopez
  • Megadeth
  • Nicki Minaj
  • Kylie Minogue
  • Motörhead
  • Pearl Jam
  • Katy Perry
  • Queens of the Stone Age
  • Sigur Rós
  • Britney Spears
  • The Vines

Black Sabbath will release 13, their first studio album with Ozzy Osbourne since 1978

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Sunday, March 19, 2006

Jim DeRogatis “The Great Albums”

Jim DeRogatis:

The Great Albums

From the jimdero.com website: “As the never-ending parade of pantheonic lists by MTV, VH1, and Rolling Stone magazine attests, the five-decade history of rock ’n’ roll has produced a canon of classics just like any other art form, from literature, to theater, to film. Inspired by my Chicago Sun-Times colleague and critical hero Roger Ebert, I launched this bi-weekly column in ‘Sunday Showcase’…as an in-depth forum for delving deep into the grooves of rock’s bonafide masterpieces, as well as for shedding light on some lesser-known efforts that deserve to be acknowledged for their genius. In introducing his ‘Great Movies’ column, Roger wrote, "One of the gifts one movie lover can give another is the title of a wonderful film they have not yet discovered." The same is true of music and the Great Albums--so tune in, turn it up, and read on.”

Check out other best-of album lists by individuals/critics here.

These are the articles from the series. Click on the dates before the album titles to see Jim’s original review. Click on the album title to see the DMDB page for the album.

  1. 9/23/2001: Derek and the Dominos Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
  2. 10/7/2001: James Brown Live at the Apollo Volume 1 (live, 1962)
  3. 10/21/2001: Nirvana In Utero (1993)
  4. 11/4/2001: The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed (1969)
  5. 11/18/2001: Jethro Tull Aqualung (1971)
  6. 12/2/2001: My Bloody Valentine Loveless (1991)
  7. 12/16/2001: The Beatles Revolver (1966)
  8. 1/13/2002: Patti Smith Easter (1978)
  9. 1/27/2002: Rush 2112 (1976)

  10. 2/10/2002: Ramones Mania (1988)
  11. 2/24/2002: R.E.M. Murmur (1983)
  12. 3/24/2002: Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
  13. 4/21/2002: The 13th Floor Elevators The Psychedlic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (1966)
  14. 6/2/2002: David Bowie Heroes (1977)
  15. 6/16/2002: X-Ray Spex Germfree Adolscents (1978)
  16. 6/30/2002: Supertramp Breakfast in America (1979)
  17. 7/14/2002: Bob Marley & the Wailers Confrontation (1983)
  18. 8/11/2002: The MC5 Kick Out the Jams (live, 1969)
  19. 8/25/2002: Public Enemy Fear of a Black Planet (1990)
  20. 9/8/2002: Jane’s Addiction Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)

  21. 10/6/2002: Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
  22. 10/20/2002: Liz Phair Exile in Guyville (1993)
  23. 12/1/2002: Queen A Night at the Opera (1975)
  24. 12/1/2002: Queen A Day at the Races (1977)
  25. 2/9/2003: Teenage Fanclub Bandwagonesque (1991)
  26. 3/9/2003: Ride Carnival of Light (1994)
  27. 4/6/2003: De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
  28. 5/4/2003: Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
  29. 5/18/2003: Wire Pink Flag (1977)
  30. 6/1/2003: Love Forever Changes (1967)

  31. 6/15/2003: Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde (1966)
  32. 6/29/2003: Tone-Loc Loc-ed After Dark (1989)
  33. 7/13/2003: Barry White The Ultimate Collection (1988)
  34. 9/21/2003: Tori Amos Little Earthquakes (1992)
  35. 10/5/2003: John Cale & Brian Eno Wrong Way Up (1991)
  36. 10/19/2003: Simon & Garfunkel Bookends (1968)
  37. 1/25/2004: Arrested Development 3 Years, 5 Months, & 2 Days in the Life of… (1992)
  38. 6/13/2004: PJ Harvey To Bring You My Love (1995)
  39. 2/5/2006: Common Like Water for Chocolate (2000)
  40. 3/19/2006: Queen Jazz (1979)

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