The N&G Top 500 Albums of All Time!!!

[McGlam]

I was blurbing my list in 10s, but then my draft of the top 10 disappeared and I'm too lazy to put it back together again.

Here's the full list:

Spoiler: Top 50 all-time

1. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
2. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
3. R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
4. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
5. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
6. Prince - Dirty Mind
7. Scott Walker - Scott 4
8. Suede - Dog Man Star
9. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
10. Nirvana - In Utero
11. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
12. Radiohead - The Bends
13. Jeff Buckley - Grace
14. Pulp - Different Class
15. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
16. The Associates - The Affectionate Punch
17. The National - Alligator
18. Frank Ocean - Blonde
19. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
20. Björk - Debut
21. Depeche Mode - Violator
22. Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
23. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
24. Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
25. Morrissey - Bona Drag
26. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
27. Joni Mitchell - Blue
28. Richard Hawley - Cole's Corner
29. OutKast - Aquemini
30. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
31.The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
32. The Clash - London Calling
33. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
34. Arctic Monkeys - AM
35. Robyn - Body Talk
36. D'Angelo - Voodoo
37. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
38. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
39. Let's Wrestle - In The Court Of The Wrestling Let's
40. U2 - Achtung Baby
41. Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
42. The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks (1964-1971)
43. Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain
44. The Wedding Present - Take Fountain
45. Wilco - Summerteeth
46. The Cure - The Head on the Door
47. Felt - Forever Breathes the Lonely Word
48. Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
49. Iggy Pop - Raw Power
50. John Grant - Queen Of Denmark

 

[blissfullychaotic]

I don't believe in #'s so here is a list of 50 albums that I think are the best. Do with it what you want

 

[kvetcha]

I don't believe in #'s so here is a list of 50 albums that I think are the best. Do with it what you want

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@blissfullychaotic here to break the wheel

 

[bettim84]

I was blurbing my list in 10s, but then my draft of the top 10 disappeared and I'm too lazy to put it back together again.

Here's the full list:

Spoiler: Top 50 all-time

1. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
2. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
3. R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant
4. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
5. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
6. Prince - Dirty Mind
7. Scott Walker - Scott 4
8. Suede - Dog Man Star
9. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
10. Nirvana - In Utero
11. The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
12. Radiohead - The Bends
13. Jeff Buckley - Grace
14. Pulp - Different Class
15. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
16. The Associates - The Affectionate Punch
17. The National - Alligator
18. Frank Ocean - Blonde
19. Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
20. Björk - Debut
21. Depeche Mode - Violator
22. Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey
23. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
24. Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish
25. Morrissey - Bona Drag
26. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
27. Joni Mitchell - Blue
28. Richard Hawley - Cole's Corner
29. OutKast - Aquemini
30. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
31.The Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
32. The Clash - London Calling
33. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
34. Arctic Monkeys - AM
35. Robyn - Body Talk
36. D'Angelo - Voodoo
37. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
38. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest
39. Let's Wrestle - In The Court Of The Wrestling Let's
40. U2 - Achtung Baby
41. Kanye West - The Life Of Pablo
42. The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks (1964-1971)
43. Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain
44. The Wedding Present - Take Fountain
45. Wilco - Summerteeth
46. The Cure - The Head on the Door
47. Felt - Forever Breathes the Lonely Word
48. Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
49. Iggy Pop - Raw Power
50. John Grant - Queen Of Denmark

I’m starting to think that Debut will end up as the highest ranked Björk album on the N&G list. Redemption at last!

 

[oldschoolkirby]

Alright...I'm late to the party but here comes my list. It is pretty heavy with albums that just mean a whole lot to me growing up and will always transport me back in time. That's the beauty of music to me. It takes you places.


1. Radiohead-OK Computer
2. Nick Drake-Pink Moon
3. Durand Jones & The Indications-Durand Jones & The Indications
4. Radiohead-In Rainbows
5. Led Zeppelin-IV
6. Pink Floyd-Wish You Were Here
7. Outkast-Aquemini
8. Michael Jackson-Thriller
9. The Beatles-Rubber Soul
10. Presidents of the United States of America- S/T
11. Pearl Jam-Vs.
12. Radiohead-The Bends
13. Silverchair-Frogstomp
14. Stone Temple Pilots-Purple
15. Smashing Pumpkins-Siamese Dream
16. Radiohead-Kid A
17. Daft Punk-Random Access Memories
18. Thom Yorke-Eraser
19. Bob Marley-Legend
20. Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon
21. Garden State Soundtrack
22. Weezer-Blue Album
23. CAKE-Fashion Nugget
24. Tom Petty-Wildflowers
25. Red Hot Chili Peppers-Californication
26. Gorillaz-Demon Days
27. Bloc Party-Silent Alarm
28. The Beatles-Abbey Road
29. Interpol-Our Love To Admire
30. CAKE-Comfort Eagle
31.Rolling Stones-Let It Bleed
32. Radiohead- Hail To The Thief
33. Alice in Chains-MTV Unplugged
34. Nirvana-MTV Unplugged
35. Everclear-Sparkle and Fade
36. Blind Melon-Blind Melon
37. Offspring-Smash
38. The Black Keys-Attack & Release
39. Arcade Fire-The Suburbs
40. Dave Matthews Band-Crash
41. Jurassic Five-Power in Numbers
42. Guster-Goldfly
43. Dan Auerbach-Waiting on a Song
44. Coldplay-A Rush of Blood to the Head
45. The Crow Soundtrack
46. Black Pumas-Black Pumas
47. Muse-Black Holes and Revelations
48. Modest Mouse-Good News For People Who Love Bad News
49. The Whitest Boy Alive-Dreams
50. The Tragically Hip-Live Between Us

Awesome Durand Jones placement there

 

[GritNGlitter]

I don't believe in #'s so here is a list of 50 albums that I think are the best. Do with it what you want

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Too small to read, so I will do nothing with it

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Too small to read, so I will do nothing with it

Enhance 34 to 46...

 

[waruv]

I don't feel like posting the whole list now, but I submitted mine off, some fun little trivia nuggets from it. My own rules limited it to one album per artist although side projects can be a second album if it was a distinct side project. I'll put it up once all the results go up as I'm curious to see if anyone matches my weirder choices.

• Gender: 19 Female Artists (or all Female Groups), 17 Male Artists (or All Male Groups), and 14 Mixed Groups (or in one case, a DJ who heavily uses both genders as samples)
• There is exactly one album by a "Buckley" on it...but it's not Jeff Buckley.
• As far as I can tell, I don't think two of my Top 5 or four of my Top 10 artists have been posted in the thread at all to this point.
• There is one 2020 album on the list.
• My first six choices all have a dark black background, but only three other albums of the remaining 44 have that format
• Like everyone else it seems I also have Pet Sounds in my Top 10
• There's one comedy album, one Christmas album, one film soundtrack and one Broadway soundtrack in the Top 50.

 

[ranbalam]

#4

 

[Turbo]

Enhance 34 to 46...
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Did you get a DNA profile out of that too?

 

[Tys1]

Did you get a DNA profile out of that too?

Huh, turns out I’m 78% more likely to enjoy Bjork than the rest of 23 and me users.

 

[blissfullychaotic]

Since some of y'alls eyes are so poor to not be able to read that clear as day writing on the wall, here is my list that was created by a random list generator Congrats Samual Jackson Five on being the greatest album

1. Samual Jackson Five - Easily Misunderstood
2. Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss
3. godspeed You Black Emperor - F# A# infinity
4. Six parts seven - everywhere and right here
5. eminem - the eminem show
6. brand new - the devil and god are raging inside me
7. explosions in the sky - How Strange, innocence
8. envy - From here to eternity
9. thursday - war all the time
10. pink floyd - Animals
11. Nujabes - metaphorical music
12. mono - hymn to the immortal wind
13. radiohead - Hail to the thief
14. sage francis - a healthy distrust
15. the sound of animals fighting - Tiger and the Duke
16. YMO - Yellow Magic Orchestra
17. Happy End - 風街ろまん
18. Uyama Hiroto - Freeform Jazz
19. Wang Wen - 0.7
20. All India Radio - Echo Other
21. Cold Fairyland - Kingdom of Benevolent strangers
22. From Autumn to Ashes - Holding a Wolf by the ears
23. Passion Pit - Gossamer
24. Freelance Whales - weathervanes
25. Joey Bada$$ - All-Amerikkkan Bada$$
26. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a butterfly
27. Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons
28. Mansionz - Mansionz
29. meWithoutYou - Brother, Sister
30. The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath
31. Olafur Arnals - For now I am winter
32. Portugal. The Man - Censored Colors
33. underoath - define the great line
34. Broken Social Scene - Feel Good Lost
35. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
36. Built to spill - perfect from now on
37. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2 scences from a memory
38. The Fall of Troy - Doppelganger
39. Fear Before - Fear Before
40. Gabor Szabo - Rambler
41. god is an astronaut - all is violent, all is bright
42. gorillaz - demon days
43. Manchester Orchestra - Mean everything to nothing
44. menomena - I am the fun blame monster
45. mew - frengers
46. modest mouse - the moon and antartica
47. Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
48. worlds end girlfriend - farewell kingdom
49. the album leaf - one day i'll be on time
50. Yo La Tengo - I can hear the heart beating as one

 

[Tys1]

Ok, this has no joke been one of the toughest things I've done in 2020

I don't think you guys noticed but I embarrassed myself earlier in the thread by doing the slow reveal 5 at a time. I wasn't true to my own tastes and ended up posting iconic artists/albums instead of leaning into what defined ME. As it got closer to the end I realized that I was missing some absolutely pivotal favorite albums and that some artists, while I like them very much, didn't belong on a list that embodied ME. I went back to the drawing board this last week and used a spreadsheet to visualize it all. I came up with a drastically different looking list that I feel truly represents me and my favorite albums. Here is the final list that I will be sending to @Woob_woob
Playlist of my favorite songs from each respective album:

Violent Femmes- S/t

Weezer- Blue Album

Pearl Jam- Vitalogy

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell

Operation Ivy- S/t

Offspring- Smash

Alkaline Trio- From Here to Infirmary

Regina Spektor- Begin to Hope

Stone Temple Pilots- Tiny Music

Brand New- Deja Entendu

Outkast- Stankonia

George Harrison- All Thing Must Pass

Rancid- Let's Go

My Morning Jacket- Z

Distillers- Sing Sing Death House

Clash - London Calling

Nirvana - Unplugged

Portishead- Dummy

Velvet Underground & Nico - s/t

Dire Straits- Brothers in Arms

Bad Religion- Recipe for Hate

No Motiv- Diagram for Healing

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American

Queen - The Game

The Strokes- Is This It

Soundgarden- Superunknown

Bayside- S/t

Eric Clapton- Slowhand

Hot Water Music- A Flight and a Crash

Elvist Costello- My Aim is True

Lorde- Melodrama

Modest Mouse- Good News for People Who Love Bad News

Tsunami Bomb - The Definitive Act

Beatles- Rubber Soul

Snoop Dogg- Doggystyle

Cranberries- Everbody Else is Doing it, So Why Can't We?

The B-52's - s/t

Ramones- Rocket to Russia

Tom Petty- Wildflowers

Bad Brains- S/t

Talking Heads- 77

Oasis- (What's the Story) Morning Glory

Green Day - Dookie

X- More Fun in the New World

Glass Animals - Zaba

Sylvan Esso - What Now

Social Distortion- Somwhere Between Heaven and Hell

The Adicts- Smart Alex

Sunny Day Real Estate- Diary

 

[bettim84]

I posted mine bit by bit, but here's the full list. Big winners were Belle & Sebastian (4 albums), The Beatles (3 albums plus a solo McCartney), plus The Cure, PJ Harvey, Grimes, and Steely Dan (2 each). Not enough jazz but that will change once we play this game again in 5-10 years.

Spoiler: Top 50 Albums

1. The Cure	Disintegration	1989
2. Belle & Sebastian	Dear Catastrophe Waitress	2003
3. The Beatles	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967
4. Belle & Sebastian	The Life Pursuit	2006
5. Allen Toussaint	From A Whisper To A Scream	1970
6. PJ Harvey	Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea	2000
7. The Smiths	The Queen Is Dead	1986
8. David Bowie	Station to Station	1976
9. Bjork	Debut	1993
10. Pet Shop Boys	Introspective	1988
11. Ladytron	Light & Magic	2002
12. Thelonious Monk	Monk's Music	1958
13. Beach House	Thank Your Lucky Stars	2015
14. Steely Dan	Countdown to Ecstacy	1973
15. Paul McCartney	Ram	1971
16. Led Zeppelin	Presence	1977
17. Neil Young	Live Rust	1979
18. Talking Heads	Speaking In Tongues	1983
19. Grimes	Visions	2012
20. Steely Dan	Aja	1977
21. Wilco	Summerteeth	1999
22. Rush	Moving Pictures	1981
23. The Stone Roses	The Stone Roses	1989
24. Nirvana	Unplugged in NYC	1994
25. Belle & Sebastian	If You're Feeling Sinister	1996
26. PJ Harvey	Let England Shake	2011
27. Spoon	Gimme Fiction	2005
28. Roxy Music	For Your Pleasure	1972
29. Pixies	Doolittle	1989
30. Garbage	Version 2.0	1998
31. U2	Achtung Baby	1991
32. Radiohead	The Bends	1995
33. Alvvays	Alvvays	2014
34. Television	Marquee Moon	1977
35. Oasis	Definitely Maybe	1995
36. The Clash	London Calling	1979
37. The Beatles	Magical Mystery Tour	1967
38. Grimes	Art Angels	2015
39. Real Estate	Days	2011
40. The Strokes	Is This It	2001
41. Velvet Underground	Velvet Underground	1968
42. Ozzy Osbourne	Blizzard of Ozz	1980
43. Portishead	Dummy	1994
44. Belle & Sebastian	Tigermilk	1995
45. The Beatles	Abbey Road	1969
46. Type O Negative	Bloody Kisses	1993
47. Miles Davis	In A Silent Way	1969
48. Bat For Lashes	Two Suns	2009
49. Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	1975
50. The Cure	Wish	1992

 

[ThePakoBuelna]

Hello all! I've come to share my barely finished list! Before I began this, I said I would extend to two albums per artist, but finally went with one to show more bands I love.

Also I chucked some popular artists to the back, because I figured it would be in everyone's lists lol. I based this more on what I want to play regularly or what I used to play a lot too!

So.. up next, 50-46!

Spoiler

50.- Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue" 1959



49.- The Beatles "Rubber Soul" 1965


48.- Black Sabbath "Paranoid" 1970


47.- David Bowie "Blackstar" 2016


46.- Boston "Boston" 1976

Continuing with 45-41!

Spoiler

45.- Gorillaz "Humanz" 2017

Humanz (Deluxe)

Gorillaz · Album · 2017 · 26 songs.

open.spotify.com

44.- Flobots "Fight With Tools" 2008

Fight With Tools

Flobots · Album · 2008 · 12 songs.

open.spotify.com

43.- Asian Kung-fu Generation "Sol-fa" 2004

Sol-fa

ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION · Album · 2004 · 12 songs.

open.spotify.com

42.- Remioromen "Ether" 2005

ether [エーテル]

Remioromen · Album · 2005 · 12 songs.

open.spotify.com

41.- Husking Bee "variandante" 2004

variandante

Husking Bee · Album · 2004 · 12 songs.

open.spotify.com

 

[Sonicpharmacist]

Ok, this has no joke been one of the toughest things I've done in 2020

I don't think you guys noticed but I embarrassed myself earlier in the thread by doing the slow reveal 5 at a time. I wasn't true to my own tastes and ended up posting iconic artists/albums instead of leaning into what defined ME. As it got closer to the end I realized that I was missing some absolutely pivotal favorite albums and that some artists, while I like them very much, didn't belong on a list that embodied ME. I went back to the drawing board this last week and used a spreadsheet to visualize it all. I came up with a drastically different looking list that I feel truly represents me and my favorite albums. Here is the final list that I will be sending to @Woob_woob
Playlist of my favorite songs from each respective album:

Violent Femmes- S/t

Smoking Popes- Destination Failure

Weezer- Blue Album

Pearl Jam- Vitalogy

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever to Tell

Operation Ivy- S/t

Offspring- Smash

Alkaline Trio- From Here to Infirmary

Regina Spektor- Begin to Hope

Stone Temple Pilots- Tiny Music

Brand New- Deja Entendu

Outkast- Stankonia

George Harrison- All Thing Must Pass

Rancid- Let's Go

My Morning Jacket- Z

Distillers- Sing Sing Death House

Clash - London Calling

Nirvana - Unplugged

Portishead- Dummy

Velvet Underground & Nico - s/t

Dire Straits- Brothers in Arms

Bad Religion- Recipe for Hate

No Motiv- Diagram for Healing

Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American

Queen - The Game

The Strokes- Is This It

Soundgarden- Superunknown

Bayside- S/t

Eric Clapton- Slowhand

Hot Water Music- A Flight and a Crash

Elvist Costello- My Aim is True

Lorde- Melodrama

Modest Mouse- Good News for People Who Love Bad News

Tsunami Bomb - The Definitive Act

Beatles- Rubber Soul

Snoop Dogg- Doggystyle

Cranberries- Everbody Else is Doing it, So Why Can't We?

The B-52's - s/t

Ramones- Rocket to Russia

Tom Petty- Wildflowers

Bad Brains- S/t

Talking Heads- 77

Oasis- (What's the Story) Morning Glory

Green Day - Dookie

X- More Fun in the New World

Glass Animals - Zaba

Sylvan Esso - What Now

Social Distortion- Somwhere Between Heaven and Hell

The Adicts- Smart Alex

Sunny Day Real Estate- Diary

I love that you included Let’s Go by Rancid. Such a great record.

 

[Tys1]

I love that you included Let’s Go by Rancid. Such a great record.

I felt like it it was cheating because I committed to one artist representation, but I think there is enough separation between Op Ivy and Rancid to warrant their own spots.

 

[Sonicpharmacist]

I felt like it it was cheating because I committed to one artist representation, but I think there is enough separation between Op Ivy and Rancid to warrant their own spots.

There’s no way I could have limited it to one album per artist, so kudos. Weird, but I never cared for Op Ivy myself.

 

[Tys1]

There’s no way I could have limited it to one album per artist, so kudos. Weird, but I never cared for Op Ivy myself.

Oh man, it embodies everything punk means to me. Messages of unity combined with establishment rebellion, lessons in hope and despair, and all delivered with some weird sort of mix of hardcore gritty angst and groovy Specials-esque ska rhythm grooves.... I can, and have, listened to it on repeat for hours upon hours. Man, I wish I was old enough to attend some of those infamous Gilman St. Shows!

 

[Matt M]

I'm trying to last minute this, been thinking about it for a while. This is an awful exercise on short time.